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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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I’m curious. What exactly was done by Mayor Pinhead to get these results? The true answer is nothing. But I would like to hear what he supposedly changed to reduce murders.
And let’s be honest if Cook County numbers were added, its positively WAR numbers.2025 Homicide Trend2025 Homicide Trendtotals.https://heyjackass.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2025_murder_trend_010126_1.png
and THEY NEVER MENTION THE WOUNDED. BACK TO BACK ALMOST SAME NUMBERS,CONGRATS DEM FLUNKIES OF CHICAGO
2025 Homicide TrendPosted on November 11, 2025
YearHomicidesWounded
2024 WOUNDED 2,444
2025 WOUNDED 2,500 ***** Trending Upward!!!!! ****
Excellent point! Remember that the only reason many of these wounded are still alive is due to excellent medical care, technology, and advancements. Decades ago many of these wounded would have died.
The City Creeps keep celebrating less murders but its actually more per capita .Plus , the city figures don’t take into account the homicides on the Expressways, which is RIDIC!!!!! Final 2025 Totals (vs 2024)
Shot & Killed: 362 (-32%)
Shot & Wounded: 1592 (-35%)
Total Shot: 1954 (-34%)
Total Homicides: 433 (-29%)
While the city doesn’t count the number of homicides on expressways within the borders of the city, I’m curious how many of these types of homicides occurred during 2025?
Moving Forward, Moving Forward???!!!! We keep REGRESSING with the Progressives!!!
Not to split hairs but Chicago’s population in 1965 was about 3.5 million versus today’s 2.7 million. That does make a difference.
The thugs make up for it by converting their weapons into automatics.
The city feels a lot different than it did before 2020. A lot of people have moved out or don’t spend as much time downtown anymore. No reason to risk being a crime victim.
It feels different because the perception that the city is dangerous, not the actual crime numbers, will keep people away from downtown and keep downtown in its doom loop.
Thank the Marxists.
Welcome to 2026 – they are only celebrating a clean restart of the body count. Maybe they could post the lower murder rate on billboards to get people to move back to Illinois. Yikes.
Key word is “reported “.
Nothing to see here ppl, Trump and the National Guard have nothing to do with it! Move along now,
I guess all those illegals weren’t spending all their time just picking lettuce here.
We still have lettuce in the grocery stores AND murders are down? Win win!