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Mayor Lori Lightfoot recognized Ukraine as one of Chicago's oldest immigrant communities and as part of the fabric of Chicago. She called on the United States to open its borders to any fleeing Ukrainians.
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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Is it too soon to change the name of the Ukrainian Village neighborhood in Chicago to Russia-town or Little Moscow?
If Kinzinger only had this amount of passion (and tears), for the US southern border….
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at the amount of stupidity being thrown around about Ukraine/Russia. I bet the majority of these people couldn’t point either country on a map. More Misinformation Coming from the Ukraine Front – Kinzinger Gets Punked Again (thegatewaypundit.com) Please do some research or at least think “does this really make sense?” before believing every image or video you see out there. Cardboard AK 47s? Re-using chemical plant explosions from China years ago as Russia-induced carnage? Ukrainian president photos from prior years as “hey, he’s out on the front lines, what a brave guy!”.… Read more »
Good for you to be skeptical. Truth is the first casualty of war, as is often said. I am not sure I agree with you that it is all pathetic, though. As best as I can tell the Ukranians are indeed fighting far better than expected and drawing in more arms from more of the West as a result, giving the Russians a much harder time than expected, potentially undermining Putin’s domestic support. But I sure intend to keep an open mind. Glen Greenwald has a new must-read piece on your point about propaganda and the need for caution: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/war-propaganda-about-ukraine-becoming?utm_source=url
Thanks Mark. I should probably have been more clear on what is pathetic exactly — the inability for people to stop and think vs just assume everything they see and hear is exactly how it is. There are no white hats vs blue hats in foreign conflict. I’m not sticking up for either side but when I see people here calling out Russia for getting their nose in other countries business, I just think “hey, have you seen USA’s foreign policy and countless interventions over the last 100 years?”. Apparently not. I skimmed GG’s piece earlier but need to take… Read more »
Russia is in the wrong and is clearly the aggressor here. There is international politics aka sticking your nose in other’s businesses, and then there is war. There are a billion other measures Putin could have done other than invading Ukraine – Heck, our NGO color revolutions in Ukraine were quite cheap, Putin could have financed his own color revolution. Or even hacked the voting machines in the next election. Putin violated a bright line international norm of not invading a neighbor. The real question now is what is the west going to do about it. We appearing willing to… Read more »