Can always tell a big tourist weekend in Chicago by the number of Giardano pizza boxes being carried around.
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Can always tell a big tourist weekend in Chicago by the number of Giardano pizza boxes being carried around.
Chicago showing up. #NoTrumpGoons
Today: This should be pretty mainstream as protests go, a good opportunity to prepare for what’s coming, send a message to Trump, give your marching legs some practice, and see your contacts irl.
Downtown Chicago today, the shithole, sans Trump goons.
“The Federal Government Won’t Stop Home Appraisal Bias. Local Officials Can” From Ira Goldstein and Greg Squires
76% of Rs are just fine with all of this. If you pitch some policy idea because it has “bipartisan” support, I’m going to just laugh at you.
Very busy actually. So many concerts and such. The line at the hot dog was way too long! Terrible times.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan holds an emergency hearing as the Trump admin is reportedly trying—imminently—to deport hundreds of Guatemalan children without required process or access to representation. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
Downtown Chicago today, the shithole, sans Trump goons.
It's really important that Mayor Johnson put this out & is specifically directing part of it at Chicago PD, because even though residents of the City are like 80-20 against Trump, that statistic almost certainly doesn't hold for rank-and-file CPD. The media & public need to help ensure CPD complies.
It's really important that Mayor Johnson put this out & is specifically directing part of it at Chicago PD, because even though residents of the City are like 80-20 against Trump, that statistic almost certainly doesn't hold for rank-and-file CPD. The media & public need to help ensure CPD complies.
When one group of voters is in favor of abducting people off the street & sending them directly to foreign gulags, of ignoring the constitution, and of instituting a dictatorship, then maybe that group being shunned is different than the other group being shunned? FFS, it's not 1994 or something.
Downtown Chicago protest is 11 AM Monday, Haymarket Memorial, 151-169 N Desplaines St. #NoTrumpTroops #NoFascism To find protests around the metro and around country, see original post, below...
Sort of. Carson was *Secretary* of HUD. That job has frequently gone to a politician, w/some having a housing background (Cisneros, eg) and others having none (Carson). The PD&R deputy job has almost always gone to someone w/ a housing research background who wasn't a politician.
The Deputy in charge of "Policy Development & Research" has usually been a well-recognized academic or career staffer. This guy is a political hack who had a previous HUD appt but has no housing background otherwise. Now he's fishing for research to cast immigrants as villains of the housing market.
And I was just posting about the band Chicago reminding me of my days playing the trumpet/coronet.
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Finally feeling back in Chicago with Taste of Polonia.
...he has no message...is the fundamental problem. He is just hollowed out after all this time.
Ugghh, Chicago. I hope many are able to be both against the Chicago school board taking out a high-interest loan to help balance their budget, as the Mayor had wanted, *and* against a corporate-led Rahm-friendly PAC.
The Deputy in charge of "Policy Development & Research" has usually been a well-recognized academic or career staffer. This guy is a political hack who had a previous HUD appt but has no housing background otherwise. Now he's fishing for research to cast immigrants as villains of the housing market.
Please put Megan McArdle on the same Musk rocket as MattyY and shoot them to Mars...
NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history. According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
This is how low the WaPo has fallen. Megan McArdle tells us Lisa Cook has to "come clean" when Trump and everyone around him is openly stuffing their pockets with billions washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This is too stupid for words.
Chicago: Buckle up for the invasion. Save this graphic. We’re at your service. 🫡
When one group of voters is in favor of abducting people off the street & sending them directly to foreign gulags, of ignoring the constitution, and of instituting a dictatorship, then maybe that group being shunned is different than the other group being shunned? FFS, it's not 1994 or something.
another win for the pro-child cancer lobby bsky.app/profile/kati...
Went to the local Ethiopian restaurant on the block. The food and service was, as ever, immaculate and welcoming. Chatted with the owner - food costs are up, customer traffic has collapsed, he can't get contractors to do needed repairs, staff are afraid to come in. His worst August in history.
Had the second one down the street in Decatur and daughter worked there. Overrated IMO. And too salty. Better stuff on Devon Ave here.
More on the “mediocre white man who inherited his status & wealth attacks successful Black woman” fiasco… …from banking/mortgage law prof Adam Levitin. “Bill Pulte’s newest fraud claim against Lisa Cook is more outlandish and desperate than his original attack.”
More on the “mediocre white man who inherited his status & wealth attacks successful Black woman” fiasco… …from banking/mortgage law prof Adam Levitin. “Bill Pulte’s newest fraud claim against Lisa Cook is more outlandish and desperate than his original attack.”
This. The Fed's insistence on being "apolitical" may lead to its capture by Trump and the end of its "independence". Obviously, the proximate fault lies with Trump, but it has ended up in a catch 22 that could spell its demise. It wasn't built to be resilient to this level of authoritarianism.
This. The Fed's insistence on being "apolitical" may lead to its capture by Trump and the end of its "independence". Obviously, the proximate fault lies with Trump, but it has ended up in a catch 22 that could spell its demise. It wasn't built to be resilient to this level of authoritarianism.
man, i don't know, in Atlanta, maybe progress tries to spread like kudzu but then the Atlanta Way comes in with napalm...
Finally got to the newish National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Definitely worth a visit! (Only suggestion is to add more stuff on public housing history outside the Midwest and Northeast.)
Will Kim has been in America since he was 5 and is researching a vaccine for Lyme disease.* He's detained indefinitely over a 2011 misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. Outrageous. * Years ago, Lyme gave me a high fever and Bell's palsy right before a TV interview. 0/5 stars, did not enjoy.
“All three cities are led by Democratic mayors who are Black and have refused to help carry out Trump’s goal of implementing the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.””
Motion to send MattyY to Pluto on a Musk rocket...again.
I'd add that the market's missing of the subprime crisis (& resulting GFC) was not just about missing a "housing bubble". It was also about missing the huge surge in reckless & predatory subprime lending, which had major role in bubble/bust. Lots of consumer orgs & even Fed knew this was happening.
I'd generally recommend not using PR folks at unis if you don't need to. Some are good, but some steer media to "less controversial" faculty or are just don't know topics/faculty matches well.
Matty Yglesias personifies the trolling, soulless fail-upward engagement hounding pseudo-intellectual brunchlord bullshit that has devoured modern American media
...and hopefully the political scientists will stop using jargon like "competitive authoritarianism" in media and public discourse, because that, to lay folks, *sounds* way less bad than things are in fact. Leave that for your academic journal articles.
Yes the econ dept is now named after hedge fund guy Ken Griffin (who left Chicago for Florida screaming “taxes, crime!”), so they will likely do fine. And the business school (Booth) will do fine. I wouldn’t be surprised if they and/or their alum were involved in advising on the crypto investments.
Motion to send MattyY to Pluto on a Musk rocket...again.
Fully remote research director job with an organization that does important economic justice work....
Hey, @washingtonpost.com how do you write a story about Trump saying he will prosecute a political enemy -- a major target of antisemitism -- w/o using the word "antisemitism" or "antisemitic" even once? But it's the student protestors who are the problem.🤔 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes the econ dept is now named after hedge fund guy Ken Griffin (who left Chicago for Florida screaming “taxes, crime!”), so they will likely do fine. And the business school (Booth) will do fine. I wouldn’t be surprised if they and/or their alum were involved in advising on the crypto investments.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
So many. Depends where the job would be of course. Feel free to dm me.
Just saw you’re interviewing here. Good luck! Let me know if I might be of any help.
The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Public health is under assault. The purge of CDC leadership, people with decades of experience guiding the nation’s response to health threats, dismantles the very programs and direction that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases, chronic illness, injuries, and violence.
And this makes it much worse. The CDC is losing a swath of outstanding, senior public servants. These are really terrific people who have served the public health with distinction across administrations. An enormous loss. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Chicago #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day” Monday, Labor Day at Haymarket Memorial, 151-169 N Desplaines St, Chicago, IL #StopFascism #NoTrumpTroops Sign up here... www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Billionaires profit from our labor, while we struggle to survive. 💪 This #LaborDay - Mon. Sept 1st, 11:00 am - we fight back. 📢 Join us at Chicago's Haymarket Memorial, 151 N. Desplaines St -- see you there! Info/sign up: mobilize.us/mayday/event/806237 #WorkersOverBillionaires
Hey @chicago.suntimes.com you buried the lead (again)... "The scale and LEGALITY of the planned operation and the role of staff at the base remained unclear, according to a source with knowledge of the planning"
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
Hey @chicago.suntimes.com you buried the lead (again)... "The scale and LEGALITY of the planned operation and the role of staff at the base remained unclear, according to a source with knowledge of the planning"
please God, more of this
Also 2025.
“Keeping the Cracker in Cracker Barrell” is so very 2025.
Dollar weak as investors fret about Fed independence reut.rs/4mB2vXR
Also not shockingly, CM Amos has a legit opponent and the head of west Hollowell is Larry Stewart, AH Board member and well connected gentlemen in ATL
Some journalist could make a career over tracking the shenanigans that local pols try to (or do) get away with re: Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust fund. One might think that there isn’t dire need to use ALL these dollars for deeply affordable housing. (They’d be wrong) @seankeenan.bsky.social
And to be clear, there’s no evidence that Cook even committed this type of quite minor “fraud”. From the banking law professor Adam Levitin: www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...?
huh? no, you wont be seeing me in court, sorry.
you realize that that AI cited Foxbusiness as a source for a legal question, right? Garbage in, garbage out...
And to be clear, there’s no evidence that Cook even committed this type of quite minor “fraud”. From the banking law professor Adam Levitin: www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...?
“Pulte's actions are something that should scare all of us: if Cook, Schiff, and James can be targeted, what stops Pulte from threatening to review the mortgage application of anyone who speaks out. And …won't politicized IRS audits be next?”
UPDATE: Lisa Cook says she's not going anywhere and Trump's bid to fire her is baseless. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Utterly depraved.
A huge problem w/ Lisa Cook "fraud" stuff is that the way the term is being thrown around (by media) effectively equates identifying two residences as principal residences on mortgage applications as equivalent to major financial fraud that causes serious harm -- like the Trump kind of fraud.
God I miss Delta and ATL (when I have to fly United at O’Hare).
When you are a big guy and you are in a crammed coach airplane seat, with someone behind you in a similarly crammed seat (possibly with their knees directly up against your seat back) maybe *dont* keep bouncing around in your seat jamming you seat back into that persons’ kneecaps. Just a thought.
Coastal Georgia is something.
Couldn't make it to UIC to see Bernie Sanders tonight? Hear @sanders.senate.gov as well as Congresswoman Delia Ramirez @delia.bsky.social and IL State Senator Robert Peters @robertpeters.bsky.social. #FightingOligarchy 👀 Watch the recording here, starting with speakers (wind back for🎵):
I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.
Trump’s get-tough message came 2 years after a Chicago police officer killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in a case the city tried to cover up and that ended with the officer in prison. Over the years 2004-2016, police misconduct cases cost the city $662 million. “Toughness” wasn’t the problem. 3/
a resistance strategy worth listening to substack.com/@anchorlight...
Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma. For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this
Trump: I’m invading Chicago with armed troops. @chicagotribune.com: Yawn.
I’m out of town so missing this 😢
I’d just add that one of the U of C trustees is a close buddy of, and investor in, Musk/Tesla.
Trump: I’m invading Chicago with armed troops. @chicagotribune.com: Yawn.
There is a homeless gentleman who lives in a park near me in Chicago. He is a kind and gentle soul & will talk to anyone for a half hour or more as he has many life stories. I rarely have enough time to chat that long, but we often exchange waves. On top of everything else, I fear for his safety.
There is a homeless gentleman who lives in a park near me in Chicago. He is a kind and gentle soul & will talk to anyone for a half hour or more as he has many life stories. I rarely have enough time to chat that long, but we often exchange waves. On top of everything else, I fear for his safety.
Maybe 1962, not 1957
All of that is to say, I think political scientists are generally far more conservative (small n conservative, rooted in tradition, defend the status quo) than they claim to be
Dear @washingtonpost.com: these two paragraphs are absolute malpractice. Utterly disgraceful. You use total counts, not rates … for the THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN THE US. Of COURSE it has a high total. And rates “have come down” … with a link, but no number. Down FIFTY PERCENT IN FOUR YEARS.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
Seems clear there is a set of @mcuban.bsky.social type guys who pretend to hate Trump so they don't look too bad, but in end, will always hold their noses for MAGA if it means protecting their (often many) millions or billions. Ofc they will support centrist Dems who don't threaten their capital.
shoutout to @justinjpearson.bsky.social—one of the few standing up for memphis
Jack White...doing Detroit proud, again.
if you’re on the left, the question of “should you be on a platform consciously designed to turn people to the right” shouldn’t be some head-scratching dilemma
The pundit who argued that DOGE might be a good idea is now arguing that folks should be on Twitter now. Shocked.
Unless you are willing to remain in unending, perpetual conflict with virtually the entire social structure of the platform, staying on Twitter WILL POISON YOUR THINKING WITH BIGOTRY AND NATIVISM. It will creep in. You will start thinking in their terms because the only alternative is constant war.