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[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

SCOTUS Update:
The court holds that schools can determine eligibility for women's sports teams based on biological sex. 27 states with laws protecting women's sports can keep them.

We won. But we're not done. 23 more states to go.

All girls deserve fair competition.

[SaltyGoat @SaltyGoat17]

The Bears, Boeing, Morton Salt and now Johnsonville are all pulling up stakes and leaving Illinois...

WAY TO GO FAT BOY!!

You're in the running to rival Gavin Newsom for the record in completely F*CKING UP A STATE!!!

[Austin Berg @Austin__Berg]

Illinois’ new digital asset tax threatens Chicago’s legacy.

And its future.

But it’s not too late to stop it.

https://t.co/YgYuugU04Q

[DBCrypto @DBCrypt0]

I live in Illinois

My governor, who I sure as hell didn’t vote for, just signed a tax on every crypto transaction I make

The same Governor that has raised taxes 61x while Illinois has the highest property and state tax in the country

The Digital Asset Tax Act (DATA), buried inside a $56 billion budget bill was added last-minute too

0.2% on every exchange, transfer, or custody activity

Every
single
transaction

The tax hits transactions not gains so you could lose money on a trade and still owe these criminals

The Crypto Council for Innovation called it "the most punitive digital asset tax in the country" and they're right

No state in America taxes stock trades, bond trades, or derivatives this way. Zero.

This only applies to crypto in which these clowns understand zero about

Welcome to the most crypto hostile state in America💀

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

This Illinois law is remarkably bad - it will end up hurting the state, kill jobs and push innovation out of the state.

Coinbase has 1,517,628 customers (aka voters!) in Illinois.

If you think this is bad policy, sign up at @standwithcrypto and let your representatives know

[Bitcoin News @BitcoinNewsCom]

🚨 ILLINOIS ENACTS MOST AGGRESSIVE BITCOIN TAX IN THE 🇺🇸 US

Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed Illinois’ new Digital Asset Tax Act into law.

Starting January 1, 2027, Illinois will impose a 0.20% tax on the gross value of digital assets exchanged, transferred, or stored for customers.

In practice:

• Buy Bitcoin? Pay the tax.
• Transfer Bitcoin? Pay the tax.
• Store BTC with a custodian? Pay the tax.

Move $1 million through a bank wire, ACH transfer, brokerage account, or traditional custodian and Illinois takes nothing.

Move that same $1 million as a digital asset and the state takes $2,000.

The tax applies regardless of whether there is any profit, income, or capital gain. It is levied simply because a digital asset is being exchanged, transferred, or stored.

Critics argue this creates a first-of-its-kind regime that singles out blockchain-based activity while leaving analogous banking, brokerage, custody, and payment services untouched.

The law targets the service layer of the digital asset economy. While trading for one’s own account is excluded, businesses facilitating exchange, transfer, or custody for customers must collect and remit the tax, with customers ultimately liable if it is not collected.

The Crypto Council for Innovation warned that Illinois is becoming a national outlier by adopting a transaction-based tax on digital assets that has no comparable equivalent for stocks, bonds, derivatives, bank deposits, or traditional financial transactions anywhere else in the country.

Industry groups say the law is a powerful incentive for entrepreneurs, startups, and investment to leave Illinois for more competitive jurisdictions.

Perhaps most surprising is the timing. Illinois only recently adopted the Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act (DACPA), a framework many viewed as a constructive approach to blockchain innovation. This new tax represents a sharp reversal.

The question now is whether other states follow Illinois’ lead, or whether this becomes a case study in how to drive an emerging industry elsewhere.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

A judge in Cook County, IL revealing that authorities have lost track of hundreds of individuals on ankle monitors currently awaiting trial - nearly 10% of the whole program.

Officials warning the current system has serious flaws, citing cases where monitored individuals ignored violations and went on to commit violent crimes, @MikeTobinFox reports. | @SandraSmithFox @AmericaNewsroom

[Dave Rubin @RubinReport]

World War 11: The Bananas and Rice War

[Dan Proft @DanProft]

The guy who killed one Chicago police officer and criticality injured another has been arrested 21 times for violent crimes. One prison sentence. Let's talk about the judges too.

[Slats Grobnik @MissinRoyko]

Darcy Brunner was 61, a wife and mother of four. She was killed when an ILLEGAL ALIEN drunk driver crossed the center line in mid-afternoon and hit her vehicle head on.

Katie Abraham was 20 years old and killed while sitting in her stopped car at a traffic light when an ILLEGAL ALIEN drunk driver slammed into the car traveling 80 miles per hour.

Chloe Polzin was 21 years old and killed along with Katie Abraham

Michael Clayton 71 years old and his wife of 45 years Gail 66 were both killed when an ILLEGAL ALIEN drunk driver crossed the center line and hit their vehicle head on.

Sheridan Gorman was 18 years old from New York state and a freshman at Loyola Chicago when she was ambushed and shot and killed by an ILLEGAL ALIEN.

All died violent preventable deaths. Deaths due to the Sanctuary State policies of J B Pritzker and the Illinois Democrat legislature.

Sanctuary policies which invite and welcome unvetted illegal aliens to Illinois. Policies that restrict local authorities from working with ICE in the detainment of illegal aliens, or the ability to arrest illegals near state courthouses, schools, or hospitals.

Policies which encourage illegal aliens to remain in Illinois by providing them with food benefits, emergency healthcare, social services, and drivers licenses.

All done with the objective of building a permanent voter base to gain the power that the Illinois Democrats need to implement their neo-Marxist agenda.

To Pritzker and the Illinois Democrats the death of six people is collateral damage incidental to their quest for power.

Until the Sanctuary State policies of Illinois are repealed, there will be more photos of victims to come. Citizens of Illinois it is time to raise your voices to prevent this from happening.

[lofrom77th @lynnofrom77th]

@Williamjkelly Great meeting you! Keep up the good work!

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Quote of the day:

"If you can't spell "learning" maybe you shouldn't be in early childhood education"

- VP Vance

[C3 @C_3C_3]

It turns out “safe and effective” really meant “cancer and myocarditis”.

And they all knew.

Pure evil.

[James Uthmeier @JamesUthmeierFL]

This is eye-opening. Thank you ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ and ⁦@RobertKennedyJr⁩ for shining a light on the darkness of Big Pharma and fighting for medical freedom and informed consent.

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[Commissioner Sean Morrison @SeanMMorrison]

Letter from Commissioner Sean M. Morrison
Regarding the Chicago City Treasurer’s Proposal to Divest from U.S. Treasuries

Mayor Johnson and Members of the Chicago City Council,

As a Cook County Commissioner who has spent the last decade scrutinizing budgets, debt structures, liquidity needs, and fiscal policy across multiple levels of government, I feel compelled to raise a serious concern regarding the City Treasurer’s public announcement that Chicago will cease investing in U.S. Treasury securities as a form of political protest.

Treasurer Conyears-Ervin’s statement that she will divest from Treasuries to “stop bankrolling the authoritarian Trump regime” is not a financial strategy, it is an ideological gesture. And in this case, ideology comes at a very real and very costly price for the taxpayers of Chicago.

1. Using short-term liquidity investments as a political weapon is reckless.

U.S. Treasuries are the safest, most liquid instruments available. Cities,  including Chicago, rely on them to meet payroll, stabilize cash flow, safeguard pension obligations, and maintain operational continuity. Diverting from Treasuries is not just unusual; it undermines the core fiduciary duty of protecting public funds.

When you remove politics from this decision, the professional assessment is simple:
Treasuries exist to ensure safety, liquidity, and stability,  not to serve as political leverage.

2. This move may already have cost Chicago millions in missed gains.

Over the last year, U.S. Treasuries have experienced a significant upswing. The City Treasurer’s own reports indicate record-breaking investment earnings of more than $370 million last year, with projections approaching $400 million this year.

Pulling money away from treasuries during a market upswing is the financial equivalent of selling your safest assets at the very moment they’re producing strong returns,  all to make a political point.

That is not stewardship.
That is negligence.

3. The City still has no clear replacement strategy.

Treasurer Conyears-Ervin publicly claimed, “There are other ways for us to invest… we will get the same rate of return.”

But she has provided no explanation of:

•what those alternatives are,
•whether they meet the City’s liquidity requirements,
•how risk and volatility will be managed,
•or how taxpayers will be protected.

Public finance cannot operate on slogans. You need a risk-adjusted, transparent plan,  and taxpayers deserve to see it.

4. Politicizing treasury management undermines confidence when Chicago can least afford it.

Chicago’s financial position is already stressed by:

•massive pension obligations,
•high debt servicing costs,
•budget gaps,
•and declining investor confidence.

Announcing that the City will abandon the safest financial instruments in the world “to stick it to Donald Trump” sends exactly the wrong message to the markets, the rating agencies, and the residents who depend on responsible leadership.

This is not how a major American city manages billions in cash assets.

[lofrom77th @lynnofrom77th]

@EricLDaugh Don’t these people have jobs?!?!

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

We live in two different Americas. Today millions of us will head to college football tailgates, where we will spend all day with friends & family. On the other side millions of losers will waste a perfect fall Saturday protesting Trump. Choose your life path wisely, kids.