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The things I ponder while trapped indoors awestwardroad.blogspot.com


Time Moves Fast - Let's Not Push It awestwardroad.blogspot.com


The Star-Tribune claims to have reported nearly 300 stories about the fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid programs yet the abuse goes on and on:

For more than a decade, Minnesota has grappled with a fraud crisis in its Medicaid programs. In the last four years alone, the Star Tribune has written nearly 300 stories on the massive scandal and broken major developments. Here’s a guide to our coverage. startribune.com/heres-what-to-…



What an odd way to start 2026:

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The scandals in Minnesota continue to expand:


The folks there clearly do not reside in Chicago or pay property taxes there.



An odd development:

Bari Weiss is the new editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount buys her website startribune.com/cbs-buys-the-f…



Massive school debt: Chicago's problem today, but it likely be our trouble tomorrow awestwardroad.blogspot.com


$730M in debt? WTF?

Chicago Public Schools is facing a $730 million shortfall for the 2026 fiscal year — $201 million more than the district had previously stated. trib.al/xmKgTsl



Two terms is enough for any governor, Demorcrat or Republican. A vote for JB is a vote more taxes, and even more spending.

Gov. JB Pritzker is officially launching his campaign for a third term in office. If re-elected, he would be the first Illinois Democrat to win a third term as governor. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/i…



And that sounds like a good idea

The panel voted 5-1, with one abstention, that people ages 6 months and older get a flu vaccination this fall only using single-dose formulas that are thimerosal-free. trib.al/GBiYfTJ



Riding the rails still fascinates me awestwardroad.blogspot.com


Oh, let's stop everything then.

More than 30 celebrities come out against SNAP, Medicaid cuts in GOP megabill trib.al/v7CfKA1



Midwest Summers: Only the strong survive awestwardroad.blogspot.com


Sure, why not?

Moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she has thought about switching to the Democratic caucus trib.al/Evq7uzq



He's at it again.

Rep. Al Green introduces article of impeachment against Trump trib.al/J0ppCw0



Good.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Starbucks is pledging to align its menu with the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" initiative. fox32chicago.com/news/starbucks…



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