Neil Steinberg
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Neil Steinberg is a news columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, blogs at https://t.co/s4vP5sxEkG, and wrote "Every Goddamn Day," for the University of Chicago Press.
Joined April 2011
Next time anyone talks about arming teachers, remember that today a guy waltzed into downtown Highland Park, shot more than 30 people, and then waltzed out. An entire armed police all around couldn't stop him. Heck, they still can't even find him.
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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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@JoJoFromJerz "A man of Trump's social and financial status"?! I guess he doesn't realize that, to normal people, he's pond scum.
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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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Chicago is quite proud. We negate New York and sneer at St. Louis. But I've never met anyone who dislikes Milwaukee. Nearby, with cheap sports tickets, a decent art museum and a great German restaurant, Mader's. Trump is a proven idiot, but mocking Milwaukee may be his downfall.
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Those blaming the Ricketts for gutting the Cubs should bear this in mind: they also promote the undermining of every cherished American value through their financial support of Donald Trump.
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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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I watched the rally, but missed the part at the end where they open the Ark of the Covenant.
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Michelle Obama burned Donald Trump to a heap of ashes and then her husband Barack came out and pissed on them.
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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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ComEd lured TikTok historian out of safe union job, then fired him.
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@cimags Yes . you'd do better, right pal? You can't even spell under pressure. It's "you're.".
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@theheatherhogan @fakedansavage The most graphic descriptions of sex, by far, are from supposedly moral people eagerly sharing what they claim offends them.
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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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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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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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Sincere question: is Ted Cruz really this stupid, or is he just pretending to be stupid as an appeal to Trump voters? It has to be sincere, right, because he can't be that good of an actor.
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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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For Trump fans struggling with the math: Kamala Harris is 59. Your lying felon, traitor and fraud is 78. That makes the difference between them 19 years, or the average age of the beauty pageant contestants your candidate used to ogle as they dressed.
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He was an excellent writer and extraordinary human being whose decency and humor made Chicago a better place to live.
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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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@therecount Funny, every time I land at DFW, I'm met by something like 40 Texas Rangers, all weeping openly and wondering why they couldn't have an effective senator like Dick Durbin instead of being stuck with a pathetic pants-wetting coward and despised open insurrectionist like Ted Cruz.
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Dear Trump supporters:. Don’t be offended that you are being called racists, traitors and morons. That isn’t random name-calling; it’s a dry description of what you are due to your blind support of a president who is a racist, traitor and moron. Sincerely,.Patriotic Americans.
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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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Well, the Republicans wouldn't recognize climate change either, and that's still happening too.
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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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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 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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Why are people saying that this is some kind of epic Trump disaster? He was exactly the same as he has been for years. His base loves this shit. They lap it up.
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Just wrote the newspaper lawyer's number on my leg with a Sharpie, as instructed. Ready to head downtown and face the day.
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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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"Trump is feckless, cowardly and utterly unevolved. As men go, he might be a hero to the Proud Boys and the boys with daddy issues, but to the rest of us, he fails at the most basic level." . S.E. Cupp nails it again.
Donald Trump has endangered his friends, his family, his grandkids, his Cabinet, his staff, WH workers, Secret Service, and the American people. What kind of man does that? .
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A friend asked me to take a COVID test before I come up for the weekend, so I'm taking a COVID test. Why is a sensible precaution like this, not to mention an act of courtesy, so unacceptable to a third of the country? Oh right, because they're assholes.
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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 that "sincerely held religious beliefs" really isn't much of an excuse anymore.
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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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His warm personal reflections on time spent with his youngest son.
What’s one thing you’ll miss about his tweets? Wrong answers only. .
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Sorry, Ken — Chicagoans will call the Museum of Science and Industry what they please.
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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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The good news: Republicans finally concerned over the possibility of law enforcement framing a person of color. The bad news: that color is orange.
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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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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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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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Cardinal Blase Cupich delivers a 3-minute opening prayer without mentioning Jesus Christ once. We are Democrats, after all.
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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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The reaction to Gus Walz tends toward the emotional, but his presence underscores the inclusivity of the Democrats. Not so long ago he might not have been sitting there at all, but hidden away. It has been a long struggle for those who are different to find a place at the table.
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I assume it has a weak finish, with traces of bitterness?
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I stopped by Union Park yesterday to talk with protesters. Bad as it is to think Donald Trump is the messiah, it's an even worse kind of blindness to consider him and Kamala Harris the same. Grasping at an impossible dream world, they'd trash the one we actually live in now.
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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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@cshepherd Fear and ignorance are twins. Those who live most in terror of Chicago actually live in Florida.
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Dear @realDonaldTrump:. 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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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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First victim of 1919 race riots will get grave marker.
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I don't think it can be argued, in court or anywhere else, that this billboard, or any conceivable statement, could cause Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to be held in greater loathing and well-earned contempt than all decent and reasonable Americans already hold for them.
@ProjectLincoln I'm sorry, which ad?. This ad?. This is the one Ivanka and Jared don't want us to see?. This one?
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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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Johnson is an ongoing master class in unforced errors. I'm really starting to feel only pity for him. To be called upon to lead a city at such a pivotal moment and to fail so utterly. He's a man standing on a bridge, watching a baby slowly sink instead of diving in to save her.
From @CSTOpinion:. When it comes to frequently shooting himself in the foot, Mayor Brandon Johnson might well give Wile E. Coyote a run for his money, the Editorial Board writes.
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Then Biden has truly won.
Eric Trump says Rudy Guiliani is leading the legal effort for the Trump campaign to stop the vote 🤣.
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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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It says a lot that they have to.
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
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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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"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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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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Shocking, terrible news about Steve Albini. He was a pure, fearless intellect with a fierce devotion to his music. A true loss to Chicago.
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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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@Joseph_Fasano_ “For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” T.S. Eliot.
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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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After the shooting, my wife and I considered going to the store. But the shooter is still loose, and we figured it would be safer at home. That isn't freedom.
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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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We have to admit the shooting changed things. Trump went from being a traitor, to being a traitor with a bloody ear.
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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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Maybe I'm lunging for a silver lining: but I see Democrats reacting to their candidate, what he actually says and does, and determining whether he is worthy of their support and fit to be president. Republicans would envy that, if they weren't so busy betraying their country.
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