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@Stephanie_Skora
You are truly fucking ridiculous. You think these privileged, rich white kids have accomplished something? Most people I know are watching the protests and laughing. Their spokesperson today demanded Columbia feed the kids that took over their building. It’s hilarious.
Breaking News 🚨
We are ready to make the call in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s race. It is clear to us that there are not enough outstanding ballots for Harris to make up his 11,000 vote deficit so we declare Eileen Burke the winner.
Breaking News 🚨
We are ready to call the results for the transfer tax referendum. With 96% of votes counted and a 24,000 vote margin the referendum is defeated. No other way to look at this result than as a complete rebuke of Mayor Johnson’s Left agenda and governing style.
Mayor, this can’t continue. No amount of social workers, teachers or counselors is going to fix this problem. This is a policing issue and if you can’t see that then it is going to be a very long and sad next three years
The scene last night where mobs of teens (not the Al Capone kind) took over the streets of the South Loop in
#Chicago
2 people were shot, 1 dead in this mayhem that lasted for hours
Burke won or over performed in 9 Chi wards represented by Progressive Alders. Nearly 20% of the city. Martin 47, Vasquez 40, Rodriguez Sanchez 33, LaSpata 1, Burnett 27, Ramirez 12, Gutierrez 14, Clay 46 and Manaa-Hoppenworth 48. Voters are telling you something. I would listen
Now that everyone agrees Burke will win the SA race it is time for the CBOE and Cook County to review how they count ballots and how they report information to the public. A thorough review by outside election experts should be undertaken to renew public trust in the system
Enough already w Kim Foxx. 30 businesses a night are broken into becuz criminals don’t fear prosecution and now illegal gun possession will not be prosecuted if the gun was found during a minor traffic stop?! I hate to agree w the Trib but this is crazy
@theminorchords
I want peace in the Middle East and the creation of a Palestinian state but this genocide talk is utterly ridiculous. Just stop already. The combination of combatant and civilian deaths comes to one third of one percent of the Palestinian population. This is not genocide
Dirty little secret about DSA Chicago is that it is overwhelmingly made up of white, 20 somethings who are furious that they are being gentrified out of Logan Square after they already gentrified Latinos out of the neighborhood. They were hoping their gentrification would stick
Earlier this weekend, our members wrote 500 postcards to encourage voters to VOTE YES for Ballot Question 1,
@BringChiHome
, on or before March 19th! Together, we will
#TaxTheRich
to build affordable housing for Chicago's working class.
This is the problem. The Mayor comes out of a sectarian movement, insulated from reality. After a crushing defeat, most politicians would tell voters he heard the message loud and clear and he will change course appropriately. MBJ wants to continue the fight. Just stop, Buddy
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Bring Chicago Home as it appears headed for defeat:
“I’m very much committed, the fight still goes on,” he says. “We’re going to keep organizing.”
Breaking News 🚨
AP has just called the SA race for Eileen O’Neill Burke. We called the race last week knowing the remaining ballots were not likely to be enough to give the race to Harris. Let’s see what Harris does now. He is unlikely to concede.
This map shows how redlining still exists in Chicago. A majority of Northsiders are so desperate to live in particular communities that they will pay almost any price for the privilege. Logic dictates that some of these people would look elsewhere for housing. why don’t they?
New construction single-family home sales across the North Side over the last year. Of the 76 SFHs sold within this map, only three were under $1 million — two were in Albany Park and one was in Avondale.
So our Mayor’s response to a question about 71 people being shot over the weekend is to blame it on anyone who opposes his policies? Stfu and go away. MBJ’s incompetence is staggering and is costing people their lives.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is asked whether or not he plans on making changes to his summer safety strategy after 71 people were shot over the weekend and a 7 year old was shot and killed today in
#Chicago
.
He responds by saying that it's "unfortunate that we have people fighting my
SOS race maybe effectively over by January 1st. Rumors that major candidate might not file candidacy if Giannoulias keeps piling up endorsements and $.
BREAKING: IL SOS candidate Alexi
@Giannoulias
reported over 6x as much money as his opponents at the end of the quarter, along with the vast majority of union and progressive endorsements. RT this and follow him if you’re committed to keeping Secretary of States offices blue.
Jackson, it is time to man up and stop your incessant whining about how your Mayor is being treated. Your depiction of the Governor’s remarks are completely off base. In your eyes the Mayor is a hero but for many more he is an increasingly seen as a incompetent ideologue.
But then you go to criticize a Black Mayor standing up for civilians being bombarded by US munitions because he didn't say that white lives matter in the same sentence. Hypocrisy?
@DanielLaSpata
And I helped elect you. Rest assured you will be on the top of some target lists next election. I am pro ceasefire but that resolution was so one-sided and the way you and your colleagues conducted yourselves was an embarrassment to the city.
Hey Byron, I strongly believe in freedom of speech even if it offends me. But an elected official giving a speech in front of a burned American flag is a bad look. Maybe you can criticize your government without offending people. Posters, keep comments civil
Nothing to see here, folks… Just our local socialist DSA alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez ranting in front of a burned American flag (second picture). What a disgrace to our city.
Single largest measles outbreak in North America is right here in Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez’s migrant shelter. Instead of fighting over who is and who isn’t a fascist how about take care of the migrants in your care. That is what a public servant would do.
10 new Measles cases yesterday, 10 new cases today, 52 total at Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez’s migrant shelter. Outbreak worsening.
Meanwhile, he’s running around with anarchists burning flags and trying to cancel the DNC.
Pilsen needs new leadership, stat.
Stacey Davis Gates’ hand picked candidate for congress, Melissa Conyers Ervin, in the Mayor’s home congressional district getting destroyed by Danny Davis 50-20.
Mayor Johnson believes selective enrollment high schools that are 33% white constitute segregated schools. Give me some petitions for the recall measure. I will get every person I know to circulate. This man and his radical agenda have got to go.
There are a lot of things a mayor must do. Some are small like lighting the Christmas tree. Some are big like showing up when a police officer is murdered. MBJ needs to explain why he was unable to stand w his police chief to announce the murder of an officer.
This is indicative of the overall decline of Chicago Tonight. WTTW once had the best and brightest including Calloway and Marin. Now it is a bunch of pup reporters who all seem like they are fresh out of the Tulsa market. Mihalopolous is the only guest that knows the city
This is a fascinating poll conducted by Harvard. The war in Gaza ranked 15th out of 16 issues polled. Shows how a small group of activists can drive media coverage without actually moving people’s views.
@AldermanHopkins
If a ballot doesn’t have a postmark on it how do you count it? Need an explanation from CBOE. Lawyers may need to go to court on this one.
@Stephanie_Skora
Is this the same Stephanie that made baseless claims about Burke the day before the election? Come on. It isnt a conspiracy theory to ask for transparency and accountability around our elections. And you aren’t exactly an impartial observer. Aren’t you an appointee of MBJ?
Lost in all the flag burning hub bub was the fact that Alderman Sichgo Lopez chose to speak at a rally sponsored by a group that calls US Imperialism the greatest threat to human life on Earth and has a goal of cancelling the DNC. Gotta show better judgement Alderman.
#VotingRights
are fundamental to our democracy. This brings our state closer to realizing the goal equal ballot access for all - a goal that will be a top priority for me as Secretary of State.
I hope people understand what this seemingly innocuous post really means. It shows that President Preckwinkle has to lobby City Council to get votes for the Mayor. She is acting as his head of Intergovernmental Affairs because the administration can’t get the votes themselves
Yes Daniel, you are so much smarter than the Black and Brown Alders who say their communities benefit from Shotspotter. They must have been bamboozled by lobbyists. White privilege much, Brother?
I support any and every violence prevention investment proven to be reliable and effective. ShotSpotter is neither of those things and I refuse to watch their lobbyists fool Chicago into more of a failed technology.
Can someone explain what the County and CBOE are doing? The public has been given no explanation about the data being released and when the count will be finished. It seems like they are so afraid of giving out bad information that they have decided to tell us nothing instead
Every Socialist in the city is saying the homeless referendum is still on the ballot and will be appealed. First, votes cast for the referendum will not be counted. Second, only the BOE has standing in the case and can appeal the ruling. It is not known if the BOE will appeal
The stupidity of the Far Left in this town is blinding. This statement is akin to saying the safest neighborhoods in Chicago don’t have crime. By this logic we only have to remove Shotspotter to turn every neighborhood into Lincoln Park. If only we knew earlier.
“The safest neighborhoods in Chicago don’t have ShotSpotter,” says
@kennedy_bartley
, executive director of UWF... “They have good schools, they have good jobs. They have homes. And that’s what we believe that all 77 community areas in Chicago deserve.”
Cook County announced at a 3:00 pm press conference on Friday that they had 33k Dem ballots left to count. They certainly could have gotten more delivered since then by the postal service. Needless to say, lots of ballots left to count in the suburbs.
Actually the City of Chicago has been one of the biggest contributors to Chicago’s housing shortage with CHA sitting on a $700 mil surplus and the city development program Invest South/West sitting on $400 mil. Over $1 billion the city didn’t spend on housing right there
“These opponents of Bring Chicago Home claim they are concerned about the cost of housing, but the ugly truth is that their own practices have been affecting housing costs for decades.”
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@LB_HopeCenter
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@LTBcoalition
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@MaryAnnAhernNBC
@ChicagosMayor
That is appropriate but the Mayor has additional obligations. One is to all Chicagoans. There is an expectation that the Mayor will stand w the police chief and announce to the city that a police officer has been killed. It isn’t one or the other. Both are his responsibility
So, now the Mayor wants Byron Sigcho Lopez to be the zoning chair of City Council?! Is the Mayor crazy? These developers do not want to deal with the likes of Byron. This will end development in Chicago for the next 3 years. They will just built elsewhere
Kroll, good point. Why does Rep. Buckner have to call on CTA to fix itself while Mayor Brandon Johnson, who controls the CTA board, says and does nothing. The same can be said of CHA. MBJ controls the CHA which has a $700 million surplus . Make them help house the homeless
The day after voters reject the Mayor’s signature policy initiative he warns us to buckle up for a rocky ride? He is the Mayor of Chicago not the organizer in chief. Could Stacy please take her organizer back? This has become ridiculous.
A defiant Brandon Johnson vowed to keep fighting for a dedicated revenue source to combat homelessness and warned anyone who might assume that one defeat will make him put the brakes on his progressive agenda to “buckle up” for a rocky ride.
@BlockClubCHI
@MorganEliseJ
Does anyone think they should have been pulled over by the cops? Seems like The Tribe wants to talk about anything but why Mr Reed shot a police officer at a simple traffic stop. Whether that traffic stop was warranted or not.
@peoplesfabric
You guys were wrong on just about everything including your turnout prediction which we told you was too high. Now you want to play games w an estimated vote differential. Ok, you are right but tell us where Harris finds the votes to win when maybe 40k VBM ballots get counted
Hey Jackson, now that you lost everything you touched this election you are back to posting your old Leftie tropes. What are you defending Byron from, his own stupidity?
The incompetence of the Johnson Administration is truly staggering. Shutting down cooling centers in the middle of a heat wave is beyond stupid. Chicago shuts down cooling centers on fourth day of heat wave - Chicago Sun-Times
@alex__han
Byron has every right to stand over a burned American flag and give a speech attacking the US government but there are consequences to such actions. Many people find that sort of thing offensive especially coming from an elected official. Let’s not act outraged when people react
Election judges will process and count additional Vote By Mail ballots tomorrow, Saturday, 3/23/24.
Approximately another 13K VBM votes are expected to be added to unofficial results tomorrow, Saturday, 3/23/24.
The Mayor’s new message genius, formerly of Senator Fetterman’s staff, has picked up where the WFP loons left off and his attacking the local press. Great reset for the Mayor w the city’s press corps
We may have been premature. Might be able to call both the referendum and State’s Attorney’s race tonight. It is clear that the Mayor is incredibly unpopular and his political organization is weak at best.
If the Mayor had used his position to reach a compromise resolution he could have avoided this kind of conflict. These are the sort of wounds that never heal.
NEW: Scathing letter from three Jewish elected leaders explaining to
@ChicagosMayor
why they’re refusing his request for meeting next week. Read it here⬇️