Chicago has hosted more national political conventions than any other city

[fixedguitar]

We’re also having the Anarchist party rally the same weekend. Anyone wishing to attend does require three forms of government ID and it’s a strict dress code.

[johndingle]

After two decades of losses and "hundreds of millions of dollars" invested in Chicago,  Walmart is shuttering four unprofitable stores in the metropolitan area, reducing its store footprint by half in the crime-ridden city.  

"The simplest explanation is that collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago – these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years, " Walmart wrote in a press release.

[charliefrancisco]

And they still do absolutely nothing for the people of that city.

[azure]

Yeah they're "well scripted" alright...

[mopthermopther]

Democrat National
Convention Chicago
1968 it was a MADHOUSE !

[watcher]

Naturally. A cesspool of shame, greed, violence, and unwarranted self importance.

[joewoodchuck]

And this is important why? Maybe for the private income of the host industry, nothing else.

[ScottyPimpinATL]

Easier to dispose of bodies in the lake