“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain, and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else. You are in a big, brash, muscular, broad shouldered motherfuckin’ city. A metropolis, completely non-neurotic, ever-moving, big hearted but cold blooded machine with millions of moving parts — a beast that will, if disrespected or not taken seriously, roll over you without remorse. It is, also, as I like to point out frequently, one of America’s last great NO BULLSHIT zones. Pomposity, pretentiousness, putting on airs of any kind, douchery and lack of a sense of humor will not get you far in Chicago. It is a trait shared with Glasgow — another city I love with a similar working class ethos and history.Chicago is a town, a city that doesn’t ever have to measure itself against any other city. Other places have to measure themselves against it. It’s big, it’s outgoing, it’s tough, it’s opinionated, and everybody’s got a story."
- Anthony Bourdain.
#ChicagoHistory ☑️
As a Gen Xer, how many times have you started typing a reply to a post, gotten halfway through, and then realized you just don’t care enough to finish it?
🚨 WOW! Dr. ALVEDA KING just said it PERFECTLY on Capitol Hill
"I still have a dream. I dream that one day we will move beyond black power and white power and embrace GOD'S power and human dignity!"
"I reject the notion that Americans who hold traditional Christian beliefs should be treated as THREATS or TERRORISTS simply because we disagree with a prevailing political thought!" 🙏🏻
"I dream that Americans will one day see each other, not as enemies, but as neighbors. I dream that we will hear each other, see each other, and recognize that every human life has value from the womb to the tomb and beyond."
"We are as scripture teaches, one blood, one human race. And if we remember that truth, we can build a future worthy of the sacrifices made by those who came before us."
"We must speak out for truth and against the forces that would manufacture hate, fear, division, and violence simply to line their pockets and further their political ambitions."
"God bless America, God bless you!"
🇺🇸🇺🇸👏🏻
He’s the President of the United States — not your ex, not your personal villain, and not the cause of your misery. You don’t have to support him. That’s America.
But if someone is simply backing the sitting President and it makes you rage, cut people off, attack families, or act like garbage — you are the problem.
You’ve turned politics into a personality disorder: nonstop outrage and toddler meltdowns online. Grow up. He won. The sky didn’t fall. Pay your bills, care for your family, touch grass, and move on.
At noon today, nearly 600 fed-up Illinoisans, including environmental advocates, faith leaders, students, business reps, consumer groups, and state legislators, will rally at the Lincoln Statue in Springfield demanding the POWER Act.
This bill would force hyperscale data centers to pay for their own energy infrastructure, new clean power, and water usage instead of crushing Illinois families with higher electric bills from these unregulated power hogs.
Despite strong bipartisan support, lawmakers are set to adjourn without even voting on it.
🎥 Third Act Illinois on FB
THIS IS WHY WE VOTED FOR TRUMP‼️
In my opinion, this is still the best pro Trump speech I’ve ever heard, and it was by the very liberal Michael Moore. 👀
🚨 Stephen Miller says the scale of welfare fraud is SO MASSIVE that eliminating it alone could balance the ENTIRE federal budget
"The amount that has been fleeced from us is in the HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars."
"We could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them."
This should infuriate EVERY taxpayer.
🚨 JUST IN: The House has OVERWHELMINGLY passed a Trump-backed bill to RESTRICT companies like Blackrock from buying up single family homes
LONG overdue! 🔥
It’ll now head to the Senate, then to POTUS’ desk 🇺🇸
CNN’s Kasie Hunt pulled up an NBC poll claiming 23% of Americans say the United States is not one of the greatest countries in the world.
Scott Jennings saw through the narrative instantly and flipped it on her.
JENNINGS: “And if you looked at the splits on that by politics, what would you find?”
HUNT: “I don’t have that slide...”
JENNINGS: “But if you looked at the splits on how people feel about America, the promise of America, if you look at whether they’re proud of their country or not, Gallup has measured this.”
“Republicans and conservatives are proud to be Americans, and it’s Democrats and liberals who are not.”
“And I think if you looked at the splits in that, you’d find...the lines on the graph going this way.”
“I think there’s a political movement in this country right now built on telling people that America is rotten at its core.”
“And it’s not the Republican ideology.”
🗣️ PEOPLE OF AURORA 🗣️
“This [bar] was part of the Anheuser-Busch display at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.
It came from the original ownership group [of the Roundhouse], when they did the rehab in ‘96. But we took it over in 2011 and this is part of what we inherited.
I just love this room. When they originally opened in 1996 it was a cigar room, then they made it an absinthe bar...it’s not a giant room, but it’s a fun, active room. The building is huge – this is kind of a little oasis."
The Zephyr Room at Two Brothers Roundhouse is your cozy, history-laden destination for an intimate party or meeting space. Contact [email protected] to book and catch Jim the next time you’re in to chat about the Roundhouse's lore.
@TexasCowgrl1111 Worst part is, even if you sell your house, you can't really 'upgrade' to a better one.
When your home's value skyrockets, so does every other house in the area.
You're basically just paying higher property taxes on inflation, not on any real wealth you created.
Ronald Reagan used to remind us that “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, and Democrats believe every day is April 15.”
But THIS April 15 brings good news!
Because of the extraordinary leadership of Republicans, Americans’ tax rates are permanently reduced for the first time since Reagan’s administration!
Every Republican voted for the Working Families Tax Cuts so Americans can keep more of their own hard earned money.
**And every single Democrat voted to raise your taxes.**
.@KaitMarieox is seriously a force to be reckoned with 😭🔥
She literally left them all speechless!!
“What do you mean, oh, you have borders on this campus?
*No, we have this space reserved as an official event.*
Yeah, so you have borders.
Where do you—where’s your borders at?
*Uh, this whole green area right here.*
Oh, so you wanna control who comes in and out, like an ICE agent or a border patrol agent?
You wouldn’t dare act like a fascist, would you?”