Downstate Illinois man charged with sending threatening letters to Congress members in Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/26/d...
Downstate man charged with sending threatening letters to Congress members in Chicago
A Quincy man has been charged in federal court in Springfield with sending a series of threatening letters to Congress members in Chicago containing a white powder, including one with a message saying...
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‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant in Chicago — and repugnant. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/21/r...
‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant.
Walk down a commercial street in almost any Chicago neighborhood or a busy corridor in the suburbs and it’s hard to escape some form of suspect food imagery.
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Tuesday in the Colors of Autumn in Chicago.
From one of his original supporters, Ald. Desmon Yancy: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s problem isn’t the Chicago City Council. It’s the coalition he lost. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/20/o...
Ald. Desmon Yancy: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s problem isn’t the City Council. It’s the coalition he lost.
The debt fight shows how little of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s coalition is left.
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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
This is why so many people are so down today: Median wealth for a family in the top 10% of earners increased 31% from 2022-25, while wealth decreased for the bottom 40% of earners. (Free story) www.wsj.com/economy/affl...
Affluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic Years
A Federal Reserve study found overall median net worth rose 2% between 2022 and 2025.
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Americans have collectively spent about $107 billion more on motor fuel during the Iran war, according to the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. That's far more than the projected $69 billion they're spending in 2026 on nursery, elementary and secondary schools. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
Higher gasoline and diesel prices have led many families to save less and curb spending elsewhere.
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I can't believe I'm sharing Peggy Noonan from WSJ, but AI has brought us together www.wsj.com/opinion/paus...
Opinion | Pause AI for Humanity’s Sake
When something speeds up and gets out of control, it isn’t alarmist to demand prudence and deliberation.
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United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights
Unfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight.
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this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
What remains of the old Goose Island Brewpub in Chicago
“Even under the best circumstances, the transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history,” Bill Gates write in a 12-page essay. “Right now, we are not preparing for it." GO AHEAD AND CLICK; STORY IS OPEN TO ALL www.wsj.com/tech/ai/thre...
Three Takeaways From Bill Gates’s 5,784-Word Warning on AI: ‘There Is No Plan’
The billionaire philanthropist urges regulation and global coordination to prepare for the likely harms to employment, safety and well-being.
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Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.
Marlene Cooper has paid $100 a week to get a box of five meals from Blue Apron for the last decade. But a few weeks ago, she started noticing problems with her orders. Some ingredients were missing—like all the vegetables. www.wsj.com/business/ret...
The Meal-Kit Industry Is in Disarray After a Major Supplier Went Bust
Customers are demanding refunds and stopping orders over almost-empty boxes and missing ingredients from Blue Apron and Marley Spoon.
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Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Mothership by George Clinton (yes, that George Clinton) @Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago
ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks: A user manual for the gloves says the technology is capable of inhibiting “the subject from performing coordinated muscle movement.”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html?smid=bs-share
ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks
The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.
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Mid-August second bloom of our magnolia in Chicago
Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news
A video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
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Alaina Hampton: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch should resign for his failures, both personal and political www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/03/o...
Alaina Hampton: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch should resign for his failures
When Emanuel “Chris” Welch was elected speaker, lawmakers elevated someone who had never answered questions about his own treatment of women.
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The last day of a factory in Trump country, which produced some of the world’s finest tubas, French horns and sousaphones, of all things, as its work moves to China. The owner BTW is one of Trump's leading backers, billionaire hedge-fund owner John Paulson. wapo.st/3RFEXH1
The last day of a factory in Trump country, as its work moves to China
For generations, this Ohio factory was a way of life. Then came the final shift.
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John Prine’s first review: When Roger Ebert discovered the singer in 1970 in Chicago, at a dive bar on Armitage Avenue, now designated John Prine Avenue in his honor chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/7/211...
John Prine’s first review: When Roger Ebert discovered the singer in 1970
The film critic did a music review on the side to herald “an extraordinary new composer and performer.”
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News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Temporary holding centers around the country have been sardined with immigrants during President Trump’s second term, according to daily facility population data that ICE provided to the Deportation Data Project and that was analyzed by The Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in.
Dozens were held for days in small rooms last year with no beds, showers or full-time medical staff, records analyzed by The Post show.
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New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...
After "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups
Rubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union
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NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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