Donna Vickroy

12 Cities So Far Have Renamed Their Landfills In Honor Of Donald Trump And this week's other Dada News headlines!

Trump’s dumps.

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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

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… Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE

Judging by the flurry of social media post, every Chicago South Sider has a connection.
We don’t just got a guy; we got ourselves a Pope.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Bernie Sanders and AOC Inject New Anti-Trump Energy Into the Democratic Party Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, energizing a beaten-down Democratic Party.

Has Bernie drawn more fans than Woodstock?

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

Donna Vickroy: Mimi and Gucci find a new home after terminally ill owner gives his bonded dogs to Naperville shelter There’s a happy ending for Mimi and Gucci, the pair of bonded pitbull mixes whose terminally ill owner gave them to the Naperville Area Humane Society because he could no longer care for them…

Readers to the rescue.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/v...

Hocus crocus.

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app

I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now

Thanks for your service to our country

Yesterday, I fondly remembered my dear friend Leonard Nimoy, who would have turned 94. His legacy lives on in our hearts. Just days ago, Bill Shatner celebrated his 94th birthday — wishing him continued health and happiness. Live long and prosper, my friends.

Won’t you please come to Chicago? 🎶

Something to think about

Long may we run.

Dog abandoned outside grocery store with note begging for help: ‘Take me home’ Animal shelter staff hope to find a loving home for a dog who was abandoned in a grocery store parking lot with a note tied to her collar.

Staff at a Michigan animal shelter hope to find a loving home for a dog who was abandoned in a grocery store parking lot with a note tied to her collar.

SAME!

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide Among the programs affected by the possible freeze of American foreign aid are those that establish and support overseas national parks and conservation areas.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/t...

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

Remember the American panic over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014? … an Ebola pandemic was averted — in part because of U.S.A.I.D.’s work in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Sheila Murphy: Cook County’s first female presiding judge, champion for restorative justice Sheila Murphy was a Cook County public defender, a private criminal defense attorney and Cook County’s first female presiding judge.

Sheila Murphy, Cook County’s first female presiding judge who opened the first children’s room and became a champion for restorative justice, died Tuesday.

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

For readers who love murder mysteries as much as they love animals. Get the audiobook. You won’t be sorry. It’s weird and quite wonderful.

Germany protesting

Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.

Reminder: Canada is our closest ally and our friend
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Tariffs against Canada take affect Tuesday 🇺🇸

Retaliatory Tariffs against the US take affect also on Tuesday 🇨🇦

Lessons will be learned 🍿
#SheShed
#MagaMorons

I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.

Punxsutawney Phil predicts at least another four years of batshit craziness.

Why don’t these aircraft have collision sensors or self-correcting mechanisms like cars do? #DCplanecrash #flight5342

Pilots in the r/flying community are saying similar things.

One regional jet pilot:

“This would be the very FIRST place I would expect this to happen”