Lawrence Whitney
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The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.
Bad Bunny's hottest local Super Bowl pregame is at the Chicago Public Library
www.wbez.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.
Well at least one thing is right with the world.
The Dalai Lama just won his first #GRAMMYs Award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording.
The spiritual leader’s meditation album features innovative collaborations with Hindustani classical influences.
🏆 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The spiritual leader’s meditation album features innovative collaborations with Hindustani classical influences.
🏆 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Well at least one thing is right with the world.
Well I’ll be.
My representative managed to get something right!
My representative managed to get something right!
February 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Well I’ll be.
My representative managed to get something right!
My representative managed to get something right!
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How long has January lasted? When it began, Maduro led Venezuela.
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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And you thought China’s social credit score system was repressive.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
Of course, if they’re sending them to Greenland, they’re not sending them to Ukraine, which may well be the whole point of this exercise.
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Of course, if they’re sending them to Greenland, they’re not sending them to Ukraine, which may well be the whole point of this exercise.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Donny Boy not being able to face real patriots… checks out.
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Donny Boy not being able to face real patriots… checks out.
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His new book, “The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us,” examines how political polarization has changed congregational life over the past several decades.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/r...
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/r...
Ryan Burge on ‘The Vanishing Church’ and how polarization is reshaping American faith
(RNS) — Social scientist Ryan Burge discusses what polarization means for congregations, community life and the American civic landscape.
religionnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM
His new book, “The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us,” examines how political polarization has changed congregational life over the past several decades.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/r...
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/r...
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Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they shot him in the street?
A wise monk once taught me that “the only way to withstand humiliation is by cultivating humility.” See below for an example of such cultivation in practice. Worth keeping in mind as we bring back shame.
imo of all the formal political institutions in US life, the judiciary has given the best account of itself by a pretty large margin (with the obvious exception of SCOTUS) and a younger me was way more dismissive of the courts than history would prove deserved
A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A wise monk once taught me that “the only way to withstand humiliation is by cultivating humility.” See below for an example of such cultivation in practice. Worth keeping in mind as we bring back shame.
Apparently the proper thing for Nekima Levy Armstrong to do is to sue the White House for $5 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Apparently the proper thing for Nekima Levy Armstrong to do is to sue the White House for $5 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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The justices keep returning to the hypo of a Fed governor posting pro-Nazi videos to ask whether that would meet the bar for for-cause removal. The idea that this kind of content would obviously cross the line seems a bit farcical given some of the material that DHS regularly posts on social media
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The justices keep returning to the hypo of a Fed governor posting pro-Nazi videos to ask whether that would meet the bar for for-cause removal. The idea that this kind of content would obviously cross the line seems a bit farcical given some of the material that DHS regularly posts on social media
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These texts are fascinating mainly because —- who texts like this? Full paragraphs?
Giving the people (and the Swifties) what they want: Direct links to the court exhibits containing Taylor Swift's texts to Blake Lively.
Read the texts -- and subscribe to my Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
Read the texts -- and subscribe to my Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Ah, yes, we all deserve a little nonsense for dessert.
How, pray tell, does one leave a post one was never properly in?
apnews.com/article/just...
How, pray tell, does one leave a post one was never properly in?
apnews.com/article/just...
Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Ah, yes, we all deserve a little nonsense for dessert.
How, pray tell, does one leave a post one was never properly in?
apnews.com/article/just...
How, pray tell, does one leave a post one was never properly in?
apnews.com/article/just...
Wow! Patriarch Bartholomew must be doing everything right!
“Antichrist in a Cassock,” “Antichrist of Constantinople” and “Devil Incarnate” were among the terms Russia’s foreign intelligence service used to attack the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Bartholomew I.
religionnews.com/2026/01/20/r...
religionnews.com/2026/01/20/r...
Russian intelligence targets major Orthodox Christian leader as 'Antichrist in a Cassock'
ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul appears intent on capitalizing on the Russian attack, keeping up a media blitz about the SVR statement for more than a week.
religionnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Wow! Patriarch Bartholomew must be doing everything right!
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Turns out, we almost had a national health plan all the way back in 1971!
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/18/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/18/m...
Stuart Altman, former Brandeis president and economic adviser to US presidents, dies at 88 - The Boston Globe
In various capacities, Stuart Altman was an adviser in the administrations of five presidents: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Turns out, we almost had a national health plan all the way back in 1971!
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/18/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/18/m...
When the goal is not actually to accomplish anything but rather merely to be seen to be doing something, anything at all will do, really.
Commentary aside: having reported at this locale, it’s not clear why Bovino is marching across the street.
The Whipple federal building’s parking lot is behind them, where fed vehicles go in and out all day. I think the building he’s walking towards is a rec center?
No idea where he’s going!
The Whipple federal building’s parking lot is behind them, where fed vehicles go in and out all day. I think the building he’s walking towards is a rec center?
No idea where he’s going!
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 9:53 PM
When the goal is not actually to accomplish anything but rather merely to be seen to be doing something, anything at all will do, really.
This will make a great RLUIPA lawsuit, much like the one Chabad filed here in Brookline, Massachusetts to get their synagogue built. brookline.news/chabad-cente...
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This will make a great RLUIPA lawsuit, much like the one Chabad filed here in Brookline, Massachusetts to get their synagogue built. brookline.news/chabad-cente...
For anyone wondering where ICE gets their leg irons and handcuffs, it’s apparently right here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
For anyone wondering where ICE gets their leg irons and handcuffs, it’s apparently right here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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