JB going for the sash.

And that’s all, folks.

The November elections in Illinois aren’t about some Democratic revenge fantasy, punishing President Donald Trump for putting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

And the November elections in Illinois aren’t really about some Republican revenge fantasy to punish Gov. Bruce Rauner for betraying his conservative base by signing that bill on taxpayer-funded abortion.

The November elections in Illinois — only weeks away now — are about two things:

• Your taxes.

• And the power of House Speaker Michael Madigan, the Southwest Side state Democratic boss, the longest ruling House speaker in American history, who has become incredibly wealthy in his tax reduction legal practice while also presiding over the fiscal collapse of Illinois.

Boss Madigan’s butler, J.B. “Toilets” Pritzker, thinks if he’s elected in November he’ll actually be the real governor. He may have the title of governor. But all J.B. will have is a sash to wear at ceremonial events.

Does JB realize this? Do enough voters? It’s the sash, stupid?

By reputation and wide exposure of his talents, Francis is not supposed to ignore the Chilean iceberg. But he did.

Why?

ROME – It’s a universally acknowledged reality of the sea that it’s never the tip of the iceberg that sinks a ship, but what lies under the water unseen. Yet, to the trained eye, the visible white mass usually is enough to warn of the dangers ahead and to change course.

In the case of Chile’s clerical sexual abuse scandals, Pope Francis first brushed against the tip of the iceberg in 2015, when he decided to transfer a Chilean bishop named Juan Barros, accused of having covered up abuse, to a southern diocese.

Yet Francis repeatedly ignored the alarms that came loud and clear. Victims of the pedophile priest Fernando Karadima, for whom Barros allegedly covered up, spoke with anyone who would listen, including members of the pope’s own Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. The media, both in Chile and in Rome, kept the case in the spotlight. Chilean politicians sent a letter to the pope asking him to change course, and even some bishops spoke up against the nomination.

But Francis kept going, full steam ahead.

Alarmingly, it’s how a bad-guy protector acts, the kind of church leader whom all decry.

via Crux