Robert Loerzel
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
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#ManholeCoverMonday #Odense #HCAndersen themed. @jillthewheel.bsky.social @tycjanc.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @foresterbob.bsky.social @damondarlin.bsky.social @nep-dk.bsky.social @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @spark1emark.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Seen this morning in Graceland Cemetery #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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To Hell with these swine. They are irredeemable. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
To Hell with these swine. They are irredeemable. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
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One of Chicago’s many creatures of the night: chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe...
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of Chicago’s many creatures of the night: chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe...
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Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
Manhole cover next to a hole. (Watch your step!!!) #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Manhole cover next to a hole. (Watch your step!!!) #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social
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It’s that time of year
#manholecovermonday
#detritus
@kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
@jjtindall.bsky.social
#manholecovermonday
#detritus
@kevinirvine.bsky.social
@sparrersway.bsky.social
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
@jjtindall.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Fifty years ago, I was a third-grader in Orland Park. My family took a weekend trip to northern Wisconsin, including a visit to the shores of Lake Superior. Then a big storm hit. We got snowed in and missed a day of school. The same storm wrecked the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fifty years ago, I was a third-grader in Orland Park. My family took a weekend trip to northern Wisconsin, including a visit to the shores of Lake Superior. Then a big storm hit. We got snowed in and missed a day of school. The same storm wrecked the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Friends come in many shapes. Like a good Chicagoan, Emilia keeps an eye on the community.
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Friends come in many shapes. Like a good Chicagoan, Emilia keeps an eye on the community.
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
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Please rise if you are able and remove your hats for the singing of the Great Lakes Republic national anthem
They might have split up
or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep & took water
And all that remains
is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons
and the daughters
or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep & took water
And all that remains
is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons
and the daughters
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please rise if you are able and remove your hats for the singing of the Great Lakes Republic national anthem
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It's a Trap! Forest Park, IL #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
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But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
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Miserable fools. Every one. Absolutely disgraceful.
NEWS: U.S. Senate advances bill to reopen the federal government in a 60-40 vote.
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen
Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Miserable fools. Every one. Absolutely disgraceful.
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Current view of the snow outside my window in Uptown
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Current view of the snow outside my window in Uptown
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They invaded my city (and others) with goon squads that have been kidnapping my neighbors and terrorizing us on a daily basis.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
They invaded my city (and others) with goon squads that have been kidnapping my neighbors and terrorizing us on a daily basis.
In the 1953 movie “The Blue Gardenia,” Ann Sothern’s character includes this information when she describes herself: “Nationality — Chicago.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In the 1953 movie “The Blue Gardenia,” Ann Sothern’s character includes this information when she describes herself: “Nationality — Chicago.”
The Criminal podcast's latest episode: "Rogers Park: The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago — and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors" thisiscriminal.com/episode-339-...
Episode 339: Rogers Park (11.7.2025)
The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago – and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors.
thisiscriminal.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Criminal podcast's latest episode: "Rogers Park: The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago — and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors" thisiscriminal.com/episode-339-...
Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
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You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You CANNOT spend FSA money on health care premiums, and if you’re self-employed or unemployed you don’t even have a fucking FSA.