Yesterday was a day full of bitterness in the Blago trial as the prosecution continued its questioning of former deputy governor Doug Scofield and played several tapes, many featuring Blago expressing his bitterness for President Obama. The day started with a full playing of the infamous "fucking golden" tape and continued with more tapes as Scofield testified there was, "a level of jealousy and anger" from Blago about Obama's election. more ›

The brains behind the Chicago Alderman Project - Jeremy Schuech and Lauri Apple - have enjoyed quite a successful run with the show receiving all kinds of media attention from the New York Times, the Chicago Reader, the Tribune, and right here. But all good things must come to an end so tonight the show is closing down at its current space at Johalla Projects tonight and they're closing out with a party. The exhibit has been a smashing success and while it's closing up shop at the current locale tonight, look for it to pop up again somewhere else soon. There's also a great prize to coincide with tonight's party. The Chicago Reader is running a quiz on how much you know about local politics and if you take the quiz, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a Four Star commuter bike by KHS Bicycles from Roscoe Village Bikes. The luck devils at the Reader also have the complete collection for your online perusal. more ›

There’s something a little irritating about the word 'Twitter.' Maybe because we hear it 10,000 times a day. Chicago is, after all, ranked third on the Twitter Cities List. And the adoration of the real-time messaging service has reached a fever pitch. Politicians doing it while in session, cable networks going ape shit over it, media moguls chronicling their craps. more ›

Oh, Governor Blagojevich. You've always been an endless source of amusement. Among other things, we've laughed over how Blago looks like both a South Park character and a Lego man. Then, there's Salon's hilarious Glengarry Rod Blagojevich [via] and Steve Rhodes had us laughing with his scale of who is drinking the most Blago Haterade. more ›