Chicago Alderman Joe “Proco” Moreno has stated that the government is justified in infringing the Second Amendment because it “already” does. Thursday, Chicago Alderman Joe “Proco” Moreno argued in favor of an assault weapons ban with Fox Business’s Melissa Francis.
On Thursday, VP Biden said passing more gun control is like forcing car manufacturers to install air bags–it saves lives. Biden apparently missed the fact that in Chicago, America’s sterling example of what gun control can do, 532 people were
During his recent vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama golfed with the former business partner of Tony Rezko. Rezko was an Obama fundraiser who is in jail for fraud and corruption. Rezko also was involved in a questionable land deal
Last week I put myself on the line prior to the Redskins playoff game by stating bluntly that the Seattle Seahawks were the best team in the NFL the second half of the year. After the Seahawks backed up that statement
After the Illinois General Assembly failed to bring a bill amounting to a near-total statewide gun ban in last week’s lame duck session, Rahm Emanuel said today he isn’t willing to wait any longer for new gun control laws. Emanuel
Just two days into the official race for former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.’s seat (IL-2), some of the Chicago media are inexplicably able to declare which party will win–the Democrats–and telling their viewers the same. This is despite the fact
In a gun-grabbing scheme as desperate as it is wrong, President Obama is threatening to bypass Congress and go it alone via Executive Orders if legislators don’t move fast. The sudden rush to Executive Orders comes as Obama sees the
Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union:
Even as NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo begins his push for stricter gun control in his state, reports indicate that New York City — the state’s population capital — has recorded its lowest numbers of homicides and shootings in 50 years.
(AP) New Illinois legislature has 3 charged lawmakersBy SOPHIA TAREENAssociated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill.When Illinois’ new General Assembly takes the oath of office Wednesday, the state that’s still struggling to rebuild its image after two consecutive governors went to prison will set
Monday marked the filing deadline for candidate seeking to appear on the February 26 primary ballot for Illinois’s 2nd Congressional District Special Election to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. All in all, twenty-two candidates have turned in the petitions yesterday. Seventeen
By JASON KEYSERAssociated PressCHICAGOWith no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.
By DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterPASADENA, Calif.Three years after an extortion scandal that led him to bare his infidelities, David Letterman said he sees a psychiatrist once a week to try to be the person that he believed he was. The
A few days before Christmas, Engage DC, a well respected new media consulting firm, released ‘“Inside the Cave,” a detailed account of how the Obama campaign thoroughly dominated the GOP in the 2012 digital arena through superior management, innovative analytics, and
One of President Barack Obama’s earmarks has come back to haunt him–a $100,000 state grant that he obtained for a community garden in Englewood, on Chicago’s South Side, while he served in the state legislature. Like other Obama earmarks and
Gun banners in Illinois were dealt a temporary set back on Sunday when a bill containing gun-banning language was put on the back burner in these waning days of the legislature’s lame duck session. Anti-gun agitators placed a gun banning
According to reports, at least ten people were shot Saturday in Obama’s Chicago, the gun control capital of the United States. And at least two of these victims died. One of the victims, who was shot at 3:10 p.m., was
(AP) Gay marriage floor vote postponed in Ill. SenateBy JOHN O’CONNOR and SARA BURNETTThe Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill.Hopes that Illinois could quickly become the 10th state in the nation to legalize gay marriage bogged down Thursday when the bill’s Democratic supporters
Illinois’ over-the-top opposition to gun ownership hit new heights Tuesday when a Denny’s in Belleville, IL threw out cops carrying guns. When a group of detectives – on duty but not in uniform – walked into the Denny’s, one of
The media’s so full of it. Over the past few weeks, the wife and I have been re-watching the brilliant HBO drama, “The Wire.” The show’s fifth and final season focuses on the plight of “The Baltimore Sun,” as the daily newspaper deals
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has decided this will be his last season: his retirement was reported on Wednesday on the team’s Twitter page. Lewis, who had surgery in October and said that when he was out of football and spending
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (UPI) — Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson joined Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon in Chicago to advocate for same-sex marriage in the state. Ferguson, openly gay and playing the role of a gay man on the television program
Chicago has long been the proving ground for gun-grabbers’ anti-2nd Amendment zeal. And with the most draconian gun control laws in the land, you’d think it would be an idyllic oasis of safety: a place where violence and evil have
Illinois is the only state in the Union that does not allow some sort of concealed carry statute for its law-abiding citizens. Illinois is also home to the city with the highest murder rate in the country. And yet, the
Just last week Breitbart News reported on the threat to religious liberty from the HHS Mandate: starting today, Hobby Lobby is subject to penalties of $1.3 million per day for its owners refusing to violate their Christian beliefs after a
