Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Take a look at the bike traffic near Blackfriars Bridge in London during the evening rush hour. Incredible! 522830
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Grooming the Oak Street Beach @ Sunrise in Chicago. The narrated video has some birds fly by with the cart moving from left to right and the water moving. Photo & video taken after 5 AM today. 000
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 26/05/2026Today in Chicago History: Buckingham Fountain openschicagotribune.comToday in Chicago History: Buckingham Fountain opens 0137
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Sunrise over Lake Michigan from Chicago. 010
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026When the state is disenfranchising its Black voters, there's zero question why ROOTS was just banned in Knox County, Tennessee schools.wbir.comKnox County Schools adds Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Roots' to list of banned booksKnox County Schools recently took Alex Haley's influential novel, "Roots," off library shelves under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act. 1582377939
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I’m pro-freedom, pro-law and order, pro-limited government, and pro-the Declaration and the Constitution. And so today I’m a Democrat. 40864941003
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/05/2026THANK YOU David Letterman & Stephen Colbert for a lifetime of smart satire, laughs, speaking truth to power & sending us to bed with a smile on our collective faces. You will be missed. 🙏 #EndOfAnEra 393235924829
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16/05/2026Cleveland celebrates 2016 team, an unforgettable season and a World Series that slipped away vs. Chicago Cubschicagotribune.comCleveland celebrates 2016 team, an unforgettable season and a World Series that slipped away vs. Chicago Cubs 082
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem? 701201587443
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/11/2025TEN MONTHS IN: The national debt is higher. The trade deficit is wider. The inflation rate has worsened. The unemployment rate is up. 527108974568
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 18/11/2025The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.trib.alEducation Department takes a major step forward in the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle itThe U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. 102330
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2025 248114563844
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/11/2025"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b... 17129321591
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Obama was once asked about DJT’s animosity toward him. And Obama’s answer? Something like, “Well, we just never seemed to get along, growing up together in Kenya.” 000
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...chicago.suntimes.comPope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says. 604229266404
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Air travel during the Trump administration: "Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night. At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..." www.click2houston.com/news/local/2... 1171948754
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/10/2025In case facts still matter 11956582153
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I would add only one, additional concern. The need for a large and reliable electricity supply means a large and reliable water supply. That usually means underground sources that are plentiful, take a thousand years to create but can be exhausted within decades. That’s an 800 pound gorilla. 000
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/10/2025“[T]he donation appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...nytimes.comDonor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune 27320114
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The scope is growing: Trump is now calling for the criminal prosecutions of perceived political foes Christopher Wray, Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, and Lisa Monaco — mischaracterizing records and falsely claiming they'd rigged the 2020 election. 60692217
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/10/2025WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom. 26522522110328
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialJulie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 15/10/202510 months in and… Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...wsj.comGrocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores. 1210449
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Mr. Speaker, did you have a really bad day. Your memory seems to show that your cognitive decline is severe. DJT and your party staged a violent insurrection against our constitution and the front-line officers protecting our democratic leaders, including you, as the mob tried to kill VP Pence. 000
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.” 273161174893
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2025Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity." 541291858882
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/10/2025If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment 561880444
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialJulie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“Trump’s remarks were not…merely among the most disturbing or dangerous ever delivered by a US president. None, even during civil war or other moments of unrest, has so openly and hostilely targeted their own civilians.” @djrothkopf.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-gener...thedailybeast.comTrump’s Generals Speech Proved to Be Dumb, Deluded... and DangerousPresident Trump and Pentagon Pete seem determined to declare war on America itself. 316552
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2025“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025 343262557872
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane 14685961517525
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2025Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes" 366157964508
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 30/09/2025Democrats are standing united, ready to fund the government and save Americans’ health care. Republicans left town, refused to negotiate, and would rather shut down the government and rip health care away from millions more Americans. 2822575
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes. The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comVaccines don't cause autism. What does?Scientists say most brain changes that contribute to autistic traits occur before birth. 17636451068
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Digital Dopamine Is Consuming America. It’s Time to Fight for IRL. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...nytimes.com 000
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job. 742278385666
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Thank you, Governor Pritzker, for telling the truth and providing true leadership. As a resident of Chicago, I support your efforts. 041
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2025Meiselas: Stop both-sidesing it, media. Stop trying to sow division within the Democratic Party when we literally have military invasions into American cities, aided and abetted by red state governors, who, again, are the takers who wouldn't exist without the blue states 460181765470
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/08/2025 507180696140
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialRingo Burns @ringoburns.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Thank you thank you thank you Governor Pritzker! Excellent peaceful announcement in solidarity with the people of Chicago.media.tenor.coma sign that says bravo bravo on itALT: a sign that says bravo bravo on it 631059
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialCodify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Paul Skenes: 50 MLB starts, 66 earned runs allowed It looks like a typo but it isn't. 51449
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialInsta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain. 1518208971
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025At least some D’s are finally waking up to reality. 010
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/08/2025Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running." 646168344864
wpaulfarmer.bsky.social @wpaulfarmer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025My own observation. 2 or 3 people making a well-planned visit can usually lead to useful info exchange and ideas. The 2-3 day trips by lots of people or entire commissions are typically just junkets. 020
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialMichelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 17/08/2025So let's get this straight : GOP Gov Mike DeWine of Ohio is sending National Guard troops to DC when cities in his own terribly run state have a higher crime rate than DC. 1802887978
Reposted by @wpaulfarmer.bsky.socialJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened. 371431613
