Written by Jane Ryan Carrell
A September 2019 article in The Atlantic describing a new way of voting for candidates bears the headings “A step toward blowing up the presidential-voting system” and “Maine’s adoption of ranked-choice voting could upend a close race for the White House.”
What is Ranked-Choice Voting, who is adopting it, and should Illinois adopt it? What are the positives and negatives, and how might it affect the 2020 presidential race?
Under Ranked-Choice Voting, sometimes abbreviated here as RCV, the voter lists candidates in order of preference.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bruce Poliquin, Donald J. Trump, FairVote, GHW Bush, Greg Orman, Hillary Clinton, Jared Golden, Laura Murphy, Lori Lightfoot, Louis Jacobson, Politico, Ranked-Choice Voting, Ross Perot, SB 2267, The Atlantic, Toni Preckwinkle, William J. Clinton
Illinois Politics, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith | 
March 6, 2020 9:00 AM | 
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Written by Diane Benjamin
It doesn’t make sense to send the same representatives to Springfield over and over and over when Illinois is in a death spiral of debt. Pensions need reformed, we don’t need a “progressive” tax that will chase high income job creators out of the state.
We need fighters in Springfield, we don’t need representatives merely collecting a paycheck and compromising our values with liberal Democrats.
David Paul Blumenshine is the pro-life/pro-family conservative choice for the 105th State Representative District.… Continue Reading
Written by Blake Elliott
While Bernie Sanders’ stances on most policies are troubling for most conservatives in America, his stance on abortion is one that all Americans should find particularly troubling. Sanders is a clear-cut, elderly socialist, which should be a huge red flag to all Americans. He is also completely pro-abortion and pro-Planned Parenthood. The fact that he is the frontrunner for the Democratic party should not shock any of us as the Democrats continue to push the limits of radical ideology; supporting abortions up until birth is just as radical as defending the dictatorship of Fidel Castro.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Democratic Party, democratic socialist, Fidel Castro, fracking, free college, Hyde Amendment, Medicare-for-all, Mexico City Policy, Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade
Federal Elections, Political, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | 7:00 AM | Comments Off on For the Unborn, a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Be Very Dangerous
Written by Hugh Fitzgerald
On 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders about his early enthusiasm for Fidel Castro, the late Cuban dictator. Sanders said that he was no longer an enthusiast, but did want us all to remember that Castro had done some good. He praised the literacy program implemented by Castro, asking, “Is that a bad thing?”
No, it’s a not a bad thing. But it hardly makes up for 60 years of dictatorship, suppression of free speech, torture and imprisonment of political prisoners, destruction of much of the economy which for a long time was kept afloat by infusions of cash from the Soviet Union.… Continue Reading
Tags: 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper, Benito Mussolini, Bernie Sanders, CBS, Cuba, El Sistema, Fidel Castro, Geoffrey Baker, Hugo Chavez, Isaac Babel, Jorge Ramos, Nazi, Nicolas Maduro, Osip Mandelshtam, Piazza Venezia, Spanish Civil War, Univision
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | March 2, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Bernie Sanders on Cuba: “Is That A Bad Thing?”
Written by Alex Newman
Federal lawmakers behind a bill to protect babies born alive after botched abortions had reason to believe that it was a relatively uncontroversial policy measure, but Democrats believed otherwise.
Inaccurately calling the legislation an “abortion” bill, the senior Illinois Democrat in the U.S. Senate and forty of his colleagues made clear that even protecting the lives of living children is no longer uncontroversial in America today — at least in Washington, D.C.… Continue Reading
Written by Blake Elliott
It was no surprise to pro-lifers on February 11th when the pro-abortion, Democrat-controlled Colorado House Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs voted to postpone and essentially kill CO HB 1068, which would have provided legal protection for infants born alive after a failed abortion attempt. It just so happens that this occurred on the same day that pro-abortion Democrats were fighting against a similar bill at the federal level at a hearing entitled “The Infant Patient: Ensuring Appropriate Medical Care for Children Born Alive.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Ben Sasse, Bernie Sanders, Born Alive, Chris Kennedy, Joni Ernst, Kamala Harris, Mike Lee, Pete Buttigieg, Shane Sandridge, Ted Cruz
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | 6:59 AM | Comments Off on In the Democratic Party, Pro-Abortion Extremism Knows No Bounds
Written by Benjamin Smith
Latasha Fields, founder and director of CHESS – Christian Home Educators Support System, joins IFI executive director David Smith on this edition of Spotlight. In the first half of the podcast, David and Latasha discuss egregious legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly that aims to eviscerate parental rights and eliminate religious liberty.
State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) recently introduced HB 4870 would mandate the HPV vaccination for ALL Illinois students at the 6th grade level.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1619 Project, Heather Steans, Homeschool, HPV vaccine, immunizations, Latasha Fields, New York Times, parental consent, parental rights, Robyn Gabel, vaccine mandate
Education, Faith & Religion, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | February 26, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Parental Rights, Religious Liberty and American History
Written by Carol M. Swain
Under the guise of a venture called the “1619 Project,” revisionist history about race in America is being introduced into classrooms across America without undergoing the normal peer review expected of educational materials. August 2019 marked the birth of the project, a publication of The New York Times Magazine and the Pulitzer organization, containing a collection of essays and artistic works to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of slavery in America.… Continue Reading
Tags: Carol M. Swain, critical race theory, Cultural Marxism, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, History of Black Americans, indentured servitude, Jake Silverstein, Philip Foner, Slavery, The 1619 Project, The New York Times, victim-hood, white guilt
Education, Media Watch | David E. Smith | February 21, 2020 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Critical Race Theory’s Destructive Impact on America
Dear Pastor and Church Leaders,
My name is Mary Miller; I am running for Congress in your district, IL-15.
I would love to share with your congregation who I am, why I am running, and how I would represent this district in Congress.
I have always thought it was important for people of faith to be involved in the political process. For most of my life I never really had political aspirations, but I have always asked God to show me opportunities to “overcome evil with good”. … Continue Reading
