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Corruption In Illinois

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Corruption seems to be endemic to Illinois. On Friday, according to the Chicago Sun Times, the US Attorney’s office of John Lausch in Illinois has filed a criminal complaint in federal court against ComEd, a utility company. ComEd will pay a $200 million fine to end a years-long bribery investigation.

Under the agreement, the government will defer prosecution on the charge for three years and then seek to dismiss it if ComEd abides by certain conditions, including continuing to cooperate with ongoing investigations of individuals or other entities related to the conduct described in the bribery charge. A full statement of facts of the case can be found here.

TWA 800…A Masterpiece of Fiction

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Twenty four years ago today, on the evening of July 17, 1996, flight TWA 800 crashed off the south shore of Long Island killing all 230 people on board. The crash was witnessed by hundreds of people enjoying a warm summer evening outdoors. In all, the FBI interviewed more than 700 witnesses. These agents included members of the FBI’s missile team. They determined that well more than 100 witnesses were considered excellent. The evidence for a missile strike was considered to be overwhelming.

Jack Cashill has written two authoritative books on this subject. The books can be found here and here. Today Cashill has published another article over at American Thinker that summarizes the info about the crash.

Joe Biden’s America

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These campaign ads pretty much write themselves as Joe Biden sinks deeper and deeper into senility.

Schiff Unnerved

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House Democrat Adam Schiff seems to be getting unnerved over how the DOJ is conducting their investigations. Schiff has a “dread” over serious abuse of federal law enforcement against those who have committed criminal offenses. Perhaps, Schiff is looking over his shoulder at potential criminal indictments?

Schiff went on Talking Feds, a podcast, and talked about cases from the Russia investigation as examples of serious abuse by the DOJ headed up by Bill Barr. These included Roger Stone and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Cancel Culture Is Real

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Professor William Jacobson, clinical professor at Cornell Law, published a column on Real Clear Politics on Wednesday. In it Professor Jacobson talked about Cancel Culture. I urge everyone to read the entire article at Real Clear Politics.

Influencing Elections

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Many people have become quite jaded about politicians keeping the promises they made while campaigning for office. There have been so many instances of politicians walking away from campaign promises as soon as election day is over. One might say that such politicians were lying to the public. And unfortunately, it is a disease that affects politicians on both sides of the aisle.

However jaded one might be, this statement by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows across the political spectrum.

BLM Murders Woman

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Last week, 24-year-old Jessica Doty Whitaker was shot to death following an argument with Black Lives Matter supporters. According to her family, the BLM supporters shouted “Black lives matter” at her and her group, to which they replied, “All lives matter.”

According to her fiancee, he and the victim and two other people were hanging out along a canal near Indianapolis when someone in their group used a slang version of the N-word. That word prompted a confrontation by a group of strangers.

False COVID-19 Infection Counts

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It is now being reported from multiple sources that a variety of labs and hospitals in Florida have been overreporting their positive test results for COVID-19. Based on test results reported, Florida is considered a hotspot for COVID-19 infections.

According to Fox 35 in Orlando, dozens of labs on the state’s COVID-19 report had a 100 percent positivity rate. After Fox 35 started asking questions, several labs and hospitals confirmed the numbers were wrong. Many others failed to respond to requests from the station for information.

Conservatives Need Not Apply

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It is becoming increasingly obvious that our system of “higher” education is closed off to students with conservative viewpoints. Such students are pilloried for their views. They are doxxed and smeared in an attempt to get them removed from the college or university where they are attending. Many of these smear campaigns are outright lies used to enrage the mob so that school administrators will cave to their demands.

The Jesuits were once renowned for their intellectual rigor. Any person who graduated from a Jesuit-run institution was presumptively well educated, morally centered, and capable of reasoning. Marquette University is one such Jesuit institution. Marquette has consistently been highly ranked among American universities.

Gaslighting

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AOC (S-NY) obviously takes most Americans for fools. AOC must believe that, because she is a member of the House, that Americans will hang on her every word for insight and nuance. Recently AOC offered the following for the reason for the skyrocketing crime rate in NYC.