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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 2h

Why do US infrastructure projects cost so much & take so long?

Consider the Hudson rail tunnel:
1995—Studies
2009—Construction
2010—NJ Gov Christie kills it
2011—Project relaunch
2015—Fed support
2017—GOP Congress kills funding
2021/22—Biden funds it
2023—Construction
2025—Trump claims to cancel it

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 11h

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 12h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 3h

Stuck filling in a blank for a second straight day. Wordle 1,580 5/6*

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 3h

Could a student journalism student sue the school? Seems fraudulent to offer a degree program that bans journalism.

Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 19h

Astounding move by Indiana University to direct its student newspaper on what they can and cannot print:

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know that I’m cool with this. I feel like gambling this much money goes beyond occasional hobby and into some Phil Mickelson shit.

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14h

Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife reported making $1.425 million in income last year from “gambling.” A Pritzker campaign spokesperson said, “The Governor had winnings and losses from a casino during the year and those amounts are reported on his tax return.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife report $10.3 million in taxable income — $1.4 million in gambling winnings

Five months before the Democratic primary, Gov. JB Pritzker released partial tax records showing $10.3 million in taxable income — including $1.4 million in income from gambling.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 22h

With nearly 80 species now thriving in the Chicago, local fishermen are casting lines and landing catches of up to 35 pounds from spots smack in the middle of one of downtown’s most visited tourist destinations.

Chicago's uber-popular Riverwalk is now a fishing hotspot

With nearly 80 species now thriving in the Chicago, local fishermen are casting lines and landing catches of up to 35 pounds from spots smack in the middle of one of downtown's most visited tourist destinations.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

“If Trump can’t be king you don’t get paid” should test great with audiences.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 1d

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Cyndi Lauper releases her “She’s So Unusual” LP 42 yrs ago today

“I wanted it to be an anthem .. for all women,” she said of the hit single. “I made sure that when a woman saw the video, she would see herself represented — whether she was thin or heavy, glamorous or not, and whatever race she was."

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

can not underscore enough how much this is just a random neighborhood

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1d

Chaos at 105th Street and Avenue N. A couple bricks and possibly an egg got thrown at a squad of federal agents who were standing in the intersection. Two cars — a white SUV and a red one — got trucked out after a chase and a crash, per neighbors. At least three detained from this confrontation.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

Invading neighborhoods, harassing residents, and if anyone has the temerity to object, brutalizing and arresting them while casually hurling teargas canisters to deter onlookers documenting the situation.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

FINAL UPDATE — Around noon, the community responded to the presence of Border Patrol agents at 105th Street and South Avenue N., only a few blocks from the Walgreens.

Dozens of locals gathered at the scene after the agents were reportedly involved in a car crash.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

GOP’s contribution to the “marketplace of ideas”

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇