@jocon1234.bsky.social
I love Chicago, pop culture, and music. Trying every day to not be a cliche.
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Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after:
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after:
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
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TW ⚠️
The stabilized version is brutal.
The stabilized version is brutal.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
TW ⚠️
The stabilized version is brutal.
The stabilized version is brutal.
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Our community-run art gallery flooded. Building management will get the space back into habitable condition, but we lost a bunch of stuff and we're closed for who knows how long.
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
Donate to Help PullmanArts Recover From A Flood, organized by Soren Spicknall
On Thursday, January 22nd, our volunteer-run community art gallery flooded with … Soren Spicknall needs your support for Help PullmanArts Recover From A Flood
gofund.me
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Our community-run art gallery flooded. Building management will get the space back into habitable condition, but we lost a bunch of stuff and we're closed for who knows how long.
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
We're a tiny volunteer org that spends like $20K a year, so a $3,000 emergency is a big problem. Please help us out:
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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20 out of 25 CIO director positions at CDC are vacant and filled by actings (or eliminated), just in the past year via CDC Data Project www.cdcdataproject.org/leadership-c...
January 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
20 out of 25 CIO director positions at CDC are vacant and filled by actings (or eliminated), just in the past year via CDC Data Project www.cdcdataproject.org/leadership-c...
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Tomorrow! Join us for a special screening of the new musical KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, featuring a post-film Q&A with star Tonatiuh🕷️
All proceeds will benefit the Illinois Coalition For Immigrant & Refugee Rights + Pilsen Unidos
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
All proceeds will benefit the Illinois Coalition For Immigrant & Refugee Rights + Pilsen Unidos
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for a special screening of the new musical KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, featuring a post-film Q&A with star Tonatiuh🕷️
All proceeds will benefit the Illinois Coalition For Immigrant & Refugee Rights + Pilsen Unidos
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
All proceeds will benefit the Illinois Coalition For Immigrant & Refugee Rights + Pilsen Unidos
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
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Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
www.readtpa.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Almost none of today’s stories about Trump trying to rename the #KennedyCenter have included the fact that only Congress can rename it. What’s the point of media if you don’t report this?
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Almost none of today’s stories about Trump trying to rename the #KennedyCenter have included the fact that only Congress can rename it. What’s the point of media if you don’t report this?
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Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
Lauren Thehough rebuilds a van, packs up her dog Woody, and sets out to meet America as it really is.
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
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Chicago taxpayers will pay $15.4M to a man who spent 33 years in prison after being convicted of a 1987 double murder he didn’t commit.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
Pay $15.4M to Man Who Spent 33 Years in Prison for Double Murder He Didn’t Commit: City Lawyers
If approved, it would bring the total amount spent by taxpayers in 2025 to compensate those wrongfully convicted based on evidence developed by Chicago police officers to $204.6 million, according to ...
news.wttw.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Chicago taxpayers will pay $15.4M to a man who spent 33 years in prison after being convicted of a 1987 double murder he didn’t commit.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
Still waiting for the Epstein files to be released…. But go ahead media, cover this instead…..
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Still waiting for the Epstein files to be released…. But go ahead media, cover this instead…..
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
This Michigan fan does not claim Dave Portnoy
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This Michigan fan does not claim Dave Portnoy
I will never forget this and never forgive her for this.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I will never forget this and never forgive her for this.
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Quiet, Piggy.
Mike Johnson's final words during a press conference where he announces the Epstein coverup will not only continue but deepen: "They're trying to attack President Trump. That's it."
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
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Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
@durbin.senate.gov just ruined any positive legacy he planned to leave. How can the man elected by strong blue Chicago have been one of today’s sellouts? How embarrassing
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@durbin.senate.gov just ruined any positive legacy he planned to leave. How can the man elected by strong blue Chicago have been one of today’s sellouts? How embarrassing
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids