Illinois Review

Illinois Sec of State "mistakenly" registers over 500 non-citizens to vote

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.

Skillicorn: Illinois should repeal their part in the National Popular Vote movement

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.

Duckworth about Trump: Our "Toddler in Chief"

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.

Trump confirms religious freedom with executive proclamation

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 ..."

Trussell: Nothing like a bright red Trump Rally to beat Chicago winter blues

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 

Di Leo: Benjamin Franklin and the Glass Armonica

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.

Thorner: When Supporting the US Constitution Demands Clarification

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.

Chamber of Commerce's Maish: Illinois' Flat tax is really a fair tax

Illinois voters will be asked to amend the State Constitution next November. The Left - led by Gov. JB Pritzker with $5 million of his own money - desperately wants to oust the state's "flat tax." Illinois Chamber of Commerce's Todd Maisch explained why Illinois' flat tax is really the "fair tax" Pritzker wants to remove:

UN Alarmists Blame Beef, Then Chow Down on Whoppers

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.

India refuses to let US pastor leave country 3 months after arrest for being Christian

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.

Non-Compete Shackles Physicians

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.

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Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can.

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.

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Abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2019

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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As far back as 2008, an IL Republican launched anti-Electoral College movement

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.

Trump Campaign reports 58% of 20,395 voters identified in Milwaukee were not GOPers

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:

Lone Conservative Candidate Emerges To Replace Bobby Rush in IL's 1st CD

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).

Shehab: Chicago Islamists Use Interfaith Efforts as Cover to Advance Extremist Politics

By Hesham Shehab - 

At the 2020 World Peace Day Interfaith Prayer Service on January 5^th 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.

Rossi: “Crime of the Century”

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.

What Is "Fair"?

“Fairness” has become a Progressive obsession. The childhood lament, “it’s not fair!” is now a common refrain among many adults. No political discussion seems complete without someone insisting that the wealthy pay "their fair share.” But what does anybody mean by “fair”? In this video, social commentator Daniel Hannan attempts to answer this critically important question.

Reno, Nevada Declares War on Women

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