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 Thursday, Feb 8 Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker said he wasn't his "best self" in that 2008 phone call with then-Gov. Rod Blagoejvich in which the two men discussed African-Americans who could potentially fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. But what about during that 2012 TV interview about Obama? Or on Tuesday, when he walked back what he said in that interview? Was Pritzker his "best self" then? |
| Democratic leaders like Michael Madigan, Joe Berrios, Ed Burke and the Daley clan have used their power to benefit themselves and their allies, often at the expense of taxpayers. This progressive Democrat is sick of it. |
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| Chicago's tradition of dibs on snowbound parking spaces shouldn't be disturbed, but it could be improved. |
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| How does the Rust Belt become the Water Belt? Through three steps that need to begin now. |
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| There's a Holocaust denier running for Congress in Illinois. How did this happen? |
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| Self-described "values" champions have put women and girls on the back burner in support of Donald Trump and his White House staff. |
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| The heads of Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway have rattled Washington and the country's health care industry by declaring they would form an independent health care company for their employees. |
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| Check out the latest cartoons by Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. |
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