Our mayor is on the ropes, and with him the centrist brand of politics aggressively practiced by Emanuel over the last 25 years.
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Chairwoman Preckwinkle’s Machine takeover a far cry from days of Fast Eddie
To beat the Machine, you gotta be the Machine and other lessons for Toni Preckwinkle and the next generation of Democratic Party leaders.
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Former Chicago gossip columnist Liz Crokin is now a star among far-right conspiracy theorists
The Chicago-area native dished tabloid-style gossip here for almost a decade. Now she’s a leader in a fringe right-wing online community spreading a bizarre political conspiracy theory.
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Don’t cry, progressives: Pritzker win shows Dems more pragmatic, practical after Trump loss
If I had $100 for every Democrat who told me you need a billionaire to beat a billionaire, I’d be a billionaire.
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Former FBI director James Comey headlines Chicago Humanities Fest on his big book tour
The former head G-man will be speaking about his closely guarded memoir in Chicago three days after the book’s release.
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Arrests for marijuana in Chicago hit a historic low in 2017, and other Chicago news
Also, it’s so cold that even the Navy Pier Ferris wheel closed.
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Report: George Papadopoulos told Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, and other Chicago news
Also, the cold caused a glass panel to crack in the new Apple flagship store.
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Protest fashion is all the rage
Is the revolution in clothing design a sign of a bigger revolt to come?
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Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois’s largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
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Report: Chicago-based Trump adviser Papadopoulos was a lot closer to the campaign than Trump admits, and other news
Also, Rauner is facing a primary challenge from the right.
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Cook County commissioner wants to add marijuana legalization referendum to March 2018 ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, Emanuel slams Trump for “pointing fingers” at Chicago again.
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The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is SAD!
A pop-up gallery by The Daily Show enshrines the propaganda of the world’s most dangerous man.
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Ramirez-Rosa dumped off the Biss ticket in six days; denies flip-flop on Israel issue
A dispute over Carlos Ramirez-Rosa’s views on Israel gets him kicked off of Democrat Daniel Biss’s ticket for governor.
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Chapo Trap House and the burden of the ‘dirtbag left’
The political comedy podcast has become a flash point in a larger fight between mainstream liberals and leftists.
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Beyond the ‘Bernie bro’: Socialism’s diverse new youth brigade
Inspired by Sanders, outraged by Trump, and betrayed by the neoliberal establishment, the reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America set out to paint the town red.