Is Franken already back? Is the "iconic" (per Nancy Pelosi) Conyers on his way out? How are certain people in the journalism world getting promotions when they are now getting accused of harassment and “were known” to engage in sexual misconduct? Investigative Journalist and author of “The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think and How You Vote,” Sharyl Attkisson joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Does the GOP have a marketing problem? Would they be more successful leading the charge with talking points such as “tax simplification reduces big government?” Are they having trouble selling a traditional conservative tax plan to a nationalist and populist executive administration? Besides the sexual harassment allegations, should Conyers’ mental state force him to resign? Associate Editor for Commentary Magazine, Noah Rothman joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Identity Politics At An Evanston School

Todd Stroger Returns

How Conservatives Are Treated On College Campuses

We are approaching the filing deadline for candidates for office in 2018, which will likely include state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, mounting a primary challenge against incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner. On this edition of Illinois Rising, Dan Proft and Pat Hughes talk to Ives about her race and the case she is making to voters. Proft and Hughes also discuss the range of new taxes Chicagoans are going to see next year, and they discuss the race for Cook County board president, which now includes a familiar face in former board President Todd Stroger.

“We aren’t going to be talked down to by people who have ideas that fall on others and not themselves and their immediate circle.” Is Trump more similar to Reagan than establishment Republicans want you to think? Was Trump’s success amongst the “deplorables” due to his exploitation of the Republican party for moving to the center? Has mainstream culture conflated the true meaning of sexual harassment and assault? National Review columnist and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Victor Davis Hanson joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Why isn't every football team using the King-Devick concussion test? It’s currently being used in the NCAA and in some parts of the military. Parents could even administer the test on the sideline. CEO of King-Devick Technologies, Steve Devick joins Dan and Amy to discuss his groundbreaking technology on concussion testing.

If the liberal media says the GOP tax reform plan is hardly a middle-class tax cut and only benefits the rich, then why are the wealthy in Illinois, Connecticut, and New York complaining that they will be paying more? Is there an even greater incentive for the Senate to pass tax reform before the Alabama special election? Does either party have a moral high ground in the Alabama Senate race? Wall Street Journal Columnist, Senior Economist for CNN, and former Donald Trump advisor, Steve Moore joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Why does a County Commissioner's race in Erie, Pennsylvania matter for the rest of the 2018 elections? Will Democrats continue to lose their stronghold in districts made up of working class, union supporting, Catholic residents? Everyone is ready for the Clintons to get out of the public eye but what about Obama and his surrogates? Are the Democrats still trying to find out who their emerging leaders are going to be in 2020? Washington Examiner Reporter, New York Post Columnist and CNN Contributor, Salena Zito joins Dan and Amy to discuss.