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Another Rauner staffer caught in offensive Nancy Pelosi Twitter pic

It’s Day 8 of the glorious new Rauner regime and Rauner’s almost “body-man” Ben Tracy has already gotten himself fired on his very first day after racially offensive were discovered on his Twitter feed. Tracy was an intern with the Rauner-funded Illinois Opportunity Project and also worked for the Illinois House GOP. Whatta guy. It’s […]

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Part 5: Was Bruce Rauner an outsider when he ran for Governor? You decide.

I spy with my Illinois Eye Downstate here. Candidate Rauner didn’t disclose his close ties to both Rahm Emanuel and Bill Daley to downstate voters Watch this video.   Here’s part of the transcript.   Question:  What is your connection with Emanuel and also (Bill) Daley wants you to win also? Bruce Rauner:  Bill Daley who […]

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Part 4: Was Bruce Rauner an outsider when he ran for Governor? You decide.

Rauner helps Rahm make $18 million dollars in 2.5 years This is how the magazine The New Yorker put it in December 2015: After Washington, Emanuel made eighteen million dollars in two and a half years as an investment banker. (His buddy Rauner helped get him his job). The political insiders all know that Governor Rauner […]

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Pro-family voters can’t trust Paul Caprio on Rauner, taxes, or…life

Formerly pro-life leader, Paul Caprio is so laughably predictable, you can time his sellouts by a stopwatch. Like this one, where Caprio endorsed Rauner for Governor, despite his pro-abortion position and financial support of Planned Parenthood: Previously, Caprio was “supposedly” this big pro-life leader. Not. This week, the head of Family PAC – or whatever […]

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Part 3: Was Bruce Rauner an outsider when he ran for Governor? You decide.

I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. Rahm and Rauner go way back –  They both have Goldman Sachs connections We know that Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Rauner are good friends.    Not just good friends; they’re so close that Rahm has traveled and stayed at Bruce Rauner’s house for a vacation. You think you […]

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Sold out: Rauner cuts tax hike deal with Illinois Policy Institute

Illinois Republican voters, we’ve been had. Hoodwinked. Duped. Bamboozled. And we have Governor Bruce Rauner, his GOP lieutenants and the Illinois Policy Institute to thank for last week’s permanent 32% income tax increase. We can whine all we want about Madigan and the Democrats but they are doing what Democrats do. We elect Republicans to […]

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The I-74 Divide: Rauner Losing Downstate Over Budget Disaster

I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. Liberal Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is losing downstate voters…and their representatives. Sunday’s defection of 15 Republicans who voted for an end to Illinois’ budget impasse and AGAINST Boss Rauner’s wishes tells the tale. Illinois is still at risk of a credit downgrade to junk status if Rauner […]

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RIGGED GAME: How Rauner, Rahm profit from SEC-censured donor

I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. A rigged game? The largest single donation in Illinois history to a political campaign by a non-candidate was made on May 15, 2017.   The donation was $20,000,000.00 and it was to Citizens for Rauner, Inc.  It was from Ken Griffin, Illinois’ wealthiest resident. This brings his total […]