MisterJayEm
@misterjayem.bsky.social
**FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY** Chicago's #1 Fan. Utility-Grade Content from Parts Unknown. Post-Hip/Pre-Retro. Avant-garbage. he/him 😷 middle-class/middle-aged/middle-brow
Iran should just call them tariffs to make Trump agree to it.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
"'It's incredible what a year in a war will make,' said Rebecca Huntley, a social researcher who recorded a significant jump in support for EVs."
Australians cut ties with servos as EV record sales continue
Over the past year, electric car sales have tripled, as anxiety about fuel shortages and rising petrol prices continues.
abc.net.au
This is what happens when a Walgreens unlocks the shampoo
Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social · 15h agoThe closed Walgreens looking pleasingly Backroomsy
"Hatred of Jews is in their DNA." How many times does this guy have to tell you he's a piece of shit?
"Hatred of Jews is in their DNA." How many times does this guy have to tell you he's a piece of shit?
And this is why you don't play nice with anti-Trump conservatives: they are just as racist, they just don't like him being in charge.
"Isn't getting caught punishment enough?"
Jason Meisner@jmetr22b.bsky.social · 14h agoJUST IN: Chicago's U.S. Attorney's Office says a special counsel need not be appointed to look into wrongdoing in the "Broadview Six" case, and that a hearing on sanctions isn’t warranted. background: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/b...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 51,000 individuals in July, according to sources familiar with the data. The arrests are the largest in a single month in DHS history, according to data. abc7.com/post/us-immi...
ICE arrests 51K individuals in July, highest in single month in DHS history
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 51,000 individuals in July, according to sources familiar with the data.
abc7.com
This is what happens when a Walgreens unlocks the shampoo
Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social · 15h agoThe closed Walgreens looking pleasingly Backroomsy
This would be game-changing in a democracy
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · yesterdayOur average of polls at FiftyPlusOne gives Trump a roughly 36% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating — a net -25 — among all adults, and he’s rapidly losing ground. The president set a new record low six days in a row just in the last week: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...
This but 1) for bike lane violators, 2) 8½ x 11 sticker, and 3) on the driver's side windshield
Jeff Liszt@liszt.bsky.social · 15h agoBringing back shame, one sticker at a time www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/n...
If this helps: Mendoza endorsed MAGA former Chicago Police lieutenant John Garrido when he ran for judge as a Dem in 2020 after losing two non-partisan races and one as a Republican (he lost this one too.) He’s already endorsed her for mayor this cycle.
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀@bebopott.bsky.social · 20h agoJust got to this immediately groan worth line, roughly 70% into the interview: Sasha: "How do you identify yourself politically? Do you consider yourself a moderate, a progressive, something else?" Susana Mendoza: "A Chicagoan."
“because I am a teacher…” yep 18 year old jail guards are in fact a bad idea! 18 year olds in an adult jail, also a bad idea!
shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · 16h agowelp, it turns out cook county sheriff tom dart was actually the one asking the general assembly to lower the minimum age for prison/jail guards in illinois from 21 to 18. here's his exchange with commissioner tara stamps during a recent midyear budget hearing:
"Fleischmann was arrested on the warrant for failing to appear in court after she finished dinner at Olive Garden with her daughter and a friend."
'I will sue the s--t out of you': Bodycam video shows owner of Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake screaming during arrest
New bodycam video shows the owner of the Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake yelling that she would sue the police before loudly screaming as officers arrested her on a warrant for failing to appear in ...
lakemchenryscanner.com
More like "Mary Todd Drinkin'," amirite??
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 17h agoBowen Yang will make his Broadway debut in September as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!,” which imagines the first lady as a former cabaret singer with a drinking problem. It will be one of Yang’s first major projects since leaving SNL last December. https://wapo.st/4xpKvoh
"If that WERE true, poor people would have credit card debt"
nora@downtownkitty.com · 19h agoand we’re supposed to believe this guy understands the economy?
