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Home » Donald Trump

Tag: Donald Trump

Posted inColumns & Opinion

MAGA enablers

by Ben Joravsky August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

For over twenty years, my centrist friends have been giving me grief for presidential losses the Democrats have suffered. For example . . . Gore’s defeat in 2000, allegedly caused […]

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace in a red baseball cap, trackside and talking with fans
Posted inOn Politics

Biased driving

by Ben Joravsky July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

It was a mixed-message week on the homefront. Mayor Lightfoot rolled out the red carpet for NASCAR the day before she arm-twisted the alderpeople into cracking down on speeders to […]

Posted inColumns & Opinion

More madness from Mary

by Ben Joravsky July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

I suppose it’s somewhat reassuring to know people still get outraged by the MAGA madness Mary Miller spews. That we all haven’t gone numb to her lunacy—even though she seems […]

a rocket taking off with a SpaceX building in the foreground
Posted inColumns & Opinion

A flexible position on free speech

by Ben Joravsky June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

In the category of things that I didn’t see coming . . . My preliminary favorite for this year’s biggest “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrite is […]

Make America Hate Again sign
Posted inOn Politics

MAGA hate

by Ben Joravsky May 18, 2022May 17, 2022

Generally, I like to tell a joke or two in these columns, looking to underscore the absurdity of politics with a little dark humor. But no joking this time. On […]

Woman holding sign reading "Remember when you said I was overreacting?" with text underlined in red. She is standing on the sidewalk in front of others at the pro-choice rally in Chicago on May 7.
Posted inOn Culture

The end of Roe

by Deanna Isaacs May 11, 2022May 12, 2022

Regarding the recently revealed U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling on Roe v. Wade: WTF? Because, it’s the F we’re talking about, right? That little itch we’re biologically programmed to scratch […]

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Posted inOn Politics

Whole Foods flight

by Ben Joravsky May 4, 2022May 6, 2022

In the aftermath of Whole Foods closing its taxpayer-subsidized store in Englewood, it’s as good a time as ever for me to once again remind you that it was only […]

Posted inOn Politics

MAGA delusion

by Ben Joravsky April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Republican strategists think they can win over the Black vote by trashing Justice Jackson.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Enemies of enemies

by Ben Joravsky March 23, 2022March 22, 2022

State Senator Martwick must be doing something right if John Catanzara and Mayor Lightfoot dislike him so much.

Richard Irvin Ken Griffin
Posted inOn Politics

No más

by Ben Joravsky February 16, 2022February 15, 2022

With word just breaking that Kenneth Griffin kicked in $20 million to Richard Irvin’s gubernatorial campaign, I guess you can say he passed the audition. Irvin, that is, not Griffin. […]

Richard Irvin
Posted inOn Politics

Profiles in cautiousness

by Ben Joravsky February 2, 2022February 1, 2022

It’s been over two weeks since Aurora mayor Richard Irvin announced he’s running for governor, making him a front-runner for the Republican nomination. And yet he still hasn’t mentioned the […]

Mary Miller Rodney Davis
Posted inOn Politics

Good news, Dems

by Ben Joravsky January 5, 2022January 7, 2022

I’m happy to report a little good news as we head off into the new year—Donald Trump has endorsed Mary Miller in her race against Rodney Davis in the 15th […]

Jussie Smollett
Posted inOn Politics

Soak the suckers

by Ben Joravsky December 15, 2021December 14, 2021

In the days since a Cook County jury declared Jussie Smollett guilty, guilty, guilty I’ve been wondering how Republicans will use the verdict to squeeze even more money from the […]

Sarah Paulson and Beanie Feldstein in Impeachment: American Crime Story
Posted inOn Politics

Bad memories

by Ben Joravsky December 1, 2021November 30, 2021

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 […]

Aaron Rodgers for All-Pro Reels-Web
Posted inOn Politics

The lying game

by Ben Joravsky November 10, 2021November 9, 2021

Just about the only good thing to come out of the Aaron Rodgers fiasco is that it gives us a textbook example of how MAGA finagles its way out of […]

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