CJ Fenton

Also I think people have forgotten just how discombobulated Preckwinkle’s campaign was by the end of the runoff. She was absolutely rattled.

Ben Joravsky used to insist that Preckwinkle would have been favored to defeat Rahm if only she’d run in 2015…

If you want the honest answer, Raja has spent the last decade building a base of support in Chicago’s high education, high turnout, very blue suburbs.

Stratton on the other hand has been basically anonymous since her run against Ken Dunkin in ‘16.

We can joke about leftist smoke filled rooms (vape filled rooms?), but power comes from the ability to create coalitions and that ability simply doesn’t exist on the left here in Chicago right now.

Given the source this reads like good news for Biss, but the possibility of Fine winning because too many progressives ran vanity campaigns is unsettling and probably requires a change in strategy next time around.

This “general strike” is so, so LARPy.

Considered switching to Fubo for the local sports channels, but once I accounted for the discounts I got with the bundles through Hulu it was basically the same price as Hulu + Marquee.

if the Sox/Bulls/Hawks make themselves worth my attention again, I may finally switch.

Jesus…

this is the guy who wrote a long, completely unironic piece supporting a stephen a. smith run for president

If to think that’s fun, the North Park Nature Center has a gunshot wound trauma kit inside its clubhouse.

I’m also noticing Google AI straight up hallucinating information a lot lately when I encounter it.

Just irritating for a user standpoint.

I have a note: journalists shouldn’t post AI slop in a time of national crisis

The knowledge of basic civics on this platform is atrocious.

I’m not really sure where his wonk bonafides came from (especially when they came from the r/chicago crowd). People did a lot of wishcasting because he was the only candidate to acknowledge that the CTA exists.

It makes me sad whenever I see that the Reader has been struggling financially because they’ve been one of the few outlets to actually criticize the current mayor from a progressive POV.

In contrast, The Triibe has been behaving as if they work as MBJ’s PR shop.

Old Twitter had “main characters”.

Bluesky has black holes that ingest all the oxygen on this site.

Considering his inability to filter himself from saying stupid stuff is what cost him the runoff in 2023, this is actually probably in everyone’s best interest.

👀

The big question is what will the post-Johnson left look like in this city?

Turnout difference is important too. If the S and W turnout wasn’t abysmal, Lightfoot would have made the runoff.

And the problem with using the runoff map to look at the South and West sides is Johnson was a pretty distant 3rd choice there In the first round. He was just tolerated more than Vallas.

UIC's Tim Shanahan has been defending this type of curriculum, and it's maddening because he's usually been a voice of common sense against some other idiotic ideas in literacy education.

I've actually seen some local teachers arguing that classroom tech is necessary so that kids know how to use iPads for state tests, and no, that is not, in fact true.

Not sure I’d call it savvy when he tried for a property tax increase last year. He’s just flailing at this point.

For all the lamenting about the lack of plowed sidewalks, it’s REALLY bad in the suburbs today.

[astronaut meme]

Always has been.

I don’t know how to break this to people outside Chicago, but Johnson has a sub-20% approval rating and helped start a completely unnecessary feud between the Teachers Union and the SEIU.

If you want to unite the working class, you might want to look elsewhere…

I keep thinking of how much I missed The Freeze every time I see that ad.

Johnson’s people are willing to drown CPS in order to help Brandon out of a pickle with the rest of the city budget.

Not even Vallas was this cynical.

Absolutely shameless.