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Is Our Children Learning?

The Chicago Board of Education voted today to close nearly 50 elementary schools. After hearing from aldermen, angry parents and community members in a meeting interrupted several times by protesters, the Chicago Board of Education today approved a plan to … Continue reading
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Keeping Up With The Ricketts

The Ricketts family is on the offensive again. You remember Joe Ricketts, the right wing billionaire and founder of the successful wealth-skimming operation TD Ameritrade who bought the Chicago Cubs a few years ago? The same Joe Ricketts who contributed … Continue reading
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The Vetting

Artist – Jeff Darcy In other news, the city of Chicago identified as many as 129 schools that may face closure to local teachers and administrators today. Also — Michele Bachmann is back to saying ridiculous things. That’s why we’re … Continue reading
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How to Give Kids Nightmares

This is unspeakably asinine and a depressing example of where we’re at here in America. CHICAGO (CBS) — A school shooting drill planned for tomorrow in the far northwestern suburbs has many parents upset. According to a letter from Cary-Grove … Continue reading

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Romney Feigns Concern for the Children

Won’t someone think of the children? That’s the question Mitt Romney is asking today after nearly a year of demonizing the citizens of Chicago. The Republican nominee said he was “disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to … Continue reading

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Defrauding Taxpayers for Fun and Profit

The NRA. Defrauding taxpayers for fun and profit. via ThinkProgress Chicago, like many large cities around the country, sponsors a successful gun buyback program meant to incentivize owners of dangerous weapons to turn their guns into authorities. The program’s no-questions-asked … Continue reading

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Fox News Justice

Artist – Rob Tornoe of Media Matters In other news, the Chicago City Council voted to decriminalize small amounts of pot today. Tomorrow — the GOP hold their phony vote of contempt for Eric Holder and the Supreme Court will … Continue reading

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