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• Chicago keeps controversial police promotion list secret

  07-07-2025 18:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This story was copublished by Invisible Institute and the Reader. John Poulos’s past might have prevented him from being hired by the Chicago Police Department—if he had been honest about it. Instead, the lieutenant’s rise through the department’s ranks is emblematic of many of the problems identified by critics of the CPD’s “merit” promotion system. […]
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• Trump Floats Deporting U.S. Citizens — Again

  07-07-2025 14:00
  
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  President Donald Trump has again floated the idea of deporting U.S. citizens who commit crimes.
  On Tuesday (July 1), Trump was touring a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades when he again claimed that there are many U.S. citizens who immigrated to this country and are committing serious crimes. The president suggested that his “next job” might be to deport these people.
  “They’re not new to our country. They’re old to our country. Many of the
  
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• Planned Parenthood of Illinois Vows to Stay Open After Trump Defunding Bill

  07-07-2025 13:30
  
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  Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) promised Friday that no patient would be turned away, even after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping measure that cuts federal support for the organization and slashes Medicaid funding nationwide.
  Almost 30,000 PPIL patients rely on Medicaid for birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, prenatal services, gender-affirming care, and abortion. Tonya Tucker, PPIL’s interim president and CEO, said those se
  
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