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Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
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Somebody clearly made several clerical errors in the lead up to this, but I choose to celebrate their mistakes! Thank you, Tim. ♥️
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You are too kind and too generous. Thank you, my friend ♥️
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Aw shucks. Thank you, dear Phil. Next round of boilermakers and Labatts are definitely on me ♥️
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Don't beat yourself up! That's how most of us feel about our own poetry even when it's our day job.
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Here's hoping the real question is, how many years should he get on an extension. Of course, we are Chicagoans. We feed on hope even as we feast on despair.
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Ice cold, but fair.
Follow up question for future bonus points: where does Ben Johnson end up as OC in 2028?
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It wasn’t the end state that was the problem. It was the 5-hour-long screaming hot ride of unadulterated paranoiac terror getting there that was the problem.
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I ever tell you about the time I fell into a fugue state of uncanny peace with the natural order of the universe including the total dissolution of the ego in the face of imminent death while lying motionless on a sleeper sofa? Point is, wait twice as long on a brownie.
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Honestly, I thought “…be soon in public…” was a lovely turn of phrase.
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Trying to lower drug prices + never would have done this = good enough
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Hey, Team Ken, can you or anyone in your party comment on the ongoing Musk-led coup?
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Though, by extension, this logic implies it should have some portion of a highly energetic, curly haired dog in it too…
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This might be a lame point, but this dude legit shoved me through the fantasy playoffs and on to a championship last season. *If* he stays healthy, he feels like an absolute get by Jed.
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Does Jed earn a chef’s hat for this one?