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markepiper.bsky.social
Sometimes write (http://tinyurl.com/4u9dzy5w) sometimes wrong. PoliSci (SXU) + Leadership & Public Policy (DePaul). #MercyAssociate / #GoPackGo / Personal Acct. Amo ergo sum. Wisconsin native & Chicago transplant. #UffDa is my expletive.
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Happy South Side Irish Parade to all who celebrate. www.ncronline.org/spirituality...

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Thinking of all those Trump signs that lined the farms along 151 between Madison and Green Bay last Nov. Related, I just emailed my two Sens this AM: vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR. There's no constitutional obligation to provide even more unconstitutional power to Musk & the Exec Branch.

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You know how third world dictatorships can "disappear" somebody just because they don't like what that somebody said? ... Congrats, the United States under Trump is a third world dictatorship.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡

submitted 11 days ago • 1317 comments

He, @kairyssdal.bsky.social, is correct. www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

As our new president and his favorite broligarch move to dismantle US foreign aid in the name of making America “great again,” consider this:

submitted 43 days ago • 21 comments

I'm in my least favorite part of the year: January 2 until the South Side Irish Parade (for me, it marks the end of the cold, gray, barren part of the year). This parade is on March 16, a mere 71 days away... Anyway, speaking of gray and Irish, this photo I took in Cobh (10/2023) came to mind:

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Erosion of democracy isn't just for the Feds. CTU asked for an elected school board b/c "democracy". 1 of their candidates loses, so the Mayor installs them anyway 2 help fire the CEO w/o cause; but really they'll fire him b/c he's responsible & won't take on more debt in contract negotiations.

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Higher #gasprices are coming, primarily for the Great Lakes states, Midwest and Rockies, if @realDonaldTrump does as he says he will and put tariffs on Canadian oil supplies coming into the U.S.

submitted 113 days ago • 42 comments

Page One in Chicago: “Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence Are to Blame for Rising Energy Prices ..” $XLU @chicago.suntimes.com

submitted 114 days ago • 14 comments

I was in LA last week. #familyvacation #bingcrosby White Christmas gets all the glory, but Bing singing Adeste Fidelis, O Fir Tree Dark, or It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter are just as good. #firstpost

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment