Neil Steinberg
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Neil Steinberg is a news columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, blogs at , and wrote "Every Goddamn Day," for the University of Chicago Press.
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I'm sorry Molly, I just can't wrap my head around responding to anything Ann Coulter says. She's a carnival freak biting the heads off chickens, rhetorically. If she isn't beneath contempt and unworthy of notice, no one is. But that might be delicacy on my part.
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I too am sending out thoughts and prayers: thoughts that Congress is a bunch of cowards, and prayers that we'll finally throw the bums out of office and elect representatives with the guts to enact the sane gun laws most citizens in our country are begging to see put in place.
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I'm not bothering to read Wolff's book -- you can get a contact high just from reading the tidbits on Facebook -- but it is fun to see Trump supporters do a skiddering 180 degree turn and suddenly pretend to care about what's true or not. That's so cute.
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Dear 800,000 unpaid Federal workers:
You have to understand, failing to pay people working for him, and then ignoring the suffering this causes, has been a Trump trademark for decades. Who can be surprised now? Don't blame him; none of this was hidden. Blame his supporters.
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Gene & Georgetti at 12 noon Monday. C’mon Chicago, get your asses in here. The food’s still fantastic.
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Jay Mariotti quit in a huff, was shocked when his resignation was joyously accepted, and begged for his job back, on his knees. For the record. The fact that he's still on about it tells something, because we never think of Jay Mariotti at all unless somebody brings him up.
For the record ... the Chicago Sun-Times has published 3,644 consecutive days since Jay Mariotti left the paper in 2008 — 10 years ago next week. Or as my colleague
@NeilSteinberg
puts it, "every goddamn day."
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An army of atheists working 24 hours a day couldn't undermine the whole notion of Evangelical Christianity as a moral code better than they're doing themselves, between Donald Trump and Roy Moore. They do have a religion, right? It isn't all a scam to oppress folks? Or is it?
Ignore for a moment the fact Roy Moore did it.
Republicans are literally defending child molestation—saying things like “even if it’s true” & citing the Bible to justify it.
I’ll never let voters forget this.
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If Trump supporters feel bad about losing "Roseanne" imagine how they'll feel about losing Congress. And the presidency. And history. Not to mention burning in the fiery furnace of hell for all eternity. It's straight downhill from here, kiddos, so get used to it.
#GOPtears
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I know this is a serious issue. But every time I see that clip of the white nationalist asshats a year ago in Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us!" I think, "Yeah, like we want to live on a sofa bed in your mom's basement under a Nazi flag made from a bed sheet."
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That's an easy one. For the same reason we go to murder scenes: because our job is to cover the news, even when doing so is unpleasant.
So why do journalists keep showing up for Trump rallies?
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Hey
@fakedansavage
Dan! Hey
@TheTedAllen
! Hey
@amandapalmer
Pretty cool, huh? This is by Steve Musgrave, the Chicago graphic artist who does the Cubs/Sox Crosstown Classic posters for the CTA, as well as decorated the Addison 'L' stop. I figure it's worth spreading around.
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C'mon everybody, the National Rifle Association is upset about responsible corporations withdrawing their support. Let's all send the NRA our thoughts and prayers. 😂
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I guess all that bluster about Joe Ricketts' hate-filled emails not really representing the Cubs was just so much airy bullshit, given how they're climbing into bed with Sinclair, the Fox News For REALLY Low Class Folk Network.
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Hey
@realDonaldTrump
, now that you're skipping London based on a lie, if you need an excuse for never coming to Chicago, you can always point out that we've got a bust of an immigrant from one of those "shithole countries," Jean Baptist Point du Sable, in the heart of downtown.
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Being a responsible scientist in the United States in 2017 is now a politically daring act.
#DayofFacts
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So my 401K is soaring—more money for me. And my tax burden is slashed—still more money for me. And yet I'm not happy. Why? Because I'm not a self-centered shithead. Because I care about my country. I'm a pretty selfish guy, yet I can't fathom Republican solipsism. It's insane.
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Snapping off the spotlight before the fool can prance in it. Smart.
BREAKING: Speaker Pelosi just told Trump in a letter that he needs to reschedule his State of the Union address, unless the government reopens this week. Main issue is security concerns due to the shutdown. Speaker Pelosi also gave Trump the option of delivering it in writing.
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The president said:
Well, the Jews should hire armed guards if they want to live in America and not risk being shot by my fans.
Or words to that effect.
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The Confederate flag should go, but he didn't kill those 9 people with a flag. Pathetic that we focus on the symbolic and ignore the guns.
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I always add, "I do like the country. Love it in fact. What I don't like is you fucking with it."
"If you don't like this country, then leave!" - Every Trump supporter, ever
That's not how freedom works, loves.
We get to stay and we get to say what we don't like even if you get angry.
You're gonna have to deal with that.
See you in November.
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
The Daily Mail published an article claiming that ‘no one is 100% straight’ and this is possibly my favourite comment ever.
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Someone should tell
#Mississippi
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Hey, since the Las Vegas massacre has disappeared from public consciousness like a stone dropped down a well—it has, after all, been more than two weeks—is it acceptable to talk about sane gun control now? No? Still too early? How about tomorrow?
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@neilhimself
When Texas Instruments came out with their first programmable pocket calculator, my father, a nuclear physicist, stood in our living room punching numbers, then looked up and said in wondet, “You know, the unit need d to cool something like this would fill a ROOM!”
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All Americans have only one simple question to ask themselves:
Aren't you sick of this guy yet?
The whining and the crying, the blame-shifting, the moral cowardice and the cruelty, the constant lies, the bottomless insecurity.
How could you not be? How could anyone not be?
The Fake News is doing everything in their power to blame Republicans, Conservatives and me for the division and hatred that has been going on for so long in our Country. Actually, it is their Fake & Dishonest reporting which is causing problems far greater than they understand!
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Today's march must be upsetting to the NRA and the politicians in their pocket. So I want them to know, during this trying time: they have my thoughts and prayers. Thoughts that the bloody tide might finally turn. And prayers that the United States can join the world of sanity.
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If the Republicans have their underwear in a knot over a freshman representative saying we should "impeach the motherfucker," imagine how they'll react when Congress impeaches the motherfucker.
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Just for the record, as one who has, long ago in the past, secretly wished that I were alive at a time of great dramatic national crisis, I now rescind that wish, and abjure it, and desire solely to go back to a stable normal country where a madman isn't reigning as president.
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Donald Trump doesn't believe the New York Times. He doesn't believe the Washington Post. Or most news media reports. He doesn't believe what 99 percent of scientists say about global warming. He doesn't believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. But he believes Vladimir Putin.
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I assume it has a weak finish, with traces of bitterness?
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Someday, please God, Trump will no longer be president, and those who opposed him will hold our heads high, proud, while his enablers are haunted by their fawning bootlickery for the rest of their lives, like Lord Jim, their shame following them, quacking like a pull toy duck.
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Trump blocked you? I'm jealous. While my main goal is to see him roll down Pennsylvania Ave. in a tumbrel, dripping in spit and heading to prison, I'll feel better about my tiny role in bringing that about if he blocks me, or insults me. An honor more coveted than a Pulitzer.
Hey! I wrote a little something for the .
@washingtonpost
about Trump blocking me on Twitter.
#WedesdayWisdom
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Dear
@realDonaldTrump
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The FBI was looking into your campaign because it suspects you are a traitor. As do I. As do all patriotic Americans. I hope this clears up your questions about its activities.
Best,
Neil Steinberg
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First victim of 1919 race riots will get grave marker
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Funny that Ted Cruz won't support Trump for attacking his wife, since Cruz is attacking ALL of our wives, daughters, mothers and sisters.
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Am I alone holding Trump in a kind of awe? He does retain the ability to amaze. You think, 'He must have hit rock-bottom.' Then, the flag flying high atop the White House after John McCain's death. Every time Trump seems sunk as low as can be, America hears the sound of digging.
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Vote Nov. 6. It's the only thing that matters. Otherwise, every day in America will be like today, until we aren't even able to remark upon it anymore. Vote. Vote. Vote.
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The duck boat tragedy, where 17 people drown in Missouri, and the Eastland disaster, 103 years ago today, remind us of a shocking, little-recognized fact: most people today still cannot swim.
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The South should take comfort from the North: it's entirely possible to have a system of entrenched racial prejudice WITHOUT a special flag.
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Howard Schultz is a reminder that a lot of guys who think they handle being president can't even manage to ANNOUNCE their candidacy without going into a ditch.
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"He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president." Hunter S. Thompson, in Nixon's obit. Reading this line, I was sorry it is now unavailable for Trump when that happy time comes. But in truth, the English language isn't broad enough to capture his imbecile perfidy.
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Sign of our times: senator notorious for his craven cowardice and abandonment of his country in its time of need continues blithely nattering on about nothing, like some hideous animated corpse, oblivious to his own political demise long ago. Someone should tell him.
Sign of our times... the F word is now routinely used in news stories, tweets etc It’s not even F*** anymore. Who made that decision???
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What I don't understand is: what did liberals, elites and experts ever DO to them to deserve their resentment? Let Black people eat lunch at Woolworth's? Let women get credit cards? The 8-hour workday? Air bags? Avocado toast? Billy Ellish? What is their crime again, exactly?
They obviously believe it is good politics: exploiting conservative resentment against liberals, elites, and experts.
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Who says there's no good news nowadays?
The 1st ad on Ingraham's show tonight was…
*checks notes*
Laura Ingraham had 0 advertisers on her show tonight.
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I'm not a praying man. But I think tonight, before I go to sleep, I'm going to kneel down by the bed, lace my fingers together, shut my eyes, and say, "Please Rule of Law, begin to bite Donald Trump, our Liar, Bully and Fraud-in-Chief, in the ass tomorrow. Hard. Thank you.
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While I join those despising Trump as an amoral monster gratuitously terrorizing the children of refugees on our Southern border, I hope it doesn't make us lose sight of the fact that he's still a shameless traitor who sold out his country to the Russians. That's important too.
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Finally, my entire Twitter philosophy in one easy-to-grasp graphic.
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So ... Americans cheer on the refugee Olympic team, the same folks we won't let in our country because we're afraid they'll be terrorists?
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Chicago has made it clear that Trump isn't welcome here either. He knows it and, coward that he is, doesn't dare show his face. He's only comfortable in backwaters where his fans tend to congregate.
‘He is not welcome here’: Thousands support Pittsburgh Jewish leaders calling on Trump to ‘denounce white nationalism’
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So does Trump claiming credit for the stock market soaring mean he'll accept responsibility for it tanking?
Of course not. He'll blame Hillary. And Obama. And the FBI. And the Deep State. And Democrats. The Justice Department. The mean media. And owls. Random passersby.
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As shameful as Trump's election was, tonight's Senate vote on the tax giveaway to the rich marks an even lower point in America's slide toward ruin—the nadir of corruption and indifference to the public good. The failure of our system, a tragedy that augurs even worse to come.
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Attention high school math teachers: you might want to tuck this tweet away for when you are teaching "self-selective groups" and "sampling error" during your statistics module.
BIG CPAC STRAW POLL RESULTS: 93% APPROVE OF THE JOB PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING (Thank you!). 50% say President Trump should Tweet MORE or SAME (funny!). 79% say Republicans in Congress should do a better job of working with President Trump (starting to happen).
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This book ... is fucking fantastic. I'm 100 pages into it, and can't recall a book, including my own, that marshals so much interesting information. I thought I knew Chicago history, but this is an epiphany. An incredible read, so far.
Mark expertly traces the evolution of country music in Chicago, from the radio days of the '20s through the folk revival of the '50s & to the rise of alternative country in the '90s, & offers his insight into how the country & folk scenes continue to grow & shape the genres. 2/2
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Despite our intense and often bitter rivalry, the Tribune’s Eric Zorn capped off our lunch today by whipping out his phone and subscribing to the Sun-Times. If he can do it, so can you.
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Now he’s quoting Chinese propaganda.
Statement from China: “The teams of both sides are now having smooth communications and good cooperation with each other. We are full of confidence that an agreement can be reached within the next 90 days.” I agree!
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Frederick Douglass reminds us that Christians supported a lot worse than Donald Trump.
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I wonder if Republicans are starting to realize that Kavanaugh is a poisoned chalice. If they ram him in—as they yet might—he'll pollute the integrity of the Supreme Court, whose justices are not kings, but make rulings the public must consent to. Everything Trump touches dies
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Give Trump credit. He said he'd make American great again, and he did, unleashing her greatness, inspiring throngs to protest his unfitness.
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Regarding the Roy Moore situation. The entire Republican platform—restriction of contraception and abortion, neglect of health care, education and childcare, preference of Biblical gibberish to hard science—is deeply anti-woman. Coddling a pedophile isn't a flaw, it's a feature.
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Is it merely my boyish optimism leading me astray, or do you get a vague sense, over the past few days, that even committed, head-in-the-sand Republicans are beginning to suspect that they've been blindly supporting a feckless moron leading our country over a cliff?
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