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Harry Truman, Obama and Thomas Frank’s Disillusionment
Thomas Frank has an interesting column in Salon that typifies the cynical view of Obama by speculating what his Presidential Library might look like. Republicans in Congress want to make sure President...
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Illinois Newspaper Gives Up on Journalism, Bends Over for Oil & Gas Industry
The Southern Illinoisan has a long-running competition with the Belleville News-Democrat over which Illinois newspaper has the strongest bias in favor of the coal industry. So I was pleasantly...
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Who Are the Top Five Fossil Fools in Illinois Politics?
Illinois may be more famous for imprisoned Governors, but as a coal state struggling with its energy future, some of our politicians have wacky things to say about fossil fuels. With the threatened...
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Congressman Shimkus gets backlash to deceptive fracking comments
Illinois’ most embarrassing Congressman, John Shimkus, faced an outraged backlash for pro-fracking statements he made on Facebook. He’s already well known as a climate change denier and conspiracy...
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Congressional candidate Mike Bost believes fracking is safe but...
Illinois Republican Congressional candidate Mike Bost (IL-12) has some unusual beliefs about environmentalists and fracking. In a recent radio interview, Bost said about environmentalists: “…if it was...
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All Illinois Democrats have to do for re-election is govern like Democrats
There’s a simple lesson for Illinois Democrats from the Tuesday election. If you want to get re-elected as a Democrat in Illinois all you have to do is govern like a liberal Democrat. It’s not...
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It doesn’t pay to be a fossil fuel Democrat on election day
This was a difficult election for Democrats and it was even worse for Democrats still pushing fossil fuels. The Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus lost his seat along with a slew of...
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Can Illinois Learn From New York’s Victory Against Fracking?
Illinois environmentalists are cheering the spectacular success of the movement to ban fracking in New York. The victory is justifiably spurring reflection on how it was done. What happened in New York...
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Illinois Poll Shows Strong Opposition to Fracking
Nearly half of Illinois voters oppose fracking, according to a new poll by the Simon Institute. The statewide poll reveals 48.6% oppose fracking while only 31.8% believe it should be encouraged, even...
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Congressional Candidates Agree on Climate Science, Differ on Solutions in IL-18
The two Democrats running to replace Aaron Schock in Illinois’ 18th Congressional district supported action on climate change in a recent debate sponsored by several news organizations. Both...
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