If The Tribbles Are Against Ya, Ya Know You're On The Right Side, Part 2,304,678 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/e...

Damn, I was hoping the Senate would move not to concur to preserve the safety stop bill.

"Leader Delgado to close" is one of the sweetest phrases in the English language. Maybe just behind "Senator Villivalam to close."

One incredible feature of the legislative process is that every time you pass a bill that amends a law, you are, in fact, changing a deal made in the past.

So glad to learn so many of you all are getting a glimpse of the glorious chaos of Springfield.

October 30, 1973: The Senate discussed ethics and campaign finance in a Committee of the Whole, hearing testimony from IRMA head and con-con delegate Joseph Meek, who was of the opinion that spending $68,000 to win a seat in the legislature was pretty stupid.

now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer since its almost breakfast

October 29, 1993: Sen. John Cullerton rose to inquire whether Democrats could join a Republican caucus meeting and, failing that, if the Democrats could have a caucus of their own.

ah so we meet again wednesday wettest and coldest of days

October 28, 1993: The House heard remarks from the Hon. Oriah Gara, member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe and former mayor of Harare, who informed the body that in 1990, Zimbabwe abolished its Senate and became a unicameral.

remember folks keep your chin up and put one foot in front of the other next to the other and in front of the other until its dinnertime

Happy Saint Crispin's Day to all who celebrate. youtu.be/bvFHRNGYfuo?...

If the stuff happening in Chicago were happening in New York City it would be on every television on earth right now

💥💥we’ve got a new Perfunctory, team. An exit interview with President Pro Tem Bill Cunningham! open.spotify.com/episode/7y5b...

All hands on deck, folks — we gotta pass this NEXT WEEK! Call your state reps TODAY. Sign up to canvass. Sign up to phone bank. (links coming later today) We need you to get in the fight with us!

This legislation attracted broad bipartisan support, including from members of the General Assembly who are also law enforcement officers as well as the Chicago FOP.

October 16, 1973- Noted unicameralist Sen. John Knuppel took a bold stand against co-sponsoring congratulatory resolutions.

another week nearly on the books i hope you had your dinners on time and if not that you exacted revenge on the source of the delay

October 15, 1973: Gov. Dan Walker addressed a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly and called for action on reforming the governance and funding of mass transit in Northeastern Illinois.

good morning make sure you get as many breakfasts as possible it will be another busy day of fighting for truth and justice and breakfast

October 14, 1971: As Sen. Robert Egan presented a bill, he noted it had been subject to a deal of misinformation, recalling an old professor's remark that, "The trouble in the world is not what people don't know, it's what they do know that just ain't so."

hey awesome we are back lets get weird

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal "Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport." www.economist.com/internationa...

The transit reform bill gives communities more tools to shape their communities around their transit stations. We need more people living and working near transit so more people can ride it. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/o...

Friends! Readers! Countrymen! The paperback version of my book is out today. Please buy it: bookshop.org/p/books/carm...

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MONTRESSOR

Pretty good morning to #bikethedrive and talk to people about saving transit. #fixitfundit #revenuesandreform

President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies. Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...

My kingdom for a bipartisan group of septuagenarian Illinois politicians nursing decades-long grievances against Pat Quinn who will pool their resources to repeal the Cutback Amendment.

After a summer-long evaluation, I regret to report that ilga.gov sucks now. Things that would be useful: 1) Audio/video archive 2) Hyperlinked ILCS crossreferences 3) Committee/tracked bill notifications Things that aren't useful: 1) Clicking multiple times for things instead of a single click.

golly its great to be back in springfield with so many fellow breakfast enthusiasts

🚍 After 1,600 hours of community outreach & planning, IL now has the legislation we need to fix & fund our transit system. 🚊As our Executive Director Amy Rynell says, it’s now time to get this over the finish line – before devastating cuts begin. Learn more: activetrans.org/blog/nita-ri...

"Contrary to Trump's rants, Illinois criminal justice reforms have been effective"‪ Thank you @repgreggjohnson.bsky.social‬ & @repguzzardi39.bsky.social‬ for speaking the truth & defending the Pretrial Fairness Act: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Out of office.

Pass. Let's just hash it all out in the 2029 Con-Con.

We are disappointed but unsurprised to see Illinois Republicans & President Trump exploiting a Megan Bos's death to spread misinformation about the Pretrial Fairness Act. Read our full statement:

Also, just…it is the summer of 2025, and the crisis that a bunch of self-described progressives in an immigrant-heavy blue city neighborhood are volunteering 100s or even 1000s of hours collectively to fight is…preventing seven story buildings with affordable housing

Good ol' floors.

Tour de France 2025: The Video Game 👾🎮

En route to this rally, I took the #4 to Roosevelt. Walked to catch a #130. Two #12 buses pulled up. Seven stops from the start of their route. Annoying to see but didn't affect me. Then a guy trying to get to a job fair at UIC asked me when the next #12 or #18 showed up. It was a 20 minute wait.

Extremely disheartening to see well-meaning advocates trying to blow up the hard-fought compromises on regional reform that both the House and the Senate largely agreed upon because of more city-vs.-suburbs provincialism. The reforms are intended to justify the transformational revenue investment.

Let's do this.

My family wouldn't be who we are today if 100 years ago a couple of immigrants hadn't been able to find work in meatpacking houses in South Omaha. What an absolute disgrace.

num num num nom tastes like summer

Pretty sure at least one pot of gold is at 63rd and Cottage, looks like we solved the fiscal cliff. Great work everyone.

So long, beautiful. Nobody loved you like I did.

"We have seized the opportunity to push for long-needed rider-centric reforms to build the transit system for the 21st Century... Far too many stakeholders in this conversation were more concerned about protecting or expanding their own power and trying to make someone else pay for it." -Don Harmon

May 31, 1989: Sen. Richard Newhouse rose to inform the chamber of his upcoming ballet performance.

man o man o man i can very nearly almost taste the june only two more breakfasts before the june because every meal is breaking fast since the last meal

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