RAUNER’S ‘BIGGEST FAILURE.’ The Sun-Times’ Mary Mitchell says the governor’s now-resigned chief of the scandal-scarred Department of Children and Family Services “didn’t have a clue.”
■ State senator: “I am … disgusted, with the poor quality of investigations that the agency has gotten away with.”
■ Six things lawmakers are sending the governor.
■ … But (for 702 days now) no budget.
‘I DON’T THINK J.B. PRITZKER IS EVIL. HE’S JUST INEXPERIENCED.’ But the Tribune’s John Kass dings gubernatorial candidate Pritzker for “moronic self-inflicted wounds”—including his newly revealed 2008 pitch for a job with now-disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
■ Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke’s client roster has taken a hit.
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CUBS SHIRT: MURDER EVIDENCE. A T-shirt links the 16-year-old female suspect in a Chicago Uber driver’s murder to the theft of weapons from a Walmart store.
■ Outrage on Twitter: “Today in whiteness: White girl allegedly stabs stranger to death; tho she’s still wielding bloody machete, cops take her into custody alive.”
■ Two years after the still-under-investigation death of a Chicago cop, his widow—also a cop—has been found dead.
MILWAUKEE AVENUE FIRE. A furniture store went up in flames this morning, shutting down the street between the Logan Square and Avondale neighborhoods.
■ A massive explosion and fire hit a Madison, Wis.-area corn mill plant late last night.
AFTER 28 YEARS … A trove of long-hidden photographs of China’s Tiananmen Square protests is seeing the light of day.
■ How China could end up a world leader on climate issues.
■ Developing (still!): The White House has signaled President Trump will bail out of the Paris climate accords. The AP is updating the story through the day.
■ Mother Jones: “The Entire World Would Be Better Off If Donald Trump Just Watched This Video.”
■ Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk says he’ll quit his White House advisory roles if Trump bails on the Paris accords.
■ The White House is having a hard time recruiting talent these days.
■ Hillary Clinton tweet: “People in covfefe houses shouldn’t throw covfefe.”
■ A linguist explains why that word is so tough to say.
■ What a lack of sleep may be doing to the president.
■ Rex Huppke: Trump thinks you’re stupid.
■ Neil Steinberg: “We can count on the Europeans to realize … that Trump is a kidney stone the nation will eventually expel.”
■ Joe Biden is moving toward a run for the presidency.
FROM CHICAGO WITH LOVE. The first NASA mission to fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere is named after a Chicago scientist.
■ Lego has released a $119.99 1,969-piece Saturn V rocket set.
■ Adler Planetarium admission is free next week.
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CORRECTION. Square’s most loyal proofreader, Michael Braden, caught a word missing in yesterday’s edition. You, too, can get credit here if you’re first to spot a goof. Write to Erroneous@ChicagoPublicSquare.com.
THANKS. For help assembling this edition, Terri Lydon and Craig Newman.