Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
In 1980 Decatur had a population of 94,000. The 2020 census shows 69,000 inhabitants… that’s all you need to know about Decatur…
Decatur is listed year in and out as one of the worst places in IL to live. The stink from ADM was not to be believed and there were a lot of crumbling, abandoned houses and jobless men standing around in the middle of the day on quite a few corners when I last visited. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Houses are cheap in Decatur, Illinois, due to a declining population and labor force, low median household income, a high unemployment rate, and a decline in the quality of some housing stock. <source Google AI>
In other words, “affordable” doesn’t correlate to “nice.”
With the draconian tax and fee levels in place in Illinois, is it possible for an Illinois city to be the most affordable in the U.S.? Yeah, I didn’t think so, either.