Opinion
Can’t mask Lightfoot’s hypocrisy
By Ray Hanania August 14, 2020 Mayor Lori Lightfoot on her Twitter account criticized the almost all white male beachgoers who crowded Montrose Beach this past week, many not wearing facemasks or maintaining social distance. Lightfoot posted a photo that she took of the crowd and tweeted, “It’s called a pandemic, people. This reckless behavior…
Read MoreNeed to take back the asylum from the inmates
By Ray Hanania August 7, 2020 Last week, a bunch of the bully protesters got upset when a beachgoer in Evanston used a towel with the image of the flag of the Confederacy. You know the Confederate flag. It was used more than 150 years ago as the symbol of a bunch of American states…
Read MoreMadigan has the votes, for now
By Rich Miller August 7, 2020 The calls were mostly brief and to the point, recipients said. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan just wanted to know where his members stood last week after two of his members demanded he step aside as House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois chairman. Did they agree with their…
Read MoreMadigan should change or quit
By Rich Miller July 31, 2020 A couple of days after the July 17 disclosures in ComEd’s deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office, House Speaker Michael Madigan called individual House Democrats to try and reassure them that all would be well. According to multiple legislators, the House Speaker told his members that he…
Read MoreDon’t count out Madigan yet
By Rich Miller July 24, 2020 One of the most politically powerful entities in this state, ComEd, has basically admitted bribing the most politically powerful person in this state, House Speaker Michael Madigan, and agreed to pay $200 million and continue cooperating with federal investigators for at least the next three years. Yet Madigan himself…
Read MoreMayor fails to control the mob
By Ray Hanania July 24, 2020 Instead of tearing down Chicago’s statue of Christopher Columbus, a symbol of American history, we should be demanding the resignation of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a symbol of wishy-washy, ineffective, confused and dysfunctional leadership. Last week, protesters–basically a mob of idiots who wrapped themselves in racial slogans to wreck society–tried…
Read MoreJB makes shrewd move with new jobs chief
By Rich Miller July 17, 2020 Gov. JB Pritzker has not had a lot of luck with the Illinois Department of Employment Security since taking office in 2019. Pritzker appointed Gustavo Giraldo as his IDES director in March of last year. Giraldo abruptly walked out of the office two weeks later. The Pritzker administration has…
Read MorePols press Pritzker on jobless claims
By Rich Miller July 10, 2020 Months after the nation’s economy crashed and millions were (and continue to be) put out of work, a large group of Illinois House Democrats is still quite upset at the way Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is handling unemployment insurance claims. But the Pritzker administration is refusing to bend on…
Read MoreTarget criminals, not guns
By Ray Hanania July 10, 2020 If Mayor Lori Lightfoot would stop trying to be the icon of several “movements” and start acting like a leader who can recognize the real problems, maybe Chicago wouldn’t be making headlines every week with record shootings and a growing list of gun-related fatalities. Lightfoot keeps asserting the problem…
Read MoreJB may respond to dark-money attack ad
By Rich Miller July 3, 2020 Illinois Rising Action, a dark-money super PAC, is running a TV ad against Gov. JB Pritzker. The group is reportedly putting $1 million behind the spot on both cable and broadcast over two weeks. Called “Failed,” the ad heaps criticism on the governor for the toilet scandal, increased gas…
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