@FCNightingale I think the reason for this is very obvious-ICE raids and racism. New Chicago could just give the teachers a little more money, I think the situation in downtown would disappear.
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@Ag2Adam
Temporally, and temporarily, in my 60's. Mentally I'm 12. Mostly here for snark comments, humor, and statistics.
Tham gia Kasım 2022
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The downtown Chicago, Illinois office vacancy rate rose to an all-time high of 28.6%, having now hit new record highs for 15 consecutive quarters.
Almost half of the 40M SF of vacant office space downtown has been available for at least three years.
Up from 13.8% when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
"Companies cutting back on office space as they adapt to remote work trends have left downtown with a far smaller office tenant base than it had before 2020 and decimated property values, creating rampant distress and scaring off many institutional investors needed to fuel the market’s recovery."
-Crain's
#commercialrealestate
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@TheGeneral_0 The fact that the Iranian theocracy was very corrupt and that the relatives of the religous leaders led lives of slavish, and un-Islamic, luxury was not unknown. Good that it's finally getting some publicity.
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@TheGeneral_0 @drpezeshkian According to what I've read, that is what Iran claims- millions are willing to become human shields. Personally, I think the entire leadership should do so. This is probably a good time to quote the Patton aphorism about dying for your country.
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More than 14 million proud Iranians have so far registered to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran. I too have been, am, and will remain devoted to giving my life for Iran.
Masoud Pezeshkian@drpezeshkian
بیش از ۱۴ میلیون ایرانی غیور تا این لحظه اعلام آمادگی کردهاند جان خود را برای دفاع از ایران فدا کنند. من نیز جانفدای ایران بودهام، هستم و خواهم بود. #جان_فدا
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If there are 50 people who want to see the neurosurgeon but he only has 10 appointments available, how does one guarantee that right to healthcare?
European Commission@EU_Commission
Healthcare is a basic right. Not a privilege. Not a luxury. This World Health Day, we stand for access, protection, and care for all.
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This car came equipped with a toilet and the waste would simply drop into the street.
What a brilliant idea.
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@ChicagosMayor @ChicagoDPD I notice this doesn't mention real estate taxes.
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My Administration is making unprecedented investments in new housing and is cutting red tape for housing developers because I want you to be able to afford to live in Chicago and see your children and grandchildren build their lives in Chicago. @ChicagoDPD
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@redsteeze There is the old joke about Gamal Nasser and Moshe Dayan's parrot. It may be relevant.
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This will be like opening a McDonalds in the Soviet Union.
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
Iranian forces managed to capture an MRE teriyaki beef stick at the American forward base in Isfahan.
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@chasrmartin I don't know if the guy is smart or not, but he sure is ignorant.
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I just opened a stock trading account and requested the ability to trade options. I was told the following two 'facts'. 1) Covered position (owning the stock and selling a call against it) was the safest form of trading. 1) Naked short options such as selling naked puts is the most dangerous. THEY ARE THE SAME TRADE !!!!
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Nothing says victory like finding a beef stick after all your boys get blown to bits.
Open Source Intel@Osint613
Iranian forces recovered an MRE teriyaki beef stick from the U.S. forward base in Isfahan. - Tasnim
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This ad was dishonest and manipulative then, just like Democrat messaging now.
Aaron Day@AaronRDay
Very disappointed that this LBJ ad from 1964 is relevant today. What is happening in the Middle East was unnecessary and psychopathic.
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@HansMahncke Also worth noting that, all things being equal, the right should be more represented at X bc they are not allowed on instagram, fb, etc. Worth noting also that no one is stopping leftists from posting/reading posts on X.
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The mere fact that Jackson Hinkle, a self-professed communist, is labeled “right-leaning” on this graph tells you the whole thing is a heaving pile of trash. It’s embarrassing that anyone takes this stuff seriously.
Nate Silver@NateSilver538
These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken.
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won't reststart- until we are ready to start again.
Imtiaz Mahmood@ImtiazMadmood
Iran just responded to the U.S. ceasefire proposal. It rejected the 45-day temporary deal and sent back a list of its own. Here is what Tehran is asking for: — A permanent end to the war, not just in Iran but in Lebanon and Gaza too, with guarantees it won't restart. — Recognition of Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, with the right to collect tolls from passing ships. — Full lifting of all economic sanctions. — The right to enrich uranium under the NPT, acknowledged in writing. — Reparations for economic damages caused by the war. The U.S. offered 45 days. Iran came back with a peace treaty, a toll booth, and a bill. Source: IRNA - @MarioNawfal
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@hwinkler4real Well, let's think a little about one example arguments. Person X was the child of a poor single mother and grew up to solve important problem Y. That proves that abortion is evil.
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Lets think this through Please
David J. Bier@David_J_Bier
A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week, expecting to begin their life together as newlyweds. ICE has arrested and caged her instead. She was brought to the USA as a toddler. These people should be citizens.
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@frociaggini @khalidi79397 They imported lots of labor from Gaza and thought of them as friends. They were trying to create coexistence.
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I envy the Israeli left.
Not their politics. Their freedom.
They march through Tel Aviv calling their own country an apartheid state. They go on CNN and call the IDF war criminals. They write op-eds in Haaretz comparing Israel to the worst regimes in history. They join NGOs funded by hostile governments to produce reports designed to delegitimize the Jewish state.
And then they go home. Sleep in their beds. Send their kids to school the next morning. No one threatens their family. No one disappears them in the night. No one drags them from their home.
Zero consequences.
Now imagine, just imagine, if Iranians had 1% of that freedom. If an Egyptian columnist could criticize Sisi the way Gideon Levy criticizes Netanyahu. If a Palestinian in Ramallah could call Abbas corrupt on live TV and walk home safely. If someone in Gaza could have held a sign saying "Hamas does not speak for me" without being executed.
The Middle East would be unrecognizable.
The great irony is that the people who enjoy more political freedom than virtually anyone else in the region use that freedom to paint Israel as a tyranny while the actual tyrannies they're silent about would imprison or kill them for doing the same.
You're not brave. You're spoiled. You mistake comfort for conscience. You scream "genocide" into a microphone the state itself protects, then sleep soundly in a democracy you spend your days trying to destroy, while millions across this region would trade everything they have for five minutes of the freedom you use to spit on your own country.
Satlanchik@idansat
@khalidi79397 How many days has it been since the occupation began?
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@AGHamilton29 Confiscatory taxing simply discourages people from working hard to create wealth. A major phallacy of (one of many) Warren etal is the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth and rich people take other peoples money. They create wealth out of thin air and we are all better.
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1) Just because someone has money doesn't mean you or the government are entitled to it.
2) If you force investors like Bezos to liquidate investments to pay taxes, then it will cost jobs and growth.
3) I don't know who this stuff is meant to fool, but anyone with any experience with government knows that adding $200 million or even $200 billion to federal budgets won't accomplish any of those things.
We run a 2 trillion dollar annual deficit. That money would, as best, go toward paying off the interest on our debt. And if you created a new entitlement as you are suggesting, it would be so filled with fraud and waste within 2 years that it could eat up Bezos' entire fortune while barely helping anyone.COVID-19
To prove the point, Minnesota tried to offer to pay for meals for kids during Covid-19. The result was the Feeding Our Future scandal, where dozens of people conspired to steal $250 million+ from the program.
We can start talking about increasing tax revenue and adding new programs when the people who run the government can show they can effectively use the massive budgets they already have instead of wasting them. Until then, stop demanding more of other people's money.
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
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@politicalmath @justalexoki Now he should do blocked posts on Twitter before musk bought it.
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@justalexoki I'm pretty sure I've heard of this "elon musk" character
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Not only that, but what all this I hear about endangered feces
Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Honestly seems woke to be this relativistic? Hopefully we can walk and chew gum at the same time and recognize 1) this was a dumb typo, 2) sometimes NYT/MSM make more serious fuckups, and 3) Catturd shouldn't get 50x the engagement of serious reporting on endangered soldiers.
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