Tag: NPR

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This is What Diversity Looks Like

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Analyzing Public Support for Federally Funded NPR

By: Diane Benjamin WGLT posted this NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/15/g-s1-77658/national-poll-shows-widespread-american-support-for-federally-funded-public-radio As the title states, a national poll showed widespread support for tax dollar funded public radio. Of course NPR says federally funded instead of tax dollar. You have to read to the bottom of the story to find out the survey was conducted on-line. The story […]

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Four Things You Need to Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) Pritzker must have figured out he will never be president. Instead he is running for a third term. Illinois should hold more No Kings events – against him. He thinks he is one. He and his party haven’t done enough damage yet. 2) WGLT joined a lawsuit to stop the defunding […]

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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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Freedom of the Press disappearing

By: Diane Benjamin April 28th will mark 12 years for BlnNews.com. I only started writing because I saw lousy local reporting on things that matter. The 1st Amendment guarantees Freedom of the Press – unless government has other plans. There is a hearing going on today in the House because they are considering a Press […]

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Update: District 87 teacher transitioned her daughter

The mom below works at Sarah Raymond but she isn’t a teacher. The dad is a District 87 teacher. He is pictured in her Facebook posts. By: Diane Benjamin Her name is Meighan Hopper. Her former daughter is 18 years old, she/he can make any decision wanted because supposedly 18 qualifies as an adult. Remember […]

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ISU avoids a lawsuit

By:  Diane Benjamin First ISU refused to give me a document I requested by FOIA claiming it was exempt. See this story Next they gave me the document but redacted the part I wanted:  See THIS story Some light finally went on at ISU and they decided the document in the story above is NOT exempt […]

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WGLT, Normal – More FAKE NEWS

By:  Diane Benjamin The Town of Normal held a SHORT meeting last night.  The video claims to be 17:44 minutes, but the meeting didn’t start until 8:22.  Watch it Here Of course nobody mentioned the issue from yesterday pertaining to renting a building to Dan Brady for $1 per year while the Town is paying […]