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Public Outcry Causes FDA to Backtrack

As the fear of coronavirus swept the world, panic buying went into full swing. Suddenly, toilet paper and hand sanitizer became hot commodities that were difficult to find. The high demand for these products, and limited workforce availability because of the virus, resulted in severe shortages as companies were unable to meet the increased demand.

Fortunately, the United States is home to thousands of breweries and distilleries that had the ability to turn alcohol originally meant for consumption into a usable denatured hand sanitizer. When demand for hand sanitizer skyrocketed, several distilleries stepped up to the plate and implemented novel processes to mass produce the much-needed sanitizer. Virtually overnight, these companies produced, packaged, and delivered thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to the American people. 

For their patriotic efforts, this is how these companies were thanked: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new regulations and fees for organizations operating as “monograph drug facilities” – producing over-the-counter drugs. This includes the hundreds of distilleries that stepped up, putting profits aside to mass produce hand sanitizer. For the fiscal year of 2021, the FDA fees for hand sanitizer producing facilities is $14,060. 

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Former State Rep. Jeanne Ives responds to Dems rejecting Madigan as Speaker

WHEATON - Via Facebook, former State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Republican that served the DuPage County area commented Wednesday on Mike Madigan being rejected for another term as Speaker of the Illinois House.

She emphasized, "It is good Madigan is out of office. But all of the Democrats who have voted for him for years before and voted for the policies that have bankrupted Illinois should be out of office as well. Illinois needs to change direction 180 degrees. That won't happen under Welch. The moving companies will have another banner year in 2021 in Illinois."

Here's Ives' statement in full:

US House votes to impeach Donald Trump for second time, LaHood explains why he voted No

WASHINGTON - The US House voted Wednesday to impeach Donald Trump for the second time. One Congressional Republican member voted in favor of the impeachment article declaring President Trump incited violence with false claims claiming he won the election by a landslide.

In a vote with 221 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting yes, and 197 voting no, the US House referred impeachment to the US Senate. 

Via text, Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood gave Illinois Review reasons why he voted against the measure, and his views on other hot topics conservatives are discussing throughout the state: 

1). Today, I proudly voted to NOT impeach President Trump. We should be using this time to bring our nation together and heal the partisan divisions. Unfortunately, Democrats believe that cancel culture and impeachment are the path to unity and healing. Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat colleagues have once again decided to put political games before the people. I have ZERO interest in taking part in this. I stand with President Trump🇺🇸.

2). The censorship of conservatives and Republicans by Big Tech has to STOP! I support and will vote to repeal the Section 230 protection for these tech companies. Censorship, wokeness, political correctness, it all points in one direction – authoritarianism, cloaked as moral righteousness. It’s not who we are as Americans. I will do all I can to fight Big Tech and their criminal censorship! 

3). Rioters and protesters who broke the law and attacked the US Capitol need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Likewise, the criminal activity of BLM and Antifa need to be held to the same standard and accountable. Those BLM and Antifa perpetrators and anarchists should be equally prosecuted for their criminal activity and un-American actions. Unfortunately, there is a clear double standard when the Left incites violence. This needs to end.

In a formal press release, LaHood's office explained his vote with more information: 

In less than seven days, we will inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States. We should be using this time to bring our nation together, heal the partisan divisions, and move forward with a peaceful transfer of power. As I have listened to constituents on both sides of the political spectrum this week, a common frustration and anger are evident among many Americans. In this moment of escalating tensions, Congress must rise above the division and help heal our nation.

As I stated last week, our Constitution is clear in laying out Congress' obligation to count and certify the Electoral College votes. I also believe our Constitution does not envision impeaching a President without an adequate investigation or hearings. Our democratic system is predicated on due process and a thorough review of the underlying facts and evidence. Congress has yet to even receive a full briefing by the appropriate federal authorities on the events that occurred surrounding the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. 

I oppose impeachment. Pushing articles of impeachment days before the inauguration will only inflame and further divide our country.

The impeachment article that passed the US House includes this wording:

IL GOP claims credit for Madigan removal

After Illinois Republicans flipped four seats in the House, defeated the progressive income tax, defended Congressman Rodney Davis, and defeated a Madigan lackey on the Illinois Supreme Court for the first time in state history - House Democrats finally realized that Madigan must go," the IL GOP Facebook post said. "Our electoral victories in 2020 - powered by YOU - forced Madigan out." 

What do you think?  

Madigan's reign reviewed

SPRINGFIELD - State Rep. Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is now "former Illinois House Speaker" after serving 36 years leading the Illinois Democrats and determining Illinois' finances and political climate. Wednesday, his Democrat caucus chose State Rep. Chris Welch as the new speaker. 

The issues surrounding Madigan are many and were thoroughly discussed in a documentary "Madigan: Power, Privilege, Politics" made public by the Illinois Policy Institute - featuring former Madigan colleagues, political opponents and a family member:

UPDATE x1: IL Dems push through statewide "Defund the Police" bill in wee hours

UPDATE x1: Illinois Democrats - who hold the majority in both the House and Senate - pushed through this "Defund the Police" bill Wednesday morning at 4:30 am - hours before the 102nd General Assembly was sworn in. More information coming Friday on Illinois Review. 

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' law enforcement community is warning Illinois citizens about a bill they say would effectively defund the police in Illinois. HB 163 could be heard in the state Senate as soon as Monday during the Illinois General Assembly's "lame duck" session that ends January 13. 

A coalition of law enforcement groups issued a statement late last week saying “reforms” that are part of House Bill 163 as amended would "destroy law enforcement's ability to keep communities safe." The authors of the legislation are not law enforcement professionals, the groups say, and the bill was drafted without law enforcement input, and because of that the "long-term unintended consequences of this legislation would be dire."

The Illinois Law Enforcement Coalition said they recently enumerated its Safe Communities plan, a sensible approach to modernizing Illinois law enforcement, but House Bill 163 as amended would lead to unsafe communities in Illinois.

"We urge the Illinois General Assembly to avoid making a sudden, rash decision in the Lame Duck Session and instead work carefully with all stakeholders to truly examine what needs to be done regarding law enforcement in Illinois," the group said.

The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge, FOP Labor Council, FOP Chicago Lodge 7, Illinois Sheriffs’ Association and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police formed the Illinois Law Enforcement Coalition and have been working on strategies since summer to improve community safety and enhance the trust between community members and law enforcement.

The leaders of the Illinois effort - the Democrats' Black Caucus - intends Illinois law enforcement changes to be dramatic. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association list the following 32 changes in the 611-page bill: 

Illinois Right to Life applauds Wednesday's US Supreme Court ruling

CHICAGO - Illinois Right to Life applauds Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming the Trump Administration can enforce a Federal Drug Administration rule requiring women to pick up mifepristone, a chemical abortion drug, in person at approved health care facilities.

The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the rule, claiming that the ability to receive the chemical abortion drugs through the mail was necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

US Supreme Court's Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in the 6-3 ruling, stating that the matter in question was not whether the rule placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions, but rather, “[W]hether the District Court properly ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift those established requirements because of the court’s own evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” 

Illinois Right to Life Executive Director, Amy Gehrke, responded to the Supreme Court decision, saying, “This is a commonsense ruling that will not only protect women, but their unborn children, as well. Mifepristone, used in chemical abortions, is unlike any other drug in that its sole purpose is to take the life of a tiny human. In addition, a significant number of women experience life-threatening side effects after taking the drug.”

Bost opposes Trump removal tactics; Opponents demand he resign

WASHINGTON DC - Congressman Mike Bost (IL-12) says he opposes either US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's efforts to oust Donald Trump as president because it will "make a bad situation worse." 

“If we are truly going to begin the work of healing the deep divisions in America, we must first turn down the temperature and tone down the rhetoric. I fear that efforts to impeach President Trump or force Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment will only make a bad situation worse. Therefore, I strongly oppose Speaker Pelosi on both tactics, which are being rushed through Congress with unprecedented speed and little opportunity for the president to defend himself," Bost said in a statement.

"President Trump has committed to a peaceful transition of power one week from today; and we would all be best served by dedicating that short time to making the process as seamless as possible.” 

Bost, a Republican began serving in the US House in 2015. 

Political opponents are circulating a petition on MoveOn.org to demand Bost resign as Congressman. Thus far, over 2000 have signed the petition. 

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Suburban Chicago man arrested for allegedly making threatening phone call concerning upcoming inauguration

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago man was arrested Tuesday on a federal criminal charge for allegedly threatening to commit violence at the upcoming presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C.

LOUIS CAPRIOTTI, 45, of Chicago Heights, Ill., is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the FBI reports.  Capriotti was arrested near his home Tuesday morning  He was scheduled to make an initial court appearance the same day.

In a Dec. 29, 2020, voicemail for a U.S. House member from New Jersey, Capriotti allegedly stated that if certain individuals “think that Joe Biden is going to put his hand on the Bible and walk into that [expletive] White House on January 20th, they’re sadly [expletive] mistaken.”  Capriotti further stated in the voicemail, “We will surround the [expletive] White House and we will kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn,” the complaint alleges.  According to the complaint, Capriotti has a history of leaving profane voicemails for members of Congress.

Di Leo: George Washington at the Siege of Boston, and the Dark before the Dawn

By John F. Di Leo - 

On January 13, 1776, General Washington sat down to write a letter to the Massachusetts state legislature, reporting how dire their situation was. 

Such letters were unfortunately to become the norm throughout America’s long War of Independence; the General felt that the civilian legislature needed to be kept apprised of the state of the fight, and in particular, they needed to know how much more material support the troops required from their government.  

In January of 1776, the Continental Army had been conducting the Siege of Boston for eight months. That’s eight months of sitting, encamped outside the most important city in New England, doing nothing, just presenting as fierce and solid a front as they could to the British Redcoats who had held Boston under martial law for the past eight years. 

Yes, eight years.

UPDATE 2x: Madigan's trusted confidante Rep. Chris Welch elected IL House Speaker

UPDATE 2x: Madigan is no longer IL House Speaker ... 

UPDATE 1x: Wednesday morning at 10 am, Welch gathered 55 votes. He needs 60. 

SPRINGFIELD - Chicago Crain's is reporting west suburban Democrat State Rep. Chris Welch (D-Westchester) is likely to be voted in as Speaker of the Illinois House - ending Speaker Mike Madigan's nearly 40 year grip on the Illinois House. The first vote will be made Wednesday as the 102nd General Assembly convenes at noon.

Madigan, who is the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years since 1983, is facing federal investigation concerning "the speaker and Commonwealth Edison lobbyists, contracts doled out by lobbyists to Madigan associates, and jobs for Madigan allies at various levels of state and local government throughout Illinois," Illinois Policy Institute reported in December 2019. 

In addition, Crain’s Chicago Business reported in 2019 that federal authorities were believed to be investigating annual six-figure fundraisers for the Democratic Party of Illinois facilitated by ComEd.

Madigan has been the chairman of the Democrat Party's state organization since 1998.

Welch is viewed by some in Democrat circles as "Madigan 2.0." 

Here's what Welch tweeted earlier this week: 

Posted Tuesday morning, the House Black Caucus reportedly is going with Welch, but that can change ...  

 

Be Brave - Nikki Haley

Free speech and intellectual freedom are the civil rights issues of our time. Are you ready to defend them? That’s the question that former US Ambassador Nikki Haley poses in this challenging video.

Madigan faces rebellion within Democrat House Caucus; 5th Term Leftist leads opposition

SPRINGFIELD - Monday, longtime Illinois Democrat Party Chairman Mike Madigan paused his effort to be re-elected once again as Speaker of Illinois House after he failed to gather the 60 needed votes during a caucus gathering Sunday afternoon. 

Madigan, who has ruled and reigned in the Illinois House every term since 1983, with the exception of one two-year term in 1995-1996, said while he's hitting the pause button, he's not dropping out in shame yet. 

“This is not a withdrawal,” Madigan said in a statement. “As I have said many times in the past, I have always put the best interest of the House Democratic Caucus and our members first. The House Democratic Caucus can work to find someone, other than me, to get 60 votes for Speaker.”

Two of his Democrat colleagues drained the needed votes from the Speaker - Ann Williams of Chicago and Stephanie Kifowit of Aurora. 

"Today's vote makes clear the House Democratic Caucus is ready for a change in leadership," Williams said in a press release Sunday afternoon. "I want to thank Representative Kathy Willis and Representative Stephanie Kifowit in joining me on this journey to elect Illinois' first woman Speaker. I am grateful for the support of so many of my colleagues and I will continue to work to earn the support of the rest and unify the caucus."

Biz groups oppose Pritzker's $500M tax hike on Illinois' small businesses

SPRINGFIELD - Small businesses throughout Illinois are already devastated by the COVID pandemic and Governor Pritzker's unilateral executive orders that have shut down thousands of family businesses over the past 10 months. But a bill the General Assembly is voting on this week could be the final blow, say several business groups. 

IL GOP opens application process for next Chairman

CHICAGO - The Illinois Republican Party is struggling to find its way after more devastating defeats in the November 2020 election - including losing another Illinois Senate seat - driving it to its lowest number ever, 18 GOP state senators. In light of the continuing failure and reported pressure from the party's rank and file, IL GOP Chairman Tim Schneider resigned from his post - with no effective date.

The day he resigned, Schneider appointed four State Central Committee members to serve on a committee whose purpose would be to recommend a process for choosing a successor. This past Saturday, the State Central Committee unanimously approved the select committee’s recommendations on an open process and timeline for the selection of a new Chairman. 

In a statement released by the IL GOP Monday, the following details were offered:

Durbin, Schneider bill could deem MAGA rallies "domestic terrorist activity," Curran responds

WASHINGTON - Illinois' senior US Senator Dick Durbin says he will be re-introducing a bill in the upcoming legislative session that some say would make Trump supporting rallies be deemed potential "domestic terrorism." Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) is co-sponsoring in the US House. 

Durbin said in a statement, "Our bill would establish offices to combat domestic terrorism with the Department  of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security. It would require to regularly assess domestic terrorism threat." 

The bill passed the US House last fall and stalled in the US Senate. With the US Senate evenly split 50-50, Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris will cast deciding votes if there is no majority on particular legislative efforts. Durbin is likely t
o be the chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee when the new Congress is sworn in with a Democrat majority. 

Republican Mark Curran, who challenged Durbin in the last election, commented on Durbin's effort in a Facebook page post: 

"Sen Dick Durbin has lost his mind," Curran wrote. "Now he wants to pass legislation to prevent MAGA rallies and deem them as terrorism?"

Curran continued: "This man is a dictator. Total communist." 

Curran called for calls to flood into Durbin's offices Monday. 

We Must Heed Lincoln’s Warning About Mob Rule

Abraham Lincoln warned that mob law begets mob law. Jarrett Stepman writes:

Many have condemned the intrusion and vandalizing of the Capitol Building, as they should, but we should also not forget the fact that mob rule and lawlessness have destroyed the lives of countless Americans over the past year and has eroded our country’s attachment to the rule of law.

This should have always been unacceptable.

Lincoln’s warning in 1838 was ignored, and a generation of Americans paid a terrible price in blood for it. Let us learn from the past instead of tearing it down.

Regardless of the corruption of our institutions, the better path forward is to support the rule of law, reform old institutions or build new ones, and plan for the long term of sustaining this federal republic that we would surely like to keep.

9 Wasteful Programs From Massive Spending Bill That Can, and Should, Be Reversed

President Donald Trump is right about this: There’s a lot of ridiculous gimmicks and wasteful projects in the new massive spending bill.

And the good news is there’s something that Trump can do about it, even though he recently signed the huge COVID-19 stimulus and omnibus spending bill into law.

While signing the bill, the president released a statement announcing that he would use his authority to request that Congress rescind wasteful spending from the bill.

Under the Impoundment Control Act, the president can propose that Congress rescind, or cancel, specific unspent budget authority from programs he has determined are unneeded.

More HERE

Darren Bailey speaks out on IL GOP's direction

By State Senator-Elect Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) -

The Illinois Republican Party is at a crossroads. The selection of our next party chairman will help determine our future.

As I see it we can continue with the status quo of irrelevance in Illinois, or we can strike a new path focused on being the party of working people of all types. For too long we’ve been too focused on the elites and the well-off, but the last four-years showed the Republican Party is the party of hard-working Americans.

The waiters, retail workers, and small business owners - forgotten by Governor Pritzker - deserve better. The Republican Party must use its principles to stand up for all hard-working citizens of our state. No one should be forgotten!

Our principles are our legacy, enshrined in our Constitution by the Founding Fathers, and protected and defended by millions of patriots, both military and civilian, throughout our history. Advocating and reapplying these principles can restore and revitalize Illinois.

We have a blueprint for economic success. Prior to the coronavirus, our nation was on a growth path of historical proportions, fueled by putting working families first. This growth came by reducing the tax burden on workers, cutting the red tape preventing job creation, and prioritizing trade deals that helped keep our jobs here.

For the first time in our lifetimes, we saw real wage growth for the working class instead of the rich elite.

Kinzinger calls for Trump's ouster via 25th Amendment

It’s with a heavy heart I am calling for the sake of our Democracy that the 25th Amendment be invoked. My statement: pic.twitter.com/yVyQrYcjuD

— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) January 7, 2021

GOP Illinois Senate Leader Designate says Trump "abdicated principles of freedom"

HAWTHORN WOODS - State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods), who was recently chosen as the Illinois Senate Republicans' new leader, took to one of the state's most Leftist media sources to condemn President Donald Trump Thursday, and plead for unity among Illinois' political parties. 

McConchie, who boasts of being a conservative Republican, wrote in the scathing Chicago Sun-Times op-ed that he has no doubt Trump rejected freedom, law and order, rather strong accusations: 

In helping foment current national divisions, there is no longer any doubt that our Republican president has abdicated the principles of freedom, law and order and a democratic process that has for so long enabled the United States to be the leader of the free world. We have never seen such a breach of law and order in the seat of our hallowed republic.

Unlike so many citizens of other countries, I have never before had to question whether my president was inciting violence or sedition. It is up to us to defend our country against lawlessness and those who would tear down the core values upon which our democracy has been built.

He goes on ...

Di Leo: Changing Times and the Right to be Left Alone

By John F. Di Leo - 

The Question:  What is the US Government's key purpose? 

The Answer:  To make sure we're left alone. 

Now, it’s not only to leave us alone... that's just part of it.  

The Bill of Rights is a list of specific ways that the government itself is specifically directed to leave us alone. 

But it's much more than that. 

The Constitution – first in the world of its kind - was written to design a government that is only big enough - not too big, just big enough - to be able to help us, the people, to be left alone.  Not just to be left alone by government, but to be left alone by everybody. 

UPDATE: As US Capitol is stormed by Trump supporters, Kinzinger tweets "This is a coup attempt"

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger has been harshly criticizing President Trump and his supporters since the November 3rd election. Today, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol after hearing the President speak a few blocks away.

UPDATE: Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol - some walked onto the US Senate floor, others broke windows. The US Congress is on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, as lawmakers consider certifying the 2020 Presidential Election.

Kinzinger - a Republican from IL's rural 16th District - tweeted: 

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Kinzinger explains why he voted to certify 2020 Presidential Election

WASHINGTON - Illinois' GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger continued distancing himself from the conservative Republicans that put him in office once again in November. Despite President Trump's high numbers in the 16th CD, Kinzinger mocked Trump as "freaking out generally" in his efforts to confirm the election was not stolen.

“I would say if I knew everything I know now, I’d probably think differently,” Kinzinger told Yahoo News when asked about his vote for Trump last November. While he had supported the president “based on policy,” Kinzinger said that Trump’s behavior since the election — questioning the legitimacy of the election and threatening “the underpinnings of democracy” — represents a “massive demarcation” in presidential behavior. He added at one point: “I’ll tell you everything I’m hearing is, he’s freaking out generally.”

Kinzinger is receiving tough comments from 16th CD voters in response to his criticisms of Trump voters and Trump himself on Twitter as to why he is defending the integrity of an election when so many people are questioning the results.

The congressman's office sent out the following as to why he voted to certify the 2020 Presidential election:

Weyermuller: Mourning the 792 Chicagoans killed in 2020

By Mark Weyermuller - 

On the last day of the 2020, a couple hundred people gathered at the Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue to honor the 792 people killed in Chicago this year. The group was led by Father Michael Pfleger of Saint Sabina Church.

Father Pfleger said this: “Unfortunately while we have been working on COVID 19, we have ignored the virus of violence in the city of Chicago.”  Each person at the rally was given a city of Chicago flag with gunshots on it and dripping in blood.  The group marched north on Michigan Avenue to the water tower to hold a prayer vigil.

Illinois’ legal weed sales skyrocket during pandemic

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents were tightly restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they broke records spending on marijuana - one of the few prospering businesses in the state this past year.

Through November, officials report $582 million in weed sales, generating more than $150 million in tax revenue.

A brilliant observation from Center Square: "Within three months time in 2020, cannabis in Illinois went from being illegal to essential, and it is big money."

...Gov. J.B. Pritzker deemed certain retail outlets nonessential and shut them down, while pot stores were deemed essential. The Governor’s Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer Toi Hutchinson in September noted sales continued to increase month after month.

“The sales of this have been through the roof, through the middle of a global pandemic,” Hutchinson said. “[Revenue] is targeted to those very communities that are disproportionately impacted.”

More HERE.

What Is Big Green?

You hear lots of dire predictions these days -- the planet is burning, the seas are rising, and so on. But what is the real purpose of all this doom and gloom? Is it to protect the environment? Or is there a different motive? Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino, gets to the bottom of these questions in this important video.

Congressman Casten agrees with Vox that Trump may be a criminal

The voters of Illinois' one-time red 6th CD rejected conservative Republican Jeanne Ives' last November - and re-embraced liberal Congressman Sean Casten, who suggested in a Tweet today that President Trump's recorded comments from a phone call with Georgia's Secretary of State may be criminal: 

Six Canadian elders fined $10k for service with more than 10 worshippers

ONTARIO, CANADA - Think that maybe the United States Constitution's First Amendment isn't so important? Think that what happens in Socialist Canada would never happen in Socialist Illinois? Ask these Canadian citizens of Ontario ... 

Six elders of a church in Ontario, Canada, have been asked to appear in a criminal court for holding in-person services in violation of COVID-19-related restrictions. The elders, who face a fine of up to $10,000, say the action is “a violation of God-given rights.”

The members of Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo were charged last week under Section 10.1 of the Reopening Ontario Act for exceeding the number of permitted people in attendance — 10 people indoors and 10 people outdoors — during a worship service on Dec. 27, according to CBC News.

Officers from the Waterloo Region Police Service visited the homes of the elders at night and gave them each a summons to court.

The church says no outbreak has been traced back to its services since they reopened in June. But they “have heard a plethora of stories from many of our congregants about how they were negatively affected spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and financially during the first lockdown,” the elders said in a statement.

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72% of Republicans say Trump should remain party's role model

When the Republican Party reorganizes itself next year, GOP voters strongly believe President Trump should remain the role model, but most think the party should look for a new face to be its next presidential candidate.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey found that 72% of Likely Republican Voters think their party should be more like Trump than like the average GOP member of Congress. Twenty-four percent (24%) see the average Republican in Congress as a better model. 

Thorner: Will U.S. History Be Changed This Week?

Op-ed by Nancy Thorner -

We are living in one of the most uncertain times in our nation's history. The next few days and weeks may well determine the fate of our nation.

This week alone will be an eventful week for this nation's Constitutional Republic.  On Tuesday, January 5, the Georgia run-off of two GOP senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, is a must win in deciding which party will control the Senate.  Meanwhile, Democrat Stacey Abrams and her outrageous crew of extreme leftists have done everything to rig the election in their favor -- with the outrageous assistance of Abrams' own sister, a federal judge.

On the following day, the Electoral College will meet to declare the winner of the Nov. 3rd, 2020 presidential election.

Letter to Editor: How can the election fraud stand?

To the Editor,

There are only three reasons why a person would not believe that massive fraud had taken place in the 2020 election. First, they can’t imagine that the nightly news would outright lie about what had transpired; second, they own no smart phone or computer, or don’t know how to search the internet with it, or third, they have no curiosity.

The evidence of the fraud is ubiquitous and convincing. Here are a few of the anomalies of the 2020 election. Can these all be true at the same time?

Poland Stops Big Tech Censorship in Its Tracks: We Can Do the Same

As reported by PolandIN.com, while the Big Tech battle continues to rage in the U.S., the conservative government in Poland has enacted a new law to hold companies accountable for what now will be illegal censorship or suppression of legal content.

If there is no violation of Polish law, social media companies cannot remove content or block accounts, according to the draft of the “Act for the Freedom to Express One’s Views and Obtain and Disseminate Information on the Internet.”

Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro of Poland “announced the legal initiative earlier this month aimed at enabling internet users to file complaints against the removal of online posts as well as the creation of a special court for freedom of speech,” according to Poland In.

“Under its provisions, social media services will not be allowed to remove content or block accounts if the content on them does not break Polish law.

“In the event of removal or blockage, a complaint can be sent to the platform, which will have 24 hours to consider it.

“Within 48 hours of the decision, the user will be able to file a petition to the court for the return of access. The court will consider complaints within seven days of receipt and the entire process is to be electronic.”

More HERE

Rossi: More Sad Proof of the Decline of Our Culture

By Randy Rossi - 

I just read a new Gallup poll that broke my heart and reconfirmed the accelerating decline of our culture. Titled “Is Marriage Becoming irrelevant”, that Gallup poll showed the rapid decline of the importance of marriage in connection to having children. To me and I suspect to most of our ancestors, getting married and having children was one of the most important things in life. It has been a core element of civilizations for thousands of years. But apparently, not any more to a growing number of Americans.

In that Gallup poll, only 29% of Americans think that it is very important for a couple to get married if they have a child. That was shocking to me. To make it even worse is the rate of decline of that moral value. In 2013, 38% of Americans thought that getting married was important if they had a child. That’s a 24% decline in a core value in just 7 years. In 2006, 49% of Americans thought it was very important to get married if they had a child. That is an incredible 41% decrease of a core civilized value in just 17 years.

How could we fall so far so fast?

Teachers Told by Trainers: You Are Racist

Hundreds of teachers in the San Diego Unified School district attended “white privilege” training in which they were told, “you are racist” and were asked to commit to becoming “anti-racist” in the classroom, The New York Post reported.

The white privilege re-education sessions began with instructors telling the teachers they will experience “guilt, anger, apathy and closed-mindedness” due to their “white fragility”, according to leaked training documents obtained by journalist Christopher F. Rufo of City Journal.

More HERE

We Had the Vaccine from the Start—You Just Weren't Allowed to Take It

For the duration of the pandemic, while hundreds of thousands died and the world economy was decimated by lockdowns, Moderna's highly effective vaccine was available.

Few people realize that the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19—which the FDA has finally declared "highly effective," and which is now being distributed to Americans—has actually been available for nearly a year.

But the government wouldn't let you take it.

More HERE