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Former ESL, reading teacher, and retired elementary principal Love art, oil painting, word puzzles, Lake Michigan, and the Cubs Lived in Turkey, MO, MI, MN, KS, DC, and now Chicago I used to be nice Ally ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

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Pete Crow-Armstrong earns his 1st Gold Glove Award โ€” Chicago Cubsโ€™ Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner also honored Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won his first Gold Glove Award on Sunday, while left fielder Ian Happ picked up his fourth consecutive honor.

Pete Crow-Armstrong earns his 1st Gold Glove Award โ€” Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner also honored www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/c...

03.11.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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03.11.2025 03:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 353    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

โ€œMoreover, the President routinely appears lethargicโ€”falling asleep during important events, such as the court proceedings where he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Or, when he appeared to struggle to stay awake during the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis.โ€

03.11.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rep. Crockett Launches Investigation into the Administrationโ€™s Cover-Up of President Trumpโ€™s Failing Health WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) issued a formal letter to White House Physician Captain Sean P.

โ€œIn her letter, @crockett.house.gov cited multiple reports of the President exhibiting visible swelling, discoloration, difficulty walking, and cognitive lapses during public appearances.โ€ crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

03.11.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 555    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

โ€œIn an embarrassing attempt to conceal the President's inability to construct complete, coherent sentences, the White House has removed official transcripts of the President's public remarks from its government website, replacing them with selected videos of his public appearances.โ€

03.11.2025 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I thought it was odd that there are square brackets around Cuomo's name so I went to the transcript.

Here is his "ringing" endorsement:
"I'm gonna pick the bad Democrat"

03.11.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Early voting is complete in New York City! What we know:

735,317 people have voted.

That's more than four times the early total in 2021, and it's 67.5% of the early voting total in 2024.

02.11.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 523    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request โ€” to bring Communion to detainees โ€” was rejected by federal immigration offici...

โ€œWe are united in Christ. We will not stop denouncing the evil of detention and deportation. We cannot be silent in the face of oppression. We will persist until justice flows freely like a river.โ€ - Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ

02.11.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thank you for sharing this and speaking out

03.11.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.

On DHSโ€™s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwellโ€™s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

02.11.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 968    ๐Ÿ” 438    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

The Rockwell family: โ€œIf Norman Rockwell were alive today, he would be devastated to see that (his) work has been marshalled for the cause of persecution towards immigrant communities and people of color.โ€

02.11.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 243    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trumpโ€™s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda
The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.

Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trumpโ€™s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.

The New York Times likes to say Trump "has stretched the limits of his powersโ€ and โ€œtests the boundaries of the presidency.โ€ But this is not a test or a stretching exercise. Heโ€™s a lawless politician building a dictatorship. Say it. ๐Ÿงต 1/3

02.11.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1078    ๐Ÿ” 348    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Trumpian math: โ€œEvery one of those boats kills 25,000 Americans,โ€ he tells 60 Minutes. Nine boats in the Caribbean so far since mid-September. That adds up to 225,000 dead Americans. CDC: 76,000 people died of drug overdoses in the most recent 12-month period. ๐Ÿค”

03.11.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 233    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Trump tonight on 60 Minutes, touting the impact of his tariffs: "We're bringing back the auto industry into our country."

03.11.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงต This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regimeโ€™s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.

02.11.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 349    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Trump wants a participation trophy for โ€œalmostโ€ coming up with a health care plan.

03.11.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Trump says he doesnโ€™t know who Changpeng Zhao is even though heโ€™s one of Trumpโ€™s most controversial pardon recipients. More proof of what I wrote last week โ€” that Trump Is mentally unfit to be president.

03.11.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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O'Donnell: "And to people that say they're struggling with the cost of living expenses, what could you do about that?"

Trump: "Well, let me just say, cashless bail is a disaster. It's gotta be changed. Sanctuary cities really have to be changed."

03.11.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 369    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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This Is How Tesla Will Die The vultures are circling the tech giant.

Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Muskโ€™s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way heโ€™s structured the companiesโ€™ finances.

02.11.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 943    ๐Ÿ” 306    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86

How can you "leak" a public policy proposal?

02.11.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1433    ๐Ÿ” 251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Arenโ€™t Ukrainians Christian?

03.11.2025 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arenโ€™t Ukranians Christian?

03.11.2025 03:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JB Pritzker: โ€œPresident Trump and his bootlickers have torn down the US Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. Iโ€™m sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way offโ€ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

02.11.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1384    ๐Ÿ” 313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

So, โ€œhumanitarian interventionโ€ in Nigeria?

Also, I hear somebody keeps killing Christians on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Might want to look into that.

03.11.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 612    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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03.11.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10824    ๐Ÿ” 3868    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 517    ๐Ÿ“Œ 170
But hereโ€™s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our countryโ€”pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Sorosโ€“funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialistsโ€”are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already

But hereโ€™s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our countryโ€”pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Sorosโ€“funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialistsโ€”are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already

it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people

if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops

03.11.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7411    ๐Ÿ” 1835    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 167    ๐Ÿ“Œ 629

Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.

03.11.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1052    ๐Ÿ” 416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 121    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

03.11.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday, Illinois State Police arrested a protester dressed as Jesus, draped in American flag. When he did not walk, they picked him up and carried him.

02.11.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 787    ๐Ÿ” 283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

Some of the worst people in the world.

03.11.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 256    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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