Kyle Hillman

Skeptically Idealistic, Fire Starter, Lobbyist (for do-gooders), Occasional Instigator, Not Official Positions of My Employer (He, Him)

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

The WOPR Act, officially titled the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (iL HB1806), was yes named after the fictional supercomputer WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) from the 1983 film WarGames. which concluded that "the only winning move is not to play."

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

If you tried to reach me today - I am not ignoring you - my phone is somewhere on the northside on Lake Shore Drive. (in about 1000 pieces). The good news CPD recovered my license, my insurance card and most importantly my @Costco card.

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

The group is funded by a centrist business friendly org with no known staff or donors - and legal represented by the guy who gave Rod Blagojevich legal advise as Governor. For context. #Twill

[Chicago Breaking News @ChicagoBreaking]

Some Chicago Public Schools parents push back against May Day agreement https://t.co/n81cAHunHc

[Capitol Fax @capitolfax]

A what?

[Ray Long @RayLong]

Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois' first female House majority leader and a progressive champion, dies at 85 ⁦@JeremyGorner⁩ https://t.co/m9QDGW4TpB

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

The cult of Mamdani

[Rotimi Adeoye @_rotimia]

The whole casual culture from the pandemic must die and we must dress like adults again. If you are a politician wearing a business suit, especially a younger politician, wear a tie!

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

It sounds so easy but would cost billions of new tax dollars until current pension eligible employees died.

[Chicago Tribune Opinion @chitribopinions]

Letters: Chicago city government should stop offering pensions and shift to a 401(k) plan https://t.co/nKzcxXRKDE

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Nothing will ever change in Illinois - bad actors and bad ideas will rise again.

[Ray Long @RayLong]

'ComEd Four': The case that once rocked Illinois politics now on shaky ground @jmetr22b https://t.co/jIeOt34Kg6

[Capitol News Illinois @CapitolNewsIL]

Pritzker’s cell phone ban, human composting and new privacy rules for abortion records are moving forward in Springfield. Story by Capitol News Illinois statehouse bureau https://t.co/rdXY3fOT4D

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Cool. Let them pay for it.

[Mary Ann Ahern @MaryAnnAhernNBC]

Source says it is the second meeting this week between the @CHGO_Bears and Indiana officials.

[Tina Sfondeles @TinaSfon]

About 81% of those arrested in Chicago’s “Operation Midway Blitz” had no criminal convictions, despite the feds repeatedly claiming the aggressive operation was intended to target “the worst of the worst.”

https://t.co/8Q9wsQU1y9

[Capitol News Illinois @CapitolNewsIL]

Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, who served 40 years in the General Assembly, died Thursday at 85. @hannahmeisel ➡️ https://t.co/7G9BDdHpup

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Sort of. This title is misleading as heck. Unless AI replaces us all in 6.5 years - there will still be funds coming in - it just won’t have enough money to pay everyone full benefits.

[Ray Long @RayLong]

Social Security Runs Out in 6.5 Years - Your Benefits Could Be Cut 24% https://t.co/m8Dql09t0i via @YouTube

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

To everyone still in Springfield at the end of bill deadline week a video reminder for you.

This goes double for House staff who delt with all of our advocacy days this week. #twill

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

@KazooFunky Getting closer. About those citations…

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Can someone point me to that passage where Jesus saw people struggling and said, “have you tried issuing citations?”

[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

IL Democrats are intent on destroying any nice place in Illinois. Allowing the homeless to takeover public spaces is not an answer to homelessness and will destroy communities. Who is electing these fools?

Here's the list of IL Democrat Representatives who think this is a good idea: Rep. Kevin John Olickal - Emanuel "Chris" Welch - Dagmara Avelar - Lindsey LaPointe - Mary Beth Canty, Lilian Jiménez, Rita Mayfield, Suzanne M. Ness, Bob Morgan, Will Guzzardi, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez, Michelle Mussman, Abdelnasser Rashid, Hoan Huynh, Anne Stava, Laura Faver Dias, Carol Ammons, Lisa Davis, Nicolle Grasse, Norma Hernandez, Theresa Mah, Edgar González, Jr., Michael Crawford, Nabeela Syed, Diane Blair-Sherlock, La Shawn K. Ford, Camille Y. Lilly, Justin Cochran, Yolonda Morris and Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

@stevebartin @Marathonpundit Keep reading Steve - just 10 verses later - you’re almost there.

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

@Marathonpundit I love how you go straight to - displacement not - how do we house these people.

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Good.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the ShotSpotter contract and launched an open competition nearly two years ago to replace the gunshot detection technology. Nothing has happened since then. https://t.co/SEhUy3Lbtr

[Kyle Hillman @kylehillman]

Did everybody just get a fake PPP loan?

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Nine more Chicago cops have been fired or are expected to be fired for obtaining fraudulent PPP loans during the pandemic, the city's inspector general says in its latest quarterly report.

https://t.co/FEttQIswZ6

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs https://t.co/2wphrF2BEJ