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Pritzker is just another oligarch

The Illinois governor's finances deserve more scrutiny from the left.

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Carl Beijer
May 23, 2025
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JB Pritzker has become a kind of folk hero among the liberal-left in recent months, largely because of his outspoken opposition to Donald Trump. He’s been combative with Trump in a way that most Democrats aren’t; earlier this year, for example, he compared Trump’s administration with Nazis. Before that he vowed to protect legal residents of Illinois reg…

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