They might as well be taking gold bars out of Fort Knox in wheelbarrows – Trump's looting of the government is that obvious.

Chicago Tribune Food Awards winners map: All the places we've honored since 2011

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Did...did an alien send them schematics for a machine to build like in Contact?

Once again, the name of the party is the Democratic Party. Normal, mainstream pro-democracy parties don’t intentionally use the wrong name of other parties in attempts to delegitimize them. Also, James Thrash, Todd Pinkston, Gari Scott, & Dameane Douglas.

I've posted several times about stand-up comic @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social, but it's time to say something. The brother has Arrived. No, not because he has an HBO special, although that's cool, and it was in the top 5 shows last weekend. No, he's Arrived because he was on NPR this morning.

Why Dictators Target Everyday Citizens "When we self-censor, we're doing the regime's job for them." Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat exposes how classic one-party states use random targeting to generate total public fear. By threatening normal actions. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

These are friends of a friend of mine. Hoping for the best. abc7chicago.com/post/couple-...

“Stocks up, Americans cutting back on spending….” Again: The stock market is not the economy. wreg.com/news/nation-...

Norman Mineta’s pair of tragic & triumphant baseball bats. A son honoring his mother’s memories of incarceration by rebuilding Manzanar’s baseball diamond. & my concluding pleas for what we can & must learn from Japanese American incarceration. Welcome to the Ninth Inning of Diamond in the Rough! 🗃️

Gender. A useful category of analysis. As Joan Scott argued, nearly 40 years ago.

Excellent point.

A company man like no other. On May 18, federal agents searched Rush’s home and seized roughly 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, court documents said. Agents also seized about $2 million in U.S. currency and 35 luxury watches, mostly Rolexes, according to the affidavit.

Confirming @cnn.com: The Justice Department earlier this year referred an investigation into E. Jean Carroll to federal prosecutors in Chicago, a source tells the @chicago.suntimes.com. That investigation is active, the source said. w/ @vimiller.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/05...

"This is jaw-dropping as a former prosecutor for 20 years. I just cannot fathom any prosecutor doing this." Mary McCord on the grand jury misconduct so serious that prosecutors dropped the case against protesters outside an ICE facility in Illinois.

This is the student journalist who won the Mike Wallace Scholarship at tonight's Emmy Awards in NYC. @status.news reports 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley presented the award & responded to these comments saying “I know that Mike Wallace is looking down at you with pride at this very moment"

"The Army manual on leadership...it will talk about how character is built from an individual's background, values, visions...That comment about diversity is not our strength is just bullshit." @markhertling.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth’s attack on diversity and his failure to understand leadership.

Is he going after the juries?

I know what Sigmund Freud would say about this.

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In the dust-up between the Vatican and the tech bros, Rupert Murdoch and his editors at WSJ are quite decidedly on the side of the tech bros. The pope's big mistake is that he fails to understand that Christianity and market capitalism as defined by Milton Friedman are really one and the same thing.

And, yes, thanks to the journalists doing their part to uncover and then cover these actions (and inactions) of the Trump administration.

Update: 196 killed so far. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wanna know a secret? MAGA is hemorrhaging voters. The paid shills are trying to keep sanewashing this, but there’s a reason Trump’s primary performance doesn’t translate to general elections: His base is shrinking, and voters are tired of the bullshit.

Francis Maxwell: "The one thing America needs at this moment while a war is going on and affordability crisis is here is an octagon on the South Lawn — cage fight, at the White House, for Trump's birthday. Just take a second and imagine you were in a coma before 2016 and woke up to that sentence."

ICE OUT NOW! We shout. Let ‘em hear you at the fuckin’ White House, say Bruce. ICE OUT NOW! We shout louder.

New essay: our darker angels have returned. This essay written by Dr Frank Hoffman for Futura Doctrina examines the analytical failure behind the 'end of war' thesis & argues that prudent foresight, not optimistic extrapolation, is what security policy demands. mickryan.substack.com/p/our-darker...

"The entire Republican apparatus in Congress is dying for this war to be over...And so Trump not only is not making any clear moves in that direction...but he's adding to the war." @saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump threatening to blow up Oman as the GOP begs for the war to end.

Will the pro-Trump government of Bolivia be the first government to collapse as a result of the Iran War? Skyrocketing gasoline prices triggered massive unrest and protest. The US embassy closed its doors and warned Americans to keep off the streets. The government is teetering.

As @muellershewrote.com notes, the same Trump lackey forced to dismiss all charges against the Broadview Six for grand jury misconduct by his prosecutorial team is said to be behind this obscenity.

We're so close to both Trump and putin using the N word. They're both losing and globally humiliated on a scale rarely seen before. Knowing the immature egos of both of them, escalation will come before accepting defeat.

Stephen Miller: “We don’t check…” and “if you say your kids are hungry, you are going to get food stamps.” That’s a lie! SNAP applicants have to verify identity, income, household size, and citizenship or immigration status. Fraud rates are historically low.

we are well beyond thunderdome now

"Watch what happens in the coming days with the Iran deal. See how many defections there are. And then ask yourself: How many of those people who suddenly get with the program are hoping to apply for some compensation?" A political and financial tool:

Lockport held the first of three planned meetings to discuss possibilities for a potential data center development in the community Tuesday, but many residents are unilaterally opposed.

Wonder if this might have some Streisand Effect for those Americans who somehow previously missed this litigation.

I agree with Brooke on the timing. Reminder: They weren't burning witches. They were burning women.

Rubio’s visit underscored a disconnect in U.S.-India relations: Washington is not sufficiently concerned about the large trust gap between the two capitals.

New Trump-ordered criminal case to be brought by Todd Blanche against E Jean Carroll, after her award against Trump was affirmed by the Second Circuit. www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

New ethics complaint against Todd Blanche.A national watchdog group alleges Blanche breached ethical rules in the Tennessee prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was cleared last week of criminal charges after a judge concluded the prosecution had been vindictive.

i feel like this is probably the best time in recent american history to be a criminal because the justice department doesn’t give a shit, it’s too busy going through the president’s burn book www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

Three explosions heard east of Bandar Abbas with air defense active.-Fars News Agency

Doctors didn't think Obama or Biden needed one, my dude.

North Korea Tests Its Own Version of U.S. Himars Missiles - WSJ www.wsj.com/world/asia/n...