Erik Wallenius
@erikwallenius.bsky.social
Eagle Scout, Army vet, @BarackObama ‘08 alum. Interests include data/tech, board games, feminism. Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ he/him
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“Kaegi’s office largely completed their portion of the Tyler upgrade in 2021.”
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Cook County property tax bills will be mailed out on Nov. 14
After months of uncertainty and delay, Cook County officials announced Friday that property tax bills will be mailed on Nov. 14 and due by Dec. 15.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Kaegi’s office largely completed their portion of the Tyler upgrade in 2021.”
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it's been a really bad long shitty time for people who care about victims of rape and sexual abuse, and those who've suffered it. drubbing someone who perpetrated it gleefully and believed he was entitled to power despite it is part of this.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
it's been a really bad long shitty time for people who care about victims of rape and sexual abuse, and those who've suffered it. drubbing someone who perpetrated it gleefully and believed he was entitled to power despite it is part of this.
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38 VOTES DOWN
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
38 VOTES DOWN
It’s eerily consistent with his “we know Saddam has dangerous military hardware, because we sold it to him” two-step
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It’s eerily consistent with his “we know Saddam has dangerous military hardware, because we sold it to him” two-step
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You’re not proposing marriage to a politician when you cast a vote for them. You’re hiring them for a job.
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You’re not proposing marriage to a politician when you cast a vote for them. You’re hiring them for a job.
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
“I didn’t get a plumber to fix the leak because I didn’t feel comfortable putting my name behind any of them. Anyway that’s why the basement is flooded now, but what else could I do?”
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...