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“That’s over 1 million claims in just the first 9 weeks of this crisis,” Pritzker said Thursday during his daily coronavirus press briefing. “Compare that to the first nine weeks of the Great Recession of 2008, when there were 180,000 claims in Illinois.”
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
I saw today that Jabba had 940,000 more votes than Rauner in 2018. And I also read that there 1,000,000 unemployment claims.
I hope to god there is great overlap between those filing claims and those who voted for Jabba. They get exactly what they deserve.
Your hope might be misplaced. All of the public unions are still getting a paycheck and getting raises. They have been purposefully taken care of.
The rest of the democrats will never, ever change their vote to a republican.
The Democrat party know this, and that’s why they don’t care what any of us think. They’ve taken care of their own.