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In 2002 or 03 a Chicago public access cable channel aired this for at least a full half hour. No audio. I took a photo with a digital camera & that’s all the documentation I have. Anyone have any dirt?
January 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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🟢 NEW | ICE has quietly bought access to a powerful surveillance system that can monitor entire neighborhoods by sweeping up cellphone location data & tracking people’s movements over time, according to docs obtained by 404 Media.

The system, built by Penlink, consists of...

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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It is painfully, bloodily obvious that "the most meaningful divide in American political and cultural life is between “left” and “right.” "

I'd love it if it were some other polarity/conflict generating any heat but there isn't one.

People aren't getting shot over anything else.
It’s not even so much about “sane” vs. “insane” anymore, as it so often was circa 2020. The fundamental split today is between the *decent* and the *indecent.* It is monstrous to desire, excuse, sanitize, whitewash avoidable killing even of one’s perceived foes.
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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This picture, from Karem Yucel, on instagram. Outside Roosevelt high school, At dismissal.

AFTER Federal agents KILLED A WOMAN EARLIER IN THE DAY

The parents.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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I was asked what image really stands out for me from the scene of today's killing of an observer by federal agents. It's this one, where border patrol Commander Greg Bovino appears to be staging a photo op less than an hour after and just a few dozen feet from where a federal agent killed a woman.
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6

my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left

www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Who can ever forget this banger. We lost a real one.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Quite sure y'all have seen this, but just in case...
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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1. Keep your eye on the ball, people

That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own

It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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live look at the first gala affair they throw in there:
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Finally can upload this here.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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In 1995, bands occupied 41% of the charts- compared to just 4% in 2023. 30 years later, what happened to music? The decline of the band is featured in today’s Chartbook Top Links: tinyurl.com/4arbthjh.
March 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM