Officials with the Obama Foundation will circumvent onerous federal standards by creating an online archive for the forthcoming Barack Obama Presidential Center instead of a traditional paper archive. Utilizing a digitized presidential library also means not having to pay fees to the National Archives and Records Administration for management of the library, reports the Chicago […]
500th Person Shot to Death in Chicago This Year…
A man shot dead early Friday evening was the 500th person to be killed in city gun violence since the start of the year on a weekend that has left three others wounded in shootings across Chicago. The city reached 500 shooting homicides about a week later than it did last year, on Sept. 29, […]
Unanimous Vote Makes Denver America’s Newest Sanctuary City…
Illinois Becomes Sanctuary State…
Rauner signed the sanctuary state bill into law on Monday, making it illegal for law enforcement to arrest or detain illegal aliens solely based on their immigration status, the Chicago Tribune noted. The new law will essentially make it impossible for Illinois police to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Black Chicagoans Say Leave Washington Statue Alone (VIDEO)…
In the fallout of the Charlottesville, VA, rally over the removal of a Robert E. Lee monument, Bishop James Dukes, a pastor, is calling for the name of Chicago’s Washington Park to change and for the removal of the park’s monument to our nation’s first president, George Washington. Chicago community organizer Paul McKinley…
Chicago Alderman Says Lincoln Bust Torched…
Rahm Using Sanctuary City Lawsuit Against Trump To Distract From $55 Million Scandal…
Here’s some friendly advice to President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Remember that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is – well, let’s just say it – a liar. A calculating Chicago politician. He’s well-schooled in the sordid mores of “the Chicago Way.” So don’t be fooled by Rahm’s fake lawsuit against the Department of Justice. […]
ICE Chief Lists Worst Sanctuary Cities: Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Philadelphia…
In a broadside on sanctuary cities that harbor criminal illegal immigrants, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement called them “un-American” and cited the worst: Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Sanctuary cities, in my opinion, are un-American,” said Thomas D. Homan in an interview with Secrets. By harboring criminal illegal immigrants, […]
Grand Jury Indicts 3 Cops for Alleged Cover-Up of Fatal Shooting of Laquan McDonald…
Multiple felony indictments have come down against one current and two former Chicago police officers. A special prosecutor says they went beyond the “code of silence” and conspired to obstruct justice after the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald. Chicago Police detective David March and patrol officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney each face felony […]
Chicago Logs Its 200th Homicide of the Year…
The woman pleaded with police. Could they bring her the jacket of the man lying dead on the street so she could see if it was her brother? A white sheet covered the body along Garfield Boulevard in Washington Park, and Chicago police cars blocked whatever view might have given her some clues. Soon her […]