‘Borderline criminal behavior.’ Chicago police strategy for dealing with large groups of rowdy teenagers downtown—including a controversial decision to funnel groups of kids onto CTA express trains out of the area—is fueling debate among aldermen and others.
■ Despite a lack of evidence Chicago’s carjacking spike is largely the work of juveniles, Mayor Emanuel’s plan to crack down on kids who steal cars is moving ahead in Springfield.
Free full-day preschool? That’s the mayor’s promise to the city’s 4-year-olds by 2021—as he faces a heated race for reelection.
■ Mayoral challenger Lori Lightfoot wants Chicago schools’ inspector general to investigate whether the system’s CEO should be starring in commercials funded by a nonprofit tied to Emanuel.
■ Cars registered to the home of a potential mayoral candidate have racked up nearly 200 tickets for speed-camera, red-light-camera and parking violations in the last five years.
■ An alderman is pushing the idea of motorized scooter-sharing for Chicago.
■ Barr blames others—and the drug Ambien—for her problems.
■ … and she’s doubled down in a retweet of the sort of tweet that got her fired.
■ The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah blames President Trump for Barr’s actions.
■ Don Trump Jr. retweeted some of the worst of Barr’s tweets.
■ A Tribune editorial notes Starbucks would have been a good place to discuss the Barr story yesterday, but Starbucks was closed to address racism: “ABC and Starbucks deserve plaudits. It will be an exquisite irony if, by the end of Trump’s problematic time in office, America has taken many bold steps to be a fairer nation.”
■ What Starbucks employees got in their training.
Christmas in May. The Washington Post says federal prosecutors investigating Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen are set to receive a million files from three of his cellphones seized last month.
■ Trump’s daughter Ivanka left a news conference early after getting some tough questions.
■ The president led a Tennessee crowd last night in booing Sen. John McCain, who’s facing brain cancer.
■ Vox: Trump’s love of lying, explained.
■ The Daily Beast: “Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks.”
■ Ten books to help you understand the digital age. (Photo: MIC85.)
Happy birthday, The Onion. The Chicago-based satire engine marks its 30th anniversary with its newly rebranded annual Onion Comedy and Arts Festival, opening today.
■ New exhibit at Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum: “History Lessons: Everyday Objects from Chicago Public Housing.”
Roseanne is available.
■ President Trump wishes on Twitter he’d “picked somebody else” for attorney general.
■ One of the stars of The Walking Dead from the start is leaving.
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