Super cool stuff going on in the Opinions section at former respected newspaper The Washington Post.

“Wahh, I’m so demonized!”

NEW: The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes. By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

It was funny to see Darren Bailey’s latest solicitation (meant for the “conservative” who used to live in our house) in the mailbox alongside an ACLU appeal! I’m baffled. I know 42% didn’t vote for JB in 2022, but read the room, doofus. Name-dropping Trump? Calling for a “DOGE-style audit?” Yeesh.

My God, would you look at those glorious headways.

“In my 25 years as a federal judge, I’ve never seen the type of brutality shown by the agents involved in Midway Blitz” chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

The White House encouraged agents to act recklessly during Operation Midway Blitz, a state panel found. blockclubchi.co/4t8ymBA

Why bro?

Just met and commiserated with treasured Chicago musician and famed Park District bathroom reviewer Al Scorch after my family almost saw him get run down by a stop-sign blowing driver in our neighborhood. Car flew by so close, Al hit it with his Tony’s grocery bag. Do not harm Al Scorch, bastards.

Wow.

I’m in the second of three (!) 1-hr Copilot trainings at work and someone just asked if they can get Copilot to do their out-of-office replies.

Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke

The Jam weren’t big in the U.S., in part due to very British songs like this, but it’s one of my favorites by them. It must have been exhilarating for working class British kids to hear. It’s grim, sure, but life was pretty grim in 1979, and this song was a gift just for them. youtu.be/W-t9uCtwwZk

Tom the Dancing Bug — The Shadow Docket By @rubenbolling.bsky.social

NW side sociopath drivers in rare form this morning. Almost run over twice on my walk to the train.

No one does street name trolling quite like Prague

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

I started reading Charlotte’s Web last night to my 7-year old and he was riveted on p.1. If you recall, the first sentence in the book is Fern asking, “Where’s Papa going with that axe?” When Fern’s mom answers, my son yelled “WHAT!?!” He was hooked. 👍

Copilot’s everywhere now in my job, winking at me, sliding into emails I’m writing, offering to help. It’s like corn syrup in food. So far I’ve used it to summarize my LinkedIn in a sarcastic pirate voice.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

Door problems = European frequency and magic train.

So delighted every time @jamellebouie.net correctly calls Vance a miserable little pig man youtube.com/shorts/-KIy1...

This is the greatest thing of all time and I wish I hadnt heard about it at 10 am on a workday. 40 years of Chicago live shows, free, searchable. My God. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/f...

Tow truck drivers are all terrible, but I just saw one who should win a prize. Going ~50 down a residential street, blew the stop sign by aftercare, kids and parents all around. Braked hard and screeched to a halt for some sewer work, then peeled out. Total psycho. Wish I’d caught it on video.

Today’s 1st Grade art study: Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled, 1982 My son’s school has to have a fundraiser to pay for art instruction. Worth it, but what about the schools where parents can’t afford to establish a “Friends of _____” nonprofit and donate?

Brutal.

Birds chirping outside my window have no idea how much they’re brightening my day.

Artemis took a picture of us: defector.com/artemis-took...

Immigration enforcement is the number one priority of this administration — beyond everything else. And when the DOJ makes that its number one priority, it means that they have to drop a bunch of other cases, including ones with far more serious consequences.

If I had a Time Machine I’d take this screenshot back to 1940 to show Charles Lindbergh how “America First” now involved an Eastern European immigrant wife of an NYC real estate heir and failed casino owner president promoting teacher robots to raise the nation’s children.

I've said it before and will say it again, human beings' ability to compartmentalize is incredible. This pathetic racist very old man in cognitive decline has access to the nukes that can destroy us all.

“My teacher said it was okay if I made him happy.” -Julian, age 6 3/4 “The Scream” Mixed media 2026

We get mail meant for the “conservative Christians” who used to live in our house and today’s from Darren Bailey didn’t disappoint. He lambasts Pritzker’s “failed Marxist vision,” and even throws in a fat joke (“it’s clear he’s never missed a meal”). Great stuff. Good luck, bro.

Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

I’d be there regardless, but Saturday’s No Kings is going to be crisp, sunny and glorious. Chicago will sparkle.

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

In this house, HUGE progress currently underway in the development of imagination, sarcasm, whimsy and mischief.

The litmus test for any prosecutor in America, delivered by Philadelphia's Larry Krasner: I will prosecute ICE crimes

Ah, living a frugal life for decades, dutifully diverting as much as possible into Roths and 401ks like a sucker while the bad men collude and make trillions go up and down.

ICE Killed A Man Outside Chicago Last Year. Little Has Been Done To Investigate blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/23/i...

Sound on! 🤩

This is great. My son always says thank you to CTA TOs.

Super cool to see outside your kid’s elementary school.

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

My wife is from Castilla y León and she got these ballots in the mail today … too late for her to vote unfortunately. I always get a kick out of the many many choices in a Spain regional election. You pick your party’s ballot and mail it back in an envelope.

Murphy: I have great sympathy for our soldiers and our military leaders they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind. And so it's no surprise that this war is going horribly

Our neighbor got us some cookies from this place in Orlando to thank us for checking her mail. When he saw the cookies, my son, 6, said “whoa, that is so AI,” and I want to launch this cursed era into the sun.