Michael McLean

Michael McLean

@michaelmclean.me

Ideal city: βš›οΈ nuclear-powered, πŸ™οΈ dense housing, πŸ’° affordable, πŸš‡ transit. Aka Chicago. Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.

7,472 Followers 729 Following 14,623 Posts Joined Apr 2023
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HD13 and IL9 overlap

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6 hours ago

Adam Braun is a corporate lobbyist for sports gambling companies, and they are backing his campaign with huge negative ad buys against James

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6 hours ago

Yes, this is obscene

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7 hours ago

Hollen, Warren, Booker, who’s next

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7 hours ago

Yes!

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8 hours ago

Had a β€œwoah” moment listening to the odd lots episode with the oil trader who said the world will enter a depression if this Hormuz blockade lasts just one month

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9 hours ago

You can feel when it becomes IDOT territory

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9 hours ago

Lincoln

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9 hours ago

Probably good for Stratton

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9 hours ago

On his way out, Murphy also banned ebikes

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10 hours ago

Fly the W folks!

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KC-135 tanker involved in Epic Fury goes down in Iraq: CENTCOM - Breaking Defense According to CENTCOM, the incident was β€œnot due to hostile or friendly fire" and occurred during Operation Epic Fury.

KC135 tanker crash in western Iraq, sounds like crew members unaccounted for

breakingdefense.com/2026/03/kc-1...

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14 hours ago
A poster on a street pole:

Stop the Cubs
Parking Lot Expansion

MORE PARKING MEANS:
β€’ More Traffic
β€’ More Congestion
β€’ More Problems

Spotted in Wrigleyville

actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

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11 hours ago
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Oil Crisis starter pack

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1 day ago
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this is the first wikipedia article about an individual tiktok which felt historic so i brought this guy on stage last week at my chicago show! he rocked so much

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13 hours ago

I was quite shocked, not sure what is allowed

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13 hours ago

I asked for aggregated totals by ward but I got the whole voter file back instead! ok

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13 hours ago

The good thing about FOIAing the BOE is that I now have all my friends' addresses for this year's holiday card

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13 hours ago
Selfie and holding Drake Warren flyer

Back at it for @drakefor10.bsky.social

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15 hours ago

Source: Chicago BOE FOIA, returns through EOD March 11

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Here is a ward-level breakdown of the early vote and mail ballots received so far in Chicago

North side has a lot of VBM, South side does early voting

michaelmclean.me/chicago-earl...

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15 hours ago

I think it’s hard to do clean lines during the redistricting because they have to get it precisely down to like a single population count of precision

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Germany won't return to nuclear power, chancellor says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in favor of a proposal to build new nuclear power plants in the EU. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says it's impossible.

Merz is lying to the public. It is not impossible for Germany to restart their nuclear plants. We are doing it here in America already.

www.dw.com/en/germany-n...

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15 hours ago

Are you ready for the Discourse tho

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video freeze frame of a bus steering wheel with no hands on it.

Enjoyed this video on some British autonomous bus trials (with safety drivers for now).

Honestly could be transformational for bus service in high wage suburban areas (e.g. North America)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJFD...

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16 hours ago

β€œIn a legislature where the average age is 56 years old, it’s notable that all four [authors of the bipartisan housing reform bill] are under 44.”

This is why I try to vote for young candidates. Diversity of age groups matters, and we don’t have enough young elected officials.

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15 hours ago

If Americans truly prefer a car-dependent lifestyle then why are per square foot housing prices in dense walkable neighborhoods so much higher than in auto-oriented suburbs and exurbs?

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21 hours ago
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Senate Moves Toward Passing Sweeping Housing Bill, but Challenges Lie Ahead

The ban on institutional investors owning single family homes is bad policy and never should’ve been put in the RTH package.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

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16 hours ago

Just noting that if there is a congressional vacancy in South Carolina, the seat will be vacant for 5-7 months (unless I'm misunderstanding this) www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t07c013...

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