Good Reads: 7/30/19

Rodney Davis hosted an "Open Government Night" and holy shit was he mad

Look at that snarl:

Other instances of note from the event:

• Rod and Dan Caulkins shouted down a veteran who asked them to condemn President Trump's (fairly obvious) racism
• Rod admitted to having a volunteer on BDL's private press call
• Rod lied about the 2020 Census
• Rod lied again
• Rod doubled down on taking away healthcare from millions
• Rod was incensed at the mere mention of addressing gun violence

ProPublica uncovers admissions fraud by wealthy parents at the U of I

This is nuts - parents who could afford college for their children would allegedly give up custody of their high schoolers in hopes of gaining illegitimate need-based financial aid.

Yikes.

(Jodi Cohen and Melissa Sanchez / ProPublica Illinois)

It's almost Illini football season, my folks

Lest we forget this gem:

It now exists in t-shirt form also, with a charitable component:

The Illinois Artist Behind Social Media’s Latest Big Idea

(Will Oremus / OneZero, Medium)

Baseball physicist looks to solve mystery of home run boom

(Jim Dey / News-Gazette)

Showers hit 800 Facebook likes

Thank you. Here's a song.