By: Diane Benjamin Remember when ISU wouldn’t give me emails that mentioned Charlie Kirk? https://blnnews.com/2025/11/15/isu-foia-fail/ ISU claimed there were too many emails, even when I narrowed the request to ONE DAY. I wasn’t the only person trying to find out what staff were telling students about Kirk. Another FOIA was filed by Chad Berck on […]
By: Diane Benjamin See if you can follow how ISU responded to my FOIA. I was looking for emails mentioning Charlie Kirk around the time he was on the ISU campus. Read the below chain, what don’t they want you to know? Original request 9/12/25: All communication in any form by any ISU employee using […]
1) Be The Change Today would have been Charlie Kirk’s birthday 7:00pm Location: Miller Park Bloomington IL. About This Event:This gathering is about honoring Charlie’s faith, courage, and strength. The event will feature speeches, including words from a close friend of Charlie, and time to share stories, make connections, and lift one another up. While […]
By: Diane Benjamin Charlie Kirk didn’t hate anyone. Social media is full of lies about what he believed. The people spewing that hate are obviously repeating what they have been told instead of doing their own research. It is particularly hard to see teachers who are shaping young minds write vile comments. 18,000 requests to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Below is a comment made on my site about Charlie Kirk. The writer is employed by Illinois State University. I thought this comment deserved attention, it was made to the Evil Hates Love story: Did I agree with most of what he said? Nope. Did he deserve to die for what he […]
By: Diane Benjamin I was heartened yesterday when I saw this from the McLean County Democrats: . Then I read the comments. Some of them set the tone people should have when a political assassination occurs. However some of them reflect the fact that evil does exist in this world. Evil has infected some those […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The Vidette finally published a story late yesterday on Charlie Kirk’s ISU rally: https://www.videtteonline.com Charlie Kirk Creates a Stir at Illinois State University with Open Discussion The reporter included comments from students who attended as well as Kirk’s opening remarks. Also included was the proverbial “racists” label that gets thrown at […]
By: Diane Benjamin WGLT made the best case for defunding NPR with this headline: . Obviously WGLT wanted to leave their readers with the impression not many people attended. Even ISU security estimated 1000 people at noon. Citizens don’t need public paid journalists, especially when facts are immaterial to their reporting. More crowd pictures here: […]
Where you get news matters. Read the title: This pic from today was posted by Turning Point USA of the ISU rally, massive crowd! Sent to me by a reader, much bigger crowd than showed up for the Hands Off Protest: What conservative event wouldn’t have a clown shop up to protest: Demonic, of course. […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Cody changed his endorsements, perhaps after years in office when he finally read the city code and realized he had violated it by claiming the McLean County Democrats endorsed him. He replaced it with an endorsement from Alderman Jenna Kearns, who violated the same code in the same way Cody did. […]
I wish this event was local! It will sell out quickly. If you didn’t know, Charlie is from Illinois. LINCOLN DAY DINNER AND “AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE KIRK” Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM (CDT) Pitstick Pavilion 3401 N IL Rte 23 Ottawa, IL 61350 Join us for an exciting Lincoln […]
