RB

Last night’s Teen Takeover in Hyde Park was despicable. They are really damn lucky they have BJ as mayor. We need to hold these kids and their parents accountable, they can NOT keep wreaking havoc on our city! Enough is enough. Read my article about it: chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opi…

Last night’s Teen Takeover in Hyde Park was despicable. They are really damn lucky they have BJ as mayor. We need to hold these kids and their parents accountable, they can NOT keep wreaking havoc on our city! Enough is enough. Read my article about it: chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opi…

Naperville, “#1 place to raise a family.” @NapervillePD growing up around here you used to have a squadron of cops at the corner of Chicago and Washington, now I raise my family around here and this stuff is common occurrence…and NEVER A COP TO BE FOUND!! Figure it out!

Tenants of an apartment building in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood spoke out against their landlord Sunday, days after the property was put up for sale. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/t…

The contrast is impossible to ignore. Illinois Democrats, running a one-party state, found sudden empathy for two tragic deaths in Minnesota. And yes, they are tragic. But they’re also complicated, not the simple narrative being pushed. What’s worse is how quickly that narrative was used to interfere with federal law enforcement. This isn’t compassion. It’s political opportunity. I know real loss. I buried my 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, after a preventable killing tied to the very policies these same politicians defend. Fourteen months later, @GovPritzker, @SenatorDurbin, and @SenDuckworth have never said her name. Not once. They denigrate ICE as “secret police” and “thugs,” inflaming distrust that won’t stop with one agency. We saw where this leads in 2020, and it’s already starting again. And now, after the tragic death of Sheridan Gorman, we’re told ICE and Trump didn’t do enough. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t vilify law enforcement, demand they stand down, and then blame them when something goes wrong. That’s not leadership. That’s politics. And families like mine pay the price. Read my latest op-ed on @townhallcom: townhall.com/columnists/joe…

.@adamcarolla is right — but in Illinois, this isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s willful indifference, enabled by a media that protects it. My daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed by someone who should never have been here. That same night, another young woman was killed, and others were severely injured. Multiple lives shattered. Preventable. For 14 months, @GovPritzker has never said Katie’s name. Not once. Instead, he elevates tragedies in other states when it fits his narrative, while ignoring the consequences of his own policies here at home. That’s not leadership. That’s political self-preservation. @SenatorDurbin sat feet away from me for over two hours during a Senate hearing where I was present. Other Democratic senators, @SenAlexPadilla and @SenPeterWelch, acknowledged Katie, and I appreciated that. We can disagree on policy and still act like decent human beings. Durbin said nothing. @SenDuckworth told me she didn’t even know Katie’s story. Not oversights. Choices. And it doesn’t stop with politicians. Too much of the Illinois media trades truth for access and Pritzker money, running interference, shaping narratives, and shielding those in power. We’re already seeing it again with the Sheridan Gorman tragedy: twisting a preventable act into confusion, bad luck, or “wrong place at the wrong time,” while sympathy is redirected to the perpetrator instead of the victims. In this environment, victims are minimized, and responsibility disappears. This is what happens when leaders become so ideologically rigid they treat their own righteousness as untouchable. No reassessment. No accountability. And no place for public safety when it conflicts with the narrative. Katie was 20 years old. She mattered. The other young woman mattered. Every person injured that night matters. They will not be erased to protect political careers, or the media that shields them. If nothing changes, it will be business as usual. And that should outrage every person in Illinois.

NEW: Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. axios.com/2026/03/30/gop…