Ray Hanania on Politics, Media & Life

03 30 25 Billy Marovitz Video Podcast InterviewS8 Ep 3Ray Hanania on Politics Video Podcast March 30, 2025One of the elected officials I most admire is Billy Marovitz, who I first met when I was covering Chicago City Hall and have since maintained a friendship with him, seeing the vastness of all the things he has done.Marovitz is a guy who can’t sit still and has done many great things.He is a former Illinois legislator, who served in the Illinois House in 1974 and then went on to the Illinois Senate in 1980. He was only 25 when he entered politics, with no political allies, PACs or politicians behind his campaign. He rose to political influence serving as Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party for 25 years. As a legislator, Marovitz introduced and passed the Illinois Generic Prescription Drug Act which forced Big Pharma to sell Generic Drugs at a discount of 50 to 60 percent of their prescription costs, introduced the wrote and Hate Crimes Law, produced a musical celebrating the Cubs 2016 World Series victory, opened the Latin-Fusion restaurants Carnivale in Chicago and in Paradise Island, Bahamas, and hosts and interviews celebrity authors including New York Times Pulitzer Prize Columnist Maureen Dowd.Here is an interview I did with Marovitz, a true public servant with one of the most positive attitudes in American politics, that I think you will enjoy.For more information on my columns and the column I wrote on the interview, visit hanania.com.

03 09 25 Hanania in Cicero Orland Park Fire District electionsS8 E2Veteran award winning political columnist and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania talks about the top election aces this season in Chicagoland.Hanania discusses the achievements of Cicero Town President Larry Dominick, who he does media work for, and all of Dominick's achievements. Dominick is celebrating his 20th year in office and in the Feb. 25, 2025 election, Dominick won re-election in a landslide, achieving the same percentage win that he did in his last contested election in 2013. (Cicero has seen a drop in voter turnout of 1,900 voters, which accounts for a slight reduction in percentage win but still an amazing victory for a mayor who has done so much to strengthen and change the image of the Town of Cicero.The Cicero race is decisive and final and does not have an election on April 1. President Dominick will be sworn in to a 6th term as Town President in May 2025.Hanania also talks about the big race taking place in the April 1, 2025 General election that is in Orland Park, the largest city between Chicago and Joliet in the Southwest Suburbs. Incumbent Mayor Keith Pekau is going to lose to former Trustee Jim Dodge mainly because people are tired of Pekau's outrageous bullying and name-calling. Pekau doesn't tolerate public questions, has the worst transparency in the state for a municipal leader, and truly hates the people who question his consolidation of power in Orland Park over the past 8 years he has been in office, 6 of which he controlled the rubber stamp board.Pekau and other surrounding mayors and supervisors all want to grab, merge, and consolidate the Orland Fire Protection District, which is the jewel in the crown of national firefighters. The OFPD has a fully funded pension that Pekau is drooling to control. Neighboring villages want to control the fire district, too, to shore up their limited fire department performances.The OFPD has a 71 percent Cardiac Arrest Save Rate, one of the highest in the Midwest if not the highest in the nation. The national Save rate is only 10 to 15 percent. That means if you live in the OFPD (which includes Orland Park, Orland Hills and some unincorporated areas) you have a 5 Times better chance of surviving a heart attack.There are three slates of 3 candidates running to control the OFPD. One is backed by Pekau. Losers. Another is backed by a local supervisor and funded by donations from surrounding mayors who want to merge and consolidate -- they say they don't publicly but privately consolidation would be a financial windfall for them.I am supporting the Fiscal Voices for Orland Fire slate of candidates that include the only candidates with First Responder, police or fire experience:OFPD Trustee Beth Damas KasparOFPD Trustee Donald "DJ" JeffersFormer Palos Heights CSO Bridget TolanTheir website ishttps://FiscalVoicesforOrlandFire.comand their Facebook Page is https://Facebook.com/people/Fiscal-Voices-For-Fire-Safety-Orland-Fire/61572978827101/Check them out. If you live in the OFPD District support them to protect the Fire District from mergers and consolidation.Get more information on all of this at my columns website athttps://Hanania.comThank youRAY HANANIA

03-06-25 Ray Hanania on Politics: Trump & Ukraine; the biggest race in Chicago suburbsSeason 8, Episode 1Podcast Topics:I am reviving the podcast starting today. It will be recorded in audio here at Spotify and in video on YouTube, several times each week. And, I will write about it on my syndicated column page at www.HANANIA.comYou can easily subscribe to the syndicated columns and not miss an episode, column, or topics from Mainstream to Middle East.What is President Donald Trump doing? Trump stabbed Ukraine in the back claiming it was about money, but is it about the taxpayer money or his money? Trump is sucking up to Communist tyrant Vladimir Putin, his pal, because Trump wants to build those skyscrapers in Moscow and St. Petersburg like he has been trying to do for the past four decades.Trump's policies in the Middle East are pushing our allies away from us and we'll have major consequences down the road as a result. Hamas is a Terrorist organization but so is the current Government of Israel. They both have killed innocent people. Hamas killed 1,400 Israel has killed 58,000 and the casualties continue to grow. Most are women and children. Babies are being murdered by American funding and American bombs given to Israel.Imagine, Trump has ordered the firing of hundreds of thousands of Americans from Federal government jobs -- up to 40 percent of those Federal jobs among the targeted departments and bureaus are held by American Military Veterans.Is that how a President rewards veterans, a president who dodged the draft to avoid military service to profit and hang around with Jeffrey Epstein???Trump is giving $8 billion to Israel, a foreign country, and firing thousands of Americans from jobs because DOGE and Elon Musk assert it will save America $2 billion???Trump's tariff wars are going to kill our economy and push away our allies, which is exactly what Putin wants.LOCAL ELECTIONSThe biggest local election in the Chicagoland area is in Orland Park. Orland Park is the largest city between Chicago and Joliet, and actually the biggest city in the Southwest suburbs of Cook County. What happens there impacts the region financially and politically.The big races to watch there:1 - The Orland Fire Protection District, which many mayors like Pekau and others have said they want to control. They want to merge or consolidate, call it whatever you want, so they can raid the coffers. The OFPD has a fully funded pension that if the political pirates take control will siphon the funding out of that pension pool.I support three independent candidates who have First Responder experience: Fire Commissioner Donald "DJ" Jeffers, Fire Trustee Beth Damas Kaspar, and former Palos Heights Police Community Service Officer Bridget Tolan. The two slates of 3 candidates each running against them are slated by Pekau's slate and a slate run by the union and township superviso to takeover the district and eliminate the checks an dbalances between unions and governments, You don't put a government int he hands of a union. You respect the union and respect the government and that's how they negotiate responsibly.2 - The race for Mayor of Orland Park. Mayor Keith Pekau, one of the worst-ever mayors in the Chicagoland suburbs, is being challenged by a former Trustee with financial experience Jim Dodge. I think Dodge will win but he's not doing a great job of conveying his talents through media.3 - In Orland Township, a slate led by Dick Kelly is challenging Supervisor Paul O'Grady, whose allies have been behind many attacks against me personally and professionally. Kelly heads the ORLAND TOWNSHIP TOGETHER Slate which includesCindy Murray for ClerkAntonio Rubino for AssessorTracy Sullivan for Highway CommissionerMichael Schofield, retiring OFPD Fire Chief, for trusteeLena Matariyeh for TrusteeDaniel Flores for TrusteeKelly Metzger for Trustee.(Matariyeh represents the growing Arab community in Orland Park.)Enjoy the podcast

06-29-24 Can Robert F. Kennedy Jr win in wake of distasrous Biden-Trump debate? Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania Biden's poor debate performance with Trump and if Biden should drop out for someone like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Biden-Trump debate was a complete disaster for the Democrats and a growing number of the public are feeling Biden cannot survive. Should Biden drop out of the presidential. race and should Democrats slate someone else? Or, can a third party candidate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., run against turmoil plagued Trump and a  very confused Biden and win? Should Democrats support someone else like Michelle Obama and abandon vice president Kamala Harris, who has been roundly criticized during Biden's first term in office?  Hanania was in Atlanta covering the Debate and discusses how the news media, CNN, tried hard to use the debate to strengthen Biden and undermine Trump, but in the end forced Trump to be "tempered" and controlled better leaving Biden to stumble, fumble and bumble in a terrible way undermining Democratic Party unity. You can read Ray Hanania's column urging Biden to step down gracefully or be replaced and analyzing how CNN caused Biden's political demise by their intentional effort to help him overcome their nemesis Trump.⁠⁠https://hanania.substack.com/p/biden-should-step-down-and-finish⁠⁠   “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. Bill Lipinski served as Democratic Committeeman / Alderman of Chicago’s 23rd Ward. Lipinski was elected to Congress in 1983 and served through 2005. He currently writes the “Right from the Center” opinion column at ⁠⁠BillLipinski.com⁠⁠ Ray Hanania covered Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 and writes mainstream opinion columns for The Southwest News Newspaper Group. Subscribe to his syndicated columns by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.Hanania.com⁠⁠ Hanania also writes Middle East columns and news for the Arab News Newspaper ⁠⁠https://www.ArabNews.com⁠⁠ Our web address is ⁠⁠www.TwoGuysonPolitics.com⁠⁠ Our Facebook page is: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TwoGuysOnPolitics⁠⁠

02 28 24 Osama SIblani Publisher of Arab American News on Gaza and the anti Biden campaign Arab American News Newspaper publisher explains the depths of concerns of Arab Americans towards President Joe Biden and his inaction and failure to prevent Israel from continuing its genocide against Palestinians int he Gaza Strip. On Tuesday Feb. 27, 2024, Arab, Muslims and allies in the African American and Asian communities voted "uncommitted" in the Michigan Democratic Primary as a protest against Biden's primary nomination. Michigan is one of a handful of states in which Biden only narrowly defeated former President Donald Trump in 2020. More than 100,000 voters voted "uncommitted" rather than voting for Biden. Siblani discusses some of the insights that expose Biden's weakness, including that the Republican Primary attracted more than 1.1 million voters, while the Democratic primary barely received 750,000 total votes casts howing that the Democrtaic base in Michigan is in jeopardy. Siblani also discusses whether the protest can sustain itself through the Nov. 5, 2024 Presidential Elections where Biden is expected to once again face-off with Trump. Siblani's website is www.ArabAmericanNews.com For more information on Ray Hanania visit his Syndicated column page at www.RayHanania.com or www.Hanania.com #Podcast #Video @OsamaSiblani Publisher of #ArabAmericanNews discusses protest against Pres @JoeBiden in Michigan's Primary 2-27-24 over his failure to stop Israeli slaughter in #GazaStrip & impact on the Nov 5 presidential election vs @realDonaldTrump @rayhanania https://youtu.be/iCsubRWu8fU?si=IWedSGuAIZmjEwpr

02-15-24 Interview with Radio Host Mohammed Faheem S6E3 Ray Hanania on Politics for Feb. 15, 2024 interviews Mohammed Faheem, the cohost of The Lightning Strike Radio SHow on WCPT 820 AM Progressive Talk Radio. Faheem co-hosts the show with former 45th Ward Ald. John Arena and the two discuss a wide range of issues including politics. Hanania and Faheem discuss the challenges that Arab Christians and Muslims, Muslims and people of color including Indians and Pakistanis and others face in an America that doesn't always have the knowledge about issues they face each day. Faheem is Indian and offers a perspective that isnot often heard in America.Visit https://www.TLSChicago.com for more information on the program each week and the scheduled guests. For more information Ray Hanania, visit https://RayHanania.com

01 30 24 Mahnoor Ahmad candidate for the 6th District on bias in 6th District S6E2 By Ray Hanania Mahnoor Ahmad, who is running for the 6th Congressional District candidate seat in the March 19, 2024 Democratic Primary Election, has been the targeted of bias and attacks from members of the Illinois Democratic Party.Democrats, fearing that incumbent Congressman Sean Casten will loose to her int he primary election, have been banning her from participating in Democratic candidate forums. Ahmad participated in the forums hosted by the League of Woman Voters in Elmhurst and in a forum in Naperville, but has been criticized by Democrats because protestors angry with Casten's unresponsive policies over the past two years have demanded that he be accountable. They are blaming Ahmad for the protests -- because she happens to be Muslim, a woman of color, and a minority. Ahmad also supports a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war to prevent the killing of more civilians. More than 30,000 people have been massacred in Gaza in the past four months.The Democratsare so desperate, they have even blocked her from participating in public forums in Milton Township, which includes the city of Wheaton, and she is being attacked by other Democrats. Ahmad is the only candidate who is speaking to the voters int he district as an American who believes in free speech and equality for all. Her issues fighting for the rights of seniors, who have been abandoned by Casten, resnotes with senior voters.No wonder Casten and his unresponsive Democratic minions have been angry and are working to exclude her from the election campaign.THIS IS AMERICA, not Russia. Sean. Ahmad is more American than you! Subscribe to Ray Hanania's columns and podcasts at https://RayHanania.com And podcasts by visiting www.RayHananiaOnPolitics.com and Video podcast on youtube by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBlgdCNmAZ9uNVUHOWI0T8Q

01-30-24 Washington Post attack on Women in Saudi Arabia is political hypocrisy S6E1 By Ray Hanania S6E1 Jan. 30, 2024 Tennis stars Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova co-wrote an Op-Ed for the Washington Post, one of America'smost influential and hypocritical newspapers in the country. The Washington Post is not the same fiercely independent newspaper of the 1970s Watergate years, but rather is today a biased partisan political platform that slams the Arab World, denigrates Arabs and Muslims, closes its eyes to anti-Palestinian brutality and hypocrisy -- publishing only enough, but not enough -- and pandering to the far Left against mainstream and conservative Americans. The Evert/Navratilova column urges that Saudi Arabia not be permitted to host the Women's Tennis Association finals because of "discrimination against women." The problem of course is that Evert/Navratilova are silent on the continued discrimination against women that exists right here int he United States. Are women equal in the United States? American men claim they are but they are not. They don't get equal pay. They are the victims of domestic violence far more often than men. They are not treated equally with men in business and coprorate life. But American spins a tale of equality that is just not true. When was the last time a woman was elected President? The fact is nations in this qworld evolve at different paces. In 2019, Saudi Arabia began a program to expand the freedoms of women, making them equal. Every religious society, including Christians, Muslims and Jews, discriminate in some form against women. Saudi Arabia, an Islamic nation, is working to expand women's rights. Instead of attacking them, they should encourage them. But the issue really isn't women's rights. The issue is politics. The issue is Saudi Arabia's politics. The issue is their criticism of Israel, their criticism of some American policies. And, their criticism of the hypocrisies that American politicians impose on others, including the Arab and Muslim world. Women in Saudi Arabia are leading the freedom movement and they should be encouraged. Nothing happens over night. And it doesn't happen on the hypocritical and politically motivated schedule of the United States, which continues to discriminate against women, Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, Arabs and many other minorities across the board. Here are some of the changes in Saudi Arabia on the rights of Women: Below are the legal advancements for women as of August 2019:  On equal footing with men, women over the age of 21 may obtain a passport and travel abroad without the permission of a male relative.  Women can now travel outside of the country without a male guardian.  Women may register as a “head of household,” and identified as such on family ID Cards and papers, which gives them the right to legally act on their children’s behalf.  Women may register the births of their children.  Women received increased protection from employment discrimination.  Women’s retirement age is the same as men’s retirement age (60 years of age).  The closest female relatives, who are at least 18 years of age, can report cases of death. o Previously, the responsibility lied on the closest male relative, among others.  Women may claim their own place of residency. o Previously, the place of residency for a woman is where her husband/legal guardian resides.  Women may not be fired for pregnancy. o Previously, women could be fired for exceptions to the law. Those exceptions have been removed.  Women have equal authority to register cases of marriage and divorce. o Previously, the responsibility lied primarily on men. Here are some links: Click here for the statement by Saudi Ambassador to the US Click here for the AP story on Evert/Navratilova Click here for an overview of women's rights advances in Saudi Arabia Click here for an overview of the slow struggle for women's rights in America

07-12-24 Ray Hanania on Radio in Michigan on the Biden-Trump presidential election Columnist Ray Hanania talks about the challenges facing President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the AbandonBiden movement, the challenges the nation faces from economy to crime, and what might happen in the presidential election as aguest host on WNZK AM 690 radio. Good morning everyone ... it is Friday July 12, 2024 ... I am Ray Hanania ... and this is the 4th Friday of the month here at Radio Baladi on WNZK AM 690 Radio I here on the 2nd Friday of every month ... during my off-season from Arab News Radio ... which should begin the six month season on August 1 ... overlapping the presidential elections We are broadcasting live on WNZK AM 690 radio and streaming live on the US Arab Radio Network at facebook.com/USArabRadio... check it out and share your comments there Make sure to check out my opinion and analysis columns at Hanania.com and my news stories and op-eds at ArabNews.com... And follow me on Tiktok ,Twitter -- @RayHanania -- to keep up with my political reports and my standup comedy bits ... Today I want to talk to listeners about President Joe Biden and his gaffs, the AbandonBiden campaign, Arabs and Chaldeans for Trump ... I was there at the debate last month when Biden looked like he was lost ... and then i listened to his speech at NATO ... he can't get away from the gaffs calling Zelensky Putin and Kamala Harris Vice President Trump What do you think about it all ... Visit https://www.Hanania.com to read all of Ray Hanania's syndicated columns

12-01-23 Israeli carnage in Gaza wipes out family of American NGO professional By Ray Hanania Chicago -- All 14-year-old Siwar Almadhoun wanted to do was play basketball while her nine-year-old brother, Omar, dreamed of one day playing soccer. But the dreams of the two young children were violently shattered in the early morning on Friday, November 24 while they slept when Israeli forces dropped massive bombs on their home in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. Also killed in the indiscriminate Israeli carnage were their parents, Majed, 41, and Safa, 38, and two other children Reman, 18, who had just started college, and Ali, 7, said Hani Almadhoun, Majed's brother and an American who supervises charitable fundraising for needy families for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA-USA) in Washington D.C. Only two of Majed's daughters, Roa and Salam, survived the onslaught because they were married living with their families in Rafah. "Siwar, the basketball player. A 14-year-old girl. She loved basketball. The salt of this earth. A very sweet girl. She was killed. She did nothing. She was asleep just like her family. And half of her mom, only one half was recovered. Reman was recovered. Ali was recovered. ... their own cat was buried and killed next to them. They adopted a cat named Lucky, a very misfortunate name. They liked to call her Cici. She was killed between the two kids because they loved to play with her too much," Almadhoun, 42, told Arab News as he struggled through his grief. "The only body that was found immediately was Omar. He flew through the window to the street 20 meters away. They went to bury him. They went to find Majed and my mom knew her son was there. She was grieving and then on top of that no ambulances, no bulldozers were able to come to remove this rubble." Click this link to read the whole story: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2417526/middle-east

11-10-23 S5E4 Ray Hanania Interviews Amer Zahr on Israel propaganda and the war on Gaza won Radio Baladi in Detroit Radio Baladi Friday Nov. 10, 2023 with Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 Good morning everyone ... it is Friday Nov. 10, 2023 and I am Ray Hanania here at Radio Baladi on WNZK AM 690 Radio I host the program on the 2nd Friday of every month ... Today we're going to take your calls at 248-557-3300 and talk with our guest Palestinian American standup comedian and lecturer Amer Zahr about the Israel carnage of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the rising anti-Arab hate promoted in Congress, the news media and across the American political spectrum ... but mainstream Americans are increasingly questioning's Israel's violence which many have called "war crimes" ... Amer has a powerful narrative about the Israeli assault against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and we need to get the word out so Americans can hear the truth. His presentations are effective especially with American audiences ... his website is at www.AmerZahr.com that's AmerZahr.com We are broadcasting live on WNZK AM 690 radio and streaming live on the US Arab Radio Network at facebook.com/USArabRadio... check it out and share your comments there Make sure to check out my columns and news stories at ArabNews.com and at Hanania.com ... And follow me on Tiktok -- @RayHanania -- to keep up with my political reports and my standup comedy bits

When it comes to helping Arabs, call me Arab, not MENA, 3-18-23, S5E3 March 18, 2023 S5 E3 Ray Hanania gives an impassioned argument on why the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) category will undermine the effort to provide equal rights to Arab Americans. State Rep. Cyril Nichols introduced a law in 2022 that would recognize Arabs as an MBE (Minority Business Enterprise category) when it comes to received preferential treatment in the award of 25-30 percent of the state's $100 billion in annual contract awards. MBE status has been given to African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians and Women, to ensure that they can compete for the contract set-aside, with the majority of contracts, more than 70 percent, going to mainstream businesses. Instead, a group of self-serving Arabs have introduced their own bill in response to the Nichols legislationt o grant MBE status to the MENA category, which is mostly non-Arabs from th Middle East and from North Africa including African Americans who already qualify for MBE status now. That bill was given to newly elected State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, a very good person and legislator who was convinced to sponsor it. MENA is a mistake that will harm Arab Americans. For ARABS to be helped to overcome the discrimination, bigotry and bias that holds them down the effort must be directed towards helping ARABS. Arabs get NO major contracts from governments today because they are small and have been marginalized by anti-Arab elected officials like former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and anti-Muslim Governor J.B. Pritzker. The MENA catogory will further enslave Arabs to the existing anti-Arab system and even undermine support Arabs have received from African American leaders, who are are closest and most generous natural allies. You can read more about the issue after the podcast by clicking this link an reading my column on the topic, or by visiting TheArabDailyNews.com or Hanania.com. Also, sign up for Ray Hanania's FREE eNewsletter on Arab American issues by clicking this link.

Former Orland Park Asst Village Manager analyzes misguided referendum to eliminate Managerial form of government Video of former Orland Park assistant village manager discusses the referendum to eliminate the village managerial form of government proposed by controversial Mayor Keith Pekau. In a political move, Pekau introduced an ordinance to replace the managerial form of government at a meeting on Monday Feb. 20, 43 days before the citizens could vote on the referendum. The ordinance outlines his plans to take control by appointing a village manager he controls directly By Ray Hanania Karie Friling the former Director of Development Services and former Asst. Village Manager for Orland Park, Illinois, discusses with host Ray Hanania, the proposed referendum introduced and pushed by Mayor keith Pekau to eliminate the professional Village Manager and Managerial Form of Government. If passed, the referendum on April 4, 2023 would open the way for Pekau to become a full time mayor with a larger salary. Friling discusses some of the concerns residents have about changing the system which has been in place since 1983 and helped guide Orland Park through its greatest expansion led by previous mayors. For more information on the Village Managerial Form of Government Referendum visit www.VoteYesOrland.com Former government officials have lined up against eliminating the Managerial Form of Government in a referendum that is constructed to mislead voters on April 4, 2023. The referendum question is ““Shall the Village of Orland Park retain the managerial form of government?” A No Vote eliminates the Village Manager position defined by the State of Illinois and replaces it with a village manager who answers directly to Mayor Pekau who has consolidated accountability to expand his power and control over every facet of village policies and decision making. A Yes Vote, which is encouraged by professionals who have dedicated their lives to protect Orland Park, would reject the referendum. The wording by Pekau was intended to confuse voters. You can watch the video of the interview I did with Karie Friling on Youtube by clicking this link or by using the the widget below to watch it on this award winning website. Pekau has repeatedly refused to be interview by this columnist and has slandered and attacked me by calling me names, rather than to be accountable and address the issues. For more information visit the group’s website at www.VoteYesOrland.com. (Ray Hanania is an award winning former Chicago City Hall reporter. A political analyst and CEO of Urban Strategies Group, Hanania’s opinion columns on mainstream issues are published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers. His Middle East columns are published in the Arab News. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com or email him at rghanania@gmail.com.)

Arab Radio Ray Hanania on humanitarian obstacles for earthquake victims in Syria & Turkey Guests Dr. Zaher Sahloul the founder and president of Med Global at MedGlobal.org which provides relief to victims of tragedy throughout the World and the middle East former Syrian National Council member Dr. Mouayad Chozlan who is in Syria and is calling us from the disaster zone discusses the real obstaces i getting humanitarian aid to victims of the erathquake in Syria and Turkey. It's not the US embargo or the Turks. It is Damascus and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad We are broadcasting live on WNZK AM 690 radio and streaming live on the US Arab Radio Network at facebook.com/USArabRadio... check it out and share your comments there By the way, the Arab American Democratic Club has its Candidate Forum and Brunch at Nikos Banquets on Sunday Feb 12 at 10 am ... the Arab community needs to be there ... go to ArabDemocraticClub.com to get more info and tickets Make sure to check out my columns and news stories at ArabNews.com and at Hanania.com ... And follow me on Tiktok -- @RayHanania -- to keep up with my political reports and my standup comedy bits ... Dr. Zaher @Sahloul of @MedGlobalorg & Syrian National Council member #MouayadChozlan on who is really blocking humanitarian relief from getting to the victims of the #Syria #Turkey #earthquake on #ArabRadio WNZK AM 690 this morning. Watch video at https://fb.watch/iC245FHRRq/ Dr. Zaher @Sahloul of @MedGlobalorg & Syrian National Council member #MouayadChozlan on who is really blocking humanitarian relief from getting to the victims of the #Syria #Turkey #earthquake on #ArabRadio WNZK AM 690 this morning. Watch video at https://fb.watch/iC245FHRRq/

Radio Baladi Friday December 9, 2022 with Guest Host Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 State Rep. Cyril Nichols, Democrat from the 32nd District, will join me on Arab American Radio Friday Morning in Detroit at 8 AM Detroit time (7 am Chicago) to discuss the need for Arab Americans and African Americans to work more closely together. He'll also talk about his legislation to grant Arab Americans in Illinois Minority Business Enterprises status to give them access to 30 percent of the state's $40 billion in contracts. The legislation is modeled after legislation adopted in Michigan for Arab Americans. Rep. Nichols has done more for Arab Americans in Illinois in his first year in office than most other legislators. If you are not in Detroit you can watch the program stream live on Facebook at Facebook.com/USArabRadio (7 am Chicago, 8 AM Detroit) We are broadcasting live on WNZK AM 690 radio and streaming live on the US Arab Radio Network at facebook.com/USArabRadio... check it out and share your comments there Make sure to check out my columns and news stories at ArabNews.com and at Hanania.com Call in at 248-557-3300 https://fb.watch/hi-9o9hOnh/

Radio Baladi Friday August 5, 2022 with Guest Host Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 The worsening economic conditions in Jordan, and the Oak Lawn arrest of an Arab teenager with a gun and drugs It's Friday August 5, 2022 and I'm your guest host Ray Hanania live this morning on WNZK AM 690 radio broadcasting live in Dearborn, Michigan ...... We are also live streaming at facebook.com/USArabRadio This morning we'll talk about the worsening economic conditions in Jordan, and the Oak Lawn arrest of a teenager with a gun and the community protests with our guest reporter and writer Ali Younes We're broadcasting live on the US Arab Radio Network Facebook page at USArabRadio ... check it out and share your comments there Make sure to check out my columns and news stories at ArabNews.comand at Hanania.com And, don't forget to listen to my new syndicated radio show "The Ray Hanania Show" broadcast every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Newspaper on WNZK AM 690 right here in Dearborn, and on: WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC Maryland and Virginia; The show is rebroadcast on Thursdays in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 at 7 AM EST and in Chicagoland and NW Indiana at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080.

Liz Gorman vs Sean Morrison in the 17th Cook County District June 28, 2022 Season 4, Episode 1 Ray Hanania on Politics The heated battle between former Cook County Commissioner and tax fighter Liz Gorman and beleaguered incumbent Sean Morrison in the 17th District is a battle to save the Republican Party in Cook County. Gorman has a proven record fighting for the rights of taxpayers while in his first full term Morrison has done little for the taxpayers. Instead, Morrison has partnered with one of the worst politicians in Illinois history Keith Pekau, the extremist Mayor of Orland Park whose only asset is to turn friends into enemies. Morrison is a pariah who needs to be removed from office. If he wins the June 28, Republican Primary election, he is certain to loose the seat to a Democrat, eliminating any Republican representation in the 17th District. If Gorman wins the Republican Primary, Gorman can easily keep the County Board seat for Republicans and use it to rebuild the Republican Party that Sean Morrison has abandoned with horrible leadership and a lack of creative ideas. Morrison has an albatross on his shoulders, his mishandling of the case of his former Senior Vice President Anthony Martin who was convicted of sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl. Morrison defended Anthony Martin saying he needed him for his business and werote a letter to the judge in support of leniency and Martin's efforts to get probation. But after Morrison wrote the letter, Martin went on Morrison Security business in Colorado and using a Morrison Security cell phone sexually harrassed another 14-year-old girl, this time who turned out to be an undercover police investigator. Only 19 days after Morrison went for Martin's defense, Martin was arrested and charged. It's a sordid tale. You can read all about that and the political battle by visiting my website at www.Hanania.com. (Ray Hanania is an award winning former Chicago City Hall reporter. A political analyst and CEO of Urban Strategies Group, Hanania's opinion columns on mainstream issues are published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers. His Middle East columns are published in the Arab News. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com or email him at rghanania@gmail.com.) Follow Hanania on Twitter at Twitter.com/rayhanania. Subscribe to Ray Hanania's column by CLICKING HERE.

06-06-24 S3E16 A look back at D-Day; Giving VA benefits to Americans serving in a foreign country, Trump's legal challenges and the Lewinsky scandal, and Illinois election restrictions   Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the sacrifice that American soldiers made to defeat the Nazis during World War II. Lipinski, a historian on World War II, discusses the challenges or soldiers faced that brutal morning on June 6, 1944 at Normandy, France.   The efforts of two members of congress to pass legislation that would grant full veteran benefits to Americans who serve in Israel's military. State Reps. Max Miller (R-OH) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), said they want Congress to provide protections and benefits to Americans who serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), regardless of whether or not they first served in the U.S. Military.   Click here to read my column on the topic: ⁠https://hanania.substack.com/p/pro-israel-pac-recipients-urge-benefits⁠   A look at former President Donald Trump's legal challenges and a comparison to challenges former President Bill Clinton faced. Clearly, Democrats made a great effort to prevent Clinton from being charged or convicted of felony perjury or felony influencing a witnesses' testimony in the Monica Lewinsky affair. Clinton manipulated the system and lied, and yet his lies were treated with sympathy from the mainstream news media. Clinton's purpose was to lie to survive so that his wife, Hillary Clinton, could seek higher office including the presidency at a later date. His perjury denying he had sexual relations with Lewinsky was a crime that if Trump had made would have resulted in a felony conviction.   The impact of a new law that changes the election dates and procedures in Illinois's elections. Now, if a party fails to run a candidate in a primary election contest for state or local office in Illinois, then the party would be prohibited from slating someone from their party to run in the general election. The real purpose is to strengthen the Democratic Party's control of Illinois politics. Illinois is one of the most "Blue States" in America with the strongest control by Democrats. It is almost a one-party state undermining the election process. That might explain why the last election had one of the worst and lowest voter turnouts in the country, less than 20 percent.   “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest.   Bill Lipinski served as Democratic Committeeman/Alderman of Chicago’s 23rd Ward. Lipinski was elected to Congress in 1983 and served through 2005. He currently writes the “Right from the Center” opinion column at ⁠BillLipinski.com⁠   Ray Hanania covered Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 and writes mainstream opinion columns for The Southwest News Newspaper Group.   Subscribe to his syndicated columns by visiting ⁠https://www.Hanania.com⁠; Hanania also writes Middle East columns and news for the Arab News Newspaper ⁠https://www.ArabNews.com⁠ Our web address is ⁠www.TwoGuysonPolitics.com⁠ Our Facebook page is: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TwoGuysOnPolitics⁠

05-30-24 Trump Trial, Kennedy censored by media and Sam Alito's upside down flag Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss former President Donald Trump's trial on 34 charges of allegedly falsifying business records, the bias of the news media engaging in the trial and the Democrats doing everything they possibly can to prevent Trump from returning to the White House.Lipinski and Hanania questioned the validity of the charges noting how a conviction will only increase and strengthen Trump's popularity in the upcoming election, and throw American into further disarray. As they discussed the issue, the jury found Trump guilty on all 34 charges. Click this link read story.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/30/trump-hush-money-trial-verdict Lipinski and Hanania also talk about how the Democrats and the News Media are doing everything to prevent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from becoming president. Kennedy, a conservative, could take votes away not only from Trump but also from President Joe Biden. But even if he does not win, he can prevent both Biden and Trump from winning enough of the Electoral College Votes to become president.The media is more desperate and has compromised their ethics and professionalism to twist and distort facts. The New York Times refused to run a full page paid Advertisement from Kennedy demanding that he be included in the Presidential Debates which so far are being restricted to Kennedy and Trump. And, Lipinski and Hanania discuss the fake accusations against Republican Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito whose wife raised an upside down flag in front of their home in protest of her fight with a neighbor. The neighbor called the media and the media has been demanding that Alito resign. Their deception is clear however. They don't care about the American Flag. They care about removing a conservative from the Supreme Court in order to make it more difficult an option for the Supreme Court to intervene in any appeals Trump might make.Ironically, it has always been the liberals and Democrats who have defended the right of citizens to abuse the American flag, burning it, tearing it, wearing it as clothing or turning it upside down as a form of protest in a Free Country. Now the liberal media asserts that Alito's upside down flag is a crime. Lipinski and Hanania also discuss the growing problems America continues to have, problems that have protrayed this country as weak and vulnerable to tyrants like Russia, North Korea, Iran and China.As a side note, both Hanania and Lipinski had hospital procedures last week (which is why we missed one show) and Lipinski was not able to be on camera. Ray Hanania on Politics and “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. Bill Lipinski served as Democratic Committeeman/Alderman of Chicago’s 23rd Ward. Lipinski was elected to Congress in 1983 and served through 2005. He currently writes the “Right from the Center” opinion column at BillLipinski.com Ray Hanania covered Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 and writes mainstream opinion columns for The Southwest News Newspaper Group. Subscribe to his syndicated columns by visiting https://www.Hanania.com; Hanania also writes Middle East columns and news for the Arab News Newspaper https://www.ArabNews.com Our web address is www.TwoGuysonPolitics.com Our Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/TwoGuysOnPolitics

5-03-24 Should Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be part of the Trump-Biden debates? And, comparing student protests today with 1968 S3E14 Two Guys on Politics: Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. Lipinski and Hanania explore the upcoming presidential debates. Should RFK Jr be included. And Lipinski and Hanania discuss the student protests at Universities and colleges over the Israel-Hamas in Gaza. They compare the student protests today over the Israel-Gaza war and the protests that divided America during the Vietnam war and how the protestors disrupted the 1968 Democratic Convention and had a negative impact on the candidacy of Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey. Assertions of outside influence today reflect the same assertions of outside influence in 1968, and the brutality used against student protestors then and now are compared. Bill Lipinski served as Democratic Committeeman/Alderman of Chicago’s 23rd Ward. Lipinski was elected to Congress in 1983 and served through 2005. He currently writes the “Right from the Center” opinion column at BillLipinski.com Ray Hanania covered Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 and writes mainstream opinion columns for The Southwest News Newspaper Group. Subscribe to his syndicated columns by visiting https://www.Hanania.com; Hanania also writes Middle East columns and news for the Arab News Newspaper https://www.ArabNews.com Our web address is www.TwoGuysonPolitics.com Our Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/TwoGuysOnPolitics