{"author_name":"The Ben Joravsky Show","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-ben-joravsky-show/episodes/777ff3e9-918a-4402-a771-3b43eae0d44c","description":"<p>Another week has come and gone, which means Ben and Producer Chris run down the news. Starting with...the state of Illinois looks to bring at least three more bookies on line to take the money of sports-betting suckers who should know better. Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey \"softens\" his rhetoric to win over swing voters by trying to pretend he's not against abortion, even though he previously said abortions are worse than Nazi genocide. Mayor Lightfoot says no property tax hike. Must be an election year. Speaking of which...Congressman Jesus Garcia can't make up his mind about running for mayors. And lefties call his bluffing, drafting Brandon Johnson to run.</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/the-ben-joravsky-show/episodes/777ff3e9-918a-4402-a771-3b43eae0d44c/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Oh, What A [Past] Week: \"Bets, DB the Dancer, Taxes & Chuy\"","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}