Illinois Review

Beckman: Kamala's Nose is Growing

By Hank Beckman -

Wednesday’s vice presidential debate gave much of the country its first look at the person who, if the polls are accurate this time, could well be the first female president of the United States.

Whether you were turned off by her condescending smirk at every other utterance by Vice President Mike Pence or think she is the latest star gifted upon us by the Democrats and their publicists in the mainstream media, part of your reaction to her performance must calculate whether or not she is presidential material.

No honest person can deny that should Biden-Harris prevail Nov. 3, sooner or later Harris has an excellent chance of becoming president. Either some medical problem will force Joe Biden from office, or Harris could become president in 2024 when he retires. Because no one is going to accept a president that will be 82 before he takes the oath for his second term in office.

Where’s Weyermuller? Laughing at Zanies with good-humored Republicans

By Mark Weyermuller - 

Illinois has been suffering job and commerce loss with shutdowns due to Covid since March of this year.  The comedy business is one example which state officials might had considered non-essential. I feel all jobs are essential.

Chicago area Republicans stepped up to show laughter is essential, especially in times of crisis.

Last week, Zanies Comedy Club in Rosemont, Illinois reopened for shows. Former Illinois congressional candidate and current 39th Chicago Ward deputy committeeman Max Rice organized a group of candidates to bring laughter back.

To start out the fun, Max asked the audience when their first job was. People responded by yelling out ages "15-16" and so on.  Max quipped, "Our Governor J.B. Pritzker got his first job just last year."  The audience roared.

New Trump Ads Tout President's Leadership Throughout the Pandemic, Highlight Threat of Biden's Plans

How to Steal an Election: Mail-In Ballots

What’s the difference between absentee balloting and universal mail-in balloting? The latter might sound like a great idea, but is it really? Eric Eggers of the Government Accountability Institute answers this vitally important question.

Di Leo: Christopher Columbus, Ambassador of Western Civilization

By John F. Di Leo - 

On October 12, 1492, the Genoan navigator Crisforo Colombo first reached land in the Western Hemisphere.

Columbus takes a lot of ribbing these days, for having thought he was in another part of the world, for not really being the first to discover the Americas, for having worked for a different country than the one of his birth, for never admitting that he had discovered a whole new land mass.

But, buried beneath these minor complaints, his accomplishments were enormous.… He did what had never been done before, showing amazing creativity, political skill, and determination.

Yes, Columbus does deserve a day to himself… Not only here in the United States, but across the Americas.  We all owe our superior standard of living to the man who opened up this hemisphere to the ways of the West.

Conservative women support Judge Amy Coney Barrett for US Supreme Court

DC - Women of all ages support Amy Coney Barrett for the US Supreme Court - Clips gathered by Susan B. Anthony List:

73% say religious faith should not be a Supreme Court candidate's determining factor

Some Democratic opponents of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are criticizing her conservative Catholic beliefs. But three-out-of-four voters say a candidate’s religious faith should not determine whether he or she can serve on the high court.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters think a nominee’s religion should be a deciding factor in determining who sits on the Supreme Court. Seventy-three percent (73%) reject that position and say religious faith should not be a determining factor. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 

Because the Catholic Church opposes abortion, 14% believe Catholics should be prohibited from sitting on the Supreme Court. Seventy-seven percent (77%) disagree.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett's opening statement

WASHINGTON - Before Judge Amy Coney Barrett's US Senate confirmation hearing Monday, the following copy of her opening statement was released. Thus far this morning, each member of the US Senate Judiciary Committee has expressed his or her thoughts about the proceedings.

Statement:  

Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Committee: I am honored and humbled to appear before you as a nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

I thank the President for entrusting me with this profound responsibility, as well as for the graciousness that he and the First Lady have shown my family throughout this process.

I thank Senator Young for introducing me, as he did at my hearing to serve on the Seventh Circuit. I thank Senator Braun for his generous support. And I am especially grateful to former Dean Patty O’Hara of Notre Dame Law School. She hired me as a professor nearly 20 years ago and has been a mentor, colleague, and friend ever since.

I thank the Members of this Committee—and your other colleagues in the Senate—who have taken the time to meet with me since my nomination. It has been a privilege to meet you.

Rossi: Will President Trump Ever Get Credit for His Accomplishments?

By Randy Rossi - 

President Trump just had two major accomplishments that most Americans have not even heard of because they are not covered in the “Fake News”. First, Gallup just released a new poll which showed that 56% of Americans feel that they are better off right now than they were under President Obama. That is amazing given the difficulty we are all experiencing because of Covid 19. That tells you that VP Pence was right when he said in the debate with Kamala Harris that President Trump delivered the lowest unemployment in American history for Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians and provided a $1,200 pay increase for the average American through his tax cuts. Obviously, Americans get it since they now believe that they are better off under President Trump (56%) then under presidents Obama (45%) and both Bushes (GW 47% and GHW 38%) per the Gallup polls.

Second, President Trump just got his third nomination for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for successfully negotiating the first new Mideast peace deal in 26 years between Israel, UAE, and Bahrain which is absolutely amazing. Those nominations came from Sweden, Norway, and Australia yet they are never mentioned on the “Fake News” because they can’t stand giving President Trump credit for anything. Because of that lack of coverage, most Americans don’t know about it. As I always say “If Trump walked across the ocean to Europe, the “Fake News” headline would be “Trump can’t swim!”.

Iconic Sex Pistols Singer Johnny Rotten: ‘Of Course I’m Voting For Trump’

Johnny Rotten famously sang “God Save The Queen” back in the heyday of punk in the late 1970s, but in 2020, he’s singing “God Save The President.”

In keeping with the crazy times of this year, even the singer of “Pretty Vacant” is weighing in on the presidential election.

Rotten, whose real name is John Lydon, holds three citizenships — U.S., British and Irish. And he told the BBC he’s “definitely” voting for President Trump in the Nov. 3 election.

“Yes, of course, I’m voting for Trump,” Lydon said in the interview. “He’s an individual thinker, I’ll give him that for a start. He’s not the most lovable fellow on God’s earth, but I cannot see the opposition as offering me anything by way of a solution.”

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WHO doctor backflips on virus lockdowns: Don't use them as a 'primary control'

A World Health Organization doctor has backflipped on the organization's original Covid-19 stance, calling for world leaders to stop locking down their countries and economies as a "primary control method".

Dr David Nabarro from the WHO appealed to world leaders yesterday, telling them to stop "using lockdowns as your primary control method" of the coronavirus.

He also claimed that the only thing lockdowns achieved was poverty – with no mention of the potential lives saved.

More HERE

Security Guard Hired By Local NBC News Station Charged With Murder Of Right-Wing Protester

A right-wing protester was killed in a violent confrontation that took place amid dueling protests in downtown Denver, Colorado, Saturday, and a private security guard, hired by a local news organization, is being held on murder charges.

The incident, 9News Denver reports, took place as a “Patriot Rally” and an “Antifa/BLM Soup Drive” faced off near the Denver Civic Center late Saturday afternoon. Although both protests began peacefully, tensions quickly escalated between the opposing groups — tensions which eventually led to the deadly shooting.

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Keith Olbermann: ‘The Amy Coney Barretts Must Be Prosecuted And Convicted And Removed From Our Society’

Leftist Keith Olbermann ranted in a new YouTube video on Thursday that those who support President Donald Trump, including federal judge and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, “must be prosecuted and convicted and removed from our society.”

“Trump can be and must be expunged. The hate he has triggered, the pandora’s box he has opened, they will not be so easily destroyed. So, let us brace ourselves. The task is twofold,” Olbermann said. “The terrorist Trump must be defeated, must be destroyed, must be devoured at the ballot box and then he and his enablers and his supporters and his collaborators and the Mike Lees and the William Barrs and the Sean Hannitys and the Mike Pences and the Rudy Giulianis and the Kyle Rittenhouses and the Amy Coney Barretts must be prosecuted and convicted and removed from our society while we try and rebuild it and to rebuild the world Trump has nearly destroyed by turning it over to a virus.”

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Democrat Joe Biden: Voters ‘Don’t’ Deserve To Know If I’m Going To Pack Supreme Court

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told a local news reporter on Friday afternoon that voters do not deserve to know whether he will pack the Supreme Court if he wins the upcoming the election.

“Sir, I’ve got to ask you about packing the courts and I know you said yesterday you aren’t going to answer the question until after the election, but this is the number one thing that I’ve been asking about from viewers in the past couple of days,” the reporter said to Biden.

“Well, you’ve been asked by the viewers who are probably Republicans who don’t want me continuing to talk about what they’re doing to the court right now,” Biden responded.

“Well sir, don’t the voters deserve to know—” the reporter pressed.

“No, they don’t,” Biden responded.

Has anyone written the “Actually Biden didn’t really mean Americans don’t deserve to know his court-packing, even though that’s what he said?” #SCOTUS https://t.co/wWuDrV4xKv

— John Cooper (@thejcoop) October 10, 2020

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Rene Hernandez: Will the state of Illinois reward or punish our new business?

CHICAGO - Rene Hernandez was born in Mexico, and is starting his own business in Illinois.

Why would Illinois want to make it harder for immigrants like him to start successful small businesses?

He answers in this 2 minute video: 

The very week the COVID lockdown hit Illinois, Rene Hernandez Jr. began filing paperwork to launch a small business.

“Who starts a business when a pandemic is hitting? We didn’t know what it all meant. I thought it would be just a couple of weeks of slowdown, but little did I know …” the 43-year-old senior sales rep said, looking back, shaking his head.

Bost tests positive for COVID

CARBONDALE - Illinois Congressman Mike Bost (IL-12) announced Friday morning he has tested positive for COVID-19. From his office: 

I learned last night that I have tested positive for COVID-19. Despite taking my temperature regularly and having no evidence of a fever, I experienced a mild cough and a rapid loss of both taste and smell and recognized it was important to get tested immediately.

My staff and I have consulted with Congress' Office of the Attending Physician for additional guidance and any staff I've been in close contact with will quarantine until receiving their own test results. We are also beginning the process of reaching out to any constituents I've met with in recent days.

I am postponing my public event schedule but will continue conducting virtual meetings as I isolate at home. We are taking this situation seriously and will continue to serve the people of Southern Illinois while doing our best to ensure their health and safety. I will provide additional updates in the days ahead and am anxious to get back to work as soon as I make a full recovery.

Stossel: Fake Fact-Checking

Facebook lets activists restrict my videos based on something I never said.

By John Stossel - 

Recently, I released a video that called California’s fires “government fueled.”

A few days later, Facebook inserted a warning on my video: “Missing Context. Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead.”

Some of my viewers now feel betrayed. One wrote: “Shameful, John … what happened to you!!? Your reporting was always fair … [but] your … fires story was so … unfair, even Facebook tagged it.”

 A “fact check” from Facebook carries weight.

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Thorner: Ayn Rand’s visionary novel warns of socialism should Biden-Harris prevail

By Nancy Thorner -

One of our greatest conservative philosophers and authors of the 20th century, Ayn Rand, in her greatest work, Atlas Shrugged, sums up exactly where we are today with this quote from her novel:   

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.”

Census Report Shows How Jaw-Dropping Trump’s Economy Was Before Shutdowns

Based on a Census Bureau report released last Tuesday, the current debate over economic policy might come down to a question of numbers. Which would you prefer: A $1,200 “stimulus” check while not working during lockdowns, or a nearly $4,400 pay increase in a growing job?

The Census report, which chronicled changes in income and poverty in 2019, documented the state of the economy well before the coronavirus hit. But the amazing strength of the data in that report shows what the American economy, and American workers, can achieve—if given the right policy environment and opportunities.

The headline number from the Census report sounds so large as to be a misprint: Real median income for American households increased 6.8 percent in 2019—a jump of almost $4,400. Think about it for a moment: How many businesses offer 6.8 percent annual raises to all their workers?

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New Trump Campaign Ads Highlight the Threat of Joe Biden's Far-Left Agenda

President Trump's re-election campaign released two new ads featuring testimonials from Americans whose livelihoods are being threatened by Joe Biden's radical left-wing policies but have prospered under President Trump.

Trump Campaign Launches New Ad On Joe Biden's Submission to the Left-Wing Mob

President Trump’s re-election campaign recently launched a new television ad featuring testimonials from multiple police officers on Joe Biden's failure to support our men and women in blue.

New Trump Ad: A second chance thanks to our pro-growth economic policies!

Tony Rankin was given a second chance at life thanks to our pro-growth economic policies!

Where Do You Want to Live: Red State or Blue State?

We're supposed to be the United States of America. But in many ways, we're now divided into two very different nations: red states and blue states. Which ones are succeeding? Which ones are failing? And why? To answer these questions, economist Stephen Moore compares them side-by-side.

Rossi: 4,800 Scientific and Medical Experts say President Trump and Sweden Are Right About Covid 19

By Randy Rossi - 

The Wall Street Journal printed an incredible editorial which explains how President Trump and Sweden got it right about Covid 19 and most of the world got it wrong. 4,800 scientific and medical experts have signed a proclamation stating that we must learn to live with Covid 19 and stop the shutdowns and stop keeping kids out of school because that is causing massive and unnecessary pain, suffering, and deaths. Instead we should use a “Focused Protection Program” which is essentially what Sweden has done which focuses on isolating and protecting the elderly who are most vulnerable and let healthy people under 65 get back to business or school.

Di Leo: Whose Year Is It?

By John F Di Leo - 

“This is our year!”

It’s a declaration of confidence, or of hope, or of determination.  A declaration known to people in many walks of life, from private to public.

Agents say it to actors and singers, as the Oscar, Emmy, and CMA nominations come out. “They’ve passed you over before, but this is our year!”

Coaches say it to sports teams, to inspire their players before the season opener. “Last year was lousy, but look at the schedule, look at the opposition, look at our great starters! This is our year!”

Families say it to each other on New Year’s Eve  – especially after a year that saw them lose a job, or a business, or a friend. “Last year was lousy, but it’s all looking up now.  This is our year!”

And just as it reflects everything else in this life, the world of politics reflects this too.

Jeanne Ives Discusses US House Race with Mark Levin

On Monday, US House Candidate Jeanne Ives (IL-06) joined Mark Levin to discuss her race for the US House and the issues impacting the 2020 election in Illinois.

Listen HERE

Trump's COVID therapies were not derived from human stem cell lines, say medical experts

DC - The news circulating wildly that President Trump's medical treatment for COVID-19 included therapies developed using embryonic stem cells and thereby destroying human life in the process are false, two medical scholars are saying on record.

Instead, the experimentation was done on mouse embryonic cell lines and blood from recovered SARS-COV-2 patients.

David Prentice, Ph.D., and Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., of the Charlotte Lozier Institute issued the following statement in response to the false information:

Uninformed commentary has emerged this morning stating that President Trump has received a medication created with the use of human embryonic stem cells.  CLI has reviewed the published information and our conclusion is straightforward: The president was not given any medicines to treat COVID-19 that involved the destruction of human life.  No human embryonic stem cells or human fetal tissue were used to produce the treatments President Trump received–period.  Let’s look at the facts.

China Censors Mike Pence’s Debate Comments On China But Freely Broadcasts Kamala Harris’s

China reportedly censored Vice President Mike Pence but not California Sen. Kamala Harris during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday.

“China censored Pence’s comments on China,” Canada’s Globe and Mail Beijing Correspondent Nathan VanderKlippe reported. “Signal returned when Harris began talking again.”

China censored Pence’s comments on China. Signal returned when Harris began talking again. pic.twitter.com/0VEMAqDA95

— Nathan VanderKlippe (@nvanderklippe) October 8, 2020

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Trump campaign claims Harris made 24 false or misleading claims during debate

SALT LAKE CITY - The Trump Campaign sent out a list of 24 false or misleading claims they say Democrat candidate for vice president Kamala Harris made Wednesday night during her debate with Vice President Mike Pence.

"Harris lied, exaggerated, misled, and was flat-out wrong two dozen times," the campaign says, and listed them in a press release:  

HARRIS: “The president said [coronavirus] was a hoax.”

FACT: Harris repeated a frequent lie from the Biden campaign that has been debunked by at least 8 fact checkers; President Trump never called the coronavirus a hoax.

• The Washington Post gave Biden’s campaign 4 Pinocchios for making this claim.
   
• The Associated Press: “Biden distorts Trump’s words on virus ‘hoax.’”
   
•  CNN: “Biden ad misleadingly suggests Trump called Covid-19 a 'hoax'.”
   
• PolitiFact: “Biden’s video is inaccurate. We rate it False.”
   
• FactCheck.org: “Trump said that when he used the word “hoax,” he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself.”
   
• Check Your Fact: Trump “did not refer to the coronavirus itself as a hoax.”
   
• Lead Stories: “Trump Did NOT Call Coronavirus A 'Hoax' Or 'Political Conspiracy.”
   
• Snopes: “Trump did not call the coronavirus itself a hoax.”

Pritzker Is Keeping Illinois Locked Down Not For Health But For A Federal Bailout

By J.D. Carl - 

Most governors are lifting restrictions and encouraging commerce. We’re returning to work, opening stores, and sending kids to school. But not in Illinois.

Although he’d never admit it, it’s clear that Pritzker is keeping businesses closed with the intent to smother the state economy. He justifies his continued shutdown by relying on the state’s “positivity rate” — the number of positive cases as a percentage of total tests. He arbitrarily determines the positivity level he’s unwilling to tolerate then manufactures a higher rate by slicing and dicing the state into “regions” to produce local COVID-19 statistics that deviate from the otherwise low statewide positivity rate of 3.6 percent.

As President Trump pointed out on Tuesday at the debate, Pritzker and his fellow Democratic governors think they’re hurting Trump and Republicans by shutting down state economies. In reality, they’re hurting Americans.

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Trump to "pass on this sad excuse" of virtual town hall with Biden; plans rally instead

DC - The "bipartisan" Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday morning that the planned debate next week between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will not be an in-person town hall format as originally indicated, but will instead be a virtual discussion because of the Trump's COVID condition.

The Commission made the announcement supposedly without consulting either candidate beforehand. 

Trump campaign released the following statement in response:

President Trump won the first debate despite a terrible and biased moderator in Chris Wallace, and everybody knows it. For the swamp creatures at the Presidential Debate Commission to now rush to Joe Biden’s defense by unilaterally canceling an in-person debate is pathetic. That’s not what debates are about or how they’re done. Here are the facts: President Trump will have posted multiple negative tests prior to the debate, so there is no need for this unilateral declaration. The safety of all involved can easily be achieved without canceling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head. We’ll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead.

Joe Biden's camp says the candidate looks forward to participating in the town hall. 

Illinois proclaims October Manufacturing Month

 
Technology & Manufacturing Association photo 

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) last week joined manufacturing industry leaders and members of the community at Crafts Technology to proclaim October as Manufacturing Month in Illinois. Kicking off October’s National Manufacturing Month, the event was held to recognize the contributions by Craft as well as the hundreds of other Illinois companies that have stepped up and joined the statewide response to the pandemic. 
 
Since COVID-19 hit, manufacturers have played an increasingly important role in protecting and powering Illinois communities. It’s estimated that over 1,000 Illinois manufacturers and distributors stepped up to support Illinois and the broader community by shifting operations to manufacture and deploy the life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary to fight the pandemic.

The Stakes of American History

The battle over American history has high stakes. Larry Arnn writes:

Today our children are being raised in the gloomy light of a false view of our history. This view is legislated and enforced through centralized standards and textbooks that proceed from Washington, D.C. and the capitals of the biggest states. It is reinforced in schools of education across the land where teachers are trained. It is ingrained in graduate schools, where the teachers of teachers are trained. In its most radical statements it does not even pretend to be true. It is a perspective committed entirely to fashionable and “correct” attitudes. Here is a simple example: students all learn that Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder and that he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Therefore he was a hypocrite. In some ways he was, but you cannot quite claim him to be a hypocrite unless you study what he says. And what he says consistently about slavery is that it is wrong and must be got rid of. “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just…. The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.” (Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII: Manners, 1781)

Voters claim graduated tax proposal explanation intended to influence the vote

CHICAGO - Illinois' statewide ballot for the November 3rd election will not only include making decisions as to the next president, vice-president and one U.S. senator, but every Illinois voter will be asked their opinion on a proposed amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution.

If no vote is made at the end of the ballot, the instructions on the ballot say, "The failure to vote this ballot may be the equivalent of a negative vote ..." because three-fifths of those voting must approve the measure in order for it to pass. 

But there's more on the ballots being sent out now. There's an explanation of the amendment. Such explanations are supposed to be objective. 

That's not the case, early voters are saying. Indeed, the explanation is clearly supportive of the proposal, and only the most informed will recognize the slant the definition gives. From the ballot: 

The proposed amendment grants the State authority to impose higher income tax rates on higher income levels, which is how the federal government and a majority of other states do it.  The amendment would remove the portion of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that is sometimes referred to as the "flat tax," that requires all taxes on income to be at the same rate.  The amendment does not itself change tax rates. It gives the State the ability to impose higher tax rates on those with higher income levels and lower income tax rates on those with middle or lower income levels. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become a part of the Illinois Constitution. 

The voter is then asked: "For the proposed amendment of Section 3 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution," and given the option of "Yes/Si" or "No." 

David Daleiden: Selling body parts is a crime. Reporting on it is not.

Undercover video journalist David Daleiden made headlines a few years ago when he rolled out evidence that Planned Parenthood executives were involved in selling baby body parts - a shocking revelation that severely damaged Planned Parenthood's once-positive image in a number of communities. The reaction was so strong that many municipalities chose to stop using public funds to subsidize the abortion industry. 

Daleiden became an immediate target of pro-abortion radicals such as Kamala Harris while she was California's attorney general. To this day, he is facing criminal charges for reporting his findings. "Selling body parts is a crime," he says in the video's conclusion. "Reporting on it is not." 

Daleiden tells the story in a new video released today, and shared by Martin Luther King Jr's niece Alveda King: 

McArthur calls on Christians to "open their churches"

LOS ANGELES - John McArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, hasn't always encouraged Christians to be involved in politics. For decades, he kept his church out of political discussions. Things have changed this year. He now is urging Christian churches to protest overactive government mandates - such as those that keep churches closed.

"The church is essential," he says in a new video released today on Facebook. "Open Your Church." 

22% of Gun-Owning Households Have Added A Gun Since Anti-Police Protests Began

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NEW JERSEY - Over one-fifth of Americans who have a gun in their household have added one since the Black Lives Matter anti-police protests began in late May and feel safer because they’ve done so.

Forty-three percent (43%) of American adults say they or someone in their household owns a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey.(To see survey question wording, click here.)

Of these Americans, 22% say they or someone in their household has purchased a gun since the violent anti-police protests began.

Illinois is one of four states that requires a Firearm Owners Identification in order to legally purchase a gun. The applications for FOID cards more than doubled over the summer, the Illinois State Police reports.

In June of 2019, the state received 25,359 FOID card applications. In June of 2020, the state received 62,823 applications.

Solorio releases campaign ad to counter Leftist Chuy Garcia in 4th CD

CHICAGO - Republican Jesus Solorio is challenging one of Congress' most radical leftist House members - Chuy Garcia, who succeeded Luis Gutierrez in Illinois' 4th CD in 2019. Solorio released a digital ad pointing out the problems his district faces and why Garcia's answers are harmful to Chicago's Hispanic community.

From his campaign:

Pritzker proposes 7 ways to liberalize Illinois' legal system

CHICAGO - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is pushing for Illinois' legal system to move away from law and order into more "flexibility" in dealing with accused criminals. He want to "end the use" of cash bail, allow those "non-violent" accused awaiting trial to return quickly to the streets and focus less on punishing law breakers and more on mental health and addiction solutions. 

On the other hand, he wants higher standards for the law enforcement community, from "updating" police officer standards to improving police response to "crowd control." 

In other words, Pritzker wants the Chicago Way of fighting crime to be followed statewide. 

Tuesday, the Pritzker released the following wishes for the upcoming legislative session:

Illinois US Senator Durbin ramps up his anti-Trump vitriol with Facebook post

WASHINGTON - Illinois US Senator Dick Durbin's hatred for President Trump is evident in every social media post, every media appearance, every in-person comment. How does his vitriol open the door to working in a bipartisan way? How will the state of Illinois benefit from the work of such an angry, vitriolic representative in the all-important U.S. Senate? 

Durbin is on the November 2020 ballot for another six year term. His first was in 1996, then in 2002, 2008, 2014 and now he seeks another in 2020. 

Here's what the senator posted Tuesday on his Facebook Page: 

Biden says he doesn't support the Green New Deal, or does he?

SALT LAKE CITY - Wednesday night, Democrat Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris will surely be asked her opinion on Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez' radical Leftist environmental plan called the "Green New Deal." Senator Harris (D-CA) will be forced to support it, as she is listed as a US Senate co-sponsor of the plan. 

However, Biden publicly has stated he does not support AOC's Green New Deal. He does, however, list an array of similar ideas on his website, as Chris Talgo, an editor at Illinois-based Heartland Institute, wrote in a recent Townhall.com column: 

• “Ensure the U.S. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and reaches net-zero emissions no later than 2050.”
• “On day one, Biden will make smart infrastructure investments to rebuild the nation and to ensure that our buildings, water, transportation, and energy infrastructure can withstand the impacts of climate change.”
• “He will not only recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change – he will go much further than that.”
• “The Biden plan will make a historic investment in our clean energy future and environmental justice, paid for by rolling back the Trump tax incentives that enrich corporations at the expense of American jobs and the environment.”
• “Biden will set a target of reducing the carbon footprint of the U.S. building stock 50% by 2035, creating incentives for deep retrofits that combine appliance electrification, efficiency, and on-site clean power generation.”
• “Make climate change a core national security priority.”

With a Democrat-controlled US House and possibly a Democrat-controlled US Senate, whoever is in the Oval Office may be forced to consider his position on the Green New Deal. 

"For now, Joe Biden is walking on a political tight rope," Talgo writes. "On one hand, he is trying to appeal to moderate Democrats and independents by trying to portray himself as middle-of-the-road. On the other hand, he needs to retain the support of his party’s increasingly powerful far-Left flank, which fully support the Green New Deal and several other socialistic proposals.

"The $50,000 question is: If Biden wins, which version will occupy the White House, the moderate or the radical?"

10 Major DC ‘Consensus’ Lies President Trump Has Shattered Forever

President Donald Trump has shattered many things over the past four years, and many of them for the better, especially within Washington DC. Even the fact that a real estate mogul and government outsider swept the Republican primary then defeated his establishment Democrat opponent represents quite a political shakeup.

With every major social institution cutting against conservative values and the media waging a slanderous anti-Trump campaign since 2016, exposing falsehoods has also become a theme of this administration. Here’s 10 Washington lies Trump has shattered.

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U.S. Saw Record Growth in 3rd Quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a 32 percent annual rate during the third quarter of the year, estimates indicate.

That is a record pace for economic growth.

Economic output had shrunk by a 31.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, as a result of the coronavirus lockdowns.

“Strong consumer spending helped propel the economy in the third quarter that ended Wednesday,” reports The Wall Street Journal.

“Job growth averaged more than 2.5 million per month through the late spring and summer,” Reuters reports.

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Trump says, "Don't be afraid of Covid." Is that a good message or a dangerous one?

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DC - President Trump's campaign sent out an email to supporters Tuesday morning, declaring "I'm Back!" after being hospitalized for three days after being struck be the COVID 19 virus. 

Trump's message Tuesday morning is stirring controversy - some say Trump's words were inspiring, other say they're foolish and misguided. He wrote:

Yesterday, I left Walter Reed after receiving incredible care and I'm feeling really good! In fact, I feel better than I did 20 years ago.

I'm telling you: Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life! This is the greatest country in the world, and under the Trump Administration, we have developed some really great drugs and knowledge. WE WILL BEAT THIS, TOGETHER!

The love and support from Americans from all over the world has been incredible and is something I'll never forget. When I saw many great Patriots outside of the hospital supporting me, I knew I had to drive by and thank them!

Now, I am fired up and ready to KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU! This is the FINAL STRETCH of the Election and we can't take any days off.

What do you think? Is the message "Don't be afraid of Covid" a good, inspiring message or a dangerous one?

Over 209,000 Americans have succumbed to the virus, according to the Center of Disease Control. 

17th CD challenger Esther Joy King releases new ad about Cheri Bustos' "One Million"

IL 17th CD - Republican challenger Esther Joy King's new ad criticizes Democrat incumbent Cheri Bustos for focusing more on pleasing D.C. insiders like Nancy Pelosi over her 17th CD constituents. 

King's campaign called into question Cheri Bustos’s record on agribusiness, manufacturing, and the economy.

“Illinois has lost a large number of family farms and good jobs since Cheri Bustos was elected nearly a decade ago,” said Esther Joy King, Republican candidate for the Illinois 17th Congressional District in the Nov. 3, 2020, General Election. “This race is about making sure that our district has the best possible representation and we aren’t left behind. The most recent Bustos ad runs like she is running in a GOP primary, and it sure doesn’t align with her record.

Bustos was against USMCA before she was for it, she voted to use taxpayer dollars to give loans to Chinese state-controlled businesses, and she voted against a measure to protect American jobs from going to China, King's campaign said.

Chicago Teacher Pension Trustee Board President reveals "despicable actions," including hiding Madigan lobbyists

CHICAGO - There is a storm brewing among the Board of Trustees of the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago - a serious ethical disturbance among trustees and staff - something that the Board President Jeffrey Blackwell brought to public light during the August 20th online board meeting. 

In his public statement, Blackwell also pointed to the Board being pressured to hire "Madigan staffers" - revealing how far spread Madigan's political power scandal may extend. 

Blackwell started his comments with, "After heavy reflection and much consideration I am making an announcement that cannot be delayed any longer. I ask my fellow trustees for their indulgence as what I am about to say will not be easy." 

Then Blackwell, the Board's first African-American president, addressed a "culture of intimidation" as well as "blatant racism, sexism" among trustees towards staff and vendors:

For the last year and a half I have been witness to some of the most abhorrent, disturbing and despicable actions by former and current trustees on this board. There is a culture of intimidation, intentional misinformation, discrimination, slander, misogyny, fear-mongering, blatant racism, sexism and retaliatory actions from trustees towards staff and vendors. I cannot and will not be silent anymore. My silence will no longer be used as complicity to enable unethical and terrible behavior from Trustees.

I have reviewed audio of verbal abuse from trustees to staff during board and committee meetings. I have been on the receiving end of sabotage, intimidation, and racist comments from individuals that I believed were my colleagues and friends. I have witnessed former trustees slander, harass and defame vendors simply because they can. This behavior stops today. There are at least 12 active complaints that have been filed on behalf of staff against several current trustees.

And went on to address the controversial Madigan issue: 

I am aware of documented harassment and targeted bullying from one former trustee and one current trustee to a vendor who represents us in Springfield. I am also aware of trustees being approached by members of the Chicago Teachers Union who want us as trustees to hire former Madigan staffers who are now contract lobbyists. Let me be clear. We are not in the business as fiduciaries of hiding Madigan lobbyists at the fund under the guise of an RFP.

The Illinois Republican Party was on this revelation early Monday morning. They responded: 

To say that CTU and Madigan have played hardball in Springfield for years is an understatement. So it was a great surprise to read in the spring of 2019 that Madigan allowed a CTU-backed bill out of the House that repealed a 1995 law that had narrowed collective bargaining topics for Chicago public schools. During the Rauner years, Democrats had floated expanding the 1995 law statewide to help school districts save money and lower property taxes; now Madigan was giving the green light in the opposite, pro-CTU direction. Madigan followed with support for a CTU-backed school board election bill.
 
First ComEd. Now CTU. No doubt the list is endless if people ever came forward. It has always been a wonder that Madigan could operate a Capone-style machine without ever getting caught. But until now, he was considered unchallengeable, all-powerful, invincible. As Madigan’s power wanes, the drip-drip will continue.

Then the IL GOP left a question for Governor Pritzker: A smart politician would be running away at light speed and calling for Madigan to resign. What does Madigan have over Pritzker that the governor can’t even call for a subpoena?

How the Administration Is Taking Back the Courts

President Donald Trump has had enormous success in shaping the courts. Thomas Jipping and John Malcolm write:

Advocates of a more powerful, political judiciary are opposing current nominees in unprecedented ways. From 1789 through 2016, for example, the Senate confirmed more than 95% of judicial nominees without opposition. That figure has dropped to 25% under the current president.

The Senate had to take a separate vote to end debate on fewer than 4% of Obama’s judicial nominees who were confirmed at this point in his presidency, compared to 80% for Trump.

Thorner: Trump and the Covid-19 Mask Debate

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By Nancy Thorner - 

President Trump isn't the first US president to be infected with a "pandemic".  US President Woodrow Wilson became sick in April 1919 of 'Spanish Flu, while in Paris negotiating the end of World War One. The first lady, Edith Wilson, quickly stepped in to make sure as few people as possible knew the president was ailing. 

 

President Trump, on the other hand, announced via Twitter early on Friday, Oct 2, 2020 that he and the first lady had tested positive for Covid virus and were self-isolating.  Trump later that day was transported by helicopter from the White House to Walter Reed Hospital where he could be treated by a team of specialist as a precaution, because of his age and the nature of the illness on someone Trump's age, who is also overweight.

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Di Leo: A President, a Diagnosis, and Welcome Clarity at Election Time

By John F. Di Leo - 

From the moment that President Trump was diagnosed with symptoms of the China virus, the punditry has declared that this news “fundamentally changes the race.”

But why?

Yes, the President would have to work out of Walter Reed Hospital for a few days instead of from the Oval Office... And the president will have to take a break from his wonderful campaign rallies...

But that is all. In fact, the cancellation of his rallies means he can do even more from the White House, without all that time spent in travel from state to state. The President has excellent surrogates to campaign in his place; he can continue to focus on his job, a luxury few candidates are afforded in the weeks before an election.