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A 16-year-old boy died from a gunshot wound to his chest, police said. Another 16-year-old boy is in grave condition with gunshot wounds to his jaw, chest, and arm. The third boy, a 15-year-old, is in good condition with a gunshot wound to his right leg, according to CPD. Mayor Brandon Johnson said later, “The harm and the chaos, and the trauma that’s being caused by individuals who do not value life—the full force of government will be used to bring those individuals to justice."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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And CTU/Brandon wants CPD out of the schools…..because the cop presence is part of the whole systemic “school to prison pipeline” schtick he and his fake progressive crew are equity hustle obsessed with
Oy, the blatant hypocrisy of 23 City Council members and Mayor BJ, to call for “cease-fire in Gaza”, well beyond their jurisdictional authority and political-sphere. and worse yet, when neither BJ Administration nor City Council have any meaningful responses over crime and civil unrest and street-murders here in Chicago.
Buffoons, all of them.
Now let’s move to that cease fire in …..