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CHICAGO — Another week, another set of crises, bad headlines and screw ups from Illinois Democrats. See for yourself:

Johnson Opposed Education Bill Resoundingly Supported In Springfield

Pritzker’s Admin Can’t Get Out Of Their Own Way

Johnson’s Appointee Doesn’t Know About Budget Shortfall

President Biden Jeered By Protestors

Democrats Decide That Stealing Elections Is Ok Now

Illinois Democrats like JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson need to get their act together because Chicago is taking center stage in just a few months to host the Democratic National Convention.

Bottom Line: It’s becoming clear that Illinois Democrats are set to embarrass the Prairie State. Word of advice – get it together.

CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats showed just why Chicago has become the butt of so many jokes nationwide yesterday. Take a look…

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Today, Joe Biden returns to Chicago to raise money off of his big-spending mega donors, but don’t expect him to comment on the ongoing migrant crisis enveloping the city, rising crime thanks to JB Pritzker’s “un”-SAFE-T Act, and the fact that two thirds of Americans think the economy was better under Trump.

ILGOP Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement pointing out the struggles Illinois families are facing as a result of Joe Biden’s disastrous agenda in Washington:

CHICAGO — Yesterday, Illinois Democrats voted to protect their own cronies and take choice away from voters. At the 11th hour, Democrats added an amendment to prevent the slating of candidates, a practice that has been in place for years, in order to protect two of their own members facing legitimate challenges – Katie Stuart and Mary Edly-Allen. Democrats are running scared because they know their policies have made them increasingly unpopular, so they resort to tricks like these to protect their allies.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement:
“When you hear about how loathed politicians are in poll after poll, all you have to do is look to the Illinois Democratic Party to see why. Sneaking amendments into legislation at the last minute to protect their cronies, taking the voice of Illinois voters away from them for a numbers game in Springfield, and thinking that Illinoisans are too dumb to notice should tell you all you need to know about how Illinois Democrats like to do business.”

Last week, Kim Foxx, Cook County’s unpopular State’s Attorney, announced that her office will prosecute unlawful protestors at Chicago’s Democratic National Convention. For the last four years, Foxx has failed to prosecute criminal violations committed during protests that she deemed “peaceful,” which probably means “mostly peaceful” as so memorably stated during the Kenosha BLM riot by a CNN reporter in front of a burning building.

Now, Foxx has decided to selectively change Cook County prosecution rules as many Democrat officials stand idly by while violent protests break out on college campuses in Illinois and beyond.

Foxx should never have allowed illegal, violent protests and flash mobs to occur without serious consequences, and instead should have been prosecuting offenders to the fullest extent of the law. Violent crime in Chicagoland leads the nation because of rogue prosecutors like Kim Foxx and Eric Rinehart.

“Protestors, regardless of race or background, including BLM, antifa and pro-Hamas group protesters at Northwestern University and other campuses, who engage in serious criminal conduct, endanger citizens with acts of violence, resist arrest, and destroy property should always face repercussions for such unlawful acts – not get a free Foxx pass. For the last four years, soft-on-crime, do-little prosecutors like Foxx and Rinehart have endangered our state by failing to do their sworn duty and letting criminal defendants with long rap sheets out of custody and free to undermine, endanger and threaten public safety,” said Illinois Republican Chair Don Tracy.

CHICAGO — As Americans across the country filed their taxes, Illinois residents should remember: Corruption costs taxpayers billions of dollars. When corrupt politicians lie, steal and cheat, the people of Illinois pay the price.

See for yourself:

“Plenty of forces enable corruption to thrive in Illinois – loophole-ridden ethics laws, policymakers unwilling to confront the problem head-on and a drastically shrunken nonpartisan press corps that once kept a close eye on political chicanery.”

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“The ComEd bribery also produced a direct cost to millions of ratepayers across northern Illinois, as the utility’s balance sheets took on a gold-plated hue.

In last spring’s ComEd trial, a senior company executive testified that one piece of legislation that was part of the Madigan bribery scheme generated a $1.8 billion windfall for ComEd.

That same 2016 law included another $2.3 billion over 10 years for ComEd corporate parent Exelon to bail out two of its cash-draining nuclear power plants. That money largely came from ratepayers, though ComEd has said that energy efficiencies allowed under the 2016 law also helped customers save money.

Northwestern University law professor Juliet Sorensen teaches courses on corruption and is a former federal prosecutor.

“Corruption . it’s a killer of economic growth and development,” Sorensen said. “The ComEd case is a stark example. It looks like the jury understood it to be as well.

“Some cases are more subtle. A hand-to-hand bribe transaction may not directly impact me in my daily life. But it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t negatively impact the place I live and the economy that I live in.”

CHICAGO — Tax season always causes worry, headaches and stress for families across our country. Illinois causes more worry than most though. A recent study declared Illinois as the state with the HIGHEST tax rate in the United States. Even though Illinois has the highest tax rate in the U.S., that doesn’t stop Illinois’ tax-and-spend Democrats from wanting to raise them even higher. See for yourself:

• Brandon Johnson property tax hike was soundly rejected by voters, but he hasn’t given up
• JB Pritzker’s newest budget includes $800 million in tax INCREASES
• Illinois continues to be named the least ‘tax friendly’ state in the country

It’s doesn’t get any clearer than this:

“Slew of taxes threatens future of Chicago as a finance hub. Trading firms, exchanges want new mayor to curb surging crime”

Bloomberg: Trillion-Dollar Industry Powering Chicago at Risk of Leaving, 9.23.23
Bottom line: Illinois Democrats want to raise our taxes even higher.

CHICAGO — Another week of Democrat chaos reigns as JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson bicker over too late migrant funds, silence members of their own party, and state Democrat leaders face the music for the Illinois Prisoner Review Board’s release of Crosetti Brand that resulted in the death of an 11 year-old boy. It’s more clear than ever before that where Democrat leaders go, chaos follows. See for yourself:

Chicago Tribune: Blocked DNC protest permits spark lawsuit as convention pressure builds

Activist groups hoping to “make life miserable” for the Democratic National Convention’s organizers and attendees filed a federal lawsuit Friday alleging Chicago violated their First Amendment rights by blocking their protest plans.

“The tens of thousands of people that are coming – not only from the Midwest, but all across the country – will be marching on the DNC, permit or not,” Hatem Abudayyeh, executive director of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, said at a Federal Plaza news conference Friday after groups affiliated with their protest filed the suit.

The city has so far blocked every protest permit requested near the August convention’s United Center headquarters, despite Mayor Brandon Johnson’s promises that demonstrators will have a fair platform and security. Instead, the city has offered each group the same two-block route through Grant Park – a proposal the groups allege doesn’t fulfill their right to be within “sight and sound” of the convention.

“The First Amendment is not important when everybody agrees, but it’s critical when there are disagreements,” Williams said.

WMAQ NBC: Mayor Johnson to seek $70M more in funding for migrant crisis in an apparent reversal: sources

Two months after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to add another $70 million in funding for the city’s migrant crisis, all signs pointed to Johnson changing his mind.

In February, Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited Chicago City Hall and sat down with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Johnson to find a dollar amount to care for migrants through the 2024 fiscal year.

Pritzker asked the Illinois General Assembly to approve $182 million from the state. Preckwinkle and Johnson, meanwhile, agreed to split the rest – $70 million each.

However, a week later, Johnson distanced himself from the deal, saying “I’m not aware” when he was asked repeatedly by reporters on Feb. 15.

The State Journal-Register: Pritzker calls for improved training for Prison Review Board following fatal stabbing

Further changes could be coming to Illinois Prison Review Board, a state agency recently seeing its chairman and a board member step down.

The governor’s office announced the resignations of chair Donald Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller last week, following a controversial decision to grant parole to a Chicago man with a history of domestic violence.

Crosetti Brand, released by the review board from Stateville Correctional Center last month, is now facing charges for allegedly stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son.

While Pritzker advocates for improved training, Republicans are calling for a broader overhaul of the board and pointing the blame on the Democratic governor.

Legislation yet to be filed would establish a qualifications standard to be eligible to serve on the board and immediately notify victims if a prisoner is released early. Raising the qualifications, requiring a minimum of 20 years of working in the criminal justice system, Senate Republican Leader John Curran said would effectively “tie the governor’s hands” as he selects replacements.

“Requiring the governor to actually find people with broad based experience in the criminal justice system will elevate the board as a whole,” Curran, R-Downers Grove, said in a press conference on Tuesday.

At the same time, Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, is targeting penalty enhancement for those violate the terms of an order of protection. First-time offenders would now face a Class 4 felony and subsequent violations would jump to a Class 3 felony – a potential prison sentence of five to 10 years.