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I Tweet, Therefore I Am. Covering Chicago & Cook County government for @thedailylinechi . | he/him | Bylines: @CrucesSunNews @USATODAY @Suntimes @PhoenixLUC .

Chicago, IL
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Stills from my Letterboxd Top 4.
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Stills from my Letterboxd Top 4.
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@MaceAhWindu The Blip/Snap is the most wasted sci-fi scenario ever put to screen. In the hands of a capable screenwriter or director, I think really awesome social commentary and social satire could be created. The MCU has no idea what they have…
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@DiscussingFilm That’s not what the article says. It’s not confirmed one way or the other… “not expected” is way different than “are not returning”
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@lesbobomb Bradley Cooper is definitely the biggest name voice actor for me who has completely disappeared into a role. Half the time I forget it’s even him.
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@oneunderscore__ “This person is either notable or a nobody, and we don’t care.”
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@kylegriffin1 Wouldn’t this do the opposite of easing inflation
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@JohnDiLillo A movie that’s just one big CGI battle with AI-generated dialogue (it doesn’t matter if the dialogue’s bad because it’ll be three straight hours of nerds clapping so you won’t be able to hear it)
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@BigPutruck It’s a fine film on its own but I agree it’s a bad fit for the trilogy it’s set within and a poor conclusion
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@artwithinpod Because of toxic discourse frankly
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@capybaroness bait take. I saw ATLA and Korra fully into my 20s well after being into, as you’d put it, “adult” shows, and ATLA/LOK do worldbuilding, storytelling, visuals and characterization (not just main characters but everyone) as good as many “adult” shows, even better in some cases.
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@benshapiro The biggest buzzkill on the internet
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@KEEMSTAR Don't title videos "RIP #DramaAlert " for views then you clickbait-hungry gnome.
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@maggieNYT Why would you tweet this without qualifying this statement
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@KEEMSTAR Can you not?
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@Browntable_Ent All around better. Dialogue doesn’t feel inauthentic. Pedro’s performance doesn’t sound phoned in, the music and composition works so well. I’d go out on a limb and say few episodes have matched this one in the series
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@oshensyde @theatomreview Every time someone criticizes Star Wars it’s die-hard fans come out of the woodwork to defend it by calling it bad on purpose or for babies or both. Lmaooo
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@comicenjoyer02 Marvel bringing back a fan-fav female character (who stood out for subverting the typical superhero love interest tropes) just to fridge her would be wild
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@heathdwilliams This petty cringe behavior rivals the Kristian Harold meltdown from years ago when Star Wars land opened
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@bornposting I agree but this one is a parody of those films IIRC. Like the Weird Al movie of these types of product biopics
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Here’s a bit of the conflict that occurred between @AldermanLaSpata and @MooreforIL after the council meeting today, where Ald. Moore delayed approval of the Hollander apartments development as payback for ShotSpotter delay. Filmed by @DonaldLVincent with @thedailylinechi
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@MikeKalinowski @metaplexmovies Whoa whoa there that sounds like a serialized television plot there. Where’s all the lore references and live action cartoon character cameos?
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@NicholasPascar5 @Reptile_Boy01 In Marvel, everything is setup for the next setup for the next setup for a mythical payoff that always is just enough out of reach to keep watching.
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@DiscussingFilm Didn’t happen
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@fellawhomstdve Honestly it’s one of the things I’m more okay with, like right now it’s the equivalent of a fixed up, purely functional classic car. Maybe it’ll get a nice paint job later in the season, but I’m glad they saved some fun for season 3 at least
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@wwbein @philcaccamise @NathanCHubbard Arbitrary yes, but no one was getting verified claiming to be LeBron or the Pope when they weren’t.
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@BorkEternal Remember when Cassie is protesting people left homeless from the Blip (that Scott basically caused) and is mad he isn’t doing more to help people. And then at the end of his “arc” he still doesn’t help those people, not even through Hope’s charity?
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1 year
. @Brandon4Chicago rn talking to voters at the Racine Blue Line stop
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2 years
I’m at the state of New Mexico’s first and only cannabis consumption lounge, Sol Cannabis in Las Cruces.
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@DiscussingFilm Michael always comes back
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That @RamblersMBB game
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@gagadrivers Imagine getting to interview an astounding actor like Driver and squandering your time by insulting his looks
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2 years
Just a brutal set of grafs. Right on.
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How many more warnings did Congress and Buttigieg need?
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#Breaking : Illinois Appellate Court reverses lower court ruling to allow #BringChicagoHome on the ballot, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. @BOMAChicago , NBOA and others had sued trying to suppress the results and won in Circuit Court almost two weeks ago. 1/2
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@avghistoryteach @XWnHIST My worry is they write an ending that’s essentially “the religious extremists are morally correct and actually the best Mandalorians” without understanding from an allegorical context what they’re actually saying with their story
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@odenhead Are they the puppies they found during Bagman filming?
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@Browntable_Ent Not sure when exactly this happened, maybe this is video fodder for you, but feels like Marvel is no longer interested in making superhero movies, and by that I mean stories about why someone chooses to use their powers for good. They’re more interested in endless worldbuilding
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@blockbustedpod Are those like some of the only remaining Wright fragments? Also imagine letting your acclaimed filmmaker walk just because you’re dead set on your hero meeting Anthony Mackie for 5 min…
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@HailEternal Thanks this is the worst fanart I’ve ever seen
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@KENOBlDJARlN Nothing. Bad plot progression? Poorly thought out story?
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2 years
This week, the @CrucesSunNews is publishing an editorial in response to increasingly dehumanizing rhetoric toward unhoused people. City leaders have "repeatedly framed the solution in terms of incarceration and criminality." We all need to do better.
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. @CDRosa tells me Biden reduced turnout: “I think if we had had more exciting candidates at the top of the ballot, a more exciting race, I think we would have seen higher turnout. I think if Bernie Sanders had been on the ballot, Bring Chicago Home would have carried the day.”
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@KEEMSTAR You can relate to "zero evidence" though.
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Zachary Levi went full meta and did the ultimate “what’s an opinion that’ll get you in this position?”
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Good morning, I'm covering the Committee on Transportation and Public Way hearing with @cta President Dorval Carter. It's the first time Carter has addressed the body since the City Council passed a measure in Oct. calling for quarterly hearings with the pres. 1/
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Pro-Palestine protests interrupted a news conference called by alders such as @RaymondALopez , @AldConway , @gilbert36ward , @AldermanTabares , etc. to condemn @ByronSigcho and call for his resignation as housing committee chair for speaking at a rally where a U.S. flag was burned.
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It’s my last day as a @CrucesSunNews reporter, but this municipal govt nerd won’t rest for long. On Monday, I’m joining @thedailylinechi as a city hall & county gov reporter. I’m excited to continue in this line of work at a bigger level! Can’t wait to be back in Chicago soon.
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@Imposter_Edits Someone needs to give him a wedgie
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@kristin__wilson 2/3 of the Republican House members who elected McCarthy Speaker minus Santos himself.
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#Breaking : A Cook County judge sided with real estate and commercial groups that had sued the Chicago Board of Elections to keep #BringChicagoHome off the ballot. While voters will still be able to vote on the measure, the results could be suppressed if a higher court affirms.
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@JohnDiLillo Wallace is such a filthy hack. There is no value to be gained from this line of insulting questioning.
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#BREAKING : Vote Yes for Clean Air, Clean Water, and Wildlife, the committee promoting a tax hike referendum for the Cook County Forest Preserve District is declaring victory in the passage of the tax increase.
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Former city council candidate Bill Beerman claims we at @CrucesSunNews don’t try to talk to the other side. If he wants to post all his emails declining multiple interview requests from me for stories, he should. Otherwise I have them.
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@benshapiro Cmon Ben you know that’s not true
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@DiscussingFilm It’s eight dashes and there’s dashes all over the map, I think this is a bunch of nonsense
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4 years
Well, the First Lady did nude photo shoots for magazines, which is fine, and the president has cheated on her with porn stars. This is not a political scandal in 2020. It’s homophobic.
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Roger Montoya, an Española-area Democrat who is running for a vacant seat on the state House of Representatives, acknowledged Monday he appeared in pornographic films when he was a struggling college student nearly four decades ago.
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Some bittersweet news. This is my last week with the @CrucesSunNews . For the last 3 years this city has been my home away from home. I still don’t think I can call myself a New Mexican, but I sure feel like an honorary one. I’ll be sharing something exciting soon. Stay tuned.
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@Matirno @DINDJARlNS Made me wish I was watching a series about this full-time instead tbh and I got sad when it switched back to the Cult stuff.
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@AltHistoryHub Will any of the fan favorites from these WW2CU entries appear?
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When the head of the CTA and the entire board of the CTA don't ride the CTA regularly, another public speaker says, they won't have the experience necessary to inform and drive changes and improvements. 6/
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@djarinarchives Imagine how much better the ending would have been if they didn’t undo the S2 finale in a random show for no reason
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. @Brandon4Chicago calls his leave from the Cook County Board sobering and humbling. He jokes about attacks he faced on the campaign about the Justice for Black Lives resolution he sponsored and got passed at the board.
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@BrandonWIrvine @TonyHoWasHere @Jon_Christian My instinct also made me think it was an article to test the format of the website or to teach others something, and accidentally got pubbed!
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@JUNlPER Who’s dumber? Elmo or the people who believe he’s smart?
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It’s imperative that any Chicago journalists reporting efforts to combat homelessness at the city’s airports understand that certain groups want to help the unhoused while others believe it’s gross that they have to see them.
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2 years
The @CrucesSunNews , which provides essential local coverage, will be gutted by this. Not only will it hit my hardworking reporter friends there hard, but the biggest loser is the community itself. Cruces has no other paper doing the caliber of watchdog journalism it does.
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All your Gannett friends just got another shit email. Voluntary layoffs and mandatory furloughs incoming What a joke
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@jbromovies Superman and Deadpool might do well but no way is the DC relaunch or more MCU midness going to stop this
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Can @nmsu stop pretending the mask mandate is enforced inside? Re: my story this week.
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2 years
Quite a few fans at the Pan American tonight
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@Swordfish978 Redlettermedia was so ahead of its time as lone cynics when Rogue One dropped
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5 years
Breaking Personal News: I’ll be working as a gov’t watchdog reporter for the @CrucesSunNews in New Mexico at the end of October, so this twitter account will soon have substantially more sand in it. 🌵 Excited at what’s to come and to visit irl places from Breaking Bad.
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Covering a @Brandon4Chicago rally tonight headlined by @SenSanders . We just heard from @CDRosa , who blasted @PaulVallas as a man “who has done so much harm.” 1/
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@lovely_marianne @DiscussingFilm It definitely still could be bad news, don’t get me wrong! I just object to @DiscussingFilm ’s blatant clickbaiting
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@wittlett There’s also just way too much to care about, I feel like it’s more likely people get exhausted or can’t/don’t want to keep up
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@realJaredGilman It was mentioned a few months ago when trailers first dropped, but fears subsided bc people thought they were just for trailers
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@biggestjoel I think the prevalence of “unalive” as a verb is one of the most dystopian things about the modern internet era
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@AdriCaporusso Movies that are fun can have good screenplays, I don’t understand your point
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@TheTumboy Honestly Andy acted the shit out of this. That scream before he’s enveloped is haunting
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Honored to be one of the relative handful of Better Call Saul fans to have a Fritos bag signed by @peterdiseth . What an awesome piece of memorabilia!
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“The correct name” and “reporting falsely”
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New from me: @DoorDash has spent close to $100k to support numerous City Council candidates in the 2023 election. They've far outspent similar apps this cycle. Six candidates in open and/or contested races have received $10k donations each.
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@SpiderMan3news This would be cool, but it’s a still a huge mistake not to outright canonize all the Netflix stuff. Then more of what happened in those shows could be folded into this plotline. Especially when they’re clearly written to be canon…
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@katelynanne Not an a-hole but a horribly unrefined palate
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@fellawhomstdve stick to Star Wars opinions plz
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“Reporting” from #SisterJean ‘s 99th. Cake is good.
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@fellawhomstdve @jbromovies The kind of love letter that makes the recipient file a restraining order
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Just a normal one for Yvette Herrell’s Comms Guy
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This story is straight up made up. I investigated it as a City Council reporter. It was a technical error by @abc7breaking . Free Beacon added a clarification inside their story indicating the whole story is fake, but kept the story up. 🧐
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2 years
New Mexico congressional hopeful Democrat Gabe Vasquez used a fake name to trash cops and call for "defunding police" ... then he tried to delete the evidence
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@pxnzischemes It’s also not eugenics or genocide to go to a restaurant in 2023
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Numerous LGBT-friendly churches across Chicago march in support. #PrideParade #SunTimes
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@modernistwitch Studios keep learning the wrong lessons from things
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@pes10k Hi there! Reporter who was in the room. Judge did not cite on what grounds she was deciding the case, so that may be why
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. @Ward26Chicago starts off aldermanic questioning and expresses she is incredibly disappointed with the tone Carter has chosen to approach today with, focusing more on the removal ordinance than service updates or implying all criticism is unfair.
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Young people have not shown up to the polls this time… 57% of ballots have been cast by people over 55. To compare, in the general mayoral last April, 53% of votes were UNDER age 54. This is nearly an 11 pt. drop. (Source: @ChicagoElection )
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2 years
Local conservative activist Juan Garcia is speaking before the Las Cruces City Council this afternoon to decry the arrival of abortion clinic Pink House West. He seems to advocate for forced births for 11-year-old girls who end up pregnant.
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Michael McDevitt
1 year
I’ll be attending and live-tweeting this transportation-focused election forum for @thedailylinechi this afternoon. Seems like all but @chicagosmayor is attending. And yes, I’ll be taking the Blue Line there to get myself in the proper mindset.
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Michael McDevitt
2 years
It's my first week with @thedailylinechi ! My primary areas of focus are Chicago city government and Cook County government. I'm looking forward to digging in and starting out strong. Send tips to michael @thedailyline .com or DM me for Signal.
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