Can the Republicans fight the Democrats fairly with media constantly carrying the

Democratic talking points of Trump, Trump, Trump? Forget inflation, forget violent

crime, forget the masks on your kids at school in Illinois, most other states are

going maskless, because all you're gonna hear is Trump, Trump, Orange Man, Trump.

And beyond partisan politics, the culture of Chicago is infected and

Cook County, rotting from crime and violence. Boss Tony Prakwinkle keeps getting

the pass from media, as Lori Lightfoot takes the heat alone, as media and

other institutions fail, is there some place people can go to decode what all

these candidates are jabbering about and perhaps more importantly what they're

not jabbering about? Today our guest is a master decoder, my good and dear friend

Tom Serifin of Serifin and Associates. A good and decent fair man, Tom is the

best political analyst in the state. Yeah, the best. An analyst on Fox

Chicago, and co-host of the excellent crisis cast podcast, WGN Executive

Producer Jeff Carlin is here, as always, Jeff didn't bring his cats, I did

not bring my dog, he's outside. And I'm John Cass, husband, father, editor,

and chief of John Cass news. And where are you with all the noise trying to

distract you and spin you? Where are you with something wrong in the culture and

you know it? And too few are willing to talk about the rotten parts or a

solution that seems even equitable or achievable. You're in the no-chumble

zone, that's where you are. You're on the Chicago Way podcast on WGN+.

Look, the Chicago Way is a deep cultural phenomenon. It's the Chicago Way. In a

tower by the river, there lived a man. There was a man who took a stand with pen and

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