Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
@leniann.bsky.social
She/her. Personal account. 🇵🇭🏳️🌈💃🏻💙
For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org
For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org
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The 48th Ward
The official website of Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth of Chicago's 48th ward.
the48thward.org
Good morning and hello🌞
I’m the freshman Alderwoman of the 48th ward in Chicago, Edgewater and Uptown. This is my personal account. For official response and service please head to the48thward.org
I’m the freshman Alderwoman of the 48th ward in Chicago, Edgewater and Uptown. This is my personal account. For official response and service please head to the48thward.org
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South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
Ray @nerd4cities.bsky.social mentions our beautiful Chicago beaches. In Edgewater we make it known that our neighborhood and our city welcomes all. Watch City Nerd here: youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Ray @nerd4cities.bsky.social mentions our beautiful Chicago beaches. In Edgewater we make it known that our neighborhood and our city welcomes all. Watch City Nerd here: youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
In love with these snowy owls! They are gifts to Chicago’s Montrose Harbor from the Arctic. Edgewater is a perfect backdrop. Very impressed how the crowd kept respectful distance. It’s helpful that the pier is horseshoe shaped. The owls chose well.
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In love with these snowy owls! They are gifts to Chicago’s Montrose Harbor from the Arctic. Edgewater is a perfect backdrop. Very impressed how the crowd kept respectful distance. It’s helpful that the pier is horseshoe shaped. The owls chose well.
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I saw them!! the guys!
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I saw them!! the guys!
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Snowy owls are considered “irruptive” in the Midwest, meaning some years they show up in winter and some years they don’t. This unpredictability is one of the reasons a snowy owl sighting carries such a “once in a lifetime” sense of excitement.
https://to.wttw.com/3X81VWn
https://to.wttw.com/3X81VWn
Snowy Owls Delighting Birders on Chicago’s Lakefront
The arctic visitors have drawn bird watchers from surrounding states.
to.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Snowy owls are considered “irruptive” in the Midwest, meaning some years they show up in winter and some years they don’t. This unpredictability is one of the reasons a snowy owl sighting carries such a “once in a lifetime” sense of excitement.
https://to.wttw.com/3X81VWn
https://to.wttw.com/3X81VWn
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November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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Macys on State Street is really leaning into Marshall Fields Nostalgia this year. The windows look great. Hard to believe they had an entire studio here at one point that would redo all the window displays weekly. Listened to a pair of parents explain Marshall Fields to the kids
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Macys on State Street is really leaning into Marshall Fields Nostalgia this year. The windows look great. Hard to believe they had an entire studio here at one point that would redo all the window displays weekly. Listened to a pair of parents explain Marshall Fields to the kids
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Hear Ray @nerd4cities.bsky.social on Chicagoans, how our love for city living is on the verge of pathological (but in a good way amirite @betterstreetschicago.org ?), on Edgewater, where you can live out all your transit oriented dreams, the beauty of our beaches, and more :
youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hear Ray @nerd4cities.bsky.social on Chicagoans, how our love for city living is on the verge of pathological (but in a good way amirite @betterstreetschicago.org ?), on Edgewater, where you can live out all your transit oriented dreams, the beauty of our beaches, and more :
youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...
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Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
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A handful of Republican senators are publicly rebuking Trump for his chilling threat against their colleagues across the aisle.
GOP Senators Chastise Trump Over Execution Threat Against Colleagues
A handful of Republican senators are publicly rebuking Trump for his chilling threats against their colleagues across the aisle.
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A handful of Republican senators are publicly rebuking Trump for his chilling threat against their colleagues across the aisle.
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Trump promoting a death threat should not be dismissed as just one more of his excesses.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
Trump endorses hanging Democratic members of Congress
"Their words cannot be allowed to stand."
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump promoting a death threat should not be dismissed as just one more of his excesses.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
When a wannabe autocrat aligns himself with a call to execute political foes, it’s not just another Trump social media post. It’s another warning.
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
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Good reporting here and a strong use of public records from @unraveledpress.com: Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston unraveledpress.com/identified-f...
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good reporting here and a strong use of public records from @unraveledpress.com: Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston unraveledpress.com/identified-f...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
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So... I'm no lawyer but I'm pretty sure there's a remedy for lying under oath.
Judge Ellis “also took aim once more at Bovino—the controversial Border Patrol lead commander and face of the Chicago push—finding him ‘evasive’ over three days of testimony and, at points, ‘outright lying.’”
“In another sequence, an agent rolled down a window, pointed a handgun, and said ‘bang bang’ before sneering, ‘You’re dead, liberal.’” www.thedailybeast.com/judge-shreds...
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So... I'm no lawyer but I'm pretty sure there's a remedy for lying under oath.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM