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Steve Achilles

@stevea13.bsky.social
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Family, Nonprofits, Misericordia, Chicago, Level 5 Leadership, Hockey, and a good book.

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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Source: CBS News share.google/C4pJotfGrIka... Before Trump was it the President? It feels more like Congress failing to do its job that led to trump.
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Sen. Thom Tillis says that, without checks on power, "we will have a sort of dictator king if we're not careful"
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring soon, says without checks on power, U.S. democracy is at risk. He discusses his fears for the future of U.S. democracy and his relationship with President Trump.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/10/2026
Durkin, the moderate suburban Republican who has long opposed President Donald Trump, said he's tired of "the Darren Bailey shtick."
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Former Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin crosses party line to endorse Gov. JB Pritzker over Darren Bailey
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 01/10/2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the city’s corporate class of ignoring Black and brown lives Wednesday in a wide-ranging speech to a crowd of business leaders at the City Club of Chicago.
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At City Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson asks why rich put profits over ‘the lives of my neighbors’
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Luckovich nails it again
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Theo does a great job with his cartoons.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vote Independent
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Losing good prosecutors who don't trust Trump's DOJ is scary.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 25/09/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More of this ...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/09/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 21/09/2026
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry’s proposed Welcome Hall would spoil one of Chicago's "great urban vistas" and should be sent back to the drawing board, writes Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey.
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Griffin MSI's new design must go back to the drawing board: 'Carbuncle in the park'
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Pablo @un5toppabl0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ohtani had to become the Dodgers all time leader in homeruns to get the MVP not just the left handers 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Sammy Sosa's Iconic Homerun Celebration
Alt: Sammy Sosa's Iconic Homerun Celebration
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17/09/2026
A senior executive at Microsoft believes AI systems built on the work of others will be seen as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing lawsuit.
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New docs in AI copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
A senior executive at Microsoft believes AI systems built on the work of others will be seen as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human ...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17/09/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/09/2026
Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. President Donald Trump and Congress are not rushing to act.
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Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. President Donald Trump and Congress are not rushing to act.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 12/09/2026
Chicago Youth Awards bring honor, pride to West Side community
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Chicago Youth Awards bring honor, pride to West Side community
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump’s pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn from some members of Congress — the very people who have constitutional authority over federal spending.
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Donald Trump wants to send Americans money. Congress and economists don’t seem thrilled with the idea.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 09/09/2026
As contract talks stall, CPS lunch workers unveil pledge for school board candidates
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As contract talks stall, CPS lunch workers unveil pledge for school board candidates
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I wish more Americans had health care in other countries. Our medical system provides worse care than any other developed country. We pay too much for poor outcomes.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 07/09/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: mrf.lu/2DXDl
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 06/09/2026
Operation Midway Blitz, one year later: A changed Chicago forges on after the resistance
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Operation Midway Blitz, one year later: A changed Chicago forges on after the resistance
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I think a majority of Americans feel like they don't belong on either side of our politics.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A Canadian map company that keeps all data in Canada. Currently in beta, please support 🇨🇦🍁. 🔗 maplemaps.ca
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Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just downloaded #MapQuest and deleted #Google maps! MapQuest won’t change the name of #LakeOntario. 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖕🏽🇺🇸
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
America has failed moral leadership.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 29/08/2026
Biblioracle: ‘The Nerd Reich’ looks at tech industry billionaires’ impact on democracy
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Biblioracle: ‘The Nerd Reich’ looks at tech industry billionaires’ impact on democracy
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 28/08/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This makes me less nervous. Glad to have smart people like @normeisen.bsky.social to help explain what is going on.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli... This is a good start to address the inequitable capture of assets by owners. We also need to address companies like Walmart and McDonald's that thrive on low salaries that push people to government assistance despite working full time.
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Mark Cuban wants to solve wealth inequality by making employers choose between paying higher taxes or giving every member of staff company stock
“If we continue to see growing disparity in income, you risk unrest and further division, which is the most expensive tax on every business.”
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Another food problem! It is getting scary to buy food.
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Todd Achilles | Achilles for Idaho @achillesid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
750 doors knocked on Super Saturday!! 🌟 One down and only 11 more Saturdays until election day. If you want to get involved with our volunteer base - register using the volunteer interest form and join the team! We would love to have you. ✍️ forms.achillesforidaho.com/f/volunt…
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
But, but, but the guy that had his brain ate by worms said sooo
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An outstanding article and explainer that makes it clear we can't trust business to protect us from authoritarianism.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Listen to Doctors not politicians.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Eby: "I feel sorry for Americans. If you can't be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have a friend anywhere in the world. And that is a very lonely place to be." #cdnpoli
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Grandpa trumpf is a sick man. 12 min and I feel stupider for listening
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How do you say I don't care about our country's future without saying you don't care about our country's future.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/07/2026
The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“I have a msg for Americans. You can press this message out. Canadians believe in Canada. Canadians are getting behind this country. Canadians are making decisions of where they travel, where they purchase, who they support, the institutions they support.“ — Mark Carney Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 30/06/2026
Every time I watch PBS Newshour, I’m swiftly reminded of what an actual news broadcast should be.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We are likely crippling our military for a generation.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Looks a lot like a centrally planned economy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply | Robert Reich
The economic principles taught in school aren’t as relevant as hype, connections and total, arbitrary control
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This feels to close to home.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Want to break the DC gridlock? Look at Idaho. If Independents win, neither major party gets an absolute majority. A new Bullfinch poll shows Todd Achilles takes a +20 lead (51% vs 31%) over 83 yo millionaire incumbent Jim Risch once voters hear both platforms. #USSenate #Independent #TermLimits
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is a troubled human being!
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Are you listening #Chicago
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another powerful political cartoon.
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Steve Achilles @stevea13.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
More of this! If we don't stand up for Democracy now will our children enjoy the privilege of our freedom later?
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