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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 7h

It's "stick to (sports/music/film)," but for religion.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 12h

"Come at the king, you best not miss."

And also, do your homework. David Simon could have lopped Ari Shapiro's head off here.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 13h

Was he white knuckling something?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

An agent testified in federal court in Chicago today that Bovino needed an MRI and is on two weeks bedrest for "a groin injury" he sustained during last week's protest

Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 16h

a man with a crown on his head and the words it 's good to be the king

ALT: a man with a crown on his head and the words it 's good to be the king

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 16h

You can’t be autistic if you can’t develop an excessive buildup of smegma. And you can’t do that if don’t have a foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Sorry Jews

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 16h

“With the baby in her placenta?” This moron’s health opinions are going to kill people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 16h

Now let’s see if the feds honor this ruling. (Signs point to “no.”) blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/09/j...

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 18h

Every day is a new "nothing bad can happen; it can only good happen" malapropism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 18h

I had something snarky to say about this. But Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There is a remote chance Trump could be awarded it as appeasement, even as his heavily armed, untrained ICE goons terrorize the country.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19h

lol

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 18h

Before she was elected to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene hounded survivors of the Parkland, Fla. school shooting with conspiracy theories. Wolf Blitzer's claim that she is [checks notes] a "courageous politician" and a "loving mother" need to be fact-checked.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 19h

Missed the Chicago screening. Will have to mix a martini for this.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

When I named editor of Chicagoist a lifetime or two ago, if my first words to the staff were "let's do the fucking news," they would all have had the right to resign en masse.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 1d

Gave myself a day to decompress from (waves arms around like a wacky inflatable man) and Gott in Himmel, the Bari Weiss era of CBS News is already off to a rollicking start.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

He could be talking about crime or that Jackson Park is the only 18-hole Park District golf course. Either way, he should keep the city's name out of his mouth.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

10/10 hed. Stet. defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

defector.com

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t wait for the NYT article where a reporter drives to a Midwestern diner to ask people if They unknowingly have health insurance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Dr Oz: "Some of the reasons that premiums are going up is because if you take people who didn't know they had insurance and therefore never put in any claims off the rolls, then you still have people who are charging enough to make up the difference. But I do think there are criminal elements."

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents making bogus 911 calls to keep Broadview police chasing their tails? At least the Broadview police chief recognizes that ICE is not an ally of law enforcement. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

www.cbsnews.com

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

"I'm Ben Shapiro. I'm Michael Knowles. I'm Chris Rufo. I'm Bari's sister. All this, and Curtis Yarvin, tonight on '60 Minutes.'"

NPR @npr.org · 3d

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr

CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 3d

Guess the bathroom and breakroom conditions at their facilities must be lacking for some reason. Also, the Third Amendment is going to become very important, sooner than we think.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4d

Noem said ICE agents are in need of some bathroom and lunch breaks.

ICE Barbie Moans About Agents’ Lunch Options in Chicago

Noem said ICE agents are in need of some bathroom and lunch breaks.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 4d

I’m more concerned about the midterms than 2028 prognostications and Q ratings.

Lakshya Jain @lakshya.splitticket.org · 7d

Something that was a bit surprising to me this time around:

I tested the favorables of Vance, Trump, Gavin Newsom and AOC in our latest survey.

Newsom: 36/40 (-4)
AOC: 36/41 (-5)
Vance: 39/51 (-12)
Trump: 42/57 (-15)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 4d

With a video bomb by me at the end.

Chicago Critical Mass @chicritmass.bsky.social · 4d

Leonard riding his Penny Farthing on the Chicago Southside CriticalMass bicycle ride on Friday. #Chicago

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently, a bad diet and refusal to listen to sound medical advice equals being “spiritually attacked.”

I’m betting that some vegetables will reverse the curse.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 4d

lets all stay dignified and remember that jordan was doing (canadian) politics the right way

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mojizele solarte (she/ her) @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 4d

“Shut your bitch ass up.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 4d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social · 4d

ICE *is* waging war in the Chicago area and other cities. Which is why, if Pritzker was given a mandate of "mobilize the National Guard or I will" by Trump, he *should* have called Trump's bluff and mobilized the Guard to protect residents from ICE.

If not now, when?

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

It is insane how she keeps describing Chicago as a "war zone", when the only warlike things happening here are all DHS operations

Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.co · 4d

The third amendment is about to get very relevant.

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