House Republicans expand Biden impeachment inquiry

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Mark Dice: Fact checking the "fact checkers" - This is beyond RIDICULOUS!

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'NO CLUE': AOC ripped for 'utterly ignorant' Christmas message

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From Da Tech Guy: Taxpayers should be able to sue crooked politicians for their corruption

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From my post at Da Tech Guy: Taxpayers should be able to sue crooked politicians for their corruption.

"Christmas Time's A'Coming" by Bill Monroe

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Jonathan Turley: This is a bridge too far for democracy

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Corruption, nepotism, and gerrymandering: Ed Burke, found guilty today, personifies Illinois politics

With the exception of fellow Southwest Side Chicago Democrat Boss Michael Madigan--he was the Illinois speaker of the House and Democratic Party chairman for decades--no other person personifies the rancid sinkhole of Illinois politics more than Edward Burke.

This afternoon Burke was convicted of more than a dozen corruption charges, including bribery and racketeering, in federal court. 

For 54 years, Burke was alderman of the repeatedly gerrymandered 14th Ward. Over the decades Burke's  Irish Catholic base died or moved to the suburbs or Tennessee. Hispanics replaced them, but cartographers with the talents of Picasso kept Burke in power.

Who was alderman before Burke? Well, Ed's dad, Joseph, who died in 1969. That's so long ago that the Beatles were still together when the younger Burke, who is now 79, was elected to the City Council. In '69, Major League Baseball was in its first year of division play, and there were two professional football leagues, the AFL and the NFL. 

Ancient times.

For much of his time in the City Council, Burke was chairman of the powerful Finance Committee. Only Chicago's mayor has more power than the Finance Committee chair. 

Burke used that post to operate as a shakedown artist. 

Did I leave anything out?

Nepotism. 

Yeah, yeah, they were elected, but I'm sure there were more qualified candidates that could have served in their posts than these Burkes.

Burke's wife Anne is a retired Illinois Supreme Court Justice who was chief justice for a stint.

Did the Burkes file joint tax returns?

Ed's brother Dan is a former state representative. 

Sentencing for Ed Burke is scheduled for June.

As for Boss Madigan, he's under indictment on a slew of corruption charges. 

Since the early 1970s, 38 members of Chicago's City Council have been convicted of crimes.

Chicago's sports teams are rotten--but the city is number one in corruption.

Illinois and Chicago continue to lose population.

Hmm.

Term limits? Hello? Is anyone listening? Term limits?

Chicago hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1931.

Gutfeld: Democrats are 'freaking out' over this

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Mark Dice: Trump banned from 2024 Ballot! Here's what happens next

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UPDATE: One migrant boy living in Chicago shelter dies, four other migrant children housed there hospitalized

Here's an update on my blog post yesterday about the death on Sunday of a 5-year-old migrant boy at a shelter on Chicago's Southwest Side.

As I predicted, the national media is showing little interest so far in this tragedy. There's a narrative they have to protect.

But there is more bad news from that shelter.

From ABC Chicago:

Four more children and a teenager were also taken to local hospitals to have illnesses treated. A 1-year-old girl was transported to UIC from the same shelter with fever and vomiting, the Chicago Fire Department said.

The girl's condition was not immediately known.

A 4-year-old girl was taken to Insight Hospital and Medical Center with a fever, CFD said; a few hours later, an 8-year-old girl was taken to Insight with a fever as well.

A 1-year-old girl was taken to UIC Hospital with a fever, according to CFD.

A woman at the shelter told ABC Chicago about the boy who died and the conditions at the shelter.

"The ambulance took a while and the boy turned purple," she said. "They did not give him first aid. There is no first aid kits. There is no medicine to reduce the fever."

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