Jesse Rodriguez

[Jason Whitlock @jasonwhitlock]

Man, this was good. Really good. Great job, Berman and ESPN. I was never a Bears fan. But this just reminds of a time when Ditka symbolized football and masculinity. the 1980s were amazing.

[School of War @schoolofwarpod]

“The Russians are not being transparent about explaining to us what happened.”

— Marshall Billingslea

@M_S_Billingslea joins @AaronBMacLean to explain the mysterious death at a plague research lab in Siberia.

[Save Our Republic 🇺🇸 @Saveourrepubli3]

Thank you Senator!

[Paul Vallas @PaulVallas]

The Tale of Two Billionaires

Last week, Illinois’ most famous out-migrant and most generous philanthropist, Ken Griffin, pledged $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, with $2 billion alone going toward a Miami campus—the largest gift to a university in history.

Griffin has already donated $400 million to organizations in his new home state of Florida.

Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democrats publicly mocked Griffin and celebrated when he and more than 1,000 of his well-paid employees left Illinois, taking with him the $200 million in annual state income taxes he pays, not counting those paid by his well-compensated employees.

Griffin’s sin? Trying to help keep Illinois a two-party state by countering Pritzker’s massive political spending. The absence of checks and balances has allowed Pritzker to raise taxes and fees 63 times, taking another $87 billion out of the pockets of Illinois residents and businesses.

Billionaire Pritzker, by the way, apparently paid only $869,000 in taxes in 2024, while the family trust paid $4.5 million.

Griffin took his charity with him, too, after providing a record $650 million to Chicago-area institutions, including awarding $130 million after he had already made his decision to leave—dwarfing Pritzker’s giving.

Meanwhile, the Pritzker family has generously benefited from a charitable government through various commercial property tax reductions, publicly backed venue funding, and legacy tax structures.

Unlike Griffin, who spends many times more on charity than on politics, Pritzker’s preferred charity is himself, having spent $439 million to be elected governor, millions more on Democratic candidates in Illinois and nationwide, and $30 million in the last election to help secure a Republican nominee who would be easier for him to beat.

[Collin Corbett @CollinCorbett]

JB Pritzker flip-flopped and now he's cutting a deal to let the Bears pay $0 in property taxes for a new stadium.

He's finally getting off the sidelines, but with a bad deal for working families who are getting crushed by property taxes. Where is their 100% tax break?

Meanwhile, our plan keeps the Bears in Illinois while securing $15 million annually in property taxes.

Who is actually standing up for working families in this state? Clearly not Pritzker, based on his own words in this interview from last year.

[Darren Bailey @DarrenBaileyIL]

Rare footage of JB Pritzker telling the truth.

[Stephen Moore @StephenMoore]

Government employment is down. Private sector employment is up. 

Federal employment in Washington, D.C., is at its lowest level in 50 years.

President Trump is realigning the economy and draining the swamp.

[Daily Signal @DailySignal]

The economy is showing signs of strength, but many Americans still aren’t feeling it—and Republicans have only weeks to convince voters that their policies are working.

Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc break down the economic picture heading into the midterms, including growth, inflation, wages, and why even The Washington Post is acknowledging some of the underlying strengths of Trump’s economy.

They also discuss how illegal immigration is affecting American hospitals and emergency rooms, and what Republicans need to do to turn the economy into a winning midterm message.

@VDHanson

[Illinois House Republicans @ilhousegop]

If @GovPritzker doesn't opt Illinois into the Education Freedom Tax Credit program, the funds donated by Illinois residents will just go to students in other states. It costs the state nothing to opt in. Let's give Illinois students the best educational opportunities and allow them access to this program. #twill

[Jesse Rodriguez @JRodriguez4IL83]

2026 General Election Endorsements https://t.co/IWRl2O4Y5O

“The board of Illinois Family Action is pleased to endorse the following candidates in the 2026 General Election. These candidates emerged as those who will best support and uphold pro-family and pro-faith principles.”

[Jesse Rodriguez @JRodriguez4IL83]

@Saveourrepubli3 Very much looking forward to having great discussion on why I'm running.

[Fight for Illinois @Fight4Illinois]

Illinois school districts have put a whopping $2.1 B in bond referendums on the Nov. 3 ballot.

With interest, that’s nearly $4 billion in total cost to taxpayers. Add the other sales-tax and rate hike referendums, and local governments want billions more.

Most voters don’t even know these questions are on the ballot.

At Fight for Illinois, we compiled the referendums from all over the state and how much it's going to cost taxpayers.

Share this with people who think Illinois doesn't have a tax problem.

https://t.co/JJlhMKyO9J #twill @ILGOP @Illinoisdems

[Jesse Rodriguez @JRodriguez4IL83]

Home | Illinois GOP https://t.co/fXVxaPyMxe

No excuses- get out and VOTE!

[Collin Corbett @CollinCorbett]

Fact check: Illinois is 45th in job growth under Pritzker and energy bills are up more than 53% over the past five years.

[Alexander Stahel 🌻 @BurggrabenH]

https://t.co/ynXgasZeeu

[Fight for Illinois @Fight4Illinois]

CPS and the CTU keep making the best case for School Choice in Chicago. Families and kids keep fleeing the district as yet another 11,000 left again this year.

Since 2016, enrollment is down nearly 90,000 students.

That's even as spending per student keeps spiking, now reaching over $33,000 per kid. That's double what it was in 2006.

We've exposed the many empty, failing schools that persist at CPS.

And the fact that just 13% of black children could read at grade level in 2024 on the national tests (NAEP). For math it was just 11%.

The union's powers are the biggest in the country and they are destructive to the learning of children and the future of Chicago.

Among the many changes – phonics, an end to social promotion, getting back to literacy and numeracy, an end to DEI, a dramatic rollback in the powers of the unions – is the urgent need for school choice.

Chicago parents need choices besides CPS. If they don't get them, they'll continue to flee the city. And Chicago will have little hope for getting out of its fiscal and demographic mess.

Universal School Choice in the form of Education Savings Accounts. $10,000 to $15,000 per student. That's far less than the $33,000 being spent now.

It will dramatically change how education is delivered. And it can make the city far more efficient. Otherwise, the trends in the graphic below are ugly and nothing seems to be stopping them.

#twill @ILGOP @illinoisdems @GovPritzker

[Collin Corbett @CollinCorbett]

Illinois is the most expensive state in the Midwest for utilities.

A milder summer than last year masked electricity rate increases of 12% in northern Illinois and 20-29% in central and southern Illinois.

Energy prices will continue to skyrocket for working families, small businesses, and manufacturers, with further rate hikes already locked in and capacity shortfalls risking even bigger spikes.

JB Pritzker walked us right into this crisis by closing cleaner-burning natural gas plants too quickly, moving too slowly to remove the moratorium on nuclear plants, and failing to put energy-usage guardrails on data centers.

We have a common sense, "all of the above" energy plan to bring down costs by increasing in-state production, including natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

Gov. Pritzker hiked Illinois’ gas tax by 154%.

But did you know he cut taxes on private-jet fuel? Eliminating a per-gallon environmental fee.

Motorists: +154%
Private jets: Tax cut

When he says he’s fighting for working families, he means the ones with private jets.

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just announced that he is seeking a second term on the pitch that "our work is not done." So Chicago will lose the Bears but keep Brandon Johnson? For my hometown, Johnson has been Nero without the musical talent ...