Month: August 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— We should require citizenship before giving someone a badge and gun. While HB 3751 was presented as an “option” for law enforcement departments, it’s actually a mandate to hire non-citizens as police officers. – John Curran
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/7/23822944/non-citizens-police-officers-legislature-pritzker-republican-opposition-john-curran-op-ed
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2023/8/7/23822821/weed-sales-illinois-july-cannabis-marijuana-dispensaries
— State, feds must help south suburbs fix water problems – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/7/23823466/state-feds-must-help-south-suburbs-fix-water-problems
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising guns to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/7/23822769/illinois-gun-advertising-ban-kids-militants
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 6 killed, 23 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/8/7/23822356/at-least-6-killed-23-wounded-in-weekend-shootings-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-cannabis-sales-july-20230807-pblpurq24vbnjefkhb43x6weeq-story.html
— Democrats say “Suburbs, cities facing high costs try new tack: hiring federal lobbyists to pry dollars out of Washington.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/ct-nhs-municipal-lobbying-tl-0803-20230807-g7yj2x63rngrpcitadspsjkckq-story.html
— How school choice plays a part in the student debt crisis – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-student-loan-forgiveness-school-choice-20230807-4lab5qbvfbfyzamlo3yr3jsdbe-story.html
— How do we change the Chicago Way? The city needs a municipal constitution. – Joe Ferguson and Seth Limmer
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-israel-constitution-governance-20230807-slwtxida3fhzvfkk3obswjbkce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Palatine OKs housing for human trafficking victims.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230808/nothing-like-this-in-the-state-palatine-oks-housing-for-human-trafficking-victims

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Uihleins have apparently chosen the 2024 candidate they’re backing — for now – Marcus Gilmer
https://link.chicagobusiness.com/view/5f4c31d7c90d524d84713f01j8spr.j6j/ac23fe83

FOX32
— Democrats say “Migrants bused to big cities like Chicago trigger funding controversy.” Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-bused-big-cities-chicago-funding-controversy

ABC7
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-church-near-me-us-immigration-news/13613954/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Chicago philanthropist launches jobs program to deter crime, teen trends.” How many of today’s teens would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. The money that earned doing the aforesaid bad jobs enabled me a) to buy a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) to pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and g) to graduate from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-philanthropist-launches-jobs-program-to-deter-crime-teen-trends/3202517/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago officials refuse to disclose how they spent more than $120 million in tax money.” How much money have the following spent so far on illegals: Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and the hospitals in your area?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-wont-disclose-120-million-spending/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: City of Chicago officials have failed to turn over records detailing how they spent more than $100 million to care for new arrivals. The Chicago Office of Budget & Management denied CBS 2’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for spending records. The city also ignored requests from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.)

WGN RADIO
— Chicago Way w/John Kass: A manifesto on baby Capones and Christopher Columbus – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-a-manifesto-on-baby-capones-and-christopher-columbus/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats analogize Trump to unsuccessful candidates William Jennings Bryan, Thomas Dewey, and Adlai Stevenson. If you ran for an office, who would your critics/opponents analogize you to? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they would analogize me to if I ran for an office. I would focus on my critics/opponents who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) when sought to be selected to fill the vacant Wheaton City Council West District office in 2019 and/or b) when I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004. I would focus on my critics/opponents a) who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me both times and b) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County.
https://news.yahoo.com/tom-kacich-nominated-trump-could-145300442.html

STATELINE
— Democrats say “40-50 migrants came to Chicago almost every day in July. Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/40-50-migrants-came-to-chicago-almost-every-day-in-july/
— Democrats say “Pritzker signs Racism Free Schools Act into law.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-signs-racism-free-schools-act-into-law/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Americans growing further apart on key issues of society, politics – CORY SMITH
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/americans-growing-further-apart-on-key-issues-of-society-politics-republicans-democrats-morality-federal-government-global-warming-police-gun-reform-abortion-immigration-race-relations-health-care-access

WAND TV
— Pritzker signs racism-free schools plan into law – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-signs-racism-free-schools-plan-into-law/article_c2b97a3e-3564-11ee-a653-4be8381ff21f.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/pritzker-signs-bills-expanding-reproductive-healthcare-protections/video_4b26e3a4-445f-5ff7-9c18-4e40ae6cb752.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more drug abuse.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/louies-law-illinois-overdose-education-standards-bill-signed-by-pritzker/article_14e4d092-3187-11ee-ae7c-9b0c035528a0.html

WJBD
— Congressman Mike Bost calls indictments against Donald Trump a ‘clear witch hunt’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/08/07/congressman-mike-bost-calls-indictments-against-donald-trump-a-clear-witch-hunt/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “A judge tossed out Trump’s countersuit to E. Jean Carroll” and ask “What does this mean?” (COMMENT: In 1998, I sued the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They never succeeded in having my lawsuit the dismissed. However, Democrat justices granted GAO summary judgment in 2005.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-07/a-judge-tossed-out-trumps-countersuit-to-e-jean-carroll-what-does-this-mean
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kaplan said “there is no merit to Mr. Trump’s argument.”)

CITIES 92.9
— New Illinois law closes loophole to prevent sexual grooming of students – Kevin Bessler
https://www.cities929.com/2023/08/07/new-illinois-law-closes-loophole-to-prevent-sexual-grooming-of-students/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon told the nation he was resigning.” What were doing 49 years ago? I was a) working for IRS in the Loop as a GS-12 Step 1 (currently $92,279/year) Revenue Officer, b) taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, c) living weekdays in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building, d) living weekends in my University Park town home, and e) driving my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air and my 1971 Corvette.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/08/d-c-insider-and-chicago-native-will-head-dem-convention-00110236

CAPITOL FAX

— Democrats say “Curran explains why most Senate Republicans voted against allowing non-citizens to serve as law enforcement officers.”

— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”

— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/07/afternoon-roundup-136/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP fundraising sinks to $26.48 in second quarter of 2023. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) leaders will officially blame conservative Republicans for DCRCC’s fundraising and other problems, and especially blame conservative Republicans like me a) who support the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and/or b) who share lots of Trump’s demographics including heterosexual, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for DCRCC’s problems and/or who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155694-dupage-gop-fundraising-sinks-to-26-48-in-second-quarter-of-2023
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County Republican Central Committee has had virtually no funds donated to it in the second quarter of 2023. According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. “The June 2023 Quarterly Report must include all committee activity from April 1, 2023, up to and including June 30, 2023,” the Illinois State Board of Elections stated on its website. “This Quarterly Report must be filed by all active political committees, regardless of whether the committee had any activity during that period of time.” The lack of fundraising comes amid Republican in-fighting over donations to the Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni, was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. DuPage GOP Chair Jim Zay explained away the donations to Conroy in a letter to the county’s GOP faithful. Zay has steadfastly refused to criticize fellow Republicans who financially and materially supported Democrats in the once-Republican stronghold as GOP hopes and funds have plummeted. In a letter to the DuPage GOP, Zay emphasized the need for unity within the party and calls for an end to public criticism of fellow Republicans, stating that it only weakens the party and hinders its ability to expand its base. The statement came after Tornatore and Puchalski were outed by the DuPage Policy Journal for making campaign donations to Conroy, drawing attention and controversy within the party. Now, activists have turned their sights on Zay himself, who oversaw the paltry fundraising effort. In an appearance at the Downers Grove Republican Township Organization, Zay and Tornatore explained away the material support for party opponents. “Chairman Zay’s remarks focused on coming together as Republicans and not dwell in the past,” Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican Committeeman, told DuPage Policy Journal after the July 10 meeting. “Both justified their actions as efforts necessary to protect the budgets of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. “However, what struck me was the level of indignance both Commissioner Tornatore and Chairman Zay demonstrated in their explanations. Specifically, their justifications were peppered with comments such as, ‘I didn’t have to be here tonight.’ In addition, questions and comments raised by committeemen regarding the lack of support in recent elections, and contributions to Democrat events were simply dismissed or ignored. In fact, there was no effort to demonstrate any humility or contriteness regarding these matters.”)
— The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level. – Noel Manley (COMMENT: I should write a book about DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my leadership of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois the most.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155698-manley-the-fact-that-the-dupage-gop-raised-only-25-00-in-q2-reflects-the-quality-of-leadership-at-the-county-level
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican committeeman, has expressed strong criticism of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s fundraising efforts for the second quarter of 2023. The committee reported raising only $25.00 during the three-month period, leading Manley to question the quality of leadership within the county’s GOP. “The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level,” Manley told the DuPage Policy Journal. “The job of DuPage GOP leadership is to serve as the number one booster for raising money, recruiting quality candidates, and setting a vision for future Republican efforts at the county, state, and federal levels. Sadly, $25.00 is not going to get the job done.” According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. Manley is one of several critics of DuPage GOP Chairman Jim Zay who refused to denounce fellow Republicans amid revelations that key members of the DuPage County Republican leadership have been funding the campaigns of Democrats. In response, Zay said he identifies as a “Reagan Republican,” and believes in the principle of being a “Big Tent” Party, accommodating all Republicans regardless of their varying views on certain issues noting “true leadership is bringing people together.” Zay’s comments run counter to his performance over a disastrous three years in which local Republicans have lost several elections. “Finger-pointing and fighting is not the answer and that path will only continue to election losses,” Zay said in a letter addressing criticism of three high-ranking officials who donated to Democrats, DuPage Policy Journal previously reported. “I am not saying that anyone should change their principles but telling others to change theirs doesn’t work either. If we don’t come together as a Party then we will be destined to be the minority party for years to come.” Zay’s comments came after DuPage Policy Journal revealed donations to Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. Tornatore also provided $250 to “activist prosecutor” Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s election efforts. Puchalski, who was a board member at the time, chipped in $500 to the week prior to Foxx’s election in 2016. Since Foxx assumed that role, Chicago has become crime-ridden as a direct result of her soft-on-crime policies that have encouraged not prosecuting or incarcerating known serial criminals responsible for even the worst crimes, such as murder.)
— Safe Suburbs USA on Chicago shifting immigrant crisis to suburbs: ‘Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?’ (COMMENT: Do you live in DuPage County? How many of the 32,000+ illegals who already live in DuPage County live your DuPage County District, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your school district, and in your precinct? How many illegals are Democrat and RINO officials sending there?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155692-safe-suburbs-usa-on-chicago-shifting-immigrant-crisis-to-suburbs-is-your-community-one-that-is-agreeing-to-do-this
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Safe Suburbs USA is questioning which suburban communities Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is planning on partnering with to punt the city’s illegal immigrant population. As of 2023, Chicago’s sanctuary status has attracted over 800,000 undocumented residents. “Mayor Johnson says he’s been in dialogue with suburban cities to help share the migrant burden,” Safe Suburbs USA said on Twitter. “Johnson says he sees suburban support on the horizon. Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?” Johnson noted in a recent press conference that he had been in discussions with suburban governments to accept the border crossers. “We see some real support on the horizon,” Johnson said at the press conference, Chicago City Wire reported. The Migration Policy Institute reports DuPage County, where Safe Suburbs USA, is based is already home to over 32,000 illegal immigrants, which is over three times the 10,000 reported in each of the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will in 2014 by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The bulk of the undocumented population comprises those aged 35 to 44. But that figure pales in comparison to Chicago’s staggering population of 829,000, according to NBC News, which also reports Chicago’s open arms policies have given illegal immigrants a soft landing spot. The city has taken to setting up temporary shelters, sometimes in police stations where allegations of sexual impropriety have arisen, and committing millions of taxpayer dollars to provide for those in the country illegally. While former mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke welcoming words to those incoming she later changed her tune when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began sending border crosses to Chicago and other Democrat-controlled sanctuary cities by the busload. Johnson has similarly toed a line between welcoming the undocumented to the city – where there is no longer room – while condemning the politics of those seeking to put an end to illegal border crossings. Thus, Johnson’s move to push the undocumented to the suburbs.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Record Illinois spending, nearly double since 2018, is unsustainable, senator Dave Syverson says – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-illinois-spending-nearly-double-since-2018-is-unsustainable-senator-says
— It’s not racism, people just don’t like Kamala Harris – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-not-racism-people-just-dont-like-kamala-harris

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Media Prematurely Spike Football on Biden Border Crisis – Drew Holden
https://freebeacon.com/media/media-prematurely-spike-football-on-biden-border-crisis/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blames wokeness for US women’s soccer team loss, trolls Megan Rapinoe: ‘USA is going to Hell!’ – Snejana Farberov
https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/trump-blames-wokeness-megan-rapinoe-for-us-world-cup-loss/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Let Them Eat Woke. Some stay and enjoy. Others can go elsewhere. – James P. Pinkerton
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/let-them-eat-woke/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Remaking of America. Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization. It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath. The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago. Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought. . .Race, Not Class. Racial inequality and lack of parity are due to “whiteness.” Racial quotas, segregated dorms, graduations, workshops, and safe spaces are exempt from civil rights statutes given they are necessary to achieve equity. Integration and assimilation are the opiates of the masses. Apartheid and segregation are misunderstood modalities, and thus, if enlightened, sometimes necessary corrective measures. Reparations are to supersede ineffective affirmative action. Wokeness liberates us to see how race explains everything in America, past and present. At universities and in popular culture “proportional representation” of various ethnicities and races is no longer sufficient remedy. Instead reparatory hiring and admissions are required to atone for prior generations of discrimination. It is taboo to suggest that cultural conditions not just race accounts for inequality. Everything from meritocracy to promptness to physical fitness is racist in nature, requiring DEI experts to expose and inform about the systemic nature of American racism.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Large numbers of Chinese illegal aliens are showing up in America – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/large_numbers_of_chinese_illegal_aliens_are_showing_up_in_america.html
— End birthright citizenship now – William Davis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/end_birthright_citizenship_now.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— America’s White majority ends with GenZ, census data reveals – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time .)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/americas-white-majority-ends-with-genz-census-data-reveals-1384493/
— Castle owner says Mayor Adams ignores his plea to bed 180 as NYC struggles to house illegal aliens – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/castle-owner-says-he-can-bed-180-but-mayor-adams-ignores-him-as-nyc-struggles-to-house-illegal-aliens-1384440/

BREITBART
— Biden Out of Step with Non-White Working Class as Democrats Champion Upper-Class Liberal Values – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/biden-out-of-step-with-non-white-working-class-democrats-champion-upper-class-liberal-values/
— Legal Immigrants Protest Migrant Camp at Brooklyn Park: ‘This is Not Fair’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/legal-immigrants-protest-migrant-camp-at-brooklyn-park-this-is-not-fair/
— New York Officials to Transform Staten Island Assisted Living Facility into Migrant Shelter – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/new-york-officials-transform-staten-island-assisted-living-facility-migrant-shelter/

COLLEGE FIX
— Northwestern U. scholars unanimous: Trump indictment is a good thing
https://www.thecollegefix.com/northwestern-u-scholars-unanimous-trump-indictment-is-a-good-thing/

DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Americans Give Up Hope They’ll Ever Be Able To Retire, Poll Finds – Joseph Curl (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/millions-of-americans-give-up-hope-theyll-ever-be-able-to-retire-poll-finds

EPOCH TIMES
— Mega Donor Threatens to Cut Off Funding If DeSantis Doesn’t Go Moderate – Allen Zhong (COMMENT: I should write a book about mega donors in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the greatest success since 2000 in getting Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to “go moderate.” I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/mega-donor-threatens-to-cut-off-funding-if-desantis-doesnt-go-moderate-5446880

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Network News Erects Wall of Disinformation at the Border
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/07/network-news-erects-wall-disinformation-border-study-says

FOX BUSINESS
— Think tanks file suit to block Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39B in student loans. New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit in Michigan Friday on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute. – Landon Mion (COMMENT: If I had gotten a student loan to pay for my 1bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would have paid it off quickly with the money that I earned working for Firestone Stores 1970-1972 and for IRS 1971-1980. Further, my grades would have been much better and I would gotten much better paying jobs. But as it was, I worked my way through college and still had enough money to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile in 1967, to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger. Granted, tuition was much less back then, but I avoided room and board costs by living with my parents in Crete while I a) took classes at UIC 1966-1968, b) worked for the Park Forest Post Office weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/think-tanks-file-suit-block-biden-administrations-plan-cancel-39b-student-loans

FOX NEWS
— Chicago took in a busload of 40-50 migrants almost every day in July, official says – ‘We’re a welcoming city,’ official says – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-busload-migrants-almost-every-day-july-official-says

GUNS
— BIDENOMICS: BILL WOULD ADD $5,000 FEDERAL TAX TO $500 AR-15 – Chris Eger
https://www.guns.com/news/2023/08/07/bidenomics-bill-would-add-5-000-federal-tax-to-500-ar-15

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Pritzker’s Truth Police: How the Illinois Governor Made the Case Against the Trump Indictment.
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/08/08/pritzkers-truth-police-how-the-illinois-governor-made-the-case-against-the-trump-indictment/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Harvard’s Cynical Move to Get Around the Affirmative-Action Decision – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/harvards-cynical-move-to-get-around-affirmative-action-decision/

NUMBERS USA
— Court Finds Biden Asylum Rule is “Substantively and Procedurally Invalid” – Jared Culver
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/court-finds-biden-asylum-rule-substantively-and-procedurally-invalid

PJ MEDIA
— Law and Disorder: Legal Migrants Protest Illegal Aliens Living in Brooklyn Park – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/08/07/law-and-disorder-legal-migrants-protest-illegal-aliens-living-in-brooklyn-park-n1717034

WESTERN JOURNAL
— There Goes Central Park – NYC’s Illegal Aliens May Get Tents to Solve Overwhelming Housing Crisis – Richard Moorhead
https://www.westernjournal.com/goes-central-park-nycs-illegal-aliens-may-get-tents-solve-overwhelming-housing-crisis/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-illinois-to-ban-advertising-for-guns-allegedly-marketed-to-kids-and-militants/
— Democrats say “America’s White majority is aging out.” Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-white-majority-aging-100000247.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Lawyers say DOJ wants to ‘censor’ Trump.”
https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/6230d8bab246d104952d7f0bj8w4x.a1h/f089790f

CBS NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Crossings along U.S.-Mexico border jump as migrants defy extreme heat and asylum restrictions.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-mexico-border-crossings-migrants-yuma-tucson-arizona/

MSNBC
— Democrats crow that “Illinois fights gun lobby to ban marketing guns to little kids.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/illinois-fights-gun-lobby-to-ban-marketing-guns-to-little-kids-190317637765

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/opinion/climate-is-now-a-culture-war-issue.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats want everyone to attack Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/08/07/desantis-trump-indictment-attack-fbi/70541629007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Vivek Ramaswamy’s Rise in 2024 Field Brings Scrutiny Beyond Anti-Woke Record. GOP presidential hopeful has contributed to Democrats, didn’t vote Republican until 2020. – John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vivek-ramaswamys-rise-in-2024-field-brings-scrutiny-beyond-anti-woke-record-88a5b635
— While Trump was President, he defended and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-turned-the-gop-into-the-party-of-wishful-thinking-2024-indictment-jack-smith-7c849bfa
— The White House’s Gender Pay Gap. An analysis says women working for Biden earn 80 cents on the dollar. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-white-houses-gender-pay-gap-d5959dd4
— The Legal Assault on Corporate Diversity Efforts Has Begun. Conservative groups challenge Amazon, Comcast and others using many of the same tools that helped kill affirmative-action programs in colleges. – Theo Francis and Lauren Weber
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-equity-dei-companies-blum-2040b173

YAHOO FINANCE
— Democrats say “Advancing Black Wealth Tour Coming to Oakland & Chicago in August.” Why do you have the wealth that you have? According to my critics/opponents, my wealth came from my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to, and I did, work my way through college.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advancing-black-wealth-tour-coming-181700900.html

SUBURBS 101
— 13 Most Affordable Chicago Suburbs for Commuters 2023 (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. Commuting from Crete to Chicago has never been good. Nevertheless, I commuted from Crete to Chicago a) 1966-1968 while I took classes at UIC, b) in 1970 while I took graduate business classes at UIC, c) in 1971 while I worked for IRS in the Loop, d) in 1972 while I took graduate business classes at Loyola.)
https://suburbs101.com/most-affordable-chicago-suburbs-for-commuters/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-ban-advertising-guns-allegedly-marketed-kids-militants-102069765

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION & INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-overreaching-response-affirmative-action-ban
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/08/08/data-show-admissions-gap-between-white-and-asian-applicants

PBS
— Democrats say “Why New York City’s migrant housing crisis is reaching a breaking point.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-new-york-citys-migrant-housing-crisis-is-reaching-a-breaking-point

KEVIN MD
— How to handle a toxic person – BETHANY SILVERMAN (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have painted me as being Trump’s representative in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 2015. I would focus on those who demonstrate more hatred against those the more demographics that they share with Trump. Both Trump and I are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft-avoiders, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.)
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/08/how-to-handle-a-toxic-person.html