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The other side: Proft responded on Twitter with, "JBelly infuses race into every, single policy debate. The truth of the matter is that what he’s purveying here is complete hogwash." It's meant to have people (show) concern for their safety.

"This is a messaging that's coming from a racist political consultant," Pritzker said at a recent press conference.

What they're saying: "Instead of engaging in a serious debate about pretrial policy, Dan Proft has chosen to blow his racist dog whistle while spreading disinformation meant to confuse Illinoisans about the impacts of the law," the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice said in a statement.

"It's going to be literally the end of days," a Democratic state's attorney said to one of Proft's newspapers.

Law enforcement is worried it will limit arrest powers and put criminals back on the streets after committing crimes.

Illinois will be the first state to do away with cash bail, which advocates say punishes poor people and continues the cycle of incarceration.

He also teamed up with then-governor Bruce Rauner in 2016 to deliver fake newspapers.īetween the lines: The papers focus mainly on the Safe-T Act, the criminal justice reform law going into effect in January that includes the elimination of cash bail in Illinois.

Proft's PAC was also behind the ads that Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused of " darkening her skin.".

Headlines from papers include "'Lightfoot's 'Summer of Joy' one of murder, mayhem," and, "The coming end of cash bail in Illinois: What it means for you and your family," the latter paired with mugshots of a Black man.

The state attorney general's office tells Axios it hasn't received any complaints and is not pursuing legal action.Ĭontext: The mailers are distributed by conservative radio host Dan Proft, who also is behind the People Who Play By the Rules PAC.

Though these "newspapers" are political ads in disguise, they aren't illegal.

Why it matters: The publications - designed to trick readers into thinking they are reading a vetted, objective news source - feature stories the governor says are racist. JB Pritzker is speaking out against a new round of political ads disguised as newspapers being delivered in Chicago and the suburbs. Russia has repeatedly denied responsibility for horrific attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, including schools and hospitals, amid growing evidence of war crimes committed in the country.Gov. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of "cynically destroying the civilian population" and called it "an evil without limits". The mayor of Kramatorsk said in a statement: “This is another proof that Russia is brutally, barbarically killing the civilian Ukrainians, with one goal only - to kill.” Ukrainian authorities said rockets struck a waiting room where "hundreds of people were waiting for the evacuation train". Ukraine has rejected the claims and stated Russia deliberately struck the station in an attempt to cripple evacuation efforts from the Donetsk region, which has been under heavy shelling for weeks. The Kremlin claimed the missile was Ukrainian and said the Russian army did not have any targets assigned to the area at the time of the attack. Russia has denied responsibility for the missile strike last Friday which struck the station in eastern Ukraine, as thousands of civilians awaited evacuation to safety. “The BBC has already denied the fake and takes steps to remove the video.”

“It contains fake subtitles, stating that Ukrainian Tochka-U rocket killed civilians at Kramatorsk train station. Ukraine’s leading YouTube channel, Toronto Television, tweeted: “Russian propagandists distributed a fake BBC video in English. The fake video has been widely condemned on social media, with many users pointing to “Russian propagandists” as the creators. In response to the BBC’s statement that the video is fake, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, accused the broadcaster of “covering Ukraine’s crimes”.

The video has been shared by pro-Kremlin news outlets in Russia which have spread claims that Moscow was not responsible for the attack. We urge people not to share it and to check stories on the BBC News website.” “The BBC is taking action to have the video removed. The broadcaster said in a statement posted on Twitter: “We are aware of a fake video with BBC News branding suggesting Ukraine was responsible for last week’s missile attack on Kramatorsk train station.