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Michael Sneed biography
Michael Sneed has been a Chicago journalist for nearly four decades covering everything short of war.
Among the stories Sneed has reported on in her …
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Sneed: Joe Biden uses shutdown showdown to raise money
The shutdown saga. . . Checkbook checkmate: Uncle Joe is at it again! ◆ Translation: Vice President Joe Biden used the threat of a government shutdown to raise moola for the Dem party. ◆ To wit: Biden dispatched two emails Sunday and Monday reminding supporters …Read More
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Iranians are blocked from using Twitter: Sneed
#Hashtag Hell . . . Twitter twaddle: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may have hit his Twitter account button to describe President Barack Obama’s historic phone call to him before he left town Friday — but the following should be noted: ◆ The kicker: The Iranian …Read More
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Sneed: Blackhawk Andrew Shaw’s stitches in restaurateur Grant DePorter’s hands
Puck yuck! Hey! Hey! The icky puck stitches have arrived! † Translation: Grant DePorter, a sports showman with a flair for the ridiculous who manages the Harry Caray’s restaurants, is now in possession of the stitches once embedded in the face of Chicago Blackhawk Andrew …Read More
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Sneed: State troopers already helping out at request of Chicago cops
The cop shop . . . No way! No how! Hmmm. That was Chicago top cop Garry McCarthy’s response Monday to Gov. Pat Quinn’s offer of state police help to quell gang violence following Friday’s shooting at a Back of the Yards park — which …
City compared to Iraq war zone
The cop shop . . . Bang. Bang. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy must be bristling. A CNN national security adviser just called Chicago “the Mogadishu of the United States.” Huma duma . . . Sneed hears rumbles that the state of the marriage of Hillary …
Sneed: Mr. President, our kids need you
The snitch pitch. . . Is President Barack Obama a solution to Chicago’s new title as the country’s murder capital? Sneed is told former Police Superintendent Jody Weis feels Obama may be part of it. ◆ To wit: At a recent lecture to medical students …
Sneed: Chicago is no second city to New York — when it comes to murder rate
It has always been nettlesome for Chicago to be called the “Second City” to New York. But news Chicago has passed up New York as the murder capital of the U.S. is a title no one wants.
Sneed: Rod Blagojevich’s dark hair goes white in prison
The color white . . . Jailed former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who reportedly doctored the color of his thick head of dark hair when he ran the state, is now sporting a new look. ◆ Hair scare: Sneed is told his hair has turned “completely …
Bill Daley says Bruce Rauner strongest contender in gov race
The Daley discussion . . . “There was no tipping point!” Thus spoke former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley in a one-on-one interview Tuesday about his decision to pull out of the gubernatorial race — and his belief that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce …
Sneed: Jacksons’ furs, celebrity memorabilia go to auction
It’s a tour de fur auction starting Tuesday for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, who are awaiting federal jail time. An auction preview of furs purchased by Sandi Jackson and paid for with campaign donations — which earned her a year in prison — went on the Internet on Monday.
Mayor plans on opening new selective enrollment high schools or expanding existing ones
Scoopsville. . . Sneed has learned Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has been criticized for closing schools, is planning on opening new selective enrollment high schools for academically advanced students or expanding existing ones. “Mayor Emanuel is quietly charging ahead on his school modernization plans,” said …
Sneed: Rahm Emanuel invites ‘Zealot’ author Reza Aslan for City Hall chat
The Rahmster . . . Click. Click. Pop. Pop. Pencils poised for an ecumenical happening! Sneed hears that Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is uber-proud of his Jewish heritage, has summoned Reza Aslan — the Muslim author of the controversial New York Times best-selling book, “Zealot,” …
Sneed: Arlington Park chief Dick Duchossois thinking about retiring
Turf trouble . . . Mr. D may be going bye-bye. Sneed has learned that Arlington Park racetrack impresario and mega-businessman Dick Duchossois, a Chicago legend who’s approaching 92, is finally thinking retirement. “He still puts in over 50 hours a week as the track’s …
Sneed: In TV show, Bill Daley’s months-old comments on war prove prescient in Syria crisis
Daley, who was once President Obama’s chief of staff, was interviewed last May for a Discovery Channel show, “The President’s Gatekeepers,” set to premiere Wednesday night.
Rev. Jackson offers rare ‘no comment’ on his alleged publicity ‘addiction’
Sneed contacted Jackson Monday about his “addiction” to publicity detailed in excerpts from an allegedly purloined diary of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published by the New York Post Monday.
Obama could pardon Ald. Sandi Jackson before leaving office
The Jackson file. . . The hottest rumor to come down the political pike: Speculation President Barack Obama may pardon former Ald. Sandi Jackson before he leaves office in January 2017. ◆ Fact: Sandi’s hubby, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is scheduled to begin …
Sneed: This year’s vacation theme is ‘Two weddings and a bumpy ride’
Sneed’s two-week vacation beginning and ending with nuptials included a detour to why me?
Sneed: Biden’s son’s medical scare
The Biden beat. . . Sneed is told Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general and son of Vice President Joe Biden, was sent via helicopter to Northwestern Memorial Hospital Wednesday night from an Indiana summer home due to a medical scare. Sneed has learned Biden, 44, …
Sneed: Quinn wants transit board members to serve for free
Sneed exclusive . . . No free rides . . . Gov. Pat Quinn, who is attempting to revamp the scandal-ridden mass transit system, is running with scissors. Sneed has learned that Quinn, who is steering the mass-transit reform train, has sent a signal to …
Sneed: ‘I am so brokenhearted,’ Sandi Jackson says
The Jackson file. . . “I am so brokenhearted.” Thus spoke former Ald. Sandi Jackson shortly after she was sentenced to serve a year in jail for income-tax fraud, according to a Sneed source close to the wife of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., …
