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🚨 Chicago 312: Retirements. Reckonings. Reroutes.

🚨 Chicago 312: Retirements. Reckonings. Reroutes.

This week in Chicago Politics: everyone's retiring, CTA is a mess, and how to hold onto your humanity as everything erodes.

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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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ANDOR RECAP — EPISODE 2: “That Would Be Me”

ANDOR RECAP — EPISODE 2: “That Would Be Me”

I lied to you last time, we don’t meet Mon Mothma until Episode 4. I’m so sorry.

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Chicago's Future Is Union—If the Cops Don’t Bankrupt It First

Chicago's Future Is Union—If the Cops Don’t Bankrupt It First

This week in Chicago Politics: Green Housing, Union Power, and wayyyy too much money spent on police misconduct.

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Let Girls Be Evil: How Yellowjackets Lost Its Nerve

Let Girls Be Evil: How Yellowjackets Lost Its Nerve

It started with cannibalism and trauma. What happened with that?

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Introducing: The Chicago 312 Weekly Roundup

Introducing: The Chicago 312 Weekly Roundup

We're trying a new format: 3 Chicago headlines, 1 question, 2 things keeping me up at night. Every Wednesday.

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They Don’t Want to Run Chicago—They Want to Break It

They Don’t Want to Run Chicago—They Want to Break It

The Local MAGA Takeover isn't a fluke—it's part of the national strategy.

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Is Illinois' Left Ready to Post?

Is Illinois' Left Ready to Post?

Kat Abughazaleh running in the 9th District means we're about to find out if Illinois handle a new progressive playbook -- one that's digital-first and pissing off Elon Musk.

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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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Stop Saying We Need a Leftist Joe Rogan!

Stop Saying We Need a Leftist Joe Rogan!

The Right wins because it’s coordinated. The Left loses because we're not -- right now, there's no incentive to change that.

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Process Over Progress: How The Right Uses "Good Governance' to Keep Chicago Stuck

Process Over Progress: How The Right Uses "Good Governance' to Keep Chicago Stuck

The right wants us stuck debating process while they dismantle public power everywhere they can-- but especially in Chicago.

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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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