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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...

09.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 17

really frustrating that the meteorology community and storm chasers have mostly stayed on twitter

11.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

democrats still seem to be laboring under the delusion that they can introduce stuff to pass while trump is president and they, not trump, will somehow get credit for it. they learned nothing from trump taking credit for covid stimulus checks

11.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 2065 πŸ” 325 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 11

Politically, this is incredibly stupid, but as a policy matter it’s also incredibly stupid.

The Democrats!

11.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1127 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 7

the netherlands is the only european country i know of that chose structural stability over chaotic dreaming in their pyramid, intentionally limiting the number of professional clubs

wrong decision imo

11.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the netherlands has fewer professional teams than their peer countries, because they got tired of them constantly going bankrupt, but the solution that they landed onβ€”a rigid 30ish professional teams plus reserve teams, no promotion or relegation to/from the first divisionβ€”kind of sucks

10.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They're gonna end up spending half a billion dollars tearing down J.B. Pritzker as a disloyal Jew and then get President AOC at this rate.

10.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

rotterdam has three, eindhoven two, c’mon

10.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it reflects pretty poorly on amsterdam that the city has only one professional soccer team

10.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's a picture I took 7 years ago in Times Square

10.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 4145 πŸ” 448 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 0

the reason people hate deconversions isn’t for some dumb policy wonk reasons it’s because they are fundamentally suburban and antisocial. It’s actually literally gross to see your neighbors kicked out so someone can have a 3000 square foot house. It’s genuinely evil no matter β€œhow many” there are

10.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

this junkballing Czech electrician is a folk hero in Japan for striking out Ohtani in the last WBC (stopped for photos/autographs etc) but he's retiring after this bc Czech league ball doesn't pay the bills.
I love the way he took in in this one last surreal moment before going back to normalcy

10.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 2845 πŸ” 587 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 39
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It's Tues-Ray. Amazing rays of light at the start of sunrise this morning in Chicago.

10.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 315 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

BREAKING IF YOU POST IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS PEOPLE WILL ASSUME YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH - AP

10.03.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

crazy that she'd take this kind of chance so close to the election

10.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Portrait of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs in the front window of a house with red trim.

Portrait of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs in the front window of a house with red trim.

Portraits of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs, Renee Good, and Liam Conejo Ramos in the front windows of a house with white trim.

Portraits of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs, Renee Good, and Liam Conejo Ramos in the front windows of a house with white trim.

Portrait of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs in the first floor window of a duplex, with an Abolish ICE sign in a second floor window.

Portrait of Alex Pretti in blue nurse scrubs in the first floor window of a duplex, with an Abolish ICE sign in a second floor window.

Altar for Alex Pretti in front of the apartment building where he lived. A few votive candles, two other candles in jars, a bright orange flower, two photos of Alex - one wearing a backpack on trail in the woods, one with his bike wearing biker gear.

Altar for Alex Pretti in front of the apartment building where he lived. A few votive candles, two other candles in jars, a bright orange flower, two photos of Alex - one wearing a backpack on trail in the woods, one with his bike wearing biker gear.

Ended up on the block tonight where Alex Pretti lived. Pretty much every home had his portrait in a window.

I’ll never forget what they did to him.

I’ll never forget how good we’ve been to each other.

10.03.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 403 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 16091 πŸ” 3928 πŸ’¬ 280 πŸ“Œ 238

This is SO devastating like how in the world did this go through

10.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

all eyes are on Kat but a similarly leftist Democrat has an apparent shot at a neighboring suburban district as well:

10.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

although i learned the hard way at, i think, edelweiss that it’s unfortunately a terrible karaoke song

10.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

jason segel covering nightswimming for the end credits of a shrinking episode was so delightfully self-indulgent i started cackling

10.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Life at Marina City. And no, it isn't me. Years ago, I would sometimes encounter an amiable, elderly neighbor, who seemed absolutely normal until the day he told me in the elevator that someone was breaking into his apartment to steal his umbrellas. I never saw him again.

10.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I just remember when the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris was on fire and how every Western leader became a cultural expert and lamented the damage and how everyone donated money to rebuild it.

I am having a hard time finding a single article in any European or American publication about this.

09.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
chicago city seal, yellow and blue circle with a person in a shell, a ship, a native american chief, a sheaf of wheat, it’s bad

chicago city seal, yellow and blue circle with a person in a shell, a ship, a native american chief, a sheaf of wheat, it’s bad

gotta level with you guys, i think our city seal is hideous

09.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
river north metal water tank atop an old masonry building, really close to a new all glass apartment building

river north metal water tank atop an old masonry building, really close to a new all glass apartment building

the tank is like two stories tall and looks like it’s one foot away from the windows of the apartment building

the tank is like two stories tall and looks like it’s one foot away from the windows of the apartment building

imagine paying $3500 a month for an apartment with floor-to-ceiling views of an old black water tank

09.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is 2008. Democratic politicians are greatly underestimating the size of the bag the next president will be left holding.

It is 2020. Democratic politicians are greatly underestimating the size of the bag the next president will be left holding.

It is 2026. Democratic politicians are greatlyβ€”

09.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

I cannot believe it is 2026 and we are still barricading Millennium Park.

09.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

the rebecca pallmeyer memorial ruins

09.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
I voted sticker with a decaying building in the background

I voted sticker with a decaying building in the background

the loop super site remains a breeze to vote at, but it’s a little on the nose that they moved it across the street from the federal ruins of the century and consumer buildings

09.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Impeach Jared Polis? It may be necessary...

If Jared Polis caves to extortion and pardons an unrepentant insurrectionists, he should be impeached and removed. But everyone involved would probably be better off in Colorado Dems brandished the threat, and Polis backed down. www.offmessage.net/p/impeach-ja...

09.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 1292 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 41