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“I believe in a sound mind, in a sound body and a spirit that is not afraid ...”

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

“Steady as she goes - hold the line. I know our Nation can count on you” -James Mattis, Secretary of Defense

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Now up to 93 voyages:

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor I made an economic decision to save time going to a suburb closer to Midway. Because some economic decisions appear irrational out of context.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

Congratulations to @JBPritzker and his colleagues for making Illinois so desirable to live and work that the Bears are locating in…. Indiana. Honorable mention to @ChicagosMayor for making Chicago worse than Lori 👏🏻. Well done, Gents!

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor Am I surprised that people from Chicago don’t want nice things? Not really. I flew into Midway and took some shitty interstate to the burbs last weekend. It was a depressing place compared to places with happy people and low taxes.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor My position is that you can’t have everything you want Heather. You either get a Super Bowl and a dome or you get the Hammond Bears. So don’t expect the Bears to stay in a shitty stadium with no incentive plus the maintenance required on an old stadium. You don’t deserve a team

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor It’s not a dome which limits the number of events per year including concerts, final fours, and other events which have an economic impact on…. the city and state. But you don’t want more people spending money in your state.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@mkhammer These Bears fans/ libs are full on economically illiterate.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor Minimal. So they all should leave and take their big salaries elsewhere. Like Boeing. In fact, no self respecting person should live in IL. You don’t support the team, they should leave. You can turn Soldier into a shelter.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor Oh the Arlington Heights property from Churchill Dows? I had no idea. Then the city tried to keep them at Soldier but with no incentive to do so. The state has no desire to do what it takes to keep them. “Corporate welfare” is for corporations. But an empty Soldier will be 😂

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor lol. I negotiate for a living. So first I’m a bot and now I don’t know negotiations. Next you’re going to argue I don’t know economic policy. Chicago is worse than I thought. You probably think Brandon Johnson is a genius 😂

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@parismilansyd @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor The fact that the Bears are putting the squeeze on the govt in Illinois brings endless humor. I will gladly laugh at a mid presser getting the brainless masses bitching about Warren et al.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@OneWith_You @JBPritzker @ChicagosMayor lol. Nope. Economist with more than half a brain watching Bears fans bitch because JB and Brandon are pushing a team that could be great under Ben Johnson and Caleb into the willing arms of Hammond, Indiana.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

What is worse than enduring an abusive relationship? The guy running for senate like “Everyman” from Maine or the @nytimes making the truth an exercise in victim blaming? The places where even moderates can build trust to tell recount experiences have disappeared.

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?

Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

The mindset that 60 Minutes is broken in less than a year is laughable. Since @bariweiss has taken over 60 has done some very thoughtful pieces. They have also pushed back on the hint of representing more than their own view point. Why not add Arthur Brooks? Bring in new voices

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

NEW: Lesley Stahl & The ‘60 Minutes’ Guys Are Staying

In a brief manifesto, Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim acknowledged that the show has become a disaster, but they worry that leaving now would make things even worse. An earlier draft was even more critical.

https://t.co/nEZTCeWTpO

@PuckNews

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

@michaleen @ChicagoBears The prudent decision would be to not have a sports team at all. But if you want a sports team you enter into a competition that incentivizes investment from both sides. So, in the instance that Hammond, IN offers a better deal, you take the best deal. IL can’t afford it

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

Most impacted noted MMM fan and objective journalist @adamwren

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

NEWS

Schumer Privately Backs Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate Primary

With @reidepstein

https://t.co/1C2F3Ux2wI

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Fantastic piece by Yuval Levin for our Next 250 series.
"Is the American Experiment Legitimate?"

https://t.co/zlPqIsuXwZ

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

When Democrats act like it's unreasonable to expect the government to count votes in a day or two, how can they expect to convince voters to hand the government billions of dollars for other projects? Do we hold government to high standards or not?

[AUDC 🦚 @aubenindc]

Could also be a comment about JB Pritzker himself.

[jae holzman @jaeporeon]

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