Fox News Staged An Interview Criticizing Chicago’s New Black Mayor
Fox News used the Black father of a murdered child to attack a new Black mayor by tricking him into thinking the interview was about violence.
Fox News used the Black father of a murdered child to attack a new Black mayor by tricking him into thinking the interview was about violence.
The Mayor of Chicago has shrugged off criticism from Kayleigh McEnany by calling her a “Karen.” The White House Press Secretary criticized her at a press conference. McEnany mentioned Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot twice in remarks to the press on Thursday. She made the comments as part of the continuing Republican attacks on Democrat-led cities….
Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, was elected as Chicago’s first black female mayor last night, in an historic first. She will also become the city’s first openly gay mayor. She won a commanding victory after a long and grueling campaign that saw her defeat more than a dozen challengers as she won her first elected…
A Holocaust denier, anti-Semite, white supremacist and former American Nazi Party leader is running unopposed for Republican congressional primary in Illinois.
If Trump is serious about reducing violence, he should consider tightening the nation’s gun laws.
Trump’s presidency, with its emphasis on law and order, is trying to sell us the idea that a repressive society is a free society.
“Like any two-bit strongman, @realDonaldTrump will use security challenges, real and imagined, to expand central government control.”
This is America. And nobody should be silenced. Not if we take the First Amendment seriously. Not even Trump.
Protesters outside got pepper sprayed, while Trump threatened those engaging in their First Amendment rights inside with arrest and criminal records
Trump’s narrative pits himself against forces, including the media, trying to silence him by lying about his rally in Cincinnati
“If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not leadership. That’s political arson.”
When protesters and supporters clashed, Trump played the victim card and canceled, claiming “Our First Amendment rights have been violated”
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took aim at Republicans for destroying economic opportunity for workers by undermining the basic American bargain that hard work is rewarded with success.
Illinois Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth plans to announce on Monday, that she will be running against Republican Senator Mark Kirk in 2016.
Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner’s approval rating is just 36.5 percent, according to a Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll.
Incumbent Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is going to have to labor a bit extra for the next six weeks if he hopes to continue to occupy that legendary office.
Let’s look at two different test cases of the GOP’s “private flight is right” hypothesis: newly sworn-in Governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, and the evolution of Veterans Affairs under Secretary Robert A. McDonald.
Former Congressional Representative Joe Walsh (R) says he is “very seriously considering challenging” Illinois Senator Mark Kirk (R).
Over the weekend, a protest formed at a conference in Texas held by a Muslim group titled “Stand With the Prophet Against Terror and Hate.” Protesters directed their hate towards Muslim attendees of the event.
Immigration reform is not just something the bishops want, says Cupich, but God himself. How successful will the GOP be saying ‘no’ to God?
The timing seems like it couldn’t be better for this clever ad from Get Covered Illinois, the Land of Lincoln’s health insurance marketplace. It targets the under 30-somethings using a healthy dose of realistic fear, mitigated with humor.
Let’s be grateful to New York City for keeping this mess in the headlines, for trying to find real ways to work around the inertia on Capitol Hill to bring people together, even if it takes a little self-interested carrot dangling. That’s the American way!
It’s been all over the news this week, as well it ought to be. A warm and festive 4th of July weekend in the Windy City was utterly marred by extreme gun violence. CNN’s Republicans tried to decry the violence while ignoring gun control.
The dirty energy fascist Koch Brothers are planning to make tens of billions of dollars off the KeystoneXL pipeline before the tar ever enters American territory.
Mike Huckabee feels that teaching children basic anatomy, that all living things reproduce, and inappropriate touching, is indoctrination
The queen of the politics of emotion accuses President Obama of playing the politics of emotion
Team Obama is calling Romney’s bluff, saying ‘Voters who haven’t heard from the Romney campaign in two years will see this desperation for what it is.’
Miley Cyrus already embraced going forward and now her father follows in her wake, coming out for Obama on Piers Morgan Friday
Not only is President Obama ready for The Other Mitt this time, but his team is in place to do real time fact-checking and post debate commentary.
President Clinton explains Mitt Romney’s $5 trillion tax cut and how middle class families will have to pay for $250,000 in tax cuts for multi-millionaires.
Jack Welch quit Fortune magazine after even conservatives said his job numbers conspiracy theory wasn’t substantiated by the economy.
Jack Welch caused a stir this week when he launched a conspiracy theory aimed at President Obama. Yesterday, he admitted he has no evidence
Today’s edition of ‘We’re not gonna take it anymore’ features a desperate attempt by Romney’s to conflate a 2011 Joe Biden statement as the President’s position on today’s Chicago teachers’ strike.