By Steve Rhodes
Just coined a term for all the bullshit Rahm legacy building the media has been doing: Rahmaganda.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 20, 2019
There’s never an egg-timer around when you need one.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Not just buying it, but hiring it.
RELATED: Columnist Curtis Black critiqued Rahm Emanuel’s most recent pieces in The Atlantic and The New York Times last week as misrepresenting his record on police reform and school policy as mayor of Chicago. https://t.co/9ucJ2uzg82
— The Chicago Reporter (@ChicagoReporter) May 21, 2019
The description used to say the media was “buying it,” hence the comment.
*
.@TheAtlantic Hires Contributor Who Lied To, Evaded, Spun And Hid Documents From The Press. https://t.co/egMHzu4aHk
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
.@TheAtlantic Hires Man Who Lost Job For Covering Up A Murder; First Piece Calls For Justice And Holding Elites Accountable.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Honest question: Has #RahmEmanuel damaged or improved more lives in his career? @TheAtlantic @NewYorker @nytopinion @Suntimes @CrainsChicago
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
That sweater should go in a Chicago Politics Hall of Fame, no?
#RahmEmanuel was so unpopular after his first term he had to don a sweater in an apology ad – and spend an overwhelming amount of money – to get re-elected. He was so unpopular after his second term he did not run for re-election. @TheAtlantic
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
To journalists evaluating the job performances of pols, officeholders, corporate executives or anyone else: “Mixed” is as much a subjective opinion as “successful” or “failed.” (It’s also just as lacking in nuance.)
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Still a lot of Rahm legacy stories I haven’t gotten to, but this strikes me as an unusually good – in this environment – appraisal of #RahmEmanuel in a particular subject area. https://t.co/QOEtkfTVWJ
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
Some might say, well, doesn’t this show a “mixed” record? No. First, everybody has a mixed record by any definition, but this piece has a thruline (and not a lazy he-said, she-said): While Rahm has done some things that have protected immigrants, he has not been the leader he portrays himself as, but a follower – and one who seems to have acted in various ways on the issue throughout his career as determined by his reading of the political winds, not any particular humanitarian conviction. That’s probably true of Rahm on every front. A political opportunist who has helped people along the way only by accident, i.e., when it’s been good for him to do so. (Some might call a person like that a supremely cynical fuck.)
–
New on the Beachwood today . . .
Egyptologist Transports Children From Chicago To Ancient Egypt
Surprises: Boys wearing make-up and kids being bald.
*
Is This Chicago’s Greatest 8-Ball Player?
Nazario Aguilar.
*
Terms Of Service Gone Awry
Black women get flagged for posting hate speech when they share experiences of racism. Sex educators’ content is removed because it was deemed too risqué. And soon, you may not even have to agree to the terms to have agreed to the terms. They agree for you! Self-agreeing terms!
–
ChicagoReddit
Is there a reason beyond scarcity of resources why CTA doesn’t dedicate more trains to the red line on Cubs game days? from r/chicago
*
Bonus CTA Reddit: Is it not a fire?
What exactly happens when a CTA train starts smoking? from r/chicago
–
ChicagoGram
–
ChicagoTube
Amanda Shires at Chicago Music Exchange.
–
BeachBook
L7 At The Metro Tonight.
–
TweetWood
A sampling.
Trump envious.
New York Times journalist Casey leaves Colombia after online harassment by lawmakers https://t.co/YeIOQgI412 via @pressfreedom
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
A president who incessantly lies – and holds unhinged rallies – is simply not news in most of America. #JournalismIsBroken
Other than the incessant dishonesty. https://t.co/2XCKE9Ib6M
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Newseum still posting print front pages – and journos retweeting it – says it all. https://t.co/XAnwRuUUiV
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Ha ha, more people watched MacGyver’s finale than Game of Thrones’ https://t.co/Jb6fRfqsHF #axiosam
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Las Vegas tunnel could go to competitor of Musk’s Boring Co. https://t.co/q4l3a2xhpn via @smartcitiesdive
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 21, 2019
*
Chase CEO Giving Commencement Speech Pledges To Double Whole Class’s Student Loan Debt https://t.co/hczKnlqTC3 via @theonion
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 20, 2019
–
The Beachwood McRibTipLine: You are not a loan.
Posted on May 21, 2019