Absurd statement by Congressman gets appropriate slap-down. As a young man, he did brave things. As a seasoned citizen . . . 

Source: Trump rips John Lewis: Worry about your ‘crime infested’ district | TheHill

Our left-wing president in his final days throws a bone to Castro.

No more sanctuary country for escapees from the workers’ paradise 90 miles away. Even while sanctuary cities go unheeded for other illegals.

Nice going, Barack.

Source: News from The Associated Press

Trying to come to grips with the McCaskeys’ hold on the Bears | Chicago Sun-Times

Sweet: Obama’s legacy — he will always be Chicago’s president

Gulp.

via Sweet: Obama’s legacy — he will always be Chicago’s president | Chicago Sun-Times

The more things change . . .

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pitching Wall Street investors on the latest city borrowing plan, a $1.2 billion package that, like previous versions, pushes hundreds of millions of dollars of debt into the future at higher costs to taxpayers.

The mayor is continuing scoop-and-toss borrowing, which involves paying off old bonds with the proceeds from new ones — a practice akin to taking out another mortgage on a house to pay off the old mortgage, kicking payments down the road.

An Emanuel budget spokeswoman said this year marks the last scoop-and-toss bond issue.

And I believe her, don’t you?

via Six years after Daley, Emanuel still using high-cost borrowing practices – Chicago Tribune

To its “trajectory,” that is.

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Is Heather MacDonald allowed to say this about it?

Anti-police activists and the mainstream media are incensed at the suggestion that the Black Lives Matter movement could have influenced the behavior of the four individuals in Chicago who tortured a disabled white man for hours last week while yelling “Fuck white people” and “Fuck Donald Trump.”

In one sense, the activists and media are right: The influences were broader than that. They include the reign of racial victimology, inner-city gang culture, and black anti-white animus.

The people’s court does not think so.

via A Window Into a Depraved Culture | City Journal

The latest? It’s all about Russia. Sigh.

via US Aristocracy Panics That Maybe Trump Is Serious | Zero Hedge

Too fast, say Dems. Too bad, says top GOP solon:

Mr. McConnell brushed aside Democratic complaints Republicans were moving too fast, saying the minority party was was acting out its frustration over the election results.

“We need to grow up here and get past that,” he said. He pointed out that eight years ago when Democrats controlled both the Senate and the White House, seven cabinet officials were confirmed on the day Mr. Obama was sworn into office.

They had no idea how unscrupulous he would be.

Source: Senate Looks to Move Fast on Trump Administration Hearings, Obamacare Repeal – WSJ

This, ladies and gentlemen, be TRANSPARENCY. Get used to it.