Chicagoan. UIC history student. Writing about politics, history, labor, economic development, and the challenges facing working-class Americans.

Joined November 2024
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The 13th player in Cubs history to hit for the cycle.
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Chicago Bulls are hiring Tiago Splitter as their new head coach, per @ShamsCharania
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about time we get the champ a jersey ❤️🏆
Lowkey want to get a Blackhawks jersey...
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What a series. Probably the most entertaining 5-game series I’ve ever seen Unreal determination by this Knicks team to rally back multiple times. Can’t help but love how hard this team plays Special congrats to Chicago legend Jalen Brunson
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just a kid raised in chicago
JALEN BRUNSON TONIGHT: 45 POINTS 3 REBOUNDS 3 ASSISTS 52% FG
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Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500. If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.
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There is no crime on earth more evil than harming a child. Monsters who r*pe children do not deserve to live. This is exactly why we introduced the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act. End of story.
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Illinois politicians call themselves pro market while handing out billions in corporate welfare, TIFs, tax breaks, and special favors to politically connected companies. I want to talk about my simple, very simple position: stop subsidizing corporations and start liberating people. A truly free market doesn’t pick winners and losers. It doesn’t force future teachers, nurses, welders, electricians, mechanics, and entrepreneurs into debt while billionaire developers collect government handouts. If Illinois can afford corporate welfare, it can afford to invest in its own citizens. Student debt is a liberty issue. Every loan payment delays homeownership, entrepreneurship, family formation, and economic independence. This isn’t socialism btw lol, i’m just against crony capitalism. I’m against new taxes and new debt, and for sure bigger bureaucracy. They need to end corporate welfare, and cut the university bloat, and finally Invest in the people of Illinois, not just politically connected corporations. And fuck man, maybe i’m crazy but i think that’s what economic freedom actually looks like. #Illinois #Chicago
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Keep the Bears in Illinois with 100% private stadium financing. No taxpayer funded stadium, no statewide tax hikes. Illinois invests in Metra, roads, and infrastructure while the surrounding development stays taxable to protect schools and local governments.
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Bears get certainty. Arlington Heights gets jobs and growth. Schools keep revenue. Taxpayers avoid stadium subsidies. Illinois keeps the Bears. A win for everyone 🤷‍♂️ @JBPritzker @Brandon4Chicago @ChicagoBears @KevinFWarren @kambucknerchi @illinoisdems
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