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Smells Like ‘68: Foreboding Parallels for Democrats in 2024 May 10, 2024
William Sullivan
This election season, there are many parallels to the election year of 1968 on display, and none of it bodes well for Democrats’ chances in November.
As recent illegals are handed work permits, previous illegals ask the obvious question: Why not us, too? April 9, 2024
Monica Showalter
What next, voting rights? Amnesty? The wheels of the migrant lobby are turning.
In Cook County, the Chicago Way recrudesces for the prosecutor's race March 25, 2024
Monica Showalter
Any questions as to why turnout was 7.7%?
At Chicago's O'Hare, passengers forced to step over illegals to board their flights January 11, 2024
Monica Showalter
Is this Chicago ... or Calcutta?
From sanctuary city -- to 'stay in Texas' December 12, 2023
Silvio Canto, Jr.
The migrant crisis in Chicago has turned comical...
Terrorism’s Local Supporters Take Over Downtown Chicago October 25, 2023
John F. Di Leo
Driving through downtown Chicago into a protest full of pro-Hamas supporters, is nobody's idea of a Sunday picnic.
Democrat politicians putting America — and Americans — last; China and migrants first September 23, 2023
Eric Utter
Whatever happened to 'America first'?
Chicago's Mayor Johnson scolds reporter for calling mass looters a 'mob,' says 'large gathering' is 'appropriate' August 4, 2023
Thomas Lifson
I don’t know which is more discouraging: that the Mayor of Chicago actually tried this verbal flim-flammery or that the assembled media at his press conference didn’t erupt in laughter
Just another sunny summer day in the 'hood in Chicago July 10, 2023
Thomas Lifson
A gun battle erupts between two women; the apparent lack of range time saves lives.
Dashcam video of stolen Jeep on 100 MPH joy ride through Chicago shows how thieves get their jollies May 27, 2023
Thomas Lifson
Buzzing through stoplights, passing a police car (that didn't offer a chase), missing a pedestrian, and stopping for gas and McDonald's. It's a rare glimpse of the car thief's lifestyle behind the wheel.
Chicago mayor Lightfoot's campaign under fire for emails to teachers seeking student volunteers January 16, 2023
Rajan Laad
Dragooning students into her political campaigns for political gain?
What the heck is wrong with Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot? October 9, 2022
Thomas Lifson
Mayor Lightfoot has proven herself incapable of her job, and at best seeks to distract the electorate and populace from her failures. At worst, there is something deeply wrong with her mind. And the evidence is piling up for the latter hypothesis
The poor marksmanship of Chicago's gangbangers has saved a lot of lives July 27, 2022
Thomas Lifson
Chicago's gangbangers are much worse shots than their counterparts in other big cities. The number of lives saved is astounding.
In Chicago, an imperial federal government wants to destroy its neighbors to feel more secure April 10, 2022
Thomas Lifson
Feds want to tear down 2 historic skyscrapers to create a ‘moat’ around Chicago federal office building
As convenience store closes due to theft, desperate Chicago residents launch letter campaign asking political leaders to punish offenders December 8, 2021
Thomas Lifson
It's come to this -- and there is a Walgreens nearby that they fear for.
Meet the new Chicago bail court judge that frees perps on recognizance and restrains victims November 2, 2021
Thomas Lifson
In the race among blue cities toward dystopia, Chicago is a contender for the lead.
Meanwhile, back in the 'hoods, everyday murder and violence continue April 21, 2021
Ethel C. Fenig
Even Reverend Jesse Jackson doesn't dare speak against his neighbors about their criminal behavior.
There will be no riots protesting the shooting of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams April 19, 2021
Thomas Lifson
Gangs are killing many times the number of Black people that police do. Where's the outrage?
Absurdity of a Chicago criminal case outdoes anything the Onion or Babylon Bee could imagine December 27, 2020
Thomas Lifson
My mind just will not stop boggling.
Restaurant 'speakeasies' flourish in sea of lockdown hypocrisy in Democrat-run Chicago December 9, 2020
Ethel C. Fenig
Speakeasies for the politically connected are popping up in Chicago, and the mainstream press is asleep.
An Apology is Owed in Chicago September 16, 2020
Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Rep. Bobby Rush versus the police.
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot takes hypocrisy to a new level August 23, 2020
Eric Utter
Security from these depleted police departments for me, but not for thee.
So many crawly things behind Chicago's looting August 17, 2020
Monica Showalter
Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls it "organized" looting, so it's worth looking at whom she's fighting with politically.
Anti-police Black Lives Matter demonstrators harassed, driven out by local residents in crime-ridden Southside Chicago neighborhood August 13, 2020
Thomas Lifson
Black crime victims who understand their need for police protection are a prime opportunity for the Trump campaign and Republicans to shatter the 90% level of support that blacks traditionally have given to the donkeys.
Peak Looter? Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot changes her tune on looting August 10, 2020
Monica Showalter
Just as President Trump begins rising in the polls on the issue of blue-city lawlessness.
Chicago's mayor caves to the mob, taking out the city's Columbus statues July 24, 2020
Monica Showalter
This won't end well.
These black lives don't matter, as far as the national media are concerned June 2, 2020
Thomas Lifson
82 shot, 22 killed over the weekend in Chicago. Media don't care, perhaps because the many killers in question are mostly other young black men of the criminal gang persuasion.
Murder soars in Chicago; cops focus on raiding black church services for distancing violations May 26, 2020
Monica Showalter
Nothing like blue-state left-wing priorities...
Politicians and media decry latest Chicago 'mass shooting' but leave out the key fact December 23, 2019
Thomas Lifson
The horror of 13 people being shot during a memorial service is self-evident, but it is being compounded by a refusal to acknowledge the underlying reality and instead blaming guns.
Shoplifting in Chicago is so bad that men's underwear now displayed in padlocked glass cases in Walmart December 5, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Slouching toward dystopia.
Chicago teachers' strike enters seventh day October 25, 2019
Thomas Lifson
With President Trump scheduled to visit Chicago Monday, teachers and students both may have a lot of free time on their hands to protest in front of the landmark Trump Tower along the Chicago River.
Chicago the rattiest city in America according to top pest control company October 22, 2019
Eric Utter
According to Orkin, Chicago is the "rattiest" city in the United States — and has been for the last five years.
Speaking tour by Palestinian youth 'journalist' exposes Chicago-based Islamists September 4, 2019
Hesham Shehab
Janna Jihad, who is 13 years old, is credentialed with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and is currently on a P.R. tour in the USA.
Hilarious! Cook county pol who fixed a parking ticket for his pal claims he did it to make sure all Latinos are treated fairly July 21, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Fighting for the oppressed,one fixed ticket at a time.
What does (and doesn't) unseat a judge in Cook County, Illinois June 6, 2019
Thomas Lifson
No wonder Chicago is a notorious crime-ridden shooting gallery.
Concealed carry permit–holder tells Chicago cops he shot and killed a carjacker April 26, 2019
Thomas Lifson
A remedy to the wave of lawlessness overwhelming Chicago...
More outrageous behavior from Kim Foxx's office April 20, 2019
Thomas Lifson
You don't have to be black — only politically connected — for Kim Foxx to let you off easy.
Chicago votes today in hotly contested mayoral primary February 26, 2019
Thomas Lifson
The contest to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel as the next captain of the sinking ship that is the City of Chicago probably will lead to a racially polarized runoff — just what Chicago doesn't need.
FBI raid on Chicago alderman Burke said to have nothing to do with Trump December 3, 2018
Thomas Lifson
At a moment in history when practically everything bad is supposed to be about Trump, the Chicago Sun-Times throws cold water on the theory he was the target of an FBI raid on the finances of the most powerful figure in Chicago.
Chicago alderman tries to explain why his intern was the hospital mass shooter who killed a doc and a cop November 23, 2018
Thomas Lifson
As they say in Chicago: riiiiight...
A protest in Chicago unlike any other September 21, 2018
Monica Showalter
A Chicago priest burned a gay banner to protest the Church molestation scandals, and his archdiocese is calling him crazy.
More than 1,000 shot in Chicago since Memorial Day September 4, 2018
Rick Moran
Six dead and 23 more Chicagoans shot over Labor Day weekend.
Put the Chicago GOP on suicide watch? July 24, 2018
Thomas Lifson
The Cook County GOP is considering adopting an amendment to its bylaws that amounts to a permanent surrender to the Democrat machine.
Chicago ‘charity’ posts bail, and man freed on attempted murder charge arrested twice in one day July 1, 2018
Thomas Lifson
I thought charities were supposed to try to make life better for the communities they serve.
Chicago Tribune acknowledges 'mayhem' downtown over Memorial Day weekend, then changes headline to 'peace downtown' May 30, 2018
Thomas Lifson
A tragedy is unfolding in Chicago. Happy talk is not the solution.
Cook County sheriff accidentally releases man who promised terror attack May 4, 2018
Thomas Lifson
Chicago's reputation as the crime capital of America and home to the catch and release policy of dealing with criminals remains secure.
Two people charged with defrauding minority set-aside program in Chicago March 21, 2018
Thomas Lifson
When governments play favorites on the basis of race in awarding contracts, the real scandal isn't people who illegally pretend to be of the favored race or gender or ethnicity, but the discrimination practiced by the government.
Good weather is bad news in Chicago February 22, 2018
Thomas Lifson
Cold, unpleasant weather saves lives when civil order has collapsed.
Plans revised for 'Obama Presidential Center': Taller, uglier, and a little bit less white January 11, 2018
Thomas Lifson
A faint odor of desperation accompanies the latest revised plans for the monument to the greatness of Barack Hussein Obama planned for Chicago.
Leftists planning to accelerate Chicago's decline October 17, 2017
Thomas Lifson
The American left ignores the lesson of Venezuela.
Facing repeal vote, backer of Cook County soda tax admits it's not about health; it's about money October 6, 2017
Thomas Lifson
One of the best progressive con games is the one where they tell you they are protecting your health by adding a new tax.
How will MSM handle salacious Chicago love triangle murder trial involving 3 homosexuals? September 30, 2017
Thomas Lifson
Now that cable news has figured out that dramatic murder trials bring ratings, they're always on the lookout for the next "trial of the century." Key elements include sex, money, sex, glamour, sex, status, sex, and sex. In this case, male homosexual sex.
Chicago can't spare cops to investigate death of man 'found floating' in Lake Michigan September 26, 2017
Thomas Lifson
A story that would be commonplace in many third-world hellholes is coming to our shores.
Back on the streets of Chicago September 24, 2017
Thomas Lifson
“Yeah, I think we have to put him down,” said one mugger to other, but he's back on the street. Don't worry, he's got an ankle bracelet.
Chicago’s ‘Potemkin village’ efforts to change September 10, 2017
Thomas Lifson
A metropolis in a deep economic hole refuses to even admit it is still digging.
How Chicago is morphing into Detroit in one easy lesson September 10, 2017
Thomas Lifson
My heart is breaking for Chicago, and for all Americans, as one of our greatest cities crumbles before our (and the world’s) eyes.
Chicago had 14,000 more votes than voters in 2016 general election August 28, 2017
Thomas Lifson
For some reason, the national media are ignoring this story.
Six-year-old armed robber at work on the mean streets of Chicago July 9, 2017
Thomas Lifson
The breakdown of civil order accelerates.
Rahm's latest plan to stave off Chicago financial collapse under fire – from Dems May 20, 2017
Thomas Lifson
Chicago and the State of Illinois are lurching toward insolvency, burdened by enormous pension liabilities, political payoffs from past generations. Somehow, the GOP has to be blamed.
The Obamas' home town bids farewell to its president January 21, 2017
Ethel C. Fenig
In the final hours of President Barack Hussein Obama (D)'s term, the Obamas' hometown acknowledged the event in its tragically unique way.
Corruption: It’s the Chicago way January 16, 2017
Derrick Wilburn
Apparently too insignificant for the mainstream media: a Chicago politician facing a potential 280 years in prison for an indictment handed down last week.
FBI stats show all violent crime rose in Chicago last year January 12, 2017
Thomas Lifson
Bloody Chicago is a national shame, as a giant metropolis is sliding toward anarchy.
Chicago lost no time in 2017 racking up the totals for another record year of criminal violence January 2, 2017
Thomas Lifson
If Chicago had been run by Republicans for decades, and its mayor were George W. Bush’s former chief of staff, the city’s horrendous level of carnage would be the top domestic story of last year, this year, and every year.
Holy Terror in Chicago? November 20, 2016
Matt C. Abbott
In blood-soaked Chicago a radical priest pledges to fight Trump immigration policy: "Many of us, we will die to keep the city as it is."
Chicago chaos: 31 shot, 9 fatally, over 21-hour period Monday into Tuesday September 6, 2016
Thomas Lifson
The shame of the BLM-endorsing Democrat nominee ought to be driven home for blacks, who constitute the overwhelming majority of victims.
Is a ‘Red Summer’ coming to Chicago? June 5, 2016
Lee Cary
The first one happened in 1919. The second one, if it happens, will be blamed on the Trump campaign.
Chicago celebrates Mother's Day weekend with 8 killed, 43 wounded May 9, 2016
Thomas Lifson
President Obama’s hometown is a war zone.
Nursing student robbed and beaten in broad daylight on Chicago 'El' train as other passengers ignore her plight (updated) May 1, 2016
Thomas Lifson
It has taken a lot of concerted effort on the part of the grievance industry, but the bonds of civil society are finally fraying to the breaking point.
What #BlackLivesMatter and MoveOn are not demonstrating about in Chicago March 13, 2016
Thomas Lifson
It appears that for leftists, black lives don’t really matter.
Chicago is a big blue mess January 16, 2016
Silvio Canto, Jr.
A city run by Democrats who can't break away from public-sector unions and identity politics.
No-go zones in America? December 15, 2015
Thomas Lifson
Think they're just in Europe, in cities like Paris and Malmo? Think again.
In Spike Lee's new film Chi-Raq, the joke's on him December 11, 2015
William Sullivan
It’s hard to imagine a manner in which reality could have given firmer rebuke to fiction
Chicago paid $5 million to shooting victim's family, keeping them quiet and video secret while Rahm re-elected November 25, 2015
Thomas Lifson
How long will it be until the mainstream media catches on about the payoff with public money that kept the video secret, the family quiet, and the mayor re-elected?
Rare as hen's teeth: Concealed carry permit holder thwarts an armed robbery in Chicago, kills assailant November 1, 2015
Thomas Lifson
The normal weekend carnage in the president’s hometown of Chicago sports a most unusual incident.
Chicago has had 16 mass shootings so far this year, with no presidential notice October 9, 2015
Thomas Lifson
No presidential trips to funerals in Chicago for victims of any of the 16 mass shootings in President Obama’s hometown
The awful truth about Obama's hometown that he and the media ignore in gun discussion October 3, 2015
Thomas Lifson
An amusing illustrated example of the failure of harsh gun control laws.
Rahm's 'Chicago way' pays off with huge profits with the right political connections August 16, 2015
Thomas Lifson
Sweet: buy a weed-choked lot and14 months later sell it to a public agency for a 400% profit, with no appraisal. Pocket 4 million bucks, minus the money paid to a politically-conected lawyer
How Democrats Pillaged Chicago Toward Bankruptcy July 17, 2015
Michael Bargo, Jr.
Chicago has the most serious case of financial denial of any large city. Mayor Emanuel fiddles while Chicago burns.
Jewish neighborhood in Chicago hires off-duty cops to protect against anti-Semitic attacks: Chicago cops criticize it May 17, 2015
Thomas Lifson
It's come to this.
Chicago debt downgraded to junk status May 13, 2015
Thomas Lifson
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel must be wondering why he bothered to get re-elected.
Rahm cancels plan to name Chicago school after Obama September 19, 2014
Thomas Lifson
The proposed site had a certain logic to it
Things are going so well in Chicago that Rahm Emanuel extends welcome to 1000 border-violating children July 27, 2014
Thomas Lifson
I confess that somehow I missed the story of the miraculous turnaround in the city government of Chicago.
Chicago police not registering sex offenders May 31, 2014
Thomas Lifson
Where is Mayor Rahm Emanuel?
Barack Obama High School plan runs into opposition in Chicago April 29, 2014
Thomas Lifson
Apparently the imperative to honor Barack Obama in Chicago with a very special high school named after him was supposed to override all other considerations.
Swan Lake or Lake Michigan? April 27, 2014
James Longstreet
Good luck getting a "reality show" about Chicago to reflect anything close to reality.
Chicago program to put poor people into subsidized luxury apartments encounters flak April 22, 2014
Thomas Lifson
In Chicago, poor people receiving Section 8 housing vouchers are being encouraged to move into nicer neighborhoods and apartments that are beyond the reach of many middle class taxpayers
The Tale of a Trinket Box, or How We Lost the Battle of Fort Dearborn February 22, 2014
Robert Klein Engler
A testament to how the monolithic Democratic Party in Chicago continues to destroy that city's history.
The Impossible Cause of Fr. Francis Lawlor February 8, 2014
Robert Klein Engler
In the late 1960s, Fr. Francis X. Lawlor tried to defend his parishioners against politically-motivated racial blockbusting. His failure contains valuable lessons for opponents of Democratic corruption.
Catholics and Democrats in Chicago: Hanging on for Dear Life January 30, 2014
Robert Klein Engler
Is it possible to be a faithful Catholic and a Democratic politician in Illinois?
Comrade Catholics in Chicago January 14, 2014
Robert Klein Engler
How did Catholic Chicago politicians end up working against the very Church in which they claim membership?
Chicago's Forgotten Masterpiece January 12, 2014
Robert Klein Engler
A great work of art has been hidden away for decades for 'violating' current PC standards.
Has the Catholic Bubble in Chicago Finally Burst? December 15, 2013
Robert Klein Engler
The Democratic Party now stands against what Catholics should believe. Many will be asked to choose: Catholic or Democrat? If history is a guide, most will choose Democrat.
Obama's home town by the numbers December 2, 2013
Thomas Lifson
Chicago, which has some of the toughest gun control laws in America, had a rough November.
Now that Obamacare taking hits in media, Rahm says First Amendment 'overrated' November 23, 2013
Thomas Lifson
The totalitarian impulse lurks not very far beneath the surface among too many Democrats.
ObamaCare's Chicago Moment November 18, 2013
Abraham H. Miller
Too bad Obama was living in Hawaii, not in Chicago in 1979, or he might have remembered former Mayor Michael Bilandic
Public Sector Unions Must be Abolished October 5, 2013
Michael Bargo, Jr.
Public service union workers short-circuit democracy by cxontributing to politicians who in turn negotiate their contracts.
Ebony and Black Violence September 26, 2013
Colin Flaherty
Ameriica's oldest black magazine leads the pack in denying black violence.
Rahm Emanuel's Gun Free Zones September 15, 2013
Derrick Wilburn
Chicago is clearly one of the best places in America to be if you have the desire to get shot.
The Chicago Way in Obamaland September 15, 2013
Tom Trinko
As long as Obama is running America, it will be Obamaland -- where what's good for Obama is all that matters.
The Irrelevant Black Voting Bloc September 12, 2013
Chad Stafko
American black voters have consistently voted against their own interests in favor of the Democrats.
How Congress lost its Immigration Authority August 24, 2013
Michael Bargo, Jr.
Over the past half-century, Congressional authority over immigration has been relentlessly degraded by one particular political party.
The Obama Doctrine of Control Through Dissension July 15, 2013
Jeannie DeAngelis
The President of the United States is actively endeavoring to community-organize America to death.
How Democrats Exploit Minorities July 5, 2013
Michael Bargo, Jr.
The Democratic Party is the greatest criminal enterprise this country has ever seen.
A Liberal Teacher's First-Person World May 29, 2013
Leann Horrocks
It's always 'for the children' -- except when it's not.
Progressive Propaganda Machine to the rescue of Rahmbo May 9, 2013
Thomas Lifson
The mayor's popularity plummets, as progressives rush in with propaganda.
Obama's Chicago crony capitalists target the 'little guy' April 24, 2013
Ed Lasky
The utter cynicism of the Obama inner circle, if the media ever chose to reveal it to the American public, would stun those who think that Obama stands up for the "little guy."
The Chicago Roots of Obama's (and America's) Political Ideology April 8, 2013
Michael Bargo, Jr.
Alinsky and Fox Piven are only half the story -- Obama's roots go back a long, long way.
State of Illinois, meet Reality March 26, 2013
Michael Bargo, Jr.
How Obama learned that insane government spending was the road to utopia -- the short course.
If Rahm is Superman, Chicago must be made of Kryptonite February 25, 2013
Richard Baehr
Chicago is rated the 4th most miserable city in America. There is still work to do to pass Detroit, Flint and Rockford. Keep it going, Rahm.
There was a time when I was a liberal February 14, 2013
Stuart J. Moskovitz
I have not changed my values. I have not changed my philosophies
Tax Dogfight over O'Hare January 19, 2013
Thomas Lifson
Desperately hungry for money, Chicago, the big dog of Illinois cities, is circling lesser municipalities currently feeding off big corporations by collecting sales taxes that Chicago wants for itself
A Mile South & Four Years Later.... October 28, 2012
Rosslyn Smith
Obama's staff was caught way off guard when the official campaign kickoff was unable to fill the arena at Ohio State. They won't be guilty of overestimating their space needs for election night.
New federal probe into Jesse Jackson, Jr.' s campaign finances October 15, 2012
Thomas Lifson
No wonder he is too depressed to show up for work
Stratfor Wikileaks: Did US give guns to Sinaloa Mexican drug gang? October 12, 2012
James Lewis
Was Eric Holder's Fast and Furious gun running operation just stupidity mixed with a plan to blame legal gun owners for the killings in Mexico? Or was Fast and Furious more sinister
Trouble in Obama's back yard? October 5, 2012
Rosslyn Smith
A news report suggests the Obama campaign may be getting a bit desperate in its moves to ensure a high turnout among Blacks in Chicago and its south suburbs.
Chicago, the New Capital of Segregation October 2, 2012
Michael Bargo, Jr.
Chicago leads nation in the Second Wave of housing segregation and racial oppression.
No picketing allowed in front of Mayor Emanuel's home September 10, 2012
Thomas Lifson
Chicago, where Saul Alinsky lived and trained his acolytes, has seen more than its share of demonstrations in front of homes of chief executives.
Look who's headed to Chicago for the NATO summit May 17, 2012
Thomas Lifson
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time: President Obama would hold the NATO summit in Chicago as a consolation prize for his humiliating loss of the Olympics after flying to Copenhagen with Michelle to lobby the IOC.
The Chicago Way: a Timeline March 22, 2012
Rosslyn Smith
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