Casey Toner

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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47402/... "The waste of a good man bleeds the future that's come in Chicago, in flat America..."

If the Art Institute scraps Sullivan's Stock Exchange Room, the city should eminent domain his arch and put it where the Columbus statue used to be in Grant Park

I know many Americans are feeling hopeless this upcoming election. But I do urge everyone to go out and vote. I know it feels like a vicious and repetitious cycle but voting does make real change.

Thank you,
Your friendly election poll worker.

This stuff is killer A+ condiment

Violent attacks surge on CTA as Trump threatens $50 million funding cut over transit crime The trend is bad news for the Chicago Transit Authority and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she tries to appease the federal government.

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... remember when the CTA, newly flush with pandemic-era federal cash, was paying large masses of Monterrey Security guards to just ... hang out at train stations

Why not all three? Then "Homage to Catalonia" as a special treat

What Mehdi Mahmoudian Saw Inside the Iranian Prison System The activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI

Why Is The Cook County State's Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters? A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritz...

They're charged w/ misdemeanors for things like sitting on concrete barriers.

One w/ a felony for allegedly fingerpainting on a barrier.

The feds have dropped similar cases; the Cook County State's Attorney is prosecuting nearly all.
📝 @minabloom.bsky.social

blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/w...

A PR Push on the Public Dime: Chicago Police Podcast Records Peel Back Layers of Expanded Communication Costs Podcasts are a new avenue for police to reach the communities they serve. A monthslong public records battle with CPD identifies the cost of the podcast “Roll Call.” It is the latest evidence of the h...

The “Roll Call” podcast is just part of a larger push in recent years to expand CPD’s communications operation.

Comms have vastly expanded over the past decade, and costs rose along with it.

A PR Push on the Public Dime: Chicago Police Podcast Records Peel Back Layers of Expanded Communication Costs Podcasts are a new avenue for police to reach the communities they serve. A monthslong public records battle with CPD identifies the cost of the podcast “Roll Call.” It is the latest evidence of the h...

news.wttw.com/2026/02/25/p... this from my guy @jaredrutecki.bsky.social about the CPD podcast and their ever expanding communications department is so good. Surprise surprise, people are not leaving reviews on Apple Podcasts

‘He’s A Different Kind Of Cop — He Likes Shooting You’ Dolton police officer Major Coleman has shot at six people in his 20-year career. He’s one of at least 13 suburban Cook County cops who have shot more than one person. This story is part of a joint pr...

This story was also some 5-star audio work! www.wbez.org/chicago/2018...

Those were the only two shootings for McNeal, but Coleman has been involved in four more since — starting with the 2009 shooting of 19-year-old Fermon Booth. “He’s a different kind of cop,” said Booth, now 28. “He’s an intimidating mother------, man.”

It was a pretty excellent yarn with @ctoner.bsky.social & @pksmid.bsky.social. Give it a read and get more context about the officer from this case in Dolton. projects.bettergov.org/taking-cover...

Village of Dolton pays $30K after mysterious car seizure A Cincinnati law professor alleged that his car was taken by a Dolton cop as part of a pattern.

I always knew I’d see this name again: Major Coleman. He was featured in an Axios Chicago story today. In 2018, I wrote about the six shooting cases he was involved in. www.axios.com/local/chicag...

Linux is dope more generally but the day will come when you'll spend three hours copy and pasting Stackoverflow comments into the terminal to get your microphone to work 🙏

I do admit the Bears moving Hammond, Indiana, a pile of rubble with a casino attached, would be funny. Those sweeping skyline shots the NFL loves, but of an extremely grimy south suburb. Al Michaels saying "WOW!" with the Gary smokestacks in the background blowing poison into the air

Indiana lawmakers take another step in luring Chicago Bears to Hammond with stadium bill Indiana took another step to potentially lure the Chicago Bears to the state with lawmakers set to consider creating an agency to build a new stadium for the team.

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/c... *need for cheese intensifies*

Chicago police officer ‘inadvertently’ fired Taser a year before fatally shooting his partner Officials have said Officer Carlos Baker unintentionally shot and killed Officer Krystal Rivera during a chase last June. He previously reported that he mistakenly discharged his Taser after a high-sp...

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... Between his rejection to the tactical team for disciplinary issues, and his promotion, Carlos Baker had a accidental Taser trigger pull and a 90 mph chase that ended in a 7 car crash he didn't initially report. @illinoisanswers.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Chicago icon, dead at 84 Jackson was a Chicago institution who left footprints on the world stage, an ardent advocate for civil rights whose attempts to wield political power himself were thwarted, and channeled into the powe...

chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2... @neilsteinberg.bsky.social does a great job here exploring the staggering contradictions contained in the amazing life of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre Actor shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... lmao I talked to the stage manager about this in Portugal a few years ago and spent five minutes thinking the play was called "the beauty of healing factions." also the play sounds like it rules and people need to calm down

We forget, because of his world shaking oratory and high moral standing, that he was an Illinois Man at heart. Yes, we can claim the Gettysburg Address, but we can also claim Quinnochio and Madigan's ward running up Soviet-style margins on some aldermanic interloper

A long look at Lincoln as a brawling, scheming, knifing political goon? Sign me up!

Waiting for a papal audience with Lou Brutus

Former Chicago radio host Kevin Matthews met with the Pope. Big news for fans of The Loop. Still no Mancow blessing from the south suburban Pope 💪

U got this

Jobs Fangamer is an independent video game merchandiser with its headquarters (both office and warehouse) in Tucson, AZ.

very thankful to be hiring – threading the 3 positions we've currently got open! RTs always appreciated~

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please help us find the Eleanor Rigby "joyce carol oates" tweet, Google is no help

How Dolton, Illinois Reflects America's Changing Suburbs In 2018 For the first time in American history, poverty in suburbs like the village of Dolton has eclipsed urban poverty.

There's never a wrong time to share this WBEZ + BGA production from 2018, but this is definitely the right time: