Lance Fortune

Onward!!!

[Ald. Raymond Lopez @RaymondALopez]

While driving to the Krystal Rivera Memorial, we saw this poor girl running along the boulevard. Thankfully we were able to stop & collar her with the help of neighbors (and hot dogs). We will monitor her progress at @ChicagoACC & hopeful connect her back to her rightful owners.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING: O.M.G. The woman accusing Graham Platner of "intimidation" has been EXPOSED as a top Republican operative who has worked with his opponent, Susan Collins!

This is EXACTLY what they did to Al Franken…

On Thursday evening, the New York Times ran a story in which a woman, Lindsey Fifield, accused Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of grabbing her by the arm, twisting her arm, and of standing in a doorway menacingly blocking her exit.

The New York Times could not corroborate any of her accusations, but ran the story anyway, along with allegations from a few other women that Graham Platner could be unsettling, had dark thoughts, and generally had spooky vibes as a boyfriend.

They also spoke to several other women who said he was a lovely boyfriend and they happily supported his candidacy.

It’s now coming out that Lindsey Fifeld is a lifelong GOP operative who has worked with Platner’s Republican opponent, Susan Collins, and successfully persuaded her to vote in favor of Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court justice who is an ACTUAL rapist.

In one message to a friend, Fifeld wrote “I will personally go campaign for Collins.”

Reporter Ryan Grim at Drop Site News reports that “In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.”

“In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.“

“The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was ‘a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns.’”

“Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her longterm boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and [Zionist extremist Bethany] Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then.”

It should be noted as well that Lindsey Fifeld has a long history of making up baseless lies about Palestinians targeted by the Trump administration like Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.

Folks, pardon our French, but this is *bullshit.*

This is an abhorrent attempt to weaponize domestic violence and the mental trauma of dealing with PTSD in order to sink a leftist candidate who staunchly opposes the Israeli genocide of Gaza.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, the reporter on this article is Katie Gluek, an ardent Zionist whose parents are Israeli settler-occupiers in the West Bank.

Platner’s campaign responded with “Let’s be very clear: This is a lifelong G.O.P. operative who’s dedicated her career to electing Republicans.”

What else is there to say?

Graham Platner is obviously a very imperfect person, but we are not electing him to be our boyfriend. He has been very open about his struggles with PTSD; he saw four of his squadmates killed in an IED explosion in Iraq.

This smear campaign, based on uncorroborated allegations by a woman who literally said she would work for his opponent, is part of his punishment for being a progressive who isn’t afraid to stand against Israel, to stand against the health insurance behemoths, and to demand a better life for the American people.

They managed to sink Al Franken like this. They will NOT succeed again!

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I’ve taken a lot of hits, and I’ve deserved some of them. I beat myself up over them more than you can imagine.

But the grace people have shown me here is truly humbling.

Some of the kindest words have come from the people you’d least expect.

And for that I am so grateful.

This isn’t about me. It’s about every person in recovery who shows up and tries again.

And to everyone still in the fight tonight: you are not alone, I see you.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@Secondstar14 I love VT. Got the shit kicked out of me outside a bar in Burlington one time though.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

I’m not saying Graham Platner should or shouldn’t be a candidate for a Senate seat, but I am saying that the media’s treatment of Platner as compared to its treatment of Ken Paxton is the same as the media’s treatment of Joe Biden as compared to its treatment of Donald Trump. The media bolsters the MAGA narrative that there’s never a decent Democrat nor an indecent MAGA Republican.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

Moe Drabowsky’s biggest legacy, was that he was one of baseball’s al-time great pranksters.
Once, playing for the Cubs, he got hit by a pitch and had a teammate wheel him to first base in a wheelchair, a stunt that got his teammate ejected from the game.
Drabowsky was notorious for slipping goldfish into the opposing teams water coolers and once ordered Chinese takeout from the bullpen of Anaheim Stadium.
Playing for the 1969 Royals, on his first trip back to Baltimore, he hired a plane to fly over Memorial stadium towing a banner that read:
“Beware of Moe.”
He was also a master of doling out nicknames.
He had a Baltimore teammate named Frank Bertaina, who had a reputation for being a little spacey.
No problem.
Moe dubbed him:
“Toys in the Attic” Bertaina.
As a member of the Orioles, he was notorious for leaving snakes in lockers, shoes and anywhere else he could fit one, terrorizing teammates like Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson, who like most sane people, are frightened of snakes.
Drabowsky was also notorious for calling the opposing team’s bullpen and getting a reliever up.
After joining the Orioles in 1965, he used his knowledge of the bullpen phone system at Municipal Stadium to call the Athletics pen and shout:
“Get Krausse up!”
The Athletics got Lew Krausse up and throwing, which caused much confusion with starter Jim Nash, who was cruising along with a shutout.
Drabowsky returned the favor when as a member of the Royals, he called the Orioles bullpen and disguising his voice as Earl Weaver, barked:
“Get Hall up!”
Weaver later called the bullpen and asked:
“What the hell is Hall throwing for?”
Hall sits down.
An inning later, Drabowsky calls again and orders the Orioles pen to get Hall going.
Once again, Weaver, losing his temper, asks why is Hall throwing?
Moe’s bullpen mates were falling out of their chairs with laughter.
Drabowsky’s real specialty was the hot foot, baseball’s timeless gag of lighting someone’s foot on fire.
His most famous hot foot was given to baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn during the Orioles 1970 World Series celebration.
“I stuck a book of matches under his foot and then got a can of lighter fluid, ran a trail all the way through the back of the room about 40 feet away, all the way into the training room.
So, I lit it up from back there and all of a sudden you see the flame snake out to where the book was, and it exploded and lit Bowie up real good.”
Legendary Chicago columnist Mike Royko said that Moe Drabowsky:
"Is still considered the best pitcher that Ozanna, Poland ever produced.:
Drabowsky served up Stan Musial’s 3,000th hit in May of 1958.
Musial, who was also the son of a Polish father and Drabowsky enjoyed a long and fruitful friendship.
The two travelled to Poland in 1987 on a mission trip to teach the country about the game of baseball.
The trip marked the first time Moe had been back to Poland since 1938.
The baseball training center that the duo established in Kutro, Poland is now the largest youth baseball complex in Europe.
During the Ukraine/Russian war, it became a hospital!
Legend!!!

[Chicago Police @Chicago_Police]

We #WearOrange today for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. As the Chicago Police Department continues working to prevent gun violence, we stand with our communities across the city in honoring every life lost and every life affected by gun violence.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Glorification? There was zero glory in my addiction. It was truly the most excruciatingly humiliating and degrading experience you could possibly imagine. I wanted to commit suicide almost daliy, but didn’t have the courage for even that. Instead I’d reach for the pipe or the bottle. The cowards way out. The guilt. The shame. The hurt. The absolute misery of it. Yet here I am. And I am not alone. There are millions upon millions of us. We don’t all agree on politics or people or who we root for on Sunday. But we all have the shared experience of walking through that fire and surviving. I chose to live. That’s not a joke.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@ShadowSamaCid @honter_boden Tell your brother to vote for someone who truly wants what’s best for the vast majority of us. I’ve never run for anything in my life, and I’m happy keeping it that way. But thank you Shadow I’m honored.

[Lance Fortune @Lrayox]

@maddenifico #boycottcbs

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I’m leaving the Capitol now at 530am after 19 hrs of votes where Senate Republicans passed $70B for ICE/CBP with no accountability after killings of Alex Pretti/Renee Good and no reforms after chaos at Delaney Hall. Zero dollars to help your family pay bills and high gas prices.

[Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day @NormSNLJokes]

Under a new law passed by the state assembly, effective next year Michigan will set aside an allotment of hunting licenses for blind people.

This, after years of relentless lobbying... by deer.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@KingLibertarian It’s showtime!

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Things most Americans agree on:

Groceries cost too much.

Tariffs suck and make no sense.

Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.

The debt is a mess.

The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.

Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.

Americans are exhausted.

AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.

Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.

Canadians are super fucking cool.

Mexicans are chill.

Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.

Good neighbors are a blessing.

Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.

We all question, are we alone in the universe?

We all fuck up along the way.

Epstein didn’t hang himself.

The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.

The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!

Things we’re told to fight about:

Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.

That’s the joke.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"It is a joke.
The game is becoming a freaking joke because of the nerds who are running it.
These guys played rotisserie baseball at Harvard or wherever the f--- they went and they thought they figured the f---ing game out.
They don't know s---.
A bunch of f---ing nerds running the game.
You can't slide into second base.
You can't take out the f---ing catcher because Posey was in the wrong position and they are going to change all the rules.
You can't pitch inside anymore.
I'd like to knock some of these f---ers on their ass.
Ryan Braun is a f---ing steroid user.
He gets a standing ovation on "Opening Day" in Milwaukee.
How do you explain that to your kid after throwing people under the bus and lying through his f---ing teeth?
They don't have anyone passing the f---ing torch to these people.
If I had acted like that, you don't go in that f---ing dugout.
There are going to be 20 f---ing guys waiting for you."
Goose Gossage.
Baseball Ambassador.
Legend!

[Chicago Police @Chicago_Police]

The Chicago Police Department honors Police Officer Krystal Rivera #19020, End of Watch: June 5, 2025, who was shot and killed in the line of duty.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@JohnConnor_US Well Senator, speaking from a vast wealth of experience we are going to have to agree to disagree on this. I never liked insufflaters. So arrogant.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @SecretaryWright: Some deep questions for your deep thoughts:

-Did you know the sun still shines during winter?

-Did you know that solar panels rely on sunlight rather than warmth?

In fact, solar panels can operate even more efficiently during the winter.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Also on a serious note. I would like @peterdouchey to please ask the president when I get my royalty check for those where’s Hunter t-shirts. It’s been 4 years now and he keeps telling me the check is in the mail.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@mark_slapinski And I feel bad about that. I meant to say he is a sadistic, infantile ugly fuck.