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Forty years at major metro newspapers, here and there. Now back home in the Chicago area. Not affiliated with any political party.

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An infographic titled "president Trump is reshaping the media", reposted from his truth social account.

An infographic titled "president Trump is reshaping the media", reposted from his truth social account.

Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here.

14.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2725 πŸ” 1105 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 111
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House GOP leadership silent as more members post anti-Muslim statements A growing number of Republicans in Congress are embracing rhetoric against Muslims. Their remarks have faced little public pushback from leadership.

A growing number of Republicans in Congress are embracing rhetoric against Muslims. Their remarks have faced little public pushback from leadership. n.pr/4dl28i0

14.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 527 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 54
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More MAHA

14.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

14.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 13054 πŸ” 5860 πŸ’¬ 929 πŸ“Œ 420
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While U.S. service members die in another forever war in the Middle East, Donald Trump’s β€œpeace envoy” is raising money for his private equity firm.

14.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 895 πŸ” 375 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 37
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Marketing or a cult of personality? Trump's name and face are all over the place Frequently, Trump claims he had nothing to do with the naming of things after himself.

Frequently, Trump claims he had nothing to do with the naming of things after himself.

14.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 13
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Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon

A Pentagon recruiter openly offers corruption: β€œunmatched access to top-level government officials and privileged information flow β€” whatever you need, you can get.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

14.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 2135 πŸ” 1166 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 82
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Trump's latest move hands Putin 'jackpot' as US eases Russian oil sanctions The United States issued a temporary license on March 12 allowing countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea in an effort to stabilize global energy prices, the U.S. Treasury Departme...

⚑️ Trump's latest move hands Putin 'jackpot' as US eases Russian oil sanctions.

14.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 16
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Kennedy Center’s President Is Leaving After Tumultuous Year

Now that he has nearly destroyed the Kennedy Center, doing damage to other DC institutions along the way - the National Symphony, the Washington Opera - Ric Grenell is leaving, perhaps to ruin something else
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/a...

14.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 3405 πŸ” 1107 πŸ’¬ 218 πŸ“Œ 56

And she is flat wrong that the judge said the legal std is probable cause. The court said the exact OPPOSITE.

14.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 564 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020.

The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020.

14.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 547 πŸ” 353 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 35
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose β€˜targets’

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

13.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 9256 πŸ” 5544 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 390
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Instead of blowing up things in Iran, the federal government could have spent $11 billion in a week paying the entire household incomes for everyone in these counties. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

14.03.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 1124 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 17
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Yesβ€”you're reading this NYT report right: Israel shrieked at Lebanese civilians (including women, kids, and the elderly) to "FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES!", Denethor-style, then...

...bombed the bridge they needed to use to flee.

This war is evil. Those launched it are evil. No good person fails to see it.

14.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 789 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 16

So impressive

14.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 1145 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 9

WTF?

14.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 6
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

Corruption. Soliciting cash on the backs of the power built and created by the American people www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

14.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 1914 πŸ” 757 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 58

A land grab and with intent to further destabilize the entire country. Netanyahu wants Lebanon’s full collapse. It’s as straightforward and as criminal as that.

14.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pentagon plan expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content The plan puts barriers on the use of wire service content and prohibits information that is not β€œconsistent with good order and discipline.”

πŸ—žοΈI spent the best 11 yrs. of my journalism career at Stars and Stripes. As an editorially independent newspaper that covers the troops for the troops, it is the most important paper in the U.S. and wholly American at our best.
Those troops are losing their most honest advocate, and are worse for it.

14.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 559 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 23
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Chicago Prepares For 'Weather Whiplash' β€” Warmth, Snow, Then Bitter Cold From high winds and temps in the 50s to snow and bitter cold, the next week in Chicago is going to be a wild weather swing.

Buckle up, Chicago: It’s going to be a wild weather ride for the next week.

14.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 9
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"If a meathead podcaster can acknowledge that what we’re seeing from Trump is insane, you can too," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/4b8sDG9

πŸ“Έ: Joe Rogan via YouTube

14.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the pentagon press corp now: hand picked propagandists

13.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1600 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 48
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This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

13.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 14905 πŸ” 3182 πŸ’¬ 465 πŸ“Œ 239
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BREAKING NEWS: If you've been following this war, you know how bad this is as a matter of escalation into utter chaos.

14.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 686 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 17

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14.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Moral rot describes mortally rotten Trump perfectly.

14.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes.

Closing it β€” and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners β€” could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)

14.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 877 πŸ” 364 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 21
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources said.

this is just open and abject corruption, but the way U.S. journalism frames it you'd not really understand that there's anything untoward

13.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 2293 πŸ” 894 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 36
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Newsmax host calls out Hegseth for putting US pilots in danger with his unhinged rhetoric.

13.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 3369 πŸ” 1041 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 34
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I intend no disrespect whatsoever for this author, I just want to note that I have never before seen such a perfect combination of photograph and headline that makes me feel perfectly satisfied with my reading experience without clicking on the link

This image summarizes the conflagration perfectly

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