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"In Texas, reading any damn book I choose," Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote on Sunday. "No banning of books or thought. Ever."
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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Here’s a thought for Triple Threat: “Men can’t have babies.”
Still a fan of free thought, Mrs. One Term?
I love her costume! It looks like a grease kettle operator uniform!
Next book she should read is a psychology book on toxic narcissism
Lori in Texas for photo op. The city is in flames and she’s running around in an Elmer Fudd suit!
In one photo, Larry conveys the mask hoax for what it is. Truly all about compliance and virtue. Literally nothing else.
When you use the mask for a photo opp as brazenly as that, that’s how you know.
Amazing, I didn’t even notice the mask. I wonder if she was the only person in Texas masked?