3X Emmy award-winning journalist, storyteller and video marketer. Chicago bred. San Diego based.

San Diego, CA
Joined April 2011
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Ben Johnson needs to wear the sweater on Sunday.
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AMERICA PROPOSES AI HOTLINE WITH CHINA The United States is proposing an “AI hotline” with China to flag artificial-intelligence incidents that could rise to the level of a national-security threat. Doug Calidas of Americans for Responsible Innovation joins OAN’s @AngelNewsGal to explain how it could work, and whether America can build that safety net without handing Beijing an advantage. For more updates, watch OAN on OAN Live.
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“Murdered by idiots with no regard for life.” The ATF has added $20,000 to the reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of whoever killed beloved Chicago 911 calltaker Natalia Rodriguez, bringing the total reward to $30,000. cwbchicago.com/2026/09/rewar…
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A beloved and respected Chicago 911 calltaker was murdered while driving in Back of the Yards this morning. Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that brings the killer to justice. cwbchicago.com/2026/09/10000…
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The algorithm does not care about guilt or innocence..it cares about engagement. The Conservateur’s Bethany Miller tells me why Lindsay Clancy & Luigi Mangione have devoted online followings & how “toxic empathy” turns accused killers into sympathetic characters.
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"Monsters of the Tollway" has to be trademarked asap. – at Wakefield, RI
On the same day Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren publicly declared the team's "sole focus" is Hammond, Indiana, Commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly met privately with select Illinois lawmakers. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…
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"Free Enterprise," starring @WilliamShatner, @EricMcCormack, and @RaferWeigel, directed by the talented @RMBee. Not sure how to describe it. Sort of a "Swingers" vibe, but for sci-fi nerds? #LoveLongAndParty
All The Right Movies
@ATRightMoviesAug 4
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The battle over America's voter rolls is heating up. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon joins OAN's @AngelNewsGal for an exclusive interview on DOJ lawsuits, election security, and ensuring only eligible voters cast ballots this November. Watch OAN on OAN Live for updates.
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Who is the New Democrat front-runner for U.S. Senate in Maine? 👀 Here are some of the highlights 👇 #MaineSenate #DemocratsInDisarray #AshleyWebb #2026Midterms #Election2026
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Remembering our friend Tim Weigel today
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Insane corruption from a homeless project in Los Angeles, California - The Weingart NGO got a $30 million dollar grant for homeless housing - A senior citizen home was cleared of elderly residents - The property was listed on the market for $11.2 million, but it was then sold to Weingart for $27 million (huge gap of money that disappeared) The city pays the NGO extremely high rates, $400,000 per bed per year for homeless housing on this property The building sits empty The NGO has no obligation to put a homeless person in a bed, so they can bill for every room at $400,000 per year with no one in them It doesn’t stop there. Taxpayers also cover the purchase, operations, upkeep, and problems even if the facility sits empty The Weingart NGO operates around 10 similar homeless housing facilities We need prison sentences for every Democrat involved in these deals and every NGO executive Spencer says he will hand them over to the IRS and DOJ for investigation and prosecution I saved him some time and looked up who handed the money out Key Democrats Who Oversaw the Money - Mayor Karen Bass (Democrat) - Former Mayor Eric Garcetti (Democrat) - Key member on the Housing & Homelessness Committee is Nithya Raman (Democrat) who has been involved in oversight and funding decisions - LA County Board of Supervisors (All Democrats) I think the problem is clear
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The same Supervisors who lecture the rest of us about "No Kings" are voting today to extend their own time in power. Funny how that works. Voters capped Supervisors at two terms in 2010. It passed by nearly 70%. Now the same politicians who benefit are asking voters to undo it, with ballot language written to mislead and a package of popular reforms wrapped around it for cover. You don't get to march against kings on Saturday and crown yourself on Tuesday.
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Everyone should be arrested. Every car impounded. Period!
During a street takeover near Grant Park, a car rams a responding CPD vehicle and pushes it back. Onlookers cheer it on. Our intrepid mayor, @ChicagosMayor, expects us to believe this insanity is normal and acceptable.
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California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits “What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they was were told was direct relief for the victims. But now we've learned that this money didn't go to the victims at all. Instead, it went to nonprofits” Here are some examples - CA Native Vote Project: $100,000 for voter participation for Native Americans - Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): $250,000 for programs prioritizing undocumented immigrants - Altadena Talks Foundation: $100,000 went to supported podcasts, including Toni Raines podcast - NAACP Pasadena: $100,000 political advocacy - Los Angeles Black Worker Center $550,000 to political advocacy organizations - Center for Applied Ecological Remediation: $500,000 for fungus/microbe/plant soil remediation projects Over $500,000 went to bonuses for nonprofit leaders and consultants
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This Is Gavin’s Real Legacy California is staring down $30 billion in structural deficits every single year and the state’s own analysts cannot tell you how many workers are on the payroll or what they cost. Billions in surpluses were squandered on programs that were never affordable and the Democratic supermajority ignored every warning. Californians will be paying for this long after Gavin leaves to chase his next job. #FixCalifornia nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-new…
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Businesses are closing because Chicago has been neither business friendly nor responsive since 2020. We refused to hold looters accountable. We downplay “smash & grabs” and shoplifting as nothing more than an insurance issue. We disregarded people’s enterprising spirit and faith in the American dream. We discounted the personal sacrifices people made because the narrative demanded crimes of the present be ignored as retribution for the sins of the past. In essence: reparations by criminal action. And yet somehow my fellow politicians act stunned by the outcomes they promoted.
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Sources: The man who killed a Chicago cop and gravely wounded the officer’s partner: • Is an electronic monitoring escapee • Is a parole absconder • Has armed robbery and armed carjacking cases pending cwbchicago.com/2026/04/cop-k…
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.@ESPN anchor @notthefakeSVP Scott Van Pelt is right. This guy is an idiot. #hotdogs #nfl #ketchupgate #bears #chicago
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Mike Farrell
@mfarrellsportsApr 24
Vrabel and Russini seem to really love each other and love spending time together. They should just leave their spouses and become a couple.
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