Not since The Christmas Mouse have I been exposed to such an irritating/amazing ear worm. Proceed with caution:

Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security. theatln.tc/SS6krazR

He’s on a mission from God:

“Heaven help him, but he gets results”: DETECTIVE POPE This fall on HolySeeTV

Big news — not that Orban lost, but that he conceded so quickly — and a big loss for Trump/Vance, who backed Orban. NPR will report @wbez from Budapest this evening and tomorrow on Morning Edition.

Tough poll number for Trump was just released on Face the Nation

Update: After talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will "blockade" the Strait of Hormuz.

We are capable of such great things.

All initial evidence suggested that Pope Leo “was something entirely different from both Francis and Donald Trump: a quiet American, as I called him last summer. That description is now obsolete,” Francis X. Rocca argues: theatln.tc/ARoFjFUY 📸: Manon Cruz / Reuters

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It’s been fascinating to watch this AP story circulate through the web this week and horse-shoe back to the local press. I broke the story about the effort to digitally preserve Aadam’s collection 15 months ago. Glad more folks are digging through his recordings!

Where IS that Bayless granola? I gotta tune in @caropopcast.bsky.social

Melania Trump: The lies linking me with Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. I've never been friends with Epstein. I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell. My email reply to Maxwell cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence.

roses are red hey look what’s that

As a lapsed Catholic and Chicagoan, let me note the absolutely boneheaded hubris of trying to push around Fr. Bob on matters of principle, let alone clout.

The Trump administration offered a Vatican envoy "a bitter lecture warning that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants—and that the Church had better take its side" www.thefp.com/p/why-the-va...

Chicago Pope:

BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting

You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

G’morning. This is a real post from the US president on Easter morning:

It’s a real thinker

Gary Klebe tells the unlikely, inspiring story behind the classic power-pop band Shoes and describes what led him to release his first solo album in a half-century-long career--all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Incredible reporting ⬇️

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. n.pr/3PUBm6t

Hoosiers have less than a week remaining to register to vote in time for the May 5 primary — when Republican and Democratic candidates for many state and local offices will be decided. via @indianacapitalchronicle.com

“The worst of the worst” was a lie, exhibit 164. Operation Midway Blitz in charts: Roughly 3,800 detained, and 2,500 deported, most with no criminal record. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/31/o...

A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation. n.pr/4v0nHek

Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the United States and others. https://to.pbs.org/4cda9of

The nationwide rallies to oppose President Donald Trump comes amid a continuing war in Iran.

Demonstrators gathered Friday evening at O’Hare International Airport to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who have been called to assist with airport security amid a partial federal government shutdown.

More than 3,100 "No Kings" demonstrations are planned across the United States today. Follow live updates:https://cnn.it/4bQIzMp

The E Street Band is coming your way!

You have to scroll down through some incredibly sad and weird things before you get to the raccoon penis, and then it gets sadder. And weirder.

After President Donald Trump threatened to deploy federal immigration agents to airports amid a Department of Homeland Security funding fight in Congress, union members in the Midwest are expressing concern about agents’ lack of training and their own lack of pay.

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Enemy 1) Foreign autocracy Enemy 2) Domestic opposition party

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This is why WGN-TV cut loose so many journalists in the last month — not because of ratings or revenue, but to help a bad owner become bigger.

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The shuttering of CBS Radio News is the demise of a fine artist. It can't be replaced. A century of heroic and historic work is ending MORE ===> youtu.be/19HMToXUXbU

Sheaves Slate, 27, is charged with murder and arson in connection with Monday's fire in Rogers Park. Chicago firefighter Michael Altman died of injuries he sustained at the fire.

Say More …

Lasted 99 years. Killed by Bari Weiss in less than 1. www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/m...

This is terrible news and I’m not looking forward to how this will affect Chicago’s media environment.

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's reaction as Trump says "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour?" Undoubtedly the worst American diplomatic gaffe in post-war US-Japan history.

And with this one last, huge scoop, economics reporter Jeff Stein leaves the Washington Post, a day after saying his “faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair.” (And if any of you know Jeff Bezos, pls feel free to share.)

It’s time for the percolator

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the competitive Democratic primary race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on the heels of a late campaign surge and millions in support from longtime running mate Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...