graham in chicago
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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I love how we're blasting "drug boats" out of the water and threatening to invade Mexico bc of cartels while also pushing currency whose only real use value is black market purchases.
TRUMP SET TO INTRODUCE "UNITED STATES DIGITAL BANK", A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AIMED AT EXPANDING CRYPTO ACCESS
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I love how we're blasting "drug boats" out of the water and threatening to invade Mexico bc of cartels while also pushing currency whose only real use value is black market purchases.
Amazing how this 2,000 year old design object looks like something you'd see at a small-town art fair today *or* in a BFA show at a major art school in 2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Amazing how this 2,000 year old design object looks like something you'd see at a small-town art fair today *or* in a BFA show at a major art school in 2025
"DHS claiming [anything]" isn't newsworthy, this is just putting press releases in the newspaper
The Department of Homeland Security says the man they detained in Elgin on Saturday is a suspected member of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang.
DHS claims man arrested in Elgin is Tren de Aragua member
chicago.suntimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"DHS claiming [anything]" isn't newsworthy, this is just putting press releases in the newspaper
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Oh, just on track for the lowest it’s ever been in the 21st Century…
No big deal or anything, definitely wouldn’t want that in the headline or anything…
No big deal or anything, definitely wouldn’t want that in the headline or anything…
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oh, just on track for the lowest it’s ever been in the 21st Century…
No big deal or anything, definitely wouldn’t want that in the headline or anything…
No big deal or anything, definitely wouldn’t want that in the headline or anything…
Newly released solo Charlie Haden recording from 1988 (at Chicago's famous Jazz Record Mart) sounds fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWl...
Lonely Woman / Old Joe Clark (Live)
YouTube video by Charlie Haden - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Newly released solo Charlie Haden recording from 1988 (at Chicago's famous Jazz Record Mart) sounds fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWl...
Neil Young 🤝 Donald Trump
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Neil Young 🤝 Donald Trump
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worth remembering how much chicago has improved, yeeeeeesh
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
worth remembering how much chicago has improved, yeeeeeesh
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
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Love Chicago or fuck off.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Love Chicago or fuck off.
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"I would have run as a Democrat had the process been open and fair, but since it was not, I’m running as an independent to be on the ballot in November because Congressman Chuy García anointed his chief of staff,” Mayra Macías told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
Democrat Announces Surprise Electoral Bid As Independent
Mayra Macías will run as an independent after Rep. Chuy García schemed to install his chief of staff.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"I would have run as a Democrat had the process been open and fair, but since it was not, I’m running as an independent to be on the ballot in November because Congressman Chuy García anointed his chief of staff,” Mayra Macías told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...
Begging the holdouts whose posts I miss most to move over here finally
Delete your Twitter account. And sell your Tesla. No money for Musk.
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Begging the holdouts whose posts I miss most to move over here finally
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Chicago suburban heads and other curious folk, I’ll be talking about the book at the Park Ridge Public Library (shoutout) next month.
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Author Talk: LOUD AND CLEAR with Brian Anderson
New author Brian Anderson will discuss his extensive research about the Grateful Dead’s wall of sound and their quest for audio perfection. Books will be available for sale from...
parkridgelibrary.libcal.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Chicago suburban heads and other curious folk, I’ll be talking about the book at the Park Ridge Public Library (shoutout) next month.
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
I played a gig here last year with @cranksatori.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I played a gig here last year with @cranksatori.bsky.social
Let no one say Indiana doesn't have a rich musical culture – this state trooper (?) just changed keys in the middle of the national anthem
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Let no one say Indiana doesn't have a rich musical culture – this state trooper (?) just changed keys in the middle of the national anthem
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability
Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
It's so dumb that weightlifting, the most solitary, ego-driven, and inwardly focused activity out there, is the one thing I do that feels like I'm changing the world. Subjectivity is a hell of a drug
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's so dumb that weightlifting, the most solitary, ego-driven, and inwardly focused activity out there, is the one thing I do that feels like I'm changing the world. Subjectivity is a hell of a drug
Standing up at my breakfast nook and starting the most powerful Slow Clap of all time
Blue in Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.
by Maureen Dowd
Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.
by Maureen Dowd
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Standing up at my breakfast nook and starting the most powerful Slow Clap of all time
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The new Thanksgiving Canon of stuff to watch when you’re zoned out on the couch for hours on end with relatives and your cool cousins you snuck out to get high with
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The new Thanksgiving Canon of stuff to watch when you’re zoned out on the couch for hours on end with relatives and your cool cousins you snuck out to get high with
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
And here I was JUST about to retain his services
Nearly 60 years after earning his law degree, imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan was formally disbarred this week in a one-paragraph notice buried in a monthly list of attorney discipline from around the state.
Imprisoned ex-Speaker Madigan formally disbarred after nearly 60 years as a lawyer
Nearly 60 years after earning his law degree, imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan was formally disbarred this week in a one-paragraph notice buried in a monthly list of attorney discipl…
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And here I was JUST about to retain his services