Todd Bannor

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Hoskins calls ICE arrest of cemetery workers ‘egregious’  - Forest Park Review The Forest Park mayor held a press conference Monday to condemn ICE following an Oct. 7 incident at Concordia Cemetery

A story I covered yesterday. ICE agents illegally entered private property and physically assaulted cemetery workers, all U.S. citizens. www.forestparkreview.com/2025/10/09/i...

YouTube video by Wild Times Podcast Extinct Moose Spotted Twice in New Zealand (New 2025)

No flying squirrel sighting though.
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YouTube video by Todd Bannor I couldn’t resist.

It cried out for this.
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Post from Really American - YouTube Smash the 👍 and add your name to the petition to tell Congress to SHUT THIS DOWN: https://actl.ink/nomrfpp81325?ref=ra

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YouTube video by Cody Harnish, Esq. Soldiers and Marines Deployed in LA: Know Your Rights and Disobey Unlawful Orders! 🇺🇸

Military members are legally required to disobey unlawful orders.

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If Everyone Had Voted, Harris Still Would Have Lost

Hmm, this is interesting. Any thought from folks?
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@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social :
Quit your jobs.
Resign. Now.
You are not equipped for this moment.

You have failed us every day since Jan 20. Step aside and let progressives with courage take your place and fight for democracy.

Yo Taco!
To a country of my choice?
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YouTube video by Todd Bannor Tracy Arm Before the Fall

You probably know about the recent landslide and megatsunami in Tracy Arm, a fjord in southeast Alaska. Beth and I visited this fjord on a wilderness cruise in 2012.
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Texas Dems turn out at West Side pastors meeting  - Austin Weekly News West Side pastors greeted two Texas State Democratic legislators Aug. 12 at the monthly meeting of the Leaders Network.

I covered a press conference with two Texas Democratic State Representatives on the West Side of Chicago on Tuesday.
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After 44 years, Wednesday Journal leaves bricks and mortar behind  - Wednesday Journal The nonprofit Growing Community Media this week is clearing out its long-time Wednesday Journal offices on Oak Park Avenue.

The end of an era. I'm freelance, so I didn't have an office here.
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I can’t believe we are here in 2025.
Have we all become too complacent?

Imagine this in Russian on Russian state TV

The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.

There nothing funny about it.

Immigrants without a criminal record who’ve been here for years working & contributing to their communities, are being grabbed & detained in filthy conditions in overflowing cages. No way do most Americans support this. Hey Democrats, make Alligator Alcatraz a big 2026 issue.

Wow — REPUBLICAN Rep. Thomas Massie points out the hypocrisy of Republicans crying foul about Texas Dems leaving to stop Trump from stealing 5 seats in Congress as Speaker Johnson and the GOP flee Washington to help Trump cover up the Epstein files.

I went to high school with Johnny Mars. Didn't know him though. Our graduating class at Lane Tech was over 1200. But I do know his real last name.

Dems confused about why they're polling lower than GOPs? Think of it this way: one side is vile, rabid vermin - the other side let them in the house, feeds them, doesn't discipline them, dotes on them, responds to their needs, often takes their side in territorial disputes, asks you for $5.00 often.

BREAKING: The Trump DOJ is reportedly withholding 100,000 pages of secret Epstein files, according to the NYT

White-tailed deer doe with a growth on the right side of its face.

I photographed this doe this morning. Any thoughts on what the growth is? It almost looks like an engorged tick, but I doubt they get this big.

Hate makes you stupid.

KYLE CLARK: “The Trump administration is trying to get insider access to voting systems in Colorado…”

REPUBLICAN officials stopped them, and are sounding the alarm🚨

YouTube video by Todd Bannor This App Makes You a Naturalist

If you're doing nature photography, it helps to be a naturalist. Now you can have one in your pocket.
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

"Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills.
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment." www.propublica.org/article/blue...