#Illinois

THREAD: Ten down ballot candidates who are members of #TeamJoe, who could really use your help and support! 1. Alabama Senator Doug Jones!@DougJones http://dougjones.com/donate  2. Representative for Iowa’s 1st Congressional
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Hello! Here's my daily thread on coronavirus stats globally.Today:- New cases approaching a plateau, globally, as many countries move past a peak.- Peru and Mexico are a disaster.- Spain’s second
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Emily tries craft beers: a thread (will add updates when I remember to) This journey only began because I've been looking for a specific flavor from a Chicago brewery, I
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So I was very curious as to why people are so against transfers in college basketball. And the consensus I got was people believe that "up-transfers"(meaning athletes who started at
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Longish thread on CA9 Qualcomm opinion. I think that I agree with the CA9’s big picture analysis, though I find the discussion of antitrust doctrine confused or wrong at various
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Allison Arwady from CDPH will have a call with reporters at 1 p.m. I'll live tweet it. Follow for updates and let me know if
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1/ In my latest investigation, we did a deep dive into the city’s crime-related seizure cases. We found that the program generated more than a half-billion dollars in debt due
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HTTP/3 is being deployed in production for all of us, and that could be important for you and me and the Internet.(Short) thread ahead HTTP is this protocol that makes
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Friends in the US: Over the past week Colombians set out to protest against crazy tax hikes, government corruption (which ~10% of the national budget) and the killing of hundreds
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A thread/study on systemic racism.Loads of evangelicals argue systemic racism isn't a thing. But this tweet is a great example of why and how, in fact, it is.First, read through
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10/27 COVID-19 in Illinois thread begins here.4,000 new cases, 62,074 tests run.6.44% positivity rate for this batch. (was 8.25% yesterday)State's 7-day rolling avg. positivity rate goes up to: 6.4% 46
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"Contractually-required surrender of IP."https://twitter.com/medburnbook/status/1263677983199461376 Nothing on Earth quite like hearing stories of elderly creators of beloved comics and characters lingering in movie theaters to wa
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1/ Me and @polly wrote about the Uihleins -- the billionaires who own shipping-supply giant Uline, donate generously to Republicans and are NOT HAPPY about the coronavirus shutdown.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/trump-mega-donor-a
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Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot will talk about calling the National Guard into Chicago during a 3 p.m. press conference.I'll live tweet it. Follow for updates and let
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Some good gun safety news coming out the post-election reports so far...1) The NRA’s big bet on Trump was a bust. The NRA's spending was down almost half this cycle
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Let's start off this morning with a history lesson, direct from Music City USA! There are lots of ultra-right MAGAts screaming "APPROPRIATION" when it comes to left-leaning folks who enjoy
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