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Jim Merrell retweeted
Jan 26
You can call me Kevin but that isn’t my name. My name is Jim and I don’t hide my odious beliefs behind an anonymous account. I’m happy to put my name next to what I stand for.
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Jan 26
There’s a reason Trump supporters were marginalized before he came on the scene. It’s because they are all fucking morons.
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Jim Merrell retweeted
Jan 5
Divvy riders took 6.8M trips in 2025, the busiest year in system history 🚲 Nearly 1M rides in August alone. We added 140 new stations and 2,076 new docks to meet demand. More riders. More stations. Transportation that works.
ALT Divvy in 2025: A Record Year 6.8M total trips 995K rides in August 140 new station 2076 new docks
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Could be lower 🤔
A new year reminder: Speeding costs you control, distance, and lives. Make 2026 your safest year yet. Slow down and arrive safely.
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Jim Merrell retweeted
21 Dec 2025
NEVER A DOUBT
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Jim Merrell retweeted
17 Nov 2024
Thinking about starting a burner account as Matt LaFleur’s mustache #Bears
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14 Dec 2025
Please @ChicagosMayor restore funding for safe streets before it’s too late. chicagotribune.com/2025/12/1…
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14 Dec 2025
An estimate by @illinoisdot found preventable crashes cost our state $3.8 billion in 2019 - much of this accruing in the states largest city. The federal government estimates every roadway fatality costs society $1.6 million. This is the wrong way to balance the books.
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14 Dec 2025
Join us in fighting this backward policy decision by @ChicagosMayor. If you live in the city, use this link to send a message to city council and the mayor and tell them to restore safe streets funding in the 2025-2029 capital improvement plan activetrans.quorum.us/campai…
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14 Dec 2025
Now a shortsighted budget proposal from @ChicagosMayor risks rolling back this progress. Cuts to safe streets funding won’t save our city money, but they will lead to preventable deaths and serious injuries.
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Jim Merrell retweeted
28 Nov 2025
Just checking if this win counts?
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Jim Merrell retweeted
17 Nov 2025
This is more than the one-year allocation to DPD and DOH combined from the big housing and economic development bond
17 Nov 2025
NEW: Chicago must borrow $283.3M to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging CPD officers committed a wide range of misconduct as part of the city’s 2026 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson said, calling the move "prudent." @wttw news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/chi…
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Jim Merrell retweeted
10 Nov 2025
PUBLIC MEETING ALERT: Illinois is updating its Statewide Transit Plan, setting a long term vision for how we fund, expand & improve transit across the state. Virtual meeting info:
Nov 15 at 10am
Nov 18 at 12pm
Nov 18 at 7pm
Register & PLEASE SHARE: idot.illinois.gov/transporta…
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7 Oct 2025
The only thing unbelievable about this is whatever the feds are saying apparently. These clowns are a menace. God bless all the folks showing up to push back.
6 Oct 2025
Parente says from his repeated viewing of the body cam, you can see the agent who was driving suddenly "turn the wheel to the left," indicating he actually rammed her, not the other way around. Then he "jumps out and just starts shooting," Parente says.
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Jim Merrell retweeted
7 Oct 2025
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting
@dstru312 and @KadeHeather report via @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/news/20…
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Jim Merrell retweeted
29 Aug 2025
At yesterday's celebration of a Safe Streets project on Long Avenue, Ald. Cruz and Ald. Sposato, left, explained why they voted against lowering Chicago's speed limit. Speeding drivers have fatally struck 3 pedestrians in Sposato's ward this year.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/…
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