John Olson

@AssocAnderson Who doesn't like fried chicken?

Yesterday was a small win. But an important one. At Kellam High School, several white students gave their close black friend fried chicken and a birthday card as a joke between friends. The black student himself said he thought it was funny. There was no hatred. No animus. No threat. But adults turned it into a public execution. School officials blasted the kids in an all-school email. Called them racists. Called the police. Promised “maximum punishment.” Politicians and activists piled on. Adults stalked the kids’ homes, screamed at them, and treated children like monsters. The online comments were even worse. The punishment? School officials tried to remove them from school for the rest of 9th grade and half of 10th grade. All over fried chicken and a birthday card. Meanwhile, in an actual high-profile racial incident involving the Kempsville baseball team, the suspensions were under 10 days. More than 25 other racial harassment cases in Virginia Beach over two years received dramatically lighter punishment. No students in Virginia Beach had ever been treated this way. So I sued. In state court, three of my clients won. A judge ruled the School Board acted arbitrarily and capriciously and ordered the records expunged. The School Board appealed anyway, forcing families to spend more money defending a ruling the Board already lost. For the fourth boy, we filed a federal civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The superintendent, chief of schools, and principal all tried to get the case thrown out. A month ago, they lost the motion to dismiss. The federal claims survived. A second federal lawsuit for the other boys also survived yesterday on claims including defamation, equal protection, and civil conspiracy. Suing the government is hard. Surviving federal motions to dismiss is even harder. What matters most is this: the adults trusted to protect children chose politics over fairness. They sacrificed kids to satisfy activists, loud voices, and misguided public outrage. And before anyone says this is about money, understand this: before any lawsuit was filed, a simple request was made. Apologize. Retract the statements. Do the right thing. They refused. So now we do it the hard way.

@THR Tasteless, desperately vying for relevance. Go drink some green boob milk hammy.

Mark Hamill is feuding with Donald Trump again after posting a photo of the president appearing dead in a grave. hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…

@GovPritzker You murdered him with your safe t act you complete fraud.

Officer John Bartholomew was killed in the line of duty at Swedish Hospital last month. Our hearts are with his family and the CPD as they mourn. Flags have been lowered in remembrance of his service. May his memory be a blessing.

@Geniustechw I seriously doubt she has to worry about getting an abortion with her dusty old ovaries.

Kyra Sedgwick is ‘scared’ of losing her rights as a woman under Trump 😭 ‘I’m scared about losing my right to vote… scared about losing autonomy over my body…’ Thoughts?

@WelbornBeege Oh no, "rumor of war" is one of my favorite books about Vietnam. The Caputo family still looms large where I live. RIP

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@EmilySm43 Dianna Damerau

Name ONE singer better

@Libs_OfChicago I don't understand this issue. About 30yrs ago I sent a handgun usps to the manufacturer for repair. I was told at the time that was the only legal carrier.

Ballots determine the future of our nation. Handguns are objects.

@karol Genx is best to heck with the rest!

I keep hearing people refer to Marco Rubio as a millennial and I just want to note he was born in 1971 so he is clearly Gen X. LET US HAVE THIS.

@DrNeilStone In Dutch cruise ships, doesn't the Netherlands have a national health agency?

The CDC actually had a special department to investigate infectious disease outbreaks on cruise ships In April 2025, RFK Jr fired them all ....

@Libs_OfChicago The cops would've dusted hizzoner off and given him a ride home. She apparently expected the same.

Steele has a long history of believing that because she’s an elected official the rules don’t apply to her. Something tells me Mike Madigan would’ve loved to have someone like her under his wing.

@AmeshiaCross Obama had everything handed to him by the Cook County machine. Spencer has to make his own way without the backing of a corrupt political cabal backing him.

This is so damn disrespectful. Obama was a US Senator, a state Senator and a community leader and advocate for years before becoming POTUS. A Harvard educated lawyer, first Black president of the Harvard Law Review. Spencer Pratt was a reality tv boyfriend 2 decades ago. Stop it

@RadioGenoa Minister Kneepads.

Keir Starmer: "Muslims are successful, brilliant, and creative people. They have made an enormous contribution to Britain's history, in goodness, art, and education. They are the face of modern Britain. They are exceptional people."

@visegrad24 Oh do stop your hysterical raving woman.

There is a risk of a major hantavirus outbreak Dozens of potentially infected passengers from the cruise ship Hondius had already disembarked and scattered around the world before the deadly outbreak was discovered on board. Health authorities across four continents are now racing to track and monitor passengers who left the hantavirus-stricken ship before the outbreak was detected. They are also trying to locate others who may have come into contact with them. The WHO has only managed to locate some of these passengers more than two weeks after they disembarked. In that time, they could have interacted with thousands of people. The map shows the countries where passengers from the affected cruise ship traveled before the deadly hantavirus outbreak was discovered.

@RamboVanHalen Bass fiddled while LA burned.

BTW none of this would have come out without Spencer Pratt’s advocacy. They tried to cover it up but he wouldn’t let them.

Wow. Actual reporting. Forgot what that looks like.

@OliLondonTV Kid's stranger than a snakes socks.

Ariana Grande’s dad receives backlash after the singers fans discovered he follows Trump and Melania on Instagram. Fans of the singer, who is known for her liberal views on LGBTQI+, opposing ICE and Palestine have expressed ‘outrage’ over her father following Trump.

@WelbornBeege These new grey men of Europe make historic figures like Gamelin and Chamberlin seem downright bold in comparison.

Me Merz: One Year as German Chancellor hotair.com/tree-hugging-s…

@GovPritzker The president is the one that has endured 3 "military style" assaults. Be grateful you're not important enough, you'd be hard to miss.

Donald Trump's administration has eroded the principles of our republic. They've dismantled the very institutions intended to check their corruption and overreach. Justice must be delivered to the Illinoisans who were subjected to a military-style assault by the President.

@oelma__ Monkey

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@Chicago_History 64

How old is Sandra? 90% get it wrong. #ChicagoHistory ☑️

@Suntimes I'll visit as soon as I can, it'll be my 6th. The Reagan library is the gold standard. Ironically the Pritzker family trust was one of the biggest donors.

Just hours after going on sale, tickets for the Obama Center's first month sold out. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/05/0…