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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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.
The BLM movement and it’s protesters claim they are protesting police brutality. But it can’t just be “the police are too mean” that is the basis of the entire defund the police movement. I believe that the real issue here is that the BLM movement is about decriminalizing their criminal behaviors. If petty crimes are no longer crimes, there’s no need for a large police force. Most of the interaction the black community (and most communities) have with police come from drugs, petty crimes like shoplifting, vagrancy, drinking in the public way, parking tickets and municipal ordinances, etc,… Read more »
I just found my retort to structural racism: “Requiring everyone to follow the law is not strutcural racism.”
…and that is precisely what the cops in Bobby Rush’s office were allowing the peaceful BLM protesters to do. It’s good to see that “Dick” Durbin supports local police.
He is so commy how he acts,but you have to remember every vote he has got from people that think just like him.That is how rotten the state of illinois has become.WE moved from il 2 years ago,and life is a joy in a southern state,after 62 years living in il it was great to escape.I bet soon if you sell any property at all and leave the state when you dump the house for half price,the state will get you for 10% or the money.
That is because no serious candidate ever runs against him. It’s not democracy when there is only one real choice on the ballot during most of a voter’s life.