As you know by now, the MAGA Six on the Supreme Court eviscerated abortion rights with their recent anti-Roe ruling, thus triggering local laws that instantaneously made abortion illegal in a dozen or so states. None of which were Illinois. And for that we must at least partially thank former Governor Bruce Rauner. Words I […]
Tag: Ken Griffin
Posted inNews & Politics
The money-man
Billionaire Ken Griffin is Illinois’s biggest political benefactor. But what are his donations doing to democracy?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Maddog and Tunney
As usual, Democrats in Illinois find new and creative ways to undercut their own party.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The argument for self-interest
Vote yes on the Fair Tax to cut your taxes!
Posted inArts & Culture
Plague time at the Art Institute
What it’s like to explore a familiar place under unfamiliar circumstances.
Posted inBlogs
The lessons from local media’s softball treatment of the Ken Griffin CPD donation story
This time no one can blame Sinclair Media for the hauntingly identical media coverage of Ken Griffin’s $10 million handout to Chicago law enforcement.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
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A lottery will determine whether Kennedy, Biss, or Pritzker’s name is first on the gubernatorial primary ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, Toni Preckwinkle vows to play hardball against challengers.
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Emanuel: Chicago will ‘learn something’ from Manhattan terror attack, and other news
Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.
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Emanuel proposes ride-sharing fee increases, 911 phone tax increases in 2018 budget, and other Chicago news
Also, CTU president Karen Lewis is recovering from a stroke in the hospital.
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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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New use-of-force policy bans cops from shooting fleeing suspects unless there’s an imminent threat, and other Chicago news
Also, Ari Emanuel has reportedly never directly donated money to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political campaigns.
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Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Governor Bruce Rauner continue battle over finances, and other Chicago news
Also, federal authorities aren’t prosecuting as many gun cases in Chicago as they are in other cities.
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Blagojevich is appealing his prison sentence again, and other Chicago news
Also, a few police officers have reportedly received subpoenas from the Laquan McDonald investigation grand jury.