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Political Reporter @ABC7Chicago , Blessed husband & father, UW Badger alum, lover of mountains & sunsets. Christ Follower. Punster. And I wear “those socks”
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BREAKING: Governor Pritzker will be announcing a statewide school mask mandate today, per sources. It will apply to public and private schools, K-12. It is in response to rising Delta cases including in kids, and differing approaches being taken by school districts.
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BREAKING: State’s Atrorney Kim Foxx says her office did not ask that the court file be sealed, says it was done inadvertently and she believes it is in the process of being unsealed
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Mayor announcing new partnership with Microsoft to tackle unemployment. Then the computer set up for the presentation automatically restarted.
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Crazy video: Watch as Park district truck slides off into Lake Michigan. The two employees inside got out safely.
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BREAKING: Lori Lightfoot has conceded to Brandon Johnson in the race for second place.
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Joe Walsh ramping up attacks on
@realDonaldTrump
as he inches closer to a decision on challenging the President. Waiting for Trump to fire back.
It’s Thursday. Who will the President of the United States personally attack and/or tweet cruel insults at today?
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors expected to announce corruption indictment against former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan at news conference later this afternoon.
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BREAKING: The
@whitesox
fan who was shot in the leg last month during a game breaks her silence about what happened in an exclusive interview with
@ABC7Chicago
. The story tonight at 5, 6 and 10.
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BREAKING: Big endorsement in the race for Chicago Mayor- Former Secretary of State Jesse White is throwing his support behind
@PaulVallas
.
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BREAKING: Bill Conway has called Kim Foxx to concede, she will be coming down soon to declare victory and give her speech
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BREAKING: Brandon Johnson secures major endorsement from Chuy Garcia in the race for mayor.
@Brandon4Chicago
@ChuyChicago
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Biden getting a huge boost heading into Super Tuesday with Buttigieg and Klobuchar planning to endorse him.
Pete Buttigieg plans to endorse Joe Biden for Democratic presidential nomination, campaign advisor says
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Supt. Eddie Johnson fights back tears as he announces that Commander Paul Bauer with the CPD 18th District was the officer shot and killed in the Thompson Center. Asks for prayers for his family.
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Trump supporters getting drenched as they leave the rally. Tough way to end the day.
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Illinois Republican County Chairman’s Association drawing criticism after this post. Cook County Democratic Party condemning it.
@cookcodems
@ABC7Chicago
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Dibs may be a Chicago tradition, but can you stakeout spots before the snow even comes?
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@PaulVallas
getting endorsed by dozens of Hispanic pastors who said they will work to get members of their congregations to the polls. The Hispanic vote is seen as the voting block that may decide the election.
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Senator Dick Durbin confirms that President Trump used sh**hole word not once but "repeatedly" during discussion about immigration deal. Calls it "hate-filled, vile and racist"
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This is the kind of thing a campaign can’t script, school kids interrupt a
@LightfootForChi
news conference and she embraced the moment.
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When
@chicagosmayor
socks it to you “Craig, you get no more questions with those socks”
#TGIF
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Darren Bailey is planning a rally next Monday, eight days before election day featuring former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard recently announced she was leaving the democratic party.
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BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a surprise visit to Chicago. Details in a live report on
@abc7chicago
at 11.
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Bobby Rush endorsing
@PaulVallas
for mayor saying “Paul ain’t nothing but a Democrat” saying he has the relevant and significant experience to lead the city
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@PaulVallas
casting his ballot this morning says “I feel good…I think we finished strong…hopefully it won’t be too long a night.”
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JUST IN: Per CPD spokesperson, Eddie Johnson was blindsided by the decision to drop all charges against Jussie Smollett.. He was not consulted by Kim Foxx before. Johnson learned about it at the police graduation
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BREAKING: Governor JB Pritzker expected to announce today that he is extending Illinois’ stay at home order. It was expected to expire the end of the day on April 7. Details to follow
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BREAKING: Indoor mask mandate state-wide coming tomorrow. Gov. Pritzker also expected to announce a vax mandate for all K-12 and college educators or weekly covid testing per sources familiar with the plan.
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Scott Lennox, 21 from Chicago charged with leaving a death threat on Darren Bailey’s office phone threatening to “mutilate and kill” him.
@DarrenBaileyIL
calls the voicemail “vulgar and disturbing”
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JUST IN: State Rep Chris Welch will be the next House Speaker replacing Mike Madigan.
@ABC7Chicago
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EXCLUSIVE: Woman who lost three siblings in a 2004 fire is demanding Toni Preckwinkle take down a new TV ad that uses the tragedy to attack Lori Lightfoot. Details
@ABC7Chicago
at 5:00.
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Today marks a milestone for me.... Four years ago I started here at
@ABC7Chicago
. Its been a great journey with plenty of twists and turns, new friends and new challenges, and a steady diet of politics that has made this chapter of my career very interesting 🧐
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He minces no words. What do you think?
We must declare war on radical Islam.
@LorettaLynch
I'm not edging toward violent speech, I'm declaring we kill them. Go ahead, arrest me.
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From sitting alone in the school lunchroom with no friends to football team manager with many new friends. How one mom’s desperate effort to help her autistic son changed his life. And the ripple effect at school.
@ABC7Chicago
tonight at 6
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I think I just saw a missing person report on this tourist. Hope he's okay 😆
Concerned Parent in North Texas BRAVELY visits downtown Chicago and BARELY SURVIVES.
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Alderman Andre Vasquez
@40thforward
has his Halloween outfit ready as he continues his push for quarterly reporting from the
@cta
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JUST IN: Aldermen
@AldermanTabares
and
@aldnapolitano41
file ordinance to repeal the vaccine mandate by
@chicagosmayor
. It seeks to make sure that any policy that puts city employees on no pay status requires city Council approval
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Homeless Army Veteran George Babcock, who lived under a bridge in Joliet for 9 years will be buried today at 2:30 at the Abraham Lincoln national cemetery in Elwood. He has no known family. Veterans groups asking anyone who can, come to show respect for him
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“Seriously giving it a look,” Says former Congressman Joe Walsh
@WalshFreedom
about pres. run against
@realDonaldTrump
“Someone needs to challenge this unfit divider. If myself, or someone else, is going to do it, they better get in the ring by early-mid September.”
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BREAKING: The United Center will be used as a mass vaccination site as soon as next month, will be able to vaccinate 5000 to 7000 people a day.
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BREAKING:
@chicagosmayor
will be endorsing
@JoeBiden
for President. It will become official in less than two hours
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Newly elected and now ready to get started as new members of Congress
@LUnderwood630
and
@SeanCasten
all smiles as they prepare to get sworn in tomorrow.
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I paused for a moment to admire the tree inside City Hall today, but then I lost my 🚂 of thought.
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Former Cook County States Attorney Anita Alvarez takes shot (on Facebook) at her replacement Kim Foxx who recused herself from the Jussie Smollett case. Foxx cited “potential questions of impartiality based on familiarity with potential witnesses in the case” as her reason.
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Amazing turnout for Army Vet George Babcock. Homeless and with no family, today his military brothers and sisters joined strangers and those who worked to help him, to salute him one last time.
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JUST IN: Governor JB Pritzker is going to be extending Illinois’ stay at home order through April 30. That would coincide with the guidelines extended by the President for social distancing and gatherings
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Presented with my 5 years at
@ABC7Chicago
/ Disney pin today. Grateful to be here. But it got me wondering if Goofy being on it is an indication of notes in a performance review? 🧐
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Cook County Democratic Party denounces the post and calls for an apology. It also calls for the post to be taken down which has already been done
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@CharlieDeMar
I wanted to note that I fear there is only a remote chance you will be able to shed any light on what happened.
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WOW! It looks like there will be a terrific turn out for George Babcock today. Cars lined up as far as I can see. What a nice tribute for a homeless veteran who died without having any family to bury him.
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When you see a celebrity on the train but can’t bring yourself to ask for a selfie
@CraigDellimore
@WBBMNewsradio
🙋♂️
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Breaking: Opportunity knocked and today I opened the door to my new job. Political reporter
@ABC7Chicago
#grateful
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30 years ago I celebrated two small words (I do) that have turned into three amazing decades of love and memories. Thanks Julie ❤️
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JUST IN:
@FOP7Chicago
President John Catanzara says he will NOT be running for mayor. Says he wants to focus on getting re-elected as FOP President and was concerned about getting attacked like Richard Irvin did in the GOP primary.
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BREAKING: Chicago police are taking action against officers who have not complied with the city’s vaccination status reporting mandate. Officers are being stripped of their powers and being sent home without pay
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As the father with a daughter myself I love this picture of Commander Paul Bauer and his daughter Grace. At the same time it breaks my heart
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And then George Blakemore photobombed the mayor’s Riverwalk presser.
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Trying to process how I feel about this…. A man at the early voting site just told me “You look like a politician.” 🤦♂️
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My wife wanted a steak, so I renewed my man card and braved the temps, before the windchill got below zero (it’s 2 above) and grilled for her. For us.
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Celebrating an amazing weekend where I got to walk my daughter Kelsey down the aisle as she married James Goth. What a beautiful ceremony and a day full of blessings and joy for Julie and me.
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President Obama tells mayors regarding climate change, ultimately the work is done at the ground level
@ABC7Chicago
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Vandalism to Bloomberg Chicago campaign office being blamed on (without proof) supporters of Bernie Sanders. Waiting for a response from Sanders campaign
@ariannaijones
@briebriejoy
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Superintend it Johnson, and seeing all the media and the news conference room says “I just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention, because that's who really deserves the amount of attention that we're giving to this particular incident."
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Great News: 94 y-o Josephine Regnier, who was beaten and robbed Wednesday came home from the hospital
@fox32news
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There has been a lot of shouting and disruptions in council today… as the most recent group was ushered out one woman was heard yelling “I’ve been kicked out of better places than this!”
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BREAKING: Former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to meet with Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday per source. Lightfoot reportedly wants him to be interim police superintendent. Eddie Johnson expected to resign Thursday or Friday
@ABC7Chicago
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Man just drove past me & yelled "Tom Skilling!" Wow! In 19 years in Chicago that's a 1st, lol
@fox32news
@Skilling
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NOW: Brown paper sheeting covering the doors of Alderman Ed Burke’s office. It seems Feds are inside. But doing what?
@ABC7Chicago
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Rally this afternoon for
@PaulVallas
including a host of current and former politicians supporting him aimed at helping Vallas with Lakefront voters and women
@ABC7Chicago
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BREAKING: Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson
@BrandonCCD1
expected to announce later this week that he is going to run for Chicago mayor. This past weekend he secured a $1 million donation from the
@AFTunion
for the campaign.
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Ice falling like a maple tree “helicopter” Be careful out there.
@ABC7Chicago
@TracyButlerABC7
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New details about Jussie Smollett’s alleged crime provided by prosecutors in court.
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BREAKING: FBI now investigating allegations of fraud by Alderman Marty Quinn’s campaign in race against
@DavidKrupa13
@ABC7Chicago
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Keep this in mind when you consider the Bring Chicago Home referendum.
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BREAKING: Mike Madigan suspends bid to remain House Speaker “This is not a withdrawal” Madigan says in a statement.
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Illinois GOP candidates hopeful former President Donald Trump rally in Quincy, Supreme Court ruling on abortion draws voters - ABC7 Chicago
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BREAKING: Eddie Johnson to announce his resignation this morning. News conference in the works.
@ABC7Chicago
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At the swearing in open house celebration for
@ChuyForCongress
a crowd and a high school mariachi band from Chicago.
@ABC7Chicago
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Pritzker’s special guest for tonight’s inauguration celebration … Let’s leave the door open for
@BrunoMars
.
@ABC7Chicago
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When
@chicagosmayor
gives advice as well as a vote of no confidence to the
@ChicagoBears
and she may not make her 91 year old mother watch the game on Thanksgiving 🤣
@ABC7Chicago
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Cool new addition to Uptown. Each color represents one the 92 different languages spoken here, the circle representing the unity.
@ABC7Chicago
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New Poll:
@JBPritzker
46%
@GovRauner
28%
Ogden & Fry, March 23, 667 likely general election voters, margin of error +/- 3.87%
@ABC7Chicago
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City Council acknowledges my counterpart
@BlakleyCBS2
for his distinguished career and being at his last Council meeting before his retirement. Congrats Derrick.
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JUST IN: A peek inside the offices of alderman Ed Burke- a man in a suit sits behind a desk. Brown bagging has the rest of the office covered.
@ABC7Chicago
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Had an amazing day honoring my dad Bill Wall, a veteran of the Korean War era during an
#HonorFlightChicago
trip to DC. So proud of him and the other 117 veterans who made the trip. They embody courage honor and sacrifice for country. Heroes one and all.
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I must be on a strange train tonight. I actually saw someone reading a newspaper...not on their phone, and another passenger reading a book... not on a kindle. It’s almost an out of body experience
@OnTheMetra
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Got my pin today marking one year here at
@ABC7Chicago
as political reporter, although the anniversary was actually June 19th. This past year sure went fast.
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A look inside McCormick Place. The 500 bed field hospital that will be ready to go this afternoon.
@ABC7Chicago
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That moment when you realize you and your photographer have the same hat and packed the same snack for
#Snowmageddon
coverage
@ABC7Chicago
@RobElgasABC7
@JudyHsuABC7
@LarryABC7
@CherylScottWX
@SchulteABC7
@EvHolmesAbc7
@liznagy
@WillABC7
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It’s endorsement week in the Mayor’s race. Sources say today
@PaulVallas
is being endorsed by Gery Chico who served as CPS school board President when Vallas was the CEO.
@ABC7Chicago
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Lori Lightfoot smiling tonight after historic victory to become Chicago’s first African American Female mayor and first openly gay mayor.
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