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Jim Dey: "Jim Nowlan, a state department head under past Republican governors and a retired University of Illinois government professor, opines that 'if something isn’t done,' Republicans will be 'dead in the water at least until 2041.' That kind of talk is music to the ears of ruling partisan Democrats. After all, to the victor go the spoils, and there are lot of spoils to go around with the state’s $50 billion-plus annual budget."
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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.
The DNC did this in full view of the RNC. Illinois is Gerrymandered top to bottom. The DNC is unlikely to voluntarily surrender its power, even if it was illegally and unconstitutionally obtained.
Leaving is the only real option.
This map challenge Ned’s to go the the federal Supreme Court. All Il Supreme Court justices night and paid for by JB and Democrats.
Every Republican in IL needs to deprive the state of any money in any way possible. Buy out of state, vacation out of state and otherwise deprive IL of every penny possible. Let this thing try and survive on the welfare/ pension crowd they love so much and watch it slide down the same slope as CA, NJ and NY, all truly miserable places to live with people fleeing them by the millions.
Seems like a lot of work instead of just moving out of the state. Your strategy would just result in more tax increases in other areas to make up for the short fall. Also, don’t people that live in Illinois typically vacation out of state?
Soul on Ice was a book written by Eldridge Cleaver.