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Chicago Contrarian

@ChicagoContrar1

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@ChicagoContrar1
Apr 20, 2023
Stealing a car and setting it a blaze is not a silly decision. Pummeling two innocents and a CTA employee is not a silly decision. Jumping on cars, looting, and vandalizing is not a silly decision. It's all violent, criminal behavior, and it deserves to be demonized, period.
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@ChicagoContrar1
May 9, 2025
Gee.............we can't imagine why CTA ridership has plummeted. #Chicago
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@ChicagoContrar1
Oct 18, 2025
A few takeaways from today's "No Kings" rally in Chicago. Trump is still president. ICE is still arresting illegal immigrants in Chicago. Pritzker will never be president. Brandon Johnson is still the worst mayor in the history of Chicago.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jul 11, 2025
Note the electronic monitoring bracelet.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Sep 10, 2024
Spotted at 87th and Lafayette.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jan 27, 2025
Tom Homan has done more to make Chicago safer in the last 24 hours than @ChicagosMayor will ever do.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Apr 4, 2025
Not sure what prompted this incident, but it really doesn't matter. This is just another example of how Chicago has turned into the world's largest outdoor insane asylum.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Oct 19, 2025
45 people were shot this week in Chicago, 8 fatally, and Dick Durbin is highlighting how he held a sign at Saturday's "No Kings" protest in Chicago. Durbin's comment perfectly encapsulates how he has failed the state of Illinois for 42 years.
Senator Dick Durbin
@SenatorDurbin
Oct 19, 2025
Chicago is saying NO to wannabe dictators. No kings.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jan 26, 2025
Tom Homan has a message for criminal illegals in Chicago: He is here to arrest public safety threats. Chicago welcomes you, Mr. Homan, and all federal agencies cooperating with you. Video: @PapiTrumpo.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jun 12, 2024
Imagine living next door to her. Video: @ASPARAGUSJCRU.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Mar 3, 2025
7 people were killed this week in Chicago. Chicago students can't read, write, or complete simple math. Chicago just approved a bond measure which will sink the city $2B further in debt. But Senator Dick Durbin's visit to Chicago concentrated on Ukraine.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jan 28, 2025
Three takeaways from Tom Homan on arrests of criminal illegals in Chicago: "We arrested a lot of bad guys." "He (Pritzker) is too busy lying to the American people." "We're (Trump Adm.) going to do everything we can to fight back on Sanctuary Cities." Keep it up, Mr. Homan.
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@ChicagoContrar1
Oct 25, 2025
ICE wins again. When federal agents arrest illegals in Chicago, residents pelt them with insults, blow whistles, and obstruct ICE as they attempt to leave. ICE got the illegals and residents got tear gassed. Residents got what they deserved. The lesson here is simple: Don't
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@ChicagoContrar1
Jan 3, 2023
This is "crime is down" in Lori Lightfoot's Chicago. This shooting incident occurred this morning at a Citgo at 63rd and Racine, just blocks from CPD's 7th District. Remember this episode, along with countless other similar incidents, when you cast your ballot in February.
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