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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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Chicago 312: Mainstreaming Trans Scapegoating, Block Club v. ICE, & Two Years of MBJ

Chicago 312: Mainstreaming Trans Scapegoating, Block Club v. ICE, & Two Years of MBJ

This week in Chicago Politics: Illinois Policy goes full anti‐trans on Fox, Block Club takes ICE to court, and MBJ marks two years with a landmark green social housing plan—and got grilled by local media.

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Woke Construction, ICE Cosplay, and Housing

Woke Construction, ICE Cosplay, and Housing

This week in Chicago Politics: Noem tours Springfield like she was invited, the city makes a real move on housing (finally), and tenants sue Freddie Mac for retaliation.

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Kat Abughazaleh Is Not Running A Normal Campaign. That’s the Point.

Kat Abughazaleh Is Not Running A Normal Campaign. That’s the Point.

She’s not just a 'new, young,' candidate—she’s one of the only people in American politics who actually understands how the right is winning

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🚨 Chicago 312: Curfews, City Cash, and Collapse

🚨 Chicago 312: Curfews, City Cash, and Collapse

This week in Chicago Politics: cops want a curfew button, billionaires are still ducking taxes, and tech bros coordinate better than our entire movement

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Season 2 “Andor” Is the Best Show About Fighting Fascism—Full Stop

Season 2 “Andor” Is the Best Show About Fighting Fascism—Full Stop

10 Moments in Andor Season 2 That Made Me Cry, Yell, and Believe in People Again

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🚨 Chicago 312: Retirements. Reckonings. Reroutes.

🚨 Chicago 312: Retirements. Reckonings. Reroutes.

This week in Chicago Politics: everyone's retiring, CTA is a mess, and how to hold onto your humanity as everything erodes.

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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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ANDOR RECAP — EPISODE 2: “That Would Be Me”

ANDOR RECAP — EPISODE 2: “That Would Be Me”

I lied to you last time, we don’t meet Mon Mothma until Episode 4. I’m so sorry.

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Chicago's Future Is Union—If the Cops Don’t Bankrupt It First

Chicago's Future Is Union—If the Cops Don’t Bankrupt It First

This week in Chicago Politics: Green Housing, Union Power, and wayyyy too much money spent on police misconduct.

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Let Girls Be Evil: How Yellowjackets Lost Its Nerve

Let Girls Be Evil: How Yellowjackets Lost Its Nerve

It started with cannibalism and trauma. What happened with that?

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Introducing: The Chicago 312 Weekly Roundup

Introducing: The Chicago 312 Weekly Roundup

We're trying a new format: 3 Chicago headlines, 1 question, 2 things keeping me up at night. Every Wednesday.

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They Don’t Want to Run Chicago—They Want to Break It

They Don’t Want to Run Chicago—They Want to Break It

The Local MAGA Takeover isn't a fluke—it's part of the national strategy.

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