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Tom Needham

@needham-chicago.bsky.social
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Love the Cubs and Notre Dame, drinker of Guinness, plays golf but poorly, 40+ years as a lawyer in Chicago and loved every minute of it (well ... most of the minutes), voracious reader of history. "I am still learning," Michelangelo, at 87.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20h
Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000 nfap.com/research/new...
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Soak It All In. Autumn in Chicago.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What is the impact of the Ukraine war on US gasoline and diesel prices? None.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Such a Christian
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My Dad was a police captain in Chicago, he said that Barney Miller was the most realistic police TV show
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Is it hard to replace these facilities? How long will they be out?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
No dates? Odd
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Many of us are enjoying #MemorialDay with family at picnics and barbecues, but many farm workers are laboring hard to put food on our tables. Let's give a big shout out to these hard-working people. #WeFeedYou
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New GOP logo just dropped.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Also, why is this guy wearing a cowboy hat in a church?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What a smug arrogant self satisfied A hole
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
His ads suck, in my opinion. Banal, vague, repetitive, not in any way memorable
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“people dox me”? Da fuk? How does a US senator get doxxed?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Brilliant interview, fantastic woman
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Pretti stepped up for a woman who’d been assaulted. He exercised his rights in the face of actual tyranny, not from a podcast booth. He seemed moral and decent. His valor reminds pus stains like Patel, Berry, & Watters that their macho shtick is sad and hollow. *Of course* they celebrate his murder.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The victim may have told the federal thugs that he had a gun, if they had body worn cameras we’d be able to verify this. And the victim’s own cell phone was likely recording, but that’s now in government custody
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s not a coincidence that the president demeans the service of our allied combat vets and then his policy director claims the VA nurse was killed because he was an assassin. Because this is who they are. Disgusting to the core of their beings.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Fucking disgrace
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Please share widely
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Can they be reused? Like at family gatherings or with friends at the beach?
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Da Bears @chicagobearsx.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
International calls of the Caleb Williams to Cole Kmet touchdown
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Average Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Presumably it has to be cleared with Trump
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Do I still have to do this if my skin is white? Actuallly pinkish
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This would be great but require courage and willingness to put country first, so …. No way
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Congrats to the Chicago Bears who are the 2025 NFC North Champions.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Now we just need Caro to finish his final volume
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The lobby bar in the Palmer House is a lovely place to hang out
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It’s clearly a scam perpetrated by some demented MAGA cult member
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Yes, certainly. But it’s alarming that the fate of these children is dependent on whether or not the case filed on their behalf happened to be assigned to an alert, heroic, hardworking judge
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Makes sense that Trump would golf with this guy, who was driven from coaching due to his racism
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Maybe it’s just me, but I will say that I find the normal, Washington D.C. reportorial voice and attitude—worldly, knowing, ironic—off-putting when writing about a child rapist.
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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I think a lot about how when Casablanca was filmed, nobody knew who would win WW2.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Seems early to give up on Shaw
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Tapper a complete clown
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Are the children in Gaza playing frisbee?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Yes!! Golf is important, and other sports, and music and food too.
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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's Pride Night at Nationals Park tonight and, conversely, I find it interesting the Cubs have not acknowledged Pride Month on any of their social media platforms like they have in past years, let alone promoted on social their own Pride Night at Wrigley next Thursday.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The baby blue makes these slightly more disgusting. Seriously tho: the white pinstripes are classic and timeless, why tinker with that sort of excellence?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
They are hideous in my opinion
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
He’s made the Canadians angry, virtually impossible
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Imagine how much better it would be without Bezos hovering, watchful for content that may upset Trump and the oligarchs
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
How? Sen. Reid got rid of the filibuster for presidential appointees to executive branch. So please explain the mechanism for stopping voted in Senate
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
They don’t have the votes. What are they supposed to be doing?
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It’s illegal, but also just horrific and disgusting.
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Tom Needham @needham-chicago.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Pardoned by Trump today
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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Anyone know which wine pairs well with societal collapse?
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