Illinois Tag

Two ‘Defund The Police’ Democrat Lawmakers Carjacked In Less Than 24 Hours

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 24, 2021 46 Comments

"The legislation, sponsored by 125 Democrats, is supposed to make it easier for state and local governments to defund the police by instead funding mental health services to respond to emergency calls instead of armed officers"...

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Asks Feds for Help to Curb Rising Crime and Violence

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2021 47 Comments

Lightfoot prefers to concentrate on COVID and let the feds handle the real problems in her city....

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Chicago Moving Forward With Lawsuit Against Jussie Smollett

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 13, 2021 35 Comments

This will likely not be the only lawsuit....

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Jussie Smollett Gets Testy, Arrogant on the Stand Over Instagram Messages, Story Changes

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 07, 2021 47 Comments

Even the judge had to scold him: "Please, please. It’s the same for all witnesses, it’s not personal to you. The lawyer asks questions, you answer them."...

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Jussie Smollett Claims ‘There was No Hoax,’ Paid for Exercise, Diet Plan to Look Like the ‘Black Cary Grant’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 06, 2021 55 Comments

“My character was a superstar, a pop star, a beloved GQ whatever. It was very important that I looked like Black Cary Grant, not beat down.”...

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Former Illinois State U. Football Coach Fired for Removing BLM Flag Sues Claiming Free Speech Violation

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2021 1 Comment

"he did not toe the party line regarding Black Lives Matter"...

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Chicago Public Schools Making Bathrooms Gender-Neutral

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 03, 2021 46 Comments

How about you concentrate on your lousy test scores? Rhetorical question: How are you graduating so many students!?...

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Jussie Smollett: Jury Views Video of a ‘Dry Run’ of Alleged Hate Crime

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 01, 2021 26 Comments

Defense claimed a third person participated in the alleged attack....

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Jussie Smollett Trial: Jury Chosen, Prosecution Will Call First Witness Tuesday Morning

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2021 26 Comments

Jussie's lawyer claimed he is the real victim in all of this....

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Nikole Hannah-Jones to Headline Martin Luther King Jr. Event at Northwestern U.

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 19, 2021 5 Comments

"King's message was one of hope and potential. Jones' is one of condemnation and doom."...

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Illinois association of School Boards Voted to End Membership to NSBA

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 19, 2021 3 Comments

The decision stemmed from the IASB's worries that the NSBA cannot adequately supply funds more so than asking Biden to investigate parents as domestic terrorists....

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University of Chicago Students Call for More Campus Security After Grad Student is Killed

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2021 10 Comments

"say they don’t feel safe"...

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Southern Illinois University Has Declared Itself an ‘Anti-Racist’ Organization

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 09, 2021 6 Comments

“The SIU System will be an anti-racist university system an anti-racist university system, an anti-racist organization”...

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Judge Temporarily Suspends Chicago COVID Vaccine Mandate for Police Unions

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 02, 2021 6 Comments

Mitchell encouraged Chicago and the police unions to come together to discuss vaccine mandates becoming a requirement for employment....

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Chicago Cops Who Retire Instead of Getting Vaccine Might Lose Benefits

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 19, 2021 30 Comments

The Fraternal Order of Police gave its members language to use if they're asked to supply vaccination status....

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Judge Hands Chicago Police Union Boss a Restraining Order to Stop Telling Members Not to Comply With Vaccine Mandate

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 16, 2021 42 Comments

"the latest twist in the high-stakes standoff between Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the local police union over the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate"...

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Journalist Turns Down Invitation to Speak at DePaul U. After Student Paper Accuses Him of Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 11, 2021 8 Comments

“I didn’t want to see a forum on the future of local journalism involving several of my former colleagues derailed by those who might have responded to the call to confront me at the event”...

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Bringing in Feds to Investigate a Gang Shootout

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 06, 2021 52 Comments

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx refused to press charges. Lightfoot is not satisfied with the explanation....

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