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“I know that the vast majority of people in this state want to keep themselves safe, their families and children safe, their parents, neighbors and friends,” Pritzker said in a statement. “As cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising across our state, across the Midwest and across the nation, we have to act responsibly and collectively to protect the people we love.”
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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.
NBC can not be anything but under the DEMS thumbnail.
“I know that the vast majority of people in this state want to keep themselves safe, their families and children safe, their parents, neighbors and friends,”
The biggest threat Illinoisans face is the tyrannical Dictator
Extreme measures asked and implemented on us REQUIRE extreme proof. We aren’t getting it. What WE are getting is extreme manipulation and fraud in the data, and that’s if you can even get your hands on any data. Stop listening to these cowardly corrupt and incompetent public health officials and politicians. Stand up and tell these people “no more”. The testing is a fraud. The data about hospitals is a fraud, the mask science is a sham. And the way they say it’s spread is also contrary to the early data. It’s predominantly spread by fecal/oral. That was suspected since… Read more »
So many false positives.
And for clarity, what ‘science’ determined 8% as the magic number?
Just like asking Pudster about his family traveling to FL and WI during lockdown… This topic is off limits. How dare you ask…