Tag: Chicago crime rates

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On Saturday September 6, 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social, channelled his inner Lieutenant Colonel William “Bill” Kilgore from Apocalypse Now, and wrote “I love the smell of deportations in the morning.” (more…)

Lori Lightfoot

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Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders…
— Carl Sandburg, “Chicago”

“City of Big Shoulders”, did you say, Carl? (more…)