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New Downstate Congress member announces intention to object to 2020 Electoral College Results

OAKLAND – Mary Miller, Congresswoman-elect from Downstate Illinois' 15th CD, announced Tuesday her intent to object to the 2020 Electoral College Results.
 
"I am fighting for the people of my district and with President Trump to ensure the integrity of our elections," pledged Congresswoman-elect Mary Miller. "I promised to stand with President Trump, and I will keep that promise. It is my responsibility to the great people of Illinois to object to the Electoral College Certification.”
 
Congresswoman-elect Mary Miller - who succeeded retiring US Rep. John Shimkus in the 2020 election - will be sworn-in on January 3rd, 2021.

Rep. Kinzinger stricken with Potomac Fever

How sad. Here's a serious, disastrous case of Potomac Fever. You know - a devastating plague that strikes those that leave their Midwestern roots behind when they are sent to Washington DC to represent the people that live in their districts?

Why is it that young, talented political leadership from Illinois seem to find a way to fall far from their roots - such as in the case of the fallen former Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) and now the teetering Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Ottawa)? 

Arrogance - likely an emotional reaction to feelings of inferiority and incompetence - could be part of political downfall in both cases. 

What has happened to Adam Kinzinger to make him think he can now stand alongside Democrats to ridicule President Trump and now US Senator Josh Hawley? 

Today's Tweets from Congressman Kinzinger: 

Where’s Weyermuller? Covering More Protests, Rallies, & Marches

By Mark Weyermuller - 

Another Sunday where several hundred people showed up for a corner rally and car parade at noon in Schaumburg, Illinois.  The theme this week was “Stop the Steal.”

The people here believe President Trump won in a landslide, but massive voter fraud tainted the election results. They met on the corner of Golf and Meacham Roads in Schaumburg, with plenty of free parking at the now-closed Macy’s Furniture Store.  Cars and trucks decorated with Trump flags circled the block. 

P. Ray Ease-Lee was one of the many participants at the rally. She has a new radio show on WVON-1690-AM called the “Black Excellence Hour” on live Sunday’s 5-6pm.

Thorner: Will 2021 Be Politically Worse Than 2020?

Photo by Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange

Op-Ed by Nancy Thorner - 

This was a dismal year politically, yet we weren't as close to one world dictatorship and total financial, moral and demographic collapse as we are now with the prospects of a Biden/Harris administration. 

Unfortunately, the surprise election of Trump in 2016 just hindered the 2030 globalist agenda drive by just over four years for a one-world dictatorship.

Trump's pardons were reviled by those on the Left, yet NY Governor Cuomo gave Christmas pardons and commutations to illegal aliens and murderers.

See here the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations to in the final weeks of his presidency. They included son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles, and his 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort and Republican political operative Roger Stone. Earlier, Trump issued pardons for four Blackwater guards convicted of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians, former GOP lawmakers Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins and two figures in Robert Mueller’s probe of Trump’s 2016 campaign.

 

Although Governor Cuomo’s pardons to illegal aliens and murderers are far more reprehensible than those granted by Trump, they will never get major media publicity any more than drug deaths are far more common than Covid deaths in San Francisco.

Opponents of Liberty Remain Misguided Sore Winners

The 2020 presidential election has been the most divisive in many people’s living memory. Not only has there been the anger and fury over whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden should occupy the White House come January 20, 2021, there have been concerns and controversy about whether democracy itself is under attack in America.

One indication of people’s concerns about this latest presidential election was the number of those who believed that the outcome was of serious national concern. For instance, for more than 20 years, the Pew Research Center has asked prospective voters whether “it really mattered” who was going to win in an upcoming presidential election. Back in 2000, 50 percent of such prospective voters said the outcome of that year’s presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore “mattered,” while 47 percent said that things would be pretty much the same, regardless of who won.

More HERE

Smith: Social Media Alternatives for Christian Conservatives

By David Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family Institute - 

I am finally doing it: creating profiles on social media platforms that are friendlier to conservative points of view and that do not censor speech. This month I also installed Brave as my new web browser, ditching Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and I am very happy with the change.

Why am I motivated to make these changes now? Like so many others, I have had enough of the interference, outright censorship, suppression of conservative views, and suspension of accounts (which some people refer to as “Facebook Jail”). I am fed up with the unwelcome disclaimers by social media giants and partisan search engines that suggest my opinions and news posts are untrustworthy and/or dishonest. For these reasons, I have decided to say “goodbye” to liberal social media platforms.

I am leaving Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to join unbiased platforms such as MeWe, Parler, and Rumble.

More HERE

Once Upon a Time Everyday People Were Required to Own Modern Military Weapons

When debating the Second Amendment, gun-grabbers will often argue that the founders could have never imagined modern military weapons and they would have never wanted them in the hands of “ordinary people.” But they ignore the fact that Congress actually required every able-bodied man in American to own what at the time were modern military weapons.

The Militia Act of 1792 was one of the very first acts passed by Congress, the law required all able-bodied free men between the ages of 25-45 to serve in the state militia. Further, the act mandated that they provide their own arms and munitions as follows:

A good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch, and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder

Within the historical context, the Act of 1792 required the average American man to personally own standard modern military weapons and equipment.

More HERE

Inexpensive, Private Test Stops COVID

An inexpensive, 30-second strip test taken twice a week in the privacy of one’s home can get the country back to normal in a matter of weeks, says a Nobel laureate and Harvard microbiologist.

Michael Mina, M.D. and Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and immunology at Harvard University, and Paul Romer, Ph.D., co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics, were blunt in their assessment at a December 10 virtual event hosted by The Heritage Foundation.

“Every day we are not doing this, we are losing ground,” said Mina.

“Imagine if we can test everyone in the U.S. and quarantine all those infected for just a week,” said Romer. “We could stop this virus in its tracks basically within a week.”

Mina and Romer have been advocating this response since March, but the public focus has been on lockdowns, social distancing, masks, and vaccine development.

“Policymakers have locked themselves into a losing strategy,” said Doug Badger, a visiting fellow at The Heritage Institute, at the panel discussion.

Worse, says Badger, is public health leaders’ suggestion that the public isn’t trying hard enough to be safe and it is time to move forward.

More HERE

Former Wisconsin judge Troupis: court system deeply intimidated by the left.

Illinois Congressman Calls Trump and His Supporters Grifters, Crazies, and Embarrassing

Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger took out after Trump and his supporters in response to a Saturday morning tweet by the President in which he called out the “Justice” Department and FBI over alleged “Presidential Election Voter Fraud.”

My God. Trying to burn the place down on the way out because you can’t handle losing. No evidence, nothing but your temper tantrum and crazy conspiracies. Embarrassing. #RestoreOurGOP https://t.co/dck64tuxJa

— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) December 26, 2020

Kinzinger, who may be redistricted out of his seat or face a Republican primary challenger in 2024, has been flailing of late as he appears increasingly out-of-step with the GOP rank-in-file, and longing for the pre-Trump Republican Party that is popular among the leadership of the Illinois GOP. It is rumored that Kinzinger is eyeing higher office and likely currying favor with Illinois' Democrat and Republican power-brokers to obtain his next office and continue his singular, lifetime career in government.

School Choice: Better Than Prozac

A new study reports less suicide among children with education options. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes:

Teachers unions have pushed to shut down schools during the pandemic no matter the clear harm to children, just as they oppose charters and vouchers. Now comes a timely study suggesting school choice improves student mental health.

Several studies have found that school choice reduces arrests and that private-school students experience less bullying. One reason is that charter and private schools enforce stricter discipline than traditional public schools. Choice programs also allow parents to pull their kids out of public schools if they are struggling and send them to schools that are safer or a better cultural fit.

The Long Shadow of the Identity Politics ‘Constitution’

The long shadow of the identity politics "constitution." Mike Gonzalez writes:

The identity policy mindset has become so pervasive—not only in the academy and media, but in government policy—that more and more thinkers and politicians see the United States as now having two rival constitutions: the official one framed in 1787, and an unofficial one of much more recent vintage—the identity politics constitution.

A constitution is the fundamental law of a country, and as such it is always an important document. But in a place such as the U.S., where we lack common ancestors or a single, unifying religion or race, the Constitution takes on almost talismanic meaning. It is much more important than, say, the German Basic Law is to Germans.

Now LinkedIn Censoring User Content

The social media giants are currently protected by a key legal shield known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

If you think that the Microsoft owned social media platform LinkedIn is just about professional and business connections with no politics, you would be wrong. They appear now to be trending toward emulating their bigger social media rivals at Facebook, Google and Twitter in censoring those views with which they disagree. My second run-in with the LinkedIn censorship squad in as many months occurred recently when they removed a post linking to a new paper on global temperatures published by the CO2 Coalition. According to the LinkedIn censorship team, the post was removed because it “goes against our Professional Community Policies.”

More HERE

Merry Christmas from Illinois Review

The Amazing History of Christmas

How much do you know about Christmas – about its origins and its many beloved traditions? Do you know where the idea of stocking-stuffers comes from? Or how lights found their way onto the Christmas tree? Or why we all have the jolly, red-suited, white-haired image of Santa Claus in our heads? In this video, historian William Federer explores the holiday’s rich and unique history.

Di Leo: The Wuhan Flu and the Challenge of Economic Stimuli

By John F Di Leo - 

What should a proper Covid-19 stimulus bill look like? 

Well, the one thing we know for sure is that the current one isn’t it.  After nine to ten months of partial to complete shutdowns, $600 per person isn’t enough to provide much help.  

President Trump is right to press Congress for a higher figure.  Government caused this problem, so it makes sense for government to do something to help solve it. 

Where’s Weyermuller: At the “Stop the Steal” Rally

By Mark Weyermuller - 

Ask anybody at this rally Sunday,  they will say the 2020 election is far from over. About 400 people gathered to protest the election results on the corner of Meacham and Golf Road in Schaumburg at the now closed Macy’s Store. The organizers called it a “peaceful protest.”

This rally included people standing on the two corners holding banners, signs, and flags. In addition many cars and trucks circled the block the whole four hours with Trump flags and American flags waving from their vehicles. Most here believe President Donald J. Trump won in a landslide.

Illinois Sees Worst Population Decline Since World War II

Illinois recorded a seventh straight year of population loss, but the drop was historic – 79,487 residents from July 2019 to July 2020, the most since World War II and the second largest of any state in raw numbers or percentage of population.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Dec. 22 shows only New York lost a greater number or share of residents during the year.

More HERE

Rossi: The Massive and Tragic “Covid Relief Bill” Rip-off

By Randy Rossi - 

I think virtually every American agrees that those millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and/or businesses and have been seriously hurt by the massive Covid 19 shutdowns should get some temporary relief from the U.S. government until our economy gets back to normal and people can go back to work. And there should be some relief for the tens if not hundreds of thousands of businesses who are at the edge of bankruptcy because of those shutdowns to keep as many jobs open as possible. Republicans have been promoting this and made multiple offers to do just that but Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi had resisted that since June. She openly admitted that she resisted reaching agreement on that Covid relief because she wanted to cause pain to Americans which she thought would hurt Republican President Trump’s chances of winning. Think about that, Democrat Pelosi admitted she was willing to cause massive pain for millions of Americans in order to defeat President Trump!

How the Left Sees the World: Power, Race, and Class

How do those on the Left determine right from wrong? Since Marx, they’ve relied on a formula based on status, skin color, and wealth. But is that the way to reach a moral conclusion? Dennis Prager uses Israel and the United States to provide an illuminating perspective on this question.

Op-ed Dr. Thomas Tarter: Anti-vaccine movement threatens COVID-19's demise

Op-ed by Dr. Thomas Tarter - 

We stand at the threshold of worldwide mass vaccination against the COVID-19 virus. A similar worldwide program of vaccination against the smallpox virus began in 1967, and the virus was completely eradicated by 1977. Today, the smallpox virus is confined to research vials in Atlanta, Georgia, and Moscow, Russia. Two million people died of smallpox in 1967, and in the 12 millennia prior to that, smallpox epidemics annihilated entire civilizations.

Unlike 1967, a robust anti-vaccine movement today threatens our ability to make the pandemic a footnote in human history.

Thorner: President Trump's plausible election scenario

Op-ed by Nancy Thorner - 

Did you know this fact about China?  A foreign publication reported the truth: The Times of London, “Mass Blackouts After China Cuts Australian Coal Imports."

“China is suffering mass power cuts in the south, prompting cities to dim street lights, suspend factory production and tell office blocks to turn off heating unless the temperature falls below 3C.  The electricity crisis appears to have been prompted by a shortage of coal after Beijing banned imports from Australia. China imposed trade bans against Australia after Canberra demanded an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus and criticised Beijing’s treatment of the people of Hong Kong.”

When it comes to China, just about everything is covered up, like China's obvious interference in our election, as the hard-hitting December 18, 2020 Epoch Times documentary concluded: China Helped Steal U.S. Election.  

Should the less-educated pay more-educateds' student loans?

The topic is a hot one - college is expensive, and it's common for those choosing college to go into debt to pay for their degrees. As the cost of college degrees has skyrocketed, so has the amount of debt the students acquire and take with them after they graduate. 

The debt burden is so great now that higher-educated Americans are demanding their loans be forgiven - wiped out. But then who pays? Taxpayers - the same ones that worked to pay their tuition, that sacrificed luxuries in order to pay their children's education, those that are less educated. 

So should the less-educated pay the more-educateds' student loans? The Foundation for Economic Education shared this info in a recent piece:

Note that just one in three American adults over age 25 actually has a bachelor’s degree. This population, naturally, holds almost all student debt. Yet college graduates typically make 85 percent more than those with only a high school diploma and earn roughly $1 million more over a lifetime. 

So any government policy that forces taxpayers to pay off loans held by a relatively well-off slice of society is actually regressive, meaning it disproportionately helps the wealthy. You don’t have to take my word for it—this is the finding of a new University of Chicago study.

Economists Sylvain Catherine and Constantine Yannelis crunched the numbers to conclude that full student debt cancellation would be a “highly regressive policy” and award $192 billion to the top 20 percent of income earners, yet just $29 billion to the bottom 20 percent. 

“Outstanding student debt is inversely correlated with economic hardship,” study co-author Catherine writes. “So it is difficult to design a forgiveness policy that does not accentuate inequality.”

More HERE.  

What do you think? 

What's Wrong With The 1619 Project?

In August of 2019, the New York Times published The 1619 Project. Its goal is to redefine the American experiment as rooted not in liberty but in slavery. In this video, Wilfred Reilly, Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, responds to The 1619 Project’s major claims.

Small Businesses Like Mine Didn’t Cause COVID, But Governments Are Making Us Pay For It

A small business owner explains how lockdowns are catastrophic for him. John Romano writes:

Our No. 1 product is a day trip from Paris to visit the landing beaches in Normandy. It is a destination every American should see if he or she visits France. We are very proud to have helped so many people visit this hallowed ground.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot admits she has known for a YEAR about botched no-knock raid

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot claimed last Tuesday that she had only learned this week about the February 2019 raid on the home of 50-year-old Anjanette Young. 'The first thing I knew of any of this was yesterday morning,' she said.

However, Lightfoot admitted last Thursday that emails with her staff showed she knew about the incident as far back as November 2019. She insisted she did not remember hearing of Young's case specifically and that she had not seen the bodycam footage until this past week when she said 'It was in November when I was probably focused on budget issues.'  

Her administration went to federal court this past week and filed a motion - which was denied - to stop CBS Chicago from releasing the bodycam footage. Footage shows cops raid Young's apartment in February, cuffing the black social worker and leaving her standing naked in front of them. Young told GMA Friday she 'feared for her life' during the 40-minute ordeal and compared her experience to the police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

More HERE

Thorner: Is John Adams' Warning About Our Constitution Coming to Pass?

By Nancy Thorner - 

It is becoming more and more obvious to millions of Americans that the November 3rd election was a scam election.  

Consider the House race still being contested a month and a half after election night in New York's 22nd Congressional District.  As Syracuse.com reported, Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi's campaign has asked for about 60 rejected ballots in New York’s Madison County to be counted as he faces a 12-vote deficit against Republican challenger Claudia Tenney.  On election night Tenney was ahead by 24,000 votes.

Consider also the pathetic rally Biden held in Atlanta, Georgia for Ossoff and Warnock on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 on the parking at Pratt Pullman Yard, basically an empty warehouse.  Where were the people from a guy that got 81 million votes? How can a whole society built on obvious lies like “President Biden got 81 million votes” exist much longer?

Tax Foundation's Business Tax Climate Index ranks Illinois as 36 out of 50 states

llinois' tax climate isn't the worst in the nation, but it's likely to change after the Democrat majority passes more tax hikes in 2021. 

In its 2021 evaluation, the Tax Foundation gives Illinois an overall tax climate rating of 36 - but that's before the tax hike threats lawmakers are making before the upcoming legislature session.

Illinois ranks third from the lowest - #48 - in the Foundation's Property Tax rank. 

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems and provides a road map for improvement.

For more information, see www.taxfoundation.org 

Di Leo: From Classroom to Stadium, the Creeps will Creep

By John F Di Leo - 

US Senator Cory Booker (D, Thrace) has introduced a bill to “solve” the problem of college athletics, in much the same way that a healthy dose of arsenic might be proposed to solve a stomach ache. 

We have over 5000 colleges and universities in the United States. Every college, public and private, has a somewhat different approach to finance, with varying balances between tuition and endowments, scholarships, government grants and all kinds of partnerships.  

The colleges that offer competitive sports teams include the costs (coaching staffs, facilities, travel, player scholarships) and the profits (ticket sales, advertising and broadcast rights) of such programs in the mix with the rest of their financial approaches. 

You Can't Be Free Without This

It wasn’t an accident that the First Amendment to the Constitution is about religious liberty. Why was it so important to the Founders? And why should it be just as important to you? Kelly Shackelford, President of First Liberty, explains.

Plummer: What happened to Illinois is not funny

EDWARDSVILLE - Disgust and frustration among elected officials as to FBI investigations into Illinois' policial leadership is rising to the surface.

On his Facebook page, state Senator Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) wrote late Thursday night that Illinois "is a culture of corruption," referring to a cartoon published by Illinois Policy Institute. 

Plummer said, "Dozens of people need to go away, not one," referring to House Speaker Mike Madigan, who is fighting to retain his leadership in the state's Democrat Party and the state legislature. 

He then wrote, "Laugh at the cartoon - it is funny - but what has happened to Illinois is not funny."  

Rossi: Democrat’s Horrific 4 Year Assault On Our Great Republic

By Randy Rossi - 

These last four years will go down in history as the biggest assault on our great republic since the Civil War. And just like in the Civil War, this assault on our republic was done by Democrats that have attacked our Constitution, Bill of Rights, traditional American values, freedom, and the sovereignty of this great nation. And just like in the Civil War, it was Republicans that stood up and fought for this great republic. Aiding and abetting this Democrat assault on our republic was the “Fake News” that hid the truth from the American people and fed them incredible lies that slanderously attacked Republican President Trump and any American that stood up for this great nation and defended our Constitution, Bill of Rights, traditional values, and our glorious history that brought freedom to over a billion people around the world. Because of this 4 year assault on our republic by Democrats with the help of the “Fake News”, America is at the razor’s edge of disaster, just as it was in the Civil War.

Illinois State Rifle Association Files Injunction to Compel State Police to Issue FOID Cards Within 30 Days

In a press release, the Illinois State Rifle Association announced that it has filed an Injunction to compel the Illinois State Police to issue FOID cards within the 30-day timetable as required by law. The Injunction was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. A hearing is set for Dec. 22.

According to the Illinois State Police, there currently are 145,000 pending FOID card applications and the average wait time is 121 days for a FOID card. In addition, there are 27,000 Concealed Carry applications pending.

“The FOID card delays are not getting better – they are only getting worse,” said Richard Pearson, Executive Director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. “We worked with the State Police to extend the 30-day requirement to 60 days and of course they are going well beyond 60 days in getting FOID cards out to applicants. Enough is enough. Now it is time to get the courts involved and that is what we are doing. These delays are inexcusable and if the State Police won’t fix it voluntarily then the courts will have to intervene and force them to fix the problems and expedite the FOID card process.”

Illinois surpasses 12 million COVID tests

CHICAGO - Illinois' public health department reports Wednesday that 12,055,288 COVID tests have been administered in a state with approximately 12,740,000 in population.  

The public health department says the number of positive COVID cases has surged in the last several weeks, with now up to 870,600 positive COVID cases, or 12% of those tested. 

Of those 870,600 positive COVID cases in Illinois, 14,655 or 1.68% have died as a result of the virus.  

Today's list of 146 deaths reflect ages of victims to be for the most part in excess of 70 years:

AFL-CIO upset about Pritzker's proposed budget cuts

SPRINGFIELD - Governor JB Pritzker announced a $700 million cut Tuesday to his executive branch's agencies - just a tiny portion of what it will take to fill a $3.9 billion shortfall in the state's budget. But Pritzker's announcement did not set well with the AFL-CIO, which represents a significant number of state employees. 

Pritzker has not yet laid off state workers - as so many non-government workers have suffered through due to the COVID pandemic - but the union that represents those workers is outraged that he's making budget cuts.
 
“We join AFSCME in opposing state budget cuts that place the burden on the backs of public employees who are on the frontlines of our collective fight against COVID-19," an AFL-CIO press statement said late Tuesday afternoon. 

The union then turned to blast Illinois voters that in November rejected Pritzker's graduated tax plan.

Midwest governors from both parties warn residents to avoid Christmas gatherings

CHICAGO - Seven governors from Midwestern states joined together this week to make a video with a strong "Holiday Message:" Stay home for the holidays due to the COVID resurgence and double down on mask-wearing, social distancing and hand washing.

Among the messages from Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana and Minnesota, Illinois' Gov. JB Pritzker sounds an exceptionally dire warning: "Until the vaccine is available to everyone, and until we eradicate this virus once and for all, we must continue to work to protect one another ..."

As of today, an ongoing, apparently never-ending lockdown situation for Illinois citizens. 

The governors' comments, which urged their residents to buy from local businesses, were not received well by YouTube commenters. 

Cindi Muntz wrote, "Exactly how do you support small businesses when you restrict them from opening? And please explain how an enclosed heated outdoor tent is any different than eating inside a restaurant? The numbers are cushioned beyond recognition at this point. People still haven't received their unemployment. What about a stimulus? Maybe you should all pool your private funds together to provide this for the citizens of your State. This 'Holiday Message' is an embarrassment for our Country." 

Other comments were just as harsh. 

The governors also issues a similar video just before the Thanksgiving holiday.

RETRACTION: AMA Did NOT Rescind Previous Statement Against Hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 Patients

Illinois Review apologizes for mistakenly reporting Wednesday the AMA had voted to rescind their official position on HCQ. The AMA posted this tweet: 

CHICAGO, IL – The American Medical Association (AMA), in a surprising move, has officially rescinded a previous statement against the use of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, giving physicians the okay to return to utilizing the medication at their discretion.

Previously, the AMA had issued a statement in March that was highly critical of HCQ in regards to its use as a proposed treatment by some physicians in the early stages of COVID-19. In addition to discouraging doctors from ordering the medication in bulk for “off-label” use – HCQ is typically used to treat diseases such as malaria – they also claimed that there was no proof that it was effective in treating COVID, and that its use could be harmful in some instances.

More HERE

57% of Republicans still hope for Trump's re-election, survey says

PRINCETON - Most Republicans are still holding on to the hope of a second Trump term through the ongoing legal challenges in several states. But voters in general tend to see those challenges as political stalling rather than evidence of election fraud, a recent Rasmussen survey showed.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 36% of Likely U.S. Voters believe court challenges of election results in several states will result in President Trump’s reelection, but that includes only 21% who say it’s Very Likely. Fifty-nine percent (59%) think it’s unlikely Trump will emerge as the winner, with 43% who feel it’s Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans, however, say the legal challenges are likely to result in Trump’s reelection, with 36% who say it’s Very Likely. That compares to only 14% of Democrats and 15% of voters not affiliated with either major party who see a Trump victory as Very Likely.

Lightfoot, Harmon oversee Illinois Electors voting unanimously for Biden/Harris

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot casts her vote Monday for Biden/Harris

SPRINGFIELD - Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Senate President Don Harmon oversaw Illinois' official 20 votes in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden and US Senate Kamala Harris. 

Each of Illinois' 18 congressional district electors and two at-large electors - Lightfoot and Harmon - supported the Biden/Harris ticket unanimously. 

As Lightfoot announced her vote, she said she was proud to cast her vote for former Vice President Joe Biden and "my sister and friend Kamala Harris."

The official vote will be cast in D.C. on January 6, 2021.

Thorner: Will the Uniparty Cut a Trump Election Deal?

Opinion piece by Nancy Thorner - 

The latest Supreme Court ruling of Friday, December 11, 2020 shows how little the Constitution means to the Court.  As Margot Cleveland states in Argument 5 of her Dec. 6, 2020 article, 6 Things To Know About Texas's Supreme Court Petition Over 2020's Messed-Up Election:  

". . . what Texas seeks is for the Supreme Court to mandate that the defendant states comply with the Constitution, and that means that electors are selected by the states’ legislatures. Texas makes this point clear, stressing: “Plaintiff State does not ask this Court to decide who won the election; they only ask that the Court enjoin the clear violations of the Electors Clause of the Constitution.”

Op-Ed State Rep. Jeff Keicher: Optimism for 2021 includes wearing COVID masks, getting vaccinated

By State Rep. Jeff Keicher - 

Our state has been rocked by challenges over the past year.  Many of our friends and neighbors are hurting and suffering.  We have lost cherished members of our community to COVID-19 and grown increasingly frustrated with present circumstances and limitations.  I would like to share with you a few thoughts as we close 2020 and frame 2021 with the hopeful optimism we all have for its arrival.

The pandemic has impacted our community in ways we never imagined.  The virus has not only taken lives, but shuttered businesses and community organizations.  Many are scared.  Many are fed up with being limited.  Yet everyone agrees the tragedy has altered our lives.  All of us long for a chance to gather with our friends and family; to do so with hugs, handshakes and a gentle smile that acknowledges we know what we’ve been through hasn’t been easy.

2021 will test our resolve to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic together.  As I have said early on, I wear a mask and I encourage others to do the same.  I have no problem wearing a mask.  All of us should wear a mask when we interact with others outside our household.  To me, wearing a mark is an expression of caring and respect for our fellow residents.  Caring for others has been a hallmark of being an American throughout our history.  We must not allow that trait in ourselves to diminish under strain.

YouTube Bans President's Videos

The Trump Campaign released new ads calling on the American people to help fix the broken election system. However, Google/YouTube has banned them in an act of censorship unprecedented in free societies such as the United States - or at least the U.S. that used to be.

The Trump Campaign released two new ads entitled "The Evidence is Overwhelming - FRAUD!" and "STOP THE STEAL!" These ads informed viewers of the widespread corruption that occurred in the 2020 election, including suitcases of Biden ballots, dead people voting, and money-for-vote schemes, while also encouraging voters to call their legislators to demand a free and fair election.

You can see Google/YouTube's censorship HERE and HERE.

American High Schools Go Woke

Woke education is exploding in schools across the country. Charles Fain Lehman writes:

Nearly every top private school has promised to bring on outside help to address rampant racism. Harvard-Westlake is doing business with at least four: Blink Consulting, Jones Inclusive, the Grading for Equity Project, and the Glasgow Group. Loomis-Chaffee plans to hire a "third party facilitator" to assess the "inclusivity climate." New York-based Grace Church School is bringing in an "outside consultant" for an "independent review into the ways that racism persists at Grace," while Virginia's Episcopal High School will hire "independent outside experts" to "identify biases inherent in school structures."

Such consultancies review curricula and conduct workshops on the latest in progressive pedagogy. Grading for Equity's Joe Feldman, for example, has argued that practices such as averaging grades over a semester or grading homework unacceptably perpetuate inequality.

The Great Reset Is Happening

Joe Biden has officially announced that John Kerry, a failed presidential candidate and longtime DC swamp creature, will be his “climate czar,” assuming President Trump’s legal challenges fail to overturn the 2020 election.

Just a reminder: Kerry, who constantly lectures the hoi polloi about the “existential threat of climate change,” was an abysmal failure as President Obama’s second secretary of state. (This is the man who brought us the ill-fated Paris Climate Accords and the hapless Iran nuclear deal.)

It’s also worth noting Kerry is one of the biggest hypocrites in the world when it comes to climate change. If Kerry were so worried about the dire threats of climate change, including rising sea levels, why did he purchase an $11.75 million waterfront estate on the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in 2017? Moreover, why does Kerry continually globetrot aboard on carbon-dioxide-spewing private jets and yachts?

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Congresswoman-Elect Mary Miller joins Texas case as it goes before SCOTUS

OAKLAND –Friday, Mary Miller, Congresswoman-elect (IL-15), joined the Texas Attorney General and 18 other State Attorney Generals, several elected officials in the states under question, and numerous elected leaders supporting the Texas lawsuit. Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18) also notified Illinois Review of his support for the effort. 

Miller released the following statement Friday: 

"I support this lawsuit and President Trump's efforts to ensure the integrity of our election process. The American people deserve an honest and fair election process where all legal ballots are counted, and illegal votes are removed. This is the only way we can all move forward together in confidence," stated Conservative Mary Miller.  

"Sunshine patriots and fair-weather fighters won't win this fight or stop the radical left's attempts to push their socialist agenda. President Trump endorsed my campaign because he needed more actual allies in Washington. I will continue to fight the establishment in both parties that wants to defeat President Trump," Miller added.

Weyermuller: Congressman Darin LaHood signs onto Texas' SCOTUS case

By Mark Weyermuller - 

The following is a text message we share with his permission from Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18): 

Mark, you will be pleased to know that today I signed on to an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Texas vs. Pennsylvania case, which affirms to the Supreme Court my concerns regarding the electoral integrity in some states during the 2020 election, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan. President Trump is fully supportive of this effort and I am proud to stand with him to ensure your voice and the voices of the over 74 million Americans who voted for President Trump are heard. You can read the full draft of the amicus brief here: https://bit.ly/2W1gr2x.

 

The cornerstone of our democracy is the integrity of our election system. Your vote and my vote is no less than anyone else’s, and I will continue to support legal efforts that get to the bottom of irregularities or fraud.

 

I hope the Supreme Court will give full and fair consideration to our amicus argument in this case brought forward by Texas. Regardless of the outcome of this case and the election, I will continue to fight for you and our Midwestern conservative values in Congress. We have important work ahead of us, including taking back the House in 2022 and reforming our state. I look forward to standing with you as we tackle the challenges ahead.

Thanks,

Darin LaHood

Thorner: America's Enemy Is China, Not Russia

Op-ed by Nancy Thorner - 

"China is increasingly flouting international sanctions on North Korea and is no longer trying to hide some of its smuggling activity as it seeks to help Pyongyang endure the Trump administration’s pressure campaign, U.S. officials said. For years, sanctions busting has been a cat-and-mouse game for Pyongyang: Ships operating under foreign flags from distant nations turned off their tracking beacons and took circuitous routes to try to avoid detection.  During the past year, however, North Korea-flagged vessels have lugged hundreds of coal shipments to China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan area, according to interviews with U.S. officials and U.S. government satellite photos provided to The Wall Street Journal."

 

“Chinese-flagged cargo ships, meanwhile, have been traveling to North Korea to take on coal at the port of Nampo, the photos also indicate.  “It is not particularly disguised or hidden,” a senior State Department official said. “The fact that China is making it easier on them makes it a much more reliable revenue stream than they’ve had.  Why should CHINA try to hide anything when they are on the verge of completely dominating America in a way no foreign power has done since the War of 1812 or even 1775?” 

 

Watch here the video that China doesn't want you to see bragging about spies in the inner circle of this nation.

 

It has also been reported that China is paying millions to the U.S. to push Socialist Policies.  

State Rep. Chris Miller: State leaders addicted to mediocrity

By State Rep. Chris Miller -

Illinois voters went to the polls on Nov. 3^rd and with few exceptions, they rubber stamped the status quo and so when the Illinois House and Senate reconvenes next year, the Democrats will still have super majorities in both chambers.

This begs the question – does the majority party in the House and the Senate deserve another two years of running Illinois and setting the agenda for our state? What stellar policies are being implemented that warrant the status quo?

Illinois has the worst credit rating of all 50 states – just below junk status. Illinois has more than $137 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and more than $7 billion in backlogged unpaid bills. The budget signed into law earlier this year was constructed with the belief that voters would approve the Governor’s progressive income tax scheme and the federal government would be there with a nice bailout for Illinois.

Southland GOP women make public their support for Trump's uphill re-election bid

ORLAND PARK - An active Republican women's group in Chicago's southwest suburbs released a resolution passed by their board of directors this week in support of President Donald Trump's re-election.

 

The wording of the resolution is as follows:

Manufacturers worry Biden will hike taxes, weaken stance on intellectual property theft

From The Center Square –

Illinois manufacturers are concerned that presumptive President-elect Joe Biden will not only hike taxes and create more red tape than President Donald Trump but would take a weaker stance on Chinese companies stealing their products and illegally recreating them.

In a survey conducted last month, 62% of the 162 Illinois-based manufacturers who responded say they’ve got less confidence in their business’ outlook under a Joe Biden presidency. 

The survey didn’t elaborate on specifics but the Technology Manufacturer’s Association of Illinois, who conducted the survey, said employers fear Biden’s administration would hike taxes, introduce new regulations, and fail to keep the pressure on China for their theft of intellectual property. 

More HERE.