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💙📚#booksky Just finished ‘The Dallergut Dream Department Store’ by Miye Lee. Whether it’s called magical realism or whimsical fantasy, a fast-paced, feel good book. I can see this being a great book club read. “We all sleep to get closure on yesterday and prepare for tomorrow.”

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Sidetrack could become the first gay bar in an American airport. blockclubchi.co/4jYMg4D

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Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

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Clad in their Illinois National Guardsmen uniforms, Axel and Andres Reyes arrived with their mother to a South Loop immigration office on Tuesday morning.  “We fear her being detained and us not being there,” Andres Reyes said.

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Trump has ordered ICE to expand deportations in Chicago and other Democrat-led cities. blockclubchi.co/4jSsyrc

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Tonight, I introduced legislation to stop Trump from from leading us into an illegal war with Iran. Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.

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Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed his seventh state budget, balanced as he promised with cuts, taxes and one-time revenue boosts but leaving for future months the battle over one major spending issue, an expected $771 million shortfall for Chicago-area transit systems.

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For the third time since I took office, we're funding above the required pension payment — creating a $75M reserve fund for expected costs of adjusting to the Social Security Wage Base. With this fix in effect, we’re protecting taxpayers and state workers from future shortfalls

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The Illinois General Assembly and I are working to make life more affordable for working families. Unlike the Trump administration, we're balancing a budget while maintaining programs our people rely on — and we're investing in our children and building them a brighter future.

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At a rally in Federal Plaza, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace announce an indefinite fast, saying “they are putting their bodies on the line to end the starvation in Gaza.” Speakers also called on the U.S. government to stop arming Israel.

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An estimated 75,000 people flooded the Loop Saturday for the No Kings rally to protest President Donald Trump. 📸 Take look at photos from the day: blockclubchi.co/45UUZkP

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Pope Leo XIV delivers message of peace, unity at Rate Field in first address to his hometown.

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Over 5 million people marched Saturday in over 2,000 nationwide protests as part of the “No Kings” movement that stands against President Trump, organizers said. Chicago police said roughly 20,000 showed to the local event. blockclubchi.co/44id2A8

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