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Len Grossman

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"The willful doomscrolling of one's own soul." Retweets and Quotetweets (including quoted text) do not necessarily reflect my own views.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · Jan 19

I often retweet items and threads that intrigue me, whether I agree with them or not. Almost every night I quote tweet rolled up threads from authors I follow on the
@threadreaderapp
and insert pull-quotes from the threads that I find interesting.

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 9h

October 7, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 9h

Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB1-...

Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 10h

Patricia Smith, a Chicago poet 'who writes screams'

By @neilsteinberg.bsky.social

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Patricia Smith, a Chicago poet 'who writes screams'

"The Intentions of Thunder," the new collection of poems by the city's own Patricia Smith, is a gorgeous, heartbreaking evocation of her life, family and troubled nation. Tuesday it was named as a fin...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

Hill/WH reporters Me TV reporters

Andy Reid in suit, Travis in weird shirt and hat, Mahomes in fancy suit jacket vest combo thing

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 10h

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 11h

Footage allegedly shows vehicles involved in Brighton Park Border Patrol shooting - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4qB...

Footage allegedly shows vehicles involved in Brighton Park Border Patrol shooting

YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 11h

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

"Anyone who’s seen the visual presence of what it’s like to live in an authoritarian country knows it’s a very different existence. That can never become a reality for us."

Stephen Miller is trying to acclimate us to this.>
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Thread by @GregTSargent on Thread Reader App

@GregTSargent: Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts." On t...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

Bulk up, kiddo. We need you healthy.

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

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Thread by @AmoneyResists on Thread Reader App

@AmoneyResists: Why is @JDVance always whining that people don’t “show enough gratitude”? Let’s break down the psychology behind his fixation — because it says way more about him than anyone else. (Th...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

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Thread by @kyledcheney on Thread Reader App

@kyledcheney: It actually seems sort of obvious that if you’re investigating a former president of the United States for trying to subvert an election, you’d probe some of contacts he and alleged co-c...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks, New Yorker

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23h

INBOX: The Chicago News Guild joined others in suing ICE for attacking journalists at the Broadview facility.

“Our members have a right, protected by the First Amendment, to do their jobs and report the news. They should not be targeted, injured or arrested for doing their jobs.”

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

Brittle. That's a good word.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20h

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to 'dementia' and obsessive fixations www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

Oak Park elected officials stand against ICE after township trustee Juan Munoz detained in Broadview www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/o...

Oak Park elected officials stand against ICE after township trustee Juan Munoz detained in Broadview

Officials from Oak Park spoke out passionately against the detainment of Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz on Oct. 3 in Broadview.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 16h

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By @mjsdc.bsky.social

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 17h

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8 years ago

10 new items · Memory by Leonard Grossman

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 18h

'It can all end today'— Chicago's Israeli consul general on the war in Gaza - Chicago Sun-Times
By @neilsteinberg.bsky.social

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'It can all end today'— Chicago's Israeli consul general on the war in Gaza

An interview with Elad Strohmayer, the new Israeli consul general to the Midwest, on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that preceded the conflict in Gaza

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 18h

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LIVE REACTION: AG Pam Bondi Faces the Senate in Chaotic Hearing

YouTube video by The Bulwark