Print Rebel Pundit Follow Read Full Bio Father's Day Weekend Shootings Latest Chicago Gun Violence After a Father’s Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced crime across the city. 17 Jun 2013 Mark Kirk Kept Campaign Promise by Voting Against Cloture on Immigration Arguably one of the most liberal Republican senators in Washington, D.C., Mark Kirk of Illinois, voted against bringing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill to debate last week. Kirk is now facing a backlash from the Chicago media for his failure to comply with the left's agenda. However, Kirk’s position on this issue has remained consistent since he was a candidate for office in 2010. 16 Jun 2013 Are Top IL Dems Sabotaging Pension Reform to Oust Gov. Quinn? After a meeting with Governor Pat Quinn (D), Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R) told reporters he is suspicious that Senate President John Cullerton (D) and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) are intentionally sabotaging passage of a pension reform bill to make way for a new governor. 13 Jun 2013 Bill Daley Running for Illinois Governor Office In an advertisement released Monday night, Bill Daley, former Chief of Staff to President Obama and brother of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, announced an exploratory committee to run for governor of Illinois. Daley has never held public office, but as the son and brother of two former Chicago mayors, Daley is a well connected member of Illinois' powerful and elite ruling class. 11 Jun 2013 Time Magazine and the Enshrining of Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Can a Media Hero Do Any Wrong? Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at the helm of arguably the most corrupt city in the nation, has an image challenge. He has created enemies left, right, and center in the name of budget cuts while racking up spending on pet projects for the 1% like a maze of protected bike lanes through the city. His notorious temper and connections to the embattled Obama “Chicago Way” Administration risk forever tainting his turn in charge. 10 Jun 2013 Former Obama Chief of Staff Bill Daley Eyeing Run For Illinois Governor Bill Daley, brother of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and successor to Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff for President Obama, is considering a run for Illinois governor. 6 Jun 2013 Activist: Kirk is Wrong on Gangs--Not Because He's White, but Because He's Liberal Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is not backing down in his public war of words with Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL). Last week, the congressman said, Kirk’s idea to go around and round up thousands of young black men in the city of Chicago was an “upper-middle class, elitist-white boy solution to a problem he knows nothing about.” 5 Jun 2013 Illinois 4th District: Racial Gerrymandering & the Latin 'Earmuffs' After the 2011 redistricting of the Illinois congressional map, two of the state’s districts were featured on Slate’s list for the 20 most gerrymandered in the country--Illinois’s fourth, and seventeenth districts. The fourth, known as the Latin "earmuffs,” for obvious reasons (look at it), ranks among the top five with Roll Call and the National Journal as well. 5 Jun 2013 Everybody Protests Obama at Chicago Fundraiser: Right, Left, and in Between Protesters from all sides of the political spectrum protested President Obama on Wednesday evening outside a fundraiser he attended for the DCCC in Chicago. 1 Jun 2013 Jesse Jackson Blasts 'Undemocratic' School Closings in Chicago Opponents are still speaking out against the Chicago Public School Board’s decision to shut down 49 elementary schools. Jesse Jackson has been following the Chicago Teachers Union’s lead, providing vocal opposition and appearing at union protests with CTU President Karen Lewis. 28 May 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Father's Day Weekend Shootings Latest Chicago Gun Violence After a Father’s Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced crime across the city. 17 Jun 2013
Mark Kirk Kept Campaign Promise by Voting Against Cloture on Immigration Arguably one of the most liberal Republican senators in Washington, D.C., Mark Kirk of Illinois, voted against bringing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill to debate last week. Kirk is now facing a backlash from the Chicago media for his failure to comply with the left's agenda. However, Kirk’s position on this issue has remained consistent since he was a candidate for office in 2010. 16 Jun 2013
Are Top IL Dems Sabotaging Pension Reform to Oust Gov. Quinn? After a meeting with Governor Pat Quinn (D), Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R) told reporters he is suspicious that Senate President John Cullerton (D) and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) are intentionally sabotaging passage of a pension reform bill to make way for a new governor. 13 Jun 2013
Bill Daley Running for Illinois Governor Office In an advertisement released Monday night, Bill Daley, former Chief of Staff to President Obama and brother of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, announced an exploratory committee to run for governor of Illinois. Daley has never held public office, but as the son and brother of two former Chicago mayors, Daley is a well connected member of Illinois' powerful and elite ruling class. 11 Jun 2013
Time Magazine and the Enshrining of Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Can a Media Hero Do Any Wrong? Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at the helm of arguably the most corrupt city in the nation, has an image challenge. He has created enemies left, right, and center in the name of budget cuts while racking up spending on pet projects for the 1% like a maze of protected bike lanes through the city. His notorious temper and connections to the embattled Obama “Chicago Way” Administration risk forever tainting his turn in charge. 10 Jun 2013
Former Obama Chief of Staff Bill Daley Eyeing Run For Illinois Governor Bill Daley, brother of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and successor to Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff for President Obama, is considering a run for Illinois governor. 6 Jun 2013
Activist: Kirk is Wrong on Gangs--Not Because He's White, but Because He's Liberal Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is not backing down in his public war of words with Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL). Last week, the congressman said, Kirk’s idea to go around and round up thousands of young black men in the city of Chicago was an “upper-middle class, elitist-white boy solution to a problem he knows nothing about.” 5 Jun 2013
Illinois 4th District: Racial Gerrymandering & the Latin 'Earmuffs' After the 2011 redistricting of the Illinois congressional map, two of the state’s districts were featured on Slate’s list for the 20 most gerrymandered in the country--Illinois’s fourth, and seventeenth districts. The fourth, known as the Latin "earmuffs,” for obvious reasons (look at it), ranks among the top five with Roll Call and the National Journal as well. 5 Jun 2013
Everybody Protests Obama at Chicago Fundraiser: Right, Left, and in Between Protesters from all sides of the political spectrum protested President Obama on Wednesday evening outside a fundraiser he attended for the DCCC in Chicago. 1 Jun 2013
Jesse Jackson Blasts 'Undemocratic' School Closings in Chicago Opponents are still speaking out against the Chicago Public School Board’s decision to shut down 49 elementary schools. Jesse Jackson has been following the Chicago Teachers Union’s lead, providing vocal opposition and appearing at union protests with CTU President Karen Lewis. 28 May 2013
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