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Tech pro, father, neighbor, citizen, making my way through life in the great American city of Chicago and trying do it my way without mucking things up for everyone else. 'Crusty' doesn't cut it...
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I promise you there are no cats here.
Me neither. ✌️
Column | There is much to marvel about Alex Ovechkin’s career, still chugging along in its 21st season, with every goal breaking his own NHL record.

What might be most remarkable: He has never once compromised how he goes about it.
Column | The 40-year-old star athlete whose longevity secrets start with beer
Alex Ovechkin’s 1,500th game in the NHL? As with the first 1,499, he’ll drink to that.
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We have reached the stage where legacy media simply ignores Trump's targeting of political opponents for prosecution. Meanwhile, commentators and pundits find ways to dismiss it or - in some cases - normalize it.

I will never accept it and neither should you. Watch and share. youtu.be/yZR90S5DUKE
Why Smart People Keep Getting Trump's DOJ Scandal Wrong
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Clergy from different faiths hosted a liturgy or prayer service outside the Broadview detention center each Friday during October, part of a growing movement of religious opposition to the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown.
Local clergy, faith leaders decry Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘Antithetical to the Gospel’
Cardinal Cupich, Pope Leo and hundreds of Christian clergy of various denominations say they stand with immigrants as ramped up enforcement stokes fear across the Chicago area.
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Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids
If you truly do still support tRump, there is something deeply wrong with you. You are actually rooting for the end of America, the end of representative Democracy, and the end of anything resembling civility to people who are not white protestant Christian males.
“One atrocity after another just this past week…If you’re fine with all that, you should ask yourself what’s broken inside of you…The true danger of corruption is that evil ceases to be regarded as such by otherwise good people. It just becomes the new normal.”

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Help!
We're drowning in corruption
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Neighbors, 👇this is as unAmerican is it gets. A President has to serve the nation. Even in a so called 'Blue State', there are 40% of the population who voted for this @$$hole. And he's turning his back on the nation by doing this. tRump is an evil f*cking d*ckhead. 🖕tRump.
"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without
“President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”
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Good morning neighbors. F*ck tRump and tax the rich. ✌️
Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
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NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
That is exactly what they are doing. They are openly trying to end free and fair democratic elections in America. And if you support this, f*ck you. 🖕
NEW: The DOJ announced it will send election monitors to California and New Jersey polling sites for the upcoming November elections. Democrats and advocates warn the move may be a step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
“His mom put her body in between them, and one of the agents kicked her in the face. It was sick.”...
If you vote for republicans, you're voting for this👇. And it is sick. This is an attack on America by an unaccountable, shadowy army of thugs. 👇
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Lakeview Street Tear-Gassed By Agents Amid North Side Immigration Surge: 'It Hit Home'
Friday's detentions and standoff marked the most high-profile federal activity in Lakeview and Lincoln Park yet, leaving some neighbors shaken.
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Arrest him.
Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, violating a judge's order, attorneys said. blockclubchi.co/42V0Apd
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Food pantry visits by military families are up over 30% since the #TrumpShutdown began. Our troops defend our country. They shouldn't have to worry about feeding their families because of Trump's political games. Fund our government. Pay our troops.
More military families turning to food banks as government shutdown wears on
Armed Services YMCA food banks are seeing a 30%-75% surge in demand across the country as the government shutdown continues.
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The East Wing is gone. It was simply erased to make room for Donald Trump’s Mighty Works, which, in this case is a colossal ballroom, an enduring metaphor for his vanity, arrogance, and what his presidency represents.

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We Were Warned About This
Plus: Trump's Monument to Himself.
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The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.

Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
This moron has brain damage. 👇 Don't be stupid like Kevin Hassett. You and I are paying most of the tariffs directly by paying higher prices. U.S. companies by a significant portion as well, resulting in lower profits and layoffs. Tariffs are stupid. They are a tax.
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To all the people staying silent in the face of 40 million Americans losing SNAP… shame on you. Speak up

Being poor, disabled or homeless is not a moral failing

These are minority groups you can join any time

It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of

We need support & solidarity
Pay attention to this 👇
Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.

This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
So...it looks like the Romans had invented a bong? Fascinating...
#FindsFriday with some Roman Glass from various forts along the Antonine wall at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
it's a bribery scheme. Plain and simple.
“$350,000,000”

And surely all those *investors* will get itemized receipts to make sure he didn’t just pocket most of it too right?

No wonder taxpayers aren’t paying — less transparency/criming this way
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Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."
Maga = white male pedophile empowerment. This just keeps on happening. tRump was Epstein's best pal and #1 customer. His flock of delusional followers see this as permission to take what they want. And what they want is not wholesome at all.
Things like this keep happening.
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.