Barton Lorimor
@bartonlorimor.bsky.social
A wonky hack taking politics too seriously.
I consult on media, public policy, and corporate affairs. Former journalist + state gov staff. Always Robin's and Myra's Dad.
📍 Springfield, Illinois USA
BTL (at) FullStackStrats (dot) com
he/him/his
I consult on media, public policy, and corporate affairs. Former journalist + state gov staff. Always Robin's and Myra's Dad.
📍 Springfield, Illinois USA
BTL (at) FullStackStrats (dot) com
he/him/his
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RNC texting Illinoisans asking them to record a video demanding that Indiana Republican legislators redraw their congressional districts
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
RNC texting Illinoisans asking them to record a video demanding that Indiana Republican legislators redraw their congressional districts
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Exclusive: Officials from Tulsi Gabbard's office arrived unannounced at a secret CIA archival facility in April to seize still-classified files on the JFK, RFK and MLK Jr. assassinations, sources told Reuters reut.rs/3XRquHg
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Exclusive: Officials from Tulsi Gabbard's office arrived unannounced at a secret CIA archival facility in April to seize still-classified files on the JFK, RFK and MLK Jr. assassinations, sources told Reuters reut.rs/3XRquHg
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EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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WATCH: Bears Take the Lead With This Caleb Williams Connection With DJ Moore
www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/1...
www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/1...
WATCH: Bears Take the Lead With This Caleb Williams Connection With DJ Moore - Bleacher Nation
I was fuming after DJ Moore was flagged for a taunting penalty.
www.bleachernation.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
WATCH: Bears Take the Lead With This Caleb Williams Connection With DJ Moore
www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/1...
www.bleachernation.com/bears/2025/1...
In keeping with the #Bears relocation chatter taking place offline:
TOUCHDOWN, STALEYS!
@bn-bears.bsky.social
TOUCHDOWN, STALEYS!
@bn-bears.bsky.social
@bn-bears.bsky.social is broadcasting today from our living room, meaning @funkycoldluis.bsky.social will be exposed to our sister/aunt and Mom/Grandma yelling at the game.
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEARS-STEELERS GAME
📺 How to watch, listen and stream
🚑 Injury news & updated list of inactives
🏈 Projected starters
🐻 Key Bears players
@bn-bears.bsky.social -> tinyurl.com/s73jrk89
📺 How to watch, listen and stream
🚑 Injury news & updated list of inactives
🏈 Projected starters
🐻 Key Bears players
@bn-bears.bsky.social -> tinyurl.com/s73jrk89
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In keeping with the #Bears relocation chatter taking place offline:
TOUCHDOWN, STALEYS!
@bn-bears.bsky.social
TOUCHDOWN, STALEYS!
@bn-bears.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@bn-bears.bsky.social is broadcasting today from our living room, meaning @funkycoldluis.bsky.social will be exposed to our sister/aunt and Mom/Grandma yelling at the game.
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEARS-STEELERS GAME
📺 How to watch, listen and stream
🚑 Injury news & updated list of inactives
🏈 Projected starters
🐻 Key Bears players
@bn-bears.bsky.social -> tinyurl.com/s73jrk89
📺 How to watch, listen and stream
🚑 Injury news & updated list of inactives
🏈 Projected starters
🐻 Key Bears players
@bn-bears.bsky.social -> tinyurl.com/s73jrk89
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@bn-bears.bsky.social is broadcasting today from our living room, meaning @funkycoldluis.bsky.social will be exposed to our sister/aunt and Mom/Grandma yelling at the game.
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
Tune in for the expert analysis and arm chair color commentary that makes its way into #ChiBears coverage!
If only there had been a way to stop it. But, you know, that darn price of eggs, scheduling conflicts, and the risk of jeopardizing business interests by outting yourself to the yet-to-be-elected administration.
COMMENTARY: Donald Trump has dismantled a global order built over decades — one that brought Americans unprecedented prosperity, security and freedom, writes Ivo Daalder, a former US ambassador to NATO.
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If only there had been a way to stop it. But, you know, that darn price of eggs, scheduling conflicts, and the risk of jeopardizing business interests by outting yourself to the yet-to-be-elected administration.
= The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children..." =
@hsph.harvard.edu >>
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
@hsph.harvard.edu >>
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
= The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children..." =
@hsph.harvard.edu >>
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
@hsph.harvard.edu >>
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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you know when a cartoon’s eyes bulge out of their head in the most ridiculous ways? well, i saw a child’s eyes do that in real time in reaction to one bite of these cookies. ngl that was pretty dope.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
you know when a cartoon’s eyes bulge out of their head in the most ridiculous ways? well, i saw a child’s eyes do that in real time in reaction to one bite of these cookies. ngl that was pretty dope.
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
D.J. TAKES IT HOME! TOUCHDOWN, SALUKIS!
37-7 at 4:22.
37-7 at 4:22.
INTERCEPTION!!!
SOUTHERN BALL ON THE REDBIRD 42. 4:31 left!
SOUTHERN BALL ON THE REDBIRD 42. 4:31 left!
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
D.J. TAKES IT HOME! TOUCHDOWN, SALUKIS!
37-7 at 4:22.
37-7 at 4:22.
A 48-yd Saluki field goal AND ALL IS WELL IN NORMAL!
30-7 SIU with 6:25 to go.
30-7 SIU with 6:25 to go.
TOUCHDOWN SIU!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
Southern Illinois up 20-7 heading into Q4. Looking to spoil Redbird senior day in Normal! #GoDawgs
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A 48-yd Saluki field goal AND ALL IS WELL IN NORMAL!
30-7 SIU with 6:25 to go.
30-7 SIU with 6:25 to go.
TOUCHDOWN SIU!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
Southern Illinois up 20-7 heading into Q4. Looking to spoil Redbird senior day in Normal! #GoDawgs
Public Service Announcement: This account distributes pro-SIU Saluki propaganda. #GoDawgs
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
TOUCHDOWN SIU!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
27-7, 12:08 in the 4th.
Looking good!
Southern Illinois up 20-7 heading into Q4. Looking to spoil Redbird senior day in Normal! #GoDawgs
Public Service Announcement: This account distributes pro-SIU Saluki propaganda. #GoDawgs
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Southern Illinois up 20-7 heading into Q4. Looking to spoil Redbird senior day in Normal! #GoDawgs
Public Service Announcement: This account distributes pro-SIU Saluki propaganda. #GoDawgs
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Public Service Announcement: This account distributes pro-SIU Saluki propaganda. #GoDawgs
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
@funkycoldluis.bsky.social @RyanVoylesBlueSkyHandleTBNL
We're about to meet an American politician who can campaign to the right of MTG?
Ooof.
Ooof.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress in January:
“MTG: “I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for…”
“MTG: “I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for…”
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We're about to meet an American politician who can campaign to the right of MTG?
Ooof.
Ooof.
The President met today the incoming administrator of the building code enforcement and police department with jurisdiction over Trump Tower and a large portion of his donor base. Of course he made nice. #LandlordSky
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The President met today the incoming administrator of the building code enforcement and police department with jurisdiction over Trump Tower and a large portion of his donor base. Of course he made nice. #LandlordSky
If you are watching the "Illinois Officials & Sen. Gallego (D-AZ) on ICE Operations" coverage on Live Now from FOX and wondering where Little River, IL is located: You're not alone. There is no city or village by that name in Illinois. Do they mean Little VILLAGE - a Latino community in Chicago?
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you are watching the "Illinois Officials & Sen. Gallego (D-AZ) on ICE Operations" coverage on Live Now from FOX and wondering where Little River, IL is located: You're not alone. There is no city or village by that name in Illinois. Do they mean Little VILLAGE - a Latino community in Chicago?
Robin Roberts Stadium recent ownership has gone from Springfield Park District to City of Springfield and now to this NFP.
= The nonprofit plans to apply for state and private grants, seek naming rights partners, and more to invest resources into the stadium. =
newschannel20.com/news/local/c...
= The nonprofit plans to apply for state and private grants, seek naming rights partners, and more to invest resources into the stadium. =
newschannel20.com/news/local/c...
newschannel20.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Robin Roberts Stadium recent ownership has gone from Springfield Park District to City of Springfield and now to this NFP.
= The nonprofit plans to apply for state and private grants, seek naming rights partners, and more to invest resources into the stadium. =
newschannel20.com/news/local/c...
= The nonprofit plans to apply for state and private grants, seek naming rights partners, and more to invest resources into the stadium. =
newschannel20.com/news/local/c...
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It is official. No CPI report for October. They will needs to impute some figures for the month when they estimate GDP as they need to deflate the GDP data and some components of PCE index are in the CPI.
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is official. No CPI report for October. They will needs to impute some figures for the month when they estimate GDP as they need to deflate the GDP data and some components of PCE index are in the CPI.
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Making.
You.
Dumber.
You.
Dumber.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Making.
You.
Dumber.
You.
Dumber.
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If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.