Illinois Review

Republican shocks conservatives by signing onto Illinois Leftists' Green New Deal

St Rep Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville)

NAPERVILLE - One Republican is convinced a state version of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal is something Illinois should adopt. House Assistant Minority Leader Grant Wehrli of Naperville signed on as Chief Co-sponsor of the Clean Energy Job Act, he announced last week.   

The "ambitious legislation" would "make Illinois the national leader in renewable energy," a press statement says.

The Clean Energy Jobs Act seeks to move Illinois to 100% renewable energy by 2050, a move that represents a substantial increase in renewable energy expectations when compared to the Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act of 2016.

The 2016 Act calls for Illinois to move to 25% renewable energy by 2025, and Wehrli admits the new legislation is extremely aggressive.

Tarter responds to Log Cabin Republicans' endorsement

SPRINGFIELD - Earlier this week, the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of Republicans committed to LGBT rights, announced their pick in the March 17th GOP primary for US Senate. 

Their pick, Springfield area cancer surgeon Tom Tarter, had answered the group's questionnaire satisfactorily, earning him their support.

"Dr. Tarter wil be a strong voice to fix our broken healthcare system. He supports the President, he's a conservative, and he supports inclusion in the Republican Party," said Alex Walker, the Log Cabin Republicans' communications manager.

Tarter responded to the group's endorsement and confirmed that he was also standing by the positions he took on the Illinois Family Action's questionnaire as well. IFA is a firm supporter of the traditional family and opponent of groups and movements that work to limit religious rights when they collide with LGBT rights.

St. Rep. Wilhour: Illinois should not ignore in-state solutions to energy production

By State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) - 

When we return to Springfield later this month, one of the issues on the table will be energy.

Since the Legislature has adjourned, there has been a big push for so-called green energy solutions. The solutions they are highlighting would dramatically increase the cost of energy in Illinois and threaten the availability of reliable sources of energy during those peak times when more power is needed.

Negotiations are under way to dramatically change the way energy is produced in Illinois. The Governor, along with environmental groups, want Illinois to go to 100 percent renewables by 2050.

Trump at March for Life: Every child is a precious and sacred gift from God

DC - President Donald Trump confirmed and asserted his views for the sanctity of life and the evils of abortion. His words were unapologetic and stunning for abortion advocates. 

But in a day when science tells us the brain begins functioning at six weeks, as other organs continue to develop weeks after the heart begins beating at 22 days after conception, there are fewer and fewer mysteries about in utero life. 

The president told the thousands in the crowd he was "truly proud to stand" with them for life.

His 13 minute speech:

Covington High School's Sandman returns to D.C.

DC - Last year, as the 46th March for Life was winding down, students from Kentucky's Covington High School were waiting for their bus to come and pick them up after joining thousands of other Life supporters. 

As young Nicholas Sandmann was waiting, Nathan Philips, a frequent protester with an native American group, came up to him and began beating a drum and chanting in Sandman's face.

DuPage family "witnesses history" at 47th March for Life in DC

Peter Breen and wife Margie at 47th March for Life

DC - At least one DuPage County family made their way to DC Friday to join the 47th Annual March for Life. For the first time in American history, the nation's president personally appeared at the gathering, telling the thousands gathered that he was "Proud to stand with them for Life."

Di Leo: Family Planning and the Real World

By John F. Di Leo - 

Reflections on the 47^th anniversary of Roe V. Wade

What is “family planning?”

Most of us think of the term as referring to logical, traditional advice: Don’t have sexual relations until marriage; try to time things so that you don’t have more kids, more quickly, then you can handle; agree on which denomination to raise your children in, early on, so you don’t have fights later… things like that.

But since the 1960s and 1970s, Planned Parenthood’s definition of “family planning” has taken over. Planned Parenthood, in fact, basically owns the term. They market themselves as “a family planning organization…” in fact, as the family planning organization.

Thorner: Once Never-Trumper says he was "wrong about Trump"

ST LOUIS - Once a "Never Trumper," Dr. Everett Piper told an audience of conservative activists last weekend that he was "wrong about Trump." 

Born in 1959, Dr. Piper is an American former university president, author of Not a Day Care, and Washington Times columnist. He served as President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University from August 2002 until his retirement in May of 2019.

Shehab: Hijab Day Promotes Muslim Women’s Suppression

By Hesham Shehab - 

While women in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and some Muslim-majority countries are facing imprisonment, torture,  and, sometimes, acid attacks for removing the hijab, a Muslim woman in New York, Nazma Khan, came up with the idea of promoting hijab in the West and founded the annual event, “World Hijab Day,” in 2013.

Khan tells her story of being called “Batman” and “ninja” in school for wearing a hijab. She concluded that “the only way to end discrimination is if we ask our fellow sisters to experience hijab themselves.”

World Hijab Day takes place on February 1st each year in many countries worldwide. While its stated purpose is to encourage women of all faiths and cultures to wear and experience the hijab, the event seeks to normalize a Sharia law ordinance that oppresses women.

Chicago Tribune faces ownership crisis

CHICAGO - The Chicago Tribune is facing an ownership crisis, according to industry news sources during the past week. It's so bad that the papers reporters are reportedly trying to find a new owner for their newspaper. 

"They're doing it because they're afraid of Alden Global Capital's plans for all of the papers owned by Tribune Publishing," CNN Business reports.

Illinois hits new historical low unemployment rate

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Friday that the state's unemployment rate fell another -0.1 percentage point to 3.7 percent, a new historical low.

The IDES news release gave all the credit for the low unemployment rate to Democrat Governor Pritzker, and did not mention the Trump Administration's national economic boom.

“Over the past year, Governor Pritzker has worked hard to improve Illinois’ economy and create the conditions for good jobs around the state that will build long-term economic success,” said Deputy Governor Dan Hynes. “From the bipartisan balanced budget and historic Rebuild Illinois infrastructure plan to lifting up workers and families by raising the minimum wage, this administration is creating an economy that works for everyone.”

Dr. Jane Orient: New Year’s Thoughts from a ‘Boomer’ Doc

By Jane M. Orient, M.D. -

The words of the year as 2019 ends appear to be “OK Boomer” and “woke.” To this Boomer, it appears that the younger generation is blaming us for all the Evil in the world, from their perch of “woke” moral superiority. They consider us to be out of touch and over the hill.

According to Merriam-Webster, “woke” means “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).” It went from being a black activist watchword to internet slang.

It is apparent that there is a giant political divide in this country, partly but not entirely intergenerational. In my opinion, my generation bears a lot of blame, but probably not in the way that most Millennials think. Waiting for us to die and get out of the way is not going to solve the problem—particularly in medicine.

Facebook Now Classifies ‘Denying Existence’ of Transgender Identities as ‘Hate Speech’

In a rule change quietly implemented at the end of the year, Facebook announced it now forbids “denying [the] existence” of various sexual identities.

The Silicon Valley-based company announced the change in a December update to its Community Standards. In the post, Facebook described “protected characteristics” as “race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disease or disability.”

By classifying the denial of certain sexual orientations as a form of “hate speech,” Facebook is potentially barring users from posting any content critical of the more than 50 gender identities preloaded into the networking site or the innumerable markers people can come up with by using the “custom” option.

More HERE

Parents Challenge ‘Radical’ LGBT Curriculum in New Jersey Schools

“Gender ideology has brainwashed my son and erased his childhood,” says Crystal Lopez. “My son now thinks he is really a girl. The curriculum that is being implemented is really harmful and is meant to confuse our children.”

Parents are plenty angry about a New Jersey law that requires LGBT material to be incorporated into public school classroom instruction.

Abraham Kuyper: ‘The school belongs to the parents’

During the early and middle part of the 19th century, the view that children belonged first and foremost to the state was spreading among many school leaders at both the national and municipal level. Of course, the family took care of children’s physical care, but the mind of the child must be formed by the state.

Another Women’s Sport Is Letting Biological Males Compete

The latest women’s professional sport to pay homage to transgender ideology is World Long Drive golf, a sport that involves driving golf balls long distances off of tees.

A female golfer who participates recently contacted me with concerns about the upcoming season because it will include a transgender woman competing in the women’s division.

Australian Jamie O’Neill, born male and now identifying as female, holds a bodily advantage over all the women in World Long Drive. The stats from O’Neill’s website predict the trajectory of O’Neill’s promising career in long drive golf.

In August 2019, O’Neill’s total yardage was 280 yards. By December 2019, it was 301 yards. O’Neill’s goal is 350 yards by April 2020, which would pass the highest championship score recorded in the Women’s Division since its inception of 347 yards.

Without a doubt, O’Neill will crush the female competitors in long drive golf sports. The reason is simple biology. Although now wrapped in a female persona, O’Neill’s 43-year-old male body still provides a dominating upper body strength and hand grip advantage.

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How Obamacare Made Things Worse for Patients With Preexisting Conditions

Nationwide, one-quarter of the cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute participate in no Obamacare plans.

One of the strange features of the national health care conversation is how it has evolved.

What is often referred to as Obamacare began as an attempt to insure the uninsured. In fact, the initial Congressional Budget Office estimates predicted the Affordable Care Act would be largely successful in doing just that.

Yet it was the Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, who identified the political problem with that goal early on. About 95% of those who vote already have insurance, Schumer noted. So Obamacare was promising to spend a great deal of money on people who don’t vote.

Perhaps for that reason, the public case for health reform underwent a dramatic shift. On the eve of its passage, virtually every advocate who went on national TV to advocate for the Affordable Care Act had nothing to say about insuring the uninsured.

More HERE

Curran calls for deportation of those non-citizens that illegally voted

LAKE COUNTY - Republican candidate for US Senate Mark Curran lost his re-election bid for Lake County sheriff in 2018 by 137 votes in a county election where 245,000 votes were cast. That meant Curran lost by .000559 percent of the votes cast - insignificant most of the time. 

What happened to Curran in 2018 reinforces the fact that some call a "nominal" number of non-citizens  "mistakenly" registered to vote through the Secretary of State's office does matter, Curran told Illinois Review Wednesday. 

"Anybody that voted as an illegal citizen should be put up for deportation immediately," Curran said. "The message needs to be loud and clear. [Secretary of State] Jesse White violated his constitutional oath. There needs to be a federal investigation into what transpired."

Thorner/O'Neil: Trump's re-election depends on patriots to succeed against all obstacles

By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil - 

Within hours after Trump was elected President, a Nobel Laureate economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, among others of his ilk, reported how a Trump presidency would result in an immediate, serious recession. Krugman claimed and the Times reported, “We are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight.” 

It has since been proven over three years of a Trump presidency, that those dire predictions were wrong.  Our economy is thriving, and our nation remains the envy of most people throughout the world, which is why our borders must be protected.

Weyermuller: Despite AG report, questions remain about Klopfer and thousands of aborted victims

By Mark Weyermuller - 

Today is the 47th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, a Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion (killing babies) on January 22, 1973. An estimated 62 million babies have been killed in the womb in the United States since this court decision. 

KLOPFER CASE

On December 31, 2019, a 61 page report was released from Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill pertaining to the 2411 aborted children remains of which 2246 were found in a garage in Crete, Illinois and 165 were found in the trunk of a car in Dolton, Illinois.   The remains were found in September 2019 after abortions performed by deceased Dr. Ulrich Klopfer. The abortions were  performed in 2000-2003 in Indiana, according to Hill's report.