A proposed bill would force presidential candidates to do so before being allowed on the state presidential ballot.
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Can Cubs fans bleed blue while seeing red over the Ricketts family’s support of Trump?
Cubs supporters have mostly disregarded the Ricketts family’s extensive financial ties to Donald Trump’s campaign.
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Bruce Rauner keeps it in the Daley family
By appointing Bill Daley to his transition team, Governor-elect Rauner didn’t take long to demonstrate that it’s business as usual in the state of Illinois.
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Congressman Quigley: Despite Cantor’s loss, Republicans need to grow some sack!
In the wake of Eric Cantor’s election loss, Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley swears that not all Republicans are crazy right-wingers.
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Our ignorance of our enemies might not be bliss, but it’s close enough
Akbar Ahmed’s new book exposes a subtlety and complexity that ought to matter more.
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A National Punctuation Day postscript
A punctuation free period in belated honor of our essential characters
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A rare visit to my hometown, Moline
Weekend in the Quad Cities: bridges, pols, taco pizza
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America’s got targets
Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America is a black comedy about a murder spree
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Joe Arpaio’s cold-case posse
The Arizona sheriff’s long-form investigation into Barack Obama
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I guess there’s WTF, and then major-grade WTF
Sarah Palin continues to make no sense.
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Obama back in town to celebrate his 50th
President Obama returns to Chicago today to celebrate his 50th birthday at the Aragon.
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Morning Newsfeed: The iPad Kills Jobs, Record Spring Snowfall, Tax Day Tea Party Rant, and More
The Irish student beaten in a Bucktown baseball bat attack last year is struggling to recover. (Sun-Times) Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the iPad is responsible for killing American jobs. Well, “probably,” at least. (Real Clear Politics) The snow that you saw on the ground this morning is part of a record snowfall for spring, […]
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No Candy-Flavored Malt Beverage Regulation Without Representation
The Four Loko Party: we’re the future, your future.
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Rick Perlstein Talks Tea Parties
Rick Perlstein on “Fractures, Alliances and Mobilizations in the Age of Obama: Emerging Analyses of the ‘Tea Party Movement.'”