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How Right-Wing Media Keeps Baiting Chicago

How Right-Wing Media Keeps Baiting Chicago

Or -- How to Make Propaganda About the Most Boring Parts of Municipal Finance

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Explainers Don’t Explain Chicago Politics

Explainers Don’t Explain Chicago Politics

The only way to stop Mark Ruffalo Movie Crying when it comes to Chicago Politics is to understand power.

Andor Recap: The Space Procedural That Will Emotionally Wreck You

Andor Recap: The Space Procedural That Will Emotionally Wreck You

Recapping Andor, a Star Wars show about revolutions, power, and Diego Luna dissociating.

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The Only Way Pritzker Beats Trump Is By Making Illinois the Anti-Florida

The Only Way Pritzker Beats Trump Is By Making Illinois the Anti-Florida

Trump’s rewriting the rules. Illinois could rewrite the future.

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Why J.K. Rowling Thinks She’s Speaking Truth to Power

Why J.K. Rowling Thinks She’s Speaking Truth to Power

Jessica Mitford fought Franco, segregationists, McCarthy, and the American funeral industry, humiliating the powerful. JK Rowling named her daughter after Mitford, then spent seven years attacking... trans women. Why?

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Chicago is a City of Haters

Chicago is a City of Haters

Chicago 312: Trump’s power grab, why it's so hard to just tax the rich in Chicago, and the transit cliff coming for your commute...

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Chicago 312: The Outrage Machine Is Working For The Tribune, At Least

Chicago 312: The Outrage Machine Is Working For The Tribune, At Least

Chicago 312: “Deport her.” “Arrest them," and other normal democracy things to say.

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Moderates Are Failing the Media War: Pete, Rahm, and the Propaganda Trap

Moderates Are Failing the Media War: Pete, Rahm, and the Propaganda Trap

The issue isn’t about trans people in sports, the genocide in Gaza, or even Rahm Emanuel. It’s about whether a candidate understands power, media, and narrative in 2025.

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Chicago: We Have Clinics Until We Don’t

Chicago: We Have Clinics Until We Don’t

Chicago 312: This week, from Gaza to the South Loop, the mask slipped a little further.

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Chicago Needs More Revenue.

Chicago Needs More Revenue.

Chicago 312: So much of city politics is about power plays between departments. Here are some of the ones happening this week.

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"Tax the Rich" in Chicago

"Tax the Rich" in Chicago

Chicago 312: Three people you’ve never heard of are helping billion-dollar landlords erase their tax bills.

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Zohran Mamdani Videos Are the New "Joe Rogan for the Left”

Zohran Mamdani Videos Are the New "Joe Rogan for the Left”

Chicago 312: The Silos Fall, the Safety Net Frays, and CPD Helps ICE.

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Chicago 312: Luckily, Chuck Schumer Changed the Name

Chicago 312: Luckily, Chuck Schumer Changed the Name

Call your rep. Demand a NO vote. Other things are happening too.

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Chicago 312: What If the Problem Isn’t That We Tax the Rich Too Much?

Chicago 312: What If the Problem Isn’t That We Tax the Rich Too Much?

I shouldn't talk to people on X about taxes. Everyone’s defending billionaires. Zohran Mamdani is actually trying to win. And more...

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We Can’t Out-Escalate Anymore

We Can’t Out-Escalate Anymore

The difference between fighting to win and fighting to fight.

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Chicago 312: 30 Minute Curfew Ordinance Passes

Chicago 312: 30 Minute Curfew Ordinance Passes

This week: Trump’s deportation machine targets protestors, a youth curfew with no safety logic was passed, and a crooked alderman walks.

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