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Chicago city administration rocked by crisis following school reopenings, ongoing police violence
The Democratic Party administration of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing a deepening political crisis, with a wave of resignations and departures among her deputies and other city leaders, including the top three figures at Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
On Tuesday morning, a spokeswoman told reporters that Lightfoot would be granting one-on-one interviews “only to Black or Brown journalists.” This move is calculated to shore up support among the identity politics-obsessed upper-middle class constituency of the Democratic Party. By shifting focus to the identities of the journalists making inquiries, Lightfoot is transparently attempting to avoid answering questions about the many scandals besetting her administration, the recent wave of resignations and the release of thousands of leaked emails by city officials.
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The halls of the House are coming to resemble high school.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, tussled separately with four Democratic House members this week. Three of the confrontations came after the first-term lawmaker chased down Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday and publicly berated the New York Democrat over an unwillingness to debate environmental policy on the House floor.
Ocasio-Cortez told reporters on Friday that she thinks Greene is “unwell” and in need of help. Her kind of fixation has lasted for several years now,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “At this point, I think the depth of that un-wellness has raised concerns for other members as well, and I think that this is an assessment that needs to be made by the proper professionals.”
Hackers recently stole a cache of thousands of city of Chicago emails that were electronically transferred from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to the Jones Day law firm.City officials have declined to comment on individual hacked emails: “Reporting on materials compromised during a third-party vendor data transfer makes all of us less safe and encourages future bad actors to use nefarious means to gain information.” The hacked emails, now visible online, were sent or received by four former city employees over a two-year period and offer some insight into the inner-workings of the Lightfoot administration how some decisions are made, who was involved and what they were thinking.
Hackers recently stole a cache of thousands of city of Chicago emails that were electronically transferred from Mayor Lori Lightfootâs administration to the Jones Day law firm.
City officials have declined to comment on individual hacked emails: âReporting on materials compromised during a third-party vendor data transfer makes all of us less safe and encourages future bad actors to use nefarious means to gain information.â
The hacked emails, now visible online, were sent or received by four former city employees over a two-year period and offer some insight into the inner-workings of the Lightfoot administration â how some decisions are made, who was involved and what they were thinking.