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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:

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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DID YOU KNOW: Databases Rule Everything Around Me Every Case Management System is a Database Covered with Friendly Skin PACER? Database! Billable hours tracker? Database! Client phone calls subpoenaed from a? Database! E-discovery? Westlaw? Doc review? Database! Database! Database!

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Princess Bride: Humperdinck! Humperdinck!

Alt: Billy Crystal yells in Princess Bride: Humperdinck! Humperdinck! Humperdinck!

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Honestly thought @joyclarkmusic.bsky.social was one of the best at the Geneva Folk Fest when we were there on Sunday.

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seems like it would be a good fit for the www.womensprobaseballleague.com www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/...

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Weiner Mobile spotted heading south on the Kennedy, by Irving Park

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just remembering last year’s turkey

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hospital employment fell in July for the first time since Dec. 2021. July employment was down 4,000 from June, while gains in May and June were also revised down by almost 7,000. Could easily disappear in future revisions, but definitely something to watch. www.modernhealthcare.com/data-insight...

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Staffing & Compensation

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 31/07/2026

The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods. See if you meet our requirements here:

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The Trace and Block Club Chicago are hiring a Staff Writer

The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Schumer, hitting CMS ending a Medicare Part D subsidy pilot: "Trump’s crusade against Americans’ healthcare costs continues every single day. Listen to this: yesterday, Trump doubled prescription drug costs for millions of seniors by making cuts to Medicare drug plans." @birdy.bsky.social yesterday:

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Medicare drug plan subsidy to expire

Since 2025, Medicare Part D enrollees have had access to extra subsidies to defray higher premiums.

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Heidi MacDonald @ SPX @comixace.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hello and welcome to the 2026 Eisner Awards Ceremony. It has been a strange year but I am going to cover them as usual so join in to ehar about the acceptance speeches and spectacle. #eisnerawards #SDCC

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We suspect politics drives administrative decisions, but here it is in court papers re $8 billion in cancelled energy projects: "DOE accepts that the inclusion of grants in the October notice tranche was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state." Pg. 7:

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

An interesting legal story for folks following corporate consolidation of healthcare. California AG Rob Bonta secured a settlement with Carbon Health forcing it to give control of several dozen clinics back to doctors. State law bars PE and hedge funds from running healthcare. And a $4.4M fine.

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Carbon Health settles ‘corporate practice of medicine’ case

California invoked its "corporate practice of medicine" law in a case against primary care provider Carbon Health.

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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @handle.invalid · 29/06/2026

“Closing a school is like evicting an entire community of social networks...You're taking a place that was so meaningful to a group of people, and now they're no longer able to congregate there and build their lives around it.”

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Public school closings in Chicago linked to more gun violence in nearby neighborhoods

Data shows a 10% increase in shootings can be linked to mass public school closures

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Everyone thinks they’re going to b Ironman when they become a superhero but the truth is they’re going to have to b closer to Betsey Ross. Start working on your sewing skills

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Casey Toner @ctoner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@maggiedough.bsky.social and I sat down with more than a dozen compulsive gamblers in recovery about let them speak at length about their own lives. It is at turns sad, frightening, infuriating, occasionally funny and painfully human 🧵 illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/24/w...

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What Compulsive Gamblers Know

The hopes, dreams and tragedies of people who can't stop betting

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You can see my feelings about the shared post in the comments, where I pointed out some - but not all - of the problems with this medical story. But now the person who uncritically shared it - do I unfollow them for what I see as a lapse in judgement? Curating your feed is important work people

Image of someone’s feed where they shared a questionable post

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

In a sports bar in Santa Fe NM with a bunch of excited Brazil fans and a couple of dejected Scots in kilts

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

TLDR, got to this part and stopped "Only 0.04% of America’s freshwater in 2023 was consumed inside data centers themselves. This is 3% of the water consumed by the American golf industry." If you limit the effects of something to try and explain away the totality of the effects, that's a problem.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 09/06/2026

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's funny how suburbanites are so scared that if they come into the city they'll immediately get robbed but they go to Cubs games and get charged $18 for a beer

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A timely reminder! Please know that I have taken the time out of enjoying this beautiful Sunday to block each and every person who jumped into my mentions with some version of “actually, all journalists suck”

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

Picture of a TV screen with teletubbies going to bed with the subtitles: I know you were high during my mother-in-laws wake

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

With HHS due to set rules for Medicaid work requirements by Monday, 6 governors worried about the Jan. 1 start are appealing to RFKjr for flexibility. "our states are working diligently... and we have done so with limited federal guidance."

We write as governors committed to the effective administration of our Medicaid programs on behalf of the millions of Americans who depend on them. As our states work diligently to implement the Medicaid work
reporting requirements on the ambitious timeline set forth in H.R. 1, we are writing today to respectfully seek the federal partnership necessary to ensure responsible implementation.
Specifically, we request two things: first, we request that your department confirm that, should the forthcoming Interim Final Rule (IFR) introduce substantive policy changes that diverge from states’ reasonable working assumptions, an appropriate timeline is afforded states to make these significant policy and technology changes;
and, second, we request that your department provide a formal written response to our outstanding guidance requests before June 1, 2026, to support timely state planning.

The Implementation Challenge

Our concern is straightforward: our states are working diligently to implement the Medicaid work reporting requirements enacted by Congress last summer, and we have done so with limited federal guidance. In the ten months since enactment, we have reached out to your department on multiple occasions seeking operational
guidance, and while CMS has provided helpful verbal assurances, we have not yet received formal policies. In the absence of final official guidance, and in service of the challenging timeline set out in the law, we have made good-faith operational decisions to revise our state systems. We write today requesting that published, final guidance align as closely as possible with states’ working assumptions based on informal policy direction from CMS to date and that states not be required to make significant changes at this stage of implementation.
Implementing Medicaid work reporting requirements is an administratively complex and resource-intensive undertaking. States must make substantial changes to their eligibility and enrollment systems; de…

We understand that CMS is required to publish an IFR by June 1, 2026, and we appreciate the Department’s
efforts to meet that statutory deadline. However, the timing of the IFR in relation to the January 1, 2027 effective
date creates an operational challenge worth addressing now. If the IFR contains policy guidance that differs in any
material respect from the operational choices states have made – whether in the absence of CMS guidance or in
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portions of their implementation work. Given the timing, that would leave states seven months or less to finalize
regulations, update systems, execute data-sharing agreements, issue beneficiary notices, and complete all other
required steps before the January 1 compliance date.
This challenge is compounded by a structural reality of Medicaid administration that CMS understands well:
many states do not build or maintain their own IT systems. These systems are built, maintained, and modified by
third-party vendors operating under multi-year contracts representing tens – and in many cases hundreds – of
millions of dollars in state and federal expenditures. Every change must be specified in writing, scoped and
contracted with the vendor, reviewed for compliance with federal certification standards, independently tested,
and validated before deployment. Vendors typically require six to twelve months or more to complete significant
system modifications, even when states provide complete and final specifications from the outset. States are not in
a position to direct their vendors to implement requirements that have not yet been defined.

mplementation Timelines Matter for the People This Policy Is Meant to Serve

The administrative record from prior state community engagement pilots offers useful context. When Arkansas implemented similar requirements in 2018, a significant number of eligible beneficiaries lost coverage due to implementation challenges, i.e., system errors, notices that did not reach beneficiaries, and confusion about reporting procedures. Federal courts applying the APA’s “arbitrary and capricious” standard subsequently found that beneficiaries’ due process rights had been affected not by the policy itself but by gaps in implementation
infrastructure and notice – a risk that is meaningfully greater in a simultaneous national rollout undertaken without final federal guidance.
States also face real legal and financial exposure when implementation difficulties result in coverage terminations that are later found to be erroneous. Federal law and the laws of many states entitle Medicaid beneficiaries to restoration of coverage and, in many jurisdictions, to compensation for costs incurred during periods of erroneous
disenrollment. In the absence of a final federal regulatory standard, terminations will necessarily be made in reliance on states’ reasonable interpretations of the statute – interpretations that may later be second-guessed. The financial and administrative costs of responding to beneficiary claims, including any remediation required, are
substantial and fall on state agencies that are already managing significant fiscal pressures.

We raise these concerns because we believe addressing them now is in everyone’s interest. We are asking for the federal partnership that responsible implementation requires – specifically, appropriate transition timelines for any substantive IFR changes and a written response to our outstanding guidance requests by June 1, 2026.

Respectfully,

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Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

NEW REPORT: After Chicago shut down ShotSpotter in Sept. 2024, CPD response times to priority 1 calls improved by an average of 4.2 minutes. Read more here: uchicago-justice-project.github.io/chicago_crim...

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It is May 25th in Chicago and I have grudgingly put away the snow shovels

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Somewhere in the last several months we started paying for about 20% less toilet paper.

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Tim Broderick @timbroderick.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hello tourists! Welcome to Chicago, we’re happy you’re here! Good job taking the Blue Line downtown from O’Hare. FYI: we stand right on the up escalators, allowing people to walk up to our left, minimizing the traffic on the stairs for people coming down. Have a great time in our beautiful city!

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Ravenous @weareravenous.com · 06/05/2026

After many months of planning, meeting, writing, and learning a lot more about finance than any of us thought we would in our careers, and after April’s month-long subscriber drive that has brought so many of you to us, we have officially arrived at Day 1 of Ravenous. We have two stories for you.

A graphic with the headline: “This Is Day One of Ravenous” with a subhead that says, “We made it.” The background is a painting called Pronkstilleven by artist Adriaen van Utrecht, made in 1644. It shows a lavish banquet with lobster, fruit, ham, and more, with a monkey grabbing a berry.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The program schedule is LIVE on the CAKE website! Workshops, panels, and more are happening Saturday & Sunday at the Irish American Heritage Center -- all FREE 🎉 www.cakechicago.com/26schedule Take a look and make a plan to join us next weekend 😎

Graphic reading "Program schedule is live on our website! May 2 & 3 2026 / CAKE / 4626 N. Knox Ave."

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Schumer with reassuring words for the American Hospital Association today on site neutrality that Rs seem more interested in these days: "Site neutral is often just another way of saying cut the daylights out of our hospitals."

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In a radical statement, President Trump endorses shifting #Medicaid *and* Medicare completely to the states saying the federal government shouldn’t pay for either and they are little scams. The federal government currently picks up about 65% of states’ Medicaid costs on average and all of Medicare.

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

btw, this is the pretty extensive list of potential healthcare cuts to pay for war funding. Story from last week, and a gift link.

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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

With war funding and DHS on the line, Republicans are looking at a second reconciliation bill. That sets up a hunt to offset costs. And for healthcare that probably means cuts, and a second shot at passing Trump policies like expanded HSAs.

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Congress eyes another round of big healthcare cuts

Congressional GOP leaders are considering a push to follow last year's $1 trillion in healthcare cuts with more.

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