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[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Druski brings “Saturday Night Live” 5.6 million viewers, its biggest audience in two years https://t.co/q9NWwDqAQO

[Alonso Orozco Jr @BananoJrMHM]

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to perform the United States National Anthem for the #NFL game between the #ChicagoBears and the #Eagles, and it was incredible to do so with love and respect for a great nation.

However, a huge wave of racist criticism has emerged.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

The following Republicans voted to block the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which gave 9/11 first responders access to critical care:

— Sen. Susan Collins
— Rep. Jim Jordan
— Rep. John Boozman
— Rep. Vern Buchanan
— Rep. Ken Calvert
— Sen. John Thune
— Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
— Rep. Cynthia Lummis
— Rep. John Carter
— Rep. Bill Cassidy
— Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
— Rep. Virginia Foxx
— Rep. Sam Graves
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski
— Rep. Brett Guthrie
— Sen. Mitch McConnell
— Rep. Darrell Issa
— Rep. Robert Aderholt
— Sen. Mike Crapo
— Sen. Chuck Grassley
— Rep. Gus Bilirakis
— Rep. Marsha Blackburn
— Rep. Robert E. Latta
— Sen. James Risch
— Rep. Frank D. Lucas
— Rep. Michael McCaul
— Rep. Tom McClintock
— Rep. Jerry Moran
— Rep. Mike Rogers (AL)
— Rep. Harold Rogers
— Rep. Mike Rogers (MI)
— Rep. Steve Scalise
— Rep. Pete Sessions
— Rep. Michael K. Simpson
— Rep. Adrian Smith
— Rep. Glenn Thompson
— Rep. Michael R. Turner
— Rep. Joe Wilson
— Rep. Robert J. Wittman
— Sen. John Barrasso
— Sen. John Cornyn
— Sen. Roger Wicker

[SociaLifeChicago @SociaLife_Chi]

Here are some luxury hotels opening late 2026 (Sept. - Dec.) you should have on your travel radar

#travel

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

FRANCES TIAFOE COMPLETES AN UNTHINKABLE COMEBACK TO MAKE THE US OPEN SEMIFINALS!

[A.J. Manaseer @AJManaseer]

Periodic reminder that Chicago could have had this world class tourist destination built entirely on George Lucas’s dime in an area called the “Museum Campus” on what is now a Soldier Field parking lot but the busybody idiots at @FOTPChicago chased him away, against the wishes of the vast majority of Chicagoans.

The actions of a few foolish, impractical, geriatric NIMBYs caused tremendous harm to the entire city. Never let them live this down. This organization and their head at the time Juanita Irizarry belong in the Chicago Hall of Shame.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.

Despite ridicule, health risks and limited resources, his efforts have transformed the waterway and prompted government action.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

The teaser trailer ‘YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING,’ a documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move.

In theaters this October.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Dolly Parton: My daddy told me that the Imagination Library probably was the most important thing I'd ever done. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission. In the beginning my hope was simply to inspire the children in my home county, but here we are today with a worldwide program that gives a book a month to over a million children.

[Dr.Snekotron @snekotron]

The more detailed list of each of the extraordinary demands that the US inserted, apparently at the last minute. This is subjugation if not outright annexation. The US wants a veto on any Canadian infrastructure from ports to telecom/power grids.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

A heartbreaking investigation revealed that Trump's Bureau of Land Management is systematically rounding up thousands of America's wild horses, then quietly selling them off to buyers who are shipping them to slaughterhouses abroad.

Before, the U.S. government rarely sold wild horses. But since Trump took office, government sales have more than doubled.

Slaughterhouses pay up to $750 a wild horse, the investigation found.

The Bureau of Land Management is nominally in charge of protecting the 73,000 or so wild horses who roam America's public lands in the West. Under Trump, the Bureau is sending our wild horses to the slaughterhouse.

(Source: New York Times)

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Breaking News: Over half of the Jane Doe 4 hand written FBI 302 notes that accuse Trump and Epstein of disgusting & vile things and they’re the same ones that Todd Blanche and the DOJ have been withholding from the public were just leaked on Reddit.

[Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn]

Home-care agencies in South Florida have shut down since Trump ended TPS for Haitians. Nursing homes are scrambling to fill positions and restaurants are scaling back hours. Hotels, airports, and small businesses are dealing with staffing shortages.
https://t.co/t1jfGo9NXR

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

Three letters come to mind.

[Jerry Wu @Jerrwu]

UPDATE: After The Purple Wire first reported that the Program of African Studies had laid off its remaining staff and appeared to be set to close, Northwestern today appointed Political Science Professor William Reno as interim director, effective Sept. 1.

[Jerry Wu @Jerrwu]

SCOOP: Northwestern plans to remove its flagship Program of African Studies’ status as a university research center, effectively closing the program at the end of the month, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

[Benny @bennythebull]

1000 retweets and I’ll show up to a game next season as Emo Benny

[Roxane L Gibson #VoteBlue @RoxaneLGibson1]

So let's get this straight.
For years, Trump-branded condos in Sunny Isles were openly advertised by birth-tourism companies to wealthy foreigners (especially Russians) who wanted to come to America, stay in a Trump building, and have a baby that would automatically become a U.S. citizen.

At the same time, his properties took in hundreds of millions from shell companies and cash buyers - the exact kind of purchases that raise money-laundering red flags. (hello, Capitol One.)
Now the same man is out here trying to end birthright citizenship and crack down on "birth tourism." Meanwhile his own children are birthright citizens. Born here, automatic citizenship, no questions asked.

Apparently that system is just fine when it's his kids getting the free pass.
The buildings made money off the very practice he’s now attacking.
Make it make sense. #DemsUnited #TrumpIsAPedo

[Tina Smith @SenTinaSmith]

The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million.

That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

NEW: I spoke with Black farmers who said the cyclospora outbreak has sent a record number of people to their markets and CSA programs.

They want people to know that you can support Black farmers all year round, not just during disaster.

https://t.co/S5QagLf9YO