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Chicago: 2020 On Track to Surpass 700 Homicides and Become the City’s Deadliest Year

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 20, 2020 24 Comments

Chicago 1998: 704 homicides. Chicago 2016: 781 homicides. Data from the medical examiner's office shows that 2020 might become Chicago's deadliest year.

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IL Gov. Pritzker, Sen. Durbin Make IL Speaker Madigan Scapegoat After Losses

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 06, 2020 19 Comments

Guys, this is huge. Actually, it is YUGE. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has led the state's Democratic Party since 1998. He has served in the house since...1971. Us natives know that Madigan is the one in charge of Illinois.

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Northwestern U President Slams Destruction by Anti-Police Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 24, 2020 22 Comments

This week, students and outsiders at Northwestern University in Chicago staged an anti-police protest that left the campus covered in graffiti. The rhetoric included messages like "more dead pigs" and worse. To his credit, Northwestern President Morton Schapiro strongly denounced the protests, and called out the left for thinking they're more important than others on campus.

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Students Protest After Six Minority Students Not Admitted to Medical School

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 10, 2020 14 Comments

"students hosted a town hall meeting, started a petition, and protested"...

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Chicago’s First October Weekend Saw 37 Shootings, Five Fatalities After Hitting Deadliest September Since 1993

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 06, 2020 26 Comments

Chicago saw 37 shootings and five fatalities the first weekend in October, starting on Friday and ending early Monday morning.

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Illinois State U. Athletes Skip Sporting Events After ‘All Redbird Lives Matter’ Comment

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 02, 2020 4 Comments

An assistant basketball coach believes that "all lives matters" is "hurtful and cruel."...

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Chicago Black Lives Matter Leader Declares Looting Gucci and Macy’s ‘Is Reparations’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on August 11, 2020 65 Comments

On the day after Chicago was hit with rampant rioting and looting, local Black Lives Matters leaders held a rally in support of the over 100 arrested for the mindless crime spree that included alleged assaults on 13 police officers.

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Conservative Student Group at U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Pressured to Support Black Lives Matter

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 30, 2020 6 Comments

“affirmatively stating that black lives matter and pledging to be anti-racist”...

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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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Energy Transfer Plans Appeal of Federal Judge’s Order to Shutdown Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 08, 2020 16 Comments

A federal district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline, the oil route from North Dakota to Illinois that is a crucial component to the Trump administration's plans for energy, must be shut down pending an environmental review, and be emptied of oil by Aug. 5.

In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., wrote that he was “mindful of the disruption” that shutting down the pipeline would cause, but that it must be done within 30 days. Pipeline owner Energy Transfer plans to ask a court to halt the order and will seek an expedited appeal, spokeswoman Vicki Granado said.

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tearing Down Statues of George Washington: “I think we should listen to the argument there”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 06, 2020 61 Comments

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined CNN Sunday morning where she indicated she was open to tearing down statues of George Washington. Duckworth also criticised Trump's Mount Rushmore speech saying, "He spent all his time talking about dead traitors."

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Incoming Student Govt. President Faces Calls to Resign for Supporting Police

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 30, 2020 2 Comments

"went to a blue lives matter protest YESTERDAY, is openly racist, homophobic/transphobic, and supports clc’s openly racist and homophobic club and anti-muslim club"...

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DePaul University Will Not Sever Ties to Police Despite Demands of Campus Activists

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 27, 2020 1 Comment

"Campus activists were also furious after DePaul’s president denounced the looting seen in Chicago."...

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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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Music Workshops at U. Illinois to Focus on Black Lives Matter and White Supremacy

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2020 4 Comments

"This online workshop will explore the ways that white supremacy manifests in our lives, our communities, and our work in the School of Music at the University of Illinois."...

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“It hurts my soul”: Sen. Tim Scott after Sen. Dick Durbin calls his police reform bill a “token process”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 17, 2020 24 Comments

Democrats can't help themselves when it comes to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). Last week, I blogged about police training reform bill, the Justice Act, headed up by Sen. Tim Scott and the fact that because he was manning the reform bill, he was under constant assault by detractors calling him a "token" face of the bill.

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