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- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2018
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Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary
If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2018
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The next governor of Illinois: A superrich white guy
Get ready for the most expensive election for governor in U.S. history: J.B. Pritzker versus Bruce Rauner.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2018
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Right-wing Twitter propaganda bots pumping up Jeanne Ives campaign for governor, study finds
The vast majority of Twitter posts in the Illinois governor's race last week were in favor of Ives, a University of Illinois student found.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2018
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Daniel Biss to rock the vote onstage with Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot in Chicago
The Democratic governor candidate will make a campaign stop at the show at Subterranean on Tuesday night.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2018
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Pritzker, Biss, and Kennedy see the light—just in time for the primary
Last night's Democratic debate was another reminder that Illinois Dems spent the better part of the last ten years acting like Republicans.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2018
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Attorney and former Playboy model Corri Fetman calls out ‘body-shaming’ attack ad in judicial campaign
A Facebook video mocks Fetman for bodybuilding, calls her a “poser.”
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 15, 2018
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Looking for the most progressive Democrat in the governor's race who's least likely to sell us out
Biss, Daiber, Hardiman, Kennedy, Pritzker—man, I can’t make up my mind.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
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Poll: Daniel Biss catching up to front-runner J.B. Pritzker in gubernatorial primary after wiretap controversy, and other Chicago news
Also, Canadian prime minister Trudeau wouldn't let David Axelrod push him into discussing Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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J.B. Pritzker under fire for comments about African-American elected officials in newly released Blagojevich tape, and other Chicago news
Also, Jeanne Ives is "a little bit surprised at some of the hysteria" over controversial campaign ad.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
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Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news
Also, a new poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided on the race for governor.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 18, 2018
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If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations
Instead another TIF deal benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2018
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Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news
Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 17, 2018
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Fix Illinois by breaking the state apart? A gubernatorial candidate makes the case.
Robert Marshall has a plan to dissolve Illinois and create three new independent states.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
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Obama insiders say he'll step up campaigning in 2018 as midterm elections approach, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Kennedy leaves gubernatorial candidate forum after Jeanne Ives's comments about gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2018
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Chicago's ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news
Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 11, 2018
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Chris Kennedy got it right: people of color are being pushed out of Chicago intentionally
The gubernatorial candidate nailed the whole point of Mayors Daley and Emanuel’s economic development programs.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Opponent calls Rauner’s move into Quincy veterans’ home a ‘cynical and transparent publicity stunt,’ and other Chicago news
Also, it's so cold that even rats are freezing to death.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2018
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Chris Kennedy: Rahm Emanuel wants to push ‘people of color’ out of Chicago, and other news
Also, Chicago’s private-sector job market is booming.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2017
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Rauner joins calls for Cook County assessor Joe Berrios to step down, and other Chicago news
Also, Emanuel seems confident about the 2019 mayoral race.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2017
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Luis Gutierrez won't run for Congress again, endorses Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia to succeed him, and other Chicago news
Also, a residence hall without heat, hot water forces Chicago State University students to stay in hotels.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2017
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U.S. Steel dumped more toxic chromium into Lake Michigan in October, asked state regulators to ‘keep it secret’, and other Chicago news
Also, man freed by Cook County state's attorney's office after serving 29 years in jail on two wrongful convictions of arson.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2017
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Biss, Kennedy, Pritzker support legalizing marijuana in Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, Durbin confronts Jeff Sessions on his failure to solve Chicago's gun violence issues.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2017
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Report: Emanuel administration ‘diverted’ millions of TIF dollars to Navy Pier renovations, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Kennedy discusses the Kennedy family history with gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2017
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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.