Wirepoints @Wirepoints

Independent research, commentary and news aggregation. We connect the dots between Illinois government, economy and people. #twill wirepoints.org Chicago, IL Joined November 2012

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Morning Answer @MorningAnswer

2 days ago

Wirepoints founder @GlennonMarkE criticized Gov. JB Pritzker’s claims about Illinois’ improved credit ratings during an interview with @DanProft, arguing that taxpayers have paid far more in additional revenue than the state will save on borrowing costs.

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Brian Costin @BrianCostin

2 days ago

This is obscene! No wonder transit needed a bailout and taxes needed to be hiked.

Heather Cherone @HeatherCherone

2 days ago

NEW: Interim @NITA_Chicago Executive Director Jamie Rhee will collect an annual city taxpayer-funded pension of more than $213K while earning $350K, making her total compensation $563K, according to records obtained by me and @JaredRutecki for @wttw news news.wttw.com/2026/09/29/int…

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Wirepoints @Wirepoints

2 days ago

Juliana Stratton is using her campaign money to fund Abdul El-Sayed – Wirepoints wirepoints.org/juliana-stratt…

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Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves

2 days ago

I said this 13 years ago! Barron's financial magazine had a chart showing Chicago had more debt to revenue than Detroit at the time of Detroit's bankruptcy. You and your Democrat colleagues said NOTHING. Now, you act like this is new news.

Susana A. Mendoza ☮️ @susanamendoza10

3 days ago

Chicago's pensions are doing worse than Detroit when they filed for bankruptcy in 2013. Let that sink in. Detroit's pensions were between 60 and 80% funded when they filed for bankruptcy in 2013. Chicago’s pension funds are at 28% and a law passed in 2025 is projected to drop

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Wirepoints @Wirepoints

3 days ago

How those Illinois credit upgrades cost Illinois taxpayers $160 billion – Wirepoints Quickpoint wirepoints.org/how-those-illi…

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Citizen 𝑣𝑠 Machine, PhD @CitizenVMachine

4 days ago

Folks, we have a new contender for embarassingly low enrollment in CPS: 🚨 Spry High School: 37 total students That's a nearly 50% enrollment drop from last year (72) 😬

Citizen 𝑣𝑠 Machine, PhD @CitizenVMachine

4 days ago

Good news on the CPS enrollment front: Enrollment at Douglass High School increased 7.4% From 27 students last year to 29 now! Problem. Solved.

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Wirepoints @Wirepoints

4 days ago

How those Illinois credit upgrades cost Illinois taxpayers $160 billion – Wirepoints Quickpoint wirepoints.org/how-those-illi…

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Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1

4 days ago

The front pages of the Sun-Times and the Tribune today. Immigration all day, every day. This is why both newspapers are groveling for subscribers.

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Mila Joy @Milajoy

2 years ago

BREAKING: This makes me physically ILL. This also why the left is losing it over Elon Musk auditing their grift. Aaron Heitke, the U.S. Border Chief with experience spanning five administrations, has unequivocally confirmed that the Biden-Harris administration directed him to suppress, hide, and alter data related to the border crisis. He claims he was instructed to intentionally reduce detention capacity across the country while simultaneously issuing new Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrants. According to Heitke, this enabled them to access full Social Security benefits and Medicaid, facilitated their voter registration, and ultimately PERMITTED them to CAST VOTES in U.S. ELECTIONS. And there it is.

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Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves

6 days ago

0f course, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights were at the Trump protest. The group gets $40million from Illinois taxpayers.

Jen @IlliniJen

7 days ago

Day 1 protest at the Presidents Cup = a few dozen people on two corners at Irving Park and Medinah chanting “we’re in the struggle.” 🎥 Andy Thayer on FB

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Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1

6 days ago

Unbelievable. This hyperactive cheerleader is the Illinois Democrat Party's nominee for the world's greatest deliberative body.

Juliana Stratton @JulianaStratton

7 days ago

40 days until November 3rd, and you can vote TODAY, Illinois! Go to ildems.com/vote or your local election authority to check your registration, find your polling location, and make your plan to vote!

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Chief Thomas Weitzel-Retired @ChiefWeitzel

a week ago

Weitzel: “If you value facts, good data, and straightforward information, Fight for Illinois is a great resource - & they compile facts on crime, police, & public safety. Give them a look.” @GlennonMarkE @TedForIllinois @Wirepoints @Awake_IL @MorningAnswer fightforillinois.org

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Jen @IlliniJen

a week ago

Here is another dumb idea from the dumbest member of Congress. Today, Rep. Delia Ramirez introduced the Reimagining Safety Act to dismantle DHS, ICE, and CBP. She wants to take the $150 billion from DHS and create a Dept. of Public Safety and fund social programs. Ramirez’s bill would open our borders.

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Wirepoints @Wirepoints

a week ago

Bravo: Ted Dabrowski launches ‘Fight for Illinois’ – Wirepoints wirepoints.org/bravo-ted-dabr…

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Brian Costin @BrianCostin

a week ago

What a joke. Transit reform was a lie. Johnson and Pritzker have now reappointed the same CTA board members who oversaw its collapse. The CTA bailout cost: • $1B/yr stolen from the Road Fund • A 25%-33% NITA sales tax hike • Passenger tolls +57% • Commercial tolls +30% Same board members. More money. No consequences. No reform. chicagotribune.com/2026/09/22/les…

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Mark Glennon @GlennonMarkE

a week ago

With all due respect, @wirepoints has been writing repeatedly about that problem for over six years, yet we were mostly ignored. Some recognition now seems appropriate. This is an example of why those who follow only traditional media live on a different planet from those who don't. wirepoints.org/f-wirepoints-s…

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Wirepoints @Wirepoints

a week ago

CWB Chicago: Judge denies certificate of innocence for exonerated man, says she’s confident original murder conviction was proper martinpreib.substack.com/p/cwb-chicago-…

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Austin Berg @Austin__Berg

2 weeks ago

I've filed an official ethics complaint with Chicago Public Schools regarding Board Member Michilla Blaise's campaign advertisement, which appears to have been filmed on school property and featured CPS students.

Austin Berg @Austin__Berg

2 weeks ago

NEW: Chicago Public Schools Board Member Michilla Blaise appears to have improperly used school property and footage of CPS students in a paid advertisement. Blaise was originally appointed to the board by Brandon Johnson and is campaigning to win a seat at the Nov. 3 school

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Beverly A. Pekala @PekalaLaw

2 weeks ago

For all of us who spent our lives working in downtown Chicago, this is so sad. 135 S. LaSalle. Appraised at $34Million. If you, ahem, told people in 2020, 2021, heck 2022 and forward that downtown office bldgs would sell for $34M, they’d have said (and did say) you were crazy.

Nightingale Associates @FCNightingale

2 weeks ago

135 South LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois Reported a new appraised value of just $34.0M, a 90% drop from its $330.0M valuation when the loan was originated in 2015. The building is nearly empty and cash flow has been negative for years. CMBS ($100.0M | 47.5% of CGCMT 2015-GC31)

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Morning Answer @MorningAnswer

2 weeks ago

.@DanProft turned to his weekly conversation on Illinois policy, looking at new federal scrutiny of private school diversity programs and the shifting landscape of the state’s Senate and Chicago mayoral races. Proft cited a Chicago Contrarian report detailing an IRS effort targeting roughly 18,000 private schools nationwide over policies tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. @GlennonMarkE, founder of @Wirepoints, said the story carries implications well beyond the handful of Chicago schools named in the report, since the same IRS rule applies to colleges organized as nonprofits.