As one of the few people I know who has watched Impeachment, I’m still struggling to figure out why I’m so relatively alone in watching it. Obsessively watching it, I might add. As in having eagerly awaited every new episode, and then rewatching key scenes. Impeachment: American Crime Story being Ryan Murphy’s ten-part series on […]
Tag: Dennis Hastert
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Homicides and shootings decreased overall in 2017 but not in every neighborhood, and other Chicago news
Also, a divorce between Jesse Jackson Jr. and Sandi Jackson appears inevitable, says Jackson Jr.
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Journalist Jamie Kalven won’t be forced to identify his Laquan McDonald story sources, and other Chicago news
Also, a judge has banned Dennis Hastert from unsupervised contact with minors and porn.
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Bears on Trump NFL comments: ‘This divisive political situation has unified our franchise’
Also, Alderman Ray Lopez wants to overhaul the “deeply flawed” CPD gang database.
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Garry McCarthy for Mayor files paperwork for exploratory committee, and other Chicago news
Also, Hispanics are now the second-largest racial/ethnic group in Chicago.
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Rauner: Trump’s Charlottesville comments ‘damage America,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Attorney General Sessions slams Emanuel, Chicago yet again.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert released from Minnesota prison after 13 months, and other Chicago news
Also, Pritzker and Rauner are raking in millions for the 2018 gubernatorial race.
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Board votes to revoke Dennis Hastert’s state lawmaker pension, and other Chicago news
Also, city treasurer Kurt Summers decides against running for governor.
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Report: Judge shot to death outside his home was previously beaten in road-rage incident, and other Chicago news
Also, how the feds built a case against former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert.
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Rahm has been making a comeback as a ‘national political operator’ since Trump’s election, and other Chicago news
Also, local immigration officials are now detaining deportees in Kankakee County instead of suburban Broadview.
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What Trump could learn from Chicago’s kleptocracy
Politicians making a buck on their offices is nothing new here.
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Report: Dennis Hastert is fighting to get his teacher pension back, and other Chicago news
Also, an alderman who has spoken out about the city’s aggressive squirrels landed in the hospital after a bike accident involving a “suicide bomber” squirrel.
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Emanuel asks for respect, no hateful rhetoric after Joshua Beal shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm’s taking questions from the public for a radio town hall next week.
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The transcript of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s deposition regarding his security detail is out, and other Chicago news
Also, even Ashton Kutcher couldn’t convince the City Council not to pass Airbnb regulations.
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Hillary Clinton’s key local fund-raisers are raising millions, and other Chicago news
Also, Dennis Hastert appears to be the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to spend time behind bars.