President Donald Trump pushed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to seek federal help after over three dozen people were shot and three killed during another bloody weekend in Chicago.
“Chicago violence is unchecked and at record levels. It has never been worse! This weekend 41 people were shot, 3 DEAD. These numbers are becoming normalized. It is out of control! The city will die if the Federal Government, a fine tuned crime fighting machine, is not invited in, by the Mayor or Governor, to HELP,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117194670372847111">posted</a> on Truth Social on Monday. 
Trump&#8217;s comments came after Chicago police recorded 22 shootings in the city over the weekend. One incident occurred around midnight on Saturday when a person opened fire into a large crowd at Washington Park, Fox32 <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-weekend-violence-41-shot-3-dead">reported</a>. During that shooting, at least 15 people were shot, including one fatally. 
Pritzker, who has repeatedly fought efforts from Trump to surge law enforcement to Chicago, issued a statement on “gun violence” following the park shooting. No suspect has yet been arrested for the attack. 
“I am awaiting the call. Nobody should be forced to live under these conditions,” Trump said Monday. “Like D.C. and others, they will have almost no crime, FAST! The State and City can’t do what I do. Governor Pritzker, CALL!!!”
Trump&#8217;s deployment of federal law enforcement officers and the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has so far <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-d-c-crackdown-accomplished-one-year-later">yielded</a> over 16,000 arrests, the removal of hundreds of gang members off the streets, and the confiscation of 2,000 illegal firearms. 
At the end of 2025, Trump withdrew the National Guard from Chicago after the Supreme Court declined to weigh in on a lower court ruling siding with Illinois&#8217; challenge to the deployment. 
“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact,” Trump said at the time. 
Pritzker has downplayed Chicago’s crime, saying it is just part of living in a big city. 
“Look, big cities have crime. There&#8217;s no doubt about it. But let&#8217;s just pay attention to what President Trump is doing targeting Chicago, overlooking red states that have much higher crime rates,” Pritzker told NBC 5 Chicago when asked in September 2025 if he would be comfortable telling his friends to ride the subway after midnight. 
Some states have taken an opposite approach to Pritzker’s and welcomed a federal law enforcement surge. Officials in Tennessee worked closely with federal law enforcement to crack down on crime in Memphis, a city long plagued with violent crime.

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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker dropped a bizarre self-aggrandizing video on X Monday night, featuring himself posing awkwardly, captioned “Governor-maxxing.” As if that weren’t enough to make internet users spit out their coffee, the clip declared, “When you’re in an aura farming contest and your opponent is J.B.”
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Governor-maxxing. <a href="https://t.co/KUZRJc9ANF">pic.twitter.com/KUZRJc9ANF</a>
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“Aura farming” is slang for intentionally acting cool or confident to stack up invisible clout points. But for the billionaire Democrat with zero street credibility, the attempt to use Gen-Z slang backfired rapidly.
Social media users immediately pounced on the clip, serving up a brutal reality check to the governor’s delusional post.
Critics quickly flipped Pritzker’s forced language against him. One viral response laid out the billionaire’s actual track record in Illinois, listing his real specialties: &#8220;Property-tax-maxxing,&#8221; &#8220;Gas-tax-hike-maxxing,&#8221; &#8220;Pension-debt-maxxing,&#8221; and &#8220;Fiscal-instability-maxxing.&#8221;
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Gov. Pritzker&#39;s record speaks for itself:
Property-tax-maxxing Property-tax-task-force-maxxing State-and-local-tax-burden-maxxing Cell-phone-tax-maxxing Gas-tax-hike-maxxing Automatic-tax-indexing-maxxing Toll-hike-maxxing State-spending-growth-maxxing Pension-debt-maxxing…
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Former nuclear scientist for the US Department of Energy Matt Van Swol didn&#8217;t mince words about the state of Illinois’ first city, noting, “This is literally what is happening on the streets of Chicago on a nightly basis &#8230; You are a joke. Everything is fake, you don’t give a damn.”
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This is literally what is happening on the streets of Chicago on a nightly basis by Black teens. 
You are a joke. 
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Others simply pointed out the laws of physics, cracking, “To everyone making fun of this just remember, to generate aura you must generate gravity. And in order to generate gravity, you need a large amount of mass in one object. And no other object has more mass then JB Pritzker.”
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To everyone making fun of this just remember, to generate aura you must generate gravity. And in order to generate gravity, you need a large amount of mass in one object. And no other object has more mass then JB pritzker.
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And more:
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The &#8220;aura&#8221; campaign comes as Pritzker lays the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential bid. Despite polling in single digits among prospective Democratic candidates, Pritzker has been desperately trying to build national resistance credibility. He made headlines in April by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pritzker-calls-for-mass-protests-destruction-says-gop-cannot-know-a-moment-of-peace">bellowing</a> calls for “mass protests” and “disruption” at a New Hampshire dinner, while previously comparing the incoming administration to 1930s Europe.
Yet back home, the Pritzker’s policy blunders are giving taxpayers grief. Pritzker recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bears-leaving-illinois-pritzker-says-an-out-of-state-republican-is-to-blame">threw up his hands</a> over the Chicago Bears, allowing the iconic charter NFL franchise to consider packing its bags for Indiana after he refused to grant tax relief to keep them in Illinois. Pritzker claimed he wouldn&#8217;t use public money for billionaire sports teams, which was ironic since his administration <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/26/jb-pritzker-healthcare-costs-adults-without-lack-legal-status-illinois-auditor-frank-mautino?utm_source=chatgpt.com">massively understated</a> the cost of state healthcare for illegal immigrants by a staggering $1.6 billion.
Add in a history of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mr-hypocrisy-pritzker-bashes-texas-maps-forgets-his-own-power-grabs-in-illinois">signing off</a> on partisan district maps after repeatedly pledging to veto them and a legacy of <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/498263-illinois-business-owners-could-face-fine-jail-time-for-reopening-in/">COVID-19 lockdowns</a> that threatened small business owners with jail time, and Pritzker&#8217;s post looks even more ridiculous.
Pritzker’s latest stunt didn&#8217;t “farm” any “aura,” just total embarrassment.

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A Florida businessman won a chaotic Republican House primary that featured a former Trump adviser, two former congressmen from different states, and a January 6 defendant. 
Media mogul Jim Schwartzel defeated nine other candidates to win the GOP nomination to replace Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 19th Congressional District on Tuesday. Schwartzel defeated the Trump-endorsed Catalina Lauf, earning 29% of the vote to the former Commerce Department adviser’s 22%. 
Other candidates in the race included former Illinois state Senator Jim Oberweis, former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, former New York Rep. Chris Collins, and January 6 defendant John Strand. The seat opened up after Donalds decided to run for governor. 
President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117090504981894603">endorsed</a> Lauf last week, saying she “has proven she has the Courage and Wisdom to deliver strong results for the incredible people of her State and Nation.” Before her run for Donald&#8217;s seat, Lauf ran for Congress in Illinois twice, including once in the Republican primary against Oberweis.
Cawthorn represented North Carolina&#8217;s 11th district in Congress from 2021 to 2023, and he made national headlines for saying he was invited to cocaine-fueled orgies by fellow lawmakers. He lost in the GOP primary to Rep. Chuck Edwards, who recently announced he would not be running for re-election after the House Ethics Committee found evidence he treated female staffers inappropriately. 
Two of the other candidates in the Florida race previously received pardons from Trump. 
Collins, who represented New York in Congress from 2013 to 2019, was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-congressman-christopher-collins-sentenced-insider-trading-scheme-and-lying">convicted</a> of insider trading and lying to the FBI. He was sentenced to 26 months in prison, but was pardoned by Trump about two months into his prison sentence. 
Strand, who was sentenced to over two years in prison for protesting inside the Capitol on January 6, was pardoned shortly after Trump’s second term began. 
Many of Schwartzel&#8217;s campaign ads in the days leading up to the race focused on how the other candidates were recent transplants to Florida.
Schwartzel, who owns and operates a large conservative radio channel in Florida and runs publishing company Gulfshore Life Media, ran a pro-Trump campaign on a platform of fighting for term limits, protecting Florida&#8217;s water supply, and opposing DEI and transgender ideology. 
“Southwest Florida sent a clear message: this congressional seat belongs to Southwest Florida. We had a hard-fought, spirited primary but now it is time to unite our party and turn our focus to November and beyond. I am ready to get to work supporting President Trump and his America First agenda and delivering results for Southwest Florida,” Schwartzel said after his win. “This is my home. It always has been and it always will be. I will never forget who I represent or why I ran.”
He is expected to easily win the heavily Republican favorable seat.

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The top prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois, has sounded the alarm about the county&#8217;s electronic monitoring system for over a year, and two of her most striking claims have painted a picture that&#8217;s alarming Chicagoans.
In a March 2025 <a href="https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/chicago-bar/2025/03/a-conversation-with-cook-county-states-attorney-justice-eileen-oneill-burke/">interview</a> on the Legal Talk Network&#8217;s &#8220;@theBar&#8221; podcast, State&#8217;s Attorney Eileen O&#8217;Neill Burke first raised the issue of &#8220;furlough days,&#8221; a provision in Illinois&#8217; SAFE-T Act that gives people on electronic monitoring two days a week free from active tracking.
Asked whether defendants could simply leave the state during those windows, Burke didn&#8217;t mince words: &#8220;They can go anywhere if they&#8217;re on their two furlough days.&#8221;
At the time, she said roughly 140 people charged with murder or attempted murder had been on electronic monitoring within the prior six months, which she called impossible to justify given the severity of those charges.
More than a year later, in an August 2026 interview with podcaster Landon Campbell, Burke <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2026/08/electronic-monitoring-system-is-broken-and-needs-legislative-fix-states-attorney-says.html">returned to the subject</a> with updated and more specific numbers. According to figures her office says it received from the Chief Judge&#8217;s Office, 87 people charged with murder or attempted murder and 181 people charged with sexual assault were currently on electronic monitoring in Cook County. She also said over 300 people, 10-12% of the roughly 3,200 defendants who were supposed to be on monitoring, were unaccounted for, calling it a system where officials &#8220;have no idea where they are.&#8221;
Those figures have moved around considerably over time. A chief judge&#8217;s dashboard in spring 2026 showed a combined 34 people facing murder or attempted murder charges, while a separate report on the program&#8217;s population as of June 1, 2026, put the AWOL rate closer to 10% of just over 3,000 participants.
Burke has also been clear about one nuance that often gets lost: the two furlough days aren&#8217;t a fixed allotment but a statutory minimum. The law requires at least two unmonitored days a week, not a maximum of two.
The situation grew more chaotic when Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart <a href="https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/04/08/cook-county-states-attorney-electronic-monitoring">handed</a> the entire electronic monitoring operation over to the chief judge&#8217;s office, effective April 2025. The catch: the chief judge&#8217;s pretrial services staff aren&#8217;t law enforcement and don&#8217;t have arrest powers. If someone cuts off an ankle bracelet or skips out on their restrictions, staff has to notify police or seek a warrant through the courts, and there’s no dedicated system in place for which agency actually goes and makes the arrest.
While Burke&#8217;s comments conjure an image of ankle bracelets that simply switch off for a weekend in Vegas, the underlying law is a bit more nuanced but still troubling. Under Illinois law and Cook County Sheriff&#8217;s Office policy, defendants on pretrial home confinement don&#8217;t get a literal blank check to leave the jurisdiction. The &#8220;essential movement&#8221; provision is meant for things like court dates, medical appointments, job hunting, and groceries. In Cook County, this typically takes the form of a fixed weekly schedule. Depending on their booking number, participants get either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. free of active monitoring.
The GPS ankle bracelets are never actually powered off; they log location data around the clock. The real gap is in enforcement. As far back as 2022, Sheriff Dart&#8217;s office <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/15/23026635/tom-dart-edward-maloney-cook-county-judge-safet-act-electronic-monitoring-essential-movement">maintained</a> that the law prohibited deputies from actively watching a participant&#8217;s live movements during those approved furlough hours, even though the device kept recording. That interpretation has essentially persisted as responsibility shifted from the sheriff to the chief judge&#8217;s office.
So while an accused murderer can&#8217;t legally hop a flight to Vegas without violating the terms of release, nobody is actively watching in real time where they go during their furlough hours.
It&#8217;s an administrative gap that has left prosecutors frustrated, law enforcement without a clear enforcement mechanism, and residents wondering who is keeping track.

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Federal agents arrested an illegal immigrant from Jordan after Illinois sanctuary authorities released him from custody despite an ICE detainer, following his arrest for allegedly carrying eight Molotov cocktails in his backpack, The Daily Wire has learned.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers caught up to Hamed Mohammed Hamed Alsaidi, 31, on Tuesday after Will County officials released him from custody and ignored a federal detainer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire.
“Even though ICE lodged a detainer, sanctuary politicians in Will County, Illinois refused to honor it and released him without notifying ICE. Fortunately, thanks to the brave men and women of ICE, we have apprehended him and he remains in ICE custody,&#8221; a DHS spokesperson said, adding that the blame is on &#8220;Governor J.B. Pritzker and his fellow sanctuary politicians&#8221; who &#8220;need to stop putting American lives at risk with their reckless, America Last policies.&#8221;
Police in Mokena, Illinois, first encountered Alsaidi at a closed gas station around 2:52 a.m. on Saturday.
At the time, the illegal immigrant allegedly gave the fake name Hakmat Saidi to the police, <a href="https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2026/08/04/federal-investigation-launched-into-man-charged-in-will-county-with-possessing-molotov-cocktails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Shaw Local.
“He was told he could not be there and was given a ride to another gas station that was open,” prosecutors said, according to the local outlet.
Officers later observed Alsaidi walking in lanes of traffic and arrested him before learning his real identity. At that point, authorities found &#8220;several bottles filled with gasoline and stuffed with rags&#8221; inside his backpack, police said.
Alsaidi also allegedly possessed a “written map of the area,” including a nearby train station and the words, “You see the mosque,” which appeared to be in reference to the Prayer Center of Orland Park, Shaw Local reported.
Prosecutors determined that Alsaidi had &#8220;an active order of protection listing residents and addresses in Orland Park,&#8221; according to the outlet. They also found that he &#8220;has twice been determined to be an inadmissible alien, once in 2024 and again in 2025, making him a flight risk.&#8221;
Still, Will County Judge Theodore Jarz granted Alsaidi&#8217;s pretrial release on Sunday and ordered him to remain at an Oak Forest residence with a GPS monitor, according to Shaw Local.
Alsaidi is charged with felony unlawful possession of a weapon and misdemeanor obstructing identification.
The Jordanian national crossed the border into California illegally in 2024 before being released into the country under the Biden administration, DHS said. He also had a prior arrest for domestic battery.

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An Illinois maintenance worker was trapped inside a gas station sign 130 feet in the air for over six hours on Tuesday. 
AJ Gow was doing repair work on a gas station sign near Interstate 55 right before 11:00 a.m. when his telescopic boom lift malfunctioned, leaving him 13 stories in the air.
At around 2:00 p.m., the Wilmington Fire Protection District received a call about the stranded man. Its Technical Rescue Team, “specializing in confined space, collapse, and high angle rescue,” was sent to help. 
The fire crew soon realized that their 100-foot ladders were not long enough to help Gow.
“No ladders or stairs built into the sign pole were present eliminating the possibility of rescue team personnel ascending to the victim’s location as would normally occur in a high angle rescue,” the Wilmington Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Todd Friddle <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064452889694">said</a>. “The victim’s location was also beyond fire department ladder truck capabilities.”
The Wilmington fire department found a boom lift in a town around 17 miles away that could ascend the distance and wheeled it to the site.
In the meantime, an aerial drone monitored the man, who gave an optimistic thumbs-up.
At around 4:00 p.m., the maintenance worker was lifted down and “returned to safety with no victim or rescuer injuries,” the report concluded.
Gow thanked local officials for their help in saving him.
“Thank you to every department that showed up for me today,” the maintenance worker <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/24/us-news/maintenance-worker-trapped-inside-130-foot-tall-illinois-gas-station-sign-but-still-manages-to-give-thumbs-up/">posted</a> on Facebook. “It was greatly appreciated! Seeing that lift roll up with police escorts was the highlight of my day for sure!!”
Gow also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164774301749712&amp;set=a.439218559711">posted</a> a photo of himself standing inside the sign in the comments of one of his posts, telling one of his friends, “I was up there on this. [I] couldn&#8217;t fully stand either and it kept swaying with the wind. It was miserable.”
Besides feeling severe dehydration and anxiety, Gow stated that he is fine.
“My adrenaline was pumping once I saw that lift arriving and [it] gave me a 2nd wind. After the adrenaline crash, I felt like crap all night and still do.”

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Former President Barack Obama said Thursday that America’s Founding Fathers “fell terribly short” when they adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 because they did not immediately abolish slavery. 
Obama made the remarks ahead of the official opening of his sprawling presidential library in Chicago, flanked by other former presidents, including Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Joe Biden. The library, which kicked off its opening day with a land acknowledgment, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-museum-sets-records-including-how-much-itll-cost-you-to-get-in">cost</a> $850 million to construct and opened 3,437 days after Obama left office. 
&#8220;In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration&#8217;s promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property,” Obama said of the document&#8217;s proclamation that &#8220;all men are created equal&#8221; and are &#8220;endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.&#8221;
“But in drafting a Constitution and a Bill of rights, they did have the foresight, the genius, to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect,” Obama added. 
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“Over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests, marches and strikes, moral appeals from the pulpit and conversations at the family dinner table, men and women from all walks of life, of every color, every faith, every region took up the cause of democracy and made it their own. Until we the People came to include not just some of us, but all of us,” Obama added later.
The Obama family has been infamously critical of America’s past, with former first lady Michelle Obama once claiming that the first time she was ever proud of the United States as an adult was during her husband’s first presidential campaign. 
&#8220;For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback,” she said on the campaign trail in 2008. 
Obama’s comments come as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration.
In recognition of that milestone, President Donald Trump has promised to have the “largest fireworks show in history” to celebrate Independence Day. 
Trump said that the festivities will kick off on June 24 with music performed by the Army and Marine Corps military bands and Lee Greenwood. He said that Air Force fighter jets and stealth bombers would fly over for the ceremony taking place on the National Mall.

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Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker stuck his foot in his mouth once again (somehow finding room) when he attacked President Donald Trump on Tuesday and was roundly mocked for doing so.
Trump addressed the situation in Chicago on Tuesday morning when he was asked by a reporter, “Mr. President, have you planned any thought into potentially endorsing someone to run against J.B. Pritzker, like Darren Bailey?”
“Well, I like Darren Bailey. J.B. Pritzker is a slob of a governor,” Trump replied. “You know, he could call me and I&#8217;d send the National Guard and Chicago would have no crime. Look at Washington, D.C. Did you see the crime stats? It&#8217;s down to like nothing. People go to restaurants now, new restaurants. &#8230; We have a beautiful city. We have very little crime, almost no crime. And we could have the same thing in Chicago. All he&#8217;d have to do is say, &#8216;President, I don&#8217;t want to have any crime in Chicago.&#8217; Can you help me out?’ Three months. Chicago would be a different place.”
Pritzker shot back on X, writing, &#8220;Keep Chicago out of your mouth.&#8221;
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Keep Chicago out of your mouth. <a href="https://t.co/thxBAzP0E6">https://t.co/thxBAzP0E6</a>
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That elicited numerous online jokes, as Pritzker — who recently took off significant weight — had previously gained fame as the real-life version of Jabba the Hutt or Baron Harkonnen.
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Try keeping literally anything out of your mouth <a href="https://t.co/tVqrFeoOoh">https://t.co/tVqrFeoOoh</a>
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Keep fried foods out of yours.
It would be one thing if your policy agenda was even remotely likely to control crime in your state’s largest city, but you’ve made clear that you’re perfectly willing to subordinate the security of Chitown’s South and West Side residents to your…
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Quiet, piggy.
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Last October, President Trump deployed 300 Illinois National Guard troops, prompting Pritzker to hyperventilate over “Trump’s Invasion.”
“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion,” Pritzker stated, according to the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/president-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days/?lctg=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_email=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_source=listrak&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2f2025%2f10%2f05%2fpresident-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days%2f&amp;utm_campaign=trib-chicago_tribune-breaking_news-nl&amp;utm_content=alert">Chicago Tribune</a>, which reported that War Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a memo instructing Illinois National Guard leadership to deploy the troops to the Chicago region for at least 60 days.
“It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops,” Pritzker declared.
The White House said the National Guard troops would protect federal personnel and property — like ICE facilities — where violent demonstrations are either happening or expected. The memo called for protecting federal law enforcement officials who are “performing federal functions.”
The war between Trump and Pritzker has been going on for some time; in June 2024, while Trump was campaigning for the presidency, Trump targeted Pritzker, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112626680945709862">writing</a> on Truth Social:
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Sloppy J.B. Pritzker, the Rotund Governor from the once great State of Illinois, who makes Chris Christie look like a male model, and whose family wanted him out of the business because he was so pathetic at helping them run it, has presided over the destruction and disintegration of Illinois at levels never seen before in any State. Crime is rampant and people are, sadly, fleeing Illinois. Unless a change is made at the Governor&#8217;s level, Illinois can never be Great Again.
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In an appearance that would make Machiavelli blush, Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker took to the airwaves to project the very authoritarianism he claims to despise onto his political rivals.
Speaking on &#8220;Meet the Press Now,&#8221; the billionaire heir didn’t just criticize the Trump administration; he essentially promised a long-term &#8220;lawfare&#8221; campaign against officials who dare to enforce federal immigration law.
Pritzker’s rhetoric was nothing short of a declaration of judicial war. He accused ICE and CBP agents of &#8220;invading&#8221; Chicago and &#8220;tackling&#8221; citizens. But rather than focusing on policy, Pritzker shifted into the role of a vengeful prosecutor.
He touted an &#8220;accountability commission&#8221; tasked with gathering evidence for future trials. The target list? High-ranking officials like Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and Tom Homan. Pritzker’s chilling promise — &#8220;We are coming after them&#8221; — sounded less like a champion of due process and more like a man orchestrating a political purge. He admitted that while he might not have the power today, he is willing to wait years for a friendly administration to weaponize the courts against these individuals.
The irony reached a fever pitch when the conversation turned to the recent assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. When asked about his own history of inflammatory language, Pritzker suddenly transformed into a paragon of &#8220;civility.&#8221; He somberly lectured that &#8220;all of us need to be very careful about how we speak&#8221; and urged both sides to &#8220;bring the rhetoric down.&#8221; He insisted there is a &#8220;big difference&#8221; between his prior calls for &#8220;peaceful protests&#8221; and the &#8220;authoritarian&#8221; actions of his opponents.
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Today on Meet the Press Now, JB Pritzker calls President Trump an &quot;authoritarian, and if we are not pushing back every single day, then we&#39;re doing it wrong.&quot;
A few seconds later, Pritzker threatens Trump admin officials: &quot;It may take us a couple of years, in fact, to go after… <a href="https://t.co/UxrRHq1L6R">pic.twitter.com/UxrRHq1L6R</a>
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However, Pritzker’s newfound commitment to &#8220;soft rhetoric&#8221; is belied by his own recent history. While he stands on the national stage calling for peace, his record tells a different story of provocation. In April, 2025, at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, Pritzker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-never-seen-anything-like-it-stephen-miller-blasts-jb-pritzker-for-inciting-violence?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve+Never+Seen+Anything+Like+It%E2%80%99%3A+Stephen+Miller+Blasts+JB+Pritzker+For+%E2%80%98Inciting+Violence%E2%80%99">dropped the mask</a> of the statesman, explicitly calling for &#8220;mobilization&#8221; and &#8220;disruption.&#8221; He told a cheering crowd, &#8220;These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.&#8221;
This is the Pritzker Paradox: a man who threatens to hunt down government officials through the legal system and tells his followers to harass his opponents, yet has the audacity to blame others for a toxic political climate. By vowing to prosecute his enemies while simultaneously calling for &#8220;softened&#8221; language, Pritzker isn’t fighting authoritarianism — he’s providing a masterclass in it. For the Illinois Governor, &#8220;civility&#8221; is apparently a one-way street, and the law is simply a tool to be stored away until it can be used to bury his enemies.

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Sheridan Gorman&#8217;s father is decrying the sanctuary policies that resulted in his daughter&#8217;s alleged killer being out on the streets.
Venezuelan national <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-steps-in-after-illegal-immigrant-accused-of-slaying-college-freshman">Jose Medina</a>, 25, allegedly gunned down the 18-year-old Loyola University freshman in Chicago last month. At the time, Gorman was walking with her friends around 1 a.m. to look for the northern lights near the Chicago lakefront.
Before that, Medina had crossed the border illegally in May of 2023 and was subsequently released into the country.
He was caught allegedly shoplifting from a Chicago Macy&#8217;s that June, according to the Chicago Tribune. When the illegal immigrant failed to appear for his hearing in the case, a warrant was sworn out for his arrest.
Sheridan&#8217;s father is now arguing that local authorities should have handed Medina over to federal authorities at the time due to his lack of immigration status.
&#8220;There needs to be some cooperation between state and local government and federal officials. When someone commits a crime and they&#8217;ve been here illegally, there needs to be cooperation,&#8221; Sheridan&#8217;s father, Thomas Gorman, told CBS News in an interview that aired Wednesday.
&#8220;He was arrested for, yes, a nonviolent crime, but he was also here illegally. In our mind, he should&#8217;ve been handed over to the feds at that point,&#8221; the grieving father added.
Sheridan&#8217;s mother said they were told their daughter likely saved her friends&#8217; lives the night of her murder.
&#8220;He, like, moved towards her threateningly,&#8221; Jessica Gorman, Sheridan&#8217;s mother, told CBS News of Medina&#8217;s actions that night. &#8220;She turned around and she warned her friends that there was a man with a gun, and you need to run. And they ran.&#8221;
Sheridan was able to run about 40 feet before she was shot in the back and neck, Thomas said.
&#8220;They say it was a senseless tragedy. It wasn&#8217;t. It was a murder. It was a preventable murder,&#8221; Jessica said.
Medina was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder in the first degree, three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer with local authorities, but it is not likely to force any action due to sanctuary laws in Illinois.
Before he was released into the country after crossing the border, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-era-illegal-dubbed-likely-to-flee-now-accused-in-college-student-murder">Border Patrol agents</a> said that Medina was &#8220;likely to abscond,&#8221; according to federal documents that were recently obtained by House Judiciary Committee Republicans.
The agents also noted that Medina didn’t make any asylum claims, writing that he did not “fear harm or persecution” if returned to Venezuela.
Meanwhile, Medina&#8217;s defense has argued that the Venezuelan national is developmentally delayed and can&#8217;t read or write after being shot in the head during a 2018 robbery in Colombia, <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/what-we-know-about-loyola-murder-suspect-jose-medina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to WGN.

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Visitors to the Obama Presidential Center Museum when it opens in Chicago this summer can expect to pay more for admission than any other presidential library.
A new report from the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-obama-presidential-center-is-finally-here-prepare-to-pay-up-d4aa7d26">found</a> that the $30 adult ticket price for entry into the Obama museum is more than any other presidential museum and 59% higher than the average price for all presidents since John F. Kennedy.
The museum, which is set to open on June 19, <a href="https://www.obama.org/visit/museum-tickets/">will charge</a> $30 for adults (including kids age 12 and up), $23 for kids between the ages of 3 and 11, $26 for adult residents of Illinois, and $15 for children residents of Illinois.
Illinois residents will be required to “show proof of residency at the Museum with a valid photo ID, Illinois driver’s license, state ID, or city-issued ID.” That requirement has been mocked by critics who noted that the Democrat Party has aggresively opposed ID requirements for voting.
“Our campus is free and open to the public, with the exception of the four floors of the museum,” foundation spokeswoman Emily Bittner told the Journal. “We offer tremendous new amenities that no other presidential center provides, like an NBA-regulation-size basketball court, two-level playground, recording studio, classroom spaces and more than two dozen newly commissioned pieces of public art.”
Ticket prices for other presidential libraries vary widely with costs ranging from $29 to visit Richard Nixon’s center to $12 for Jimmy Carter. Other prices include $26 for George W. Bush, $25 for Ronald Reagan, $24 for John F. Kennedy, $16 for Lyndon Johnson, $14 for Gerald Ford, $12 for Bill Clinton, and $12 for George H.W. Bush.
In addition to the costliest entry price, the Obama museum set records for the amount time it took to be completed and total project cost, the Journal reported. The presidential center, which sprawls over 19 acres, cost over $850 million to construct, well over the initial estimate of $300 million. In comparison, around $500 million was raised for the George W. Bush presidential center.
The Journal also found that Obama’s library is set to open 3,427 days after he left office. The next longest gap between opening a library and leaving office is 1,751 for George H.W. Bush.
Former President Joe Biden has so far struggled to raise money for his presidential center while plans have already commenced for President Donald Trump’s library, which is set to be constructed on the waterfront in Miami, Florida.
The design for Trump&#8217;s library comes from the renowned Miami-based architecture firm Bermello Ajamil, a Woolpert Company. It includes a single tower stretched tall above the Miami skyline and features a base large enough to accommodate a presidential jet on the main floor.

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Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker is getting hammered after posting a video promoting walking in Chicago, days after an 18-year-old woman was allegedly fatally shot by an illegal immigrant while out for a walk.
Sheridan Gorman, a Loyola University freshman, was killed March 19 while walking with friends, according to reports. Authorities say a 25-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rare-reason-keeps-illegal-alien-suspect-in-loyola-student-slaying-from-facing-court?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Rare+Reason+Keeps+Illegal+Alien+Suspect+In+Loyola+Student+Slaying+From+Facing+Court">Venezuelan national</a> who was in the United States unlawfully approached her and shot her as she tried to run away.
The suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, crossed the southern border illegally in May 2023 and was later released into the United States. He then turned up in Chicago, where he was accused of shoplifting from a Macy’s weeks later, <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/21/loyola-chicago-shooting-suspect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Chicago Tribune. He never showed up for his court date, resulting in a warrant for his arrest, the outlet reported.
Days after Gorman&#8217;s killing, Pritzker posted a video promoting &#8220;National Walking Day,&#8221; describing the sanctuary state of Illinois as &#8220;the best place to walk.&#8221;
And the governor walked into an onslaught of criticism.
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Happy National Walking Day, Illinois. <a href="https://t.co/AsasLKDIT3">pic.twitter.com/AsasLKDIT3</a>
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Fox News correspondent Matt Finn <a href="https://x.com/MattFinnFNC/status/2039657104890376558">quipped</a>, &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t an innocent young 18-yo college girl senselessly murdered while out for a walk in Chicago? Happy walking, Illinois.&#8221;
&#8220;CRAZY how most people who go out walking in a sanctuary city end up running,&#8221; Fox News Radio host Jimmy Failla wrote in the comments section.
Gorman&#8217;s family has criticized Pritzker&#8217;s response to the tragic slaying. Four days after the killing, Pritzker&#8217;s office released a statement on the &#8220;senseless murder.&#8221;
“Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman,&#8221; Pritzker&#8217;s office told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Violent crime has no place in our streets, and we expect the alleged perpetrator to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.&#8221;
Pritzker&#8217;s office placed blame on &#8220;the Trump administration,&#8221; saying it needs &#8220;to stop politicizing heinous tragedies and instead focus on real solutions, like reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts.&#8221;
In a social media <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GovPritzker/posts/sheridan-gormans-murder-is-a-tragedy-and-the-person-responsible-must-be-held-acc/1488447859304935/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>, Pritzker called Gorman&#8217;s killing &#8220;a tragedy,&#8221; adding that &#8220;the person responsible must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.&#8221;
Gorman&#8217;s family <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gorman-family-calls-out-johnson-pritzker-following-college-students-killing-chicago">pushed back</a> on the governor&#8217;s response, saying her “death cannot be reduced to a general ‘tragedy,’ nor can it be explained away by broad references to failures somewhere else.&#8221;
“We are not interested in political arguments or in watching responsibility shift from one place to another,&#8221; the family continued. &#8220;If there were failures — as the Governor himself has acknowledged—then every one of them must be identified, examined, and addressed directly. The location of those failures matters less than the willingness to confront them honestly.”
“Our daughter is not a policy debate. She is a life that was taken, and that demands accountability,” they added.

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