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“If you leave this earth having given more than you’ve taken, then you leave this world as a man. That’s what it means to be a man.”
#ProfG #ScottGalloway
Scott Galloway Discusses Tackling The Masculinity Crisis In 'Notes on Being a Man'
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It was a privilege to see Arcadia staged at Steppenwolf in the 1990s. There are few contemporary playwrights of his caliber.
#TomStoppard
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thank you @tiffanydcross.bsky.social for telling it like it is. “Feckless beltway media” is this nation’s Achilles’ heel.
Tiffany Cross Rips Media On CNN After 'Ugly' Trump Attack
Tiffany Cross ripped the New York Times after Trump attacked a reporter as "ugly," asking where their concern about his faculties has been for years.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree and the Rev. Michael Woolf were arrested Friday while trying to meet and pray with detainees. They call on Gov. JB Pritzker to answer for the excessive use of force by police who aided ICE.
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Pastors speak of brutality of arrests at hands of local cops at Broadview ICE facility
Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree and the Rev. Michael Woolf were arrested Friday while trying to meet and pray with detainees. They call on Gov. JB Pritzker to answer for the excessive use of force by police who aided ICE.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC

I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.

I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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No more Home Depot for me. BOYCOTTING anyone who bends the knee.
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV before a masked agent rolled down his window and dropped the canisters. Smoke spread around the vehicle and passersby began to scream.
Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning'
Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Thugs.
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Downtown Chicago, today.

The little girl …
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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UPDATE: New footage and info from the chaotic scene in New York City today, where an ICE officer violently shoved a desperate woman to the ground as she pled for the safety of her husband, who had just been arrested without warning as he attended a court hearing.

Read the thread ⬇️
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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September 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Disney learned nothing from Andor.
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
RIP Robert Redford. This is one of his most sublime onscreen moments.

youtu.be/Y1pgp1BOqqM?...
Hobbs Electrifying Game Winning Home-Run | The Natural (Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall)
YouTube video by Moving Pictures
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September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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NEW on Heads Up News: All eyes on Chicago’s resistance www.headsupnews.org/p/all-eyes-o...
All eyes on Chicago’s resistance
'Be loud for America,' Gov. JB Pritzker implores Chicagoans
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September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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It used to be far-right groups who flooded cities wearing masks and military gear, looking for a fight. Now it’s anonymous federal agents who are violently attacking people on the street. trib.al/TwXSx7N
August 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Just returned from vacation in Maine. The numerous hotel/inn ‘vacancy’ signs confirm said Canadian furiousness.
You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are
There’s nothing like a common enemy to make a country come together.
nymag.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Legend
Jim Shooter, Editor Who ‘Saved the Comics Industry,’ Dies at 73
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July 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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More Democrats growing a spine in real time. This was unexpected from @governor.ny.gov but she delivered a great message.
Yeah you’ve got hochul uploading an official nygov social video calling lander’s arrest, and I’m quoting here, “bullshit.” They think the feds have overreached and are vulnerable.
June 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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BREAKING: New rules at the VA have explicitly removed protections based on political party affiliation, marital status, and national origin.

https://trib.al/npDbAmo
June 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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This is just great (by Rep Mikie Sherrill). Follows previous excellent questioning by Rep Moulton and Vindman.

That Hegseth still has this job ...
By popular request, linking Mikie Sherrill's "3 kinds of incompetence," which is also superb. Best part is she dings him for his Fox News tactics and then ... those Fox News tactics fail. Second best part is this kicks off her Gubernatorial campaign against a MAGAt.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fup...
Mikie Sherrill Asks Pete Hegseth About 3 Areas Of His 'Incompetence' As Secretary Of Defense
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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June 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM