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“As a historian, I’d much prefer that our leaders speak in more nuanced terms about how historical precedents should shape our policies and decision-making. But that kind of careful analysis doesn’t make for good sound bites, and is predicated on the assumption that political rhetoric should be aimed at persuasion rather than merely preaching to one’s own base,” said Northwestern University’s David Shyovitz, director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies.
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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.
JB has nothing else. JB is so incompetent if he and IL was independently audited, all his inappropriate spending would be exposed.
Nazis again ? “No soup for you!”
Probably not, make that almost certainly not because the democrat voters are really, really dumb.