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							<title><![CDATA[Pritzker Picks His Opponent - Now He Has To Beat Him]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/6/28/23187490/democrat-pritzker-bailey-republican-nominee-primary-win-irvin-november-general-election-conservative</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be a big favorite in the matchup against Republican Darren Bailey, but the conservative farmer will put up a fight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rittenhouse Acquittal Would Be Correct, But Unjust, Verdict]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/11/12/22778778/kenosha-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse-murder-trial-self-defense-verdict-prediction</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before, I could see Kyle Rittenhouse being found not guilty. Now, having seen the rest of the evidence, I'd be shocked if he's convicted of anything more than a weapons charge]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Be Surprised if Jury Acquits Kyle Rittenhouse]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/11/5/22765491/kyle-rittenhouse-jury-self-defense</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's hard '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' without resorting to the use of a profanity referring to a bodily orifice '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to describe most of the people involved in this case.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tim Scott Outraged the Washington Post Fact-Checked Him]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/25/22402115/facts-fact-checking-tim-scott-washington-post-record</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Tim Scott claims to be outraged that the Washington Post checked his claims against the record.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lightfoot Makes Aldermen Squirm on Day One]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/20/18633242/lori-lightfoot-makes-aldermen-squirm-inaugural-aldermanic-prerogative-ed-burke</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She started by using her inauguration speech to give the aldermen a visual demonstration that the public is on her side in her call for reform, employing the audience at the Wintrust Arena to help make them squirm.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keep Rahm Emanuel on the Ballot]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/3474195-417/emanuel-court-case-chicago-ballot.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the moment it became known that Rahm Emanuel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s  candidacy for mayor would face a residency challenge, everyone with a  working knowledge of Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s politics and courts knew this day was a  possibility.That made it no less stunning Monday when a  campaign backed by $12...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illinois GOP Back in the Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/2856164,CST-NWS-brown02.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Illinois voters head to the polls in what some are predicting to be a Republican day, it's easy to forget that just two years ago there was a growing belief that this had become a permanently Democratic ''blue'' state that Republican statewide candidates simply could not win.There was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blago's a Character - Several in Fact]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/1395617,CST-NWS-brown25.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Blagojevich started Friday on WLS radio portraying himself as Jimmy Stewart in the role of the idealistic Sen. Jefferson Smith who battles the crooked political establishment in the Capra classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."By his next appearance in the afternoon, the governor...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memo to Obama: Just Leave Her Alone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/1157191,CST-NWS-brown11.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Brown</author>
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