Articles filed under Politics
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A proposal for a less 'stupid' system of regional primariesFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - A few weeks after the 2000 presidential election, when Al Gore won the popular vote but George Bush won the Electoral College vote with a push from the Supreme Court, a ...
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We've cut too deepFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - "Same knife cut the sheep cut the goat" - Cajun singer Horace Trahan, from the song of the same name. You don't learn to cover government by covering the United States g...
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Analysis: Iowa caucus app is latest example of politicos building faulty tech with disastrous resultsFeb 08, 2020 5:18 am - The Iowa caucus debacle is just the latest example of politicos building faulty technology - with serious political consequences. Professional technologists shuddered at...
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FACT CHECK: What Democrats got wrong and right in New Hampshire debateFeb 07, 2020 4:30 am - WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday in their New Hampshire debate. Amy Klobuch...
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Palestinians should give Trump peace plan a chanceFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - President Donald Trump's brilliant plan for Mideast peace has triggered a sandstorm of negativity and deflection from the regular naysayers who attack anything the presi...
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President's property tax appeal on Trump Tower under investigationFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - Mired in delays for seven years, President Donald Trump's appeal for a refund of at least $1 million on his Chicago skyscraper is now the subject of two state investigat...
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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...
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Never Trump challengers fail first big testFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - AMES, Iowa - For six months, some of President Donald Trump's most implacable foes have invested great hope in two Republicans - former Rep. Joe Walsh and former Massach...
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McHenry County College investigating after Turning Point event flyers replaced with Antifa postersFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - A Reddit thread, an anti-fascist flyer and a conservative student organization are pieces of an ongoing McHenry County College and campus police investigation. Officials...
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How Hinsdale students booked all 5 GOP Senate candidates for forumFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Getting multiple candidates for an office as high-profile as U.S. Senate to commit to be in the same place at the same time is a challenge for even the most seasoned pol...