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Jody
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Living right outside Chicago. Bernie Bro. She/her. I love fried chicken, the golden girls, and shit talking. Reddit is my safe space. Oh, and I’m a Virgo
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Property taxes are like libraries in that people would scream they are an impossible leftist fantasy if they hadn't already existed forever.
No my man, the answer absolutely involves taxing those gains.
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The chocolate milk lobby lost a true warrior.
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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What did Karl Marx predict?

He predicted that under unrestricted Capitalism money would be concentrated into the hands of a handful of individuals, that Governments would become controlled by the richest, and that wages would be subsistence level.

He was right.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia are boycotting Eurovision due to Israel’s continued participation. The European Broadcasting Union declined to have a vote on Israel’s involvement.
4 Countries Are Boycotting Eurovision Due to Israel’s Participation
Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia are boycotting Eurovision due to Israel’s continued participation. The European Broadcasting Union declined to have a vote on Israel’s involvement.
www.vulture.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I don’t think the Illinois Republican Party is very good at politics
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Chicago-brewed "Da Pope" beer is now in Pope Leo’s fridge, thanks to Gov. Pritzker. blockclubchi.co/4r7wDfN
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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IL Gov. Pritzker meets with Pope Leo XIV and brings him cans of 'Da Pope' beer from Chicago brewery:

"We bring good tidings from Chicago."
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Pritzker Shares Beers, Books and Well-Wishes With Pope Leo XIV in Vatican Visit
Sharing art, books and local beer, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday called it an “honor” to meet with the pope in the Vatican to express “the pride and reverence of the people of this great state.”
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November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Gov. Pritzker: “Donald Trump doesn't know anything about Chicago…The man is demented. He really has no idea what he's doing.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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From the top rope
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go” at a “No Kings” protest today in Chicago

ht: @bgonthescene.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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No Kings, one Khan
Gov. Pritzker is leading the #NoKings march in Chicago. Photo: @aaroncynic.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sad I can’t participate today in #nokings because I’m working. Wearing this in solidarity #abolishice
October 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This is so nice. A father pretending he read the book his son pretended to write. 🥲
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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a degenerate gambler who supports trans rights? he’s got my vote
Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife reported making $1.425 million in income last year from “gambling.” A Pritzker campaign spokesperson said, “The Governor had winnings and losses from a casino during the year and those amounts are reported on his tax return.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/g...
Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife report $10.3 million in taxable income — $1.4 million in gambling winnings
Five months before the Democratic primary, Gov. JB Pritzker released partial tax records showing $10.3 million in taxable income — including $1.4 million in income from gambling.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Chicago is in Cook County and now courts are safer.

"Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court."

"...bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to court proceedings. It includes arrests inside courthouses and in […]
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October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A federal judge has ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its removal by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Judge orders controversial fence around ICE facility in Broadview to be removed
A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its remo…
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October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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i am not sure mike johnson’s plan of abandoning the capitol to a bunch of snarky house dems (of which there are many) with nothing to do was a smart strategic move
We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM