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Unreal!
The absence of gun shot detection technology continues with lives being lost while Mayor Johnson squabbles with his leftist allies who think such technology, which has saved overwhelmingly Black and Latino lives, is somehow racist.
Since ShotSpotter was discontinued, conveniently just after the Democratic Convention concluded, there have been at least 94 gunshot victims who had no 911 calls made or delayed calls that hindered a timely emergency response. At least 57 or 60% died.
This is three times the fatality rate of other gunshot victims across the city time. SHAMELESS!
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On the night of our "White Guilt" screening at @NewTrier203, high school students from Trevian Club America confronted Cindy Fey, a Wilmette community activist, about calling them "Hitler Youth" and "Nazis." She denied it. Here is the video and it's stunning.
Some of you may remember Fey from the original post where she was outraged that we were showing the film at all. We showed it to nearly 400 people, who received the film enthusiastically and with gratitude.
Most of you would think a school would never invite onto its campus a community activist who called its own students "Hitler Youth" and "Nazis." Well, there aren't many surprises left in this world. In my essay, linked below, I wrote:
"In her original video, Cindy Fey made one false claim after another about a film that she refuses to see. She accused the film of platforming Nick Fuentes and supporting the Great Replacement Theory and being Islamophobic. Over the next month, she posted videos and screeds on TikTok and Facebook about the film. In her videos and posts, she called the students hosting the screening 'Hitler Youth' and 'Nazis.' She calls herself an antiracist, a community leader, an educator. She ends her videos with 'I love you.'
"After the reported racism and homophobia at the football game (on October 16), she led a protest on the New Trier High School campus. She was then invited in by the school administrators for a conversation on hate and racism. This is astounding. In the middle of its investigation into alleged racism and homophobia, the school invited in Fey, a community activist, who had spent weeks publicly calling its own students 'Hitler Youth' and 'Nazis.' Some of those students are Jewish."
Usually the best response to people like this is to ignore them. But my father, Shelby Steele, who grew up under segregation in Chicago, and I have dealt with this behavior for decades, and this video gives you an eye-opening example of what it's been like.
This woman is furious that a community group in the leafy north suburbs of Chicago, New Trier Neighbors (@NTNeighbors), is screening my new documentary, "White Guilt," at New Trier High School on November 5.
In the video, she blasts @NTNeighbors for hosting Charlie Kirk (they actually did not but probably wish they could have) and calls Kirk one of "those disgusting white boys, racist, misogynistic white boys," and smiles as she recounts how she found out he was shot. She then attacks me, my racial identity, and falsely accuses me of platforming Nick Fuentes. She calls my film a "stupid movie that is full of Islamophobia" and "a continuation of the great replacement theory." Then she says she feels "really bad for the workers of color who have to clean up that vile auditorium" after we leave. The kicker is the end of the video when she claims that reading Ibram X. Kendi gave her wisdom and authority.
She hasn't seen the film. But truth is not her objective here. Her only desire is to brand me and the film as racist so her neighbors fall in line. She is already trying to drum up support for protests to intimidate people. That's white guilt intimidation at work. We owe nobody an explanation. The film will be shown as is and we invite all, including this woman, to see the film for themselves.
If you're in the Chicago area, buy a ticket before we sell out: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/wh…
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One of the reasons for our society's rot: 84% of Chicago-area students feel pressure to criticize Western civilization, survey says fox23.com/news/nation-world/…
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Today my office issued a subpoena to the Democratic Socialists of America. We’re examining foreign contributions—including from Cuba and China—tied to their delegations and travel fund solicitations.
FL law requires transparency. We will hold those who break the law accountable.
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.@DanProft welcomed @GlennonMarkE, founder of @Wirepoints, to discuss the difference in governance between Illinois and states like Florida and Wisconsin.
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.@GovPritzker is still sitting on a decision that could deprive Illinois students of more than $2 billion in federal education funding.
If he doesn’t opt into the Education Freedom Tax Credit by Jan. 1, Illinois donors will still be able to contribute to the program in exchange for a tax credit, but those scholarship would go to students in other states instead.
32 states have already opted in, including at least seven that are led by Democrats.
illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-…
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One way Illinois’ tax and bond referendums are stacked against taxpayers?
There is a cottage industry of groups with a vested financial interest in getting those bonds and tax hikes passed.
Take Township HS 214’s (Arlington Heights) $295 M bond referendum. The local teachers union, energy services firms, a construction firm, a food service firm, the bussing company and even the janitor’s union all gave to a “Vote Yes” committee, collectively contributing $56,000.
And that leads to potential conflicts that need to be addressed.
Local taxpayer advocates have a hard time competing against such resources and messaging, especially since the district gets a big head start.
#twill
RT @BrianCostin: @GovPritzker stop waiting. Opt-Illinois in!
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In 2017, New Trier parents (@NTNeighbors) asked their school to include voices like Shelby Steele and Pastor Corey Brooks in its all-day race seminar. The school refused.
@MotherJones branded it "The Right-Wing Attack on Public Education." It called what happened at New Trier "a trial run for the conservative attack on public education that has since captured much of the nation." Then it quoted a professor who compared those parents to the people who fought school integration: "We only have to go back to when schools were trying to desegregate."
Asking a school to let students hear two black voices became an "attack" and a throwback to segregation. That is how the Left treats anyone who dissents.
@GlennonMarkE was there and he wrote in the linked piece: "Mother Jones embarrassingly missed the real story, which is that those canaries in the coal mine lived."
This is why we are screening "White Guilt" at @NewTrierHS this Thursday. We cannot stand for ideological censorship any longer.
wirepoints.org/white-guilt-c…
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Lifelong Democrat says he’s horrified with what he’s seeing in the current Democrat Party “I’m not exaggerating, I study history, it reminds me of 1930s Germany”
“I used to consider myself a lifelong Democrat. I'm a card-carrying hippie, an environmentalist. I've lived with trees and redwood trees to do forest protection. I care about the world. I care about minority rights. I just want to say publicly though, that the course that the Democratic Party is taking right now — commercials coming out of Michigan and and just the movement in general — I would like to publicly say, like, I renounce my standing with the Democratic Party.”
“I'm so disappointed and disgusted with the dangerous turn the Democratic Party's taking. It reminds me, and I'm not exaggerating, I study history, it reminds me of 1930s Germany.
I don't get it — I feel like the party's been infiltrated by, I'd say demonic — the Free Palestine movement, in my opinion, is a Trojan horse. It's not about freeing Palestine. It's not about freedoms — it's about Islamic expansionism”
“It’s been a curse everywhere that flag shows up. Look at Paris today. It's a curse. Look at those college campuses and the college minds. It's a curse wherever it goes — I just want to publicly renounce my affiliation — I just want to say publicly I'm not a Democrat”
Everyone in America needs to wake up immediately like this man
It’s no longer Red vs Blue
It’s radical Islam Jihad and an open border to bring down America vs voting Red to Save America from becoming Islamic
We have to Vote Red
‘White Guilt’ Comes to New Trier High School. Will Open Minds Follow? – Wirepoints wirepoints.org/white-guilt-c…
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BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates makes $445,000 a year.
She called school choice "racist" yet sends her kid to a private school.
Not a single child is proficient in math in 50 public schools in Chicago.
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Here we go again. The Islamic Takeover of America continues
Nabeela Syed is running as a Democrat in Illinois and is endorsed by CAIR, she supports noncitizens serving as police officers and she supported the Hamas attacks publicly the day after they took place
This is the Islamic Takeover of America. They are running for office, just like we were warned they would be
She has also sponsored and supported resolutions such as designating “Little Palestine Day” in Illinois
She also was apart of Legislation aimed at ensuring free public education regardless of immigration status and limiting school cooperation with immigration enforcement
Again, she also supports noncitizens serving as law enforcement officers
She also wants gun control
Unearthed filing shows largest teachers unions poured over $900 million into political activities yahoo.com/news/politics/arti… via @@YahooNews
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Chicago Public Schools just announced record graduation rates. And @GovPritzker recently bragged about Illinois' education "results". Neither claim is honest.
The graphic below does a better job at telling the truth about how the education system is failing, especially at CPS.
2024 vs. 2018.
Massively more spending.
Most kids can't read and it's worsening.
Doesn't matter. Move the kids along. Graduate them.
Rinse, repeat as the district shrinks in enrollment.
It's why Illinois urgently needs Universal School Choice, among a host of other public school reforms.
#twill #schoolchoice @GlennYoungkin @ilgop @illinoisdems
With temporary protections for Ukrainians in limbo, there is fear and uncertainty: ‘Please help us’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…
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As today is the Mayor’s budget rollout, I thought I’d chime in on Chicago’s fiscal performance and outlook with a piece in the Tribune (below).
Also, some accompanying charts. First, Chicago’s main operating budget has grown 64% since 2019 vs inflation of 30%… Not ideal!
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Stuart Loren: Chicago’s budget math no longer works. A corporate head tax will make it worse. chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
Billions in Tax Revenue Lost Every Year Due to Illinois’ Anemic Economic Growth – Wirepoints wirepoints.org/estimating-th…
