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State law requires teachers to pay 9% of their salaries into their pension fund.
But instead, 56% of Illinois public school districts use a hidden "pension pickup" to force taxpayers to cover the whole thing.
Itโs a quiet perk driving up your property tax bill for a benefit you never agreed to (and likely can't afford).
@TheResoluteLife Diabolical and sad. Thank goodness for the light that is Iron Will to remind us of the beauty and light of all human life. ๐๐๐ป
.@GovPritzker explicitly said he wouldnโt give billions of dollars in taxpayer money to billionaire-owned sports teams. But when lawmakers pushed a $55.9 billion budget to his desk in the dead of night, he green-lit a completely different set of priorities.
Illinois politicians quietly carved out millions in public funds to subsidize private sports giants that simply do not need the help.
The details in the bill tell us exactly where our money is going:
>$5 million in brand-new taxpayer money granted directly to NASCAR.
>$7.5 million reappropriated to NASCAR from funds left over from last year.
>$1.5 million carried forward to support operations for the PGA.
Illinoisans already pay some of the highest state and local taxes in the nation, averaging over $8,300 per year. Forcing families to bail out profitable corporate sports leagues instead of providing structural tax relief is a disgrace.
Why are our elected leaders prioritizing corporate welfare for wealthy sports leagues over the financial well-being of its own citizens?
Yesterday while watching jury selection I noticed that Karmelo Anthony has since shaved his head and his new haircut makes him look even younger.
On top of that, his lawyer will be referring to Karmelo as โMeloโ for the duration of the trial.
Yesterday a few jurors referenced Karmeloโs youthful looks as a reason as to why they could never give him life in prison.
How anyone can continue to be law enforcement in blue states is beyond me. I get it I was a LEO in Chicago. Every day became an exercise in not just doing my job but making sure I didnโt lose my freedom or everything I work for. Between that and Covid I chose to retire cuz I could.
If you can re locate somewhere like FL or TX, do it if you canโt imagine giving up the job.
This is justice in a blue state (New York).
State Trooper Christopher Baldner pulls over a family SUV for speeding on the Thruway.
Driver Tristin Goods refuses to show ID and escalates the stop. Trooper uses pepper spray.
Driver floors it and flees at high speed.
Trooper follows training and uses pit maneuver to ram the vehicle and stop the threat.
The SUV crashes. Goodsโ own 11-year-old daughter Monica is tragically killed.
Result?
Trooper Baldner was just sentenced to ~7 years in prison for manslaughter.
The father - who caused the deadly chase - walks free after claiming he was โscared for his life.โ
Today's show: Why the contrived panic to rip up rural America for hyperscale surveillance centers is the new covid. https://t.co/uNxhjY6tfK
@KristenMeghan explains how the clamor to build these things all over rural America is just like the clamor to make everyone wear masks (that she fought in 2020) under the guise of achieving some sort of national agenda.
And just like with children wearing masks all day, we have not vetted the infrasound effects from some of these facilities.
BREAKING: Itโs been confirmed by the @usda that Texas has a calf that is infected with the New World screwworm parasite.
Itโs actually the first time in 60 years that a case has been detected in the U.S. .
Keep an eye on Chicagoโs Mercantile Exchange. There will likely be volatility as traders try to get a handle on containment efforts and how it could potentially impact the herds as well as try to understand the risks to the beef supply.
Beef is already expensive and now itโs going to cost even more!!
New Lenox show up on the 16th to Jonathanโs Townhall.
He needs to be held accountable the neglect, the lack of policy and the race baiting that sets our state back!
Only 13 tetanus deaths in the US over the last decade. You can get the shot right after an injury if you actually need it.
Yet babies are still given 5 doses on the standard schedule. The risk of dying from tetanus sits around 1 in 154 million.
So why do we continue to push this on newborns?
Illinois, itโs time to show the country that we have warriors here too.
We have families who are tired of being overtaxed.
Parents who want better schools.
Business owners who want room to grow.
Seniors who deserve support.
And voters who are ready for Illinois to become prosperous, free, safe, and full of opportunity again.
That is why I am assembling a room of just 80 guests on June 19th for an exclusive campaign networking gala and fundraiser.
This will be a room filled with people who are not just watching Illinois decline, they are determined to help turn it around.
If that sounds like you, I want you in the room.
Your ticket is more than admission to an event.
It is an investment in the campaign, the movement, and the fight to make history in Illinoisโ 1st Congressional District.
Seats are limited to 80 guests, and once they are gone, they are gone.
Secure your seat today and be part of the room that helps move Illinois forward.
https://t.co/CXOFUuuTp9
If you want to know what makes @ZachLahn unique among Republican candidates, he joined me for 45 minutes last week (beginning at 20 minutes in) https://t.co/wUS1Gsgxhi
You will see why he might be the only conservative to win a red state governorship this cycle.
DIG DEEPER: After the clash between @SecScottBessent + @SenRonWyden I ran "Adam Wyden" through the DOJ Epstein Files portal:
29 hits including this April 2016 "thank you email" via Epsteinโs assistant
Video clip @theblaze
Candace Owens taking a "suspicious trip to Russia" is NOT the real story. It's only proof that Russia and Alexander Dugin's massive propaganda operation is working.
Dugin is right about what is happening to the West. It is evil. But that's the trap. His "solution" would destroy us all.
Before you say, "but he sounds really conservative and Christian," do you know what he actually believes?
Dugin preaches that Russia is the "Katechon," the biblical restraining force holding back the Antichrist (the West) until its allotted time. He also believes that Russia and the Islamist world will team up to defeat the Antichrist West.
Good luck selling that in America. Unless you first convince some trusted mouthpieces to lay the groundwork.
So target them first. Have them divide the American Right until they don't know who to trust. Target the real wounds that they carry and slip in the poison. Tell them that they have to choose between their faith and their country. Tell them the answer to every single problem is to blame your own nation, distrust your own people, call them an enemy, and admire a strong man.
Then Russia can step in and be that strong man. And the notion that the West, including America, is the enemy now seems logical.
Propagandists like Dugin want us divided and at each other's throats. They want us to feel like we have to pick sides. We don't. That's why I won't attack the podcasters who have either been fooled by or bought into this narrative. That only furthers the operation.