Chicago on HotAir

Chicago

May 2016

Facing expressway shootings, Chicago prepares for a different kind of Memorial Day

Jazz Shaw May 29, 2016 6:01 PM

Grim milestones

James Comey laments our ‘peculiar indifference’ about rising murder rates

Jazz Shaw May 26, 2016 9:21 AM

Not a subject for polite company, apparently

Sanders: “I come from the working class of America”

Jazz Shaw May 18, 2016 8:41 AM

Really?

Video: TSA and the Chicago 3-hour hustle

Ed Morrissey May 17, 2016 12:41 PM

Time for privatization?

Apr 2016

Guess which three cities account for a two year spike in murder rates?

Jazz Shaw Apr 25, 2016 10:01 AM

Spoiler alert… it’s not Dallas.

ICYMI: Rahm’s police task force just accused the Chicago Police Department of institutional racism

Matt Vespa Apr 20, 2016 7:01 PM

Not good.

Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago PD in hot water again over “spying” on protesters

Jazz Shaw Apr 11, 2016 8:01 AM

Sneaky

A Most Violent Year: Chicago is on track to having 500 homicides for 2016

Matt Vespa Apr 01, 2016 6:01 PM

Worst start to a year in two decades

Mar 2016

“Violence” at Trump rallies is fine for some as long as they start it

Jazz Shaw Mar 16, 2016 2:31 PM

We’re not gonna take it..

Clinton and Sanders both throw Rahm Emanuel under the bus

Jazz Shaw Mar 14, 2016 3:01 PM

Pariah

No First Amendment rights were trampled on in Chicago

Taylor Millard Mar 13, 2016 6:31 PM

CONGRESS shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…

Shaken Rubio on Trump’s rhetoric: This country is coming apart at the seams

Allahpundit Mar 12, 2016 1:01 PM

“There are consequences to [Trump’s rhetoric] and they’re playing out before our very eyes.”

Conservatives align with Black Lives Matter in rush to find blame for Chicago protests

Jazz Shaw Mar 12, 2016 8:31 AM

Wake me when the primary is over

Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders and “that photo”

Jazz Shaw Feb 13, 2016 12:01 PM

Olden times

Chicago teachers union rejects contract offer, will likely go on strike

Jazz Shaw Feb 02, 2016 8:41 PM

This should go swimmingly

Jan 2016

Report: 80% of Chicago cops purposefully destroyed or hid dashcam mics

Taylor Millard Jan 31, 2016 5:01 PM

Corrupt department is corrupt.

Police officer to sue family of teenager he shot

Jazz Shaw Jan 31, 2016 9:31 AM

Um… no.

Chicago on Monday: Sixteen shot in eleven hours, five are killed

Matt Vespa Jan 27, 2016 10:01 PM

Bloody day.

ICYMI: Chicago started 2016 with over 100 people shot in the first ten days

Matt Vespa Jan 20, 2016 10:01 PM

Bloody start

Wait–Rahm’s administration may have botched another police shooting investigation

Matt Vespa Jan 10, 2016 11:01 AM

Chicago.

Hmmm: After city lawyers met with Rahm, they demanded the McDonald family bury the video–offered ‘hush money’

Matt Vespa Jan 09, 2016 4:01 PM

emails show that the mayor knew exactly what was on the tape prior to 2015 runoff

Chicago airport police told to “run and hide” in event of active shooter

Jazz Shaw Jan 03, 2016 11:01 AM

I feel safer already

Dec 2015

Video: “Who gotta go? Rahm gotta go!”

Ed Morrissey Dec 30, 2015 7:01 PM

When a progressive loses Al Sharpton …

Illinois District 211 girls pushing back on “transgender” boy locker room decision

Jazz Shaw Dec 21, 2015 5:11 PM

Unacceptable

Video: Chicago pastors warn of political “friendly fire” as anti-Rahm battle continues

Ed Morrissey Dec 11, 2015 4:41 PM

What if it were Karl Rove?

Video: Illinois legislator pushes bill to allow recall of Rahm Emanuel

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2015 2:01 PM

“Sixteen shots and a cover-up!”

How big is Hillary’s “Rahm problem” now?

Jazz Shaw Dec 06, 2015 9:31 AM

Besties

Rahm Emanuel: I won’t resign because the “voters spoke” in an election I gamed by suppressing the McDonald dashcam video

Allahpundit Dec 02, 2015 3:21 PM

The Chicago way.

U of Chicago emergency closure had more than a little racial bias taking place

Jazz Shaw Dec 01, 2015 6:01 PM

“This is not a joke”

Rahm Emanuel fires his police superintendent over shooting incident

Jazz Shaw Dec 01, 2015 2:41 PM

The fish rots from the head

Nov 2015

An endorsement for #BlackLivesMatter to shut down all commerce in all cities

Jazz Shaw Nov 28, 2015 8:31 AM

Shut ‘er down

Video: The shooting of Laquan McDonald

Allahpundit Nov 24, 2015 8:41 PM

Chicago.

Oct 2015

The Supreme Court may finally rule on “assault weapon” bans

Jazz Shaw Oct 10, 2015 2:31 PM

Let’s get this over with

Sep 2015

Lawsuit filed challenging Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago “Netflix tax”

Mary Katharine Ham Sep 10, 2015 9:31 PM

I want YOU to stop watching Netflix.

Aug 2015

Chicago cop under investigation for telling the truth about Michael Brown

Jazz Shaw Aug 27, 2015 10:41 AM

“We don’t trust you”

Jul 2015

Black and Hispanic Chicago residents represent ‘highest concentration’ of concealed carry permit holders

Matt Vespa Jul 28, 2015 6:41 PM

Second Amendment.

Chicago celebrates 4th of July weekend with 9 dead, 47 wounded

Jazz Shaw Jul 06, 2015 9:21 AM

Wrong kind of fireworks

Jun 2015

Politinerds: Andrew Malcolm, Part 3

Jazz Shaw Jun 12, 2015 10:41 AM

Japan, Canada and Chicago, with some old time secrets about Rahm Emanuel.

Pastor of African-American church in Chicago says Democrats “failing us”

Ed Morrissey Jun 04, 2015 6:41 PM

“How bad do Republicans have to be to lose to death, destruction, and poverty?”

May 2015

Moody’s downgrades Chicago’s credit to junk status as pension reform fails

Jazz Shaw May 13, 2015 10:31 AM

Collapse

Illinois Supreme Court basically buries pension reform

Jazz Shaw May 09, 2015 8:31 AM

Back to the drawing board

Apr 2015

The lesson we can learn from Chicago’s “nonpartisan” election

Jazz Shaw Apr 08, 2015 1:21 PM

No real choices

Another police shooting to be picked apart

Jazz Shaw Apr 07, 2015 10:41 AM

Pro tip: don’t steal a handgun and then run away from the cops

Mar 2015

Chicago union lobbyist sues for pension from working one day as substitute teacher

Jazz Shaw Mar 18, 2015 8:01 PM

Good “work” if you can get it