Illinois Review

An Unintentional Leftist Case for the Electoral College

Should we disenfranchise the majority in each state to preserve the national majority?

The presidential election season is an exciting time for the country. Candidates hop from state to state, mingling with coal miners, electricians, and school teachers in small-town diners and pizza parlors. Every four years, all those forgotten states in America’s “flyover country” suddenly become just as important as any big-city voter.

And that’s the point.

Thanks to the Electoral College, candidates actually go to Arizona, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina to listen to voters and ask for their support. There’s something authentically and wonderfully American about seeing some of the most powerful people in the country having a conversation with a librarian in Des Moines, listening to her views on taxes and infrastructure.

But that’s all about to change if the Left has its way.

While the rest of us are working and raising families, leftists continuously concoct schemes to complete their revolution and force their way of life on the rest of us. One method they’re pushing hard these days is the national popular vote, and they’re sending out an army of writers, political pundits, and personalities to attack the Electoral College.

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2300 aborted babies honored at Hillside cemetery

HILLSIDE - Folks met at the gravesite of 2,300 aborted babies buried in Hillside, Illinois on the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children last Saturday. 

The service was hosted and led by Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League. 

Video by Mark Weyermuller. 

Rossi: The “Fake News” Hides President Trump’s Great Success in Middle East Peace

By Randy Rossi - 

This has been an absolutely great week and month for those people that want peace in the Middle East which brings safety to our great ally Israel. President Trump with the help of his son-in-law Jared Kushner has helped Israel and the Middle East accomplish more progress for peace in just 30 days than all other U.S. presidents combined. First we were told that thanks to those U.S. led negotiations, Israel and the UAE announced an agreement to normalize relations. Then a few days later; Israel, Kosovo, and Serbia announced an agreement to normalize relations. As a result of this great news, first Norway nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for the Israel/UAE deal and then Sweden nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for the Kosovo, Serbia, and Israel peace deal. That is the first time in history that anybody has received two Nobel Peace Prize nominations for two different accomplishments in just one week! Everybody who loves peace should celebrate this right?

Sean Casten's tweets focus of latest Ives' campaign ad; Casten responds

WHEATON - Illinois' first-term Congressman Sean Casten makes use of his Twitter feed to attract attention and express his controversial Leftist views. For instance, the meme above was sent out by his campaign Tweet account: @TeamSeanCasten.

Do his Tweets reflect the people of Illinois' once-conservative 6th CD? The Jeanne Ives campaign released a video Monday focused on voters' responses to Casten Tweets: 

Casten's campaign responded with a few Ives' Tweets, saying Ives is "extreme ... hateful ... on the wrong side of history." 

The Revolution Is Upon Us

The left is leveraging tragedy to push their radical agenda. Michael Gonzalez writes:

Hard-left progressives are telling anybody who will listen that the 2020 riots and pandemic have handed them the opportunity they’ve always needed to transform America. What they want is a revolution “in the minds of the people,” not unlike the one John Adams said led to 1776, though to attain opposite ends.

The question is, will Americans from the right and center listen, grasp that progressives mean what they say, and realize that the country might change into something unrecognizable?

The warnings (or threats) are everywhere and difficult to miss. They come neatly folded into a very instructive conversation held in August by four charter members of the hard left—Alicia Garza, founder of Black Lives Matter; Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the New York Times’ 1619 Project; Maria Teresa Kumar, President and CEO of Voto Latino; and historian Martha Jones. The conversation was held to mark the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which told the states they could not prevent women from voting.

Beckman: The Thug of the Week is Not a Civil Rights Martyr

By Hank Beckman - 

Note to Black Lives Matter and their woke allies in Antifa, the Democratic Party and mainstream journalism: there are only so many times that you can turn a common criminal into a civil rights icon.

The latest reprobate to be ventilated by law enforcement but venerated by the left is one Jacob Blake, Jr., a Wisconsin resident with outstanding warrants for third degree sexual assault, criminal trespass to property and domestic abuse.

Mr. Blake attracted the renewed attention of the Kenosha authorities when the original complainant called to let them know he was violating a restraining order leveled against him in response to the alleged assault.

Fauci: The Response Of Trump Admin Has Been Impressive, I Can't Imagine Anybody Could Be Doing More

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the White House Coronavirus Task Force is working around the clock to fight the coronavirus outbreak, and that Trump has never challenged him on the science of coronavirus.

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Rossi: incredible Covid 19 News!

By Randy Rossi - 

If logic can prevail and if the American people were properly informed, we just got some news that should completely change the Covid 19 debate. Up until now, we have all been told 24X7 by politicians and the news media that science says that we should shut down our economy, our schools, and isolate ourselves to save lives from Covid 19. Because we listened to them, over 40 million Americans have lost their jobs and 56 million kids have been kicked out of school all of which caused massive pain to 96 million Americans but we were told it was worth it because it saved lives. And many people believe that.

But we just got some incredible news that proves with science and facts that closing down our economy and our schools did not in fact save lives and instead caused massive pain for tens of millions of Americans for no rational reason. What is that news? Statista just reported that Sweden, which did not close down its economy nor shut down its schools now has a lower Covid 19 death rate per one million people than America and many other countries in the world. As of September 7, America has had 576 Covid deaths per 1 million people. The good news is that is better than many countries including Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The incredible news is that Sweden which did not shut down its economy and or its schools had 573 deaths per 1 million people, slightly less than America. Think about that, Sweden had slightly less deaths than America yet they didn’t shut down their economy or their schools and did not cause massive pain and suffering to their people! Instead of causing massive pain for its people, Sweden focused on isolating its older people (65 plus) who are most vulnerable to Covid 19 and let people under 65 live their lives since Covid 19 was a very low risk for them.

Prominent Meteorologist Admits Climate Debate Is About ‘Justice’

Prominent climate activist and meteorologist Eric Holthaus has admitted that climate change activism is not about climate science, but really about “justice.” Holthaus’ admission is merely the latest in a long line of ‘scientists’ and others admitting that leftist political radicalism is the true goal of the asserted climate crisis.

With a Tweet, Holthaus joined a long line of climate alarmists on the left now fully admitting that the climate “crisis” or “emergency” is not about the science after all. Tweeted Holthaus:

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The Deeply Pessimistic Intellectual Roots of Black Lives Matter, the '1619 Project'

The woke ideology is deeply pessimistic. John Murawski writes:

If much of the dire rhetoric behind America’s moment of racial reckoning seems from an oppressive world of a half-century ago, that’s because it comes from "critical race theory," a decades-old philosophy deeply skeptical about the possibility of racial progress.

It turns up in the best-selling book, “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” in which readers are told that “white identity is inherently racist” and that “the white collective fundamentally hates blackness.”

The New York Times’ historically revisionist 1619 Project, published last year and distributed to more than 3,500 K-12 classrooms, similarly instructs that “anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country.”

AOC pal Sean Casten endorsed by ousted IL GOP chairman Pat Brady

DOWNERS GROVE - Thursday, 6th CD Democrat Congressman Sean Casten flaunted to his Deep Blue followers a quote former IL GOP Chairman Pat Brady made endorsing him against Republican candidate Jeanne Ives. 

"[Sean] makes decisions based on facts, never politics ... [I'm] a lifelong republican, but I can't support [Jeanne Ives} - Ives makes Trump look reasonable ... [she's] on the wrong side of history," Brady quips with a sneer on the YouTube ad. 

It's as if Brady - who was chairman of the IL GOP until unhappy Republicans demanded he resign - is using the opportunity with Casten to soothe a vendetta against Ives since she had the nerve to challenge Brady's buddy Bruce Rauner in 2018. Brady's fiery temper is well-known and his reputation for rudeness towards strong women is especially noted. 

Brady's ad that hoisted a radical leftist Democrat that could allow the Democrats to keep the majority and Nancy Pelosi to remain US House Speaker and third in line to the presidency stirred a joint response from IL GOP State Chairman Tim Schneider, and Illinois' representatives to the Republican National Committee Demetra DeMonte and Richard Porter:

VP Candidate Kamala Harris chilling interview about BLM riots: “They’re not gonna stop. And they should not.”

In a chilling interview with Stephen Colbert, smiling Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris basically promised continued violence from Black Lives Matter in this country for the foreseeable future.

The interview took place in June on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

It began with Colbert asking Harris about her participation in recent protests in Washington, D.C.

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Black Lives Matter descends into a war against our nation's foundations

Black Lives Matter turns against America's founding principles. Robert Woodson writes:

Though Black Lives Matter started as an authentic call for social justice, after being taken over by violent anarchists, it has steadily descended into a war against the foundations of our nation. Its vicious, senseless violence has taken its greatest toll among the most vulnerable low-income communities it purports to speak for.

Support for Black Lives Matter became a popular and facile way to signal one’s virtue. But do Black Lives Matter supporters such as LeBron James and other NBA stars, mayors of cities that are under siege, and corporate philanthropies condone the wanton violence, devastation, and death that are now perpetrated by radical, violent anarchists in the name of “social justice" for black people?

American Gun Sales Hit Record High

“Gun owners are becoming … younger, more suburban and urban than rural, and more women and more minorities are becoming gun owners as well,” says The Washington Free Beacon’s Stephen Gutowski.

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Another Illinois company faces tough decisions if state embraces progressive tax

LYONS - While the side promoting the progressive tax hike is insisting it's the "fair" way to impose state income tax, those small business owners that employ thousands say they will be forced to make tough decisions if Illinois forces another steep cost.

Althea Mottl, whose 4th generation manufacturing company sits in high property tax Cook County, says another overhead cost could force their family - who already make deep sacrifices to stay in business - to re-evaluate how they provide for their employees. Is that fair? 

The "Say No to the Progressive Tax" campaign released their 3rd such video and story Friday morning:

Thorner/Ingold: Distortion and Twisting Covid-19 Facts Linked to Politics

First called the "Chinese Virus" as the international killer was traced back to Communist China

By Nancy Thorner & Ed Ingold - 

Any news which would lessen the fear of Covid-19 that still affects many American six months after its inception is being dismissed by the Democrats, with full cooperation of Social Media. This includes anything which mentions the use hydroxychloroquine to lessen the effects of COVID-19, despite considerable evidence of its benefits.

According to  a study published by the Henry Ford Health System on July 2, 2020, treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects.

For Illinois, of the 7,175 total COVID-19 related deaths the CDC reported through Aug. 15, the Illinois Department of Public Health said 94 percent of the deaths, or 6,779, COVID-19 was a contributing cause of death among other comorbidities. COVID-19 was the only cause listed in only 6 percent, or 396 of the deaths. 

Weyermuller: September 11, 2001 - 19 years later

By Mark Weyermuller - 

For the past several years, I’ve joined families, kids, neighbors, and first responders to place 2996 American flags at the Village Green in a Winnetka, Illinois. This year was different due to COVID. 

After a bunch of phone calls last Monday by me, it was unclear if they would be placing the flags in the park. Finally, I got a call back that the flag display would take place on a smaller level. Yesterday only 400 flags were placed to spell out 9-11.

Village officials said it would be unsafe to have a large gathering there. While I appreciate the display, I’m disappointed that only 400 flags were used rather than the almost 3000.

This year is different with COVID causing restrictions in the remembrance ceremonies. The movement to defund police is also in the news. We are reminded how police and other first responders died that day. Over 400 1st responders lost their lives, including 60 police officers on 9-11-2001.

Socialists Use Coronavirus to ‘Crack Down’

Human Rights Watch, a research and advocacy organization focused on (you guessed it) human rights, announced on Friday that Venezuelan security forces are using the COVID-19 pandemic as a justification for a crackdown on political dissidents and critics of the government.

According to a recently posted article by Human Rights Watch: “Since declaring a state of emergency to combat Covid-19 in mid-March, 2020, Venezuelan authorities have arbitrarily detained and prosecuted dozens of journalists, healthcare workers, human rights lawyers, and political opponents who criticize the government of Nicolás Maduro. Many detainees are charged under an overly broad hate crimes law, before a judiciary that lacks independence. The lawyers for the accused routinely have limited access to judicial files and prosecutors, due to Covid-19 related court closures. Some detainees have been subjected to physical abuse that might amount to torture.”

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Beckman: Democrats Blaming Trump for Riots

By Hank Beckman - 

Last week I wrote that Democrats only began to notice the riots tearing our cities apart when it started showing up in the polls.

No honest person can deny Democrats have been missing in action on the issue. Now, in their desperation, they’ve concocted a new narrative—the riots are happening because Donald Trump is spreading hatred.

In other words, the wanton violence, looting and targeting of random strangers really has nothing to do with Marxist thugs bent on destroying the country and spreading racial hatred. (Except when they’re “mostly peaceful) It’s Donald Trump’s America that’s to blame.

Actually, what we see playing out in the streets of our cities is not inspired by Donald Trump. Rather, it’s a continuation of Barack Obama’s America.

More Young Americans Agree That ‘Every Life Matters,’ Pence Says

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in June striking down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics is proof of what’s at stake with the federal judiciary, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday in remarks at a pro-life event.

President Donald Trump has been able to appoint and win Senate confirmation for more than 200 federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices, Pence said during remarks at Christ Baptist Church here.

Trump couldn’t have done it without the help of senators such as Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., he told the local crowd.

“This rising generation is the pro-life generation,” Pence said of young Americans.

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Rossi: Woodward’s Book and National Memory Loss

By Randy Rossi - 

As I watch the national hysteria over Bob Woodward’s book in which he attacks President Trump’s comments on trying to project calm during the Covid 19 pandemic, I am wondering if a majority of Americans are suffering from severe memory loss. Doesn’t everyone remember how virtually all Democrats attacked President Trump and called him a xenophobe when he stopped all travel from China on January 31 to protect American lives? He was the first world leader to do that and then virtually every country followed his lead. Even Dr. Fauci said that President Trump saved thousands of lives by doing so. And while President Trump stopped all travel from China on 1/31, Democrat Governor Cuomo was on record saying that Covid 19 was a manageable threat on February 7. Democrat Nancy Pelosi said all was good and “Come on down to Chinatown” on February 24, and Democrat Joe Biden said on February 28 that we should not panic over Covid 19. President Trump took aggressive action to protect America while Democrats were telling America Covid 19 was no big deal. Doesn’t everyone remember that?

The Church vs. California - Pastor Ché Ahn's Story

From Liberty Counsel - 

After preaching in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, Pastor Ché Ahn is being persecuted right here in America for sharing the Gospel. Read on to learn more about the Harvest Rock Church case against CA Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Pastor Ché Ahn emigrated to the United States at the age of 5. In the 1960s, he joined the protestors against the Vietnam War. But his future was changed when he gave his life to Jesus. Pastor Ahn answered a call to serve the Lord. He founded Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, California and then also founded Harvest International Ministry (HIM) to deliver the Gospel worldwide. For over 20 years, Pastor Ahn has preached and planted churches in over 70 countries – including some of the most dangerous and heavily restricted in the world. Today, Harvest International Ministry has over 65,000 churches worldwide, and 162 in California alone.

But in 2018, the Lord placed on Pastor Ahn a burden to focus on his adopted country of America. Little did Pastor Ahn know that, after preaching in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, he would be persecuted right here in America for sharing the Gospel.

California Judge Issues Order Allowing LA County to Ban Worship for MacArthur and Church

From the Thomas More Society - 

The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a preliminary injunction September 10 against Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur, refusing to follow the U.S. and California State constitutional protections for churches. The ruling fails to apply the appropriate constitutional standard of review. The order prohibits the church from “conducting, participating in, or attending any indoor worship services” and also bans outdoor worship unless onerous restrictions are followed in a heavy-handed move against the internationally known preacher and his congregation. MacArthur and Grace Community Church’s attorneys from the Thomas More Society said the judge refused to consider their important separation of powers arguments “in any meaningful fashion” and essentially “ducked the issue.”

Special Counsel Charles LiMandri said, “We are disappointed in the ruling on the preliminary injunction as the court did not apply the strict scrutiny analysis to the government order that we believe is required by the California Constitution and legal precedent. The court also did not properly consider the medical and scientific evidence that the current number of people with serious COVID-19 symptoms no longer justifies a shuttering of the churches. Nor do we believe that the court gave adequate consideration to the fact that churches have been treated as second-class citizens compared to the tens of thousands of protestors. More than ever, California’s churches are essential. Therefore, we plan to appeal this ruling to ultimately vindicate our clients’ constitutionally protected right to free exercise of religion.”

The Real Root Cause of BLM Violence

In the post-Civil Rights era, it's hard to imagine a time when real racism was rampant.

Despite what Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other misguided folks might think, this hasn’t been a “summer of love.” Instead, it’s been a summer of destruction, as the alliance of antifa and Black Lives Matter has stoked violence, property damage and theft, and loss of life.

Race-based unrest is nothing new, of course. Boomers and Generation Xers are old enough to recall the Rodney King riots in 1992, but the trend has accelerated in the last decade with violence breaking out in Ferguson and Baltimore when Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, respectively, died at the hands of police officers. Later, we had the anger in Charlottesville over the proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. This reintroduced a battle over slavery that most of us thought had been resolved 150 years ago.

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From Communism to Chicago—Churches Under Fire

From Liberty Counsel - 

What happens when an American City threatens to seize and destroy an immigrant church simply for opening its doors? Read on to learn the insane lengths a midwestern governor and mayor took to try to punish our client’s church.

Pastor Cristian Ionescu knows exactly what it is like to be persecuted for his faith. He grew up in Communist Romania where Christians were financially destroyed, their property seized, their bodies beaten and jailed, or worse for even sharing a Bible, let alone preaching the Gospel.

Pastor Cristian Ionescu never dreamed he would face similar persecution in America.

Pastor Cristian Ionescu is the head pastor of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church of Chicago, IL. Like many of Elim’s parishioners, he emigrated to America after escaping Romania’s brutal Communist regime. And Pastor Ionescu says the playbook the Romanian Communist regime used against him and his people, is the same playbook now being used by radical governors and mayors in America.

Communists, wherever they are, always go after the church first…and the steps they take next will determine the country’s future.

The National Popular Vote Ruse

Dems want to abolish the Electoral College, which is why we must fight to preserve it.

Every four years, like clockwork, the American people are told that the next presidential election will be “the most critical election in our nation’s history.” Yet in the past, an electoral loss wasn’t the death knell for conservatives and Republicans. We’ll get ‘em next time, we’d say.

But now that the Left has nearly pulled off its National Popular Vote (NPV) scheme, there may not be a “next time.”

Last year, we warned readers that “Under NPV, future candidates for president would never again set foot in Nevada, Iowa, New Mexico, or any other state between New York and California. Think about it: Under NPV, a candidate could theoretically lose 39 states and still win the presidency.”

That would work out well for Democrats, who only need big states like California and New York to offset the rest of the country. It had to be a Democrat who called the states between the coasts “flyover country,” as their candidates care little for the voices in the heartland.

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The Racism of Climate Change Alarmists

Many climate alarmists argue today’s poor and indigenous people must be “guided” into a “green” tomorrow and not allowed to use the fossil fuels industrialized nations did to get rich.

Climate alarmists are hypocritically proclaiming climate change is founded on racist practices. Under this theory, the sun, our galaxy, and their creator are racist, since they have driven climate change throughout history.

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Eight percent fewer candidates are running for state legislative office in 2020 versus 2018

Ballotpedia's 10th Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report analyzes all 5,875 state legislative elections that will take place in November 2020.

According to the report, the number of major party candidates running for state legislatures is down 8.2% this year compared to 2018. 12,280 candidates are seeking state legislative office this year, a 1,109-candidate decrease from 13,389 in 2018, returning to levels similar to the 2016 elections.

The decrease in candidates is accompanied by an overall decrease in competitiveness from 2018, with lower rates of open seats, incumbents in contested primaries, and seats with major party competition. 2020 also has lower rates of open seats and incumbents in contested primaries compared to 2016, but the percentage of seats with major party competition increased resulting in a higher level of competitiveness in 2020. Overall, competitiveness in 2020 is slightly above average compared to all even-year elections since 2010.

Key findings of this analysis include:

• 85.0% of incumbents are seeking re-election, the highest percentage in a decade.
• 79.6% of incumbents are advancing to the general election without a primary challenge, an increase from 78.1% in 2018.
• 35.2% of state legislative seats will be contested by only one major party candidate, an increase from 33.2% in 2018.

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Mask Mandates Worry Workers’ Comp Underwriters

Insurance underwriters are scrutinizing mask usage and whether it could lead to an increase in workers’ compensation claims.

PN Medical, which calls itself “the nation’s leader in specialty network management services for the workers’ compensation industry,” published a press release saying masks can create “workplace respiratory complications.” Employees who suffer an injury in the workplace are often eligible to file a worker’s compensation insurance, which covers medical bills, rehabilitation, and wage loss.

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Safeguard: An Electoral College Story

“What if something you changed caused unintended consequences you never imagined?”

Safeguard: An Electoral College Story asks that question about presidential elections. How does the system really work? And what would happen if we changed the rules?

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison worked to create and defend the Electoral College system in the U.S. Constitution. The process is democratic—but it works in stages, and through the states. This design forces candidates to reach out across the country rather than focusing on just one region or group of population centers. And it keeps presidents from controlling elections—including their own reelections.

Publisher and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, Princeton historian Allen Guelzo, and a host of experts explain why we really have the Electoral College, what it does, and what could happen if we got rid of it.

The New York Times warned in 1977, “the political habits, traditions and expectations that have grown up around the Electoral College have served the nation well. If they are to be maintained, the College has to be preserved rather than lightly abandoned in favor of a vacuum.”

Is any of that still true today? Safeguard: An Electoral College Story avoids the partisan bickering to ask the big questions. Is democracy just “two wolves and a lamb voting on what’s for dinner,” like some people say? Or can a democratic system be designed to protect minority rights? Does our Constitution strike the right balance?

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Di Leo: The Biden Campaign: Explaining the Incomprehensible

By John F Di Leo - 

In this, the strangest of all years, certain things are inexplicable.  The DNC’s decision to coalesce around Joe Biden in the primaries, always odd, today seems like madness.  But was it? 

Consider where we are, at this particular moment in the season... in terms of the election process. 

The rules for replacing a candidate on the ballot – late in the season - vary from state to state, and from office to office. 

Angry Duckworth spews more venom at Trump in fundraising letter

From Duckworth's Twitter feed

CHICAGO - Illinois' junior US Senator Tammy Duckworth succeeds in drumming up sympathy for the serious injuries she sustained while serving in the US military. Every American is thankful for the sacrifices she and all our troops have made and are committed to showing his appreciation when men and women that bear scars of those sacrifices run for political office. We want and need their input, voters think. 

But during the time Duckworth has served with US Senator Dick Durbin, she's become more and more vocal in expressing what could be pent up anger - especially against the Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump. She was being considered for the vice-presidency bid with Biden, but lost out to Kamala Harris. She could be angry that she lost the chance to be Commander-in-Chief, succeeding Biden. 

Observers are concerned that Duckworth's simmering animosity and hatred appears to be on the verge of an emotional explosion - all expressed with the purpose of raising funds to be re-elected to a second term in a few years. She may need counseling before then. At least anger control help.  

Here's the fuming fundraising letter Duckworth's campaign sent out this week - in its entirety. In it, she leads with a statement that is an outright lie about the president. But it gets worse: 

 

Weyermuller: Aborted babies to be remembered nationwide Sept 12, 2020

By Mark Weyermuller -

On Saturday, September 12, 2020, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life and the Pro-Life Action League will co-sponsor the 8th annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, calling on pro-life Americans to honor the gravesites of our aborted brothers and sisters.

Solemn prayer vigils will be conducted at these Illinois gravesites, of which there are 54 across the United States, as well as at dozens of other locations.

Thorner/O'Neil: Will Anti-Trump Anger Triumph Over Preserving Our Republic?

By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil - 

Foreign enemies are likely watching the actions of the unhinged rioters and their hateful words and actions here in America. Might they use the information for nefarious purposes against the U.S.A.?  Might that have been the intention of those who initiated the unrest in the first place?  

President Trump has offered to help stop the violence, but his offers have been rebuffed by Democrat leaders even in cities where violence is still happening. Rioters recently said they planned to engage in street action through the November 3rd election.

The Governor of Wisconsin initially said to President Trump: “Do not come to our city [Kenosha].  We do not want you.”  What does that indicate?  Was Governor Tony Evers concerned about Trump's safety or his own ability to keep his position due to fear of widespread resentment against Trump?

The NFL Becomes a BLM Cheerleader

National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell announced this week that the league will place the messages “End racism” and “It takes all of us” in the end zones of every team’s stadium to show that “the NFL stands with the black community, the players, clubs and fans confronting systemic racism.” In other words, the NFL will bow to the Black Lives Matter mob by virtue signaling these “social justice” phrases. Goodell added, “We will not relent in our work.”

Evidently included in the “work” is the decision to will allow players to virtue signal their “woke” solidarity by displaying four league-approved slogans on their helmets or jerseys. Those slogans are limited to the following: “Stop hate,” “It takes all of us,” “End racism,” and “Black Lives Matter.”

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FYI - The staff of Illinois Review intends to boycott the NFL until they remove their leftist politics from the game. We encourage readers to consider doing the same.

The First Pastor Arrested, and What Happened Next...

From Liberty Counsel - 

Police helicopters circled above and marked cars lined the street in front of his home. The pastor grabbed only his driver’s license and a little cash for bail, before answering the door.

The pastor opened the door.

“ARE YOU PACKING,” the officer asked.

“Of course not,” the pastor replied.  The police officers cuffed him like a common criminal. His wife watched as her husband was placed in the back of a squad car and driven to the county jail.

He was booked, fingerprinted, photographed for a mug shot, and placed in a cell while his wife waited in the lobby. After posting bail, he was released.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff made many false statements during a sensational press conference while the arrest was in progress. As a result, Pastor Rodney and The River at Tampa Bay Church received many death threats.

On the prior Thursday, March 26, the same Sheriff assured the pastor he could meet on Sunday. Florida had not banned worship, but the local county late Friday night issued new restrictions.

Ives: ICYMI: C*** -- Sean Casten’s Campaign Gives Hate a Home Here in IL-06

From the Ives Campaign - 

Over the past two days, the Ives campaign has received reports of vandalized yard signs in Wheaton, Naperville and Glen Ellyn. Each sign is painted with the word C***. In each case, a police report was filed. The Ives campaign reported each case on social media.

We are not going to hide the hate that Sean Casten stokes anymore. We issued a soft statement on the vandalism and theft we were dealing with in an August 26 post. Now we are just going to show you.

We want civility in politics. But returning civility to politics means losing Sean Casten. 

And in her latest post of a second sign in Wheaton being vandalized with the word “C***,” Ives said:

This report and photo was sent to our office today and was reported to Wheaton PD.

I have lived in Wheaton for 28 years. I have raised a family here and my daughter is still in high school here. I have served this community as a volunteer from coaching cross country to working with the St. Vincent DePaul Society.

And I stood up for your families and to protect the lives you were trying to build in the state legislature against politicians who view you as an ATM for all of their waste, fraud, corruption and abuse of public systems.

The hate Sean Casten has stoked is out of control. And it is not representative of this community.

Bill Barr Bags a Wolf

Next time you hear a Joe Biden supporter dismiss even the possibility of voter fraud in the upcoming election, ask him three questions:

• First, does he love his country?

• Second, does he consider Donald Trump to be “a threat to our democracy”?

• Third, ask him this: If you knew you could flip the election from Trump to Biden by casting a mail-in vote on behalf of each of your recently deceased parents, both of whom were lifelong Democrats, would you do so?

His response to this last question will likely out him as a liar or an aspiring felon.

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COVID-19 Power Trips of Leftist Politicians, Teachers Unions Must Stop

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out political power trips like America has never seen before.

Governors and mayors have seized “emergency powers” that effectively shut down our economic engine and social culture.

Never before had Americans seen the day when they would be told they couldn’t open for business, attend worship services, hold weddings or funerals, or send their children back to school.

Americans never anticipated they’d be forced to wear facial coverings if they so much as left their homes.

The continued crisis has sufficiently emboldened tyrants-in-waiting to the point that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti cut off the water and power to a home that hosted a large gathering—and threatened to do the same to businesses that defy his “social distancing” edict.

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Great American Comeback

New Trump ad. What do you think?

Ives Ignores Media That Have Ignored Her and Conservatives

Jeanne Ives, candidate for Illinois' 6th Congressional District, today announced her decision not to participate in the Editorial Board endorsement processes with the Daily Herald, SunTimes or Northwest Herald.

Citing the left-wing publication's long histories of ignoring and mocking her policy proposals and those of fellow conservatives, the Jeanne for Congress campaign made the decision to forego the effort to win the endorsement of publications that have made clear they are in-the-bag for Democrat, progressive candidates such as her opponent Sean Casten.

In a press release, the Ives campaign spoke to the medias' disregard for her policy solutions, stating:

Whether those results were due to Jeanne’s leadership abilities, clarity of principle and grassroots appeal or due to their fading credibility, it is clear that the endorsement processes of these three outlets is a waste of time. People know they can hear right from Jeanne through her social media platforms without a reporter misquoting her, filtering ideas out, or an editor telling them what they should think. The campaign now reaches more of the people we need to reach through our proprietary channels than through any of these publications. 

We value a free and fair press. And we are happy to continue to work with those in the media who report with fairness and accuracy. But we won’t continue the charade. We are not going to pretend that our message and ideas have been fairly or accurately represented by these three outlets, or that they have held our opponents to the same level of scrutiny. We can simply no longer trust in the objectivity of the Daily Herald, SunTimes and Northwest Herald.

The press release in its entirety can be found below.

The Mayor, the Monuments, and the Mayhem

When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser earlier this year created an advisory group to scrutinize the city’s monuments, memorials, and facilities for their “disqualifying histories,” the outcome of its feverish deliberations was utterly predictable: It would launch an assault on the most cherished and unifying symbols of American democracy.

Like the militant Jacobins of revolutionary France, the leftist radicals leading this movement for “racial justice” see enemies everywhere.

Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, George Washington—all would be swept up in their frenzied attempt to cleanse the land of anyone linked to slavery, “systemic racism,” and the mistreatment of women and the LGBTQ communities.

Yes, the Washington Monument—towering over the city to honor the man considered “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”—makes the list of offenders.

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Left Should Blame Themselves, Not Trump, for the Riots

In riot-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Donald Trump met with local law enforcement officials Tuesday and promised to help stricken residents rebuild their lives. One would hope that those across the political aisle would respond by joining in a bipartisan effort to heal and rebuild. But that’s not what happened.

The opportunity was there. After months of downplaying the damage and danger of riots playing out in cities across America, the progressive mainstream over the weekend flipped their script.

Suddenly, they announced, they are horrified by the violence; they want it to stop, and they want you to know that it’s all Trump’s fault.

That was exactly the wrong response. Public safety is not a plaything for politics. Left and right ought to be working together to make our streets safe.

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Liberal Media Alternate Between Denying and Excusing Rioters and Looters

There’s a reason Americans have such little faith in the news media in 2020—and the problem isn’t President Donald Trump.

Rioting, vandalism, arson, and looting have become commonplace, but media outlets are too busy spinning narratives, rather than pursuing the truth of what is happening.

The most common tack thus far is for the media to simply deny that violence and destruction is taking place at all. A tweet by a Washington Post journalist was a good illustration, showing the National Mall in Washington, D.C., appearing to be peaceful during the day—despite the fact that clashes between police and rioters had taken place in the city’s downtown shortly before.

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Di Leo: Those 100 GOP Traitor Endorsements Are Not What They Seem

By John F. Di Leo - 

The Democrat Party may have saddled themselves with the worst presidential nominee in history – elderly, corrupt, arguably befuddled to the point of senility – but they do still have many brilliant political statisticians on their payroll, as evidenced by their effort to win back the week’s news cycle with a powerhouse list of endorsements. 

On September 3, the Biden/Harris campaign proudly announced a huge list of fresh Republican supporters. Now, in any general election campaign, you expect all the members of candidate’s party to support him, plus perhaps a few friends or renegades from the opposition party.  The hoped-for shock value of this announcement was that it was a list of 100 Republican officeholders, all endorsing the Biden/Harris campaign. 

This raises questions, as it should. What would possess so many prominent Republicans to abandon their own party at the risk of never being elected again, especially in favor of a man literally on tape proudly boasting of blackmailing foreign governments with our tax dollars? How is this possible? 

Well, as we learn from a little digging into the article, all is not as it seems.

Gantner: Phyllis Schlafly Shaped the Republican Party Platform

By Rebekah Gantner -

Phyllis Schlafly, conservative icon and my late boss, passed away four years ago Saturday at the age of 92. She was an unwavering voice for the pro-family movement and her life’s work and legacy live on. 

Phyllis volunteered in American politics for seventy years, influencing many different political and cultural issues. From military superiority and national sovereignty to education and pro-life, she articulately shaped conservative policy.  

Phyllis is perhaps most famous for leading the decade-long fight to defeat the so-called Equal Rights Amendment which she saw as a threat to all women. Her influence didn’t stop there. She also fought for decades to insert and preserve a strong pro-life plank in the Republican Platform.

Thorner: Government Schools as Purveyors of Mediocracy

By Nancy Thorner - 

A Zoom presentation on Thursday, August 27, 2020 sponsored by America's Black Robed Regiment featured Alex Newman, an international journalist, educator, author, and consultant. Mr. Newman used slides to add clarity to his excellent narrative.

Newman's first slide presented disturbing information about millennials and set the tone for what followed.  For the first time the majority of millennials are non-church goers.  Furthermore, 36% of millennials view communism favorably.  How did this come about?  Through brainwashing in our schools, the church is being crushed because of education.

Could one factor in this disturbing development be the Engel v. Vitale decision of 1963 which prohibited Bible reading in schools?  Only one Supreme Justice voted the right way: Justice Potter Stewart.

Rossi: Vote Like a Responsible Adult, Not to Avoid Tough Choices

By Randy Rossi - 

This is the most important election since the American Civil War, especially the election for president. One thing is perfectly clear that I suspect everybody would agree with; neither candidate is perfect and each has their flaws. The other thing that we can all agree with is that in the end, either Donald Trump or Joe Biden will be elected as our president, nobody else can win. That means that responsible voters have to choose between “the lesser of two evils”. What is not acceptable is for anybody to avoid making the hard adult choice and instead either voting for a 3rd candidate that can’t possibly win or not voting at all to avoid what is a difficult choice for some. Voting for a candidate that can’t win or not voting is a perfect example of irresponsible cowardice and gross negligence. It is a betrayal of our patriotic duty of voting for what we think is the best candidate that will lead our country.

'1776' Is Helping Turn Civics Education Around

A pro-American civics organization is having a huge impact in education. Mike Sabo writes:

Entrepreneur and civil rights movement veteran Robert L. Woodson, Sr. believes that American civics can help save our country—and that’s the mission of “1776,” a major initiative launched earlier this year by the Woodson Center, which Woodson founded to give local leaders the training they need to improve their communities.

Featuring essays by notable scholars and writers such as Clarence Page, John McWhorter, and Carol M. Swain, and eventually a curriculum and multimedia resources, “1776” offers “perspectives that celebrate the progress America has made on delivering its promise of equality and opportunity and highlight the resilience of its people.”

America Is in a Class War, Not Race War

“The Communist Manifesto” begins with the phrase, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the proletariat (workers) would inevitably overthrow the bourgeois (capitalists) in a colossal battle for the control of the means of production.

Needless to say, Marx and Engels cannot be considered clairvoyant, because almost 200 years after their magnum opus was penned, their predicted proletariat vs. bourgeois battle has not happened. At least not on the grand scale that Marx and Engels envisioned.

However, over the past few months, America seems to be inching dangerously close to the class struggle that Marx and Engels anticipated all those years ago. And although the mainstream liberal media is trying their best to portray the unrest in America as a struggle for racial equality — it is not.

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