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The Cook County judge who released a repeat violent felon with four pending felony cases on electronic monitoring last December, the same felon prosecutors now say escaped that monitoring and shot two Chicago police officers, killing one over the weekend, acknowledged during the hearing that the defendant likely would have faced “a minimum $1 million bail” under the state’s old cash bail system. But Judge John Lyke said that era was over. alley’s public defender, Lauren Widdowson, countered that he had changed while in custody. “He’s completed eight courses,” she said. “Particularly, he has completed the Rewired Program, Anger Management,...

Curious as to what concerns (if any) y'all have regarding AI...My biggest concern is that its adoption could accelerate the trend of teaching young people what to think rather than how to think.This inherently breeds laziness and obedience.

A man suspected of shooting two Chicago police officers inside a hospital room Saturday morning had been a fugitive for weeks, had two violent felony cases pending against him, had escaped from electronic monitoring, and was listed as an absconder by the Illinois Department of Corrections, according to court records and multiple government sources. The officers were standing guard over the man at Swedish Hospital, 5140 North California Avenue, when he gained access to a gun and shot them around 10:50 a.m., CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling said. On January 11, (Judge) Lyke then gave the man permission to leave home...

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years. “We have to figure out, once we move in a progressive way, once we see a Barack Obama win, once we see a Congress win, it has to be about not holding power for the sake of holding power, it has to be about passing things,” Walz said on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight.” “And for this — I —Donald Trump has encouraged me, when we take power back, I’ll tell...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives at Hell's bureaucratic reception for his final "admissions interview." A smug demon admissions officer, BeelzeBob, reviews his lifetime "achievements" in a twisted, ironic style — leading to a shocking punchline twist about who he really served. Unique AI-generated reconstruction highlights the suffering of the Iranian people under decades of theocratic rule: mass repression, proxy wars, morality police terror, forced hijab, rigged elections, brutal crackdowns on protests, and the human cost of endless conflict. Blending dark humor, hellish bureaucracy aesthetics, and political commentary — perfect for fans of history, Iranian politics, Middle East conflicts, regime change discussions,...

“Women who say, ’I don’t follow politics, I just vote for whoever my husband (or father) tells me to vote for’ are probably voting Republican.”We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share subtle signs that a woman is right-wing (because a lot of people had thoughts about how to tell if men are secretly Republicans). Here's what they shared: 2. "One sign is when women make excuses for bad male behavior or still support public figures who have allegations of abuse or right-wing ideals. I think right-wing women are really just pick-mes that grew up in and still...

VIDEOUh-Oh! Eric Swalwell just got Fang Fanged out of the California governor's race. Many consider this Karma due to him Sing Singing top secrets from the House Intel Committee into the ear of ChiCom spy Fang Fang. Poor Swalwell. No more Fang Fang Bang Bangs for the rest of his life. Hear that Ding Ding at Sing Sing, Eric? That's the prison bell signaling dinner time. Mrs. Eric Swalwell better file for divorce pronto to get half what little is left of soon to be ex-hubby's community property (especially the Maryland home) before it all goes BOOM BOOM into smoke...

For years, two sets of chimpanzees lived as one in Uganda’s Kibale National Park — grooming, interacting and patrolling their territory in a cohesive community.Then suddenly, one set charged the other, touching off yearslong bloodshed that researchers are comparing to a human civil war.“It was just chaos,” said John Mitani, a professor emeritus in anthropology at the University of Michigan who had been following the chimpanzees for two decades when the violence began in 2015. “They started to scream, shout, chase each other.”For three years after the outbreak, Mitani and his collaborator, Aaron Sandel, an associate professor of anthropology at...

'Just shut up!': MAGA allies fed up with Trump's belligerence and war with Iran. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/just-shut-up-maga-allies-fed-up-with-trump-s-belligerence-and-war-with-iran/vi-AA20wRD8?ocid=socialshare#details

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Democratic strategists are reportedly pushing for the 2028 presidential candidate to be a "straight, White, Christian man" after recent losses, an Axios report alleged. "Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man — perhaps a straight, White, Christian man," Axios reported on Sunday. "Their fear, divulged with dismay in group chats, at cocktail parties and increasingly in public, is that parts of the electorate are too biased to support a woman or other diverse candidate for president," the report continued. The report...

VIDEORemember the absolute HILARITY back in 2019 that ensued when the Democrat Socialists of America had their convention featuring "jazz hands" applause and obsession over gender identity? Unfortunately, since the DSA was so humiliated and mocked they seem to have forbidden recordings of the insanity going on inside their future conventions so no more comedy nuggets from that source. However, the good news is the New Democrat Party (NDP) of Canada (Commie Canadians) just had their convention and their lunacy is every bit as off-scale as the DSA. In fact, they might have even topped the DSA since they have...

An alleged drunk driver was arrested after driving through a gate at Daytona Beach International Airport and trying to board multiple planes. Bryan Parker, 58, was highly intoxicated on Wednesday around 4:25 p.m. when he entered the airport’s international terminal, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, The Hill reported. Parker entered the runway in his blue Ford Mustang and nearly struck a taxiing plane being used by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, according to witnesses. Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies said Parker tried to board an occupied, running airplane. However, the plane was locked, and he was unable to board. Parker...

Brock McNerney, 72, and Moisette McNerney, 69, of the 1200 block of East Clarendon Avenue in Arlington Heights, were taken into custody on Monday, the village police department announced. Both were charged with two misdemeanor offenses and released pending their initial court appearance. The pair was identified as the individuals responsible for vandalizing the Republicans of Wheeling Township office at 909 East Rand Road late on January 25, Arlington Heights PD said. Video showed two people using markers to write obscenities and draw symbols on the office windows at approximately 10:51 p.m. Arlington Heights Police Chief Nicholas Pecora said the...

if a North Side state legislator gets her way, Illinois police will soon be barred from using any facial recognition database, including the Secretary of State’s, to do their work ever again. The bill is called the Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act, and it’s being pushed by Rep. Kelly Cassidy, who represents most of Rogers Park and Edgewater in Springfield. Cassidy’s office did not respond to an email seeking comment for this story. Her proposed law would ban the use of facial recognition and other biometric identifiers by law enforcement statewide. No agency could use the technology or enter into an...

VIDEOYes, just enroll in Neil deGrasse Tyson's MasterClass on Objective Truth and perhaps you too can attain the same high regard for objective truth that Mr. Tyson so hilariously displays.

Trump is telling people that he’s gay. This is worth taking seriously as a strategic communication rather than dismissing it as provocation or noise. If Trump is circulating the claim that Mojtaba Khamenei is gay, the first question Alliance Theory asks is what coalition function that claim serves. It is not primarily an intelligence disclosure. It is a weapon designed to operate inside the Islamic Republic’s own internal coalition logic. The Islamic Republic’s legitimacy rests on a specific architecture of moral authority. The Supreme Leader is not just a political figure. He is the Vali-e Faqih, the guardian jurist, the...

VIDEOThe son of the former Ayatollah who recently met his end, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been reportedly WOUNDED shortly after assuming the role of Supreme Leader of Iran. At this time it is unknown if the new Ayatollah is severely wounded or merely "John Kerry wounded."