Questions about how Illinois spends taxpayer money resurfaced on Chicago’s Morning Answer, as guest hosts Jeanne Ives and Jim Iuorio spoke with Mark Glennon, founder of Wirepoints, about millions of dollars in state grants flowing to nonprofit organizations with political ties. Audio and summary here.
February 11, 2026
Questions about how Illinois spends taxpayer money resurfaced on Chicago’s Morning Answer, as guest hosts Jeanne Ives and Jim Iuorio spoke with Mark Glennon, founder of Wirepoints, about millions of dollars in state grants flowing to nonprofit organizations with political ties.
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Joe the Plumber
6 months ago
what does tad dumbowski think and is tad a bigger grifter than beetle bailey
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The Railroader
6 months ago
Back in the day, I couldn’t so much as pick up the tab when lunching with DOT people, lest this give the impression that I was attempting to influence their decision-making process. I thought it to be good policy designed to stop bribery. It turns out that this wasn’t the case with state and federal grant makers. The scope of the fraud uncovered by DOGE at USAID was staggering. That agency would throw around money for nebulous causes like it was water. When we found those USAID-granted confiscated taxpayer funds being spent on leftist rent-a-mobs and political contributions to Democrats,… Read more »
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anna
6 months ago
A Democratic lawmaker in Virginia has introduced a bill that would ban the state from verifying a non-profits’s ability to provide and receive federal taxpayer benefits.
The bill states:
“No state agency responsible for the administration of federal funds shall impose a requirement on a nonprofit charitable organization providing a federal benefit to determine, verify, or otherwise require proof of eligibility of any applicant for such benefits.”
Count the minutes until a Democrat lawmaker in Illinois copies this bill word for word…
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Deb
6 months ago
No taxpayer funds should be used for political non profits. They can fundraise from their supporters
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