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		<title>Judge Denies Tyler Robinson’s Plea to Remove Death Penalty</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/judge-denies-tyler-robinsons-plea-to-remove-death-penalty/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>On Monday, July 6, 2026, preliminary hearings started taking place in regard to <strong>Charlie Kirk’s</strong> assassination case.</p>
<p><strong>Tyler Robinson</strong>, the alleged assassin, and his defense team, requested that the death penalty be removed from consideration in his trial. The defense’s request was in response to prosecutor <strong>Christopher Ballard</strong>’s comment to the media about having “ample evidence” to prove Robinson’s guilt, in what the defense claimed was a violation of a gag order.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/judge-denies-tyler-robinsons-plea-to-remove-death-penalty/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Note-Worthy 2026 SCOTUS Wins and Losses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>June is the notorious month for U.S. Supreme Court decisions.</p>
<p>We all remember June 24, 2022, when the horrific <em>Roe v. Wade</em> decision, making abortion the law of the land, was overturned and given back to the states.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>This past June, a number of decisions were handed down— some very good and some very bad.</strong></span></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll highlight a few of the significant ones:</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>1.) Birthright Citizenship</strong></span> <em>(Loss)</em></p>
<p>On June 30th, the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/note-worthy-2026-scotus-wins-and-losses/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Another Win for Freedom of Speech in Illinois</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>Recently, <strong>Laura Hois</strong>, a <a href="https://hois4staterep.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">candidate</a> for State Representative District 81, successfully settled a <a href="https://mauckbaker.sharepoint.com/sites/MBExternalSharing/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FMBExternalSharing%2FShared%20Documents%2FMB%2DOlivares%2F7358%2E00001%20Laura%20Hois%2FCourt%20Filings%2F01%5FComplaint%20%2811%2E06%2E2025%29%2Epdf&#38;parent=%2Fsites%2FMBExternalSharing%2FShared%20Documents%2FMB%2DOlivares%2F7358%2E00001%20Laura%20Hois%2FCourt%20Filings&#38;p=true&#38;ga=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against the <strong>Downers Grove Park District</strong>.</p>
<p>In order to understand why this is cause for celebration, context is needed.</p>
<p>Her lawsuit states that on July 30, 2024 and other occasions, Hois was excessively deprived of exercising her freedom of speech. During her campaign, she would regularly hold speeches at her local parks located in Downers Grove.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/06/another-win-for-freedom-of-speech-in-illinois/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Candace Owens Problem: Clicks, Chaos, and Conspiracy</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/the-candace-owens-problem-clicks-chaos-and-conspiracy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith & Religion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alisa Childers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erika Kirk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>On Feb. 23, <strong>Candace Owens</strong> released the trailer for her upcoming “investigative series,” called “The Bride of Charlie,” whereby she removes all doubt (if any remained) that she is either an unhinged, delusional moonbat or just plain evil.</p>
<p>Here is just a smattering of the loony nonsense Ms. Owens continues to peddle as she proves more and more every day that she is completely deranged.</p>
<p>Despite zero evidence to support her claims, Candace Owens persists in suggesting that <strong>Erika Kirk</strong> and/or other <strong>Turning Point USA</strong> insiders have been complicit in a broader plot and subsequent cover-up of <strong>Charlie Kirk’s</strong> murder.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/the-candace-owens-problem-clicks-chaos-and-conspiracy/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why the Left Gets a Pass on Political Violence</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/why-the-left-gets-a-pass-on-political-violence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>We keep being told that both sides of America’s political divide are equally culpable for violent rhetoric and violent acts. It’s a lie.</p>
<p>Virtually all of it comes from the political left. It wasn’t right-wingers who shot President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> and murdered health care executive <strong>Brian Thompson</strong> in New York and conservative activist <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong> in Utah in cold blood.</p>
<p>It wasn’t Young Republicans who attacked a Turning Point USA event on the University of California, Berkeley, campus last week, beating up a TPUSA staffer.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/why-the-left-gets-a-pass-on-political-violence/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Real Reason They’re Attacking Riley Gaines</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-reason-theyre-attacking-riley-gaines/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dana Pico</em></p>
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<p>Judging from my Twitter — I refuse to call it — feed, the talking points <a href="https://x.com/tonyposnanski/status/1983177044772192345">memo</a> has <a href="https://x.com/Ally_Sammarco/status/1983355405662335173">gone out</a>: the left <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1982956276679057643">must attack</a> Riley Gaines Barker, the former <a href="https://x.com/JDCocchiarella/status/1982950118606372941">University of Kentucky swimmer</a> who is now a vocal advocate for protecting women’s sports from men males who think they’re somehow women. It’s no surprise to me that the very lovely Amanda Marcotte had to join in; hat tip to Carol Marks of The Victory Girls for <a href="https://victorygirlsblog.com/amanda-marcotte-riley-gaines-response/">pointing out this article</a>.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-reason-theyre-attacking-riley-gaines/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Love Grows Cold: The Rise of Political Violence</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/when-love-grows-cold-the-rise-of-political-violence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p data-start="306" data-end="612">The growing political violence in the U.S. is a serious concern that threatens both the stability of our republic and the safety of its citizens. What we’re witnessing today is not merely partisan animosity, but open hostility — a clear sign of our culture’s moral and spiritual decline, which undermines the very foundation of a civilized society.</p>
<p data-start="306" data-end="612">Just look at the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/ice-chicago-protesters-arrests-broadview-facility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violent mobs</a> that recently targeted ICE offices and federal agents — torching vehicles, smashing windows, and assaulting officers who enforce our nation’s immigration laws.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/when-love-grows-cold-the-rise-of-political-violence/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Liberal Lyrics, Empty Promises, and the Search for God</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/liberal-lyrics-empty-promises-and-the-search-for-god/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>I was listening in the car the other day to an old <strong>Jackson Browne</strong> album.</p>
<p>Don’t judge. The man has talent, even if, in his 70s, he still suffers from chronic liberalitis.</p>
<p>Contracted in adolescence, liberalitis is a mental block against reality that usually fades in most people with the passing of time. For some reason, people in show business seem more inclined than others to have an antibiotic like resistance to the kinds of life lessons that constitute a cure.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/liberal-lyrics-empty-promises-and-the-search-for-god/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shameful “Karma” Post by D300 School Board President</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/shameful-karma-post-by-d300-school-board-president/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>See update below!</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.d300.org/d300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community Unit School District 300</a> (D300), based in Algonquin, Illinois, is the <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/District-300-Map.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sixth-largest district</a> in the state, serving families across Kane, McHenry, Cook, and DeKalb counties. While the school board ought to be focused on academic excellence and serving students, instead, the spotlight has been stolen by Vice President of the Board of Education, <strong>Nancy Zettler</strong>—whose reckless words have inflamed the community and dishonored her office.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;"><strong>Disgraceful Words</strong></span></p>
<p>On September 10, 2025, Christian conservative apologist <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong> was assassinated.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/shameful-karma-post-by-d300-school-board-president/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Sex is America&#8217;s Religion with Dr. Frank Turek</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/spotlight-sex-is-americas-religion-with-dr-frank-turek/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>Today&#8217;s episode of Spotlight features <strong>Dr. Frank Turek</strong> and his 2017 IFI Worldview presentation on Sex in America. Dr. Turek is an author of 7 books, the host of the podcast “<a href="https://crossexamined.org/podcasts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist</a>,” &#38; Founder &#38; President of <a href="https://crossexamined.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CrossExamined</a>, an Apologetics-based ministry.</p>
<p>Dr. Turek was a close friend and mentor of <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong>, and his wisdom and insight into our culture is undeniable.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/spotlight-sex-is-americas-religion-with-dr-frank-turek/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Surveys on Political Violence Are Criminally Misleading</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David Harsanyi</em></p>
<p>In the wake of <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong>&#8216;s assassination, U.S. Representative <strong>Ilhan Omar</strong> (D-MN) posted an Anti-Defamation League chart that purports to prove that right-wingers perpetrate the majority of politically motivated murders in the United States.</p>
<p>&#8220;Data isn&#8217;t vibes,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;If you need vibes, check out the hate filled comments the rightwing will leave on this post and all my posts.&#8221;</p>
<p>The ADL graph has been very popular among left-wingers. The problem is that it&#8217;s based on one of the most dishonest reports ever.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/surveys-on-political-violence-are-criminally-misleading/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Media’s Double Standard on Political Violence</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/the-medias-double-standard-on-political-violence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Tim Graham</em></p>
<p>Once the shock of <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong>&#8216;s murder began to wear off, it became easier to notice how today&#8217;s &#8220;news&#8221; media routinely fail to live up to their own pompous prattle about their work. They don&#8217;t &#8220;hold people accountable,&#8221; they don&#8217;t &#8220;uphold democracy,&#8221; and they aren&#8217;t &#8220;independent&#8221; or &#8220;objective.&#8221; They don&#8217;t produce &#8220;news&#8221; as much as narrative.</p>
<p>You can see this in their energetic declarations that you couldn&#8217;t possibly ascribe a leftist motive to Kirk&#8217;s shooter &#8230; and even claimed you shouldn&#8217;t try.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/the-medias-double-standard-on-political-violence/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Liberty or Tyranny? The Left’s Mask Has Slipped</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/liberty-or-tyranny-the-lefts-mask-has-slipped-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis. To win elections, it must pose as moderately liberal. It is anything but.</p>
<p>The rise of Muslim/socialist <strong>Zohran Mamdani</strong> as the Democratic nominee for mayor of America’s largest city shows how far left the party has plunged.</p>
<p>New York City voters may yet reject Mr. Mamdani, but he is favored right now to win in November. That would saddle the Big Apple with a functionally Islamic/communist regime.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/liberty-or-tyranny-the-lefts-mask-has-slipped-2025/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Left’s Evil Response to Charlie Kirk’s Murder</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/the-lefts-evil-response-to-charlie-kirks-murder/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>Have you ever questioned the Judeo-Christian teaching that mankind is evil? Have you ever recoiled at the Old Testament’s claim that “the heart is deceitful above all things” or felt uncomfortable with St. Paul’s accusation that, apart from Christ, all of us suffer the curse of a “reprobate mind”? Well, if you have, then the response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week should remove all doubt. We are indeed a wicked and broken race.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/the-lefts-evil-response-to-charlie-kirks-murder/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will Pritzker Own Up to His Irresponsible Rhetoric?</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/will-pritzker-own-up-to-his-irresponsible-rhetoric/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>In the wake of <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong>’s horrific public execution, Governor <strong>JB Pritzker</strong> issued condolences to the Kirk family. He then pivoted to the broader issue of political violence, <a href="https://youtu.be/mlg0-KkuaWM?si=JSy3gsuDh0oDPzfc&#38;t=17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> that it is “ratcheting up in this country.” Pointing to recent political killings in Minnesota, he insisted, “It’s got to stop, and I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country.” Of course, Pritzker ultimately laid the blame at the feet of President <strong>Donald Trump</strong>, saying:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">I think the president&#8217;s rhetoric often foments it.</span></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/will-pritzker-own-up-to-his-irresponsible-rhetoric/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thoughts on Trump&#8217;s Victory</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/11/thoughts-on-trumps-victory/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Bill Mulenberg</em></p>
<p>We have not just witnessed a big renewal in the U.S. political landscape, but a resurrection. <strong>Donald J. Trump</strong> has comfortably been elected the 47<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">th</span> president of the United States. Counting continues, but at this point he handily overtook the 270 electoral college votes needed to win.</p>
<p>He gave a brief victory speech in Palm Beach at around 2:30am. But Kamala left early and did not say a word to the media or her deflated fans – just like Hillary refused to come out and speak to her supporters in 2016.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/11/thoughts-on-trumps-victory/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TPUSA Action/Conference – A Personal Perspective</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/turning-point-usa-action-conference-a-personal-perspective/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Nancy Hayes</em></p>
<p>About 3 weeks ago, <a href="https://www.tpusa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turning Point USA</a> and <a href="https://www.tpaction.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turning Point Action</a> sponsored a Conference for the conservative grassroots at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Palm Beach, Florida. Attendance was estimated at over 6,000, with close to half of those being young, conservative college students.</p>
<p>As you may or may not know, Turning Point was initially founded locally in 2012 in Lemont, Illinois. <strong>Charlie Kirk</strong> is originally from the Arlington Heights/Prospect Heights area.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/turning-point-usa-action-conference-a-personal-perspective/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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