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* Amanda Vinicky on the Illinois Policy Institute’s “documentary” about Speaker Madigan…

The Citizens United ruling paved the way for the rise of superPACs and so-called social welfare groups, like the Illinois Policy Institute’s advocacy wing, and they’ve both steadily proliferated.

Now, Citizens United is shorthand for the U.S. Supreme Court decision that lifted restrictions on what businesses and unions could spend on campaigns. But the case stems from a nonprofit corporation, Citizens United , which showed its 90-minute anti-Hillary Clinton documentary in theaters in 2008, and then wanted to make it available in voters’ homes as a video-on-demand. It was that that eventually resulted in the landmark campaign finance decision.

[Kristina Rasmussen, the President of Illinois Policy Action] says she believes this is the first time a political documentary like this has been done on the state level.

Already, she says people are pitching ideas for future documentaries.

* The Question: Your pick for the next “documentary” subject?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:02 pm

Comments

Tim Evans and the judges of Cook County.

of course, lots of people could just vote NO on Nov. 8 and hit some out with the Retention ballot, Evans included.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:03 pm
I’d love to see a documentary on IPI and all of its entities, all funded by Bruce Rauner and the Koch brothers.

Comment by JoeMaddon Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:05 pm
“Dad’s Home State” would love to do a 2-hour film about the series…

It’s been kicked around the writers’ room.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:06 pm
Wordslinger

Comment by Saluki Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:07 pm
“Rep. Drury - What You Don’t Know About Me”

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:07 pm
All the other side businesses and sources of income for the politicians and their spouses — Having multiple government jobs, or having a spouse whose job is directly related. Both parties do it (although Dems do it more).

Comment by Not It Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:08 pm
“The Illinois Confederates” - Narrated by Rep. Ives.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:08 pm
OW-

Perhaps we could find out what he did prior to becoming a State rep. Truly a man of mystery, he is.

Comment by AlfondoGonz Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:09 pm
Rich Miller /s

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:09 pm
“Spilled Milk” - the many statewide runs (and losses) of Jim Oberweis

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:10 pm
The inner workings of the Illinois Policy Institute, Policy Action, and their relationships with IL Liberty PAC and ALEC would be fascinating.

Comment by jade me not Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:10 pm
The Rathskeller Cafe, myth or fact, and where did it go?

Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:10 pm
“Paws over Eyes”, the story of Oscar the Puppy and What He Has Seen

Comment by Colin O'Scopey Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:11 pm
“In Search of the Dozens of Corporations Gov. Rauner has Lined Up to Relocate to Illinois.”

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:11 pm
Great names in Illinois Politics — Chapter 1 the Matt Batnick story

More Money More Problems — 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats Speculate on how much cash Rich Miller rakes in…

Oneman’s HS friends who moved to Indiana and complain about Republicans, what’s the deal with that?

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:12 pm
“Where Are They Now: Squeezy”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:12 pm
- AlfondoGonz -

Rep. Drury is fiercely private about his previous work, as we all know.

“Baked” - the history of Medical Mary Jane in Illinois, narrated by Rep. Lang.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:12 pm
Bill Luking

Comment by The Captain Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:13 pm
Inspector Clouseau and the Case of the Missing Balanced Budget

Comment by Simple Simon Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:13 pm
“Who is John Cullerton? No, Seriously, Who is John Cullerton?”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:13 pm
The Daley’s, father and son.

Comment by Ahoy! Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:13 pm
“Night and Day” - A week in the life of former Governor Pat Quinn, and those he runs into during his travels…

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:14 pm
“Brave Heart” - How the turnaround became synonymous to a windmill…starring Bruce Rauner as Don Quixote.

Comment by Captain Illini Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:15 pm
I’d love to see the IPI do a follow up documentary on the cut back amendment and the impact it has had on Illinois politics.

Comment by Postbot 6000 Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:15 pm
Great Illinois Myths: The Democrat Minority

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:15 pm
“Show Me the Money” - Following members of the Illinois General Assembly’s Republican caucuses, and the price of Rauner ownership

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:16 pm
A documentary on the Madigan-Rauner stalemate. Call it “Waiting for Bluffman,” “Worst in Show,” “A Mighty Wind 2,” or “This is Spineless.”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:18 pm
“Dan’s Profits” - following the journey of Dan Proft; Candidate, Radio Host, Social Conscious, Attack Dog…

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:19 pm
Grand Old Party to Goofy, Old, and Pathetic: How the crazies took over the our party.

Comment by former southerner Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:20 pm
Bruce & the Chicago Public Schools
It could be a whole series:
1. How to clout your kid in.
2. How to buy a charter school.
3. How to manipulate the bond yield.
4. How to seek revenge when your friend Rahm makes a deal with your arch-enemy Karen
(That last one’s the cliff-hanger)

Comment by northsider (the original) Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:20 pm
– Rich Miller /s –

“Oscar and Me”

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:20 pm
I’d wager a doc about Rauner would be ten times more interesting — and 100 times more incendiary — than anything about Rauner.

There’s a lot of real dirt there.

Comment by Bobby Catalpa Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:21 pm
I mean “… than anything about Madigan.”

Comment by Bobby Catalpa Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:21 pm
“Hurricane Warning” - the self-described evolution of Kristen McQueary, from the Vidette, to the Tribune Editoral Board, Democrat, to admitted Republican, and riding out the storms of her career…

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:22 pm
“Taxi Driver” a documentary about the careers of celebrated Chicago hacks (i.e. cabbies), Luis Guitierrez and Jaime Andrade, who spent part of their working lives hauling passengers through Chicago.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:24 pm
“Where’s My Attorney” - the story of Evelyn Sanguinetti, from concert pianist, attorney, alderman and Lt. Governor, slipping and falling along the way.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:26 pm
The Motorcycle Diaries - the story of Bruce Rauner. Will he ride to fame - or will he crash and burn. Watch this road trip into politics to find out.

Comment by Joe M Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:26 pm
How the Casinos were suppose to fund the Common School fund, thus helping out folks with their property taxes. Instead, they feather the pocket-books of the license holders. Some of the politically connected have sold and Casino’s take the majority of the winnings and export the capitol, which impairs job creation. Even with tight budgets, or no budget, it is just the sound of crickets when it comes to regulating and taxing the Casino industry. Hundreds of millions in Job Creating Capitol leave Illinois each year thanks to the GA created Casino Industry. Casino - a euphemism for Fraud.

Comment by yeah Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:28 pm
“With a Banjo On Her Knee” - the Sheila Simom story, about your hometown rejection and forgetting who brought you to the dance when all you had was a banjo and a legacy…

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:29 pm
Butterscotch & Chocolate

Comment by LizPhairTax Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:29 pm
Maintaining a Used Car: A Frank Mautino Story (Narrated by William Holland)

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:30 pm
“Stale Donuts” - the Ken Dunkin story. The love of himself, tennis, and the Bruce Rauner voting switch.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:31 pm
–Great Illinois Myths:–

Could make this a series, including episodes on the Piasa Bird, Resurrection Mary, and a constitutional Redistricting Amendment.

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:34 pm
“It’s in the Mail” - a documentary about the silliest, wildest, wackiest mail pieces sent in Illinois in the past 25 years, and the stories behind the pieces.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:37 pm
“Have All Voted Who Wish” - three controversial / groundbreaking votes in the General Assembly and how Illinois and those members are remembered.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:39 pm
“Masters of Slime”

The hidden society of political slanderers.

You know who you are.

Comment by walker Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:41 pm
“Choose Me!” - The stories of appointed members of the General Assembly and how things worked out in the end.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:41 pm
Unless you are related to someone involved in the film, I can’t imagine a single person who would want to see it. Still, it’s scary what a handful of super-rich people can do when they want to see the working man crawl on his belly and beg like a dog.

Comment by Albany Park Patriot Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:44 pm
The other Mike Madigan: Pulled Pork Politician

Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:44 pm
“Ryan” - the triangulation and intersecting careers of Geo. Ryan, “Jack!” Ryan, and Jim Ryan, “what’s really in a ballot name”

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:44 pm
“Roland by Roland”

Roland Burris discusses his political career in excruciating depth and in the third person. (10 hours)

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:49 pm
Mike Riopell: The search for the missing bureau chief

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:49 pm
“Rich Miller: The Early Years when he was a page for MJM”

“Mushrooms: How to Keep them in line”

“The $12 watch: gets you elected and buys credibility with the commoners”

“How to avoid using taxpayer dollars to fund home improvements - the executive mansion series”

Comment by frisbee Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:55 pm
The Deep State: Who ARE these guys and who elected them?

Commercial Club
Civic Committee
Civic Consulting Alliance
Navy Pier Inc.

Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:56 pm
The Shot Heard Round the State. How one courageous representative rebelled against the imperial army of Madigan and started a revolution. The TRUE Ken Dunkin Story. Produced by Ricky Hendon.

And somehow they would earn more in Illinois Film tax credits than in ticket sales.

Comment by Henry Francis Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:58 pm
“The Corruption of Chicago Tonight” and how big money has induced them to hype the Madigan documentary.

Comment by JackD Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 3:58 pm
“Proxy Moxie” - how well-educated, extremely qualified, successful individuals turn off the charm and turn on the alarm when running as s pawn for others.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:02 pm
The Trash Can Van: The untold story of a campaign prop, sad and dejected, left to rot in one of Rauner’s many, many, many garages. Not since The Love Bug Monster Truck Challenge will a tear jerker like The Trash Can Van leave Volkswagen fans sobbing uncontrollably.

Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:05 pm
“The Rise and Fall (and rise again) of Roland Burris.”

Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:10 pm
Ron Sandack - A man and his computer: The story of a successful politician, a scandal that led to his resignation, and his eventual redemption as a lecturer on cybersecurity best practices. Sponsored by John McAfee

Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:13 pm
“Lake County Roller Coaster” - The recent electoral history of the 10th Congressional District.

Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:14 pm
“Speaking Franks” - the Jack Frank’s story and the puzzling ways Franks was on your side, their side, and always on his side.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:16 pm
The Captain beat me to it…Luking.

Comment by FYI Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:17 pm
“Illinois Public Education: Snide and Prejudice”, or “How to Get Away with Paying Mediocre Teachers $120K and Crying You’re “Underfunded”"

Comment by Illinois Bob Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:18 pm
7th Floor Stratton. After the next census of course

Comment by Looking Ahead Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:18 pm
The Sandpiper.

The story behind a B&B in Union Pier, Michigan that cost the State of Illinois $13 billion and counting.

Comment by Chicago 20 Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:19 pm
“Wonder Boy” - the Jason Plummer story. How a 6 foot 6 inch tall man still couldn’t get out from the shadow of being Robert Plummer’s son.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:21 pm
“Pawned” - the Scott Lee Cohen story. When you win an election and you still get left with the bar check.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:23 pm
“Cook County Clerk David Orr: How to Avoid Finding Voter Fraud in the Most Corrupt County in the Nation.”

Comment by Illinois Bob Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:24 pm
Ron Sandack: Profile in Courage.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:24 pm
The Nominee: A story of an unknown Illinoisan known as commenter AC on the Capitol Fax blog who changes his legal name to “The Nominee” and unexpectedly becomes President of the United States.

Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:25 pm
“Vacant” - the behind the scenes story of the two years Pat Quinn became Governor, and his old office of Lt. Governor was empty… and no one noticed.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:27 pm
“Illinois Teacher Strikes: Springfield Selling Out Kids and Taxpayers for Union Support”

Comment by Illinois Bob Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:28 pm
Blade Rauner: The travails of a vengeful, budget cutting (plaid wearing) cyborg who makes a Dystopian landscape even worse.

Comment by Scamp640 Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:37 pm
Documentary? We want an All-Oscar channel!

Comment by Whatever Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:39 pm
“Aloha Means Goodbye” - the Linda Lingle Legacy. From emails to t-shirts to banners, Linda Lingle made her time in Illinois one big parade.

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:40 pm
“The Rise and Fall of the Jackson Dynasty” or “It’s All in the Family”

Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:47 pm
Liz - I loved that movie!!

Comment by Henry Francis Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 4:51 pm
Joe Berrios: “If you can’t help your family and friends; what’s the point?”

Comment by qualified someone nobody sent Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:00 pm
“Bruce Rauner, How one man bought the Illinois Republican Party”

Comment by The Dude Abides Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:04 pm
The Graveyard Voters of Cook County

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:11 pm
Bait and Switch

subtitled

How to pay a tax increase in Illinois

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:15 pm
PASS, not pay

or maybe autocorrect is on to something

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:16 pm
The REAL Rod Blagojevch Story …

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:22 pm
Squandered Opportunities

subtitled

Political Misfires of the Last Century

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:24 pm
Not for Proft: Why Dick Uihlein and Ken Griffin give so much cash for so little return. Is it guilt? Are they being duped? Mind control? Tune in for answers to the Million Dollar Mystery polluting the air waves in House districts across Illinois.

Spoiler alert: Because Madigan.

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:24 pm
Groundhog Day

subtitled

Bruce Rauner’s Life as Governor

Comment by RNUG Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:30 pm
“Wrestling With my Conscience”…the Denny Hastert story

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Oct 18, 16 @ 5:57 pm