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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Rauner, Pritzker, and Rahm blast Trump on Clinton-era migrant policy

What do Bruce Rauner, JB Pritzker, and Rahm Emanuel have in common? They all hate President Donald Trump. In the middle of a planned speech Monday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pivoted from the script to take a shot at President Donald Trump. “I think it is an absolute mistake what’s happening on our border in […]

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Rauner betrayed voters when he made Illinois a sanctuary state and here’s why

I spy with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. Illegal Aliens- Why not help the oppressed? I remember the first time I heard the phrase “illegal aliens”.  I think I was a teenager at the time so I may not have been thinking clearly anyway but the only definition I knew for an alien was something […]

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2017 IN REVIEW: Bruce Rauner and his money grabbers ruin Illinois

2017 was the year Rauner (and his friends) wrecked the Illinois GOP and pulled out the rug from pro-life and pro-Trump voters. Is it safe to say Rauner & Co. decimated the landscape for Republican candidates, possibly, probably insuring statewide defeats for Republicans for years to come? Rauner and his money grabbers at Illinois Policy […]

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Ingraham: Border Patrol Murder ‘Better Be Final Straw’ For Congress

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Laura Ingraham said the murder of U.S. Customs & Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez “better be the final straw for members of Congress” to take action on President Trump’s planned wall and meaningful border security legislation. “His family deserves justice,” Ingraham said. “This should never be happening in the […]