National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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"We reported on Oct. 16 that shoplifting reports are up 20% over the past three years in Chicago. Suburban retailers have blamed the increase on a decision by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to take a softer approach to shoplifting cases. Foxx has instructed her attorneys to reject felony-level retail theft charges unless a person is accused of stealing more than $1,000 in merchandise at a single event." SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech. – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 17, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
I can not blame these people one bit; after all, isn’t everything free in Illinois?
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All thanks to Crimesha (Kimm Foxx). They should call these criminals Crimeshians.
The taxing bodies have been legally stealing from us forever and more to come in 2020. We need to find another name for that like TAXLIFTERS.
they stole them in a woke neighborhood! It won’t bother anybody there, lots of sympathy. But if one of these woke residents comes home to find their stereo, big screen and jewelry gone, its a different story the woke elitist resident, the somebody else’s money rule.
Chicago is great for criminals
10% clearance rate on murders
steal whatever you want under $1k without penalty
don’t bother paying your water, electric or gas bills, they won’t shut off!
steal a car? no big deal, slap on the wrist
Support your local coat drive.
Why work and even consider getting a job?
Is it wrong for a starving man to steal a loaf of bread to feed his hungry family? Is it wrong for a group of cold teens to steal dozens of jackets to sell in front of the 95th St Red Line Station?