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Graduate English Program at U. Chicago to Only Accept ‘Black Studies’ Applicants This Year

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 15, 2020 15 Comments

"For the 2020-2021 graduate admissions cycle, the University of Chicago English Department is accepting only applicants interested in working in and with Black Studies."...

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Student Newspaper Rejects Demands From Mob to Hide Identity of Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2020 3 Comments

"Not only did it publish the names and charges of students taken into custody, but the Phoenix also tweeted videos ...

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FBI Warns Gangs May be Targeting Chicago Police Officers

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 01, 2020 36 Comments

Truly horrifying. According to Chicago local news, a cabal of some three dozen gangs have formed a pact to 'shoot on-sight any cop that has a weapon drawn on any subject in public'.

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Chicago Teachers Union Berated for Supporting Guillotine in Front of Bezos’s House

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 31, 2020 30 Comments

When a guillotine was placed in front of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's house, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) approved of the display: "We are completely frightened by, completely impressed by and completely in support of wherever this is headed. #Solidarity." But did the union use the royal we? Some CTU members went off on Twitter.

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U. Chicago Students Demand Abolishing of School Police Department

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 31, 2020 7 Comments

"We’re going to fight to abolish this (expletive) system, not reform it"...

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames Mississippi for Chicago Gun Violence

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2020 96 Comments

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is blaming the state of Mississippi for the rampant gun violence plaguing her city. This looks like nothing more than an attempt to duck responsibility. It's amazing that the media lets her get away with this.

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Chicago Looters Attack Ronald McDonald House

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 12, 2020 60 Comments

My heart breaks for the families who were under lockdown as rioters broke windows and doors of the Chicago Ronald McDonald House. They are only there because they have a child in intensive care. To deal with that on top of it all? Unimaginable.

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Over 100 People Arrested in Chicago Overnight Amid Rampant Rioting and Looting

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 10, 2020 47 Comments

In Chicago, police arrested more than 100 people overnight over "allegations of looting, disorderly conduct and more in the chaos, looting and violence that also left 13 officers injured," reports local news.

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Chicago lawmaker proposes suspending grade school history classes until “a suitable alternative is developed”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 03, 2020 84 Comments

State Rep. LaShawn Ford called on the Illinois State Board of Education to require schools to stop teaching history classes until a "suitable alternative is developed," because of course the current curriculum, "leads to white privilege and a racist society."

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Chicago Tribune’s John Kass will not take a knee to cancel culture

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2020 35 Comments

George Soros rightly is maligned for his corrupting influence on politics. We have documented, among many other things, how Soros has funded, mostly through organizations in his network, the anti-Israel ecosystem.

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Blames States With ‘Virtually No Gun Control’ For Violence in the City

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 27, 2020 87 Comments

Ah, yes. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spewing the Democratic rhetoric on guns to deflect blame on others for the rising shooting and homicide numbers in the city. Lightfoot claimed Chicago is "being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, no background checks, no ban on assault weapons."

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Calls Police Union Chief ‘Cartoon Character,’ ‘Clown’ in Texts

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 24, 2020 24 Comments

I think I'll be writing about Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for awhile because a new story about her comes out every day. Now the mayor found herself on the front pages because of text messages between her and the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Union President John Catanzara.

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Won’t Allow Trump’s ‘Troops’ to ‘Terrorize’ the City as 15 Shot at Funeral

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 22, 2020 69 Comments

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that she will not "allow Donald Trump's troops to come to Chicago and terrorize our residents." Timestamp: 6:02 p.m. What happened 28 minutes later? A person shot 15 people at a funeral on the South Side.

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VIDEO: Smashing Statues Is The Distraction, Something Else Is Going On

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2020 44 Comments

The War on Statues is not new. In 2017, RebelPundit filmmakers Jeremy Segal and Andrew Marcus followed Chicago community organizer, Paul McKinley, on a tour of the south side neighborhood, Washington Park, where they find local residents opposed to a pastor's calls to remove George Washington's name and statue from the park.

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After Violent Father’s Day, a Chicago Alderman Wants to ‘See More Outrage’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 23, 2020 31 Comments

Chicago's Father's Day weekend saw 104 people shot, including 14 fatalities. The weekend had more shootings than the last weekend of May, but fewer fatalities. Five minors died, including a 3-year-old boy. Alderman Anthony Napolitano, a former police officer, is beyond frustrated.

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Protesters Occupy U. Chicago Police Headquarters Demanding Department be Abolished

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2020 7 Comments

"They have been holding a sit-in since Friday afternoon."...

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Chicago HS Principal Pressured to Resign for Telling Kids Not to Participate in Violence and Looting

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2020 4 Comments

"finds herself the target of an online petition"...

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In Chicago, Hispanic Gangs Protect Their Neighborhoods From Looters: “Get the F*ck Out! We Won’t Let Our Neighborhood Burn”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 09, 2020 85 Comments

In the absence of elected leadership and in the face of police standing by and watching looting in Chicago, Latin gangs are protecting their local businesses and running would be looters out of their neighborhoods.  It's hard to fault them for it, but do we really want street gangs acting as law enforcement?

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