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On Sunday, former President Trump targeted Illinois Democratic governor JB Pritzker, who has been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party but who has presided over the state while natives flee.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Whatever the brain dead far-left accuses the right of doing, the far-left is already doing it.
The wrong natives are fleeing, back to dark
Continent would be better
Illinois’ Trust Fund Baby-in-chief remains among the lesser-capable heirs of the Hyatt Hotels fortune. JB the Hutt has no clue what non-trust fund types have to deal with just to survive in the wasteland he has made of Illinois. The Hutt has patronized many hot dog stands in his vast experience, but couldn’t run one, especially with the regs he and his henchmen have installed.
Trump is right. Again.
Trump gets it right…. AGAIN!
Amazing……. the only time a DEM is considered a rising star is when they are destroying something…….in this case……. a whole country ! Read the article….JP is doing his part in IL. as BJ is doing his part in chicago!
So did Huey P. Long from Louisiana.