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• Ill. Rep Says Terrorists in Ill. Prisons Increases Risk

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonCNSNews is reporting that Don Manzullo, the Republican Congressman that represents the area in which Thomson prison is located, is saying that moving Gitmo terrorists to the Illinois prison will “increase risk” to residents of Illinois.Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) said last week he was ...
  6 hours ago

• Exclusive - Tony Peraica Video Conversation, Part 5 of 6

  
  Chicago News Bench — Authority: 514
  Republican Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner (Illinois) spoke with me for over an hour on May 29, 2009 in his law office on Chicagos south side. In this series of six videos, the well-known reformer and political gadfly speaks frankly about political matters local and national, and reveals a personal side rarely ...
  7 hours ago

• Senate Candidate Andy Martin Draws Fire for Homosexual Accusations

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonPerennial Illinois candidate Andy Martin has done it again. This time Martin has launched a series of radio commercials for his Senate candidacy accusing Representative Mark Kirk (R, Ill) of being a homosexual. The commercials have resulted in a rare rebuke from the chairman of the Illinois ...
  11 hours ago

• Apparently, Being Dem Means Not Having to Pay Rent

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonLong time Democratic Chicago Pol Monique Davis hasn’t paid the rent for her offices since 2002. Apparently it doesn’t matter either. After all, she’s a Chicago Democrat and the rules real people have to live by don’t apply to a Chicago Democrat.And like a true Democrat Davis is blaming ...
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• 16 Days Until the Primary In Illinois — A Web Resource

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  Just a reminder, folks. Since Illinois moved its primary up… waaaaay up … we are only 16 days away from primary voting!That’s right, folks, 16 days to make up your mind about for which candidate you’ll vote for the GOP nomination for every office up for grabs in 2010.So, once again, here are the websites [...]
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• Terry OBrien for County Board President - He Can Tell You What the Hell the Job Is About!

  
  . . . With Both Hands — Authority: 479
  Toni Preckwinkle has a pass from the Chicago Editorial Boards and the humorless and, in my opinion, not really all that bright 4th Ward Alderman (Nobel novelist Saul Bellow was racist* because the NYT said so and Toni falls down open manholes -c.1998)wants to be CCBP. Progressives have welded their beings to Toni, ...
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• Chgo. Mayor Daley’s Bro Pleads for Dems to Return to Center

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonChicago Mayor Richard Daley’s brother, William, is warning the Democratic Party that it is going too far left and will end up “in the wilderness” in 2010. William Daley has been a longtime political operative that has been connected with the Clintons for many years but that doesn’t make ...
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• Cook County sheriff to hire more officers

  
  Positive LEO — Authority: 146
  The Cook County Sheriff’s Department says it is set to make hundreds of hires in coming months. Sheriff Thomas Dart said Wednesday that his department is prepared to hire more than 500 correctional officers next year. The first class of recruits is to come in January. Dart’s office says the jobs pay about $45,000 ...
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• Michael Jordan sues Chicago’s grocery stores for $5 million each

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Chicago, Dec 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The former NBA star Michael Jordan is suing Chicago’s two huge grocery store chains for illegal advertisements that feature him. The advertisements allegedly imply that Michael Jordan endorses them.Michael Jordan filed suit on Monday in Cook County Circuit Court against the Jewel and ...
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• Mr. Kelly Goes to Springfield

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonColumnist Bernard Schoenburg from the State Journal in Springfield, Illinois’ state capitol, made a prediction for the New Year: William Kelly won’t get the GOP nomination for Comptroller.Early Christmas week Kelly appeared at the state house and tried to remove an atheist “Christmas” ...
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• Community News (V11-I53)

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 139
  Malcolm X’s daughter speaks Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of the late American Muslim leader Malcolm X, is the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. and Days of Dialogue (MLK/DOD) celebration Jan. 18-22, at the University of Wyoming. Shabazz, an author, lecturer and human rights ...
  4 days ago

• Legal News Round-Up (12/24/09) and Much, Much More

  
  Solo In Chicago — Authority: 109
  The phone ain’t ringin’…it’s Christmas Eve! So I decided to skim some articles I’d been wanting to get around to reading…the highlights: 1. Some news for those of you on the front lines of lawyering in the Circuit Court of Cook County . First, here’s the piece announcing the creation of a new ...
  4 days ago

• Mans warning shot kills woman who was robbing him (IL)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A 31-year-old man said he intended to fire only a “warning shot” when he accidentally killed a woman who’d been part of a group who robbed him Tuesday night on the South Side. “I’m trying to fire a warning shot — like stay the hell back,” the man said in an interview Wednesday. He did not want his name printed. ...
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• Mans warning shot kills woman who was robbing him (IL)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A 31-year-old man said he intended to fire only a “warning shot” when he accidentally killed a woman who’d been part of a group who robbed him Tuesday night on the South Side. “I’m trying to fire a warning shot — like stay the hell back,” the man said in an interview Wednesday. He did not want his name printed. ...
  4 days ago

• Mans warning shot kills woman who was robbing him (IL)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A 31-year-old man said he intended to fire only a “warning shot” when he accidentally killed a woman who’d been part of a group who robbed him Tuesday night on the South Side. “I’m trying to fire a warning shot — like stay the hell back,” the man said in an interview Wednesday. He did not want his name printed. ...
  4 days ago

• The Good News About Springfield, Merry Christmas

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  A Christmas message from Adam Andrzejewski, Republican candidate for Illinois Governor:In the coming weeks, you’ll most likely share time with friends and family to celebrate Christmas—an end-of-year festival tradition rooted in the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. This Christmas, I encourage ...
  4 days ago

• Courthouses to remain open on weekends, at least for the time being, Evans says

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 125
  Perhaps some people think the only place where crime occurs is on the South Side of Chicago and in those suburbs that happen to surround it. That was the impression I got from learning of a plan desired by the Cook County sheriff’s police to shut down the bulk of the courthouses based in the suburbs. Sheriff Tom ...
  5 days ago

• Suburban courts ordered to remain open weekends

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 163
  Citing concerns about public safety and the rights of defendants, Cook Countys top judge denied a sheriffs department proposal to shut down suburban courthouses on the weekends. "Serious issues of public safety, due process and court administration have been raised that I believe deserve attention," Cook County ...
  5 days ago

• Kelly Detained by Police for Trying to Remove Capitol Atheist Display

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonComptroller candidate William Kelly announced that he was going to remove the atheist display in Springfield at the state capitol but the police got there first…KELLY TARGETS ILLINOIS CAPITOL’S ATHEIST SIGNGOP candidate for Comptroller Encounters Resistance from Police at Springfield ...
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• Idiot We Call Senator Makes Fool of Self

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 448
  -By Warner Todd HustonSeat warmer Roland Burris, the doddering Illinois pol that bought his Senate seat from the criminal Governor that now sits awaiting to be sent to jail wanted to give the Senate some good cheer today during the socialist helathcare debate.Burrie thought maybe a poem would help bring the Senate ...
  6 days ago

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