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“The governor has said it’s ok for some organizations to gather, to fundraise and to rally support around their cause but everyone else faces the threat of police enforcement or being shut down,” said Mary Kate Knorr, executive director of Illinois Right to Life. “Our request is simple: Equal treatment under the law."
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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.
PDF page 23 of 32 in the LJC June 23, 2020 case filings document contains another picture of JB Pritzker participating in another rally, this one on Monday June 8, 2020. Again Governor Pritzker is not practicing social distancing, and once again he is marching in the front row of a rally, this time holding a banner. It was the March for Justice and Love Our Neighbor rally sponsored by the Victory Apostle Church in Matteson. “#GeorgeFloyd” also appears on the banner held by JB Pritzker. The June 8, 2020 Chicago Sun-Times article titled, “At rally in south suburbs, governor… Read more »
The picture in the LJC press release is worth 1,000 words.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and Illinois US Senator Tammy Duckworth, photographed walking in the front row at the June 19, 2020 rally (Juneteenth Freedom Day) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/19/chicagoans-call-for-racial-equality-in-juneteenth-march
Putting hard working, every day ordinary Illinois citizens of all colors, sexual orientations, and political affiliations unnecessarily at risk while discriminating against others via Governor Executive Orders.
It’s illegal to have more than 10 gather in a church, but a large political rally is legal.