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Benjamin Franklin’s account of the First Thanksgiving

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Posted by    Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 2:45pm

I spent some time as an editor at Regnery Publishing, during which time we published “The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.” I always enjoy rereading this account from Benjamin Franklin, which captures the history and the spirit of the American holiday.

Instead of a Fast They Proclaimed a Thanksgiving Benjamin Franklin (1785)

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Jackson Jr resigns on the eve of Thanksgiving

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 4:39pm

The astoundingly unsurprising news that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned today reveals far more about the sorry state of our local Chicago democratic leadership than the trite and pathetic story of Jackson Jr.’s downfall.

Jackson Jr., son of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has...

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Chicago anti-Israel protesters cheer Iran’s example of “democracy and justice”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:30pm

A counter protest directed at a “Stand with Israel” rally held in downtown Chicago Tuesday chanted that Israel should “end the occupation now.”

The counter group on around 30, a coalition of pro-Palestinian forces along with Communist Party USA’s Andy Thayer and others, accused Israel of being the aggressor in the...

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Defending Israel, freedom, and the future of civilization

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Posted by    Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 9:45am

Once again the radical (and mainstream) left is misguidedly attacking Israel, the democratic nation that respects human rights and freedom, while promoting the Islamic totalitarian nations that surround them.

Thursday, Rebel Pundit captured on video a typical leftist march condemning Israel outside the Obama headquarters in Chicago, where the International Socialists Organization...

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World is burning as Vice President Biden takes up sitcom acting

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Posted by    Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 1:56pm

Curious what Vice President Joe Biden’s been up to, former chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as we head toward the fiscal cliff, the situation in Israel is escalating, and the Benghazi terrorist attack remains unaddressed?

He’s acting on an NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” where, in a scene with...

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HuffPo poll shows 22.8 percent of Americans support their state seceding

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Posted by    Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 9:45am

With the news that 50 states  now have presented secession petitions on the White House’s “We the People” website, Huffington Post conducted their own poll to determine national support for the idea. Four questions were asked to ascertain 1) awarness of secession, 2) support for secession in general, 3) support for Texas to...

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NBC covers for teachers union at Northwestern Marxist conference

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Posted by    Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10:30am

NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski ignored and lashed out a reporter who covered the Northwestern University Midwest Marxism conference over the weekend, in particular referring to reporting of Teachers Union VP Jesse Sharkey’s presence there as “full of sh*t.”

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Dear Republican Establishment: a letter from the conservative grassroots

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 10:30am

The letter below is from a group of grassroots conservatives who got together to pen their frustrations with the GOP. While these individuals do not wish to share their names, their sentiments are ones many of us share, including myself. Some of them I know; others, whom I don’t know and...

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Northwestern U. Marxism conference packed with teachers

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Posted by    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 3:57pm

Teachers filled the ranks at the 2012 Midwest Marxism Conference, which was held Saturday at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey, who spoke at one of...

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Obama supporters in Chicago celebrate expansion of government

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 5:48pm

Last night after news of Obama’s reelection was announced, I headed into downtown Chicago and came across groups of supporters celebrating. The video below was taken of a group that gathered outside the ABC studios. They spoke about how thrilled they were to see that government would be expanding.

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Media blackout of black Chicago protesters marching against Obama

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Posted by    Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 2:12pm

Black Chicagoans from the south and west sides took their message to what they say is the source of the problem when they converged outside of a fundraiser held by Mayor Emanuel for Barack Obama and then marched to the studios of ABC News.

Their message, “let us work in our own...

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Cook County President on mission to punish legal gun owners

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Posted by    Friday, November 2, 2012 at 10:45am

Cook County president Toni Preckwinkle has been on a mission to punish legal gunowners of late. Preckwinkle, a mentor to President Obama, made headlines earlier this year when she said that “Reagan deserves a special place in hell.”

After decreeing in a Wednesday press conference that a “gun court” would be established by...

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The alternative to AWOL Jesse Jackson Jr. is Brian Woodworth

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:44pm

Once again, we hear via Cong. Jesse Jackson Jr’s wife Sandi that the AWOL representative from Illinois under investigation by the House Ethics Committee will remain in treatment even as the election approaches. According to his wife, Jackson will continue to stay at the Mayo Clinic, where he returned last week for...

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Black Chicagoans rage against the Obama, the leadership, the machine

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Posted by    Monday, October 29, 2012 at 5:01pm

A startling video released today by Jeremy Segal (“Rebel Pundit”) of Breitbart.com shows inner-city Black Chicagoans expressing outrage against President Obama, union racism, and the Democratic Machine, whom they say no longer represent their agenda.

Further, when money is directed at their community, it is funneled through so-called community-based organizations and nonprofits or...

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Wisconsin Tea Party rally parking lots filled with nails

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Posted by    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 2:00pm

Attendees at a Racine, Wisc., Tea Party rally Saturday were met with a parking lots full of nails deliberately placed there early in the morning before the event, which I attended.

This incident adds to a week where a gay Republican campaign worker was brutally beaten and, in a separate incident, a son...

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