CHICAGO – Wirepoints’ new report lays out a set of 20 facts Illinoisans should know amid the complex and conflicting messaging appearing in ads across the state.
“All Illinoisans should know the facts regarding Illinois progressive tax,” says Ted Dabrowski, President of Wirepoints.
Some of the facts in Wirepoints’ report include:
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, and a suburban family is doing just that.
They are leaving Wheaton behind and moving to Indiana, so their kids can go to school in-person and play sports.
“It's been something, it's been cooking for a while. We did a lot of research on it,” said Dave Ruggles.
With high school winter sports up in the air and with in-person learning not an option, Ruggles has made the decision to relocate.
“Indiana starts with the premise that you need to have kids in school and playing sports, and Illinois has the approach of we're going to cut and run at the first sign of trouble,” he said.
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Pope Francis called for the creation of civil union laws for same-sex couples in a new documentary that aired in Rome on Wednesday, breaking from the Vatican’s stance on the issue.
“Homosexuals have a right to be part of the family,” he said in Francesco, a documentary about his life, according to the Catholic News Agency.
Taxpayer-funded NPR announced Thursday on Twitter that it is not covering the Hunter Biden laptop scandal because it’s not really a story, which prompted widespread backlash online.
“Why haven’t you seen any stories from NPR about the NY Post’s Hunter Biden story?” NPR wrote on Twitter.
NPR then answered the question, writing: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.”
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A U.S. Navy Veteran who reportedly was a former business partner of Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, unloaded on Biden in a statement early on Thursday morning, saying that Biden lied to the American people when he claimed that he did not talk to his son about his son’s business dealings.
Tony Bobulinski, who left the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, says that the few political donations that he has made in his life have been to Democrats. Bobulinski said in a statement to the New York Post that he has been contacted by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the Senate Committee on Finance requesting that he produce all documents related to his business dealings with the Biden family and noted that he is moving to immediately comply with the request.
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Democrat plans to derail a Senate Judiciary Committee vote approving Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court ended up in shambles Thursday after Republicans moved up the vote by several hours, leaving Democrats scrambling to respond.
The vote to recommend Barrett be confirmed to the Supreme Court was scheduled for 1 pm, but after learning that Democrats on the panel planned to boycott the hearing, they moved up the vote to 9 am. Barrett’s nomination was passed out of committee on a party-line vote, 12-0.
Typically, a Democrat boycott might have forced the Judiciary Committee out of session, since it prevented the formation of a quorum, but Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-CA) allowed for a last-minute rule change, giving Republicans the power to pass Barrett out of committee on a simple majority vote.
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CHICAGO - The once-Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is endorsing candidates in the upcoming election - and thus far, he's avoiding Democrat candidates.
A few weeks ago, Blagojevich - who received a prison commutation from President Donald Trump earlier this year - picked Donald Trump in the November 3rd election over Democrat challenger Joe Biden. He also made know his support for a Republican running for State Senate - Tom McCullagh.
This week, a press release was sent out on behalf of Blagojevich, saying he was supporting Willie Wilson (of the Willie Wilson Party) for U.S. Senate in November over Democrat incumbent Dick Durbin or Republican challenger Mark Curran.
By Nancy Thorner -
This election is all about corruption, particularly Chinese corruption.
“American Universities failed to report $6.5 billion in foreign gifts and contracts, an investigation by the Department of Education found...Universities reported receiving a total of more than $19.6 billion in foreign gifts and contracts from 2014 to 2020, including nearly $1.5 billion from China, almost $3.1 billion from Qatar, and more than $1.1 billion from Saudi Arabia...”
Facebook and the rest of the Silicon Valley oligarchs have also been thoroughly bribed by CHINA, which is why they are censoring the Hunter Biden story.
William Barr's March 24, 2019 letter summarizing the Mueller report was the start of the most bizarre election of my lifetime. Russiagate helped the Democrats take back the House but wasn't going to help them beat Trump. Biden had to get in the race then, because only Biden could raise the money needed because of his proven track record of delivering for the Chinese and other special interests. This was confirmed during the summer of 2019 when heart throbs of the Democrat Establishment like Beto O'Rourke and Kamala Harris crashed and burned. With typical Alinskyite tactics of accusing others of what you yourself are doing, impeachment of Trump over his request to get a computer showing the Biden's activities in Ukraine was used to cover up Biden's crimes.
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Someone is sending letters to Trump supporters in New Hampshire, threatening to burn down their homes if President Trump loses the presidential election but will not concede defeat.
As WMUR reported, the letter, which Milford police stated has been sent to various homes in the town displaying support for the president, stated:
Dear neighbor. You have been identified by our group as being a Trump supporter. Your address has been added to our database as a target when we attack should Trump not concede the election. We recommend that you check your home insurance policy and make sure that it is current and that it has adequate coverage for fire damage. You have been given “Fair Warning.” Always remember, it was “you” that started this Civil War. Be prepared to face the severe consequences of your pre-emptive actions against democracy.
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By Randy Rossi -
We are getting more proof every day that we are causing massive unnecessary harm to our kids that will hurt them for all their lives by shutting down our schools and replacing “In person learning” with disastrous “Virtual Learning”. The fact is that we are committing massive child abuse as a nation by allowing irrational and hysterical fear to rule over facts, logic, and love for our kids. Pretty strong criticism right? Well, here are the facts. First and foremost, The CDC just announced that as of October 10, only 74 kids under the age of 15 have died from Covid 19. Compared to that, during the 2019-2020 flu season, 434 children under the age of 18 died from the annual flu. That means the annual flu is almost 6 times more likely to kill our kids than COVID 19. Do we shut down our schools every year because of the flu? Of course not. Why are we shutting down our schools now? There are over 50 million kids in the USA under 15 which means that only 0.000148% of our kids under 15 have died from Covid 19 so far, yet we have shut down all our schools. That’s insane. On top of all that, if a kid is unlucky enough to catch Covid 19, the CDC has reported their survival rate from COVID 19 is 99.997! Why the heck did we shut down our schools? The odds of our kids catching and dying from COVID 19 are about the same as getting hit by lightning.
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GLENDALE HEIGHTS - An 80 year old family restaurant in Glendale Heights declared on Facebook Wednesday they would defy "Dictator Pritzker's" COVID eat-in restaurant shutdown orders this weekend for DuPage, Will, Kane and Kankakee counties.
Ki's Steak & Seafood Restaurant on North Avenue in Glendale Heights declared on their marquee, "We are Americans" and that they are "Free and Open."
Tuesday, Governor JB Pritzker declared all eat-in restaurants in DuPage, Will, Kane and Kankakee counties to shut down starting Friday, due to an uptick in COVID cases in those areas. The Rockford region is already under similar orders.
Public health officials announced 4,342 new confirmed cases of COVID in Illinois Wednesday, with 59 additional deaths - the vast majority of which died were 70 years and older.
"We are standing up for our freedom and we will stay open!" the restaurant's Facebook page said. "...No one is going to tell us we can't live out the American dream."
The restaurant is located just west of I-355 on North Avenue in Glendale Heights, Illinois.
CHICAGO - The Center Square points to an important issue that no other Illinois media seems to be interested in: Illinois' nearly-empty unemployment fund.
Funds to replenish the unemployment benefits will come from business owners - and sadly, after the COVID pandemic, fewer Illinois business owners will be forced to pay more to compensate for those businesses that didn't survive.
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ Department of Employment Security said it has paid out $16 billion in unemployment benefits to more than 2 million people since the beginning of the pandemic.
That fund, already borrowing federal money that must be repaid, must eventually be replenished, but who will bear that responsibility?
Unemployment insurance is funded by taxes and employers, both at the federal and state level. The cost is the same for all states for the federal unemployment taxes. Businesses pay varying levels of state employment tax based on their number of workers, type of business, and how much the state pays out in unemployment benefits. A higher maximum unemployment benefit typically leads to a higher state unemployment contribution from businesses.
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1619 Project creator lashes out over criticism. Tristan Justice writes:
The revisionist project, which has attracted sharp scrutiny since its publication last year, has since maintained full editorial support from the newspaper despite major corrections to its essays and leagues of historians debunking its primary claims.
After a group of leading historians objected to the Times’ project’s false information, the magazine’s Editor in Chief Jake Silverstein wrote back that “historical understanding is not fixed.” In other words, the Times doesn’t care what historians with decades of experience think if it counters the religious narrative that critical race theory demands.
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The Dutch government has approved plans to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children aged between one and 12.
Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands for children older than 12, with mandatory consent from the patient and their parents.
It is also legal for babies up to a year old with parental consent.
But there is no provision for those aged between one and 12 who are terminally ill.
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CHICAGO - Illinois voters in swing and red areas of the state are facing a sudden surge in COVID cases.
Starting Friday, Governor Pritzker has ordered four more counties (which all happen to be politically purple) - DuPage, Kane, Will and Kankakee - to return to some restrictions included in Phase 3 restricted Phase 3 along with COVID Region 5 - the politically reddest part of the state.
UPDATE: The governor's orders are not for these regions to completely return to Phase 3 - those orders include shutting down schools and other 25+ person gatherings. Instead, Governor Pritzker is focused at this time on shutting down indoor dining and bars.
The Phase 3 COVID Illinois Restrictions are as follows:
Gatherings: All gatherings of 10 people or fewer are allowed with this limit subject to change based on latest data & guidance
Travel: Travel should follow IDPH and CDC approved guidance
Health care: All health care providers are open with DPH approved safety guidance
Education and child care: Remote learning in P-12 schools and higher education; Limited child care and summer programs open with IDPH approved safety guidance
Outdoor recreation: State parks open; Activities permitted in groups of 10 or fewer with social distancing
Businesses:
Graphic Syverson included in email newsletter noting 2.3% COVID due to restaurants
ROCKFORD - Rockford State Senator Dave Syverson reported in a newsletter last week that he and several other area lawmakers wrote Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ezike, challenging imposed restrictions on the state's COVID Region 1 on behalf of business owners in his district.
From Senator Syverson's email newsletter:
As you are aware, on September 29, Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that Region 1, which includes Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, DeKalb, Lee, Jo Daviess, Carroll and Whiteside counties, were to be subjected to additional COVID-19 mitigations. These restrictions include preventing bars and restaurants from having indoor service and requiring outdoor service to close at 11:00 P.M.
These mitigations are negatively impacting owners who have gone above and beyond to ensure the safety of their patrons and have no reported COVID-19 cases. Hardworking men and women are still recovering from the damage done by the original statewide shutdown. Under these new mitigations, Illinois' government is threatening livelihoods of our local, small businesses, and all without due process. How can this be allowed? The answer, sadly, has more to do with politics than safety in my opinion.
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