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You know what? Barclay should be able to leave the CTA board meeting early. That's a perk of being Chairman, along with the parking space and the unlimited free ride Ventra card that never seems to work.

One cool thing about being a regular Dem donor is how the party tries to demoralize me before every election. I am again drowning in spam texts clearly aimed at ripping off the elderly. Several Senate candidates have worked hard, overcoming my many "stop" replies and blocks, to make me hate them.

Scott Waguespack’s strategy right here.

Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

When do we get to ban right on red everywhere? We deserve nice things

Literally no reason we should interpret the pardon power to be abuse. This was and is a choice we make. We allow other clauses of presidential power to be Parameterized by congress. This should too. Just because it has always been deemed to be absolute doesn’t mean it is.

Dorval Carter destroyed Chicago’s crown jewel (yes I know that car-lover is no longer CTA head but he ran it into the ground including during post Covid years when similar systems like WMATA were recovering)

Pedestrianize Upper Wacker and tell the car-brains to fucking cry about it.

I swear every smart politician loses their GD mind when it comes to stadium financing. They just want to go to fancier suites and brag to their friends that they were responsible for it. All the research has shown this is never a benefit to taxpayers. Ever.

~1/6 of the votes that Scott the Property Tax Raiser Waguespack got in '23. LFG!

Nor does Waguespack! been on city council for two decades and done nothing to hold CPD accountable. when constituents are hit by cars while biking, Scott is silent. Imagine your job is representing the 32nd ward and the only people you care about are business owners and drivers. That’s Scott.

On this day in 1859, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry begins. Although ultimately defeated, the uprising is considered an important cause of the Civil War and thus did help lead to the abolition of the institution of slavery. anticolonialhistory.com/event/124/

I hear Scott Waguespack has missed so many committee meetings because he is busy looking for the person responsible for this.

essential reading for @govpritzker.illinois.gov and TIL Ann Williams and Sara Feigenholtz are on Elon Musk’s app but not BSky #illinois #bears

Also: the cruelty inflicted on the unhoused is a barometer of the state violence we're willing to tolerate.

Or we could just break the contract. (Also Go Sox!)

I would love for Chicago to have a preapproved design for a six / eight flat like this one in my neighborhood. Make it legal everywhere.

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