This post has been updated with another statement from Yusef Jackson. capitolfax.com/2026/03/16/j...

This post has been updated! Former SoS Jesse White has endorsed Melissa Bean in the 8th CD.

Please read this post on @capitolfax.bsky.social

My hope is this holiday season you find in your heart to give to such a worthy cause, for the kids, and thank @isabelmiller.bsky.social for this pitch, and what we all can do for these kids

Update x6: “ISP has reached out to the Broadview Police Department to offer assistance in the investigation of recent events” capitolfax.com/2025/09/27/m...

Pritzker: "They are either lying to us or they are critically incompetent. This is what happens when you staff the federal government full of project 2025 contributors that don't have any experience governing and don't think that the laws apply to them."

Thank you!

I can't recommend @isabelmiller.bsky.social's news roundups highly enough -- it is always worth the click:

Program for the inauguration of the Senate of the 104th Illinois General Assembly in the newly restored Senate chamber.

Looking good, Illinois Senate Chamber. Nice to be back.

Ghosted by a metra train… that’s a first

First?

First, if you’re not reading @capitolfax.bsky.social and @isabelmiller.bsky.social you are already behind everyone else…

… but do yourself a solid, donate to LSSI, a great cause, Rich doing Rich things for the kids

Thanks

Happy turkey day!

TEMPORARY WEBSITE: capfax.blogspot.com

NEWS: From my site host: "We were hit with ransomware affecting the whole data center. We are looking at several days to recovery I think. They got our backups too so we need to wait to get the recovery keys."

Yep

Wondering if this means I have to finally cave and turn my heat on when I get home…

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’ Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it

Oil and chemical companies that pledged to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My favorite veto session update: I finally brought my coffee snobbery to Springfield

ComEd Fired Him. Now, Urban Historian Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas Is Launching A History Show The history program will highlight "the positive aspects of Chicago and its amazing history." It's one of many projects Thomas will focus on after ComEd laid him off following a decade with the compan...

ComEd fired him.
Now, urban historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas is launching a history show. buff.ly/4fviN0E

the Mountain Goats John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcoh...

whole Mountain Goats catalog is pay what you want (for the digital obv) today, we are raising money for PRISMS (Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome). go on get some music you know you wanna themountaingoats.bandcamp.com