Learning to love the never-Trump crowd at the Lincoln Project
Tag: John McCain
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Illinois owes around $11 billion in unpaid bills (plus interest) after 18 months without a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, Obama’s first post-White House political move was endorsing Fourth Ward alderman Sophia King.
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Obama’s farewell speech vs. the salacious Trump memo: a tale of two Americas
While President Obama was making a high-minded appeal to our better angels, BuzzFeed was offering some sordid and sleazy allegations about Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ in ‘out of control’ Chicago, and other news
Also, Hillary Clinton isn’t close to raising as much money in Chicago as Barack Obama did in 2008.
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The real reason some Republican leaders are lining up for Trump
Journalists hang on every word.
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Michelle Fields, Donald Trump, and the slow death of actual journalism
Is defense of Fields genuine solidarity or ax-grinding by partisanship?
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Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and other former prisoners Donald Trump must not like
Would Trump really dislike all these famous former prisoners, many of whom went on to run countries?
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Yes, there are black Republicans in Chicago
South-side GOP committeeman Darnell Macklin makes his case.
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Michael Kinsley’s takedown of Double Down is a plea for plain English
You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.
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When the earth shook beneath the Mississippi
The story of a powerful seismological event where you’d least expect to find it: The Mississippi Valley.
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Yak, yak, yak—whack! On Killing Them Softly’s source novel
The film re-creates the glum talk and savage violence of its source novel
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The unlikables: why Mitt Romney lost the election
No wonder Obama won the election: the Democratic big tent is so big that it even includes includes Republicans like Mayor Rahm!