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Way of the future? Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has found an alternative reason for his election loss. Using the Trump playbook, he declared election fraud. Like what we experienced here in the USA, he too duped his followers by claiming election fraud even though lacking evidence. Planting this seed was enough to create a violent insurrection similar as to what we experienced here in the USA. Déja vu?
Too late for dome idea: How typically Chicago that they now want to put a dome on Soldier Field at a cost of $2.2 billion when it would’ve been much less expensive to have done it in 2002. What’s more, just think of all the tax dollars that were never collected because the stadium was vacated in the winter months. Does anyone in City Hall ever think ahead?
Hard to tell anymore: I’m confused — was that Kevin McCarthy being elected speaker of the House late Friday night or was I viewing a “Game of Thrones” rerun?
Pork was on the menu: Congress passed an enormous bill one day before it broke to go home for the holidays. Thousands of pages. It was held until the last minute. No one was given enough time to read it. Democrats and Republicans voted for it without even reading it. It was loaded with a lot of give away money called pork. Just to let you know, it includes a grant for $3.6 million to build a walking trail named for Michelle Obama. I can hardly wait to find out the rest of the pork.
McCarthy a wimp: Kevin McCarthy is unworthy of a speakership position. He turned his back on his oath of office by not condemning those responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection and not cooperating in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Of course, his reluctance to support any investigation of this colossal attack on our form of government stems from his fear of alienating his lord and master, Donald Trump. Shame on you, McCarthy, for being the wimp you are.