illinois politics

This seems at first glance to be a run-of-the-mill revenge porn story: But it's not. What the news article above neglects to mention is that Sauer didn't set up the Instagram under his girlfriend's name and post her nude photos to it for revenge. It turns out he actually used the account...

for real: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/neo-nazi-wins-republican-nomination-for-illinois-congressional-seat-.html Where are Jake and Elwood when you need them? The Illinois GOP is getting hell from the NRC for letting this happen;conventional wisdom is you run a candidate in every...

Linky. In this article, and their previous ones, the Tribune has really been pushing the "stroke" angle on his public gaffes and implies that he is hiding things about his health. It is like a Clinton and Trump controversy rolled into one! Kirk has been trying to be more centrist because his...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-drug-policy-reform-met-20150419-story.html

At first when I was reading the article I kind of thought "who cares": I mean, mileage seems like a kind of slow way to rip off the government. It adds up to a healthy chunk of change; however the timeline in the article says a bit more. Hopefully they'll get someone in office that is a bit...

Prosecutors probing troubled Quinn grant program Chicago Tribune An anti-violence program. You're not for violence are you? You know, like those Illinois Republicans. Background: The previous governor of Illinois (Democrat) is still in prison. The governor before that (Republican) was...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/19/susanne-atanus-congress-_n_4993555.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 Hey, boys and girls, Susan Atanus won the primary, she's going to be your new representative! Given the deliberate voter disenfranchisement, the deliberate shortening of poll times, and...

So today yet another Cook County pol got convicted in federal court for using $500,000 of campaign funds to gamble and didn't declare it on his income taxes. At his post-conviction press conference Cook County Commissioner William Beavers defiantly declared "There's no law against gambling with...

Just when I think the Democrats' "war on women" rhetoric is maybe a little bit over the top, some Republican wises me up by opening his big yap. Joe Walsh: abortions never necessary to save life of mother Chicago Sun Times :|

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Joe Walsh is still technically my Representative, even though with redistricting he won't be after this next election. His opponent will be Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran. Now, he has been getting criticism for this section here: Linky. But I think the best line is a bit before...

Breaking news. Doctors say he suffered an ischemic stroke last night and they are doing surgery to relieve swelling of the brain stem.

I looked but didn't see a thread. I apologize if this a duplicate. Amazing especially in light of the fact his campaign was focused in large part on the seemingly systemic corruption in that office.

Don't let some silly rule stop you! Why should Illinois be the only state with $80 billiuon in unfunded state union pensions? Soon we will have no actual working employees of the state, and 100% of the budget will pay the pensions and health care of retired workers! Wisconsin should be as lucky...

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7882535 I do hope they will let him be at the bedside. Some things are more important than punishment for Corruption. If you've forgotten, Ryan was convicted of steering contracts to friends and taking vacations and other gifts in return.

Howdy all, Things are looking promising for the passage of the civil union bill in Illinois before the end of the year, but the usual suspects are gearing up to kill the legislation... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101117/news/711189836/ It is important for people to understand that...

For some reason, I can't stop chuckling over this.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/08/14th-day-for-blagojevich-jury.html "A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of only one count against him: lying to the FBI. Jurors said they were deadlocked on the other 23 counts against the former governor, and all four counts...

http://register-news.com/local/x1358976257/UPDATE-Attorney-says-Blago-didnt-take-a-dime "Rod Blagojevich is an honest man who “didn’t take a dime,” and jurors will know that in their gut by the end of the case, the former Illinois governor’s fiery attorney said Tuesday at his corruption trial...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_illinois_senate_military_award On a weekend dedicated to honoring military service, Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk found himself on the defensive over his past claims that he was named the U.S. Navy's intelligence officer of the year, an award he never won...

Rep. Deb Mell of Illinois asked for a point of personal privilege to announce on the floor that she is marrying her girlfriend of six years. Of course, she is going to Iowa to do it. Rep. Harris has been trying to get a civil union bill to a vote for years, and it will probably be put off this...

Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. link

Our glorious leader here in the People's Democrat Republic of Illinois has decided to drive out businesses by taxing gross receipts, irregardless of income. And it's obviously the right thing to do, because God is on his side: And his message to businesses? No doubt many will. And he's...

here He lays blame for losing on the media & the gop. He also refused to call and congratulate Obama.

I see the GOP guys are busy beating themselves about the head for sticking Keyes in the Illinois congressional race. Even some of the hardcore party faithful are saying "what a jerk!" I gather, from early polling, that Mr. Obama is well ahead, and I wonder if Keyes decided to jump into the...

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With Jack Ryan's campaign in the dust because he wanted to have sex w/ his wife (Seven of Nine) in public, Mike Ditka is being considered as his replacement on the Republican ticket to fill the vacancy in the US Senate from Illinois. This is almost too good to be true, not because I know...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/gaming/2003/apr/25/514996239.html Since when does education trump freedom?