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Home » Matt Farmer

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Posted inBlogs

Searching for the bright side to Bruce Rauner’s victory

by Ben Joravsky November 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Words I never thought I’d say—on the bright side, Speaker Madigan held on to his veto-proof majority.

Posted inBlogs

Spend election night with Mick and Ben at the Hideout!

by Ben Joravsky October 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Come to our election-night cabaret at the Hideout, featuring Alderman Will Burns, state rep Kelly Cassidy, and Matt Farmer, the singing lawyer with the big hit about Bruce Rauner.

Posted inBlogs

Take a listen to ‘Plutocrat (The Ballad of Bruce Rauner)’

by Ben Joravsky October 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Matt Farmer—lawyer by day, singer by night—is gonna be in a heap of trouble if the old sour puss, Bruce Rauner, sees that music video he made about him.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Bobby Hull to Mayor Emanuel: I’m still alive

by Ben Joravsky July 2, 2013August 19, 2021

Bobby Hull to Mayor Emanuel: I’m still alive.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm learns about the Blackhawks

by Ben Joravsky June 28, 2013August 19, 2021

Hey, Mayor Rahm—no one cares that you really don’t care about the Blackhawks.

Posted inBlogs

Talk will get you nowhere

by Kate Schmidt February 11, 2008August 19, 2021

Video from last Friday’s packed CPS hearing over the fate of Edison Regional Gifted Center.

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