Well the other half of their argument is that candidates who match very liberal districts make their more moderate counterparts unelectable. So instead of libbing out in the race to replace my own retiring rep these guys want me to pick a non-existent conservative option

Or like other cities haven’t!

Breaks my heart to say that the Illinois Policy Institute is fundamentally more honest about this and their vision for the state than a lot of Dem elected officials like our governor, but maybe they can afford to considering they’re never getting in the driver’s seat ever again

Abject nonsense from morons. Forget that the Illinois state constitution allows cabinet members to be dismissed at will by the governor, these people are essentially arguing that the police have no civilian oversight.

Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:

These guys are genuinely the opposite of historical materialists. They actually believe that ideas and the vehicles used to share them create reality, which is why Doctor fucking Phil is doing ride-alongs with a guy who posts on Twitter a thousand times a day