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Kinzinger voted for, with Trump before turning
Republicans suddenly scurry away from president in his last weeks in office
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Capitol Assault, Nikki Haley, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Paris Climate Agreement, Heroes Act, Voting Rights Act, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight.com, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, Mary Miller, Mike Bost, Jamal Khashoggi
Trump's Capitol putsch was years in the making
If government is perceived as the enemy, it’s only a matter of time before people try to overthrow it
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Putsch, U.S. Capitol Assault, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Rauner, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Succession, COVID-19, Coronavirus Pandemic, Grover Norquist, Adolf Hitler, Mary Miller, World Wrestling Entertainment, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Mike Bost, Scott Walker, Ken Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Joe Biden
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
Trump lets Blago walk
GOP congressmen ‘disappointed’ as president commutes 14-year sentence for disgraced former governor
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Rod Blagojevich, Rodney Davis, Dick Durbin, Illinois Corruption, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Patti Blagojevich, J.B. Pritzker, Mike Bost, Adam Kinzinger, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus
Who's vulnerable?
Impeachment passes House, with freshman Dems doing what they were elected to do: rein in Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Impeachment, John Shimkus, Sean Casten, Peter Roskam, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight.com, Cheri Bustos, Jeanne Ives, Better Government Association, BGA, Lauren Underwood, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Mike Bost, Mitch McConnell
Perdue tries to calm farmers on trade
Ag secretary pushes Mexico-Canada deal, reasserts support for ethanol
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Rodney Davis, Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Melvin Price, Illinois Farm Bureau, USMCA, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Nancy Pelosi
Duckworth leads calls for release of 'complete' Mueller report
Reps. Garcia, Foster join attack on Atty. Gen. Barr’s ‘shameless spin’
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bill Foster, Mike Quigley, Mike Bost, Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Mueller Probe, Mueller Report, Donald Trump
Ill. reps. display surprising support for Trump
But that might be changing, as two of the president’s strongest backers lost in the midterms
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Mike Bost, Mike Quigley, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Adam Kinzinger, John Shimkus, Darin LaHood, Brad Schneider, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Robin Kelly, Luis Gutierrez, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver, Trump Support, Trump Congress
Go vote! It ain't illegal yet
Illinoisans to elect governor, legislators and help determine makeup of Congress
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Judicial Retention, Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening
Trump spreads lies on stump for Bost, Republicans
President, congressman lie about tax cuts and about opponent Brendan Kelly
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Lauren Underwood, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Illinois Working Families, Health Care, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Tax Cuts, Trump Lies, Nancy Pelosi, Orrin Hatch, First Amendment, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, CNN, Muslim Ban
Trump combines bluster, humor, and grief
The president denounced anti-Semitism, but then played to a partisan crowd of thousands in a political rally at Southern Illinois Airport
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Trump stumps at Southern Illinois Airport rally
President out to boost local congressman, but will Gov. Rauner seek his blessing too?
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Trump confirms SIU visit Saturday: How to get tix
The president plans a late-afternoon campaign stop at the Southern Illinois Airport
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, John Lewis, Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois Airport, Mike Henry, Flyover Social Center, Paul Ryan
Trump considers Carbondale campaign stop
But opponents have prepared a city resolution saying the president’s ‘fascism’ is unwelcome
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Madigan the boogeyman
Speaker of the House replaces the original Mayor Daley as Republicans’ favorite Chicago whipping boy
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Greg Bales, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, Richard J. Daley
President Trump visits Illinois
Granite City splits over whether Trump tariffs deserve credit for reopened steel mill
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, U.S. Tariffs, U.S. Steel, Granite City Works, Working Families, United Steelworkers, Novel Idea Bookstore, Ernie & Annie's, Gary Gaines, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Rodney Davis, John Shimkus, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Action Metro East, Piasa Palisades Group, Piasa Palisades Sierra Club, Chicago Women Take Action
