Illinois Lawmakers Thumb Noses at Constitution to Impose New Taxes – Wirepoints
June 9, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Someone commented recently that it’s
obvious how much this website’s readers hate women. Well, if the upvotes are any indication, I guess we can also add immigrants (even the legal ones) to that list.
What happened? Mark and Ted, this used to be such a smart conservative website. If I wanted ignorant racism, I’ll just drop in on Second City Cop!
what is a woman?
Children are being brainwashed and not being told the truth! Shame on Waukegan High School!
zion kids as well. my friends son was talkin about it and he was under the impression it was driven by students. when i showed him the articles of waukegan he was suprised. then we had a lengthy conversation about whats really going on. needless to say i saved a youth from the brainwashing and social pressure of the environment hes forced to be subjected too
At the end of the day, if your not paying bills, still depending on mama and daddy, you are clueless to what’s going on in this world! Live 10 or 20 more years, get a taste of “real” life them tell us what you really think, not what some liberal teachers have put in your minds!”
Keep walking, back to the countries you or your parents came from!
These kids don’t even understand what is happening. They are not taught anything in school about History, government, immigration, impact of mass migration on western society, the financial impact on tax payers, social impacts on US Culture, etc. An un-educated rabble is easy to control. These kids have no idea…they were handed signs and flags and told to go outside and take a picture by their left wing teachers and district.
Just some context for those that don’t know. The high school is one of the biggest in IL. Has near 5k students. Also, predominately (80%approx) Latino. Look it up. Then look at waukegan in the 60’s when it was thriving. “Affordable” housing came in to support the manufacturing and when it shut down the town went to trash and as it got cheaper it became an immigrant (may illegal) hub.
This school also has a portion of English second language classes, meaning taught in Spanish. Youd be shocked at how a town of 90k people, more than half the businesses signs are in spanish without english. This is what americans voted against. Its also why I moved out and don’t go back.
Notice all the foreign flags. And from how many different countries? I see one little US flag back off in the right corner. Who wants these people here in the first place since they obviously don’t identify as Americans
You may not think you are being racist, but you come off that way. I would much rather have them than a racist. What makes America so good is its diversity.
what made America great was its UNITY.
that has been destroyed and you come off as supporting it.
the tired old race card is irrelevant here.
It comes off to you that way because you’re apparently think citizenship = racism.
Mark, I don’t understand this statement. I am a green card holder (born in Ukraine). Are you implying that I am somehow racist simply because I am not a citizen of the US?
Kata, quite the opposite. My point is that Leaving Soon essentially said that Spartan is a racist because he did not like all the people flying foreign flags. I don’t think that makes Spartan a racist, and I charged racism against nobody.
Sorry hon but America belongs to Americans now. Pack your things and we’ll even buy you a ticket back to Kyiv.
Patrick, what an idiotic and repulsive thing to say. Your ancestors were undoubtedly immigrants at one point, like most of us. Thank God America was not ruled by people who think like you. It’s the illegals and those who won’t assimilate who are the issue, but legal immigration in the right numbers is a blessing.
Respectfully Mark, if Kata up there describes herself as Ukrainian, chances are she is (at best) Eastern Orthodox. Not exactly an assimilatory faith, at least not in the America I was raised in.
Patrick’s got the right idea.
Assuming she followed the legal immigration path, she should be welcomed here. And you are making several unfair presumptions there.
Correct. You enter my home through the opened front door by knocking first and being invited in? Fine. Make yourself comfortable and can I get you a beverage? You are my invited guest and are expected to behave as a guest.
Come in through the window, back door, or any other portal uninvited and you are getting tossed or carried out. You are an intruder. You don’t respect my home and its rules. Therefore, I cannot extend the same respect to you.
Well said.
Incorrect answer. That ‘knock on the front door’ wasn’t a knock at all. They crashed the party. Democrats invited them in ‘legally’ through dubious and questionable means such as chain migration, green card lotteries, visa fraud and birthright citizenship. Several decades later, we have 50,000,000 green card holders. 50,000,000! What’s the say, first the camel puts his nose in the tent, and suddenly, the camel is in the tent?
“at best Eastern Orthodox”? What exactly do you mean by that?
Richard, it is a known fact that certain religions are more compatible with the American way of life. I agree with the original commentor that Eastern Orthodox is not one of them.
Patrick is correct and represents a growing and significant part of the electorate. I’ve seen unofficial estimates that upwards of 90,000,000 people in the United States are foreigners. This includes 50,000,000 known Green Card holders, and up to 40,000,000 illegal immigrants. We haven’t even begun counting the anchor babies/2nd generation so-called citizens of illegals either. The backlash from native born Americans was inevitable. They’re all going back. It’s going to take several generations, but it will happen.
“Legal immigration in the right numbers is a blessing.”
This is correct…….if the number you have in mind is 0. We tried being the world’s halfway house and look where that got us. Nothing but bad food and even worse music.
Add to that list:
– idolatrous religions
– abortion
– pornography
– non-English languages
– stealing our jobs
– pathetic currencies
Sorry immigrants. We gave you a chance, and all you did was gave us in return was your worst. I agree with the other posters here saying we need to deport all immigrants, and the children of those immigrants, and restore our country to the way it once was.
People who come to our country are not supposed to bring your country with you..if it’s so great…go back..people need to come here legally, go through the process and be vetted etc..America doesn’t have a problem with immigrants, we have a huge problem with illegals who come here, don’t want to fit in and committ crimes..you came here illegally, you leave..there is an option to self deport and possibly come back..Homeland Security might need to visit this school and find the illegals
wrong. when we say deport them all, we mean deport them ALL. legal, illegal, assimilated, not assimilated, english-speaking or not, they’re all the same. america first, america only, america for americans.
These are high school students. Are you suggesting that they are not American Citizens? They are intitled to free speech. They do not like ICE and are saying so.
As a young high school student I was arrested for a curfew violation. I plead not guilty at court , telling the judge I was just pursuing my right to happiness . The judge told me I had no rights till I was 18 and fined me 35 dollars.
Currently, anyone who suggests that illegal immigrants should not be in this country and suggest they be removed from the Country and that they should go through the process of becoming a citizen (or at least legal to be here) are labeled as a Racist – which is not at all true. Students are entitled to free speech, but more than likely they have not researched the issue, looked at the social, societal, religious, economic and security issues of mass migration…nor have they debated the pros and cons. Nope and likely there is no teacher at that school that would… Read more »
I agree. To me it is just a simple straw man argument that one would think the teachers have been educated on. Incidentally along these lines have you seen Trump’s “King of the Jungle” video that thee Democrats beating their chests claiming racism? The prt I like best is where Pritzker’s face in on an elephant that in many ways is an insult to the elephants. Its pretty funny; check it out.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/jb-pritzker-goes-after-president-trump-supposedly-racist/
I can’t follow your point. Whether citizens or not, these students have a right to free speech. Now, whether leaving school to protest is sensible is a different question. These kids more than most need an education. I have deep roots in Waukegan. It is where my grandfather was deputy county clerk, and where I learned to practice my sport, changing the directory of my life. Waukegan had a number of Hispanic kids back in my day, competing for a coach who knew how to draw them to participate and succeed. We used to meet at the Waukegan Harbor to… Read more »
Why is any of this my problem? Your misplaced empathy is civilization suicide. Send them all back home. Let them fix their own problems.
One last thing: The Waukegan of your past no longer exists. It was a time and place that once thrived, but that version of the town has vanished. Today, it is filled with immigrants who show little regard for your history there or the vibrant community you once knew.Many live as if they are still in a foreign country. Large numbers struggle with basic reading and writing in English, rely heavily on untaxed income and government assistance, and have contributed to the town’s widespread blight and decline. Waukegan is no longer even a hollowed-out shell of its former self—it now… Read more »
Nope TEACHERS Indoctrination on display.
This has nothing to do with the First Amendment. The point is activist teachers using kids as puppets to make political points, instead of doing the job they are paid to do: teach kids.
You treat people with respect not because of who they are, but because of who you are.
Lots of legal immigrants still speak their native language at the dinner table or when they get upset and want to yell at someone (family most of the time). Many, many people fly the flag of their native country and there is nothing wrong with that. It does not mean they are not proud Americans.
LEGALLY!
It’s not racism, silly, it’s nationalism! “I prefer Americans” is nationalist, “I treat brown people differently because of the color of their skin” is racist. Get your terms right, son.
I’ll take racist over being taught about pure hate..anyone who thinks this is ok, needs to sit down with me for 30 minutes and let me tell them the whole truth ..about the women and children raped and murdered by illegals..I can give them names and details of every rape and brutal murder..people think they should be taught to crucify the President…need to hear about the 12 yr old girl raped by 2 illegals and murdered
My old man – 92 years old, fled Mussolini’s Italy, became a US citizen in the 60s – still flies an Italian flag on his porch. You saying he doesn’t belong here?
Nah, I don’t think anyone thinks that, Flying a native flag like that is great, but perhaps the US flag should be prominently displayed too – just a thought. But for these student protesters…using a flag from another country to protest the country in which you live – is just stupid. If you are protesting something in the US you don’t like and proudly carrying another country’s flag as some shining example of fairness… and like your past home better…the protesters should pack their stuff and the head out.
Anthony: if your father loves Italy so much, why the hell doesn’t he just go back to it. America needs Americans, not any hyphenated types still clinging to the old world.
Honestly, probably not.
ICE is doing what a majority of Americans voted for Trump to do in 2024.
Go back to school and study you useful idiots!!
Or pack up with the family and LEAVE if you don’t like it.