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88% of likely US voters will be watching Trump-Biden debate tonight

CLEVELAND - President Donald Trump will debate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night at the Cleveland Clinic in the all-important swing state of Ohio.

The vast majority of likely U.S. voters is likely to watch this year’s presidential debates which begin tonight, but they say the debates are less important than they were four years ago.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 88% of Likely U.S. Voters are likely to watch the presidential debates this year, with 67% who are Very Likely to do so. 

Will you be watching? If so, what do you expect to see? 

GOP Senate candidate Mary Burress responds to Vistra Energy closing more Illinois plants

PEORIA - As energy giant Vistra announced a plan for the eventual closing of its Illinois coal plants, GOP Senate candidate Mary Burress is warning that these closures could be just the tip of the iceberg if State Senator Dave Koehler (D-46) and like-minded environmentalists are successful.

 "Today's announcement [by Vistra] will be just the beginning if the radical environmentalist agenda pushed by Dave Koehler becomes law," said Burress. "If Koehler succeeds, every coal plant in the entire state of Illinois would be closed."

Vistra Energy says it expects to retire seven Luminant power plants - five in Illinois and two in Ohio  - of which the company owns a combined capacity of more than 6,800 MW, between 2022 and 2027.

Rossi: Democrat Attacks On Judge Amy Coney Barrett Are Attacks on Our Constitution and Civility

By Randy Rossi - 

The Democrats have reached a new low with their barbaric attacks on President Trump’s outstanding choice to replace Justice Ginsburg in the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Just as they did when President Trump successfully nominated her for the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 3 years ago, they are basing their attacks on her because she is a Catholic who strongly believes in God and our Constitution. That outrageous and barbaric attack on her makes you feel that Democrats are launching an “Inquisition” on people of faith similar to the attacks that were made on Catholic JFK when he ran for president.

Thorner/O'Neil: US Patriots: Beware of election misinformation

 

By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil - 

Media sources and political candidates on the Left seeking favorable political positions, are spewing inflammatory rhetoric about their opponents, throwing out accusations rather than said facts to get your attention.

If you want a preview of what the DNC is planning to do, just listen to what they accuse Trump of doing.

President Trump has obviously become an object of their negativity, foremost to create a feeling of distrust with voters in the upcoming November 3rd election.  Have you ever wondered how our foreign enemies might use the inflammatory statements and insinuations from the Left to our nation’s disadvantage? 

Washington Post, Bezos’s Propaganda Rag, Praises Communist China

In August 2020,The Washington Post—which is owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos—ran a story with the headline: “Trump views China’s Communist Party as a threat. Young Chinese see it as a ticket to a better future.” This is fake news at its worst.

Before diving into the details of this obviously ludicrous article, let me offer a real-world example of one ex-Chinese youth who would vehemently disagree with this outrageous contention.

Several years ago, my parents adopted a little girl from China. She was an orphan (thanks to China’s One Child Policy) who assuredly did not have a “ticket to a better future” because of China’s Communist Party.

In fact, had she not been adopted by my parents, her ticket to a better future in China would have likely included one-way trips to worlds of poverty, prostitution, and pain. Fortunately, she was rescued from a life of despair in a totalitarian dictatorship.

Interestingly, after coming to the United States and learning the language and customs of her new homeland, she has totally disavowed her birthplace. Why, you might ask? Well, according to her, being a youth in China (especially while in a government-run orphanage) was a hellish experience replete with abuse, indoctrination, and despair.

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Symptoms of the COVID-19 Panic

Christina Herrin, government relations manager of health policy, interviews Twila Brase, RN, PHN on COVID-19 related treatments and government red tape limiting options for patients. The discussion focuses on preventative treatment options, a possible vaccine, mask mandates and regulations in Minnesota that are limiting options for patients.

Never Apologize to the Mob

What once was the start of healthy debate is now just as often a catalyst for personal and professional destruction. “The mob” is out to cancel anyone who crosses it. Paris Dennard describes the problem and offers a solution.

Ridings: The danger in mistaking "respected crackpot" for "scientist"

By Jim Ridings - 

In the early 1900s, the leading medical experts came up with a cure for tuberculosis. The experts put patients outdoors in tents, in sub-zero winter conditions and in blazing hot summer weather. The “tent colony” in Ottawa, Illinois, was in the forefront of this scientific breakthrough.

Needless to say, this did nothing to help their lungs or to cure the then-incurable disease. But it was science.

The people who say we “must follow science” in combatting Covid-19 are well-intentioned. But we know where the path of good intentions leads.

The predictions on Covid-19 have been almost all wrong. We do not have 2 to 4 million dead people in America, and the health care workers and grocery store clerks who come in contact with hundreds of people daily are not dropping dead.

The problem, as Ronald Reagan once said, “It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.”

Di Leo: Biden’s Billions Come With Strings Attached

By John F. Di Leo - 

Joe Biden has been talking about the Biden/Harris campaign's effort to help American manufacturing, in the form of a $700 billion spending bill, essentially a repackaged version of an economic program that Senator Elizabeth Warren ran on in the primaries.

The program, as Mr. Biden describes it, is a combination of $400 billion focused on federal purchases of goods, and $300 billion focused on federal grants and partnerships for research and development.

On the surface, this doesn’t sound entirely bad.  It’s not innovative either; presidents always propose spending programs. President Trump tried very hard to get a large infrastructure spending program passed in his first term, but the Democratic-run House of Representatives wouldn’t agree to a spending program with Trump’s name on it, even though it focused on the very kinds of things – bridges, roads, water and sewer systems, etc. – on which they spend federal money all the time.

Rossi: The “Fake News” Ignores Massive Proof of VP Biden’s Abuse of Power for Family Profit

By Randy Rossi - 

This past week the Senate released a critical detailed report on Democrat VP Biden’s massive abuse of power in order for his son and family to make a fortune from Ukraine, Russia, and China. Because Democrat VP Joe Biden is a candidate running for president, one would think this would be front page news so that voters could be properly informed so that they can make a rational choice in the November elections. Incredibly, most of the “Fake News” which is biased for Democrat Joe Biden and against Republican President Trump never even mentioned it to hide that news from the American people. Neither CNN, the NY Times, the Washington Post, and the majority of liberal news sources even mentioned this critical news once. That horrific bias is a threat to our democracy.

Cultural Marxist Education for the Kids

Is the American education system imposing Marxist beliefs on young Americans?

The results of a survey released last week revealed that two-thirds of 18-39 year-old Americans do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. One-half of the respondents could not name a single concentration camp. One-fourth said the holocaust was a myth and one-tenth blamed it on the Jews.

I guess this shouldn’t come as a surprise. It is very much in line with other recent polls which find that just 27 percent of those under the age of 45 nationally can demonstrate a basic understanding of American history. Additionally, 57 percent  of all Americans don’t know we have nine Supreme Court justices, 60 percent don’t know which countries we fought in WWII, and only 32 percent can correctly name all three branches of government.

Instead of cleaning up its act, the education establishment is doubling down. In fact, America’s children are in the process of having their brains scrubbed clean. Instead of teaching actual history, we are seeing more and more curricula that is pointedly critical of America and its traditional values. Facts are irrelevant. Objectivity is non-existent. Lies are truth.

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Champaign County Clerk Sends Wrong Polling Location to Voters

According to Illinois Rising Action, last week, Democrat Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons mailed hundreds of voters a voting notice letter that listed the wrong address for their Election Day polling location. According to news reports, the incorrect polling address listed on the letter directed voters to an individual’s home instead of the correct location, the East Bend Township Building.

Clerk Ammons dismissed this critical error and offered no explanation other than he is “taking the necessary steps to clarify the issue.” With only five weeks to go until election day, his response to the latest mistake in the run-up to the November election is unacceptable and demonstrates his complete disregard for the seriousness of his responsibility to oversee an election with integrity.

Ammons must be transparent with the people of Champaign County on the specific actions he is taking to remedy this situation and properly notify voters of their correct voting locations. Ammons must calm the public’s concerns by answering questions surrounding his latest mistake in the run-up to the November election:

• How many voters received a voting notice letter with the wrong address listed?
• What specific actions is your office taking to correct this mistake and ensure these voters are notified of their correct voting location address?

“Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons must be open and transparent and address the questions surrounding this mistake immediately”, said Kayleen Carlson, executive director of Illinois Rising Action. “With just five weeks to go until the election, failing to correct this critical error will put the validity of the November elections at risk.”

This is not the first time Champaign County Clerk Ammons has been at the center of controversy surrounding an election. Following the March 17, 2020 primary election, it was discovered Clerk Ammons was illegally counting ballots before the primary Election Day. It was also discovered that Ammons’s office sent duplicative ballots to voters prior to the March primary. In addition to the controversies surrounding the primary election, just last month Ammons’s office mailed Vote By Mail applications that included an error in the return address zip code on the application that could result in delivery delays of an application for a voter.

Cook County GOP Launches "Stop The Violence, Fire Kim Foxx" Video Ad

Cook County Republican Party Chairman Sean Morrison announced the release of a new video ad today from the Cook County GOP titled, "Stop The Violence, Fire Kim Foxx". The ad is now running on digital, streaming and social medial platforms across Cook County.

Kushiner: Defensive Linemen for Amy Coney Barrett

Communication released Friday by James M. Kushiner, Executive Editor, Touchstone Magazine - 

Amy Coney Barrett: regardless of whether she turns out to be the president’s nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg, her name has already become a flashpoint in the ongoing culture war.

Many have said that the culture war was lost long ago; I might concede the point, but only to insist that the loss occurred earlier, and certainly no later than January 1973 in Roe v. Wade. Then, the U. S. Supreme Court, the crème del la crème of the American judicial system, 27 years after the Nuremberg trials, declared that a woman had a constitutional right to slaughter any of her offspring in her womb, even to the drawing of the first breath.

In another sense, however, the culture war had already begun through mainstreaming the Playboy, the Pill, and the sexual revolution that followed. But those items in turn arose from an ongoing global pandemic: sin.

Roe was the flashpoint that commenced the most recent culture war, inspiring the pro-life movement, which has not miscarried and continues its clear witness to the humanity of the child. If pro-life activism is a sign of a culture war, the war grinds on. Yes, LGBTQRST agendas have won most if not all contests, yet there is a hidden factor at play called the family.

House GOP leader Durkin's fundraiser endorses Biden/Harris ticket

The fundraiser for Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin and her husband aren't voting for Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump, and they're proud of it. They posted it on Facebook for the "Public" to see. 

The Naperville couple's reason? "At the national level, the Republican party has a serious character and ethics problem..." Thus they are voting "accordingly."

The Chirico's are voting for Republicans at the state and local level, however, because there the Democrats have the same problem. 

So, if you're wondering where your donations to the House Republican Organization's are going, at least $4500 a month went to Julie Chirico from April through June 2020 - a Biden/Harris supporter. You know, the presidential candidates the Chirico's feel have less character and ethical problems than Trump?

Shorewood Republican candidate condemns opponent for celebrating anti-police group's endorsement

SHOREWOOD - Shorewood Republican State Senate candidate Thomas McCullagh is appalled that his Democrat opponent Meg Loughran Cappel is boasting her endorsement by Equality Illinois, a gay rights political group that has taken a public position against law enforcement. 

"ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Thank you for your support, Equality Illinois!" Cappel tweeted this week. On the group’s website their CEO Brian Johnson aligns his LBGTQ group with the police protest movement stating “We must never forget that, at its core, Pride is a police protest.”

“The open acceptance of an endorsement from a group that condemns police and supports the very rioters who threaten the fabric of the American Dream, and condemns those tasked with protecting our families and small businesses. It is unacceptable,” McCullagh said in a statement.

McCullagh pointed to an array of police officers being killed recently in reaction to public anti-police demonstrations.

Thorner: GOP candidates picnic with Republican Assembly of Lake County

Lake Co Board member Dick Barr

By Nancy Thorner - 

The annual picnic of the Republican Assembly of Lake County was held on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at a shelter in the Lakewood Forest Preserve, Wauconda, IL.

The main goal and purpose of the Republican Assembly of Lake County is to recruit, educate, train and motivate individuals to run for public office who are irrevocably committed to uphold and fight for Constitutional principles and the preservation of the Republic, State and County.  Glen Garamoni is Chairman.

The RALC meets ten months of the year on the 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m., at the Republican Headquarters in Grayslake.  Its next meeting is on November 19th, 2020.

4 Reasons why Illinois should reject the Progressive Tax Hike

SCHAUMBURG - Why would you give an alcoholic a 12-pack and believe he will change his behavior after that beer is gone?

Former State Senator Steve Rauschenberger says that's what Illinois voters will be doing if they vote "YES" to remove the Flat Tax from the Illinois State Constitution on November 3. He explains in a short interview at the Technology & Manufacturing Association in Schaumburg.

Governor JB Pritzker and the Democrat-control state legislature can't seem to understand they need to cut their spending frenzy and determine to cut the budget in order to turn the state's finances around. Instead, they're spending more and more - hoping for a federal bailout.  

Police Leave Big Cities in Record Numbers As Attacks Increase

Police officers across the nation are leaving in record numbers as violent attacks increase and city officials openly side with rioters and tighten restrictions on what officers can do in response to the rising urban violence across the country.

In the latest high-profile incident, two Los Angeles County deputies were shot in their patrol vehicle. The officers reportedly were a 31-year-old female and a 24-year-old male. Both had been on the job barely 14 months.

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How The 1960s Riots Foreshadow Today’s Communist Weaponization Of Black Pain

How the far-left turns protests into riots. Katherine Gorka writes:

How do we know those are Marxist riots in our streets? That one’s easy: because the organizers tell us they are. In a 2015 interview, Patrice Cullors said she and Alicia Garza, co-founders of Black Lives Matter, are “trained Marxists.”

The second question is more challenging: If you are a Marxist, how do you start a riot? Or, as Methvin posed the question: “What turns an ordinarily trivial city street arrest incident into a gargantuan explosion of mass violence?” After 10 years of research, Methvin found the answer, and he published it in “The Riotmakers.”