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Lightfoot said the federal agents will work alongside Chicago Police Department officers which is not unprecedented, and unlike in Portland, the U.S. attorney for the northern district of Illinois will help. CPD Superintendent David Brown says he welcomes the extra manpower.
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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.
Lightfoot and Pritzker are derelict.
Big mouth, big talking Lori certainly changed her tune. Unfortunately her Rino bff Lausch will impede any attempts to straighten out her feral predators. Nothing will change.
Here is a 42 minute video recording of the July 21, 2020 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press briefing on the Federal government presence in Portland to defend Federal property. http://www.pscp.tv/w/1djGXokZQmLKZ “Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in downtown Portland targeting Federal facilities and Federal properties, mainly the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse.” “We see them planning their attacks, and yet the City of Portland takes little to no action to stop or disperse this crowd. These individuals carry lasers, baseball bats, explosive fireworks, metal pipes, glass bottles, accelerants, and other weapons all targeting Federal facilities and… Read more »
14 people were shot tonight around 6:30 in the Auburn/Gresham neighborhood at a funeral. News said that a car drove by the funeral and started shooting and people at the funeral started shooting back. I went to many funerals but never thought to bring a gun (I don’t own one) to protect myself. Wild Wild Midwest in Chicago.