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Mark Konkol: "So for the sake of my fellow chubby Americans, I asked (Carolina Population Center researcher Barry) Popkin for his honest take on Illinois' rotund governor's public health leadership in hopes we might all learn something. 'He's done great things by you, except his weight is not what we like. ... You can't live in America and not know that.'"
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The poster child for obese is the governor of Illinois.
In my opinion I don’t believe Covid can distinguish between someone who is fat or thin. Covid severity will manifest in someone who is low in key nutrients due to the medications they are taking over time for high blood pressure or diabetes. Example. Many are low in B12 from taking PPI’s such as Prilosec-Nexium-Prevacid which have been widely prescribed and now available over the counter. Too many people are taking these like candy. PPI’s dramatically reduces supplemental zinc body stores. PPI’s interfere with the body’s absorption of B12. B12 is needed to make red blood cells which carry oxygen… Read more »