Senator Grook

@justagrook.bsky.social

The secret third senator from Illinois.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

For everyone who may have thought the warnings of a false spring in Chicago were hyperbole: Friday - temps near 80; Saturday - thousands of people in short sleeves watch the river dyed green; Sunday - it's snowing!

the only time in my life i ever got a concussion was in kindergarten because i wouldn’t stop talking about how much i loved massachusetts senator john kerry and another kid picked me up and threw me at a tree

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Ana Lewis🌻💙🌻@coopweb.bsky.social · 2y ago

A federal judge just blocked Kroger's $24.6B acquisition of Albertsons. Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations. Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge. This deal was a rotten egg.

Federal judge blocks Kroger’s $25 billion mega-merger with Albertsons | CNN Business

A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history would limit competition and harm consumers.

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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

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