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Peter Cunningham

@petercunningham57.bsky.social
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Musician, Writer, Husband, Father, Dreamer -- and, at the moment, full time resister. You can read some of my writing and hear some of my music at my website: petercunningham.me

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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It is easy to imagine that if China invaded Taiwan, if Russia invaded a NATO country, or if North Korea invaded South Korea, Trump would do nothing to stop them. He will choose dictators over democracy every time.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Had a good conversation with my old friend Ben Joravsky about politics. Check it out. www.thebenjoravskyshow.com/peter-cunnin...
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Peter Cunningham--Good News From Michigan
The political news out of Michigan is promising—at least at one man’s house. Ben riffs. Peter Cunningham returns! Finally. And he’s got a lot to say about the Democ…
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
To say "Trump is Starting to Look Precarious" is like standing in the middle of a hurricane and saying the weather's getting ugly. This is how the moderate right normalizes Trump, pretending he's just a shade or two off-normal instead of a brazen criminal incompetent. www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump Is Starting to Look Precarious
Iran, the economy: An insurgency that becomes a government is eventually responsible for conditions.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In today's world, this gets about as much attention as the latest zoo birth. We have a criminal in the White House, other branches of government have surrendered, media has been coopted, people are exhausted. #BananaRepublic www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...
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Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
With the ceasefire collapsing and the war lost, Trump sends Vance to negotiate surrender and take blame. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Mideast Live Updates: Vance Heads to Talks as Strait of Hormuz Re-emerges as Point of Tension
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I appreciate the message from @adamgrayca.bsky.social on bread and butter issues but it plays into GOP narrative to suggest Dems lost the thread on clean energy, housing and infrastructure. Biden spent many, many billions on all of them. GOP killed them. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Democrats: Skip the autopsy. Just listen.
People in districts like mine need a helping hand, not a lecture.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
TACO Trump can't handle a female reporter. Never could. @kristenwelker.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @60minutes.bsky.social Lesley Stahl. Can't handle males either. @jimacosta.bsky.social and many others. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims
When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.”
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
TACO Trump chickens out again. walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Judge order America to remove Trump's name from history...starting with the Kennedy Center. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from building
Judge Christopher Cooper also ordered Kennedy Center officials to halt plans to close for two years starting in July.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Do @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @pelosi.house.gov and @kamalaharris.com have the collective juice to ensure that the right Democrat ends up in the California governor's race? If so, they better act right now or we could lose the second-biggest plum in politics. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...
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Opinion | 8 Candidates. 4 Weeks Left. This Race Has Become a Hot Mess.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Hate the president; love the pope. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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In Angola, love for an American pope but not for an American president
In Luanda, Catholics expressed love and admiration for Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, but not so much for President Trump because of the war in Iran.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Straits of Hormuz are open...closed...blockaded by the U.S. ...under Iranian control...oil prices are up...down. Energy profits are soaring...A million Lebanese forced from their homes... Thank God we're not talking about the Epstein files. Except we are. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
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Iran War Live Updates: Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Is the right waking up to Trump's madness? Finally? @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/for-...
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Opinion | For Now at Least, the Iran War Seems to Be Failing
If you’re winning, you don’t typically threaten to destroy a civilization or look for scapegoats.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thank you JD Vance. Your endorsement was priceless. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Hungary’s Viktor Orban, ally of Trump and Putin, concedes election defeat
WIth record turnout, Hungarians chose to end the 16-year rule of the prime minister who was a self-proclaimed champion of illiberal Christian democracy.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
TACO Trump blinks. Iran wins. America loses. Lives lost. Billions wasted. No regime change. Prices rising. Chaos ensues. America's global standing suffers. Just another day. #Impeach www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it?
Two-week ceasefire comes after Trump spoke to Pakistan’s leaders, with China also believed to be exerting influence over Tehran
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump's biggest fear? Informed voters who will stop him from looting the country and evading justice. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Education Dept. to leave headquarters, give building to Energy Department
Abandoning the D.C. headquarters is the Trump administration’s latest and most visible move toward eliminating the Education Department altogether.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Maybe the White House criminal realizes allies matter? Nah! European leaders rebuff Trump’s call to open the Strait of Hormuz
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Reducing gun violence starts with outreach but helping our guys leave the streets and live safely requires a lot more support. @chicagocred.bsky.social CRED leaders Paul Robinson and LaQuay Boone lay it out. @arneduncan.bsky.social www.chicagocred.org/blog/some-nu...
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Some Numbers Behind the Homicide Numbers | Chicago CRED
By Paul Robinson and LaQuay Boone The best headline we have seen in a long time appeared in the Chicago […]
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
OK Democrats, where's the soft landing for @jasminecrockett29.bsky.social after her losing bid for Senate? We still need her in the fight. She is tough, smart, fearless. Maybe a think tank? Maybe run the Texas Democratic Party? Looking at you @kenmartin.bsky.social.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Why would a sitting U.S. Senator agree to work for a president who consistently throws his own people under the bus? Rubio did it and he'll be tossed when the Iran war goes bad...which it already is. Now Mullin is to succeed Noem at DHS. Bye-bye. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/05/t...
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Who is Markwayne Mullin? President Trump taps Oklahoma senator as his next choice to lead Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump’s plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a meteoric political rise for the senator.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
You can't arrest your way to safety. You can't bomb your way to peace. You can't hate your way to friendship. You can't insult your way to respect. You can't cheat your way to goodness. You can't lie your way to the truth. Every move this administration makes is self-defeating. #Peace
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
TACO Trump waves the white flag in his war with law firms. Kudos to Chicago's Jenner & Block for leading the resistance ...and good riddance to Paul Weiss for surrendering. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/t...
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Trump Administration abandons efforts to impose orders on law firms
The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appea…
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Bluster, bombs and ballrooms. Welcome to the Trump presidency. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
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In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I have always been a math guy. Here's Harvard mathematician Aubrey Clayton lamenting the decline of basic math in public discourse...driven, of course, by team Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...
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Opinion | The Trump White House Needs a Refresher on Basic Math
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ouch.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Decline in crime in Chicago and Illinois is due to community investments--not pre-trial detention: Illinois State Rep. Lisa Davis. @suntimes.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social @chicagocred.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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Marked decline in homicides, robberies proves critics wrong about Pretrial Fairness Act
Even as community investment is working to reduce crime in Chicago, some want to return to the failed “lock 'em up” policies that created mass incarceration but didn’t create safety.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RIP Reverend Jesse Jackson -- a vital presence in our national consciousness for so long. Met him many times. Heard him speak. He never quit. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/r...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and Chicago-based presidential candidate, dies at 84
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Trump administration's threats to academic independence are a threat to democracy. @arneduncan.bsky.social and @davidpressman.bsky.social call on the higher education sector to unite and resist. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Higher education needs a NATO-style self-defense pact
How colleges can win the fight for their independence.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Last year, Amazon profits soared 44% to $89B while their tax bill dropped from $9B to $1.2 B. Meanwhile, the company just announced massive layoffs. This is the new criminal economy.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How come Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has not opened a murder investigation in the killing of Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park by ICE in September? I am with @mayorofchicago.bsky.social on this one. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/m...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson says it’s up to Cook County state’s attorney to prosecute federal agents
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said it’s now up to the Cook County state’s attorney to decide whether to prosecute federal immigration agents for crimes they committed in Chicago.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The BBC is the world's most respected broadcaster. @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis. Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
When 2A activists and the @wsj.com turn against you, maybe it's time for this crazy, lawless administration to reflect. www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
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Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Trump economy, per the @wsj.com Only 584,000 net new jobs were created over the 12 months of 2025 versus approximately two million during 2024. www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ye...
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Opinion | A Year In, Trump’s Economy Is Worse Than the Numbers
The fiscal effects of the coming tax cut and the continuing threats to Fed independence augur ill.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sharing with @arneduncan.bsky.social @chicagocred.bsky.social
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Just did a short podcast with @marcsimschicago.bsky.social about the stunning decline in gun violence in Chicago last year to its lowest level since 1965. Thank you Marc. Always good to chat with you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_A...
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We Can Do This
YouTube video by Just A Few Questions
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Trump has bombed Nigeria, attacked Venezuala, and terrorized my hometown of Chicago. None of it legal. The tab in Chicago is about $60M to date. The tab overseas? Billions. What a disgrace. The gutless GOP Congress has done nothing to stop him. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
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Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
It's a shame that @nytimes.com expects the American people to do what our elected representatives qre afraid or unwilling to do--which is to hold Trump accountable. How? We don't control Congress, Courts, or media. We vote. That's our power. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Chicago marks a 60-year low in homicides in 2025. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thank you @suntimes.bsky.social for reporting historic decline in homicides in Chicago in 2025--the lowest # in 60 years. @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
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Chicago records fewest killings since 1965, despite Trump's attacks against the city
Overall crime continued to drop as the number of murders in Chicago decreased from 587 in 2024 to 416 last year, when scores of federal immigration agents flooded the city and President Trump repeated...
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Astonishing. Huge article in the @washingtonpost.com on ICE recruiting campaign targeting right-wing hotheads, offers zero perspective from the civil/immigrant rights community on the immoral actions of this rogue agency. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
If Marjorie Taylor Greene really wants to stop MAGA, she could switch parties -- bring along one or two others -- and give the Democrats control of the House. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
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‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Like everything Trump does, renaming the Kennedy center after himself, won't last. It will die in court or in the next administration, where all of his executive orders will be summarily dumped into the trash. #MAGADeathSpiral www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Trustees voted to rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. Kennedy family members and Democrats blasted the move as illegal.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If @mayorofchicago.bsky.social was anything like Trump, he would shut down an Amazon warehouse just to punish @washingtonpost.com owner Jeff Bezos for this editorial. Alas, we still value free speech in Chicago. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Chicago has lost its mind
The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Per the City of Chicago website, every single category of crime is down. A lot of people have worked hard to make this happen, from violence interruptors and police to philanthropic, faith, business, and community leaders.
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Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We have a long way to go, but I am so happy we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years here in Chicago! The work of reducing violence is never easy- I am so incredibly grateful to all who have stayed with it for so long. @chicagocred.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/o...
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Arne Duncan: Community violence intervention is working in Chicago
Chicago neighborhoods where community violence intervention is most active have some of the largest declines in gun violence in the city.
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Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Here in Chicago, we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years Far from a mission accomplished moment- we still have so far to go- but remarkable progress nonetheless We have to keep reducing violence & accelerating progress- the only way accomplish that is together. @chicagocred.bsky.social
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Few things frustrate me more than the @wsj.com editorial page--which does more to enable Trump's excesses than any other mainstream media platform in America. So it's good to see them demanding accountability for Hegseth's actions in the Caribbean. www.wsj.com/opinion/drug...
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Opinion | Shooting the Wounded on Drug Boats?
Congress is right to seek the truth about the alleged Hegseth missile order.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Police officers-for better and for worse-have the training and the authority to use lethal force to defend themselves and neutralize a threat. National guard soldiers don't. In an urban environment, with lots of uncertainty, they are sitting ducks.
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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
If you want to blame someone for the tragic death of a national guard member in DC, focus on the president who assigned her to that pointless, dangerous mission. Trump put her in harm's way under false pretenses. He's still lying about it. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Guard member dies after D.C. shooting as second victim fights for life
The two National Guard members, who came from units in West Virginia, had been patrolling in D.C. since August.
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Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We continue to hope the courts can save education from Trump’s destruction… School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
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