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Chris LaFortune

@cubreporter.bsky.social
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 1h
Bears get to the fourth quarter with the lead, they really just run the offense in the old ways. Grinding drive on the ground, rolling that clock and being relentless. Doesn't hurt when the defense gifts them a few first downs with penalties, too.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 1h
Texas Republicans really going all in on getting the Chicago- area Republicans ready to vote in Texas. That's a whole lot of national advertising dollars being spent on nothing. Well done.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 3h
Ben Johnson opted for a field goal? Instead of going for it on fourth down? Is the man ill? Is he actually on the sidelines right now?
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 3h
It is a very new New York Jets thing to celebrate a turnover while the official announces a penalty on you that negates the turnover.
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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 02/10/2026
Congrats, Browns!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"I can go ramp, I can go stairs" -- Trump's audience in Texas gives him an extremely tepid round of applause as he brags about being able to go up stairs without falling
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm not really watching Monday Night Football's regular broadcast team anymore, but I will actively discourage other people from watching if this comes about.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh boy, a dream come true.
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Wargames Global Thermonuclear War
Alt: Wargames Global Thermonuclear War
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 29/09/2026
Sgt. Jeremy Sikorski attacked the 17-year-old girl after confronting a group of teenagers who got into an altercation with at least one of his children, according to prosecutors. The girl suffered a concussion and identified Sikorski as the assailant, along with five other people.
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Chicago cop charged with punching teenage girl during confrontation shown in viral video
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eagles defensive linemen really weren't planning for that Bears quarterback sneak. The idea didn't even seem to cross their minds.
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Swanson Ritner @swansonritner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last night on SNF, the sidebar preview of halftime discussions topics had one that said “Cowboys crumble”. Not “Ravens win”, but that Dallas lost. “When Poochie isn’t on screen, everybody should be asking, ‘Where’s Poochie?”
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Denver calling timeout just to be neighborly?
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That was an interesting time for Davante Adams to feel like he's had enough catches tonight already.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rams really saw no need to hold onto those timeouts for a final drive tonight.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gonna have to break out some calipers to see when Nix's cleat hits the white paint and where the ball is.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Broncos gonna get 20 chances at this last touchdown tonight.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am happy for him, right after that Ravens field goal. I really am.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So did the Ravens just decide they didn't need to solve their defensive issues from last year? Or did they just do a bad job of doing it?
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just heard I have to be happy for Jerry Jones sitting up there, and I'm going to counter with, no I don't.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Case Keenum getting the start for the Bears, and the football gods laugh.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
tell Michigan I want them to know it was me
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026
“First of all, he’s got my face as his profile picture, so that right there gave me a high degree of confidence, because I know what I look like.” — Kash Patel
theonion.com
Kash Patel Phished By Scammer Posing As Kash Patel
WASHINGTON—Despite carefully checking and double-checking the credentials of the man who reached out to him via email, FBI director Kash Patel was reportedly phished Friday by a scammer posing as FBI ...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m glad ProPublica is rebutting Susan Collins’ dishonest attempts to explain away allegations that her campaign took a bribe from a defense contractor and Trump killed the FBI’s probe into the scam.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The DC Circuit has unsealed about 600 pages of litigation material from the Trump investigations at my request. They include a written 2-1 opinion and dissent (Millett, Wilkins, Katsas) rejecting Trump's attempt to block Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
Newly Public Documents Shed New Light on Trump Investigations (Gift Article)
Records unsealed on Wednesday include a 2023 appeals court opinion rejecting Donald J. Trump’s attempt to block Mike Pence’s grand jury testimony.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
In case you missed it, read our original investigation:
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🧵NEW: Kennedy drew $4 million in book advances from Tony Lyons, a publisher who also runs MAHA groups that accept $$ from health companies with business before HHS. The advances were set the month when Kennedy dropped his presidential bid to back Trump: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
Kennedy Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22/09/2026
ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders, sources
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ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders, sources
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I suppose that's one way to put it.
Subnautica screen of a spaceship on fire, crashing down to a planet with the words "Engine efficiency now 300%" overtop it.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pretty significant news, especially getting a preliminary injunction in a state like Alabama. Comes from the lawsuit filed by Leonardo Garcia Venegas, the U.S. citizen and Alabama resident detained three times by immigration agents. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
propublica.org
Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say...
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Video of this incident shared on Facebook This appears to be the end of the incident. I'm told Evanston police responded and the man was a U.S. citizen and was taken to a local hospital Police made contact with the agents near Dodge/Brummel Story with more info TK momentarily
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20/09/2026
ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year Carlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-detent...
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ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year
Carlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE officers reportedly shot and wounded a man today in Austin. Details still coming in. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
statesman.com
ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ah, Caleb Williams. It was fun while it lasted.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
LSU may have lost but everybody paid a lot of attention to Lane Kiffin which is really what it's all about
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Abolish ICE.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 20/09/2026
pat mcafee has the most annoying voice, how does he get paid to talk
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm betting either Logan Paul or his brother Jake.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
OK, the officials are just trolling in the Clemson game now.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to U.S. officials. Details surrounding the undisclosed deaths remain unclear. Read more: wapo.st/4y5VLXJ
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republicans have apparently concluded that voters don't mind skyrocketing gas prices as long as Trump gets to stick his name on a building, his kid gets his wedding party paid for by a Putin pal, the statues of DC turn gold, and RFK Jr. investigates chemtrails.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
dailyiowan.com
Uncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to Ed Sheeran that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill. Other NFL owners were ready to do the same. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
wsj.com
The 40-Minute Phone Call That Left Ed Sheeran’s Tour Hanging by a Thread
Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to the singer that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill. Other NFL owners were ready to do the same.
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 16/09/2026
Last year, the Trump admin directed federal law enforcement to treat ideas like “anti-capitalism” and “extremism on race and gender” as signs of domestic terrorism. Records we obtained show at least 13 IRS employees and two from DOJ assigned to the work. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fbi-nsp...
Image of an organization chart.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this week, I published videos of an arrest near a bus stop in Danbury, Connecticut, after federal officials denied such an arrest ever happened. Now I have the man’s first-hand account, from a court filing. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
ctinsider.com
CT man describes ICE arrest after dropping son at school bus stop
The man was one of 118 arrests ICE said it made during a Connecticut operation that week.
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Dorothy Zbornak's Blank Stare
Alt: Dorothy Zbornak's Blank Stare
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Chris LaFortune @cubreporter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What a warm, fuzzy feeling to know "the worst is yet to come" is constantly around the corner these days.
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