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Author of “Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater” and “Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History.” Currently working on a book-length conversation with Broadway composer John Kander (“Chicago”, “Cabaret”, New York New York” and many others)

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Russian troops troll Zelensky by flying US flag on American vehicle They were filmed flying the US flag alongside the Russian tricolour in a captured American M113 armoured personnel carrier captured from Volodymyr Zelensky's forces.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social

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We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.

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IN CHICAGO
Daley Plaza
12-2pm

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The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and Corruption A ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.

Citizens United, which allowed unlimited corporate, interest-group, and individual spending on elections, triggered plenty of dire predictions. But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining American reality today. ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social:

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Last night, after a wonderful dinner with three friends, including one who joined us remotely from Mexico, at Bill and Bernardine's, Bill handed us this card as we were leaving. I want both to keep it close and pass it on.

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That's wonderful news!

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Inside the lives of everyday workers Mark Larson’s collection of soulful interviews is a worthy successor to Studs Terkel’s 1974 classic...

"'Working in the 21st Century' is a worthy successor to [Studs] Terkel’s seminal book ['Working']. As with the original, a soulfulness is palpable in every story, marking each interviewee as both special and ordinary."
rb.gy/2wl8c1

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We expected better from her?

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At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.

She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

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The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

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The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

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The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

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Democrats? Republicans? Helloooo?

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It is hard to imagine someone more disqualified to run our intelligence agencies than Tulsi Gabbard.

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Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."

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Yes, it is.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

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I don’t know the word, either, but we’re certainly going to need one.

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Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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The places we’re pulling foreign aide dollars from now are the places we’ll be forced to send American soldiers to risk their lives in ten years.

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Amazing!!! From @deadder.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

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‘They will not break us’: Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump’s immigration crackdown As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown grips the Chicago area in fear, a burgeoning resistance movement has also emerged here to challenge — as well as evade — immigration enforcement.…

'They will not break us': Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump's immigration crackdown www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/c...

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"A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself."
–– Maya Angelou

#BlackHistoryMonth

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My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.

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Three times a charm!

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