Since then, the larger culture has lurched rightward, with big corporations abandoning progressive signaling in favor of…other priorities.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
Over the course of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s term, CPS has lurched from budget crisis to budget crisis, able only to muddle through due to record-breaking mayoral declarations of tax-increment-financing surpluses.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
The snake struck and shook its tail to protect itself, releasing its notorious rattle warning.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
The death of Rodarte shook the Northern California town of about 12,000, marking the city’s first officer killed in the line of duty in more than a century.
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