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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 5h

Illinois Press Association CEO Resigns After Dispute Over ICE Lawsuit

The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a ...

localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 2d

Game-winning touchdown

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago has a wealth of fantastic Mexican food. The midsize town where we are a couple of hours south has gone from a taco desert to having lots of options (trucks, restaurants and a couple of spots in the back of grocery stores) in the 15-plus years we’ve been here. It’s been impressive to watch.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 3d

That looks solid. Best stadium tacos I’ve had were in, to my surprise, St. Louis.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 4d

NW soccer, too. Any idea if the school plans to keep much of this configuration re the stands? Great place to watch a game.

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Michael Clair @michaelclair.bsky.social · 5d

If you're in Chicago, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture has a new exhibit on baseball! Called Pleibol!, it's a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian. Free to visit!

nmprac.org/exhibitions/...

¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues – National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 10d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 11d

Business decision says nope.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 11d

Having witnessed the Zook up close, let me recommend anything but that.

dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 12d

Do not be this guy.

dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 12d

Makes me miss the West.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 12d

The first news room I worked in post-college had one camera, an SLR that I was in no way qualified to handle. But no one else wanted it, so I was it. I took maybe 5 decent photos in the 10 months I had it. A blurry dolphin in a ship channel was my high point.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 16d

I’m 58 and not exactly a paragon of good health and I would have confidently guessed based on the photo that Jones was at least 5-7 years older than me.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks! It’s underrated, honestly.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17d

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Sarah Despres @sarahdespres
X.com
I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs.
6:56 PM • 9/21/25 • 808 Views

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 17d

Lake Michigan north of Milwaukee already prepping for fall (this was yesterday, but it was chilly, windy and wet).

Lake Michigan north of Milwaukee on a chilly, cloudy, windy Saturday.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 18d

Ned Price @nedprice
X.com
On a single Saturday in September:
--Trump instructed his AG to go after specific political enemies.
--We learned that his DOJ ended an investigation into his border czar, who was caught on camera taking a $50k cash bribe.
--His Pentagon top brass threatened to expel journalists who report info not cleared by them.
--His WH spoke to a shady deal that will see TikTok in the hands of a consortium of GOP mega-donors.
--Trump threatened "bad things" if we don't retake Bagram AFB.
--His most senior counterterrorism official is in a Twitter spat with Laura Loomer.
None of this is normal. All of it is so dangerous and corrosive to our democracy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 18d

Ya know, that’s basically what Bradley-Bourbonnais looks like. No real difference.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 19d

Agreed on all counts.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 19d

I had no idea.

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 20d

When will FC Dallas win its first MLS Cup and how old will Petar Musa be when he scores the goal to nail it down?

dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 20d

A fine, fine city (those nifty lakes don’t hurt).

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dmercer00.bsky.social @dmercer00.bsky.social · 20d

Google screech owl call. Then think of that in the woods alone at night. That’ll ruin a camping trip.

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