Monday, June 22, 2026
Attention Chicago Police / Fire Retirees........They say Financial Condition is Deteriorating
Amateurs are running the Chicago Police and Fire Pensions into the ground for Retirees, Disabled First Responders, and Widows/Widowers and Children
Those of you who follow me on this and other social media platforms know that one of my largest concerns is the financial health of the Chicago Police (CPD) and Chicago Firefighters (CFD) Pension Funds. The CPD Fund is funded at a critically low level of 22% while the CFD Fund is in even worse shape at a disasterously low level of 18%.
Yet those of us who point out the critically low funding levels of the two funds are painted as the villains in this ongoing rush to financial disaster, rather than those who continue to wring their hands and stick their heads in the sand regarding the critically low funding levels, while claiming that Springfield is mandated to save the two pensions and will do so. We all know the fallacy of that claim.
I recently came across a recent article by @EdwardSiedle, a nationally recognized expert in the field of the mismanagement of Public Pension Funds. It's a lengthy article, but I've condensed it into a number of bullet points, found below.
More Proof that Cardinal Cupich is a Heretic
Keep this video in mind when Cupich has his hand out.
He plans to use the money to buy more influence in Rome. His priority......to push the agenda of James Martin. He could give a rat's ass about anything else. Pray that Pope Leo decides to retire him.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Saturday, June 20, 2026
New Air Force One Arrives at Joint Base Andrews
A Boeing 747-8 has arrived to serve as Air Force One for the resident of the White House.
The $400 million luxury jet is a gift from the Qatari government last year, and underwent renovations to provide the services a president might need.
President Donald Trump was on hand at Joint Base Andrews, the military base that has served as a president’s airport, and said, “There will never be one like this. This is very unique. This is considered the world’s most luxurious plane. When it was built, it was built at a level that will probably never be seen again.”
Friday, June 19, 2026
He won't go away
Hunter Biden challenges Don Jr. to a cage fight in post slamming 'offensive' UFC 250 event
Hunter Biden has delivered a scathing assessment of the UFC White House event after being left incensed by Joe Rogan's blunt "shut the f--- up" message directed at critics.
Biden, 56, took to social media with an extensive letter laying out precisely why he and others were outraged by the event, primarily due to its location rather than the participants or content involved. He also suggested that he and Don Jr. fight it out, just not on the South Lawn of the White House, asking Rogan to pick the venue.
In a post script, he wrote: "P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn."
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
This is weird....Nothing for the Bears?
Mayor Johnson proposes $425M TIF gift for The 78
Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto has been widely praised for bankrolling his own $750 million soccer stadium on the South Loop parcel known as The 78. But taxpayers would be subsidizing that development to the tune of $425 million, thanks to a plan proposed Wednesday.
By Fran Spielman
Jun 17, 2026, 12:39pm CDT
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Chicago Fire soccer stadium at The 78 in the South Loop.
Billionaire Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto is an outlier among Chicago sports moguls for his willingness to bankroll his own 22,000-seat, $750 million stadium on the long-dormant South Loop
You can't keep a good man down
Road builder run by members of Palumbo family back at work on state projects after lengthy 'pause'
A settlement agreement reached in March marked the end of a legal battle between the contractor, Builders Companies, and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The agency had put new contracts on hold for Builders while investigating whether the family patriarch, felon Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo, was secretly involved in the business.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
We are shutting down our institutions, one by one, as we begin to embrace heathenism.
Queen Of Martyrs Elementary School Closing Due To Declining Enrollment, Archdiocese Says
Somebody's former GF just got sprung
Chicago's top federal prosecutor 'weighing' options after appeals court formally undoes ComEd convictions
The question of whether to take former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain to trial again comes at a particularly fraught time for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros. His office has spent the last three weeks trying to contain fallout after allegations of prosecutorial misconduct led to the collapse of the “Broadview Six” case.Jun 15, 2026, 6:40pm CDT
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and longtime ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain had their convictions wiped away but could be retried for corruption.
The question of whether to retry two former ComEd officials caught up in a massive corruption investigation officially landed in the lap of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on Monday, when Chicago’s federal appeals court released a 16-page opinion formally wiping out their convictions.