The Republican nominee to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District kicked off his ground campaign on Monday with a “Machine walking tour” on the south side of Chicago. Residents of the community responded positively, stopping on the
Wisconsin Democrats are seething after their latest efforts to remove Republican Governor Scott Walker failed. On Friday, Graeme Zielinski, a state Democrat Party Spokesman, let his continued outrage flow through his twitter account when he compared Governor Scott Walker to
GOP primary winner Paul McKinley is wasting no time hitting the pavement to spread his message across the Illinois 2nd Congressional District. Thursday night, he announced that he will begin a walking tour through the district to meet voters and
I remember how surreal it was to be introduced to Andrew Breitbart. I would bet that, at the time, most people who didn’t regularly follow politics wouldn’t have known who Andrew Breitbart was. But for those of us who did,
It’s no secret that the Chicago media is no friend to conservatives, but a recent report from Fox Chicago’s Mike Flannery, where he compares GOP primary winner Paul McKinley to “Spanky the Clown” borders on unhinged animosity. Flannery filed a
While Chicago media focused on Robin Kelly’s landslide victory in Tuesday’s Democrat primary, after they blatantly ignored the GOP primary throughout the campaign, the Republican race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District was the thriller on
There is little evidence of “Fair and Balanced” when it comes to WFLD Fox 32 Chicago. Especially not when it comes to covering the race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. for the Illinois 2nd Congressional District seat. Rather, the station
Just two years after Rahm Emanuel slid easily into Chicago’s City Hall to replace Former Mayor Richard Daley, Emanuel is nowhere near as popular with Chicago residents as he was after first returning to the city from his post in
Six days before the election, the Chicago Tribune published its first in-depth coverage of the Republican candidates in the IL-2 race. The paper began covering the IL-2 seat back in November when Jr. resigned and has been comprehensive in its
In the Illinois 2nd District Special Election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Independence USA PAC has gone all in, spending an estimated $1.4 million in attack ads against former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson and endorsing anti-gun-extremist Robin Kelly. Kelly has
The esteemed University of Chicago bares no shame this week, as they offer to students “Sex Week.” Sex Week, according to the university’s website, “is a week of open minds, learning, art, critique, and sensuality; a week of boundaries, words, and
Former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (D-IL), considered by many to be the current front-runner in the race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. in Congress, has come under tremendous attack from the left for her pro-Second Amendment stance in the current gun
Days after the Chicago Police Department announced it will no longer respond to 911 calls for criminal damage to property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, or other crimes in which the suspect is no longer on the scene, the Fraternal Order
Reports surfaced Thursday that Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned from Congress last year over an investigation into campaign fund misuse, was negotiating a plea deal that would include significant jail time. NBC Chicago is now confirming the deal is signed. From
Is the Chicago Media ignoring the Republican primary in the 2nd district special election? And if they are, maybe a better question is why? Local media outlets in Chicago have all offered generous coverage of the Democratic primary to replace
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Jesse Jackson Jr. has a plea deal on the table for his ongoing federal investigation that will include “significant jail time” in federal prison. Author Michael Sneed’s source also informs that Jackson’s wife Sandi “feels
Independence USA PAC, founded by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, released an attack ad last week against former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) for her support of the Second Amendment. “When she was in Congress before, Halvorson got an ‘A’
Last week, at the infamous Trinity United Church of Christ where President Obama used to listen to Rev. Jeremiah Wright blast the United States of America, Republican candidate Paul McKinley slammed the Chicago Machine during a candidate forum for the special election to fill
There’s little difference in the talking points of the 17 democratic candidates in the special election for former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s, 2nd district seat. But candidate and former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson abandoned her left-wing counterparts at a candidate forum this
An event this past Wednesday at Loyola University Chicago featuring former Obama administration official Van Jones strayed far from the marketed title of “2013 MLK Celebration,” instead encouraging students to embrace a “new patriotism” and the “ugly-unequal founding” of America.
Why should voters in Illinois care about the local Chicago media ignoring black Republican candidates in the race for Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s old congressional seat when the Illinois State Republican Party Chairman won’t acknowledge them either? Last week on Fox
In Naperville, IL, two mothers were arrested last week for refusing to allow utility workers to install controversial smart meters on their homes. The city’s new Naperville Smart Grid Initiative requires new controversial smart meters to be installed in every
After President Obama’s second inaugural address, Van Jones, former Obama White House “green jobs” czar, praised the speech, calling it “Djobama Unchained” (after the controversial movie Django Unchained, about a freed slave taking revenge). On Wednesday night, during a lecture at Loyola University
Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers is set to be a keynote speaker at the annual meeting for the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) next month in Atlanta, GA. ATE’s website for the meeting describes Ayers’ work on the topic of education.
For the Good of Illinois, a government accountability and transparency group, has filed a lawsuit against Republican Illinois Comptroller, Judy Baar-Topinka, for failure to comply with the group’s request for records of one year of the state’s expenditures under the
