Matt Farmer
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Matt Farmer is a lawyer and musician in Chicago — also a caddie for life, and a high-motor, three-and-D glue guy.
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Matt Farmer
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· Aug 7
`WE WERE ON STAGE AT THIS CLUB IN HIROSHIMA . . .’
`We were on stage at this club in Hiroshima, and we were playing all kinds of songs– `Sweet Caroline,’ `Suspicious Minds,’ `Boppin’ the Blues’. . .” The series t…
www.chicagotribune.com
Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. In January 1999, my band mates and I somehow landed a gig over there. Suffice it to say, it was an unusual gig.
www.chicagotribune.com/1999/01/27/w...
www.chicagotribune.com/1999/01/27/w...
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Good morning. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally is now presiding over a remote hearing about conditions inside ICE's holding center in Broadview.
Broadview ICE facility population dwindling as feds shift focus from Chicago: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Broadview ICE facility population dwindling as feds shift focus from Chicago
A Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday that only four people were being held inside the suburban immigration holding facility; last week 20 people were there.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally is now presiding over a remote hearing about conditions inside ICE's holding center in Broadview.
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This news came out just before feds decided to dismiss charges:
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park. Gift link: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m...
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park. Gift link: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m...
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park
An immigration agent who bragged to colleagues about his marksmanship after shooting a Chicago woman accused of ramming his vehicle sent other text messages that are now in the hands of defense att…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This news came out just before feds decided to dismiss charges:
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park. Gift link: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m...
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park. Gift link: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m...
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Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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This is the lineup you’d get if you asked someone who’s never listened to a podcast to compile a list of podcasts in five minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is the lineup you’d get if you asked someone who’s never listened to a podcast to compile a list of podcasts in five minutes.
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Judge Jeffrey Cummings tonight has denied a bid for a stay pending appeal of an order that aimed to release as many as 615 people arrested by ICE.
He notes that 442 people actually stand to benefit. 57 have been deemed a safety risk, 75 have been deported and 33 have otherwise been released.
He notes that 442 people actually stand to benefit. 57 have been deemed a safety risk, 75 have been deported and 33 have otherwise been released.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Judge Jeffrey Cummings tonight has denied a bid for a stay pending appeal of an order that aimed to release as many as 615 people arrested by ICE.
He notes that 442 people actually stand to benefit. 57 have been deemed a safety risk, 75 have been deported and 33 have otherwise been released.
He notes that 442 people actually stand to benefit. 57 have been deemed a safety risk, 75 have been deported and 33 have otherwise been released.
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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"The Palestinians are doing very well, actually," Trump said. Really.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Palestinians are doing very well, actually," Trump said. Really.
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Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
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No @andrewhickey.500songs.com nomination, award invalid (possibly illegal)
Ben Shapiro is spending a lot of $$$ trying to win the inaugural Best Podcast award at the Golden Globes.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Shapiro's Golden Spending Spree
Ben Shapiro is mounting an aggressive Golden Globes campaign, buying billboard space in Times Square and within Jay Penske’s media empire in a bid to win the inaugural Best Podcast award.
www.status.news
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
No @andrewhickey.500songs.com nomination, award invalid (possibly illegal)
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Fox is not skipping the Epstein victims' news conference because they think it isn't compelling TV. It's very compelling TV, and they know it. Fox is skipping it to help a would-be dictator hold power.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fox is not skipping the Epstein victims' news conference because they think it isn't compelling TV. It's very compelling TV, and they know it. Fox is skipping it to help a would-be dictator hold power.
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Wow! Epstein survivor Haley Robson just offered to hold Marjorie Taylor Greene’s hand if she decides to read the names on the floor.
And a powerful message to Donald Trump: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social
And a powerful message to Donald Trump: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wow! Epstein survivor Haley Robson just offered to hold Marjorie Taylor Greene’s hand if she decides to read the names on the floor.
And a powerful message to Donald Trump: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social
And a powerful message to Donald Trump: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social
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Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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It’s been 283 days since Luka Doncic was traded. In regular season games since:
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s been 283 days since Luka Doncic was traded. In regular season games since:
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
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This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.
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Loevy plays a video of a woman's arrest. Hewson says the woman was "assaultive" because she kicked a can of tear gas that had been deployed.
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Loevy plays a video of a woman's arrest. Hewson says the woman was "assaultive" because she kicked a can of tear gas that had been deployed.
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
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The jury is entering deliberations now. If they come to a verdict today, cool! If not, they’ll be dismissed at 5 and we will return tomorrow for Day 4 of not the simplest case in the history of the world.
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The jury is entering deliberations now. If they come to a verdict today, cool! If not, they’ll be dismissed at 5 and we will return tomorrow for Day 4 of not the simplest case in the history of the world.
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A political dirty trick worthy of Rich Daley's Hispanic Democratic Organization - who derailed Chuy Garcia's career at one point for many years chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
Rep. 'Chuy' Garcia says health, family led to last-minute ballot switch: 'I followed the rules'
Garcia is defending his decision to help his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, collect petitions to take his place.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A political dirty trick worthy of Rich Daley's Hispanic Democratic Organization - who derailed Chuy Garcia's career at one point for many years chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
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right now on their homepage there are 17 headlines about mamdani and DSA (some repeated two or three times) and zero on NJ, VA or CA. entirely a blog about elite anxiety
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
right now on their homepage there are 17 headlines about mamdani and DSA (some repeated two or three times) and zero on NJ, VA or CA. entirely a blog about elite anxiety
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Always read Dan, a great Chicagoan.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Always read Dan, a great Chicagoan.
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Oh hey, Chicago. Greg Bovino says this is HIS city.
Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh hey, Chicago. Greg Bovino says this is HIS city.