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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 21, 2020
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'Harper Valley hypocrites'
Oh, Republicans are outraged over Madigan but silent when it comes to Trump.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 21, 2019
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Napolitano’s challenger hopes the 41st Ward isn’t as bigoted as it seems
The far-northwest-side aldermanic race may hinge on affordable housing—but not the way you think.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2018
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Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city's heat ordinance.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 15, 2017
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Downstate hate: A history of the bitter, nearly 200-year rivalry between Chicago and the rest of Illinois
The animosity between Illinois's largest city and its smaller towns is almost as old as the state itself.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2017
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Rahm Emanuel: Trump has transformed the Republican base, and other Chicago news
Also, legal experts say it's "no sure thing" that Jason Van Dyke will be found guilty in the Laquan McDonald case.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2017
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People with clout are still contacting Rahm on his private e-mail account, and other Chicago news
Also, a New Zealand-based coffee chain wants to open more than 30 locations in Chicago over the next few years.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2017
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‘Obama Day’ could become a holiday in Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, Forrest Claypool accuses Rauner of "acting like Trump."
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jan 11, 2017
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In Humboldt Park, a mural to combat the Republican agenda
Jeff Zimmerman goes political with The Party.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 4, 2017
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Betsy Devos’s presumed agenda: Dismantle public education
Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2016
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Rahm Emanuel releases several years’ worth of e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, outgoing Republican senator Mark Kirk laments the lost of the moderate establishment in the age of Trump.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Dec 15, 2016
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Marchofdildos.com and other responses to Trump
The “Orange Julius Caesar” has a thing or two coming.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Dec 6, 2016
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Let’s ditch the Electoral College for the sake of minority voters
It might help bring disenfranchised or disillusioned voters back into the fold.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
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No group voted ‘never Trump’ as strong as black women
Although black women were Hillary Clinton’s strongest block of support, in Chicago they expressed mixed feelings at the polls.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 2, 2016
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Political parties need to get with the country’s changing demographics—or get left behind
The real takeaway from the 2016 presidential campaign
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2016
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The real reason some Republican leaders are lining up for Trump
Journalists hang on every word.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2016
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What's the Republican Party to do?
Trump puts party loyalists in a bind, but presents interesting opportunities for Clinton supporters.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2016
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Confirm Merrick Garland? No way! No how! Never!
Republicans have their reasons to ignore Garland nomination. Sort of.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2016
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On watching the GOP with horror—and delight
Twenty-six percent of Wisconsin Republicans said they'd be "concerned" and 12 percent "scared" by the prospect of Ted Cruz in the White House.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2016
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In a crisis, GOP leaders cling to origin story
Is there room for Trump in the party of Lincoln?
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 29, 2016
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Tribune says GOP, Obama should take 'middle ground' on the Supreme Court opening
As if such a thing exists.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2016
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Is Donald Trump too scary to stand up to?
Tackling the twin fears behind the demagogue's popularity.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2015
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Is the GOP really falling apart?
Gleeful hand-wringing over Republican dysfunction misses a crucial fact about the party.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2015
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America needs a book about the modern GOP. So somebody write it!
Write a chronicle of the GOP's implosion in the Obama era and you've got a sale.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2015
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The time Mr. Cub ran for alderman
As the great Ernie Banks discovered, Chicago politics is no place for nice guys.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2015
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Why Republicans won big in November
Is the GOP the world's mightiest fringe party?
