butterfly effect
Illinois’ legal system put in writing that it refuses to investigate itself. Twice. No justification. No explanation. Just silence. When the very agencies tasked with oversight ignore their own rules, it stops being a state issue and becomes a federal one.
Now, with more people paying attention, the fallout isn’t just about one case it’s about every ruling, every protection, and every deal tied to this system. And with industry money flowing in all directions, some might wonder if influence still buys protection.
There’s a reason I’m being invited to places. There’s a reason people are watching. When you understand the rules, yours, and mine you can't be controlled by the game.
This is bigger than one case. Read the full breakdown, some people already have, and they don’t like what they see. Corruption only works when the people running it are competent. The whole game relies on quiet favors, tight lips, and just enough legal maneuvering to make things look clean on paper. But when sloppy, arrogant, and absolutely incompetent people try to run a system built on fraud, that’s when you get the butterfly effect of corruption. One bad move leads to another, and suddenly the whole foundation starts cracking not from outside pressure, but from pure, unfiltered stupidity.
The ARDC: Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois was created for one job: to regulate attorneys, investigate misconduct, and uphold integrity in State of Illinois' legal system. The rules governing their conduct aren’t optional. They have a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that requires them to investigate credible complaints or, if they deny a claim, to provide a legal justification citing the specific rule that allows them to do so.
Instead, they put in writing twice that they refuse to investigate. No explanation. No legal justification. Just outright refusal. They violated their own rules, ignored their governing procedures, and admitted in writing that they simply weren’t going to do their job. When I called them out citing their own policies that require an explanation for a denial—they went silent. Because they couldn’t answer. Because that kind of denial doesn’t exist in their rulebook. Because responding would mean acknowledging that they broke the system they were supposed to protect. And because every single Illinois Supreme Court justice was copied on the exchange, meaning they all saw it happen in real time. They had no way to clean it up.
This isn’t just a regulatory failure this is a written admission that Illinois’ legal oversight is compromised. Instead of correcting it, they doubled down. No investigation. No explanation. Just silence. And that silence isn’t just incompetence, it’s confirmation of systemic corruption.
A regulatory body refusing to investigate fraud is one thing. A regulatory body refusing to investigate fraud with the highest state court copied in is something else entirely. This is no longer a state problem, it’s a federal one. Because if the ARDC won’t enforce ethical standards, and if the Illinois Supreme Court won’t step in, that means every ruling, every protection, and every case touched by this system is now suspect. Illinois has signaled that it can no longer regulate itself. And once that signal is sent, federal oversight is inevitable.
And just in case anyone thought this was an ARDC problem, here’s the response from the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor, stating they have “no jurisdiction” over corruption this massive. Think about that. The Illinois Attorney General's Office’s own oversight body is saying this issue is too big for them to handle. If the ARDC won’t investigate, if the Illinois Supreme Court won’t act, and if the state’s legal watchdogs say they have no authority here who does that leave? I wonder if JB Pritzker or Kwame Raoul are aware of this or if they’re choosing not to be. Why are all of these agencies making decisions that can be seen as unethical or even illegal to protect nuEra Cannabis, Prairie Cannabis, their owners, their executives, their law firms, and everyone else tied to them? Is this purely about financial protection, or is the systemic fraud so deep that exposing one company would bring every other Illinois-based cannabis company down with them? Does Verano, Curaleaf, Cresco Labs, Green Thumb Industries (GTI), PharmaCann Inc, Ascend Wellness Holdings (CSE: AAWH.U / OTCQX:AAWH) all receive the same special treatment? Or are they just as afraid of what a spotlight on Illinois' corruption would reveal?
The answer is obvious. This isn’t just a state issue anymore, it’s a matter for the Security Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Government Efficiency, the United States Attorneys' Offices, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, and any other federal agency responsible for investigating systemic fraud and regulatory failure.
This didn’t have to happen. All they had to do was follow their own rules. Play the game the way it’s always been played quietly, without drawing attention. But instead, they got sloppy. Instead of controlling the situation, they panicked. Instead of keeping it contained, they turned it into a national problem.
Speaking of national I saw that there was a $250,000 donation from Curaleaf to President Trump’s inauguration, and I’m sure this was nothing more than standard industry lobbying, which is common across all sectors. That said, it’s also clear that donations like this won’t influence or deter the current administration of The White House from taking action where systemic issues exist. President Trump, Elon, and their teams with the Republican National Committee have been consistent in their focus on rooting out corruption at all levels, and Illinois is no exception. Ensuring integrity at the state level is just as critical as addressing it federally, and no amount of past political contributions will change that. Illinois has long been known for its pay-to-play system, but real reform doesn’t come from maintaining the status quo, it comes from holding bad actors accountable and making sure the system actually works for the people.
They thought silence would protect them. But silence only works when no one else is listening. And right now? The wrong people are listening.
Power isn’t owned. It’s borrowed. And collections are due.