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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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#1 surest sign it's Christmastime in Chicago: cars with out of state plates unable to parallel park in huge gaping spots despite one of the passengers standing on the curb trying to direct them
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#1 surest sign it's Christmastime in Chicago: cars with out of state plates unable to parallel park in huge gaping spots despite one of the passengers standing on the curb trying to direct them
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December 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Whoever wrote the "no cheeses for us meeces" line
a close up of a person 's mouth in a dark room with a light coming out of it .
ALT: a close up of a person 's mouth in a dark room with a light coming out of it .
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Whoever wrote the "no cheeses for us meeces" line
Once the child is asleep, it’s time to put out gifts and watch Die Hard. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Once the child is asleep, it’s time to put out gifts and watch Die Hard. Merry Christmas!
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low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
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Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
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“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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Muppet’s Christmas Carol is such a stunning piece of work. Just a masterpiece from start to finish.
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Muppet’s Christmas Carol is such a stunning piece of work. Just a masterpiece from start to finish.
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DJ Moore after game winning touchdown catch says "At the end of the day it's F the Packers always"
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
DJ Moore after game winning touchdown catch says "At the end of the day it's F the Packers always"
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Did not think the Bears were one of those Disney movie miracle season-ass teams, but maybe?
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Did not think the Bears were one of those Disney movie miracle season-ass teams, but maybe?
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Look a lot of people were at the Lucifer Foundation's annual Billionaire Vision Brunch in 2011. I didn't talk to all of them. Some of us just find the work the Lucifer Foundation does to be interesting.
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Look a lot of people were at the Lucifer Foundation's annual Billionaire Vision Brunch in 2011. I didn't talk to all of them. Some of us just find the work the Lucifer Foundation does to be interesting.
Threatening to move to NWI is a bad bluff.
The Chicago Bears are threatening to move to Northwest Indiana over state leaders' inaction on financial aid for the team's planned Arlington Heights stadium.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/b...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/b...
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Threatening to move to NWI is a bad bluff.
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Usually it’s a mistake for Godzilla movies to focus on the people, but I’ll be damned if Godzilla Minus One isn’t incredible.
December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Usually it’s a mistake for Godzilla movies to focus on the people, but I’ll be damned if Godzilla Minus One isn’t incredible.
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Greetings From Chicago 🎅🚂
2200 N. Milwaukee
2200 N. Milwaukee
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Greetings From Chicago 🎅🚂
2200 N. Milwaukee
2200 N. Milwaukee
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that’s a helluva cover
Excited to announce that my next book, I AM THE NIGHT, not only has a great cover but is available for pre-order now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
that’s a helluva cover
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WHOSE IDEA OF A GOOD TIME IS THIS
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
WHOSE IDEA OF A GOOD TIME IS THIS
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Elite institutions: weak, decadent, fascist-curious
Grand and petit jurors: powerful, committed to civic duty, the shore upon which the authoritarian tide shall break
Grand and petit jurors: powerful, committed to civic duty, the shore upon which the authoritarian tide shall break
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Elite institutions: weak, decadent, fascist-curious
Grand and petit jurors: powerful, committed to civic duty, the shore upon which the authoritarian tide shall break
Grand and petit jurors: powerful, committed to civic duty, the shore upon which the authoritarian tide shall break
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They also deliberated about what to do for *41 minutes* so Hegseth's claims about how the "fog of war" makes these decisions hard is also bullshit
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
They also deliberated about what to do for *41 minutes* so Hegseth's claims about how the "fog of war" makes these decisions hard is also bullshit
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"Metacognitive processes are necessary to comply with Rule 11" is a phrase I expect litigators to start using as a diss on opposing counsel immediately
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Metacognitive processes are necessary to comply with Rule 11" is a phrase I expect litigators to start using as a diss on opposing counsel immediately