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License plate reader company under investigation in Illinois speaks out as suburbs end contracts There is growing concern over the use of license plate reader technology in Illinois, as the secretary of state has ordered one of the nation's largest operators to stop cooperating with federal agenc...

What is your opinion of Flock Safety being able to track your every drive? Flock Safety tracks places you frequent, including employment, education, religious, medical, political, and social — both historically and in real-time. #surveillance #bigbrother
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Does anyone know how many federal employees are on the ballroom project? or how the (alleged) private funds are being managed/tracked/reported on the project?

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on #government would be necessary. ... you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
- PUBLIUS Feb 8, 1788

Which comes first? The good-paying jobs that allow people to shop retail, or the retailers that attract good-paying jobs?

What should Illinois strive to improve?

When is it acceptable to #homeschool?
When is it not?
Whose responsibility is it to see that children are educated?

I'm expecting this to be an issue in the 2026 mid-term elections.

Oh yeah. They are going to find a lot of migrant workers in their pleasure boats going out to enjoy a day of boating. 🙄

If you ever go to the Smithsonian campus in DC - always eat at the cafe in the National Museum of the American Indian. It is a real treat - beating all the other museums for quality and menu.

American language keeps drifting to extremes: a tasty burger is now ‘awesome,’ a contrarian remark is ‘hate speech.’ Heroes vs. Villains. The middle ground is vanishing. We shower friends with over-the-top praise while casting those outside our group as monsters.

Words shape how we see each other.

What do you feel demonstrates this best?