I’m familiar with what it is, reread my comment. Not familiar enough with the actual maps of how Illinois is configured, so I wouldn’t understand what they’re trying to change, outside of what the article says is being proposed. Look at VA though, they passed something beneficial to the dems and now courts are fighting it iirc from another post.
I’m not familiar enough with the maps, but I do know Illinois is corrupt af so it wouldn’t surprise me. Not a fan of Pritzker…
They’ll back ethical politicians, regardless of party affiliation, which is nice. “Not left, not right, but forward”
The public cares, but are mostly powerless because it’s extremely difficult to coordinate efforts across so many states and distance.
I would be raising hell!
That didn’t matter for me recently. On a site, flights in cart, looked at rental car for <5 minutes and the outbound flights jumped ~$60/ticket in that time “due to demand” when the flight was 80%empty…
Got on my phone, on data (so new browser, new IP) still prices are higher. Hopped on my old phone over VPN to change region, checked out a different leave date, checked a couple, went back to my original date and flights were $40 cheaper (so still $20 more than before) but they gotta know based on Geo IP and time of inquiries it’s probably all the same person, smh.
What a scam!!
I just hit the Reading Mode button on Waterfox (Android) and converts to a mostly plain text article without ads or paywalls…
Hell yeah! Thanks!
Any non YouTube links ? Often hexbear bots post alt YT front end apps that respect privacy
The other things politicians do, like in Illinois, is introduce one bill, and his other things within it to get things passed outside the normal channels. Like when Pritzker up and banned 170+specific firearms, ammo limitations, threaded barrels, and then started a registration process. Also repealed knowingly spreading HIV illegal, so anyone (by the sound of it-haven’t looked into it much) can sleep with a new partner without disclosing HIV status. I’m assuming that’s to appeal somehow to the LGBTQ community since the bulk of voters are the Chicago area, but some time he purely for just in time for elections.
You might think the firearms thing is OK as it helps cut down on crime. Nope, instead, there’s cashless bail and softer policies towards criminals. We can’t even accurately report those numbers based on how crimes or incidents are categorized. It’s a mess.
He also just made it so that a bulk of the DOT funds go to Chicago roads with little left over for the remainder of the state… The tolls collected by the Chicago area are supposed to help that, but nooo, just keep reallocating funds around election time. Sure.
Ohhh trust me I know it’s all about surveillance. I’m just meaning they’re going to negatively impact everyone everywhere without a second thought because they’ll get what they want in the end. Either more money or more reelections
Ohhh, well… Yikes. I think they hop on board without truly understanding what they’re signing up for. OR worse yet, they understand and are OK with it.
My other biggest gripe: what happens to business computer users at the office? What about their admins? How much extra work is this going to create???
I’m stealing every one of these, thanks! I’m in that same burnout pool of, can I just be fired already…
But you KNOW the masses will comply because they’re told so. They don’t want to break the law…
Please explain who this is! At the federal or state level? I don’t know enough
And so the need to be kept important (or relevant) continues
Soft on crime, cashless bail, banned 170+various firearms but doesn’t do anything against the “switches” being made or brought in for thugs to make their Glocks shoot full auto. I watched a video of 8th graders showing off their Glocks with extended mags (not "clips) and switches either in waist bands or backpacks, etc. A friggin joke. Paused taxes on gas and grocery last election, then raised it afterwards. He decriminalized knowingly having HIV and not disclosing it with partners. I think that hurts the LGBT community because it’s going to become more prevalent as the risk of spreading it increases.
Yeah, IL has had a ton of bad governors, no doubt, but being less bad doesn’t make him good… Especially bc his policies are theater. He’s done nothing to benefit the city and surrounds of Chicago with those laws, just impacted law abiding citizens more negatively.
I’m a big 1st & 2nd amendment believer and supporter, so he’s definitely not my first choice. Illinois was already far ahead of the nation with its background checks and conceal carry training retirements, but now he’s trying to serialize every box of ammo so it could be tracked? That’s definitely hindering or infringing on the 2nd and 4th amendments. Again, IF YOU’RE A CRIMINAL you’ll just buy from IN, MI, WI, MO, or IA, or steal it; so you’re not following the laws put in place, you don’t care… Only law abiding people are impacted.