The [Tuesday] Papers

For completists, there was no column on Monday. And there will barely be one today!

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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Capitalist Kids, The Pony's, The Districts, alt-J, Temples, Tegan & Sara, Noname, Ryan Adams, Alphaville, George Ezra, Machine Gun Kelly, Royal Blood, Live, Foo Fighters, Blossoms, Lorde, Foster The People, Three Dog Night, Mutlu, Mac Demarco, Justice, Blink-182, Jeff The Brotherhood, Art of Anarchy, and Sleep In.

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America Has Never Had A Merit-Based System For College Admissions
We've never admitted students strictly based on test scores. But we have on race and gender.

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The White Sox Report: Exit Velocity
Kids really do have it tough these days.

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SportsMonday: Cubs Back - To Shaky
So Joe Maddon busts out the motorcycle vests, ugh.

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Chicagoetry: Bike On A Tightrope
I can indulge in false bravery!

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Illinois Photographer's Work Now Forever
"I must say it was pretty neat to hear that an image I took was going to appear on a USPS stamp."

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BeachBook

Jim Plunkett's Painful Journey: "My life sucks."

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Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequences.

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Here We Downsize Again.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

Trump tweets Fox News report based on intel leak after threatening reporters who publish leaks: https://t.co/ptp4MPxBSO pic.twitter.com/BcSTN8rGmQ

— The Hill (@thehill) August 8, 2017

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Trump's WSJ interview was the most dishonest of his presidency. The WSJ didn't fact check at all, and suppressed 15 of the 26 false claims.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2017

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Update: Donald Trump has made precisely 500 false claims in his 200 days in office. https://t.co/cQQH9uvtiC

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2017

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now appears that 2 of the biggest leaks of the last few months (confirming NK ship, ISIS/airplanes to Russians) have been by @POTUS himself

— Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) August 8, 2017

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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Leaky.

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