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The effort is part of the city’s efforts to bring down the city’s gun violence, which has soared since the start of the pandemic and shown few signs of slowing down. Lightfoot said Chicago is calling on its residents to “overcome your fears” to turn in bad guns or tell police where to find them.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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I’m going to turn old auto parts and tires, they’ll never know. Turn in an exhaust pipe, tell’m it’s a bazzoka or a Malay RPG. Any questions say you bought it at the candy store as they were out of skittles.
If the guns are illegal why are they out there in the first place?
THIS is the plan? For crying out loud… Why is it that Democrats refuse — under any and all conditions — to discuss personal responsibility? Oh, I forgot, they do — when it comes to their political opponents. It’s funny to me that in a “public health crisis” they are willing to actually lock us inside our houses and shut down the economy to “protect” us from a virus, but are absolutely unwilling to perform “stop and frisk,” which is a relatively minor intrusion into civil liberties to combat a much larger threat like gun violence perpetrated by a small… Read more »
This should work great Lori! This is what you do to fight crime in the cess pool?
You lost go away!
So is money now the cure for all evils and misdoings
Great program. I have a closet full of non shooters I would like to get paid for. How much will they pay for a pistol, rifle or shotgun? Since LL thinks all guns are illegal, I’m pretty sure mine will qualify. I hope I get enough money to buy a new upper for a scary black colored modern sporting rifle.
Well played Sir!