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  • A Bigger Enemy than Democrat Money and the MSM

    11/11/2022 3:09:33 PM PST · by jfd1776 · 32 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | November 11, AD 2022 | John F Di Leo
    It is estimated that 100,000 people leave the state of Illinois every year. It is difficult to know exactly what this means, as people move in as well as move out, and many of the incoming are either illegal immigrants or illegal aliens. But one thing is certain: the hundred thousand who depart each year are workers, employers, taxpayers. The very people you need for not only a functioning economy but also a functioning republic. For an electoral process to work, for it to produce elected officials with the right mentality to run the government in a fashion conducive to...
  • No taint seen on Prez-elect, but Rahm Emanuel gave a wishlist for Senate

    12/13/2008 9:40:07 PM PST · by STARWISE · 87 replies · 2,793+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | 12-13-08 | Celeste Katz
    President-elect Barack Obama's right-hand man reportedly gave the disgraced Blagojevich administration a list of four women Obama considered acceptable to fill his U.S. Senate seat. Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman who will serve as Obama's White House chief of staff, was heard discussing the issue on court-approved wiretaps with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff, the Chicago Tribune said. The candidates "acceptable" to Obama on the list Emanuel provided included a trio of female Democrats: longtime Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago Emanuel later added a fourth Democratic...