The Governor Of Illinois Is Trolling Donald Trump By Renaming The Great Lakes

Hello! If you haven’t checked Google Maps recently, then you are probably unaware that Google has officially changed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

The Governor Of Illinois Is Trolling Donald Trump By Renaming The Great Lakes

I hereby formally annex Northern Illinois! It is now officially Wisconsin territory! /s

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The path to 200 years: Boundary maneuver kept northern Illinois from becoming part of Wisconsin

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When was the Democratic Party anti-war?

Once in a while, I listen to “establishment controlled” Democracy Now. Today, I decided to listen to their episode with Bernie Sanders’ former foreign policy adviser, Matt Duss. They talked about how the Democratic Party has become “The Party of War” as if it’s something that’s recently happened. Left out of this conversation was if the Democratic Party was ever anti-war? I don’t recall a time in my life in which the Democrats were.

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PH: Lariosa

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa – Muck Rack

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New Trier High School (Chicago suburbs): What it’s like to be a minority at an 83.3% white school

Sophomore Aaron Matthew Lariosa, an Asian American, believes that while ignorance is why people are racist, the topic of race itself is sensitive.

“People are ignorant in a way,” stated Lariosa. “The topic [of race] is really touchy.”

Wikipedia:

In 2016, Newsweek magazine ranked New Trier as the top open-enrollment high school in Illinois and the 17th best high school in the country.

New Trier High School is an affluent high school. I wonder who his parents are?

New Trier High School is known for its arts program, which the U.S. Department of Education has recognized as one of the top 25 in the country.

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American Foreign Service Association

About AFSA

The American Foreign Service Association, established in 1924, is both professional association and exclusive representative for the U.S. Foreign Service. AFSA’s close to 16,800 members include active-duty and retired members of the Foreign Service at the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and U.S. Agency for Global Media.

CAMPUS RECRUITING AND THE C.I.A.

Victor Marchetti & John Marks – CIA & The Cult of Intelligence

Khaled Hosseini

I was recommended Khaled Hosseini’s book, “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by someone I’ve been conversing with on Goodreads. While it’s fiction, it appears that this person takes it how Muslims really are. From the critical reviews that I’ve read, so far, my immediate takeaway is that the book is Anti-Communist (the Soviets didn’t invade Afghanistan) and Islamophobic. Others have said that it’s racist and makes the case for ‘humanitarian intervention’ aka invasion based on women’s rights or children’s rights.

Khaled Hosseini with Dubya and Laura Bush. White House photo by David Bohrer
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UAW Stellantis workers protest in the streets from coast to coast

WASHINGTON—Back in the days when Stellantis was Chrysler, there was a sense of camaraderie on the shop floor, veteran Auto Workers say. Not anymore. Not under Stellantis. All they perceive now is corporate greed, satisfying investors, and filling honchos’ pockets with workers’ dollars.

UAW Stellantis workers protest in the streets from coast to coast

02-2024: The UAW Strike Saved Their Shuttered Plant, But the Fight Is Just Beginning

Eight months ago, the idling of the Belvidere Assembly Plant had local United Auto Workers questioning their next steps.

2023: Stellantis commits nearly $5B to Belvidere with new UAW contract

The revival of the Stellantis plant is a stunning reversal of fortunes for Belvidere, Ill. But workers say they won’t rest until they see the concrete being poured.

2022: All Biden’s Green Job Losers

Climate industrial policy is costing 1,350 workers their jobs at a Stellantis plant in Illinois.

Verizon Mobile Users Report Outages Across the U.S 🆘

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Thousands of Verizon users across the United States reported having little or no cellphone service on Monday morning in major cities, including in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York and Phoenix and across a swath of the Midwest.

Verizon Mobile Users Report Outages Across the U.S

Woke up from my nap to see ‘SOS’ on my iPhone. I’ve never seen that before, so did an internet search for ‘iPhone SOS’. Good thing I still have a home phone.

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