Brendan Reilly

Alderman, 42nd Ward. Former City Council President Pro Tem. Was Rahm’s Vice Mayor & lived to tell about it.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

My deepest condolences are with the family, friends, loved ones & fellow firefighters who served with one of Chicago’s finest, Michael Altman.

We can never be grateful enough for brave souls, like Michael, who protect lives and run toward danger.

Michael’s service is a powerful reminder of the courage and selflessness that define our first responders. His legacy will live on in the countless lives he touched and protected. R.I.P.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Mayor Johnson, councilmembers clash over upcoming advisory referendums https://t.co/xp4XQ6f6E6

[Fran Spielman @fspielman]

I saw this Chicago Sun-Times article on the Chicago Sun-Times app and thought you’d be interested.

From Chicago Sun-Times - Referendum battle showcases tension between Mayor Johnson and City Council

https://t.co/zkYmHZoi6l

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

I hear Bally’s has those on the menu, so it should be easy.

[Alice Yin @byaliceyin]

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot's retort to a GOP senator’s “Would you put her even in charge of a ham sandwich” attack during Todd Blanche confirmation hearing this week:

“I think maybe I'll send him some ham sandwiches and let him chew on that.”

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Sign me up. Go Norway!

[Alex Svanevik 🐧 @ASvanevik]

Now that the US is knocked out, I am formally extending an invitation to the American people to support Norway.

Why?

1: The Vikings discovered America before Columbus.

2: There are more ethnic Norwegians in the US than in Norway.

3: Next weekend we can pillage the English peasants together.

4:

[Somos Madridistas 👑 @Mundo_MadridCF]

¡HICIMOS FAMOSA A LA PERSONA CORRECTA!

Esto pasó minutos después de que Cabo Verde quedara fuera del Mundial.

Le preguntaron a Vozinha qué se llevaba de la Copa del Mundo. El arquero de 40 años, antes de todo, se quitó el sombrero ante Argentina: “Son un equipazo. Por algo son los campeones del mundo”.

Pero lo que rompió a todos fue esto:

“Estoy orgulloso. Para un país chiquito como Cabo Verde, llegar al Mundial y meternos a octavos… es un sueño. En casa nos están viendo. Están felices. Esto va para ellos, para cada caboverdiano. Jugamos con el corazón. Sin miedo. Hoy nos toca perder, pero este camino no se borra nunca. Ahora el mundo ya sabe dónde queda Cabo Verde. Tengo 40 años y juro que este es el mejor momento de mi vida”.

IMPOSIBLE NO QUEBRARSE. 🇨🇻

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

The favoritism given to Bally’s during the Chicago casino bid process led some to predict, back then, that something like this may play-out in the future.

Lori Lightfoot is now on Bally’s side in casino battle https://t.co/lGRPoqf3Sn

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Larry Snelling is an exemplar Police Superintendent who has served our city with integrity and professionalism. I wish him the very best in his well-earned retirement. Yet, at the end of the day, this one is a big loss for the city of Chicago.

[Ben Bradley @BenBradleyTV]

BREAKING: Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling announces he'll retire July 15th. He's held the top job nearly 3 years and spent nearly 30 years on the force.

"Thank you does not fully express my appreciation for you, the people of Chicago."
https://t.co/e2SQ4VXLIh

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Algieria is getting a little Messi. #FIFA
#WorldCup2026

[𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 @thecasualultra]

🇳🇴🚣 Norway fans are doing a “Viking Row” up the escalator at Boston’s South Station before heading to the World Cup today

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

World Cup visitors have discovered the wonder of bottomless chips & salsa in America. And it’s life changing.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Father of the year, right here. Love this for so many reasons

[The Dark Side @FantasyGalaxies]

Me and my son have been sneaking out in the middle of the night in our Ewok and Chewbacca costumes just to mess with our neighbor's trail cams.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

APStylebook flexing again…

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

It's shutdown, one word, as a noun, but two words when it's used as a verb, shut down.
https://t.co/2Y2zU5hNGg

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 1705, an Irish woman named Marjorie McCall fell gravely ill with a fever in Lurgan, Ireland. Believing she had died, her family hastily buried her to prevent the spread of contagion. Her husband, John McCall, a local physician, had been unable to remove her valuable ring because her finger was badly swollen — a detail that soon attracted the attention of grave robbers.

That same night, body snatchers dug up the fresh grave. Unable to pull the ring from her finger, they began cutting it off. The sudden flow of blood shocked the still-living Marjorie out of her deep coma. She sat upright in the coffin and screamed, terrifying the robbers, who fled and reportedly never returned to their grim trade.

Covered in dirt and still wearing her burial clothes, Marjorie climbed out of the grave and walked home. When she knocked on the door, her husband John, still in mourning, jokingly remarked that if his wife were alive, he would swear it was her at the door. Upon opening it and seeing Marjorie standing before him — alive, bleeding, and in her shroud — he collapsed from shock and died on the spot.

John McCall was later buried in the grave originally dug for his wife.

Marjorie survived the ordeal, eventually remarried, and had several children. When she died many years later, she was laid to rest in Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan. Her headstone famously reads:

“Lived Once, Buried Twice.”

[Secretary Alexi Giannoulias @ILSecOfState]

We’re excited to introduce the office’s first-ever Business Services Center in downtown Chicago! By uniting Business Services and Index Services under one roof, we’re boosting efficiency, cutting wait times, and making it faster and easier to get things done.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

AP strikes again…the war on hyphens escalates, yet again.

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

We added new terms to AP Stylebook Online last week:
* jumpscare
* fanbase
* lipsync
* offside
* primetime
All of them are styled as one word with no hyphen.

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

@ItsGrantCulp @WestLoopTom @Chicago_History

[Brendan Reilly @AldReilly]

Editorial: Sure, give Chicago's cab drivers a raise. But they have to run their meters. https://t.co/K1TwlOdaCx

[Nikki Kanter @NikkiCatania]

@AldReilly @JabbaTheHut15 Facts. Even cities smaller than Chicago allocate lodging tax to destination marketing.

Why do people think the City of Savannah brought up a trolley and offered a free pop-up experience on Daley Plaza?

[Michael Jacobson @TravelJacobson]

Tourism is one of the city’s top employers and this new law will help the industry grow, which also generates critical revenue for the city budget. We’re grateful that @AldReilly and his colleagues understood this and helped hotels pass the tourism improvement district.