Michelle Obama Makes You Want to Hug Your Kids

... But I don't have any kids, so I hugged my mom. In a tear-inducing speech to raise funds for programs targeting at-risk youth in Chicago, the First Lady talks about the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, a teen who was shot in Chicago shortly after performing for the First Family during their second inauguration. Mrs. Obama said Hadiya was just like her -- a good student from a good family -- only the First Lady got to grow up and Hadiya was killed.

Go get your tissue now. I started crying just typing that sentence alone.

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Carol Moseley Braun Resorts to Calling Opponent A Crack Head

Carol Moseley Braun, in a private mayoral forum held in a church called her opponent Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins a crack addict. Did I mention this happened in a church? It was a church. And she pulled a verbal wig snatch saying that the reason why Van-Pelt Watkins wasn't aware of what she'd been up to for the past 20 years was because Van-Pelt Watkins was on that crack rock. Apparently 20-years-ago, Braun was out playing Ice T to Van-Pelt Watkins' Pookie in their personal Chicago-land production of "New Jack City."

What on earth just happened?

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Rahm Emanuel Will Be Your New Mayor, Chicago

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled, overwhelmingly, in favor of Rahm Emanuel staying on the Chicago mayoral ballot today. In a 7-0 decision, the court has now made the former White House Chief of Staff's plan for Gotham City domination near complete. Batman was unavailable for comment, but billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne was all, "For f*cks sake." Gage your outrage or "joy" rage (it's Rahm, so rage either way is appropriate) accordingly. (Chicago Sun-Times)

The Profane Kid Stays In the Chicago Mayors' Race

Rahm Emanuel is giving you the (secret) finger.Rahm Emanuel got a stay of life-long dream execution from the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. He was pretty pleased about it. The court will hear his appeal and in the meantime no ballots can be printed up without his name on it.

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Rahm Emanuel Off Chicago Mayor's Ballot

Monday the news broke that former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's quest to be Mayor of Chicago hit a giant "you didn't qualify for residency" snag when an Illinois Appeals court kicked him off the ballot. They overruled a previous court ruling that had found Rahmbo eligible.

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Race Debate For City Contracts Colors Chicago Mayor's Race

Chicago Mayor candidate James MeeksIn an article for The Loop 21 today, I discuss a recent faux pas by Chicago Mayoral candidate James Meeks who in trying to decry the decline in city contracts going to black-owned businesses wandered off into murky racial and gender territory when he ditched the nuance to make it seem as if all minority contracts should go towards only African American firms, not female, Hispanic or Asian lead ones.

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Return of "Beirut By The Lake" In Mayor's Race

The Snob has a story up on TheLoop21.com today about the Chicago Mayor's race, the crowded field and Rahm Emanuel "officially" announcing his run.

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Snob's Favorite Person Roland Martin Moving to D.C.!

My favorite person in the history of human beings, Roland S. Martin, ascot-wearer, professional word wrestler and baby-haired CNN/TV One yakker, is moving to Washington, D.C.! He was previously known for terrorizing the streets of Chicago. I don't know the exact date when he'll arrive so I'm just going to start baking cakes now. I suggest you do the same. Now does he like Lemon Zest or 7-Up cake? I can make both! (Chicago Sun-Times, H/T Richard Prince)

Carol Moseley Braun Wants To Rule Chicago Too

Everyone wants to be mayor of the Second City. Of the Not New York. Of the town where half my Arkansas-born uncles live. Of the city Daley built. Everyone. And with Jesse Jackson Jr. looking all kinds of wet after that insta-sex scandal that opened up on him, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun is thinking the mayor's seat could use a woman's touch. What amazing tragedy will befall her with former White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel vying for the chance to rule my kind of town (Chicago is)?

Not that I'm implying that tragedy grows where my Rahmbo goes. (But yes I am ... I am implying this.)

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