Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Chicago audience that groups like Black Lives Matter, Antifa and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are responsible for increased violence in Chicago. Speaking at a conference in North Chicago, Sessions said “There’s a clear lesson here: if you want more shootings, more death, listen to the ACLU, Antifa, […]
Sessions Tells Chicago: “If You Want More Shootings, More Death, Listen To ACLU, Antifa, Black Lives Matter”…
Why Rahm Bailed on Reelection…
His polling numbers were sliding, and had even bottomed out in some city wards. With Chicagoans weary of the violence playing out in their neighborhoods, frustrated with a struggling school system and blaming him for a series of tax and fee hikes, Rahm Emanuel faced a long, painful reelection slog with an uncertain payoff. Still, […]
59 Shot, 6 Fatally, in Chicago Shootings…
Six people were killed in shootings across Chicago over the weekend, police said. Since 5 p.m. Friday, a total of 59 people were shot, leaving six killed and 53 wounded. In the latest incident, two teenagers who had been reported missing were found shot to death in a field on the Far South Side. The […]
$125,000: The Pension Debt Each Chicago Household Is Really on the Hook For…
Chicagoans have no idea how much pension debt Illinois politicians have saddled them with. Officially, Windy City residents are on the hook for $70 billion in total pension shortfalls from the city and its sister governments plus a share of Cook County and state pensions. But listen to Moody’s Investors Service, the rating agency that’s […]
SURPRISE: All U.S. Taxpayers, Not Just Illinoisans, Will Cover Most of the Public Funding for Obama Center Fiasco in Chicago…
Only now has it become apparent that federal taxpayers, not Illinois taxpayers, will be funding most of the public support for the controversial Obama Center to be built on Chicago’s Southside. Wirepoints has learned from administrative officials and legislators that at least $139 million — 80% of the public funding for the center — almost […]
The Wiretap Rooms: The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities…
The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly known. They […]
Work Related to Obama Presidential Center to Cost Illinois Taxpayers Nearly $200M…
The controversial Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will benefit from almost $200 million in taxpayer funding for work on infrastructure projects near the center on Chicago’s South Side. The Chicago Sun Times first reported Friday that Illinois lawmakers had approved $174 million for roadwork in and around Jackson Park related to the development of the […]
Lawsuit Alleges ‘con shell game’ to Build Obama Center in Chicago Park…
The City of Chicago has engaged in “a short con shell game” to help Barack Obama build a 12-story museum and library dedicated to his presidency on public parkland, a new lawsuit alleges. Protect Our Parks filed the lawsuit Monday seeking to block construction of the Obama Presidential Center in historic Jackson Park on Chicago’s […]
Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt by Impounding Innocent People’s Cars…
On June 21, 2016, Chicago police pulled Spencer Byrd over for a broken turn signal. Byrd says his signal wasn’t broken, but that detail would soon be the least of his worries. Ever since, Byrd has been trapped in one of the city’s most confusing bureaucratic mazes, deprived of his car and his ability to […]
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