Let’s also remember we need to focus on this. Johnson is indicating that his plan is to push Springfield to act to allow Chicago to leverage professional services taxes, local corporate income tax, digital ad taxes, and PILOT taxes. He also says no furloughs or cuts allowed. Promising…

I know they probably were attending anyway, but I appreciated Gov. Phil Murphy and the First Lady wishing Anisimova well on her match and mentioning they are proud she is representing New Jersey. 💯

This is remarkably sad. The Kennedy Center is a great institution languishing because of political interference.

All this did was ensure Mamdani wins, but Trump always has to chime in on the issue.

@frankcalabrese.bsky.social shared this on X today. It’s sobering when you consider about 40% of the Chicago city budget is debt service and pension payments, more than NYC + LA combined.

I signed up for a meetup to see a movie and have dinner together. The whole group (6 people) no-showed. It feels so challenging to get people together or meet new people besides at the bar, which truly sucks when you don’t drink. 😔 I still enjoyed Jurassic Park! 😌🥲

@irvineghost20.bsky.social curious if you seen this? I am sad that he may actually lend that congressional circus some legitimacy as they eat him for lunch tomorrow. All this prep in DC for him to call his critics Elon Musks…

Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

Between Congress/Trump and City Council/Mayor, it’s a string of constant disappointments for me. @irvineghost20.bsky.social

If I see one more person cite “The Art of the Deal” while defending Trump’s tariff position, I am going to scream.