Chicago

Fast food nihilism, CRISPR kits and dead head transplants + this day in history w/the murder of Natalie Wood and our song of the day by Ty Segall on your Morning Monarchy for November 29, 2017.

Incumbents always-- always-- circle the wagons around other incumbents of their own party who are challenged in primaries. Even when they know the incumbent being challenged is a corrupt bucket of slime bringing disrepute on the party and on Congress, incumbents will turn their backs on worthy challengers. Have any elected officials given Tim Canova a hand against Wasserman Schultz?

As temperatures drop and the winter months near, the city of Chicago remains committed to ensuring homeless individuals are unable to erect “Tent Cities” in the Uptown area of the city near Lake Shore Drive. Authorities also contend the city has no obligation to offer alternative housing for homeless individuals.
The Chicago Police Department is prohibiting any “protest tent encampments” in Uptown and anyone who attempts to setup tents will be subject to arrest, as of September 19.

An Illinois man claims three intoxicated, on-duty Chicago cops made racist comments and attacked him and his fiancée in a City Hall elevator, landing the man in jail on what was supposed to be his wedding day.
“On what should have been one of the happiest days of his life, plaintiff Joseph Baskins was instead subjected to a nightmare that would last three years,” according to a complaint filed Thursday in Chicago federal court by attorney Josh Loevy of Loevy & Loevy.

Love ingredients, pest resistance and biblical breweries + this day in history w/the AIDS quilt and our song of the day by Tristen & Jenny Lewis on your Morning Monarchy for October 11, 2017.

Legendary private investigator Pat McKenna joins me once again to discuss our favorite topic, the OJ Simpson trial. We start off by discussing OJ’s imminent release from Lovelock Prison on parole. Pat and I address several of the misconceptions and falsehoods when it comes OJ’s convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping. Then Pat and I move onto the media’s barrage of bogus and misleading stories related to OJ and his release on parole.

A coalition of local community organizations are worried that the massive training center will expand the Chicago Police Department’s “capacity for violence.”

The city of Chicago plans to build a massive multi-million dollar training center for police and firefighters in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. But a coalition of community organizations contend the center will compound President Donald Trump’s “multi-pronged attack” on communities of color and expand the Chicago Police Department’s “capacity for violence.”

King/Kill Kanye, the Nashville Statement and the Satanic Panic redux + this day in history w/the death of Diana and our song of the day by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on your Morning Monarchy for August 31, 2017.

Slashing prices, offensive festivals and nuclear Harvey + this day in history w/Lenin shot and our song of the day by Warm Digits on your Morning Monarchy for August 30, 2017.