Chicagoan, ex–S.F., Prague. Longtime MarketWatch editor, but views here are mine, or attributed. Alumnus @SaintPatrickHS, @marquetteu, @loyolachicago. 🚲🚆🚶♂️
@danny_itachi @ShawnReynolds_ Endgame for those feigning high principle in defending free speech while actively refusing to differentiate between a good-faith exchange of legitimately held ideas and the opposite.
"Dear journalists, a word about drinking champagne above the clouds and whether it's a sin. There's an ingenious theological compromise: as long as the sparkling wine foams less under cabin pressure than on the ground, it's considered water under canon law - enjoy your flight!"🍾
WE WON -- Trump's name is coming off the Kennedy Center
His team's response? Misrepresent the judge's order
So we went back to court — same week
I break down the full saga in my publishers note 👇 -TN https://t.co/JVKHO8brPn
Extraordinary Letter.
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr"
Twitter acting shocked that the Georgetown and Yale-educated son of a six-term senator, two-term VP and one-term president is intelligent, well-informed and a good communicator
Today Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is announcing that he will temporarily halt tax breaks for data center developers.
He will also call on the state legislature to take multiple actions around data centers, including banning NDAs that have been used to keep these projects secret.
The sanctions against Russia are so lax that even Putin's cronies are able to buy western jets and expand their luxury lifestyles.
My report via @WSJ https://t.co/dVLFZ7w4mL
OVERLOOKED:
Trump says he wants Bill Pulte to release more classified documents related to issues like the 2020 election.
Asked what kind of documents Pulte should consider releasing, Trump said, "I would say everything—he should look at everything and make a determination."
There is no "long list" of companies or teams who have left. The doomers list the same 5 companies that moved over the last 10 years. Never a peep about companies who have come or that a new soccer stadium is under construction right now. This doomerism is getting tiring now.
@mike123qwe@ChicagosMayor@ChicagoMPO Soldier Field historically has accommodated attendance figures of 100,000 and more. Its current capacity was a result of the 2003 renovation. And it was a choice. Fewer but higher-yield seats. Etc.
Today is the 134th anniversary of the beginning of the CTA Elevated Trains. On this day in 1892, the first "L" train ran from Pershing & State to Congress & Wabash. Chicago is the only city with elevated trains in its downtown area. #history#chicago
Trump's Agriculture Secretary tries to blame the resurgence of the New World Screwworm on Biden despite Trump and DOGE slashing funding for Screwworm monitoring programs