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How Right-Wing Media Keeps Baiting Chicago

How Right-Wing Media Keeps Baiting Chicago

Or -- How to Make Propaganda About the Most Boring Parts of Municipal Finance

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Explainers Don’t Explain Chicago Politics

Explainers Don’t Explain Chicago Politics

The only way to stop Mark Ruffalo Movie Crying when it comes to Chicago Politics is to understand power.

Andor Recap: The Space Procedural That Will Emotionally Wreck You

Andor Recap: The Space Procedural That Will Emotionally Wreck You

Recapping Andor, a Star Wars show about revolutions, power, and Diego Luna dissociating.

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The Only Way Pritzker Beats Trump Is By Making Illinois the Anti-Florida

The Only Way Pritzker Beats Trump Is By Making Illinois the Anti-Florida

Trump’s rewriting the rules. Illinois could rewrite the future.

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🚨 Chicago 312:

🚨 Chicago 312:

Trump threatens $3B in cuts, CCPSA stalls on CPD-ICE investigation, and Edgewater NIMBYs sue to reverse upzoning.

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The 312: Abolish ICE (The Snowplow, Obviously)

The 312: Abolish ICE (The Snowplow, Obviously)

Chicago 312: snowplow names, the Bear continue their attempted shakedown, four congressional races full of dark money, and why CPD is hoping you can't do math

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Thank You from Chicago 312

Thank You from Chicago 312

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Maria Pappas Never Claimed to Be a Nun

Maria Pappas Never Claimed to Be a Nun

Long live Maria Pappas: a Chicago character in every era.

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The 312: Third chances, fourth chances, and maybe sometimes a fifth.

The 312: Third chances, fourth chances, and maybe sometimes a fifth.

Chicago 312: Judges, suing Meta for shutting down community ICE Watch, and whatever Brendan Reilly is doing this week.

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The 312: Everyone Hates The Delivery Robots

The 312: Everyone Hates The Delivery Robots

Chicago 312: O'Neill Burke won't prosecute ICE, Tyler Technologies won't function, and robots won't win in Logan Square.

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(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around (1)

(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around (1)

Chicago 312: ICE is on notice in Chicago, I still don't know what a TIF Sweep is, and a *community poll* about how much X personally and politically scrambles your brain.

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(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around

(CORRECTION) The 312: Johnson Writes Orders, O'Burke Ignores Them, and Chicago Celebrates Moving Its Own Money Around

Chicago 312: ICE is on notice in Chicago, I still don't know what a TIF Sweep is, and a *community poll* about how much X personally and politically scrambles your brain.

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🚨 The 312: Who is Tom Homan?

🚨 The 312: Who is Tom Homan?

Chicago 312: CPD Collaboration With ICE, Municipal Debt, and a Deep Dive Into the Garbage History of Tom Homan

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🚨 Chicago 312: Don't Invade Minnesota in the Winter

🚨 Chicago 312: Don't Invade Minnesota in the Winter

Chicago 312: healthcare cowardice, procurement reform that actually matters, and gig workers fighting for the right to push back when the algorithm screws them.

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🚨 Chicago 312:

🚨 Chicago 312:

Trump threatens $3B in cuts, CCPSA stalls on CPD-ICE investigation, and Edgewater NIMBYs sue to reverse upzoning.

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🚨 Chicago 312: 2025 is so back

🚨 Chicago 312: 2025 is so back

Chicago 312: Midway Blitz lies show up in Minneapolis, the budget drama continues post-budget, and Shirley Jackson 2025 media landscape fanfiction.

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🚨 Chicago 312: Fake Budgets, Real Robots

🚨 Chicago 312: Fake Budgets, Real Robots

Chicago 312: A shutdown threat, made up revenue, rogue delivery robots, and South Shore tenants getting punished for surviving a federal raid.

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