Heather West

Everyone give that money to PBS and NPR!!!

So, where do you get custom engraved bullets, anyway?

I hope Charlie Kirk recovers quickly then, like James Brady, uses his megaphone to help advocate for common sense limits on firearms.

I didn't know this. One of the greatest summer songs ever.

It is perfectly legal to dress like this in public. So EVERYONE start dressing like this.

How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge Music writers were once known for being much crankier than the average listener. What happened?

Kelefa Sanneh on the fall of the critic.

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"Another was to lean in to poptimism, focussing broadly on popularity, or, more narrowly, on pop as a musical genre."

This movement in editorial gave pop stars the space that might to go to someone indie, so its harder than ever now.

I am too tired today for a jailbreak, so that's good!

Did he bust you? Are you a perp?

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

Sigh. I smell tear gas.

If there is anything Chicagoans love more than protesting, its fighting. Here we go...

Stalin could only have dreamed of having such toadies.

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It is the year 2025. And I just got a Montgomery Wards catalog in the mail.

Well-played, Riot Fest!

“Are you getting shot? Would you like your baby to be your first line of defense?”

Reputed cartel figure wanted in Chicago for narcotics trafficking among those sent from Mexico A cartel figure wanted in Chicago on drug trafficking charges was among more than two-dozen fugitives sent to the U.S. by Mexico this week as part of a deal with the Trump administration to ratchet…

Excited to see that Trumps deal with Mexico means the US took back a drug trafficker.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/13/c...

Mohawk Skywalkers: The History Stephen Miller Whitewashed The Kanien'kéhá:ka Haudenosaunee ironworkers were vital to building Miller's favorite monuments to modern America

Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.

'The Gilded Age'

Column | Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you. Balcony solar promises to cut energy costs and grid reliance for renters and apartment-dwellers. I did a trial run at my home.

So this is cool as shit! I am strongly considering given my comed bill has almost doubled. Gift link:
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Happening now: protesters in Chicago are interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel, where U.S. Customs and Border protection is recruiting today.

Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!"

It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.

Would You Drink A Ketchup Smoothie? Heinz And Smoothie King Debut New Concoction The condiment-laced smoothie can be found for a limited time at Smoothie King's Northalsted store.

Just threw up in my mouth a little.
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A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

Why do rich people have the absolute worst taste?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

Flaco Jimenez, conjunto music master and six-time Grammy winner, dies The San Antonio native took his three-row accordion and gave it modern twists, taking Tex-Mex conjunto music to the national and world stages alongside many music superstars.

Oh man. The Mexican Clark Gable has passed away. What a sad day. So many memories.
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Woofer with little subwoofer…. 🥰
Good boy keeping the little one calm… 🐶

Their Mass Rape Went Unpunished. Four Decades Later, They Fought Back. (Gift Article) Systematically assaulted during Guatemala’s civil war, 36 Mayan women made a final bid for justice.

If you are feeling hopeless about the state of justice here and around the world, check out this gift link.
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Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

For the love of God, we gotta save @mmfa.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

They are really going after a restaurant with "cracker" in it's name.