Love the cubs crowd chanting Nico Hoerner! Not an easy chant, but after that grab, well earned. #cubs #mlb

PCA gets it #cubs #mlb

MSM one job this week. Get Republican Governors to go on the record that this OK.

* BESSENT: EXPECT NEWS TUESDAY ON SUPPORT FOR SOYBEAN FARMERS * BESSENT: WE'VE GOT THEIR BACKS @reuters.com @cnbc.com

This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours. Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator

These states could pass laws that offset Trump cuts with state cuts to counties that voted for Trump to pass the pain directly on to his voters

This analysis of DOGE cuts is a perfect distillation of what Trump and his cronies prioritize. Less enforcement of white collar crimes, less support for education and healthcare, but lots more xenophobia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"I know that at least one agent held the potential of being an upstanding public servant, who embodied the best ideals of the FBI, and now will always be associated with an elected official’s unending quest for revenge." @michael-feinberg.bsky.social discusses the politicization of the FBI.

If you know other cases where DHS/ICE and other agencies demanded data about an activist's online accounts, I'm still digging. My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82

President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising. Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.

There is one reason the government is shutting down: Republicans and Trump have refused to work with Democrats  to lower health care costs.

Why would Democrats agree to any budget deal when all of it can be overturned by executive fiat?

Trust your doctor, not the President, with your healthcare decisions. 🩺

Officially time for fall pizza. Delicata squash and pesto pizza.

You can also follow his youtube channel in support!

I am begging people to stop conflating a person’s ability to make money to a person being worth listening to.

Death cult behavior

Why did we make affordability the center of this campaign? Simple: I listened.

In Illinois, 1,647,630 people are experiencing food insecurity. I met with Downers Grove Area FISH food pantry volunteers and learned about their programs that help feed members of our community.

I recommend everyone watches this

Moisés Ballesteros hit his first MLB home run into the left field bleachers and -- this is hard to believe -- it was hit right to Anthony Rizzo, who couldn't make the catch. Baseball rules.

Hate in the Homeland is a must-read. We have ALL the expertise at our fingertips so it’s on us to do the work. Book club anyone?? I'm happy to re-read it. Shit, I'll even read it TO you. WHATEVER IT TAKES!

Pros And Cons Of Deploying Troops To Chicago https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-deploying-troops-to-chicago/

You don't have to cheer any person's murder to acknowledge who and what they were. Kirk was a monster who tried to harm people every day. Murder is also wrong. That's the most we need. We do not need to "take a beat" for this slimeball. Moving on to other news.

Chuck Schumer just broke protocol to force Senate Republicans to schedule a floor vote on releasing the Epstein files. Republicans are PISSED. This is exactly what Democrats should be doing. More of this please.

Indivisible Chicago shares Safety Guidelines and Tips for Protest /Action Participants indivisiblechicago.com/safety-guide...

Lindsey Graham's wreaking havoc on South Carolina's economy through his non-questioning support of Trump & Trump's tariffs. South Carolina needs to do better. It can with @drannieandrews.com.

Water Fall Glen today on my ride. I wish i had captured the cloud movement, it was amazing.

New @kff.org / @washingtonpost.com poll shows most parents nationally and in Florida – including MAGA Republicans – want schools to require vaccines bit.ly/3VBVNVi

Sorry to the Big Easy, but this is a good sign for Chicago

If you aren’t signed up for the newsletter I write with Brad Stulberg , now is a good time to sign up. We’ve been at it for a few years and just reached 35K subscribers. It’s what the world’s best read on sustainable excellence: thegrowtheq.ck.page/steve

Vegan Chef Challenge coming to Naperville in September

1800 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago

SMILE POLITELY: Surprising no one, Mary Miller is spreading disinformation Once upon a time, we devoted a lot of editorial space to former IL-13 Rep. Rodney Davis. Remember those days? Whether it was trolling him for silly things such as loving Creed or stealing car ...

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Not to brag more on our university, but we are ranked as the number one first-year student experience for all public universities in the nation.

I don’t know if it’s climate change or NOAA getting DOGE’d or what but it seems like this summer there’s been a lot of weather forecasts of “might be some lightly scattered showers later :-)” that turn into two inches of torrential rain training thru the heart of the urban area within 90 minutes

Sleep Just getting your ~8 hours has enormous benefits from the psychological to physical. Sleep is when your body restores & grows with its highest output of growth hormones, & when your mind processes and coalesces information. Translating knowledge from superficial to deep

…a shift to plant-rich diets in the UK would free an area almost the size of Scotland.” Imagine the improved land usage in meat obsessed America.

Warren firing back and saying the ability of working people to afford to live in New York is what makes it a vibrant, workable city is EXACTLY the kind of defense of this city I want to see Democrats make.

What Chicago restaurant do you miss the most? Here’s what our readers said. blockclubchi.co/4mgUVkv

Every time I pass the sign for “Jarvis Sanctuary” at the north end of Belmont Harbor I imagine gilded age luxury co-op dwellers cruelly releasing their domestic servants into the wild once their contracts are up. Driving old Jarvis out to the lake shore at night and setting him out on the rocks

Baby donkeys are so underrated... 😍

Instead of supporting recovery, food served in hospitals and nursing homes may undermine both patient and planetary health, researchers from PIK, Charité and @stanford.edu find - too few healthy plant-based foods, too many unhealthy, unsustainable options: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

It is so unusual for Trump to be faced with someone who will call him on his bullshit that he will definitely try to fire Powell now

Incidentally, Donald is listed in Epstein's flight logs eight times, and there are more than a dozen contact numbers for Donald in Epstein's black book. By contrast, Obama's career nearly ended because a pastor at a church he occasionally attended said "goddamn America" when Obama wasn't even there.

KC now looking to see if Jeff Smardzija is available to pitch against the Cubs. #Cubs

My MSNBC debut, on the rising ACA premiums. The Trump Admin is letting the Biden Admin's enhanced subsidies expire, making marketplace ins prohibitively expensive (so younger/healthier people will drop out, leaving the rest costlier to insure), & tariffs aren't helping. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...