Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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The hearings one every channel smack of the state-run media of North Korea, operating for and at the direction of the ruling class. So many have fled this type of insanity and they can recognize it when they see it. This is what totalitarianism looks like.
It is a credit to the American people that the ratings for this sham were atrocious.
I never thought it possible, but Durbin is right! It is important, for the sake of history, to document that Democrats labeled a small group of protesters as insurrectionists. Then those same Democrats droned on about it for 18 months, trying to convince the American people that this group of ragtag protesters actually intended to overthrow the US government. History will also reflect that while all this was going on, a complicit media allowed an incompetent and incapacitated liberal progressive President to nearly destroy the United States.
Let’s hope ‘nearly’ is accurate. Things are ominous.