The Real Story with Jeanne Ives and Amy Jacobson

On July 4th a deranged gunman opened fire on the highland Park parade. Today we welcome Jenny Harjung, who attended that parade, to recount and reflect on the events she witnessed that day.

Thomas DeVore, the Republican nominee for Illinois Attorney General Calls into the show.  We discuss the Waukegan school district looking to go back to masking children as they return to school; The change in guidance from the State to the school districts from last year to this year; Can Governor JB Pritzker stand on his record; And fraud with workman's compensation in the Governor's office.

Alicia O’Connell joins us in the studio to talk about her local school board located in Wheaton, Illinois, who voted to keep the controversial transgender book Gender Queer in the public schools. Hear what’s in the book including the pornographic pictures, the board member's justifications for keeping it on the shelves, and how the board hid the discussion behind closed doors. 

Peter Breen, former Illinois State Representative, and Attorney for The Thomas More Society, joins us to talk about his case defending David Daleiden in California; as well as the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dobb’s v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; The impact on the law, society, the extreme laws passed in Illinois, and backlash in response to the ruling. 

Ted Dabrowski the President of wirepoints.org joins us today as we talk about crime; Governor Pritzker’s 5 phases of restoring Illinois; The financial disaster that is Illinois' fiscal policy; The lie that Illinois is fiscally sound;  How much will each resident has to pay to repay the federal government’s loan; As well as the failing education system.

Jeanne heads to Downers Grove, Illinois where Americans for Prosperity helps pay the costs of the extreme gas prices and drops the price to $2.38 a gallon.  We interview Brian Costin as he discusses with us the true cost of government.

Illinois Gas Prices, Are we the highest?  The never-ending emergency; from the President to the Governor, we see ourselves in a perpetual emergency, and what is the reasoning behind this; The money flowing from the federal government to the state government and where is this money eventually ending up?

And the survey says how many people say the country is headed in the wrong direction;  Foreclosure rates are up in Illinois;  Major crimes in Chicago, yet they are refusing to prosecute these crimes;  Listen to Jim Glasgow at a Safe Suburbs event tell the hard facts on what the Illinois crime bill will actually do.

Jeanne addresses the Highland Park July 4th Parade; The shootings in Chicago over the July 4th weekend.

Steve Goreham returns to the show to break down the recent Supreme Court ruling on the EPA; Steve is the Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America, a speaker and author on the environmental issue;  The perils of hydrogen-based vehicles and power; What will be powering our electric vehicles;  What is the real story of CO2;  What is the biggest greenhouse gas;  and the energy crisis in Europe.

Cook County assessor missed out on a $1.9 million dollar property and undercharged someone how much and for how long?

Illinois just had its primary election and the results are in, Jeanne breaks down the matchup between Darren Bailey and JB Pritzker; There are some very interesting poll numbers between the two. The Governor said what for his victory speech? Political Gerrymandering; gas taxes; property taxes; crime in Chicago.

An incident at the Barrington 220 school district caused some national news after a book was assigned for summer reading.  Joining us is Anastasia, a Mother of a student in that district, to talk about what happened at this school board meeting that she was at; as well as the overall performance of the schools in the district as they continue to fail our children.

This last week Jeanne traveled from Texas to Illinois and the sticker shock from the gas pump was appalling, and then you enter Illinois.  But relief is on the way as we get a $0.02 a gallon discount on gas. But with a catch, as with most election years theatrics, there is a cost to this discount and we give you the rundown of how this game is played.

Bill Graham joins us to talk about local school districts, specifically Illinois D89 and a $27 Million dollar referendum to complete routine maintenance on the facilities.  As well as this school board ceding all its control to one person? Title IX in our school as pertaining to the law.

Michael FiDido calls in and gives us the rundown of the housing market.  The shortage in inventory; Price reduction; and the seller's market may be turning into a buyers market as interest rates begin to climb;  The great outmigration of business as well as people from Chicago. Where are the hot markets for real estate?

John Morrissey brings us an update on the voter integrity project being conducted.  What are some of the things we have found; Can the county prove who voted on election day; how fluid are the voter data lists and how many databases do they use?

The Primary Election is June 28th in llinois, make sure you vote!

Amy Gehrke from Illinois Right to Life joins us;  Waiting for the Roe v. Wade ruling to come from the Supreme Court we talk about the Pro-Life movement in Illinois; How few people in Illinois know how radical the laws really are in Illinois; The ramifications other states could have on Illinois; Will this create a business boom?

Adam Andrzejewski of openthebooks.com joins us to discuss the National Institute of Health; 3rd party royalties received from grants given out back to the NIH, and payments going back to the scientists working for the NIH; are these kickbacks? Jeanne and Adam open the books on this topic.

Thank you everyone for listening over these last 100 episodes.

Dusty Rhodes is the Hamilton County (Ohio) Auditor, and a lifelong Democrat. He gives his insight into how his party bears little resemblance over the years as he has been the only elected Democrat in his county. He is no longer recognized in good standing by his own party as they are demanding ideological purity.  Jeanne and Dusty talk about multiple subjects; from the property tax assessments of poorer areas vs for affluent neighborhoods; Lockdowns; The cultural decline ignored by the Catholic Bishops and promoted by the politicians; And Dusty’s prolific social media presence that has angered his own Democrat party; And his problem with the Republican Party.

Senator Ted Cruz asks questions to the justice department; Jeanne gives her take on what transpired; the Governor Whitmer case and the FBI’s involvement in this event; and more on the Jan 6th hearings.

What are we expecting for our school children next year; the continuing mandates being pushed on them; and what are employees starting to do again.