As long as Trump cuts off the federal money that’s been subsidizing their “compassion", Chicago and Illinois taxpayers can pay any amount they care to to “welcome” their illegals — I don’t care

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at least there’s no food shortage in the Land of lincoln

Chicago mayor vows city police 'will not ever cooperate with ICE'

"Look, we are welcoming city ordinance," Johnson said. "Our local police department will not ever cooperate with ICE, whatever their constitutional authority is. That is obviously relegated to the Trump administration. All of our sister agencies, city departments have been thoroughly briefed by a corporate counsel, and I'll pass it over to her in a second about what they can and cannot do."

…. Johnson said that Chicagoans should "rise up" against ICE.

The City of Chicago has allowed in over 51,000 illegal immigrants from the southern border since August 31, 2022.

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Several news reports indicate that Chicago has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on services for immigrants and asylum seekers since August 2022

. As of February, Chicago spent $638.7 million on migrant aid, according to FOX 32 Chicago. 

This money has been allocated from several sources including:

  • The American Rescue Plan Act: $94 million.

  • The City Corporate Fund: Over $268 million.

  • Cook County Asylum Seeker Grant: Over $36 million.

  • Federal Health Grant: Over $1.5 million.

  • FEMA Asylum Seeker Grants: Over $87 million.

  • State Asylum Seeker Grants: Nearly $150 million. 

The expenditures have gone towards various services, including housing, food, and healthcare. The city's 2024 budget set aside $150 million for migrant care, according to WTTW. Chicago has struggled to manage the influx of individuals, particularly as a self-described "welcoming city" with policies that impact its ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Illinois is projected to spend $2.5 billion on migrants by the end of 2025, according to a report, says FOX 32 Chicago. Much of this is driven by healthcare costs. 

A fool on a Hill

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After trying to unload it since he completed it in 2019, the builder of 232 Valley Road has again reported that it’s under contract. Current ask is $3.399; he had a previous deal in 2022 when the price was $2.450, but although it went from contract to pending, it went no further. This time may be be different.

It’s not that this is a bad house, but the fact that they’d need a pogo stick to reach it from the street seems to have discouraged buyers.

That original 2019 price was $2.999 million, if you’re keeping track.

Rufus, Santiago, and even the leaders of the white-boy prison gang 211 will be rounding up their crews and sending them off to gun class any day now. Phew!

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Stephen Green:

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: New concealed carry burdens heaped on law-abiding Coloradans.

A state law in effect as of July 1 layers on new education and training burdens for obtaining and renewing permits for the carrying of a concealed handgun in Colorado, this despite data suggesting permit holders are already an exceptionally responsible and law-abiding group.

House Bill 24-1174 passed along party lines in the Democrat-controlled legislature last year, and among other things significantly expands classroom training requirements to obtain a concealed handgun permit (CHP), to include a live-fire exercise and a written exam, with instructors “verified” by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

The bill additionally requires a “refresher” class for the renewal of a permit, which includes the exam and live-fire mandates. Nowhere does the bill cite evidence of any issues arising from previous requirements, nor of CHP holders as committing acts of gun violence.

This is on top of the fingerprint-based background check already long required by law.

The in-person course, among other things, covers firearm handling, shooting and storage, as well as state laws on self-defense and purchasing, owning, or transporting a firearm. The course can be broken up into hourly increments if necessary.

Colorado concealed carry permits are valid for five years, and a CHP holder may renew their permit up to 120 days before expiration.

Despite a growing hostility towards CHP holders by the legislature and anti-gun rights groups, Colorado continues to see an uptick in concealed carry permits.

With Democrats dominating both chambers by two-to-one margins, the question isn’t whether they’ll come up with some new infringement, but how quickly — and how annoying.

Almost back to what it sold for in 2008

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29 Round Hill Road, or “Les Arrivistes”, as its listing agent insists on calling it, was renovated in 2007, put on the market that year at $18.5 million and sold in 2008 for $16.5. Those purchasers didn’t do as well as their seller when they put it back up for sale in 2013 at $18 million: it sat for years, unloved and wanted, until 2019, when the current owners appeared and paid them $9.3 million. At the wealth level that allows residential purchases in this range, a loss of $7.2 million was surely not calamitous, but it must have at least stung a bit.

So it could only have come as a relief to these owners and their agent when this time it only took 70 days: April to June 27th; and just one price cut, $17.450 to $16.5 million, to find a buyer. The property is now reported as pending, and we’ll soon find out how close it came to that ‘08 price.

Time for Mom to take away his charge privileges

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or at the very least, brown harris stevens might want to bar him from driving clients around town

(19-year-old real estate agent) Driver of Tesla Clocked at 96 MPH in 30-MPH zone on Lake Avenue, Charged with Reckless Driving

At 4:45 PM (!)

According to the Criminal Information Summary provided to media, the driver was Guy Henry Landers, 19, of 41 Upland Drive in Greenwich. [Mom and Dad purchased the house for $5.850 million in 2019, Zillow est. of present value $8 million +.

Here’s more about the hard-driving young real estate agent now:

Guy Landers is a full-time dynamic, young realtor in Greenwich at Brown Harris Stevens, fueled by boundless energy, unwavering drive [unfortunate choice of words, perhaps — Ed], and a passion for exceeding expectations [and speed limits].

Hailing from London, UK, and now a proud resident of Greenwich's esteemed Calhoun Association for five years {how much pride is garnered from living in your parents’ house? Just asking – Ed] Guy brings a wealth of international insight and local expertise to every client interaction, ensuring a personalized and exceptional real estate experience.

Since making the move from London to Greenwich in 2019, Guy has immersed himself in the local community as [the child of] a member of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, gaining extensive knowledge of the area.

Guy Landers knows the initial concerns that can come with choosing a young realtor, [well, some of those concerns, anyway; this may add a new one — Ed] but he goes above and beyond to ease those worries. He doesn't just impress clients with his tech-savvy methods for finding off-market properties; he also takes the time to understand their unique needs, ensuring every step of the process feels personal and effortless.

“Mommy? I’m down at the police station, and I’m going to need some cash”

They don't look as pretty without their masks on

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At least the two (? I’m pretty sure the boy fourth on the right top row makes three) transvestites, Bradford/”meagan “ Morris and Cameron “Autumn hill” Arnold (bottom left, or should we say, “bottoms up?) can claim insanity as a defense; The others are screwed, as they’ll discover when the prison doors slam shut behind them

The Department of Justice announced a massive arrest of left-wing activists on Monday. Ten Antifa members are being charged in an ambush of ICE agents in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Alvarado is just south of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. 

….In their rush to escape the shooting, in which a police officer was shot in the neck, the shooters discarded or dropped some firearms near the scene. A search at one of the suspects' homes recovered nine additional firearms and more body armor vests.

At the home of another militant suspect, federal investigators also found a stash of Antifa anarchist propaganda texts about how to carry out violent insurrections.

The 10 members of the Antifa cell have been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. An 11th militant was charged separately for hiding evidence.

Wait, aren't these the same people who are cheering on government grocery stores?

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You’ll get yours

Well yes, yes they are, but those will be for the Little People to shop in; the elite have to eat, and they don’t eat government cheese. Yet.

‘Chaos’ in sleepy Hamptons hamlet as trendy grocery store mobbed by One Percenters

The Sagaponack General Store, located in the second-wealthiest ZIP code in the country, was founded in 1878 but shut down during COVID. New owners* snapped it up, gave it a multi-million dollar makeover and have been doing a roaring trade selling pastries, fresh-cut flowers, local produce whimsically displayed in a rusic barrow, $15 breakfast burritos, “penny candy” for $20-a-pound, and the like.

But the more popular it gets, we hear, the less popular it gets, as insiders snipe that customers and their cars are jamming up the residential street on which it sits all weekend long.

“They’re making so many enemies,” said a retail tattletale, “The police have sent a crossing guard! People are parking all over people’s lawns. It’s a nightmare.”

Adding to the ire, they say, the store is “a billionaire’s wife’s pet project.”

*Mindy Gray, wife of Blackstone’s multi-billionaire president and COO Jon Gray, bought the store for a reported $3.8million during the peak of the pandemic in 2020, and reopened in April of this year.