Howell J. Malham Jr.

Georgia O’Keefe’s Sky Above Clouds IV as seen from the lobby of the Bloomingdale’s building in Chicago.

Look up at the skylight from the lobby of the Bloomingdale’s Building in Chicago and you’ll see Georgia O’Keefe’s Sky Above Clouds IV smiling upon you…One can’t help but to smile back…

#ConversationsWithClouds

Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ vote and new national campaign to support migrants are the group’s first responses to the Trump administration’s crackdown.

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Congrats to Rep. Adelita Grijalva on finally being sworn in!

Grateful to have her join our caucus, to champion environmental justice, and push for transparency as the 218th signature on the discharge petition for the Epstein files.

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

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Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.

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Clouds over Detroit Metro Airport

YouTube video by Netflix Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix

Death by Lightning is entertaining as hell. Good beards, too. Hard to believe we would live to see a bio pic on James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur…

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There are no “foreigners…” There is no “them”…there is only us.

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.” Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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Had the pleasure of seeing the amazing/colossal/stupendous/mesmerizing/extraordinary Joshua Jay for his last night of magically magical magic at The Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park…If he comes to your town, see him before he vanishes…literally.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

The owners of Mario’s Italian Lemonade in Little Italy haven’t figured out that summer isn’t a season anymore. It’s a symptom…as a nearly 90-degree October day in Chicago is making eminently clear.

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

The Last Film Critic: Chicago and the Slow Death of the Professional Movie Review 50 years after Roger Ebert was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, Chicago is emblematic of the stark decline in film criticism.

Film critics used to win Pulitzers for newspapers.

Now they’re force-reduction targets…

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I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Robert Redford Made It Look Easy The late actor’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent.

Robert Redford’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent. K. Austin Collins on the how the late actor snuck into our lives and onto our screens with understated grace:

Really kicks in at 4:24…

A fine actor and a good man.

RIP.

Print isn’t dead.
It’s a luxury.

Chicago keeping art alive:

Science girl on X: "This four week old baby wolf is practicing howling 📹Voyageurs Wolf Project https://t.co/MvH96iCCPU" / X This four week old baby wolf is practicing howling 📹Voyageurs Wolf Project https://t.co/MvH96iCCPU

And this little guy is celebrating…!

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“Cloning yourself is a bad idea
“Bathe often.”
“Volume control is good.”
These are The Rules.
What rules are missing…?

A “we were wrong” correction would be nice.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

‘An Officer and a Spy’ Review: The Dreyfus Affair as an Allegory

Roman Polanski’s exposition of the Dreyfus Affair—and the deep seated anti-Semitism that created it—was all set for its American release but the #MeToo movement killed it…Now, after six years, the folks at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social believe the film’s time has come…

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/m...

Tens of Thousands of Stunning Images by Photographer Bill Cunningham Acquired by New York Historical The museum will house photographs, negatives and slides belonging to the renowned photographer, who captured life in New York City for decades before his death in 2016

Bill Cunningham fans, you'll dig this:
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