Wealthy and powerful men had direct access to the mayor, while activists and ordinary citizens were kept at bay.
Tag: David Axelrod
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Ruminating on the idea of a Clinton pardon
So what if she’s committed no crimes? To the right, that doesn’t seem to matter.
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Rahm’s top campaign donor is also his ‘go-to adviser,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Brooklyn might soon have more people than Chicago.
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Young black activists tally successes, and other Chicago news
Also, Jon Stewart calls Trump a “man baby” during UofC podcast taping.
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City Council approves multimillion-dollar settlements for two police-involved wrongful death lawsuits, and other Chicago news
Also, authorities believe a preteen is stealing phones in the Loop.
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Bernie Sanders opens a campaign office in Chicago, the best and worst of the Wrigleyville McDonald’s, and other Chicago news
Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.
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An Aldertrack founder takes a political job
Apostasy strikes at the Internet’s one-stop shop for Chicago election news.
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America needs a book about the modern GOP. So somebody write it!
Write a chronicle of the GOP’s implosion in the Obama era and you’ve got a sale.
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What you need to know about the mayoral runoff
The skinny on what Rahm and Chuy have promised to do—and what they’ve avoided telling you
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David Axelrod (very nicely) warns Chicago could be hosed if Rahm’s not reelected
In a conversation about his new memoir and the future of the city, the veteran political strategist makes another plug for reelecting his longtime friend Mayor Emanuel.
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What would Mayor Rahm do without Detroit?
Leave it to one of the mayor’s Republican backers—Senator Mark Kirk—to use the Detroit analogy to try to scare white Chicagoans into voting for Rahm.
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The mayoral runoff is going to be a shitstorm
Having embarrassed Rahm in yesterday’s election, Chicago’s voters can expect the mayor to go negative and nasty against Chuy Garcia in the coming campaign.
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No, Chuy, let’s not hire a thousand more cops
Mayoral candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia vows to keep the bad promise Rahm Emanuel broke of fighting violence with extra police.
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Former Senate hopeful Jack Ryan is back in politics—as a publisher
A sex-free sex scandal pushed him out of the ’04 Senate race against Obama, but Jack Ryan is back.
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Charter school operator won’t say how it spent your tax dollars
Charter school operator won’t say how it spent your tax dollars.