Written by Robert Knight
Did you know that a recent national survey found that nearly half (48 percent) of Democrat voters want to fine or imprison people who publicly question on social media the efficacy of COVID-19 shots?
The same Rasmussen poll says 59 percent of Democrat voters approve the use of government power to confine unvaccinated people to their homes except in emergencies.
And you thought we could all just get along and agree to disagree.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, COVID–19, Dr. Robert Malone, Epoch Times, Ivermectin, Johnson & Johnson, Kate Cohen, Lia Thomas, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Transgenderism, vaccine mandate
COVID, Federal Issues, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | 
March 21, 2022 7:00 AM | 
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… Or At Least Consider the Prospect and Benefits Thereof
Written by Terrell Clemmons
Earlier this month, David Frum spilled his spleen in a lengthy harangue at The Atlantic titled, This Is Trump’s Fault. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, the author of the upcoming Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy, spent more than 5,000 words (that would be about a ten-page, single-spaced Word document, by the way) taking the president to task in hyperbolic, over-the-top, no-holds-barred terms.… Continue Reading
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID–19, David Frum, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, PragerU, The Atlantic, This Is Trump’s Fault, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trumpocalypse, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | April 22, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Why Everyone Who Hates Donald Trump Should Become a Political Conservative
Written by Jane Ryan Carrell
A September 2019 article in The Atlantic describing a new way of voting for candidates bears the headings “A step toward blowing up the presidential-voting system” and “Maine’s adoption of ranked-choice voting could upend a close race for the White House.”
What is Ranked-Choice Voting, who is adopting it, and should Illinois adopt it? What are the positives and negatives, and how might it affect the 2020 presidential race?
Under Ranked-Choice Voting, sometimes abbreviated here as RCV, the voter lists candidates in order of preference.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bruce Poliquin, Donald J. Trump, FairVote, GHW Bush, Greg Orman, Hillary Clinton, Jared Golden, Laura Murphy, Lori Lightfoot, Louis Jacobson, Politico, Ranked-Choice Voting, Ross Perot, SB 2267, The Atlantic, Toni Preckwinkle, William J. Clinton
Illinois Politics, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith | March 6, 2020 9:00 AM | Comments Off on Ranked-Choice Voting: Is It a Good Choice for Illinois?
Don’t they know we have Google?
Written by Heather Wilhelm
Sometimes I like to think back to the olden days, when it was easier for politicians to tell a good old-fashioned fib. Think of the age of the majestic woolly mammoth, for instance. Trudging along on a typical Ice Age morning, a caveman named Og could blithely tell his rivals Garglon and Thag that he had just run an ultra-marathon, clubbed the neighborhood’s fiercest saber-tooth tiger, and invented the Internet, all in one morning.
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Tags: Conor Friedersdorf, Donald Trump, Enrique Nieto, Fox News Sunday, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Meet the Press, NAFTA, Peña Nieto, Rush Limbaugh, The Atlantic
Federal Issues, Media Watch | David E. Smith | September 3, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Golden Age of Fibbery
