Traci
@traciintheswamp.bsky.social
📍Chicago (& SW Michigan)
🌴Raised by the Gulf of Mexico
🤓Fan of facts. Science. Technology
💡Motto: Work hard, be kind! Stay curious!
🌴Raised by the Gulf of Mexico
🤓Fan of facts. Science. Technology
💡Motto: Work hard, be kind! Stay curious!
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Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
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Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.
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Commentary: Trump knows just how dangerous Obama is, writes Laura Washington.
That’s why Trump has been attacking, demeaning and undermining Obama since he entered national politics.
That’s why Trump has been attacking, demeaning and undermining Obama since he entered national politics.
Laura Washington: If Donald Trump can run for a third term, so can Barack Obama
If Donald Trump seeks a third term, former President Barack Obama could mount a comeback to save our democracy.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Commentary: Trump knows just how dangerous Obama is, writes Laura Washington.
That’s why Trump has been attacking, demeaning and undermining Obama since he entered national politics.
That’s why Trump has been attacking, demeaning and undermining Obama since he entered national politics.
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Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
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Obituary: When Marilyn Hagerty wrote about the new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D., in 2012, she never expected to go viral. She didn’t even know what viral meant.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Column on Olive Garden Went Viral in 2012, Dies at 99
It was a simpler time online, her son recalls—and his no-nonsense mother broke through the noise for all the right reasons
on.wsj.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Obituary: When Marilyn Hagerty wrote about the new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D., in 2012, she never expected to go viral. She didn’t even know what viral meant.
None of this is normal. It's incredibly sad, scary...
Actually there are no words to explain this.
Chicago has been my home for over 15 years. The people are what make it incredible.
Actually there are no words to explain this.
Chicago has been my home for over 15 years. The people are what make it incredible.
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.
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 7:19 PM
None of this is normal. It's incredibly sad, scary...
Actually there are no words to explain this.
Chicago has been my home for over 15 years. The people are what make it incredible.
Actually there are no words to explain this.
Chicago has been my home for over 15 years. The people are what make it incredible.
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I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
August 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
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GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
August 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time
ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
Just got the new album and the shirt! We heard you play Good People (Thank Me) at Tipitinas last year & I so hoped you'd record it. Loved it that show & enjoyed sitting down to listen again tonight
We need this message more today than ever. Thank you for such great music, @hayescarll.bsky.social 🍏
We need this message more today than ever. Thank you for such great music, @hayescarll.bsky.social 🍏
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just got the new album and the shirt! We heard you play Good People (Thank Me) at Tipitinas last year & I so hoped you'd record it. Loved it that show & enjoyed sitting down to listen again tonight
We need this message more today than ever. Thank you for such great music, @hayescarll.bsky.social 🍏
We need this message more today than ever. Thank you for such great music, @hayescarll.bsky.social 🍏
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after funding cut, in blow to local media - www.reuters.com/world/us/cor...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after funding cut, in blow to local media
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down its operations after the loss of federal funding, the nonprofit said on Friday, in a blow to local TV and radio stations that have relied on its grants for nearly six decades.
www.reuters.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after funding cut, in blow to local media - www.reuters.com/world/us/cor...
One of the best creatures on earth 🐕🦺🐕🐩🐶: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
At adoption event, shelter dog alerts man he is about to have a seizure
“We did not know that she had this ability,” animal shelter volunteer Jackie Poppe said about the dog.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
One of the best creatures on earth 🐕🦺🐕🐩🐶: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
Pretty sure this post *is* meant for me. My favorite time of year. I love, love all the light!
9:30 PM EDT. Look at all of that light! I know a lot of you power through the darkest days of winter for nights like tonight. This post is for you!! 💪🏻
May 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pretty sure this post *is* meant for me. My favorite time of year. I love, love all the light!
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Men Are Calling Other Men to Say Good Night, and the Results Are Amazing
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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President Biden knows that when you get knocked down, you get back up and fight.
I join the nation in sending strength to President Biden and his family and hope for a full recovery.
We’re with you in this fight, Joe.
I join the nation in sending strength to President Biden and his family and hope for a full recovery.
We’re with you in this fight, Joe.
May 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
President Biden knows that when you get knocked down, you get back up and fight.
I join the nation in sending strength to President Biden and his family and hope for a full recovery.
We’re with you in this fight, Joe.
I join the nation in sending strength to President Biden and his family and hope for a full recovery.
We’re with you in this fight, Joe.
Almost 30 years later, this remains some of the best advice I have read/heard. I think of this column and the song that followed a few years later often. #wearsunscreen #graduation
www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/01/a...
www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/01/a...
Mary Schmich: Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young
Editor’s note: This column was published in 1997. Read the latest from Chicago Tribune Opinion here. Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit e…
www.chicagotribune.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Almost 30 years later, this remains some of the best advice I have read/heard. I think of this column and the song that followed a few years later often. #wearsunscreen #graduation
www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/01/a...
www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/01/a...
"In the immediate term, though, there was one important fact to clear up. The pope, Mr. Prevost said, was not a fan of the Chicago Cubs, as some had reported. He had always cheered for the White Sox."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
‘I Was Stunned’: Watching From Illinois, Pope’s Brother Reflects on History
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"In the immediate term, though, there was one important fact to clear up. The pope, Mr. Prevost said, was not a fan of the Chicago Cubs, as some had reported. He had always cheered for the White Sox."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
@nbcchicago.com - fun & engaging exchange tonight with Brent Miller and the NBC anchors. He should bring plants once a week. Very sweet!
May 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
@nbcchicago.com - fun & engaging exchange tonight with Brent Miller and the NBC anchors. He should bring plants once a week. Very sweet!
15 years ago, I had never heard of mostaccioli. Great memory the first time I had it.
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Mostaccioli Is Chicago's 'Heaven In Carb Form.' Here's How It Became The City's Go-To Pasta
The Midwest’s love affair with the dish began with early 20th-century immigrants from southern Italy. Now, it’s a party staple Chicagoans proudly claim as our own.
blockclubchicago.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
15 years ago, I had never heard of mostaccioli. Great memory the first time I had it.
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