Category: Political

Thought disorder viewed as Trump problem

I’m going to jump right in this week with a bit of Trump Tripe. I shouldn’t be calling it “tripe” because it’s true stuff, but the alliteration sounded nice. Attorney Dan Reiss wrote that 40 years ago, two men, partners in an electrical contracting company, came into his office and...

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Reader’s Commentary: Democracy, political world, remain in focus

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda President Joe Biden needs to take a cognitive test, and if special prosecutor Hur is proven correct, Biden needs to be removed from office under the 25th amendment. If test results prove Biden is not impaired, he should stand trial for illegally- possessing documents he had...

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Reader’s Commentary: View: Fact-checking, no diversity

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Wayne Johnson conducted his own “coronation” of himself to becoming a fact-checker of me in this publication. He has dragged poor “Chas” Codington to the same undignified/ proletarian stature. Wayne needs reinforcements!! Fact-checking is a new thing in the free world. It’s been brought to us...

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League of Women Voters hybrid Forum Feb. 22 in Batavia

The League of Women Voters of the Aurora Area and Central Kane County will be co-host to a hybrid forum Thursday, Feb. 22, for the 2024 General Primary candidates in the Illinois State representative in the 83rd District and U.S. Congress in the 11th District. The forum will be held...

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Valentine’s Day love for Rudy, No. 45

Nothing pays tribute to our two greatest presidents on Presidents Day, more than a good, old-fashion mattress sale. For any of you MAGAs out there, I’m referring to George and Honest Abe. We recently celebrated Valentine’s Day, the day dedicated to love. And if you and your special other had...

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State Rep. Marcus Evans, D-Chicago, is joined by a coalition of advocates at a Statehouse news conference to push for a $300 per-child tax credit. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)

Capitol Briefs: Tax credits for children, manufacturers among new legislative proposals

Insurance coverage for fertility treatments, child internet regulations also introduced By Andrew Adams Cole Longcor& Alex AbbedutoCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com After failing to pass a child tax credit last year, advocates returned to Springfield Wednesday to propose a scaled back version of the policy which they say would still reduce child poverty...

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The Paul Findley Federal Courthouse in Springfield. (CapitolNews Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)

Day in court postponed for former lawmaker who checked into hospital on eve of corruption trial

Sam McCann, charged with misusing campaign funds, set for trial next week By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Springfield – On what was supposed to be the third morning of a weeklong corruption trial of former State Sen. Sam McCann, the onetime third-party candidate for governor instead videoconferenced into U.S. District...

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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured in Springfield. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois)

Capitol Briefs: State gets ‘average’ lung cancer grade, announces opioid settlements, manufacturing grants

Lung Association rates state policies; opioid funds top $1.3 billion; ‘Made in Illinois’ program launches By Cole Longcor& Jennifer FullerCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com The American Lung Association’s 2023 “State of Lung Cancer” report shows Illinois has “a lot of work to do” to ensure individuals at high risk for lung cancer...

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Chaos reigns, SWAT-team raids, prevail

By John & Nisha Whitehead Sometimes 10 seconds is all the warning you get. Sometimes you don’t get a warning before all hell breaks loose. Imagine it, if you will: It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by a...

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Donald Trump faces legal review in Cook County court after the Illinois State Board of Elections rejected a request to remove his name from the 2024 ballot. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams. Original photo by Gage Skidmore used under CC-SA 2.0 license.)

Group challenging Trump’s ballot access in Cook County court hopes for quick decision

Judge asked to overturn Board of Elections ruling By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com A national voting rights organization is asking a Cook County judge to overturn a ruling from the Illinois State Board of Elections and block former President Donald Trump from being listed on the March 19 Republican primary...

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Reader’s Voice: Road to equality, peace, continues

January 28, 2024Dear editor; “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union” begins the document establishing the framework upon which our country was governed, for approximately the next 237 years. Written by land-owning white men in the 17th Century, just as it implies,...

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Monitor needed for Wild Bill Suhayda prose

Oh my lord, my lord. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in The Voice with a new fun topic, here comes Wild Bill Suhayda riding full speed ahead on his donkey and shooting his flaming arrows in my direction and that of Chas Coddington as well....

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Reader’s Commentary: Reaction by Wayne Johnson wrong in Jan. 18 piece

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Wayne’s World Johnson, the author of the piece, was wrote I was wrong suggesting he wanted Donald Trump executed similar to Mussolini during the last days of World War Two. I eagerly read Wayne’s World for my many mistakes.. I wanted to find where I had...

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Reader’s Voice: Governor Pritzker priorities misplaced

January 16, 2024Dear editor; Illinois governor JB Pritzker is back grandstanding for the news media, complaining about the immigration crisis trickling up to Illinois. In October 2023, Pritzker sent an open letter to president Joe Biden begging for federal tax resources to deal with the so-called “asylum seekers” being bussed...

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Illinois Governor-appointed board would have authority to cap drug costs

Lawmakers introduce bill to create State prescription drug price oversight board

Governor-appointed board would have authority to cap drug costs By Alex Abbeduto  Capitol News Illinois abbeduto@capitolnewsillinois.com  A new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would create a board of health care experts that would have the authority to set price limits on prescription medications.  House Bill 4472 was introduced Wednesday by...

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Gov. JB Pritzker shakes hands with Greg Keown, president of Wieland Rolled Products North America

Governor JB Pritzker announces milestones for preschool program, industry development

State inks new incentive deal for manufacturing plant, is ahead of schedule on pre-K growth By Cole LongcorCapitol News Illinoisclongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com The State on Wednesday announced it inked another tax incentive deal aimed at boosting manufacturing while Gov. JB Pritzker said his plan to add more preschool seats in early childhood...

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Reader’s Voice: Hamas, Hezbollah, condemned

January 11, 2024Dear editor; A vote on the GOP-authored House Resolution 798, “condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff,” passed with 396 yes votes, 23 no...

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Reader’s Commentary: Law still requires due process to be found guilty

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Democrats think men can become pregnant!! Speaking of insanity, Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden’s press secretary, told the Nation that police officers were killed in the January 6, 2021 riot. There won’t be a correction, or apology for this lie coming from the White House. A complicit mass...

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Wild Bill incorrect on idea of Orange Man’s execution

Are all you happy Voice readers enjoying the balmy weekend-in-Bermuda-type weather out there? When it’s –10° F with about six inches of snow on the ground, it’s not really the best time for spring planting unless your growing snowballs. So while I’m hunkered down inside, once again I feel I...

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Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois minutes after filing his petitions

Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois minutes after filing his petitions

Objectors say he’s disqualified under 14th Amendment for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on the 2024 election ballots....

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