The 2016 race jumped up a notch, the Twitter war for the hearts and minds of America has officially begun. It all started when Donald Trump made a snide remark about President Obama endorsing Hillary Clinton. Clinton responded five minutes later with “Delete your account.” The Internet promptly exploded. Reince Priebus, undoubtedly trying to avoid any comments from Trump that he is being treated unfairly, joined in fray, commenting that Hillary knows all about deleting things. Anthony Weiner even showed up, it was mayhem. Paul Lisnek, host of Politics Tonight joined John to look ahead to the 2016 election. (Listen here)
60 Minutes anchor Leslie Stahl has a new book out called “Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting.” She joined John to talk about how having grandkids has changed her life, and also compared the craziness of 2016 to previous election years. (Listen here)
Illinois’ “political gridlock” prompted two major credit rating agencies to downgrade the state’s credit rating — two levels above “junk” status — but that one-two punch could motivate politicians to end the messy budget impasse. Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday lowered Illinois’ rating on $26 billion in debt by one level to Baa2. That downgrade affects $2.75 billion in revenue bonds. Illinois State Comptroller Leslie Munger joined John to talk about what the budget fight will mean for the state’s finances. (Listen here)
Chicago will be hit with a tsunami of smoked meat this weekend. Ribfest Chicago will be on the north side. Maribel Selva the Chairperson of Ribfest joined John with details. (Listen here)
A Chicago man has gotten hundreds of dollars worth of parking tickets, but he’s not a scofflaw. His car was stolen, and the city keeps finding the car illegally parked. They just keep writing tickets while the police just shrug and say they can’t use the meter maid resources to find the car.
President Obama officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for President on Thursday. He said there’s never been anyone more prepared for the office.
Lots of American deal with constant lectures from their dentist: A new study says 1/3 of Americans never floss.
High school student Kaitlyn Juvik of Helena, Montana, was disciplined at school last month for not wearing a bra. Administrators claim she violated the school’s dress code, but in response, she staged a protest to say No Bra, No Problem. It’s since gone viral all around the country and indeed the whole world.
