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An animation of O'Hare's new concourse design shows rows of tree-like columns supporting a soaring, skylit roof, creating the feeling of moving through a tree orchard like those that once filled the land now occupied by O’Hare International Airport.
Chicago's aviation chief unveils new video of O'Hare's planned $1.3B concourse now in the works
chicago.suntimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
An animation of O'Hare's new concourse design shows rows of tree-like columns supporting a soaring, skylit roof, creating the feeling of moving through a tree orchard like those that once filled the land now occupied by O’Hare International Airport.
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Open Books, one of Chicago’s largest used bookstore chains, will close its Logan Square location on March 1 after financial struggles. Its West Loop and Pilsen locations will remain open.
Open Books in Logan Square to close March 1 amid financial challenges
chicago.suntimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Open Books, one of Chicago’s largest used bookstore chains, will close its Logan Square location on March 1 after financial struggles. Its West Loop and Pilsen locations will remain open.
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Democracy Now! is marking 30 years of fearless, independent journalism. Help support our work by making a donation today for a special triple-match!
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February 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Democracy Now! is marking 30 years of fearless, independent journalism. Help support our work by making a donation today for a special triple-match!
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Charlie Rybak continues to fight the good fight in Twin Cities Business to get a positive, forward-looking view of Minnesota into a mag doggedly sticking to “Precarious State“ doomerism while we‘re fighting fascism. Challenging not coddling business is long overdue there: tcbmag.com/rybak-busine...
Rybak: The Toughest Neighbors in America
Since 2020, business leaders have searched for the big picture. They should look out their windows.
tcbmag.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Charlie Rybak continues to fight the good fight in Twin Cities Business to get a positive, forward-looking view of Minnesota into a mag doggedly sticking to “Precarious State“ doomerism while we‘re fighting fascism. Challenging not coddling business is long overdue there: tcbmag.com/rybak-busine...
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A 40-year-old recording of then-Mayor Harold Washington leading the Refrigerettes in a cheer for the NFC Champion Bears weeks from their only Super Bowl victory is one of 800 newly digitized audio clips showcased on a web page unveiled Wednesday by City Clerk Anna Valencia.
From Harold's ‘Refrigerettes’ cheer to the parking meter deal, new recordings reveal iconic Council moments
chicago.suntimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
A 40-year-old recording of then-Mayor Harold Washington leading the Refrigerettes in a cheer for the NFC Champion Bears weeks from their only Super Bowl victory is one of 800 newly digitized audio clips showcased on a web page unveiled Wednesday by City Clerk Anna Valencia.
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It’s a "new era" for the Chicago Reader as the iconic alt-weekly shifts to a monthly magazine. blockclubchi.co/49W8hzk
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It’s a "new era" for the Chicago Reader as the iconic alt-weekly shifts to a monthly magazine. blockclubchi.co/49W8hzk
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The House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains held a hearing on the construction of AI data centers in rural America. Read more here:
New Weekly Update from NEMWI
Email from Northeast-Midwest Institute New EPA regulatory approach, Senators send letter on Brandon Road, House Committee holds hearing on data centers NEMWI Weekly Update January 26th, 2026 EP
conta.cc
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains held a hearing on the construction of AI data centers in rural America. Read more here:
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ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen 'Melania' after marquee jokes - Lake Oswego Review
Lake Theater & Cafe announced that it will no longer show “Melania,” the Amazon Studios documentary about the first lady, after Amazon revoked the theater’s rights to the film. “Got […]
lakeoswegoreview.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
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The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
ICE : le Canadien demande à ses joueurs de ne pas sortir de l’hôtel au Minnesota
Comme vous le savez sans doute, ça brasse malheureusement pas mal au Minnesota. Avec tout ce qui se passe en lien avec la police de l’immigration et les trop nombreux décès qui en découlent…
www.danslescoulisses.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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Livestream at 8pm central time theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-minn...
VC LIVE | Minnesota Orchestra Dedicates Concert to Alex Pretti and Renée Good
World's Leading Classical Music Platform
theviolinchannel.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Livestream at 8pm central time theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-minn...
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The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
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Huge thanks to Chicago NOW’s Anthony Ponce and Kaitlin Cody at @fox32chicago.bsky.social for chatting with new editor in chief Sarah Conway about what’s ahead for the Reader!
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Huge thanks to Chicago NOW’s Anthony Ponce and Kaitlin Cody at @fox32chicago.bsky.social for chatting with new editor in chief Sarah Conway about what’s ahead for the Reader!
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As mayor, Eric Adams embraced a secretive, abuse-ridden police unit called the Community Response Team.
One of the unit's leaders, Kaz Daughtry, once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
He's now joining Trump's DHS, @nytimes.com reports.
Revisit our investigation:
One of the unit's leaders, Kaz Daughtry, once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
He's now joining Trump's DHS, @nytimes.com reports.
Revisit our investigation:
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
As mayor, Eric Adams embraced a secretive, abuse-ridden police unit called the Community Response Team.
One of the unit's leaders, Kaz Daughtry, once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
He's now joining Trump's DHS, @nytimes.com reports.
Revisit our investigation:
One of the unit's leaders, Kaz Daughtry, once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
He's now joining Trump's DHS, @nytimes.com reports.
Revisit our investigation:
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New ICE office in College Park. WTF?
ICE opens satellite field office south of Atlanta
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has opened a satellite office around College Park to accommodate more administrative officers. ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams confirmed to WABE that more officia...
www.wabe.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
New ICE office in College Park. WTF?
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ICIJ is now on Apple News!
If you want to keep up with our work and support our organization, make sure to give us a follow: apple.news/TjqrobLHpTeq...
If you want to keep up with our work and support our organization, make sure to give us a follow: apple.news/TjqrobLHpTeq...
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ICIJ is now on Apple News!
If you want to keep up with our work and support our organization, make sure to give us a follow: apple.news/TjqrobLHpTeq...
If you want to keep up with our work and support our organization, make sure to give us a follow: apple.news/TjqrobLHpTeq...
@itsthebrandi.bsky.social has announced it has updated the Doomsday Clock: it is now 85 seconds to midnight.
PRESS RELEASE: It is 85 seconds to midnight
At the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board moved the Doomsday Clock forward from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight, citing a failure in global leadership.
thebulletin.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
@itsthebrandi.bsky.social has announced it has updated the Doomsday Clock: it is now 85 seconds to midnight.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Definitely in the thousands now at this Chicago protest against Trump’s domestic terrorism.
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Definitely in the thousands now at this Chicago protest against Trump’s domestic terrorism.
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HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, in a social media post, said: "It's time to abolish Trump's ICE."
Pritzker, Johnson call for ICE to be abolished after second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
chicago.suntimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, in a social media post, said: "It's time to abolish Trump's ICE."
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200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
The Day of Truth and Freedom: UU Clergy and Laypeople Join Multifaith March in Minneapolis Against ICE
Developing story: Follow UU World’s live updates, including dispatches from Minneapolis.
www.uuworld.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
ICE murders another legal observer
Man Feds Killed in Minneapolis Was an Observer, Eyewitness Says
The killing marked the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the city in less than a month.
theintercept.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
ICE murders another legal observer