J.D. Barrett (he/him)

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[Sabrina Carpenter @SabrinaAnnLynn]

@WhiteHouse this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.

[Hit Signal @hitsignal]

The New York Times credits Lady Gaga with pioneering the new “dark pop” wave in music:

“Pop is having another one of its macabre spells. And Lady Gaga is the mother of this new breed of assorted fairies and goblins. Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Doechii, Doja Cat: They often seem like her little monsters, all graduating from the Gaga Academy of Gothic Arts.”

[Illinois Track & Field and Cross Country @IlliniTrackXC]

Our men's top-3 finishers from the Joe Piane Invitational.

35th - @adampatel05 (23:43.0)
46th - Joshua Daggett (23:51.9)
61st - Jackson Barrett (24:04.6)

#WhyNotILL

[J.D. Barrett (he/him) @jdbarrett2019]

All three!

[Hulu @hulu]

Let's go, girls.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

I'm concerned by State Farm’s unfair and arbitrary insurance rate hike on Illinois homeowners.

These increases are predicated on catastrophe loss numbers inconsistent with @IL_Insurance’s analysis, indicating State Farm is shifting out-of-state costs onto homeowners here.

[✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @chi_urbanist]

We have lived a thousand lifetimes since this happened

[J.D. Barrett (he/him) @jdbarrett2019]

This is so exhausting.

[bryan metzger @metzgov]

Support for same-sex marriage among Republicans has dropped 14 points in the last 3 years, per Gallup

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Recessions don’t hit all parts of the country equally. IMO, small cities, towns and states will get hit the worst. And it won’t be pretty.

They are more dependent on federal spending, so they will feel the brunt of federal spending cuts and job reductions disproportionately. They can be catastrophic to a town.

Because they are smaller, and more expensive to reach, they are more susceptible to the impact of tariffs and will be the first to see their product shipments cut when there are shortages, and their prices will go up more as a result.

They will see fabrics of their communities cut. The local museum. The local health clinic. And so much more cut.

The stories of the economy won’t be told here. They won’t be told in GDP numbers.

They will play out in the small town newspapers (that are left ) across the country.

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[J.D. Barrett (he/him) @jdbarrett2019]

@jackson49552743 spotted!

[Illinois Athletics @IlliniAthletics]

8⃣9⃣student-athletes maintained a perfect GPA in Fall 2024!

[FloTrack @FloTrack]

82 YEARS OLD. 🤯 16.02

Father time knows no limits. At 82 years-old Domenic Stellato goes 16.02 (-1.0) to win the 80+ 100m at the #PennRelays

Coverage presented by @on_running

[Adam Carlson @admcrlsn]

That basically tracks with this

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

It's illegal.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Lady Gaga’s songs surge on the global Spotify chart:

#1 (=): Die With A Smile — 6.163M
#18 (+5): Abracadabra — 2.964M
#78 (+14): Poker Face — 1.685M
#158 (+34): Bad Romance — 1.31M
#161 (+30): Just Dance — 1.298M
#180 (NEW): Judas — 1.236M

[Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @LorenaSGonzalez]

I know this is a shocking opinion, but:

An able-bodied young man with a low wage job that has no benefits still needs healthcare.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Since *Wednesday*:

We have had:

- Universal “reciprocal tariffs”
- A removal back down to 10%
- 50% Chinese tariffs
- 90% Chinese tariffs
- 104% Chinese tariffs
- 125% Chinese tariffs
- 145% Chinese tariffs
- Electronics exempted
- Electronics now potentially back on.

If you were a CFO of a Fortune 500 company, would you approve any new investment in a country this unstable?

Answer honestly.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

This was barely a decade ago.

2 competent, fully coherent, men in their 50s/60s disagreeing at the margins about ways to make our society a little more productive. Nothing but respect for one another.

We’ve completely spiraled out of control politically since then.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.

You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

[Avery Edison @aedison]

every time i drink milk i remember my roommate who used to put powdered milk in his milk so he could drink "more milk per milk"