Beetlejuice is back in a strange, conflicted way

 was it was always just about the money?

Bally’s has hired former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm to help potentially sue Chicago for violating the casino host agreement that she negotiated as mayor — a suit that would be based on the city’s decision to legalize video gambling terminals.

“We are pleased to have built an excellent and knowledgeable team here in

Getting tired of this guy

 

Not a good mayor

Furthermore, the talent pool to replace him is not very deep. 

Democrats = Socialist AKA Communist

Panic Sets In: Dems Tailspin As They Realize The Hostile Socialist Takeover Already Started

"Why aren’t people in the party standing up to these folks?"
Jun 27, 2026



Less than a week after Democratic socialists swept several races in New York’s primaries, the memo appears to have gone out to the more moderate Democrats: the socialists aren’t just coming, they’re already here — and the threat is coming from inside the house.

Three candidates backed by New York City’s Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their respective primaries on Tuesday — and two of them defeated incumbent Democrats to do it — but the one raising the most eyebrows is Darializa Avila Chevalier.

Soft as Puppy S...

 

ABDICATION IS NEXT 

Failed as a husband, father and now as a king.  

Less than good

 

I just ate lunch at a local Wendy's and I have to say "never again". The hamburgers, which used to be among the best, shrunk about 25% since the last time I was there. It wasn't fresh either, as I thought the bun had been frozen and was stale. They need to bring back Dave. 

He bumped into him

Killer of Northern Trust bank executive convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2023 Mag Mile attack

 
“Failure to treat, failure to protect” follow-up: Cook County Circuit Judge Charles Burns rejected a first-degree murder conviction Thursday for Henry Graham because of longstanding Illinois court rulings that attackers in one-punch deaths aren’t presumed to know their actions could result in a killing.
By Frank Main
Jun 25, 2026, 3:21pm CDT




Henry Graham was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in a 2023 attack that was among a series of unprovoked attacks in the Loop involving suspects who had cycled in and out of jail, prison and he mental health system.

China

 

Has anyone noticed that we haven't heard the word "China" in the media, during the past few weeks?

A theft at City Hall, imagine that

The case of the missing City Hall artwork: Where's the painting that hung in top Lightfoot aide's office?

 
When a top aide to former Mayor Lori Lightfoot left his job in 2023, a taxpayer-owned painting disappeared from his City Hall office. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s aides say they have no idea where it is and what happened to it.

By Tim Novak and Robert Herguth





A painting created by artist Bill Cass in the 1980s. Sold to the city of Chicago, it is now missing.

A painting that’s been in City Hall’s sprawling collection of public art since the 1980s and was last known to have been hanging in the office of a top aide to former Mayor Lori Lightfoot is missing.

It’s an abstract work that artist Bill Cass says represented his exploration of “storytelling,” especially

This can't hurt

Mayor Johnson embraces proposal for a stand-alone city Department of Gun Violence Reduction

Mayor Brandon Johnson endorsed the idea following a Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend marred by an outbreak of violence that left eight people dead and dozens wounded.
By Fran Spielman
Jun 23, 2026, 2:01pm CDT




Nadine Porrata of the Community Health Response Corps closes her eyes in prayer while holding up a sign during a press conference at City Hall this week to promote the notion of a proposed Department of Gun Violence Reduction.

Community leaders have been pressuring Chicago mayors for more than a decade to create a stand-alone city department focusing exclusively on reducing and preventing gun violence, but they now have a champion in Mayor Brandon Johnson.