Retired Chicago Tribune reporter, 45 years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, book on Madigan
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Feds recorded calls of ex-lobbyist Mike McClain, close confidant of House Speaker Michael Madigan: sources - Chicago Tribune
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What? Bears driving deep into red zone and try a cutesy handoff to a lineman? They are penalized because the cutesy handoff is done illegally, and then they settle for field goal instead of TD. Good thing Patriots throw interception as they threaten to score TD.
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Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans politi.co/4jC2wfu
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🚨BREAKING: U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in new comments, did not rule out that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could try to prevent a state from certifying its election results — a process over which the federal government has no authority. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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Judge warns Trump his $10B lawsuit against the BBC could be tossed over a fight for records and insists the president must sit for a deposition. cnn.it/4zMUogP
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The safety of our communities is at stake. Our legal team will fight tooth and nail to preserve common sense gun safety regulations.
State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is defending Cook County’s ban on assault weapons, saying it “passes constitutional muster” as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to take up a challenge to that law later this year.
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The Department of Justice’s new fraud whistleblower scheme has instantly backfired, with Americans bombarding it with demands to investigate Trump.
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David Beasley spent more than three decades as a Republican, serving as South Carolina’s governor. He recently announced that he’s walking away from his party as he laments a rise in toxic vitriol emanating from the GOP’s standard-bearer.
"The vitriolic language, the demeaning, divisive, degrading that has taken place, is just completely out of control, and I don't want to be associated with that," he tells @RealAmnaNawaz.
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Trump on Amy Acton: "If what the mother said about the daughter is half right, she has no right even running for the governor of Ohio..."
KC: What about what the daughter said about the mother?
TRUMP: "I don’t know what she said."
KC: "That the mother remained married to her stepfather who sexually abused her when she was 12 years old."
TRUMP: "When did she make that statement? Was it just recently?"
KC: "Years ago. He was charged with it."
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A federal labor agency flagged so many problems in a recent arbitration filing that it suggested the Department of Health and Human Services used artificial intelligence to draft its brief.
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Amy Acton fundraising surges following controversial ad
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Brewers manager with Springsteen tattoo got call from The Boss before World Series
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Cook County looks to sink $18 million into Tyler Technologies despite costly track record @ad_quig chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
Parking lot valet brought decades of great memories: RIP chicago.suntimes.com/obituar… @mitchdudek
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Defaming victims and survivors and refusing to take accountability is a pattern for Hilario and his aligned folks.
The real question Chicagoans should be asking is: why did the CPS OIG investigation, which was open for 5 years, close only weeks after Hilario became a candidate?
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Pope Leo: “We live in a performance-driven culture that constantly compares and ranks people, sometimes ruthlessly” and a “misguided understanding of meritocracy ultimately fails to respect people.” vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…
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BREAKING: President Trump must sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, a judge orders. apnews.com/article/trump-bbc…
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Kornacki sees tide ‘working against’ Democrat in Minnesota Senate race
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President Trump is directly tying waiving Russian sanctions to the release of the freed American Stephen Hubbard, despite denying he gave anything to Putin.
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Trump’s coalition will not stay with the GOP “once we go back to traditional Republican platform priorities,” Thom Tillis told our @jmart.
Listen to his full interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L
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The Trump administration made sharp cuts to CISA, which is tasked with protecting voting systems.
Some state officials say they fear that what is left of the agency has been compromised by a conspiracy-obsessed presidential administration.
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