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Mark Jacob

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Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe! It's free.

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Mark Jacob·Sep 16

ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.

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Mark Jacob·Sep 12

The murder of Charlie Kirk is terrible for our country. Violence is not the answer. To learn from this, let's not fictionalize who Kirk was. A day before his death, he said: "Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America." That's not respectful speech. That's violent rhetoric.

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Mark Jacob·Sep 6

It's not just that we have to save our country from Trumpism. We have to save the entire world from a ravenous, reckless, criminal U.S. government. It's a moral imperative.

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The commandment says: “I am the Lord thy God. Thou shall not have strange gods before Me.” But millions of ”Christians” now worship at the church of MAGA.

Trump posts artwork of himself dressed like Jesus and healing the sick.
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Mark Jacob·3h

Dear America, You‘ve got to be sick of this insanity, don’t you? Then vote against all Republicans in the midterms.

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Mark Jacob·3h

Congratulations to the 58% of Catholic voters who chose Trump in 2024. Your convicted felon is attacking your pope.

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Mark Jacob·5h

The Constitution forbids any “establishment of religion“ by our government. But Christian extremists are hijacking our political system and using our tax money to foist their beliefs on us. It’s an obnoxious assault on American values.

Post on X by Homeland Security:
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people who he hath chosen for his own inheritance.’ —Psalm 33:12
May God continue to shed his grace on our great nation. … One homeland under God.”
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Mark Jacob·6h

Calling on JD Vance to endorse the New York Yankees, Duke basketball and herpes because we need to defeat all 3.

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Mark Jacob·6h

In honor of Orban’s defeat and what’s coming for Republicans in November.

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Mark Jacob·12h

This sizes up the Trump position in one 225-word sentence.

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Mark Jacob·13h

Win the midterms, impeach and remove the deranged criminal, save our country.

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Mark Jacob·13h

When you put “reckless stupidity” into the Fox News pro-Trump translator, it comes out as “bold move.”

Fox headline: President Trump announces bold move in the Strait of Hormuz after talks fail with Iran
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Mark Jacob·13h

Iran's horrible, religious extremist, authoritarian leadership is more credible in its war messaging than the United States' horrible, religious extremist, authoritarian leadership.

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