#  @chicagobars Chicago Bars Chicago Bars posts on X about money, gaming, debt, fine the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::19085230/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -30% - [--] Month [---------] +32% - [--] Months [---------] +74% - [--] Year [----------] -57% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::19085230/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +12% - [--] Month [---] +55% - [--] Months [---] +135% - [--] Year [-----] -0.17% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::19085230/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.09% - [--] Month [------] +0.27% - [--] Months [------] +2.20% - [--] Year [------] +6.50% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::19085230/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) 26.4% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 5.58% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 4.06% [stocks](/list/stocks) 3.05% [countries](/list/countries) 3.05% [musicians](/list/musicians) 1.52% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 1.52% [nfl](/list/nfl) 1.02% [mlb](/list/mlb) 1.02% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 1.02% **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money) 5.08%, [gaming](/topic/gaming) 3.05%, [debt](/topic/debt) 3.05%, [fine](/topic/fine) #1627, [pay](/topic/pay) #2581, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.03%, [finance](/topic/finance) 2.03%, [project](/topic/project) 2.03%, [inflation](/topic/inflation) 2.03%, [law enforcement](/topic/law-enforcement) 2.03% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@jtcharles01](/creator/undefined) [@lakecountydem](/creator/undefined) [@chicagobears](/creator/undefined) [@bearthafuckdown](/creator/undefined) [@havsumreesies](/creator/undefined) [@27dannych](/creator/undefined) [@cta](/creator/undefined) [@craigthumper](/creator/undefined) [@maestermagoo](/creator/undefined) [@mikeptraffic](/creator/undefined) [@bearsfan302](/creator/undefined) [@jgee2061450](/creator/undefined) [@loveypuffypants](/creator/undefined) [@therealdtox](/creator/undefined) [@tehduffman](/creator/undefined) [@clord61](/creator/undefined) [@bobglezen](/creator/undefined) [@incdak](/creator/undefined) [@seminolescout7](/creator/undefined) [@chicago](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Crane Holdings, Co. (CR)](/topic/$cr) [DoorDash Inc. (DASH)](/topic/doordash) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "In case youre unfamiliar with the costly Tyler Technologies Cook County property tax debacle here you go. 💸💸💸🤯 h/t @injusticewatch @chicagotribune @ad_quig https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/court-administration/2025/costs-triple-delays-mount-in-tyler-technologies-contracts/ https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/court-administration/2025/costs-triple-delays-mount-in-tyler-technologies-contracts/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2016529374346952882) 2026-01-28T15:10Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Take the Indiana deal @ChicagoBears - score that easy Indiana taxpayer money We'll be fine Chicago bars hotels and restaurants will just run shuttles to the games or fans will Uber there like they already do every year for Notre Dame games. Indiana Senate passes Chicago Bears stadium funding bill https://t.co/ywjkG6bT3T Indiana Senate passes Chicago Bears stadium funding bill https://t.co/ywjkG6bT3T" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2016658018276880696) 2026-01-28T23:41Z 84.3K followers, 13.5K engagements "@Kdonahu2 About [-----] hotel/motel rooms if you include South Bend area. Theyd have to draw a huge hotel third of the state tax district to match the 6% hotel tax $ Indys 30000+ rooms generate" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2016698985189421391) 2026-01-29T02:24Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "@Austin__Berg I dont see how you get from elected CFO to competent independent CFO in your equation. That job is going to suck for next decade and qualified municipal CFOs are likely to do the potential ROI on running for a hard job every [--] years to make same or potentially less $. 🤷♂🍻" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2017996413192274420) 2026-02-01T16:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "FFS. Well have world peace AND universal free US healthcare before Americans would boycott watching a Super Bowl. Even the Democratic Socialists know this. Wheres Jason posting from Mongolia Pakistan If the @NFL doesnt immediately switch the halftime show from whoever Bad Bunny is they will see the largest viewership drop in Super Bowl history. The boycott will be bigger than the game itself. Heck Ill boycott anyone who advertises. Change the show or we change the https://t.co/dVxZCzXNYz If the @NFL doesnt immediately switch the halftime show from whoever Bad Bunny is they will see the" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018369774447665198) 2026-02-02T17:03Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "@lakecountydem Aint no football loving American of any political persuasion boycotting the Super Bowl. M" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018375916812984772) 2026-02-02T17:28Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements "A Illinois Senate bill has been introduced to allow dogs in public swimming pools if certain specified conditions are met. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=3083&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165664&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=3083&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165664&SessionID=114" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018425798500220960) 2026-02-02T20:46Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "The McCaskeys are truly either the greediest or most inept team ownership in Illinois. Maybe both. Now theyre trying to force Illinois legislators into a bidding war with Indiana for Bears new stadium taxpayer handout five weeks before IL primary elections. Idiots. According to @WaddleandSilvy while Arlington Heights is the preferred destination for the Bears new stadium there could be a decision to move to Northwest Indiana at the end of February or early March https://t.co/VrkthunsJy According to @WaddleandSilvy while Arlington Heights is the preferred destination for the Bears new stadium" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018825113916108998) 2026-02-03T23:13Z 84.3K followers, 70K engagements "If the Bears move to Indiana all it says is the McCaskeys never cared about Sweet Home Chicago at all (for the record I dont think they ever really have) and that Illinois politicians are smarter than Indiana politicians by not throwing money at a $8.8 BILLION dollar pro team. @chicagobars This isnt true at all. Bears would be one of only [--] teams in the entire league paying taxes on the stadium and theyre willing to do it. IL / Cook County has had [--] years to make progress and theyve made LITERALLY zero. IN has done everything Bears wanted and more and still @chicagobars This isnt true at all." [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018869853713740251) 2026-02-04T02:10Z 84.3K followers, 76.3K engagements "@brianarthur77 Yes they are. Not paying their fair share of property taxes shifts that burden if funding local services to everyone else" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018871055951991214) 2026-02-04T02:15Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "The Bears have been stepping on their own rakes for three years. #FixedIt @sullyhome @chicagobars Bears have been waiting [--] years. Indiana offered the bears a good offer withoa couple months. Bears dont want to be waiting forever @sullyhome @chicagobars Bears have been waiting [--] years. Indiana offered the bears a good offer withoa couple months. Bears dont want to be waiting forever" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018871540444803222) 2026-02-04T02:17Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Elected officials (with notable exception of Chicagos Mayor) repeatedly declining three years of shitty Bears proposals is not dragging their feet. FFS Crane Kenney of Cubs tried same crap for five years. Then Cubs gave up & renovated. Hopefully Bears figure it out faster. @chicagobars @bearsfan302 So are they forcing it down their throats with only [--] weeks left or has the state been dragging its feet for [--] years This is the real problem. When your taxes are potentially $192m more than the state of freaking CA charges the next highest stadium (SoFi) IL is the problem. https://t.co/nIcLUFzwGG" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019099456939979134) 2026-02-04T17:23Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "The Bears arent proposing a term limited TIF District you idiot hamster. @chicagobars Its not done as a burden to the tax payer. Its called TIF. They freeze property taxes because they're offset by the incremental tax revenue that the property will generate in other places (sales tax). Then after an agreed upon term the property tax is reinstated at an increased @chicagobars Its not done as a burden to the tax payer. Its called TIF. They freeze property taxes because they're offset by the incremental tax revenue that the property will generate in other places (sales tax). Then after an agreed" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019127141213040671) 2026-02-04T19:13Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "Probably best Bob Weir has passed on. Illinois Rep introduces bill to make sale of nitrous oxide for getting weird a felony. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=4944&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166294&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=4944&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166294&SessionID=114" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019176207586415080) 2026-02-04T22:28Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "IMPORTANT BEARS STADIUM SURVEY (PART TWO). While almost every other privately developed project in Illinois (and Indiana) pays sales tax on construction materials for their projects the Bears want a full sales tax waiver on it. Should Bears get a construction sales tax waiver No sales tax on buildout Pay sales tax on buildout We tax building goods I don't know No sales tax on buildout Pay sales tax on buildout We tax building goods I don't know" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019181646352687434) 2026-02-04T22:49Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@tdobrezjr @WaddleandSilvy @TylerAki_ 😂😂😂" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019229502073893325) 2026-02-05T02:00Z 84.3K followers, [---] engagements "@Joel_Bittner @JTCharles01 Why do the $8.8 billion dollar valued Bears deserve a (far) better taxpayer subsidized deal than anything your suburban small business will ever get in a thousand years" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019234705984614640) 2026-02-05T02:20Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "Geez. Trying to keep a low profile at this hearing and gregarious government affairs professionals keep walking up and saying hello. Maybe I should grow some whimsical facial hair" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019443709662671254) 2026-02-05T16:11Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "I disagree with this guys definition of opportunity but I agree with him Bears should accept northwest Indianas stadium offer ASAP. 1) We can see if IN has the political will to actually pass it. 2) Wont have to spend 2030s listening to McCaskeys complain about Illinois @chicagobars Let it go. There is no deal IL can put on the table to keep the Bears in IL unless they pay for the stadium and give the Bears $0 property taxes. A wise business decision says they should cross the border. IL govt fumbled this opportunity @chicagobars Let it go. There is no deal IL can put on the table to keep the" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019452536642482343) 2026-02-05T16:46Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "2024-2025 season stadium sports attendance in Chicago. Wrigley Field - [-------] United Center - [-------] Bulls - [------] Blackhawks - [------] Sox Park - [-------] Bears at Soldier Field - [------] @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Give it some time. When the Bears move it'll sink in. @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Give it some time. When the Bears move it'll sink in" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019480486368686422) 2026-02-05T18:37Z 84.3K followers, 77.3K engagements "Bill filed in Illinois House to give municipal workers in Cook County a property tax break. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=5200&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166857&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=5200&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166857&SessionID=114" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019485183267819832) 2026-02-05T18:56Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "@JGee2061450 No it shows how impossible it is to get a reasonable taxpayer ROI on the Bears proposed taxpayer subsidy is. There are simply not enough events in a NFL season for taxpayers to ever break even" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019513128770498857) 2026-02-05T20:47Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "Exactly Lets let Indiana be dumb Move to Gary if that is what you want @ChicagoBears @HavsumReesies @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Every study shows large gov investment in stadiums is not smart. Large giv investments when they don't own it is even more not smart. NW IN is no less Chicago than AH. Let IN be dumb. Chicago and IL will still get most of the tourism benefits anyway. @HavsumReesies @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Every study shows large gov investment in stadiums is not smart. Large giv investments when they don't own it is even more not smart. NW IN is no less Chicago than AH. Let IN be" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019517585772200289) 2026-02-05T21:04Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements "@tom_horseplayer Have you seen how the McCaskeys & their stadium demands are polling" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019589276435108055) 2026-02-06T01:49Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "@AlexWilfong @TehDuffman @CLord61 @ChicagoBears Or they stay where they are the Bears are still incredibly valuable and State needs to spend less in AH area for roads and not pay at all to relocate a bunch of water infrastructure the Bears new stadia needs moved" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019778093200597319) 2026-02-06T14:19Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "@chicagoanthony_ @TehDuffman @lakecountydem @ChicagoBears You didnt even use my tweet that flagged that city worker property tax exemption bill first (24 hours ago) to make your point Sad" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019829755663794179) 2026-02-06T17:45Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "Undisclosed location. Drinking a beer. Wondering who did (the quite good imho) lighting design for this place" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019951041660559768) 2026-02-07T01:47Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@SteveM14793564 Dram shop Steve Dram shop" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020135124092776711) 2026-02-07T13:58Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements "Undisclosed location. Drinking a beer. Good luck figuring this one out" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020247387810459693) 2026-02-07T21:24Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "The Difficulty: Despite City Council officially legalizing video gaming terminals overchecks notesFORTY days ago Mayor Johnson refuses to notify the Illinois Gaming Board so no Chicago bar can even APPLY to offer the machines and help their bar AND the Citys budget hole(s). The $16.6 billion [----] budget approved by a City Council majority that rejected Johnsons corporate head tax assumed that Chicago would generate $6.8 million by licensing newly legalized video gambling terminals across the city. https://t.co/0Y6k8303hp The $16.6 billion [----] budget approved by a City Council majority that" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020266758750498930) 2026-02-07T22:41Z 84.4K followers, 16.7K engagements "Well but for the Illinois lottery games the online sportsbooks the three physical sportsbooks the downtown casino the Queen of Hearts drawings and the legally murky and fully unregulated sweepstakes machines that are all over the City hed have a point about Chicago @chicagobars Good no gambling please @chicagobars Good no gambling please" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020280737375879639) 2026-02-07T23:37Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "More fine work below by the @CTA and their paid real estate consultants at JLL. NITA should have money back until the spendthrifts at CTA learn to put up for lease signs and how to list their many CTA station retail vacancies. Lowest of low hanging fruit. Relatedly I always wonder what the deal is with this abandoned sandwich shop at the Jackson Blue Line station. When was the last time a sandwich was sold there https://t.co/NxHhHdaQp2 Relatedly I always wonder what the deal is with this abandoned sandwich shop at the Jackson Blue Line station. When was the last time a sandwich was sold there" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020521308958630360) 2026-02-08T15:33Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "My God My God. Mike Royko had the last sharpest word on Kevin Warrens 2023-2026 McCaskey stadium questway back in [----]. If there is anything that marks a town as a genuine Hicksville it is the innocent belief that a new domed stadium is the height of progress" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020715812827607071) 2026-02-09T04:26Z 84.4K followers, 10.7K engagements "Me reading the tweet below and suddenly realizing why an oddly large number of people in the audience at last weeks Illinois Gaming Board mentioned they live in Puerto Rico https://youtu.be/uKooxYSHfUgsi=ZfPsArGu5Zkc9xAw A fake American citizen Didnt you MOVE to Puerto Rico to avoid paying your taxes while kids across America go hungry Meanwhile Benito actually funds low income kids access to arts and sports programs while you defund them. Of course youre mad. He makes you look small. https://youtu.be/uKooxYSHfUgsi=ZfPsArGu5Zkc9xAw A fake American citizen Didnt you MOVE to Puerto Rico to" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020883513839632830) 2026-02-09T15:32Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Im just here for Monday Chicago Municipal Finance Festivus P.S. City Council Finance Committee meeting on cash flow has begun" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020895732367294515) 2026-02-09T16:21Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Mister Blakemore at Finance Committee meeting with coherent and not overtly racist public comment on lack of Black owned banks in Chicago. Now wagging his finger at me as "part of the problem". Mister Blakemore don't be fooled by the tie.I'm the BARS guy not the BANKS guy" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020898015137993183) 2026-02-09T16:30Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Hey fellow @fly2ohare aviation nerds If you wanted to TRY and catch a @Lufthansa_USA [---] into ORD what route & day of the week is your best bet Just the Frankfurt - ORD route still going this spring" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021231677616304603) 2026-02-10T14:35Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@MikePTraffic Just far enough that Goddell doesnt void their rights to veto any other franchise from relocating here. So figure however far the Fox/ABC Chicago market extends" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021368331148873969) 2026-02-10T23:39Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "Its a pretty city" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1704896152213086676) 2023-09-21T16:31Z 84.4K followers, 47.4K engagements "I love my job. Watching a casino exec and their lawyer explain why pumping a bunch of river water under their new casino structure totally makes it a "riverboat" for purposes of Illinois casino law (while I wait for something else to be heard)" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019468048738979889) 2026-02-05T17:47Z 84.4K followers, 224.5K engagements "If Daley or Rahm was still around Id assume they were behind Portage (especially based on the financier behind it) just to fuck with Hammond & Garys Bears stadium bids until Bears Indiana legislature clock adjourns Feb 28th. That kind of City Hall 3D chess is long gone though. Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has proposed to build a stadium on [---] acres of city-owned land on the north side of the city. Officials are calling the proposal Halas Harbor a nod to the Bears Halas Hall headquarters in Lake Forest Illinois. https://t.co/lZgeT0B0mY Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021711649221353952) 2026-02-11T22:23Z 84.4K followers, 10.8K engagements "Lovely spot fine service extremely Metra tracks adjacent and good kitchen smells. #FreePlug Well I THOUGHT this place was tavern licensed for my Chicago #TavernWeek2026 patronage but turns out it only has a COPIA (restaurant). My bad but is a beautiful Irish Pub and the kitchen smells today are excellent. Cheers to O'Shaughnessy's Public House at [----] N RAVENSWOOD. Well I THOUGHT this place was tavern licensed for my Chicago #TavernWeek2026 patronage but turns out it only has a COPIA (restaurant). My bad but is a beautiful Irish Pub and the kitchen smells today are excellent. Cheers to" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022039705802653775) 2026-02-12T20:06Z 84.4K followers, 20.5K engagements "And 3:55pm mayoral veto check.Mayor Johnson vetoes the proposed ordinance to regulate intoxicating hemp. The redoubtable @fspielman with the scoop and @chicityclerk web site has the actual veto message posted. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/13/mayor-brandon-johnson-hemp-ban-veto-marty-quinn Friday the 13th 3pm mayoral veto check-in time update and so far. https://t.co/pTjOrZ4T2H https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/13/mayor-brandon-johnson-hemp-ban-veto-marty-quinn Friday the 13th 3pm mayoral veto check-in time update and so far. https://t.co/pTjOrZ4T2H" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022429792809947435) 2026-02-13T21:56Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "I might be the first person to ever work on a laptop inside this (definitely) tavern licensed establishment. Chicago #TavernWeek2026 remote working afternoon rolls on" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022454271648895010) 2026-02-13T23:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Hey hey @LinkedIn thinks I might be a good fit for an open position with the @ChicagoBears organization What do you guys think" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022457348279902625) 2026-02-13T23:46Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "That place closed for good in [----]. It was well covered in the news https://www.npr.org/2005/12/29/5074873/the-berghoff-a-chicago-institution-to-close 'Timeless' Illinois Eatery Named 'Most Historic Restaurant' In The State iHeart - "The Berghoff is a Chicago institution. It all started when German immigrant Herman Berghoff set up a beer stand at Chicago'sWorld Fair in [----]. A . https://t.co/AzY8PL9WfP https://t.co/gUvwNUNTzA https://www.npr.org/2005/12/29/5074873/the-berghoff-a-chicago-institution-to-close 'Timeless' Illinois Eatery Named 'Most Historic Restaurant' In The State iHeart - "The" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2014103949184475185) 2026-01-21T22:32Z 84.4K followers, 38.8K engagements "The DePaul basketball team is on such a tear that DePaul area tavern institution @Kellys_Pub_Chi dusted off their twitter account for the first time in years 🫡 So are we moving the win to Kellys this time @ChrisHoltmann So are we moving the win to Kellys this time @ChrisHoltmann" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2015529518224806340) 2026-01-25T20:57Z 84.4K followers, 47K engagements "My new working theory is that Tyler Technologies has both the contract for the Cook County Property Tax IT upgrade AND the contract for the @jewelosco shopping app. Because both platforms suck hard and both are costing Chicagoans millions of dollars. #DitchYourStoreAppJewel" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2016526302627397982) 2026-01-28T14:58Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "I live in the world where Wrigley Field and the United Center host far more ticketed guests than a new Bears stadium ever will and still pay less than 10% of the McCaskey familys oft-threatened imaginary $200M a year annual property tax tab. @chicagobars @brianarthur77 200mil dollar tax bill is their fair share What for-profit business owner in their right mind would be okay with that What world do you live in @chicagobars @brianarthur77 200mil dollar tax bill is their fair share What for-profit business owner in their right mind would be okay with that What world do you live in" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2018879215350018224) 2026-02-04T02:48Z 84.4K followers, 40.9K engagements "A freeze on property taxes = a tax break for the recipient potentially a massive one. And property taxes are set at a set level for the taxing district (ie school district). So if some SUPER RICH NFL team gets a freeze Everyone else pays more. Thats how freezes work. @lilpepp23 @TDavisAAS @Pete_Martuneac @chicagobars Yup and they never asked for tax breaks either. They want a freeze on the property taxes on their land because it's an empty lot at the moment. Meanwhile as far as I'm aware Prizker is still trying to get the Bears to pay towards debt on Soldier Field which doesn't belong to them" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019079770298855788) 2026-02-04T16:05Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Indianas biggest Bears fan hasnt heard of the Chicago White Sox and State of Illinois owned New Sox Park That doesnt mean they dont care about Chicago. It shows what the state thinks about the Bears. The MaCaskeys are one of the only teams if not the only team to not own their stadium. That doesnt mean they dont care about Chicago. It shows what the state thinks about the Bears. The MaCaskeys are one of the only teams if not the only team to not own their stadium" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019120641061146720) 2026-02-04T18:47Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Good God. Tyler Technologies has built a Cook County court case management system somehow LESS functional than what Clerk Dorothy Brown offered. That shouldnt even be fucking possible" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019125390237983002) 2026-02-04T19:06Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Friends the only people who think the Bears are getting a $200000000 a year property tax bill are the Bears and their sports media enablers. I think the McCaskeys are not very sharp but even they can join the Ricketts Wirtzes and Mansueto in property tax appeal work. @chicagobars You think bears should pay [---------] a year GTFO. Come to Indiana @chicagobars You think bears should pay [---------] a year GTFO. Come to Indiana" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019126078892343420) 2026-02-04T19:09Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "How silly is this If the Bears and their [--] to [--] games a year go the suburbs nobody will go out in Chicago any more Nonsense. Pure nonsense. @chicagobars Then quit bitching they are leaving. Worry more about how the once coveted and sought after bar scene in Chicago is non-existent when everyone goes to the suburbs . @chicagobars Then quit bitching they are leaving. Worry more about how the once coveted and sought after bar scene in Chicago is non-existent when everyone goes to the suburbs " [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019126860911898834) 2026-02-04T19:12Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "I honestly expected these things to annoy me a lot more than they do. The delivery robots are fine. Unlike UberEats and DoorDash drivers they never park in crosswalks or rip U-Turns in intersections Im trying to cross. Theyre fine. #ymmv" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2020923569929396690) 2026-02-09T18:11Z 84.4K followers, 16K engagements "@JimmDispensa Illegal under Illinois Liquor Control Act. As is changing prices for drinks dynamically during the day to sell more slow movers. If you want to bet on how many times Ive been asked about that by bars over the years the over/under should be around 70ish" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021270307185811545) 2026-02-10T17:09Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements "People getting mad at delivery robots and not at the food delivery apps that treat all their gig workers as independent contractors with none of the workplace protections regular small biz employees get is certainly a choice. Better the dumb apps exploit robots than humans. @chicagobars They suck. They take jobs away from real people. They stop in the middle of crosswalks and get in people's way all the time. Maybe you haven't seen enough of them. I did in Miami last month. They suck. @chicagobars They suck. They take jobs away from real people. They stop in the middle of crosswalks and get" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021273046464725080) 2026-02-10T17:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Manchester United currently winning the sports bar TVs tuned war 21-3 over Olympic hockey at this currently very well patronized undisclosed location downtown" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021317498881130737) 2026-02-10T20:17Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Look if this a real offer (with a capital IF) the McCaskey family would be stupid not to jump on it. Last thing any of us want to hear is [--] years of McCaskey going We couldve signed impact free agents if we werent paying all these property taxes https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/portage-proposes-chicago-bears-stadium-on-city-land/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/portage-proposes-chicago-bears-stadium-on-city-land/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021364237160099979) 2026-02-10T23:22Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Every airliner overnighting in ELP tonight is now stuck there for [--] days WTF The Federal Aviation Administration said it was halting all flights to and from El Paso Texas for [--] days for special security reasons without elaborating via @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-for-unspecified-security-reasons-163e0966st=GgAo2c https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-for-unspecified-security-reasons-163e0966st=GgAo2c" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021524530003611846) 2026-02-11T09:59Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@MajaLeeg Put $10 for me on "Somebody has lost an anti-aircraft weapon" down on the Kalshi market for this one plz" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021527758212419799) 2026-02-11T10:12Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "I am BEGGING Wisconsin to offer the McCaskeys a stadium deal too so we can have a true three ring circus of out-of-state offers. Maybe pitch them the underdeveloped Foxconn campus The Brat Stop Bears Check out this Crain's article. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/iowa-joins-indiana-bid-lure-bears-illinois-reports https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/iowa-joins-indiana-bid-lure-bears-illinois-reports" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021596321078211067) 2026-02-11T14:44Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Thoughts and prayers for the US Army PIOs in West Texas and New Mexico today and especially for whichever junior officers end up taking the blame for last nights Army El Paso airspace closure mess. The FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace. I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas. The FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace. I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021602962288550068) 2026-02-11T15:11Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Just [--] miles is the kind of cheerful thing nobody who has ever been stuck in a Indians tollway Notre Dame game traffic jam would write. Just [--] miles from Soldier Field Portage Mayor Austin Bonta is ready to give the Bears [---] acres of land for free. https://t.co/jjRAWwzrgX Just [--] miles from Soldier Field Portage Mayor Austin Bonta is ready to give the Bears [---] acres of land for free. https://t.co/jjRAWwzrgX" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021605940756193286) 2026-02-11T15:23Z 84.4K followers, 17.4K engagements "Lol. Joe Mansueto and the @ChicagoFire just front ran the Portage Indiana press conference with their own Fire Stadium news. 😂 Chicago Fire just dropped fresh renderings of their $750M beast of a stadium rising in The [--] along the river. 22k seats true soccer-specific vibes skyline views riverfront energy. groundbreaking already underway this year eyes on a [----] opening. Downtown MLS in the Windy https://t.co/9GMJEEzpsM Chicago Fire just dropped fresh renderings of their $750M beast of a stadium rising in The [--] along the river. 22k seats true soccer-specific vibes skyline views riverfront" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021637986329469420) 2026-02-11T17:30Z 84.4K followers, 12.3K engagements "A tavern of distinction you should know (I would hope) for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 - River Shannon on Kinzie in the shadow of the Merchandise Mart. Lunch specials daily and excellent bartenders always. Also a rare (for downtown) pool table in back" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021677589124067735) 2026-02-11T20:07Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "@giajules2000 You scoff now but working the angles over a decade+ his squad kept Peotone and Gary airports from expanding while also installing pro-OHare expansion politicians in the little suburbs to west of ORD" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021745726116835380) 2026-02-12T00:38Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "@27dannych No with [--] years of stadium debt left to go I think they wouldve browbeat Bears into staying but given them $100M in Soldier Field upgrades while City refid existing debt out another [--] years in a ridiculously backloaded bond deal (again). 🤷♂🍻" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021746254871765192) 2026-02-12T00:40Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "Vertiginous view of a venerable tin ceiling Chicago tavern for #TavernWeek2026 with a side of @OffcolorBrewing and BONUS the place is very busy on a Wednesday night Good job Lincoln Park" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021769435451994137) 2026-02-12T02:12Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@end_in_antioch Obviously not. The Wirtz and Ricketts family appear to know what theyre doing. Big difference right there But in projected investment the new Wirtz UC project is as big or bigger. https://www.the1901projectchicago.com https://www.the1901projectchicago.com" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022125539876909175) 2026-02-13T01:47Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements "I have yet to hear a City Council opponent of State LICENSED and REGULATED video gaming terminals is a greater evil than the many many locations in their wards with arguably illegal but undeniably unregulated and untaxed sweepstakes machines that look like legal video gambling" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021654198388207794) 2026-02-11T18:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@BobGlezen Read Fussells book and decide for yourself Wicked funny to boot. https://www.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/dp/0671792253/ref=mp_s_a_1_3dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rkvJtQtjSY1yHLdIf1o3eMQlBKqv6ojE1Kl8dvA8tGPunm-SigTL1Cg5Z3fKSVAWlKD9Vaq5DKDqz3uPqrzpKxwuvVWSgyKjtT0IgXgt-J_1P4KNbHhs6m4E1FNUBT46a4pICDQfHF_lMkqVunL9WE7tCqd19ft-CrmsTQ_StQeJcNouIzeUyuNq3sXNgE4H9bvgvZYmW4gJv2Ya__ibFw.6eSIpe5Hdm6pjMhf-oflLW6uv2wCcDpeyFf1aBbdp8I&dib_tag=se&qid=1771034571&refinements=p_27%3APaul+Fussell&s=books&sr=1-3" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022491864566501843) 2026-02-14T02:03Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements "Live look at @ward32chicagos twitter this morning. Hes not wrong it is just fun to see one of City Councils most subdued members very publicly finally get totally fed up" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019093718536471003) 2026-02-04T17:00Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@JulianP_Diaz Fires owner: Worth $4.4B Bears minority partner: Worth $8.4B I have no idea how McCaskey family is getting away with this bidding war on taxpayer subsidized incentives that neither Mansueto or Ricketts got just so they can avoid letting Pat Ryan own more of the Bears. 💸" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021771547552448898) 2026-02-12T02:21Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Happy New Year @SPOTNEWSonIG wherever you are and hope you have a healthier and happy 2026" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2006612916280373457) 2026-01-01T06:26Z 84.4K followers, 24K engagements "The McCaskey familys minority partner in the Bears is nearly twice as wealthy as the Fires owner Joe Mansueto. And the McCaskey family cash poor or not are deeply reluctant to let him buy more of the Bears to help fund new stadium. That shouldnt be IL taxpayers problem. 1) the owner of the Fire made his wealth at Morningstar and therefore has money outside the team 2) the Bears owners are asset rich but cash poor relative to other pro sports owners because theyre descendants of George Halasall their money is from the team and they have 1) the owner of the Fire made his wealth at Morningstar" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021778433043533899) 2026-02-12T02:48Z 84.5K followers, 92.7K engagements "@CLord61 What tax break" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021955193504727488) 2026-02-12T14:30Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "Ill spend $2 billion if the state coughs up $900M in taxpayer dollars for relocating water mains and roads we absolutely need moved for our project AND if Arlington Heights gives us a DECADES long property tax break is the ultimate strings attached togift. @chicagobars What is this argument. The bears literally said theyd pay for the AH stadium @chicagobars What is this argument. The bears literally said theyd pay for the AH stadium" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021955794863116608) 2026-02-12T14:33Z 84.4K followers, 14K engagements "WHY SHOULD THE STATE SPEND $900000000 TO HELP ONE SINGLE BILLIONAIRE ORGANIZATIONS PROJECT THEY BOUGHT IN A INADEQUATE LOCATION Geez people fuck yeah spend $900M on infrastructure. Just spread it all over. Spending it on a MAX 25-30 events a year stadium is dumb. @chicagobars They're not asking the state to pay for the stadium retard. They're asking the state to upgrade infrastructure which is exactly what a state SHOULD be paying for. So many uneducated opinions about this today. @chicagobars They're not asking the state to pay for the stadium retard. They're asking the state to upgrade" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021956444695015523) 2026-02-12T14:35Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "@IncDak How much do you think they should pay in property taxes" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021957364640067765) 2026-02-12T14:39Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "@Bearthafuckdown @IncDak That works for me Be great if Bears would propose that cap or whatever they can live with and then we can all move on" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021968326424220014) 2026-02-12T15:23Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "@SeminoleScout7 No. Im pointing out the absurdity of giving all $900M to one project in a location they bought that is apparently not at all suited for itwithout a deal in place for closing. Dont throw taxpayer money at mistakes made by well heeled (very) pro sports teams" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021968835470143693) 2026-02-12T15:25Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "Hey Chicago bartender & bar owner tweeps if you get pestered by a video gaming terminal sales rep this week ask them what they did to help advance City of Chicago VGT legalization at City Hall yesterday (hint - in most terminal operator cases they did jack shit). Then DM me" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022033344448671871) 2026-02-12T19:41Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Todays list of @ABC7Chicago Jeopardy broadcast commercials (in case you wondered where some independent expenditure committee ad buy money goes)" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022068507345854833) 2026-02-12T22:01Z 84.5K followers, [----] engagements "Guy from OAK PARK bitching about leftists 😂😂😂 @chicagobars At this point I really hope they move to Gary and get away from all these leftist losers who bitch about everything. @chicagobars At this point I really hope they move to Gary and get away from all these leftist losers who bitch about everything" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022305815416521178) 2026-02-13T13:44Z 84.4K followers, 11.5K engagements "The City Council Zoning agenda for next Tuesday agenda has posted. Nothing for my area of interest on there for once but couple interesting projects. https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/24eebe49-b62c-448a-b949-93bf44f17e6a.pdf https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/24eebe49-b62c-448a-b949-93bf44f17e6a.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022363617392517335) 2026-02-13T17:33Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "Do something good for someone every day - Our states beloved retired public official Jesse White Every time somebody asks me for help with City or State red tape even if I dont work for them & even if I cant do much I try to help them because of what Jesse White said.🫡" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2019932646248169804) 2026-02-07T00:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Remember to support Chicagos legacy small businesses this Valentines Day weekend" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021708451664347392) 2026-02-11T22:10Z 84.4K followers, 47.5K engagements "Serious question: Can somebody show me where the Cubs stadium project or the massive new Wirtz United Center asked for nine digits of taxpayer assistance for infrastructure I dont think either did Maybe I missed it I think the Fire are but unsure on their total roads ask. @chicagobars [--]. The Bears have offered to pay for the stadium themselves. From the government they are asking for them to pay for the infrastructure (which is more than fair and par for the course for any major development) and give them tax certainty. Which is to say: tax us like other @chicagobars [--]. The Bears have offered" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021955140916510904) 2026-02-12T14:30Z 84.4K followers, 19.6K engagements "City Council member Jason Ervin mentioned this story in passing yesterday and I'd never heard it before. How Reagan the Contras and funding for the CTA Orange Line all came together back in the 1980s. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/10/30/reagan-the-contras-and-the-orange-line-a-cta-routes-curious-backstory/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/10/30/reagan-the-contras-and-the-orange-line-a-cta-routes-curious-backstory/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2021999178323571202) 2026-02-12T17:25Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "A @SpitefulBrewing beer at another I couldve sworn this was a tavern licensed establishment misfire for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 In any case Metropol Grill and SALOON at [----] N Lincoln has a full bar and a very nice Diamond pool table for your consideration. #FreePlug" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022069716316303639) 2026-02-12T22:06Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Im not blocking him because he loves RFK Jr. - Im blocking him because his entire argument in his tweet is based on one outlier data point (most other fast food joints are doing quite well this quarter). @jonathanmaze @chicagobars Were living in a MAHA world Thanks to RFK Jr. the world is waking up to the poison that is fast food. This is a good trend. @jonathanmaze @chicagobars Were living in a MAHA world Thanks to RFK Jr. the world is waking up to the poison that is fast food. This is a good trend" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022315031950676252) 2026-02-13T14:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "The great thing about many US billionaires/very wealthy and the least fortunate on welfare is they both pay relatively little to nothing at all in taxes. 🤷♂ Writer Paul Fussell had some great sardonic insights about this phenomenon if anybody wants to track down his books. 🍻 @52_peanut @chicagobars Its so funny that the people crying the loudest about the Bears asking for tax certainty and infrastructure have no problem with us giving billions out in welfare to people who literally do not pay taxes. Wild times. @52_peanut @chicagobars Its so funny that the people crying the loudest about" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022315873101561982) 2026-02-13T14:24Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Paul Bauer was one of the nicest and most gregarious Chicagoans Ive ever met. And no Dad has ever been prouder of their daughter than he was. A very good man taken far too soon. May his memory remain a blessing to his family and those he served with at CPD. February [--] will always weigh heavily. [--] years ago we lost a dear friend & Chicago lost one of its fiercest champions & guardians. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was one of CPDs very best. His integrity courage & commitment to service still sets the standard. Deeply missed. Never forgotten. https://t.co/nxsnFEvPsw February [--] will always weigh heavily." [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022324013046108177) 2026-02-13T14:56Z 84.4K followers, 17.1K engagements "Who told the Mayor ".with preliminary federal rules forthcoming." on hemp/THC beverages Hilariously main federal bill (not regulation) introduced so far (by Congressional Republicans) is more restrictive on THC/hemp bevs than what he vetoed today. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-bipartisan-congressional-bill-would-regulate-hemp-products-in-contrast-to-ban-trump-signed/ And 3:55pm mayoral veto check.Mayor Johnson vetoes the proposed ordinance to regulate intoxicating hemp. The redoubtable @fspielman with the scoop and @chicityclerk web site has the actual veto message posted." [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022480099497681405) 2026-02-14T01:16Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements "Made it to Chicagos oldest continuously licensed tavern today for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 On this one thing I know that her friends Eddie Vedder @Sut_40 and I can agree: Beth was the best. 🫡🍻😢" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022519397160751143) 2026-02-14T03:52Z 84.4K followers, 28.5K engagements "Do you want to go shopping with me for a new bathroom trash can No. But it is Valentines Day so I will but have no opinion and Im only test driving the stores absurdly expensive comfy arm chairs. Fine. #Romance" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/2022729278870139257) 2026-02-14T17:46Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements "@MikePTraffic Like a swiffer stands a chance against the average red line platform" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1968423807376343216) 2025-09-17T21:16Z 82.9K followers, [---] engagements "@AldConway @ChiFamSupport You had a good point/insight/story in that hearing when you talked about trying to clear the Fulton/Milwaukee encampment and only about half took up housing offers. It is just hard to get some unhoused people to take housing even when it is ready & available. Tough prob" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1968450211790922067) 2025-09-17T23:01Z 82.9K followers, 11.6K engagements "Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase: $2.25 Train fare today: $2.50 Bus fare today: $2.25 If @CTA had MERELY kept up with inflation Train fare today would be $3.69 Bus fare today would be $3.33" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969044540091777448) 2025-09-19T14:22Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Point of information first class stamps were only [--] cents back in [----] and now they are [--] cents. FFS. EVEN the US Postal Service understands the need to adjust service prices for inflation better than the @cta Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase: $2.25 Train fare today: $2.50 Bus fare today: $2.25 If @CTA had MERELY kept up with inflation Train fare today would be $3.69 Bus fare today would be $3.33 Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase:" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969046796409176274) 2025-09-19T14:31Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "@miguel_terenzo @cta Never waste a crisis is what it is called. They want more tax revenue streams that are entirely disconnected from actual ridership or service quality. Me too. But that doesnt make it logical or right" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969051932128940389) 2025-09-19T14:52Z 82.9K followers, [---] engagements "Does this @TheWienerCircle offer apply to only Bears receivers or do Pick Sixes count towards the [--] TDs too If Caleb throws [--] TDs on Sunday we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday If Caleb throws [--] TDs on Sunday we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969066243542991027) 2025-09-19T15:49Z 82.9K followers, 11.9K engagements "TFW the Chicago sunset is so weird and hazy you want to google Is Canada on fire again" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969178061326127178) 2025-09-19T23:13Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "You monsters" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969182746304975312) 2025-09-19T23:32Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Public Service Announcement: Here is todays @BinnysBev Marcey Street sampling schedule. Try. Buy. Enjoy. #FreePlug" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969450045066842582) 2025-09-20T17:14Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Architecture for when the client wants a stately classical estate home and nothing to do with maintaining estate grounds. " [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969839907201060888) 2025-09-21T19:03Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Atlas [---] returning to ORD after a few laps of Milwaukee. Flight 5Y8559 from Chicago to Seoul https://fr24.com/GTI8559/3c50672d https://fr24.com/GTI8559/3c50672d" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969843243107094698) 2025-09-21T19:16Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "@NotBarbarella Not even space for a serfs hut to tend the shrub" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969870070382743761) 2025-09-21T21:03Z 82.9K followers, [--] engagements "Undisclosed location. Watching surprisingly happy Bears fans while drinking a Oktoberfest beer" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1969896038283829264) 2025-09-21T22:46Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "The coffee shop Im working in has speakers blaring Nickelback and is also showing a [--] foot high head projection of Steven A. Smith bloviating. Is this hell @grok" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970140176279384554) 2025-09-22T14:56Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "I kid. I kid. The Nickelback video for that song has a bunch of shots in Chicago including multiple shots of the late great @doubledoor" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970143862107656358) 2025-09-22T15:11Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "Surprisingly this @capitolfax post wasnt about the Chicago Bears endless Statehouse push for a taxpayer stadium subsidy. How long can this go on https://t.co/1mc0afAQD5 How long can this go on https://t.co/1mc0afAQD5" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970222670080782796) 2025-09-22T20:24Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "This tweet below reminds meare any Chicago bars or restaurants opening early Friday for breakfast and beverages while showing the stupid early Ryder Cup Day [--] tee times Who do you want to see lead off on Friday at Bethpage Black https://t.co/nNwiwYCdEh Who do you want to see lead off on Friday at Bethpage Black https://t.co/nNwiwYCdEh" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970271354453684335) 2025-09-22T23:37Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Go enjoy FBIs ABSCAM page before it gets taken down once they figure out Tom Homan took same $50k bribe Congress-critters took from FBI agents in [----]. I guess even when taking cash some [----] administration officials still dont understand inflation. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970308591065407634) 2025-09-23T02:05Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "Now can we have a Constitutional Amendment limiting Presidential eligibility to those between the ages of [--] and [--] Trump: I ended seven wars and never even received a phone call from the UN offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the UN was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle and a teleprompter that didnt work. Thank you very much. https://t.co/iFjoRRqxcq Trump: I ended seven wars and never even received a phone call from the UN offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the UN was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970523214875943375) 2025-09-23T16:18Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "@thechippinn On it (But I think it is a state law thing)" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970666039907397744) 2025-09-24T01:46Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "In the most Chicago thing I will tweet today I just learned @AureliosPizza co-sponsored the Pope Leo XIV Mass at Sox Park" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970863770357682564) 2025-09-24T14:51Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "Ricobenes got more City employees in it right now than some floors of City Hall" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970895846968291488) 2025-09-24T16:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "You know what they call eating that entire @Ricobenes breaded steak sandwich covered in cheese sauce and hot peppers without getting any of it on the white dress shirt youre wearing PROFESSIONALISM" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970913804671480300) 2025-09-24T18:10Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "Sports blog summarizes the pretty sweet White Sox stadium lease off one of my throwaway tweets last week. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-avoid-paying-ticket-sales-bonus-for-13th-consecutive-season/ https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-avoid-paying-ticket-sales-bonus-for-13th-consecutive-season/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970939803287028157) 2025-09-24T19:54Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "Big beautiful @Lufthansa_USA @Boeing [---] departing @fly2ohare over Roscoe Village now. Queen of the Skies indeed" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1970974461097804075) 2025-09-24T22:11Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "I know a lot of you find @RaymondALopez gratingbut hes right. The lack of publicly posted agenda items before Council meetings was bad under Lightfoot and keeps getting worse. Cook County passed a rule over a decade ago to stop this vote on it before public sees it crap. Less than [--] hours before the Rules Committee is scheduled to meet (15 min before the full City Council meeting) the agenda has finally been shared with supportive documentation for only ONE of FOUR agenda items. This is not even remotely close to good government https://t.co/wlOMaKnmcz Less than [--] hours before the Rules" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1971013325866795499) 2025-09-25T00:46Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements "@FBmerchant @walkeri141 That parking is three decorative ponds and a major rail line" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1971305868932379031) 2025-09-25T20:08Z 82.9K followers, [--] engagements "Maybe ICE thinks Chicagos got undocumented Venetian gondola captains on our river Chicago River. ICE adding patrols. @ICEgov @POTUS https://t.co/AmT0iPMJBM Chicago River. ICE adding patrols. @ICEgov @POTUS https://t.co/AmT0iPMJBM" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1971370506717892696) 2025-09-26T00:25Z 83K followers, 41.3K engagements "@Tenelachicity Im sure that time you did. Lots of cool law enforcement is around whenever any POTUS is in town. But to your larger point Youre just making shit up and ICE is wasting our money cruising the river to get some video of Homan looking tough onsomething. Waste. Of. Money" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1971387860759777677) 2025-09-26T01:34Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "Just here to toast the legendary Zum Deutschen Eck" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1971757193059094906) 2025-09-27T02:02Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "What an absurdly beautiful day it was in Chicago today. But I forgot to take pics. Anybody got some pretty city pics" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972086390512083308) 2025-09-27T23:50Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "He voted to make the second wives patronizing City Winery on a sunny Sunday afternoon befuddled between sips of bubbly by a armed ICE patrol That is one very niche issue voter. @chicagobars Wacker is what they usually takeover so no this is what I voted for @chicagobars Wacker is what they usually takeover so no this is what I voted for" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972402129257337024) 2025-09-28T20:44Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "@JonnyCacciatore All I see on river today is a Republican White House PR stunt with a lot of ICE guys probably sweating their balls off in full gear on a [--] degree day in a tourist area. Not sure Any PR stunt Lightfoot and MBJ could dream of we can do better is winning politics but do go on" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972409033807290476) 2025-09-28T21:12Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "@TeeMacTV Ok. Put another way. If there is this credible threat you impute and the tactical gear ICE guys stood around and didnt issue a public alert to keep people out of the area regular people are going to be PISSED they were being used as bait during a serious threat. 🤷♂" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972436483303968963) 2025-09-28T23:01Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "@_Gregsimon Who said I begrudge law enforcement spending. But at a minimum try deploying all those ICE guys to the half dozen neighborhoods where most of the shootings actually occur" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972446070736339076) 2025-09-28T23:39Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "Micah Parsons is going to do Im a bad bad man things to the Cowboys tonight. That is my incredibly bold SNF prediction" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972457312309960712) 2025-09-29T00:24Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three year war on the north side. https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/28/lake-street-bridge-repairs-closure-chicago https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/28/lake-street-bridge-repairs-closure-chicago" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972479560718614774) 2025-09-29T01:52Z 83.1K followers, 86.5K engagements "The sun will rise the sun will set and Green Bays special teams unit will make every big game needlessly interesting. On those three things you can rely" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972504871535567333) 2025-09-29T03:33Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "Ok infrastructure guy 1) When in past decade has ANY major Chicago infrastructure project been finished early to enrich Walsh Globetrotters et al 2) What part of your fucking thesis explains @ChicagoDOT and/or IDOT closing THREE major bridges while Kennedy work is ongoing @chicagobars @mollyfleck I am an infrastructure guy but I am not involved in this project. However the faster the construction company completes the work the more money they will make. @chicagobars @mollyfleck I am an infrastructure guy but I am not involved in this project. However the faster the construction company" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972516633810776381) 2025-09-29T04:19Z 83K followers, 10.6K engagements "@OregonEb Thats not the National Guard dummy" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972777548603101642) 2025-09-29T21:36Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "My musical thought when about 75% of those Disney/ESPN/Hulu cancellations realize how much college football they can't watch now. [---] million Disney+ Hulu and ESPN cancellations during Jimmy Kimmel's suspension https://t.co/65oEtc77Wc [---] million Disney+ Hulu and ESPN cancellations during Jimmy Kimmel's suspension https://t.co/65oEtc77Wc" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972850168375738772) 2025-09-30T02:25Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "@ItsNotYouItsMia No pretty sure these are the same people about to blow up social media on Wednesday when Amazon Prime streaming restrictions kick in and they are flummoxed" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1972878765442392553) 2025-09-30T04:18Z 83K followers, [--] engagements "People ask me: "Do you know which posts are going to take off" Sure don't But people sure engaged with Sunday's post about @ChicagoDOT closing multiple crucial bridges for work at the exact same time. 🤔 Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three year war on the north side. https://t.co/KkhCI8Ve9L Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973009773630247186) 2025-09-30T12:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "I saw Cook County board members touting this new County $1000 property tax rebate program this week. One thing I learned from various City "Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes" style pandemic small biz relief programs is they piss off 5x the # of "winners" they help. "Hey let's hike property taxes 50%" "Great idea" "And then let's offer a few folks a lousy $1000 rebate" "Hahahahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Perfect" Welcome to Chicago Cook County Illinois @vjeannek https://t.co/4TGBSuDopL https://t.co/FGjKojL29a "Hey let's hike property taxes 50%" "Great idea" "And then let's offer a few folks a lousy" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973025365984673980) 2025-09-30T14:01Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "If anyone wants to donate to my Even if unopposed and even if nominated I will not run campaign fund before the crucial October 1st deadline Ill be accepting 16oz campaign donations at [----] W Addison this afternoon. Candidates nudging donors ahead of yet another "key" fundraising deadline https://t.co/e3N8xZqgke Candidates nudging donors ahead of yet another "key" fundraising deadline https://t.co/e3N8xZqgke" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973092333206868102) 2025-09-30T18:27Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "The @ChicagoBears released a study today claiming their new suburban stadium will create [-----] full time construction equivalent (FTE) jobs. Which is wild because a similar stadium designed by same architects for Raiders generated just [----] FTE jobs. https://nevadacurrent.com/2020/09/18/stadium-generated-fewer-than-a-quarter-of-projected-construction-jobs/ https://nevadacurrent.com/2020/09/18/stadium-generated-fewer-than-a-quarter-of-projected-construction-jobs/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973222467352375682) 2025-10-01T03:04Z 83K followers, 23.3K engagements "@007Sausage I usually found ADP pretty reliable predictor of follow on Federal data. I dont recall this big a revision due to their quarterly statistical revision/benchmarking but might have missed some. Major slowing in hiring does track with my anecdotal impressions" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973389202046792036) 2025-10-01T14:07Z 83K followers, [--] engagements "Billy here misses the point. I could TRULY give a rats ass if the Bears relocate. For downtown Chicago business it will just be like Notre Dame games. They mostly stay (and spend) here and ride to game & back same day. But no fucking taxpayer stadium subsidy to help build it.💸 @chicagobars @ChicagoBears They're moving. Ain't a thing you're gonna do about it now. Study no study; it don't matter. Stadium is coming and in [--] years it'll be looked at as the greatest decicision in the history of the franchise. The SB parade will probably run NB on Rt14 from Edison Pk to AH.🐻🔽 @chicagobars" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973390830510457311) 2025-10-01T14:13Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "@007Sausage Where do all the Amazon & food delivery app gig workers get counted in Do they" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973391245809508505) 2025-10-01T14:15Z 83K followers, [--] engagements "But youre still sticking the $580000000 balance on your last @ChicagoBears taxpayer subsidized stadium with the good taxpayers of @Chicago Do I got that right Bears A stadium for all of Illinois. More about our plans to build a world-class stadium in Arlington Heights A stadium for all of Illinois. More about our plans to build a world-class stadium in Arlington Heights" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973501064944165162) 2025-10-01T21:31Z 83.2K followers, 26.5K engagements "@pa_tall @ChicagoBears @chicago More a case of the genius Mayor who gave the Bears that stadium the team asked for financed it with heavily backloaded debt" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973515357634826490) 2025-10-01T22:28Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "@BearE_62 @ChicagoBears @chicago Not the concert revenue🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1973837954385916132) 2025-10-02T19:50Z 83K followers, [---] engagements "Office hours are 6-7pm tonight at the fine bars around Halsted & Diversey" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1974200019952808437) 2025-10-03T19:48Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "This is absurd @CTA - you're allegedly careening towards a fiscal cliff and you're not holding budget hearings until November and not doing even a modest fare hike until FEBRUARY The only urgency CTA feels is an urgency to get new taxes. https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/10/03/chicago-transit-funding-shortfall https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/10/03/chicago-transit-funding-shortfall" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1974248001381036084) 2025-10-03T22:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "I can never ever see the Punisher logo & not think of the Uvalde school shooting responding cop spending minutes checking his phone with that logod lock screen instead of rushing to the shooter. Never. https://www.newsweek.com/uvalde-officer-checks-phone-punisher-lock-screen-during-shootingvideo-1724131 The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this. https://t.co/GewwqUwoUl https://www.newsweek.com/uvalde-officer-checks-phone-punisher-lock-screen-during-shootingvideo-1724131 The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1974330624417960441) 2025-10-04T04:27Z 83.2K followers, 11.9K engagements "I got a weird job but people give me excellent thank you notes I can enjoy for months. 🫡🥃🍻 h/t @DanteTheDon" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1974666055688871954) 2025-10-05T02:40Z 83K followers, [----] engagements "How did we get German Filipino and Italian Heritage Month all in October Or so CPD social media tells me they all are. This seems like something Congress and/or the UN couldve arranged better. The Chicago Police Department celebrates the history culture and achievements of Italian Americans whose contributions have helped shape our city. We also recognize the dedication of our members of Italian heritage whose service strengthens our Department and the communities we https://t.co/b3HV0ENQM0 The Chicago Police Department celebrates the history culture and achievements of Italian Americans" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975192876029227357) 2025-10-06T13:34Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "This would be like the Feds finally getting Al Capone on tax evasion ///BREAKING//// Juan Espinoza Martinez an alleged high-ranking member of the Latin Kings has been charged with soliciting the murder of a "senior law enforcement official" involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as Operation Midway Blitz. https://t.co/MmfE03L2XC ///BREAKING//// Juan Espinoza Martinez an alleged high-ranking member of the Latin Kings has been charged with soliciting the murder of a "senior law enforcement official" involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as Operation Midway" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975337382946992526) 2025-10-06T23:08Z 83.1K followers, 11.6K engagements "I know this is as hopeless as trying to stop a hurricane but before big Twitter brains claim Trump sending Texas National Guard to Chicago is same as Ike sending troops to Little Rock to enforce Supreme Court decision it literally isnt. H/t @MarkMaxwellTV https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-little-rock-school-integration-crisis https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-little-rock-school-integration-crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975378516570218942) 2025-10-07T01:51Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "I have no idea when working within the rule of law became anathema to Trump partisans. By all means indict arrest convict and deport. But thats job for US attys and FBI agents. Not [---] weekend warriors from Texas about to discover we have no @Whataburger but great weather. @chicagobars @MarkMaxwellTV Yeah hes just trying to deport drug and sex traffickers that Democrats are harboring and likely profiting from in Chicago. No bigs. @chicagobars @MarkMaxwellTV Yeah hes just trying to deport drug and sex traffickers that Democrats are harboring and likely profiting from in Chicago. No bigs" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975382449397113098) 2025-10-07T02:07Z 83.1K followers, 15.1K engagements "@mikesell_dave @Whataburger If you think sending a bunch of Texas National Guard is a more legal (and better) solution to your perceived crime problem than sending a shit ton of extra FBI & ATF agents and a couple Federal prosecutors you are 100% a Trump partisan. 🙄" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975383829310546253) 2025-10-07T02:13Z 83.1K followers, [---] engagements "@nonstopbutterc1 Kind of joke thats going to get the jokester a [--] year all expenses paid trip to Florence Colorado" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975391102216589326) 2025-10-07T02:41Z 83.1K followers, [---] engagements "@Rachel68974848 @mikesell_dave Im sure you were very upset about presidential priorities when President Trump surged FBI agents to crack down on violent crime back in [----] too. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-operation-legend-to-send-federal-agents-to-chicago-albuquerque/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-operation-legend-to-send-federal-agents-to-chicago-albuquerque/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975593232827359273) 2025-10-07T16:05Z 83.1K followers, [--] engagements "On a lighter note tomorrows @Cubs @Brewers Divisional Series Game [--] at Wrigley Field is roughly a minimum $650000 City of Chicago amusement tax windfall [-----] tickets sold (low) $175 avg ticket cost (likely low) = $7175000.00 gate x 9% amusement tax = $645750 city tax tab MLB post-season open thread https://t.co/C8OJnwuwAy MLB post-season open thread https://t.co/C8OJnwuwAy" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975608143951634632) 2025-10-07T17:04Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "Alderwoman Taylor asking who "owns" the Millennium Park garages that City is about to lease [--] parking spaces for EV city vehicles so the Millennium Park garage guy gets to stand up and explain how City Hall under Daley leased the garages to them for [--] years" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975623486162059700) 2025-10-07T18:05Z 83.2K followers, 31.5K engagements "Somebody read last weeks Ballys investor news and translate it from finance to English for us all Think they did sale & leaseback to reduce/restructure a debt facility https://s29.q4cdn.com/580102441/files/doc_news/2025/Sep/30/RCF-Increase-Amendment-9-30-25-FINAL.pdf https://s29.q4cdn.com/580102441/files/doc_news/2025/Sep/30/RCF-Increase-Amendment-9-30-25-FINAL.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975636858718785738) 2025-10-07T18:58Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "Why are Bill Swerskis Bears Superfans disguised as @TexasGuard soldiers in Joliet" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975702142515372339) 2025-10-07T23:17Z 83.2K followers, 13.3K engagements "In things I enjoyed discovering tonight. Whoever runs the @TexasGuard social media account slapped a picture of founding father George Washington on a very well known quote from George Washington CARVER who looks a little different than our first President. Google it TNG Clear mission. Real purpose. The Guard gives you both. What's your vision https://t.co/RwEIxU9xCr Clear mission. Real purpose. The Guard gives you both. What's your vision https://t.co/RwEIxU9xCr" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975768539857367314) 2025-10-08T03:41Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "I dont know if anybody who pardoned January 6th rioters convicted by a jury of attacking US Capitol Police should be calling for jailing other elected officials over a lack of support for Federal law enforcement officers" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975933493822812397) 2025-10-08T14:37Z 83.2K followers, 11.8K engagements "Happy Best Worst City Hall Budget Cycle Day of the Year The fall daily hearing schedule for #ChiBudget2026 #twill is public https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/aee5b571-0d69-4be7-8b46-0822ea374863.pdf https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/aee5b571-0d69-4be7-8b46-0822ea374863.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975937835153735780) 2025-10-08T14:54Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "@GoCocksGo2001 Did you huff a lot of jet fuel while in the Air Force Literally dozens of jury trials convicted the insurrectionists. If you dont believe in juries handing down verdicts that were then upheld in dozens of appeals you dont believe in due process" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1975966562973777998) 2025-10-08T16:48Z 83.1K followers, [--] engagements "I didnt make it into the Chicago Cubs playoff gane tonight. But I got closeundisclosed location drinking a @MoorsBeer beer. Cheers to another couple million in Cubs Brewers economic impact tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976121665206558762) 2025-10-09T03:04Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Me in crosswalk on busy Belmont Avenue American SUV: Stops and yields A CYBERTRUCK driver(): Stops and yields Jagoff in a bike lane on a speeding e-bike Almost runs me over Get those fucking things out of bike lanes. Theyre not bikes theyre just shitty motorcycles" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976286287033413841) 2025-10-09T13:59Z 83.1K followers, 25.5K engagements "The Ballys corporate team pulling out the stops today to block state legal video gaming in locally owned Chicago bars & restaurants. Meanwhile their casino lags (badly) the states leading casinos in both attendance and tax revenue and has to resort to marketing cheap snacks" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976354654041894940) 2025-10-09T18:30Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "I don't intend to spend too much time hammering on this but the City of Chicago's casino partner @BallysChicago is failing.miserably.at their job of generating gambling revenue that is meant to support Chicago's beat up first responder pension funds. Last week @ChicagosMayor sez "We don't have a budget problem we have a (tax) revenue problem" This week @ChicagosMayor "Tax revenue for Chicago by allowing same legal state licensed & regulated video gaming that lots of Illinois cities allow NO WAY" https://t.co/fzxZfhxbfA Last week @ChicagosMayor sez "We don't have a budget problem we have a" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976414664742543578) 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, 15.7K engagements "But there is just no evidence @BallysChicago team knows as much about SELLING a downtown casino in America's 3rd biggest City as they do about blocking competition to their flailing casino in River North. Probably time for City Council to drag them in for a come to Jesus tbh" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976414677505810471) 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "In conclusion. if you suck at running a River North casino during good economic times while also trying to land deals to open new casinos in both Vegas and New York City Why protect a City partner who is making eyes at our major competitor cities https://igamingbusiness.com/casino/ballys-new-york-las-vegas-casino-resorts/ https://igamingbusiness.com/casino/ballys-new-york-las-vegas-casino-resorts/" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976414678990618971) 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements "Man in wheelchair challenges colleague to a push up challenge Thats honestly SNL caliber political parody out of the Texas guvnor. Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups" https://t.co/LxTH8v0VQS Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups" https://t.co/LxTH8v0VQS" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1976769932693221786) 2025-10-10T22:00Z 83.1K followers, 18.9K engagements "@Winstoncupwolf If upper body strength had jack to do with gubernatorial political ability both Jesse Ventura & Arnold Schwarzenegger would both currently be fifth term incumbents" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1977174159659618411) 2025-10-12T00:47Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements "Excuse me while I grab some popcorn and wait for @JBPritzker to indulge @ILGOP Rep Cabellos here and see JB demand that President Trump quit giving billions to major IL soybean export competitor Argentina instead of giving the [--] billion they got to our own US farmers. @GovPritzker Oh please JB. Farmers dont need empty words from a multi billionaire whos crushing them with higher fuel costs property taxes and regulations. Youve turned Illinois into one of the hardest states to farm in and now youre pretending to have their back How about cutting @GovPritzker Oh please JB. Farmers dont need" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1977477766732763488) 2025-10-12T20:53Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "I cant imagine the data is available publicly but a Chicago specific revenue source chart like the one below for Bears Blackhawks Bulls Cubs and White Sox would be fascinating. How each sports league makes money. https://t.co/hNVqTv9kiR How each sports league makes money. https://t.co/hNVqTv9kiR" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1977723622803341531) 2025-10-13T13:10Z 83.2K followers, 13.6K engagements "Happy That annual October Monday in Chicago when most breweries get a wave of skinny tired looking post-marathon people walking gingerly as they grab beers on the way to their airport later Day Its not just a real holiday its a major one" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1977741863810437609) 2025-10-13T14:22Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "To @delilahschicago tonight or not to @delilahschicago tonight and see if Josh Allen will be doing Josh Allen things in the fourth quarter while those Chicago based Buffalo fans live and die on every play" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1977916611626401853) 2025-10-14T01:57Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Is everyone having a good start to their ILGA Veto Session Week [--] Yes. No. FML. Yes. No. FML" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978155482024906884) 2025-10-14T17:46Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Promote whatever House Democratic staffer who had the brains to make paying Americas soldiers a GOP government shutdown a legislative priority to be the head of the DCCC immediately. Seriously. As a Retired Brigadier General I never thought Id see the day when members of Congress would block pay for our troops to score political points. But thats exactly what Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greenes party just did. This is not patriotic. Its a disgrace. https://t.co/FOmhFJerNz As a Retired Brigadier General I never thought Id see the day when members of Congress would block pay for our troops" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978245802016358858) 2025-10-14T23:45Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "@StuLoren Hedging against more delays in Cook County paying out property taxes" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978248136452669533) 2025-10-14T23:54Z 83.2K followers, [---] engagements "Not to nitpick at the ILGA web site all day but you guys rebuilt it to add a "LIVE" button on the hearing room streams but couldn't figure out how to include a line on the committee / subject matter in that hearing room Pretty low hanging UI fruit missed imho. #twill" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978456283335311501) 2025-10-15T13:41Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "The @cta last raised fares in [----] to $2.50 per train trip & $2.25 per bus trip. If fares simply kept up with inflation they would be $3.25 and $2.95 today. The CTA is only proposing hike to $2.75 and $2.50 in their [----] budget. Help yourself before asking for new taxes CTA Riders would see their base fare for both bus and rail to increase by $0.25 bringing the fare up to $2.50 for buses and $2.75 for rail starting on Feb. [--] [----]. https://t.co/UVtdGpgc7n Riders would see their base fare for both bus and rail to increase by $0.25 bringing the fare up to $2.50 for buses and $2.75 for rail" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978460418977784229) 2025-10-15T13:58Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Hey @BallysChicago To paraphrase Dean Wormer Underperforming and Over-Leveraged is no way to go thru life. Maybe kick your Chicago casino leadership to the curb and bring in some people who can get your AGR per admission up to something respectable Bally's faces lender wrath on debt plan involving Chicago casino https://t.co/kV0YsFv08e Bally's faces lender wrath on debt plan involving Chicago casino https://t.co/kV0YsFv08e" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978508011728458076) 2025-10-15T17:07Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "President Trump must have really really loved the musical Evita based on all our American money hes throwing at Argentina now. The Trump administration is putting together a $20 billion private finance facility that could act as a backstop for Argentinas debt Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said https://t.co/kbwOuOTyjk The Trump administration is putting together a $20 billion private finance facility that could act as a backstop for Argentinas debt Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said https://t.co/kbwOuOTyjk" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978576722397204796) 2025-10-15T21:40Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "@bibliographing @LoveyPuffyPants @TraceyRyniec Hell hath no political fury like a Chicago Pinterest or TikTok user being told they will now have to pay a tax to browse. Thats my bold prediction" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978845672896966675) 2025-10-16T15:29Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements "@bibliographing @LoveyPuffyPants @TraceyRyniec Pretty confident the social media companies first plan will be Kill it with fire before they even begin to consider passing it on" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978849316388102431) 2025-10-16T15:43Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements "One billion dollar TIF sweep in this budget. Im personally fine with this but really ties his hands on rewarding Council allies with future ward project subsidies. 🤷♂" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978857084398481430) 2025-10-16T16:14Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "The @ChicagoBudget Overview Book for [----] budget #ChiBudget2026 is out: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/obm/supp_info/2026Budget/2026%20Budget%20Overview.pdf https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/obm/supp_info/2026Budget/2026%20Budget%20Overview.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978881181505507656) 2025-10-16T17:50Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Chicago Budget Introduction Council Meeting Happy Hour will be at @monkspubchicago as fast as I can get there after todays meeting adjourns" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978904261221040217) 2025-10-16T19:21Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "Who.thought cutting "motor vehicle lessor tax" from $2.75 to $0.50 cents in they Mayor's #ChiBudget2026 is a tax cut that is going to impress actual residents Seems more like it will just piss off both the bike people and people who own cars equally https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WrztcTMZ-eREXzUBteMg9scSbE_qE-Xd/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WrztcTMZ-eREXzUBteMg9scSbE_qE-Xd/view" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/1978966104543314325) 2025-10-16T23:27Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements "The Chicago Cubs new Springfield lobbyist has arrived in town. Probably headed to meeting with @capitolfax http://t.co/WjtYgUgu9f" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/468451558934736896) 2014-05-19T18:02Z 77.3K followers, [--] engagements "My salary stinks but you can't put a price on the "Unlimited Cubs day baseball game comp time" benefit. http://t.co/iSL3xYYMuS" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/585872779779518464) 2015-04-08T18:32Z 77.3K followers, [--] engagements "Well this is concerning" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/902688275156127745) 2017-08-30T00:23Z 82.7K followers, [--] engagements ""Need Prayer" table outside the Daley Center courthouse. That's solid cause marketing" [X Link](https://x.com/chicagobars/status/905450666637889537) 2017-09-06T15:20Z 82.7K followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social category influence finance 26.4% technology brands 5.58% social networks 4.06% stocks 3.05% countries 3.05% musicians 1.52% travel destinations 1.52% nfl 1.02% mlb 1.02% automotive brands 1.02%
Social topic influence money 5.08%, gaming 3.05%, debt 3.05%, fine #1627, pay #2581, if you 2.03%, finance 2.03%, project 2.03%, inflation 2.03%, law enforcement 2.03%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @jtcharles01 @lakecountydem @chicagobears @bearthafuckdown @havsumreesies @27dannych @cta @craigthumper @maestermagoo @mikeptraffic @bearsfan302 @jgee2061450 @loveypuffypants @therealdtox @tehduffman @clord61 @bobglezen @incdak @seminolescout7 @chicago
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Top Social Posts
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"In case youre unfamiliar with the costly Tyler Technologies Cook County property tax debacle here you go. 💸💸💸🤯 h/t @injusticewatch @chicagotribune @ad_quig https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/court-administration/2025/costs-triple-delays-mount-in-tyler-technologies-contracts/ https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/court-administration/2025/costs-triple-delays-mount-in-tyler-technologies-contracts/"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:10Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Take the Indiana deal @ChicagoBears - score that easy Indiana taxpayer money We'll be fine Chicago bars hotels and restaurants will just run shuttles to the games or fans will Uber there like they already do every year for Notre Dame games. Indiana Senate passes Chicago Bears stadium funding bill https://t.co/ywjkG6bT3T Indiana Senate passes Chicago Bears stadium funding bill https://t.co/ywjkG6bT3T"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:41Z 84.3K followers, 13.5K engagements
"@Kdonahu2 About [-----] hotel/motel rooms if you include South Bend area. Theyd have to draw a huge hotel third of the state tax district to match the 6% hotel tax $ Indys 30000+ rooms generate"
X Link 2026-01-29T02:24Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@Austin__Berg I dont see how you get from elected CFO to competent independent CFO in your equation. That job is going to suck for next decade and qualified municipal CFOs are likely to do the potential ROI on running for a hard job every [--] years to make same or potentially less $. 🤷♂🍻"
X Link 2026-02-01T16:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"FFS. Well have world peace AND universal free US healthcare before Americans would boycott watching a Super Bowl. Even the Democratic Socialists know this. Wheres Jason posting from Mongolia Pakistan If the @NFL doesnt immediately switch the halftime show from whoever Bad Bunny is they will see the largest viewership drop in Super Bowl history. The boycott will be bigger than the game itself. Heck Ill boycott anyone who advertises. Change the show or we change the https://t.co/dVxZCzXNYz If the @NFL doesnt immediately switch the halftime show from whoever Bad Bunny is they will see the"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:03Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@lakecountydem Aint no football loving American of any political persuasion boycotting the Super Bowl. M"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:28Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements
"A Illinois Senate bill has been introduced to allow dogs in public swimming pools if certain specified conditions are met. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=3083&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165664&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=3083&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165664&SessionID=114"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:46Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The McCaskeys are truly either the greediest or most inept team ownership in Illinois. Maybe both. Now theyre trying to force Illinois legislators into a bidding war with Indiana for Bears new stadium taxpayer handout five weeks before IL primary elections. Idiots. According to @WaddleandSilvy while Arlington Heights is the preferred destination for the Bears new stadium there could be a decision to move to Northwest Indiana at the end of February or early March https://t.co/VrkthunsJy According to @WaddleandSilvy while Arlington Heights is the preferred destination for the Bears new stadium"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:13Z 84.3K followers, 70K engagements
"If the Bears move to Indiana all it says is the McCaskeys never cared about Sweet Home Chicago at all (for the record I dont think they ever really have) and that Illinois politicians are smarter than Indiana politicians by not throwing money at a $8.8 BILLION dollar pro team. @chicagobars This isnt true at all. Bears would be one of only [--] teams in the entire league paying taxes on the stadium and theyre willing to do it. IL / Cook County has had [--] years to make progress and theyve made LITERALLY zero. IN has done everything Bears wanted and more and still @chicagobars This isnt true at all."
X Link 2026-02-04T02:10Z 84.3K followers, 76.3K engagements
"@brianarthur77 Yes they are. Not paying their fair share of property taxes shifts that burden if funding local services to everyone else"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:15Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Bears have been stepping on their own rakes for three years. #FixedIt @sullyhome @chicagobars Bears have been waiting [--] years. Indiana offered the bears a good offer withoa couple months. Bears dont want to be waiting forever @sullyhome @chicagobars Bears have been waiting [--] years. Indiana offered the bears a good offer withoa couple months. Bears dont want to be waiting forever"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:17Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Elected officials (with notable exception of Chicagos Mayor) repeatedly declining three years of shitty Bears proposals is not dragging their feet. FFS Crane Kenney of Cubs tried same crap for five years. Then Cubs gave up & renovated. Hopefully Bears figure it out faster. @chicagobars @bearsfan302 So are they forcing it down their throats with only [--] weeks left or has the state been dragging its feet for [--] years This is the real problem. When your taxes are potentially $192m more than the state of freaking CA charges the next highest stadium (SoFi) IL is the problem. https://t.co/nIcLUFzwGG"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:23Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Bears arent proposing a term limited TIF District you idiot hamster. @chicagobars Its not done as a burden to the tax payer. Its called TIF. They freeze property taxes because they're offset by the incremental tax revenue that the property will generate in other places (sales tax). Then after an agreed upon term the property tax is reinstated at an increased @chicagobars Its not done as a burden to the tax payer. Its called TIF. They freeze property taxes because they're offset by the incremental tax revenue that the property will generate in other places (sales tax). Then after an agreed"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:13Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Probably best Bob Weir has passed on. Illinois Rep introduces bill to make sale of nitrous oxide for getting weird a felony. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=4944&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166294&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=4944&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166294&SessionID=114"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:28Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"IMPORTANT BEARS STADIUM SURVEY (PART TWO). While almost every other privately developed project in Illinois (and Indiana) pays sales tax on construction materials for their projects the Bears want a full sales tax waiver on it. Should Bears get a construction sales tax waiver No sales tax on buildout Pay sales tax on buildout We tax building goods I don't know No sales tax on buildout Pay sales tax on buildout We tax building goods I don't know"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:49Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@tdobrezjr @WaddleandSilvy @TylerAki_ 😂😂😂"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:00Z 84.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@Joel_Bittner @JTCharles01 Why do the $8.8 billion dollar valued Bears deserve a (far) better taxpayer subsidized deal than anything your suburban small business will ever get in a thousand years"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:20Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Geez. Trying to keep a low profile at this hearing and gregarious government affairs professionals keep walking up and saying hello. Maybe I should grow some whimsical facial hair"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:11Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I disagree with this guys definition of opportunity but I agree with him Bears should accept northwest Indianas stadium offer ASAP. 1) We can see if IN has the political will to actually pass it. 2) Wont have to spend 2030s listening to McCaskeys complain about Illinois @chicagobars Let it go. There is no deal IL can put on the table to keep the Bears in IL unless they pay for the stadium and give the Bears $0 property taxes. A wise business decision says they should cross the border. IL govt fumbled this opportunity @chicagobars Let it go. There is no deal IL can put on the table to keep the"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:46Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"2024-2025 season stadium sports attendance in Chicago. Wrigley Field - [-------] United Center - [-------] Bulls - [------] Blackhawks - [------] Sox Park - [-------] Bears at Soldier Field - [------] @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Give it some time. When the Bears move it'll sink in. @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Give it some time. When the Bears move it'll sink in"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:37Z 84.3K followers, 77.3K engagements
"Bill filed in Illinois House to give municipal workers in Cook County a property tax break. https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=5200&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166857&SessionID=114 https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatusDocNum=5200&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166857&SessionID=114"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:56Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@JGee2061450 No it shows how impossible it is to get a reasonable taxpayer ROI on the Bears proposed taxpayer subsidy is. There are simply not enough events in a NFL season for taxpayers to ever break even"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:47Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Exactly Lets let Indiana be dumb Move to Gary if that is what you want @ChicagoBears @HavsumReesies @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Every study shows large gov investment in stadiums is not smart. Large giv investments when they don't own it is even more not smart. NW IN is no less Chicago than AH. Let IN be dumb. Chicago and IL will still get most of the tourism benefits anyway. @HavsumReesies @JTCharles01 @chicagobars Every study shows large gov investment in stadiums is not smart. Large giv investments when they don't own it is even more not smart. NW IN is no less Chicago than AH. Let IN be"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:04Z 84.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@tom_horseplayer Have you seen how the McCaskeys & their stadium demands are polling"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:49Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@AlexWilfong @TehDuffman @CLord61 @ChicagoBears Or they stay where they are the Bears are still incredibly valuable and State needs to spend less in AH area for roads and not pay at all to relocate a bunch of water infrastructure the Bears new stadia needs moved"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:19Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@chicagoanthony_ @TehDuffman @lakecountydem @ChicagoBears You didnt even use my tweet that flagged that city worker property tax exemption bill first (24 hours ago) to make your point Sad"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:45Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Undisclosed location. Drinking a beer. Wondering who did (the quite good imho) lighting design for this place"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:47Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@SteveM14793564 Dram shop Steve Dram shop"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:58Z 84.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Undisclosed location. Drinking a beer. Good luck figuring this one out"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:24Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The Difficulty: Despite City Council officially legalizing video gaming terminals overchecks notesFORTY days ago Mayor Johnson refuses to notify the Illinois Gaming Board so no Chicago bar can even APPLY to offer the machines and help their bar AND the Citys budget hole(s). The $16.6 billion [----] budget approved by a City Council majority that rejected Johnsons corporate head tax assumed that Chicago would generate $6.8 million by licensing newly legalized video gambling terminals across the city. https://t.co/0Y6k8303hp The $16.6 billion [----] budget approved by a City Council majority that"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:41Z 84.4K followers, 16.7K engagements
"Well but for the Illinois lottery games the online sportsbooks the three physical sportsbooks the downtown casino the Queen of Hearts drawings and the legally murky and fully unregulated sweepstakes machines that are all over the City hed have a point about Chicago @chicagobars Good no gambling please @chicagobars Good no gambling please"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:37Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"More fine work below by the @CTA and their paid real estate consultants at JLL. NITA should have money back until the spendthrifts at CTA learn to put up for lease signs and how to list their many CTA station retail vacancies. Lowest of low hanging fruit. Relatedly I always wonder what the deal is with this abandoned sandwich shop at the Jackson Blue Line station. When was the last time a sandwich was sold there https://t.co/NxHhHdaQp2 Relatedly I always wonder what the deal is with this abandoned sandwich shop at the Jackson Blue Line station. When was the last time a sandwich was sold there"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:33Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"My God My God. Mike Royko had the last sharpest word on Kevin Warrens 2023-2026 McCaskey stadium questway back in [----]. If there is anything that marks a town as a genuine Hicksville it is the innocent belief that a new domed stadium is the height of progress"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:26Z 84.4K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Me reading the tweet below and suddenly realizing why an oddly large number of people in the audience at last weeks Illinois Gaming Board mentioned they live in Puerto Rico https://youtu.be/uKooxYSHfUgsi=ZfPsArGu5Zkc9xAw A fake American citizen Didnt you MOVE to Puerto Rico to avoid paying your taxes while kids across America go hungry Meanwhile Benito actually funds low income kids access to arts and sports programs while you defund them. Of course youre mad. He makes you look small. https://youtu.be/uKooxYSHfUgsi=ZfPsArGu5Zkc9xAw A fake American citizen Didnt you MOVE to Puerto Rico to"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:32Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Im just here for Monday Chicago Municipal Finance Festivus P.S. City Council Finance Committee meeting on cash flow has begun"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:21Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Mister Blakemore at Finance Committee meeting with coherent and not overtly racist public comment on lack of Black owned banks in Chicago. Now wagging his finger at me as "part of the problem". Mister Blakemore don't be fooled by the tie.I'm the BARS guy not the BANKS guy"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:30Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hey fellow @fly2ohare aviation nerds If you wanted to TRY and catch a @Lufthansa_USA [---] into ORD what route & day of the week is your best bet Just the Frankfurt - ORD route still going this spring"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:35Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@MikePTraffic Just far enough that Goddell doesnt void their rights to veto any other franchise from relocating here. So figure however far the Fox/ABC Chicago market extends"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:39Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Its a pretty city"
X Link 2023-09-21T16:31Z 84.4K followers, 47.4K engagements
"I love my job. Watching a casino exec and their lawyer explain why pumping a bunch of river water under their new casino structure totally makes it a "riverboat" for purposes of Illinois casino law (while I wait for something else to be heard)"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:47Z 84.4K followers, 224.5K engagements
"If Daley or Rahm was still around Id assume they were behind Portage (especially based on the financier behind it) just to fuck with Hammond & Garys Bears stadium bids until Bears Indiana legislature clock adjourns Feb 28th. That kind of City Hall 3D chess is long gone though. Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has proposed to build a stadium on [---] acres of city-owned land on the north side of the city. Officials are calling the proposal Halas Harbor a nod to the Bears Halas Hall headquarters in Lake Forest Illinois. https://t.co/lZgeT0B0mY Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:23Z 84.4K followers, 10.8K engagements
"Lovely spot fine service extremely Metra tracks adjacent and good kitchen smells. #FreePlug Well I THOUGHT this place was tavern licensed for my Chicago #TavernWeek2026 patronage but turns out it only has a COPIA (restaurant). My bad but is a beautiful Irish Pub and the kitchen smells today are excellent. Cheers to O'Shaughnessy's Public House at [----] N RAVENSWOOD. Well I THOUGHT this place was tavern licensed for my Chicago #TavernWeek2026 patronage but turns out it only has a COPIA (restaurant). My bad but is a beautiful Irish Pub and the kitchen smells today are excellent. Cheers to"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:06Z 84.4K followers, 20.5K engagements
"And 3:55pm mayoral veto check.Mayor Johnson vetoes the proposed ordinance to regulate intoxicating hemp. The redoubtable @fspielman with the scoop and @chicityclerk web site has the actual veto message posted. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/13/mayor-brandon-johnson-hemp-ban-veto-marty-quinn Friday the 13th 3pm mayoral veto check-in time update and so far. https://t.co/pTjOrZ4T2H https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/13/mayor-brandon-johnson-hemp-ban-veto-marty-quinn Friday the 13th 3pm mayoral veto check-in time update and so far. https://t.co/pTjOrZ4T2H"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:56Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I might be the first person to ever work on a laptop inside this (definitely) tavern licensed establishment. Chicago #TavernWeek2026 remote working afternoon rolls on"
X Link 2026-02-13T23:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hey hey @LinkedIn thinks I might be a good fit for an open position with the @ChicagoBears organization What do you guys think"
X Link 2026-02-13T23:46Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"That place closed for good in [----]. It was well covered in the news https://www.npr.org/2005/12/29/5074873/the-berghoff-a-chicago-institution-to-close 'Timeless' Illinois Eatery Named 'Most Historic Restaurant' In The State iHeart - "The Berghoff is a Chicago institution. It all started when German immigrant Herman Berghoff set up a beer stand at Chicago'sWorld Fair in [----]. A . https://t.co/AzY8PL9WfP https://t.co/gUvwNUNTzA https://www.npr.org/2005/12/29/5074873/the-berghoff-a-chicago-institution-to-close 'Timeless' Illinois Eatery Named 'Most Historic Restaurant' In The State iHeart - "The"
X Link 2026-01-21T22:32Z 84.4K followers, 38.8K engagements
"The DePaul basketball team is on such a tear that DePaul area tavern institution @Kellys_Pub_Chi dusted off their twitter account for the first time in years 🫡 So are we moving the win to Kellys this time @ChrisHoltmann So are we moving the win to Kellys this time @ChrisHoltmann"
X Link 2026-01-25T20:57Z 84.4K followers, 47K engagements
"My new working theory is that Tyler Technologies has both the contract for the Cook County Property Tax IT upgrade AND the contract for the @jewelosco shopping app. Because both platforms suck hard and both are costing Chicagoans millions of dollars. #DitchYourStoreAppJewel"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:58Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I live in the world where Wrigley Field and the United Center host far more ticketed guests than a new Bears stadium ever will and still pay less than 10% of the McCaskey familys oft-threatened imaginary $200M a year annual property tax tab. @chicagobars @brianarthur77 200mil dollar tax bill is their fair share What for-profit business owner in their right mind would be okay with that What world do you live in @chicagobars @brianarthur77 200mil dollar tax bill is their fair share What for-profit business owner in their right mind would be okay with that What world do you live in"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:48Z 84.4K followers, 40.9K engagements
"A freeze on property taxes = a tax break for the recipient potentially a massive one. And property taxes are set at a set level for the taxing district (ie school district). So if some SUPER RICH NFL team gets a freeze Everyone else pays more. Thats how freezes work. @lilpepp23 @TDavisAAS @Pete_Martuneac @chicagobars Yup and they never asked for tax breaks either. They want a freeze on the property taxes on their land because it's an empty lot at the moment. Meanwhile as far as I'm aware Prizker is still trying to get the Bears to pay towards debt on Soldier Field which doesn't belong to them"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:05Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Indianas biggest Bears fan hasnt heard of the Chicago White Sox and State of Illinois owned New Sox Park That doesnt mean they dont care about Chicago. It shows what the state thinks about the Bears. The MaCaskeys are one of the only teams if not the only team to not own their stadium. That doesnt mean they dont care about Chicago. It shows what the state thinks about the Bears. The MaCaskeys are one of the only teams if not the only team to not own their stadium"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:47Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Good God. Tyler Technologies has built a Cook County court case management system somehow LESS functional than what Clerk Dorothy Brown offered. That shouldnt even be fucking possible"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:06Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Friends the only people who think the Bears are getting a $200000000 a year property tax bill are the Bears and their sports media enablers. I think the McCaskeys are not very sharp but even they can join the Ricketts Wirtzes and Mansueto in property tax appeal work. @chicagobars You think bears should pay [---------] a year GTFO. Come to Indiana @chicagobars You think bears should pay [---------] a year GTFO. Come to Indiana"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:09Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"How silly is this If the Bears and their [--] to [--] games a year go the suburbs nobody will go out in Chicago any more Nonsense. Pure nonsense. @chicagobars Then quit bitching they are leaving. Worry more about how the once coveted and sought after bar scene in Chicago is non-existent when everyone goes to the suburbs . @chicagobars Then quit bitching they are leaving. Worry more about how the once coveted and sought after bar scene in Chicago is non-existent when everyone goes to the suburbs "
X Link 2026-02-04T19:12Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I honestly expected these things to annoy me a lot more than they do. The delivery robots are fine. Unlike UberEats and DoorDash drivers they never park in crosswalks or rip U-Turns in intersections Im trying to cross. Theyre fine. #ymmv"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:11Z 84.4K followers, 16K engagements
"@JimmDispensa Illegal under Illinois Liquor Control Act. As is changing prices for drinks dynamically during the day to sell more slow movers. If you want to bet on how many times Ive been asked about that by bars over the years the over/under should be around 70ish"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:09Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements
"People getting mad at delivery robots and not at the food delivery apps that treat all their gig workers as independent contractors with none of the workplace protections regular small biz employees get is certainly a choice. Better the dumb apps exploit robots than humans. @chicagobars They suck. They take jobs away from real people. They stop in the middle of crosswalks and get in people's way all the time. Maybe you haven't seen enough of them. I did in Miami last month. They suck. @chicagobars They suck. They take jobs away from real people. They stop in the middle of crosswalks and get"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Manchester United currently winning the sports bar TVs tuned war 21-3 over Olympic hockey at this currently very well patronized undisclosed location downtown"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:17Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Look if this a real offer (with a capital IF) the McCaskey family would be stupid not to jump on it. Last thing any of us want to hear is [--] years of McCaskey going We couldve signed impact free agents if we werent paying all these property taxes https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/portage-proposes-chicago-bears-stadium-on-city-land/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/portage-proposes-chicago-bears-stadium-on-city-land/"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:22Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Every airliner overnighting in ELP tonight is now stuck there for [--] days WTF The Federal Aviation Administration said it was halting all flights to and from El Paso Texas for [--] days for special security reasons without elaborating via @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-for-unspecified-security-reasons-163e0966st=GgAo2c https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-for-unspecified-security-reasons-163e0966st=GgAo2c"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:59Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@MajaLeeg Put $10 for me on "Somebody has lost an anti-aircraft weapon" down on the Kalshi market for this one plz"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:12Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"I am BEGGING Wisconsin to offer the McCaskeys a stadium deal too so we can have a true three ring circus of out-of-state offers. Maybe pitch them the underdeveloped Foxconn campus The Brat Stop Bears Check out this Crain's article. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/iowa-joins-indiana-bid-lure-bears-illinois-reports https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/iowa-joins-indiana-bid-lure-bears-illinois-reports"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:44Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Thoughts and prayers for the US Army PIOs in West Texas and New Mexico today and especially for whichever junior officers end up taking the blame for last nights Army El Paso airspace closure mess. The FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace. I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas. The FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace. I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:11Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Just [--] miles is the kind of cheerful thing nobody who has ever been stuck in a Indians tollway Notre Dame game traffic jam would write. Just [--] miles from Soldier Field Portage Mayor Austin Bonta is ready to give the Bears [---] acres of land for free. https://t.co/jjRAWwzrgX Just [--] miles from Soldier Field Portage Mayor Austin Bonta is ready to give the Bears [---] acres of land for free. https://t.co/jjRAWwzrgX"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:23Z 84.4K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Lol. Joe Mansueto and the @ChicagoFire just front ran the Portage Indiana press conference with their own Fire Stadium news. 😂 Chicago Fire just dropped fresh renderings of their $750M beast of a stadium rising in The [--] along the river. 22k seats true soccer-specific vibes skyline views riverfront energy. groundbreaking already underway this year eyes on a [----] opening. Downtown MLS in the Windy https://t.co/9GMJEEzpsM Chicago Fire just dropped fresh renderings of their $750M beast of a stadium rising in The [--] along the river. 22k seats true soccer-specific vibes skyline views riverfront"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:30Z 84.4K followers, 12.3K engagements
"A tavern of distinction you should know (I would hope) for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 - River Shannon on Kinzie in the shadow of the Merchandise Mart. Lunch specials daily and excellent bartenders always. Also a rare (for downtown) pool table in back"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:07Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@giajules2000 You scoff now but working the angles over a decade+ his squad kept Peotone and Gary airports from expanding while also installing pro-OHare expansion politicians in the little suburbs to west of ORD"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:38Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@27dannych No with [--] years of stadium debt left to go I think they wouldve browbeat Bears into staying but given them $100M in Soldier Field upgrades while City refid existing debt out another [--] years in a ridiculously backloaded bond deal (again). 🤷♂🍻"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:40Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Vertiginous view of a venerable tin ceiling Chicago tavern for #TavernWeek2026 with a side of @OffcolorBrewing and BONUS the place is very busy on a Wednesday night Good job Lincoln Park"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:12Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@end_in_antioch Obviously not. The Wirtz and Ricketts family appear to know what theyre doing. Big difference right there But in projected investment the new Wirtz UC project is as big or bigger. https://www.the1901projectchicago.com https://www.the1901projectchicago.com"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:47Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements
"I have yet to hear a City Council opponent of State LICENSED and REGULATED video gaming terminals is a greater evil than the many many locations in their wards with arguably illegal but undeniably unregulated and untaxed sweepstakes machines that look like legal video gambling"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@BobGlezen Read Fussells book and decide for yourself Wicked funny to boot. https://www.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/dp/0671792253/ref=mp_s_a_1_3dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rkvJtQtjSY1yHLdIf1o3eMQlBKqv6ojE1Kl8dvA8tGPunm-SigTL1Cg5Z3fKSVAWlKD9Vaq5DKDqz3uPqrzpKxwuvVWSgyKjtT0IgXgt-J_1P4KNbHhs6m4E1FNUBT46a4pICDQfHF_lMkqVunL9WE7tCqd19ft-CrmsTQ_StQeJcNouIzeUyuNq3sXNgE4H9bvgvZYmW4gJv2Ya__ibFw.6eSIpe5Hdm6pjMhf-oflLW6uv2wCcDpeyFf1aBbdp8I&dib_tag=se&qid=1771034571&refinements=p_27%3APaul+Fussell&s=books&sr=1-3"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:03Z 84.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Live look at @ward32chicagos twitter this morning. Hes not wrong it is just fun to see one of City Councils most subdued members very publicly finally get totally fed up"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:00Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@JulianP_Diaz Fires owner: Worth $4.4B Bears minority partner: Worth $8.4B I have no idea how McCaskey family is getting away with this bidding war on taxpayer subsidized incentives that neither Mansueto or Ricketts got just so they can avoid letting Pat Ryan own more of the Bears. 💸"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:21Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Happy New Year @SPOTNEWSonIG wherever you are and hope you have a healthier and happy 2026"
X Link 2026-01-01T06:26Z 84.4K followers, 24K engagements
"The McCaskey familys minority partner in the Bears is nearly twice as wealthy as the Fires owner Joe Mansueto. And the McCaskey family cash poor or not are deeply reluctant to let him buy more of the Bears to help fund new stadium. That shouldnt be IL taxpayers problem. 1) the owner of the Fire made his wealth at Morningstar and therefore has money outside the team 2) the Bears owners are asset rich but cash poor relative to other pro sports owners because theyre descendants of George Halasall their money is from the team and they have 1) the owner of the Fire made his wealth at Morningstar"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:48Z 84.5K followers, 92.7K engagements
"@CLord61 What tax break"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:30Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Ill spend $2 billion if the state coughs up $900M in taxpayer dollars for relocating water mains and roads we absolutely need moved for our project AND if Arlington Heights gives us a DECADES long property tax break is the ultimate strings attached togift. @chicagobars What is this argument. The bears literally said theyd pay for the AH stadium @chicagobars What is this argument. The bears literally said theyd pay for the AH stadium"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:33Z 84.4K followers, 14K engagements
"WHY SHOULD THE STATE SPEND $900000000 TO HELP ONE SINGLE BILLIONAIRE ORGANIZATIONS PROJECT THEY BOUGHT IN A INADEQUATE LOCATION Geez people fuck yeah spend $900M on infrastructure. Just spread it all over. Spending it on a MAX 25-30 events a year stadium is dumb. @chicagobars They're not asking the state to pay for the stadium retard. They're asking the state to upgrade infrastructure which is exactly what a state SHOULD be paying for. So many uneducated opinions about this today. @chicagobars They're not asking the state to pay for the stadium retard. They're asking the state to upgrade"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:35Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@IncDak How much do you think they should pay in property taxes"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:39Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@Bearthafuckdown @IncDak That works for me Be great if Bears would propose that cap or whatever they can live with and then we can all move on"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:23Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@SeminoleScout7 No. Im pointing out the absurdity of giving all $900M to one project in a location they bought that is apparently not at all suited for itwithout a deal in place for closing. Dont throw taxpayer money at mistakes made by well heeled (very) pro sports teams"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:25Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Hey Chicago bartender & bar owner tweeps if you get pestered by a video gaming terminal sales rep this week ask them what they did to help advance City of Chicago VGT legalization at City Hall yesterday (hint - in most terminal operator cases they did jack shit). Then DM me"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:41Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Todays list of @ABC7Chicago Jeopardy broadcast commercials (in case you wondered where some independent expenditure committee ad buy money goes)"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:01Z 84.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Guy from OAK PARK bitching about leftists 😂😂😂 @chicagobars At this point I really hope they move to Gary and get away from all these leftist losers who bitch about everything. @chicagobars At this point I really hope they move to Gary and get away from all these leftist losers who bitch about everything"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:44Z 84.4K followers, 11.5K engagements
"The City Council Zoning agenda for next Tuesday agenda has posted. Nothing for my area of interest on there for once but couple interesting projects. https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/24eebe49-b62c-448a-b949-93bf44f17e6a.pdf https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/24eebe49-b62c-448a-b949-93bf44f17e6a.pdf"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:33Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Do something good for someone every day - Our states beloved retired public official Jesse White Every time somebody asks me for help with City or State red tape even if I dont work for them & even if I cant do much I try to help them because of what Jesse White said.🫡"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:34Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Remember to support Chicagos legacy small businesses this Valentines Day weekend"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:10Z 84.4K followers, 47.5K engagements
"Serious question: Can somebody show me where the Cubs stadium project or the massive new Wirtz United Center asked for nine digits of taxpayer assistance for infrastructure I dont think either did Maybe I missed it I think the Fire are but unsure on their total roads ask. @chicagobars [--]. The Bears have offered to pay for the stadium themselves. From the government they are asking for them to pay for the infrastructure (which is more than fair and par for the course for any major development) and give them tax certainty. Which is to say: tax us like other @chicagobars [--]. The Bears have offered"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:30Z 84.4K followers, 19.6K engagements
"City Council member Jason Ervin mentioned this story in passing yesterday and I'd never heard it before. How Reagan the Contras and funding for the CTA Orange Line all came together back in the 1980s. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/10/30/reagan-the-contras-and-the-orange-line-a-cta-routes-curious-backstory/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/10/30/reagan-the-contras-and-the-orange-line-a-cta-routes-curious-backstory/"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:25Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A @SpitefulBrewing beer at another I couldve sworn this was a tavern licensed establishment misfire for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 In any case Metropol Grill and SALOON at [----] N Lincoln has a full bar and a very nice Diamond pool table for your consideration. #FreePlug"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:06Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Im not blocking him because he loves RFK Jr. - Im blocking him because his entire argument in his tweet is based on one outlier data point (most other fast food joints are doing quite well this quarter). @jonathanmaze @chicagobars Were living in a MAHA world Thanks to RFK Jr. the world is waking up to the poison that is fast food. This is a good trend. @jonathanmaze @chicagobars Were living in a MAHA world Thanks to RFK Jr. the world is waking up to the poison that is fast food. This is a good trend"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:20Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The great thing about many US billionaires/very wealthy and the least fortunate on welfare is they both pay relatively little to nothing at all in taxes. 🤷♂ Writer Paul Fussell had some great sardonic insights about this phenomenon if anybody wants to track down his books. 🍻 @52_peanut @chicagobars Its so funny that the people crying the loudest about the Bears asking for tax certainty and infrastructure have no problem with us giving billions out in welfare to people who literally do not pay taxes. Wild times. @52_peanut @chicagobars Its so funny that the people crying the loudest about"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:24Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Paul Bauer was one of the nicest and most gregarious Chicagoans Ive ever met. And no Dad has ever been prouder of their daughter than he was. A very good man taken far too soon. May his memory remain a blessing to his family and those he served with at CPD. February [--] will always weigh heavily. [--] years ago we lost a dear friend & Chicago lost one of its fiercest champions & guardians. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was one of CPDs very best. His integrity courage & commitment to service still sets the standard. Deeply missed. Never forgotten. https://t.co/nxsnFEvPsw February [--] will always weigh heavily."
X Link 2026-02-13T14:56Z 84.4K followers, 17.1K engagements
"Who told the Mayor ".with preliminary federal rules forthcoming." on hemp/THC beverages Hilariously main federal bill (not regulation) introduced so far (by Congressional Republicans) is more restrictive on THC/hemp bevs than what he vetoed today. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-bipartisan-congressional-bill-would-regulate-hemp-products-in-contrast-to-ban-trump-signed/ And 3:55pm mayoral veto check.Mayor Johnson vetoes the proposed ordinance to regulate intoxicating hemp. The redoubtable @fspielman with the scoop and @chicityclerk web site has the actual veto message posted."
X Link 2026-02-14T01:16Z 84.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Made it to Chicagos oldest continuously licensed tavern today for Chicago #TavernWeek2026 On this one thing I know that her friends Eddie Vedder @Sut_40 and I can agree: Beth was the best. 🫡🍻😢"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:52Z 84.4K followers, 28.5K engagements
"Do you want to go shopping with me for a new bathroom trash can No. But it is Valentines Day so I will but have no opinion and Im only test driving the stores absurdly expensive comfy arm chairs. Fine. #Romance"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:46Z 84.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@MikePTraffic Like a swiffer stands a chance against the average red line platform"
X Link 2025-09-17T21:16Z 82.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@AldConway @ChiFamSupport You had a good point/insight/story in that hearing when you talked about trying to clear the Fulton/Milwaukee encampment and only about half took up housing offers. It is just hard to get some unhoused people to take housing even when it is ready & available. Tough prob"
X Link 2025-09-17T23:01Z 82.9K followers, 11.6K engagements
"Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase: $2.25 Train fare today: $2.50 Bus fare today: $2.25 If @CTA had MERELY kept up with inflation Train fare today would be $3.69 Bus fare today would be $3.33"
X Link 2025-09-19T14:22Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Point of information first class stamps were only [--] cents back in [----] and now they are [--] cents. FFS. EVEN the US Postal Service understands the need to adjust service prices for inflation better than the @cta Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase: $2.25 Train fare today: $2.50 Bus fare today: $2.25 If @CTA had MERELY kept up with inflation Train fare today would be $3.69 Bus fare today would be $3.33 Somebody plz teach @CTA about inflation CTA train fare after [----] increase: $2.25 CTA bus fare after [----] increase:"
X Link 2025-09-19T14:31Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@miguel_terenzo @cta Never waste a crisis is what it is called. They want more tax revenue streams that are entirely disconnected from actual ridership or service quality. Me too. But that doesnt make it logical or right"
X Link 2025-09-19T14:52Z 82.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Does this @TheWienerCircle offer apply to only Bears receivers or do Pick Sixes count towards the [--] TDs too If Caleb throws [--] TDs on Sunday we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday If Caleb throws [--] TDs on Sunday we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday"
X Link 2025-09-19T15:49Z 82.9K followers, 11.9K engagements
"TFW the Chicago sunset is so weird and hazy you want to google Is Canada on fire again"
X Link 2025-09-19T23:13Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"You monsters"
X Link 2025-09-19T23:32Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Public Service Announcement: Here is todays @BinnysBev Marcey Street sampling schedule. Try. Buy. Enjoy. #FreePlug"
X Link 2025-09-20T17:14Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Architecture for when the client wants a stately classical estate home and nothing to do with maintaining estate grounds. "
X Link 2025-09-21T19:03Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Atlas [---] returning to ORD after a few laps of Milwaukee. Flight 5Y8559 from Chicago to Seoul https://fr24.com/GTI8559/3c50672d https://fr24.com/GTI8559/3c50672d"
X Link 2025-09-21T19:16Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@NotBarbarella Not even space for a serfs hut to tend the shrub"
X Link 2025-09-21T21:03Z 82.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Undisclosed location. Watching surprisingly happy Bears fans while drinking a Oktoberfest beer"
X Link 2025-09-21T22:46Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The coffee shop Im working in has speakers blaring Nickelback and is also showing a [--] foot high head projection of Steven A. Smith bloviating. Is this hell @grok"
X Link 2025-09-22T14:56Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"I kid. I kid. The Nickelback video for that song has a bunch of shots in Chicago including multiple shots of the late great @doubledoor"
X Link 2025-09-22T15:11Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"Surprisingly this @capitolfax post wasnt about the Chicago Bears endless Statehouse push for a taxpayer stadium subsidy. How long can this go on https://t.co/1mc0afAQD5 How long can this go on https://t.co/1mc0afAQD5"
X Link 2025-09-22T20:24Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"This tweet below reminds meare any Chicago bars or restaurants opening early Friday for breakfast and beverages while showing the stupid early Ryder Cup Day [--] tee times Who do you want to see lead off on Friday at Bethpage Black https://t.co/nNwiwYCdEh Who do you want to see lead off on Friday at Bethpage Black https://t.co/nNwiwYCdEh"
X Link 2025-09-22T23:37Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Go enjoy FBIs ABSCAM page before it gets taken down once they figure out Tom Homan took same $50k bribe Congress-critters took from FBI agents in [----]. I guess even when taking cash some [----] administration officials still dont understand inflation. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam"
X Link 2025-09-23T02:05Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Now can we have a Constitutional Amendment limiting Presidential eligibility to those between the ages of [--] and [--] Trump: I ended seven wars and never even received a phone call from the UN offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the UN was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle and a teleprompter that didnt work. Thank you very much. https://t.co/iFjoRRqxcq Trump: I ended seven wars and never even received a phone call from the UN offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the UN was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the"
X Link 2025-09-23T16:18Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@thechippinn On it (But I think it is a state law thing)"
X Link 2025-09-24T01:46Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"In the most Chicago thing I will tweet today I just learned @AureliosPizza co-sponsored the Pope Leo XIV Mass at Sox Park"
X Link 2025-09-24T14:51Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"Ricobenes got more City employees in it right now than some floors of City Hall"
X Link 2025-09-24T16:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"You know what they call eating that entire @Ricobenes breaded steak sandwich covered in cheese sauce and hot peppers without getting any of it on the white dress shirt youre wearing PROFESSIONALISM"
X Link 2025-09-24T18:10Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"Sports blog summarizes the pretty sweet White Sox stadium lease off one of my throwaway tweets last week. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-avoid-paying-ticket-sales-bonus-for-13th-consecutive-season/ https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-avoid-paying-ticket-sales-bonus-for-13th-consecutive-season/"
X Link 2025-09-24T19:54Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"Big beautiful @Lufthansa_USA @Boeing [---] departing @fly2ohare over Roscoe Village now. Queen of the Skies indeed"
X Link 2025-09-24T22:11Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"I know a lot of you find @RaymondALopez gratingbut hes right. The lack of publicly posted agenda items before Council meetings was bad under Lightfoot and keeps getting worse. Cook County passed a rule over a decade ago to stop this vote on it before public sees it crap. Less than [--] hours before the Rules Committee is scheduled to meet (15 min before the full City Council meeting) the agenda has finally been shared with supportive documentation for only ONE of FOUR agenda items. This is not even remotely close to good government https://t.co/wlOMaKnmcz Less than [--] hours before the Rules"
X Link 2025-09-25T00:46Z 82.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@FBmerchant @walkeri141 That parking is three decorative ponds and a major rail line"
X Link 2025-09-25T20:08Z 82.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Maybe ICE thinks Chicagos got undocumented Venetian gondola captains on our river Chicago River. ICE adding patrols. @ICEgov @POTUS https://t.co/AmT0iPMJBM Chicago River. ICE adding patrols. @ICEgov @POTUS https://t.co/AmT0iPMJBM"
X Link 2025-09-26T00:25Z 83K followers, 41.3K engagements
"@Tenelachicity Im sure that time you did. Lots of cool law enforcement is around whenever any POTUS is in town. But to your larger point Youre just making shit up and ICE is wasting our money cruising the river to get some video of Homan looking tough onsomething. Waste. Of. Money"
X Link 2025-09-26T01:34Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"Just here to toast the legendary Zum Deutschen Eck"
X Link 2025-09-27T02:02Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"What an absurdly beautiful day it was in Chicago today. But I forgot to take pics. Anybody got some pretty city pics"
X Link 2025-09-27T23:50Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"He voted to make the second wives patronizing City Winery on a sunny Sunday afternoon befuddled between sips of bubbly by a armed ICE patrol That is one very niche issue voter. @chicagobars Wacker is what they usually takeover so no this is what I voted for @chicagobars Wacker is what they usually takeover so no this is what I voted for"
X Link 2025-09-28T20:44Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"@JonnyCacciatore All I see on river today is a Republican White House PR stunt with a lot of ICE guys probably sweating their balls off in full gear on a [--] degree day in a tourist area. Not sure Any PR stunt Lightfoot and MBJ could dream of we can do better is winning politics but do go on"
X Link 2025-09-28T21:12Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"@TeeMacTV Ok. Put another way. If there is this credible threat you impute and the tactical gear ICE guys stood around and didnt issue a public alert to keep people out of the area regular people are going to be PISSED they were being used as bait during a serious threat. 🤷♂"
X Link 2025-09-28T23:01Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"@_Gregsimon Who said I begrudge law enforcement spending. But at a minimum try deploying all those ICE guys to the half dozen neighborhoods where most of the shootings actually occur"
X Link 2025-09-28T23:39Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"Micah Parsons is going to do Im a bad bad man things to the Cowboys tonight. That is my incredibly bold SNF prediction"
X Link 2025-09-29T00:24Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three year war on the north side. https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/28/lake-street-bridge-repairs-closure-chicago https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/28/lake-street-bridge-repairs-closure-chicago"
X Link 2025-09-29T01:52Z 83.1K followers, 86.5K engagements
"The sun will rise the sun will set and Green Bays special teams unit will make every big game needlessly interesting. On those three things you can rely"
X Link 2025-09-29T03:33Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Ok infrastructure guy 1) When in past decade has ANY major Chicago infrastructure project been finished early to enrich Walsh Globetrotters et al 2) What part of your fucking thesis explains @ChicagoDOT and/or IDOT closing THREE major bridges while Kennedy work is ongoing @chicagobars @mollyfleck I am an infrastructure guy but I am not involved in this project. However the faster the construction company completes the work the more money they will make. @chicagobars @mollyfleck I am an infrastructure guy but I am not involved in this project. However the faster the construction company"
X Link 2025-09-29T04:19Z 83K followers, 10.6K engagements
"@OregonEb Thats not the National Guard dummy"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:36Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"My musical thought when about 75% of those Disney/ESPN/Hulu cancellations realize how much college football they can't watch now. [---] million Disney+ Hulu and ESPN cancellations during Jimmy Kimmel's suspension https://t.co/65oEtc77Wc [---] million Disney+ Hulu and ESPN cancellations during Jimmy Kimmel's suspension https://t.co/65oEtc77Wc"
X Link 2025-09-30T02:25Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"@ItsNotYouItsMia No pretty sure these are the same people about to blow up social media on Wednesday when Amazon Prime streaming restrictions kick in and they are flummoxed"
X Link 2025-09-30T04:18Z 83K followers, [--] engagements
"People ask me: "Do you know which posts are going to take off" Sure don't But people sure engaged with Sunday's post about @ChicagoDOT closing multiple crucial bridges for work at the exact same time. 🤔 Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three year war on the north side. https://t.co/KkhCI8Ve9L Cortland bridge: CLOSED Halsted @ Chicago: CLOSED Lake Street bridge: CLOSED Theres a legitimate chance Chicagos infrastructure companies have launched an undeclared three"
X Link 2025-09-30T12:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"I saw Cook County board members touting this new County $1000 property tax rebate program this week. One thing I learned from various City "Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes" style pandemic small biz relief programs is they piss off 5x the # of "winners" they help. "Hey let's hike property taxes 50%" "Great idea" "And then let's offer a few folks a lousy $1000 rebate" "Hahahahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Perfect" Welcome to Chicago Cook County Illinois @vjeannek https://t.co/4TGBSuDopL https://t.co/FGjKojL29a "Hey let's hike property taxes 50%" "Great idea" "And then let's offer a few folks a lousy"
X Link 2025-09-30T14:01Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"If anyone wants to donate to my Even if unopposed and even if nominated I will not run campaign fund before the crucial October 1st deadline Ill be accepting 16oz campaign donations at [----] W Addison this afternoon. Candidates nudging donors ahead of yet another "key" fundraising deadline https://t.co/e3N8xZqgke Candidates nudging donors ahead of yet another "key" fundraising deadline https://t.co/e3N8xZqgke"
X Link 2025-09-30T18:27Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"The @ChicagoBears released a study today claiming their new suburban stadium will create [-----] full time construction equivalent (FTE) jobs. Which is wild because a similar stadium designed by same architects for Raiders generated just [----] FTE jobs. https://nevadacurrent.com/2020/09/18/stadium-generated-fewer-than-a-quarter-of-projected-construction-jobs/ https://nevadacurrent.com/2020/09/18/stadium-generated-fewer-than-a-quarter-of-projected-construction-jobs/"
X Link 2025-10-01T03:04Z 83K followers, 23.3K engagements
"@007Sausage I usually found ADP pretty reliable predictor of follow on Federal data. I dont recall this big a revision due to their quarterly statistical revision/benchmarking but might have missed some. Major slowing in hiring does track with my anecdotal impressions"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:07Z 83K followers, [--] engagements
"Billy here misses the point. I could TRULY give a rats ass if the Bears relocate. For downtown Chicago business it will just be like Notre Dame games. They mostly stay (and spend) here and ride to game & back same day. But no fucking taxpayer stadium subsidy to help build it.💸 @chicagobars @ChicagoBears They're moving. Ain't a thing you're gonna do about it now. Study no study; it don't matter. Stadium is coming and in [--] years it'll be looked at as the greatest decicision in the history of the franchise. The SB parade will probably run NB on Rt14 from Edison Pk to AH.🐻🔽 @chicagobars"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:13Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"@007Sausage Where do all the Amazon & food delivery app gig workers get counted in Do they"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:15Z 83K followers, [--] engagements
"But youre still sticking the $580000000 balance on your last @ChicagoBears taxpayer subsidized stadium with the good taxpayers of @Chicago Do I got that right Bears A stadium for all of Illinois. More about our plans to build a world-class stadium in Arlington Heights A stadium for all of Illinois. More about our plans to build a world-class stadium in Arlington Heights"
X Link 2025-10-01T21:31Z 83.2K followers, 26.5K engagements
"@pa_tall @ChicagoBears @chicago More a case of the genius Mayor who gave the Bears that stadium the team asked for financed it with heavily backloaded debt"
X Link 2025-10-01T22:28Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"@BearE_62 @ChicagoBears @chicago Not the concert revenue🤔"
X Link 2025-10-02T19:50Z 83K followers, [---] engagements
"Office hours are 6-7pm tonight at the fine bars around Halsted & Diversey"
X Link 2025-10-03T19:48Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"This is absurd @CTA - you're allegedly careening towards a fiscal cliff and you're not holding budget hearings until November and not doing even a modest fare hike until FEBRUARY The only urgency CTA feels is an urgency to get new taxes. https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/10/03/chicago-transit-funding-shortfall https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/10/03/chicago-transit-funding-shortfall"
X Link 2025-10-03T22:59Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"I can never ever see the Punisher logo & not think of the Uvalde school shooting responding cop spending minutes checking his phone with that logod lock screen instead of rushing to the shooter. Never. https://www.newsweek.com/uvalde-officer-checks-phone-punisher-lock-screen-during-shootingvideo-1724131 The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this. https://t.co/GewwqUwoUl https://www.newsweek.com/uvalde-officer-checks-phone-punisher-lock-screen-during-shootingvideo-1724131 The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems"
X Link 2025-10-04T04:27Z 83.2K followers, 11.9K engagements
"I got a weird job but people give me excellent thank you notes I can enjoy for months. 🫡🥃🍻 h/t @DanteTheDon"
X Link 2025-10-05T02:40Z 83K followers, [----] engagements
"How did we get German Filipino and Italian Heritage Month all in October Or so CPD social media tells me they all are. This seems like something Congress and/or the UN couldve arranged better. The Chicago Police Department celebrates the history culture and achievements of Italian Americans whose contributions have helped shape our city. We also recognize the dedication of our members of Italian heritage whose service strengthens our Department and the communities we https://t.co/b3HV0ENQM0 The Chicago Police Department celebrates the history culture and achievements of Italian Americans"
X Link 2025-10-06T13:34Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This would be like the Feds finally getting Al Capone on tax evasion ///BREAKING//// Juan Espinoza Martinez an alleged high-ranking member of the Latin Kings has been charged with soliciting the murder of a "senior law enforcement official" involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as Operation Midway Blitz. https://t.co/MmfE03L2XC ///BREAKING//// Juan Espinoza Martinez an alleged high-ranking member of the Latin Kings has been charged with soliciting the murder of a "senior law enforcement official" involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as Operation Midway"
X Link 2025-10-06T23:08Z 83.1K followers, 11.6K engagements
"I know this is as hopeless as trying to stop a hurricane but before big Twitter brains claim Trump sending Texas National Guard to Chicago is same as Ike sending troops to Little Rock to enforce Supreme Court decision it literally isnt. H/t @MarkMaxwellTV https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-little-rock-school-integration-crisis https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-little-rock-school-integration-crisis"
X Link 2025-10-07T01:51Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I have no idea when working within the rule of law became anathema to Trump partisans. By all means indict arrest convict and deport. But thats job for US attys and FBI agents. Not [---] weekend warriors from Texas about to discover we have no @Whataburger but great weather. @chicagobars @MarkMaxwellTV Yeah hes just trying to deport drug and sex traffickers that Democrats are harboring and likely profiting from in Chicago. No bigs. @chicagobars @MarkMaxwellTV Yeah hes just trying to deport drug and sex traffickers that Democrats are harboring and likely profiting from in Chicago. No bigs"
X Link 2025-10-07T02:07Z 83.1K followers, 15.1K engagements
"@mikesell_dave @Whataburger If you think sending a bunch of Texas National Guard is a more legal (and better) solution to your perceived crime problem than sending a shit ton of extra FBI & ATF agents and a couple Federal prosecutors you are 100% a Trump partisan. 🙄"
X Link 2025-10-07T02:13Z 83.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@nonstopbutterc1 Kind of joke thats going to get the jokester a [--] year all expenses paid trip to Florence Colorado"
X Link 2025-10-07T02:41Z 83.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@Rachel68974848 @mikesell_dave Im sure you were very upset about presidential priorities when President Trump surged FBI agents to crack down on violent crime back in [----] too. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-operation-legend-to-send-federal-agents-to-chicago-albuquerque/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-operation-legend-to-send-federal-agents-to-chicago-albuquerque/"
X Link 2025-10-07T16:05Z 83.1K followers, [--] engagements
"On a lighter note tomorrows @Cubs @Brewers Divisional Series Game [--] at Wrigley Field is roughly a minimum $650000 City of Chicago amusement tax windfall [-----] tickets sold (low) $175 avg ticket cost (likely low) = $7175000.00 gate x 9% amusement tax = $645750 city tax tab MLB post-season open thread https://t.co/C8OJnwuwAy MLB post-season open thread https://t.co/C8OJnwuwAy"
X Link 2025-10-07T17:04Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Alderwoman Taylor asking who "owns" the Millennium Park garages that City is about to lease [--] parking spaces for EV city vehicles so the Millennium Park garage guy gets to stand up and explain how City Hall under Daley leased the garages to them for [--] years"
X Link 2025-10-07T18:05Z 83.2K followers, 31.5K engagements
"Somebody read last weeks Ballys investor news and translate it from finance to English for us all Think they did sale & leaseback to reduce/restructure a debt facility https://s29.q4cdn.com/580102441/files/doc_news/2025/Sep/30/RCF-Increase-Amendment-9-30-25-FINAL.pdf https://s29.q4cdn.com/580102441/files/doc_news/2025/Sep/30/RCF-Increase-Amendment-9-30-25-FINAL.pdf"
X Link 2025-10-07T18:58Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Why are Bill Swerskis Bears Superfans disguised as @TexasGuard soldiers in Joliet"
X Link 2025-10-07T23:17Z 83.2K followers, 13.3K engagements
"In things I enjoyed discovering tonight. Whoever runs the @TexasGuard social media account slapped a picture of founding father George Washington on a very well known quote from George Washington CARVER who looks a little different than our first President. Google it TNG Clear mission. Real purpose. The Guard gives you both. What's your vision https://t.co/RwEIxU9xCr Clear mission. Real purpose. The Guard gives you both. What's your vision https://t.co/RwEIxU9xCr"
X Link 2025-10-08T03:41Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I dont know if anybody who pardoned January 6th rioters convicted by a jury of attacking US Capitol Police should be calling for jailing other elected officials over a lack of support for Federal law enforcement officers"
X Link 2025-10-08T14:37Z 83.2K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Happy Best Worst City Hall Budget Cycle Day of the Year The fall daily hearing schedule for #ChiBudget2026 #twill is public https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/aee5b571-0d69-4be7-8b46-0822ea374863.pdf https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/aee5b571-0d69-4be7-8b46-0822ea374863.pdf"
X Link 2025-10-08T14:54Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@GoCocksGo2001 Did you huff a lot of jet fuel while in the Air Force Literally dozens of jury trials convicted the insurrectionists. If you dont believe in juries handing down verdicts that were then upheld in dozens of appeals you dont believe in due process"
X Link 2025-10-08T16:48Z 83.1K followers, [--] engagements
"I didnt make it into the Chicago Cubs playoff gane tonight. But I got closeundisclosed location drinking a @MoorsBeer beer. Cheers to another couple million in Cubs Brewers economic impact tomorrow"
X Link 2025-10-09T03:04Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Me in crosswalk on busy Belmont Avenue American SUV: Stops and yields A CYBERTRUCK driver(): Stops and yields Jagoff in a bike lane on a speeding e-bike Almost runs me over Get those fucking things out of bike lanes. Theyre not bikes theyre just shitty motorcycles"
X Link 2025-10-09T13:59Z 83.1K followers, 25.5K engagements
"The Ballys corporate team pulling out the stops today to block state legal video gaming in locally owned Chicago bars & restaurants. Meanwhile their casino lags (badly) the states leading casinos in both attendance and tax revenue and has to resort to marketing cheap snacks"
X Link 2025-10-09T18:30Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I don't intend to spend too much time hammering on this but the City of Chicago's casino partner @BallysChicago is failing.miserably.at their job of generating gambling revenue that is meant to support Chicago's beat up first responder pension funds. Last week @ChicagosMayor sez "We don't have a budget problem we have a (tax) revenue problem" This week @ChicagosMayor "Tax revenue for Chicago by allowing same legal state licensed & regulated video gaming that lots of Illinois cities allow NO WAY" https://t.co/fzxZfhxbfA Last week @ChicagosMayor sez "We don't have a budget problem we have a"
X Link 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, 15.7K engagements
"But there is just no evidence @BallysChicago team knows as much about SELLING a downtown casino in America's 3rd biggest City as they do about blocking competition to their flailing casino in River North. Probably time for City Council to drag them in for a come to Jesus tbh"
X Link 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"In conclusion. if you suck at running a River North casino during good economic times while also trying to land deals to open new casinos in both Vegas and New York City Why protect a City partner who is making eyes at our major competitor cities https://igamingbusiness.com/casino/ballys-new-york-las-vegas-casino-resorts/ https://igamingbusiness.com/casino/ballys-new-york-las-vegas-casino-resorts/"
X Link 2025-10-09T22:29Z 83.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Man in wheelchair challenges colleague to a push up challenge Thats honestly SNL caliber political parody out of the Texas guvnor. Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups" https://t.co/LxTH8v0VQS Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups" https://t.co/LxTH8v0VQS"
X Link 2025-10-10T22:00Z 83.1K followers, 18.9K engagements
"@Winstoncupwolf If upper body strength had jack to do with gubernatorial political ability both Jesse Ventura & Arnold Schwarzenegger would both currently be fifth term incumbents"
X Link 2025-10-12T00:47Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Excuse me while I grab some popcorn and wait for @JBPritzker to indulge @ILGOP Rep Cabellos here and see JB demand that President Trump quit giving billions to major IL soybean export competitor Argentina instead of giving the [--] billion they got to our own US farmers. @GovPritzker Oh please JB. Farmers dont need empty words from a multi billionaire whos crushing them with higher fuel costs property taxes and regulations. Youve turned Illinois into one of the hardest states to farm in and now youre pretending to have their back How about cutting @GovPritzker Oh please JB. Farmers dont need"
X Link 2025-10-12T20:53Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I cant imagine the data is available publicly but a Chicago specific revenue source chart like the one below for Bears Blackhawks Bulls Cubs and White Sox would be fascinating. How each sports league makes money. https://t.co/hNVqTv9kiR How each sports league makes money. https://t.co/hNVqTv9kiR"
X Link 2025-10-13T13:10Z 83.2K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Happy That annual October Monday in Chicago when most breweries get a wave of skinny tired looking post-marathon people walking gingerly as they grab beers on the way to their airport later Day Its not just a real holiday its a major one"
X Link 2025-10-13T14:22Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"To @delilahschicago tonight or not to @delilahschicago tonight and see if Josh Allen will be doing Josh Allen things in the fourth quarter while those Chicago based Buffalo fans live and die on every play"
X Link 2025-10-14T01:57Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Is everyone having a good start to their ILGA Veto Session Week [--] Yes. No. FML. Yes. No. FML"
X Link 2025-10-14T17:46Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Promote whatever House Democratic staffer who had the brains to make paying Americas soldiers a GOP government shutdown a legislative priority to be the head of the DCCC immediately. Seriously. As a Retired Brigadier General I never thought Id see the day when members of Congress would block pay for our troops to score political points. But thats exactly what Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greenes party just did. This is not patriotic. Its a disgrace. https://t.co/FOmhFJerNz As a Retired Brigadier General I never thought Id see the day when members of Congress would block pay for our troops"
X Link 2025-10-14T23:45Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@StuLoren Hedging against more delays in Cook County paying out property taxes"
X Link 2025-10-14T23:54Z 83.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Not to nitpick at the ILGA web site all day but you guys rebuilt it to add a "LIVE" button on the hearing room streams but couldn't figure out how to include a line on the committee / subject matter in that hearing room Pretty low hanging UI fruit missed imho. #twill"
X Link 2025-10-15T13:41Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The @cta last raised fares in [----] to $2.50 per train trip & $2.25 per bus trip. If fares simply kept up with inflation they would be $3.25 and $2.95 today. The CTA is only proposing hike to $2.75 and $2.50 in their [----] budget. Help yourself before asking for new taxes CTA Riders would see their base fare for both bus and rail to increase by $0.25 bringing the fare up to $2.50 for buses and $2.75 for rail starting on Feb. [--] [----]. https://t.co/UVtdGpgc7n Riders would see their base fare for both bus and rail to increase by $0.25 bringing the fare up to $2.50 for buses and $2.75 for rail"
X Link 2025-10-15T13:58Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Hey @BallysChicago To paraphrase Dean Wormer Underperforming and Over-Leveraged is no way to go thru life. Maybe kick your Chicago casino leadership to the curb and bring in some people who can get your AGR per admission up to something respectable Bally's faces lender wrath on debt plan involving Chicago casino https://t.co/kV0YsFv08e Bally's faces lender wrath on debt plan involving Chicago casino https://t.co/kV0YsFv08e"
X Link 2025-10-15T17:07Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"President Trump must have really really loved the musical Evita based on all our American money hes throwing at Argentina now. The Trump administration is putting together a $20 billion private finance facility that could act as a backstop for Argentinas debt Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said https://t.co/kbwOuOTyjk The Trump administration is putting together a $20 billion private finance facility that could act as a backstop for Argentinas debt Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said https://t.co/kbwOuOTyjk"
X Link 2025-10-15T21:40Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@bibliographing @LoveyPuffyPants @TraceyRyniec Hell hath no political fury like a Chicago Pinterest or TikTok user being told they will now have to pay a tax to browse. Thats my bold prediction"
X Link 2025-10-16T15:29Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements
"@bibliographing @LoveyPuffyPants @TraceyRyniec Pretty confident the social media companies first plan will be Kill it with fire before they even begin to consider passing it on"
X Link 2025-10-16T15:43Z 83.2K followers, [--] engagements
"One billion dollar TIF sweep in this budget. Im personally fine with this but really ties his hands on rewarding Council allies with future ward project subsidies. 🤷♂"
X Link 2025-10-16T16:14Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The @ChicagoBudget Overview Book for [----] budget #ChiBudget2026 is out: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/obm/supp_info/2026Budget/2026%20Budget%20Overview.pdf https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/obm/supp_info/2026Budget/2026%20Budget%20Overview.pdf"
X Link 2025-10-16T17:50Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Chicago Budget Introduction Council Meeting Happy Hour will be at @monkspubchicago as fast as I can get there after todays meeting adjourns"
X Link 2025-10-16T19:21Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Who.thought cutting "motor vehicle lessor tax" from $2.75 to $0.50 cents in they Mayor's #ChiBudget2026 is a tax cut that is going to impress actual residents Seems more like it will just piss off both the bike people and people who own cars equally https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WrztcTMZ-eREXzUBteMg9scSbE_qE-Xd/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WrztcTMZ-eREXzUBteMg9scSbE_qE-Xd/view"
X Link 2025-10-16T23:27Z 83.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The Chicago Cubs new Springfield lobbyist has arrived in town. Probably headed to meeting with @capitolfax http://t.co/WjtYgUgu9f"
X Link 2014-05-19T18:02Z 77.3K followers, [--] engagements
"My salary stinks but you can't put a price on the "Unlimited Cubs day baseball game comp time" benefit. http://t.co/iSL3xYYMuS"
X Link 2015-04-08T18:32Z 77.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Well this is concerning"
X Link 2017-08-30T00:23Z 82.7K followers, [--] engagements
""Need Prayer" table outside the Daley Center courthouse. That's solid cause marketing"
X Link 2017-09-06T15:20Z 82.7K followers, [--] engagements
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