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Protest organizers expect as many as 30,000 people to show up in Chicago to demonstrate against Israel’s military action in Gaza, almost triple the number of protesters who gathered in Grant Park in August 1968. Asked if he’s worried about a flashback to 1968, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin replied, “Of course.”
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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.
The real surprise will be when the leftist radicals of the party make themselves known on the convention floor and disrupt the proceedings and then, Jamal Boeman style open up the doors, and let the Brownshirts loot, burn and riot within United Center. For all the world to see. Biden escaping the mob in a helicopter – like his incompetent fleeing from Afghanistan – will be a classic image.
Why would he want to escape his own people…….this garbage is his own creation…..thought he loved the way things are going…….just listen to him talk…..not ….and now they are covering up the way he walks per news media….this is disgusting
It’s my hope that whole country can view Chicago Values during the convention and a few delegates be on the receiving end of some funnin by yutes.
What Do Nothing Durbin is really afraid of is that they’ll show up on his front lawn like they did a few months ago. That was a hoot wasn’t it Dickie boy?
you can only hope