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šŸšØICE Is Doing Call of Duty LARP in Broadview

šŸšØICE Is Doing Call of Duty LARP in Broadview

Chicago 312: ICE militarized Broadview, Trump is the only one paying attention to the CTA cliff (bad news), and City Hallā€™s ā€œbudget menuā€ is still regressive.

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šŸšØ just in time for tornado season

šŸšØ just in time for tornado season

Chicago 312: ICE is here no matter how National Guard drama plays out, Chicagoā€™s budget ā€œsolutionsā€ lean regressive, and the Charlie Kirk narrative machine is already rewriting history.

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Chicago 312: What Would You Do With 2 Million a Day?

Chicago 312: What Would You Do With 2 Million a Day?

Take 2!

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šŸšØ Soft Balkanization

šŸšØ Soft Balkanization

Chicago 312: Is it time to say the quiet part out loud? What will it take?

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šŸšØ Don't Send the National Guard to the Bean šŸšØ

šŸšØ Don't Send the National Guard to the Bean šŸšØ

Chicago 312: Chicago crime is at a 60-year low ā€” but somehow weā€™re getting ICE, National Guard threats, and financially draining CPD lawsuits. You know what this could fund instead? MENTAL HEALTHCARE. Which we need for all the climate news.

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šŸ’„ Chicago v. Trump

šŸ’„ Chicago v. Trump

Chicago 312: the National Guard's staging at the Great Lakes, what it really costs to not fund transit, pressure on hospitals about gender affirming care, and why Chicago doctors who worked in Gaza are calling to ā€˜block the bombsā€™.

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Pension Payment Hot Potato

Pension Payment Hot Potato

Chicago 312: From Dexter Reedā€™s case to pensions to the Tribune losing its film critic, we're trying to pass the buck... or the potato? Which is hot?

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Why J.K. Rowling Thinks Sheā€™s Speaking Truth to Power

Why J.K. Rowling Thinks Sheā€™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: Trumpā€™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: ā€œDeport her.ā€ ā€œArrest 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 isnā€™t about trans people in sports, the genocide in Gaza, or even Rahm Emanuel. Itā€™s about whether a candidate understands power, media, and narrative in 2025.

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Chicago: We Have Clinics Until We Donā€™t

Chicago: We Have Clinics Until We Donā€™t

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

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