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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 5d

Federal Judge April Perry deciding not to immediately halt National Guard deployment to Chicago is interesting. Her earlier nomination to be US Atty was blocked by then-Sen JD Vance. You might expect her to do Trump no favors, but she’s being fair to him so far. #Integrity

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 6d

Something I learned today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law'

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 9d

Isn’t the Red Line Extension a boondoggle anyway considering it’s current total price tag running at a billion dollars per mile? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/t...

CTA Red Line Extension funding frozen as Trump administration withholds $2.1 billion from Chicago

Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 10d

I’m no fan of polling, but I have to admit this TREND is very bad for our democracy.

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Trust in Media at New Low of 28% in U.S.

Americans' trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly is at a new low of 28%.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 21d

Exceptional memorial service today in Springfield for “the gold standard of public service.” www.youtube.com/live/piMp88M...

LIVE: Funeral held for ex-Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 23d

Former President Barack Obama Reacts to Assassination of Charlie Kirk www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

Former President Barack Obama Reacts to Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Former President Barack Obama: "We are certainly at an inflection point not just around political violence but there are hosts of larger trends that we have to be concerned about...Political violence ...

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 27d

One of the good guys among Illinois Republicans passes. Always respected him. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/f...

Former two-term Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, who led the state through much of the 1990s, dies at 79

Arguably one of Illinois’ most-popular governors, Jim Edgar, 79, led with a low-key persona a meticulous focus on fiscal matters aimed at preparing the state for the 21st century,

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · 29d

Unsportsmanlike Conduct to run-up a score like this on your opponent. (and I’m an IU alum)

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Sep 10

Really?

From Chicago Sun-Times - Justice Department's civil rights boss takes on Illinois assault weapons ban

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Justice Department's civil rights boss takes on Illinois assault weapons ban

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is challenging a signature accomplishment of Gov. JB Pritzker and getting involved in a case that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’m still not sure what this scapegoat did wrong beyond firing a respected football coach, but I suppose making him walk the plank is a small price to pay to restore millions in federal aid for #Northwestern and give Radical Republicans their pound of flesh.

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Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Tr...

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Sep 3

Headline: City Hall Press Room Veteran Part of Solution to Public Radio Funding Cut

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Sep 2

Really? www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Trump in a statement on social media called Giuliani the “greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot.”

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 31

Really?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 30

The #CollegeFootball industry is off & running with a new season of telecasts saturated with ads & promos, fawning commentators, multi-million dollar coaches and paid players. Fans can’t get enough of it. Quite a business plan.

Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 27

It’s a wonder our #democracy works as well as it does despite voter apathy & suppression, gerrymandering, big money in politics, corruption and a lack of conscience by too many elected officials. Rest assured though that an election or two will break the current fever in Washington.

Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 24

Little if any of the billions of dollars universities rake in for their #collegefootball programs is spent on controlling tuition or improving academics. Instead they plow it back into gigantic salaries for coaches, new facilities, etc. Doesn’t seem right, does it?

Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 22

“African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, President #Trump, come to Chicago, please.’” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/t...

President Donald Trump plans crime crackdown in Chicago similar to DC

President Donald Trump said Friday that Chicago could receive similar treatment from the federal government as Washington, D.C., where nearly 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to quell…

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 21

If Paul Vallas won’t run for mayor again to try to keep #Chicago from going bankrupt, Forrest Claypool should run. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/o...

Forrest Claypool: Chicago leaders show no signs of changing their fiscal behavior

Chicago civic leaders mean well, but their recommendations reflect a bygone era when elected officials exercised responsibility.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 20

Would #Republicans repeal the 13th Amendment if they could?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 15

1988 - the last time a Republican carried #Illinois for president. George HW Bush in 1988. You would think the IL GOP would move to the center to become viable again, but these days this is their reality www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/i...

Illinois Republicans rally around President Donald Trump, but internal infighting continues

As the Illinois GOP pledged allegiance to President Donald Trump, serious problems remain for the political party that has minimal power in Springfield.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 13

A fair question to ask these days is whether the United States even adheres to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. youtu.be/5RR4VXNX3jA

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

YouTube video by UN Human Rights

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great piece by Trib’s @jmetr22b.bsky.social on the latest chapter of widespread #Chicago political corruption. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/j...

Jeffrey Tobolski, ex-McCook mayor and county commissioner, gets four years in prison in series of shakedowns

Five years after pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate in a federal investigation, onetime McCook mayor Jeffrey Tobolski was sentenced at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 9

I see that the tone-deaf boss of our failed football franchise says he can’t “proceed forward” to build a new stadium unless Springfield freezes the property taxes on the site. Can we get that for everyone else too? Didn’t think so. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/c...

4 things we learned from Chicago Bears brass, including a renewed push for legislative help on stadium project

Kevin Warren said without passage of a “mega projects” bill that would lessen the Chicago Bears’ tax burden on a new stadium in Arlington Heights, “we are not able to proceed forw…

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 6

New #FakeNews

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Jim Acosta sparks fury with ‘interview’ of dead Parkland teen’s AI avatar

The video adds to the growing list of AI-video resurrections that people have called “unsettling” and “grotesque.”

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Bill Cameron @billjcameron.bsky.social · Aug 5

The otherwise good guy who got caught up trying to be “the big man on campus.” #ComEdFour

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‘You cheated the very thing that you put a face to at the City Club of Chicago’: Consultant Jay Doherty gets year in prison in ‘ComEd Four’ bribery case

Former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison for his role in an elaborate scheme to funnel money to do-nothing subcontractors with ties to then-House Speaker Mich…

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