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BREAKING: DeVore Seeks Permission from Effingham County Court to Add 2K Plaintiffs to Existing Lawsuit, Court Grants, Now 7K Plaintiffs and 200 FFLs Part of Assault Weapons Ban ([link removed])

On Friday, Effingham County Chief Judge Douglas Jarman granted attorney Tom DeVore’s order requesting to amend his initial complaint and include an additional 2,000 plaintiffs to his lawsuit challenging Gov. JB Pritzker’s assault weapons ban.

DeVore’s lawsuits in total, represent over 7,000 plaintiffs and over 200 Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs).
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Chicago Police Department, Community Honor Fallen Police Office Andres Vasquez Lasso ([link removed])

Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso was killed in the line of duty responding to a domestic call last week. The shooting took place by Sawyer Elementary School in the Gage Park neighborhood.

Illinois Review mourns the loss of every officer, because “when a police officer is killed, it’s not an agency that loses an officer, it’s an entire nation.” Click to read more. ([link removed])
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Anti-Trump IL GOP Leaders, Who Endorsed RNC Chair Ronna Romney, Now Throwing Support Behind Gov. Ron DeSantis' Potential Presidential Run ([link removed])
Fresh off a humiliating loss in the primary, the IL GOP is laying the groundwork to support yet another potential candidate – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who may run against presidential candidate Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination for president.

But this comes as no surprise.
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Power-Hungry Pekau Erasing Orland Park History on Village Website, Setting the Stage for a Referendum that Changes Governing Structure, Giving Him More Power and Money ([link removed])
Since the pandemic, the Democrats have tried to rewrite history, even taking credit for the return to in-person learning “in spite of Republicans,” but in Orland Park, Mayor Keith Pekau is doing more than just rewriting history – he’s deleting it altogether on the village’s official website, as residents continue to reject his latest power grab being dubbed a “referendum” – moving the village away from a council-manager form of government to a mayor-council form of government.

Last Thursday, during a standing room only community meeting hosted by
Vote Yes Orland ([link removed]) , a local ballot initiative committee registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, over a hundred Orland Park residents stood alongside Vote Yes to publicly express their opposition to Pekau’s latest attempt to become the most powerful political figure in Orland Park in forty years. Click to read more. ([link removed])
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Caulkins' Sprint to the IL Supreme Court Jeopardizes Rights of Thousands of Illinoisans and Livelihoods of Hundreds of Small Business Owners and Their Employees ([link removed])

A direct appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court on the basis of the Temporary Restraining Orders entered against the Assault Weapons Ban – the Equal Protection violation – brought by Gov. Pritzker and stipulated to by Illinois State Rep. Dan Caulkins of Decatur, now jeopardizes the rights of thousands of Illinoisans safeguarded under those orders – including the livelihoods of hundreds of small business gun shop owners and their employees. Click to read more. ([link removed])
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