Reporter for Shaw Media. Married to Carol, dual U.S.-Irish citizen, Rutgers graduate and 4th Degree knight.
La Salle, Ill.
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Steve Kerr on the midterm election results:
“I'm just I'm disappointed because I was looking forward to that $5,000 check that we were all going to get.” 😅
(via @joseph_dycus)
He was an outstanding superintendent and all-around fine human being. #RIP
Tom Jobst, Hall of Fame high school football coach, has died at age 75 shawlocal.com/friday-night-d…
I suspect the ulterior motive is to keep DeSantis occupied so he can’t mount a presidential campaign.
Tom Collins retweeted
Surely there is someone else.
“One source told CBS News that Ron DeSantis is being floated as a possible replacement for Hegseth, arguing DeSantis could go through Senate confirmation in the lame-duck period and then take the post when his term as governor expires Jan. 5.” cbsnews.com/news/trump-hegse…
Good one. He had me there, I’ll admit.
The vote was rigged. Just really clear examples of fraud, especially coming from the South. I mean Texas? Mississippi? Are you serious?
That's the only explanation I can come up with for why a one loss Notre Dame team is #11.
Tom Collins retweeted
Iranian officials are gloating about the midterms, but what Tehran doesn’t seem to understand is that Trump might actually take out his election losses on Iran.
A bluenami isn’t going to deter Trump. politico.com/news/2026/11/04…
VERDICT: Never in doubt. Kammerer had the map behind him but never took victory for granted. Forget the blue wave: Bureau County is just too red for a Democrat to win a countywide race.
VERDICT: Close it was. The only blunder was me misstating that Briel won in 2022. (Duh: It was 2024) I blame insufficient coffee. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. #meaculpa
VERDICT: A mixed bag here. Contrary to expectation, Ebner actually made quick work of Mitchell but her intra-party opposition not only was real but it blew into the open. A party chairman withdrawing support on Election Day? That’s a first in my 30 years.
VERDICT: Correct, only it wasn’t as close as everybody thought. Vescogni won decisively in Bureau and Grundy counties and never trailed in La Salle County, despite being outworked on the campaign trail. It was a mirror-image of the Helland-Cantlin contest from 4 years ago.
VERDICT: Exactly correct. Absolutely none of my sources, Republican or Democrat, thought Marter had a path to victory.
VERDICT: My sources nailed it. Nobody ever denied that Trump would motivate Democrats, but the below-the-radar predictions that disapproval of Pritzker would spur Republicans were right on the money.
ELECTION FOLLOWUP: I tabbed Dems and Republicans to predict our local races. How’d they do? The envelopes, please…
I’m with you! But as much as I love the Eternal City, it’s much easier finding a clean restroom in the U.S. of A.
