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"We were the center of industry for the whole country, the crossroads and the cross-rails, the headwaters of the major commercial waterways. And the core of that was food. Chicago fed the country. Now the Bears are leaving, headed to Hammond, Indiana for a better deal and a lower tax burden. Fine. Let them leave. It’s time we stopped seeing our city as hat in hand to billionaire corporations and started seeing it as a real center, a builder of the things people need. What better place to start than our roots: food."

Stacker of Wheat Chicago was built on food. Here's how we build it back again.

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AI is built on humanity’s collective knowledge.

The wealth it generates must benefit humanity — not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other AI oligarchs.

That’s why I’ll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act — to give the public a direct ownership stake.

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A bold move from Capitol Hill is turning heads across tech and political circles: Bernie Sanders is pushing a bill that would pause the expansion of AI data centers until public protections are firmly in place.
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Citing concerns over privacy, environmental impact, and the unchecked power of artificial intelligence, Sanders argues that innovation cannot come at the cost of public safety and accountability. Tech companies and policymakers are now scrambling to weigh the potential consequences, as the legislation could slow major AI projects and reshape the rules of the industry. Supporters praise the measure as a necessary safeguard, while critics warn it could stifle innovation and economic growth. As debates heat up in Washington and across social media, one question dominates every discussion: will America hit pause on AI before it’s too late?
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Let's go Bowling! For Jesse Gutierrez for County Board 6! See you there!

THANK YOU, Mamdani, for showing politicians how it should be done.

“No plan of this scale has ever been imagined by a past mayor, let alone proposed," Mamdani said.

“This plan meets the housing crisis with the urgency it demands.”

NYC's mayor just proposed the most ambitious affordable housing plan in the city's history — and it's a big deal.

For decades, New York City has watched its housing crisis spiral while mayors offered half-measures and developer-friendly workarounds.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani finally said enough.

His new "block by block" plan calls for 400,000 affordable housing units — 200,000 brand new rent-stabilized homes built over the next decade, and another 200,000 preserved and stabilized.

Backed by a $22 billion capital investment over five years, it's the largest affordable housing proposal any NYC mayor has ever put forward.

The plan doesn't stop at construction. It includes sweeping new tenant protections, a $5.6 billion commitment to fix NYCHA's crumbling infrastructure — roofs, boilers, elevators — and a promise that public housing stays publicly owned.

Mamdani correctly framed the whole thing as a generational correction: government helped create this crisis through decades of bad choices, and government can build its way out.