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BREAKING: Hours after he praised police for their restraint, an officer struck Police Board President Ghian Foreman 5 times with a baton at a protest @wttw- .@AOC fires a warning shot: Progressives will not accept former Chicago Mayor @RahmEmanuel in President-elect Biden’s cabinet, reports @AsteadWesley for the @nytimes nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/…
- BREAKING: Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection campaign sent an email to Chicago Public Schools teachers Wednesday asking them to encourage their students to volunteer to help Lightfoot win a second term as mayor – and earn class credit. @wttw
- This is false; the officers have not moved in almost an hour; the vibe is very calm; the city has known that this was happening and the marching route for more than a monthBREAKING NOW: Hundreds of Pro-Palestine rioters and protestors are currently filling the streets of Chicago to protest at the DNC. Cops are preparing for escalation This is a surprise to officials because the convention doesn't start until tomorrow
- BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson BREAKS a 23-23 TIE VOTE BY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL and VOTES YES on a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza at a special City Council meeting that once again spilled out of control. @wttw
- BREAKING: Defying Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday restoring the ability of the Chicago Teachers Union or bargain with the city over a wide range of issues, including class size, layoffs and the duration of the school year. @wttw
- When Donald Trump filed to run for U.S. president in Illinois, he failed to sign an oath pledging not to “advocate the overthrow of the government” — even though he signed that pledge in 2016 & 2020, @DaveMckinney reports for @WBEZ
- JUST IN: Defying Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Illinois House votes 70-41 to approve a bill creating an elected school board to run the Chicago Public Schools. The bill headed to @GovPritzker's desk would end 26 years of mayoral control of Chicago's schools. @wttw
- BREAKING: @GovPritzker calls the Illinois General Assembly into special session “to further enshrine our commitment to reproductive health care rights and protections.” @wttw
- JUST IN: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office released two text messages from Eric Trump, the president's son, thanking her for taking steps to protect Trump Tower during widespread unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police custody. @wttw
- BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson joins the call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, saying that “the killing needs to stop” after the deaths of 25,000 Palestinians, and supports the resolution that the City Council did not vote on today. Johnson: “We need a ceasefire.” @wttw
