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John

2022-05-04T14:55:19Z

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* [[John the Apostle]]
* [[Gospel of John]]

A common English name. Equivalents occur in many languages:

* Chinese: Xian (西安)
* Dutch: Jan
* French: Jean
* German: Johann
* Greek: Ioannes Ιωάννης
* Irish: Sean
* Italian: Giovanni
* Mexican Spanish: Juan
* Polish: Jan
* Portuguese: João
* Spanish: Juan

[[Category:Disambiguation Pages]]

Nancy Pelosi

2022-05-04T07:04:11Z

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'''Nancy Patricia Pelosi''', born March 26, 1940 (age {{age|1940|3|26}}), has been the Speaker of the House of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] since 2002. She represents the 12th congressional district of [[California]] and is often criticized for imposing [[San Francisco values]] on mainstream America. She served as first [[birthing person]] [[Speaker of the House]]. Pelosi called for an insurrection against the United States government in mid-2018.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/14/pelosi_i_dont_even_know_why_there_arent_uprisings_all_over_the_country_over_migrant_child_separation.html</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/01/07/flashback-nancy-pelosi-called-for-uprisings-against-the-trump-administration-n1321409</ref> Since assuming the Speakership after the 2018 midterm elections, Pelosi's personal family fortune increased from $114 million to $315 million.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/watters-world-investigates-nancy-pelosis-315-million-in-assets</ref> Pelosi remains a high-profile [[apologist]] for the [[genocidal]] [[Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rather-side-with-the-chinese-communist-party-gop-congressman-attacks-pelosi-for-tougher-talk-toward-trump-than-china</ref>

Pelosi backs [[Left-wing violence in the Trump era|mob violence]],<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/10/18/nancy-pelosi-supports-collateral-damage-against-those-who-disagree-with-democrats</ref><ref>https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/06/16/open-letter-nancy-pelosi-regarding-uprisings/</ref> [[class warfare]] and [[socialist]] revolutionary fervor. She is the oldest speaker in U.S. history<ref>Ferrechio, Susan (December 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nancy-pelosi-due-to-be-americas-oldest-house-speaker Nancy Pelosi due to be America's oldest House speaker]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 14, 2018.</ref> with many questions regarding her mental capacity and fitness to serve.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republican-introduces-resolution-to-remove-pelosi-as-speaker-over-mental-capacity</ref> She is considered by many, including those in her own party,<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi/1987514002/</ref> as "a third rate politician." In January 2019, in order to win re-election as Speaker, Pelosi pledged to retire at the end of the 116th Congress, a pledge she dutifully broke at the start of the 117th Congress in January 2021 as she vindictively pursued a second set of failed impeachment charges against President Trump who had only 9 days remaining in office.

Desptire Pelosi's net worth estimated at more than $26.4 million when she assumed the Speakership,<ref name="Celebs">"[https://celebsnetworth.org/nancy-pelosi-net-worth/ Nancy Pelosi Net Worth]", ''Celebs Net Worth''</ref> she supposdly tries to address "[[income inequality]];"<ref>[https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2018/11/14/inside-the-house-democrats-first-meeting-since-the-election-346412 Inside the House Democrats’ first meeting since the election: PELOSI said income disparity is a top Democratic priority.] CEOs, she said, once made ...[bla bla bla]. She said Democrats won’t think or work incrementally.</ref><ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/mob-of-protestors-harasses-nancy-pelosi-in-florida-you-dont-belong-here-you-fking-communist/</ref> during the 2008 banking bailout, her net worth more than tripled from $31.38 (2008) to $101.12 million (2010).<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/net-worth/Nancy-Pelosi?cid=N00007360&year=2015 "Nancy Pelosi," ''OpenSecrets.org.''</ref> This increase is "attributed to stock gains and smart investments,"<ref name="Celebs" /> yet this was a period during which the markets dropped significantly and ordinary Americans had their life savings and retirement 401(k)s wiped out.<ref>http://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-historical-prices/table/by-year</ref>

Pelosi incited the [[2020 leftwing insurrection|Leftist anti-Trump Resistance movement]] to insurrection against the United States.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/nancy-pelosi-suggests-uprisings-all-over-the-country/</ref> The [[Tacoma suicide bomber attack]] occurred shortly afterward.

Pelosi is married to San Fransisco real estate [[oligarch]] Paul Pelosi.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-subsidies-benefit-husbands-investment-in-dem-mega-donors-company/</ref>

==Speakership 2019–present==
:{{Main article|Totalitarianism}}
Pelosi has a long history of backing totalitarian ideals. Pelosi is a [[xenophobe]] who demands people of all races, nations, ethnicities and who are different from her to be banned from entering the United States.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fK_cwI7kZM</ref> Pelosi has a long and dedicated hostility toward members of the [[United States Armed Forces|armed services]], [[veteran]]s, and veterans' healthcare. Pelosi backs [[Medicare for All]].

In the early days of the 116th Congress, Pelosi wanted to flood the country with [[narcotic|dope]], [[slave trade|human traffickers]], [[human trafficking]], [[grooming gangs]] and [[illegal immigrant|criminal migrants]]. She referred to it as a [[moral]] issue and canceled the President's constitutionally mandated State of Union, which traditionally is held in the House chamber. Pelosi was willing to shut down the government rather than allow Congress to vote funding for border defense.

The [[U.S. State Department]] has on its website as part of its definition of anti-Semitism: {{quotebox| Making mendacious, dehumanizing, [[demonizing]], or [[stereotype|stereotypical]] allegations about [[Jew]]s as such or the power of Jews as [[collective]] — such as, especially but not exclusively, the [[myth]] about a world Jewish [[conspiracy]] or of Jews controlling the [[media]], [[economy]], [[government]] or other societal institutions.<ref>https://www.state.gov/s/rga/resources/267538.htm</ref>}} In March 2019, the Democrat-controlled [[House of Representatives]], under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, refused to pass a resolution rebuking Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]] for a persistent pattern of anti-Semitic statements.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-passes-resolution-indirectly-calling-out-omars-anti-semitic-comments-without-mentioning-her-name</ref><ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/house-democrats-anti-hate-resolution-anti-semitism-islamophobia-ilhan-omar.html</ref> Omar received support for her views from [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[David Duke]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/07/david-duke-ilhan-omar-important-congress/</ref>

When Democrat megadonor and two-time convicted [[pedophile]] [[Jeffrey Epstein]] was arrested on charges of child sex trafficking dozens of underage girls, Speaker Pelosi's daughter braced party loyalists for more bad news to come in a tweet: "It is quite likely that some of our faves are implicated."<ref>https://twitter.com/sfpelosi/status/1147657745253855233</ref> This came just days before [[Robert Mueller]] was to testify about why he allowed a [[pedophile]] to walk free who gave supposed "evidence" in his Mueller Report on Russia collusion.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2019/06/04/sure-looks-like-mueller-let-pedophile-run-free-desperate-ploy-nail-trump-collusion/</ref> Mueller had allowed Epstein to roam free as well ten years earlier because Epstein was supposedly a reliable FBI informant, as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/999708976936767488</ref>

===117th Congress===
[[File:U crane.PNG|right 300px|thumb|Pelosi could not fine Ukraine on a map if there was a picture of "U" and a crane.<ref>https://youtu.be/9yk9D7DEp_A</ref>]]
{{See also|117th United States Congress}}
Pelosi violated her promise to fellow Democrats to retire at the end of the 116th Congress and give up the Speakership. This, coming on the heels of two embarrassing [[coup]] attempts to upset the will of the American people and overthrow President Donald J. Trump, first through the Russia collusion hoax, and secondly through the [[Ukrainian collusion|Ukrainian impeachment sham]]. At the outset of 2021, a third attempt to thwart free and fair American elections and destroy American [[democracy]] was underway with the [[Biden Putsch]], using [[fraud]]ulent mail-in ballots from corrupt Democratic party machines throughout America.

As a result of the deadly [[2021 Capitol protests|January 6 capitol insurrection]], an [[Oklahoma]] man pled guilty to stealing a [[beer]] from Pelosi's office and was sentenced to six months in prison.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/oklahoma-man-pleads-guilty-misdemeanor-nancy-pelosis-beer-january-6-will-serve-6-months-federal-prison-crime/</ref> Pelosi has expressed a willingness to ignore [[genocide]] and the suppression of [[democracy]] in the [[Peoples Republic of China]] if the communists work with her on climate change.<ref>https://youtu.be/rI4KhU1C8tg</ref>

====Collusion with Milley====
{{see also|U.S. Color Revolution}}
[[Deep State]] [[subversive]]s openly talked about military intervention in politics and presidential succession in August 2020.<ref>https://www.captainsjournal.com/2020/08/12/john-nagl-and-paul-yingling-advocate-oath-breaking/</ref> Pelosi engaged in what was described as a "crypto-fascist" conspiracy with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. [[Mark Milley]]. ''Defense One'', which describes itself as "a portfolio brand of GovExec, whose market-leading services help contractors support government leaders and their missions," is in short one of numerous daily globalist newsletters for the [[administrative state]] and [[military-industrial complex]]. Thomas Crosbie of the Royal Danish Defence College’s Centre for Joint Operations wrote in ''Defense One'':
{{quotebox-float|"there are two competing visions of the military in the public sphere today. One is the orthodox view, steeped in the reassuring Huntingtonian principles of subordination and nonpartisan, apolitical professionalism. The other is the heterodox view — despised and scorned wherever it appears — that dispenses with the self-serving myth that the military (or indeed any million-person, trillion-dollar organization) can ever be apolitical. Nonpartisan, yes; professional, yes; but never apolitical.

The problem is that the first perspective cannot abide any debate on the role of the military in politics, since these thinkers believe there is no acceptable role. For them, any overt action by the military in the political arena is forbidden. For reasons that have never been clear to me, covert action by the military in the political arena — for example, community relations, industrial relations, congressional relations, or public relations — seems to be fine.

From the second perspective, the military has a gravitational effect on American political life,<ref>[[President Eisenhower]] described it as "The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the [[military-industrial complex]]. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.</ref> and so inaction is no less politically charged than action.

These two perspectives are not distributed equally. Only the first is taught at military colleges and debated in polite society. The second is '''hounded wherever it appears, dismissed as a form of crypto-fascism. From my perspective, however, the opposite is closer to the truth.'''

On one hand, the orthodox view to keep the military separate from politics has had a long-term corrosive effect, contributing to an ineffective, wasteful military that is never criticized or audited thoroughly enough, and must be left alone as an autonomous, honorable organization for so long as it forsakes any overt political behavior. On the other hand, that same view poses an immediate danger as it insists that the military roll over and accept whatever anti-democratic actions are undertaken by a president clearly intending to do what he can to break the Constitution.

The second perspective — that the military simply is not above or outside of the nation’s politics — demands that we call military silence and inaction by its name: in the worst scenarios, complicity in the shredding of the Constitution, comfort to the enemies of democracy, and facilitation of an authoritarian coup (not by the military itself, but rather the unlawful seizure of power by Trump).

In their open letter,<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/all-enemies-foreign-and-domestic-open-letter-gen-milley/167625/</ref> Nagl and Yingling were asking the general to act if and only if an authoritarian coup has already taken place — and to do so strictly in accordance with his personal oath to the Constitution. We see the ascendency of the first perspective in the vitriol poured upon their argument. These otherwise respected figures are vilified as advocating a military take-over and mocked for suggesting that a staff officer (especially the chairman, who has no direct command authority over any troops) should somehow be involved. It is as though the authors were channeling Othello’s Iago, a Spartan dog if ever there was one, in their advice to Milley: “follow him, to serve your turn upon him.”

Nagl and Yingling’s critics are right in describing such military intervention as unlawful and outrageous, but they err in labeling it a military take-over and are wrong in assuring the public it won’t be preferable to the alternative.

'''A forced transfer of power from Trump to someone else is not a traditional coup but rather a ''pronunciamento''. Although unknown in American history, the type of political transition does occur globally."''' <ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/six-scenarios-military-intervention-after-january-20/167777/</ref>}}
On January 8, 2021 Pelosi sent a Dear Colleague letter to Democrat members loaded with falsehoods and exaggerations in the effort to cover her role in denying [[National Guard]] protection for the [[U.S. Capitol building]] during the [[2021 Capitol protests|January 6 protests]]. The letter reads in part:<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/pelosi-letter-on-nuclear-codes/index.html</ref>
{{quotebox-float|"It is a spirit of pride and with great solemnity that I write to you about the events of this past week. [...]

Capitol Police: It is with great sadness that I also write to share the news that a twelve-year veteran of the U.S. Capitol Police, Officer Brian Sicknick, died after defending the Capitol complex and protecting all who serve and work here. The perpetrators of Officer Sicknick's death must be brought to justice. Five people have now died because of the act of insurrection. This is a stain on our nation's history.

While we are appreciative of the bravery of the Capitol Police, we are disappointed in the lack of leadership. For that reason I called upon the Chief of the Capitol Police to resign, and he has. I have also accepted the resignation of the House Sergeant-at-Arms. Chair Lofgren will discuss on our noon Caucus call how we will move forward with responding to the failures that allowed this tragedy to happen.

Removing the President From Office: As you know, there is growing momentum around the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which would allow the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to remove the President for his incitement of insurrection and the danger he still poses. Yesterday, Leader Schumer and I placed a call with Vice President Pence, and we still hope to hear from him as soon as possible with a positive answer as to whether he and the Cabinet will honor their oath to the Constitution and the American people.

Nearly fifty years ago, after years of enabling their rogue President, Republicans in Congress finally told President Nixon that it was time to go. Today, following the President's dangerous and seditious acts, Republicans in Congress need to follow that example and call on Trump to depart his office -- immediately. If the President does not leave office imminently and willingly, the Congress will proceed with our action.

Preventing an Unhinged President From Using the Nuclear Codes: This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy...."}}
After the supposed insurrection,<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-finds-no-evidence-trump-153636457.html</ref> which evidence points to another [[FBI]] [[false flag]] operation, Milley then had the supposed justification "to act if and only if an authoritarian coup has already taken place" that Crosbie spoke of, and colluded with Pelosi and his Chinese [[PLA]] counterpart<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/nationwide-call-explodes-for-gen-mark-milley-to-be-court-martialed-for-treason-working-with-china-to-undermine-trump/</ref> in the coup against President Trump.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/house-speaker-joint-chiefs-milley/index.html</ref> Thomas Crosbie of the Royal Danish Defence College, who outlined the coup plot, was born in [[Canada]] and is not an American citizen.

====Anti-science====
After the [[Center for Disease Control]] rescinded its guidelines on wearing [[covid]] masks during the [[CCP pandemic]], Pelosi refused to remove her authoritarian decrees requiring masks in the [[U.S. Capitol building|Capitol building]] affecting members of Congress and staff.<ref>https://youtu.be/t8bjgeBy750</ref>

====Big Tech anti-trust====
In the weeks before the House Judiciary Committee voted on the antitrust legislation — aimed at [[Apple, Inc.]], [[Amazon.com]], and Alphabet’s [[Google]] — that was meant to limit the way companies organize and offer their products, Speaker Pelosi's husband who handles the family's finances exercised call options that netted the Pelosi's $5.3 million.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/08/report-pelosis-husband-secured-5-3-million-from-alphabet-options/#</ref>

====JEDI contract====
Under [[Lloyd Austin]], the [[Pentagon]] canceled a $10-billion ‘JEDI’ cloud-computing contract with [[Microsoft]] in July 2021 and handed it back to tech giant [[Amazon]], which had sued after [[President Trump]] took it away from Amazon in 2019.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pentagon-cancels-10-billion-jedi-cloud-deal-awarded-microsoft</ref> Weeks earlier, [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s husband, who handles the families finances, bought $1 million in Amazon call options.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosis-husband-bought-amazon-stock-pentagon-jedi-shakeup-sent-shares-soaring</ref>

====J6 insurrection hoax====
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>(left) [[Congressional Black Caucus]] vice chair [[Joyce Beatty]], (right) [[Hank Johnson]] were arrested for storming the [[U.S. Capitol building]] with mobs of insurrectionists in 2021.
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:{{See also|J6 insurrection hoax}}
The Pelosi Panel was a [[partisan]] [[witchhunt]] and [[demonization]] project formed by Pelosi after the [[United States Senate]] and Joe Biden<ref>https://www.axios.com/biden-jan-6-commission-67eb120f-5c0b-48e6-be77-08158ef94441.html</ref> rejected the idea of forming a [[bipartisan]] commission to investigate the [[2021 Capitol insurrection hoax]].<ref>https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-senate-votes-block-panel-probe-capitol-riot</ref> While first offering [[Republican]]s to participate, Pelosi booted off Republican members<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/pelosi-rejects-jordan-and-banks-for-jan-6-committee-as-house-gop-says-it-will-launch-its-own-investigation-194806464.html</ref> and named two of her own hand-selected Republican [[NeverTrump]]ers to give it the appearance of bipartisanship. Pelosi did not want to answer questions about her own involvement in rejecting National Guard security in the days before the January 6 fiasco.<ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/it-was-a-set-up-both-dc-mayor-pelosi-turned-down-national-guard-on-jan-6/</ref>

Republicans also withdrew from the [[communist]] dominated House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth after Pelosi's arrogant dismissal of the people's elected representatives.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/07/28/mccarthy-pulls-gop-picks-off-economy-panel-amid-pelosi-clash/</ref>

Pelosi ordered the House Sargeant-at-Arms, the U.S. Capitol Police, and the National Guard to stand down despite warnings by the FBI that Antifa had infiltrated a Trump Rally in Washington and was planning a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/gop-rep-claims-pelosi-is-trying-to-distract-from-her-own-capitol-riots-responsibility-she-is-ultimately-responsible/</ref>

During the horrendous events a protester left a pile of human excrement on Pelosi's desk. The unknown offender may still be at large.

====Rape of Afghanistan====
{{See also|Rape of Afghanistan}}
[[File:KabulHasFallen.png|right|350px|thumb|]]
Pelosi commended Biden's handling of the U.S. withdrawl from [[Afghanistan]]:
{{quotebox-float|“The President is to be commended for the clarity of purpose of his statement on Afghanistan and his action.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/pelosi-commends-biden-for-strong-and-decisive-action-in-afghanistan/</ref>}}
Marketwatch wrote: “In a stunning rout, the [[Taliban]] seized nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a week, despite the billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and [[NATO]] over nearly 20 years to build up Afghan security forces. Just days earlier, an American military assessment estimated that the capital would not come under insurgent pressure for a month.”<ref>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/afghan-president-flees-the-country-as-taliban-move-on-kabul-01629048671?mod=home-page&mod=article_inline</ref>

Taliban atrocities included executions,<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/03/afghanistan-advancing-taliban-execute-detainees Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees], HRW, Aug 3, 2021</ref> even killing kids in front of their parents.<ref name=mid-day/> [[CNN]] reported that on July 12, 2021 the Taliban knocked on the door of a mother of four in a small village in northern Afghanistan. They were demanding food. The mother told them, "I am poor, how can I cook for you?" The Taliban beat her to death.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/asia/afghanistan-women-taliban-intl-hnk-dst/index.html</ref> In Takhar province, the Taliban shot and killed a woman when she went out in public without a [[burqa]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/taliban-kill-woman-not-wearing-burqa-after-vowing-to-honor-womens-rights/</ref>

===116th Congress===

:{{See also|116th United States Congress}}
As the 116th Congress was sworn in, one thing was certain and obvious to the American people: the Democratic party no longer had any regard or respect for [[democracy]] and the [[human rights]] of other people. The Democratic party organization, from poll workers, to members of the [[civil service system]], to elected officials, had rejected the fundamental tenets of a [[two-party system]] and embraced full-fledged [[single party control|single party]] [[communism]] and [[totalitarianism]], including rigged elections, [[censorship]], lack of [[due process]] rights, a rejection of the right of free association, a perverted [[law enforcement]] and [[judicial]] system, wholesale domestic spying, a [[globalism|globalized]] and [[collectivist]] [[planned economy]], a rejection of [[God]] and [[religion]], and an attack on the rights of armed citizens to defend themselves.

====Dump Pelosi movement====
[[File:Ocasio-Cortez leads insurrectionists in takeover of Pelosi office.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Rep. [[Ocasio-Cortez]] leads insurrerctionsts in a takeover of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, Nov. 13, 2018.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sunrise-activists-nancy-pelosi/</ref>]]
Pelosi and [[AOC]] united on the Progressive agenda after AOC called Pelosi a racist and President Trump came to Pelosi's defense.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/index.html</ref>

The Dump Pelosi movement was led by Reps. [[Seth Moulton]], [[Tim Ryan]], [[Ed Perlmutter]], [[Kathleen Rice]], [[Bill Foster]], [[Filemon Vela]], [[Kurt Schrader]], [[Conor Lamb]], [[Jim Cooper]], [[Brian Higgins]], [[Stephen Lynch]], [[Linda Sánchez]], Reps.-Elect [[Abigail Spanberger]], [[Jason Crow]], [[Mikie Sherrill]], [[Andy Kim]], [[Haley Stevens]], [[Joe Cunningham]], [[Max Rose]], [[Jeff Van Drew]], [[Anthony Brindisi]] and [[Ben McAdams]]. NeverNancy Democrats vowed to {{Quotebox-float|"support new leadership because voters in hard-won districts, and across the country, want to see real change in Washington."}}

The organizers of the Dump Pelosi movement were two white men, Seth Moulton and Tim Ryan who, for appearance sake, proposed replacing a woman with woman. Reps. [[Marcia Fudge]], [[Cheri Bustos]] and [[Karen Bass]] all were put forward.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/416836-insurgents-seek-female-challenger-to-replace-pelosi?amp</ref> Pelosi issued the obligatory charges of [[bigot]]ry, [[misogyny]], and [[sexism]] against elected Democrats.<ref>https://youtu.be/rBgKtbj167g</ref> The 16 NeverPelosi members represent 12 million citizens, of which more than 6 million are Democratic voters. Pelosi adopted a racist and condescending attitude toward a [[Fox News]] reporter who called her out for her lack of transparency and truthfulness in negotiations.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/11/nancy-pelosi-harris-faulkner-fox-news-transparency-shutdown-funding/</ref>

Rep. Marcia Fudge of the Congressional Black Caucus considered running against Pelosi for Speaker. Rep. [[Keith Ellison]], who was relegated to the back of the bus in the newly created position of vice-chair of the [[DNC]] despite his frontrunner status as top fundraiser, was kicked out of party leadership after the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>https://bongino.com/keith-ellison-resigns-from-the-dnc-to-focus-on-new-job/</ref> Racist progressives increased their power when they dumped longtime [[civil rights]] activist Rep. [[Barbara Lee]] for the position of Democrat Caucus leader. Post-election recount ballot box stuffing to steal a dozen House seats may have offset the Dump Pelosi movement and provided the difference to insure Pelosi's survival.<ref>https://youtu.be/yd2tjFHhq0I</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/since-election-day-democrats-pick-off-over-a-dozen-gop-house-seats-and-2-senate-seats-and-theyre-going-for-more/?omhide=true</ref>

Some members of the rebellion were willing to vote for Pelosi if she would agree to a "Sell by" date for her retirement which she agreed to.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/pelosi-agrees-to-term-limit-deal-limiting-her-speakership-to-4-years</ref> Others who vowed on the campaign trail not to vote for Pelosi as Speaker were given an option: they could vote against Pelosi in the closed door caucus meeting, "Present" on the floor vote (thus keeping their promise to voters) and keep their committee assignments as well. Pelosi's biographer made it clear that if the [[coup]] plotters against Pelosi failed, "life would become uncomfortable."<ref>Listen to Why Nancy Pelosi Won't Back Down by CQ Roll Call Podcast #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/cq-rollcall/why-nancy-pelosi-wont-back</ref>

[[Justice Democrats]], a group that backed Reps.-elect Ocasio-Cortez and [[Ayanna S. Pressley]], urged progressive Democrats to withhold their votes to {{quotebox|“extract concessions...[[Medicare For All]], rejecting corporate donations, free college, dismantling mass incarceration and mass deportation."}} As California burned, Rep.-elect [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] led a mob of [[environmentalist|tree huggers]] in a takeover of Pelosi's office. For years California has transferred money from forest management - removing dead trees - to social spending for Democrat vote-buying schemes. California was wracked by unprecedented wildfires taking scores of lives and burning down whole cities.<ref>https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/9/1/17800358/california-mendocino-wildfire-dead-trees</ref>

With 233 seats in the bag, Pelosi could only afford to lose 15 votes. 16 members publicly joined the NeverPelosi movement. [[President Trump]] weighed in and said he could guarantee enough Republican votes to save Pelosi.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-casts-pelosis-speaker-savior</ref> Pelosi became so desperate she began an online petition at pelosiforcongress.org, {{Quotebox|“Let Nancy know you’ve got her back. Add your name."}}

Traditionally Speaker races were strictly internal affairs. With Pelosi's election on the ropes, Pelosi invited big money special interest [[lobbying]] groups to muscle in. [[MoveOn.org]], [[NARAL Pro-Choice America|NAMBLA/Pro-Choice America]], [[People for the American Way]], [[Service Employees International Union]], [[Protect Our Care]], [[End Citizens United]], [[League of Conservation Voters]], [[Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence]], [[United Farm Workers]], [[Communications Workers of America]], [[American Federation of Government Employees]], [[United Auto Workers]], [[National Association of Letter Carriers,]] and [[Tax March]] voiced support for Pelosi. The groups essentially threatened to withhold money from NeverPelosi Democrats. The bosses of [[Center for American Progress]], [[AFL-CIO]], and [[Moms Demand Action]] also voiced support.

15 Democrats surprisingly held their integrity and kept their promises to voters, refusing to vote for Pelosi as Speaker.

====Mental health concerns====
[[File:Kamalatweet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tweet put out by the [[Kamala Harris]] presidential campaign after Pelosi's famous Oval Office meltdown.]]
:{{Main article|Alzheimer's disease}}
Pelosi has been the subject of much concern over her deteriorating mental health condition.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/as_pelosi_increasingly_incoherent_in_public_dems_face_a_battle_over_leadership_succession.html</ref> There are seven stages of [[dementia]]; the consensus of opinion among experts and observers is that Pelosi is somewhere between Stage 3 and Stage 6. The frequent brain freezes, facial tics, mumbling, mispronouncistion of words, confusion of what decade she's living in and so on can actually be a reaction to medication, rather than a symptom of the underlying disease.

In 2014, Pelosi became unhinged and chased Rep. [[Tom Marino]] across the House floor during a debate on Border Security funding. Marino said on the House floor, {{quotebox-float|"Under the leadership of the former Speaker, and under the leadership of their former leader, when in 2009 and 2010, they had the House, the [[Senate]] and the [[White House]], and they knew this problem existed, they didn't have the strength to go after it back then, but are trying to make a political issue out of it now."<ref>http://itsateapartyyall.com/pelosi-chases-marino-house-floor/</ref>}}
Pelosi fumbled for words when Prof. Jonathan Gruber - who wrote the [[Obamacare]] bill - was exposed for lying and deceiving the American public.<ref>https://youtu.be/kDomkBtJC7Q</ref> Even Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer admitted Obamacare was a mistake.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/11/chuck-schumer-passing-obamacare-in-2010-was-a-mistake/449700/</ref>

Pelosi is in the habit of referring to President Trump as "President Bush".<ref>Yilek, Caitlin (July 12, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nancy-pelosi-again-refers-to-trump-as-president-bush/article/2628411 Nancy Pelosi again refers to Trump as 'President Bush']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 13, 2017.</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/7zEMXJv1EI4</ref> Pelosi wished journalists "Happy Thanksgiving" for Valentines Day.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzIDBus8l6M</ref>

====House Rule changes====
In the 117th Congress, Pelosi made significant rule changes to previous the 116th Congress.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/396700100/Pelosi-House-Rules-for-New-Congressional-Session-2019</ref> She greatly expanded the size of the House Counsel Office, and authorized them to challenge the U.S. Justice Department in court over the constitutionality of [[Obamacare]].

Critics say Pelosi essentially created her own Justice Department within the [[Legislative Branch]], and nothing is stopping her from creating her own FBI.

Pelosi lifted term limitations on committee chairpersons and buried the [[Gingrich]] reform requiring members to pay their own race discrimination and sexual harassment settlements. Additionally, staffers can be forced to sign non-disclosure agreements without the agreements first being vetted by the House Ethics Committee. This, coupled with the expansion of [[civil service system|civil servants]] on staff, is a potentially frightening development.

'''Background checks on illegal immigrants who attempt to purchase a gun.''' On February 27, 2019 House Republicans offered a ‘[[motion to recommit]]‘ to legislation that would increase federal background checks on gun purchases, adding an amendment requiring [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) to be notified if an [[illegal alien]] attempted to purchase a firearm. 26 moderate Democrats voted in favor of the amendment.

In response, Pelosi announced she would change the House Rules removing the ‘motion to recommit’ process that allows the voice of the minority to be heard.

Minority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]] commented, “Rather than reconcile the differences within their party that are driving this division, Democrats want to rig the rules and suppress the minority party’s speech on the House floor."<ref>https://www.republicanleader.gov/democrats-want-to-rig-the-rules/</ref>

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez proposed targeting dissenting Democrats, and providing violent activists a list of their names, and unleash the jackboots. Ocasio-Cortez {{quotebox|"suggested in a closed-door meeting of House Democrats that she would help liberal activists unseat moderate Democrats skirting the party line, a spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez said according to the ''[[Washington Post]]''. “She said that when activists ask her why she had to vote for a gun safety bill that also further empowers an agency that forcibly injects kids with psychotropic drugs, they’re going to want a list of names and she’s going to give it to them,” spokesperson Corbin Trent said, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/ocasio-cortez-threatens-to-put-moderate-democrats-on-a-list-to-be-unseated</ref>}}

====Green Leap Forward====
[[File:Pelosi poop map.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The City of San Francisco official "poop map" to warn tourist of areas to avoid due to reportings of human feces on the street covers Nancy Pelosi's 12th Congressional district.<ref>https://www.mrctv.org/blog/new-report-shows-nancy-pelosis-district-seat-piled-high-dirty-needles-and-human-feces</ref>]]
{{Main article|Climate Crisis Committee|Great Leap Forward}}
The '''House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis''' was formed by Pelosi on a suggestion from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and two [[Marxist]] groups known as the [[Sunrise Movement]]<ref>https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/</ref> and the [[Justice Democrats]].<ref>https://www.justicedemocrats.com/about/</ref> Its scope and mandate makes clear its vision: {{quotebox-float|"The select committee shall have authority to develop a detailed national, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the United States economy to become [[greenhouse gas]] emissions neutral and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and [[environmental justice]] and equality."}}
The Green New Deal advances non-environmental projects, such as "social, economic, [[racial]], regional and gender-based justice."<ref>https://news.grabien.com/story-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-radical-mandate-government-con</ref> Ocasio-Cortez's claims it will eliminate [[poverty]]: {{quotebox-float|"The Plan for a [[Green New Deal]] (and the draft legislation) shall recognize that a national, industrial, economic mobilization of this scope and scale is a historic opportunity to virtually eliminate poverty in the [[United States]] and to make prosperity, wealth and economic security available to everyone participating in the transformation."}}
The new committee is responsible for creating a plan with draft legislation. The [[Green New Deal]] was introduced as H.Res.109 on February 7, 2019. Six weeks into Democrat control of the House it already claimed victory for destroying 25,000 jobs.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/tech/amazon-blasts-ocasio-cortez-says-we-dont-want-to-work-in-this-environment-in-the-long-term</ref> Rep. [[Carolyn Maloney]] of [[New York]], who supports the Green New Deal, was livid when her fellow [[communist]]s killed the prospect of [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] bringing its main headquarters to New York and creating 25,000 jobs with wages averaging $150,000.<ref>https://youtu.be/nnVS-Zah54k</ref> Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. [[Elizabeth Warren]] and Ocasio-Cortez took credit for killing the Amazon deal.

[[CNN]] reported the fight over Amazon is the fight for the future of the Democratic Party. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: {{quotebox|"Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon's corporate [[greed]], its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world."}} Warren tweeted {{quotebox|"How long will we allow giant [[corporation]]s to hold our democracy hostage?"}} Amazon was promised up to $1.5 billion in tax abatements in exchange for the promise of creating 25,000 jobs. Ocasio-Cortez believes a tax abatement is a bucket of cash the government can spend on subways or teachers. Warren called the tax incentives "bribes."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/amazon-aoc-democrats-future/index.html</ref>

During the 2020 election, a constituent defecated on Pelosi's driveway in San Fansiscvo as a 'peaceful protest'.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/man-poops-on-nancy-pelosis-driveway-says-it-was-a-peaceful-protest/</ref> The protester told the ''[[New York Post]]'', that he’s “not really very political,” although he supports Trump’s accomplishments and is scared about rising crime and the state of the country. “I fear America is becoming one big burned-down city,” he said.

Just a few hours after the incident the protester was detained by officers with the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department at the behest of [[Capitol Police]], the agency tasked with protecting members of Congress. “They kept asking me, ‘Are you this? Are you that? Are you Antifa?’ And the Capitol Police were definitely watching my channel, because I could hear them on the radio like, ‘Tell him to turn off the stream.'”

Immediately following the incident the protester apologized to Pelosi on Twitter, saying, “@SpeakerPelosi I know you may not ever see this but I want you to know, I meant no foul harm yesterday when I did what I did. I’m not proud of it at all and I just would like for you to know that. I have no ill will against you or anyone in an elected officials position.” The protester told ''The New York Post'' that the act is “not something I’m particularly proud of,” and that he does not hold any ill will toward Pelosi or anyone else.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/man-who-pooped-on-pelosis-driveway-calls-it-peaceful-protest/</ref>

====2020 State of the Union address====

Following the 2020 State of the Union address delivered by President Trump on February 4, 2020, in a moment captured on live television, Pelosi tore up her copy of the address right behind Trump's back in a gesture widely condemned as childish and utterly classless, as the address contained the names of deceased American citizens who had been memorialized by Trump during the address, along with honoring a 100 year old [[Black]] [[Tuskegee Airmen|Tuskegee Airman]] and other positive accomplishments made during the Trump administration.<ref>Multiple sources:
*[https://www.wnd.com/2020/02/pelosi-goes-bonkers-tears-trumps-state-union-national-tv/ Pelosi goes bonkers, tears up Trump's State of the Union on national TV] on [[WorldNetDaily]]
*[https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/04/nancy-pelosi-tears-speech-sotu/ Nancy Pelosi Ripped For Tearing Up Speech Copy As Soon As Trump Concludes] at the Daily Caller
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/wow-what-a-witch-pelosi-rips-up-trumps-sotu-speech-video/ Wow! What a Witch! Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s SOTU Speech] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/04/live-updates-trump-delivers-state-of-union-address-2/ ***Live Updates*** Trump Delivers State of Union Address] at Breitbart News Network</ref> In addition to being condemned, Pelosi's gesture, along with those of other Democrats present at the address, was also taken as a gesture of how much contempt and hatred the Democrat Party and its supporters<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/04/hollywood-melts-during-trump-sotu-address-jackass-fear-mongering-pig/ Hollywood Melts During Trump SOTU Address: ‘Jackass,’ ‘Fear Mongering Pig’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> truly have for the American public.<ref>Multiple sources:
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/white-house-issues-blistering-statement-in-response-to-pelosi-ripping-up-president-trumps-sotu-speech/ White House Issues Blistering Statement in Response to Pelosi Ripping up President Trump’s SOTU Speech] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/when-the-president-talked-about-7-million-people-coming-off-of-food-stamps-congressional-democrats-hissed-ted-cruz-goes-off-on-sotu-democrats-video/ “When the President Talked About 7 Million People Coming Off of Food Stamps – Congressional Democrats Hissed” – Ted Cruz GOES OFF on SOTU Democrats] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/wow-democrats-even-sit-on-their-butts-wont-even-stand-for-the-hand-of-almighty-god-video/ WOW! Democrats Even Sit on Their Butts, Won’t Even Stand for the “Hand of Almighty God”] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/democrats-sit-on-their-hands-refuse-to-applaud-as-president-trump-announces-record-unemployment-rates-for-blacks-women-minorities/ DEMOCRATS SIT ON THEIR HANDS – REFUSE TO APPLAUD as President Trump Announces Record Unemployment Rates for Blacks, Women, Minorities] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/omg-democrat-response-to-trumps-historic-sotu-address-we-can-fill-potholes-with-dirt-video/ OMG! Democrat Response to Trump’s Historic SOTU Address — WE CAN FILL POTHOLES WITH DIRT!] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/04/pelosi-does-not-applaud-as-trump-announces-scholarship-for-4th-grade-student/ Pelosi Does Not Applaud as Trump Announces Scholarship for 4th Grade Student] at Breitbart News Network
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/04/democrats-tim-ryan-rashida-tlaib-storm-out-of-sotu-address-its-all-fake/ Democrats Rashida Tlaib, Tim Ryan Storm Out of SOTU Address: ‘It’s All Fake’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> Ironically, several Democrat voters also condemned Pelosi for this action, with many of them even calling C-SPAN immediately afterwards and citing how they will never vote for the Democrat Party ever again thanks largely to her actions as well as the other Democrat Representatives during and after the speech.<ref>[https://pjmedia.com/trending/backfire-i-will-never-vote-democrat-again-say-angry-dems-on-c-span-after-pelosis-tantrum/ BACKFIRE: 'I Will Never Vote Democrat Again,' Say Angry Dems on C-SPAN After Pelosi's Tantrum] at PJ Media</ref>

Pelosi, who later found out that destruction of federal documents (including the State of the Union address) is a federal crime that can lead to prosecution of those caught doing so, subsequently demanded that Twitter and Facebook take down the video showing her ripping up the address, while her spokesman Drew Hamill delusionally claimed that the video was a "fake", even though the video clearly shows Pelosi tearing up the speech.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/02/pelosi-wants-video-shredding-trump-speech-removed/ Pelosi wants video of her shredding Trump speech removed] at WND.com</ref> Many called for Pelosi's resignation and ethics complaints were filed against her. The Constitution requires the President to deliver an annual State of the Union report to Congress. It does not require giving a speech. America witnessed the President hand deliver the annual report and Pelosi destroying the Constitutionally mandated report. The document is not Pelosi's personal property to destroy.

After attempting to torpedo the Republican [[CARES Act|Relief bill]] for the American people caused by the [[CCP pandemic]], Pelosi claimed on [[CNN]] that her behavior at the State of Union reflected her spirit of [[bipartisan]]ship in the midst of a national emergency.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeA8sl4yBI]</ref>

====First sham impeachment====
[[File:Pelosi gold pens.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|In a gesture reminiscent of an earlier San Francisco progressive cult leader passing out Kool-Aid - the [[Rev. Jim Jones]] of the [[Peoples Temple]], Pelosi passes out gold-tipped pens during a signing ceremony of Articles of Impeachment before the bitter end.]]
:{{Main article|Trump impeachment}}
To negate the bad news stories coming out about the [[Obama administration]], Clinton campaign, and DNC illegal activities during the [[2016 presidential election]], Pelosi appointed Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] to open an ''[[impeachment inquiry]]'' of President Trump without an authorization by the full House of Congress. Pelosi greatly expanded the powers of HPSCI chair [[Adam Schiff]]. Investigating committees can subpoena and depose people without the minority being notified or present. These committees are targeting the Executive Office of the President, President Trump, and the Trump family.
Schiff's handling of the so-called "impeachment inquiry" violated [[6th Amendment]] [[due process]] rights of the accused, denying the right of counsel, to cross-examination, and to present evidence and witnesses. The inquiry was mounted on [[hearsay]] and manufactured hearsay evidence. Many have likened the House hearings to the [[Stalinist show trials]] of the 1930s.

Democrats had failed to gain authority from a vote of the full House to begin an impeachment investigation and designate a committee of jurisdiction with [[subpoena]] power to override administration claims of [[Executive privilege]]. Article I Section 4 of the Constitution grants the sole power of impeachment to the House, and not to an individual member such as the Speaker to declare an "impeachment inquiry" by proclamation. Without authorization by a vote of the full House, the so-called "impeachment inquiry" committees are limited to their regular oversight function and lack judicial enforcement of subpoenas to override Executive privilege in their "impeachment inquiry".

An anonymous accuser came forward with third hand [[hearsay]] alleging the President had engaged in a ''[[quid pro quo]]'' with the Ukrainian president in exchange for arms and aid. In an unprecedented action, the president was not allowed counsel and the minority was denied rebuttal witnesses and independent [[cross-examination]] of disgruntled [[Administrative state|civil servant]]s. Neither committee, not the Judiciary Committee nor the Intelligence Committee, was ever authorized by a Resolution of the full House to conduct an impeachment inquiry and gather evidence.
[[File:Nadler has an accident.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|[[Jerry Nadler]] and Speaker Pelosi.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4909220/user-clip-nadler-poops-pants</ref>]]
When the pre-fabricated term "''[[quid pro quo]]''" failed to catch on with [[CNN]] viewers as a basis for abrogating constitutional rights and nullifying elections,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Xomryg6Ac&t=171s</ref> Democrats switched to "bribery,"<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/democrats-word-games-show-they-cant-find-a-true-impeachable-offense/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/posts/10163980012850354</ref> the implication evidently being that when the [[executive branch]] disburses funds authorized by Congress, the chief executive can be held to account for bribery. A focus group conducted by the [[DCCC]] in key swing states of the [[2020 presidential election]] found voters reacted more positively the term "bribery" rather than "''quid pro quo''" as an impeachable offense.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-calls-trumps-actions-bribery-as-democrats-sharpen-case-for-impeachment/2019/11/14/0ee9a202-0702-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html</ref> DNC talking points were immediately dispatched to [[mainstream media]] to drop "''quid pro quo''" and insert "bribery" as the key offense Democrats were looking for.

The Judiciary Committee of the [[House of Representatives]] voted on Friday, December 13, 2019, to approve two articles of impeachment against President [[Donald Trump]] based on the findings of Schiff's committee. No actual crime was alleged in either article. The articles were approved by a partisan vote of the full House, with bi-partisan opposition. One Democrat House member switched parties after the Democratic House's naked abuse of power.

The Senate ultimately rejected the claim of Obstruction of Congress based on violations of the [[due process]] rights of the accused and lack of authority in the sham impeachment "investigation." As to the Abuse of Power article, Senators determined President Trump acted properly while combating corruption. He was acquitted on February 5, 2020.

In an especially infamous example of her involvement in the scam, Pelosi during the late stages of the scam had personally handed out gold-tipped pens that indicated support for impeaching President Trump. Close inspection of the pens revealed that the tips suspiciously resembled bullet casings from high-caliber rifles.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/nancy-pelosis-impeachment-pens-look-like-bullets/</ref>

====Covid-19 and mail-in ballots====
Pelosi took advantage of the [[coronavirus]], which had been released by the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to encourage Democrat political machines across the United States to flood the country with manil0in ballots in an effort to influence the [[2020 Presidential election]].

'''Early response'''

In late February 2020 Nancy Pelosi encouraged the people of San Francisco to gather in large crowds in Chinatown. She visited Chinatown to show that it was perfectly safe. On local television Pelosi said,
{{quotebox|"It's exciting to be here, especially at this time, to be able to be unified with our community. We do want to say to people, 'Come to Chinatown. Here we are. Come join us."}}
[[File:Hypocritical Pelosi.jpeg|thumb|right|170px|Rep. Pelosi is seen here entering a salon without a face mask.]]
Having tacitly denied the severity of coronavirus and warnings by experts, Pelosi's urged people to congregate in huge groups. A month later Pelosi blamed President Trump for the spread of the virus. People were dying while Pelosi was pushing impeachment. People were dying while Pelosi was sneaking in funding for the Kennedy Center, the Green New Deal, [[vote harvesting]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG3FVJNuSCo</ref> and other projects unrelated to CCP virus emergency relief.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-country-should-be-pulling-together-right-now-but-then-again-we-have-democrats-and-the-media/</ref> While the nation and its newly unemployed were preoccupied with surviving the CCP virus, Pelosi then proposed a [[tax]] cut for millionaires and billionaires.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/03/31/how-pelosi-and-the-democrats-plan-to-give-a-lot-of-money-to-millionaires-n2566029</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/03/31/grassley-rips-pelosi-on-salt-rollback-n2566045</ref>

'''Chinatown visit'''

Nancy Pelosi she is one of main responsible for spreading China virus in America by encouraging people to visit Chinatown, after her visit Chinatown in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] in February 2020, while simultaneously she was working with House Democrats to try to block Trump’s ability to executively issue travel bans. Pelosi visited Chinatown in San Francisco and spoke to local media on February 24, telling them, “we should come to Chinatown,” adding that it was “very safe”. At the same time, Pelosi actively worked with Democrats on the No Ban Act to “prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President’s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions,” as Pelosi detailed. No ban would allowed travelers from Wuhan, China — the origin of the coronavirus — to continue to arrive in the U.S. while Trump received guidance from Congress.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/22/fact-check-trump-says-pelosi-danced-in-chinatown-as-democrats-criticized-him-for-restricting-travel-from-china/ Fact Check: Trump Says Pelosi Danced in Chinatown as Democrats Criticized Him for Restricting Travel from China]</ref>

'''Salongate'''
:''See main article: [[Salongate]]
In early September 2020, Pelosi violated her own city's [[coronavirus]] lockdown rules when heading into a salon with no face mask on in what is known as [[Salongate]].<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/01/maskless-nancy-pelosi-goes-to-san-francisco-hair-salon-despite-coronavirus-restrictions/ Maskless Nancy Pelosi Goes to San Francisco Hair Salon Despite Coronavirus Restrictions]
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/09/02/pelosi-hair-salon-n2575476 The Pelosi Effect: 'Special' People, Different Rules]</ref> After being called out on the matter,<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/01/nancy-pelosi-visited-hair-salon-despite-coronavirus-closures/5686944002/ Nancy Pelosi criticized for visiting San Francisco hair salon despite coronavirus restrictions]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/02/donald-trump-mocks-nancy-pelosi-for-getting-caught-unmasked-in-hair-salon/ Donald Trump Mocks Nancy Pelosi for Getting Caught Unmasked in Hair Salon]</ref> she ''blamed the salon owner for her own actions'', absurdly and ridiculously asserting that it had all been a "setup".<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-calls-private-hair-salon-visit-san-francisco/story?id=72770701 Pelosi calls private hair salon visit in San Francisco, against local regulations, 'clearly a setup']
*[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/speaker-pelosi-calls-salon-visit-a-set-up-refuses-to-apologize/ar-BB18EgCs Nancy Pelosi calls salon visit a ‘setup,’ refuses to apologize]
*[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-calls-controversial-salon-incident-a-setup/ar-BB18EjRR Pelosi calls controversial salon incident a 'setup']
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/01/nancy-pelosi-pleads-ignorance-admits-hairdo-blames-salon-for-violation/ Nancy Pelosi Pleads Ignorance: Admits Hairdo, Blames Salon for Violation]</ref> A San Francisco lawmaker, Pelosi allegedly didn't know the laws in her own city. The owner of the business later received death threats.<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/san-francisco-salon-owner-railroaded-nancy-pelosi-target-outrage-death-threats-will-relocate-business/ San Francisco Salon Owner Railroaded by Nancy Pelosi Target of Outrage and Death Threats – Will Relocate Her Business]
*[https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/erica-kious-tucker-carlson-esalon-nancy-pelosi-lockdown/ ‘I Think I’m Pretty Much Done Now’: San Francisco Salon Owner Speaks Out On Pelosi, Death Threats And Possibly Closing For Good]</ref> Liberal hack [[Fredo the Younger|Chris "Fredo the Younger" Cuomo]] blamed Pelosi's actions on [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/02/cnns-cuomo-on-pelosi-salon-visit-maybe-she-was-listening-to-the-president/ CNN’s Cuomo on Pelosi Salon Visit: ‘Maybe She Was Listening to the President’]</ref>

====Democrat riots and U.S. Color Revolution====
:{{See also|2020 Leftwing riots}}
Democrat lawmakers, led by Pelosi faced overwhelming backlash after wearing Kente cloth during their nearly nine-minute moment of silence in a [[photo-op]] staged to show their alleged sympathy for black victims of police brutality. Some fiddled with iphones while allegedly mourning Floyd. Many users across social media questioned their motives and blasted them for missing the mark.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/outrage-at-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-during-moment-of-silence-so-woke-it-actually-feels-racist/</ref>

Author Obianuju Ekeocha posted a video telling Democrats to stop "[[virtue signalling]]" by wearing African cloth.
{{quotebox|"In your tokenism, you didn't wait to find out that this thing that you're hanging around your neck is not just some African uniform -- it's actually the kente material. The kente belongs to the Ghanaian people, mainly the Ashanti tribe."<ref>https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1270053042340139008</ref>}}
[[File:Kente cloth of Ashante slave traders.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Democrats wearing the kente cloth of the Ashanti slave trading tribe.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/figures-democrats-wore-kente-cloth-honor-geoge-floyd-fabric-ashanti-slave-traders/</ref>]]
Kente reflects the history of the Ashanti people, from the emergence of the various Ashanti kingdoms to the development of the slave trade up to and including contemporary life in [[Ghana]].<ref>http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/kente-cloth-and-the-history-of-the-ashanti-people.html</ref>
Slavery was historically a tradition with the Ashanti, slaves typically taken as captives from enemies in warfare. The welfare of their slaves varied from being able to acquire wealth and intermarry with the master's family to being a human sacrifice in funeral ceremonies.<ref>[[Alfred Burdon Ellis]],
[https://archive.org/details/tshispeakingpeo01elligoog/page/n302  , ''The Tshi-speaking peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610125849/https://books.google.com/books?id=jtMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290 |date=2016-06-10 }}, 1887. p. 290</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Junius P. ''The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, Volume 1'', 1997. p. 53.</ref>

By the early 1800s the Ashanti had become a major [[export]]er of enslaved people. The slave trade was originally focused north with captives going to Mande and Hausa traders who exchanged them for goods from [[North Africa]] and indirectly from [[Europe]]. By 1800, the trade had shifted to the south as the Ashanti sought to meet the growing demand of the British, Dutch, and French for captives. In exchange, the Ashanti received luxury items and some manufactured goods including most importantly [[firearm]]s. The consequence of this trade for the Ashanti and their neighbors was horrendous. From 1790 until 1896, the Ashanti were in a perpetual state of war involving expansion or defense of its domain. Most of these wars afforded the opportunity to acquire more slaves for trade.<ref>https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/ashanti-empire-asante-kingdom-18th-late-19th-century/</ref>

The modern-day Ashanti claim that slaves were seldom abused,<ref>Johann Gottlieb Christaller,
''Ashanti Proverbs: (the primitive ethics of a savage people)'', 1916, pp. 119-20.</ref> and defend the "humanity" of Ashanti slavery by noting that those slaves were allowed to marry, and that their children were born free.<ref name="History of the Ashanti Empire">
[http://www.ashanti.com.au/pb/wp_8078438f.html ''History of the Ashanti Empire''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213927/http://www.ashanti.com.au/pb/wp_8078438f.html |date=2012-04-13 }}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' fact checkers rated the claim as True that Democrats wore the garb of slave traders.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/16/fact-check-kente-cloths-have-ties-west-african-slave-trade/5345941002/</ref>

Pelosi ordered portraits of four Democrat Speakers removed to whitewash more of the party's racist history.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/06/18/pelosi-orders-portraits-of-confederatetied-speakers-removed-from-capitol-building-n2570931</ref>

====Pelosi to America: Let them eat ice cream====
In response to the [[Wuhan coronavirus]] [[epidemic]], a [[bipartisan]] group of United States Senators had fashioned an emergency relief spending bill as the U.S. [[economy]] nose-dived with layoffs, shutdowns, and state-wide lockdowns to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Pelosi nixed the entire emergency stimulus package which would have given families on lockdown at home emergency cash assistance and allocated immediate funding for doctors, hospitals, and medical staff to fight the deadly virus which was claiming over 100 lives daily.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/us-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-100-for-first-time-in-a-single-day/</ref>

Pelosi demanded elements of the [[Green New Deal]] be included, such as airline carbon emission restrictions, tax credits for windmills and solar panels, and a plethora of other [[social justice warrior]] schemes targeted at destroying American [[capitalism]].

On the next package to boast payroll protection for American workers, Pelosi claimed there was no evidence working families needed any help, even with 16 million people unemployed.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/pelosi-says-there-is-no-evidence-that-americans-need-financial-assistance-right-now/</ref> As 16 million American women and men lost their jobs in the space of two weeks due to the CCP virus, Pelosi's lieutenant [[Steny Hoyer]] sent out an email saying "absent an emergency" Congress would not meet for another three weeks.<ref>https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/04/13/this-is-fine-democratic-house-majority-leader-steny-hoyer-says-absent-an-emergency-house-wont-meet-before-may-4/</ref> With tens of millions of working families struggling to survive unemployment, limitations on purchases of essential goods, and food riots erupting around the world, Pelosi—displaying an elitist attitude akin to the Jacobin propaganda against [[Marie Antoinette]]—showed off her $12 a pint ice cream that she was gorging herself with in her palatial residence during an episode of ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' on CBS.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YKKlGxNK4</ref> President Trump subsequently mocked Pelosi for that video and for her elitism in his newest campaign ad by also comparing her to Marie Antoinette.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/trump-ad-mocks-nancy-pelosi-modern-day-marie-antoinette/ Trump ad mocks Nancy Pelosi as modern-day Marie Antoinette] at WorldNetDaily</ref>

==Minority leader 2011-2019==
===115th Congress===
:{{Main article|115th United States Congress}}
[[File:Pelosi insurrection.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Speaker Nancy Pelosi fanned the flames of resistance and violence with false claims of election theft.]]
Since taking office the Left has tried to delegitimize President Trump and create chaos so that socialism can be portrayed as rational opposition to an abnormal situation.<ref name="realclearpolitics.com">https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/30/victor_davis_hanson_democrats_delegitimize_trump_create_chaos_to_make_socialism_the_solution.html</ref> Prof. Victor Davis Hanson observed:
{{quotebox-float|"The Democratic Party of [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]], [[JFK]], or even [[Bill Clinton]] no longer exists. It's a pyramid with a few grandees on top that have enough [[money]] they can be immune from the consequences of their own [[ideology]], and then a group on the bottom who depend on [[entitlements|subsidies]]. And they have alienated the [[middle class]]."<ref name="realclearpolitics.com">https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/30/victor_davis_hanson_democrats_delegitimize_trump_create_chaos_to_make_socialism_the_solution.html</ref>}}

Pelosi raised $130 million for the midterm elections. The 78 year old promised "new leadership" and an intention to create "a House Diversity Office." Trump's approval ratings stood higher than Pelosi as she regained power. After former Trump lawyer [[Michael Cohen]] delivered testimony that embarrassed the House Judiciary and Democrats, Pelosi declared forget about impeaching Trump, it's "just not worth it."

====Call for uprisings====
====Black Lives Matter====
In August 2016, a memo from Pelosi to the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] (DCCC) instructs staffers how to “handle” the [[Black Lives Matter]] (BLM) terror group. Pelosi was very careful to tell DCCC staffers to talk to BLM members but make sure not to meet with them in large numbers. The memo describes BLM as “radical” and advises: “Don’t offer support for concrete policy positions”. Most notable was advising Democrats not to say ‘All lives matter’ or to talk about ‘black-on-black crime’ as this is the ‘worst thing’ to say to Black Lives Matter activists.<ref>https://www.weaselzippers.us/292546-pelosi-hack-memo-to-dccc-staff-on-black-lives-matter-dont-say-all-lives-matter-or-black-on-black-crime/</ref>

==Speakership 2007–2011==
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Botox) was elected Speaker of the House after the 2006 midterm elections when Democrats gained majorities in the House and Senate. [[John McCain]] referred to her as "one of the great American success stories" and "an inspiration."<ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/29/MN0I121CI9.DTL&type=politics McCain extends olive branch to Pelosi, Gore], [[San Francisco Chronicle]]</ref>

When coming into her leadership position in 2007, Pelosi's "6 for 06" 100-hour campaign promise turned out being 100-legislative hours, and took several weeks.

On [[Earth Day]] in 2008, Pelosi stated: "The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, 'To minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.'" Pelosi has used the quote many times, often attributing it to Isaiah. The verse is non-existent.<ref>Christianity Today, June 2008, Pg. 15</ref>

During the 2010 congressional elections, largely due to the unpopularity of Pelosi's extreme positions, [[Republican]]s gained a historic 60+ seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Pelosi was stripped of power on January 3, 2011, when the 112th Congress was sworn in.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vote-2010-elections-nancy-pelosi-ousted-house-speaker/story?id=12034633 Nancy Pelosi Ousted as House Speaker, John Boehner Waits in Wings], [[ABC News]]</ref>

===Scuttled ethics reform===
Corruption and reform were big issues in the 2006 Midterm elections. Pelosi pledged reform during the election. Members of Pelosi's own Democratic Caucus warned failure to deliver on their promises to clean up corruption could be damaging.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4014.html Democrats divided on lobbying reform], Josephine Hearn and Jeff Patch, May 15, 2007. Retrieved from [[Politico]] 06/01/07.</ref> Twenty freshmen Democrats asked for legislation to establish an independent ethics commission within the legislative branch to investigate future ethical lapses by fellow members.<ref>Alexander Bolton, [https://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-press-pelosi-for-ethics-panel-2007-04-18.html''Dems press Pelosi for ethics panel''], The Hill, April 19, 2007.</ref> Pelosi resisted the reform.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hE4HX-Cwo&NR=1 The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same], ''[[ABC News]]'', April 25, 2007.</ref>

Members regularly abuse the appropriations process by [[earmark]]ing public money to fund projects in their own districts, such as the San Francisco was project from which she and her family financially gained. Earmarks are an area of the legislative process particularly susceptible to corruption.

Pelosi's famous comment- the 'culture of corruption' was only meant to apply to Republicans.<ref>In another example of her hypocrisy, Democrat [[Charles Rangel]] was under investigation for ethics violations. Nancy said "she has no intention of forcing Rangel out"[https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/charles_rangel_ethics/2008/09/10/129539.htmlPelosi, Republicans in Rangel Tug of War] [[Newsmax]], September 10, 2008</ref>

===2008 election===
On October 28, 2008 Pelosi said "Elect us, hold us accountable, and make a judgment and then go from there. But I do tell you that if the Democrats win, and have substantial majorities, the Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan." Commenting on Pelosi, Republican [[Mike Pence]] said, “As it’s been said before, I have an open mind but not an empty mind.” <ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39385 More ‘Bipartisan’ Congress Not Likely, Pence Says] [[CNSNews]], November 17, 2008</ref>

Anti-war protester [[Cindy Sheehan]] challenged Pelosi as an independent. Although Sheehan won 16% of the vote, more than the Republican nominee's 10%, Pelosi was reelected with 72%.

When Obama was elected Pelosi said that Obama is "a leader God has blessed us with at this time."
<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/430377.aspx Pelosi Suggests Obama is a Gift from God] [[Associated Press]], August 19, 2008</ref>

===Obamacare disaster===
The passage of [[Obamacare]] cost Pelosi her job as Speaker as Democrats took a shellacking in the 2006 midterm elections. Pelosi and 60 Democrats were unceremoniously tossed out.

At the time of passage Pelosi claimed passage of the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" [[H.R. 3962]] as a major achievrment. The bill cost $1.1 trillion. It just barely passed 215–210, as 39 Democrats voted against the bill. The bill laid a tax on Americans requiring all Americans to purchase insurance they did not want or may not need. The bill was incomprehensible to most, even House members. Pelosi famously said, "We have to pass it to see what's in it."

Like most Democrat legislation, the bill created massive new bureaucratic agencies will administrative powers to create new regulations. Senate Democrat Leader [[Chuck Schumer|Cuck Schumer]], in a moment of candid realism, admitted passage of Obamacare was a mistake.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/449700/</ref> Obamacare retarded economic growth for the remainder of President Obama's term.<ref>https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2016/06/09/It-s-Time-Blame-Obamacare-Losing-So-Many-Full-Time-Jobs</ref>

Pelosi is a strong supporter of abortion, but to get 215 votes she gave in to Catholic leaders nationally and abortion opponents in her own caucus, allowing tight restrictions of the [[Stupak Amendment]] which barred any insurance plan purchased with government subsidies from covering abortions. Numerous liberals denounced the bill even as they voted for it.<ref>David M. Herszenhorn and Jackie Calmes, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/health/policy/08scene.html?_r=1 "Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling," ''[[The New York Times]]'' Nov 7, 2009]</ref> The bill went to the Senate where it was adopted with amendments.

Eventually the [[authoritarian]] and [[socialist]] legislative nightmare was declared [[unconstitutional]].<ref>https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/12/14/us-federal-judge-rules-obamacare-unconstitutional/23618628/</ref>

===Abortion and Planned Parenthood===
In 2009, student [[Lila Rose]] exposed several instances of illegal behavior by [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>[http://dotherightthing-cyberpastor.blogspot.com/2009/01/lila-rose-wins-award.html Undercover activist awarded for pro-life work]</ref> However, Pelosi still wanted $200 million for Planned Parenthood as part of the 2009 economic stimulus bill.<ref>[http://politicalhousewyf.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/speaker-pelosi-likes-leather/ Speaker Pelosi Likes Leather]</ref> When asked to explain why this money would promote economic stimulus, Pelosi was never able to give a sensible answer and Planned Parenthood funding was dropped from the bill.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/2009/01/29/nat-4799/ Abortion Advocates Upset Planned Parenthood Bailout Dropped From Stimulus Bill], [[LifeNews.com]]</ref>

Commenting on her erroneous understanding of the [[Catholic Church]] beliefs regarding conception, Nancy quips “And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And [[St. Augustine]] said at three months. We don’t know.” <ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/archbishop-of-washington-chides-pelosi-denver-archbishop-warns-biden-to-skip-communion/ Archbishop of Washington Chides Pelosi] [[Fox News]], August 26, 2008</ref> [[Archbishop]] Donald Wuerl rebuked her saying "From the beginning, the Catholic Church has respected the dignity of all human life from the moment of [[conception]] to natural death."

Marc Sheppard of American Thinker has asked how can,
:"one of the most outspoken advocates for unrestricted abortion in Congress -- with a perfect 100% rating from the radical [[pro-abortion]] group [[NARAL]], -- maintain a straight face when declaring a concern for children? How can you vote NO to making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime (Lacy and Conner’s Law - H.R.1997) and pretend to care about infants? How does anyone who voted against restricting interstate transport of minors for the purpose of [[abortion]] (H.R 748) or outlawing the barbaric [[infanticide]] which is [[partial birth abortion]] (H.R 3660) seriously proclaim that anything she does is “about children”.<ref>Marc Sheppard, [https://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/pelosi_god_bless_the_child_tha.html Pelosi: God Bless the Child that’s not at Home], [[American Thinker]], January 14, 2007.</ref>

In 2013, then-Chief Justice of the [[Vatican]], Cardinal [[Raymond Burke]], stated that she should be denied [[communion]] because “[t]his is a person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a grave sin--cooperating with the crime of procured [[abortion]]--and still professes to be a devout [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]].”<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/vatican-chief-justice-nancy-pelosi-must-be-denied-communion</ref>

In defense of children in the mother's womb and the sanctity of Jesus in the host, a priest at the Saint's Peter and Paul Church in Nancy Pelosi's home district, Fr. John Malloy wrote a letter regarding her abortion stance and church services. The letter makes mention of her 100% rating with [[NARAL]] and her support for partial birth abortion. The last line says "...Nancy, do not receive the Eucharist when you attend Mass." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208233537/http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=695280f1-c90e-44d8-a866-d8e28f5ef457 California Catholic Daily A priest writes to Nancy Pelosi], February 1, 2007</ref>

===Gay rights===
In the 2001 San Francisco [[Lesbian]], Gay, [[Bisexual]], Transgender Pride Parade Pelosi marched along with long time [[CPUSA]] <ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002.</ref> member and [[homosexual "rights"]] pioneer [[Harry Hay]].<ref>The [[American Spectator]] Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref><ref>The [[San Francisco Chronicle]], [https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/22/DD115758.DTL Official Guide & Program] Parade Lineup, page SP - 14, June 22, 2001.</ref> A homosexual activist group calling itself the [[Human Rights Campaign]] (HRC), eulogized Hay as "the first to realize that the dream of equality for our community could be attained through visibility and activism".<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/Content/ContentGroups/News_Releases/20021/HRC_Mourns_the_Death_of_Gay_Rights_Pioneer_Harry_Hay.htm Human Rights Campaign Mourns the Death of Gay Rights Pioneer Harry Hay], Press Release, Oct. 24, 2002.</ref> An outspoken advocate of pedophile advocacy group the North American Man-Boy Love Association [[NAMBLA]], Hay regularly addressed NAMBLA conferences.{{fact}} NAMBLA carries published material by Hay on its website dating back to 1984. The [[ACLU]] defended NAMBLA against a $200 million lawsuit by parents of a 10 year old murder victim who claimed their sons’ killer was motivated by published material on NAMBLA's website.<ref>Deroy Murdock, [https://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp No Boy Scouts: The ACLU defends NAMBLA], [[National Review Online]], February 27, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecpac.com/Curleys-v-NAMBLA.html Curley Vs. NAMBLA]</ref> The Human Rights Campaign contributed $10,000 to Pelosi's campaign.<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007360&cycle=2006 Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Top Contributors]</ref>

Pelosi made special rights for homosexuals a priority in the 109th Congress including [[Hate Crime]] legislation.<ref>Concerned Women for America, [http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12147/CWA/family/index.htm Homosexual Bills Top House Speaker Pelosi’s List], January 10, 2007.</ref>

Every year, the homosexual and lesbian community participates in the Folsom Street Fair that is located in her [[San Francisco]] district. They are barely dressed and publicly expose themselves in depraved sex acts. In addition, crucifixes made into sex toys are sold on the street during the fair.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41858 San Francisco Catholic Church Attacked by Pro-Homosexual Marriage Vandals], [[CNSNews]], January 13, 2009</ref> In 2007, the Fair mocked the 'Last Supper' image of Christians, with homosexuals in leather posing as [[Christ]] and the Apostles. Not a word of condemnation from Pelosi on the sacrilegious display.

====Boy Scouts====
Pelosi also tried to pass legislation to illegally block the [[Boy Scouts]] from using public facilities like schools.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080110235203/http://pelosiwatch.us/Pelosi-Record/Truth-About-Nancy-Pelosi.html The Truth About Nancy Pelosi]</ref> According to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', her position on the bill was in response to the Boy Scouts not allowing homosexual scoutmasters, but this was proven to be false.<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/10/05/journal-editorial-falsely-claimed-pelosi-voted/136844 Journal editorial falsely claimed Pelosi "vot[ed] to revoke the Boy Scouts' charter for its ban on gay scoutmasters"], [[Media Matters for America]]</ref>

===Logan Act violations and support for dictatorship===
[[File:Pelosi Logan Act (2).jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Speaker Nancy Pelosi, an Assad apologist, violating the Logan Act.]]
Pelosi traveled to Damascus, Syria in April 2007 to meet with Syrian [[Ba'athist]] leader [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Pelosi indicated at a press conference that she had carried a message from the government of Israel. "Our message was President Bush’s message," Pelosi told The Associated Press in Portugal.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-delivered-wrong-message-assad-israel-says Pelosi Delivered Wrong Message to Assad, Israel Says], [[CNSNews]] Apr 7 2007.</ref> Pelosi told reporters the meeting "enabled us to communicate a message from Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert|Olmert]]".

The Israeli Prime Minister's office stated Olmert told Pelosi that Israel continued to regard Syria as "part of the axis of evil and a party encouraging terrorism in the entire Middle East." The ''Jerusalem Post'' reported sources at the Prime Minister's Office said, "Pelosi took part of the things that were said in the meeting, and used what suited her." <ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=845618&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 PMO: Pelosi did not carry any message from Israel to Assad], Yoav Stern and Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondents and AP, 5 April 2007.</ref>

The trip was praised by terrorists as "brave". Members of the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] have said Pelosi aligns to their views about terror much better than Bush and Dr. [[Condoleezza Rice]].<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3385140,00.html Terrorists endorse Pelosi's 'good policy of dialogue'], Aaron Klein, Israel News, 04.05.07. "Palestinian terror group members call US House speaker's visit to Damascus 'brave' and hope for talks with Iran; ‘I think the Democratic Party can do things the best,’ Islamic Jihad member says"</ref> Khaled Al-Batch, spokesman for Islamic Jihad, which along with [[Fatah|Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] has taken responsibility for every suicide bombing in Israel since 2005,<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3392403,00.html</ref> expressed [[hope]] Pelosi and the Democratic Party will pressure Bush to create dialogue with Syrian rebel and Middle East "resistance movements" and prompt an American withdrawal from Iraq.

In the lead editorial of Thursday, April 5, The ''[[Washington Post]]'' commented on '''"The Pratfall in Damascus":'''<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040402306.html Pratfall in Damascus], [[Washington Post]]</ref>

<blockquote>
HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad. After a meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Ms. Pelosi announced that she had delivered a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that "Israel was ready to engage in peace talks" with Syria. What's more, she added, Mr. Assad was ready to "resume the peace process" as well. Having announced this seeming diplomatic breakthrough, Ms. Pelosi suggested that her Kissingerian shuttle diplomacy was just getting started. "We expressed our interest in using our good offices in promoting peace between Israel and Syria," she said.</blockquote>

<blockquote>
Only one problem: The Israeli prime minister entrusted Ms. Pelosi with no such message. "What was communicated to the U.S. House Speaker does not contain any change in the policies of Israel," said a statement quickly issued by the prime minister's office. In fact, Mr. Olmert told Ms. Pelosi that "a number of Senate and House members who recently visited Damascus received the impression that despite the declarations of Bashar Assad, there is no change in the position of his country regarding a possible peace process with Israel." In other words, Ms. Pelosi not only misrepresented Israel's position but was virtually alone in failing to discern that Mr. Assad's words were mere propaganda. ...</blockquote>

<blockquote>Never mind that that statement is ludicrous: As any diplomat with knowledge of the region could have told Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Assad is a corrupt thug whose overriding priority at the moment is not peace with Israel but heading off U.N. charges that he orchestrated the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish. </blockquote>

Pelosi was roundly criticized from all quarters for making the trip. The ''[[New York Post]]'' said, "the sad reality is that Pelosi is sending Assad the same message she and her Democratic colleagues in Congress have sent the terrorist [[Iraq insurgency 2004-2008|insurgency in Iraq]]: Just wait until President Bush leaves office and a Democratic administration will hand you what you want on a platter."<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/04032007/postopinion/editorials/nancys_nonsense_editorials_.htm Nancy's Nonsense], [[New York Post]], 3 April 2007.</ref> The ''Philadelphia Enquirer'' ran an editorial declaring Pelosi "was nuts" to visit Assad.<ref>Claudia Rosett, [http://articles.philly.com/2007-04-05/news/25243155_1_president-bashar-assad-syrian-involvement-damascus Pelosi was nuts to visit with Assad], ''Philadelphia Enquirer'', Thu, Apr. 05, 2007.</ref>

===Refusal to pay American troops===
Pelosi was for the War in Iraq before she was against it. During the [[Clinton administration]] Pelosi's said {{Quotebox|"[[Saddam Hussein]] has been engaged in the development of [[weapons of mass destruction]] technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."}} In 2003 Leader Pelosi voted for the [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|War in Iraq]]. By 2005 Pelosi called eliminating a [[fascist]] [[dictatorship]] and establishing a [[parliamentary]] [[democracy]] in Iraq a "grotesque mistake".

As Speaker, a major setback for Pelosi was the rejection by Democrats in both Houses for her plan to cut and run from Iraq. Pelosi promised in the csmpaign a [[Vietnam]]-style solution to stop funding the troops. In a stunning rebuke to her leadership, the House voted 280–142 to continue fighting radical [[Islamic]] extremists. Only radical fringe Democrats voted against paying the troops.<ref>[http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070525-122215-4854r.htm Congress OKs war bill sans timeline,] By S.A. Miller, ''[[The Washington Times]]'', May 25, 2007.</ref> In [[bi-partisan]] compromise Pelosi won a raise in the [[minimum wage]] in exchange for paying the troops.<ref>[http://www.optimalsolutionsgroup.com/pubs/Duncan-Turner-Pape.pdf Minimum wages and school enrollment of teenagers: a look at the 1990’s.] Duncan D. Chaplin, Mark D. Turner, Andreas D. Pape. ''Economics of Education Review''. 22 (2003) 11–21.</ref><ref>"Hamilton and Madison knew what they were doing when they gave the bulk of the war powers to the President, and it's hard to imagine a more telling vindication of their wisdom...Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] claim to oppose the war and want it to end, yet they refused to use their power of the purse to end it. Instead, they tried every legislative gimmick imaginable to hamstring President Bush's war strategy without actually having to take responsibility for cutting off funds.[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118014289006815463 Congress and Iraq], ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', May 26, 2007.</ref>

===John Brennan and torture===
:{{See also|John Brennan}}
Pelosi has been caught lying about her knowledge of [[CIA]] interrogations. She claims she was never briefed by the [[Bush Administration]]. In fact, Pelosi was briefed through the [[Gang of Eight]] process. The ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported "In September 2002, four members of Congress [House members including Pelosi] met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody," and "Among the techniques described, said two officials present, was waterboarding..." <ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=47108 Pelosi Says She Was 'Never Briefed' on Waterboarding] [[CNSNews]], April 24, 2009</ref>

After doing nothing to improve the intelligence of the CIA, after admonishing the CIA for lying, and providing no evidence weeks after her allegation, Pelosi then said she has confidence in the intelligence community.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/08/house-democrat-joins-pelosi-accusing-cia-misleading-lying-congress/ House Democrats' Letter Says Panetta Testified CIA 'Misled' Congress] [[Fox News]], July 8, 2009</ref>

On November 2, 2007, Brennan defended the [[torture]] program:
{{Cquote|the C.I.A. has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since [[9/11]], and about a third of them have been subjected to what the C.I.A. refers to as enhanced interrogation tactics.and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures.<ref>''The Early Show'' on [[CBS]], John Brennan interview with Harry Smith. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/07/us/politics/07brennan-issues.html]</ref>}} President Obama appointed Brennan to head the CIA, despite his promise to shut down Brennan's torture program.

===China: Human rights vs global warming===
Pelosi left the U.S. at a time when she is under verbal attack at home for her CIA comments. During her travel to China she made no mention of Chinese human rights abuses but raised awareness for [[Global warming]]. Earlier she was calling for President Bush to boycott the Olympics held in China over human rights abuses in [[Tibet]].

===Opposed energy Independence===
Rising pump prices was a big issue in the 2006 elections. Many Americans were paying more for gasoline than they were on housing. A poll showed more than 75% of Americans supported expanding domestic drilling. The poll showed 85% of Republicans, 71% of Democrats and 68% of Independents favored more drilling.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/062108_energy_release_web.pdf Fox News Polling Opinion Dynamics] [[Fox News]], June 21, 2008</ref> The poll found the public split on whether domestic drilling would have an impact on gas prices.<ref>An anti-Bush CNN poll found "just over half say that the Bush administration and the war in Iraq are major causes of high fuel prices."[https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/congress.session/index.html GOP lawmakers want special session on energy crisis]</ref>

Pelosi wanted oil companies to drill on federal lands already leased and refused to allow a vote for additional domestic drilling. In July 2008 Pelosi told [[George Stephanopoulos]] on [[ABC News]]'s ''[[This Week]]'' program, {{quotebox|"I'm trying to save the planet I'm trying to save the planet."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUx6o9qpYY</ref><ref>She did allow a vote to close the [[House of Representatives]] early for a five-week recess without addressing energy issues. [http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/77da4653-28ce-4c3e-a8a9-37ae52671b15 A Month Off for Bad Behavior] [[Townhall]], July 30, 2008. Pelosi wanted to tap into the Strategic Oil Reserves. "America's greatest strategic reserves lie beneath taxpayer-owned lands - including ANWR's northern coastal plain and the outer continental shelf - that are currently off limits to energy production,” said Daniel Kish, senior vice president of the Institute for Energy Research, an oil industry-supported think tank. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/11/us-oil-reserves-sought-for-relief/ U.S. oil reserves sought for relief], [[The Washington Times]], July 11, 2008</ref> }}
Pelosi espouses the [[Marxist]] view of blaming producers and [[capitalist]] speculators for price increases rather than growing demand of a growing population on finite resources.<ref>Pelosi's support for renewable energy and new technologies did not lower energy prices. "A New Direction", the Democrats' Six for '06 campaign promised energy independence, however once elected she refused to deliver. "For 25 years, Democrats have blocked more American-made oil and gas. That's why we're in the predicament we're in, voters want Congress to vote on more American made oil and gas. We want to do that. She, [[Harry Reid]], [[Barack Obama]] are standing in the way." "She's got time to go out and promote her new book tour and her new book, but she doesn't have time to schedule a vote on the floor of the House and let the American people have their will expressed?" said Republican Leader John Boehner, who made energy independrnce a reality when he assumed the Speakership.</ref>

Pelosi is a supporter of increasing taxes and regulation on oil production to lower output and raise consumer prices to support advocates of the anti-[[global warming]] agenda.<ref>Pelosi was scheduled to speak at a March 2, 2009 global warming protest, but did not make it because her plane, a huge gas guzzler, was delayed due to a snowstorm.[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-snowed-out-global-warming-rally Pelosi Snowed-Out of Global Warming Rally], [[Cybercast News Service]]</ref>

'''Wilderness years''' In May 2017, Pelosi claimed the Democratic Party was not divided, despite clear examples to the contrary.<ref>Nazarian, Adelle (May 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/03/nancy-pelosi-claims-broken-democratic-party-is-100-percent-unified/ Nancy Pelosi Claims Broken Democratic Party Is ‘100 Percent Unified’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2017.</ref>

==Personal life==

===Attends racist hate rally===
[[File:Pelosi brother.PNG‎|200px|right]]
Pelosi's father was a Congressman from [[Maryland]] and later the Mayor of [[Baltimore]] for twelve years. On the day her father dedicated Baltimore's monument to Confederate generals [[Stonewall Jackson]] and [[Robert E. Lee]], Nancy joined in the celebrations together with the grandchildren of Lee and Jackson.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/19/pelosis-dad-once-praised-the-lives-of-robert-e-lee-and-stonewall-jackson-at-statue-dedication/</ref>

While her father was serving as mayor, Pelosi's brother, Roosevelt D'Alasandro, was one of thirteen boys charged with kidnapping 2 girls aged 11 and 13, holding them for a week, and rape.

When she graduated from Trinity College in 1962, Pelosi did not remain to serve her community,<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref> but rather joined the [[white flight]] out of Baltimore as so many other [[white]]s did and moved to [[California]] where [[blacks]] were fewer in number.<ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref> She married and had five children. Pelosi rose through the ranks to become chair of the California Democratic Party and representative to the [[Democratic National Committee]].

Pelosi is a protege of California progressive [[Willie Brown]]. In 1987, Pelosi made the leap into elected office by winning the special election called after the death of Representative Sala Burton. She served on the House Appropriations Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Previously Pelosi represented California's 8th district (1993-2013) and its 5th district (1987-1993). She was [[Speaker of the House]] from 2007 to 2011, succeeding [[J. Dennis Hastert]] and preceding [[John Boehner]].

Since being elected Democrat Leader in 2002 Pelosi has raised $750,000,000 for Congressional Democrats.

===Rich one percenter===
Pelosi is among the ten richest members of the House with a net worth estimated at over $150 million.<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.asp?CID=N00007360&year=2005 opensecrets.org]</ref>

Pelosi's rise in the Democrat party [[nationalism|national]] leadership began with her election in one of the richest and bluest districts in America. With a safe seat guaranteed, she could raise money from Democrat millionaires in her district and funnel the cash to other Democrat House candidates around the country, making those members indebted to her and buying their loyalty.

She prides herself in "being called a [[liberal]]" and rejects the label of "moderate".<ref>[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/follow-the-leader Follow the Leader], Michael Crowley, [[New Republic]], November 25, 2002.</ref>

===Environmental polluter===
One of Nancy Pelosi's largest investments is a private golf development partnership called Lions Gate Limited. The Santa Clara County Planning Committee approved a plan to build a 275-acre golf course 30 minutes south of [[San Jose]], but only under strict conditions. They agreed to allow 60% public usage of the course and to abide by strict environmental rules, since a number of [[endangered species]] were present in the area. The club, CordaValle, opened in 2000 and did very well, making $250,000 for each member and $400,000 for corporations.<ref>Barry Witt, "Cordevalle club not living up to 60 percent language," San Jose Mercury News Jan. 10, 2002.</ref>

But then the Planning Commission took a look to see if the guidelines had been followed. First of all, only about a dozen non-members had been actually able to play on the course, a far cry from 60%. CordeValle had also set up obvious anti-public rules, such as requiring people to call seventy-two hours in advance and pay close to $300 for 18 holes. Upon investigation, the Commission learned that non-members were told that the club was "full" and turned away even when the club was relatively empty. There were a series of public hearings on the matter and it was concluded that Lion's Gate was in clear violation of the agreement they had made.<ref>Barry Witt, "CordeValle Update," San Jose Mercury News, May 8, 2003.</ref>

During the hearings, it emerged that Lion's Gate had also ignored many of the applicable environmental regulations. They failed to build two ponds that were necessary to preserve two species of lizard and turtle. And only one mandatory annual environmental report had been submitted in seven years.<ref>Barry Witt, "What to do on CordeValle; open it up to the public, or open up its wallet", San Jose Mercury News, August 7, 2003</ref> In 2004, a county report complained that improperly abandoned wells and urban [[pollutant]]s from the resort were causing water quality degradation in the area.<ref>File 5950-68-28-94P, Lions Gate Limited Partnership Staff Report, San Jose Planning Commission, August 5, 2004, and November 4, 2004 (same file name)</ref>

In 2003, the Pelosis and the development partnership finally hired some [[lobbyist]]s and put a few government employees on the payroll. This caused the commission to cave and give up their [[fraud]] investigation as long as the course agreed to host a charity golf tournament for children.<ref>Barry Witt, "Help for CordeValle," San Jose Mercury News, June 13, 2003.</ref>

===Personal gains from pork===
In May 2007 Pelosi inserted a $25 million earmark into the Water Resources Development Act for a project that involved renovating ports near four commercial properties owned by her husband, Paul Pelosi, which boosted the value of the property he owned.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGIwYzc2MTQ4YTBlMTg3YjJmZGVhODc4NmJhYjg4YjY Pelosi’s Waterworks], Stephen Spruiell, ''[[National Review Online]]'', May 9, 2007.</ref> The properties earn combined annual income of more than $3 million.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/05082007/news/nationalnews/her_an_fran_treat_nationalnews_geoff_earle.htm Her $an Francisco Treat: Pelosi Water-Bill Bid Drawing Fire], Geoff Earle, ''[[New York Post]]'', May 8, 2007.</ref>

===Illegal and non-union employees===
According to opensecrets.org, nearly half of Pelosi's assets are invested in a Napa County, California, vineyard called Zinfandel Lane. Capitolnews.com has reported Pelosi only employs non-union laborers and does not provide health coverage for her workers. In addition, it is believed [[illegal alien]]s have been exploited by Pelosi on the work farm, as well as a general question surrounding paying a basic liveable wage for many of society's most vulnerable.<ref>[http://www.capoliticalnews.com/s/spip.php?article13 Does Pelosi’s Non-Union Vineyard Use Illegal Aliens?], Monday 30 October 2006.</ref>

===Memoir===
''Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters''. She writes "If [[women]] can learn from me, it will make the honor of being [[Speaker of the House]] even greater." Currently, the majority rating is one star on Amazon.com and is doing poorly in sales, ranked at 1620 for a non-fiction memoir.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71104 Corsi's Obama title soars to No. 1, Pelosi's tanks] [[WorldNetDaily]], July 31, 2008</ref>

==Corruption==
Nancy Pelosi son Paul Pelosi, Jr is involved in the [[Biden-Ukraine scandal]]. He was board member of Viscoil and executive at its related company NRGLab, which did energy business in Ukraine in 2017.<ref>[https://rightwingtribune.com/2020/05/23/pelosis-son/ Pelosi’s Son Now Involved In Ukraine Scandal- Democrat Party In Shambles]</ref> He was employed with Karina Feng, who has known the Pelosi family for years and frequently treated Nancy Pelosi at her spa. Naveen Singha confirmed to ''National File'' that Pelosi Jr. did energy business in Ukraine during the period that Singha knew him, and that Pelosi Jr. offered him a flight on Air Force One with President Obama as part of a delegation to India in exchange for $30,000. The report below is extensively documented with records compiled over the past year, as ''National File'' has worked to expose the Pelosi family’s global business dealings, including Pelosi Jr.’s work for related energy companies called Viscoil and NRGLab, which did business in Ukraine and employed Russians to influence American politicians.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/pelosis-son-tied-to-fraud-ring-that-tried-to-sell-nancys-solar-tax-credits-for-millions/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.house.gov/pelosi/ Nancy Pelosi's Congressional Page]
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007360&cycle=2006 Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Top Contributors]
*[http://www.themilitant.com/1995/5944/5944_5.html Ed Shaw: 50 Years In Fight For Socialism], ''The Militant'', Vol.59/No.44, November 27, 1995.
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/1996os/contrib/H8CA05035.htm]
*FBI Records: The Vault. [https://vault.fbi.gov/thomas-dalesandro-jr/thomas-d-alesandro-jr.-part-01-of-01/view Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.]

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Lauren Underwood

2022-05-02T05:48:29Z

SkyGrass: Adjusted the introduction for clarity and easier reading.

'''Lauren Underwood''' (born in 1986) is a US congresswoman aligned with the [[Democrat Party]]. She represents the 14th district of [[Illinois]], an Illinois district which often swings between Democrat and Republican preference. Despite the swing propensity of her district, she is an Illinois representative with one of the strongest records of Liberal and Progressive positions.<ref>https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/lauren-underwood/</ref>

==References==
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Talk:Lori Lightfoot

2022-05-02T05:31:20Z

SkyGrass: Response after adjusting the Lightfoot introduction.

I joined as an editor this evening because I'd like to help build a truly unbiased store of knowledge. In this endeavor I believe that one of the most important disciplines of professional journalism, and encyclopedic writing, is for such writing to be free of subjective adjectives. For the same reason that I would challenge an article which presented President Donald Trump as the "RACIST 45th President of the United States", I am asking here why Conservapedia would want to have an article on Lori Lightfoot which opens up with "Lori Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is the current CORRUPT FASCIST Democrat mayor of Chicago.

I am a Conservative. In my personal opinion Lori Lightfoot is a terrible mayor. Her ideology and her policies are perfectly aligned with all that is destructive in the Left Wing forces that are wrecking havoc in the United States at this time. This established, I feel that it's a terrible disservice to this new project which I'd love to see thrive as a beacon of good, honest American writing, to have that opening sentence in this article.

Let the detailed study of Lori Lightfoot's agenda, actions, and administration inform readers that she is a corrupt fascist. If that is indeed what she is, the honest report of her actions will be conveyed to readers. For Conservapedia to be what I think its founder intends it to be, and what I hope it will be, articles here should not contain the types of unprofessional, emotion-laden adjectives with which left wing writers soil their home.

The opening sentence of the article on Lori Lightfoot should be: '''Lori Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is the current Democrat mayor of Chicago'''. And that's all. The two removed adjectives (CORRUPT FASCIST) should be mentally inserted by readers as they study the objectively reported facts of her administration.

- SkyGrass (New editor : joined May 1, 2022

'''Response:''' Using the accelerator on the phrase "RACIST 45th President of the United States", these are the first 20 Google results that appear:

Donald Trump - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Donald_Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States ...
‎Family · ‎Political positions of Donald... · ‎Presidency · ‎Business career of Donald...

Racial views of Donald Trump - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Racial_views_of_Dona...
Donald Trump, a former president of the United States, has a history of speech and actions that have been viewed by scholars and the public as racist or ...

Donald Trump's America: Communicating the Seeds of ...https://www.tandfonline.com › doi › pdf
President Donald John Trump served as America's 45th President for one term, from ... racism, xenophobia, and other social conflicts.

Allegations of racism have marked Trump's presidency and ...https://www.washingtonpost.com › 2020/09/23
Sep 23, 2020 — In unguarded moments with senior aides, President Trump has maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their ...

52 Harms in 52 Weeks - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org › article › 52-harms-...
Jan 10, 2018 — How the Trump Administration Hurt Communities of Color in 2017. In the past year, President Trump and his administration have consistently ...

Obama, Channeling All of Us, Called Trump a “Racist…Sexist ...https://www.vanityfair.com › News › barack obama
May 20, 2021 — UNSPECIFIED - MAY 16: In this screengrab, Former President Barack Obama speaks during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School ...

Trump's win is a reminder of the incredible, unbeatable power ...https://www.vox.com › trump-win-racism-power
Nov 9, 2016 — Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.

How America Changed During Donald Trump's Presidency https://www.pewresearch.org › ... › More Leaders
Jan 29, 2021 — Donald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be ...

Trump's Racism: An Oral History - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com › trump-racism-comments
Jun 15, 2019 — Trump emerged as a political force owing to his full-throated embrace of “birtherism,” the false charge that the nation's first black president, ...

Donald Trump | Biography, Education, & Facts - Encyclopedia ...https://www.britannica.com › biography › Donald-Trump
Donald Trump, in full Donald John Trump, (born June 14, 1946, New York, New York, U.S.), 45th president of the United States (2017–21).

Betrayal The election of the 45th president of the United States ...https://www.albany.edu › wci › assets › BetrayalPDF
Some of my friends joked about the future of black Americans if the “antichrist” (aka. Donald Trump) becomes president. Although said in a joking matter, the ...

Trump news – live: AG dubbed 'racist' for investigating his ...https://news.yahoo.com › trump-news-live-mccarthy-de...
Apr 18, 2022 — 45th President of the United States. Former President Donald Trump sent out special Easter messages to “radical Left maniacs” and New York ...

Searching 'racist' on Twitter brings up Trump as top result https://www.yahoo.com › now › searching-racist-twitter...
Jun 3, 2020 — US President Donald Trump appears as the first result of suggested accounts when users type "racist" into Twitter's people search, ...

RACE TO THE BOTTOM: OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY, TRUMP'S ...https://www.jstor.org › stable
by PB Adjei · 2018 · Cited by 1 — Abstract: The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, despite his long-list of disturbing scandals, came as a surprise to many ...

Racism in America Has Only Gotten Worse Since Trump's ...https://www.esquire.com › news-politics › news › acts-o...
A compilation of the spike in racist activity since Donald Trump was elected. ... days since Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States.

'Madman … racist, sexist pig': new book details Obama's real ...https://www.theguardian.com › us-news › may › barack...
May 19, 2021 — For much of Donald Trump's presidency, Barack Obama largely abided by the convention that former presidents do not publicly criticize or attack ...

The Impact of Donald Trump's Presidency on the Well-Being ...https://journals.sagepub.com › doi › full
by DM Clayton · 2019 · Cited by 12 — This article purports to examine the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump and how it has been harmful to the African American community.

The Trump Phenomenon and the Racialization of American ...https://journals.openedition.org › lisa
by S Ricard · 2018 · Cited by 8 — Obama's Election: The Post-Racial America Myth · 10 Jennifer Agiesta, “Most Say Race Relations Worsened under Obama, Poll Finds,” CNN, October (...) · 11 Pew ...

Make no mistake - Donald Trump's victory represents a racist ...https://www.newstatesman.com › politics › 2016/11
Nov 9, 2016 — This was a whitelash against a changing country”. These were the salient words of political commentator Van Jones last night as it became clear ...

Trump and racism: What do the data say? - Brookings https://www.brookings.edu › blog › fixgov › 2019/08/14
Aug 14, 2019 — Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump look on as Trump speaks ... discussed the role President Trump's racist rhetoric has played in ...

'''Comment:''' Now, none of these results would be considered under Wikipedia's Reliable sources policy as "marginal, fringe. and extreme", many if not most people would consider them "mainstream", and if you can find a single one that you would consider "conservative", please let me know. But the point is, the term "racist" appears on the pages of all 20 results. Why is that? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Z]] 00:48, May 2, 2022 (EDT)

:Now, if you believe bias needs to be hidden, you need to reinsert the search engine terms "corrupt" and "fascist" - directly linking Lighfoot to those adjectives - somewhere in the body of the text, otherwise it goes back into the Intro, probably out of sheer laziness on our part cause this disgusting creature isn't worth spending a lot of time or intellectual energy on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Z]] 01:01, May 2, 2022 (EDT)

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All right, to show that I'm on your side, I'll do so. Look for my concession in the introduction below the first sentence. But if I'm being told by you that my sincere interest in helping is not wanted and will be removed by continually reverting my contributions, I'll clear out of here and look elsewhere for what is better.

- SkyGrass

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:Oh, not at all. We appreciate it very much. As I said, it's just laziness on our part, assuming a conclusion that most people already know. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Z]] 01:21, May 2, 2022 (EDT)

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Thanks. I'm looking for a home. I come from Wikipedia where I have over ten years of membership and hundreds of contributions. They're good for STEM info but irritating as hell with the left wing bias on politics and history. It may be years before this here gets up to the volume of material that they have. But I'm willing to put my time and effort here because of what this can be. I hope you accept the sentence I added in Lightfoot's article after the introduction.

Sky Grass

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Lori Lightfoot

2022-05-02T05:22:25Z

SkyGrass: Inserted the fact that many people see her actions and policies to be fascist and corrupt.

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'''Lori Lightfoot''' (born August 4, 1962) is the current [[Democrat]] mayor of [[Chicago]]. Many people view her policies and actions to be fascist and corrupt. Lightfoot refuses to do interviews with [[white]] people.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/umm-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-refuses-to-do-interviews-with-white-reporters/</ref> Lightfoot is the second birthing person to hold the office and first non-birthing birthing person with an adopted daughter from her [[gay marriage]]. Lightfoot has shown an affinity for [[Communism]] and [[communist]] causes.

At the time of the violent Democrat [[NeverTrump]] resistance movement's targeting of [[Trump administration]] officials,<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/ten-times-democrats-glorified-violence-republicans-since-election-day/</ref> Lightfoot made publicly threatening comments toward the White Hose Press Secretary.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-kayleigh-mcenany-she-better-watch-her-mouth</ref>

In 2018, Chicago recorded 561 murders, more than the two biggest US cities - New York and Los Angeles - combined. With the [[Defund the Police]] movement, black people have been the victims of roughly 81 percent of the 317 murders in the first six months of 2021, virtually all black-on-black crime. They were the victims of about 70 percent of the 295 murders committed in the first six months of 2020.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/homicides-have-skyrocketed-in-these-six-democratic-cities-black-people-are-disproportionately-the-victims-data-shows_3872643.html</ref>

==Racism==

:{{See also|Racism}}
In May 2021 Chicago [[NBC]]5 reported mayor Lightfoot refused to be interviewed by white people.<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1394813036741885954</ref> The report was confirmed by Chicago [[PBS]] station WTTW<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/reporters-say-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-limiting-interviews-to-black-and-brown-journalists-1076308/</ref> and ''[[USAToday]]''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/20/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-journalists-interviews/5192857001/</ref> The formal announcement said Lightfoot would only grant interviews to "Black and brown" reports. Lightfoot complained bitterly about the "whiteness and maleness" of Chicago's [[liberal media]] which had only aided in her election.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/20/lightfoot-defends-her-bigotry-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-and-maleness-of-chicago-media-outlets-1076689/</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter Gregory Pratt, a [[Latino]] was granted an interview and asked the mayor’s office to lift its exclusion others. When the mayor's office refused, Pratt protested the [[racist]] policy and canceled the interview. A Chicago WGN anchor and a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter supported the ''Tribune'''s action and called on all reporters to boycott the mayor's office racist policies.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/cancel-back-after-mayor-lightfoot-cancels-white-reporters-one-hispanic-reporter-cancels-her-in-return/</ref> The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement: "that NABJ’s history of advocacy does not support excluding any bona fide journalists from one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, even if it is for one day and in support of activism...We have members from all races and backgrounds and diversity, equity and inclusion must be universal."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/21/black-journalists-group-reluctantly-says-it-cannot-support-chicago-mayors-bigotry-against-white-scribes-1077398/</ref> [[Civil rights]] attorney [[Leo Terrell]] ripped Lightfoot's policy as "repugnant".<ref>https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1395396192893345797</ref> Former Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] who excoriated [[Hillary Clinton]] as "the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party", called upon Lightfoot to resign. "I call upon [[Joe Biden|President Biden]], [[Kamala Harris]], and other leaders of our county—of all races—to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot's resignation.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/05/21/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-to-resign-over-antiwhite-racism-n2589828</ref>
[[File:Lightfoot email.PNG|right|350px|thumb|A sampling of Lori Lightfoot's berating emails to staff.<ref>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SpBeHzcij9cJ:https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-email-scheduler-office-time-comment-20210614-j4oddazkrbcgthnlwe75fhu2fa-story.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us</ref> ''The Chicago Tribune'' compared it to a mentally deranged character in the film, ''[[The Shining]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/4lQ_MjU4QHw</ref>]]
Constitutional law professor [[Jonathan Turley]] weighed in: "The question is whether a race-based criteria for reporters is not just actionable but whether the media is prepared to sue Lightfoot for discriminatory policies....One of the most significant aspects of this controversy is that Lightfoot ordered staff to enforce the race-based criteria. That means that the policy was carried out with city staff and resources....The Illinois Human Rights Law states that unlawful [[discrimination]]
{{quotebox-float|“means discrimination against a person because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in this Section.”<ref>https://jonathanturley.org/2021/05/19/mayor-lightfoot-facing-media-outcry-over-race-based-access-policy/</ref>}}
Amidst a firestorm of outrage Lightfoot attempted to defend her racist and anti-male policies: “As a woman of color, as a [[lesbian]], it’s important to me that [[diversity]] is put front and center.”<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/mayor-lightfoot-defends-racist-interview-policy-woman-color-lesbian-important-diversity-put-front-center-video/</ref> Lightfoot argued that racism and discrimination will make "the [[collective]] us do better."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/bigoted-lori-lightfoot-says-excluding-whites-will-make-us-better-tucker-says-equity-is-racism-guess-who-press-is-mad-at/</ref>

The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) and [[Judicial Watch]] filed suit,<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/catenacci-et-al-v-lightfoot-complaint-02852/</ref> alleging the Chicago mayors stated racist policy violated DNCF reporter Thomas Caenacci's [[First Amendment]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment]] rights:
{{quotebox-float|"The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, alleges that Lightfoot’s denial violates the DCNF and Catenacci’s First Amendment rights and Catenacci’s right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

“It’s absurd that an elected official believes she can discriminate on the basis of race,” DCNF Editor-in-Chief Ethan Barton said. “Mayor Lightfoot’s decision is clearly blocking press freedom through racial discrimination.”}}
Catenacci requested an interview with Lightfoot through her office on May 20th to talk about [[coronavirus]]-related issues like Chicago’s lagging vaccination rate, how she’d rate her handling of the [[pandemic]] in comparison to other cities, etc. He followed up on May 21st and May 24th and did not receive a response. “By failing to respond in a timely manner, Mayor Lightfoot has denied Plaintiff Catenacci’s request,” the complaint alleges.

Further, the DCNF alleged “on information and belief” that Lightfoot was aware that Catenacci is white, and that because of that and her newly announced policy of interviewing only “journalists of color,” he was being denied the opportunity to sit down and interview her in his [[legal capacity|capacity]] as a [[journalist]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/27/daily-caller-news-foundation-lori-lightfoot-lawsuit/</ref> Attornies for Lightfoot confirmed in federal court that she had engaged in discriminatory practices that was “exclusively” limited to “journalists of color.”<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/sworn-court-filing/</ref>

In August 2021 a federal court ordered Lightfoot's office to give depositions over her discriminatory racial practices.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/lightfoot-racist-interview-policy/</ref>

==Defund the Police==
After the murder of Officer Ella French, a 29-year old officer who was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop, police officers turned their backs on Lightfoot when she appeared at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where French’s partner remained in critical condition. The police officers were ready to pay tribute, as they do for all of their other brothers and sisters that have fallen in the line of duty, with an honor guard and the sound of bagpipes. Lightfoot supported the decision at a press conference to cancel the bagpipes and honor guard. Lightfoot and her administration didn’t have time “for that s–t.” <ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/disgraceful-chicago-mayor-backs-decision-cancel-honor-guard-bagpipes-fallen-officer-ella-french-police-superintendent-says-dont-20-minutes-s-t/</ref>

==Anti-science==
Lightfoot claimed that vaccinated people in Chicago cannot carry and/or transmit the COVID-19 virus. As a result, she claimed the police have a public obligation to get vaccinated so they do not carry the virus in the community. The mayor stated she does not want her community exposed to first-responders who may carry the virus, and the vaccination is the only way to eliminate that concern. The policy of the mayor is grounded in a claim that is totally and utterly refuted by all science. Vaccinated people carry, transmit and shed the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus just like non-vaccinated people. There is scientific evidence that vaccinated people who contract the virus (so called “[[breakthrough case]]s”) carrry a higher viral load, and shed the virus at a higher rate than non-vaccinated persons.

Lightfoot questioned the guidance provided by the [[Center for Disease Control]] (CDC) on mask-wearing during the [[CCP pandemic]], undermining people's confidence in the science.<ref> https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/05/17/lori-lightfoot-gives-away-the-game-away-on-democrat-trust-the-science-arguments-in-msnbc-interview-n381863</ref>

==Fascist mandates==
{{See also|Vaccine mandate}}
Lightfoot fired more than one-third of the Chicago Police fore for not complying with her [[[fascist]] [[vaccine mandate]].<ref>
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/us/chicago-police-department-time-off-restriction/index.html</ref> This occurred while Chicago homicide rate increased 33% over the previous year,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-violent-crime-data-2021-n1273592</ref> and was six times worse than [[New York]]'s and three times worse than [[Los Angeles]].<ref> https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-homicide-problem-dwarfs-those-in-new-york-los-angeles-wirepoints/</ref> Then, due to the staffing shortages by firing non-vaccinated police officers, Lightfoot asked neighboring sheriff's departments who did not have vaccine mandates to send in unvaccinated officers to help in the manpower shortages.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/20/illinois-sheriffs-say-they-will-not-help-cover-chicago-police-shortage-due-to-vaccine-mandate/</ref>

==New World Order==
In an April 2019 interview with the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-q-and-a-20190404-story.html</ref> Lightfoot said,
{{quotebox-float|"So, you got to eliminate the compliance and you make a mandate. And then you do training, particularly in the city, called a licensing department where there’s zoning…building. Housing will be impacted by it…planning certainly. And you pick the people that will run those agencies, and the deputies that are pledging allegiance to the [[New World Order]] and good governance."<ref>https://rumble.com/vn32n8-lori-lightfoot-on-the-importance-of-submitting-to-the-new-world-order.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2</ref>}}

==2020 Marxist insurrection==
[[File:Chi-riot3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Chicago Police pelted with rocks by Democrat protesters in Grant Park, July 22, 2020.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8546473/Almost-50-Chicago-cops-injured-protesters-throw-fireworks-frozen-bottles.html</ref>]]
:{{see also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}
On May 31, 2020 Chicago saw its deadliest day in at least 60 years (records only go back to 1961), with 18 killings in a 24-hour period. Over the [[Memorial Day]] holiday - 85 people were shot and 24 killed, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52984535</ref> Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that day the city's 911 emergency call centre received 65,000 calls - 50,000 more than on an average day. White rioters assaulted a police woman.<ref>https://twitter.com/silver_report/status/1266551798057316364</ref> Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledged “an organized effort”. ''Chicago Business'' reported Lightfoot as saying, “There is no doubt. This was an organized effort last night,” she said. “There were clearly efforts to subvert the peaceful process and make it into something violent.”<ref>https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/there-no-doubt-was-organized-effort</ref> An Alderman asked Lightfoot,
{{quotebox-float|“Once they’re done looting and rioting, and whatever’s going to happen tonight, God help us, what happens when they start going after residents? Going into the neighborhoods? Once they start trying to break down people’s doors if they think they’ve got something," noting that there were “gang-bangers with AK-47s walking around right now, just waiting to settle some scores."}}
When Lightfoot did not respond the Alderman added, “It’s not something you ignore. This is a question that I have.” The mayor responded,
{{quotebox-float|“I think you’re 100% full of sh**, is what I think.”}}
The Alderman shot back, “No offense — F*** you, then. Who are you to tell me I’m full of sh**? Maybe you should come out and see what’s going on.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-in-expletive-filled-fight-with-alderman-over-black-lives-matter-riots/</ref> The call was recorded.

By mid-2020, year-to-date shootings eclipsed 1,508 for 2020, putting them 350 ahead of 2019. To date homicides sit at 254, placing them ahead of 2019. In the month of July 2020 alone there were 105 homicides in Chicago compared to 44 the previous July.<ref>https://apnews.com/5a4b1f1cde30f26bd1a9dcd6f2390d83</ref> Important to note that the Cook County board voted in favor of defunding police. Eleven city alderman raced to the fore to demand that not a single penny of $333 million in federal dollars not go to police, and various proposals are being considered to cut current funding by more than $30 million in current spending.

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Talk:Lori Lightfoot

2022-05-02T05:15:22Z

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2022-05-02T04:51:41Z

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Talk:Lori Lightfoot

2022-05-02T04:42:34Z

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2022-05-02T04:40:45Z

SkyGrass: Removed the adjectives "Corrupt" and "Fascist" from the introductory sentence. Please read my explanation on the talk page. - SkyGrass

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'''Lori Lightfoot''' (born August 4, 1962) is the current [[Democrat]] mayor of [[Chicago]]. Lightfoot refuses to do interviews with [[white]] people.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/umm-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-refuses-to-do-interviews-with-white-reporters/</ref> Lightfoot is the second birthing person to hold the office and first non-birthing birthing person with an adopted daughter from her [[gay marriage]]. Lightfoot has shown an affinity for [[Communism]] and [[communist]] causes.

At the time of the violent Democrat [[NeverTrump]] resistance movement's targeting of [[Trump administration]] officials,<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/ten-times-democrats-glorified-violence-republicans-since-election-day/</ref> Lightfoot made publicly threatening comments toward the White Hose Press Secretary.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-kayleigh-mcenany-she-better-watch-her-mouth</ref>

In 2018, Chicago recorded 561 murders, more than the two biggest US cities - New York and Los Angeles - combined. With the [[Defund the Police]] movement, black people have been the victims of roughly 81 percent of the 317 murders in the first six months of 2021, virtually all black-on-black crime. They were the victims of about 70 percent of the 295 murders committed in the first six months of 2020.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/homicides-have-skyrocketed-in-these-six-democratic-cities-black-people-are-disproportionately-the-victims-data-shows_3872643.html</ref>

==Racism==

:{{See also|Racism}}
In May 2021 Chicago [[NBC]]5 reported mayor Lightfoot refused to be interviewed by white people.<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1394813036741885954</ref> The report was confirmed by Chicago [[PBS]] station WTTW<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/reporters-say-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-limiting-interviews-to-black-and-brown-journalists-1076308/</ref> and ''[[USAToday]]''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/20/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-journalists-interviews/5192857001/</ref> The formal announcement said Lightfoot would only grant interviews to "Black and brown" reports. Lightfoot complained bitterly about the "whiteness and maleness" of Chicago's [[liberal media]] which had only aided in her election.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/20/lightfoot-defends-her-bigotry-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-and-maleness-of-chicago-media-outlets-1076689/</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter Gregory Pratt, a [[Latino]] was granted an interview and asked the mayor’s office to lift its exclusion others. When the mayor's office refused, Pratt protested the [[racist]] policy and canceled the interview. A Chicago WGN anchor and a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter supported the ''Tribune'''s action and called on all reporters to boycott the mayor's office racist policies.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/cancel-back-after-mayor-lightfoot-cancels-white-reporters-one-hispanic-reporter-cancels-her-in-return/</ref> The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement: "that NABJ’s history of advocacy does not support excluding any bona fide journalists from one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, even if it is for one day and in support of activism...We have members from all races and backgrounds and diversity, equity and inclusion must be universal."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/21/black-journalists-group-reluctantly-says-it-cannot-support-chicago-mayors-bigotry-against-white-scribes-1077398/</ref> [[Civil rights]] attorney [[Leo Terrell]] ripped Lightfoot's policy as "repugnant".<ref>https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1395396192893345797</ref> Former Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] who excoriated [[Hillary Clinton]] as "the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party", called upon Lightfoot to resign. "I call upon [[Joe Biden|President Biden]], [[Kamala Harris]], and other leaders of our county—of all races—to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot's resignation.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/05/21/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-to-resign-over-antiwhite-racism-n2589828</ref>
[[File:Lightfoot email.PNG|right|350px|thumb|A sampling of Lori Lightfoot's berating emails to staff.<ref>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SpBeHzcij9cJ:https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-email-scheduler-office-time-comment-20210614-j4oddazkrbcgthnlwe75fhu2fa-story.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us</ref> ''The Chicago Tribune'' compared it to a mentally deranged character in the film, ''[[The Shining]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/4lQ_MjU4QHw</ref>]]
Constitutional law professor [[Jonathan Turley]] weighed in: "The question is whether a race-based criteria for reporters is not just actionable but whether the media is prepared to sue Lightfoot for discriminatory policies....One of the most significant aspects of this controversy is that Lightfoot ordered staff to enforce the race-based criteria. That means that the policy was carried out with city staff and resources....The Illinois Human Rights Law states that unlawful [[discrimination]]
{{quotebox-float|“means discrimination against a person because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in this Section.”<ref>https://jonathanturley.org/2021/05/19/mayor-lightfoot-facing-media-outcry-over-race-based-access-policy/</ref>}}
Amidst a firestorm of outrage Lightfoot attempted to defend her racist and anti-male policies: “As a woman of color, as a [[lesbian]], it’s important to me that [[diversity]] is put front and center.”<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/mayor-lightfoot-defends-racist-interview-policy-woman-color-lesbian-important-diversity-put-front-center-video/</ref> Lightfoot argued that racism and discrimination will make "the [[collective]] us do better."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/bigoted-lori-lightfoot-says-excluding-whites-will-make-us-better-tucker-says-equity-is-racism-guess-who-press-is-mad-at/</ref>

The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) and [[Judicial Watch]] filed suit,<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/catenacci-et-al-v-lightfoot-complaint-02852/</ref> alleging the Chicago mayors stated racist policy violated DNCF reporter Thomas Caenacci's [[First Amendment]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment]] rights:
{{quotebox-float|"The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, alleges that Lightfoot’s denial violates the DCNF and Catenacci’s First Amendment rights and Catenacci’s right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

“It’s absurd that an elected official believes she can discriminate on the basis of race,” DCNF Editor-in-Chief Ethan Barton said. “Mayor Lightfoot’s decision is clearly blocking press freedom through racial discrimination.”}}
Catenacci requested an interview with Lightfoot through her office on May 20th to talk about [[coronavirus]]-related issues like Chicago’s lagging vaccination rate, how she’d rate her handling of the [[pandemic]] in comparison to other cities, etc. He followed up on May 21st and May 24th and did not receive a response. “By failing to respond in a timely manner, Mayor Lightfoot has denied Plaintiff Catenacci’s request,” the complaint alleges.

Further, the DCNF alleged “on information and belief” that Lightfoot was aware that Catenacci is white, and that because of that and her newly announced policy of interviewing only “journalists of color,” he was being denied the opportunity to sit down and interview her in his [[legal capacity|capacity]] as a [[journalist]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/27/daily-caller-news-foundation-lori-lightfoot-lawsuit/</ref> Attornies for Lightfoot confirmed in federal court that she had engaged in discriminatory practices that was “exclusively” limited to “journalists of color.”<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/sworn-court-filing/</ref>

In August 2021 a federal court ordered Lightfoot's office to give depositions over her discriminatory racial practices.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/lightfoot-racist-interview-policy/</ref>

==Defund the Police==
After the murder of Officer Ella French, a 29-year old officer who was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop, police officers turned their backs on Lightfoot when she appeared at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where French’s partner remained in critical condition. The police officers were ready to pay tribute, as they do for all of their other brothers and sisters that have fallen in the line of duty, with an honor guard and the sound of bagpipes. Lightfoot supported the decision at a press conference to cancel the bagpipes and honor guard. Lightfoot and her administration didn’t have time “for that s–t.” <ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/disgraceful-chicago-mayor-backs-decision-cancel-honor-guard-bagpipes-fallen-officer-ella-french-police-superintendent-says-dont-20-minutes-s-t/</ref>

==Anti-science==
Lightfoot claimed that vaccinated people in Chicago cannot carry and/or transmit the COVID-19 virus. As a result, she claimed the police have a public obligation to get vaccinated so they do not carry the virus in the community. The mayor stated she does not want her community exposed to first-responders who may carry the virus, and the vaccination is the only way to eliminate that concern. The policy of the mayor is grounded in a claim that is totally and utterly refuted by all science. Vaccinated people carry, transmit and shed the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus just like non-vaccinated people. There is scientific evidence that vaccinated people who contract the virus (so called “[[breakthrough case]]s”) carrry a higher viral load, and shed the virus at a higher rate than non-vaccinated persons.

Lightfoot questioned the guidance provided by the [[Center for Disease Control]] (CDC) on mask-wearing during the [[CCP pandemic]], undermining people's confidence in the science.<ref> https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/05/17/lori-lightfoot-gives-away-the-game-away-on-democrat-trust-the-science-arguments-in-msnbc-interview-n381863</ref>

==Fascist mandates==
{{See also|Vaccine mandate}}
Lightfoot fired more than one-third of the Chicago Police fore for not complying with her [[[fascist]] [[vaccine mandate]].<ref>
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/us/chicago-police-department-time-off-restriction/index.html</ref> This occurred while Chicago homicide rate increased 33% over the previous year,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-violent-crime-data-2021-n1273592</ref> and was six times worse than [[New York]]'s and three times worse than [[Los Angeles]].<ref> https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-homicide-problem-dwarfs-those-in-new-york-los-angeles-wirepoints/</ref> Then, due to the staffing shortages by firing non-vaccinated police officers, Lightfoot asked neighboring sheriff's departments who did not have vaccine mandates to send in unvaccinated officers to help in the manpower shortages.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/20/illinois-sheriffs-say-they-will-not-help-cover-chicago-police-shortage-due-to-vaccine-mandate/</ref>

==New World Order==
In an April 2019 interview with the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-q-and-a-20190404-story.html</ref> Lightfoot said,
{{quotebox-float|"So, you got to eliminate the compliance and you make a mandate. And then you do training, particularly in the city, called a licensing department where there’s zoning…building. Housing will be impacted by it…planning certainly. And you pick the people that will run those agencies, and the deputies that are pledging allegiance to the [[New World Order]] and good governance."<ref>https://rumble.com/vn32n8-lori-lightfoot-on-the-importance-of-submitting-to-the-new-world-order.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2</ref>}}

==2020 Marxist insurrection==
[[File:Chi-riot3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Chicago Police pelted with rocks by Democrat protesters in Grant Park, July 22, 2020.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8546473/Almost-50-Chicago-cops-injured-protesters-throw-fireworks-frozen-bottles.html</ref>]]
:{{see also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}
On May 31, 2020 Chicago saw its deadliest day in at least 60 years (records only go back to 1961), with 18 killings in a 24-hour period. Over the [[Memorial Day]] holiday - 85 people were shot and 24 killed, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52984535</ref> Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that day the city's 911 emergency call centre received 65,000 calls - 50,000 more than on an average day. White rioters assaulted a police woman.<ref>https://twitter.com/silver_report/status/1266551798057316364</ref> Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledged “an organized effort”. ''Chicago Business'' reported Lightfoot as saying, “There is no doubt. This was an organized effort last night,” she said. “There were clearly efforts to subvert the peaceful process and make it into something violent.”<ref>https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/there-no-doubt-was-organized-effort</ref> An Alderman asked Lightfoot,
{{quotebox-float|“Once they’re done looting and rioting, and whatever’s going to happen tonight, God help us, what happens when they start going after residents? Going into the neighborhoods? Once they start trying to break down people’s doors if they think they’ve got something," noting that there were “gang-bangers with AK-47s walking around right now, just waiting to settle some scores."}}
When Lightfoot did not respond the Alderman added, “It’s not something you ignore. This is a question that I have.” The mayor responded,
{{quotebox-float|“I think you’re 100% full of sh**, is what I think.”}}
The Alderman shot back, “No offense — F*** you, then. Who are you to tell me I’m full of sh**? Maybe you should come out and see what’s going on.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-in-expletive-filled-fight-with-alderman-over-black-lives-matter-riots/</ref> The call was recorded.

By mid-2020, year-to-date shootings eclipsed 1,508 for 2020, putting them 350 ahead of 2019. To date homicides sit at 254, placing them ahead of 2019. In the month of July 2020 alone there were 105 homicides in Chicago compared to 44 the previous July.<ref>https://apnews.com/5a4b1f1cde30f26bd1a9dcd6f2390d83</ref> Important to note that the Cook County board voted in favor of defunding police. Eleven city alderman raced to the fore to demand that not a single penny of $333 million in federal dollars not go to police, and various proposals are being considered to cut current funding by more than $30 million in current spending.

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Talk:Lori Lightfoot

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Talk:Lori Lightfoot

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SkyGrass: Asking editors to join me in better writing, by agreeing that the adjectives "Corrupt" and "Fascist" should not be present in an introductory description of Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago

2022-05-02T03:57:28Z

SkyGrass: Updating the current mayor of Chicago from Rahm Emanuel to Lori Lightfoot.

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'''Chicago''' is a city located in the northeastern corner of the state of [[Illinois]] on the shore of the southwestern tip of [[Lake Michigan]]. Chicago is a relatively young city, first incorporated in 1833 and completely rebuilt after a city-wide fire in 1871. It is located mostly within [[Cook County]], but a corner of its O'Hare Airport is in DuPage County. It is the largest city in Illinois and the third-largest city in the [[United States]], with 2.8 million residents, after New York City and Los Angeles.<ref>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/1714000.html</ref> The Chicago metropolitan area, which extends from southern [[Wisconsin]] to northeastern [[Indiana]] and is often called "Chicagoland", contains 9.3 million people.<ref>https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro_general/2006/CSA-EST2006-alldata.csv</ref> It is the dominant city of the Midwest for transportation, trade, finance and high culture, and only reluctantly gave up the "second city" title to [[Los Angeles]] in the 1970s.

The name "Chicago" originated in 1630, when the Miami-Illinois Indians arrived in the region, and called it after a type of wild garlic that grew in the area.

Chicago is home to the [[Sears Tower|Willis Tower]], which at 1,450 feet is the tallest building in the United States, and was once the tallest building in the world. The building, more commonly known locally and internationally as the "Sears Tower", was originally the headquarters of Sears when constructed. In the late 2000s, London-based Willis Insurance bought the naming rights to the tower upon leasing a significant amount of space.<ref>http://www.thesearstower.com/buildinginfo.axis?type=n&name=Property Profile</ref> The world-renowned ''Art Institute of Chicago'' houses both a museum and a school.<ref>[http://www.artic.edu/ The Art Institute of Chicago]</ref>

The City of Chicago has high gun violence levels, and the strict [[gun control]] laws of the city and of Illinois have not had any effect in reducing violence.<ref>Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (August 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/09/chicago-shootings-put-spotlight-on-illinois-gun-laws.html Chicago shootings put spotlight on Illinois gun laws]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 9, 2018.</ref> Chicago is very [[liberal]], and as of 2019, it has more members of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] in its city council than Republicans.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (April 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/socialists-outnumber-republicans-chicago-city-coun/ Left-wing wave: More socialists than Republicans to hold seats on Chicago City Council]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 5, 2019.</ref> Chicago's last [[Republican]] mayor was elected in 1927.

Chicago is projected to fall to the fourth-largest city in 2030, as [[Houston]] surpasses its population by then.<ref>https://www.click2houston.com/features/2020/01/24/ask-2-when-will-houston-overtake-chicago-as-the-third-most-populous-city/</ref>

==Demography==
Although originally settled by Yankees, the railroads, stockyards, and other heavy industry of the late 19th century attracted a variety of skilled workers from Europe, especially Germans, English, Swedish and Dutch, as well as unskilled Irish Catholics. From 1890 to 1914 migrations swelled, attracting especially unskilled workers from Eastern and Southern Europe, including Poles, Lithuanians, Croatians, Czechs, Greeks, Italians and Jews among others. World War I cut off immigrations from Europe, and restrictions in the 1920s slowed the European influx to a trickle, apart from refugees after World War II. During both world wars poor Americans arrived from the South—whites from Appalachia and blacks from the cotton fields due south. The near south side was the first Black area, and it continued to expand, as did the black neighborhoods on the near west side. These were segregated areas (few blacks were tolerated in white neighborhoods), and after 1950 public housing high rises anchored poor black neighborhoods south and west of the Loop.

Old stock Americans who relocated to Chicago after 1900 preferred the outlying areas and suburbs, making Oak Park and Evanston enclaves of the upper middle class. The lakefront north of the Loop saw construction of high-rise luxury apartments starting in the 1910s, and continuing into the 21st century. The high-rises had wealthy residents but few children, since the city had an abysmal public school system, a large parochial system of middling quality for the Catholics, and few upscale private schools. The northern and western suburbs boasted some of the best public schools in the nation. The suburban trend accelerated after 1945, with middle class Chicagoans headed to the outlying areas of the city, and then pouring into the Cook County and Dupage County suburbs. Jews and Irish in particular rose sharply in status, leaving slums and heading north. Well educated migrants from around the country moved to the far suburbs.

Beginning in the 1940s waves of [[Latino]] (or "Hispanic") immigrants began to arrive, with the largest numbers from Mexico and Puerto Rico, as well as Cuba and (by the 1980s), other Hispanic lands. After 1965 large numbers of Asian immigrants came, the largest proportion were well educated Indians and Chinese. By the 1970s gentrification began, turning old inner city slums into upscale neighborhoods, which proved attractive to singles and gays.

==Geography==
===Loop===
The "Loop" was named in 1901 when the new elevated rail line (the "L") looped around the main downtown business section. It remains a world class locus for banking, finance, law, business and high culture. It has numerous colleges and universities and a large upscale population in condominiums. The main department and specialty stores, however, have moved a mile or two north to the "Miracle Mile" (North Michigan Avenue).

===Neighborhoods===
Chicagoans define themselves by neighborhood (or for Catholics, by their parish).
====Home ownership====
Concentrating the family resources to achieve home ownerships was a common strategy in the ethnic neighborhoods. It meant sacrificing current consumption, and pulling children out of school as soon as they could earn a wage. By 1900 working-class ethnics immigrants owned homes at higher rates than native-born people. After borrowing from friends and building associations, immigrants kept boarders, grew market gardens, and even opened home-based commercial laundries, eroding home-work distinctions while sending out women and children to work to repay loans. They sought not middle class upward mobility but the security of home ownership. Many social workers wanted them to pursue upward job mobility (which required more education), but realtors asserted that houses were better than a bank for a poor man. With [[hindsight]], and considering uninsured banks' precariousness, this appears to have been true. Chicago's workers made immense sacrifices for home ownership, contributing to Chicago's sprawling suburban geography and to modern myths about the American dream. The Jewish community, by contrast, rented apartments and maximized education and upward mobility for the next generation.<ref>Elaine Lewinnek, "Better than a Bank for a Poor Man? Home Financing Strategies in Early Chicago." ''Journal of Urban History'' 2006 32(2): 274-301. Issn: 0096-1442 Fulltext: [[Sage]]; see also Joseph C. Bigott, ''From Cottage to Bungalow: Houses and the Working Classes in Metropolitan Chicago, 1869-1929'' (2001) [https://www.amazon.com/Cottage-Bungalow-Metropolitan-1869-1929-Architecture/dp/0226048756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198670620&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]</ref>

===Suburbs===
Keating (2004) studied the origins of 233 settlements that by 1900 had become suburbs or city neighborhoods of Chicago. The settlements began as farm centers (41%), industrial towns (30%), residential railroad suburbs (15%), and recreational/institutional centers (13%).

===Environment and planning===
Danish immigrant Jens Jensen arrived in 1886 and soon became a highly successful and celebrated landscape designer. Jensen's work was characterized by a democratic approach to landscaping, informed by his interest in social justice and conservationism and his rejection of antidemocratic formalism. Among Jensen's creations were four Chicago city parks, most famously Columbus Park. His work also included garden design for some of the region's most influential people, including the Ford and Rosenwald families.
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was first proposed in 1885 by civil engineer Lyman Edgar Cooley, who envisioned a deep waterway that would dilute and divert the city's sewage by funneling water from Lake Michigan into a canal, which would drain into the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. Beyond presenting a solution for Chicago's sewage problem, Cooley's proposal appealed to the economic need to link the Midwest with America's central waterways to compete with East Coast shipping and railroad industries. Strong regional support for the project led the Illinois legislature to circumvent the federal government and complete the canal with state funding. The opening in January 1900 met with controversy and a lawsuit against Chicago's appropriation of water from Lake Michigan. By the 1920s the lawsuit was divided between the states of the Mississippi River Valley, who supported the development of deep waterways linking the Great Lakes with the Mississippi, and the Great Lakes states, who feared sinking water levels might harm shipping in the lakes. In 1929 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in support of Chicago's use of the canal to promote commerce, but ordered the city to discontinue its use for sewage disposal.<ref>Lorien Foote, "Bring the Sea to Us: the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Industrialization of the Midwest, 1885-1929." ''Journal of Illinois History'' 1999 2(1): 39-56. Issn: 1522-0532</ref>

One of the largest municipal public works projects in US history lies inconspicuously 150 to 300 feet below the streets of Chicago, a city plagued from its inception by pollution and flooding related to Lake Michigan's basin. Engineering techniques pioneered specifically for the project have created mammoth overflow sewers commonly known as the Deep Tunnel and more officially as the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP). Construction began in 1976 after nearly fifty years of financial, engineering, and political maneuvering by local, state, and federal officials. While the project's long-promised rewards were materializing as of 2001, critics asserted that the city approached the problem of flood overflow in its usual grandiose manner, employing large-scale solutions when simpler, less-costly alternatives to TARP, such as curbing wasteful water use and creating green belts, should have been explored.<ref>Timothy B. Neary, "Chicago-style Environmental Politics: Origins of the Deep Tunnel Project." ''Journal of Illinois History'' 2001 4(2): 83-102. Issn: 1522-0532</ref>

===Museums===
[[Image:Chicago Science Museum.jpg|thumb|Museum of Science and Industry.]]
The Chicago Historical Society has probably the finest local history collection in the world, with an equally strong library to support research.<ref>See Catherine M. Lewis, ''The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American Museum.'' (2005). 172 pp.</ref>
Following his 1924 retirement as chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck & Company, [[Julius Rosenwald]] embarked on a campaign to found a science and industry museum in Chicago similar to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, which he had visited in 1911. Although a city bond issue provided some funds, Rosenwald and his estate spent over $11 million through the mid-1940s. Portions of the Museum of Science and Industry opened in 1933, one year after Rosenwald's death, and the entire museum opened in 1938.<ref>Ascoli (2006)</ref>

==History==
Chicago's locational advantage is the link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system. Its first permanent resident, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Frenchman West Indian and African descent, and operated an fur-trading 1780–1800. The U.S. government erected Fort Dearborn in 1803 three years later. In the War of 1812 it was captured by Indians and the residents massacred. After 1830 the rich farmlands of Northern Illinois attracted Yankee settlers. Yankee real estate operators created a city overnight in the 1830s. Hundreds of wagons a day of farm produce arrived, so the entrepreneurs built grain elevators and docks to load ships bound for points east. By the 1850s the railroads made Chicago a major hub with over 30 lines. The main lines from the East ended in Chicago, and those oriented to the West began in Chicago, so the city became the nation's trans-shipment and warehousing center by 1860. Factories were created, most famously the harvester factory opened in 1847 by [[Cyrus Hall McCormick]]. The Wisconsin forests supported the mill-work and lumber business; the Illinois hinterland provided the wheat, as well as hogs and cattle that were slaughtered, preserved in salt and shipped east; by 1870 refrigerated cars allowed fresh meat to ship.

As the city grew large numbers of Irish Catholics and Germans arrived. Their saloons became the focus of attacks by the Know-Nothing Party, which was anti-immigration and anti-liquor, and called for the purification of politics by reducing the power of the saloon-keepers. In 1855, the new party elected Levi Boone mayor and he banned Sunday sales of liquor and beer, angering the Germans who frequented beer gardens, and Irish who frequented saloons. Law enforcement resulted in the Lager Beer Riot of April 1855, which erupted outside a courthouse where eight Germans were being tried for liquor ordinance violations. After the Civil War, saloons became community centers only for local ethnic men, as reformers saw them as places that incited riotous behavior and moral decay.

====Newspapers====
Late-19th century big city newspapers such as the ''Chicago Daily News'' - founded in 1875 by Melville E. Stone - ushered in an era of news reporting that was, unlike earlier periods, in tune with the particulars of community life in specific cities. Vigorous competition between older and newer-style city papers soon broke out, centered on civic activism and sensationalist reporting of urban political issues and the numerous problems associated with rapid urban growth. In Chicago competition was especially fierce between the ''Chicago Times'' (Democratic), the ''Chicago Tribune,'' (Republican) and the ''Daily News'' (independent), with the latter becoming the city's most popular paper by the 1880s.<ref>David Paul Nord, "Read All about It"" ''Chicago History'' 2002 31(1): 26-57. Issn: 0272-8540</ref>

===1900-1945===
[[File:Chicago up town theatre.jpg|thumb|Up Town Theatre.]]
====Business====
[[Samuel Insull]] (1859 – 1938), born poor in England, built a great electrical empire in the city (notably "Commonwealth Edison", a giant utility formed in 1907<ref>It is now part of Exelon Corporation, and serves 3.8 million customers in Chicago and northern Illinois.</ref>) and electrified much of the Midwest, 1910–1929. His empire collapsed in the Great Depression, for which he was blamed and put on trial by the [[New Deal]]; he was acquitted.

Chicago, along with New York, was the center of the nation's advertising industry. [[Albert Lasker]] (1880-1952), known as the "father of modern advertising" made Chicago his base 1898–1942. As head of Lord and Thomas, Lasker devised a copywriting technique that appealed directly to the psychology of the consumer. Women seldom smoked cigarettes; he told them if they smoked Lucky Strikes they could stay slender. Lasker's use of radio, particularly with his campaigns for Palmolive soap, Pepsodent toothpaste, Kotex products, and Lucky Strike cigarettes, not only revolutionized the advertising industry but also significantly changed popular culture.

====Labor====
After 1900 Chicago was a heavily unionized city, apart from the factories (which were non-union until the 1930s). The unionized teamsters in Chicago enjoyed an unusually strong bargaining position when they contended with employers around the city. Their wagons could easily be positioned to disrupt streetcars and block traffic. In addition, their families and neighborhood supporters often surrounded the wagons of nonunion teamsters and made strikebreaking a very unpleasant endeavor. When the teamsters used their clout to engage in sympathy strikes, employers decided to coordinate their antiunion efforts, claiming that the teamsters held tyrannical power over commerce in their control of the streets. The teamsters' strike in 1905 represented a clash both over labor issues and the public nature of the streets. To the employers the streets were arteries for commerce, while to the teamsters they remained public spaces integral to their neighborhoods.<ref>David Witwer, "Unionized Teamsters and the Struggle over the Streets of the Early-Twentieth-century City." ''Social Science History'' 2000 24(1): 183-222. Issn: 0145-5532 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]
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====Disasters====
[[File:Chicago fire.jpg|thumb|left|The great Chicago Fire, October, 1871.]]
On 7 December 1903 the "absolutely fireproof," five-week-old Iroquois Theater was destroyed by fire in Chicago. The fire lasted less than thirty minutes; however, 602 people died as a result of being burned, asphyxiated, or trampled.<ref>Anthony P. Hatch, "Inferno at the Iroquois." ''Chicago History'' 2003 32(2): 4-31. Issn: 0272-8540</ref>

The cruise ship ''Eastland'' capsized at its pier on a calm day, July 24, 1915, killing over 800 passengers. It was top-heavy because of new federal laws (passed in response to the Titanic) requiring lifeboats.<ref>George W. Hilton, ''Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic.'' (1995).</ref>

A major environmental disaster came in July 1995, with 739 heat-related deaths after one week of record high heat and humidity.<ref>Christopher R. Browning; Wallace, Danielle; Feinberg, Seth L.; and Cagney, Kathleen A.; Klinenberg, Eric (Reply). "Neighborhood Social Processes, Physical Conditions, and Disaster-related Mortality: the Case of the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave." ''American Sociological Review'' 2006 71(4): 661-678. Issn: 0003-1224</ref>

====Crime====
By 1900, [[Progressive Era]] political and legal reformers initiated far-ranging changes in the American criminal justice system, with Chicago taking the lead. Violent crime rates were high yet law enforcers rarely convicted killers, more than three-fourths of whom went unpunished. Even in homicide cases in which the identity of killers was certain and the police made arrests, jurors typically exonerated or acquitted killers. A blend of gender-, race-, and class-based notions of justice trumped the rule of law, producing low homicide conviction rates during a period of soaring violence.<ref>Jeffrey S. Adler, "'It Is His First Offense. We Might as Well Let Him Go': Homicide and Criminal Justice in Chicago, 1875-1920." ''Journal of Social History'' 2006 40(1): 5-24. Issn: 0022-4529 Fulltext: [[History Cooperative]] and [[Project Muse]]</ref>

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, rates of domestic murder tripled in Chicago. Domestic homicide was often a manifestation of strains in gender relations induced by urban and industrial change. At the core of such family murders were male attempts to preserve masculine authority. Yet, there were nuances in the motives for the murder of family members, and study of the patterns of domestic homicide among ethnic groups reveals basic cultural differences. German immigrants tended to murder over declining status and the failure to achieve economic prosperity. In addition, they were likely to kill all members of the family and then commit suicide in the ultimate attempt at maintaining control. Italian men killed family members to save a gender-based ideal of respectability that entailed patriarchal control over women and family reputation. African Americans, like the Germans, often murdered in response to economic conditions but not over desperation about the future. Like the Italians, the killers tended to be young, but family honor was not usually at stake. Instead, black men murdered to regain control of wives and lovers who resisted their patriarchal "rights."<ref>Adler, "'We've Got a Right to Fight; We're Married': Domestic Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920." 2003</ref>

Progressive reformers in the business community created the Chicago Crime Commission (CCC) in 1919 after an investigation into the robbery at a factory showed the city's criminal justice system was deficient. The CCC initially served as a watchdog of the justice system. However, after a suggestion that the justice system begin collecting criminal records was rejected, the CCC assumed a more active role in fighting crime. The commission's role expanded even further after Frank J. Loesch became president in 1928. Loesch recognized the need to eliminate the glamour that Chicago's media typically attributed to criminals. Determined to expose the horrors and violence of the crime world, Loesch drafted a list of public enemies and turned Al Capone into a scapegoat for society's evils.<ref>Bill Barnhart, "Public Enemies: Chicago Origins of Personalized Anticrime Campaigns." ''Journal of Illinois History'' 2001 4(4): 258-270. Issn: 1522-0532</ref>

====Black migration====
Chicago's black population swelled dramatically during World War I as immigration from Europe was impossible and factories demanded more and more war workers. Whites got the factory jobs, but many opportunities opened for black men and women. Economic conditions for the city's blacks during the 1920s were much better than in the South, but were also characterized by chronic unemployment and low wage rates. Many families living below the poverty line. These conditions were caused primarily by employers' discriminatory hiring and promotion policies, a surplus of labor at a time of continued black migration from the South, and residential segregation in the African American neighborhoods of Chicago. Consequently, the economic conditions that brought about political radicalization and realignment of African Americans during the 1930s, and which are associated primarily with the Great Depression, were in evidence throughout much of the 1920s. Accordingly, the Great Migration of the 1910s and 1920s, rather than being seen largely as a phenomenon associated with World War I, takes on greater significance in terms of its economic and political repercussions in black Chicago in the years before the depression.<ref>Gareth Canaan, "'Part of the Loaf': Economic Conditions of Chicago's African-American Working Class During the 1920's." ''Journal of Social History'' 2001 35(1): 147-174. Issn: 0022-4529 Fulltext: Project Muse</ref>

====Polonia====
Chicago's [[Polish Americans|Polonia]] sustained diverse political cultures, each with its own newspaper. In 1920 the community had a choice of five daily papers - from the Socialist ''Dziennik Ludowy'' [People's daily] (1907–25) to the Polish Roman Catholic Union's ''Dziennik Zjednoczenia'' [Union daily] (1921–39) - all of which supported workers' struggles for better working conditions and were part of a broader program of cultural and educational activities. The decision to subscribe to a particular paper reaffirmed a particular ideology or institutional network based on ethnicity and class, which lent itself to different alliances and different strategies.<ref>Jon Bekken, "Negotiating Class and Ethnicity: the Polish-language Press in Chicago." ''Polish American Studies'' 2000 57(2): 5-29. Issn: 0032-2806</ref>

====Great Depression====
===Since 1940===
====Politics====
Many recent [[mayor]]s of Chicago belonged to the [[Democratic Party]]. The current mayor of Chicago is Lori Elaine Lightfoot. She is preceded by [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Before him, [[Richard M. Daley]] (b. 1942), who was elected in 1989, was mayor until 2011. His father, [[Richard J. Daley]] (1902-1976), was mayor from 1955 to 1976, and controlled the powerful Cook County Democratic organization, called "the machine." <ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Daley2.html</ref> Current President [[Barack Obama]] spent his politically formative years as a city planner "foot soldier" for the Democratic machine, an experience that deeply affected his political methods and radical beliefs later in life.

The city hosted the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]] when Richard J. Daley was mayor. The convention was disrupted by radicals such as [[Abbie Hoffman]].

Holli (1999) argues that the political regime of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during 1955-76 was unusually stable during an era of national instability because Daley kept firm control of the governmental machinery, which slowed change to a manageable pace and had a deep and profound appeal to Chicagoans. Ethnic and racial squabbling erupted after Daley's death in 1976 and continued through the tenures of four mayors, even as the rest of the nation entered a period of greater political stability. After the transitory tenure of interim mayor Eugene Sawyer, the years of political instability ended with the 1989 election of the former boss's son, [[Richard M. Daley]]. Young Daley's election marked a return to political calm seen, in the light of equilibrium theory, as inevitable after the tumultuous years that preceded it.<ref>Melvin G. Holli, "Political Equilibrium and the Daley Eras in Chicago." ''Continuity'' 1999 (23): 83-96. Issn: 0277-1446</ref>

====Public housing====
The Robert Taylor Homes (RTH), part of Chicago's public housing projects financed by the federal government, opened in 1962. As the largest US public housing project, RTH consisted of 28 high-rises of 16 floors each, providing homes for 27,000 people. By 1965, RTH was already substandard and crime-ridden. Through the 1970s, RTH became predominantly single-mother welfare households. During site selection, the size of the project kept increasing. Federal cost worries forced the use of the high-rise design. Minors so outnumbered adults at RTH from the beginning that gangs, vandalism, and other crimes quickly became endemic. RTH was too large to administer effectively. Substandard systems, including elevators, plumbing, and heating, insufficient police protection, and the demographic burden on local schools were instrumental in RTH's failure.<ref>D. Bradford Hunt, "What Went Wrong with Public Housing in Chicago? A History of the Robert Taylor Homes." ''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society'' 2001 94(1): 96-123. Issn: 1522-1067; Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, ''American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto,'' (2002).</ref>
=====Japanese=====
In 1942-43 60,000 Nisei (born in U.S. of Japanese parents) were removed from the West Coast relocation camps and resettled in distant cities. 20,000 came to Chicago. In contrast to their self-contained, West-coast lifestyle, the Nisei in Chicago attempted to more fully integrate themselves in the community. This permitted many to take advantage of their racial "inbetweenness" to fill labor shortages caused by the war. Nisei used this "twilight zone" status between blacks and whites to distance themselves from blacks, frequently adopting the language of racial prejudice to heighten distinctions. Most Nisei successfully shed their ethnic identity in Chicago, amalgamated into the white community and stayed in the city.<ref>Charlotte Brooks, "In the Twilight Zone Between Black and White: Japanese American Resettlement and Community in Chicago, 1942-1945." ''Journal of American History'' 2000 86(4): 1655-1687. Issn: 0021-8723 Fulltext: [[History Cooperative]] [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723(200003)86%3A4%3C1655%3AITTZBB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S and Jstor]</ref>

=====Hispanic immigrants=====
Fernandez (2005) documents the history of Mexican and Puerto Rican immigration and community formation in Chicago after World War II. Beginning with World War II, Mexican and Puerto Rican workers traveled to the Midwest through varying migrant streams to perform unskilled labor. They settled in separate areas of Chicago. These parallel migrations created historically unique communities where both groups encountered one another in the mid-twentieth century. By the 1950s and 1960s, both groups experienced repeated displacements and dislocations from the Near West Side, the Near North Side and the Lincoln Park neighborhood. At the macro level, Mexican and Puerto Rican workers' life chances were shaped by federal policies regarding immigration, labor, and citizenship. At the local level, they felt the impact of municipal government policies, which had specific racial dimensions. As these populations relocated from one neighborhood to the next, they made efforts to shape their own communities and their futures. During the period of the Civil Rights Movement, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans engaged in social struggles, both in coalition with one another but also as separate, distinct, national minorities. They created organizations and institutions such as Casa Aztlán, the Young Lords Organization, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, the Latin American Defense Organization, and El Centro de la Causa. These organizations drew upon differing strategies based on notions of nation, gender, and class, and at times produced inter-ethnic and inter-racial coalitions.<ref>Lilia Fernández, "Latina/o Migration and Community Formation in Postwar Chicago: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Gender, and Politics, 1945-1975." PhD dissertation U. of California, San Diego 2005. 302 pp. DAI 2006 66(10): 3779-A. DA3191767 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]. See also Mérida M. Rúa, "Claims to `the City': Puerto Rican Latinidad amid Labors of Identity, Community, and Belonging in Chicago." PhD dissertation U. of Michigan 2004. 219 pp. DAI 2005 65(10): 3877-A. DA3150079
Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]</ref>

====2020 Antifa riots====
[[File:Chi-riot3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Chicago Police pelted with rocks by Democrat protesters in Grant Park, July 22, 2020.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8546473/Almost-50-Chicago-cops-injured-protesters-throw-fireworks-frozen-bottles.html</ref>]]
:{{See also|2020 Antifa riots}}
In 2018, Chicago recorded 561 murders, more than the two biggest US cities - New York and Los Angeles - combined.

On May 31, 2020, Chicago saw its deadliest day in at least 60 years (records only go back to 1961), with 18 killings in a 24-hour period. Over the [[Memorial Day]] holiday - 85 people were shot and 24 killed, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52984535</ref> Mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] said that day the city's 911 emergency call centre received 65,000 calls - 50,000 more than on an average day. White rioters assaulted a police woman.<ref>https://twitter.com/silver_report/status/1266551798057316364</ref> Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledged “an organized effort”. ''Chicago Business reported Lightfoot as saying,
{{quotebox-float|“There is no doubt. This was an organized effort last night,” she said. “There were clearly efforts to subvert the peaceful process and make it into something violent.”<ref>https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/there-no-doubt-was-organized-effort</ref>}}
A racist black woman objected to [[Arab]]s defending their [[property]] with [[AK-47]]s "if we decided to loot it".<ref>https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2020/06/09/chicago-woman-goes-ballistic-because-shop-owners-with-guns-prevent-her-from-looting/</ref> An Alderman asked Lightfoot, “Once they’re done looting and rioting, and whatever’s going to happen tonight, God help us, what happens when they start going after residents? Going into the neighborhoods? Once they start trying to break down people’s doors if they think they’ve got something," noting that there were “gang-bangers with AK-47s walking around right now, just waiting to settle some scores." When Lightfoot did not respond the Alderman added, “It’s not something you ignore. This is a question that I have.” The mayor responded, “I think you’re 100% full of sh**, is what I think.” The Alderman shot back, “No offense — F*** you, then. Who are you to tell me I’m full of sh**? Maybe you should come out and see what’s going on.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-in-expletive-filled-fight-with-alderman-over-black-lives-matter-riots/</ref> The call was recorded. One alderman could be heard weeping while others angrily decried what was going on in the city. “My ward is a sh** show,” one alderman says. “They are shooting at the police.”<ref>https://news.wttw.com/2020/06/05/what-are-we-going-have-left-our-community-aldermen-react-panic-sorrow-unrest</ref> [[President Trump]] offered assistance to Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot in dealing with the [[systemic racism]] that has plagued Democrat-run Chicago for decades:
{{quotebox|"I recently read an article from the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' on June 8, 2020, “18 murders in 24 hours: Inside the most violent day in 60 years in Chicago,” which discussed the severe crime and lack of law and order in our Nation’s third largest city. The article details how “85 people were shot and 24 killed the previous weekend, the most in modern history in Chicago.” Your lack of leadership on this important issue continues to fail the people you have sworn to protect. I am concerned it is another example of your lack of commitment to the vulnerable citizens who are victims of this violence and a lack of respect for the men and women in [[law enforcement]]. ...
[[Violence]] and [[death]], which are disproportionately harming young [[African American]]s, are tragic and unacceptable, particularly on such a shocking scale. According to the ''Chicago Sun Times'', “shootings across the City increased by 71 percent last month,” and just this past weekend 102 people were shot in the city’s most violent weekend of the year. A 3-year old toddler was killed. More Americans have been killed in Chicago than in combat zones of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]] combined since [[September 11, 2001]], a deadly trend that has continued under your tenure....

Unlike previous Administrations of both parties, I am willing to tackle unsolved challenges. If you are willing to put partisanship aside, we can revitalize distressed neighborhoods in Chicago, together. But to succeed, you must establish law and order. The combination of crime, high State and local taxes, and onerous State and local government regulations have caused thousands of Illinoisans to flee to other States. Between 2010 and 2019, Illinois lost more of its population than any other state in the Nation. If you are interested, I am willing to ask members of my Cabinet to meet with you and help devise a plan to make Chicago safe, since a successful formula has escaped both you and your predecessors. My Administration would also welcome the opportunity to engage with you and your colleagues as you develop bipartisan policy recommendations to improve policing and make our great cities safer for all."<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-letter-governor-illinois-mayor-chicago/</ref>}}
On July 17, 2020, BLM and Antifa rioters assaulted police with bricks, rocks, sticks, bottles, and fireworks. The police, most of whom had no helmets, were defending a monument.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/07/17/dozens-of-blm-and-antifa-full-on-attack-police-in-chicago-police-reinforcements-make-them-regret-it/</ref>

Dozens of Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters attempted to pull down a statue of Christopher Columbus at Grant Park in Chicago and viciously attacked police officers who attempted to defend the statue by using various projectiles and fireworks against the officers, but the rioters soon paid for their criminal actions when police reinforcements arrived and, with that backup, the police turned the tables and beat down the punks with batons and pepper-sprayed them.<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/07/17/dozens-of-blm-and-antifa-full-on-attack-police-in-chicago-police-reinforcements-make-them-regret-it/ Dozens of BLM and Antifa Full On Attack Police in Chicago, Police Reinforcements Make Them Regret It] at Red State</ref> Several of the hoodlums were arrested while the other punks, showing themselves as the cowardly crybullies they are, ran away when the tide turned against them.

In the month of July 2020 alone there were 105 homicides in Chicago compared to 44 the previous July.<ref>https://apnews.com/5a4b1f1cde30f26bd1a9dcd6f2390d83</ref>

====Lightfoot era====
In May 2021 Chicago [[NBC]]5 reported mayor Lori Lightfoot refused to do interviews with white people.<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1394813036741885954</ref> The report was confirmed by Chicago [[PBS]] station WTTW.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/reporters-say-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-limiting-interviews-to-black-and-brown-journalists-1076308/</ref> The formal announcement said Lightfoot would only grant interviews to "Black and brown" reports. Lightfoot complained bitterly about the "whiteness and maleness" of Chicago's [[liberal media]] which had only aided in her election.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/20/lightfoot-defends-her-bigotry-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-and-maleness-of-chicago-media-outlets-1076689/</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter Gregory Pratt, a [[Latino]] was granted an interview and asked the mayor's office to lift its exclusion others. When the mayor's office refused, Pratt protested the [[racist]] policy and canceled the interview. A Chicago WGN anchor and a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter supported the ''Tribune'''s action and called on all reporters to boycott the mayor's office racist policies.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/cancel-back-after-mayor-lightfoot-cancels-white-reporters-one-hispanic-reporter-cancels-her-in-return/</ref> The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement: "that NABJ’s history of advocacy does not support excluding any bona fide journalists from one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, even if it is for one day and in support of activism...We have members from all races and backgrounds and diversity, equity and inclusion must be universal."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/21/black-journalists-group-reluctantly-says-it-cannot-support-chicago-mayors-bigotry-against-white-scribes-1077398/</ref> Former Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] who excoriated [[Hillary Clinton]] as "the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party", called upon Lightfoot to resign. "I call upon [[Joe Biden|President Biden]], [[Kamala Harris]], and other leaders of our county—of all races—to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot's resignation.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/05/21/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-to-resign-over-antiwhite-racism-n2589828</ref>

With the [[Defund the Police]] movement, black people have been the victims of roughly 81 percent of the 317 murders in the first six months of 2021, virtually all black-on-black crime. They were the victims of about 70 percent of the 295 murders committed in the first six months of 2020.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/homicides-have-skyrocketed-in-these-six-democratic-cities-black-people-are-disproportionately-the-victims-data-shows_3872643.html</ref>

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin of Citidel LLC said "Chicago is like [[Afghanistan]] on a good day."<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ken-griffin-citadel-bail-chicago</ref>

===Biden Putsch===
[[File:Benford's Law Chicago.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Benford's Law]] says [[Joe Biden]]'s vote in the [[2020 presidential election]] is a statistical impossibility.<ref>https://theredelephants.com/there-is-undeniable-mathematical-evidence-the-election-is-being-stolen/</ref>]]
:{{See also|Democrat voter fraud|Biden Putsch}}
Former Illinois governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] explained that there is no question that [[voter fraud]] was happening in Chicago, [[Philadelphia]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Detroit]], and other cities.
{{quotebox-float|“In big cities where they control the political apparatus and they control the apparatus that counts the votes, and they control the polling places and the ones who count the votes, it’s widespread and it’s deep.”<ref>https://theredelephants.com/there-is-undeniable-mathematical-evidence-the-election-is-being-stolen/</ref>}}

===Schools===
Benjamin C. Willis was superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools (1953 - 1966). During his tenure, the public schools in Chicago, as in many large cities, declined in terms of both the quality of the education they provided and the quantity of resources they received. Willis saw educational leadership as the work of professionals, not of community activists or political leaders. This outlook isolated his administration and undermined his influence. In the 1970s, efforts to desegregate schools through busing led to an exodus of whites from the city.<ref>John L. Rury, "Race, Space, and the Politics of Chicago's Public Schools: Benjamin Willis and the Tragedy of Urban Education." ''History of Education Quarterly'' 1999 39(2): 117-142. Issn: 0018-2680 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2680(199922)39%3A2%3C117%3ARSATPO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 in Jstor]</ref>
[[File:Chicago River Saint Patricks Day.jpg|thumb|left|Chicago River, Saint Patricks Day.]]
As a politician and as Chicago's black mayor (1983–87), [[Harold Washington]] maintained a distinctive strategy toward reform of public schools.<ref>Jim Carl, "Harold Washington and Chicago's Schools Between Civil Rights and the Decline of the New Deal Consensus, 1955-1987." ''History of Education Quarterly'' 2001 41(3): 311-343. Issn: 0018-2680 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2680(200123)41%3A3%3C311%3AHWACSB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 in Jstor]</ref> Rather than focus on integration (bringing whites and minorities into the same schools), Washington favored measures to strengthen local schools, especially in minority neighborhoods. He called for more state support to urban schools in place of property taxes and more power to local groups to influence curriculum and the quality of teaching. In 1987 the teacher strike transformed educational problems into a crisis. Washington created the Parent Community Council from local groups and arranged for a summit with their representatives and those of business, school administration, and teachers. His death in 1987 unraveled the deliberations for change that had been taking place. The schoold were so beset by violence, teacher shortages and inadequate financing that few Few disagreed with the brutal verdict of U.S. Secretary of Education [[William Bennett]] in 1987, "Chicago's public schools are the worst in the nation." In the late 1990s, the realization that busing had become unrealistic caused Chicago's political leaders and community activists to join together in focusing attention and resources on improving neighborhood schools. Mayor Richard M. Daley seized control of the school system in 1995 and promised drastic reforms. However, the legislature largely left in place elected councils made up of parents and community members at each of the district's nearly 600 schools. At struggling schools on probation, Daley has stripped councils of power, but at others the councils hire principals and oversee a significant portion of each school's budget. Paul G. Vallas, a blunt-talking, bottom-line-driven manager led the system from 1995 to 2001. Vallas presided over a $3 billion construction effort that built 71 schools and renovated 500. He cut 2,000 nonteaching positions and stabilized the district's finances. Given broad executive authority, Vallas ended automatic promotion from grade to grade and greatly expanded summer school, policies that have been copied across the country. Math and reading scores improved, with about 40% of students at grade level in 2001, up from 30% in 1995.<ref>See [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EFDB1E3FF934A35755C0A9679C8B63 Jodi Wilgoren, "Chief Executive of Chicago Schools Resigns," ''New York Times'' June 7, 2001]</ref> In 2001 Daley appointed Arne Duncan, 36, to preside over a school system with 435,000 students, 45,900 employees and a $3.5-billion annual budget. In 2009 Duncan, hailed for his work in Chicago, became Secretary of Education for the [[Obama Administration]].

==Reputation==
[[File:USCellular1.jpg|thumb|left|U.S. Cellular Field. Home of Chicago White Sox.]]
Journalists, novelists and poets shaped Chicago's national and international reputation. Images and representations are important means by which the city is known and negotiated. During the years of rapid urbanization 1890-1930 the numerous daily newspapers presented the most important and pervasive word versions of the city. Among the significant innovations of Chicago's newspapers in these years that shaped the idea of the city was the emergence of the local color columnist. Groeninger (2005) examines the role of columnists in Chicago newspapers in creating a "city of the mind." After a review of the literature on images of cities, the relationship of newspapers to modern city life in the thought of Robert Park, and the world of Chicago's newspapers at the turn-of-the-century, detailed studies of a number of the most important columnists of the era follow. [[George Ade]]'s column of the 1890s in the ''Daily News'', "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," presented a view of Chicago from the perspective of migrants from the small towns of the Midwest. In the same decade [[Finley Peter Dunne]]'s column in the ''Evening Post'', featuring the fictional Irish barkeeper, Mr. Dooley, offered readers a literary version of the Irish working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport. [[Ring Lardner]]'s ''Tribune'' sports column of the teens, "In the Wake of the News," satirized not only Chicagoans obsession with sports, but also the middle-class culture of opera, musical theater, and the newspaper itself. Several columns in the black newspaper, ''The Whip'', offered images of Bronzeville in the 1920s that both reflected and helped shape the experience of African-Americans on the South Side of Chicago. [[Ben Hecht]]'s "1001 Afternoons in Chicago" column in the ''Daily News'' expressed a new, anti-Victorian sensibility in the post-war era, but his most enduring contributions to the image of Chicago were on the stage and in the new medium of film. The columnists who wrote about everyday life in the city were the most distinctive and powerful newspaper voices in shaping the idea of Chicago and the civic personality of the city itself.<ref>David V. Groeninger, "Chicago Imagined: The Role of Newspaper Columnists in Creating a City of the Mind, 1890-1930." PhD dissertation Loyola U., Chicago 2005. 280 pp. DAI 2005 66(5): 1925-A. DA3175764 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]. See also Sarah Susan Marcus, "Up from the Prairie: Depictions of Chicago and the Middle West in Popular Culture, 1865-1983." PhD dissertation U. of Wisconsin, Madison 2001. 445 pp. DAI 2001 62(4): 1554-1555-A. DA3012550 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]</ref> Often referred to as the "Windy City", many people mistake that saying for the weather. It actually refers to the chatter of deal-making among Chicago politicians, the wind being talk. Chicago was the United States' bid city for the 2016 Olympics, which ultimately were awarded to [[Rio de Janeiro]].

The city was also rather notorious for several dirty elements in politics, including a quote attributed to Richard J. Daley called "Vote early, vote often", alluding to stuffing the ballot box to ensure a win in an election cycle, as well as a joke on how Chicago was the place where "people come back from the grave to vote", in reference to ghost voters, which is a variant of ballot box stuffing which included names of people who had in fact died before the election.

==See also==
* [[Art cities]]
* [[Chicago School of Economics]]
* [[Hull House]]
* [[Jane Addams]]
* [[Gun control]]—Chicago, along with [[San Francisco values|San Francisco]], [[Washington D.C.]], [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]], is known to be one of the 5 top [[American]] cities with the most [[left-wing]] [[Second Amendment|Anti-Second Amendment]] laws. See "[[Vote with your feet]]" [[strategic relocation]] to [[Free States Movement|free states]] with low [[population density]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ The Field Museum]
*[http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/ National Museum of Mexican Art]
*[http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityname=Tourism%2526amp%253BentityNameEnumValue%253D41 City of Chicago - Tourism]
* [http://chicago.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm summary of 2000 census for city]
* [http://www.luc.edu/depts/sociology/johnson/ChicagoCensus(2004).html Kenneth M. Johnson, "Demographic Trends in the Chicago Metropolitan Area" (2006)]

==Bibliography==
the best source to study all aspects of Chicago is [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, eds.. ''The Encyclopedia of Chicago'' University of Chicago Press, (2005) ISBN 0-226-31015-9; (online version)]
* Szucs, Loretto Dennis. ''Chicago and Cook County: A Guide to Research'' (1996), 517pp; bibliographies for genealogy and local history [https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Cook-County-Guide-Research/dp/0916489620/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product excerpt and text search]

===Current===
* ''Frommer's Chicago 2007'' (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Chicago-2007-Complete/dp/0470040785/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198575167&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

===History===
*[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ ''The Encyclopedia of Chicago'' (2005) (online version)], the place to start

====Surveys====
* Longstreet, Stephen. ''Chicago: An Intimate Portrait of People, Pleasures, and Power, 1860-1919.'' (1973). 547 pp. popular
* Miller, Donald L. ''City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America'' (1997), popular epic; [https://www.amazon.com/City-Century-Chicago-Making-America/dp/0684831384/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198576637&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Spinney, Robert G. ''City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago'' (2000), popular epic; [https://www.amazon.com/City-Big-Shoulders-History-Chicago/dp/0875805833/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198576637&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]

====Geography, region, housing====
* Barrett, Paul. ''The Automobile and Urban Transit: The Formation of Public Policy in Chicago, 1900-1930.'' (1983). 295 pp.
* Betancur, John J. "The Settlement Experience of Latinos in Chicago: Segregation, Speculation, and the Ecology Model." ''Social Forces'' 1996 74(4): 1299–1324. Issn: 0037-7732 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732(199606)74%3A4%3C1299%3ATSEOLI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L Jstor]
* Bigott, Joseph C. ''From Cottage to Bungalow: Houses and the Working Classes in Metropolitan Chicago, 1869-1929'' (2001) [https://www.amazon.com/Cottage-Bungalow-Metropolitan-1869-1929-Architecture/dp/0226048756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198670620&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Garb, Margaret. ''City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919.'' (2005). 261 pp.
* Keating, Ann Durkin. ''Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis.'' (1988). 230 pp.
* Keating, Ann Durkin. "Chicagoland: More than the Sum of its Parts." ''Journal of Urban History'' 2004 30(2): 213–230. Issn: 0096-1442 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]
* Mayer, Harold M., and Richard C. Wade. ''Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis'' (1969) 510pp
* Pacyga, Dominic A. and Skerrett, Ellen. ''Chicago: City of Neighborhoods. Histories and Tours.'' (1986). 582 pp.
* Randall, Gregory C. ''America's Original G.I. Town: Park Forest, Illinois.'' 2000. 236 pp.
* Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. ''American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto,'' (2002), 360pp, on Robert Taylor Homes, a high rise public housing project with a negative reputation [https://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp/0674008308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198670359&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
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====Pre 1871====
* Fehrenbacher, Don E. ''Chicago Giant: A Biography of "Long John" Wentworth.'' (1957). 278 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/4005584 online edition]
* Karamanski, Theodore J. ''Rally 'Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War.'' (1993). 292 pp.
*Pierce, Bessie Louise. ''A History of Chicago, Volume I: The Beginning of a City 1673-1848'' (1937; reprint 2007); ''Volume II: From Town to City 1848-1871'' (reprint 2007)
* Quaife, Milo Milton. ''Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835.'' (1913, reprint 2001). 480 pp.

====Politics====
* Allswang, John. ''A House For All Peoples: Ethnic Politics In Chicago, 1890-1936.'' (1973). 213 pp.
* Barnard, Harry. ''"Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld'' (1938)
* Beito, David T. ''Taxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression.'' (1989). 216 pp.
* Biles, Roger. ''Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago.'' (1995). 292 pp.
* Biles, Roger. ''Big City Boss in Depression and War: Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago.'' (1984). 219 pp.
* Bukowski, Douglas. ''Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image.'' (1998). 273 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Thompson-Chicago-Politics-Image/dp/0252066685/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198592309&sr=1-14 excerpt and text search]
* Cohen, Adam, and Elizabeth Taylor. ''American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation.'' (2001). 614pp ISBN 0-316-83489-0 [https://www.amazon.com/American-Pharaoh-Richard-Battle-Chicago/dp/B000FDFWIW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198610306&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Flanagan, Maureen A. ''Charter Reform in Chicago.'' (1987). 207 pp.
* Fuchs, Ester R. ''Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago.'' (1992). 361 pp.
* Green, Paul M. and Holli, Melvin G., eds. ''The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-mayors-the-chicago-political-tradition-by-paul-m-green-melvin-g-holli.jsp online edition]
* Green, Paul M. and Holli, Melvin G., eds. ''Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley.'' (1991). 212 pp.
* Gosnell, Harold F. ''Machine Politics: Chicago Model'' (1937), classic statistical study [http://www.questia.com/library/book/machine-politics-chicago-model-by-harold-f-gosnell.jsp online edition]
* Guterbock, Thomas M. ''Machine Politics in Transition: Party and Community in Chicago.'' (1980). 324 pp.
* Hartley, Robert E. ''Big Jim Thompson of Illinois'' (1979), governor 1980s
* Hogan, David John. ''Class and Reform: School and Society in Chicago, 1880-1930.'' (1985). 328 pp.
* Kantowicz, Edward R. ''Polish-American Politics in Chicago, 1888-1940.'' (1975). 260 pp.
* Kleppner, Paul. ''Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor.'' (1985). 313 pp.
* Littlewood, Thomas B. ''Horner of Illinois'' (1969), governor 1933-40
* Merriam, Charles Edward. ''Chicago: A More Intimate View of Urban Politics'' (1929) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/chicago-a-more-intimate-view-of-urban-politics-by-charles-edward-merriam.jsp online edition]
* Miller, Kristie. ''Ruth Hanna Mccormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944'' (1992)
* Morton, Richard Allen. ''Justice and Humanity: Edward F. Dunne, Illinois Progressive'' (1997), 174pp Democrfatic mayor 1905-7 and governor 1913–17.
* Peterson, Paul E. ''The Politics of School Reform, 1870-1940.'' (1985). 241 pp.
* Pinderhughes, Dianne M. ''Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics: A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory.'' (1987). 318 pp.
* Rivlin, Gary. ''Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race.'' (1992). 426 pp.
* Schmidt, John R. ''"The Mayor Who Cleaned Up Chicago": A Political Biography of William E. Dever.'' (1989). 239 pp.
* Schneirov, Richard. ''Labor and Urban Politics: Class Conflict and the Origins of Modern Liberalism in Chicago, 1864-97.'' (1998). 390 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Labor-Urban-Politics-Conflict-Liberalism/dp/0252066766/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198678418&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
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* Smith, Joan K. ''Ella Flagg Young: Portrait of a Leader.'' (1979). 272 pp.
* Tarr, Joel Arthur. ''A Study in Boss Politics: William Lorimer of Chicago.'' (1971). 376 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/58538592 online edition]
* Wendt, Lloyd, Herman Kogan, and Bette Jore. ''Big Bill of Chicago.'' (2005) ISBN 0-8101-2319-3, popular vio of mayor in 1920s

====Crime, law and disaster ====
* Adler, Jeffrey S. ''First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt: Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920.'' (2006). 357 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/First-Violence-Deepest-Dirt-Homicide/dp/0674021495/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198610340&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]
* Adler, Jeffrey S. "'We've Got a Right to Fight; We're Married': Domestic Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920." ''Journal of Interdisciplinary History'' 2003 34(1): 27–48. Issn: 0022-1953 Fulltext: Project Muse
* Avrich, Paul. ''The Haymarket Tragedy'' (1984) [https://www.amazon.com/Haymarket-Tragedy-Paul-Avrich/dp/0691006008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198669133&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Bales, Richard F. ''The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow.'' (2002). 338 pp.
* Hilton, George W. ''Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic.'' (1995). 364 pp. The cruise ship capsized at its pier on a calm day in 1915, killing over 800 passengers. It was topheavy because of new federal laws (passed in response to the Titanic) requiring lifboats.
* Brandt, Nat. ''Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903.'' (2003). 180 pp.
* Bruno, Robert. ''Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705.'' (2003). 203 pp.
* Cahan, Richard. ''A Court that Shaped America: Chicago's Federal District Court from Abe Lincoln to Abbie Hoffman.'' (2002). 273 pp.
* Chicago Commission on Race Relations. ''The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot'' (1922) - 672 pages; [https://books.google.com/books?id=3kErAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=intitle:chicago+date:1920-1923&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1 full text online]
* Cohen, Andrew Wender. ''The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940.'' (2004). 333 pp.
* Getis, Victoria. ''The Juvenile Court and the Progressives.'' (2000). 216 pp.
* Farber, David. ''Chicago '68.'' (1988). 304 pp.
* Heinz, John P. and Laumann, Edward O. ''Chicago Lawyers: The Social Structure of the Bar.'' (1983). 496 pp.
* Higdon, Hal. ''Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century.'' (1975). 380 pp.
* Hoffman, Dennis E. ''Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago's Private War against Capone.'' (1993). 192 pp.
* Lindberg, Richard Carl. ''To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal: 1855-1960.'' 1991. ISBN 0-275-93415-2 [http://www.questia.com/read/24258677 online edition]
* Merriner, James L. ''Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-(2003).'' (2004). 302 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/109814452 online edition]
* Miller, Ross. ''The Great Chicago Fire'' (2000); 1st ed was ''American Apocalypse: The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Chicago'' 287 pp.
* Mumford, Kevin J. ''Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century.'' (1997). 238 pp.
* Sawislak, Karen. ''Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874.'' (1995). 408 pp.
* Tuttle, William M., Jr. ''Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919.'' (1970). 305 pp.
* Wendt, Lloyd, and Herman Kogan. ''Lords of the Levee.'' (1967), popular stories from early 20th century.
* Willrich, Michael. ''City of Courts: Socializing Justice in Progressive Era Chicago.'' (2003). 332 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/City-Courts-Socializing-Progressive-Historical/dp/052179403X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198610340&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Wolcott, David B. ''Cops and Kids: Policing Juvenile Delinquency in Urban America, 1890-1940.'' (2005). 264 pp.

====Labor====
* Bae, Youngsoo. ''Labor in Retreat: Class and Community among Men's Clothing Workers of Chicago, 1871-1929.'' (2001). 295 pp.
* Barrett, James. ''Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894--1922'' (1987), [https://www.amazon.com/Work-Community-Jungle-Packinghouse-1894-1922/dp/0252061365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198680212&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Cohen, Lizabeth. ''Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939.'' (1990). 526 pp.
* Cummings, John. "The Chicago Teamsters’ Strike: A study in industrial democracy." ''Journal of Political Economy'' (1905) 13: 536–73. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3808(190509)13%3A4%3C536%3ATCTSSI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 in jstor]
* Fine, Lisa M. ''The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago, 1870-1930.'' (1990). 249 pp.
* Green, James. ''Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America.'' (2006). 383 pp.
* Halpern, Rick. ''Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-1954.'' (1997). 309 pp.
* Meyerowitz, Joanne J. ''Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930.'' (1988). 224 pp.
* Newell, Barbara Wayne. ''Chicago and the Labor Movement: Metropolitan Unionism in the 1930s'' (1961)
* Papke, David Ray. ''The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial America.'' (1999). 118 pp. legal aspects
* Schneirov, Richard; Stromquist, Shelton; and Salvatore, Nick, eds. ''The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics.'' (1999). 258 pp.
* Schneirov, Richard and Suhrbur, Thomas J. ''Union Brotherhood, Union Town: A History of the Carpenters' Union of Chicago, 1863-1987.'' (1988). 211 pp.

====Business and economics====
* Ascoli, Peter Max. ''Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South'' (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Julius-Rosenwald-Education-Philanthropic-Nonprofit/dp/0253347416/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198677606&sr=1-31 excerpt and text search]
* Emmet, Boris, and John E. Jeuck. ''Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears, Roebuck & Company'' (1965), the standard corporate history
* Ferris, William G. ''The Grain Traders: The Story of the Chicago Board of Trade.'' (1988). 221 pp.
* Franch, John. ''Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes.'' (2006). 374 pp.
* McDonald, Forrest. ''Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon'' (2004)
* Rast, Joel. ''Remaking Chicago: The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change.'' (1999). 220 pp. redevelopment of area near downtown
* Smith, Raymond D., and William P. Darrow. "Strategic Management and Entrepreneurial Opportunity: The Rise of Sears, Inc.," ''Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship'' (1999) 11#1
* Young, David M. ''The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago.'' (2005). 270 pp. popular
* Young, David M. ''Chicago Aviation: An Illustrated History.'' (2003). 254 pp. popular
* Young, David M. ''Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History.'' (1998). 213 pp. popular

====Environment====
* Cain, Louis P. ''Sanitation Strategy for a Lakefront Metropolis: The Case of Chicago.'' (1978). 141 pp.
* Capano, Daniel E. "Chicago's War with Water." ''American Heritage of Invention & Technology'' 2003 18(4): 50–58. Issn: 8756-7296 [http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2003/4/2003_4_50.shtml full text online]
* O'Connell, James C. ''Chicago's Quest for Pure Water.'' (1976).
* Pellow, David Naguib. ''Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago.'' (2002). 234 pp.
* Platt, Harold L. ''Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago.'' (2005). 628 pp.
* Platt, Harold L. ''The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930.'' (1991). 318 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Electric-City-Energy-Chicago-1880-1930/dp/0226670759/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198610340&sr=8-6 excerpt and text search]

====High culture, architecture, science====
* Bolotin, Norman and Laing, Christine. ''The World's Columbian Exposition: The Chicago World's Fair of 1893.'' (1992). 166 pp.
* Bonner, Thomas Neville. ''Medicine in Chicago, 1850-1950: A Chapter in the Social and Scientific Development of a City.'' ( 1957, 2d ed. 1991). 335 pp.
* Bruegmann, Robert. ''The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918.'' (1997). 544 pp.
* Cappetti, Carla. ''Writing Chicago: Modernism, Ethnography, and the Novel.'' (1993). 274 pp.
* Christiansen, Richard. ''A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago.'' (2004). 317 pp.
* Clarke, Jane H.; Saliga, Pauline A.; and Zukowsky, John. ''The Sky's the Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers.'' (1990). 304 pp.
* Condit, Carl W. ''Chicago, 1910-29: Building, Planning, and Urban Technology.'' (1973). 354 pp.
* Condit, Carl W. ''Chicago, 1930-70: Building, Planning, and Urban Technology.'' (1974). 351 pp.
* Garvey, Timothy J. ''Public Sculptor: Lorado Taft and the Beautification of Chicago.'' (1988). 222 pp.
* Gray, Mary Lackritz. ''A Guide to Chicago's Murals.'' (2001). 488 pp.
* Greenhouse, Wendy and Weininger, Susan. ''Chicago Painting 1895-1945: The Bridges Collection.'' (2004). 251 pp.
* Hallwas, John E. ed., ''Illinois Literature: The Nineteenth Century'' (1986)
* Harris, Neil. ''Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury.'' (2004). 352 pp.
* Hines, Thomas S. ''Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner.'' (1974). 445 pp.
* Longstreth, Richard, ed. ''The Charnley House: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Making of Chicago's Gold Coast.'' (2004). 249 pp.
* Lowe, David Garrard. ''Lost Chicago'' (2000), architectural landmarks that were torn down. [https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Chicago-David-Garrard-Lowe/dp/0823028712/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198576637&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]
* McCarthy, Kathleen D. ''Noblesse Oblige: Charity and Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago, 1849-1929.'' (1982). 230 pp.
* Moudry, Roberta, ed. ''The American Skyscraper: Cultural Histories.'' (2005). 281 pp.
* Saum, Lewis O. ''Eugene Field and His Age.'' (2001). 324 pp.
* Schaffer, Kristen. ''Daniel H. Burnham: Visionary Architect and Planner.'' (2003). 223 pp.
* Siry, Joseph M. ''The Chicago Auditorium Building: Adler and Sullivan's Architecture and the City.'' (2002). 550 pp.
* Siry, Joseph. ''Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store.'' (1989). 290 pp.
* Waldheim, Charles and Ray, Katerina Rüedi, eds. ''Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives.'' (2005). 488 pp.
* Wright, Gwendolyn. ''Moralism and the Model Home: Domestic Architecture and Cultural Conflict in Chicago, 1873-1913.'' (1980). 382 pp.
* Zukowsky, John, ed. ''Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis.'' (1993). 479 pp.

====Black Chicago====
* Best, Wallace D. ''Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952.'' (2005). 251 pp.
* Black, Timuel D., Jr. ''Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration.'' (2003). 600 pp.
* Blakely, Robert J. ''Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice for Freedom and Equality.'' (2006). 270 pp.
* Chicago Commission on Race Relations. ''The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot'' (1922) - 672 pages; [https://books.google.com/books?id=3kErAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=intitle:chicago+date:1920-1923&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1 full text online]
* Drake, St. Clair, and Horace R. Cayton. ''Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City'' (4th ed. 1945), classic sociological study
* Grimshaw, William J. ''Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931-1991.'' (1992). 248 pp.
* Grossman, James R. ''Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration.'' (1989). 384 pp.
* Hirsch, Arnold R. ''Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-60.'' (1983). 362 pp.
* Knupfer, Anne Meis. ''The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism.'' (2006). 244 pp.
* Lemann, Nicholas. ''The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America.'' (1991). 401 pp.
* Philpott, Thomas Lee. ''The Slum and the Ghetto: Immigrants, Blacks, and Reformers in Chicago, 1880-1930.'' (1978). 437 pp.
* Pinderhughes, Dianne M. ''Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics: A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory.'' (1987). 318 pp.
* Reed, Christopher Robert. ''Black Chicago's First Century. Vol. 1: 1833-1900.'' (2005). 582 pp.
* Reed, Christopher Robert. ''The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966.'' (1997). 257 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/101542281 online edition]
* Rivlin, Gary. ''Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race.'' (1992). 426 pp.
* Spear, Allan. ''Black Chicago: The Making of a Negro Ghetto, 1890--1920'' (1967),
* Strickland, Arvarh E. ''History of the Chicago Urban League.'' 1966, 2nd ed. (2001). 286 pp.
* Tuttle, William M., Jr. ''Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919.'' (1970). 305 pp.
* Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. ''American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto,'' (2002), 360pp, on Robert Taylor Homes, a high rise public housing project with a negative reputation [https://www.amazon.com/American-Project-Rise-Modern-Ghetto/dp/0674008308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198670359&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Wellman, James K., Jr. ''The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism.'' (1999). 241 pp.

====Social, religious, and ethnic====
* Anderson, Philip J. and Blanck, Dag, eds. ''Swedish-American Life in Chicago: Cultural and Urban Aspects of an Immigrant People, 1850-1930.'' (1992). 394 pp.
* Avella, Steven M. ''This Confident Church: Catholic Leadership and Life in Chicago, 1940-1965.'' (1992). 410 pp.
* Barrett, James. ''Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894--1922'' (1987), [https://www.amazon.com/Work-Community-Jungle-Packinghouse-1894-1922/dp/0252061365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198680212&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Beijbom, Ulf. ''Swedes in Chicago: A Demographic and Social Study of the 1846-1880 Immigration.'' (1971). 381 pp
* Betancur, John J. "The Settlement Experience of Latinos in Chicago: Segregation, Speculation, and the Ecology Model." ''Social Forces'' 1996 74(4): 1299–1324. Issn: 0037-7732 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732(199606)74%3A4%3C1299%3ATSEOLI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L Jstor]
* Bowly Jr., Devereux ''The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago, 1895-1976'' (1978) [http://www.questia.com/SM.qst?act=adv&contributors=Devereux Bowly Jr.&dcontributors=Devereux+Bowly+Jr. online edition]
* Candeloro, Dominic. ''Italians in Chicago.'' (1999). 128 pp.
* Cutler, Irving. ''The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb.'' (1996). 316 pp.
* Dahm, Charles and Ghelardi, Robert. ''Power and Authority in the Catholic Church: Cardinal Cody in Chicago.'' (1982). 334 pp.
* DeGenova, Nicholas. ''Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and "Illegality" in Mexican Chicago.'' (2005). 329 pp.
* Duis, Perry R. ''Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920.'' (1998). 430 pp. [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=23567921015495 online review]
* Duis, Perry R. ''The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston, 1880-1920'' (1983).
* Erdmans, Mary Patrice. ''Opposite Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish Chicago, 1976-1990.'' (1998). 267 pp.
* Fuerst, J. S. and Hunt, D. Bradford, eds. ''When Public Housing Was Paradise: Building Community in Chicago.'' (2003) 228 pp.
* Green, Paul M., and Melvin G. Holli. ''Chicago, World War II'' (2003) [https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-World-War-Images-America/dp/0738532096/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198592033&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]
* Greene, Victor. ''For God and Country: The Rise of Polish and Lithuanian Ethnic Consciousness in America, 1860-1910.'' (1975). 202 pp.
* Guglielmo, Thomas A. ''White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945.'' (2003). 296 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/104280928 online edition]
* Harden, Jacalyn D. ''Double Cross: Japanese Americans in Black and White Chicago.'' (2003). 232 pp.
* Holli, Melvin G. and Jones, Peter d'A., eds. Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait.'' (4th ed. 1995). 648 pp. essays by scholars on each major ethnic group
* Hoy, Suellen. ''Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters in Chicago's Past.'' (2006). 242 pp.
* Jaher, Frederic Cople. ''The Urban Establishment: Upper Strata in Boston, New York, Charleston, Chicago, and Los Angeles.'' (1982). 777 pp.
* Kantowicz, Edward R. ''Corporation Sole: Cardinal Mundelein and Chicago Catholicism.'' (1983). 295 pp.
* Keil, Hartmut, ed. ''German Workers' Culture in the United States, 1850 to 1920.'' (1988). 330 pp.
* Keil, Hartmut and Jentz, John B., eds. ''German Workers in Industrial Chicago, 1850-1910: A Comparative Perspective.'' (1983). 252 pp.
* Lovoll, Odd S. ''A Century of Urban Life: The Norwegians in Chicago before 1930.'' (1988). 367 pp.
* McCaffrey, Lawrence J.; Skerrett, Ellen; Funchion, Michael F.; and Fanning, Charles. ''The Irish in Chicago.'' (1987). 171 pp.
* Nelli, Humbert S. ''The Italians in Chicago: A Study in Ethnic Mobility, 1880–1930.'' (1970). 300 pp.
* Pacyga, Dominic A. ''Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880–1920.'' (1991). 322 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Polish-Immigrants-Industrial-Chicago-1880-1922/dp/0226644243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198664960&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Padilla, Felix M. ''Puerto Rican Chicago.'' (1987). 277 pp.
* Parot, Joseph John. ''Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850-1920: A Religious History.'' (1982) 298 pp.
* Philpott, Thomas Lee. ''The Slum and the Ghetto: Immigrants, Blacks, and Reformers in Chicago, 1880–1930.'' (1978). 437 pp.
* Posadas, Barbara M. "Crossed Boundaries in Interracial Chicago: Filipino American Families since 1925," in ''Unequal Sisters: A Multi-Cultural Reader in U.S. Women's History'', ed. Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen Carol DuBois (1994), 319+.
* Rangaswamy, Padma. ''Namasté America: Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis.'' 2000. 366 pp.
* Robertson, Darrel M. ''The Chicago Revival, 1876: Society and Revivalism in a Nineteenth century City.'' (1989). 225 pp.
* Sanders, James W. ''The Education of an Urban Minority: Catholics in Chicago, 1833–1965.'' (1977). 278 pp.
* Shanabruch, Charles. ''Chicago's Catholics: The Evolution of an American Identity.'' (1981). 296 pp.
* Shaw, Stephen J. ''The Catholic Parish as a Way-Station of Ethnicity and Americanization: Chicago's Germans and Italians, 1903–1939.''(1991). 206 pp.
* Swierenga, Robert P. ''Dutch Chicago: A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City.'' (2002). 825 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Chicago-Hollanders-Historical-Reformed/dp/0802813119/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198592252&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Tischauser, Leslie V. ''The Burden of Ethnicity: The German Question in Chicago, 1914–1941.'' (1990). 282 pp.
* Tuttle, William M., Jr. ''Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919.'' (1970). 305 pp.
* Wade, Louise Carroll. ''Chicago's Pride: The Stockyards, Packingtown, and Environs in the Nineteenth Century.'' (1987). 423 pp.
* Walch, Timothy. ''The Diverse Origins of American Catholic Education: Chicago, Milwaukee, and the Nation.'' (1988). 235 pp.
* Wellman, James K., Jr. ''The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism.'' (1999). 241 pp.

====Sports, entertainment, music, newspapers====
* Kenney, William Howland. ''Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904–1930.'' (1993). 233 pp.
* Kinsley, Philip. ''The Chicago Tribune: Its First Hundred Years'' (1943) [http://www.questia.com/read/55479945 online edition]
* Sengstock, Charles A., Jr. ''That Toddlin' Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900–1950.'' (2004). 244 pp.
* Smith, Richard Norton. ''The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880–1955.'' (1997). 597 pp.
* Spirou, Costas and Bennett, Larry. ''It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods, and the New Chicago.'' (2003). 212 pp.
* Vaillant, Derek. ''Sounds of Reform: Progressivism & Music in Chicago, 1873–1935.'' (2003). 401 pp.
* Ziemba, Joe. ''When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL.'' (1999). 408 pp.

====Reputation, images, visions, planning====
* Fairfield, John D. ''The Mysteries of the Great City: The Politics of Urban Design, 1877–1937.'' (1993). 320 pp.
* Flanagan, Maureen A. ''Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City, 1871–1933.'' (2002). 319 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Their-Hearts-Chicago-1871-1933/dp/0691095396/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198610340&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
* Hines, Thomas S. ''Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner.'' (1974). 445 pp.
* Miller, Ross. ''American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago.'' 1990. 287 pp.
* Ciccone, F. Richard ''Royko: A Life in Print'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/100247911 online edition]
* Smith, Carl S. ''Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880–1920.'' (1984). 232 pp.
* Spears, Timothy B. ''Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the city, 1871–1919.'' (2005). 322 pp.
* Williams, Kenny J. ''A Storyteller and a City: Sherwood Anderson's Chicago.'' (1988). 314 pp.
* Williams, Kenny J. and Duffy, Bernard, eds. ''Chicago's Public Wits: A Chapter in the American Comic Spirit.'' (1983). 289 pp.
* Williams, Kenny J. ''Prairie Voices: A Literary History of Chicago from the Frontier to 1893.'' (1980). 529 pp.

====Primary sources====
* Byrne, Jane. ''My Chicago.'' (1992), mayor in 1980s
* Despres, Leon M. and Heise, Kenan. ''Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir.'' (2005). 168 pp.
* Fanning, Charles, ed. ''Mr. Dooley and the Chicago Irish: An Anthology.'' (1976).
* Keil, Hartmut and Jentz, John B., eds. ''German Workers in Chicago: A Documentary History of Working-Class Culture from 1850 to World War I.'' (1988). 427 pp.
* Pierce, Bessue Louise, ed. ''As Others See Chicago: Impressions of Visitors, 1673–1933.'' (1937, reprinted 2004). 548 pp
* Royko, Mike. ''For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko.'' (2001). 270 pp.
* Sandburg, Carl. ''Chicago Poems'' (1916) [http://www.questia.com/read/3789090 online edition]
* Thomas, William, and Florian Znaniecki. ''The Polish Peasant in Europe and America.'' 2 vol 1920, ISBN 0252010922 (1984 printing). ; famous classic [https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC11633316&id=zaUMAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PR7&lpg=RA1-PR7&dq=Thomas+and+Florian+Znaniecki++Polish online edition]

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User:SkyGrass

2022-05-02T03:54:30Z

SkyGrass: Introduction of myself. Specifically my choice of username.

Looking for a way to convey my view that all things are important, I chose the name "SkyGrass", referring to all things between the Sky and the Grass.