PPP fraud investigation finds Cook County workers ripped off $1.2 million from pandemic relief program – Chicago Sun-Times

Most of the county workers Cyranoski found to have engaged in PPP fraud had failed to report their purported secondary employment to the county as required. Most have resigned, though some have been fired. In Chicago, City Hall’s inspector general is continuing to investigate whether hundreds of city employees, including cops and firefighters, ripped off the program; few have faced criminal charges.

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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case

Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.

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