Rodney Davis hosted an “Open Government Night” and holy shit was he mad
Look at that snarl:
Other instances of note from the event:
- Rod and Dan Caulkins shouted down a veteran who asked them to condemn President Trump’s (fairly obvious) racism
- Rod admitted to having a volunteer on BDL’s private press call
- Rod lied about the 2020 Census
- Rod lied again
- Rod doubled down on taking away healthcare from millions
- Rod was incensed at the mere mention of addressing gun violence
ProPublica uncovers admissions fraud by wealthy parents at the U of I
This is nuts – parents who could afford college for their children would allegedly give up custody of their high schoolers in hopes of gaining illegitimate need-based financial aid.
Yikes.
(Jodi Cohen and Melissa Sanchez / ProPublica Illinois)
It’s almost Illini football season, my folks
Lest we forget this gem:
It now exists in t-shirt form also, with a charitable component:
The Illinois Artist Behind Social Media’s Latest Big Idea
(Will Oremus / OneZero, Medium)
Baseball physicist looks to solve mystery of home run boom
(Jim Dey / News-Gazette)
Showers hit 800 Facebook likes
Thank you. Here’s a song.
