Paula Getman

HuffPost: Donald trump has posted an AI video of himself dumping s**t on protesters

He's definitely not mad that 7 million Americans came out to protest him yesterday....

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Now, the Energy Star Program is on the chopping block. A program that saves consumers money.

Caturday cocktail time.

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump (Gift Article) The president’s older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.

A race played out across the globe, from Europe to the Middle East and the U.S., led by Eric Trump & Don Trump Jr. as they pushed new ways to profit off of the Trump name & Trump's status as POTUS. The NYT today investigates this extraordinary drive to cash in. nyti.ms/4iNzTYv

Muscari

Wait. What??

First bulbs of the year

IATSE Urges Against Kennedy Center Cancellations, Citing Removal Of “Critical Opportunities” For Crew IATSE is urging artists and producers to reconsider recent cancellations at the Kennedy Center amid Donald Trump's takover

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Bezos Orders Washington Post Opinion Section to Embrace ‘Personal Liberties and Free Markets’ David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.

Better late than never: subscription canceled. Should have back when Bezos stopped the paper from publishing an endorsement.

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Per Steve Bannon, Insurrectionists' J6 Prison Choir to Get Performance at Trump's Kennedy Center - OperaWire The Kennedy Center's transformation into a propaganda organization for President Donald Trump is now complete.

No words. See article.

Are You a Federal Worker in Illinois? We Want to Hear From You. As the federal workforce is undergoing layoffs, buyouts and changing policies, WTTW News is looking to hear directly from those impacted. If you have a story to share, or you just want to pass along y...

As the federal workforce is undergoing layoffs, buyouts and changing policies, WTTW News is looking to hear directly from those impacted.

If you have a story to share, we are eager to hear from you.

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Shoveling

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

This work is too important not to share!

Glad the authors are pushing to still get it peer-reviewed and published.

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Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper Who needs N.I.H. grants? A lot of red-state universities, for one.

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The Trump administration blamed the dismantling of USAID on its workers’ high levels of “insubordination.” Nothing like gaslighting America.

Sorry, can't make the bed right now.

Wake-Up for Wednesday. Today's brilliant sunrise in Chicago.

Hoo-hoo Needs Some Good News? Injured Snowy Owl Is Rescued Near O’Hare, and There’s a Happy Ending Snowy owl sightings have been thrilling people across northern Illinois this winter, but these occasional visitors from the Arctic face a lot of hazards — including humans and cars — when they venture...

DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center reported that its staff recently admitted and treated an injured female snowy owl, rescued from near Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

The owl healed quickly and has already been released back into the wild.

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Very cool.

Another amazing performance in the Chicago International Puppet Festival!

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One of my favorite images from Reimagining Himalayan Art at Wrightwood 659

Instead of going through each January 6th defendant's case one-by-one, Trump actually said "f**k it" and released them all?!

As Donald Trump Takes Office, Chicago Officials Prepare to Push Back on His Agenda Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson have both said they are prepared to confront President-elect Donald Trump's policies head-on. But it is unclear how Trump will make good on his promises of...

Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson warned that Trump would pose an existential threat to Chicago as president. It's unclear how he will make good on his promises of retribution — and what power city and state officials will have to resist federal authorities.

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Beautiful and thought provoking exhibit at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago: Reimagining Himalayan Art juxtaposes ancient artifacts and modern interpretations.

Desi is moving to RedNote!

In all the discussion of why 47 got the "bro vote" I have seen nothing so straightforward as this campaign sign in CO.