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“In the 42 years I’ve done this program it’s never been this bad. This hard. Trump’s policies are a nightmare. The kids cry. The parents cry. I don’t know how long I can stay open. We’re close to bankrupt and people need more food than usual but somehow we keep feeding them. I can’t work […]

As a golden rule kinda guy very little of a very lot makes any sense to me. But I’ll tell you what did make sense. Demonstrating against our wannabe authoritarian regime (bad leg and all) with childhood friends and a quarter of a million like minded people in Chicago Saturday. That 7 million people @ […]

Fear grips Chicago as federal actions and abductions terrorize diverse neighborhoods, devastating local businesses and attendance in schools.

“They’re grabbing my guys! Talking to you now I’m looking @ 1/2 dozen National Guard out my window.” I thought I’d share a more personal perspective of how the once unbelievable is fast becoming common. The military fighting in the words of General Bonespurs, a war on “the enemy within” which I believe means me […]

NPR, Sesame St, 60 Minutes, Colbert, now Kimmel. In the wake of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk’s murder, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr took umbrage to Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue saying it was part of a “concerted effort to try to lie to the American people” and that the FCC was “going to have remedies that we […]

Claiming to “love the smell of deportations in the morning” the bitch with bone spurs essentially declared war on the city I live in. In a typical Chi response to his plans on conducting major immigration operations in Chicago, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth had this to say: “Take off that Cavalry hat you draft dodger. […]

Military honors for Ashli Babbitt and Trump’s illegal troop deployments expose a creeping authoritarian agenda under the guise of fighting crime.

Trump’s D.C. takeover isn’t about crime—it’s a power grab fueled by fear, racism, and revenge, laying groundwork for martial law in U.S. cities.

After the Kabul airport chaos, one man’s journey to safety reveals a heartbreaking story of resilience, loss, and the devastating impact of political decisions.

Meeting with the trafficker not the victims says it all. Convicted perjurer and child rapist Ghislaine Maxwell says he’s clean so he must be. She’s quite the character witness for our pedo-ring implicated president. Shortly before her recent suicide, Virginia Guiffre’s victim statement was read at Maxwell’s trial of which here’s a small snippet. ”Twenty-two […]