Rauner waffles again on Donald Trump while McCann embraces him President Trump is scheduled to visit Thursday a once-shuttered U.S. Steel plant in Granite City, located in the Metro East area of Illinois across from St. Louis. The plant is reopening as a result of tariffs on imports of foreign steel imposed by Trump, prompting renewed demand […]
Sen. McCann files bill to undo Rauner’s $180 million grant for Obama Library
Illinois Senator and Conservative Party gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann has filed legislation to undo a $180 million grant from Illinois’ Road Fund supporting the Obama Presidential Library, committing the money instead to road and bridge repairs in downstate Illinois. The grant was part of the budget reached in June and authorized by incumbent Gov. Bruce […]
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Rauner allies pledge to form phony “conservative” coalition
A new group of conservative reform leaders is forming – the problem is the group is controlled by Rauner allies John Tillman, Dan Proft, and Pat Hughes. Allies of embattled Republican Governor Bruce Rauner held a press conference last week to “lay out the case for leadership change and introduce a slate of new leaders […]
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Traitor Rauner signs gun confiscation bill, extends wait period
Governor Rauner snuck in this gun confiscation bill on Friday when he thought no one was looking. Breitbart…Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed legislation empowering police to confiscate firearms from citizens and extending the waiting period for gun purchases to 72 hours. The new waiting period means a single woman being pursued by a stalker […]
Rauner bashes Trump again after Putin summit
Is Rauner a neocon political coward for his failure to support President Trump? “I am aware of what he [Trump] said yesterday, and I was deeply troubled by it — deeply troubled,” Gov. Rauner told reporters at the Statehouse Tuesday afternoon following a bill signing. “We should not be defending the Russians’ behavior,” Rauner said. […]
Rauner’s legacy: 274 precent jump in taxpayer-funded abortion
In September, Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill expanding public financing for abortions in Illinois. The bill, HB40, permits abortion coverage by state employee health insurance and Medicaid funds. The proposal also safeguards abortion access by striking statutory language expressing the state’s intent to criminalize the procedure if the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized […]
Rauner makes millions from state detention centers, union pension deals
After signing the unpopular Illinois Trust Act – which makes Illinois a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants – a new report reveals Governor Bruce Rauner’s firm makes millions of dollars from his interest in a for-profit health care provider that has millions in government contracts with immigrant detention centers. Conservatives called out Rauner as a […]
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Sen. Dick Durbin Is the incompetent one, not ICE or Trump
Is Dick Durbin an immigration hypocrite? Reprinted from TownHall.com… Law enforcement doesn’t get any appreciation from Democrats. The 2016 election cycle had anti-police rhetoric from Hillary, and President Obama often got condescending comments in as well his entire time in office. We are in the midst of a manufactured crisis at the southern border, and […]
Letter to the editor: Media hypocrisy on Trump, illegal immigration
To The Decatur Daily: I don’t know how you can do it. You continue to frame the the immigration crisis as a struggle between persecuted families yearning for a better life opposed by hard-hearted white nativists determined to maintain racial purity. Right before your eyes, elements of both political parties are trying to impose slavery — not legal […]
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Trafficked in America
I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. Farms (and by extension farmers) hold a special place in our collective Illinois’ hearts. Food is life. We understand and are proud that Illinois is farm country. We do our part to safely and cost effectively feed the world. But take another look down on the […]