Hendrix's lost child

Morceaux brisés d'un homme brisé

[Hendrix's lost child @AJRhythm]

Sacrilege

[counterparty @DeltaFlat]

Heard someone call West Loop WeLo so I got in the lab

[Hendrix's lost child @AJRhythm]

@Hard2JustBHappy @catcat2287 @theAuntieAngie I think it could be considered transphobic because he's using it as an insult, insinuating that being trans is automatically bad.

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

The Biden administration actually led the best economic recovery in the world but voters hated it b/c prices went up post-covid.

So instead, they saw the lifelong con-man/pathological liar say "I will lower prices on day one" (with not a single plan to back it up) and millions of people believed him.

And now we reap the obvious results of said con-man. What a tremendously stupid country.

[Hendrix's lost child @AJRhythm]

@GamezWJamez1 @ImBreckWorsham That's also not comparable. What were the economic conditions as each administration were going into office?

[Vashon Jordan Jr. @vashon_photo]

Fish waking up in the Chicago River.

[KB @kbyrd2_]

Within the past 48 hours in Chicago, we’ve had 72 degrees with sunshine, a torrential downpour, threats of a tornadic activity, blinding fog & now Ice is falling out the sky. Can’t make this shit up 😂

[🏁 LOOTED VUITTON DON 🏁 @ItsJustPay]

The Polish is an underrated Chicago delicacy that’s not mentioned enough when Chicago food comes up

[Hendrix's lost child @AJRhythm]

@jg_major Don't try to make it make sense because @RepNancyMace herself doesn't even understand her own line of questioning

[Drew Savicki @DrewSav]

Whoever had that tweet about Nick Shirley discovering normal things was spot on. Medical group buildings exist. Sometimes they're medical plazas instead but it's the same concept.

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Fought 'til the end.

[Caleb Williams @CALEBcsw]

❄️🦸🏽‍♂️.
#DABEARS

[Analytica Camillus @AnalyticaCamil1]

Uhhhh, no actually.

Chavez nationalized most of Venezuela’s oil production decades ago, and arguably that wasn’t a halfway bad idea. His government spent those oil profits extensively on education, welfare and healthcare — and Venezuelans rapidly became the best educated society in Latin America with some of the highest standards of living.

Chavez and his cronies also pocketed quite a large share of PDVSA’s oil revenue, but that wasn’t really much of a problem while he was alive because that overall revenue was large enough that nobody either noticed or cared.

The US government was moderately annoyed with Chavez (since he’d technically appropriated American assets, and’d bailed on our decades old defense relationship), and they tried to assassinate him a few times, but after one particularly spectacular failure, the Bush administration slapped CIA on the wrist and said “bad, no more.” Lol, CIA was slapped with so many restrictions that they straight-up were not allowed to do anything “fun” until the 2020s.

But, and this is well after the US government’s formal policy towards Venezuela became “simply do not engage with them”, the Venezuelan government under Chavez neglected to both create a rainy day fund, and to purchase the spare components necessary to maintain PDVSA’s oil infrastructure. Their fields ‘started’ falling into disrepair (with output beginning to dip), but since oil prices were still high, Chavez didn’t feel inclined to fix that particular problem.

After he died though, and bequeathed his office to Maduro (who, speaking plainly, is nowhere near as smart as Chavez was), oil prices collapsed. Because the Venezuelan government hadn’t taken any prophylactic steps to shore up PDVSA’s infrastructure, when their oil revenue cratered, they didn’t have the money to purchase the equipment and spare components necessary to produce more oil (i.e. how petrol states usually offset a drop in prices). That sent Venezuela’s economy into a tailspin, since without that revenue, they couldn’t afford to sustain their welfare state, healthcare and schools (this is what triggered that massive refugee crisis in the 2010s).

All that was bad enough, but Maduro and his cronies continued pilfering away the gradually decreasing amount of oil revenue at the same levels they were when the Venezuelan economy wasn’t complete dogshit.

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Chicago ushers in 2026 with a BANG! Last night at midnight along the Chicago River. #chicago #NewYear2026 #news

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Another view of Chicago's start to 2026 along the Chicago River last night. #news #chicago #NewYear2026

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

NEVER A DOUBT

[Ron Paul @RonPaul]

Democrats argue that US military troops should refuse to obey illegal orders. This issue has ignited a major political debate.

Common sense and basic morality should have prevented the outrage. The uniform code of military justice claims that military personnel have a “legal and ethical“ duty to disregard unlawful orders. This is a worthy debate that needs to occur.

It would be great if the electorate were vigilant enough to demand that all wars be fought with proper authorization.

Congress has the constitutional authority to formally declare war, with input from the people that they represent.

Our repeatedly unlawful and illegal process of going into war needs to be addressed. It’s the biggest issue that needs to be dealt with.

It’s sad that Congress has ignored its legal responsibility since 1945.

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Why is the government shutdown? Republicans need seven Democratic votes in the Senate to pass their continuing resolution. They say Democrats should not represent their voters, or any voters, and just give them the votes without getting anything back.

Democrats say we'll exchange our votes for something for the average American. We want to prevent healthcare premiums from doubling. It's a rare time Democrats have asked for something that is directly for the voters. Great. And reasonable.

GOP says - no, we want your votes for nothing and we don't give a shit if the average guy has to pay double for his healthcare premium. They're not our donors!

This is not a close call. Republican politicians are definitely wrong. They have no healthcare plan. They're going to help insurance companies rob us blind. And they have no right to demand Democratic votes for nothing. Totally absurd.

[Frank Hopkinson @TrueSubtext]

Obamacare is based on Romneycare. It’s a republican plan. Since it passed, republicans have tried to repeal and weaken it 70 times over 15 years, and only produced 1 non-viable replacement option. In 15 years.

You removed the individual mandate, slashed navigator funding by 85%, advertising funding by 90%, halted cost-sharing reduction payments, sabotaged its risk corridor program, repealed year-round enrollment for those below the poverty line, made the Medicaid expansion optional for states, and imposed work requirements on Medicaid enrollees. All of these actions significantly decreased the enrollee pool and significantly increased premiums.

You’re talking about taking healthcare away from people and telling us it’s someone else’s fault

[5hahem @shaTIRED]

the fact that a judge said no to trump and her house was bombed nearly killing her family and we just moving like nothing happened is kinda wild

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

Michigan Avenue right now.