Beachwood Reporter
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A Chicago-centric news and culture review.
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I'm a Chicago-based reporter, editor, media critic, political analyst and digital media evangelist who has worked at the ChiTrib, Newsweek, Chicagomag and founded the pioneering Beachwood Reporter. I have an independently designed master's in newsroom mgt/worked at NU'sNewspaper Management Center.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: These are Minnesotans out there in the freezing cold weather showing their way of resisting ICE
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From the sports community on Reddit: "Leave Greenland Alone!" Heckler shouts during U.S. anthem at London NBA game â crowd erupts in cheers
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about 17 hours ago
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: They took an OLD HMONG MAN in Saint Paul. Didn't even let him put on a shirt
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about 18 hours ago
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From the TikTokCringe community on Reddit: âYou have an accent too!â
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about 18 hours ago
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It's too bad Bo Nix is out for the rest of the playoffs because a Darnold-Nix Super Bowl would have inflicted maximum pain on the
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front office, who royally fumbled the bag, screwed the pooch, pick your idiom.
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One single psychopathic person is tearing the entire world apart.
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From the LivestreamFail community on Reddit: Nick Fuentes, Sneako, Clavicular, and Andrew Tate at a Miami nightclub where Yeâs song âHeil Hitlerâ was played at their request.
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Denmarkâs capital, Copenhagen, today: a massive protest outside the U.S. embassy against the sale/occupation of Greenland by the United States
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: Medical emergency turns into nightmare as ICE detains Mounds View couple en route to ER - Allina complicit with ICE
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: Federal agents caught imbedding their selves within protesters after one is extracted by agents in a white van
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From the minnesota community on Reddit
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From the TwinCities community on Reddit: ICE unable to locate detainees
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From the IfBooksCouldKill community on Reddit: We're the New York Times!
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From the TikTokCringe community on Reddit: OMG ,He became completely blind in his left eye.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: Furry Fox Taken Down Hard In Minnesota During ICE Protest
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: Greg Bovinođ Faces Protesters at Minneapolis' Whipple Federal Building
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Watch this, the heading doesnât do it justice.
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From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: About freedom in America right now...
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2 days ago
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omfg
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From 2017:
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Craig Harrington
3 days ago
Reporters doggedly criticized Kamala Harris in 2024 for a) not having any policies, and b) having too many details in her policies. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's signature policy proposals have always been vaporware and it's just been "Donald Being Donald."
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
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Jay Rosen
3 days ago
If you're following the unbuilding of CBS News: "A story with on-camera sources, legal clearance, and five rounds of vetting gets killed for not being ready. A story with anonymous sources and internal objections gets published because the editor-in-chief wanted it."
www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...
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What the Trump Administration Is Buying With CBS's Reputation
The administration's story about the Renee Good shooting was falling apart. CBS gave them the credibility to put it back together.
https://www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-trump-administration-is
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"Bears weather" is a myth. Stop it.
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2 days ago
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They're using everything in the authoritarian toolbox.
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Justice will not automatically prevail, sorry. Justice does not and has not prevailed in countries all around the world and throughout history. It must be fought for. Democrats still don't get it.
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And he's never "just joking." We've learned that repeatedly. One way or another, as I've been saying for months, he will not allow either chamber of Congress to become Democratic.
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Who's going to enforce it?
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Also: He doesn't think *he needs it* right now. Not "the situation doesn't warrant it right now," but he doesn't "need" it right now. He'll use it when *he needs it.*
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emptywheel
2 days ago
The very dutiful transcription of the fact that DOJ is launching an investigation into Walz and Frey doesn't exhibit the least critical thinking about what the crime was. CBS at least names it but ... think about this, folks. Felony saying mean things?
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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Today in Duh.
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It's been said by a zillion others, but those files must be really bad. Trump has already said releasing them would hurt his friends.
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Richard Blumenthal
2 days ago
These subpoenas are an authoritarian threat, further weaponizing & corrupting DOJ & aiding an ongoing coverup. Feds seek to whitewash ICE, silence dissent, & exclude state & local law enforcement from investigating Goodâs tragic death.
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Justice Dept. enters new territory with probe of Minnesota officials
The agency is targeting critics during a moment of crisis in which protesters are clashing with federal agents on icy city streets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/17/trump-walz-frey-investigation-minnesota-justice-department/
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Scott Horton
2 days ago
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
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I stand with Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland, each of which is a superior country to the U.S. in the first place.
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Lauren Ashley Davis
2 days ago
President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of the son of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark. James Phillip Womack was sentenced in federal court in May 2024 to eight years in prison for distributing more than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ja...
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Trump commutes prison sentence of U.S. Rep. Steve Womackâs son | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of the son of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/jan/16/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-us-rep-steve/
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That's basically the size of a Chicago ward - maybe smaller.
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2 days ago
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How did so many people - journalists in particular - not know who Bari Weiss was? Did they honestly think the Free Press was legit? (And it's not just that the FP is ideological, it's that it's riven with factual errors. It's a mess.)
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After years of kissing his butt, you'd think the 60 Minutes staff wouldn't be stunned at all - the real problem is that they haven't quit by now.
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Hyde Park Man Detained By ICE Was Denied Lifesaving Meds, Attorneys Say
Albeiro Ropero Remolina and his wife were arrested and detained Dec. 29, after which ICE failed to give him at least two doses of needed anticonvulsant medication for seizures, his attorneys said.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/16/hyde-park-man-detained-by-ice-was-denied-lifesaving-meds-attorneys-working-to-free-him-say/
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Catching up with this. Shame.
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Breaking precedent, networks interrupt prime time for Trump political diatribe
On Wednesday night at 9 PM Eastern, President Trump delivered a prime time address to the nation that was aired by all major broadcast networks.
https://popular.info/p/breaking-precedent-networks-interrupt
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It's not just the right-wing taking over Republican groups - Republicans are inherently right-wing! It's about incel racist neo-Nazis taking over Republican groups, mirroring what they've done with the national GOP.
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Inside the Right-Wing Takeover of Harvard Universityâs Young Republican Groups
As one Harvard professor put it, using the term for followers of Nick Fuentes, âThey are Groypers who use big words.â
https://airmail.news/issues/2026-1-10/blood-and-soil-at-harvard
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Gross.
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Semafor gets $30 million investment, will expand biz coverage - Talking Biz News
News organization Semafor has received a $30 million investment, valuing the operation at $300 million, reports Isabella Simonetti of The Wall Street Journal. Simonetti writes, âThe $30 million in new...
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/semafor-gets-30-million-investment-will-expand-biz-coverage/
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Here we go.
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Mamdani Diversity Chief Cherry-Picked Numbers, MTA Watchdog Found
Adams holdover Michael Garner ran a program nurturing minority businesses, but a report he oversaw hyping its success excluded 80% of the program's participants, according to the MTAâs inspector gener...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/06/mamdani-michael-garner-chief-diversity-officer-inflated-data/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SCOOP_010725&utm_source=1&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mamdani%20diversity%20chief%20amped%20stats%2C%20IG%20found&utm_campaign=SCOOP_010725&vgo_ee=PjDjJsokLdJg7vLZC2hbmHoBdmNGaP15k%2B1erBEyUEbE0Gc8%3AkFgSs%2BgC7DXfBSgI7kNCB86rOey9fGYL
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Rahm calls up Politico and workshops some lines.
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Folks at the Chicago Tribune used to imagine Tribune Company execs sitting around saying, "This place would be great if we could just get rid of the fourth floor!" The fourth floor, of course, was the newsroom.
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McClatchyâs Machine Mindset
A recent meeting with McClatchy executives left union leaders stunned and deeply alarmed about how the company wishes to implement A.I. in the newsroom, Status has learned.
https://www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-newspapers-ai-reporting-policy
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Anyone still there - which means most journalists and news organizations are part of the problem, propping up a hate machine. They should be ashamed.
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More criminal by far than anyone they have arrested. Monsters.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. âI felt like I was going to pass out and die,â said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens
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Seems like Lizza could've tried harder - I told everybody! - but here's his entirely believable claim: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conspired with a reporter to abuse a D.C. court so he could save his relationship with Trump and become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services." And the media knew.
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Part 9: Cover-up
Combat Journalism
https://www.telos.news/p/part-9-cover-up?utm_campaign=business-insider-s-risky-business&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.status.news
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I don't care about "internal concern" at CBS News because anyone still working there automatically lacks credibility.
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CBS News report on ICE officerâs injuries drew âhuge internal concernâ
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross âsuffered internal bleedingâ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/15/cbs-news-ice-officer-injuries?utm_campaign=business-insider-s-risky-business&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.status.news
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC
4 days ago
News outlets declaring âTrump Accepts Nobel Peace Prizeâ is a red alert state media indicator
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