Progress Illinois

PI does commentary + alerts on issues important to Illinois Progressives. Criticism of the Left and the Right is welcome here. Good government is the goal.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Despite taking AIPAC money early his political career I have been told that Congressman Jackson has parted ways with AIPAC. Let’s see where he is for the next Hegseth vote. More to come.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Rumor on Capitol Hill is that Congressman Jackson missed the Hegseth vote because his handlers at AIPAC told him to take a walk. This guy has got to go.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

How about Congressman Jackson explaining to his constituents why he didn’t vote for Hegseth’s impeachment. He certainly didn’t learn anything from the election results last week. We want change and accountability!

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

The 11 Democrats who didn’t vote on Hegseth’s impeachment:

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@FrankCalabrese A 3,300 Signature difference. Still counting votes from Tuesday.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@FrankCalabrese A 3,300 vote difference from 2018 to 2026 is significant and very well could what keeps Susana off the ballot. I haven’t seen her petitions so I don’t know the quality of what she turned in. Good
Luck.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@jacksonpCTU @ChicagosMayor Slow your roll their Potter. Lori denied that license. Oh how we
Love to revise history.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@JohnDigles What a detailed plan. Amazing! Come on buddy. Susana is a hack and doesn’t have a thoughtful brain cell in her head. She is a 10% candidate.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@zakouts84 I don’t see what is encouraging about the mayor’s hand picked candidate receiving 30% of the vote. I would tell Stacey I am going to need a corner office at CTU headquarters.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@zakouts84 No incumbent with 30% of the vote has been reelected. In this scenario 70% of voters have already voted against the incumbent. Maybe you know how to elect a mayor in that situation but I don’t. Brandon should hire you.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Alexi out performed all other Illinois statewide winners last night demonstrating serious voter preference going into the Chicago mayor’s race. If some candidates get knocked off the municipal ballot the real question is, can Alexi win out right in the first round.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Big winner in Illinois last night was Alexi Giannoulias. He was the biggest statewide vote getter demonstrating widespread support going into the Chicago mayors race.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Quietly, while Sacks went to war spending millions against CTU The SEIU did very well in the school board elections winning 9 races including the school board President. This should go a long way to help protect thousands of CPS working families. Bravo!

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Hey Susana, this is the message voters sent yesterday. Remember just a few days ago when you told the business community at lunch that you would bring more data centers to Chicago? https://t.co/pSTuXxO8gd

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Rarely do I agree with Frank but he is right. CTU was outspent 5-1 and fought Michael Sacks to a draw. It was a net loss of seats for the Mayor and CTU but not an outright loss. Sacks and his political team have proven again to have little ability to affect Chicago elections.

[Frank Calabrese @FrankCalabrese]

Honestly, CTU did a decent job considering they were outspent 5 to 1 by anti CTU groups.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@alainaxhampton Thanks God! Job well done, Sister!

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

@landon20s A fake charge made by a dirty, racist cop who didn’t want Black and Brown families moving into his neighborhood. It says a lot about you and your venture capital firm’s values that you would cite a fake news outlet run by Trump supporter Dan Proft. Thanks for posting.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Susana The Spork Mendoza catches a serious challenge. If she doesn’t make the ballot where will the Right Wing / Ed Burke vote in this election? Kelly, I suppose. And where do Landon and the vulture capital bros go? Oh, the horror!

[Mary Ann Ahern @MaryAnnAhernNBC]

Official challenge against @susanamendoza10 filed in #ChiMayor27

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

The venture capital bros won’t be throwing in for Susana’s long shot mayoral campaign with this latest hurdle in her way. They weren’t likely to fund her quixotic campaign to begin with.

[Progress Illinois @progressIL]

Interesting moves on mayoral petition challenges but the big losers are Brandon Johnson who can ill afford more controversy and Susana Mendoza. This effectively freezes Mendoza’s campaign for the duration of the challenge period making it near impossible for her to raise money.