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Chicago Becomes First Major City to Collect ‘Netflix tax’…

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Chicago is the first major city to collect what’s dubbed the “Netflix tax.” The Windy City has raked in $2 million after imposing a 9 percent tax on companies like Sony and Fandango. The four-year old tax whose name comes from targetting streaming entertainment services is gaining attention from other cities and states. “This is […]

“Nigerian Brothers” Sue Smollett Attorneys for Defamation…

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Two Lakeview men who police and prosecutors said helped TV star Jussie Smollett stage a bogus hate crime on Jan. 29th have filed a defamation suit against the actor’s Hollywood-based attorneys. The complaint filed this morning in Chicago’s federal courthouse seeks more than $75,000 each for Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo and Abimbola “Bola” Osundairo from attorneys […]

Foxx Aide Falsely Blames Chicago PD Detectives for Smollett Leak, Calls Cops ‘the Worst’…

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The Cook County state’s attorney’s office late Tuesday released hundreds of text messages and over 3,000 pages of often-duplicitous emails related to the Jussie Smollett hoax hate crime case. CWBChicago has summarized our review of the materials in Twitter threads here and here. Our reporting makes a number of appearances in the produced documents. In […]

Lori Lightfoot Makes Chicago History — a Fed as Mayor…

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Now that Lori Lightfoot is mayor-elect of Chicago, many voices will tell you how history was made: The first African-American woman elected mayor of Chicago, a lesbian, and a reformer in a corrupt city. Lori, with that devilishly dry sense of humor, in the town historically bossed by pink guys. You think that’s historic, and […]

Dueling Protests Held in Response to Kim Foxx and Jussie Smollett…

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Hundreds of opposing protesters converged in front of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s downtown office Monday, continuing the fierce and divisive reaction to prosecutors’ decision to drop all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. Members of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police rallied outside the Cook County Administration Building, many wearing buttons that read […]

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