Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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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.
https://humanevents.com/2025/08/14/jack-posobiec-the-rise-of-the-citycon-in-the-new-right JACK POSOBIEC: The rise of the Citycon in the New Right: There’s a new archetype emerging on the New Right: the citycon—the disaffected conservative trapped behind enemy lines in a blue-state metropolis. But there’s a new archetype emerging on the New Right: the citycon — the disaffected conservative trapped behind enemy lines in a blue-state metropolis. And when it comes to law and order, mass immigration, and crime, the citycon is often more radical than his rural cousin. The ruralcon typically lives in a place where crime is relatively low, immigration is minimal (though this is changing rapidly), and… Read more »
They can pay their taxes and shut up.
Ditch Trump.
The opposite is the case. Trump isn’t a conservative he is a populist. The 2025 version of Teddy Roosevelt, including the bombast. I don’t know who the Republicans have in the ranks to fulfill that role. Have to be more thoughtful than just hating Trump.
It’s not about how I feel about Trump.
It’s not how “Populists” feel about Trump.
It’s about how independents feel about Trump.
Yeah, that strategy worked wonderfully for Rauner, the OG Trump denier. Brian Jones, the son of Mother Jones, suggests Republicans double-down on bad political strategy: https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rauner-wont-discuss-trump-confirms-hell-skip-convention Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner won’t discuss his decision not to endorse Donald Trump for president, and he says he’s skipping the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to focus on his state’s problems. Rauner told reporters Friday “I don’t need to go to Cleveland,” adding he’s “focused 100 percent” on Illinois. An aide to the Republican said Thursday he won’t endorse Trump or attend the GOP convention. It’s unusual for the leader of a state… Read more »
Leave my mother out of it.