Exceptional memorial service today in Springfield for “the gold standard of public service.” www.youtube.com/live/piMp88M...

Former President Barack Obama Reacts to Assassination of Charlie Kirk www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

One of the good guys among Illinois Republicans passes. Always respected him. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/f...

Unsportsmanlike Conduct to run-up a score like this on your opponent. (and I’m an IU alum)

Really? From Chicago Sun-Times - Justice Department's civil rights boss takes on Illinois assault weapons ban chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump... For more great content like this subscribe to the Chicago Sun-Times app here:

I’m still not sure what this scapegoat did wrong beyond firing a respected football coach, but I suppose making him walk the plank is a small price to pay to restore millions in federal aid for #Northwestern and give Radical Republicans their pound of flesh. apnews.com/article/nort...

Really? www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Really? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

The #CollegeFootball industry is off & running with a new season of telecasts saturated with ads & promos, fawning commentators, multi-million dollar coaches and paid players. Fans can’t get enough of it. Quite a business plan.

It’s a wonder our #democracy works as well as it does despite voter apathy & suppression, gerrymandering, big money in politics, corruption and a lack of conscience by too many elected officials. Rest assured though that an election or two will break the current fever in Washington.

Little if any of the billions of dollars universities rake in for their #collegefootball programs is spent on controlling tuition or improving academics. Instead they plow it back into gigantic salaries for coaches, new facilities, etc. Doesn’t seem right, does it?

“African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, President #Trump, come to Chicago, please.’” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/t...

If Paul Vallas won’t run for mayor again to try to keep #Chicago from going bankrupt, Forrest Claypool should run. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/o...

Would #Republicans repeal the 13th Amendment if they could? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

1988 - the last time a Republican carried #Illinois for president. George HW Bush in 1988. You would think the IL GOP would move to the center to become viable again, but these days this is their reality www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/i...

A fair question to ask these days is whether the United States even adheres to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. youtu.be/5RR4VXNX3jA

Great piece by Trib’s @jmetr22b.bsky.social on the latest chapter of widespread #Chicago political corruption. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/j...

I see that the tone-deaf boss of our failed football franchise says he can’t “proceed forward” to build a new stadium unless Springfield freezes the property taxes on the site. Can we get that for everyone else too? Didn’t think so. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/c...

New #FakeNews www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The otherwise good guy who got caught up trying to be “the big man on campus.” #ComEdFour www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/c...

Illinois pay-to-play convictions amount to chump change compared to this. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

Would it really be so hard to balance the City of #Chicago budget by imposing a 13% cut in spending? From Chicago Sun-Times - Mayor Johnson's team reviews 26 ideas to raise revenue, plug Chicago’s budget deficit chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

If only Washington politicians on Capitol Hill could be more like #RyneSandberg. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/r...

@raylongchicago.bsky.social honored tonight with his name on the famous Billy Goat Tavern wall as colleagues & friends gather to wish him a happy retirement.

I’m shocked! apnews.com/article/para...

These relatively light sentences so far in the #ComEd scandal must have Mike Madigan thinking 7+ years for him was way too much & ComEd thinking its $200M fine too steep. From Chicago Sun-Times - Madigan’s political fixer gets 2-year prison sentence chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corr...

Embarrassing that Rupert Murdoch is among the few media moguls willing to stand up to Trump #Journalism www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/m...

Political ads are not news. Political ads are lies. Reputable news organizations shouldn’t be covering them. #2026Campaign

Thrilling to see the re-broadcast of the #WhiteSox 2009 Mark Buehrle perfect game and perfect fielding. Who can forget the 9th inning catch at the wall by DeWayne Wise? And it was great to hear Hawk Harrelson again with the call along with Steve Stone. Thanks @chsn.

Really? From Chicago Sun-Times - Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke leaves prison for community confinement after 9 months chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corr... For more great content like this subscribe to the Chicago Sun-Times app here:

One of the good guys of Chicago journalism - @raylongchicago.bsky.social - retired this week. Ray literally wrote the book on Speaker Mike Madigan & “The Velvet Hammer” was convicted in large part due to Ray’s reporting. No small thing. Grateful too for his decades on my public affairs shows.

Any chance the judge will reject the #ParamountSettlement? Judges can toss civil settlements for fraud, coercion or bad faith.

Edward R. Murrow must be spinning in his grave. #ParamountSettlement apnews.com/article/trum...

Senator #Tillis is the rare case of an elected public official with the courage to put principle over getting re-elected. Always best to vote your conscience…if you have one. apnews.com/article/till... Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't run in 2026 after opposing Trump's bill

Democratic Socialists for mayor are winning in low voter turnouts. Under 30% this week in NYC. Only 35% here in Chicago in 2023. Moderate Democrats are simply getting out-organized by the Left.

Risky www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/p...

Nice turnout Saturday night for Sun-Times legend Fran Spielman celebrating her 50 years on the City Hall beat.

This week’s #BarackObama appearance is an excellent explainer about why America is so divided. I recommend it. youtu.be/EM9B8Qin9ac?...

My friend and former seat-mate in the Chicago City Hall press room Craig Dellimore of WBBM-AM (second from left) is hanging up his microphone Friday. His retirement party was at the station today. One of the good guys in local broadcasting and SAG-AFTRA leadership.

No velvet on the hammer that hit Mike Madigan today. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/m...

Something @govpritzker.illinois.gov does really well is a college commencement address. Here’s this year’s. multimedia.illinois.gov/ioci_vid/Arc...

If leadership in Springfield is so tone-deaf to act this way right in front of the sentencing of Mike Madigan, it’s time for a new set of leaders. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/08/e...

Gotta wonder if this will eventually lead to a Sox move to Nashville www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/c...

Makes me wonder whether #CTA needs a Springfield bailout if it has enough money to waste on this kind of abuse. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/28/c...

Interesting to hear @govpritzker.illinois.gov speculate on #CNN this afternoon that the reason political consultant David Axelrod doesn’t think JB should run for a risky third term is because Axe is probably hoping his pal Rahm Emanuel would run for governor if there’s an open seat.

Nobody was more effective at getting big things done behind the scenes than Lori Healey. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/l...

Would a Trump #DOJ have prosecuted George Ryan? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/f...

Shouldn’t the solution to mass transit funding include increasing ridership by LOWERING fares, reducing cost by putting control under ONE agency and a modest cut in service? With 1 month left in session, lawmakers near deal on transit reform www.dailyherald.com/20250430/tra...

How different would our lives be if the news media shunned #Trump for interviews, merely reported what does, not what he says and left it to the lawyers to litigate his moves?

One of the good guys in Illinois politics is retiring. apnews.com/article/dick... Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won't seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026