It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Plays ‘Hide the Illegals’ Ahead of DNC, Outraged Residents Have Other Ideas – Red State
Johnson has been under fire for months now from Democrats and Republicans alike over his disastrous handling of the Windy City's illegal immigrant crisis, with a citizen-led effort to put an initiative on the November ballot that would allow Chicago residents to recall their mayor currently in the works, a measure which now has the support of a powerful local police union.
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
Brandon is doing what the individual in Springfield tells him, funny thing Pritzker your ship is not going to sail at the DNC but sink and sink badly. Unfortunately 1968 will look like child’s play sadly, remember Pritzker you and your goon’s did this nobody else but you how can a individual of Jewish decent betray his own people such as you have.
It’s an interesting question: Are Pritzker’s chances of ever getting a Dem presidential nomination now reduced because he is Jewish? When he first showed interest in it I thought it might be an advantage because I thought America is ready (commendably) to accept a Jewish president, and he would be clever enough to patch over the schisms about Israel that then were minor. But now that things are hot he might take heat from both sides. First, as I think you are saying, he will be blamed for helping create the radical left that now isn’t exactly friendly to Jews.… Read more »
MONEY AND POWER……..IT’S A SICKNESS