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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: 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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Chicago 312: ICE Raids, Fake Videos, Stolen Homes

Chicago 312: ICE Raids, Fake Videos, Stolen Homes

As State violence escalates, local resistance holds the line.

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Chicago 312: Congrats to the CTA on Winning Worst Group Project of All Time

Chicago 312: Congrats to the CTA on Winning Worst Group Project of All Time

The state budget passed. The transit funding didn’t. Now half the L lines are on the chopping block — and no one wants to take the blame.

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Nick Uniejewski Is Running a State Senate Campaign Like It’s a Dinner Party—and It’s Working.

Nick Uniejewski Is Running a State Senate Campaign Like It’s a Dinner Party—and It’s Working.

The state senate candidate in District 6 (Chicago's North Side) says it's time for a new kind of Democrat: one who actually listens, fights, and shows up.

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Chicago 312: The Feds, The Fish, and The Fair Wage Meltdown

Chicago 312: The Feds, The Fish, and The Fair Wage Meltdown

This week in Chicago Politics: Toxic fish, fake fair wages, and a DOJ investigation. Plus: the CTA might get ghosted by Springfield—again.

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Chicago 312: Curfews, Pipelines, and the Liberal Joe Rogan Industrial Complex

Chicago 312: Curfews, Pipelines, and the Liberal Joe Rogan Industrial Complex

This week in Chicago Politics: Pipelines, Power, and Platforming the Wrong People.

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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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