Embattled Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), fresh from a bruising primary battle this spring, has taken medical leave for “exhaustion”–one week after a key former associate was arrested by federal law enforcement officials for fraud. The fundraiser, Raghuveer Nayak, was
In Boston Obama thanked the city for the trade of their baseball star, Kevin Youkilis, to the Chicago White Sox.: “Finally Boston, I just want to say, thank you for Youkalis. I’m just saying, he’s going to have to change
On Sunday, June 24, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) marched in Chicago’s annual Gay Pride Parade. Congresswoman Schakowsky informed me this was about the 30th time she has attended the event. After speaking with the congresswoman briefly about the incident at
In Chicago, taxi Riders who vomit in a cab will have to pay a $50 fee, beginning on July 1, reports CBS News. Currently, cab drivers cannot ask passengers who vomit in their vehicles, usually after consuming too much alcohol,
President Barack Obama last month “dined and dashed,” eating lunch at a restaurant and then promptly leaving without paying the bill. Obama ended up paying the bill by the close of business, but the New Hampshire town in which he
A story published Friday by Bloomberg News surveyed constitutionallaw experts around the country and found that the overwhelming majorityof respondents believe the Supreme Court has no proper grounds on whichto strike down the mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act.
Occupy Chicago appears to be engaged in its own missing person investigation. It’s really no surprise, considering members’ disdain for law enforcement authorities. During NATO protests in Chicago, Occupy Chicago adopted the “Chicago Principles,” a code of conduct that prohibited
It seems the Obama administration saw the writing on the wall after the Obamacare oral arguments ended. According to a Politico report, the administration has spent “at least $2.7 billion since oral arguments in the case ended on March 28” on Obamacare,
The root of Operation Fast and Furious is gun control. And the root of Barack Obama’s obsession with gun control is not typical left-wing politics, but the burning memory of the only political defeat in his career: his failed primary
Thanks to redistricting and a retiring incumbent, an Illinois senate district that’s usually a comfortable home for the democrat machine in Chicago’s north suburbs is now in play for Republican candidate Dr. Arie Friedman. This seat will no doubt be
You may have heard about the Islamic Khilafah Conference in Illinois that took place on Sunday. Although, it’s not likely you have heard much if anything about it from the mainstream media. Hizb ut-Tahrir-America scheduled its fourth annual Khilafah Confernce
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Even as Chicago sent 100+ police officers to guard the wedding of Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, the city underwent a dramatic crime wave. According to local media, at least seven people were killed and 35 were injured over the weekend. One
Illinois smokers are stocking up on cigarettes ahead of a $1 per pack tax hike kicking in later this month, reports Illinois’ State Journal-Register: Some convenience stores are running low on cigarettes because people are stocking up ahead of Illinois’ upcoming
As the Chicago Police Department was battling a rise in violent crimes and homicides, President Barack Obama played his 100th round of golf in Chicago this weekend while attending the wedding of Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, which forced the city to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. An anxious world awaits the results of Greece’s elections Greece and the ‘Kick the Can Theory’ American jihadist group to hold conference in Chicago on Sunday Mubarak’s military cronies seem poised to rule Egypt
You’re probably familiar with the food stamp program which grew from $35 billion in 2008to $75 billion last year. But did you know that getting food stampsalso makes you eligible for a free government cell phone? A programcalled Lifeline provides
Editor’s Note: This story incorrectly attributed the denial to the Obama White House/Administration. Ben LaBolt, the source quoted by BuzzFeed, is the Press Secretary of Obama For America, Barack Obama’s Election Campaign. This week the Obama campaign decided to double
(AP) Eagles’ Joe Walsh backs opponent of Rep. Joe WalshBy SOPHIA TAREENAssociated PressCHICAGOAn Iraq war veteran from Illinois hoping to limit tea party-backed Republican Rep. Joe Walsh to a single term in Congress was endorsed Tuesday by none other than
Over the weekend I wrote about Barack Obama’s involvement in the New Party as a dues-paying member. I followed up with an article on Noam Chomsky’s take(circa 1997) on where the New Party belonged on the politicalcontinuum. Chomsky said the
Nothing screams relevance in today’s economic and political climate like a teacher’s union threatening a strike if their members aren’t given a 24 percent pay raise, and yet that is exactly what is happening in Chicago, the nation’s third largest
Team Obama did everything they could to get the unpopular Obamacare bill passed, even though the president’s party controlled Congress. This included cutting deals with the drug industry which reeked of cronyism, and Democrats insinuating that conservatives and Tea Partiers
At CPAC Chicago Cameron Gray talks to Representative Michele Bachmann for NRANews.com
Jeremy Segal of Breitbart News caught up with former White House chief of staff Bill Daley at Chicago’s O’Hare airport this morning and asked him to respond to sensational allegations made by Ed Klein in his #1 bestselling book, The Amateur:
Well, we finally know why President Obama didn’t bother to go to Wisconsin to support Democrat Tom Barrett in the late recall effort so heavily supported by his biggest constituents, the unions. He was just too darn busy. When asked
