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Humor's more important than ever these days. Say what you will about Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, few would claim he's notable for his sense of humor. Yet, he dropped a great line yesterday.

The city is opposing the illegal imposition of federal troops into what are clearly municipal police matters. The legality of the recently stationed new ICE federal police force? Landing in Chicago, they met public opposition. In response to this opposition, the heavily militarily outfitted ICE reportedly called Chicago's finest. The PD's response or lack there of is a matter of controversy.

When questioned about the matter, the Chicago Mayor responded, "What I can confirm is that our Police Department responds to every single 911 call.” 

Funny stuff. The Mayor's certainly of age to have heard Public Enemy rap all those years ago, "Get up, get, get, get down, 911's a joke in your town." Maybe the Mayor's humor is a little sophisticated?

Most amusing, if way back in 1990, someone from today came back and told you in 35 years either Flavor Flav or Donald Trump would be president, who would you have bet on? I mean, you'd probably thought, after protesting the absurdity of the choice, odds would be with Flavor Flav. Hell, Trump was declaring his "huge, magnificent, wonderful," billion dollar New Jersey Taj Mahal bankrupt. You'd a been wrong, but then in the intervening years, Donald Trump's become a lot more like Flavor Flav.