Michael Madigan
Former Speaker of the Illinois House of RepresentativesWikipedia
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Sep 29, 2026
Capitalism's Flaw
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7:58Sean ThompsonHOST
We cannot pretend that Ed Burke is a politician anymore.
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8:00Sean ThompsonHOST
Let's not pretend that Mike Madigan is a lawyer.
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8:04Sean ThompsonHOST
Let's call him for what they are.
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8:05Sean ThompsonHOST
Every once in a while it'll happen.
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39:09Sean ThompsonHOST
About seven, eight, nine.
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39:10Sean ThompsonHOST
All right, I'll say 23 lawyers in Illinois are wonderful people who understand the principle of American law.
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39:16Sean ThompsonHOST
The rest, they're associates of Mike Madigan and Ed Burke.
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39:21Sean ThompsonHOST
However, it's the good lawyers that will save this country.
Can Mayoral Candidates Double Dip? Plus, Ford City’s Future
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8:24Jill HopkinsGUEST
Now you have to figure out which way your vote is going to go for those other offices and whether or not you're willing to let them fall to hands that you might not particularly want.
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8:37Michelle NavarroHOST
Quinlan was an attorney who worked for former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and former Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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8:46Michelle NavarroHOST
Yes.
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8:47Jill HopkinsGUEST
Quinlan is someone, according to Quigley's campaign spokesperson, someone best known for being Rod Blagojevich's general counsel.
Who Is The Democrat Party?
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35:16Sean ThompsonHOST
Like little Dick Durbin's, what is that, his nephew or his kid? Does he have a kid with that big, fat lobbyist wife of his? Or maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe it's like Ed Burke, big, fat, pasty-ass Ed Burke.
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35:28Sean ThompsonHOST
Doesn't he have a couple kids that are lobbyists too? How about little, tiny, short-in-the-pants Mike Madigan? He's got kids, right? Are they lobbyists? How many daily suck-on nephews who are too stupid to get out of a room without an exit sign? How many of them are brokers?
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35:43Rahm EmanuelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Big finance deals with the city.
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35:44Sean ThompsonHOST
Get the frick out of here.
Shut Up! Or Else...
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17:51speaker_0NARRATOR
That's all he ever was.
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17:53speaker_0NARRATOR
Just like Mike Madigan.
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17:55speaker_0NARRATOR
Scum of the earth.
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17:56Sean ThompsonHOST
And that's what you're used to in these Democrat areas, which is why, unless somebody's real, real, real good, they should be threatened with living under where Democrats rule.
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21:13Sean ThompsonHOST
Now in Chicago, this is a punchline, right? Queen of Heaven.
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21:18Sean ThompsonHOST
The cornerstone of the Chicago Democrat.
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21:20Sean ThompsonHOST
How you doing, Mafia? And to back up everything I say, which is what I like to do, there's a version of Mike Madigan.
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21:27Sean ThompsonHOST
Only this guy's got a little cachet.
They Are All Crooks
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3:35speaker_4NARRATOR
He has repeatedly said he was close to appointing then Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
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3:41speaker_4NARRATOR
Madigan was the daughter of Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
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3:45Sean ThompsonHOST
And you remember her, squirrel.
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3:46Sean ThompsonHOST
She was in charge of investigating corruption.
25 MINS LATER
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28:58Sean ThompsonHOST
Look what they've done to all the decent people in our once great city.
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29:01Sean ThompsonHOST
They tax them into poverty while they don't pay the taxes.
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29:05Sean ThompsonHOST
Now, you could call up Mike Madigan's associates and say, "My taxes are awful high.
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29:09Sean ThompsonHOST
Could you help me?"
Tyrome Muhammad/The New Black Agenda Podcast
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4:38Tyrone MuhammadGUEST
Speaker of the House.
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4:41Tyrone MuhammadGUEST
Say what you want about Mike Madigan.
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4:43Tyrone MuhammadGUEST
He created billionaires amongst his people, millionaires amongst his people.
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4:46Tyrone MuhammadGUEST
He may be in jail
Pritzker's Weight Loss; Maniac Threatens Glen Ellyn Residents; Gun Control Has Nothing To Do with Crime Drop
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24:21Jeanne IvesHOST
We had six months to get it done.
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24:23Jeanne IvesHOST
Mike Madigan played games with us the entire time, and we still have one of the most restrictive training requirements for concealed carry.
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24:30Jeanne IvesHOST
And what? And what? Chicago crime, gun crime, individual crimes committed with guns, is out of control.
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24:40Jeanne IvesHOST
But you know what? Crime overall is going down.
WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: John Perryman
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12:18speaker_0NARRATOR
Absolutely.
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12:19Patti VasquezHOST
now you're running against the majority leader of the assembly and uh you know there are folks this happened in chicago when we had the longest standing speaker of the house michael madigan the people in this district kept voting for him regardless of what they heard or whatever was happening because they felt like having someone in their community who felt like was had that much power was good for them what are you telling voters who respond that way
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12:42John PerrymanGUEST
Well, basically, it's just that I asked him, have you seen Tyler? Have you talked to Tyler? Do you see him at events? He'll show up at a parade or do these things, these kind of things.
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12:50John PerrymanGUEST
But just he, you know, he's...
Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez | September 18, 2026
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68:05Patti VasquezHOST
Now, you're running against the majority leader of the assembly.
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68:07Patti VasquezHOST
And, you know, there are folks this happened in Chicago when we had the longest standing speaker of the House, Michael Madigan.
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68:14Patti VasquezHOST
The people of this district kept voting for him, regardless of what they heard or whatever was happening, because they felt like having someone in their community who felt like was had that much power was good for them.
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68:24Patti VasquezHOST
What are you telling voters who respond that way?
Everybody Is The Enemy
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11:12speaker_15NARRATOR
Where is this man, Costa Diamantis, the convicted felon, bailed on his sentencing and has left the country? Diamantis, Connecticut's former budget chief, was convicted on 21 counts of bribery and extortion.
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11:27Sean ThompsonHOST
Oh, Diamantes, what do you think, you're a Chicago short-in-the-pants Democrat with a little wee-wee like Mike Madigan? What do you do? He was in charge of the budget, squirrel.
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11:37Sean ThompsonHOST
You know how much money he stole? As much as he could, you thieving rat pig Democrat.
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11:42speaker_16NARRATOR
Today, he was a no-show.
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