By Steve Rhodes
Reminder: I’ll be on Hitting Left on Friday at 11 a.m., along with Ra Joy of the Lightfoot transition team. Listen at 105.5 FM or stream it at Lumpen Radio.
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New on the Beachwood today . . .
Save Ebony, Jet
Rev. Jesse Jackson: We can’t let these giants die.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #247: Cy Darvish
Greatness unappreciated by all except media, Maddon. Plus: Yu Darvish Is Even Annoying His Neighbors; The White Sox Are Also 3-8; Sale Sucks, Rays Rock; The Fight To Pay Minor Leaguers; The Circuitous Route of Wauconda’s Matt Mooney; Now The Bulls Pray To The Lottery Gods; Lottery Gods Smile On Blackhawks; “Q” Now Florida Man; Chicago Fired; DePaul Demons Officially Nation’s 103rd Best Team; and Co-Ed Swim Team Launches.
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ChicagoReddit
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ChicagoGram
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BeachBook
Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?
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How The Media Finally Acknowledged Far-Right Terrorism.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
He lied. And your reporter should have said so while he was lying. https://t.co/zc2BwG4xo9
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) April 10, 2019
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Trump’s speech to that Republican campaign dinner was the third-most-dishonest event of his presidency: 34 false claims. He made 102 false claims in all. That’s the 11th-worst week of his presidency, second-worst since the midterms. https://t.co/RGhCxriaZ9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 11, 2019
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In 2015, the Feds subpoenaed Cook County Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s goat meat supply company for financial records while investigating a bribe-for-job allegation. This was the response from Brown’s husband: pic.twitter.com/bpNPUjHej1
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) April 11, 2019
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Man found in Chicago is Cook County’s 45th cold exposure death this season https://t.co/gA4LaNYwJu
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 11, 2019
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Ah ha ha ha ha ha he covered up a police murder. https://t.co/qfKk00sMvQ
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 10, 2019
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The Beachwood McRibTipLine: Where is your Intern God now?
Posted on April 11, 2019