The History of Thanksgiving in America
From the first ‘unofficial’ Thanksgiving (1620) to Governor Willam Bradford’s first ‘official’ Thanksgiving (1621) to the traditions America celebrates today, the history of the holiday is rich, and is always worth celebrating!
Read more about this national holiday from History.com at this LINK.
Read this account of the First Thanksgiving by The Federalist.The First Thanksgiving Was Nothing Like What You Were Taught
72 Arrests. Violent attack just three months ago. You are not safe in Chicago when radical judges let criminals like this back on the street.
The man, Lawrence Reed, who set the woman on fire should have never been on the streets. An activist judge let him roam free after he had knocked a social worker unconscious inside the locked psychiatric wing of a hospital.
For those charges, Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez released him on electronic monitoring pending the trial, despite a warning by the prosecutor that:
“There is nothing here indicating that the defendant was provoked, this was a random act, your Honor, and electronic monitoring would be wholly insufficient. It could not protect the victim or the community from another vicious, random, and spontaneous attack.”
Reed has a 30-year criminal record: At least 72 arrests and 15 convictions, including several for arson.
Read More HERE.
IL Democrats Create”Safe Zones” To Protect Illegal Immigrants
JB Pritzker and the radical Democrats will do everything they can to protect illegal immigrants in Illinois. Despite national security risks and felony crimes being committed by illegal criminals, Democrats choose to protect them from ICE by crafting legislation that creates “safe zones” for them. During veto session, Democrats crammed bills through the House in the middle of the night that included House Bill 1312 and Senate Bill 2339.
What does HB1312 do?
Creates lawsuits against immigration agents.
Federal agents and local police working with them can be sued in state court for alleged civil rights violations during immigration enforcement.
Restricts where immigration laws can be enforced.
Federal immigration officers are banned from making civil arrests in courthouses, daycares, hospitals, and college campuses.
Expands legal protections (Illinois “Bivens Act”).
Lets people (illegal immigrants) sue government agents for violations of their constitutional rights; includes punitive damages. *Even though illegal immigrants do not have constitutional rights
Blocks arrests near courthouses.
No civil immigration arrests allowed within 1,000 feet of a courthouse. Violations can mean lawsuits for false imprisonment.
Hospitals:
Must adopt policies detailing how staff handle law enforcement requests and interactions.
This makes the job of our police officers more difficult, again.
Colleges/Universities:Cannot threaten to reveal a student’s or employee’s immigration status.
Cannot stop students or staff from taking part in trainings about constitutional or immigration rights.
Daycares:Cannot share or threaten to share information about a child or family’s immigration status.Can only allow law enforcement with valid ID and a signed judicial warrant.
What does SB2339 do?
REPEALS provisions within E-Verify and Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act.
If an employer receives a written notification from any federal agency or other outside
vendor not responsible for the enforcement of immigration law, including, but not
limited to, the SSA, the IRS, or an insurance company, of a discrepancy as it relates to an
employee’s individual taxpayer identification number OR other identifying documents,
the following rights and protections are granted to the employee certain rights and
protections are granted to the employee.
Department of Labor– (REPEALED)
The Department shall have the authority to inspect records of the employer or
prospective employer related to its activities under and in compliance with this Act.
The Department shall have the authority to request the issuance of a search warrant or
subpoena to inspect the files of the employer or prospective employer, if necessary.
Headlines:
JONATHAN TURLEY: Why blue states’ new anti-ICE laws are unconstitutional virtue signaling
New Illinois bill establishes ‘safe zones’ to shield migrants from ICE arrest
Finally, Some Accountability
But Only from the Federal Government
21 protesters (including 12 men and 9 women) were recently arrested for assaulting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a violent exchange that took place outside of an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. Two police officers, a Cook County sheriff’s deputy and an Illinois state trooper were injured and transported to a local hospital.
BUT
(in Illinois, sanity and good news are always followed by a ‘but’)
Governor Pritzker is not only encouraging and excusing the violence against law enforcement, he is doubling down on his version of justice by ramping up his ‘accountability panel’ focused on alleged ICE abuses!!
Yes, you read that correctly.
Recently, at the national level, before it came time for grassroots Chicago organization “Chicago Flips Red” Vice President Danielle Carter-Walters to testify before a U.S. Senate Committee that violent gang members in the U.S. illegally are hurting minority communities, Democrat members of the Senate walked out.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_269c4d0a-b9bd-46c1-958b-959e557bc1fc.html
Illinois Tops The Chart
And, once again, not in a good way.
The state ranks third in the nation for home foreclosures. Affordability challenges, higher borrowing costs and other financial strains all contribute to the problem.
This ATTOM article lays out the data:
https://www.attomdata.com/news/most-recent/foreclosure-rates-by-state
And yet, Mayor Johnson refuses to acknowledge how Chicago’s property taxes are contributing to Illinois’ toxic stew. His lies, along with those of Governor Pritzker, can now be officially classified as ‘sociopathic’.
Definition of Sociopathy
It is characterized by:
- Lack of Empathy: Individuals show little to no concern for the feelings or rights of others.
- Manipulative Behavior: They often exploit or deceive others for personal gain.
- Disregard for Social Norms: Sociopaths frequently violate laws and social rules without remorse.
- Impulsivity: They may act without thinking about the consequences of their actions.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/
Illinois Democrats Blame All of Their Failures On Trump
Instead of appreciating and embracing the federal business tax cuts that would actually boost Illinois’ economy, Governor Pritzker and his Democrat Supermajority is UNDOING those savings. They passed Senate Bill 1911 which removes the pro-growth portions of the federal policy but keeps the higher-tax portions.
This Illinois Policy article explains how Democrats’ idiotic, anti-Illinois illogic is causing OUR suffering:
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-halts-federal-tax-credits-intended-to-boost-business/
When Conspiracy Theories Meet Facts
By now, the COVID crisis is in the rearview mirror for most of us. But what we cannot (and should not) forget is the lessons we learned from the whole miserable experience. One lesson that sums all of them up is if something doesn’t seem right, make sense or have a bona fide explanation to back it up, we should ask more questions. LOTS of questions.
Critics have long questioned why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would fund experiments by University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill professor Ralph Baric (pictured above alongside Anthony Fauci, former director of the NIAID and physician with the NIH) to develop a technique for hiding evidence of human tampering in laboratory-created super viruses.
Aided by some $220.5 million in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funding, Baric developed a so-called “Seamless Ligation” technique, which he boasted could perfectly conceal all evidence of human tampering in laboratory-created viruses. Baric nicknamed his invention the “no-see’m”.
This article explains how some very dangerous people are literally getting away with murder.
Now She Wants To Poison The Entire State
Even though her tenure as the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) president has been fraught with scandal, corruption and incompetency, Stacy Davis Gates (pictured above) is now taking her show on the road as the leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT). She will be infecting at least 200 other Illinois school districts, and the CTU agenda will now become the IFT agenda.
This Illinois Policy article exposes the Left’s diabolical plan that has been in place for decades:
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-radicalism-is-officially-statewide-2/
Do You Deck Your Halls With Fresh Greens for the Holidays?
Experts across the board all include these 5 tips to keep your natural and fragrant creations looking beautiful for the duration of the season.
And, if you happen to be in the Rantoul area this month…pay a fun visit to Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch!
