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Illinois thrives on government waste funded by excessive taxes, rather than solutions

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois, which thrives on government waste funded by excessive taxes, rather than solutions, just passed $1.85 billion in new taxes for Chicago hiding under the fog of ICE, immigration & Trump, and passing tax hikes on downstate & suburban taxpayers
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Illinois just passed $1.85 billion in new taxes for Chicago by hiding under the fog of the fight with ICE, immigration and Trump, and forcing outrageous tax hikes on downstate & suburban taxpayers

Palestinian leading in Illinois congressional district election

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 3d

Kat Abughazaleh, a Palestinian-American journalist and social media influencer is tied for 1st place among 16 other candidates in the March 2026 Democratic primary election for the ninth Illinois congressional district seat, held since 1965 by Jewish congress members www.arabnews.com/node/2620707...

CHICAGO: A Palestinian-American journalist and social media influencer is tied for first place among 16 other candidates in the March 2026 Democratic primary election for the ninth Illinois congressio...

Mahnoor Ahmad runs for DuPage County Board seat

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 3d

Support this candidate: @ahmadforhouse #MahnoorAhmad, who challenged ineffective Congressman @RepCasten in 2024 for the Democratic nomination, announced this week she is running for the office of the DuPage County Board seat in the 2nd District.
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Mahnoor Ahmad runs for DuPage County Board seat By Ray Hanania Mahnoor Ahmad, who challenged ineffective Congressman Sean Casten in 2024 for the

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 4d

#TwoGuysonPolitics #BillLipinski and @RayHanania discuss on their video podcast: How Trump can run for a 3rd term; the collapse of the Illinois Republican Party; the worsening economy; and the government shutdown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=58vg...

10 28 25 TGOP China, Gaza, Trump 3rd term, war in Caribbean and collapse of GOP

10 20 25 Joey Ruzevich for Congress 6th District

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 12d

#VideoPodcast #6thCongressionalDistrict
@RayHanania interviews Democrat @joeyruzevichIL6
who is challenging @RepCastenwho who has disappointed the district taxpayers #Seniors #Palestine #Ceasefire #Healthcare www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKc9...

The political transformation of J.B. Pritzker

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 15d

Can Congressman @RepCasten vulnerabilities be exploited by #Conforti_Niki? Despite his wins against a progressive Democrat & extremist Republicans in past elections, Casten is vulnerable and can easily be defeated. But it all depends on his critics hanania.substack.com/p/can-congre...

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 18d

#Opinion #Politics The political transformation of @GovPritzker. Criticized for failing to address the many problems facing Illinois taxpayers, but his fight with @POTUS President Trump has overshadowed that, portraying Pritzker as a strong challenger hanania.substack.com/p/the-politi...

J.B. Pritzker has been criticized for failing to address the many problems facing Illinois taxpayers, but his fight with President Trump has overshadowed that, portraying him as a strong challenger

10 13 25 The Transformation of Gov JB Pritzker, the fight on Illegal Aliens & ICE, and will Gaza Pea

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 19d

#VideoPodcast Discussion on @GovPritzker’s transformation in his fight with the President @POTUS; also #GazaCeasefire, will it last? And need for a new political movement to bring America together #BillLipinski @rayhanania
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America needs a new national political party & the America Party is best option

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 19d

America needs a new national political party & @ElonMusk's #AmericaParty is best option. America remains polarized, politicians bicker, taxpayers suffer, worsening economy, horrible crime & rising healthcare costs. Someone must end this @JoeManchinWV hanania.substack.com/p/america-ne...

America remains polarized and while the politicians bicker, the taxpayers are the ones suffering under a worsening economy, horrible crime continuing and rising healthcare costs. Someone must end this

The immoral hypocrisy of West’s response to Gaza killings

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 20d

#Opinion The West’s bias against Arabs and Muslims reared its ugly head again last week, when the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel was marked.@ArabNews

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The West’s bias against Arabs and Muslims reared its ugly head again last week, when the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel was marked. American politicians of every strip...

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 21d

#Opinion The Politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize — and Trump’s Fury Over Losing Again By @mohammedfaheem @wcpt820 suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/10/11/t...

The Politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize — and Trump’s Fury Over Losing Again

The Politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize — and Trump’s Fury Over Losing Again By Mohammed Faheem Each October, as the world waits for the announcement

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 22d

#Radio #Video Guesthost Ray Hanania interviews Khalil Jahshan of the Arab Center Washington DC on the alleged Gaza ceasefire, how much taxpayers gave to Israel; how America and the Security Council have gutted the UN, plus role of ArabAmerican news media ...
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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 22d

#ArabRadio Live LIsten to the USArabRadioNetwork live now in Detrit at WNZK AM690 radio or live online at with our guest ArabCenter Executive Director @KhalilEJahshan and the @ArabCenterWDC on Gaza, Middle East & #ArabAmericans
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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 25d

America is headed towards a New #CivilWar, widening the polarization that has severely divided this nation. It won't take much people twoguysonpolitics.com

Trump's actions not first time a state's National Guard federalized

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 25d

The last time we Federalized the #NationalGuard was in 1963 and 1965 over civil rights and race. Today it's crime with an uglier political face that could be pushing us to another American #CivilWar @POTUS @JBPritzker #Illinois #ICE hanania.substack.com/p/trumps-act...

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard to provide protection to African American students registering for school in Alabama, whose governor was anti-integration

10 06 25 TGOP Trump Pritzker fight Government shutdown update on Gaza

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 26d

#VideoPodcast Can the increasing tensions between @POTUS & Illinois @GovPritzker, & increasing violence & emotion in Chicago spark a #civilwar in America? #BillLipinski @RayHanania #TwoGuysonPolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr3a...

Mayor Dodge turns the lights back on in Orland Park government

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 27d

#Orlandpark mayor #JimDodge turns the lights back on after defeating keith pekau’s narcissistic abusive politics
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Former Mayor Keith Pekau continues to litter the political landscape with exaggeration and political narcissism, pretending he did much when he did little. Dodge has restored sanity to Orland Park

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rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · 27d

#Apology isn't enough. @VanJones68 should also apologize for appearing on a program hosted by racist @billmaher
... That's the real immoral act, worse than mocking #deadbabies ... Maher is despicable

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Oct 2

#Opinion @BrianMastFL loves & is more loyal to israel than the US, he is a threat to american citizens. a real #hypocrite, Mast should be stripped of his passport & kicked out of Congress. He’s disgraceful @ArabNews @RayHanania www.arabnews.com/node/2617527

Lawmakers who put Israel first jeopardize the rights of Americans

Rep. Brian Mast served 12 years in the US army, mainly in Afghanistan, as a bomb disposal expert. He lost both his legs in 2010, when he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Kandahar. Mast sub...

My nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Oct 1

My nominations for two people who Deserve the #NobelPeacePrize, @GretaThunberg and @medeabenjamin, two powerful women who have set aside their own personal interests to fight for what is moral, just and right @NobelPrize hanania.substack.com/p/my-nominat...

There is so much unprecedented self-serving talk about the Nobel Peace Prize coming from President Trump and his supporters, but I have some suggestions on those who earned it

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation established to ‘weaponize food distribution’: Ex-contractor

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Sep 29

Islamophobic motorcycle gang is security contractor hired by #Israel for #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #GHF, a front to weaponize #famine to push Palestinians from Gaza, former GHF contractor #AnthonyAguilar tells @ADC Convention #ArabCon2025 @ArabNews @RayHanania www.arabnews.com/node/2617162...

DEARBORN: A former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Sunday said it was established by Israel to “weaponize food distribution” to force Palestinians to leave the enclave. Anthony Agui...

To fight the racism, Arab Americans must support their ethnic community news media

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Sep 27

#Video #ArabAmericans are demonized by biases in the mainstream American #newsmedia & complain often about it. But they fail to take the first, most important step to end that bias by fully supporting the existing Arab American news media @WRMEA hanania.substack.com/p/to-fight-t...

There are several professional Arab American news media but instead of being supported they often struggle to make ends meet. This is an interview with the publisher of the WRMEA

Pro-Palestine narrative faces challenges at every level of US society, speakers tell convention

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Sep 27

#ArabCon pro palestinian activists face wide range of illegal harassment from politicians, israeli activists and lawyers on every level from education to politics @adc @ArabNews @rayhanania www.arabnews.com/node/2616952...

DEARBORN: The pro-Palestine narrative faces challenges at every level of US society, speakers warned during panel discussions hosted by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and attended by ...

09 20 25 TGOP Trump Kimmel Kirk polling Great AMerican Divide Illegal Aliens Arab Tent at OHare

rayhanania @rayhanania.bsky.social · Sep 20

Video Podcast: Controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel's firing, the murder of Charlie Kirk, the backlash on free speech and increased censorship, Woke vs New Woke, the Great American Divide, Illegal Aliens and immigration, failures of both the Republicans and Democrats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWx4...