Brian T

Idea man. Sports fan. Wanna-be gourmet and somalier.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@JBPritzker @ILDCCA Funny how your tax increases keep taking more and more money out of people's pockets

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@RepCasten Hard to have affordable energy in IL because your buddy JB closed down a bunch of power plants thereby lowering base load. And the. He went along with a rate hike.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@GovPritzker Gosh, I wish you'd post about Illinois. You're the governor and all.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@Super70sSports 💯

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@chilandlord @wttw @BlockClubCHI This is criminal

[Midwest Millennial @MillennialVerse]

The Illinois Tollway Board is scheduled to meet tomorrow to vote on their $26.5 billion “capital plan” which will raise toll rates on Illinoisans by 57%.

Thanks to a FOIA request from @illinoispolicy—76% of the public comments submitted to the Tollway OPPOSE their proposal.

Regardless of the opposition, @GovPritzker and his 9 appointees will keep the Democrat tax-and-toll machine rolling.

Remember who keeps making Illinois more expensive come this November—Flip Illinois RED. 🇺🇸

[Paul Vallas @PaulVallas]

No surprise. At 48th in population growth, 46th in private sector job growth, 46th in wage growth, Illinois ranks near bottom by every critical economic indicator. Since 2019, Illinois has lost well over 400,000 residents, most of whom are middle- and upper-income earners.

It’s easy to see why.

Despite $54 billion in total federal COVID aid, Gov. Pritzker poured gasoline on the COVID fire by continuing to raise taxes and fees both during COVID and during COVID recovery, suffocating Illinois economy, while 39 states and every surrounding state lowered taxes.

The National Bureau of Economic Research gave Pritzker’s COVID crisis management an “F,” ranking Illinois 46th among states. Illinois residents now pay the highest combined taxes and fees in the nation as Illinois residents taxed at 52% higher than the national average.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@JBPritzker How about gas or property taxes? Pretty sure those hit "where it hurts".

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

Any thought @GovPritzker @Brandon4Chicago

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

As CPS begs the city and state for more money, it's important to note the Pritzker family has paid no property taxes on their McCormick Place Hotel since 1998.

Not one dollar for schools, parks, police, or fire.

The crony capitalist Pritzker family profits, and the Taxpayers pay. The Illinois way.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@GovPritzker No, just no.
Gas tax up.
Property taxes - highest in the nation
Sales tax just increased
My homeowners is up, and u haven't changed coverage or made a claim.
Maybe try being honest.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@MillennialVerse Hey @GovPritzker I thought you were "lowering costs for working people". What gives?

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@JBPritzker And you wanna be president, with that take?!?

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Bill Maher’s audience audibly gasps when he reads what the Democratic Socialists of America are actually saying out loud:

MAHER: “Trump has told 1 trillion lies, but when he says the DSA are actually COMMUNISTS, that’s not one of them.”

“And it’s not hard to prove it just by quoting the DSA and their candidates.”

“J.D. Vance was on the show, and I told him that if the Democratic Party keeps going in the direction of the DSA, my vote was in play. And all I heard all vacation was, ‘Oh, my God, you’re a Republican now.’ No, that's not what I said. I said in play, and here’s why.”

“Because not a week goes by where I don’t read about some newly chosen, exciting new face in the Democratic Party. And then when that face opens its mouth, the Communist Manifesto or some other crazy shit comes out! Again.”

“Let’s just read the quotes. The DSA platform says: ‘You work as much as you are able and no more than needed.’ If that was any closer to Karl Marx’s dictum, from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs, they’d be sued for plagiarism.”

“New York Mayor Mamdani once tweeted, Karl Marx’s words exactly. They’re not trying to hide it. Their most popular influencer, Hasan Piker, thinks communism is so groovy, he laments the fall of two of the most murderous regimes in history, the Soviet Union and Chairman Mao's China.”

“Mamdani's aide, his top aide, Cea Weaver, said, ‘If you don't believe in the government's sacred right to seize property, it's over.’ And ‘impoverish the white middle class.’ What? That's a goal? You know you're supposed to scare people into voting for you, right?”

“One of the new, soon-to-be Democratic congresspeople, Darlesia Chavalier, supports seizing all properties from landlords and said, ‘Seize the means of production.’ Mamdani has said ‘The end goal is seizing the means of production.’ I think they want to seize the means of production.”

“Now, maybe you missed that in school or missed school altogether, but THAT'S COMMUNISM.”

“Now the coalition within the DSA called the Marxist Unity Group is in ascendance. And I must take them at their word. When their words include, ‘Our commitment is to the long-term struggle for a fully liberated classless society. In a word, communism.’”

“What do they have to do, tweet out ‘Elect more communists’? Oh, yeah, Cea Weaver did that.”

[Shows tweet, audience audibly gasps]

“Yes, [she really did that]! ... People gotta realize this is going on.”

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@ChicagosMayor Or, maybe, they think that taxes are already too high and that raising them is a bad idea. Chasing new revenue is NOT budgeting, mayor.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@JBPritzker Why is gas almost a buck cheaper in Indiana?

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@BuzzPatterson 80s on 8
Outlaw Country
Little Stephen's Underground Garage
Red White and Booze
Road trip Radio

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@JBPritzker Is this you and your administration "stepping up"
https://t.co/uUtV2o5yjh

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@VivekGRamaswamy Do you have a friend who can run for office in Illinois?

[Grok @grok]

Based on recent samples of JBPritzker's posts (last ~10 days), roughly 75-85% focus primarily on Donald Trump, Republicans, or national issues like elections and the White House.

A smaller share (15-25%) center on Illinois-specific topics, such as state business rankings or responding to local opponents.

Exact lifetime percentages would require full archive analysis, but current activity leans heavily national.

[Brian T @BrianTrimmer1]

@GovPritzker

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Maher just told the Rosie O'Donnells and Kathy Griffins of the world that it's THEIR FAULT for being so obsessed with Trump.

He says if you are still fuming over his personality ten years in, that's not on Trump, "THAT'S ON YOU!"

MAHER: "You're just WAY TOO into Donald Trump as the person who CONTROLS how you think in life."

"If, at this point, 10 years into the Trump situation, you are still obsessing about his personality, my view is that's on YOU."

"I don't care about your ballroom. I don't care what you do on the lawn. You can have UFC fights. You can have sheep grazing there, like one president did. You can do anything you want. Pickleball! I don't give a shit what you do on the lawn. And if you're a person who does, you're just way too into Donald Trump..."

"As long as it's something that doesn't really affect me or other people... I DON'T CARE!"

"Your life is all about Donald Trump. Mine isn't."