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Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses violent protests, the spread of COVID-19, remote learning for CPS students, and her opinions of the federal government's response during her appearance on Face the Nation.
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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.
She is such a moron…or as bugs bunny used to say…an ultra Maroon….
This November I am going to do something that I have never done in my life and that is “Pull the B Lever”.
If you don’t understand what I just said, ask around WIREPOINTS, someone here is sure to know what it means.
P.S. Don’t forget the Judges!
“covid 19” is a fraud and I blame the whole downturn of the city on this equally fraudulent Overlord who used the scam politically — congratulations now Mayor Slumlord.
Yes it is. Not significantly different than a bad flu season (+- 5% when trying to be unbiased) and we shut down the economy and have ended real Constitutional rights FOR OVER HALF A YEAR. For nothing to do with science. It’s an outrage.
More importantly, people, write an article on the solvency issue of Chicago.Then all the pins drop and the path is clear = problems; When Trump wins and the bailout doesn’t come, what does Chicago do? Does it even have a year left?
What are the TDS pedocrats gonna do when he is re-elected?