Dan Proft

Radio talker. Golf course walker.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

"I know how to look at the transparency of a budget and line items."

Who's going to tell her that she would be better served politically in Chicago if she had a Nazi tattoo instead?

[Frank Calabrese @FrankCalabrese]

Dr. Lisa Nee is entering the 2027 Chicago mayor’s race with an unusual résumé: cardiologist, MBA, former ICU nurse, UIC-trained doctor, VA whistleblower, and lifelong Chicagoan raised in Humboldt Park.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

"I know what responsibility to a budget means. I know how to lead a team."

Disqualifying attributes to be Mayor of Chicago.

[Frank Calabrese @FrankCalabrese]

Dr. Lisa Nee is entering the 2027 Chicago mayor’s race with an unusual résumé: cardiologist, MBA, former ICU nurse, UIC-trained doctor, VA whistleblower, and lifelong Chicagoan raised in Humboldt Park.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

In re "turning over a new leaf," looks like the mullahs have had a relapse.

Old totalitarian habits die hard and usually involve mass graves.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

Let me explain why I think Freddy resonates.

Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone.

So while they see our cultural and natural icons, they are mostly in blue cities and they therefore also see the decline, the homeless, the drugs, the dirt and the rude, rude Americans.

But Freddy is not doing that. Freddy is driving, and he’s doing it through the heartland, where people are kind and polite, the skies are wide open, and the bounty of Buc-ees and Bass Pro Shops are overwhelming.

Freddy is not seeing fentanyl and decline.

He is seeing the real, hopeful, patriotic, kind America that European tourists rarely traverse.

And he loves it.

That’s why Freddy is a phenomenon.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

"...during a Juneteenth celebration"

As per usual, neither the races of the suspects nor victims are disclosed because they are almost assuredly black (the Roseland neighborhood is 90%+ black--another glaring consequence of 100 years of one party rule is Chicago is the most de facto racially segregated big city in America).

This is mainly a comment on the brain-eating virus that is identitarianism. If the shooters were white, well, you know. If the victims were white, there would already be a GoFundMe set up for the shooters' legal defense.

Since neither is likely the case, the violence is forgotten even faster than the 13 people who are lucky to be alive.

The identitarians feign empathy and yet only care about people who are mowed down in a lawless city if their plight presents a political opportunity.

Identarianism is not only synonymous with Neo-Marxism and racism but also a callous disregard for human life, particularly the lives of the humans they claim to represent.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

The good news is Chicago is just a few social safe spaces at places like the Art Institute away from bringing the violence to an end.

We just have to guard against falling into the "criminality" trap by treating illegal conduct as a law enforcement issue rather than a socio-emotional issue rooted in young people's self-esteem and perceived sense of opportunity.

BLM Brandon is on the job.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

We need an airborne leaflet drop of this into Chicago.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Caught at the border. Released.

Caught again in Chicago. Released again.

Arrest warrant issued. No one came.

Three years later
he put on a ski mask,
hid behind a lighthouse,
and shot an eighteen-year-old college girl in the back.

She was looking at the skyline with her friends.

She died on the concrete.

This was preventable.

Every. Single. Piece. Of this. Was preventable.

March 19, 2026. Chicago.

She's a freshman. Eighteen.
Flew in from a small town in New York
to chase a bigger life.

Just after midnight, she walks out of her dorm
with five friends. Laughing. Whispering.

Someone heard the northern lights might be out.
They want to see the skyline from the pier.

Just kids. Just a Thursday night.
The kind of stupid beautiful thing
you do when you're eighteen
and the world still feels safe.

She walks ahead of the group.
Reaches the lighthouse first.

Behind it,

in the dark,

a man is waiting.

Black clothes. Black ski mask. A handgun.

She turns.
Whispers to her friends —
someone's back there.

He steps out. Gun raised.

They run.

One shot.

It hits her in the back.

Her friends hear her drop.

They come back.
She's on the ground. Bleeding.
Eighteen years old and dying
on a concrete pier
because she wanted to see the city lights.

Now here's the timeline
that should make your blood boil.

May 2023.
He crosses the border illegally.
Border Patrol catches him.
Has him in custody.
Releases him into the country.

June 2023.
One month later. Chicago.
Arrested for shoplifting.
They have him. Again.
Release him. Again.

He's told to show up to court.
He never does.
A judge issues a warrant for his arrest.

And nobody comes.

Nobody knocks on his door.
Nobody runs his name.
Nobody picks him up.

For three years,
a man with an active arrest warrant
lives freely in Chicago.
One block from a college campus.

One. Block.

You want to know what makes this
more than just a tragedy?

The state of Illinois has a law.
The TRUST Act.

It tells local police:
Don't help ICE.
Don't hold anyone for them.
Don't even tell them
when you let someone go.

A man gets caught at the border —
released.

Gets caught committing a crime —
released.

Skips court, warrant goes active —
and the law says don't look for him.

That is not a broken system.

That is the system doing exactly what it was built to do.

Read that sentence one more time.

The system worked perfectly.

And an eighteen-year-old girl is dead.

Her parents flew in from New York.

Stood on the pier where their daughter was killed.

Threw flowers into Lake Michigan.

Stop for a second and picture that.

A mother. At the exact spot
where her child bled out on a school night.
Throwing flowers into black water
because there's nothing left to do.

Her mother told the cameras:
"We've got to make changes."

Her father:
"There are definitely policies
that contributed to this happening."

They didn't scream. They didn't rage.
They stood on cold concrete
and asked this country, quietly,
to do better.

This country has not answered them.

She was studying business.
She was part of a Christian fellowship on campus.
Her family said she made people feel seen.
She made people feel valued.

She was someone's entire world.

And she was just trying to look at the skyline.

She should be packing up her dorm room right now.

She should be fighting with her roommate
about who gets the mini fridge.

She should be texting her mom
about what to bring home for summer.

She should be alive.

She should be alive.

She should be alive.

A border that held him would have saved her.
A jail that kept him would have saved her.
A warrant someone bothered to serve would have saved her.
A state that let its police do their damn jobs
would have saved her.

Four doors.
Four chances.
Every single one — left wide open.

And a girl who wanted to see the skyline
walked to the end of a pier
and never came back.

God bless every parent
who drops their kid off at college,
drives home with an empty back seat,
and has no choice but to trust
that this world will bring them back alive.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

What did working class hero @springsteen have to say on this matter during his visit/performance today?

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

Mike Owen, owner of Adamson Plumbing, says his company is nearly $4 million in the red after years of work on the Obama Presidential Center project. "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive," Owen told Fox News.

He also described the toll the dispute has taken on him personally, saying, "We're crushed. And I have to fight for my company and for my people." "It was kind of hard seeing some local and national celebrities high-fiving and back-slapping here about the work that's been done," Owen said. "The backdrop of a coming celebration is kind of hard to swallow for me and for some of my peers at the moment."

Owen said he broke his silence after months of trying—and failing—to recover the money he says his company is owed.

[Oak Park Guy @Ruppster2]

@DanProft Really enjoyed your recent conversation with Tom, engaging, interesting and funny till the end. Too bad he had to see his hometown turn into what it is today.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

@thekaydog Right on. Thank you.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

RIP Tom Dreesen. As we celebrate America at 250 and reflect upon Americans who lived rich, fascinating, positive lives and who contributed so much to America's success, we include Tom Dreesen in the American pantheon.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

From the streets of Harvey to the glitter of Hollywood and touring w/ Sinatra, Tom Dreesen fashioned a remarkable and enduring career in entertainment punctuated by service to his country and love of his countrymen. A class act through and through.
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[Dan Proft @DanProft]

@TMcTravesty Not that strange.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

Vance claims the relationship with Iran has been "transformed" and the mullahs are "ready to turn over a new leaf" because they believe their posture towards America for the last 47 years has been "a mistake."

Yes, and the Ayatollah is going to convert to Catholicism and attend Sunday mass with the Vance family when he visits DC.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

@Patrici04211472 No kidding? Really? Tell me more. Your sarcasm and reading comp antennae need retuning. You might also consider having a clue about the person you're addressing before you mouth off.

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

I look forward to Gov. Pritzker holding Merlin Lu accountable because (MAGA) hate has no home here in Illinois, right?

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

That's a generous read, isn't it?

He said he understood the historical signifcance of the burning cross.

He offered his explanation of this as a protest only upon being identified.

Had he not been captured on camera and tracked down do you think he would've come forward if the MAGA hat accompanying the burning cross was used instead to pin this on a never-to-be-named Trump supporter?

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

Another successful @AM560TheAnswer golf outing today. Thanks to the generosity of our listeners and the donor leadership of our corp sponsors, we did a personal best raising more than $82K for @Tunnel2Towers to support the awesome work they do in service of our military men and women and first responders.

[Karol Nowak @karol6137]

@DanProft Have you noticed ever since he became a multimillionaire Bernie stopped criticizing millionaires and started criticizing billionaires

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

If only Obamaland contractors, including MBEs, were treated as well by Obama as Iranian mullahs. Make with the pallets of cash, messiah.

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