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You can think WirePoints for doing some simple research on the intersection of gang violence and homicides in Chicago intersect with the Chicago Public School system's utterly failure to educate young people. We've said it before:  Young people who can't read, write and do basic math have little to no…

Holy smokes, Batman.  JB Pritzker planned to claim that 78% of Illinois FOID holders complied with the gun registration scheme on about December 5th.  Yeah, the scheme was drawn up among Pritzker and his inner circle in a planned effort to gaslight gun owners into thinking their fellow FOID holders…

Greg Bishop has left WMAY's morning show and is putting together his own program/livestream/podcast or whatever you want to call it.  And yesterday he covered the JCAR ruling and included an interview with Dan Eldridge. It's worth a watch, especially if you're not 100% up to speed on stuff. https://youtu.be/IiAw3Vg3R80…

Why, it's almost like bigot Jussie Smollett thought that a fake hate crime would launch his career and make him rich and famous.  The only problem was, like so many (fake) hate crimes, it was all fake. Now, after two years of one mess after another, and losing his job…

The African Serval wildcat is still running loose in Decatur.  The animal, probably not a threat to adults, but very much a potential threat to small children and pets, was a private "pet" owned by, well, this guy in Decatur. Yeah.  That guy. Here's the story from WCIA: DECATUR, Ill.…

Good news breaking out all over.  Alec Baldwin gets to sweat a felony in New Mexico.  Purchasing some ammo today didn't result in an ammo background check at a notable retailer.  And I'm saving the best for last:  The Illinois State Police have taken down the ammunition caliber tracking function…

Poor Alec Baldwin.  He just can't catch a break.  He shot and killed his Director of Photography and wounded someone else on his low-budget film set in New Mexico back in 2021.  Prosecutors eventually charged him with serious crimes but then charges were dropped.  He probably thought he was gonna…

So one of our members heard about a "Flightless Honor Flight" coming to the Mattoon-Charleston area.  He got some additional information nailing down a time and a place.  We're sharing this for those who don't want to make the trip in person because of health/medical issues.  This is your chance…

On Tuesday, October 17th, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules failed to block implementation of the State Police’s “Emergency Rules” on the gun registry.  It came on a 5-5 tie vote along partisan lines.  JCAR - the Joint Commission for Administrative Rulemaking has five Republican members and five Democrat members.…

There's a very wild Serval cat on the loose in Decatur after it escaped from the city's zoo (UPDATE: it's owner's apartment yesterday --- the left the door open and the cat "escaped.")  He was in the North East side of the city, but the cats are fast and he…