The Real Story with Jeanne Ives and Amy Jacobson

State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) joins the show to give us the scoop on what's happening (and what's not happening) this week in Springfield; Shake-ups in the IL Governor's race; The Younkin Administration is not messing around (it could be us, IL!): Could it be... SATAN in your kids after-school club?; and NEW SEGMENT: Mudslinging: Dissecting Hyperbole and Lies on the Campaign Trail.

Andy John Kalkounos, owner of Chicago Prime Steakhouse and Chicago Prime Italian, weighs in on how Cook County's vaccine passports are impacting the restaurant business; After 23 months of Pritzker's emergency orders parents and teachers are frustrated; In Chicago, small business owners are robbed by criminals and the city's bureaucrats (but I repeat myself);  Pornography in schools; SCOTUS strikes down the vaccine mandate.

In this episode, we talk about schools with Ty Smith, the Modern Renaissance Man, who went viral over the summer for exposing the truth about CRT, and Waukegan teacher, Frank McCormick, who pulled back the curtain on his own school district; Covid Misinformation from the Supreme Court;  It's coming out of your pocket: Just how much interest do Illinois lenders collect on the state's bills?; Humble pie: Vaxx-ed and Boosted Sean Casten, AOC and Geraldo have COVID. 

Lori Lightfoot threatens demotion if CPD doesn't solve murders and make more arrests. Politico guest writer argues the U.S. Constitution is the enemy of democracy; CPS teachers walk out on students, and another Democrat is caught maskless in Florida.

In this episode, Executive Director of weDignify and March for Life organizer Kevin Grillot joins the show to discuss the Midwest's largest pro-life event; Vax discrimination in the suburbs; New reports show that more fentanyl has been seized at US Border than heroin for the first time in US History; Jeanne takes South Dakota; and an 'Open the Books 'Investigation reveals that Fauci's retirement pay will exceed $350,000 per years - the largest in U.S. Federal Government history.

Biden warns the unvaxed of a winter of severe death and illness (Merry Christmas to you too); IEA to Parents: You Don't Matter. We know what's best for your kids; a Waukegan teacher pulls back the curtain; Pritzker for President? ; and Amazing Grace: Shelby Houston's eulogy for her father, a fallen police officer.