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Chaos erupted outside an immigration processing center in Chicago on Thursday when anti-ICE agitators clashed with law enforcement. The incident led to multiple arrests after demonstrators blocked traffic and refused orders to disperse.
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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Why don’t federal agents just have hand tasers, even if they are not arrested they will surely think twice about touching a federal agent again.
She was cute and cozy with the protesters until her constituents got pissed. Then she sure turned it around
Wonder how many of the ICE protestors are familiar with 9/11 or the Homeland Security Act of 2002? I’ll bet zero!
We’re truly watching the, Useful Idiot. These people who are engaging in violence on behalf of a political party run by a totally degenerate class of people, is fascinating. These people are ruining their lives for this.
The mayor sure shifted gears when asked about this incident, finally putting the onus on the protesters where it belongs instead of law enforcement. Better late than never and kudos for recognizing that many are out of town agitators.
Yes, that was good to see — about the Broadview mayor. I’d like to see how many are out-of-towners like she says.
Where were the peaceful rioters when the judge and lawyers were there ??? Let them SEE how they really act .