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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth

@leniann.bsky.social
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She/her. Personal account. 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈💃🏻💙 For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org

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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Aldermen are considering bifurcating parking meter prices by adding a surcharge for non-Chicagoans who park in the city, a move designed to raise revenue and promote public transit” 👀
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
another beautiful day in Chicago Illinois
A photo of the north face of the Chicago skyline viewed beyond a yellowing meadow of beach grasses and a stretch of open lake water. The sky above is mostly covered with bright white clouds with hints of blue A photo of Lake Michigan meeting a dark pebbly beach, there's a line of small white bubbly foam where the water is arriving at the shore. Above the distant watery horizon the sky is bright but hazy
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh shit the White Sox are literally on a mission from God
Letter to Jerry Reinsdorf from the pope

I was pleased to receive the kind letter that you
sent
following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Leo PXIV
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it’s just paint, but it is a lovely sight to see especially when it’s fresh and brand new to the scene [Chicago’s lakefront trail at Berwyn]
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 30/09/2026
Norf
Photo looking down a concrete walkway curving off to the right with a beach to the right and the Blue Waters of Lake Michigan to the left and in the distance across the water are the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline near Twilight.
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Undead Kat, The Oracle Near Delphi Falls. @originallabgrrl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My son was told about affirmative consent his entire life, so much so that I was wrestling with the cat which was growling at me (not seriously and she was a cat who growled when she was playing also when she ate food) and my toddler son told me that the cat said no. That shit's not hard to teach.
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B.J. L-R @westtowns-urbanist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another pretty Ashland (Green/Pink) sunset
Dusk on the inbound platform at Ashland Green/Pink, looking west
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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public universal reply guy @llkats.com · 29/09/2026
lake forever data centers NEVER
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes
View of Lake Michigan from Uptown Chicago , early evening
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 28/09/2026
Need a way to get involved with regional transit planning? "@nitachicago.bsky.social launches Rider Advisory Councils, now accepting applications." @activetransportation.org @ctaction.org @ctasmokers.com @betterstreetschicago.org @equiticity.bsky.social @swcollectivechi.bsky.social @stevevance.net
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Northern Illinois Transit Authority | NITA launches Rider Advisory Councils, now accepting applications
NITA is now accepting applications for two new volunteer advisory councils: the Riders Advisory Council and the ADA Advisory Council, both required by the…
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chap @chap.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Side effect of living in a walkable city is that I literally wear holes in my shoes if I'm not careful
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 28/09/2026
Alderman La Spata is pro-business
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Papa Rides a Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some good suggestions in the @chicago.suntimes.com today for how to improve public transit including from @lilybeansdad.bsky.social calling for bus rapid transit. Also some interesting ones like boat transit along the river/ canal or Lake. Subsidized Cargo bikes, and streets closed to cars.
Page 2 of the Sun Times. Readers write in to suggest ways to improve public transportation in the city. 

"Bus rapid transit on Western, Ashland dusableLakeshore drive and other arterials, creating a network of dedicated bus lanes that connect with bike and pedestrian infrastructure." TIMOTHY SHAMBROOK.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
1 year ago today, feds terrorized & injured people outside the Broadview ICE building for a second day in a row. What followed was a terrifying several hours as we waited to learn the fate of our co-founder (clearly marked as press) who was pulled inside. He was later released without charges:
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did you know: cities used to have balloons that would just follow children to school, until General Motors bought all the balloons and scrapped them
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
unironically love that this prompted two people to share what color their Clark Devon Hardware hat is. we have a pink and a purple so far. can we catch them all???
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 27/09/2026
It's another beautiful Meet Me on Milwaukee, with this iconic Chicago street open to people!
A view of Milwaukee from Damen looking South with the street open and people walking around in the sunA view looking North showing more people walking around
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Infest The Pat’s Nest @derblutenpat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A huge stretch of Milwaukee Ave in Chicago is closed to cars today, only open for pedestrians and bikes. Its a beautiful day here in Chicago, & I bet many of these store owners will have record sales days, but won’t put two + two together and understand why. Cities are for people, not cars.
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Glass, Like Glass. Sunday's sunrise at the entrance to the Chicago River.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Automatization eats things, clothes, furniture, your wife, and the fear of war. This thing we call art exists in order to restore the sensation of life, in order to make us feel things, to make a stone stony. The goal of art is to create the sensation of seeing, not merely recognizing, things.
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
unreal what we permit on our roads whilst screaming at politicians to ban e scooters. www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...
thestar.com
Ram’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 seconds
Priced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
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Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market Images of an octogenarian being evicted from the home she had lived in for seven decades on a stretcher, flanked by protesters and police officers, sparked indignation across Spain. Hours later, people began taking to the streets. In Madrid, an estimated 10,000 people turned up on Wednesday, wielding signs that read “Shame” and “Out with the vulture funds”, to protest against the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal. From the northern tip of Spain to the south, people poured into plazas calling for a nationwide reckoning over access to housing. Continue reading...
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 26/09/2026
This was a random act in a world that is random and unfair. It wasn't targeted at me, which somehow makes it bother me less? Turning that over in my head.
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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Guys it turns out you can just make the things you want to exist in the world happen
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 14/08/2026
Chicago continues to lead the way! I applaud the City of Chicago for their work to regulate data centers and protect our communities.
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Chicago moves to tighten oversight of data center development, seeks temporary moratorium
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at creating new regulations for data centers in Chicago.
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s a bipartisan issue that elected officials are rushing to be on the right side of. Except Trump, who has actively insulted ppl who are suspicious of the new projects & whose admin is actively trying to change fed policy that allows for community input at the onset of new data center construction
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Chicago Mayor Bets on Political Potency Of Data Center Resistance
‘We Are Not For Sale’ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson officially kicked off...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The new largest data center in Illinois has been approved by the Joliet City Council. It will be the size of Central Park. And use more than half as much electricity as the entire city of Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/09/2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a data center moratorium ordinance Wednesday aimed at blocking the controversial developments from popping up in Chicago for one year.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes Chicago data center moratorium: ‘We can’t wait’
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
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Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is it, man. This is the good stuff.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the 8th major profile of Emanuel since December 2024 that failed to mention Laquan McDonald. Here’s what he told the Senate, about the teen’s murder, during his Senate confirmation hearing in 2021. “That tragedy sits with me, as it has, every day and every week for the last seven years.”
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A 5-story apartment building could replace an empty storefront on Edgewater’s Devon Avenue. buff.ly/vHso4pe
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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes! Bring more housing!
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Trump-Epstein Bookmobile” is coming to Andersonville’s Raygun, 5207 N. Clark, 11a.m.-5 p.m. Wed. It contains bound volumes containing 3.5 million files that the U.S. Justice Department released as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking op blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/22/t...
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'Trump-Epstein Bookmobile' Coming To Andersonville Wednesday With President Set To Visit Area
A traveling bookmobile with printed copies of the Epstein files looks to keep the alleged sex trafficker's crimes and association with Trump in the public consciousness.
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Block Club Chicago [Unofficial] @blockclubchicago.org.web.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
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Edgewater’s Side Streets Could See Speed Limit Reduced To 20 MPH
Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) plans would lower the speed limit on her ward's non-arterial streets in an effort to curb drivers speeding to and from DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
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Jakub M. @iliekmudkip.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth is asking if the pilot will go into the neighborhood streets will it address parking in the crosswalk. Dept. of Finance Chuck Poston said it currently is being using for violators who are parking during street cleaning days. Will include crosswalks soon.
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling.
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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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