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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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Summary and audio linked here.
Audio and summary
The Trib’s vindictive little feature on a former coworker sounds like something from a school newspaper, a school paper without a faculty advisor.
And meanwhile they have had nothing about the Hunter Biden laptop scandals. Nothing since a column a couple years ago about the lie that the laptop was a Russian plant.
I don’t see how “newspapers” like the Fibune, Slum Tmes and the NY Times stay in business. They’re expensive and constantly tell their readers that their ancestors were horrible nasty people. Who buys enough copies of these rags to keep them a going concern?
I wonder about that. Also who are the potential customers that companies reach when advertising in these rags?
NY Times has pivoted to a national audience that pays $$$ for a subscription. It’s the paper of record for leftists who actively seek out disinformation and CIA agitprop.
The trib and scum times are nearing the end of their existence, as reflected by subscriptions, website traffic and advertising dollars.
CIA $
When we called to cancel after Alden took over, we were offered $0.99/month for both delivery AND online access.
We declined – we have better things to do with $0.99.
The Tribune is now just another fake news fraud shit-rag