Members of Congress, including seven Illinois House representatives, has introduced a bill banning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from wearing face masks. And in Chicago, members of the 12th police district council have also called for local measures banning agents from wearing face masks while working in the city. Audio: Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon says Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades – Chicago’s Morning Answer
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.
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.
Illinois lost another 54,000 tax filers and dependents, net, according to the IRS. Since 2000, fleeing taxpayers have taken $94 billion of annual adjusted gross income with them.
Ah yes, Sean Casten protecting the people of Downers Grove from ICE.
I am embarrassed for the people of Downers Grove that they elected this genius.
Fake news cop haters at Block Club intentionally forget to mention the reason for masks — a 700 percent increase in attack on ICE agents — including 2 shootings at ICE facilities in Texas — all of which are being coordinated by Democrat Party operatives.
I believe doxxing in Illinois is illegal. ICE agents have been doxxed in various places in the country, hence the masks. Would IL even prosecute a ICE doxxer, given who our attorney general is?
Police are going to try and arrest ICE agents, wow this should be fun to watch.
When are they going to outlaw criminals and protesters from wearing masks? Fair is fair. Politicians need to stop advocating for violence against ice agents.
But let the violent, destructive ANTIFA crowd run around with masks because it’s their right to do so.
Or the folks that rob liquor stores and hijack cars running around with hoodies pulled far down and ski masks on a 90 degree day.