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[gabriel x. michael @_GXM]

black steel, blue glass, golden hour — Wabash Avenue

[Beemanchicago @beemanchicago]

@CrainsChicago Didn’t invite the current president. So much for unity. He also mentioned coming to Chicago in 85 and seeing the disinvestment in the south side yet forgot to mention the democrats have been in charge.

[Marathon Pundit @Marathonpundit]

Years ago there was a fatuous fangirl magazine called "Tiger Beat." Look it up. You are that.

[Ja'Mal Green @JaymalGreen]

I won’t be attending the Obama Presidential Center opening. I stand with the Black contractors and workers who have been left behind. The African American Contractors Association has reported that at least 10 Black-owned firms are owed millions of dollars for work connected to the project. At the same time, President Obama declined to support a Community Benefits Agreement that many residents believed could have helped protect longtime Black families from displacement and rising housing costs.

The South Side deserved development that created wealth and stability for the people who stayed through decades of disinvestment. Instead, too many Black contractors are still fighting to get paid, and too many Black residents are being pushed out of the very neighborhood this project was supposed to uplift. Progress should be measured by how the community benefits not by the size of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

[Jim Stramaglia @JimStramaglia]

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[Paris Schutz @paschutz]

CPS:

[Libs Of Chicago @Libs_OfChicago]

Just about every single person who was invited to the Obama Center today is what’s wrong with our country but specially our state. There is not a human being in any of these photos that has done anything beneficial for Americans.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

Pritzker “balances” budgets by ruining yours.

The “right leadership” has made Illinois

Worst state and local taxes.
Worst cellphone taxes.
Worst property taxes.
Worst bond rating.
Worst worst bond rating streak in American history (13 years).

Worst pension debt.
Worst pension debt per person.
Worst gerrymandering.
Worst gas tax increase.
Worst public corruption.
Worst local government bureaucracy (units).
Worst in fiscal transparency.
Worst fiscal instability.

Politicians like Mitchell peacocking around proud of being the worst run state in American history.

[Robert Stasch @Hamer187]

So the next time a "teen takeover" goes wrong, ask these alders what the solution should be. I can't wait to hear their answers other than doing what they always do...nothing.

[Courtney Spinelli @CourtSpinelliTV]

Prior to his arrest, Lu told another outlet that he is a UIC student. A statement shared with me by a spokesperson for the university reads, “UIC is aware of the cross-burning incident, the criminal investigation into that incident, and the comments Merlin Lu made to the media. An individual by that name was a student at UIC but has not been enrolled with the university since the fall of 2025.  Due to federal privacy laws and the ongoing criminal investigation, the university is unable to provide further details.”

[Chief Thomas Weitzel-Retired @ChiefWeitzel]

“Like I said yesterday, his story is complete BS. Either that, or we truly have the worst education system in the world — yes, the world. And he wants us to believe students don’t know what a cross‑burning represents? Come on. This is straight CYA.” @CWBChicago @Awake_IL

[Slats Grobnik @MissinRoyko]

“Pritzker continues to push the narrative that Illinois is experiencing an economic boom” is just a nice way of saying that the SOB is lying through his ass ……

[Jenny Guzmán @JennyGooz]

Yeah, it definitely doesn’t close the book on a dark chapter because we still have police officers being gunned down on our streets.

The chapter is far from closed.

What a ridiculously irresponsible headline.

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

Old Ironsides took to Boston Harbor today to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The oldest commissioned warship in the U.S. Navy fired a 21-gun salute off Castle Island before sailing past the shipyard where it was built more than 225 years ago.

📸: @cameronmenna

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Just in: The city today released bodycam and other materials from the fatal shooting of CPD Officer Ella French and the life-changing shooting of her partner.

COPA said this was done in response to a FOIA request.

This is from Officer French's body cam:

[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

It is not balanced. You are counting on a $200 million social media tax that will be challenged in court. You slighted pensions by over $5 billion. Your digital media tax will also be challenged in court. And even if it were considered balanced, it only happened with $800 million in tax increases.

[Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1]

CPD are under siege, @ChicagosMayor.

If these officers can't make an arrest without being harassed, punched, and shoved, how safe are Chicago residents?

As mayor, it is your obligation to defend CPD. That you have consistently refused to defend police legitimacy tells us you are perfectly content with bystanders provoking and interfering with Police.

Video: @CCC_CrimeChaser.

[@Bearstradamus__1 @Bearstradamus_1]

@royalpratt

[Jeff Orr @JeffO773]

Carlos and "injustice watch" are silent when progressives do the same thing. Car lease payments on campaign accounts is very common but Carlos is massive hypocrite

[Chief Thomas Weitzel-Retired @ChiefWeitzel]

Weitzel, “This is the crap CPD puts up with every day—fighting with police, resisting arrest, and no accountability. I assure you that when these individuals are/were arrested, they were cited and released from the station per the SAFE-T Act. Disgusting," @CWBChicago @Awake_IL