The Illinois State Senate is considering a bill that would significantly change the state’s automatic voter registration program. The changes could result in noncitizens being registered to vote and potentially casting ballots in the November election. Senate Bill 496, sponsored by State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago), would strike current language in Illinois state election law requiring voter registration applications to adhere to requirements laid out in the federal REAL ID Act of 2005.
In June 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) signed legislation allowing noncitizens to obtain a state-issued driver’s license. Meanwhile, Illinois election law stipulates that any resident who applies for — or renews — a state-issued license or identification card will be automatically registered to vote. By removing the REAL ID Act provisions from Illinois election law, state lawmakers would effectively end the only safeguard against noncitizens being enrolled as voters.
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.