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Calling it “perhaps the most important time to be a state attorney general,” Kwame Raoul said Monday that he is confronting the Trump administration on several issues critical to Illinois residents.
“We perceive the urgency of this moment,” Raoul said in explaining his actions taken in concert with other attorneys general against what they regard as overreaching federal initiatives. “When the actions of the federal government threaten the people of the state of Illinois and the rule of law in general, it is my duty to work with those attorneys general who are like-minded and stand against those threats.”
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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.
With Discussion Beginning About Pension Buyout Program For Chicago, Beware of Baloney – Wirepoints
March 28, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago’s Fiscal Crisis Has Passed the Point of No Return, Bond Market Already Signaling Collapse
March 25, 2026
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Full interview and summary linked here.
The correct way to look at the issue is that President Trump is protecting America from radicals like Kwame
Making the State of Illinois a safe place for anyi-Americans to conduct their bad activities
Meanwhile, countless crooks on the state govt payroll go unprosecuted. Glad to see Kwame’s looking out for IL’s best interests.
Like he said in his commercials, this is his life’s work, and he just getting started.