democrats that control illinois just did their redistricting map and they put kinzinger against lahood who is a congressman lahood. they d have to battle it ot. lahood is a much more trumpy republican. that would have been a tough fight for kinzinger. but i have to say, i am surprised. i am surprised that kinzinger is retiring. absolutely. and even if the restricting is a part of the calculation, there have been a wave of republican retirements, both during the trump presidency and since that have largely comprised of more of the moderate voices, the prominent critics of former president trump because they ve been pretty clear that they don t really see themselves having a place in the republican party as it currently stands. kinzinger alluded to that in this video. one of the few house republicans who voted to impreach former president trump after january 6th. and trump and his allies have also made it clear they were going to primary any of these
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If an issue can get traction a political group will grab it and run. How many members of the General Assembly campaign on social security or medicare issues?
Odd but completely predictable. The same people that took over DPI have been the power behind IDCCA since its inception.
Problem is that DPI has gone from being an adjunct on the Illinois House Democratic organization, to completely neutralized because the Durbin/Kelly forces refused to reckon with the obvious legal complications of having a federal officeholder in the role of DPI chair. With DPI paralyzed, they are trying to push messaging through the county chairs.
By Jeremy Coumbes on January 29, 2021 at 11:28am
A member of this year’s Routt Catholic Senior class is one of Congressman Darin LaHood’s Service Academy Nominees for 2021.
Victoria Fellhauer of Jacksonville is one of 21 High School Students to be named by LaHood for potential appointment in U.S. Service Academies. Fellhauer who goes by Tori was one of only three of the group to be nominated for more than one academy.
Fellhauer was nominated for possible acceptance to both the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Fellhauer says she’s been inspired by her two Grandfather’s who both are military veterans.