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Published Wednesday November 07 2018 11:21 pm.
CBS News: President Donald Trump’s full press conference after Midterm Elections results. Donald Trump and Jim Acosta got into a one-on-one during the Wednesday morning press conference following the midterm elections. Acosta began with a question about the migrant caravan approaching the US, First Acosta lectured Trump, saying the migrants were hundreds and hundreds of […]
Published Wednesday November 07 2018 1:04 am.
Democrats on Tuesday November 6, 2018 captured the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, break a complete control of legislative power by Republicans in Washington D.C. The Democrats net gain in the House of Representatives was 25 (they needed 23). The Republicans net gain in the Senate was 4. However, the […]
Published Tuesday November 06 2018 11:44 pm.
In 2017, Republican Rep. David Harris announced that he would not run for re-election. He represented the 53rd District for 18 years. Republican Eddie Corrigan and Democratic Mark Walker are vying for the position. Mark Walker took the lead early on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, and kept the lead for the 53rd District of the […]
Published Sunday October 28 2018 2:57 pm.
It’s easy to foresee what happens when the people in power claim moral authority they don’t have in order to compel you to obey: Resentment builds, factions form and craziness starts to seem normal. Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson gives examples of political speeches, and says these speeches sound more like theology than political debate. […]
Posted in Politics
Published Friday October 05 2018 11:21 pm.
A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that’s seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump’s effort to tip the court rightward for decades. The Senate, today October 5, 2018, […]
Published Thursday October 04 2018 9:20 am.
Chicago police are preparing for demonstrations by using tactics similar to those used in the NATO protests in May 2012 (CBS Chicago Mike Puccinelli reports). Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Thursday October 4, 2018 in the trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with the murder of Laquan McDonald on October 20, […]
Posted in CRIME BLOG C, Protests
Published Thursday September 27 2018 9:38 am.
Live coverage and analysis from The Washington Post as senators question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, began testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee at about 9:35 a.m. […]
Posted in Gov
Published Sunday September 23 2018 4:53 pm.
Asked whether her being one of four women on the Senate Judiciary Committee impacts the Brett Kavanaugh proceedings, Senator Mazie Hirono says, “I just want to say to the men of this country: Just shut up and step up. Do the right thing for a change.” Asked Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at a Capitol Hill […]
Published Thursday September 13 2018 12:01 am.
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has revoked the license of one of Chicago’s infamous towing companies, Lincoln Towing (Vince Gerasole reports). Lincoln Towing at 4882 North Clark Street has been closed by the Illinois Commerce Commission. A recent investigation by the Illinois Commerce Commission goes back to February 24, 2016, but a notorious Lincoln Towing […]
Posted in Gov
Published Friday September 07 2018 5:40 pm.
Streaming Video of former President Barack Obama’s speech at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Barack Obama speech, elapsed time -1:34). Former President Barack Obama (#44) spoke to students at the University of Illinois, where he accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government on September 7, 2018. Obama, who once scolded then […]
Posted in Politics
Published Tuesday September 04 2018 11:05 am.
Emanuel said in a news conference today that he will not seek re-election. He said in the past seven years he has sacrificed and given his best, but is ready for a new chapter with his family. Rahm Emanuel has been in office since 2011. I’ve decided not to seek re-election. This has been a […]
Posted in Gov
Published Monday September 03 2018 1:07 pm.
Chicago police and Illinois State police worked to prevent O’Hare International Airport — a federal facility — from being shut down. Illinois State Police using portable loudspeakers warned the demonstrators that anyone who attempted to enter the expressway would be arrested … and arrest they did. Arlingtoncardinal.com/OhareTraffic Near Higgins and Cumberland, protest organizer Rev. Gregory […]
Posted in Protests
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