Barton Lorimor

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Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· 22d

Citizens Club of Springfield will host speakers from local CBOs and #illinois SNAP administrators this Friday at 8 a.m. at the Hoogland CFTA. #SPI #ILNews #USPols

Citizens Club of Springfield
Public Policy Forums

POLICY FORUM

Friday, July 24, 2026

7:30 a.m. Coffee Reception
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Program
Hoogland Center for the Arts
Club Room, 3rd Floor

SNAP: The Impact on Our Neighbors

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· 27d

you but no face

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jul 8

Evergreen.

Three images stacked horizontally. The first image is a still from the U.S. television show Seinfeld, featuring the character Jerry Seinfeld with an exaggerated facial expression, the character Cosmo Kramer, and a red glow coming from the apartment unit behind Cosmo. Jerry asks, "Kramer, what's going on in there?" The second image is a print screen of the New York Stock Exchange price board during active trading and indicating most all assests are dropping in price, which gives the board a lot of red color. The third image is again of Jerry and Kramer but with the latter responding, "It's the Art of the Deal, Jerry."
#NeverTrump

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 23

Tim Crawford, the play write behind the upcoming production of OUTRAGED: TERROR IN SPRINGFIELD, 1908, will be the guest speaker Friday at the Citizens Club of Springfield Policy Forum. #SPI #ILNews

Citizens Club of Springfield Public Policy Forums

POLICY FORUM

Friday, June 26, 2026

7:30 a.m. Coffee Reception

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Program

Hoogland Center for the Arts

Club Room, 3rd Floor

Outraged: Terror in Springfield 1908, A Playwright’s Journey

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 17

Lincoln.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 17

Should be an interesting view out the window today on the Northbound Texas Eagle between Springfield and Chicago.

Northbound Amtrak Texas Eagle train arrives at the Third Street train station in Springfield, Illinois, USA. Ominous storm clouds loom over the train's path.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 17

More severe thunderstorms and high winds are en route to Illinois, but especially Peoria and Springfield #ILWX

Looking southwest from the 3rd Street Amtrak train station in Springfield, Illinois, June 17, 2026, 09:20 CDT. The first rain clouds of a severe thunderstorm front moving west across the Midwestern United States today are seen approaching the dome of the Illinois State Capitol, the Illinois State Armory Building, the Statehouse Inn hotel, and Isringhausen Imports. A sign at the train platform reads, "Welcome to Springfield, IL
Home of Abraham Lincoln
Misty Buscher
Mayor"

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 13

Putting the first of months worth of debris collected today to good use. Alderman Brad Carlson says through Meta that City of Springfield curbside pickup will begin immediately. TGIF

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 12

A lot of electric is out tonight in #SPI after a second bout in 24 hrs of heavy rain and 60 mph winds. Sirens sounded. Outages are throughout the city and neighboring communities. State highways around the Fairgrounds are rerouting through Northend neighborhoods. Public Works, CWLP, Co-ops are out.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 12

The most incredible sunset light through the severe thunderstorm clouds as they moved out of Springfield. #ILWX

Yellow and voluminous range of orange sunlight passes through passing cumulonimbus clouds at around 20:30 CDT June 11, 2026.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 10

ICYMI

Trump adamant he 'didn't guarantee no war' - Trump says he 'didn't guarantee no war' after pledging not to start wars
June 10, 2026 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Author/Byline: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY | Page: 12A | Section: News
758 Words | Readability: Lexile: 1210, grade level(s): 11-12

WASHINGTON - On the night he won his 2024 presidential comeback bid, Donald Trump reminded his supporters that he never started a war during his first term and pledged not to start one over the next four years either.

"They said, 'He will start a war.' I'm not going to start a war. I'm going to stop wars," Trump said during his Nov. 6, 2024, victory speech, reciting a line he used frequently on the campaign trail.

Yet now, as the U.S. remains in a months-long conflict with Iran, Trump denies he made the pledge, telling NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker in a contentious interview that aired Sunday, "I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?"

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 5

Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren reportedly says a stadium in Hammond is the "focus" and looks "forward to further discussion" with Illinois legislative sponsor, via @capitolfax.bsky.social >> capitolfax.com/2026/06/05/b... Which Indiana plan?

…Adding… I asked the Senate’s top Bears negotiator Sen. Bill Cunningham if Warren had called him. Cunningham’s response…

Yes, heard from Warren this morning. He said they’d be putting out a statement about moving forward with Indiana. Also said he looked forward to further discussion with me.

I’d point out, the statement they released today is not fundamentally different from the statement they issued February 19th after the Indiana bill passed.

Emphasis added.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Jun 1

From @heathercherone.bsky.social for @wttw.bsky.social when NetChoice v. Chicago was filed: news.wttw.com/2026/03/13/t...

“We are not afraid of taking on Big Tech giants to fund free mental health care for Chicago,” Johnson told reporters in October.

However, a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibits governments from taxing news organizations based on their audience size as well as a federal law passed in 2015, according to NetChoice’s complaint.

If the tax is upheld, Chicago businesses will have to pay more to advertise online, as companies pass on the cost of the tax, according to NetChoice’s complaint.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· May 25

Some of my Dad's cousins recently visited Holland, including this field where on Sept. 18, 1944, a military plane piloted by their uncle, the late Capt. Fred O. Lorimor, was brought down by German flak. #MemorialDay #WW2

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· May 24

A young person sitting against a tree and playing a guitar. The caption reads, "Here's a little song I wrote called "Wake the fuck up or we're all going to die"."

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· May 22

Shaw Media (@herald-news.bsky.social, @news-tribune.bsky.social, @northwestherald.bsky.social) also bid for the @dailyherald.com. The offer from Alden Capital, which owns @chicagotribune.com, now goes to Paddock private stock holders for approval >> www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/c...

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the board said it would send out an information packet to Daily Herald employees in the next few days detailing the offer. The employee stockholders of the 150-year-old, formerly family-owned newspaper will then vote on whether to approve the offer, according to the Paddock email, which was obtained by the Tribune.

“This has been a long and arduous road, beginning more than a year ago with an unsolicited offer from Shaw Media to purchase the Daily Herald,” the Paddock board said in the email. “While a special committee of Paddock’s Board of Directors and the board itself were reviewing the offer, the Chicago Tribune announced that it would also make a bid.”

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· May 16

Good morning from downtown! We're setting up the Book Sale for Beta Club service hours!

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 21

We need a record scratch, "you're probably wondering how I got here" for this champ. I mean, really, WTH is he looking at?!

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 18

You even beat TEGNA.

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Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 18

SPRING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS: The folks back home in northwestern McLean County have four overlapping Tornado Warnings #ILWX #BloNo

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 11

Positive energy trends better. People forget that.

1. Splashdown
2. Houston Integrity
3. Apollo 13
4. Artemis II
5. NASA and SpaceX

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 8

The awful announcing came when color tried "Haymaker" for himself.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 7

Seasons Greetings for crop farms across the Midwestern United States. #FrostWarning #ILWX #CropTalk Temperatures (F) for Bloomington, IL (40.48° N) through noon (CDT) Tuesday. via FarmWeekNow, trade media by the Illinois Farm Bureau

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 6

iykyk

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 6

"I mean, really, WHAT IS THIS DINNER?!"

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 5

The President of the United States.

Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Apr 3

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Barton Lorimor@bartonlorimor· Mar 18

Thanks to one and all for a safe Election Day in Illinois! If your campaign didn't go as you hoped this cycle, or you want to productively engage the Election Day process in November beyond electioneering, I have a suggestion for you: sangamonil.gov/departments/...