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“It seems as though [Democrats] may be overplaying their hand on social issues like abortion,” a former suburban Republican lawmaker said. “People are going to be more worried about their family’s safety than they are about these social issues. That crime and safety question could easily rise above the other issues. Most Democrats are failing to appreciate 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.
I’ll believe it when I see it. A democrat not voting for a democrat is like a tiger changing it’s stripes into polka dots.
I’m pretty certain the suburban ‘Karens’ will continue to vote Leftist – it is a cult. The suburban Karens where told to offer their young children to Moloch, and they gleefully did so.
1. Raja is a buffoon. That is the message the R party needs to present. That’s the only message. Don’t vote Raja, he’s a goofball.
2. The 2022 gerrymander is looking like a dummymander using Trump era voting patterns as a baseline. One pundit called it political malpractice. I bet this seat isn’t even on the Republicans radar but just like joe Walsh won against melissa bean, raja is going packing to K steeet in January.
3. Hard to poll Chicago suburbs? Come on, man! That’s malarkey!
I’m hopeful that the part of the electorate that is taxed (pun intended) with *putting* the $ into the outstretched hands of the ones *taking* the $, is finally waking up…
I think it would be foolish to underestimate how impactful the abortion issue is. There are a significant number of women who are single issue voters. If Charles Manson were running against a pro-life candidate he’d get a fair number of votes. And yes, I know Manson is dead, but that wouldn’t matter to the voters to whom I am referring. Abortion is all they think or care about.
Those voters already vote every election anyways and they’re never changing their vote. They’re the 31% of voters who give Joe Biden a favorable approval rating while the rest of us recoil in horror. The abortion issue will make little difference in the midterms.