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Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2018
Joravsky’s election predictions—going where the New York Times is too scared to venture

Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Nate Cohn, Nate Silver, the New York Times, midterm elections, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood, Erika Harold, Kwame Raoul, Democrats, Republicans, Henry Hyde, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois governor's race, Illinois subernatorial race

Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2018
Who's that speaking for the Sun-Times this time?

The legacy of the Sun-Times—what's that?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-TImes, Bruce Rauner, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Chicago Federation of Labor, Gary Johnson, Randy Hultgren, Peter Roskam, George W. Bush, Al Gore, 2000 recount, George Will, Mark Steyn, Conrad Black, David Radler, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Ferro, Marshall Field V

News & Politics, Fall Preview Sep 19, 2018
This November suburban voters have the chance to dump Trump's enablers

Get rid of rubber-stampers Roskam, Hultgren, and Kinzinger and stun the nation!
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Fall Preview, Election season, Fall preview 2018, Bruce Rauner, J. B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Sara Dady, Adam Kinzinger, Blue Beginnings, resistance, November election, November, politics

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2018
Join Blue Beginning as it sends the Democratic troops into the collar counties

Part of Indivisible Chicago, the organization is a get-out-the-vote campaign focused on Republican-leaning suburbs and municipalities as well neighboring swing states.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, The Trump Era, News, Lauren Underwood, Sara Dady, Sean Casten, Randy Hultgren, Adam Kinzinger, Peter Roskam, Donald Trump, Mike Lenehan, Marj Halperin, Blue Beginning, Indivisible Chicago, the Hideout, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Iowa City, Aaron Rodgers, canvassing, 2018 midterm elections, elections, congressional elections, blue wave, Hideout Chicago, collar counties

Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2018
Assault weapons used to be illegal. What happened?

Why did the U.S. government remove its ban on assault rifles?
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Archive Dive, News, This Will Kill You, Parkland high school shooting, Nikolas Cruz, Orlando, mass shooting, assault weapons ban, Congress, gun violence, Mike Bost, Rodney L. Davis, Randy Hultgren, Adam Kinzinger, Darrin LaHood, Peter Roskam, John Shimkus, Dick Durbin, Mark Kirk, Image

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 4, 2018
Property tax madness!

Homeowners’ rush to avoid losing money on the new Republican tax law is just the latest sign that the system for funding public education remains broken.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, property taxes, Republican tax law, cap on deductions, Chicago Public Schools, Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer’s Office, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Peter Roskam, education funding, Amazon, Peter Bezos, 529 tuition plan, private schools, public schools, Cortland/Chicago River TIF District

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 20, 2017
Amid the horror of Trump and Rauner, there’s some reason for hope

Next year can’t possibly be worse, can it?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Republican tax bill, Peter Roskam, Kentucky, Roy Moore, Doug Jones, Jesse Jackson, Scott Pruitt, EPA, Anne Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Janus case, labor unions, union dues, free riders, anti-union, Michael Madigan, Rahm Emanuel

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
In firing Comey, Trump pulls a Nixon—again

By sacking Comey, Trump shows a defiance of FBI investigators that even Nixon didn't dare.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, History, Donald Trump, James Comey, FBI, Mark Felt, Watergate, All the President's Men, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, Peter Roskam

Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 10, 2017
DuPage Democrats have a chance to unseat Roskam, Trump’s health-care rubber-stamper

The Sixth District congressman could be vulnerable in his 2018 reelection bid.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, News, Peter Roskam, Donald Trump, Trumpcare, Congress, Democrats, Tammy Duckworth, Rahm Emanuel, Amanda Howland, Suzyn Price, Trevor Orsinger, Kelly Mazeski, Becky Anderson, Austin Songer, Dan Rostenkowski

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2017
Video
Four former cops turned aldermen push for police access to assault rifles, and other Chicago news

Also, Heineken acquires the rest of Lagunitas Brewing Co.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, City Council, Ed Burke, Anthony Napolitano, Christopher Taliaferro, Willie Cochran, Chicago Police Department, guns, assault rifles, gun violence, Donald Trump, Peter Roskam, Affordable Care Act, Bruce Rauner, Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Heineken, craft beer, Jesse Jackson, Richard Boykin, Facebook, Facebook Live, Nuevo León, restaurants, Pilsen, Mexican restaurants, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2017
Video
Rauner doesn't think the GOP's Obamacare replacement plan will work in Illinois, and other Chicago news

Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Medicaid, health insurance, Obamacare, Bruce Rauner, Illinois, Chicago Jewish Day School, hate crimes, Cook County, taxes, business, Peter Roskam, City Club of Chicago, Anthony Beale, Broadway, Audra McDonald, Steppenwolf Theatre, concerts, musical theater, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2016
These Illinois elected officials tried to ban assault rifles like the one used by Omar Mateen

The U.S. had an assault weapons ban: What happened?
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: News, Politics, This Will Kill You, Orlando, mass shooting, assault weapons ban, Congress, gun violence, Mike Bost, Rodney L. Davis, Randy Hultgren, Adam Kinzinger, Darrin LaHood, Peter Roskam, John Shimkus, Dick Durbin, Mark Kirk

Blogs, Bleader Jul 22, 2013
The latest from the NRCC and the DCCC: I read it but you don't have to

Mindless drivel from America's two great political parties
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Politics, News, National Republican Congressional Committee, Bill Foster, Andrea Bozek, Brad Schneider, Daniel Lipinski, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Peter Roskam, NRCC, DCCC

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 29, 2012
Akins in our midst?

You don't have to cross the border into Missouri to find politicians with sex and abortion issues
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, abortion, Todd Akin, Illinois Citizens for Life, Dan Lipinski, Bill Lipinski, Peter Roskam, Joe Walsh, Michael McAuliffe, Paul Ryan, forcible rape, Joe Lyons, Criminal Code, sex, Camille Lilly

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2010
Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Endorses Local Candidates

The anti-immigration organization Americans for Legal Immigration PAC supports Peter Roskam and Isaac Hayes.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, Peter Roskam, Isaac Hayes, Teri Newman

Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2008
Note to Homer Glen residents: wear garlic

Dick Cheney to campaign for Marty Ozinga, who's up for Jerry Weller's seat, and other IL political developments.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Dick Cheney, Mark Kirk, Dan Seals, Peter Roskam, Marty Ozinga, John Cullerton, James Clayborne, Jill Morgenthaler

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2007
The Mark Pera insurgency

Daniel Biss isn't the only netroots Democrat making bank online.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Daniel Biss, Mark Pera, Peter Roskam, Dan Lipinski

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Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.

The legacy of the Sun-Times—what's that?

Get rid of rubber-stampers Roskam, Hultgren, and Kinzinger and stun the nation!

Part of Indivisible Chicago, the organization is a get-out-the-vote campaign focused on Republican-leaning suburbs and municipalities as well neighboring swing states.

Why did the U.S. government remove its ban on assault rifles?

Homeowners’ rush to avoid losing money on the new Republican tax law is just the latest sign that the system for funding public education remains broken.

Next year can’t possibly be worse, can it?

By sacking Comey, Trump shows a defiance of FBI investigators that even Nixon didn't dare.

The Sixth District congressman could be vulnerable in his 2018 reelection bid.

Also, Heineken acquires the rest of Lagunitas Brewing Co.

Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.

The U.S. had an assault weapons ban: What happened?

Mindless drivel from America's two great political parties

You don't have to cross the border into Missouri to find politicians with sex and abortion issues

The anti-immigration organization Americans for Legal Immigration PAC supports Peter Roskam and Isaac Hayes.

Dick Cheney to campaign for Marty Ozinga, who's up for Jerry Weller's seat, and other IL political developments.

Daniel Biss isn't the only netroots Democrat making bank online.

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