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"Like the Raymond Shaw character in the 1962 thriller The Manchurian Candidate, (Mayor Brandon) Johnson has faithfully advanced the Chicago Teachers Union’s agenda ahead of the broader public interest and nowhere is that clearer than in his fiscal policy. His proposed budgets explicitly prioritize CPS and CTU, helping bail out a district now struggling to fund back‑to‑back record labor contracts, including a recent deal totaling roughly $1.6 billion, the richest in city history."
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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.
If I remember correctly, the mayoral election BJ won had 22% turnout.
First round election turnout – 35.85%
Runoff turnout – 38.67%
Johnson is not a mayor, Hes CTUs puppet. He never asks for accountability from CPS or CTU and continues to give them more money for delivering a poor education to students.
Paul Vallas: the voice of reason in the insane wasteland of Madiganistan and its capital, Johnsonberg.
The Atlantic digs into the game progressives are playing with education:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/school-reform-progressives/685179/?utm_source=feed