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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Who’s gonna tell him about January 6th?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

This is the way.

Bless The Press Defying Pentagon Censorship

This is the way.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 1d

WHY. ARE. WE. PAYING. TAXES?

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

*Not the couch tickling 😂

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Same. I hope this becomes a thing.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

I mean yeah, their bullpen has been nails all season 😂😂

Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 2d

I was slightly heartened when Stephanopoulos cut to commercial because Hegseth wouldn’t be straight with him.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 6d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 7d

“It bears pausing on the starkness of these facts: The president of the United States demanded the jailing of two elected officials who belong to the opposing political party” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 6d

It’s maddening when you are asking the questions the press is not.

Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Probably a little bit of both. Stay well, friend.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Everything feels like a headline from The Onion.

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 6d

Ohtani, Snell, Glasnow, Yamamoto, Sasaki in NLDS:

pitched 28 of 38 innings (73.7%)
1.93 ERA, 33 K, 11 BB

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Great time for these bats to finally be heating up!

Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 6d

WOOOOOOOO!!!!
#kingtuck

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 6d

going to war for the peace prize

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 6d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 8d

Classic big tech. It’s not enough to destroy the planet, everyone else has to subsidize it too.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9d

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 9d

Same. My sis & BIL live in Burbank, so BUR is my go-to.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 9d

My husband’s a pilot & flies in there all the time so this is a bit scary, AND you made me laugh out loud with this one!

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 9d

Southwest Airlines flies in and out of BUR on the daily, along with Alaska, Delta, and a few others.

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Lorie Barber @barberchicago.bsky.social · 9d

Yep. Weird.