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See Who Supports and Who Opposes Restoring Direct Elections
Below are two lists of public officials, party officials, civic leaders, grassroots leaders, activists, Trump supporters, and candidates who have…
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The Illinois GOP’s last chance to head-off its next embarrassing election disaster
A principal reason Donald Trump has earned (and deserves) so much love and loyalty is because he’s given a voice to millions of Americans who never had…
Jun 23, 2025
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Some straight talk for Illinois Republicans
The Illinois GOP simply isn’t Trump Strong.
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The Illinois GOP’s last chance to head-off its next embarrassing election disaster
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Do This Illinois GOP, Or Just Shut It Down
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Next month the Illinois GOP will decide if it wants to be relevant again
Apr 11, 2024
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Some straight talk for Illinois Republicans
Dec 6, 2024
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FAKE NEWS MEDIA HAS BEEN . . . THUNDERSTRUCK!
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The wheels are officially off the Illinois Republican Party
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Some straight talk for Illinois Republicans
The Illinois GOP simply isn’t Trump Strong.
Dec 6, 2024
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President Trump and our Battle of Agincourt for America
Years from now when we recall November 5, 2024, we will all “stand a tip-toe when the day is named . . . [and] remember with advantages what feats [we…
Oct 25, 2024
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FAKE NEWS MEDIA HAS BEEN . . . THUNDERSTRUCK!
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The tragic tale of Illinois GOP chair Don Tracy
Instead of siding with Republican voters, Tracy chose to trust people who can’t be trusted. And after they succeeded in making him the face of the…
Jun 24, 2024
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The wheels are officially off the Illinois Republican Party
What would happen if you turned a state GOP over to the nasty high school clique portrayed in the 2004 film Mean Girls? Good news, you need not wonder…
Jun 17, 2024
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Rank-And-File outsmart Pompous Pooh-Bahs at IL GOP state convention
My strong hunch is that the party pooh-bahs are taking no positive lessons from the clock-cleaning regular Republicans delivered on Saturday. If…
May 29, 2024
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When Theodore Roosevelt gave us direct elections in Illinois
In March of 1912, Theodore Roosevelt spoke to a crowd of 8,000 in the Chicago Auditorium and urged the crowd to demand that the Illinois state…
May 22, 2024
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