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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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Boomers and paid protestors.
Anybody think to ask the agitators how they feel about millionaire socialists Bernie and AOC? How about stock market profiteers Pelosi and Watters? Nope, just parade uninformed and driven by your hatred for anything attached to the name Trump. Baa baaa… And tell cos play Statue of Liberty lady she needs a “ No Vacancy “ sign around her neck until the status of millions of unvetted people to come here by Joe’s cabal is straightened out.
Hmm, it seems to me that those who’ve bought gold are big winners under Trump. It hit $3400 this morning.
Lots of people who voted for Trump are having second thoughts. Trump is going to wreck the world economy and just does not care. He will go down as the worst president in history. Biden who was a dementia patient did much better than Trump. Everyone should check their balances of their 401K’s and see what he has done to you. The worst is not over, much more loses in the future coming your way.
Thanks Chicken Little.
My 401K is properly diversified.
Also, shorting Tesla was a huge win.
Jimmy Carter died with a smile on his face because he knew he was not the worst Prez ever – JoeyB was!!
Only liars have not taken loses since Trump.
The stock market has taken a hit recently, largely due to the impact of new tariffs introduced by former President Donald Trump. This has affected 401(k) retirement accounts, with many investors seeing significant losses. Some reports indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 11.9% since Trump’s second term began, while the S&P 500 has dropped 15.4%. The market turmoil has wiped out trillions in value, leaving many retirement savers concerned
Tomorrows mornings going to be ugly, some things I like about trump but his trade wars a disaster in my mind….expect the machine to blame gigantic increased in resulting pension liability on Trump and more importantly taxpayer chumbalones who voted for Trump in about 2 seconds. I’m surprised they haven’t already.
No one cares, the market is set up for the crooks and the fools and victims. Obvious which one you are. Get a clue.
You only lose money if you sell equities in a down market and “realize” the lose.
The losses are paper losses right now. Disquieting? Yes. Disastrous? No.
People considering retirement right now are wary … for good reason.
Best of luck
Calm down Francis. Investors will be fine.
Buy now. Smile later.
Death and destruction to the world economy by Trump. The world’s worst president by far.
Keep working private sector workers, your 401k has lost a huge amount of wealth. Public sector (can’t call them workers) enjoy your 3% annual pension raises paid for by the private sector workers.
Public pensions are not exempt from losses and are also some of the worst funds managed as well. Fixing the damage done by years of swamp wreckage will not be painless. Grow up.
All loses are paid for by the taxpayer, not the pensioner.