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Posts tagged 2020 Presidential Election
Electoral College seals Biden victory
Congressmen Bost, LaHood backed Trump bid to subvert election results
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Electoral College, Illinois Electoral College, Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Jesse White, U.S. Supreme Court, Proud Boys
Quigley confronts Trump election obstructionist
House committee leaders demand explanation from head of General Services Administration
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Ted CoxMike Quigley, 2020 Presidential Election, General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Gerald Connolly, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Bush v. Gore, Hillary Clinton
ACLU looks ahead to post-Trump era
Fair Tax failure risks enforcement of reforms, revival of regressive penalties, fees
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Ted CoxACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Ed Yohnka, Colleen Connell, Nusrat Choudry, Khadine Bennett, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, 2020 Presidential Election, 2020 Election, DACA, Dream Act, Dick Durbin, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Big election turnout amplified deep divisions
Fair Tax failure puts state on course to repeat worst of Rauner budget impasse, warns SIU Prof. Jackson
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, John Jackson, Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Political Divide, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, J.B. Pritzker, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Simpson, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bruce Rauner, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
It's Biden time!
Kamala Harris to become first woman to serve as vice president
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Negative TV ads on corruption swayed tax vote
UIC Prof Simpson says GOP also benefited from door-to-door canvassing in pandemic
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Ted CoxDick Simpson, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, Political Polarization, Political Divide, Illinois Political Divide
'We won't stop until every vote is counted'
1,000 rally in Chicago to demand votes be counted ‘from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and from Detroit to Atlanta’
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The headless horseman of Illinois politics
Ghost of Bruce Rauner’s austerity agenda rose up, financed by Ken Griffin, and rode roughshod over the state, but how did it sway voters?
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Ted CoxHeadless Horseman, Bruce Rauner, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, University of Illinois at Chicago, Christopher Mooney, Thomas Kilbride, 2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Illinois Sunshine, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
All over but the counting
Massive turnout weighs on two referendums: Fair Tax and Trump; Biden wins state, Durbin reelected
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Illinois State Board of Elections
Unions protect 'sanctity of this election'
Labor groups plan day-after rally, threaten general strike to ‘protect and defend our democratic rights’
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Chicago Teachers Union, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Donald Trump, Stacy Davis Gates, SEIU Local 73, Dian Palmer, Joe Richert, Roberto Clack, Warehouse Worker Organizing Committee, AFGE Local 704, United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America, Cook County College Teachers Union, Fight for $15, Fight for $15 and a Union
Be wary of election disinformation
Pritzker warns against social media, urges voters to ‘be patient’ for results election night
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Twitter, Facebook, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Election Interference, Election Day 2020, Illinois Mail-In Voting, Illinois Vote By Mail, Juliana Stratton, Restore Illinois
Rep. Garcia calls public-charge rule a 'wealth tax'
New restriction takes effect as immigrant groups gird for Border Patrol deployment to sanctuary cities
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Trump Public Charge Rule, Lawrence Benito, Nathaniel Booker, Celina Villanueva, Border Patrol, PASO West Suburban Action Project, 2020 U.S. Census, 2020 Presidential Election, ICIRR, Mony Ruiz-Velasco
Firebrand Walsh challenges Trump
Controversial former congressman calls president ‘unfit’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Joe Walsh, 2020 Presidential Election, Tea Party, Tammy Duckworth, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Anthony Scaramucci, Bill Weld, Mark Sanford, 2020 Republican Primaries
Pritzker, Pelosi put emphasis on values
U.S. House speaker commits to working ‘for the people’ at annual Dems’ rally
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association, Abraham Lincoln, Mitch McConnell, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Kristina Zahorik, 2020 Presidential Election
Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'
Sen. Sanders brings 2020 presidential campaign ‘Announcement Tour’ to Chicago
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Ted CoxBernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Income Inequality, Working Families, $15 Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, 2020 Presidential Election, Navy Pier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare for All, Health Care, U.S. Drug Prices, Walmart, Unions, University of Chicago, Immigrant Detention, Criminal Justice Reform, Rural Poverty
