Ultimately this episode is about Ed Burke's current, and long time coming, legal woes. We also talk about all the things he tried ban as well as his time as Trump's property tax appeals attorney.

Down ballot votes and local media matters.

Alyssa tries to make "Burke" a verb. You should too. It's the new "dibs."

We also talk about dramaturgy.

Socials:

Alyssa's Twitter

Oh Malort! Twitter

Alyssa's IG

Oh Malort! IG

Oh Malort! TikTok

POTUS at Steppenwolf

Email Oh Malort!

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Federal agents raid powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall and ward offices

Block Club Chicago: Ald. Ed Burke Told To Give Up 23 Guns After Being Charged With Shaking Down Burger King

CST: Ed Burke once bragged about his work for Trump — now he doesn’t want jurors to know

Block Club Chicago: Just Quit Now, Mayor Lightfoot Tells Ed Burke After He’s Indicted Under Racketeering Law Used Against Mobsters And Gangs

Reason: Chicago Aldermen Dismayed Not by Corruption, but by One of Their Own Cooperating With the Feds

Chicago Tribune: Ald. Edward Burke’s son was under investigation for misconduct allegations when Toni Preckwinkle's administration hired him

CST: The Donald & the Democrat: Edward M. Burke saved Donald Trump $11.7M on property taxes

Block Club Chicago: Ald. Ed Burke Urged Burger King Franchisee To Donate To Preckwinkle Campaign, Extortion Charges Allege

CST: Ald. Edward Burke benefited, Chicago-style, from Vienna hot dog deals

Curbed Chicago: After indictment, Mayor Lightfoot asks Alderman Ed Burke to resign

The Superseding Indictment

WTTW: Ald. Ed Burke Indicted on 14 Counts of Racketeering, Extortion, Attempted Bribery

WTTW: Former Ald. Danny Solis Charged With Bribery, Years After He Helped Feds Probe Burke, Madigan

CBS Chicago: A look at Burke's Business Dealings, Including Work for President Trump

DOJ Press Release

CST: Burke’s lawyers now say they plan to call Danny Solis to the stand as trial of ex-City Council dean nears

CST: Feds reveal breadth of evidence during brief hearing in Ald. Edward M. Burke case

CST: Feds say Burke made a ‘distasteful’ comment about Jewish people as authorities investigated him

CST: Jurors in corruption trial of Ed Burke will not hear any mention of Donald Trump when they listen to secret recordings

CST: Ed Burke Day proposed, then pulled — at Burke’s request

Chicago Tribune: Toni Preckwinkle's administration hired Ald. Edward Burke's son to nearly $100K-a-year county job

Chicago Magazine: Nobody Wants to Be Ed Burke’s Friend Anymore

Chicago Magazine: Burke’s Loss Is Lightfoot's Gain

Block Club Chicago: No Wonder So Many Alderpeople Get In Trouble: There Is No Training Manual For Newly Elected Folks

Chicago Tribune: Timeline: Edward Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, leaves City Council with a federal trial pending

Reason: Chicago Alderman and Notorious Nanny-Stater Ed Burke Charged in Federal Corruption Scheme

Reason: Chicago City Councilman Wants to Ban Energy Drinks

CST: Viagra, sex acts, use of a luxury farm: Feds detail investigation of Ald. Solis

CST: Political operative accused of plying Solis with Viagra, arranging massage parlor trips is slapped with $25K fine for unregistered lobbying

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices