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Episode 036 - Grounded Oct 14, 2021

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Southwest Airlines cancels 1800 flights; Chicago business owners say the city's crime rates are forcing them out of the city; Jim Acosta's latest hot take; Nancy Pelosi's Audience with the Pope and OpentheBooks.com founder Adam Andrewski joins the show to talk about the sky-rocketing federal payroll and his efforts to bring about more transparency in government.

Episode 035 - Recounts and Fact-Checks Oct 12, 2021

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In this episode of 'In the Spotlight,' Jeanne and Kathleen recount the DuPage County Auditor's race recount, fact-check Politifact, and expose the local government emails that hint at the beginnings of a political machine in the suburbs.

Episode 034 - Lies and Incivility Oct 08, 2021

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"Everything is free" and other leftist lies plaguing modern politics; The US has one of the strictest policies for masking kids in the nation; the National School Board Association wants parents labeled "domestic terrorists"; Left-wing diplomacy leads activists to follow Krysten Simena into a bathroom and record her, And Eric Zorn surrenders to the cancel mob.

Episode 033 - Power Struggles Oct 05, 2021

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In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen react to Biden's Education Secretary telling Congress that he doesn't think that parents should be the ‘primary stakeholder’ of their child’s education; Nearly 600 United Airlines Employees Face Termination for Defying Vaccine Mandate; Peter Breen, a former State Representative and attorney for the Thomas Moore Society joins the show to discuss employees' and parents' legal options when it comes to vaccine mandates; Are we headed for a government shut down? The Biden / Pelosi Infrastructure Bill has stalled; And Governor Pritzker would be disappointed if the Chicago Bears moved outside of the city of Chicago.

Episode 032 - What's Next? Oct 01, 2021

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In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen discuss the worsening border crisis; the 3T spending bill that may destroy the Democrat Party before it destroys America; Dr. Susie Warden joins the show to talk about why she hasn't given up the fight with her local school board and neither should you; Could the Taliban get nuclear weapons?; and AOC "explains" her "present" vote.

Episode 031 - Malarkey, Mandates and Marvel Sep 28, 2021

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District 200's 'Portrait of a Graduate' is met with mixed (and mixed up) reactions; Here he comes again: Sean Casten channels Dolly Parton; Former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan joins the show to talk about the next steps in his recount and election integrity; Pfizer Vaccine now safe for children under five - that must mean it's time for the government to mandate it, and Marvel Studios could drop the ‘Men’ from ‘X-Men.’ Welcome to the New World Order.

Episode 030 - Leadership Matters Sep 23, 2021

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In this episode of 'In the Spotlight,' Jeanne and Kathleen talk to Esther Joy King, a former humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan, a JAG Officer and Congressional Candidate, about the successful operation she led to get families out of Afghanistan in the midst of the fall of Kabul. Also, Lori Lightfoot plans to increase Chicago’s property tax levy by $76.5M in 2022; Joe Biden heads to the beach as the nation burns; Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen calls for accountability for the botched Kabul drone strike that killed civilians, and officials plead with Biden for more resources as southern border worsens.

Episode 029 - Going for Bold Sep 21, 2021

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In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen set the record straight on Glen Ellyn protests (again); as IL communities brace themselves for Governor Pritzker's Comprehensive Sex curriculum, an Ohio Mayor demands his school boards' resignation over a sexually explicit writing assignment; Unapologetic Nicki Minaj cancels cancel culture (and we love every minute); General Milley's calls to China; And USA Gymnasts are the gold-standard in courage, a review of their Congressional testimonies.

Episode 028 - Misdirected Sep 16, 2021

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Joe Biden's 9/11 misses and the fall-out from his tyrannical vaccine mandate; Illinois has constantly missed the mark on reforming pensions. Where does that leave us? Actuary and Forbes columnist Elizabeth Bauer joins the show to discuss; A Glenbard North teacher who called a student a "piece of sh--" resigns; and A Weinstein accuser blasts the #MeToo Movement for missing their moment.

Episode 027 - Political Will Sep 14, 2021

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In this episode of In the Spotlight, Jeanne and Kathleen discuss Political WIll: The will continue to bring the battle for commonsense to school boards; The will to stand up for reason in the face of the state's powerful special interests on a new energy deal; the will to defy a narrative to protect your city; and the will to stand up against the woke ideologies that seek to undermine the documents that unite us. They also talk with Parkview Christian Academy President Jed Davis about the school's courageous decision to enter into a David v. Goliath battle against ISBE over Governor Pritzker's mask mandate.

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