Mark Piper
@markepiper.bsky.social
Sometimes write (http://tinyurl.com/4u9dzy5w) sometimes wrong. PoliSci (SXU) + Leadership & Public Policy (DePaul). #MercyAssociate / #GoPackGo / Personal Acct. Amo ergo sum. Wisconsin native & Chicago transplant. #UffDa is my expletive.
Will we get "I did that!" stickers with Trump's face on bare shelves, as I saw at every gas station pump with Biden's face a few years ago?
Container bookings from China to the United States are nosediving.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Will we get "I did that!" stickers with Trump's face on bare shelves, as I saw at every gas station pump with Biden's face a few years ago?
Brandy in a snifter and scared music on a piano.
That's how I'm processing the defilement of the Oval Office, which happened today.
My prayers seems as effective as my constitutional rights in Trump's America. Sorry Kilmar; I hope one day you'll hug your kid's again.
youtu.be/2X7DUgqCyvk?...
That's how I'm processing the defilement of the Oval Office, which happened today.
My prayers seems as effective as my constitutional rights in Trump's America. Sorry Kilmar; I hope one day you'll hug your kid's again.
youtu.be/2X7DUgqCyvk?...
Were You There (Midnight Mass) - Piano Cover (with Chopin's Nocturne Op. 37 n.1)
YouTube video by Luca Cozzi
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April 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Brandy in a snifter and scared music on a piano.
That's how I'm processing the defilement of the Oval Office, which happened today.
My prayers seems as effective as my constitutional rights in Trump's America. Sorry Kilmar; I hope one day you'll hug your kid's again.
youtu.be/2X7DUgqCyvk?...
That's how I'm processing the defilement of the Oval Office, which happened today.
My prayers seems as effective as my constitutional rights in Trump's America. Sorry Kilmar; I hope one day you'll hug your kid's again.
youtu.be/2X7DUgqCyvk?...
Thinking of all those Trump signs that lined the farms along 151 between Madison and Green Bay last Nov.
Related, I just emailed my two Sens this AM: vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR. There's no constitutional obligation to provide even more unconstitutional power to Musk & the Exec Branch.
Related, I just emailed my two Sens this AM: vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR. There's no constitutional obligation to provide even more unconstitutional power to Musk & the Exec Branch.
“.. We’re just in such a state of shock. We just don’t really even know how to respond,” Gilkerson said. “Everyone thinks all farmers voted for this, but we did not vote for this.”
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March 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thinking of all those Trump signs that lined the farms along 151 between Madison and Green Bay last Nov.
Related, I just emailed my two Sens this AM: vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR. There's no constitutional obligation to provide even more unconstitutional power to Musk & the Exec Branch.
Related, I just emailed my two Sens this AM: vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR. There's no constitutional obligation to provide even more unconstitutional power to Musk & the Exec Branch.
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You know how third world dictatorships can "disappear" somebody just because they don't like what that somebody said?
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Congrats, the United States under Trump is a third world dictatorship.
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Congrats, the United States under Trump is a third world dictatorship.
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You know how third world dictatorships can "disappear" somebody just because they don't like what that somebody said?
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Congrats, the United States under Trump is a third world dictatorship.
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Congrats, the United States under Trump is a third world dictatorship.
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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
Mike Johnson: "We're transitioning from Bidenomics and the terrible economy that was delivered by the last administration. It takes a while to turn that ship around."
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
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As our new president and his favorite broligarch move to dismantle US foreign aid in the name of making America “great again,” consider this:
February 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As our new president and his favorite broligarch move to dismantle US foreign aid in the name of making America “great again,” consider this:
I'm in my least favorite part of the year: January 2 until the South Side Irish Parade (for me, it marks the end of the cold, gray, barren part of the year). This parade is on March 16, a mere 71 days away...
Anyway, speaking of gray and Irish, this photo I took in Cobh (10/2023) came to mind:
Anyway, speaking of gray and Irish, this photo I took in Cobh (10/2023) came to mind:
January 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm in my least favorite part of the year: January 2 until the South Side Irish Parade (for me, it marks the end of the cold, gray, barren part of the year). This parade is on March 16, a mere 71 days away...
Anyway, speaking of gray and Irish, this photo I took in Cobh (10/2023) came to mind:
Anyway, speaking of gray and Irish, this photo I took in Cobh (10/2023) came to mind:
Erosion of democracy isn't just for the Feds.
CTU asked for an elected school board b/c "democracy". 1 of their candidates loses, so the Mayor installs them anyway 2 help fire the CEO w/o cause; but really they'll fire him b/c he's responsible & won't take on more debt in contract negotiations.
CTU asked for an elected school board b/c "democracy". 1 of their candidates loses, so the Mayor installs them anyway 2 help fire the CEO w/o cause; but really they'll fire him b/c he's responsible & won't take on more debt in contract negotiations.
JUST IN: The Board of Education is moving to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez at a special meeting Friday evening, potentially ending a months-long leadership saga that has brought an onslaught of political tension to the school system.
chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
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CPS board moves to oust schools CEO Pedro Martinez
The board scheduled a special meeting for 5:45 p.m. Friday — a few days before Christmas — to vote on whether to fire Martinez or agree to a separation settlement.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Erosion of democracy isn't just for the Feds.
CTU asked for an elected school board b/c "democracy". 1 of their candidates loses, so the Mayor installs them anyway 2 help fire the CEO w/o cause; but really they'll fire him b/c he's responsible & won't take on more debt in contract negotiations.
CTU asked for an elected school board b/c "democracy". 1 of their candidates loses, so the Mayor installs them anyway 2 help fire the CEO w/o cause; but really they'll fire him b/c he's responsible & won't take on more debt in contract negotiations.
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Higher #gasprices are coming, primarily for the Great Lakes states, Midwest and Rockies, if @realDonaldTrump does as he says he will and put tariffs on Canadian oil supplies coming into the U.S.
November 26, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Higher #gasprices are coming, primarily for the Great Lakes states, Midwest and Rockies, if @realDonaldTrump does as he says he will and put tariffs on Canadian oil supplies coming into the U.S.
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Page One in Chicago: “Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence Are to Blame for Rising Energy Prices ..”
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November 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Page One in Chicago: “Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence Are to Blame for Rising Energy Prices ..”
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I was in LA last week.
#familyvacation #bingcrosby
White Christmas gets all the glory, but Bing singing Adeste Fidelis, O Fir Tree Dark, or It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter are just as good.
#firstpost
#familyvacation #bingcrosby
White Christmas gets all the glory, but Bing singing Adeste Fidelis, O Fir Tree Dark, or It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter are just as good.
#firstpost
November 19, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I was in LA last week.
#familyvacation #bingcrosby
White Christmas gets all the glory, but Bing singing Adeste Fidelis, O Fir Tree Dark, or It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter are just as good.
#firstpost
#familyvacation #bingcrosby
White Christmas gets all the glory, but Bing singing Adeste Fidelis, O Fir Tree Dark, or It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter are just as good.
#firstpost