Chicago was named the Best Big City in the U.S for the 9th time in a row by Condé Nast! Through thick and thin I'm forever proud to call this city home ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶

One more day left for donations! Doesn't look like I'm going to hit my $2K goal this year, but if I could hit $1K, that would still be fantastic. Thank you to everyone who has donated, shared, donated and shared, or just liked my posts over the last month or so. Every bit helps!

This is important #riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s

I love libraries.

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Welcome to the Hotel California! #TheEagles #Sphere

Viva Las Vegas!

Viva Las Vegas! What a whirlwind of a weekend.

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Swear her in.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means” -Albert Einstein

Remember this??

Okay, funny bookstore category

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Reintroduction thread: Name: Joseph Pronouns: He/Him/His Location: Crown Point, In Interests: Books, Art, Nature Walks/Hikes, Music & Food (Politics) Vocation: Retail Inventory Mgmt

You know what would go a long way toward solving many problems? Term limits. For everyone. Federal, state, local. No more lifetime appointments for anyone. How many smart, capable people with fresh ideas have been denied the chance to serve because the same people cling to power decade after decade?

Wow! This is me 25 yrs ago 😳 I miss my dark hair.

This is Steven Millers America 👿👎🏽👇🏼💙

Mayor Katrina Thompson on Tuesday accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials of waging a “disinformation campaign” amid their continued use of chemical and less-lethal munitions on crowds outside the agency’s Broadview processing center. https://to.wttw.com/4mIC0yO

We could have had this, but instead we're recalling 58 million pounds of corn dogs because we put wood in the batter and we're suing companies for not making scary enough candy.

If you make $50m and are taxed at 50%, you have $25m left. If you make $40k and are taxed at 30%, you only have $28k left. Tax the rich and give the working class a tax break.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

I was at a conference in Portland two weeks ago. I had a lovely time. Took public transit. Walked a lot. Ate delicious food. Didn’t see a war zone though. And I never once felt unsafe.

Did I miss major news overnight?! Are we under attack by another country?! Nope just by this idiot. 😠

Good morning!

No more mowing after work. Had to finish the last bit with the lights on! #mow #fall #ego

ILLINOIS!!! Show up and show out at the Broadview ICE facility tomorrow morning. Join us in peacefully protesting for our neighbors. The pressure is mounting — let’s get this inhumane facility shut down. 1930 Beach Street. 7-9 AM.

A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting. abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...

Armed for the winter! Flu and Covid vaccinations in the pipes!

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I will as well.

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Anyone read this one? Just getting started & wow there are a lot of people in here. Book club is next Monday night! #Books #Bookclub #Procrastinate

Posting this for no particular reason.

You know what, we live in a period that seems to reward callousness, letting it flourish. And when I come across stories of people showing selflessness or basic kindness, it stays with me. Our world is in desperate need of showing care to one another.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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I AM ANTIFA !

Frank-N-Stein was the place to go for a hot dog and a frosty mug of root beer. It's one of the lost treasures featured in my forthcoming Lost Treasures of Indiana book. I'll have a book signing at Miles Books from 11:30-2 on Sept. 27.