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Micky Horstman retweeted
The wild thing is that it could have been worse for Republicans. There were some races Democrats didn’t contest that, in this climate, would have been susceptible to flip.
Micky Horstman retweeted
Officially the first (out) gay man in the US Senate. Nowhere near the most important thing about this election, but still wow what a historic moment.
Decision Desk HQ projects Chris Pappas wins the NH US Senate General Election
#DecisionMade: 8:00 PM EST
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Tbh this was the least enthusiastic I’ve ever been about voting in local elections.
Just an extremely disappointing, old crop of lack-luster candidates in Illinois.
Jealous of literally every other state!
Micky Horstman retweeted
Chuds see a guy choking his pregnant girlfriend and say “wow, he’s just like me.”
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NIMBY group backed by NIMBY aldermen wonder why there’s not enough housing in Logan Square.
With rents increasing by 40-60 percent, neighbors in Logan Square want to see more protections for renters. buff.ly/heB4EyJ
Micky Horstman retweeted
Logan Square, a neighborhood of 70k people led by Ald. Quezada, is more unaffordable than ever because he only wants to build ‘affordable housing’
Yet since 2022 has only built 47 units total. Building housing doesn’t cause gentrification, it prevents it
With rents increasing by 40-60 percent, neighbors in Logan Square want to see more protections for renters. buff.ly/heB4EyJ
Micky Horstman retweeted
i’m far from the first to comment on this, but i think the reason the deaths of Patrick Stewart, Dolly Parton, etc hit so hard is that we’re losing the last generation of people who became genuinely famous in a monoculture. studio execs have worked tirelessly to nix the “Hollywood star,” and social media has driven us all into silos. we’re losing the last few folks who bring us all together.
Glad we have out priorities in order going into Tuesday's election!
Does anyone in the media want to ask Gov. Pritzker if his housing bill has any momentum or just the taxpayer- funded billionaire-owner's stadium subsidy bill?
New report says Illinois Chicago Bears stadium deal 'gaining momentum,' but Indiana officials skeptical.
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New: Illinois state data released today shows over half of CPS students aren't proficient in reading, math and 2-in-5 are chronically absent.
If this infuriates you, here's Illinois Policy PAC endorsements for school board candidates on Tuesday's ballot: @illinoispolicy
If I were a betting man I’d say El-Sayed squeaks out a 1-2% victory in Michigan and Talarico loses by about that margin and leftists draw the complete opposite conclusions of what that actually means about running a “good” left-wing campaign.
Micky Horstman retweeted
We lost one of the greats of stage and screen today. And, in my book, a tremendous friend and man. I learned so much from him. I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, all of my days. @mang0ld
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Frustrating how blue cities exert so much energy on performative environmental regulations with ambiguous benefits, while enforcing land-use policies that are clearly destructive to nature.
NYC still mandates parking near plenty of subway stations!
Micky Horstman retweeted
This is such a bleak story about what it's like to try to land a job right now. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
