By John F. Di Leo -
The American Left (along with the never-Trumpers who claim to be on the Right) are trumpeting two new studies, which reveal the shocking truth that the American people are paying President Trump’s punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, not the Chinese.
Well… Whoop-tee-doo. That’s a newsflash. About as much of a shock as learning that the sun rises in the east.
Continue reading "Di Leo: Trump's Phase One Trade Deal - Even bigger US win than first thought?" »
DC - A growing number of national prolife leaders recognize Donald Trump the "most prolife president in the nation's history."
This claim has been made by evangelical leader Franklin Graham, as well as Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Aza, and White House adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, stepped it up a notch when she referred to Trump as the “most pro-life president in history,” as has Brent Bozell, head of the Media Research Center and Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life.
Tuesday, President Donald Trump solidified his pro-life stand in an election year when he proclaimed Wednesday, January 22 as "National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2020," with the following statement:
Continue reading ""Most pro-life president" promises to continue fighting to protect the unborn" »
By Randy Rossi -
It is obvious that the Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi failed her high school civics courses as she boasts that President Trump will be “impeached forever” even if he is found innocent. In the United States of America, every citizen is innocent until proven guilty, even the president.
Continue reading "Rossi: Trump’s Impeachment “Badge of Honor”" »
UPDATE: Illinois Family Action, the state's most prominent traditional values' group, says they're confused by this announcement. See below for what they're thinking ...
SPRINGFIELD - The Log Cabin Republicans of Illinois announced Tuesday they are endorsing Tom Tarter, a cancer surgeon from the Springfield area, as their pick for the US Senate GOP primary on March 17th.
Continue reading "UPDATE x1: LGBT Republicans endorse Tarter; Family group questions rationale" »
Asking the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade is provocative, to say the least. But it is also courageous and on target.
In March 2020, the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s new abortion law, which requires that physicians doing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.
There’s one thing that’ll get you in more trouble today than telling a big lie.
Voicing a simple truth.
Professor Stuart Reges found this out the hard way. He was demoted and put on probation by his employer, the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering in Seattle, after addressing the issue of why so few women enter his field. His striking conclusion?
The computer scientist didn’t claim that women were only happy barefoot and pregnant, though you wouldn’t know it by the uproar following what he actually did say: Women don’t frequently enter computer science because — wait for it — they don’t want to.
More HERE
The nation’s largest abortion chain launched its biggest election effort yet this week, devoting $45 million to the cause of ousting President Donald Trump and returning Congress and numerous state legislatures to full Democrat control.
The money will go towards “large-scale” multimedia advertising, mail, and on-the-ground canvassing focusing on Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, centered around the message that Republicans at the state and national levels are engaged in a “coordinated attack” on Roe v. Wade.
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Two school districts in the Phoenix, Arizona, area have implemented educational programs promoting racial divisions and "social justice." The two programs attack students on the basis of their skin color and other characteristics. Chandler Unified School District passed the equity and inclusion initiative in February 2018. Kyrene School District also implemented it.
Word has gotten out on how awful these programs are. On Nov. 8, Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired a piece on one of the two programs, called Deep Equity. Carlson described the teaching this way: "America is based on a hierarchy of various oppressions: men oppress women, Christianity oppresses Islam, English oppresses Spanish, white people oppress everyone."
Corwin, the vendor behind the programs, states on its website, "This series engages students in a process of understanding their personal journey and social accountability ...
More HERE
By Dr. Eric Wallace -
Recently I sat down to reread the classic “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” It was awe-inspiring and eye-opening to, again, call to remembrance Dr. King’s compelling defense and strategy during the early Civil Rights movement against the backdrop of criticism from his detractors. It is a strategy, I might add, which truly stands in stark contrast to more recent protests like Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling, and, in a larger context, the Black Lives Matter and “Woke” movements.
Continue reading "Wallace: Dr. King versus Colin Kaepernick" »
SPRINGFIELD - Questions about the 574 non-citizens that were "mistakenly" registered to vote is stirring reaction among GOP lawmakers - some of whom are calling for an investigation.
Posted on State Rep. Tim Butler's Facebook page Monday morning:
CHICAGO - "This is the beginning of the end," shouted marchers at the Chicago Women's March Saturday. The theme repeated over and over by marchers and speakers was the needed ousting of not only President Donald Trump, but Vice-President Mike Pence in 2020.
Signs featured on local television news called for reproductive rights, human rights, LGBT rights and union rights. They also called for Medicare for All and full 2020 Census participation.
Controversial State's Attorney Kim Foxx at Women's March
Among those making appearances at the march included Chicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and US Senator Dick Durbin.
Continue reading "Chicago Women Marchers promote Left-wing causes" »
Amid a large push to eliminate the Electoral College in the 1970s, one man stood in the way as a constitutional bulwark. Christopher DeMuth writes:
Modern culture and technology want to organize politics around abstract messaging and universalist enthusiasms, but many traditional forms are still with us. Our two parties retain powerful brand names and powerful instincts for electoral success; our states retain particular histories, identities, and loyalties; and the lives of many citizens remain grounded in local communities and civic institutions. We will continue to debate the merits of the Electoral College, but as a practical matter, its future in the modern age depends on the continuing vitality of national parties, state allegiances, and home-team commitments. The College has protected them — now they must protect the College.
Continue reading "The Man Who Saved the Electoral College" »
Even when sober, some heavy marijuana users are dangerous drivers, a new study suggests.
The bad driving appears to be isolated to those who started using pot before age 16, researchers reported Tuesday in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The theory is that early marijuana use changes the brain, leaving people more impulsive and more apt to make rash decisions.
Continue reading "Marijuana users are dangerous drivers, report finds" »
By Corinne Gasper -
Seven years ago, I got a call every parent fears: I lost my daughter to a driver who was high on “legal” marijuana. With this new pot vaping crisis, I’m worried more parents will lose their children if we don’t stop the growth of the marijuana industry.
Across the nation, a growing number of vaping-related illnesses and deaths have left government officials scrambling to fix a problem they should have seen coming.
After years of dubious claims by both the vaping and pot industries, we are now feeling acute consequences. America is beginning to wake up to some of these concerns. That is, everyone except the banking industry, which senses a massive investment opportunity: legalized pot.
More HERE
Americans need to be talking more about the problem of human trafficking in order to successfully combat it, the nation’s acting homeland security secretary says.
“We as Americans, again, are not talking enough about this issue,” Chad Wolf said during an event Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, adding:
Continue reading "DHS Strategy on Human Trafficking Aims to Put Issue Front and Center" »
When Austrian economist Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992) wrote his famous book The Road to Serfdom (1944) in the midst of the Second World War, he mentioned in the preface that he had often been told by his socialist colleagues that he would, no doubt, hold an important position in a future planned society, if only he would come around to agree with them and espouse their collectivist values.
But he could not. He firmly believed that too many people in society were attracted to the socialist vision of a future society without being properly informed and aware of all that such a command economy would entail. In spite of the socialist assurances that government control of economic affairs did not mean any essential reduction or loss in personal freedom and social liberties, Hayek was deeply fearful that once government was responsible for economic planning, no facet of life would remain outside of the control of those in political authority.
More HERE
BLOOMINGTON - Over five hundred non-citizens were registered to vote mistakenly, the Illinois Secretary of State admitted in December.
The applicants applying for Illinois driver's licenses clearly selected “No” to an electronic attestation regarding citizenship, but were "mistakenly included in nightly batches of applications to the State Board of Elections," according to the Illinois State Board of Elections' letter.
Continue reading "Illinois Sec of State "mistakenly" registers over 500 non-citizens to vote" »
EAST DUNDEE - Illinois Review's piece earlier this week on how an Illinois Republican state senator led the way in the national popular vote movement drew the attention and re-energized State Rep. Allen Skillicorn's frustration over the whole topic.
CHICAGO - US Senator Tammy Duckworth went on record this week calling an impeached president about to be tried before her "Toddler in Chief."
Illinois' junior US Senator Tammy Duckworth is most appreciated by Illinoisans for her military service and sacrifice of her legs following a helicopter crash in Iraq. She's the first woman to have a baby while serving in the US Senate.
All those things tend to warm the hearts of casual political observers - but Duckworth can be brutal with her words - especially towards President Donald Trump.
Democrat Duckworth votes against conservative values 93% of the time, according to FreedomWorks, a national conservative organization.
Continue reading "Duckworth about Trump: Our "Toddler in Chief" " »
D.C. - President Trump issued an executive proclamation this week on "Religious Freedom Day 2020," quoting Founding Father Thomas Jefferson's admonition that
...All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in the matters of Religion and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Trump emphasized his administration's ongoing efforts to preserve the First Amendment that assures Americans, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."
Continue reading "Trump confirms religious freedom with executive proclamation" »
By Stephanie Trussell, radio talk show host -
Photos by Mark Weyermuller, IR contributor -
January in Chicagoland can be gloomy. Continuous days of gun metal gray skies can take toll on even the happiest person. Even I had a tiny case of the blahs.
Trying to unplug for a bit, I decided to stay inside until CPAC 2020. That’s the exciting Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual meeting of the top conservative activists and leaders in the country, held every February in Washington D.C.
On Monday this week, I got an email that I was approved for a media pass for President Trump’s Milwaukee Rally. I was instantly cured from my ailments. I left early Tuesday with the plan to enter the venue at 2:00 PM at a special media entrance five hours before the president was scheduled to speak.
Group on right were first in line - having stayed overnight
Continue reading "Trussell: Nothing like a bright red Trump Rally to beat Chicago winter blues" »
By John F. Di Leo -
Reflections on the amazing life of Benjamin Franklin, born on January 17, 1706 A.D.
On February 18, 1762, at Spring Gardens in England, a 19-year-old musician named Marianne Davies gave a concert that introduced the world to a brand new, fascinating musical instrument: a row of delicate tuned glass bowls in a beautifully-finished wooden chest, mounted horizontally on a long spindle, called a glass armonica.
As she came from a musical family, Miss Davies herself was already somewhat well known around London’s musical circles. Her father was a composer and flautist, and she and her sister had been performing – both singing and playing instruments – since childhood.
Continue reading "Di Leo: Benjamin Franklin and the Glass Armonica" »
Three Muslim faith-affiliated U.S. Congress members
By Nancy Thorner -
Recently I came across a book by Stephen M. Kirby, PhD which every voter should read. The Center for Security Policy announced on December 4, 2019, the publication of Kirby's new monograph, Islamic Doctrine versus The U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials.
It was written in anticipation of the 2020 election season to come, with consideration given of how starkly Islamic Law differs from the U.S. Constitution in a work that is at once informative, sober, and scholarly.
Continue reading "Thorner: When Supporting the US Constitution Demands Clarification" »
Participants at the United Nations’ COP25 climate conference in Madrid in December hypocritically formed long lines to buy Burger King flame-broiled hamburgers, all while the U.N. climate establishment lectures down to the rest of us about eating less meat — and particularly beef — to stop climate change.
Continue reading "UN Alarmists Blame Beef, Then Chow Down on Whoppers" »
A Tennessee pastor is still being barred from leaving India three months after his arrest even though a customs case against him for allegedly not paying duty on the money he brought into the country has been resolved, according to a lawyer representing the family.
Tired of regulation and the headache of dealing with third-party payers, increasingly, more physicians are leaving private practices to join hospital networks.
But rather than being a respite from the swamp of bureaucracy, these new employers are acting like roach motels with the liberal and coercive use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Physicians suffer, and so do patients.
More HERE
As Iran gains media attention following President Trump's decision to eliminate Iranian terrorist commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a new Morning Consult/Politico survey finds fewer than 3 in 10 registered voters can identify the Islamic republic on an unlabeled map.
More HERE
Over 42 million abortions took place globally in 2019 according to new figures that found abortion to be the single largest cause of death.
The statistics, compiled by tracking service Worldometers, counted approximately 42.4 million abortions took place last year.
In comparison, the organisation which does not include abortion in its mortality rates found the number of deaths attributed to all other causes is approximately 58.6 million, making abortions, in our calculations, account for 42% of all deaths worldwide in 2019.
In comparison, Worldometers found the number of death attributed to all other causes – excluding abortions – was approximately 58.6 million. If abortion rates were included in these figures, it would make terminations, by our calculation, account for 42% of all deaths worldwide in 2019.
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DUPAGE COUNTY - It was an Illinois Republican in leadership statewide that was a key promoter of Illinois' early plunge abandoning the Electoral College and fortifying the early phases of the anti-Republican conservative popular vote movement nationwide.
An important piece written on Illinois' move to the popular vote rather than the electoral college - something radical 2020 Democrat presidential candidates are advocating - is on Wirepoints today. Mark Glennon writes:
You probably know that many on the left don’t like how the nation elects presidents and that they would like to eliminate the Electoral College system. The elections in 2000 and 2016 still sting, which gave the presidency to George W. Bush and Donald Trump even though they lost the popular vote.
But did you know Illinois was among the first states to pass legislation that may well effectively abolish the Electoral College?
That the legislation is getting very close to the trigger point needed to accomplish that goal?
REWIND to 2008: Meet Illinois' own Republican former Senator Kirk Dillard.
Continue reading "As far back as 2008, an IL Republican launched anti-Electoral College movement" »
MILWAUKEE - Brad Pascale, the 2020 Trump Campaign's manager, posted on Facebook Wednesday morning "excellent data" from Tuesday night's rally in Milwaukee.
Not only were 20,395 voters identified (likely by applying for Trump rally tix) but 58% of those voters were NOT Republicans. "(Yuge!) Pascale noted:
CHICAGO - Illinois' 1st CD has been the center of election board attention running up to the March 2020 primaries - with four of the eight hoping to challenge 27 year incumbent Congressman Bobby Rush being tossed from the March 17 ballot.
Those challengers remaining on the 2020 Democrat primary ballot include Robert Emmons Jr., a Hyde Park resident and former community leader at the Obama Foundation, Ameena Matthews, a former gang member and daughter of Jeff Fort, founder of Chicago's El Rukn gang, and Sarah Gad, an Egyptian immigrant that served time in prison for attempting to pass a forged opioid prescription.
On the Republican ballot, while three others either were removed by the board of elections or withdrew voluntarily, only one GOP primary candidate in the 1st CD survived - Philanise White (pictured right).
Continue reading "Lone Conservative Candidate Emerges To Replace Bobby Rush in IL's 1st CD" »
By Hesham Shehab -
At the 2020 World Peace Day Interfaith Prayer Service on January 5th held in Naperville, Illinois representatives of many faiths came together to celebrate multiple faith traditions.
Representing Chicago’s large Muslim community was the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) Executive Director Abdullah Mitchell.
CIOGC is the umbrella organization for Islamic centers and mosques in Illinois that has been a long time interfaith dialogue participant, working together with four local Christian denominations and two Jewish organizations on interfaith dialogue in Illinois.
But CIOGC’s interest in interfaith is about more than just community cooperation.
By Randy Rossi -
It has been really great to see some brave Republicans stand up for our country and the truth as they attack the Democrat’s “Crime of the Century”. What is the “Crime of the Century”? The Last “Crime of the Century” was in 1861 when Democrats through their Confederate Army declared war on the United States of America, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights by attacking Ft. Sumter and starting the Civil War in order to keep slavery on their plantations.
A funny thing recently occurred in Reno, Nevada. The town—nicknamed “The Biggest Little City in the World”—has made it illegal for any woman under the age of 21 to work in a so-called gentlemen’s club.
In response to the city’s dubious law, a handful of women aged 18 to 21 have filed a $15 million lawsuit challenging the legislation. The eight plaintiffs claim the law violates their civil rights. The women argue the anti-stripper statute will prevent them from earning $50,000 to $100,000 annually. Moreover, the women claim the law allows the government the power to prevent them from earning a living.
Although you may be thinking that this law is no big deal, you might think otherwise when you consider its arbitrary nature and its constitutional muster.
More HERE
Perhaps the creepiest tool of repression is China's social credit system. The system would essentially establish a “credit” rating for individuals and firms. Be a good citizen and you get financial discounts, better loan terms, and exemption from deposit requirements. Fail to meet the state’s criteria and your child can forget getting into a good university. If the government judges you to be socially bankrupt, you can’t buy a train ticket, rent a hotel room, or even use a credit card. Companies could be treated similarly, with disparate treatment in terms of taxation, credit, and more. A decade ago, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez sent officials to China to learn about its national ID program. In succeeding years, nothing much happened. However, three years ago, the 1984 nightmare reemerged. With food scarce, medicine nonexistent, and inflation beyond measure, the Nicolás Maduro regime is spending $70 million to create a national database and mobile payment system.
More HERE
Former Democrat State Senator John Sullivan from Quincy resigned as Dept of Ag Director
CHICAGO - Monday, the Illinois Director of the Department of Agriculture - a former state senator - resigned from his post, saying he knew about the "rape in Champaign" email and did nothing about it, WBEZ is reporting.
The announcement stirred a reaction from IL GOP Chairman Tim Schneider.
Continue reading "First fallout of "rape in Champaign" email: Agriculture Dept director resigns" »
By Hank Beckman -
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution and the end of the Pahlavi dynasty that had ruled the nation since 1925.
The overthrow of the Shah of Iran is remembered as a time when militant “students” held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, the radical cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini founded the fundamentalist Islamic Republic of Iran and the modernization of the nation which began under the Shah’s father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, came to an abrupt end.
Continue reading "Beckman: 40 years later, Iran, Russia still challenge US diplomacy" »
MILWAUKEE - Despite the U.S. House sending articles of impeachment over to the U.S. Senate this week, President Trump is not hiding in recluse. He's staring down his enemies.
In the city which will host the upcoming 2020 Democratic National Convention, President Trump will be holding a rally Tuesday, January 14th in Milwaukee.
The rally will begin at 7:00 PM CST. Free tickets are available HERE.
The location is the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, in the Panther Arena at 400 West Kilbourn Avenue. Doors open at 3:00 PM.
By Mark Weyermuller -
The annual March for Life 2020 took place last Saturday with supporters of life gathering at the Daley Plaza at Washington and Dearborn in downtown Chicago.
Weather predictions were dire with heavy snow and ice predicted but it turned out to be a pleasant 38 degrees with a very light rain, perhaps the best weather conditions in the 15 years of the march.
Continue reading "Where's Weyermuller? Celebrating Life at Chicago's 2020 March for Life" »
CHICAGO - Those pesky pension obligations and promises made to Cook County workers over the years that weren't kept are catching up with Cook County ...
Last Friday, the S&P Global Ratings lowered Illinois' most populated county's general obligation bond rating another notch down - from AA- to A+. The downgrade means any funds the county borrows will cost taxpayers more in higher interest rates.
Continue reading "Cook County bond rating sinks even lower" »
By Randy Rossi -
Sadly your internet connection would break down if I tried to cover the long list of examples of hypocrisy the Dems have used to falsely slander President Trump and Republicans but here are just two outrageous examples of Democrat hypocrisy for you to consider.
Continue reading "Rossi: The Democrat's Incredible and Endless Hypocrisy" »
The most commonly believed misinformation accords with left-leaning narratives spread by the press, and Democrat voters are more likely to accept these falsehoods than Trump voters.
NBC News reporter and political director Chuck Todd recently railed against “misinformation” and singled out President Trump and “the right” for having an “incentive structure” to spread it. Todd, who according to NBC, “is responsible for all aspects of the network’s political coverage,” also stated that Republicans criticize the media for “sport” and “the loudest chanters of fake news” are “the ones who, under a lie detector, would probably take our word over any word they’ve heard from the other side on whether something was poisonous or not.”
Continue reading "Study Shows: Both Sides Accept Media Misinformation" »
The long-dead Equal Rights Amendment is making a comeback. Inez Stepman writes:
The amendment’s language sounds unobjectionable enough: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” But precisely because of its broad language, the amendment could open the gateway to all manner of constitutional claims most Americans reject.
American women are living the freest, most prosperous lives in human history. The Constitution protects their right to speak, worship, vote, bear arms and more. The female jobless rate is at a historic low, and women own the majority of wealth in the country, along with earning the lion’s share of higher degrees.
Continue reading "How the left is trying to resurrect the unnecessary Equal Rights Amendment" »
On January 1, 2020, significant changes to the Illinois mandated reporter law took effect. These changes are particularly important for all persons who care for children, such as in houses of worship, schools, and social service organizations.
Except for revealing items given in clergy penitent "confession," pastors are now mandated to report suspected child abuse. The new amendments also enact mandatory reporting for "educational personnel," but unfortunately, the legislation does not contain explicit exemptions for those educational personnel such as Sunday school teachers. Because of this, even volunteers could possibly be subject to the reporting, training, and filing requirements placed on clergy.
More HERE
Apparently unable to grasp the cruel irony, USAID Commissioner Mark Green boasts that “electricity enables access to refrigeration to store fish, milk and vaccines. Electricity brightens the night and helps schoolchildren study. Electricity allows businesses to stay open later and makes communities safer.”
Abundant, reliable, affordable electricity absolutely does all of this, as developed countries prove daily. Expensive, intermittent power does none of these things. Unpredictable, on-and-off power cruelly promises refrigeration, heat, light, factories, businesses, jobs, modern schools and hospitals, better living standards, longer and healthier lives – then takes them all away, for hours, days or weeks at a time.
More HERE
