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"Has there ever been a Chicago mayor as unpopular as Brandon Johnson? A new poll has his favorability rating at a cringeworthy 14 percent. As political consultant Tom Bowen delicately puts it: 'This mayor is so weakened by his own hand that eight out of 10 Chicagoans would rather get punched in the face than reelect him.'"
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Johnson’s tenure won’t change a single individual’s ideology. It just doesn’t matter at this point. Generational subversion will send Chicagoans to the poles to vote for another “Progressive”. The fact that since 2005, Chicago has lost 67% of its business license applicants, a clear sign of a coming catastrophe, won’t change a single voter’s belief system; which what we’re talking about here. Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington are California transplants who brought their failed ideology with them to the detriment of beautiful cities. Bankruptcy is a certainty.