Gov. Pritzker is for the first time revealing publicly that he’s lost 80 lbs with the help of a GLP-1. “There are people who have it very easy their whole lives, and they’ve never struggled at all," Pritzker said of his weight. “And I’m just not that person.” chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-gov...

Gov. Pritzker opens up about his 80 lb. weight loss, use of GLP-1 — ‘I think it’s what I need to succeed’

More than two years into his new weight loss journey, JB Pritzker says he wants to talk about it openly, largely in part because he knows millions of Americans are suffering from obesity-related healt...

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And he hath no understanding of how the economy works

Michael McKee@mckonomy.bsky.social · 6d ago

Well, that took longer than I thought, but he hath spoken:

That’s amoré!

Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last wk.

30 years ago I probably spent two hours getting ready (not counting gym time), tonight, before we left, I asked him for a booger check

In today's Chicago Sun-Times: A new report published today shows food insecurity is growing in Chicago. This comes as fewer people in Illinois are receiving SNAP, one of the largest food assistance program, amid federal changes to the program. More here: chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

New report finds 35% of Chicago households don’t have sufficient food

The Greater Chicago Food Depository and NORC at the University of Chicago surveyed Chicago residents this summer, finding that food insecurity is particularly pronounced on the city’s South Side.

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Fall = freaking out the cats by yelling at and/or for the Bears. Best season 10/10

Firefighters and dignitaries gathered Friday morning at Navy Pier on the anniversary of the attacks. Some attendees went to New York City in 2001 to help firefighters there search through the rubble of the World Trade Center towers.

Chicago Fire Department commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

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Beyond local talents playing the fest, other highlights over the weekend include a video featurette containing archivist Joe Lauro’s footage of John Prine, Steve Goodman, Sam Cooke, Howlin’ Wolf, Curtis Mayfield and others.

Evanston Folk Festival puts spotlight on local artists and Chicago’s musical roots and history

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Happy Labor Day 💪🏻

Casey Toner@ctoner.bsky.social · 2w ago

Helping found my union through @sagaftra.org is one of my proudest achievements. Our union has consistently helped workers and improved conditions from pay to discipline. Happy labor day to my union brothers and sisters, it's an honor to fight for you all

Are cicadas louder this year? (Spolier alert: inconclusive.) www.wbez.org/environment/...

Are cicadas louder this year?

It's 'inconclusive' but it seems like the male mating call is really loud.

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Tough day on DLSD 🥵

Say More asks: If you had $2.25 billion dollars to spend on an urban development innovation, what would you do? Improve sidewalks? Smart roofs? Maybe a fleet of bullet trains?

What Chicago civic improvement project would you spend $2 billion on?

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The protein-maxxing trend is taking over the internet. But is this all protein actually good for you? When is it too much? Say More hosts sit down with a dietitian and ask you to share your experience.

Are you protein-maxxing?

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Good morning.

WBEZ@wbez.org · 4w ago

Last fall’s "Operation Midway Blitz" campaign to remove the “worst of the worst” was more hype than reality, a Chicago Sun-Times / WBEZ analysis has found.

A mural in Edgewater of Dolly Parton

We will always love her. We’ll talk about Dolly’s impact tomorrow on In The Loop at 9 and Say More at 10 — share your favorite memories @wbez.org

WBEZ@wbez.org · 4w ago

Dolly Parton, iconic songwriter, singer and actor, has died at 80.

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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It’s a classic shitty move to fire someone after their Friday show. Sucks to leave listeners hanging like that, and if I were a betting woman I’d add this is more about $$ than anything else. The upside for Mully, at least, is sleeping in. Godspeed to him & Marshall.

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · last mo.

I'll be chatting with Valerie June on Saturday afternoon! Come by!

WBEZ@wbez.org · last mo.

We're back at the Evanston Folk Festival with Tent Talks on 9/12 & 9/13! The Segment features reporters from the newsroom, alongside festival artists, as they explore the history of folk music and the art of storytelling. Photos Courtesy of Josh Druding Tix at https://mrf.lu/2kqVH

Never did the Kiss of Peace at a ballgame, but it seemed right for Pope Night at Sox Park

Broadway star Laura Benanti talks comedy, songwriting, recovering from being a people-pleaser, graduating from ingenue status, imitating Melania, working the stage or screen, and crafting her one-woman show, Nobody Cares, on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

To make what, out of what, how, and for whom?

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, said Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch needs to step up "to correct the broken system in which we are all operating."

Watchdog's report on Benton raises more questions about Speaker Welch's handling of sexual harassment

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Weeks after Fox News and top right-wing media figures blamed Democrats for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the Justice Department admitted the narrative didn't hold water. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/reflecting...

MAGA’s Leaky Narrative

Weeks after Fox News and top right-wing media figures blamed Democrats for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the Justice Department admitted the narrative didn't hold water.

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Both born in Chicago 🥹

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The godmother of punk Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV this morning.

The godmother of punk Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV this morning.

Good morning and happy blogaversary to @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social ! I salute you every time I notice great tv/film costumes and every time I think, “Girl, that’s not your dress.”

Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On our tenth blogiversary, we wrote a post thanking our readers for making us better people. On our 20th (today), we wrote a much more defiant essay about what it's taken for us to survive this long when so much of the digital landscape has been decimated: tomandlorenzo.com/2026/07/it-w...

Obama entered the Elie Wiesel Auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center to thunderous applause and cheers from about 100 high school freshman girls attending a WNBA Changemaker Day event. The former president spoke briefly, then shook hands with some of the girls and took a selfie with the crowd.

Obama drops in on WNBA event at presidential center

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After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs.

Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last

Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last

President’s speech started well enough but quickly moved to the usual insults, taunts, jokes and grievances

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