@Sneedlings

Chicago Sun-Times Columnist

 Chicago, IL
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Joined April 2011
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I’ve had enough: Time to turn the dial on COVID-19 acrimony chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes
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Assault has left R. Kelly petrified with fear, wrought with insomnia, lawyers say chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Assault has left R. Kelly petrified with fear, wrought with insomnia, lawyers say

“Fear and terror have left him petrified and paranoid,” says singer’s attorney after he was attacked in his cell.

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Dread Head Cowboy’s horse ‘has drastically improved,’ now on private farm after expressway ride, Ald. Lopez says chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Dread Head Cowboy’s horse ‘has drastically improved,’ now on private farm after expressway ride,...

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The horse, which stopped traffic on the Dan Ryan on Monday, should not be ridden ever again, the South Side alderman says.

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Man who shook Biden’s hand was ‘honored,’ not stunned as Trump claimed chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Man who shook Biden’s hand was ‘honored,’ not stunned as Trump claimed

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: Brian McPartlin, an advance man for the Democratic candidate for president, said he had tested negative 24 hours before the two met in Milwaukee.

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Michael Avenatti is sent subpoena in latest twist in Jussie Smollett case chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Michael Avenatti is sent subpoena in latest twist in Jussie Smollett case

Avenatti, who awaits sentencing for trying to extort Nike, made overtures as he considered representing the Osundairo brothers, an attorney for the ex-”Empire” actor tells Sneed.

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In his upcoming book, former Gov. George Ryan tells the story of how he took his hand off the switch of what he called the “death machine,” columnist Michael Sneed writes. bit.ly/2YIWTlj
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Fun and flavor of political conventions fade amid pandemic chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Fun and flavor of political conventions fade amid pandemic

Sneed’s decades-long convention coverage, which started during the upheaval in the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, has given her a wealth of fond memories and traditions.

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I've got to believe right about now "Big Jim" Thompson is charging around up there pumping the hands of St. Peter and cherubs alike, reveling in a whole new level of retail politicking. Godspeed, governor. @NeilSteinberg & @Sneedlings report. chicago.suntimes.com/politic…

Former Gov. James Thompson, a giant of Illinois politics, dead at 84

Early in his career Thompson helped put one Illinois governor in prison and, toward his career’s end, he worked tirelessly and in vain trying to keep another out of jail.

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Phil Stefani reopens renowned Tuscany on Taylor but warns: We won’t survive until spring chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Phil Stefani reopens renowned Tuscany on Taylor but warns: We won’t survive until spring

Meanwhile, famous prognosticator Sister Jean offers her prediction for the November election.

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Suicide reminds us ‘real danger in police work isn’t physical, it’s psychological and spiritual’ chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Suicide reminds us ‘real danger in police work isn’t physical, it’s psychological and spiritual’

With all the fury police are facing, let’s not forget they often struggle, largely in silence.

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Ditka doubles down on criticism of kneeling athletes, support for Trump chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Ditka doubles down on criticism of kneeling athletes, support for Trump

In an interview with Donald Trump Jr., the former Bears coach made no apologies for his controversial comments about protesters earlier in the week.

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Pfleger’s painful memory at scene where 15 shot Tuesday: His foster son was murdered steps away chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Pfleger’s painful memory at scene where 15 shot Tuesday: His foster son was murdered steps away

In 1988, Rev. Michael Pfleger’s son, Jarvis, was killed at 79th and Carpenter, across the street from where a shootout took place after a funeral this week.

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Growing my own food in the times of COVID chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Growing my own food in the times of COVID

As the nation went to war with COVID-19, I set out to find a place for veggies in the flower beds.

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NEW THIS AFTERNOON: Less than a day after saying they would no longer cooperate with Cook County prosecutors, two central figures in the Jussie Smollett saga are back on board, their attorney said Thursday. bit.ly/2BzDSsN
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A tipping point on ending racism, an opportunity to get things right chicago.suntimes.com/opinion… via @SunTimes

A tipping point on ending racism, an opportunity to get things right

SNEED: After my more than 50 years in journalism, and 70-plus years as an American, change has been a long time coming. Now, let’s embrace it.

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Eddie Johnson grieves over unrest that has torn through city: ‘But we will endure’ chicago.suntimes.com/columni… via @SunTimes

Eddie Johnson grieves over unrest that has torn through city: ‘But we will endure’

Former Police superintendent says his decision to join peace marchers two years ago ‘turned out to be the right thing to do’

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Former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson is a man with a broken heart. “I still love the city and the (police) department, and this is absolutely breaking my heart to see the violence happening in the city,” he told @Sneedlings. bit.ly/2Y5mK5M

Eddie Johnson grieves over unrest that has torn through city: ‘But we will endure’

Former Police superintendent says his decision to join peace marchers two years ago ‘turned out to be the right thing to do’

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What we leave behind and what we welcome as city moves toward reopening chicago.suntimes.com/opinion… via @SunTimes

What we leave behind and what we welcome as city moves toward reopening

Let’s not forget the little gifts during this nightmare, like all the family time and the daylong chirping of birds.

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Ditka on his iconic Ditka’s eatery closing: ‘It’s over and it was good’ chicago.suntimes.com/opinion… via @SunTimes

Ditka on his iconic Ditka’s eatery closing: ‘It’s over and it was good’

In an exclusive interview with Sneed, the legendary coach also said he can’t imagine the upcoming NFL season being played without fans and said he is OK with a slower life during COVID-19.

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The inside story on the scoop I had on MJ playing baseball ... or did I? chicago.suntimes.com/opinion… via @SunTimes

The inside story on the scoop I had on MJ playing baseball ... or did I?

“The Last Dance” sheds light on what was the biggest story in sports after Michael Jordan retired from baseball in 1993. Here are some more details.

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