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“We’re going to stay here until DePaul either divests fully [from Israel] or forces us out,” student protester Henna Ayesh said Sunday. “And seeing people in Gaza recognize us as the college revolution has really inspired us to keep going. We’ve found community here.”
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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Negotiations reached an “impasse”? How ridiculous. For the love of God…go through that place with a buzz saw and get rid of them. If they don’t like it…go to Gaza and help them.
Go through it with a flamethrower.
Collect photographic verification of identities of Hamas enthusiasts.
This will be valuable evidence in future civil litigation by (estates of) victims of hate crimes