Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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.
As a White person who identifies as black I should move there and ask “where’s mine?”
Ald. Robin Rue Simmons is Black and she voted to give herself and other Black people reparations. From a town that never had slaves in the first place.
How convenient!
No slaves in Evanston, but historically there was quite a bit of racism, segregated schools up until mid-20th century, separate hospital, racially restrictive covenants. As a colorless Evanston resident, I think reparations are a bad idea, but hardly the most wasteful or immoral thing the City does. There does seem to be an implication in the article that the City remains segregated, whereas there are quite a few mixed neighborhoods.
“historically there was quite a bit of racism, segregated schools up until mid-20th century, separate hospital, racially restrictive covenants.” The key word in your comment is ‘historical’. Nearly all of my family, presumably, were penniless serfs in eastern europe, and poor peasants in western europe, for a millennia. I have no generational wealth because my ancestor’s feudal lords stole the value of their labor. That lasted for 1,000 years, or more. Black slaves were only slaves for a few hundred – 1619 to 1865. Heck, my families Russia side were serfs until 1861, and the Polish were peasant serfs quite… Read more »
I would disagree with your 1619 date, but in general agree with the comment – how far back can we go? But besides that, I just want to know, whats “black”? Is Kamala Harris, who is half Indian and half Jamaican “black”? How do you decide who gets the money, and based on what? Do you have to prove that you had a loss? What if you are a black person from Africa who just recently emigrated? There is no claim against the US for that. The whole thing is just another scheme to redistribute wealth under the guise of… Read more »
You are truly ignorant and misinformed. Reparations are pandering by the woke loser liberals that are destroying America and you are right there with them.