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		<title>Hooked by Design: The Neuroscience Behind Doomscrolling</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/hooked-by-design-the-neuroscience-behind-doomscrolling/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clare Morell]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Neurological science is catching up with the tech revolution. Our brains, a growing body of research shows, are sitting ducks for the stimuli found on cellphones, social media and computer screens, making us want even more.</p>
<p>The 24/7 news feed makes it tough to relax when a crisis is always going on somewhere, and we can engage in “doom scrolling.” Our bodies emit “fight or flight” chemicals when we feel endangered, anxious or stressed.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/hooked-by-design-the-neuroscience-behind-doomscrolling/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Left Hellbent on Destroying Mom-And-Dad Families</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Democrats, with help from feckless Republicans, have advanced the Orwellian-named Respect for Marriage Act. They&#8217;re trying to finish the job they began in the 1960s.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s when <strong>Lyndon Johnson</strong> launched the anti-marriage Great Society, whose welfare policies shattered the urban family and sentenced a major constituency to perpetual dependency. As President Biden says, &#8220;you ain&#8217;t black&#8221; if you don&#8217;t vote Democrat.</p>
<p>By destroying marriage and exiling black fathers, the party created an underclass that could be exploited indefinitely.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/12/left-hellbent-on-destroying-mom-and-dad-families/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judicial Nominee Tom Farr and the Left&#8217;s Smears</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Joseph A. Morris</em></p>
<p>President Trump&#8217;s nomination of my former assistant at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, <strong>Thomas A. Farr</strong>, to be a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is finally coming to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week. It&#8217;s in the queue and the U.S. Senate may get to it this week.</p>
<p>Tom is a learned, thoughtful, kindly, even-tempered man. He has been an extremely accomplished and successful lawyer in public and private practice.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/11/tom-farr-and-the-lefts-smears/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Mary Hallan FioRito on Pro-Life Politics and Culture</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/spotlight-mary-hallan-fiorito-on-pro-life-politics-and-culture/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This week’s Spotlight conversation between Monte Larrick and <strong>Mary Hallan FioRito</strong> took place at the annual <a href="http://lakecortl.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lake County Right to Life</a> Banquet, which was held July 27<sup>th</sup> in Mundelein, Illinois.</p>
<p>Ms. FioRito received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1993. Upon conferral of her degree, she was chosen by the late <strong>Joseph Cardinal Bernardin</strong> to serve as Director of Pro-life Activities for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She subsequently served the Archdiocese as its first female Vice-Chancellor and then as Executive Assistant to the late <strong>Francis Cardinal George</strong>, until his death in 2015.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/08/spotlight-mary-hallan-fiorito-on-pro-life-politics-and-culture/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Evangelicals Accuse Fellow Believers of Abandoning Faith to Support Trump</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/evangelicals-accuse-fellow-believers-of-abandoning-faith-to-support-trump/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ifaction.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-Liberty.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5915" src="http://ifaction.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-Liberty.jpg" alt="Trump Liberty" width="600" height="320" srcset="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-Liberty.jpg 600w, https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-Liberty-300x160.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a></p>
<p><em>Written by Jon Ward</em></p>
<p class="canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom" data-type="text" data-reactid=".ll83d99l34.$0.0.0.2.5.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvasProxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$2">Donald Trump’s support from self-identified evangelical voters has sparked a debate among Christian leaders over what that term means, and a move to narrow the definition of this term or abandon it altogether.</p>
<p class="canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom" data-type="text" data-reactid=".ll83d99l34.$0.0.0.2.5.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvasProxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$3">The civil war within American Christianity that Trump’s candidacy has sparked is similar to the one going on inside the Republican Party, with a particularly large faction dead set against ever supporting Trump.</p>
<p class="canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom" data-type="text" data-reactid=".ll83d99l34.$0.0.0.2.5.0.0.$Col1-0-ContentCanvasProxy.$Col1-0-ContentCanvas.0.4.0:$4">The split is between a subset of evangelicals best categorized as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/03/07/a-conversation-how-can-evangelicals-support-trump-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">“creedal” believers</a> — those who take their faith most seriously and who oppose Trump.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/evangelicals-accuse-fellow-believers-of-abandoning-faith-to-support-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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