Raging Chicago Progressive

Minesweeper, courtesy of Windows 3.0/95

Y'all are way overthinking this:

Illumination Entertainment,,, off the success of your Super Mario movies, I submit for your consideration a 3d animated action thriller about demining the strait of hormuz

MINESWEEPER
- Coming Spring 2027 -

Thor's Helmet, taken from my balcony

Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359) is an emission nebula in the Canis Major region, visible only for a short period during the winter season. It also remains quite low on the horizon, right in the middle of the light-pollution belt. These are nearly 21 hours of integrated exposure. 🔭

#Astrophotography

But I will delve one yard below their mines,
And blow them at the moon.

Even white Dems make this mistake constantly:

When they see 90%+ of Black voters voting for a candidate, they cannot accept that this means that the candidate is an overwhelmingly better choice than the others.

Instead, they believe that "Black people vote for Black people! Racial solidarity!🤡"

I didn’t begin this journey at the top or with a roadmap. As Langston Hughes wrote, life has not been a crystal stair. Every challenge only strengthened my resolve to expand access and opportunity.

Thank you for the faith and the honor of serving you.

CENTCOM, 2026:

Remember Tiffany Henyard? The embattled Mayor of a Chicago suburb that pretty much defrauded the city? She lost re-election in 2025 and moved out of the state shortly thereafter.

She landed in Georgia, became a Republican, and is now running for Fulton County Commissioner!
wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...

This is Summit. He is a friend to pretty much everyone he meets. But has a special soft spot for the little critters who stop long enough for him to say hello. 13/10 (IG: bakerbarnes)

Pretty sure he's bragging about filling up his adult diaper at the Resolute desk.

"I LIED • TO YOU" SINNERS LIVE PERFORMANCE SUNDAY MARCH 15 7E| 4P. @ the Oscars

PERFORMED BY MILES CATON RAPHAEL SAADIQ MISTY COPELAND ERIC GALES BUDDY GUY BRITTANY HOWARD CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM JAYME LAWSON LI JUN LI BOBBY RUSH SHABOOZEY ALICE SMITH March 15th at the Oscars

Uh am I about to ascend??

that's right theweek.com/articles/824...

I talk a lot about my work on here but less so about my job(s). Well...with a week left until the IL primary, I'd like to ask you to read this report about some of where Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi gets his campaign money and why it's so important to this election.

US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi raises millions for Illinois Senate bid as fundraising draws scrutiny U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi’s prowess at raising campaign cash not only gave him an early, dominant presence in the Senate race but also has made him one of Washington’s most prodigious fundraise…

. @chicagotribune.com spoke w/almost a dozen former Krishnamoorthi staffers who described a nearly round-the-clock fundraising operation in which some workers burned out after only a few months.
My latest w/ @petrellareports.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/r...

If we're going to do "when has automation ever made people's lives easier" discourse, I encourage everyone to read book 1 of Caro's LBJ series, and in particular the part about what happened once the Texas Hill Country got electricity and people could suddenly put their clothes in washing machines.

A 10,000-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Türkiye Could Rewrite the Origins of Sedentary Life and Civilization A team of archaeologists from Mardin Artuklu University, in southeastern Türkiye, has brought to light one of the most important discoveries for understanding the origins of civilization in northern M...

A 10,000-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Türkiye Could Rewrite the Origins of Sedentary Life and Civilization www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/03/a...

Happy Birthday Neneh Cherry! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/NenehCherryHBD

A Night Off With Chickens I’ve had lots of travel and lots of travel delays in the last week, so I’m going to take a night off now that I’m safely back home, and get a little extra sleep.

If you need some pictures of chickens tonight, I’m here for you.
joycevance.substack.com/p/a-night-of...

A snowy owl in the Windy City. Filmed March 8, 2026, in Chicago.

Kelly, Stratton Vow to Block Additional Funding for Iran War During WTTW News’ Senate Debate While U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton flatly ruled out supporting any additional funding for the war effort, U.S. Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi did not.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly vowed Monday to vote against any more funding for the war launched by President Trump against Iran in the last debate in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Sen. Durbin.

Watch the full show here: https://to.wttw.com/4b0CBJF

BOOK REC TIME TO ALLL

The Gámez-Cuéllar family has been released. We are taking them now to reunite with their son Antonio.

When I returned to the Dilley trailer prison today, I brought my colleagues in Congress to meet with the children and families and to bear witness to their stories.

you have to listen to everything he says but also ignore everything he says which is very difficult

If Bellingcat has confirmed this, then surely the Pentagon knows it hit the girls’ school too — and is simply lying to us about that fact right now.

This should be unacceptable in a thousand different ways.

I'm probably not going to see him for a few days...

Truly awe-inspiring for someone to spend virtually their entire career as a columnist at the same newspaper, writing over and over about the same issues, and to have learned literally not one goddamned thing whatsoever.

Frog thought scorpion just wanted a ride

I am seriously going to use "frog-brained" to describe these people from now on

Stephen John Ditko

I had a flashback to the thought of filling the gas tank of a ‘72 Oldsmobile Delta 88 in ‘79. 😱

You try to take over from eight years of Nixon/Ford and do better.