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The Great Gilly Hopkins!

An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Live your life in such a way that, when you die, people don’t have to rush to say, “Please be polite!”

Turn off the A/C in the White House and Congress and we’ll have climate legislation in a week. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

Picked up a copy of @colsonwhitehead.com The Underground Railroad at Matchmaker Books in Highland Park, Illinois yesterday and was surprised to find this baby when I opened her tonight? Like, an ELA teacher who gets feverishly excited for signed editions? Happy Independent Bookstore Day to me!

Are they going to wear masks? If not, let’s all go to the airports and take pictures.

Every single thing named after Cesar Chavez should be renamed for Dolores Huerta

It looks like the war on Iran is going about as poorly as the regime’s previous wars against Chicago, Minnesota and Los Angeles.

This is why Dems shouldn’t even be in the room.

I wonder all the time what would happen if I sold my soul?

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers. The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

My neighborhood is the best neighborhood. 🩷

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening. A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release. thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...