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  • Migrant shelter evictions will not begin this Saturday, Chicago mayor administration says (disease outbreak)

    03/17/2024 3:37:53 AM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Chicago Tribune via MSN ^ | 3/16/24 | Alice Yin
    CHICAGO - Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration reversed itself Friday, announcing migrants will no longer start being evicted Saturday from Chicago’s migrant shelter system. It’s the mayor’s latest about-face in his handling of a 60-day shelter limit policy that has seen months of delays and backlash. However, the administration said they will evict 35 migrants Sunday, and the pace of evictions after that is unclear. During a Friday briefing with City Hall reporters, Johnson’s deputy chief-of-staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas confirmed the change ahead of Saturday’s deadline for the first group of migrants required to leave the shelters. The mayor had told reporters...
  • Top Adams aide suffered ‘medical episode,’ rushed to hospital as feds raided home over donor probe: sources

    03/01/2024 2:03:17 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/01/2024 | Larry Celona , Aneeta Bhole and Kate Sheehy
    Top Mayor Eric Adams aide Winnie Greco is being investigated by the feds for potentially using workers at a Queens mall to hide campaign donations to Hizzoner, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Friday. The FBI launched raids Thursday on two homes Greco owns on Gillespie Avenue in Pelham Bay in The Bronx — as well as the offices of the New World Mall in Flushing — over the alleged possible illegal straw donor scheme, sources said. The 61-year-old longtime mayoral adviser suffered a “medical episode” during the morning raids — which included federal agents hauling off boxes of files...
  • Dallas Mayor Who Switched to GOP Explains How Religious Upbringing Aided Decision

    02/29/2024 10:55:15 PM PST · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | February 27, 2024 | staff
    CV NEWS FEED // Republican Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson explained that his Christian faith played a role in his decision to switch his party registration from Democratic to Republican. “It’s way more complicated than ‘there’s this one thing that happened,’ and I just said I’m out of here,” Johnson told Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, and co-host Ben Ferguson during an episode of the “Verdict” podcast that aired Monday. “It’s an evolution for me, and just kind of coming to accept who I have always been and why I’ve struggled as a Democrat the whole time.” Johnson served in the Texas...
  • Alex Stein Shames Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson at City Council Meeting Over Cheating on His Wife

    02/23/2024 12:58:39 PM PST · by old school · 14 replies
    Rumble ^ | February 23, 2024 | The Liberty Daily
    Alex Stein Shames Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson at City Council Meeting Over Cheating on His Wife (Video)
  • Report: FBI Probing Illinois Democrat Mayor Who Met President Biden at the White House

    02/22/2024 12:26:33 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/22/2024 | Amy Furr
    FBI officials are reportedly investigating allegations against Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard (D) who recently spoke with President Joe Biden (D). Henyard apparently shared a few moments with Biden at the White House on January 19 when officials met for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Fox News reported Thursday. Video footage posted to Henyard’s Instagram account on February 8 shows her talking with Biden. Later in the clip, Henyard films herself standing in front of the presidential podium and also waiting for Biden to arrive:
  • Critic of Illinois mayor Tiffany Henyard believes embattled pol ordered shooting at her home

    02/21/2024 7:39:15 PM PST · by Red Badger · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | Published Feb. 19, 2024, 6:14 p.m. ET | Selim Algar Steven Vago
    A vocal critic of embattled mayor Tiffany Henyard believes her home was sprayed with bullets at the behest of the official during a bitter feud between them last summer. Two cars belonging to tenants of former Village of Dolton Trustee Valeria Stubbs, a retired member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, were riddled with at least nine shots last July. The raid, she believes, stemmed from her public attacks on Henyard, who has been accused of plundering the debt-ridden Illinois town’s coffers to pay for lavish travel, dinners and personal indulgences. Asked if she believes Henyard, 40, was behind the...
  • AG tells Dolton mayor’s charity to stop soliciting money

    02/21/2024 7:31:50 PM PST · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    WGN TV9 ^ | Updated: Feb 21, 2024 / 04:15 PM CST | by: Ben Bradley
    DOLTON, Ill. — Illinois Attorney General has ordered a politician’s charity to stop soliciting money because it has failed to report how it spends funds and who has benefited. WGN Investigates previously reported on questionable spending by Dolton mayor Tiffany Henyard, who also serves as Thornton Township supervisor. Thousands of tax dollars have been funneled to the Tiffany Henyard Cares Foundation. Township and Dolton workers and vehicles have been used for the charity’s events. The foundation claims to help cancer patients; but hasn’t filed any of the required financial disclosures with the state of Illinois. The attorney general sent a...
  • Kansas City Mayor Suggests Racism After Missouri Governor Called Chiefs Parade Shooters ‘Thugs’

    02/19/2024 6:19:54 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 68 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/19/2024 | AWR HAWKINS
    Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) claims Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) used a racial “dog whistle” when he referred to the Chiefs parade shooting suspects as “thugs.” The New York Post reported that Lucas made this assessment on KCUR’s Up to Date radio program. Parson had reacted to Wednesday’s shooting by saying, “We can’t let some thugs just take over and ruin what happened.” Lucas told KCUR, “I have respect for the governor. We get along well. I disagree strongly with how he would describe that situation. I certainly do think this was criminal activity. It was lawlessness, and...
  • London Muslim Mayor Picks Tranny Hookers Over Queen

    02/18/2024 5:14:30 AM PST · by george76 · 29 replies
    Front page mag ^ | February 18, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield
    Instead of a statue of Queen Elizabeth, Trafalgar Square will feature "transgender sex workers". Satire is practically pointless nowadays. I’ve done plenty of satire over the years and I doubt that I could make up wilder headlines than the reality. Take this one up above. I’d like to say that I made it up, but we ended up living in a world in which it’s just everyday reality. Sadiq Khan has been criticised for effectively blocking a statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Trafalgar Square until 2030 at the earliest – with “woke art” going there instead. The London Mayor...
  • Denver Mayor to Residents Upset with Cuts Due to Migrant Influx: We Have ‘Value of Being’ ‘Welcoming’

    02/16/2024 7:24:41 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 61 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Ian hatchett
    During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston responded to a question on Denver residents who are frustrated that the city is cutting services due to budget shortfalls caused by the influx of migrants in the city by stating that “The dilemma is when you have values on both sides and you have to manage those values. We have a value of being a welcoming, compassionate city.” And there are some cuts to migrant services. Johnston said, “We’ve asked every agency in the city to take a look at what they could do...
  • Kansas City Mayor: We Can’t Be ‘Fully’ Safe if People ‘Are Freely Walking Around’ with ‘Even Just’ a ‘Classic Revolver’

    02/16/2024 6:42:00 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/16/2024 | IAN HANCHETT
    On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) said that if you don’t have metal detectors, “then how can we ever fully be safe in a city, a state, and, perhaps, a country where we know that people are freely walking around with AR-15s, with modified handguns with switches, with any number of issues, or frankly, even just your old classic revolver?” And “If we know that one can act with impunity with that, then it’s hard to say we’ll ever be fully as safe as I think we’d like to idealize ourselves to...
  • San Francisco mayor latest California Dem supporting measure to stiffen penalties for retail crimes

    02/09/2024 1:49:44 PM PST · by AT7Saluki · 39 replies
    The Daily BS ^ | 2/9/24 | Arjun Singh
    Democratic San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday joined other major-city leaders from her party supporting a California ballot initiative that would increase penalties for certain retail theft and drug crimes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “Our goal is not to keep people locked up,” said Breed, who is running for reelection in 2024, according to the Chronicle. “But when there are no real consequences for crimes that are committed in this city, that’s a real problem.”
  • WATCH: IL Democrat Mayor Snaps at Officials for ‘Attacking Black Woman in Power’ When Questioned on Spending

    02/08/2024 11:47:12 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/08/2024 | Amy Furr
    Mayor Tiffany Henyard (D) of Dolton, Illinois, got heated with officials Monday when they questioned her on issues that have brought a wave of criticism. Fox News reported Thursday that she was pelted with questions about her controversial spending habits and transparency. Dolton mayor to critics: ‘I’m the leader!’https://t.co/edgYdM3jLN — WGN TV News (@WGNNews) February 7, 2024 Video footage shows the meeting with Henyard speaking to fellow officials. She said, “Y’all should be ashamed of y’all selves. Y’all black. Y’all are black. And y’all sitting up here beating and attacking on a black woman that’s in power. You should be...
  • Denver mayor says city ‘very close to its breaking point’ amid influx of migrants

    01/31/2024 10:48:37 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 57 replies
    The Hill ^ | 01/31/2024 | LAUREN SFORZA
    Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) sounded the alarm that his city is nearing a “breaking point” as it struggles to keep up with the flood of migrants. “I think our city is very close to its breaking point now,” Johnston said in an interview aired Wednesday on “Fox & Friends. “And we’ve been talking to leaders in D.C. around the country about why we need them to take action here. I think we have successfully welcomed almost 40,000 migrants in the last year and — and we know what it takes to do this successfully, we just need that help,”...
  • Democrat Mayor Sparks Uproar for Saying Migrants 'Aren't Welcome'

    01/08/2024 9:07:37 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    msn ^ | 01/08/2023 | Andrew Stanton
    The Democratic mayor of Edison, New Jersey, is facing criticism after saying immigrants "aren't welcome" there amid an uptick in migrants arriving in cities across the United States. Democratic mayors are facing new pressure as thousands of migrants have been transported from the U.S.-Mexico border to cities including New York and Chicago. There were more than 2.4 million encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2023 fiscal year, up from roughly 1.7 million in 2021, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
  • Trenton Mayor: We Can’t Handle Migrants, But We ‘Encourage’ Them to Work with Police by Being a Sanctuary

    01/05/2024 8:29:39 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 4 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/05/2023 | Ian hatchett
    On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Trenton, NJ Mayor Reed Gusciora said that the city doesn’t have the resources to deal with migrants, but responded to a question on whether he thinks New Jersey being a sanctuary state is a good idea by stating that “sanctuary state or city means different things to different folks.” And that Trenton encourages “migrants who live in the capital city to cooperate with police. And that’s how I see a sanctuary city forming.”
  • Denver Mayor: We’ll Hit Point Where Our Sanctuary City Must Turn Away Migrants, ‘Not Enough’ ‘Work’ or Housing

    01/03/2024 7:06:49 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 53 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/03/2024 | IAN HANCHETT
    On Tuesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stated that the sanctuary city will “hit a capacity at which we just won’t be able anymore to manage the amount of inflow” and “we’re hitting a breaking point at which there’s just not enough volume of work or housing in the city to support this ongoing volume,” and so they’ll have to consider turning away buses of migrants. Host Garrett Haake asked, “[Y]ou’ve said you’ve not considered turning away any of these buses of migrants that are coming to your city. But is there a point...
  • Dem NJ Mayor: We Turned Away Migrant Bus Because It’s ‘Major Security Risk’ — Don’t Know If They’re Armed

    01/02/2024 8:20:02 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/02/2023 | IAN HANCHETT
    While speaking to New York ABC affiliate WABC on Monday, Edison, New Jersey Mayor Sam Joshi (D) stated that he turned a bus full of migrants sent to the city back because local police “did not know if any of those 40 individuals were carrying weapons, they couldn’t be identified.” And this is “a major security risk. It’s a health risk. And we’re just not going to tolerate that.” Joshi, who plans to send migrants back to the border, also stated that he doesn’t want to pawn problems off on other mayors. WABC New Jersey Reporter Toni Yates stated, “The...
  • Chicago mayor ripped for objecting to illegal immigrants flown into city: ‘Take it up with your pal Joe'

    01/02/2024 1:32:22 AM PST · by Libloather · 28 replies
    Fox News ^ | 1/01/24 | Gabriel Hays
    Social media users tore into Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after he complained about Gov. Greg Abbott flying illegal immigrants into his city without warning him. Johnson took to the X platform on Sunday to lament the fact that a plane from San Antonio had brought in hundreds of U.S. Southern Border crossers without his knowledge. The mayor's posts were met with conservative users mocking him for not being more welcoming, as the city’s government has proclaimed Chicago to be a "sanctuary city." The mayor wrote, "This morning just after 1 a.m., a private Boeing 777 originating from San Antonio, Texas...
  • Chicago Mayor Johnson: Texas Governor Abbott Creating ‘Chaos’ with Migrant Transport

    12/31/2023 11:54:18 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/31/2023 | Pam Key
    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was “determined to continue to sow seeds of chaos” with migrant transport to his cities. “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan said, “Thanks for joining us. And, Mr. Mayor of Chicago, I want to put to you a question about what seems to have developed overnight. There are reports of a plane from Texas landing in Chicago carrying more migrants that arrived around 1am. I’m wondering if Texas officials gave you any heads up, who’s on the plane, what happens next?”