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11 months

Starting a thread for my normal friends who don't experience my feed. You've been completely scammed about "open air prisons" + concentration camps See below for what life was like in Gaza, starting with a luxury car dealership that opened Aug 2023 in Gaza City (h/t @imshin ) 👇

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Taking a break, but could go on forever with more villas, private pools, beachfront resorts, even Gazan Youtubers doing restaurant reviews. Let's be clear: most Gazans live in poverty. But if this is Gaza with Hamas siphoning the vast majority of international "aid" to

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Brunch on the Titanic Rooftop in Southern Gaza overlooking the ocean

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The Blanco Beach private Beach Resort in Gaza

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State of the Art Virtual Reality club for kids in Gaza City

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@joe8715 @50lilli @imshin probably 20-30%? the point is that (a) the prison narrative is merely a cause to generate Jewish hate and (b) if hamas didn't steal all the money and invested in commerce instead, it could have been something special.

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Nu Level Rooftop Restaurant on a Saturday in 2023 in Gaza City

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Al Qadi Sweets luxury candy store in Gaza City

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Capital Mall Shopping Center in Gaza

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Friends Club in Gaza, one of **multiple** equestrian academies on the strip.

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Cedar restaurant in Gaza City 2023

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7 years

Omg. No. This is not how bitcoin works.

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The Asdaa City Water Park in southern Gaza

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White House Bridal Salon, opened in 2020:

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Girls day out at a Gazan beachfront resort

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Supermarket in Central Gaza Strip June 2022

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Gazan family, out shopping at a Mall March 2023

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Every Thursday night, DJ parties at the C House Milano Beach Resort in Gaza

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Gaza's famous Az-Zawiyeh Market August 2022

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Tropical Restaurant in southern Gaza, circa June 2023

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@ashersyed @justindross @imshin via rafah crossing? about 150-200k gazans per year?

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5 years

1/ Excited to share that @startinglinevc has closed $17m to discover & fund early stage consumer startups building products and services for the 99% economy. 🦄

Announcing Starting Line Fund I — STARTING LINE

Today, I’m pleased to share that we’ve closed $17M to discover and fund early stage consumer startups building products and services for the 99% economy – companies that leverage technology to be...

www.startingline.vc

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1 year

@StopAntisemites @saic_news has been reported to school trustees. Thanks.

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10 months

@Dena This is horrible. Hate is a cancer.

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7 years

Love that @kmlake brought her toddler to nasdaq, with teddy bear in tow. What a freakin awesome Mom. #nobabysitter

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11 months

Basically only three places Jews feel safe right now: - State of Israel - State of Utah - Germany Not the expected outcome.

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3 years

1/ Excited to share that @startinglinevc has closed another $30m to discover & fund early stage consumer startups building products and services for the 99% economy. 🦄

Announcing Starting Line Fund II — STARTING LINE

Eighteen months ago, Starting Line came out of stealth in order to share that we’d closed a $17M pilot fund to back early stage consumer startups building products and services for the 99% economy –...

www.startingline.vc

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11 months

@RachelJessWolff @georgetownsfs how is this stuff even real? how are they all so evil?

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@Lemapal they were our hostages, no? we’re bringing them for a proper burial.

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@YS @imshin rafah crossing?

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@TheLeadCNN @jaketapper this was compelling and meaningful. thank you jake.

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1 year

@TalibanPRD__ this is a video from Syria. you are being scammed.

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10 months

@Stealx ngl man. 200b market cap. stock basically ATH. i respect the hell out of the hustle. they dont need to do this. just pure hustle.

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5 years

Broke VC firm: junior partners should take over board seats at underperforming cos so they can "learn" and we can "save time." Woke VC: work with founders to get junior partners on the boards of high fliers, so they build brands & become known as winners. So obv; rarely done.

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@AvivaKlompas who is this guy? im 1000% gonna send some challah and rugelach to his doorstep.

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11 months

@MichaelaLehr we all knew this would happen one day. nevertheless it feels so surreal.

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7 years

1/ Abt to commit career suicide. Wish me luck. The silence from Chicago entrepreneurial “leaders” re Michael Ferro’s sexual assault & deviancy is deafening. It is appalling. It is embarrassing. Literally not a peep.

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5 years

Fundraising is hard. So I bought up the ad space in all the elevators of the LPs who ghosted on us during @startinglinevc fundraise last year. Running 10x/hr, every hour, through the end of the year. (Maybe longer? 🤷‍♂️) 🤙 @HaleyKwaitZollo

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10 months

Was brunching at a kosher restaurant in Chicago this AM with my kids when... Two freed October 7th Hostages came walking in. Their table waiting for them broke out in song of Am Yisrael Chai and Thank You Hashem. A unique moment as a parent: I got to teach my children that all

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7 years

My thoughts on being early to online poker, daily fantasy and bitcoin & where to find the next big thing:

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4 years

It is fairly remarkable that we’re 40 days or so from a possible civil war and everyone’s just ordering grubhub and watching documentaries on Netflix like the world is normal.

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11 months

@joe8715 @50lilli @imshin i merely posted videos that Gazans posted willingly to their own TikTok’s.

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5 years

There are two Chicago tech communities The one with the talking heads saying the same things for a decade. And the one with the kids building weird stuff and working their hearts out. Press cares about the former because it’s easy. Invest into the latter because it’s harder.

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1 year

Some personal thoughts I drafted after conversations with dozens of American Jews over the past 72hrs. If this resonates, pls like/retweet.

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4 years

Q1 @unchainedcap board meeting yesterday I came away just in awe. On the precipice of becoming THE financial institutional for the emerging bitcoin economy. They care as much about your bitcoin as you do.

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7 years

a lot of ppl say: if only I'd put $$ into McDonald or Walmart back in X welp, crypto is staring you in the face. And u just read this tweet

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3 years

Still early days but Chicago is on the absolute forefront of building the @solana ecosystem. under the radar but 100% for real

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2 years

Thoughts we shared with our LPs this past October. On the transition from fun to hard.

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10 months

Heading home from a great day in SF. After yesterdays university testimony, i had an obligation to wear this hat.

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1 year

@DurhamReport530 @TalibanPRD__ this is a video from Syria, not Gaza. you have been scammed.

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3 years

Three years ago today, @startinglinevc held its first close on ~$7M of a $20M fund target after 6mo of fundraising. We had two investments at the time which I funded by borrowing the money: @BookCameo and @unchainedcap . Lol Three years later: 👇

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@Davidjpark96 I don’t write emails like this because I don’t want founders to hate me, but I have to admit the entire ecosystem would be more healthier if more investors were this brutally transparent.

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4 years

If you are a parent and you are surviving the pandemic, YOU. ARE. A. FREAKING. HERO.

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3 years

Finally got off the grid last week. I’d forgotten what a vacation feels like. ❤️ rip my inbox tho

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1 year

My 8yo - for the first time ever - asked me to wake him up early, bring him to synagogue for morning prayers so he could pray for the safety of our homeland her brave soldiers. The next generation always offers hope.

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10 months

@CallaWalsh didn’t you commit a crime and set off smoke bombs? what am I missing here? why are you proud?

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5 years

🦄 Just signed first term sheet of my career off a cold inbound email. 🚍 Talent is distributed. Opportunity and access is not. 📝 Write concise, strong emails. People do read them. ❤️ @startinglinevc

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3 years

$2M in a single offshore on @HavenXHV . New record. 🔥🔥🔥 Get asked all the time “does anyone use the tech?” Lol yes.

Haven Treasury

@HavenTreasury

3 years

1,981,386.93 $XUSD minted at someone's wallet! 73,737.00 $XHV burned. Pricing Record: $26.87 Fees Paid: $3,962.77 paid in XHV 🔓 Unlock Time: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:24:18 GMT

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Praying alone in a hotel room. Sad, miserable. Would pay anything to be home with my family. Encouraging every Jew to say a prayer from the heart for the safety of our soldiers and hostages. Here’s an example if you just want to read something. Or just speak from the heart.

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3 years

The cat is out of the bag 😻😻😻 Forever grateful @DanielRotman for letting me be one of your first investors. The world has no idea how insanely good a CEO he is. Only raised $1M ever. Never burned a single penny.

Mars Is Said to Acquire PrettyLitter for Under $1 Billion

Consumer products giant Mars Inc. has agreed to acquire cat litter company PrettyLitter Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

www.bloomberg.com

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6 years

Why I love Chicago (Reason #18 ) - Where CEOs of billion dollar companies respond to cold e-mails, same day, from seed stage entrepreneurs & hop on the phone, hours later, to talk them through their questions. Rare.

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1/ After 6 wonderful years of learning from an extraordinary partnership, it is time to say goodbye to @ChicagoVentures . Thank you @stuartlarkins @kwiller @lindsayknight @JDuboe @pxmanv @jacksonjhin @robchesney for yrs of friendship & life lessons.

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2 years

Not a vacation. Just Chicago.

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4 years

Just euphoric right now about the future of Chicago tech scene with the next generation stepping up in a big way and funding each other. Have encouraged multiple local execs this week to start rolling funds. Love that it’s becoming “cool” to invest in Chicago.

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5 years

Been running so fast and focusing on the future that ive struggled to be mindful about all the wins along the way. Taking a breath: @startinglinevc is absolutely crushing. so grateful for this opportunity.

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4 years

food delivery is a category case study for the record books. so much intrigue and game theory if you know where to look under the hood. major externalities also brewing around modularity that will shift value longterm 1/x

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Hosted a lunch yesterday for 8 founders in Chicago. In that group - - 2 ipos = $15B+ ev - $600m+ capital raised (excluding IPOs) - 1 bootstrapped co shipping 8figs+ cash flow - 4 fintech, 2 healthcare, 1 marketplace, 1 hr saas Not bad?

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4 years

Launching something I've wanted to for years - Insights from the Jewish holidays and weekly Torah portions that will improve and uplift the way we act as investors, operators and leaders. Doing this for my own self growth but inviting everyone along🙏

Insights from the weekly Torah portion that relate to our roles as investors and operators of...

Welcome to Venturing Into the Parsha by me, Ezra Galston.

venturingintottheparsha.substack.com

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Fully functioning Lego menorah, replete with oil lamps, invented by my 9yo future engineer with no instructions, just passion and a deep love for Chanukah. ❤️

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2 years

Pretty bullish on Chicago right now ama

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4 years

chicago startup scene is definitely happening: @BookCameo @M1_Finance @ChowbusOfficial all consumer/mobile + founded 2016/2017 + on unicorn path. many years of slow ecosystem building. but finally intensifying.

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@yashar I agree yashar. My point was to react to the implication that Gaza is a “concentration camp.” I note at the end there is enormous poverty and suffering. Thanks.

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Shipbob road showing an IPO Hallow one of the top apps in the country Justin Ishbia on 20 minute VC Brandon Johnson approval rating down to 21% 70 degrees today Chicago sorta on fire rn 🔥🔥🔥

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5 years

As we enter startup awards season here in Chicago, posting this blog I held back for 1.5 years because friends told me it would hurt my chances to fundraise in Chicago. Welp, not rly concerned abt that anymore so here goes bc I care.

Enough With The Award Shows Already — STARTING LINE

There is a growing cancer in many emerging startup ecosystems: a glut of self-congratulatory awards shows and banquets that honor both local advocates of entrepreneurship as well as early stage...

www.startingline.vc

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Extraordinary profile of @HavenXHV $XHV over at Messari. Deeply proud that @startinglinevc was its first institutional token holder well before it was obvious. The world’s first private, stable, money 🔥🔥🔥

Messari | Road to #Mainnet2024 🗽

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In July 2020, Haven released the world's first private stablecoin: xUSD Since then, $XHV has picked up steam, surpassing previous 2018 highs

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@SpencerJCox I was in SLC on Tuesday. A random latino family came to the Yalla kosher food truck in Chabad square with an SUV draped in an Israeli flag and came specifically to eat kosher just to support the Jews. Utah loves Israel and I am here for it!!!!

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Can’t sleep. Can’t fight. Too far away to comfort mourners. Can’t even cry anymore. So doing what Jews have done for thousands of years. Praying late at night for Gd to protect our people, our soldiers, and remove evil from the earth.

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I am a happy customer and the product is great. @PathCrypto The safest, sec compliant crypto app featuring segregated accounts (ie no ftx risk). $100 free for new depositors

Birch

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2 months

It’s finally time 🙏 We’ve been in open beta now for 3-4 months onboarding thousands of investors & we’re kicking it up ✅ SEC Regulated crypto app ✅ Secure custody ✅ Managed & self directed portfolios ✅ Much cheaper fees than Coinbase Stop trading. Start investing.

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@zalzally it turns out you can do diligence 10x faster with a large team of former bankers who are trained to work 120hrs/wk. honestly, they just put us all to shame.

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6 years

Congrats to @Grubhub which has very quietly grown into a $10B company. #GoChicagoGo

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1 year

Shabbat shalom from Chicago in the spring ❤️

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@CDRosa Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now Free the hostages now Flood the tunnels now

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Crypto rn is identical to online poker circa 2006. Rising tide lifts all boats + everyone’s a genius until the 18yo kids with infinite disposable time accelerate their speed of learning and leave everyone else in the dust. I was once that kid. The circle of life repeats itself.

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4 years

My 4yo made a cameo on our @startinglinevc quarterly LP call, barging through a closed door to thank me for buying him a Spiderman bike. At first I was embarrassed. Then I pulled him onto my lap, kissed him, smiled and squeezed him tight. What a wonderful Corona moment

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4 years

ordered so much from the same restaurant, owner just started texting me, keeps my cc and address on file and asked me to order via text and it’s my favorite thing ever

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@aimhumor legend

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its just....sad psa: an "accelerator" that provides no funding and even charges its founders ($200?! why!?) is...nc what to call it; maybe predatory? dear chicago establishment: founders dont need your mediocre mentorship. they need your $$$ to have shot at building something.

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@EzraMoGee @CrainsChicago No funding. Just a demo day.

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@micahjay1 israelis just built different

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@heyalexfriedman i have never seen such a valuable filtering opportunity. it is a gift.

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11 months

Four blocks from my house. In fact, I was there. It is terrifying to be Jewish right now.

Peter Christos

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11 months

Yesterday in Skokie, myself & @TPUSA coworker were violently attacked by Pro-Hamas protestors while trying to escort a lost, elderly Jewish couple to the Pro-Israel event. I was punched repeatedly, kicked in the head, and hit with a flagpole. This is being Pro-Israel in 2023.

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Perseverance

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Praying for light and moral clarity in the midst of immeasurable darkness. A Chanukah unlike any other.

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4 years

BigCommerce - $6.5B Yeti - $4.5B Vital Farms - $1.75B Austin is having a moment

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4 years

Congrats to @cryptodweab @LaPierreLafitte + the @HavenXHV team on eclipsing $100M total network value for their vision of private, stable money $xhv. starting line was an early holder and doubled down twice in 2020. one of the best crypto teams ive come across.

Haven Protocol

@HavenXHV

4 years

We're often asked how to track Haven's unique MCAP. Simple. We calculate Total Network Value (TVN): $XHV (supply x price) + $xUSD (supply) Soon, value of new xAssets will also be included. Today Haven's TVN surpassed $100M for the first time.

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A little thread on someone who is too humble to ever write it themselves. Two years ago our dear friend + former partner @adeolonoh decided to transition to poker full time. Yesterday, he placed 13th in the largest World Poker Tour Championship ever out of 3,850 players.

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2 years

American healthcare complex justifiably gets dragged through the mud pretty regularly. But underneath the politics, it’s comprised of real people who truly, deeply care. My thanks to @LurieChildrens for hitting a home run with our two child, double surgery today.