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Chicago, IL
Joined September 2008
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Recent pay hike approved by @iftaft for @stacydavisgates bumping her from $180K to $250K. Most recent published reports say she also received $195K as head @CTULocal1 in 2025 for a total now of $445K
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Defaming victims and survivors and refusing to take accountability is a pattern for Hilario and his aligned folks. The real question Chicagoans should be asking is: why did the CPS OIG investigation, which was open for 5 years, close only weeks after Hilario became a candidate?
At WGN’s Chicago School Board president forum, Hilario Dominguez accused Jessica Biggs’ campaign manager, Alaina Hampton, of “starting a lot of things” over allegations of inappropriate conduct involving a 17 year old girl in 2017. But a complaint was filed in 2018.
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A picture is worth a thousand words!
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Recent reports have highlighted a workplace culture that enabled sexual harassment in @ChicagosMayor’s office. The Women's Caucus wants to send a clear message that sexual harassment is never acceptable in City Hall or any workplace--and we are watching to ensure it's addressed appropriately.
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Progress Illinois retweeted
29 alders call for meeting to reject Mayor Johnson’s $300M property tax hike wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/…
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One of the mayor’s Chicago Board of Education appointees, Mitchell Johnson, says in his official bio he lives in Calumet City groundswell.org/johnson/
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Mayor Brandon Johnson again says he doesn’t discuss “personnel issues” when asked if he asked Pedro Martinez to resign. Adds: “I was elected to fight for the people of the city, and whoever's in the way of that, get out of it.”
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Progress Illinois retweeted
NEW: Brandon Johnson’s administration is refusing to release emails between top Chicago Teachers Union leaders and his Deputy Mayor of Education Jen Johnson. Why? Because CTU leaders are so involved in governing the city that producing all 1,200+ pages of emails between Stacy Davis Gates, Jackson Potter, Kurt Hilgendorf and Jen Johnson would be “unduly burdensome,” according to the city’s response to a FOIA request for these records.
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies he suppressed a story about alleged Rahm Emanuel affair chicagotribune.com/2024/04/2…
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1.) WTTW Exclusive: "Possible Outbreak of Illness," "Exposed pipes with raw sewage," "Cockroach infestion." Emails obtained by WTTW News show Mayor Johnson and top city officials were warned on Oct 28th of unsanitary conditions at a Pilsen Migrant shelter ..
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Make no mistake: if Donald Trump wins next year — he's coming for your health care AGAIN! If Joe Biden wins, your health care will be safe and sound. -NP
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NEWS: A third city employee accused Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin of unethical conduct, this time for allegedly tricking seniors into signing political petitions for holiday hams and campaigning at churches when she was supposed to talk city business. chicagotribune.com/politics/…
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Progress Illinois retweeted
🚨 Combat footage between Wagner PMC and Kremlin forces in Rostov region.
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BREAKING: CNN drops bombshell, reveals that the National Archives just notified Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Justice Department that it has “critical evidence,” including a whopping 16 incriminating recordings, that could land Trump in prison because they “prove that Donald Trump” KNEW that it was illegal to “declassify” top secret documents by simply “declaring them classified.” The recorded communications are between the National Archives and “Trump himself,” and “top Trump staffers.” CNN reports that the “16 presidential records, which were subpoenaed earlier this year, may provide critical evidence establishing the former president’s awareness of the declassification process, a key part of the criminal investigation into Trump’s mishandling of classified documents.” CNN continues, declaring that the recordings “may also provide insight into Trump’s intent and whether he willfully disregarded what he knew to be clearly established protocols, according to a source familiar with recent testimony provided to the grand jury by former top Trump officials.” Please RT and ❤️ if you think that Trump MUST be criminally charged — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new Twitter competition I created that Elon Musk is trying to silence. He banned Tribel’s Twitter account, but he hast yet banned this link to download the new Tribel app: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb
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George Burciaga and Firm Recognized by Mayors from Across the Country s.einnews.com/V1kvnTZXA4
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Three members of Congress support ⁦@LoriLightfoot⁩ for #ChiMayor23 ⁦@RepDannyDavis⁩ ⁦@RepBobbyRush⁩ ⁦@RepRobinKelly⁩
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Progress Illinois retweeted
Anyone who can’t abide by the rules as a candidate doesn’t have the character to hold elective office and should be kicked off the ballot
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