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		<title>Support Stephanie Trussell&#8217;s Run for State Rep.</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Paul Hurst and David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Illinois Family Action is excited to share some good news for a change! <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong> recently announced her run against Terra Costa Howard for Illinois State Representative in the 42nd District, which includes the suburbs of Glen Ellyn, Lisle, and Lombard.</p>
<p><span class="citation-5 citation-end-5">Trussell has pointed out in recent media interviews that the Illinois House of Representatives currently has a super-majority of Democrats (78) to a super-minority of Republicans (40).</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: A Conversation With Stephanie Trussell</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/spotlight-a-conversation-with-stephanie-trussell/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p><strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong> is a mother, grandmother, entrepreneur, board member for the Illinois Family Institute &#38; Good Soil Good Seed Foundation, and former candidate for Illinois Lieutenant Governor. In this special episode of Spotlight, <strong>Monte</strong>, <strong>David</strong> and Stephanie revisit the 2022 campaign and the events that led up to it.</p>
<p>They discussed how Illinois Republican voter turnout can be improved. Startlingly, only <strong>45 percent</strong> of Republicans turned out to vote. Stephanie implores that conservatives must unite, not tear each other up for small differences in beliefs, and overcome a defeatist attitude when it comes to Illinois elections.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/spotlight-a-conversation-with-stephanie-trussell/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Illinois Republicans Desperately Need the Black Conservative Summit</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/02/illinois-republicans-desperately-need-the-black-conservative-summit/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black Families Matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Wallace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felicity Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frederick Walls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Wallace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Elder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latasha Fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lt. Colonel Allen West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Solomon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Rev. Ceasar I. LeFlore III</em></p>
<p>One of the most important events for Illinois Republicans in this current political environment is the <strong><a href="https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/bcs-2023-welcome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Conservative Summit</a>, </strong>which will take place in Tinley Park on March 24-25, 2023.</p>
<p>The Black Conservative Summit will feature conservative leaders like <strong>Larry Elder</strong>, <strong>Voddie Baucham</strong>, <strong>Lt. Colonel Allen West</strong>, and many Illinois conservative leaders like <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong>. This event is an essential tool Republicans need to break through to black voters entrenched in liberal politics and begin peeling away enough of their votes in places like Cook County, which almost always ensures democrat victories in important elections.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/02/illinois-republicans-desperately-need-the-black-conservative-summit/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Election 2022: Time to Stand in Illinois</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/04/election-2022-time-to-stand/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Corrigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliana Hartian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fire Pritzker Rally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. B. Pritzker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenna Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenna Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedi Maldaner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Greenwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Christos]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Lynn Bowman Tabb</em></p>
<p>Just 40 miles west of Chicago, the crowd was hot Tuesday night at the Fire Pritzker Rally in St. Charles’ Arcada Theater. And with good cause! “We the people” of Illinois have had enough of <strong>J.B. Pritzker</strong>’s tyrannical mandates. Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate <strong>Darren Bailey</strong> is proving himself to be the man to lead the people and scale back the reach of government in the lives of Illinoisans.</p>
<p>Throughout the event, speakers echoed the idea of taking a stand.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/04/election-2022-time-to-stand/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Media Ignores Black Conservatives Within GOP</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/02/media-ignores-the-growing-diversity-within-gop/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avery Bourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Bailey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latasha H. Fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Solomon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Irvin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Kristi Shaffer and David E. Smith</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">Illinois has some exceptional conservative candidates running for office in the upcoming primaries. Citizens concerned with the direction of the state are becoming involved. Leftists, fearing the exit of persons of color from the Democrat Party desperately want voters to believe diversity is missing among the conservative candidates. They are again using identity politics to divide America, hoping to convince voters of the lie that conservatives represent only white America. </span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/02/media-ignores-the-growing-diversity-within-gop/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pro-Christmas, Pro-Family and Unashamed</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/12/pro-christmas-pro-family-and-unashamed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith & Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Bailey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>For as long as I can remember, Family PAC&#8217;s <strong>Paul Caprio</strong> has strongly urged conservative candidates to send Christmas cards to primary voters in their districts. At first I thought this wasn&#8217;t the best use of campaign resources and not a very policy-centric way to communicate to would-be voters. Yet, as I considered the up-side of a pro-Christmas, pro-family mailer, I became convinced of its genius. In fact, I now believe that my initial response severely underestimated it&#8217;s importance.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/12/pro-christmas-pro-family-and-unashamed/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: People Love Darkness Rather Than Light</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/06/spotlight-people-love-darkness-rather-than-light/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage, Family & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID–19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Did you think COVID-19 was the worst challenge we would face in 2020? Now a new type of contagion is spreading across our nation and the world and it is potentially as destructive as coronavirus. This Spotlight features my conversations with <a href="https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/board-of-directors/bio-of-dr-eric-wallace/">Dr. Eric Wallace</a> and <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong> regarding the aftermath of the horrific and unjust murder of <strong>George Floyd</strong>.</p>
<p>Eric and I discuss the right to peacefully protest and the biblical <em>and</em> correct coupling of justice with righteousness.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/06/spotlight-people-love-darkness-rather-than-light/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;People Love Darkness Rather Than Light&#8221; (Illinois Family Spotlight #201)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-201/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 riots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Wallace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Floyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riots]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>2020 keeps getting crazier. This time cities around the world are being pillaged and torched by rioters taking advantage of the protests of the unjust George Floyd murder. In this week&#8217;s spotlight, David Smith interviews Dr. <a href="https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/board-of-directors/bio-of-dr-eric-wallace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eric Wallace</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephanietheconservativetrussell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephanie Trussell</a> for their perspective on the insanity in the first and second halves of the show, respectively.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-201/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Illinois’ Recent Regressive Actions</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/06/spotlight-illinois-recent-regressive-actions/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Trussell]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Benjamin Smith</em></p>
<p>Illinois’ 101<sup>st</sup> General Assembly closed with a flurry of activity as lawmakers rammed through immoral anti-life and anti-family legislation. Excerpts from <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong>’s <a href="http://www.wlsam.com/stephanie-trussell/">weekly show</a> on WLS-AM 890, featuring IFI Executive Director <strong>David Smith</strong> as her guest, provide an informative legislative recap for this episode of Spotlight. Stephanie and David detail the devastating consequences radical abortion expansion will reap in Illinois.</p>
<p>Other highlights from the podcast include discussion regarding mandated instruction of LGBTQ history for K-12 public school students and the anticipated ramifications of legalizing recreational marijuana.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/06/spotlight-illinois-recent-regressive-actions/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: What&#8217;s the Dress Code?</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/12/spotlight-whats-the-dress-code/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Benjamin Smith</em></p>
<p>This special edition of Spotlight features highlights from a post-Thanksgiving dialogue between David Smith, IFI’s Executive Director, and <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong> on the <a href="http://www.wlsam.com/stephanie-trussell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephanie Trussell Show</a> (WLS 890 AM).</p>
<p>Their initial topic of conversation addresses a local pastor who confronted a <strong>male church member</strong> who <strong>repeatedly</strong> attended worship dressed as a woman, the resulting social media reaction and backlash against the pastor, and the need to support pastors and church leaders who take a hard stance for adherence to Scripture and biblical principles.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/12/spotlight-whats-the-dress-code/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Dress Code? (Illinois Family Spotlight #124)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-124/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2018 midterms]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On this special edition of Spotlight, we highlight an interview the Executive Director <strong>David Smith</strong> did with <strong>Stephanie Trussell</strong> of the Stephanie Trussell Show on WLS 890 AM.</p>
<p>They discuss a controversy at a local church where a member desired to attend as a cross-dresser&#8211;a man attempting to dress as a woman, leading the pastor to confront him; the recent midterms; what both host and guest are thankful for; the hypocrisy of addressing Chicago&#8217;s violence problem, yet ignoring Chicago&#8217;s abortion problem; and the prospects of the 2020 elections.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-124/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Before We Get High&#8221; (Illinois Family Spotlight #078)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/before-i-got-high-illinois-family-spotlight-078/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreational marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Trussell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Stephanie Trussell Show]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This week&#8217;s Spotlight features the conversation of IFA&#8217;s <strong>David E. Smith </strong>and <strong>Stephanie Trussell, </strong>on joined the Stephanie Trussell Show on 890 AM this Saturday.</p>
<p>Stephanie questions him about the recreational marijuana question on the ballot in Cook County.</p>
<p>At the very start of the show, host Trussell spoke about &#8220;the significance of a sitting president speaking at the March for Life.&#8221; &#8220;No other president in modern times has had the courage to come out and speak for those who can&#8217;t speak for themselves.&#8221;&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/before-i-got-high-illinois-family-spotlight-078/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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