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“Lizzie was an exceptional student-athlete who had a tremendous impact during her four years at Union College."

A kindergarten teacher has been sentenced after admitting to having sex with a female student – including on school grounds.

Democrats In Illinois Just Lost Hundreds Of Violent Criminals

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

In yet another glaring example of failed “criminal justice reform” in blue cities, Cook County, Illinois officials have admitted that 243 dangerous criminals have gone completely AWOL from the county’s pretrial electronic monitoring program.

These include individuals charged with murder, attempted murder, and sexual assault — all supposed to be tracked by ankle monitors while awaiting trial instead of sitting in jail.

The revelation comes straight from Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach II’s new transparency dashboard, which shows roughly 3,048 people currently on the program with 8 percent unaccounted for.

🚨 HOLY CRAP!! Cook County, Illinois Democrats ran a pre-trial program for murders and sexual assaulters so they WOULDN'T BE IN JAIL awaiting trial...

...and 8% OF THEM JUST WENT MISSING! Untraceable.

243 criminals — including murderers, attempted murderers, and sexual… pic.twitter.com/bou1YVobHu

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 14, 2026

Of the criminals that have gone missing, 21 have been charged with murder, 13 with attempted murder, 103 with sexual assault, and 173 with aggravated battery.

A former Illinois police chief summed it up bluntly: “They have NO idea where they’re at. NONE. ZERO.”

🚨 THIS CANT HAPPEN! Cook County, Illinois just admitted they LOST TRACK of 243 criminals on ankle monitors, including 21 MURDERERS and 13 attempted murderers.

One of them was out on monitoring when he shot and killed a police officer and injured another during an armed robbery… pic.twitter.com/vPbE1ACawK

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 14, 2026

The criminals were supposed to be on ankle monitors. Instead, they’re lost, prompting what the report called a “wild goose chase.”

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke called the figures alarming and warned of more victims if safeguards aren’t tightened.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s justice reforms — including elements of the controversial SAFE-T Act that pushed pretrial release over detention — are now under fresh scrutiny.

As one Illinois lawmaker noted in a follow-up post: “2,450 defendants on ankle monitors. 590 charged with violent crimes. 210 charged with aggravated weapons offenses. 85 felons caught with guns. 21 MURDER defendants. And 8% are just… gone. AWOL. Nobody knows where they are. THIS is Pritzker’s justice system.”

This isn’t some isolated glitch. The same program was ignored by a known career criminal with 72 prior arrests. He violated curfew, boarded a Chicago train, and set a stranger ON FIRE — exactly the kind of preventable horror that keeps repeating under these policies.

Chicago’s Revolving Door Of Doom: 72 PRIOR ARRESTS Revealed For Train Torcher

These repeat offenders keep being enabled in blue cities:

Recent cases like the cop-killing by an EM violator and the train torching show exactly where this leads. Illinois Democrats sold the public on “fairness” and “equity” in pretrial release.

What they delivered is a system where violent offenders roam free until they strike again — or simply vanish. The ankle monitors were meant to be a safeguard. Instead, they’ve become a joke.

Chief Judge Beach says more data and stricter violation reporting are coming. But after years of the same revolving-door failures, residents aren’t holding their breath.

Blue-city leaders keep doubling down on policies that prioritize criminals over victims. The body count — and the missing-persons list — keeps growing.

This is the predictable result of putting ideology over public safety. Until voters demand real accountability and law-and-order leadership, expect more of the same in Chicago and every other city following the same failed blueprint.

 

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Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 09:50

Our children aren’t learning to read — first because we’ve forgotten how to teach them, then because we're outsourcing their education to screens. 

Three days in, and the Cannes Film Festival is shaping up to be a three-hanky affair. There could be no better illustration of the flowing tears than Thursday night’s “Tangles” premiere, the first of the festival that featured Hollywood A-listers.

After BuzzFeed announced on Monday that Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake for $120M, former employees are taking the news hard, at the once high-flying media darling.

Now, a new Miracle Mile project is proposed that would dwarf all of them.

It’s hard to think of a time when Korean culture had a bigger share of the global zeitgeist than it does right now. 

The Los Angeles Mayor’s race has officially scrambled conventional wisdom over Hollywood’s political leanings.

The raw upside? The highest ceiling if he puts it all together? That just might belong to Louisville’s Mikel Brown Jr.

The California Post ranked all 32 NFL schedule release videos for the 2026 season. From the Chargers’ Halo masterpiece to the Eagles’ 14-minute disaster, here are the best and worst reveals of the year.

Each week, The California Post will power rank MLB’s 30 teams and check in on one intriguing awards race. Here is this week’s edition (records through Thursday night): 1.) Braves (30-14) The Braves are back in the top spot after a one-week absence, producing two statement series wins over the Dodgers and Cubs to become...

President Trump kicked off his bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping by praising the grand welcome ceremony that featured a sea of cheering schoolchildren. “I was particularly impressed by those children,” Trump said of the school kids jumping up and down in excitement at his arrival at the massive Great Hall of the People overlooking...

Convicted murderer Mackenzie Shirilla appears onscreen for the first time since being put behind bars in the new Netflix doc, "The Crash."

Convicted murderer Mackenzie Shirilla appears onscreen for the first time since being put behind bars in the new Netflix doc, "The Crash."

The 37-year-old "In the City" star debuted her baby bump via Instagram on Friday, posing for sweet snaps with boyfriend Eoin Heavey.

The 37-year-old "In the City" star debuted her baby bump via Instagram on Friday, posing for sweet snaps with boyfriend Eoin Heavey.

Big games on this year's calendar include showdowns with the Broncos, Bills and Patriots.

US Industrial Production Surged In April

Despite record low consumer sentiment (if you believe UMich), this morning saw the Empire Fed survey show New York state factory activity expanded in May at the fastest pace in four years, and firms grew more optimistic about the outlook.

That was followed by a much hotter than expected Industrial Production print (up 0.7% MoM vs +0.3% MoM exp and higher than the highest estimate) for April (and March's decline revised stronger), lifting annual growth up to +1.35% YoY...

Source: Bloomberg

April's gain for US industrial production was the largest since February 2025.

Manufacturing output rose 0.6 percent in April after edging up 0.1 percent in March.

The production of durables increased 1.2 percent in April, with gains in most categories.

The largest increase was in the output of motor vehicles and parts, which jumped 3.7 percent.

Nondurable manufacturing production edged down 0.1 percent, as declines in several categories - notably the indexes for chemicals and for plastics and rubber products, which both decreased 0.9 percent - were mostly offset by increases in the indexes for food, beverage, and tobacco products, for printing and support, and for petroleum and coal products.

Mining output edged down 0.1 percent in April after falling 1.6 percent in March. 

The output of utilities increased 1.9 percent in April, with gains in both electric and natural gas utilities.

Capacity Utilization continued to rise to 76.1% (better than the 75.8% expected)...

So, if Americans are so pissed off (UMich), why is production and factory activity (and retail sales) picking up?

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 09:27

My President Went To Beijing And All I Got Was This Crummy T-Shirt

Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities,

Stocks rallied after Jensen hopped on AF1 in Alaska. They rallied several times yesterday on Iran/China headlines, on Boeing selling planes headlines, and other soundbites from the much heralded Xi and Trump Summit.

As discussed in Wednesday’s report China and Trade, we did not have high expectations regarding this meeting. We did feel that the President wanted a deal badly enough, that we would get something to help markets, even though it seemed like China had a marginally better/better hand than the U.S.

What we were not expecting was a perfunctory set of meetings and press conferences.

The President is many things, but perfunctory is rarely one of them.

Perfunctory describes an action carried out quickly, superficially, or carelessly, usually as a routine duty rather than out of genuine interest or care.

It implies a lack of enthusiasm, effort, or thoroughness, often done merely to get a task finished.  (via AI finding the Merriam Webster definition).

With a truly impressive entourage of politicians, political appointees and business leaders, the stage seemed set for something “bigger” than what we got. We often get more market moving social media posts in the middle of the night than we got as part of this historic meeting.

I did not have high expectations, but I was hoping for more than what we got.

I would rather have seen some confrontation and pushing an agenda, than what seemed quite “perfunctory”.

It leaves me (and possibly markets) a little confused.

Have stocks been pumped as high as they can?

What decision does the President make with Iran over the weekend? 

It did not seem like there was any commitment from China to help, and according to at least some comments from the President, China was not asked to help.

Really, not sure what to make of the lack of headlines, but cannot help but think of those souvenir T-Shirts saying My President Went to Beijing and all I got was this Crummy T-Shirt.

It could have been worse.

It could have been a lot better. 

But with bonds under pressure, the affordability issue getting more and more attention, and stocks at all time highs, I think markets needed something more than we got.

Maybe there will be a “surprise” statement or two in the coming days, following up on the meeting, but I am disappointed, and suspect markets are too!

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2026 - 09:15