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Allen Guelzo, a Princeton University scholar and three-time Lincoln Prize winner who co-created a five-step decision-making analysis for the removal of newly scrutinized memorials, believes that if Illinois uproots Douglas, Lincoln should follow, disqualified by the Matson case and his stance during the Charleston debate.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
“who co-created a five-step decision-making analysis for the removal of newly scrutinized memorials”…
he must be so proud having created a decision tree for fulfilling Stalin’s wishes
The Columbus statues were removed by Lori, Sophia King, chair of the progressive caucus, and the Grant Park Advisory Council who are sycophants of King and Michael Kelly. Ever since they gave into the blm mob, things have gotten worse.
I’m glad people still idol worship me. I stole land from Indigenous People. I enslaved Africans. I’m very evil
Lincoln went from playing to the crowd to advocating for blacks to receive the right to vote in federal elections – a speech heard by Booth, triggering the assassination plot. But nevermind. I guess that’s like cancelling a Supreme Court nominee for something said in in high school. Everyone should just fall on their swords now and cancel themselves forever. Of course, since no one really measures up to the Left’s impossible standard, and they know this, what’s their real aim? Revolution. We’ve seen this before, about a century ago in Russia, when people were cancelled every day by the… Read more »