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		<title>U.S. Senator Cruz on The Save America Act</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/u-s-senator-cruz-on-the-save-america-act-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carol Davis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>In this episode of <em data-start="120" data-end="143">Verdict with Ted Cruz</em>, U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) discusses the progress of the <strong>SAVE America Act</strong> (<span class="svelte-x57wqa fade-in"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">S.128</a></span>), now before the U.S. Senate. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and a photo ID to cast a ballot. Senator Cruz points to <strong><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-backed-save-act-proposals-are-popular-with-americans-11690539" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strong public support</a></strong> for these commonsense protections, while also explaining the political obstacles in the Senate and urging Republicans to stand united in forcing a talking filibuster against Democratic opposition.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/u-s-senator-cruz-on-the-save-america-act-2026/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz: 12 Wins in the &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/ted-cruz-12-wins-in-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>As we all know by now, President <strong>Donald J. Trump</strong> signed into law the <em data-start="172" data-end="196">One Big Beautiful Bill</em>—a much-needed course correction for a nation in moral and economic decline. This bold legislation champions the dignity of work, the sanctity of family, and the duty of government to serve—not control—its citizens. By providing <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-does-big-beautiful-bill-help-middle-class-taxpayers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tax relief to working families</a>, protecting the preborn by <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-leaders-give-thanks-for-historic-victory-as-congress-defunds-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defunding abortion mills</a>, and <a href="https://amac.us/newsline/society/big-tax-breaks-ahead-for-seniors-thanks-to-one-big-beautiful-bill-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">easing the burden on struggling seniors</a>, this bill aligns with biblical principles of stewardship, justice, and compassion.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/07/ted-cruz-12-wins-in-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Campus Antisemitism</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/03/u-s-senator-ted-cruz-on-campus-antisemitism/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Peter Heck</em></p>
<p>[Last] week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hosted a hearing to discuss the alarming rise of coordinated and centrally funded antisemitism on college and university campuses. While it was illuminating and frightening to hear the testimony of several of the witnesses, the highlight had to be this tour de force by Texas U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> who, it seems, is not overly impressed with the Hamas-sympathizing Hitler brigades pushing a Holocaust sequel on federally-funded campuses.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/03/u-s-senator-ted-cruz-on-campus-antisemitism/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Democrat Policies Cause a MASSIVE Increase in the Homeless Population</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/12/democrat-policies-cause-a-massive-increase-in-the-homeless-population/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Trevor Thomas</em></p>
<p>On a recent X post, U.S. Senator <strong>Bernie Sanders</strong> (I-VT) lamented the level of homelessness in the U.S. Sanders declared,</p>
<blockquote><p>This is the richest country on earth. 770,000 Americans should not be homeless, and 20 million more should not be spending over half their incomes on rent or a mortgage. We need to invest in affordable housing, not Trump’s massive tax breaks for billionaires.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sanders post was in response to an AP  post that revealed that &#8220;the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/12/democrat-policies-cause-a-massive-increase-in-the-homeless-population/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Twilight Zone America Endures The Border Crisis</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/01/a-twilight-zone-america-endures-the-border-crisis/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Whenever I hear the White House insist the border is secure, inflation is no problem, and that boys are really girls if they feel like it, I look around for <strong>Rod Serling</strong>.</p>
<p>You half expect to see the vintage TV show host emerge from a misty backdrop to say, “What you’re seeing is a replica of reality, not reality itself. You have been transported to a parallel universe where evil is good, wrong is right and bitter is sweet.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/01/a-twilight-zone-america-endures-the-border-crisis/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Left-Wing Media Push Hamas Propaganda</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/10/left-wing-media-push-hamas-propaganda/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Barely a week after the horrific October 7th Hamas terror attacks on Israel, we noticed CNN&#8217;s coverage starting to turn foul. We then noticed it on the PBS News Hour as well. Their coverage drifted away from the <a href="https://www.faithwire.com/2023/10/13/horror-stories-journalist-stands-by-coverage-of-hamas-massacring-babies-reveals-another-heartbreaking-claim/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abhorrent murders, rapes and kidnappings</a> committed by Islamic jihadists, to a more sympathetic tone for the people of Palestine and the terrorists that they unequivocally support. ABC, CBS, and NBC &#8220;news&#8221; programs quickly followed suit.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/10/left-wing-media-push-hamas-propaganda/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Secure the Border Act</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/the-secure-the-border-act/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>The border between the United States and Mexico is approximately 1,954 miles long, and while much of the border is secured, there are large portions where it remains wide open for illegal immigration, smuggling, and trafficking.  When <strong>Joe Biden</strong> came into office, he inherited the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years. Instead of following the successful policies of the Trump administration, he implemented three major changes that have resulted in a tsunami of migrants coming over the border:</p>
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<li>The first week in office Biden immediately halted construction of the border wall.</li></ul>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/the-secure-the-border-act/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Biden Administration Provides Cover for Hunter Investigation</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/biden-administration-provides-cover-for-hunter-investigation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:288"><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:288">Last Friday afternoon, Attorney General <strong>Merrick Garland</strong> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he had named Delaware U.S. Attorney <strong>David Weiss</strong> as special counsel to continue the investigation into Hunter Biden “as well as any matters that arose from that investigation or may arise from the Special Counsel’s investigation.” This appointment has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alan-dershowitz-ag-garlands-weiss-appointment-in-hunter-biden-case-is-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized as illegal</a> by many, including liberal Harvard Law School professor <strong>Alan Dershowitz</strong>.</p>
<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:288">George Washington University Law Professor <strong>Jonathan Turley</strong> is also <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/08/13/shoeless-joe-and-the-fixing-of-the-biden-scandal/comment-page-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on record</a> in a column for <em>The Hill</em> pointing out significant problems with the appointment:</p>
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<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:288">This is, after all, the same Weiss who headed an investigation that <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4065497-who-is-lying-merrick-garland-or-the-whistleblowers/#:~:text=Shapley%20and%20another%20whistleblower%20detail,questioning%2C%20and%20even%20attempted%20indictments." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">was trashed by whistleblowers</a>, who alleged that his investigation had been fixed from the outset.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/biden-administration-provides-cover-for-hunter-investigation/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Key Highlights From the IRS Whistleblowers&#8217; Congressional Testimony</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/07/key-highlights-from-the-irs-whistleblowers-congressional-testimony/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 12:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>There is a good chance that you missed the big news out of Washington D.C. this week with the testimony of two IRS whistleblowers who testified at a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on July 19, 2023. According to <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2023/07/21/column-when-republicans-win-media-are-hearings-impaired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an article</a> by News Busters, the so-called &#8220;mainstream&#8221; media failed to cover this important probe into the slow-walked Hunter-Biden investigation. The following introduction and the two-part report from U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) and U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/07/key-highlights-from-the-irs-whistleblowers-congressional-testimony/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inflammatory PBS Warns About Trump&#8217;s Rhetoric</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/06/inflammatory-pbs-warns-about-trumps-rhetoric/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Tim Graham</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ff6600; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>PBS isn&#8217;t for the &#8220;public.&#8221; It&#8217;s taxpayer-funded content for Democrats.</strong></span></p>
<p>Last September, when President Joe Biden gave a nasty speech in front of a blood-red backdrop at Independence Hall, proclaiming, &#8220;Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,&#8221; PBS streamed this harsh rhetoric live with no &#8220;explanatory&#8221; text on screen for charges the Republicans are authoritarians.</p>
<p>But on June 13, when Trump spoke in New Jersey after being arraigned in Florida, the PBS livestream felt inexorably compelled to insert opinions on screen.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/06/inflammatory-pbs-warns-about-trumps-rhetoric/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exposing Moral Evil And Defrocking Those Who Weaponize The Law</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/05/exposing-moral-evil-and-defrocking-those-who-weaponize-the-law/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Here’s a brief quiz. What do all these events have in common?</p>
<p>Special counsel <strong>John Durham</strong>’s long-awaited report leaves no doubt that <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong>’s campaign facilitated the Russian collusion hoax “to vilify <strong>Donald Trump</strong>” during and after the 2016 presidential election cycle. The corrupt FBI leadership validated the scheme, which led to the first Trump impeachment. Democratic U.S. Representative <strong>Adam Schiff</strong> of California lied over and over to keep the hoax going.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/05/exposing-moral-evil-and-defrocking-those-who-weaponize-the-law/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Durham Report: Deep State Corruption Exposed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>They lied to the American people.<br />
They have proven that we simply cannot trust our government or corporate media.<br />
</em></span></strong></p>
<p>Special Counsel <strong>John Durham</strong> released a <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Durham-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">316-page report</a> this week on the origins of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. It is deeply troubling. Even <strong>Mike Pompeo</strong> — who  served as director of the CIA (2017 to 2018) and as U.S. Secretary of State (2018 to 2021) — concluded:</p>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">The Durham report confirms that intelligence officials pushed the Russia hoax based on lies concocted by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.</span></div></blockquote></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/05/the-durham-report-deep-state-corruption-exposed/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vast Body of Evidence for Biden Family Corruption</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2023 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;">A growing volume of incriminating evidence may lead to articles of impeachment against Joe Biden and other legal action against members of the Biden family. According to U.S. Representative <strong>James Comer</strong> (R-KY), </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; background-color: #ffff99;">&#8220;The Bidens’ foreign entanglements are breathtaking and raise serious questions about why foreign actors targeted the Biden family, what they expected in return, and whether our national security is threatened.&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif;">The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has obtained thousands of pages of financial records revealing the Biden family’s and associates’ complicated network of companies set up during Joe Biden’s vice presidency and the millions of dollars the Bidens received from foreign sources.</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/05/vast-body-of-evidence-for-biden-family-corruption/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Radical Groups Renewing Effort to “Reform” the U.S. Supreme Court</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Jorge Gomez</em></p>
<p>Are court packing and radical “court reform” making a comeback? A coalition of 30+ activist organizations <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/24/mass-dems-launch-supreme-court-reform-bus-tour-push-expanded-court/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="[&#34;61bcd6cd9eb00044a676f96b&#34;]">relaunched</a> an effort calling for “structural changes” to the U.S. Supreme Court.</p>
<p>They kicked off their “<a href="https://justmajority.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Just Majority</a>” campaign this week in Boston alongside Massachusetts U.S. Senator <strong>Ed Markey</strong>, U.S. Senator <strong>Elizabeth Warren</strong> and U.S. Representative <strong>Ayanna Pressley</strong>. This is the first stop in a nationwide bus tour scheduled to end in late June in Washington.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/04/radical-groups-renewing-effort-to-reform-the-u-s-supreme-court/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senator Cruz Grills Secretary Mayorkas On His Failure To Protect America</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Gabriel Syme</em></p>
<p>Government officials go before U.S. Senate Committees all the time to testify about various things. When they do so, they are expected to answer the questions posed to them by our elected officials – that is the purpose of such inquiries. But lately, we have increasingly seen Democrats stonewall, obfuscate, and demonstrate an outright inability to answer basic questions about their respective jobs. A prime example of this is when U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-Texas) recently questioned the Secretary of Homeland Security, <strong>Alejandro Mayorkas</strong>, about the disaster that is the United States&#8217; southern border.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/04/u-s-senator-cruz-grills-secretary-mayorkas-on-his-failure-to-protect-america/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congressional Hearings About Team Biden Die in Darkness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Tim Graham</em></p>
<p>The easiest layup in proving the &#8220;mainstream media&#8221; is hyperpartisan is to study how they cover congressional hearings. After two years of obsessive media promotion and congratulation and live coverage of the Pelosi-picked panel on Jan. 6, the network &#8220;newscasts&#8221; can&#8217;t locate a hearing now with two hands.</p>
<p>On March 1, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Biden administration Attorney General <strong>Merrick Garland</strong> for the first time in the new Congress. The hearing was not devoid of newsworthiness.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/congressional-hearings-about-team-biden-die-in-darkness/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senate Confirms Biden’s 100th Judicial Nominee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Jorge Gomez</em></p>
<p>This week, the U.S. Senate confirmed President <strong>Joe Biden</strong>’s 100<sup>th</sup> federal judicial nominee, reaching that milestone faster than his two predecessors. At this point in their presidencies, Trump had 88 judges confirmed and Obama had 67.</p>
<p>Biden’s judicial confirmations include one U.S. Supreme Court justice, 30 circuit court and 69 district court judges. The wave of confirmations this week included:</p>
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<li><strong>Cindy K. Chung</strong> to the U.S. 3<sup>rd</sup> Circuit Court of Appeals.</li></ul>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/02/the-u-s-senate-confirms-bidens-100th-judicial-nominee/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Left’s Victim Mentality and Diabolical Plot to Divide Us by Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Well, it’s official. The only cheap gasoline that President Biden seems to like is the stuff he keeps pouring on the bonfire of racial grievance politics.</p>
<p>“Evil will not win,” he said during his speech in Buffalo in the wake of the supermarket mass murder of mostly Black victims by an unhinged nutcase, white supremacist suspect. “We have to refuse to live in a country where fear and lies are packaged for power and profit.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/05/the-lefts-victim-mentality-and-diabolical-plot-to-divide-us-by-race/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas Primary Results and Possible Applications to Illinois &#8211; Including &#8220;RINO Hunting&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Henry Cuellar Forced to Runoff, Ratings Changed for Cuellar District to &#8220;Toss-up&#8221;</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Written by John Lopez</em></p>
<p>The day after the United States Senate successfully filibustered the <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/life/radical-pro-abortion-bill-in-washington-d-c/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-abortion-on-demand H.R. 3755</a>, the Texas primary kicked off the 2022 primary season which could have some ramifications to Illinois.</p>

<p>With H.R. 3755&#8217;s filibuster as a backdrop and Congressman Henry Cuellar&#8217;s lone Democrat vote in the U.S. House last September making him a target of the pro-abortion zealots, Cuellar won the most votes in the March 1 primary.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/texas-primary-results-and-possible-applications-to-illinois-including-rino-hunting/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Biden&#8217;s Fabled Bipartisanship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David Limbaugh</em></p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t seen much humor in life during the past year or so, but one thing that has been uproariously hilarious lately is the orchestrated media narrative that President <strong>Joe Biden</strong> is bipartisan and conciliatory. Please give me a moment to catch my breath.</p>
<p>I think it was <strong>Karl Rove</strong> who recently observed that the media&#8217;s effective definition of bipartisan legislation is not that significant numbers of both parties&#8217; lawmakers support a bill but that some poll somewhere shows that a large percentage of Americans of each party support some vaguely described initiative, even if zero Republican legislators support the actual bill.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/04/bidens-fabled-bipartisanship/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Satanists Sue For Religious Right to Ritual Abortions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>This past week while the nation was distracted by <strong>Joe Biden</strong>’s dementia-ridden incompetence and <strong>Andrew Cuomo</strong>’s predatory misogyny, The Satanic Temple of Texas filed suit to defend its religious right to engage in child sacrifice as a spiritual ritual.</p>
<p><em>The Dallas Observer</em> <a href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/the-satanic-temple-says-texas-abortion-laws-violate-religious-liberty-so-theyre-filing-suit-11989024" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports</a> as follows.</p>
<blockquote><p>“[On Feb. 23, 2021] The <a href="chrome-extension://oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi/topics/satanic-temple/">Satanic Temple</a> [of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston] filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas alleging certain state-mandated abortion regulations violate the religious liberty of its members … [and] violate the temple’s religious teachings.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/satanists-sue-for-religious-right-to-ritual-abortions/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Democrats Leap Into the Abyss of Hypocrisy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Laurie Higgins</em></p>
<p>Just when you thought Leftists couldn’t be more cynical, hypocritical, dishonest, tyrannical, and cruel, they step up to prove you wrong. When Democrats, by whatever janky standards they’ve made up, think Republicans have gone “low,” they&#8211;that is, Democrats&#8211;dive headlong into the abyss of hypocrisy and nastiness.</p>
<p>They’ve been doing their theatrical performative best to argue that the attack on the Capitol is particularly heinous because of the building’s symbolic significance—which, of course, it has.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/01/democrats-leap-into-the-abyss-of-hypocrisy/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>In the Democratic Party, Pro-Abortion Extremism Knows No Bounds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Blake Elliott</em></p>
<p>It was no surprise to pro-lifers on February 11<span class="ord">th</span> when the pro-abortion, Democrat-controlled Colorado House Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs <a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/house-committee-strikes-down-two-abortion-bills-after-marathon-hearing/article_d4207fc8-4d0c-11ea-9fb3-abba93aa8e91.html">voted to postpone</a> and essentially kill <span class="caps">CO</span> <span class="caps">HB</span> 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.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/in-the-democratic-party-pro-abortion-extremism-knows-no-bounds/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Adam Schiff&#8217;s Avalanche of Accolades</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Brent Bozell III</em></p>
<p>Our media elites arrogantly lecture about our democracy being undermined by robotic propaganda, but do they ever listen to themselves talk about the Democrats? Somehow, they think their robotic propaganda is just the &#8220;truth.&#8221; The press came to witness the Senate impeachment trial, and U.S. Representative <strong>Adam Schiff</strong> (D-CA) had them at hello.</p>
<p>No member of Congress has been more dramatically partisan in this war on the Trump presidency than Schiff. &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/01/adam-schiffs-avalanche-of-accolades/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Fact-Checkers&#8217; Find Democrats Are Truth Tellers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by</em> <em>L. Brent Bozell III</em></p>
<p>One reason many Americans don&#8217;t trust those &#8220;fact-checker&#8221; websites is because to know them is to see right through their incessantly liberal worldview. These impartial arbiters of truth routinely defend Democrats as being &#8220;Mostly True&#8221; on everything while savaging Republicans as just the opposite. It&#8217;s not just <strong>Donald Trump</strong>, mind you. It&#8217;s <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>. And <strong>Rick Santorum</strong>. And <strong>Newt Gingrich</strong>. And pretty much anyone who challenges liberal orthodoxy.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/fact-checkers-find-democrats-are-truth-tellers/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Facebook &#038; Twitter: Biased Against the Right?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 11:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David Grogan</em></p>
<p>Recently, representatives from Facebook and Twitter <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/stifling-free-speech-technological-censorship-and-the-public-discourse">appeared</a> before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to respond to claims that their companies are engaging in the censorship of conservative news and voices. For years, conservatives have lamented the power of Big Tech over political discourse and their bias against the Right.</p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Mazie Hirono</strong> (D-Hawaii) made sure to point out that, in her view, the evidence conservatives have for social media bias is purely anecdotal.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/05/facebook-twitter-biased-against-the-right/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>As Progressives Move Left, They Must Replace the American Electorate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>The progressive game plan to re-acquire power in Washington and make it permanent has been shockingly obvious for some time:</p>
<p>Import millions of illegal immigrants, hook them on government aid, and turn them into voters – legally or illegally.</p>
<p>Two Democrats running for Congress in Texas have come out for decriminalizing illegal immigration, along with <strong>Beta O’Rourke</strong>, who is running for Ted Cruz’s U.S. Senate seat.  Virtually all Democrat office holders oppose voter ID laws.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/09/as-progressives-move-left-they-must-replace-the-american-electorate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Deconstructing Young Minds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Since November 2016, the Deep State and its media allies have spent considerable time and money cultivating animus toward <strong>President Trump</strong> and the Republican-led Congress among younger voters.</p>
<p>Many Millennials came unglued in the wake of the election and still are.  The Left is counting on their turning out to elect progressives in November.  Social media bristle with anti-Trump and anti-conservative invectives, and some of it spills over into anti-American rants.</p>
<p>As author <strong>William J.</strong>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/deconstructing-young-minds/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The $1.3 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill: NeverTrumpers Squeal With Joy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-Texas) would <em>not</em> have signed the massive spending bill last Friday if he were president.</p>
<p><strong>Ed Straker</strong> at <em>American Thinker</em> lists a series of Tweets by Ted Cruz that lay out some of the truly ugly/awful/terrible and inexcusable contents found in that $1.3 trillion-dollar budget.</p>
<p>Here are just a few of those Tweets:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 22, 2018</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">This is why I’ll vote against the omnibus spending bill:</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">In 2016, the American people voted overwhelmingly for Republicans to change Washington.</span></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/the-1-3-trillion-omnibus-spending-bill-nevertrumpers-squeal-with-joy/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kathy Griffin Is Not the Only One Guilty of Anti-Trump Hysteria</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Michael Brown</em></p>
<p>Without a doubt, <strong>Kathy Griffin</strong> crossed a dark and ugly line when she posted her instantly infamous, beheading picture. And she is suffering the consequences for her foolish actions. But is she alone to blame? Have not others contributed to the toxic atmosphere that provided the backdrop for her misdeed?</p>
<p>Certainly, she alone is responsible for her decisions, and she took responsibility for those decisions in her apology. No one made her do what she did.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/06/kathy-griffin-is-not-the-only-one-guilty-of-anti-trump-hysteria/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where Conservatives Are in the Trump Era: 15 Takeaways From Their Biggest Conference</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Katrina Trinko</em></p>
<p>Five weeks into President Donald Trump’s presidency, the first time in eight years a Republican has been in the White House, where do conservatives see the country going?</p>
<p>Here are highlights from The Daily Signal’s coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, the largest annual gathering of conservatives:</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>1. Trump talks policy objectives.</strong></span></p>
<p>In his <a href="http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/24/trump-renews-fight-over-fake-news-denounces-anonymous-sourcing/">speech</a>, Trump emphasized a variety of issues that conservatives care about, saying, “We will build the wall and we are going to start soon,” as well as promising “a substantial upgrade for the military.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/02/where-conservatives-are-in-the-trump-era-15-takeaways-from-their-biggest-conference/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Michael Qazvini</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senators <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) and <strong>Lindsey Graham</strong> (R-SC) hit the morning television circuit Thursday to unveil their new bill to defund the United Nations.</p>
<p>Standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling, the two national security-minded lawmakers appeared on MSNBC’s <em>Morning Joe</em> and Fox News’ <em>Fox and Friends</em> to detail a plan that would block taxpayer dollars from funding the corrupt international body.</p>
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<p>In citing last month’s egregious anti-Israel UN Security Resolutions as a major source of dismay in the senate, they drew a clear ideological line in the sand between the Obama administration and Congress.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/u-s-senators-ted-cruz-and-lindsey-graham-unveil-bill-to-defund-un/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Calls Out the Smithsonian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Chris Pandolfo</em></p>
<p>United States Senator <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/members/ted-cruz/liberty-card/">Ted Cruz (R-Texas)</a> is calling on the leaders of the Smithsonian Institution to include a fair portrayal of U.S. Supreme Court Justice <strong>Clarence Thomas</strong>&#8216; legacy in the museum’s “Making a Way Out of No Way” exhibit.</p>
<p>The Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture opened to great fanfare in September, but drew fire from the Right for excluding Justice Thomas — just the second African-American to sit on the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/12/u-s-senator-ted-cruz-calls-out-the-smithsonian/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Frank Newport</em></p>
<p>One of the fundamental questions that have divided the U.S. this election year &#8212; and, in fact, since its founding 240 years ago &#8212; concerns the appropriate role of the federal government. A new update of a longstanding Gallup trend shows that Americans continue to favor a smaller role for government, with 54% saying the government is attempting to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses, and 41% saying it should do more to solve the country&#8217;s problems.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/10/americans-tilt-toward-view-that-government-is-doing-too-much/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<div class="blog_author"><em>Written by Andrew C. McCarthy</em></div>
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<p>Despite weeks of Obama administration stonewalling of refreshingly persistent media inquiries about its outrageous – <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438744/iran-ransom-payment-president-obama-broke-law-sending-cash-iran" target="_blank">and, I believe, illegal</a> – transfer to Iran of $400 million in foreign currency in an unmarked cargo plane, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-held-cash-until-iran-freed-prisoners-1471469256" target="_blank">the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> has confirmed</a> that the payment was, in fact, a ransom payment for the release of American hostages.</p>
<p>The White House and State Department have insisted that there was absolutely, positively, cross-their-hearts no connection between (a) an agreed-upon prisoner swap in which American hostages held by Iran were released, and (b) the settlement of Iran’s claim regarding $400 million (plus interest) withheld by the United States in connection with a failed 1970s arms deal.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/08/yes-it-was-a-ransom-payment/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Bryan Fischer</em></p>
<p class="selectionShareable">One of the hallmarks of political campaigns in American history is that they are often nasty, brutish, and long. And they have been since the beginning.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">The contest between <strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong> and <strong>John Adams</strong> in the 1800 presidential election, for instance, was a bitter affair, and resulted in a breach between these two statesmen that wasn’t healed for two decades. And virtually every campaign since has been filled with acrimony and insult and vituperation.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/06/why-political-campaigns-get-bitter/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drafting Women is Not Only Immoral, It is Disruptive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Daniel Horowitz</em></p>
<p>The state of the U.S. military readiness has been debated a lot recently while the U.S. Senate considers the law that specifies the budget for the Department of Defense for each fiscal year, also known as the <em>National Defense Authorization Act</em> or NDAA.  We’ve discussed several of those important questions and will follow up in subsequent articles on what is missing from the debate over the military and national defense.  For now I want to focus on the most egregious provision: including women in Selective Service, which can lead to a mandatory draft.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/06/drafting-women-is-not-only-immoral-it-is-disruptive/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 13:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Katie Kieffer</em></p>
<p><strong>Hillary Clinton</strong> is working alongside billionaire <strong>Tom Steyer</strong> to sow a garden of climate change paranoia. Clinton is scaring young voters into supporting her campaign by leading them to believe that a Republican president will unleash a climate apocalypse.</p>
<p>Calling Millennial voters the 2016 presidential election’s “biggest cohort,” Steyer announced his plan last month to inject $25 million into targeting young voters. Specifically, Steyer will allocate millions toward an aggressive ground campaign based on climate alarmism.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/05/hillarys-secret-garden-poisons-millennials/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 12:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Bryan Fischer</em></p>
<p class="selectionShareable">An O&#8217;Fallon, Missouri man was arrested on April 23 after allegedly <span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><strong>secretly filming women in a Target dressing room</strong></em></span>.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><strong>Matthew Foerstel</strong>, 26, faces felony charges for invasion of privacy in the second degree and unlawful possession of a firearm.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">The Brentwood Police Department arrested Foerstel on April 23 after he allegedly held a camera phone under a dressing room door while a female shopper tried on swim suits at the Target store in Brentwood.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/05/which-candidate-will-protect-our-daughters/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>It’s Time for Hillary Clinton to Tell the Truth About Her Abortion Views</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Mary Powers</em></p>
<p>It looks like the Republican candidates were right all along.</p>
<p>During a February debate in New Hampshire, U. S. Senator <strong>Marco Rubio</strong> called out the mainstream media for not asking the Democratic candidates about their positions on abortion. U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>, too, has consistently talked about Secretary Hillary Clinton’s extreme stances on the issue. Two months later, while vying for New York’s vote, Clinton decided it was time to bring out her favorite issue—abortion—and call out the media for not asking her about it in debates (town halls don’t count apparently).&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/its-time-for-hillary-clinton-to-tell-the-truth-about-her-abortion-views/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz Defends North Carolina from Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Maggie Gallagher</em></p>
<p>With the Left attacking North Carolina as if it were, oh say, Saudi Arabia for wanting to protect the privacy rights of women in bathrooms and locker rooms, The Donald ran for cover (<a href="http://thepulse2016.com/maggie-gallagher/2016/04/21/trump-throws-north-carolina-under-the-bus/">as I reported</a>).</p>
<p>Guess who is running towards the good people of North Carolina and common sense values? <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/21/cruz-hammers-trump-over-bathroom-law/">Lion Ted</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>“There have been very few complaints the way it is,” Trump told The Today Show. “People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate, there has been so little trouble.”</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/cruz-defends-north-carolina-from-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOP Primary Process Rigged</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Daren Jonescu</em></p>
<p>One predictable element of the current Republican primaries is that each time <strong>Donald Trump</strong>&#8216;s supposed inevitability is challenged, he will tell you it is because the process is unfair. He, his official spokesmen, his &#8220;unofficial&#8221; enforcers, his sycophantic &#8220;conservative media&#8221; surrogates, and his hornet&#8217;s nest of online commenters, consistently greet any momentary setback with a cacophonous chorus of &#8220;rigged,&#8221; &#8220;stolen,&#8221; and above all &#8220;unfair.&#8221;</p>
<p>To be fair to Trump, it is true that life really is unfair sometimes.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/gop-primary-process-rigged/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kasich: I ‘Probably’ Wouldn’t Sign Bill Keeping Men Out of Women’s Restrooms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ben Johnson</em></p>
<p><strong>John Kasich</strong> said on Sunday that he would &#8220;probably not&#8221; sign a bill preventing biological males from using women&#8217;s restrooms, locker rooms, and showers &#8211; and those who are hung up on the issue should &#8220;take a deep breath,&#8221; &#8220;chill out,&#8221; and &#8220;get over it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>Face the Nation</em>&#8221; moderator <strong>John Dickerson</strong> ended his interview with the the Ohio governor and presidential hopeful by asking if Kasich would sign a bill similar to the one <a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/013pVY665RoM9rpB1j6GZg">enacted by North Carolina Gov.</a>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/kasich-i-probably-wouldnt-sign-bill-keeping-men-out-of-womens-restrooms/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Obama’s Unacceptable Love Affair With Communism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2016 09:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by David Limbaugh</em></p>
<p>Conservatives and other <strong>Barack Obama</strong> critics are entitled to a big “I told you so,” after Obama’s stunning admission that he doesn’t believe there’s that much difference between communism and capitalism.</p>
<p>Actually, it’s not that stunning to people paying attention. Many of us warned about Obama’s Marxist sympathies before he was first elected president, and we’ve repeatedly pointed it out during his presidency. Obama was raised and mentored by communists and spent many years engaged in community organizing (radical leftist activism).&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/obamas-unacceptable-love-affair-with-communism/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How The Clintons Made Donald Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ben Shapiro</em></p>
<p>Donald Trump is a boor. He&#8217;s a vulgarian, a liar, an ignoramus. He has only the most cursory grasp of policy, a stentorian voice and a great big set of self-assurance. He&#8217;s winning the Republican nomination.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>It is partly because of the Clintons.</p>
<p>While the media point and laugh at the Trump reality show carnival, they forget that the Clintons originally took us all to the circus. This week, we found out that Hillary Clinton&#8217;s email scandal now occupies the attention of 147 FBI agents, and that she will be questioned by the FBI.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/04/how-the-clintons-made-donald-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Donald Trump Is Beneath Contempt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Bryan Fischer</em></p>
<p class="selectionShareable">This column is not about politics. It is about basic human decency, civility, and respect for women.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">The latest fracas involving <strong>Donald Trump</strong> began when a Super PAC, unaffiliated with the Cruz campaign, produced an ad featuring a nude photo of Donald Trump’s wife wrapped in fur, taken from a GQ magazine spread.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> and his campaign had nothing to do with the ad. In fact, they are prohibited by law from interacting with Super PACs in any way.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/donald-trump-is-beneath-contempt/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Team Cruz:  It&#8217;s Time To Pull The Goalie &#038; Name Your Running Mate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by John J. Kirkwood</em></p>
<p>Before he can crush the serial felon that is <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong>, <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> has got to beat the serial liar that is <strong>Donald Trump</strong>.  And he must do it before the love child of De Niro’s <em>Wag the Dog</em> and Pacino’s <em>Simone</em> becomes the Republican Presidential nominee.  The Donald may be the biggest farce in American political history but he’s rallying the dispossessed with the verve and the acumen that The Governor showed in Woodbury.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/team-cruz-its-time-to-pull-the-goalie-name-your-running-mate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What’s Wrong with ‘Democratic Socialism?’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Ever wonder how <strong>Bernie Sanders</strong>’ brand of “democratic socialism” differs from socialism in general, which has wreaked havoc all over the world?</p>
<p>The short answer is: only by degree.  Progressives of all stripes work to establish “equality” by empowering governments. The difference is their place on the axis of forced egalitarianism.</p>
<p>Like other democratic socialists, the Vermont Democrat rejects communism, National Socialism (Nazis), fascism and other variants as anti-democratic.  The democratic socialists insist that they can preserve human liberties while forcing everyone into communal economic arrangements. &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/whats-wrong-with-democratic-socialism/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IFA-pac&#8217;s 2016 Primary Election Endorsements</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;">2016 Primary Election</span></span></h1>
<p>We strongly encourage you to vote in the March 15th primary election. Prior to going to the polls, make sure that you know where your candidates stand on life, natural marriage (one man/one woman), and religious freedom.  Please take a moment to check out IFA&#8217;s online voter guide at: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ILVoterGuide.com" target="_blank">ILVoterGuide.com</a></span></p>
<p>Illinois Family Action’s board members Dr. Barbara Bellar, Richard Hartian, Pastor John Kirkwood, Jan Klaas, Pastor Calvin Lindstrom, Pastor James Pittman, and Executive Director of IFA and IFA-pac David E.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/ifa-pacs-2016-primary-election-endorsements/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>D.C. Insiders Don&#8217;t Like Ted Cruz One Bit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>“Mr. President, there is a reason the American people are fed up with Washington. There is a reason the American people are frustrated. The frustration is not simply mild or passing or ephemeral. It is volcanic.” ~U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Written by Kathy Valente and David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Please set some time aside to watch <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://youtu.be/aimgwzV-77U" target="_blank">the video</a></span> embedded below to hear how U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> exposes the Republican controlled House and Senate in Washington D.C.  &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/d-c-insiders-dont-like-ted-cruz-one-bit/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Written by David E. Smith</span></em></p>
<p>Rev. <strong>Rafael Cruz</strong>, the father of U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz,</strong> is coming to Illinois and stopping in Bensenville, Dolton, Peoria, Springfield and Collinsville. Come on out, he would love to meet you!</p>
<p>Rafael Cruz is a powerful example of the American Dream &#8212; and has a powerful testimony to share. Born in Cuba, Rafael lived and suffered under an oppressive dictator.  He began fighting Batista’s regime as a teenager, and was imprisoned and tortured simply because he wanted to be free.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/pastor-rafael-cruz-coming-to-illinois/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caveat Emptor, Trumpsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Tim Wildmon</em></p>
<p>So it&#8217;s come to this: <strong>Donald Trump</strong> talking about the size of his hands and other parts of his anatomy on stage at the Republican presidential debate Thursday night in Detroit.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve watched a lot of debates with heated exchanges in my 52 years, but I never thought I would see anything like this. Immediately after this moment in American exceptionalism, I sent a text to a friend: <em>Did that just happen?</em>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/03/caveat-emptor-trumpsters/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by J. Matt Barber</em></p>
<p>Much will be written about the utter thrashing GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump took at the hands of the far-more prepared, knowledgeable, qualified and otherwise principled Sens. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> and <strong>Marco Rubio</strong> during Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate on CNN. I will, therefore, focus, instead, on another Republican candidate who’s absolutely got to go: Ohio Gov.<strong> John Kasich</strong>.</p>
<p>Many thanks to <strong>Hugh Hewitt</strong> for asking the question. In a campaign where the noise of myriad, and in many cases less critical, issues has drowned out the single greatest threat to God-fearing Americans’ individual liberties – the secular left’s tireless efforts to end our constitutional religious free exercise and freedom of conscience – Hewitt exposed John Kasich as an avowed enemy to the First Amendment and a devoted ally of Democratic sexual change agents.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/you-blew-it-kasich-move-aside/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Repercussions of President Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Luke Hamilton</em></p>
<p>It’s not difficult to imagine the heady excitement of a presidential election day which culminates in a victory rally for <strong>Donald Trump</strong>. The crisp November wind cutting through the crowd, which has huddled together to await The Donald’s speech. Barely-suppressed glee infuses the audience, as the realization that the reign of <strong>Barack Hussein Obama</strong> has ended, sets in. President-Elect Trump steps out on stage, his hair flapping in the breeze as if waving to the throng of supporters.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/the-repercussions-of-president-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dear Trump Supporters: Hear Me Out Before You Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Dear Trump supporters:</p>
<p>America hears you.</p>
<p>You are angry with the gridlock caused by the petty bickering of professional politicians more interested in being lackeys to lobbyists and other big-money donors than in improving the lives of average wage-earning Americans. Money, jobs and opportunities <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/27/what-really-separates-trump-supporters-from-other-republicans/">seem</a> to flow upstream to those who already have everything, rather than downstream to those most in need. Truly, this is how <em><a href="http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/public-attitudes-wealth-taxes/">most</a></em> Americans feel.</p>
<p>The question for this election is: Which candidate will actually do something about it?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/dear-trump-supporters-hear-me-out-before-you-vote-yours-kareem-abdul-jabbar/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fact Check:  Trump Supports Planned Parenthood Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>From <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/02/fact-check-trump-supports-planned-parenthood" target="_blank">Conservative Review</a></span></em></p>
<p><strong>Donald Trump</strong> said, during [Saturday night&#8217;s] CBS News Debate, that <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> lied when Cruz said that Trump continues to support Planned Parenthood.  Did Cruz lie?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/11/trump-open-to-idea-of-continuing-taxpayer-funding-of-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank">Breitbart reported</a> that Donald Trump said regarding Planned Parenthood during the defund fight.</p>
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<blockquote><p>When pressed on non-abortion services Planned Parenthood allegedly provides, Trump said, “What I would do when the time came, I’d look at the individual things they do, and maybe some of the individual things they do are good.</p></blockquote></div></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/fact-check-trump-supports-planned-parenthood-funding/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Which Presidential Aspirant(s) Would Make America (And You!) Prosper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ralph Benko</em> – <em>Senior Economic Advisor at the American Principles Project</em></p>
<p>As I recently wrote in my <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2016/01/24/why-ted-cruz-really-is-losing-out-to-donald-trump/#3675970c6f98" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Forbes.com</a> column, “Presidential elections are about, above all, just two things: our security and our prosperity.” The GOP candidates have been emphatic about our national security, about which more in a bit.</p>
<p>All of them strangely have been pretty quiet about our prosperity. Getting the economy moving again deserves, now, to be the top issue. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> has offered the most Reaganesque plan for getting us robust growth.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/which-presidential-aspirants-would-make-america-and-you-prosper/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s Loss to Cruz Shows Power of Religious Liberty as Campaign Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Jon Schweppe</em></p>
<p>The results of the 2016 Iowa Caucus are in, and U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-Texas) won with 28 percent of the vote. <strong>Donald Trump</strong> finished in a disappointing second place with 24 percent, while U.S. Senator <strong>Marco Rubio</strong> (R-Fla.) surged to a close third place with 23 percent.</p>
<p><strong>Terry Schilling</strong>, Executive Director at American Principles Project and contributor to <em>The Pulse 2016</em>, explained the results:</p>
<p>“Tonight proves one thing — if you won’t prioritize protecting religious liberty, you won’t win,” Schilling said.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/trumps-loss-to-cruz-shows-power-of-religious-liberty-as-campaign-issue/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Big Victory for Marriage and Religious Liberty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Friend of Marriage and Religious Liberty,</p>
<p>Senator Ted Cruz’s victory [last night] is a resounding affirmation by the Republican voters of Iowa of their determination to protect the institution of marriage against the onslaught being waged against it by cultural and judicial elites.</p>
<p>Iowans have said to the five U.S. Supreme Court justices who in the <em>Obergefell</em> decision sought to impose “same-sex marriage” on them and the people of every other state: This will not stand!&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/a-big-victory-for-marriage-and-religious-liberty/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The MAIN Difference Between Cruz and Trump Supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Pastor John Kirkwood</em></p>
<p>There are similarities between Trump and Cruz supporters but the prime difference is that the Trump voter is mainly actuated by one principle: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”</p>
<p>If you despise the GOP establishment and you hate Political Correctness then Trump the “outsider,” who has challenged those things vociferously, is very appealing. The dismayed and despondent, blind with rage, just want a pound of flesh. RINO flesh. And who can blame them?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/the-main-difference-between-cruz-and-trump-supporters/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Donald Trump Conservative?  Here is the Rundown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ben Shapiro</em></p>
<p>This week, U.S. Senator <span class="scoreregex" data-govtrackid="412573" data-title="Sen" data-first="Ted" data-last="Cruz" data-party="R" data-state="TX" data-grade="A" data-average="97" data-link="ted-cruz/?utm_campaign=breitbartapi&#38;utm_medium=api&#38;utm_source=breitbart" data-image="412573.jpeg">Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) </span>has bashed Trump for insufficient conservatism. He explained, “Donald’s record does not match what he says as a candidate.” Cruz isn’t the only one. Last month, Rush Limbaugh said that Trump’s attacks on Cruz reflected the fact that he was not a “genuine conservative.” <strong>Mark Levin</strong> said in 2011, “Trump is NOT the real deal… He is not a conservative. He was happy to donate to Schumer, Weiner &#38; Emanuel campaigns last year.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/01/is-donald-trump-conservative-here-is-the-rundown/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Jack Cashill</em></p>
<p>The more naïve members of the <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong> campaign have long dreaded the release of <strong>Michael Bay</strong>&#8216;s factual account of the Benghazi attack, <em>13 Hours</em>.  The more sophisticated members of that campaign were less worried.  They were confident their friends in the media would scare off all but the most deluded &#8220;tea-baggers.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, the media will try.  They are trying.  I am not sure, however, that they will succeed.  In the age of social media, word of mouth is much more significant a force than it ever was before.  &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/01/why-the-media-dont-want-you-to-see-the-must-see-13-hours/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz, First 8 U.S. Presidents All Ineligible!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Matt Barber</em></p>
<p>Stinkin’ Canadian. Dang feriner, conspirin’ to come over here and replace our delicious, crispy, all-American bacon with that floppy, communist, Canadian crap. And Budweiser? Like your Budweiser? Forget it. If he’s elected, it’s nothing but that skunky Molson swill for you, my friend. Football? Banned. It’s all sticks, pucks and missing teeth from here on out. A wall on the southern border? ISIS? TB-infected Mesicans and Central Americans? Ha! A mere diversion.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/01/ted-cruz-first-8-u-s-presidents-all-ineligible/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz For President Announces Illinois Leadership Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Presidential candidate <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> today announced his 46-person Illinois Leadership Team that will help direct his strong grassroots organization and bring his consistent, conservative message to voters throughout the Prairie State. On Monday January 4, 2016 the Cruz for President campaign filed a full slate of delegates and alternates in all 18 Illinois Congressional Districts.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored and grateful to have the support of these strong conservatives across Illinois,” said Cruz. &#8220;This group of elected officials, Republican chairmen, grassroots activists, Tea Party leaders, evangelicals and pastors represents conservatives in every part of the state, and they are capable of producing one of the best ground games in the country.&#8221;&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/01/cruz-for-president-announces-illinois-leadership-team/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can Cruz Win the General? Yes, He Can!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Lloyd Marcus</em></p>
<p>Some say, “I like Cruz, but I&#8217;m voting for Trump because I don&#8217;t believe Cruz can win the general.” These voters are really saying they believe we have lost the country to the Left. Therefore, a true conservative touting traditional values cannot win the presidency in today&#8217;s America. This mindset reminds me of what many conservatives did to <strong>Sarah Palin</strong>.</p>
<p>Palin epitomized the character, principles, and values we in the tea party longed to see in our politicians.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/can-cruz-win-the-general-yes-he-can/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>James Dobson Endorses Ted Cruz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ryan Lovelace</em></p>
<p><strong>James Dobson</strong>, founder of the influential Christian group Focus on the Family, endorsed <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> for president on Thursday. Dobson is a prominent evangelical activist and author.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ted Cruz&#8217;s record on religious liberty, life and marriage is second to none in this Republican field,&#8221; Dobson said in a statement shared by the Cruz campaign. &#8220;I have met with the senator on multiple occasions: He is brilliant, articulate and informed. Shirley and I have been praying for a leader such as this, and we are confident that Ted Cruz has the moral and spiritual foundations to lead our nation with excellence.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/james-dobson-endorses-ted-cruz/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Linda Harvey</em></p>
<p>Suddenly, the left defends religious liberty. They are shocked, shocked that <strong>Donald Trump</strong> proposed limits on Muslim immigration to America.</p>
<p>But what about all those same-sex “wedding” cakes? What about the Kleins in Oregon – who are citizens, not immigrants – <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/420930/oregon-christian-bakers-pay-135000-monday-or-face-potential-lien-your-home-david">facing a fine</a> of $135,000 because they believed Americans had a right to religious freedom? Where’s the outcry over jail cells for county clerks who have conscientious objections?</p>
<p>In a new campaign ad, <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRw_lwKUCMw">tells</a> America she doesn’t believe Christians have a right to refuse cakes to homosexual couples.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/religious-liberty-only-for-muslims/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Steve Deace</em></p>
<p>The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates/candidates/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>surge has officially arrived. Predictably, the same political class that previously didn’t give him any shot to win the nomination is now saying he’s “peaking too soon” or the “flavor of the month.”</p>
<p>Here are five reasons why they’re wrong (as they almost always are).</p>
<h4>1. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Iowa does not “break late.”</h4>
<p>Accounting for the upcoming holidays when most people tune out politics, there are about 40 days until Iowans vote in their first-in-the-nation caucuses.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/five-reasons-why-the-ted-cruz-surge-is-for-real/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Close to Winning Tony Perkins Endorsement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/fL2wlR83C_MjzFfhEQClKg">Ted Cruz</a></strong> has <a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/0J0kYyg78sz7pWhvQfFA0g">successfully courted <strong>Bob Vander Platts</strong></a>, Iowa&#8217;s main Christian powerbroker, winning his endorsement Thursday that was sought feverishly by about half the Republican field. Now, Cruz in closing in on winning the backing of another top social conservative networker: <strong>Tony Perkins</strong>.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s clearly movement going toward Ted, and I think he&#8217;s making all the right moves,&#8221; Perkins told CNN Thursday. &#8220;But from a timing standpoint, I&#8217;m still watching, waiting.&#8221;</p>
<p>Perkins, who heads the Family Research Council, sits at the top of a pair of sprawling social conservative networks, the Conservative Action Project and the Council for National Policy, that are the hidden hub of the forces looking to push the Republican Party further right.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/ted-cruz-close-to-winning-tony-perkins-endorsement/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ray Nothstine</em></p>
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<p>Calling U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> &#8220;a proven champion,&#8221; the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) endorsed Ted Cruz for president and promised to do everything possible to make his election possible.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sen. Ted Cruz is a proven champion for marriage and religious freedom and someone we can absolutely count on to fight to restore marriage to our nation&#8217;s laws and defend the religious liberty of the tens of millions of Americans who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman,&#8221; said <strong>Brian Brown</strong>, NOM&#8217;s president in a Wednesday press release.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/national-organization-for-marriage-endorses-ted-cruz/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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<p><em>Written by Jane Robbins</em></p>
<p>Several Republican presidential candidates had a great opportunity over the last two weeks to take the lead on an issue critical to millions of conservatives – federal control over public education. A couple helped their cause, a couple did not, and one blasted further down into the crater he’s been in from the beginning.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate followed the U.S. House in passing the conference report reauthorizing <em>No Child Left Behind</em>.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/republican-congress-thwarts-american-people-passes-obama-backed-education-bill/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Has the “Rubio Moment” Given Way to the “Cruz Moment”?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Clint Cline</em></p>
<p>Not much more than a month ago on the CNBC Republican Debate stage, millions watched <strong>Jeb Bush</strong> giftwrap for his former protégé the now-legendary “Rubio Moment,” that time when two campaigns heading in opposite directions passed like ships in the political night. Bush’s flaccid single-digit campaign had stagnated. <strong>Marco Rubio</strong>, following impressive debate showings, had risen above the salt to a top four position, occupying a seat Jeb had reserved for himself near the head of the table.  &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/has-the-rubio-moment-given-way-to-the-cruz-moment/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Evangelicals Help Cruz Surge Ahead of Trump in Iowa Poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ray Northstine</em></p>
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<p>Texas U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> is the new GOP frontrunner in Iowa, according to a Monmouth University poll <a href="http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/de240398-df23-47b6-8470-91977d38b749.pdf">released</a> Monday.</p>
<p>Cruz leads Trump 24 percent to 19 percent in Iowa, which holds its 2016 caucuses on February 1, 2016.</p>
<p>Monmouth noted that Cruz&#8217;s lead is the first time he has come out on top in any state polling for the 2016 election cycle.</p>
<p>However, A CNN/ORC poll released Monday, shows Trump still leading in Iowa with 33 percent support to Cruz&#8217;s 20 percent.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/evangelicals-help-cruz-surge-ahead-of-trump-in-iowa-poll/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz, Rubio Among Candidates Voting to Defund Planned Parenthood</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Carolina Baker</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Lindsey Graham all <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/04/presidential-candidates-marco-rubio-and-ted-cruz-vote-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood/">voted in favor</a> of the recent bill to cut major congressional spending geared towards the controversial Planned Parenthood.</p>
<p>The bill cut at least 89 percent of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding as well as major components of Obamacare: the “Independent Payment Advisory Board” and the “excess benefits tax.” Rubio made a statement to <em>LifeNews.com</em> about the importance of the passing bill for him and the American people:</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m especially proud to support what this bill does to protect innocent unborn children, and increase funding for women’s health care by defunding Planned Parenthood and redirecting the taxpayer dollars it currently receives toward more worthy causes.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/cruz-rubio-among-candidates-voting-to-defund-planned-parenthood/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz Calls Media Coverage of Planned Parenthood Shooting “Despicable”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Thomas Valentine</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> <a href="http://www.hughhewitt.com/senator-ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-attacks-freedom-act-2016-illegal-immigration/">appeared</a> on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Monday, where they discussed the recent shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado and the political reaction to it.  You can listen to Cruz’s response and read the transcript from his appearance below:</p>
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<blockquote><p>HUGH HEWITT: Now let’s go to the very, very serious stuff. Jennifer Markovsky, Ke’Arre Stewart and Garrett Swasey, the last, a police officer, lost their lives in Colorado when that gunman killed them last week.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/12/cruz-calls-out-media-for-despicable-coverage-of-planned-parenthood-shooting/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Aaron Bandler</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) said on Thursday that he would ensure that men wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to go into women&#8217;s bathrooms if he were elected president.</p>
<p>The Advocate reported Cruz made his <a href="http://www.advocate.com/election/2015/11/22/ted-cruz-thinks-supporting-trans-students-lunacy">comments</a> on conservative radio talk show host Steven Crowder&#8217;s radio show, in which Crowder said that people get offended for using &#8220;genetically proper pronouns.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Advocate reported what transpired:</p>
<blockquote><p>“Look, these guys are so nutty that the federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls,” Cruz responded.</p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/11/cruz-no-i-wont-let-boys-into-girls-showers/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Pushes Ban on Syrian Muslim Refugees; Wants Christians Given Priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ray Nothstine</em></p>
<p>Republican presidential candidate <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> said that he will push for a ban against Syrian Muslims entering the United States, citing the Obama administration and intelligence agencies inability to identify refugees from terrorists.</p>
<p>&#8220;We should not be allowing Muslim refugees from countries where ISIS and al Qaeda have control of significant amounts of territory because of the inability of this administration, the inability of our intelligence sources to distinguish between who is and is not an ISIS terrorist,&#8221; Cruz told <strong>Jon Karl</strong> of <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/syrian-muslims-facing-genocide-christians-ted-cruz/story?id=35264285">ABC News.</a>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/11/ted-cruz-pushes-ban-on-syrian-muslim-refugees-wants-christians-given-priority/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Selwyn Duke</em></p>
<p>It’s long been known that a leader can gain power by rallying the people against a boogeyman.</p>
<p>And it helps when that boogeyman is real.</p>
<p>When CNBC’s GOP debate moderators couldn’t help but be sanctimonious, supercilious, and self-important Wednesday night, they did more than provoke a response from their intellectual superiors. They did more than further reveal the Establishment Media as a left-wing monolith, further discredit themselves, and further cement in minds that they’re comic-book versions of journalists.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/11/gop-media-takedown-a-recipe-for-victory/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I’m Endorsing Ted Cruz For President</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>I have never officially endorsed a presidential candidate before, but I’m endorsing Ted Cruz for president for three simple reasons: 1) he is a man of unshakable, conservative moral convictions; 2) he is willing to take on the Washington establishment; 3) we need a radical shift in the direction of our country, and his team has asked me to help get out the evangelical vote.</p>
<p>Of course, I’m fully aware that a president can only do so much and that our hope for change must be first and foremost in the living God.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/11/why-im-endorsing-ted-cruz-for-president/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Doris O&#8217;Brien</em></p>
<p>Jeb could soon become a burning Bush, flamed-out by poor judgment, inept campaigning, and an unusual display of mean-spiritedness. His self-serving attack on protégé <strong>Marco Rubio</strong> in the last debate might well be the straw that breaks the back &#8212; if not the bank &#8212; of the Bush candidacy.</p>
<p>Naturally, the Bush camp is denying all pessimistic prognosticating. And there are plenty of talking heads who still stick to the scenario that Bush could win the GOP nomination.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/11/its-time-to-remove-the-from-jeb/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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<p><em>By StacyOnTheRight</em></p>
<p>The CNBC debate is memorable for many reasons, with the complete lack of preparedness of the moderators standing out as unfortunate circumstance number one. At numerous points during the evening, candidates called out the moderators for the low quality of their questions. <strong>Becky Quick</strong> was obviously biased against the candidates and repeatedly steered the discussion to “Pay Inequality” only to be viciously rebuffed. At one point, Quick couldn’t remember where she’d heard that <strong>Donald Trump</strong> was critical of Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration stance.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/10/cnbc-debate-moderators-low-performance-should-be-a-lesson-to-the-rnc/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s Star Predicted to Fade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Chad Groening</em></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><strong>Tom Pauken</strong>, former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, predicts that <strong>Donald Trump</strong> will go the GOP convention with &#8220;a lot of votes,&#8221; but Pauken is unsure it will be enough to &#8220;lock up&#8221; the nomination.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">&#8220;I still believe that you&#8217;re going to see an alternative to Trump,&#8221; he tells OneNewsNow.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">Trump, 69, is still enjoying a comfortable lead in the crowded field of GOP candidates. RealClearPolitics shows Trump with a 12-point lead in an <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html" target="_blank">&#8220;RCP average&#8221; of six polls</a>.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/09/trumps-star-predicted-to-fade/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Highly Religious Republicans Don&#8217;t Like Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Frank Newport</em></p>
<p>Late in August <em>New York Times</em> columnist <strong>Frank Bruni</strong> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/opinion/frank-bruni-trump-ward-christian-soldiers.html?_r=0">expressed</a> puzzlement over what he cited as <strong><a href="http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/185438/trump-image-below-average-among-highly-religious-republicans.aspx">Donald Trump</a></strong>&#8216;s high level of support among evangelical Republicans. A piece this week in <em>The</em> <em>Christian Post</em> similarly, albeit from a different perspective, <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/why-is-donald-trump-receiving-so-much-support-from-evangelicals-144826/">ponders</a> why Trump is &#8220;receiving so much support from evangelicals.&#8221; CNN carried a recent <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/11/politics/carson-trump-evangelicals-2016/">report</a> on the battle for evangelical voters between Trump and <strong>Ben Carson</strong>. A recent report in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/08/26/donald-trump-plans-meeting-with-evangelicals/">indicated</a>that Donald Trump plans on meeting with evangelical leaders later in September in his office.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/09/highly-religious-republicans-dont-like-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Challenges Boehner and McConnell: Stop the Iran Deal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Joel Gehrke</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX) provided air support for a revolt underway in the House today, as he called on Speaker <strong>John Boehner</strong> (R-OH) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader <strong>Mitch McConnell</strong> (R-KY) to stop the Iran deal by refusing to hold a vote on the agreement.</p>
<p>Cruz’s mention of GOP leadership drew boos at Wednesday’s rally against the Iran deal on Capitol Hill, which he helped organize. “Hold on: I come not to bury Caesar but to praise him,” Cruz said, quoting from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/09/4555/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Four GOP Presidential Candidates, Out of 17, Sign Pledge to Defend Natural Marriage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has made public the presidential candidates who signed their “Marriage Pledge,” which promises to support a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.</p>
<p>Four of the 17 Republican presidential hopefuls signed the pro-marriage, pro-child, and pro-family document:  Texas U.S. Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>, former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. <strong>Rick Santorum</strong>, Louisiana Gov. <strong>Bobby Jindal</strong>, and retired neurosurgeon <strong>Dr. Ben Carson</strong> put their signatures to the pledge.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/09/four-gop-presidential-candidates-out-of-17-sign-pledge-to-defend-natural-marriage/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What GOP Candidates Said About Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Maggie Gallagher</em><br />
On June 26, a narrow majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices struck down the traditional definition of marriage, ruling all 50 states must recognize same-sex unions as marriages.</p>
<p>The four dissenters included the usually mild-mannered Chief Justice John Roberts, who called the majority opinion “dangerous to the rule of law”: “The majority’s decision is an act of will, not legal judgment. The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution or this Court’s precedent.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/what-gop-candidates-said-about-supreme-courts-gay-marriage-ruling/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Tells Evangelicals to &#8216;Stand Up and Vote Our Biblical Values&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ray Nothstine</em></p>
<p>In a swing through Tupelo, Mississippi, last week, Texas Republican U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> dropped by the American Family Association radio station for an interview and called on people of faith to &#8220;stand up and vote our biblical values.</p>
<p>&#8220;In this last election 54 million Evangelicals stayed home,&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25q436bGSM" target="_blank">asserted Cruz on Tuesday.</a> &#8220;If we can simply bring Christians to the polls, is it any wonder that we have the government we have, we have the leaders we have, if believers stay home and leave electing our leaders to unbelievers?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/ted-cruz-tells-evangelicals-to-stand-up-and-vote-our-biblical-values/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Jeffrey Lord</em></p>
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<p>In every town large enough to house a college there is a faculty lounge at the back of which sits the local <strong>George Will</strong>, nursing his ever-present pipe and innumerable elitist delusions.</p>
<p>Because the actual George Will is a syndicated columnist, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly sniffy public preacher. It is his right to use his considerable intelligence as he pleases. His supercilious performance and its haughty disdain of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/george-will-and-the-gop-divide/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Huckabee, Rubio Say Right to Life Already Inherent in the Constitution at GOP Debate &#8216;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Samuel Smith</em></p>
<p>Former Arkansas Gov. <strong>Mike Huckabee</strong> and U.S. Sen. <strong>Marco Rubio</strong>, R-Fla., argued in Thursday night&#8217;s Fox News Republican presidential debate that an unborn child&#8217;s right to life is inherent under the United States Constitution and the passage of a constitutional amendment is not required to ban abortions.</p>
<p>Huckabee&#8217;s first response at the the primetime debate, which featured the top-10 polling GOP candidates, was prefaced by moderator Chris Wallace asking him how he would persuade Independents and Democrats to vote for him when he advocates strongly for constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and abortion.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/huckabee-rubio-say-right-to-life-already-inherent-in-the-constitution-at-gop-debate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz Vows Vote on Defunding Planned Parenthood</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>By <a href="http://thehill.com/author/sarah-ferris">Sarah Ferris</a> </em></p>
<p>Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-Texas) wants to force the Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood this week, as <a href="http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/248615-second-secretly-recorded-planned-parenthood-video-fuels-storm">a second undercover video</a> unleashes a new storm of scrutiny of the organization.</p>
<p>Cruz’s office said Tuesday that he plans to file an amendment on the highway bill that would eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, in addition to an amendment that would fully repeal ObamaCare.</p>
<p>Cruz is the second senator — and the second GOP presidential candidate — who is eying the highway bill as an attempt to defund Planned Parenthood.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/07/cruz-vows-vote-on-defunding-planned-parenthood/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz Shuts Down CODEPINK Outside White House</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Adam Kredo</em></p>
<p>U.S. Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R., Texas) tussled with and shut down a group of left wing activists from CODEPINK on Thursday during a rally outside the White House organized by activists opposed to a recently inked nuclear accord with Iran.</p>
<p>Cruz was meant to speak at a gathering of around 50 protestors and lawmakers who had gathered in front of the White House to express their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, which will provide the Islamic Republic with billions of dollars in sanctions relief while keeping its core nuclear infrastructure intact.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/07/cruz-shuts-down-codepink-outside-white-house/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Will Join Ted Cruz in Repealing ObamaCare?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Now we know who the masters are: the black-robed dictators of the U.S. Supreme Court. And we know who the slaves and the serfs are: you and me.</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Written by Bryan Fischer</em></p>
<p>The judicial tyrants of the U.S. Supreme Court, headed by chief oligarch <strong>John Roberts</strong>, have abandoned the Constitution, reason, and their oath of office by trashing the plain language of ObamaCare to reach an illogical, irrational, and judicially abominable result.</p>
<p>This 6-3 ruling is a juristic catastrophe.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/06/3980/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Some Republicans &#8216;Rearrange Their Sock Drawers&#8217; to Avoid Religious Freedom-&#8216;Gay Rights&#8217; Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Ray Nothstine</em></p>
<p><strong>Ted Cruz</strong> offered a vigorous defense of religious liberty on Thursday at a <a href="http://ffcoalition.com/" target="_blank">Faith &#38; Freedom Coalition Conference</a> while accusing other Republicans, including presidential candidates, of taking time to &#8220;rearrange their sock drawers&#8221; when controversy over state freedom legislation arises.</p>
<p>The Texas Senator opened his remarks offering a moment of silence for Wednesday&#8217;s murder victims of Emanuel A.M.E. church in Charleston, S.C.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today the body of Christ is in mourning,&#8221; declared Cruz.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/06/some-republicans-rearrange-their-sock-drawers-to-avoid-religious-freedom-gay-rights-fight/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruz Says GOP Candidates Afraid to Talk &#8220;Gay&#8221; Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 10:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Taking on the competition in his run for the White House, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says that there are many Republican politicians who are scared to jump into the debate over same-sex “marriage” and religious liberty, including some of the candidates he’s running against.</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Written by Michael F. Haverluck</em></p>
<p>While speaking at the <a href="http://www.watchmenpastors.org/">Watchman on the Wall</a> three day conference that ended Friday, U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> told the crowd of more than 600 in the nation’s capital that he is not afraid to champion their religious freedom. &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/cruz-says-gop-candidates-afraid-to-talk-gay-marriage/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> made a campaign stop in Beaumont, Texas, where he was asked repeated questions by KBMT-TV’s <strong>Kevin Steele</strong> about the issue of gay marriage. Cruz finally turned the table and owned Steele on this issue.</p>
<p>Cruz doesn&#8217;t shrink back like so many establishment Republicans do! God bless him for speaking truth in love.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/leftist-media-meets-u-s-senator-ted-cruz/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOP Candidates&#8217; Quest for the Highly Religious Protestant Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 12:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Frank Newport</em></p>
<p><strong>Mike Huckabee&#8217;s</strong> official entrance into the Republican race for president this week underscores the importance of a particular segment of the Republican population &#8212; highly religious Protestant voters. Often called evangelicals, this segment is clearly the key target for Huckabee&#8217;s campaign. Huckabee attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, is a former Baptist minister, and as was the case in 2008, he clearly perceives this religious background to be a particular strength.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/gop-candidates-quest-for-the-highly-religious-protestant-vote/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOP Presidential Hopeful Carly Fiorina Says If Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage, She &#8216;Wouldn&#8217;t Reverse It&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2015 14:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Michael Gryboski</em></p>
<p><strong>Carly Fiorina</strong>, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has stated that if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state-level gay marriage bans, she &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t support an amendment to reverse&#8221; their decision.</p>
<p>Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who announced her candidacy earlier this month, spoke with the blog <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Ge6sIEicU" target="_blank">Caffeinated Thoughts</a> last week and was asked: if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state laws banning gay marriage would she support a hypothetical amendment overturning the decision.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/gop-presidential-hopeful-carly-fiorina-says-if-supreme-court-legalizes-gay-marriage-she-wouldnt-reverse-it/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 12:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">Jeb drops to 5% in latest Iowa poll.</span></h3>
<p><em>Written by Michael Warren</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/ia/ia05062015_I76dgss.pdf" rel="nofollow">A new Quinnipiac poll</a> of likely Iowa Republican presidential caucusgoers finds Wisconsin&#8217;s Scott Walker in front of the GOP pack with 21 percent support and a 9-point advantage over his closest primary opponents. That&#8217;s down from 25 percent and a 12-point lead <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/iowa/release-detail?ReleaseID=2158" rel="nofollow">in Quinnipiac&#8217;s February poll</a>, but Walker remains ahead of his Republican rivals, with senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, all huddled together behind the Wisconsin governor.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/quinnipiac-walker-leading-in-iowa/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Written by Andrew Stiles</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The 2016 presidential election will feature a matchup between a white millionaire Yale graduate from the Democratic Party (Hillary Clinton) and whichever candidate emerges from the diverse Republican field.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">How diverse is this year’s crop of GOP candidates? It might be the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/04/the-2016-republican-field-might-be-the-most-diverse-ever-for-either-party/">most diverse in history</a>, regardless of party. Let’s take a look at the current state of the 2016 race, using charts to explain everything you need to know.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">1.</h3></div></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/the-2016-presidential-race-explained-in-4-charts/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rubio Stumbles on Sexual Orientation &#8212; At What Cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Michael F. Haverluck</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Despite his opposition to legalization of same-sex &#8220;marriage,&#8221; Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio took a stand on the LGBT side of the argument Sunday, proclaiming that homosexuality is a biological condition — not a choice.</strong></span></p>
<p>While being interviewed on CBS&#8217; &#8220;<em>Face the Nation</em>,&#8221; the Florida senator addressed his stance on the legalization of same-sex marriage, arguing that the issue should not be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court but by individual states.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/04/rubio-stumbles-on-sexual-orientation-at-what-cost/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Asks Pastors to Preach, Pray Against Gay Marriage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Leonardo Blair</em></p>
<p>As the U.S. Supreme Court readies to hear arguments in favor of same-sex marriage on Tuesday, April 28, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX), urged pastors across America to preach and pray against it because &#8220;marriage was God&#8217;s idea, and He will preserve it, with or without us.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We know that marriage is intended to be sacred, beautiful, and nourishing. If you do not influence your congregation&#8217;s understanding of marriage, who will fill the void?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/04/ted-cruz-asks-pastors-to-preach-pray-against-gay-marriage/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Religious Liberty Crisis Report Card</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Maggie Gallagher</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/christians-frank-bruni-lgbt-religious-liberty/">Rod Dreher is right</a>: the rage of the powerful against Indiana for daring to pass a state RFRA without the consent of the LGBT community marks a dramatic cultural and political inflection point,<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/416390/whos-really-showing-courage-indiana-maggie-gallagher">as I have pointed out</a> in <em>National Review</em>. For the first time, a vanilla religious liberty bill similar to those passed in 19 other states was deemed “antigay” per se, and powerful corporations rushed in to punish the people of Indiana economically for their moral views on liberty.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/04/religious-liberty-crisis-report-card/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ted Cruz Is Ready for Hillary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Bold Proposal for Conservative GOP Candidates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by J. Matt Barber</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>“My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’”<em> ~</em>1 Corinthians 1:11-12</strong></span></p>
<p>As Jesus warned, “If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand” (Mark 3:25). Nothing has borne out this reality in recent decades like that exasperating spectacle called the Republican presidential primary.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/03/a-bold-proposal-for-conservative-gop-candidates/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Frank Newport</em></p>
<p>Republican U.S. Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>, the 44-year-old Canadian-born Texan who is now just in his third year as a U.S. senator, announced during a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-ted-cruzs-speech-at-liberty-university/2015/03/23/41c4011a-d168-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html">speech</a> earlier this week at Liberty University in Virginia that he is running for his party&#8217;s nomination for president. He thus has the distinction of being the first major candidate from either party to announce an official candidacy. Cruz said in his announcement today, &#8220;I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of America, and that is why today I am announcing that I&#8217;m running for president of the United States.&#8221;&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/03/reviewing-ted-cruzs-image-among-republicans-nationally/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Far too many Republican politicians have decided to keep their heads down and their mouths shut when it comes to the very devisive and controversial issue of marriage redefinition.  However, that is not the case with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and 11 fellow Senators.  They have re-introduced the <a href="http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20150210_State_Marriage_Defense_Act.pdf" target="_blank">State Marriage Defense Act</a>, which upholds the traditional understanding and definition of marriage and protects states from the federal government&#8217;s efforts to force any other definition upon them.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/02/senator-ted-cruz-re-introduces-state-marriage-defense-act/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Chad Groening</em></p>
<p><strong>Sandy Rios</strong>, director of governmental affairs at the <a href="http://www.afa.net/" target="_blank">American Family Association</a>, says those &#8220;three legs&#8221; are social issues, national defense, and the economy.</p>
<p>Several potential Republican candidates are concentrating their efforts on Christian conservatives.</p>
<p>Louisiana Gov. <strong>Bobby Jindal</strong> hosted a prayer rally in his home state, sponsored by the American Family Association, in which he called for a national spiritual revival.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Ben Carson</strong>, a retired neurosurgeon, spoke this past weekend at a Houston megachurch conference billed as an effort to &#8220;restore the soul of America.&#8221;&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/01/ideal-gop-candidate-should-support-three-legs-of-conservatism/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Michael Medved</em></p>
<p>Unfortunately, too many conservatives give the president credit he doesn’t deserve regarding his State of the Union agenda.</p>
<p>U.S. Senator <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> (R-TX), U.S. House leaders <strong>Steve Scalise</strong> (R-LA) and <strong>Jeb Hensarling </strong>(R-TX), have all suggested that <strong>Barack Obama</strong> has “doubled down” on his agenda. The blackjack definition for “doubling down” is to “hold your existing cards while doubling your existing bet with only one more card.”</p>
<p>But in his State of the Union, Obama requested virtually all new cards, raising issues he and his party never mentioned in the recent campaign:</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 11:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by David Limbaugh</em></p>
<p>I am concerned that certain Republicans just can&#8217;t take yes for an answer. To borrow an old adage, they can&#8217;t handle prosperity &#8212; with prosperity being defined as the voters rejecting Obama&#8217;s agenda (and thereby embracing theirs).</p>
<p>This is partly because of the fact that many grass-roots conservatives mistakenly believe that their only obstacle to moving a conservative agenda forward in Washington is the so-called Republican establishment &#8212; GOP centrist politicians and their institutional supporters.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/01/conservatives-need-to-re-establish-control-of-party-and-nation/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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<p><em>Written by Michael Medved</em></p>
<p>Hillary Clinton’s status as a wealthy celebrity will make it difficult for her to deploy the populist narrative that helped Democratic nominees win the popular vote in five out of the last six presidential elections. How can a woman who boasts a net worth of at least $21 million and hobnobs almost exclusively with well-heeled financial titans and movie stars, plausibly denounce Republicans as the party of the rapacious rich while portraying Democrats as defenders of the downtrodden?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/01/hillarys-money-problem/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Newest GOP U.S. Senator: Vicotory an &#8220;Exclamation Mark&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Bernie Becker</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senator-elect <strong>Bill Cassidy</strong> (R-LA) said Sunday that his election was the “exclamation mark” on this year’s Republican successes.</p>
<p>Cassidy, who unseated U.S. Senator <strong>Mary Landrieu</strong> (D-LA) in a runoff election on Saturday, said the GOP takeover of the U.S. Senate illustrated how dissatisfied voters were with President <strong>Barack Obama</strong>, especially in the Deep South.</p>
<p>“If there’s one party for the working people right now, it’s the Republican Party,” Cassidy said on “Fox News Sunday,” pointing to GOP efforts to expand drilling of natural resources and Democrats’ attempts to limit emissions.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/12/newest-gop-u-s-senator-vicotory-an-exclamation-mark/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>If GOP Blows Nov. Election, Its Anti-Conservative Strategy Will Be to Blame</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Brent Bozell</em></p>
<p>We are watching the wheels come off the most radical and dangerously incompetent administration in history. “I am not on the ballot this fall,” President <strong>Barack Obama</strong> proclaims, “but make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them.”</p>
<p>This statement should be the final nail in the coffin for the Democrats. The GOP should be poised to win a landslide of historic proportions.</p>
<p>So why is there so much debate over whether they’ll win &#8212; at all?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/10/if-gop-blows-nov-election-its-anti-conservative-strategy-will-be-to-blame/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Ben Carson: &#8216;Likelihood Is Strong&#8217; That He Will Run for President in 2016</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Leonardo Blair</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Celebrated neurosurgeon and conservative darling <strong>Dr. Benjamin Carson</strong> declared Monday that the &#8220;likelihood is strong&#8221; that he will make a presidential run in 2016.</span></p>
<p>Carson told conservative commentator <strong>Hugh Hewiitt</strong> on &#8220;The Hugh Hewitt Show&#8221; that if he sees strong support for his candidacy, he will give it his all to win the Republican nomination and the presidential election.</p>
<p>&#8220;I know you like debating. And so, the question arises: Will we be seeing you on the presidential debate circuit next year that the Republicans are organizing for those who want the nomination of the party?&#8221;&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/09/dr-ben-carson-likelihood-is-strong-that-he-will-run-for-president-in-2016/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pat Brady Digs In &#8212; Will County GOP Calls For His Resignation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by David E. Smith, IFA Executive Director</em></p>
<p>This past weekend,<strong> Pat Brady</strong>, Chairman of the Illinois Republican party, was interviewed on Fox 32 about his political activity to help Illinois Democrats pass radical Leftist legislation to redefine marriage and family.  This conflicts not only with the Illinois Republican Platform and the National Republican Platform but also with the views of the majority of voters in the state &#8211;specifically members of Brady&#8217;s own party.  (Watch the <a href="https://owa.rosk.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.myfoxchicago.com/video?autoStart=true%26topVideoCatNo=default%26clipId=8206384" target="_blank">video HERE</a>.)&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2013/01/pat-brady-digs-in-will-county-gop-calls-for-his-resignation/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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