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Independent of the question of what a just resolution of the Smollett situation would be, what Rahm is doing right now is just really really gross.
Did the mayor ever display this level of umbrage and outrage when his own police department shot and killed a kid in cold blood and then he helped them cover it up?
As to the cost of the Smollett investigation, I think the city seeking civil restitution is perfectly appropriate, but keep in mind the city spends about FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to settle lawsuits against cops for misconduct.
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There were a lot of vile and offensive and false ads last cycle, but for sheer gaslighting disingenuousness, this one takes the cake

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I think this will probably be the last thing I'll say on this, but I have to get this off my chest. Like many people across the ideological spectrum I have some real wariness about and ambivalence towards the phenomenon of finding statements from someone's past to get them fired
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