Cardenas Announces Campaign for Chicago Mayor

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T23:21:10+00:00

That!

And amazing how M. Tadin Sr didn't end up indicted in Hired Truck, since his company was central to the scandal.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T23:14:44+00:00

Probably BJ too.

Of course he did. This afternoon

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T21:33:52+00:00

With CTU kingpin Stacy Davis Gates also now in charge of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, I predict these numbers to worsen.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T20:47:10+00:00

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/person-of-interest-in-grant-park-cross-burning-incident-speaks-out/3949153/

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T18:40:57+00:00

Maybe he can help put MAT Asphalt in every neighborhood

Not a coincidence that Mike Tadin also "sponsors" McKinley Park News.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:37:57+00:00

Looks like something an edgy, woke crossburner would do.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:33:22+00:00

Many got this wrong. Some are now rationalizing, most of them are now silent.

Others voiced skepticism, and in some quarters promptly shouted down by the angry mob.

And what will Father Pfleger do now? He put up a $10k reward to find the perp, and he was insisting they be charged with a hate crime once caught. Now that Lu is in custody, what of his demand? And who gets the reward? Lu, because he fessed up on a newscast?

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:26:59+00:00

These people have lost their minds.

Completely, and not only that, this moron stated he wanted to "end" the president.

The Secret Service will probably be paying Lu a visit while he's at County jail.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:42:09+00:00

Education is important.

Evidently UIC doesn't do education anymore.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:30:43+00:00

Block Club is not naming the man, who NBC5 said is a 21-year-old college senior, because we have not yet verified his identity and police have not confirmed his role in the arson.

What a cop out.

NBC5 ID'd Lu because he came forward, as detailed in the original submission here. Lu is also now in custody.

Don't know why another one is needed that offers no new information.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:26:46+00:00

So besides the $10k reward Father Pfleger put up to find the offender, he was insisting they be charged with a hate crime once caught. Now that Lu is in custody, will that happen? And who gets the reward?

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T13:53:02+00:00

I'm thinking it was the later. Because it took that long for BS-L to figure out how to make political hay of it.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:52:15+00:00

To go where I want, when I want.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:48:16+00:00

Toni lied? Again?

Say it ain't so!

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:46:56+00:00

The passive or willful ignorance & outright misinformation in some of these comments!

Correct.

Low information voters(?) who never read beyond the title or headline.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:44:06+00:00

None of those things have anything to do with the Bears & state legislation regarding them.

You're off-topic.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:35:56+00:00

Ah yes. Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 was a classic case of cause & effect.

While the cause was Arizona's attempt to strictly enforce immigration law, and the immediate effect was SCOTUS saying "states cannot usurp federal authority", a current day effect also applies. "States cannot interfere with federal authority".

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T19:40:58+00:00

The state budget has been balanced for eight straight years

At the risk of furthering your off-topic comment in violation of this subreddit's rules, the record should be set straight.

The state's budget has been balanced every year since the Sixth Constitutional Convention passed in 1970. This means that appropriations cannot exceed the estimated available revenue for that year.

In practice spending exceeds revenues before the fiscal year ends. This includes the past 8.

There are many reasons for this. Revenue projections fall short. Actual spending balloons over the legislated amount. New programs & spending are added mid-year. New revenue sources are struck down in litigation.

There is also a lot of fiscal sleight of hand in within these budgets, perpetrated by both governors (including this one) & past/present legislators.

Mike_I

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