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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter

@Williamjkelly

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Veteran Chicago reporter. Feared, despised by Mayor Lightfoot. "Host of "The Chicago Files." Emmy award-winning. Subscribe:

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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
@LoriLightfoot Excuse me, Mayor Lightfoot, but I've asked you that very same question for a year now and you've screamed at me that "crime is down." In fact, you had my credentials revoked so I COULDN'T ask you those questions anymore. But I won't be silenced.
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@Williamjkelly
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1 year
I was JUST turned away at Downtown #Chicago 's luxury migrant hotel near the Magnificent Mile. The hotel's manager yelled at me that the hotel is CLOSED FOR YOU but it isn't closed to #migrants . The standard room normally goes for $239/night but I bet Chicago taxpayers are footing
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5 months
@ChicagosMayor Mr. Mayor, how much notice does the State of Texas receive as to how many migrants are illegally crossing the US border and when? 10,000 migrants have "arrived" after illegally entering the U.S. in Texas and Arizona just in the last week. The last time I checked 10,000 migrants
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
23 days
This is what has been happening all night at Columbus and Illinois Street. Hundreds of teens and young adults. Heavy police presence including at least 8 squad cars. All it took was warm weather. What will happen when the DNC Convention is here in August and police are diverted
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
Betrayed by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Chicagoans are telling me that - never before - have they felt so betrayed by an elected official as they have by Mayor Brandon Johnson. Johnson flew to DC on Thursday to plead with President Biden for $5B to foot the bill for Chicago's
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Here's the second SHOCKING video of the blocks and blocks and blocks of empty storefronts on Chicago's famed State Street. Not even Old Blue Eyes could save this and Chicagoans have @lorilightfoot to thank. #thatreporter
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Tonight, Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson gave a post-debate statement and was about to leave without taking questions. I was the ONLY reporter who asked one. Here's what I asked, "You voted to defund the police as commissioner. The people of Chicago want to know before
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
What City of Chicago officials did last night at the "community meeting" to hear from residents about @ChicagosMayor Brandon Johnson's plan to put his winterized base camp for migrants in Brighton Park was downright deplorable. Thousands of residents turned out and were locked
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@Williamjkelly
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10 months
Ooofff! This is embarrassing. Mayor Brandon Johnson apparently doesn't understand that "mob action" is a legitimate legal term that perfectly describes the 300-400 "youths" who destroyed a 7-Eleven this weekend. It doesn't mean that we're calling them descendants of Big Al Capone
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
29 days
Honest question, @ChicagosMayor . Two weeks ago, you held a press conference with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten after the release of a video showing the fatal Chicago Police shooting of 26-year-old Dexter Reed in Chicago. You
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
LEAVE IT TO BEVER. Cook County State's Attorney's race - update! The story being told by the Chicago Board of Elections' PR guy, Max Bever, and the 10K plus ballots that he allegedly "found" - or left out of the count or whatever new excuse there is now - doesn't hold water.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
9 months
YOU CAN'T RECORD IN HERE! The manager of Chicago's Standard Club got very upset when I asked about that violent viral video involving the migrant residents she's housing with millions in tax dollars. Before they locked me out of the building, she scolded me, "There is no 'hi',
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
3 months
I've just filed a campaign finance violation complaint against #Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's political action committee. Here's why: It's been 14 days since the Chicago Sun-Times ran a full-page ad promoting Johnson as "The People's Mayor," listing his "accomplishments"
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 month
Will Mayor Brandon Johnson get $1.25B to turn LaSalle Street into migrant housing? I know many of you are furious with Chicago Mayor Johnson and I don't blame you. If you are angry and frustrated, understand this. The #Chicago City Council plans to vote on his $1.25B affordable
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Looks like @Brandon4Chicago could be in danger of failing his first test as Mayor. #Chicago is on track to surpass its 2022 Memorial Day record of 52 shootings. 34 people have already been shot + 8 fatalities. One of Johnson/Pritzker's paid "peacekeepers" has been charged with
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO? Here's the first criminal offender to be released on Illinois' no cash bail law - Esmeralda Aguilar, 24, who was charged with four felony counts of aggravated battery for pepper spraying four Chicago Police officers during
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
I have launched an investigation into the toxic soil at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial migrant tent base camp in Brighton Park. The residents are furious that they have been deprioritized and that the City of Chicago is trying to silence their voices on this issue,
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Reporter William J. Kelly to Mayor #Lightfoot at the #Chicago City Council, March 15, 2023 - "You shut down our schools, you shut down the churches, you shut down the businesses. You did the one thing I thought could never happen: As somebody who was born and raised on the South
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Thanks @nypost !
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1 year
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed at meeting: ‘Get the hell out of my city’
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
10 months
Ep. 2: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is attacking the police based on an allegation of sexual misconduct by a pregnant migrant yet he is "mum" on actual cases of rape and sexual abuse of minors in the #Chicago Public Schools. Sen. Dick Durbin was enraged when I asked him that
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Mayor #LoriLightfoot made history tonight as the first one-term mayor in 40 years. She was angry, arrogant and incompetent and Chicago crumbled under her reign. Every question I asked her, she had a meltdown. Even revoking my media credential couldn't save her. #Peoplesreporter
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
12 days
This is how you know the Democrat Party and President Joe Biden are in TROUBLE. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has denied every single DNC protestor permit. So much for free speech, eh? Not when it is a protest against the DNC. And Johnson's support for migrants? He's working to
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
Migrants driving unlicensed cars! Migrants in Chicago are now driving cars without drivers' licenses, no plates or registrations. How are they getting these cars? The cars are either stolen or they are buying them. How can they afford to buy them? Who is selling them these cars?
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
Due to mounting public and media pressure, the State of Illinois was forced to pause the construction of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's winter migrant tent camp after a report was released late Friday night that showed toxic levels of mercury, asbestos, and DEHP that were
@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
I have launched an investigation into the toxic soil at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial migrant tent base camp in Brighton Park. The residents are furious that they have been deprioritized and that the City of Chicago is trying to silence their voices on this issue,
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
In celebration of Mexican Independence Day so far, Chicago police officers have been beaten with large wooden boards, one had his ear nearly sliced off; two teenagers were stabbed; large, permit-less caravan "parades" disrupted and blocked traffic; there were drag races, a
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
Blaming #Trump voters for his failure? Huh? Chicago Mayor Johnson sounds just like Jussie #Smollett who perpetrated an anti-MAGA hate hoax against the City of Chicago in 2019. No, Mr. Mayor, Chicago isn't MAGA country yet but Tuesday's election results and the city's pathetic 20%
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
READY OR NOT! Mayors Lightfoot and Johnson thought that, by revoking my media credentials, they would be putting me in chains. But they didn't realize the end of the chain was around their own necks. I've just inked a deal that allows us to go wherever we want, investigate
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
Another 12 buses of migrants have JUST ARRIVED in Chicago. Chicagoans want to know from Mayor Brandon Johnson where he is getting the money to pay for the housing and care of the migrants and what taxpayer resources have been diverted from resident Chicagoans to pay for them?
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 years
@MittRomney The U.S. is just like the old Soviet Union now. 2 people were targeted based only on their ties to the Trump campaign and a warrantless search was conducted by the Special Counsel who has exceeded his authority. I knew I didn't like you, Mitt.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Too little, too late, or both? Outgoing Mayor Lightfoot explains why Chicago crime is so darn high. #thatreporter
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
ROUND 2: Mayor #Lightfoot has just declared a State of Emergency over the migrant influx and the City Council has approved $50M in funding to care for them. Watch the manager of this shady luxury Mag Mile migrant hotel threaten to call 911 on me because I taped them carting boxes
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Chicago's solution to the Mayor Lightfoot problem was to elect a candidate to the extreme Left of Lightfoot.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
5 months
People forget that not only is #Chicago a sanctuary city but #Illinois is a sanctuary state. That's why it shouldn't be any surprise that Illinois Gov. Pritzker has authorized state taxpayer funds to pay for #hotel housing for #migrants . Yet I do not ever recall a time that the
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
3 years
@senatemajldr This isn't a COVID relief bill - it's a Swamp relief bill @realDonaldTrump
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
FIRST FAIL? In his first test as Mayor, Chicago under @Brandon4Chicago saw at least 53 shootings and 10 fatalities - besting Lori Lightfoot's horrible record, making it the most violent Memorial Day weekend in 8 years. But - get this - in the last 7 days, Chicago has also seen a
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
THIS JUST IN. On CBS' Face the Nation, Illinois Gov. Pritzker called on 'someone' to stop Texas from sending migrants 'only to blue cities.' Pritzker is worried that there will be no place in Chicago to house the Venezuelan migrants (who he says are from Texas) during the DNC
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
10 months
Back in April, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said it was wrong to "demonize" the children who tore up Downtown #Chicago . Perhaps if we had "demonized" these children then, we wouldn't have had to arrest 37 of them last night when a crowd of 300-400 people turned violent and
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Eileen O'Neil Burke has just been declared the winner over Clayton Harris III in the intense battle to succeed Kim Foxx as Cook County State's Attorney, according to the AP. This victory is a clear testament to the power of investigative journalism - our
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
LEAVE IT TO BEVER. Cook County State's Attorney's race - update! The story being told by the Chicago Board of Elections' PR guy, Max Bever, and the 10K plus ballots that he allegedly "found" - or left out of the count or whatever new excuse there is now - doesn't hold water.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
AUSTIN AND GALEWOOD RESIDENTS ON FIRE. After informing residents that plans to convert the Amundsen Park Fieldhouse were put on hold, Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Tuesday and suspended park programs for residents. Park supervisors were told to turn their keys in, and
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
If you want to know why Chicago voter turnout was a "shockingly low" 20% in the primary election this week, this shows you the reason for voter apathy i.e. rejection of the system. Max Bever of the Chicago Board of Elections says that he "mistakenly left out additional ballots
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
28 days
Honest question. Before he became Chicago's Mayor, Brandon Johnson refused to even pay the city his $3,000 water and sewer bills and now he's in charge of a $1.25 billion borrowing plan? Chicagoans tell me they feel betrayed by the City Council's approval on Friday of Johnson's
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 month
Will Mayor Brandon Johnson get $1.25B to turn LaSalle Street into migrant housing? I know many of you are furious with Chicago Mayor Johnson and I don't blame you. If you are angry and frustrated, understand this. The #Chicago City Council plans to vote on his $1.25B affordable
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
I think it's important to know who Max Bever is and what he believes. I reviewed his X profile and unearthed the following posts. I find it troubling that a person with this "Defund" or "Abolish" the police worldview is now saying that he "mistakenly" left out additional ballots
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
If you want to know why Chicago voter turnout was a "shockingly low" 20% in the primary election this week, this shows you the reason for voter apathy i.e. rejection of the system. Max Bever of the Chicago Board of Elections says that he "mistakenly left out additional ballots
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
4 months
It's Chicago's very own version of the #soundoffreedom . Prosecutors say that a Venezuelan man who is in the U.S. illegally, Albeiro Vasquez Roman, 24, is at the center of a migrant sex trafficking ring with women being forced into prostitution and their families' lives
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
4 months
Even Democrat state reps are now saying that the 2024 #DNC Convention in Chicago should be CANCELED due to the migrant crisis. #Chicago residents know this: Mayor Johnson is underwater on the migrant crisis, Gov. Pritzker, who sees the political blood in the water, is now
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
As a credentialed reporter, I spent four years asking Mayor #Lightfoot about crime in Chicago, and EVERY SINGLE TIME she claimed that CRIME WAS DOWN. When that didn't work, she had my media credentials revoked. I guess - now that she's been ousted from office, she finally has the
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'WE GOTTA SAY IT': Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot urges Democrats to "speak the truth" as violent crime surges in major cities across the US.
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN! Galewood residents have - for now - defeated Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to convert the Amundsen Park field house into a migrant shelter. Park staff were asked to turn over their keys as migrants planned to arrive as early as Tuesday. But that was
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
Three students from Loyola University - my alma mater - were robbed at gunpoint in front of their residence all this weekend. Four DePaul University students were also robbed at gunpoint this weekend and one was pistol-whipped. Two off-duty cops were robbed at gunpoint. At least
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
My reporter's take: Mayor Brandon Johnson, if an actual battery was committed against 12th Ward Ald. Julia Ramirez by Chicago residents who were protesting your migrant tent city plan, then you should immediately release that video. Otherwise, your false criminal allegation is
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
11 months
The Chicagoans I have interviewed say they are furious with @ChicagosMayor 's "Oh, well" shoulder shrug in reaction to the city's raging violence epidemic. Over the Juneteenth holiday weekend, #Chicago saw 75 shootings and 13 fatalities, and Johnson's only reaction was to say that
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
If you are a Chicago resident and you are OUTRAGED over Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to convert your neighborhood park's field house into a migrant shelter, please tweet or message me ASAP and like and share this post. #thatreporter
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
4 months
Why are you in Iowa, @GovPritzker today? Shouldn't you be in Illinois at a time when the state is having a "life-threatening winter weather emergency?" Those are the words you have used in your public statements begging Gov. Abbott for mercy to stop sending migrants to Chicago
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
8 months
It's a sad day in Chicago. Another iconic Chicago location - the Signature Room - is closing its doors. The Signature Room will always hold a special place in my heart and in the hearts of so many other Chicagoans. But the advent of crime, the COVID pandemic, and the lack of city
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
29 days
Remembering Chicago Police Officer Luis M. Huesca.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 years
@USATODAY @usatodaysports @ByErikBrady Kavanaugh should sue you for defamation per se. This is a reckless disregard for the truth. He will win.
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 months
Migrants, money and measles, oh my! Well, well, well...so #Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's preferred migrant shelter manager, Favorite Healthcare Staffing, is on the #migrant hot seat yet again. Their Pilsen shelter has a major #measles outbreak with 5 reported cases, including
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
THIS JUST IN: Chicagoans say they don't trust @ChicagosMayor Brandon Johnson's "Bring Chicago Home" plan and that his plan to "fight homelessness for thousands of unhoused Chicagoans" is really code for millions of dollars to be spent on housing, feeding, clothing, and caring
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
2 years
Mayor Lightfoot has harmed Chicago - forever.
@TPostMillennial
The Post Millennial
2 years
William J Kelly, a reporter who had his press credentials revoked by Lori Lightfoot, tells Tucker Carlson "This is a textbook First Amendment case. Unfortunately, the textbook is from Venezuela."
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
RIGHT OUT OF LIGHTFOOT'S MEDIA PLAYBOOK... Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson must have taken former Mayor Lori Lightfoot's media training class at Harvard because he's doing the EXACT same thing she did when she was criticized-- - cry racism and whine about Republicans for his
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
9 months
@redskeeter This is NOT a hotel. It is a private club converted to a migrant shelter and it is being FUNDED by millions of tax dollars. All of these vendors have insider ties and they need to be held to account for what they are doing with resident tax dollars. So, I will CONTINUE to ask
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Reporter William J. Kelly to Mayor Lightfoot on the floor of the Chicago City Council, 3-15-23. "Shame on you for what you've done to me and the people of Chicago....Pack your bags and get the hell out of my city!"
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
11 months
Ep 1. #Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says don't count on him to reduce violence and death in the city any time soon. He says he inherited this mess so don't blame him for the 75 shootings this Juneteenth weekend. I say there is plenty of blame for him and his friends at CPS to
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
4 months
Under the SAFE-T Act, thousands of criminal defendants with violent histories in Illinois have been released, putting the public at risk. Yet, when it comes to money, the courts have a different view. For the last 19 months, Steve Fanady, a handicapped Illinois man, has been held
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
5 months
Chicagoans say they are VERY CONCERNED about Mayor Johnson's crackdown on their free speech and public access to City Council meetings and that the sudden rule change without a public vote violates the law. The public will have new restrictions on public comment and the City of
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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It appears that Luis M. Huesca, the 30 year-old uniformed Chicago Police officer who was fatally shot multiple times Sunday morning in Gage Park was the victim of a carjacking. At today's press conference, CPD Supt. Larry Snelling didn't confirm it was a carjacking but did
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
7 months
SELECTIVE OUTRAGE. Mayor Johnson, today you condemned an act of violence against a city alderwoman and her staffer. I watched the video of the incident and I didn't see a battery. What I did see is a group of neighborhood residents outraged about the migrant tent city you have
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Mayor Brandon Johnson
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Any violent act against an elected official in our city is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms. My office and the Chicago Police Department are currently investigating this incident, and we will provide updates as they become available.
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
11 months
At least 40 people were shot + 4 fatalities this weekend in Chicago over the Juneteenth holiday weekend. This does NOT include the mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in suburban Chicago Willowbrook with 23 shot +1 dead. I've said it before and I'll say it again - what
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@Williamjkelly
Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
And yes - he was calling the police to arrest me.
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
This unbelievable arrogance is why Mayor @LoriLightfoot lost. She refused to listen to the concerns of everyday Chicagoans. When I questioned her about #Chicago 's violent crime rate at her press conferences, she screamed at me and the questions went viral. That's why she revoked
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1 year
Outgoing Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot tells Al Sharpton one of the reasons she lost re-election is because of "right-wing forces that wanted to take down a big-city mayor"
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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Follow the migrant money. Handlers for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have told me - off the record - that he is purposely backing off of 'talking" about the millions of dollars needed to subsidize migrant feeding, housing and care in response to his plummeting #Chicago approval
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Here's the FULL investigation video of my visit to Downtown #Chicago 's luxury migrant hotel where I was turned away from being able to enter. Only the #migrants were allowed into this $239/night hotel off Michigan Avenue and the managers of the hotel were VERY angry at me for
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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@ChicagosMayor Mr. Mayor, you aren't being criticized because wicked people think your plan is too audacious or too bold. You are being criticized because your plans have been shockingly poor in conception, erratic, wasteful, lacking in transparency, dictatorial, anti-democratic and
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
@YoshimiKiosha He voted to defund the police as commissioner. He talked about his support for defunding the police on WCPT radio and on WGN-TV.
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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President Biden JUST LANDED in Chicago to a warm welcome from Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. He's here for a fundraiser hosted by billionaire Michael Sacks, aiming to raise at least $2.5M. Fun fact: the shindig is near one of Chicago's
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
10 months
Here's an update on my federal court case against the City of #Chicago and former Mayor Lightfoot for unlawfully revoking my media credentials in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. A federal judge has given Chicago 14 days to reinstate my
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Yesterday, I said Chicago was at an existential crossroads. We had two choices. One would have allowed the city to rise again from the ashes. The other, to die from stupidity, greed and corruption. Guess which one Chicago chose?
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
That's a wrap! Mayor #Lightfoot presided over her LAST Chicago City Council meeting this afternoon. She gave no farewell address and had no post-meeting media availability as is tradition. It's been almost nine months since Lightfoot had my media credentials revoked because I was
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
3 months
THIS JUST IN. Four migrants who "reside" at Chicago's once famed and historic Standard Club have been charged with the robbing and aggravated battery by strangulation of a 48 year-old man on Saturday afternoon. All four migrants are scheduled to appear at court this Monday. I
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
ROUND THREE: There's been a violent stabbing by a Venezuelan migrant housed at the storied Standard Club, which is owned by the same man, Remo Polselli, who owns the Inn of Chicago, the subject of my previous viral investigation. The Judge set bail at $20K to put him on
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Just another warm summerish day at the Inn of Chicago, Michigan Avenue, which has been converted into a migrant hotel on the taxpayer's dime. #thatreporter
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
1 year
Chicago Mayor @LoriLightfoot opposed calling a state of emergency during the George Floyd race riots of 2020 and we watched the city burn. Chicagoans have lived in fear of violent crime and death ever since. But today, Lightfoot has declared a state of emergency over the migrant
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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HUGE BLOW TO BJ. Chicagoans give Johnson a big fat no on his signature "Bring Chicago Home" referendum that would have raised the real estate transfer tax to fund his unhoused -some say pro-migrant housing- agenda. Chicago residents say they can't trust Johnson. #thatreporter
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BATTERY COMPLAINT FILED. Not only are former COVID-19 emergency staffing turned migrant shelter managers making millions of dollars off Chicago's migrant crisis - but their staffers are now committing batteries against reporters - like yours truly - when you ask them about it.
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@SDJ5K Chicagoans have a right to know how the city is spending their tax dollars. The people who don't want questions asked are hiding something. What are you hiding?
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This just in...At the end of the day, when working folks are on their way home, the #Chicago City Council APPROVED Mayor Brandon Johnson's $1.25 BILLION borrowing plan for affordable housing - read migrant housing - that includes the city's LaSalle Street. Given Johnson's track
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1 month
Will Mayor Brandon Johnson get $1.25B to turn LaSalle Street into migrant housing? I know many of you are furious with Chicago Mayor Johnson and I don't blame you. If you are angry and frustrated, understand this. The #Chicago City Council plans to vote on his $1.25B affordable
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7 months
More video from a concerned citizen. This video shows the number of area residents who are concerned about Mayor Johnson's migrant tent city plan - which he kept secret from the residents - and just how many people were locked out of the "community event." #thatreporter
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1 year
Breaking: Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will not be seeking re-election.
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3 months
A law enforcement source just came back from the National Sheriffs' Association's winter conference and confirmed to me this morning that an estimated 2M suspected terrorists have crossed the border and are currently in the U.S. I've contacted the FBI's Chicago office for comment
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1 year
I cannot escape the ominous feeling... that I am about to become a war correspondent in my own city. #thatreporter
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5 months
BREAKING. A five year-old #migrant child dies of a mystery illness at a warehouse-turned shelter. Cause of death being investigated. Meanwhile, the #Chicago Department of Public Health has issued an outbreak warning after 400 new cases of chickenpox were reported. According to
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7 months
Riddle me this @ChicagosMayor . Why is this video of Chicago Alderwoman Julia Ramirez being swarmed by residents who oppose your winter migrant camp city in their neighborhood WORSE than the extreme acts of murder, carjackings, armed robbery, and sexual assault of everyday
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1 year
Chicago Mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson is ducking questions about his vote to defund the police as commissioner. He didn't take questions from the media last night at the CBS debate. He tried to dodge me last night too and his security guard body-slammed me to stop my
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2 months
Huh? Scabies, diarrhea, sepsis and now a measles outbreak? What other biblical diseases will emerge in Chicago and other U.S. cities as a result of the migrant crisis? There are now 10 "confirmed" cases of measles with spread to CPS schools and these cases are linked to the
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6 months
SHADES OF LORI LIGHTFOOT. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was just asked what he was doing to reduce violent crime in Chicago and he said, get this, that crime is down. That is EXACTLY what Mayor Lightfoot screamed at me for two years during her City Hall press conference with me
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1 year
@LoriLightfoot BTW - since you've been in office, you've looked the other way on mass shootings, the 300+ kids who have been shot & you said nothing about the three black men killed in front of a gay nightclub here. I'm not sure why a massacre in Colorado is worse than one in Chicago?
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ROUND THREE: There's been a violent stabbing by a Venezuelan migrant housed at the storied Standard Club, which is owned by the same man, Remo Polselli, who owns the Inn of Chicago, the subject of my previous viral investigation. The Judge set bail at $20K to put him on
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I questioned Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson about his past statements about looting and defunding the police and he LIED TO MY FACE. Watch. #thatreporter
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5 months
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has OFFICIALLY abandoned his hopes for a new winter migrant basecamp in the Morgan Park neighborhood in wake of blistering public criticism of his first attempt at building a migrant tent city on contaminated land in Brighton Park -which was shut
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
6 months
I have launched an investigation into the toxic soil at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial migrant tent base camp in Brighton Park. The residents are furious that they have been deprioritized and that the City of Chicago is trying to silence their voices on this issue,
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8 months
27 more migrant buses are on their way to Chicago this weekend! This comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson says he plans to move ahead with building his winter tent city to house 15,000 migrants. Some of Johnson's own allies say they are against the plan and his non-City Council
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4 months
How your tax dollars are being spent: $102M in taxpayer dollars for culturally-sensitive meals for mostly Venezuelan migrants. #Chicago taxpayers are footing the bill for 200,000 "culturally sensitive prepared meals" for migrants per week across the city's 28 migrant shelters.
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5 years
@KamalaHarris @JussieSmollett tried to lynch Chicago with his hoax and you helped him.
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8 months
Now that the no cash bail provisions of the SAFE-T Act are in effect in Illinois, the 11 people who have been charged with felonies (see video), many in connection with Mexican Independence Day festivities, will likely be released on their own recognizance. Not that Gov.
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