San Patricio Brigade
@behan.bsky.social
Chicago guy w/Irish ancestors. Adtech, Motion Pictures, Lit, Music and Progressive politics. I have friends everywhere.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please consider a donation: The go-to source for on-the-ground reporting in Chicago, just two valiant reporters on the front lines, coming at you with truth. I number them among my few subscriptions.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination"
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination"
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
I propose this as a change to our election laws. From now on, everyone running for office shall be forced to perform a song, do a live reading from a novel or poem, a monologue from a play, paint a picture, something useful. Then we vote.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I propose this as a change to our election laws. From now on, everyone running for office shall be forced to perform a song, do a live reading from a novel or poem, a monologue from a play, paint a picture, something useful. Then we vote.
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What matters isn’t who we give thanks *to*, but rather *that* we give thanks. Thanksgiving is an act of humility. It forces us to change, albeit briefly, our perspective.
Sunday Pages: "Proclamation 106—Thanksgiving Day, 1863"
A decree by Abraham Lincoln
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What matters isn’t who we give thanks *to*, but rather *that* we give thanks. Thanksgiving is an act of humility. It forces us to change, albeit briefly, our perspective.
Kudos to the fortune cookie industry for hopping aboard the AI train and letting ChatGPT write the fortunes.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kudos to the fortune cookie industry for hopping aboard the AI train and letting ChatGPT write the fortunes.
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As soon as I heard Peter Thiel was doing lectures about the Antichrist, I figured it was time to talk with @gilduran.com again — and he did not disappoint.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
Peter Thiel is obsessed with the Antichrist — but what does he actually mean when he talks about it?
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As soon as I heard Peter Thiel was doing lectures about the Antichrist, I figured it was time to talk with @gilduran.com again — and he did not disappoint.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
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#MeanwhileInMichigan
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#MeanwhileInMichigan
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
This is a small part of why I got out of the ad business. I never had to do anything this dirty, but it's not just the oil companies. Everybody that touches this shit is complicit. The account managers, the creative team, the team that traffics the crap. Everybody that touches it is guilty.
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is a small part of why I got out of the ad business. I never had to do anything this dirty, but it's not just the oil companies. Everybody that touches this shit is complicit. The account managers, the creative team, the team that traffics the crap. Everybody that touches it is guilty.
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
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'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
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“Conflict experts tell The Independent that the “just following orders” defense may not stick under other administrations or federal judges who could find the strikes illegal, exposing Pentagon officials & others to criminal liability.”
Nuremberg, Madame Defarge, and Pepperidge Farms all remember.
Nuremberg, Madame Defarge, and Pepperidge Farms all remember.
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
DOJ claims military personnel aren’t liable for what critics are calling extrajudicial murder
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Conflict experts tell The Independent that the “just following orders” defense may not stick under other administrations or federal judges who could find the strikes illegal, exposing Pentagon officials & others to criminal liability.”
Nuremberg, Madame Defarge, and Pepperidge Farms all remember.
Nuremberg, Madame Defarge, and Pepperidge Farms all remember.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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The CDC, now led by RFK Jr., has updated its website to promote a debunked theory on vaccines and autism.
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
CDC Updates Website To Promote Debunked Theory On Vaccines And Autism
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” said ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The CDC, now led by RFK Jr., has updated its website to promote a debunked theory on vaccines and autism.
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
Why the @nytimes.com sucks: Reason # 987,561.
This is one of the funniest and saddest takedowns of the NYT I've ever read.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Thanks to @molly.wiki for sharing.
This is one of the funniest and saddest takedowns of the NYT I've ever read.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Thanks to @molly.wiki for sharing.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Why the @nytimes.com sucks: Reason # 987,561.
This is one of the funniest and saddest takedowns of the NYT I've ever read.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Thanks to @molly.wiki for sharing.
This is one of the funniest and saddest takedowns of the NYT I've ever read.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Thanks to @molly.wiki for sharing.
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Expanding and continuing to maintain this context page on the topic, which is only getting worse - context.center/topics/law-e...
Understanding Law Enforcement's Use of User Data
Systems intended for ad targeting and UX optimization have become a target of law enforcement. Here are a collection of sources on this.
context.center
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Expanding and continuing to maintain this context page on the topic, which is only getting worse - context.center/topics/law-e...
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Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant rights activist who prayed the rosary outside Broadview every week since 2007, has died. Block Club’s Lucia Preziosi
with the obituary blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
with the obituary blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
Sister JoAnn Persch, Trailblazing Immigrant Rights Activist, Dies At 91
Sister JoAnn Persch spent decades with the Sisters of Mercy, fighting for immigrant and refugee rights in Chicago and across the country. She prayed the rosary outside the Broadview ICE facility every...
blockclubchicago.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant rights activist who prayed the rosary outside Broadview every week since 2007, has died. Block Club’s Lucia Preziosi
with the obituary blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
with the obituary blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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There’s a clear path to notoriety in this industry, but I’ve chose the tougher road of precision and honesty. If you respect that route, subscribe now:
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester: