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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Sounds like JB Pritzker is ready for a donnybrook

The Chicago Way

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News & Politics, News, Columnist, Politics, Carlin, Plus, Wgn, Jeff, Tribune, John, Chicago, The, Kass, Radio, Way

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (04/29/25): On this edition, veteran political advisor at Serafin & Associates and co-host of The Crisis Cast, Thom Serafin joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin with an analysis of how Sen. Dick Durbin announcing he won’t run for reelection will shuffle the deck in Illinois politics and what Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s […]

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0:00.0

On the road or off road.

0:02.1

Chevy Silverado is built for tough performance in any condition.

0:06.0

Hit the road in a new Silverado pickup.

0:08.5

Go to Chevy DriveChicago.com for a dealer near you.

0:11.6

Chevy Silverado, official truck partner of the Chicago Bears.

0:16.0

Do you remember the summer of love?

0:20.2

Do you remember MSNBC telling us that they were mostly peaceful protests,

0:26.4

even though they were burning in Minneapolis, in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, New York,

0:34.1

every major city burning, destruction.

0:39.6

Chicago has never recovered, has never recovered.

0:43.7

Let me say it again.

0:44.6

Has never recovered from the BLM protest riots, glorifying George Floyd and making George Floyd into a hero in an attempt to destroy Donald Trump.

1:00.7

And so why is Governor Pritzker leading the charge demanding even more aggression, more violence?

1:11.4

Some say he's doing the political smart thing.

1:16.1

And others of us say he's just going back and dredging us through his nightmare.

1:23.8

Joining us to discuss all this is my good friend,

1:29.6

Tom Serafen of Serafen and Associates.

1:32.3

And with us always, as usual, is Jeff Carlin,

1:37.3

executive producer WGN News,

1:40.6

future physics teacher, friend of cats,

1:46.5

husband to the lovely Christine.

1:58.5

And me, I'm John Cass, 40 years of newspaper man in Chicago, with my own commercials now, my own website, John Cass News.

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