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“Equity is the cornerstone of this grant program,” the governor said. “DEI is this idea that it’s a term that occurs in the back rooms of big corporations, Wall Street and otherwise. The reality is what they’re trying to tear down is something much broader: civil rights in the United States. That’s what they’re attacking.
Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Somebody didn’t get the memo that the number 1 issue in the last election was illegal immigration and there is this guy who won because something was going to be done about the problem.
Why is Rahm back? Whose job is he after, JB’s or BJ’s?
Three clowns who no one should ever vote for again.
Yeah, where’s Lori at to add to this trifecta of horrible
Sorry stupid Illinois commies: DEI has DIED. It’s over. Done. Put a fork in it. Ain’t coming back. We are progressing into the future, into the modern age, where merit is real, and discrimination is wrong.
The scary part of these three morons…is they are not the only people who think this way, these people use this issue to divide people and hide behind the claim that the current policy somehow attacks civil rights…it is ridiculous. Just hope people look at what this is…an attempt to just be opposite of Trump for their own visibility and gain.
They were confronted by some average people from the community with real questions. Crains probably didn’t mention that, but the Gateway Pundit did, and it’s going viral. This is what real journalism and accountability looks like. You can do it too!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/must-watch-ben-bergquam-stumps-illinois-gov-jb/
Those were darn good questions asked — the kind that regular media should be demanding answers on. Pritzker just smirked them off.
Thanks for the link!! Excellent questions and so telling the way those phony grifters walked away. Regular media should be asking the same questions. Amazing how the handlers and body guards get in the way of these guys as these jackasses walk away from them…so much for transparency. They have no answer to any of these questions and no rational, because it doesn’t make any sense. Thanks for the link!
I would “charitably” describe these three as “pipsqueaks”, lol…
Has Chicago and IL had enough of this nonsense yet?
No surprise that Moe, Larry and Curly are upset that meritocracy is the new method of operating in the USA, as it once was and always should be. These three idiots just can’t read the room, which means they won’t have any opportunity beyond Illinois. Gruesome Newsom prioritized DEI ahead of fire services, and his state is still on fire. As Trump is saying loud and clear, we’re bringing common sense back, and the majority of citizens agree with him.
I would have thought that Tiny Dancer would be the one who would be smart enough to know which way the wind is blowing. Is he compromised in some way?
Ha ha ha! Three people who are poster children for Didn’t Earn It.
One question to this group of people, if this were Joe Biden or Kamala on DEI and immigration orders what would be your stance, I can only imagine the answers from these folks bet ya they would say great work.
Song that comes to mid is Three Blind Mice.