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Miraculously, the Waymo discourse is even worse. The cars are not Mechanical Turks. Have you ever seen one on the streets? Driven next to one? I do this four times a day. You've never met a driver half as capable as a Waymo.

The company sucks. Whatever. Regulate it. The technology is amazing.
I realize I'm caught in a liminal glass house as an LLM skeptic who works at a company at the very bleeding edge of its development, but every single discussion on this app about AI annoys me. Every opinion is bad, every discourse is stupid.

This post is worst of all.
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Mark my words, everyone who voted for this budget will simultaneously run on it (taking credit for opposing Brandon Johnson) and against it (blaming him for all of its consequences)
Mayor Brandon Johnson backs down, will not veto City Council's alternate budget
By not vetoing the budget, Johnson solidifies the will of 30 alders who took control of this year’s budget process.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I hope someone has recorded this and posts it. CBS will send takedown notices but once it starts spreading they won’t be able to stop it
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm booing him for every plate appearance next season, idc
Making a decision to participate in a political movement that's anathema to many Americans — including a large percentage of Cubs fans — only ensures that Matt Shaw will remain in the spotlight in 2026.

📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social
Column: Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw spoke at a Turning Point USA gathering, inserting himself into the middle of the political divide in America.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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FWAR says we should let ICE kill exactly 4 people a week in the southern part of the mitten in Michigan in order to appeal to a fictional GM factory worker I just made up.
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.

This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I didn’t know Santa rode the CTA holiday bus popped out of the roof exit! via @shuabragg.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I haven’t seen a single bike lane plowed so far

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Lincoln Ave bike lane all clear now. 🥴

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December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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We've long complained about the mainstream political press downplaying Trump's outrages—after all, as we well know, news outlets can do a full-court press if they want to. And it appears to finally be happening: Here's the home page of the right-leaning @thehill.com right now
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.

Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Absolutely one of the most important stories to read as we all still parse the aftermath of Midway Blitz
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Wake up babe, a new Ride the Rails video just dropped
See Chicago from the perspective of a CTA Brown Line rail operator with our latest Ride the Rails video!

youtube.com/@CTAConnections
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.

Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM