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Million Unmasked March and Rally Set for July 25 in Springfield, IL

A Million Unmasked March will be taking place at the Illinois State Capital Building and ISBE Building on July 25, 2020 at 10 AM.  

According to a press release, guest speakers will include Grundy County States Attorney Jason Helland, Illinois State Representative Darren Bailey, Constitutional Lawyer Thomas Devore, 17-year Veteran Teacher Tonya Sneed, Parkview Christian Academy Board President Jed Davis along with Event Organizers Dawn Gregory, Kayla Brooks Null and Michael Rebresh

The group expect a large turnout in response to the “Return To School” guidelines set forth by Governor Pritzker, which requires all students to wear PPE in order to attend schools. The group also objects to any future requirements of Covid19 vaccinations as a mechanism for approved attendance.

Skillicorn: To Wear A Mask or Not?

By State Rep. Allen Skillicorn - 

How does one decide what to do when the science and data are not conclusive? Take mask wearing. In the early part of this pandemic, Dr. Fauci of the NIH, told CBS 60 minutes on March 8, "There's no reason to be walking around with a mask." One month later, the CDC recommended it. Interestingly though the studies they offer on their website, discuss corona virus asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic symptoms, not ones regarding the use and effectiveness of masks.

While experts across the country appear undecided, Governor Pritzker has made it mandatory. According to the State Coronavirus Face Coverings FAQ: “Executive Order 2020-32 requires that any person over the age of two wear a face-covering when in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance. Face-coverings are also required in public indoor spaces such as stores. Exceptions may be made for individuals with medical conditions or disabilities that prevent them from safely wearing a face-covering.”

Rossi: The Futures of Our Kids Are In Serious Jeopardy

By Randy Rossi - 

Those of us that have studied history and have had the honor of living in America’s “sweet spot” after WWII and right up to last year could never have imagined how far and how fast this great nation could fall in just 12 months. Not only was America the greatest nation in the history of the world that brought freedom to 1 billion people by defeating Hitler and Tojo; we saw America rebuild Europe and Japan under the Marshall Plan, save Europe from the USSR and communism under NATO, defeat the USSR and free Eastern Europe by winning the Cold War, and then create the most prosperous and largest middle class in the history of the world. While we hit a “rough spot” under Democrat President Obama, after just 3 years under Republican President Trump our economy exploded producing the lowest unemployment for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians in US history and our stock market hit all-time highs benefitting every American with a 401-k plan. Life was good although Democrats did everything they could to distract Americans from all that good news.

Thorner: Behind the Deep State: Deep State Bureaucrats and Intelligence Agencies (Part 1)

By Nancy Thorner - 

Who is behind Crossfire Hurricane, Russian Collusion, Ukrainian Hoax, impeachments, Lock downs, Riots, Insurrection.  Who's behind those people?  Who makes the decisions, who supplies the money, the coordination, the resources?  And what other schemes do the Radical Left and the Globalists have up their sleeve next?

The Marxists are already indoctrinating our kids to hate our country and become "Woke Global Citizens."

Alex Newman connected the dots in what was an extraordinary webinar on Sunday, June 27, 2020, when Newman presented an online national security briefing, Behind the Deep State, which can be viewed here.

The Latest Strategy To Fool Parents

Supporters who want to keep Common Core’s failed standards in place have come up with a new twist for deceiving unhappy parents. First, they point explicitly to Common Core as a failed strategy to increase the academic achievement of low achievers in order to alert parents to what has happened.

They do what seems at first confusing because it is widely known that most parents and teachers (if they felt free to speak their minds) detest Common Core’s standards, tests, and aligned textbooks or readings.  All Common Core’s failings and limitations are real. While the many articles on the decline in student achievement in a Common Core-aligned educational environment tell the truth, there is malice in the schadenfreude expressed about the many disadvantaged kids who have been deprived of the educational equity that Common Core was initially touted as creating.

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Climate Reality Gains Three New Converts

First there was Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans, then came Bjorn Lomborg’s False Alarm, and now Michael Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never.  All three authors sound the common theme that the  hyper-green environmental activists who have captured, politicized, and monetized  the concern for the environment have, as Lomborg explains, created  a false climate  alarm  which has “costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet.”  To varying degrees, all three authors come from a strong environmental activist background, which observation makes their public revelations even more noteworthy.

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It's Time to Defund the CDC

Limited government not only keeps government within its proper scope, it avoids mission creep and ensures that critical tasks get done well. Governments generally under-prepare for rare events like disasters and pandemics. This makes an agency focusing exclusively on communicable diseases invaluable.

After the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, we should seriously consider replacing the CDC with an agency focused exclusively on infectious diseases. Other CDC functions (like collecting vital statistics) can be moved elsewhere within the Department of Health and Human Services. We need an approach to ensure preparedness for the next pandemic.

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School Choice Advocates Win Major Victory in U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Montana may not bar religious schools from participating in the state’s tax-credit scholarship program.

The 5-4 decision in Espinoza v. Montana is a major win for school choice advocates. It is also a blow to so-called “Blaine Amendments” that have discriminated against parents who want to use popular and widespread education choice programs to send their children to religious schools.

“A State need not subsidize private education,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the majority. “But once a State decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious.”

Illinois-based Heartland Institute Policy Analyst Tim Benson lauded the decision.

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The Fragility of the Woke

Earlier generations went to college mainly to become educated and develop marketable skills. They weren’t very interested in ethnic and gender “studies” courses, ranting professors, and woke administrators. For the students of the 1960s who were, protesting was a side dish to a good investment in an affordable college degree that would pay off later.

But when such pathways are blocked, beware.

The woke but godless, the arrogant but ignorant, the violent but physically unimpressive, the degreed but poorly educated, the broke but acquisitive, the ambitious but stalled—these are history’s ingredients of riot and revolution.

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Di Leo: The Masked Face and the Public Square

By John F. Di Leo - 

In the fall of 1951, Galaxy Science Fiction serialized one of Robert A. Heinlein’s tales, which was eventually published as The Puppet Masters.  The story concerned an invasion of earth by small, flat, incredibly-fast-breeding aliens that could attach themselves to a human’s back and take over his mind completely.  

Though humanity eventually eradicates the threat, the book closes with the decision that life will never be the same. Due to the risk that these creatures might return, mankind must change the way it lives.   

We must forever change the way we dress and greet each other; clothing must expose the back, and greetings must include turning around to show the other person that you’re not controlled, much as the modern handshake developed from the medieval display of an open hand to show you weren’t brandishing a weapon.

Thorner/O'Neil: A Nation Unraveling at Its Seams

By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil -

Our nation has been forced to endure recent “marches” through our cities. Unlike the enjoyable parades we delighted in as children, the recent parades of people are intended to gain supporters for what they believe are injustices perpetrated against them by everyone from the Washington State police, to our white ancestors, and to what now seems like every white person alive in the past and today.

Reasonable people looked on in disgust from their homes shaking their heads in dismay, realizing any valid message had been blurred by unreasonable people who chose violence rather than reasonable dialogue.

Particularly sad is that the rioting occurred at the worst time possible.  How many of those who mingled and marched together will learn they contracted the coronavirus in the process and will pass it on to their families and friends?  According to health officials, there could not have been a worst time for social mingling and marching arm and arm through crowded street.

Campaigns for and against progressive tax launch efforts leading to November 2020 ballot

Vote NO coalition members held a joint press conference Tuesday from points around the state

CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker so desperately wants to remove the flat tax provision from the Illinois Constitution, that he dumped $51.5 million into a campaign that will make it easier for state lawmakers to raise state income tax.

At the same time, Illinois business groups such as the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Farm Bureau, the Technology & Manufacturing Association launched a joint effort to encourage Illinois voters to "Vote No on Progressive Tax" in November 2020.

Changing from a Flat Tax to a Progressive Tax system would be devastating for a state already losing population and businesses. Wealthier Illinoisans already pay more than middle and poorer residents, opponents argue. The more money a person makes the more taxes they pay - even in the flat rate system.

Ted Nugent: Take a Knee

By Ted Nugent - 

Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. Hold a musket ball in your Fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two.

There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so Just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real Experience.

Then, take a knee on the beach in Normandy where man after American man stormed the beach, even as the one in front of him was shot to pieces, the very sea stained with American blood. The only blockers most had were the dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.

O'Reilly - BLM Organization: 'It's News to Us'

By Bill O'Reilly - 

Americans are divided, angry, sad, inspired in some cases, and watchful of the Black Lives Matter Movement.  This week one of its leaders proclaimed on national TV that “if this country doesn’t give us what we want, then we will burn the system down.”

Hawk Newsome continued saying he might be talking figuratively ... or literally.

Very macho.  Very provocative.  Might be a threat.

Now, you would think the national press would be all over this story, trying to get accurate information about the Black Lives Matter operation to the American people, who the press is supposed to serve.  I mean, this is an important story, is it not?

Mr. Newsome, who heads the New York City chapter of Black Lives Matter, is the new Huey Newton, whom the 1960’s media largely adored.  Mr. Newton cofounded the Black Panther Party.

Do you know who cofounded the current Black Lives Matter organization?  Bet you don’t.  Because the press has totally ignored the real story regarding the BLM movement.

Three women are behind “The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation,” which is the central organization that directs policy. Alicia Garza, 39, is the chief strategic advisor.  Patrisse Cullors, 36, is also a top advisor.

Finally, Opal Tometi, 36, is the third force. She works with the BLM Foundation and is also the Executive Director of the “Black Alliance for Just Immigration.” That group is associated with the “Freedom Road Socialist Organization,” a Marxist-Leninist group that has received funding from the Tides Foundation run by George Soros.

Ah, the plot thickens.

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AMERICA IS ... A Stats Based Tribute

America has always been a special nation. We want to take a moment and highlight some of her achievements. Watch and share this powerful two minute tribute to what America is.

Chicago's deadly 4th of July weekend: one person shot every 2 and half hours

CHICAGO - Chicago has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. Yet the city's most racially-divided communities are the deadliest.

Where's the outrage - riots, protests, violence - over this continuing and increasing travesty? 

Tragic up to date murder/shooting stats from HeyJackass.com for the 4th of July weekend: 

Beckman: Time to address rampant fear of law enforcement

By Hank Beckman - 

Last week I wrote about a young black girl who spoke at a protest in La Grange about the killing of George Floyd.

She told the crowd she lived in constant fear that any day would be her last, because any day she might be killed because of the color of her skin.

I cited some statistics to show how unlikely this really was, and wrote about why she might be so fearful. I noted that several celebrities made the most outrageous and unreal statements about the nature of police interactions with black citizens in the modern era.

VIDEO: Karl Marx Was an Horrific Racist

Karl Marx, the hero of virtually all socialist and communist movements around the world, was an horrific racist.

This isn't opinion. It is fact.

Will the Dems Confront Their Racist Past?

By the Left’s own standards, most of their own great heroes — such as  FDR and Woodrow Wilson — should also be stripped of every honor and tossed away in the trash bin of history too.

Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, one of the most important and influential progressive presidents in U.S. history, was a notorious racist who supported and expanded segregation. Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also a horrific racist. In 1942, he shamefully imprisoned 112,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps. In fact, the long history of the Democratic Party is full of racism, segregationist policies and support for radical white supremacism. It was the Democrats, not Republicans, who created the Jim Crow South and stood against civil rights for African-Americans for generations.

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COVID Daily Deaths Down 92.4% From Peak, Have Declined 10 Straight Weeks

By Clay Travis - 

On July 4th 254 people died of the coronavirus nationwide, a 92.4% decline from the peak daily death total of 2,749 set on April 21st. These 254 deaths were the lowest number of deaths in the country from the coronavirus since March 23rd. (Yes, it’s a holiday weekend, but the overall trend lines have been straightforward for months, deaths decline on Saturday, Sunday and Monday every weekend, so there’s nothing that abnormal about these numbers. Deaths generally peak every Tuesday so if you enjoy reading fear porn, there will likely be a series of fear porn laden articles come Tuesday and Wednesday when deaths climb back up after a weekend decline).

As if that were not enough, yesterday also marked the tenth straight week of declining deaths from the coronavirus in this country, we have gone from 14,813 deaths in the week of April 20-26, an average of 2116 a day to 3611, an average of just 516 a day from June 28th to July 4th. That’s a decline of 76% in the death rate over the past ten weeks.

While I’d prefer no one ever died at all — no one hates death more than me, I wish we were all immortal — at 516 deaths a day we’re talking about roughly 7000 people dying every day in this country of something other than the coronavirus. That is, over the past week coronavirus deaths represented roughly 6% of all deaths in this country. Meaning 94% of all people in this country are dying of something other than the coronavirus.

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