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In the wake of DirectTV and AT&T censoring Newsmax and dropping the 4th highest rated conservative cable news channel in the country, a Chicago GOP Facebook discussion group run by Chicago Republican Party Director of Communications Jeff Fiedler, has decided to silence conservative voices, news, opinion and perspectives, and remove articles published by Illinois Review from their Facebook group. Click to read more.

Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy, during a Tuesday segment with Bishop on Air, falsely accused Harmeet Dhillon of running a negative campaign against Ronna Romney-McDaniel for RNC chair. In an Illinois Review exclusive, Dhillon responds directly to Tracy. Click to read more.

In another blow to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s assault weapons ban, and following the directive of the Appellate Court, White County Judge T. Scott Webb on Thursday granted attorney Thomas DeVore’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO), halting the ban while the lawsuit proceeds.

The lawsuit raises the same claims as the one filed in Effingham County, where Judge Joshua Morrison granted the first TRO and names Gov. JB Pritzker, State Senate President Don Harmon, D, Illinois House Speaker Christopher Welch, D, and Attorney General Kwame Raoul, D, as defendants.

The lawsuit filed in White County by DeVore includes over 1,600 plaintiffs, including former Illinois State Senator and Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey, who is the first named plaintiff; 68 federal firearms dealers and covers 92 counties. Click to read more.

Illinois House Democrats maintain a comfortable supermajority in the Illinois House of Representatives by a margin of 78-39, leaving Republicans voiceless and irrelevant on local and state matters. And to add insult to injury, multiple sources confirmed with Illinois Review that the Democrats have run out of desks in the House chamber, forcing many Democratic members to sit on the Republican side of the aisle. Click to read more.

Beyond the catastrophic consequences related to hybrid and remote learning, the sexual education curriculum that teaches young children about gender identity, hormone blockers — subjects completely inappropriate for children, is also making its way into the classroom.
 

It’s not OK to read what’s in the curriculum live on air as a Chicago radio show host because it violates federal communications policies, but it’s perfectly OK to teach it to young children?
 

This logic is not only flawed — it’s wrong. If you can’t read this on radio airwaves, then why are you teaching this to children?
 

Teaching children about critical race theory has also found its way into the classroom — a divisive concept that teaches about race superiority and that the United States is fundamentally a racist country, among other things.
 

It is stoking the flames of racism, and dividing young children at such a young, impressionable age.
 

But while these battles wage at the local level, where is the Republican National Committee (RNC) or state Republican organizations on this issue? They are completely silent. Click to read more.