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Precedented
Precedented
From today’s installment of Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American: “This is the first time in history a former United States president has been indicted, although it is worth remembering that it is not new for our justice system to hold elected officials accountable.” Including a number of Illinois governors.
#Illinois#politics
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Precedented
About last night
About last night
In Illinois: we have a Democratic governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, &c. Voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.
#democracy#Illinois#politics#autocracy
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About last night
Another vote from Mary Miller
Another vote from Mary Miller
My (nominal) representative in Congress, Mary Miller (R, IL-15), was one of fifty-seven House Republicans to vote yesterday against additional emergency appropriations for Ukraine. There’s something about Mary.
#Illinois#politics
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Another vote from Mary Miller
Eww
Eww
Our household’s representative in Congress, Mary Miller (Illinois-15), has been endorsed by Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas.
#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller
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Eww
Miller vs. Davis
Miller vs. Davis
In Illinois’s redrawn 15th Congressional District, Mary Miller, endorsed by a defeated former president, is struggling in her primary race against fellow Republican incumbent Rodney Davis.
#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller
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Miller vs. Davis
Mary Miller again
Mary Miller again
For a third time, Representative Mary Miller (R, Illinois-15) appears in The New Yorker (January 31). She’s mentioned in Jane Mayer’s long, revealing article about Virginia Thomas, the hard-right activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
#democracy#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller#autocracy
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Mary Miller again
Useful reading
Useful reading
A ten-point checklist from Samuel L. Perry, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma: How can we spot #ChristianNationalism in the wild? My representative in Congress, Mary Miller (R, Illinois-15), hits on at least eight of ten.
#democracy#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller#autocracy
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Useful reading
Nuts in Illinois
Nuts in Illinois
My representative in Congress is hosting another member of Congress, the xenophobic space-laser Q lady, at a July fund-raising event in a nearby city.
#Illinois#politics
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Nuts in Illinois
The Millers in Esquire
The Millers in Esquire
Congresswoman Mary Miller has now made it into Esquire as a member of the Sedition Caucus. Also appearing in a supporting role: her husband (and Illinois state representative) Chris. The Millers’ ignominious appearance in Esquire joins previous appearances in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair.
#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller
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The Millers in Esquire
Another Mary Miller vote
Another Mary Miller vote
Mary Miller (Illinois-15) was one of twenty-one Republican members of the House of Representatives who voted yesterday against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to all police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6. The measure passed with 406 votes.
#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller
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Another Mary Miller vote
Mary Miller on a billboard
Mary Miller on a billboard
In Effingham, Illinois, the heart of Illinois’s fifteenth congressional district, the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association has rented a billboard to share Representative Mary Miller’s words with the world.
#Illinois#politics#MaryMiller
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Mary Miller on a billboard
Tammy Duckworth responds
Tammy Duckworth responds
In The New York Times, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) responds to attacks on her patriotism from the Trump* world.
#Illinois#politics
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Tammy Duckworth responds
Shimkus
Shimkus
My representative in Congress, John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), has announced that he will not seek reelection. Good riddance.
#Illinois#politics
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Shimkus
Toilet trouble
Toilet trouble
From WBEZ, Chicago: “Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, his wife and his brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax appeal that dogged him during his gubernatorial campaign last year.”
#Illinois#politics
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Toilet trouble
Public Official A
Public Official A
A new podcast series from WBEZ, Chicago: Public Official A, the rise and fall of the now-imprisoned Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois.
#Illinois#politics
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Public Official A
Defunding public higher education
Defunding public higher education
The American Federation of Teachers examines the result of cuts to higher education in Illinois (41% since FY 2000): layoffs, program elimination, increased tuition, lower enrollments.
#education#Illinois#politics
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Defunding public higher education
Not exactly a profile in courage
Not exactly a profile in courage
Our representative in Congress, John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), commenting on the possibility of Chinese tariffs on soybeans and other crops: “I’m just a legislator.”
#Illinois#politics
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Not exactly a profile in courage
Illinois in the NYT
Illinois in the NYT
The Times casts the Democratic primary as a contest between just two viable candidates, Kennedy and J.B. Pritzker, a millionaire and a billionaire.
#Illinois#NewYorkTimes#politics
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Illinois in the NYT