The Chicago Teachers Union’s Student Voter Army The union plans to organize high school students and march them to the polls in support of a tax increase. By The WSJ Editorial Board - Updated March 14, 2024 6:30 pm ET Chicago high school students may not be reading at grade level, but the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is making sure they know how to vote like union members. In a letter on Monday, CTU Vice President Jackson Potter said the union would be aiming to “fill CTU HQ with Chicago’s newest voters” for a special “Student Power Forum.” High school students drafted by teachers and staff ..read more

  14 Lies and Myths in Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address Arriving roughly 20 minutes later than announced, a frenetic President Joe Biden delivered his fourth, and potentially last State of the Union address on Thursday night. His voluminous, staccato, and aggressive remarks previewed a 2024 presidential campaign centered on expanding abortion nationwide, restricting the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and casting his political foes as an incipient, existential threat to democracy and the United States itself. In just over an hour, Biden spoke a number of lies, f ..read more

Did You Realize We're Currently Voting in Chicago? In case you've not been paying attention to the news, Early Voting for the March 19 Illinois Presidential Primary started on Monday, March 4, when the 52 Early Voting polling places in Chicago opened at 9:00am (until 6pm each weekday). Saturdays are 9:00am to 5:00pm & Sundays are 10:00am to 4:00pm Each ward has an Early Voting site, while there is also Early Voting at the Super Site, located at 191 Clark St., as well as at the Chicago Board of Elections at 69 W. Washington St, and at three Chica ..read more

On Wednesday, Chicago endorsed terrorism & Mayor Brandon Johnson put his finger on the scale to alienate those who might disagree with him, proving that he is not a mayor; he is the leader of a Marxist organization that wants to destroy the city of Chicago.  Below, the Chicago Tribune nailed it:   CHICAGO TRIBUNE Editorial: A HATEFUL TRAVESTY ON THE FLOOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL Chicago Tribune Editorial Board - February 1, 2024 Wednesday’s City Council vote on Gaza was shameful. Wednesday was a sad — and avoidable — day for Chicago and for the City Council. The spectacle on the coun ..read more

Are Chicago Democrats at War & Will It Affect the Elected Chicago School Board Process? At a mid-January Chicago Republican Party Central Committee meeting, attendees heard first-hand about the battle brewing between the more moderate Democrats (led by Senate President Don Harmon) and the Progressives, DSA's, Marxists and the CTU. Here's an article that appeared in CRAIN'S the following day, detailing the battle: Plan to elect Chicago school board hits political land mines By Greg Hinz - Crain's Chicagoans have been expected to vote for the first time this fall to elect members to th ..read more

WIREPOINTS 446 SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST CPS PERSONNEL IN 2023 "It’s a sad reminder of how inept, corrupt and morally bankrupt CPS really is." Ted Dabrowski - President, WIREPOINTS The hundreds of sexual abuse allegations at CPS should receive far more attention A glance at the news coverage of the recent Inspector General report on financial and sexual misconduct at Chicago Public Schools shows it’s the fiscal mismanagement that’s getting all the attention. The media is highlighting more than $23 million in missing laptops among other material fraud. B ..read more

We found the following opinion piece from ROLL CALL interesting and thought that it should be shared with you. While it might not be 100% applicable to Illinois and Chicago, it is worth the time to understand Winston's perspective nationally, and then view it with a filter that could be applied to many close races in the metropolitan Chicago/Cook County area, including the collar counties. It Was All About The Independents...AGAIN When will strategists learn that elections aren’t decided by the base? By David Winston David Winston is the president of The Winston Group and a longtime advi ..read more

  Chicago Gets What It Voted For Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson blames businesses for crime. Wall Street Journal Editorial Board - Friday, April 7, 2023 Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is off to a running start. The hyper-progressive is fulfilling every expectation that he’ll drive even more people and businesses out of the Windy City. Two days after narrowly winning the election, Mr. Johnson thought it a good moment to blame the city’s crime wave on business. “Seventy percent of large corporations in the state of Illinois did not pay a corporate tax,” Mr. Johnson told CBS. “And it’s th ..read more

What's Next Chicago?  2024 & Beyond Conservative values took a hit Tuesday evening (Election Night - April 4). But we in the Chicago GOP have seen rough election nights before, so they tend to roll off our backs like water off a duck. We get up the next day and start walking forward again.     I ask all to consider three points.     First, this narrow defeat unfortunately must rest with the Vallas Campaign. While the Chicago Republican Party did not endorse Paul Vallas, I know that many individually supported him and did their best. Some had res ..read more

EDITORIAL: Mayor Johnson, crime in Chicago is not a 'dynamic' it's a full-blown crisis   Chicago Tribune Editorial Board - November 5, 2023 There is no more important job for a big-city mayor than public safety. Progressive politicians in recent years seem to have lost sight of that. We’ve heard plenty of brusque dismissals of traditional anti-crime methods. And lots of talk about focusing instead on the root causes of crime. Chicagoans, are beginning to lose patience. In West Town and Logan Square last week, a coalition of 10 community groups called on Mayor Brandon Johnson and police Su ..read more