Articles filed under Politics
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Afghanistan lessons for Americans and the worldJul 06, 2021 1:00 am - "The partnership between Afghanistan and the United States is not ending." That was President Joe Biden's declaration of support as he met on June 25 with Afghanistan le...
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Editorial: Unable to manage it, Illinois gives your money awayJul 04, 2021 11:00 pm - Let's see if we understand this. Because of the combination of a record volume of unemployment claims due to the pandemic, unquantifiable identity theft fraud and the st...
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New York mayoral primary shows split between Democratic constituenciesJul 04, 2021 1:00 am - New York City's notoriously incompetent election officials have not finished tabulating the votes in the June 22 Democratic primary, with its novel ranked choice voting ...
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President Biden coming to Crystal Lake on WednesdayJul 03, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden is heading to Crystal Lake next week, according to a member of his communications staff. On Saturday evening, Matt Hill, Biden's senior associate com...
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Let's make a deal - to abdicate responsibilityJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - If you follow the news, you may be under the impression that nothing ever gets done in Congress and that Democrats and Republicans can't agree on any serious legislation...
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Drag all the rioters out into the light of justiceJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - A guy was killed not too far from my house the other day. He died on the sidewalk across the street from a park in a neighborhood where poverty and despair walk down the...
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Drag all the rioters out into the light of justiceJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion A guy was killed not too far from my house the other day. He died on the sidewalk across the street from a park in a neighborhood where poverty and de...
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The complex questions modern court must ask regarding assault weaponsJul 01, 2021 1:00 am - California's ban on assault weapons is back on the books, at least for now. After a federal district court decided that the ban on AK-47s was a "failed policy" that had ...
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On race, can we all lighten up?Jul 01, 2021 1:00 am - On a beautiful Sunday morning, I was out of town for a business meeting in the city of Santa Barbara, California, an affluent area where the rich and famous live. Demogr...
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A run-of-the-mill Capitol riot caseJun 30, 2021 1:00 am - So far, the Justice Department has charged more than 450 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. You hear a lot about the cases of those accused of violent a...