The Weekend Desk Report

For completists, there was no column on Friday.

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A very large crowd is gathering at 71st/Chappel, where Chicago Police say they shot and killed a person this evening. It's hard to put in words how tense the scene is. Witnesses say a female officer shot the man in the back while he was running away. He was a local barber. pic.twitter.com/aaV6smY07V

— Nader Issa (@NaderDIssa) July 15, 2018

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East Chicago Blues, Pt. 1,000,000,000
"A federal magistrate judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union by holding the East Chicago Housing Authority in contempt of court for violating a previous order that barred the local housing agency from warrantless searches," the Northwest Indiana Times reports.

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Previously in East Chicago:

* Flawed CDC Report Left East Chicago Children Vulnerable To Lead Poisoning.

* East Chicago Is Toxic.

* A Start In East Chicago.

* East Chicago Residents Screwed (Again) Over Lead And Arsenic.

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Musk Busk

Incredible response from the British diver who found the Thai cave boys, when asked about Elon Musk 😂😂pic.twitter.com/v47KBKgk9m

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) July 14, 2018

Maybe we can ride little submarines - on electronic skates - to O'Hare!

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New on the Beachwood . . .

The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #208: Best World Cup Ever?
Full of surprises. Plus: Cub Factors; The Return Of Rodon!; Matt Nagy Married His High School Sweetheart, Therefore He's A Great Guy Who Will Lead The Bears To Glory; Beasting Up The Summer League; 7-Player Trade!; and Schweinsteiger!

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Disabled Border Kid Passed Through Chicago
"Even though [a Brazilian] was found to have a credible fear of returning to her home country, she had been detained in El Paso ever since, while her grandson, who has severe epilepsy and autism, was transferred to a facility in Chicago and later a state-run center in Connecticut because he needs constant care."

Rachel Zein for the Texas Tribune

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When High School Officials Suppress Students' Free Speech
"Educators can't teach kids to value the truth if they're suppressing students' ability to speak it."

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Gagging At The Water Reclamation District
"Was there wrongdoing? We don't know, and they're not saying."

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Debunking The Broadcast Industry's Claims About Sinclair's Tribune Takeover
"Viewers have every reason to expect that Sinclair's expanded control will instead lead to a decrease in local political news coverage and an uptick in highly suspect 'must-run' content handed down from Sinclair's corporate headquarters.

"Local viewers see no benefits from and express no increased demand for this content, which promotes anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and other racist bigotry and simply airs White House propaganda."

Free Press/Creative Commons

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Scholarly Publishing Is Broken. Here's How To Fix It.
"Giant, corporate publishers with racketeering business practices and profit margins that exceed Apple's treat life-saving research as a private commodity to be sold at exorbitant profits."

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Weekend ChicagoGram

#gbhasse #comics #agitatorgallery #blackandwhiteart

A post shared by Gretchen Hasse (@gbhasse) on Jul 13, 2018 at 5:43am PDT

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Weekend ChicagoTube

"New Ways to Fail" / Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.

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Weekend BeachBook

Pence Family's Failed Gas Stations Cost Taxpayers More Than $20 Million.

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Youth Soccer Participation Has Fallen Significantly In America.

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Five Years Ago: Rahmnado.

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Go Tavern Legend.

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Weekend TweetWood
A sampling.

The Russians wanted Trump, and he assisted... but what no one could have anticipated was the cult like belligerence of his supporters this far down the line - that is the single biggest thing standing in the way of a Trumpless world. And the Russians are loving it.

— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) July 14, 2018

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Finland ranks 4th in the world in press freedom. The United States ranks 45th. https://t.co/IxD8BhoQDS https://t.co/KRpWu4VhPh

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 14, 2018

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I'm enjoying reading all the positive responses from Americans about the Trump protests in the UK.

But, hey, you guys helped us defeat the Nazi's a while back, it's only fair we help you do the same now...

— Stu Cameron (@stucam7771) July 13, 2018

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The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: Witch hunt.

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