Not to mention he was the charming actor in the '90s Taster's Choice commercials.

David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who documented tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan in 2016 along with NPR's Afghan interpreter and fellow journalist Zabihullah Tamanna. n.pr/4uTLlZF

Indiana, where the government doesn't have $$ to properly shovel interstates in winter, but can shell out billions for billionaires. Now, will the Colts come hat in hand looking for their billions as well? Enjoy tailgating on a Superfund site! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/c...

Well this just made me very sad www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

Scott Pelley should've left "60 Minutes" saying, "Look, nobody loves President Trump as much as I do, but Bari Weiss kept trying to push all this woke stuff on us and she had Hunter Biden artwork hanging in her office. It just made me really uncomfortable. She has a whole stealth-DEI plan. Scary."

I'm sure his lawyers are licking their chops.

Amazing addtl detail about Scott Pelley telling off Nick Bilton (via NY post) “You wouldn’t do very well in a ’60 Minutes’ interview," Pelley said. "Scott, I’m not intimidated by you,” a ticked-off Bilton said in response. “Enjoy the bagels,” Bilton added before getting up and leaving the room.

Jesus Christ

This is really outrageous when you think about it. A jury found Trump sexually assaulted Carroll. News coverage often frames it like they’re political opponents.

60 Minutes' Sharyn Alfonsi pens a goodbye note slamming Bari Weiss' actions against her "as a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting." Read the rest:

One of my favorite sights on a warm day in the Chicago suburbs: sandhill cranes in flight.

Peonies showing off this year.

Summer evenings in Chicago parks. You just have to experience it for yourself

Who among us has, or has insurance that covers, a semiannual physical?

Vaccine and science denialism has deadly consequences.

I complain about NY Times headlines a lot because: 1. Headlines reach more people than stories do. 2. NYT is prominent; its weak framing of Trump's dictator moves gives other media a permission structure to remain timid. 3. Exec editor Joe Kahn & other NYT leaders must be held to account.

Good Christ the far right is destroying the whole world one country at a time. Truly don't understand why they want to plunge us all back to the period right before World War I started with every country doing insane nationalism (ok I do understand it's the racism) but that does seem to be the goal

"who was president from March 2020-January 20, 2021?" is one of the most fiercely contested questions in American politics

It's all a big joke to him.

Gas prices likely to stay high this year. My piece for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The United Nations' top court issued a landmark advisory opinion on the right to strike on Thursday, finding that a cornerstone labor treaty protects the ability of workers to walk off the job. https://to.pbs.org/3RnzrZ5

Great news in #Chicago #garden blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/21/g...

Pretty sure you don’t need to quote ethics experts to say the $1.8bn slush fund is corrupt.

In 1923, the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was saying the same thing about immigrants that Republicans are saying today.

I mean, great. But also performative bs

A beautiful movie deserving of this beautiful reflection by @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social — now I want to see it again 🪽

These are the kind of fighters we need. It's going to get nasty, folks. Time for massive Civil disobedience. We need 100 million on the street or we're headed for Civil War.

My latest newsletter is about Tucker Carlson and his uncanny ability to con people. www.readtpa.com/p/dont-fall-...

we don’t talk enough about how Chicago is the most gorgeous city in the country

Remember when Republicans hated red tape

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Farm bankruptcies jumped 46% in 2025 as debt loads and costs rise investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/25/f...

Well deserved Pulitzer for the @chicagotribune.com on its coverage of ICE's terror tactics with Operation Midway Blitz. Well written and some iconic photos. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/p...

Rainbow time over the lake!

"Just as Hitler’s failures led him to resent the German people ever more strongly and destructively, we can expect Trump’s growing frustration to result in ever more nihilistic and destructive actions as his term moves toward its end."

‘S&P’s suggestion is particularly egregious. It wants to ditch its profit requirement for IPOs big enough to make the top 100 by value, while retaining it for other companies. In essence: Size shouldn’t buy special treatment, but it does.’ www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Hits a lot of the feels.

Spirit Airlines once helped democratize the skies, providing a bridge for those who previously found travel out of reach. Its collapse isn't just a business story—it’s a geo-economic one, highlighting how the fallout of the Middle East War (in this case, soaring energy costs) can act... 1 of 2

Q: What kind of people would brag about taking food out of the mouths of millions of poor people? A: Republicans would. Republicans do.

Even in Texas, voters are pushing back against right wing school control.

Such a good film.

San Francisco's Chonkers and Chicago's Chonkasaurus snapping turtle should team up.

This is a critical point: *today*, even in countries that don’t introduce policies & measures to support it, consumers can unilaterally enact electrification and demand destruction

LBJ quote on Vietnam echoes where Trump's Iran war quagmire is getting him with surging oil prices: "I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway. I can't run. I can't hide. And I can't make it stop."

The House passed a bill that will finally allow families on SNAP to purchase rotisserie chicken. Unfortunately, it also cuts the program's funding by $187 billion.

🧵 Much of the reporting on this Jimmy Kimmel story makes it seem like the only important context is the last time Trump tried to get Kimmel fired. But to understand why Trump is doing this again, you really have to know a story about Vladimir Putin. Let me tell it to you. 🧵🧵🧵

Trump, who has repeatedly engaged in election denial, is quietly targeting local voting systems in “a wider-than-known federal push into the machinery and conduct of U.S. elections, which since the founding of the republic in 1789 have been run by states and local governments.” Via Reuters

And S/O to the Boston fan who slammed her drink since it was time to go