University of Chicago "represents an especially pernicious problem in higher education: the active influence and interference of state political actors within the university itself..... The campus protests there have all the hallmarks of the same sources of finance and organizational assistance that enabled black lives matter (BLM) and the 2020 election riots—and the upcoming DNC convention in Chicago will be subject to a number of irregular influences."
If you’ve been in Illinois long enough to go through a school district tax hike referendum, you’ll understand what’s going on right now as state lawmakers prepare to vote on the 2025 state budget.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.