Category: National

National Issues

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Weekend Fun

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Letter the Pantagraph Refused to Acknowledge

FYI: There is nothing in this letter that isn’t either happening now or could have in the near future.

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Happy Constitution Day Poem

By: Diane Benjamin Poem by: https://www.tarzanajoe.com/constitution-day/ (He wrote this poem last week) Constitution Day

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Weekend Microaggressions

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Weekend Laughs

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Weekend comedy

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New Chuckles from the League of Women Voters

By: Diane Benjamin Read their entire story here: https://shorturl.at/d8UQ8 The ERA wasn’t introduced to Congress 101 years ago. It was discussed by women who got the women’s right to vote passed. It was brought to Congress by feminists and passed bother Houses in 1972. It needed to be ratified by 38 states, and expired in […]

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Weekend Wit

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Weekend Wackiness

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Weekend Snickers

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Eggs up 134%, Bacon 24%

By: Diane Benjamin Two receipts below are from 2021, the other one is last Saturday. Inflation started with the war on fossil fuels which raised all transportation cost that got priced into everything you buy. No one has ever proven a link between CO2 and warming. Schools have indoctrinated at least a generation into believing […]

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Weekend Laugh While It’s Still Legal

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Weekend Laughing is Fun

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Weekend Humor

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Weekend You Have to Laugh

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Weekend Giddy

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God Bless America

Made with flowers:

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Just so you know . . .

The ACLU is the same as the League of Women Voters – both are appendages of the Democrat Party. https://blnnews.com/2024/07/03/league-of-women-voters-are-out-of-the-closet/ So much for protecting civil liberties and the Republic. Seems like both groups forgot about impeachment.

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Happy July 1st

By: Diane Benjamin https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/illinois-gas-tax-minimum-wage-drivers-licenses-july-1-marks-big-changes-in-state/ar-BB1pcuTJ The Illinois gas tax goes up .02 today AND you get to pay higher sales tax after the gas tax increase. Quote: Illinois motorists also have to pay excise taxes on fuel, which is assessed by the federal government, and state sales taxes, which is applied after the state’s fuel tax […]

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Weekend Eye Roll

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Weekend Merriness

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Weekend Truth Memes

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Weekend Giggles Galore

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Remember D-Day

80 years after 4,400 American soldiers died and another 6,600 were injured to liberate Europe, are schools teaching about their bravery and sacrifice? Read this story: https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/06/80-years-later-remember-the-d-day-invasion-that-liberated-the-world/ Young men sacrificed their lives for freedom. Young people today need to know history. The schools aren’t teaching it, parents need to. Start by watching this video as […]

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Weekend The Rest of the Story

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Weekend Hum. .

Abbreviated version until my main source sends me his collection:

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Illinois Budget: Funding illegal immigration

By: Diane Benjamin Illinois Budget: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0251eng.pdf How many of your tax dollars are going to illegal immigrants? That is ONE BILLION allocated to replacing the citizens that have left this state with unvetted illegals. This is listed elsewhere, funny how the amounts don’t match the above: Maybe passing a bill in the middle of the […]

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Weekend Improv

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Weekend Japes

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Weekend Grins

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The ISU Self-Proclaimed Progressives

By: Diane Benjamin Progressives are FAR left. They don’t believe in capitalism or the Republic. Below are pictures from the Student for Justice in Palestine ISU Facebook page. 7 members were arrested Friday after refusing to leave the Hovey Hall Administration Building. https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/03/pro-palestinian-protesters-stage-sit-in-after-meeting-with-illinois-state-universitys-president/ One of those arrested was 40 year old Steven Lazarov. More about […]

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Weekend Wittering

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Go solar? 😂

By: Diane Benjamin Our roof has hail damage, luckily we don’t have solar panels This is what hail does to an entire field of solar panels. County Board members may want to watch this video before approving any more: https://www.facebook.com/reel/944478347165945 The panels are full of chemicals that can contaminate the groundwater.

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Weekend Whatever (you want it to be)

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One more day: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By: Diane Benjamin Details: https://blnnews.com/2024/04/24/replica-of-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-tomorrow/ I stopped by the Doubletree yesterday: Viewing starts at noon today. This is history. Go and find out why it was erected. If you don’t know what is on the back side go and find out! Hint:

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Weekend Smiles

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Local Democrats stand with the people who celebrated 911

By: Diane Benjamin If you don’t remember, Palestinians were dancing in the streets the day we were attacked. Over half a million civilian Ukrainians have died in their war with Russia. Note: No calls for a ceasefire in that war that has been going on for over two years. See the resolution passed by the […]

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Weekend Truths and Laughs

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Weekend Funnies (At least some)

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Weekend Snickers