It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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Noting Campus Protests, Democrats Are Preparing for Intense Action at the DNC in Chicago This Summer – WTTW (Chicago)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back on the idea that this summer will resemble 1968. “I’m not the mayor of the city of Chicago if a generation ago, and a generation before that, did not protest," said Johnson. “I want to assure people that it’s not 1968. I am not the mayor of 1968.”
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
Summer of Maximum Super Duper Joy is gonna be a gas. The Dream Team of Brandon Johnson, Kim Foxx, Tim Evans is going to do what to ensure “peaceful protests” stay peaceful?
BJ is right about one thing. The DNC won’t resemble 1968. In 1968 CPD was able to keep some semblance of order. For 2024 it will be an anarchists free for all of looting, burning, violence and destruction. The Democrats have nurtured, coddled and trained their Brownshirt army and will unleash them upon all political opposition. In 2020 the DNC’s BLM and ANTIFA brownshirts intimidated voters and Democrats think that it helped them to beat trump so 2024 will be an even more extreme repeat of 2020 but with the Hamas members joining the mayhem.