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.
Groot and the Democrats have bankrupted Chicago and Illinois. Now they demand that everyone but them pay for their incompetence. Not happening
Other states should not bail out states that have not managed their budgets.
Other cities should not bail out other cities that have not managed their monies properly.
“It’s a Marshall Plan, if you will, for infusing our urban cores with the resources that we need to connect people to hopes of a better life. If we don’t give people the ability to connect with the legitimate economy, with legitimate institutions, and help them think of themselves as having value and meaning, we will, every single time, lose them to the streets.” Oh my goodness. A what?…a Marshall Plan? So, how is that going to work? I believe she envisions these Marshalls to be patronage jobs for key community activists who will some how help the community…or something.… Read more »
“This problem is so enormous that the only place that we can look to is the federal government.”
Yes Lori, the Reds in Illinois and Chicago have made quite a financial mess of the place but don’t look for the rest of America to clean up the economic and riot pile of dung that you and the BLM’ers have made.
I would look to the Pritzker billions to bail you out.
Burn Baby Burn, Burn Baby Burn…
Lori wrote the book on idiots. ☹️
Lori needs to turn the light on herself. ?
“Let’s talk about the city’s financial situation. You’re facing a near-billion-dollar budget gap. That would be hard to address during an affluent time. How do you address it now? It’s certainly not a problem you can tax your way out of. Is there a path forward that doesn’t involve bankruptcy? We’re not looking at bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is when there’s no other hope. We have a lot of other hope. We’re probably looking at a billion dollars of potential revenue impact, but I believe this as a governing principle: We can’t ask people to sacrifice when we as a government haven’t… Read more »
NYT: What are the other tools?
LL: We will need a federal bail out.
Hahahaha
You don’t believe a word of that, Lori.