ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Illinois Republicans Respond to Biden Dropping Out
https://illinois.gop/illinois-republicans-respond-to-biden-dropping-out/
(PRESS RELEASE: CHICAGO — Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement regarding the announcement that President Biden is no longer seeking reelection: “Today’s announcement is the culmination of years of lies from the Biden White House and Democrats shaming anyone who questioned the fitness of President Biden. Democrats are divided, torn apart by their own duplicity trying to pass off President Biden’s inability to fulfill his role, while Republicans stand united behind President Trump and an agenda of freedom, prosperity, and safety. Democrats have become the party of self-service while Republicans have become the voice of this nation. We as Illinois Republicans must continue to call attention to JB Pritzker’s tax-and-spend, pro-criminal agenda that drives families away from this state to protect the rest of the nation.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “Campaign renamed to Harris for President.”‘
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/biden-steps-down-president-joe-announces-he-is-dropping-out-of-the-2024-presidential-race/15078184/
— Democrats ask “Who will replace Joe Biden as presidential nominee?” and say “Kamala Harris does best against Trump in polls. Kamala Harris is the most likely option, but other names are possible.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/could-replace-biden-he-drops-harris-does-better/15028101/
NBC5
— Democrats ask “Party like it’s 1968?” and say “History repeats itself, Biden decision throws Chicago DNC into uncertain future. VP Harris is gaining momentum as a candidate for president, but her ascension to the nomination is not a guarantee.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/party-like-its-1968-history-repeats-itself-biden-decision-throws-chicago-dnc-into-uncertain-future/3496610/
— Democrats ask “Who will replace Biden after he stepped down from presidential race?” and say “President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the minutes after exiting the presidential race on Sunday” but ask “will she be the one on the ballot come November?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-is-replacing-joe-biden-kamala-harris-and-other-possibilities-biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3496453/
CBS2
— Democrats say “decision to drop out and endorse Kamala Harris upends 2024 presidential race.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/biden-drops-out-2024-presidential-race/
FOX32
— Democrats say “Biden bows out” and ask “Could Gov. JB Pritzker be a possible Presidential candidate?”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/biden-bows-out-could-gov-jb-pritzker-be-possible-presidential-candidate
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Biden’s decision to drop out creates big questions for Chicago convention, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s political future.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/21/bidens-decision-to-drop-out-creates-big-questions-for-chicago-convention-gov-j-b-pritzkers-political-future/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Illinois Dems — and perhaps Pritzker — Biden’s exit changes the 2024 game. – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/bidens-exit-changes-2024-game-illinois-dems-pritzker
WBEZ
— Democrats say “Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign” and ask “What could that mean for JB Pritzker’s political future? and say “While Pritzker has emphatically expressed his support off Biden, he’s also not quashed the narrative that he has White House ambitions.”
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/07/21/joe-biden-has-ended-his-reelection-campaign-what-could-that-mean-for-jb-pritzkers-political-future
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrats say “Trump supporters feel ‘safe’ for first rally post-assassination attempt.”
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/trump-rally-goers-feel-safe-amid-first-rally-post-assassination-attempt-secret-service-grand-rapids-police-law-enforcement-drones-state-police
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Biden announces withdrawal from reelection.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/21/biden-announces-withdrawal-from-reelection/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats might face legal trouble if they replace Biden on ticket. – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/21/mike-johnson-house-speaker-says-democrats-might-fa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Harris presumed favorite to replace Biden, but other names wait in the wings. – Emily Hallas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3090156/biden-endorses-harris-replace-him-others-in-wings/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Never Mentally Fit’: Republicans Call For Biden To Resign Now That He’s Dropped Out Of The Race. – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/21/republicans-biden-resign-dropped-out-race/?pnespid=7rk2WS9MJfMf1enYtjKvT83RuE_1SoJ1d.itxftnvxxmEEXRnBHof4_VyARpJ0NgesEk.pnx
EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race: What’s Next? President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party nominee, but the Democratic ticket is still uncertain. – Jacob Burg and Emel Akan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race-whats-next-5691139
NEWSMAX
— NBC Conflates Usha Vance With Illegal Immigration. – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-illegals-migrants/2024/07/21/id/1173415/
— Blagojevich: Obama Used ‘Chicago’ Way to Take Down Biden. – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rod-blagojevich-barack-obama-reelection/2024/07/21/id/1173446/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Congressional Republicans call for Biden to resign. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/21/congressional-republicans-biden-resign-mike-johnson/
— Democrats say “How Biden will be replaced and what’s next now that he’s dropped out.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/21/whats-next-biden-drop-out/
— Democrats say “Trump forced to regroup after gains, as advisers prepare to face Harris.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/21/trump-response-biden-dropping-out/
— Democrats say “Biden made a heroic choice” and ask “Where do Democrats go from here?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/21/biden-drops-out-democrats-2024/
— Democrats say “Careful, Democrats. Cast Harris aside at your peril.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/21/kamala-harris-biden-primary-trump/
— Democrats say “Biden wasn’t the nominee, so replacing him isn’t illegal. There is no existing Democratic nominee, so there’s neither a procedural nor a legal problem if it isn’t Joe Biden.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/21/replacing-biden-democratic-party-nominee/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Speaker Johnson Criticizes Biden’s Decision. – Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/biden-drops-out-election-2024/card/speaker-johnson-criticizes-biden-s-decision-AVbQi0cMynmnCdH7ddV5
— Tracing the Trump Gunman’s Final Months and Days. Thomas Matthew Crooks appeared to be a bright engineering student even as he hatched a plot for a violent end. – Joel Schectman, Kristina Peterson, Sadie Gurman
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-portrait-trump-shooter-bdf36f1d
— Russia Crushes Dissent as Putin’s System Ramps Up Repression. Wrongful conviction of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is latest blow against freedom of expression in Russia. – Georgi Kantchev
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-crushes-dissent-as-putins-system-ramps-up-repression-785c90f8
— Why Americans Aren’t Having Babies. The costs and rising expectations of parenthood are making young people think hard about having any children at all. – Rachel Wolfe (COMMENT: If you have to send your children to public schools, perspective parents should anticipate/expect that their Democrat teachers will turn their children into good little Democrats who are sexually active, LGBTQ, anti-parent, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/americans-babies-childless-birthrate-daf438f9
Month: July 2024
July 21, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “Gunman in Trump rally attack flew drone over rally site in advance of event.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gunman-trump-rally-attack-flew-drone-rally-site/15075519/
— Democrats say “ComEd continues to restore power days after Chicago-area storms spawned at least 30 tornadoes.” How reliable has your electric service been? How many outages have you suffered and for how long? My Wheaton neighborhood used to suffer many long outages after storms, but not since I succeeded in getting ComEd to connect my neighborhood to its nearby distribution center at Roosevelt and Carlton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0hoyBScMVY
CBS2
— Democrats say “Activists call on Chicago Police Department to reopen investigation into officers with extremist ties.” Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you an extremist? I should write a book about the following who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am extremist: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-department-right-wing-extremist-group-investigation/
WGN9
— Democrats say “Americans are less able to afford healthcare than in 2022.” The federal government pays 72% of healthcare insurance premiums for its employees and retirees. Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, and especially since I became a federal retiree when I was 49 years old in 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I got that benefit and that I continue to get that benefit.
https://wgntv.com/health/americans-less-able-to-afford-healthcare-than-in-2022-study/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Trump holds first campaign rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, JD Vance, by his side.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/20/trump-first-rally-after-assassination-attempt/
— Democrats say “Beyond Biden, Democrats are split over who would be next — Vice President Harris or launch a mini primary.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/20/democratic-presidential-candidate-mini-primary/
— Democrats say “On the RNC floor in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is the protector and Appalachia is in ascendancy.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/editorial-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-speech/
— Democrats say “Activist groups seek new probe into Chicago cops’ ties to Oath Keepers.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups if not hate groups. I was the chairman of TAPROOT 2005-2012 and I was a member of the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/extremism-in-the-ranks/2024/07/20/extremism-in-the-ranks-oath-keepers-cpd-snelling-johnson-city-hall-inspector-general-watchdog
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week’s assassination attempt.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240720/news/trump-campaign-releases-letter-on-his-injury-treatment-after-last-weeks-assassination-attempt/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the “far-right” as being racist and even worse things. My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being on the “far-right.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/20/jd-vances-wife-faces-racist-online-backlash-from-far-right-social-media-posts/
— Democrats say “Some DNC delegates push to remove Biden from top of ticket, oppose virtual roll call.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/20/some-dnc-delegates-push-to-remove-biden-from-top-of-ticket-oppose-virtual-roll-call/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ask “What is the Republican Party’s future in Illinois?” and say “Q&A with new state chair Kathy Salvi.” Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about my critics/opponents who blamed me the most for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered during those almost 7 years. They also blamed what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/elections/what-is-the-republican-partys-future-in-illinois-qa-with-new-state-chair-kathy-salvi/article_1aaf49b8-4602-11ef-99f4-a7b1e82cb9ea.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bar for any party chair is winning elections. But more specifically, what are your benchmarks for judging your own success in this role?)
— Democrats say “JD Vance is red meat for Trump’s MAGA base, which risks losing more independents.” Democrats want Republicans to lose. Democrats do not want Republicans to defend or advance the Republican Party platform. Democrats want the Republican Party to dump its base.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/patricia-lopez-jd-vance-is-red-meat-for-trump-s-maga-base-which-risks-losing/article_15793c1a-2e29-51cd-ac28-4b2ddc15dcee.html
SPRINGFIELS STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. They want Pritzker to be America’s next president.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/national/2024/07/17/pritzker-rallies-for-biden-dems-in-stops-to-indiana-and-ohio/74373296007/
WSIL TV
— Democrats say “Investigators believe Trump’s would-be assassin flew a drone over rally site on the day of the shooting.”
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/investigators-believe-trump-s-would-be-assassin-flew-a-drone-over-rally-site-on-the/article_2084d8d9-c9a8-534e-836c-844e63171ad4.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I am an independent conservative Republican not-for-profit aggregator of political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I should write about how my direct competitors treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who reject one or more of the following planks in past and present Republican Party platforms: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I would focus on the aforesaid 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 the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago ranks as one of most stressed cities in country. – Glenn Minnis (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago. What are your connections with Chicago? I lived in Chicago in 1971 and then 1974-1978. I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I took college classes in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1981, and 1992-1997.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3a58753e-45e2-11ef-829c-5fba00d8ae8a.html
WHEATON POLICE DEPARTMENT
— Neighborhood Roll Call in the Prairie Path Park at 620 West Park Avenue on Tuesday, August 13, at 6:30 PM. (COMMENT: This is the park in my precinct where on July 5, 2003, I succeeded in getting all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate to attend a picnic for the voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and in Debra Olsen’s precinct to the west. Those candidates were John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. More than 200 attended. Back then, I was the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, and an officer of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1077/Neighborhood-Roll-Call
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance argues Biden should ‘resign now.’ – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/20/jd-vance-argues-biden-should-resign-now/
— Trump fans flock to first post-shooting rally. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/20/he-took-bullet-us-trump-fans-flock-first-post-shoo/
— Speaker Johnson threatens to arrest lawmakers who disrupt Netanyahu’s speech. – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/20/speaker-mike-johnson-threatens-arrest-lawmakers-wh/
— In Trump they trust: Republicans renew their faith in leader. – W. James Antle III (COMMENT: What are the anti-Trump leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization going to do? I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2015.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3092447/in-trump-they-trust-republicans-renew-faith-leader/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why did the Secret Service allow Trump on the stage minutes after identifying Crooks as a threat? – Elizabeth Stauffer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3091595/why-did-secret-service-allow-trump-onstage-crooks-threat/
— Women’s sports protected, sex changes for minors banned. – Sarah Roderick-Fitch
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3092204/womens-sports-protected-sex-changes-for-minors-banned/
NEW YORK POST
— The ‘woke’ ways of President Biden and Kimberly Cheatle’s US Secret Service – Rich Calder (COMMENT: Hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and females and getting rid of their Republican employees was my Democrat superiors’ to priority. All my Democrat coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/the-woke-ways-of-kimberly-cheatles-us-secret-service/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has unabashedly embraced woke initiatives at the agency ever since she took over two years ago — including recruiting at Pride events, hosting seminars on pronoun use and even bringing in a popular YouTube female daredevil to attract a more diverse workforce. Cheatle, 53, unveiled her marching orders in the Secret Service’s 2023-2027 strategic plan, demanding agents to be “focused on achieving excellence through talent, technology and diversity,” documents reviewed by The Post show. “We must embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) across the agency,” wrote Cheatle, a longtime friend of First Lady Jill Biden who was plucked in 2022 from her previous job as global security boss at PepsiCo by President Biden to be the second woman to lead the federal agency. “DEIA must be demonstrated by all employees — leading by example — through ‘every action every day.’”)
— Elon Musk takes several shots at CrowdStrike after global outage — including taking aim at company’s DEI policy. – Dana Kennedy
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/elon-musk-takes-several-shots-at-crowdstrike-after-global-outage-including-taking-aim-at-companys-dei-policy/
— Trump shooter Thomas Crooks was not a member of rifle team, wasn’t bullied despite previous reports, school claims. – Olivia Land
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/trump-shooter-thomas-crooks-was-not-a-member-of-rifle-team-school-district/
AMERICAN THINKER
— When will Democrats be held responsible for their Trump-hating rhetoric? – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/when_will_democrats_be_held_responsible_for_their_trump_hating_rhetoric.html
— The media’s hysterical anti-Trump propaganda manipulates lonely boys’ heroic dreams. – Molly Slag
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/the_media_s_hysterical_anti_trump_propaganda_manipulates_lonely_boys_heroic_dreams.html
— Illegal who urged squatting in Americans’ homes worked for Venezuela’s military intelligence. – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: How many vacant homes, apartments, and hotel/motel rooms are vacant in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will soon fill them with their illegals.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/migrant_warfare_fed_source_says_illegal_who_urged_squatting_at_americans_homes_worked_for_venezuela_s_military_intelligence_report.html
— Donald Trump Versus American Socialists – Alexander G. Markovsky (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote socialism, that is, they promote dependency on government and charity. Soon, if not already, everyone in America will be distributing welfare and/or receiving welfare. My critics/opponents crow about the ever-increasing amount of welfare that they distribute.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/donald_trump_versus_american_socialists.html
BLAZE
— The big cheat is on. The attempt on Donald Trump’s life will not keep Democratic politicians from pulling out all stops, including illegal ones, to win the November election. – PAUL GOTTFRIED (COMMENT: Democrats are moral relativists. They believe that their end justifies their means. Anticipate/expect that Democrat voter fraud will be the greatest in battleground/swing states.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-big-cheat-is-on
BREITBART
— Microsoft’s Meltdown: A Wake-Up Call for Woke Tech Giants. – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/07/20/microsofts-meltdown-a-wake-up-call-for-woke-tech-giants/
DAILY CALLER
— Vance Grilled Woke Biden Nominees Over LGBT Agenda For Months, Blocking Confirmations. – JENNIFER NUELLE (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they ever-increasingly promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment/abolishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/20/vance-grilled-woke-biden-nominees-over-lgbt-agenda-months-blocking-confirmations-leaked-memo/
EPOCH TIMES
— Former White House Doctor Reveals Details of Trump Injury in Assassination Attempt. – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/former-white-house-doctor-reveals-details-of-trump-injury-in-assassination-attempt-5690798
FOX NEWS
— JD Vance mocks Washington Post scoop on his ‘anti-woke ideology’ – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican ever-increasingly paint themselves as being woke, that is, they ever-increasingly paint themselves as being anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/j-d-vance-mocks-washington-post-scoop-anti-woke-ideology-they-got-me
TOWNHALL
— Donald Trump’s Shooter — A Product of Government Schools’ Indoctrination? – Sheri Few (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 the most.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sherifew/2024/07/21/donald-trumps-shooter-a-product-of-government-schools-indoctrination-n2642218
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden and others are urging Americans not to make assumptions about motive, but we are all eager to know — why — what would cause a young man to want to assassinate Donald Trump? I instantly think of his young age; not long out of high school having had his head recently pumped full of leftist indoctrination. With Critical Marxist theories intended to pit people against one another, and so-called “social justice” indoctrination happening in early grades and intensifying over time, children are taught to hate themselves, others and their country. So, someone who loves our country and is committed to making it great again is an obvious target for “social justice” at any cost. We saw violence, looting, burning and even murder following George Floyd’s death with young people rioting in the streets, destroying communities unfettered by law enforcement and media justifying their actions. With inaction, we told young people violence, lawlessness and in some cases, murder is justified in the name of “social justice.” We see it on college campuses with antisemitic protestors yelling “Death to America.” These young people are either foreign terrorists who should be deported or they are domestic terrorists that need to be on a watchlist and investigated for treason. Although Caucasian herself, some pages of the Nashville transgender shooter’s manifesto expressed her hatred for White people and she specifically claimed her victims had White privileges. This is the nonsense they teach in government schools. Another thing I would wager these young, violent criminals have in common is having been medicated throughout their school experience and on into adulthood with stimulants and psychotropic medications linked to violence. A common thread among shooters is the use of medications prescribed to treat mental illness, especially among young assailants. The Nashville transgender shooter was under care for an emotional disorder and Trump’s would-be-assassin is reported to have been treated for depressive disorder. These young criminals are medicated most of their childhood with Adderall later combined with anti-depressants, and often hormones contrary to their biology, which is a cocktail for violence, hallucinations, suicide and homicide. School shootings have more than doubled in the last ten years following the full implementation of the Common Core standards. These national standards begin teaching children to advocate for change in society in pre-kindergarten grades and rachets up through high school burdening students with the responsibility of being social justice warriors. Since George Floyd’s death and the call to defund school police officers, school shootings have doubled with 35 incidents already in 2024. During this time many government schools embraced the Black Lives Matter movement and replaced school police officers with counselors and social workers leaving students vulnerable. Just before the assassination attempt, Trump’s Platform was released with real limitations on the far left’s transformative agenda pushing Marxism, LBGTQ+ ideology (with emphasis on the “T”), White privilege and anti-American propaganda. The following are three of 20 planks in Trump’s Platform, which he pledges to achieve very quickly after the election with the help of a Republican Congress: Cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content on our children. Keep men out of women’s sports. Deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again. The paradox is glaring in that these very policy positions, which may have influenced the shooter to attempt to murder the president, could be some of the solutions to ending the evil and hate that influences children in government schools. While we continue to seek answers as to why so many young people are prone to violence and particularly murder in today’s culture, I would pray we can find some good that evolves from evil. I believe the assassination attempt on Donald Trump has fostered unity in our country, much like after 9/11. As much as the media and government schools stoke the fires that divide our citizens, this ill-fated shooting caused Trump to get back up and call for Americans to keep fighting — to save our country! Trump is a uniter and many who have always voted Democrat are uniting behind Trump despite differences on some policies. His bravery and God’s willingness to spare his life are just the right medicine for a nation that is hemorrhaging from division. I pray God will continue to use Donald Trump to heal our land and end the indoctrination of children in government schools.)
TURNING POINT USA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Plans to Remove George Washington Statue from City Hall. – STEPHEN DAVIS (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn all those who immigrated to America before slavery was abolished. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-plans-to-remove-george-washington-statue-from-city-hall
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He also addressed speculation that the removal is connected to growing concerns over historical figures who owned slaves, a reason cited for the removal of many statues of founding fathers from public spaces in recent years. . .The decision has sparked outrage among some members of the community and even members of the Chicago City Council. Council member Nicholas Sposato, who chairs the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Special Events, compared this move to the controversial removal of Christopher Columbus statues from two parks in the city. “When does this stop — the redoing everything and eliminating everything? I just don’t get it,” Sposato said. “He’s George Washington. He risked everything. We are who we are because of this man. He could have just stood down and not get involved with the [Revolutionary] war and came here and lived a good life. But he fought for who we are. He should be honored all over the place. Next, are we going to change the name of the streets” Sposato continued, mentioning that there are streets named Washington, Jefferson and Monroe. “When does it stop?”)
— Microsoft Terminates its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team – Stephen Davis (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action, DEI, and up-or-out to waste my career and to get rid of me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/microsoft-terminates-its-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-team
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats say “Republicans ready attacks on Harris in anticipation of Biden bowing out.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4781765-kamala-harris-biden-2024-rnc-convention-milwaukee-trump/
CNN
— Democrats say “Why an election for 330 million-plus people may still come down to so few votes.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters that have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/20/politics/electoral-votes-swing-state-margins-dg/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats say “Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week’s assassination attempt.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ronny-jackson-shooting-medical-report-e95a2888cd5eeb64820d6fa789b03463
MSN
— Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration. Republicans oppose illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/usha-vance-s-rnc-speech-on-indian-heritage-amidst-send-them-back-chants-a-stark-contradiction/ar-BB1qj98j
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “If Kamala Harris Is a D.E.I. Candidate, So Is JD Vance.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave the same preference to their Democrat employees who were White and married to minorities that they gave to their Democrat employees who were minorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opinion/jd-vance-kamala-harris.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates promote more hatred against Musk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/elon-musk-trump.html
— Democrats say “Dozens of Local Police Officers Were at Trump’s Rally. Very Few Were Watching a Critical Area.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/politics/trump-rally-police-secret-service-shooting.html
— Democrats say “Trump, Leaving Unity Behind, Insults Biden, Who Remains Sidelined With Covid.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
— Russia Punishes Journalists Who Seek the Truth – Editorial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents 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 should write about my critics/opponents and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/evan-gershkovich-russia-journalist.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “GOP called for unity as it continued to feature far-right figures, ideas.” The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend/advance, the more that Democrats and RINOs call you conservative, far-right, extremist, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/20/republican-convention-far-right-immigration-transgender/
— Hate-filled American-hating America-haters promote hatred against Lou Dobbs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/20/lou-dobbs-dead-fox-conspiracies/
— Democrats say “How a Harris presidential campaign would transform the race.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/21/kamala-harris-campaign-2024-biden/
— Democrats say “Democrats wrestle over whether Biden should top ticket.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/21/election-2024-biden-trump-campaign-updates/
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote the anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American Democrat Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/19/trump-speech-unity-republicans-lie/74465189007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— If there has been any reduction in illegal immigration, it is solely because of fear that Trump will be elected. Citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally and stay in America illegally because Democrats give them massive government assistance, that is, Democrats give them massive welfare, that is, free housing, free food, free clothes, free medical care, free education, free cars, etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/migrants-in-the-boston-area-rush-to-secure-legal-status-amid-concerns-over-upcoming-election/ar-BB1qkznJ
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats say “Adam Kinzinger Declares Death of Republican Party.” The more hatred that you promote against the Republican Party, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you. I should write about my “Republican” critics/opponents who the Democrat news media promotes the most.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-declares-death-republican-party-1928002
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Wall Street Takes a Back Seat With Trump’s Elevation of Vance.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/wall-street-takes-a-back-seat-with-trumps-elevation-of-vance-6183ae08
INC.
— Reciprocal Marketing (COMMENT: What do you say to websites that I promote but do not reciprocate by promoting www.gopillinois.com ?)
https://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/reciprocal-marketing.html
DAILY MAIL
— Damning new Secret Service whistleblower claims about Trump shooting reveal staffing crisis, untrained agents – and the agency’s woke ‘nepo-hire’ director’s links to Jill Biden. – ISABELLE STANLEY (COMMENT: All my Democrat coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13648845/secret-service-trump-shooting-kim-cheatle.html
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters that have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-michigan-rally-elon-musk-b2583144.html
July 20, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “US Reps Sean Casten, Chuy Garcia call for President Joe Biden to step aside from race.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-us-representative-sean-casten-calls-president/15071150/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s speech about assassination attempt hits home for Illinois delegates at RNC.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-rnc-2024-former-presidents-speech-rally/15072393/
— Democrats say “Thousands still without power days after Chicago-area storms.” I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my buying a whole house natural gas back up electric generator.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/power-outage-today-homewood-helped-surrounding-suburbs-many/15071824/
— Democrats say “Berwyn man charged in 2022 West Lawn road rage shooting death of 3-year-old boy.” My brother suffered serious injuries as a passenger in a car involved in a road rage incident.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/berwyn-man-giovanni-hernandez-charged-murder-mateo-zastro-court/15072376/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYjlrDENnU
NBC5
— Democrats say “Uncertainty over Biden’s candidacy persists ahead of Democratic National Convention in Chicago.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/uncertainty-over-bidens-candidacy-persists-ahead-of-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/3495884/
— Democrats ask “Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-could-replace-joe-biden-if-he-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495592/
— Democrats ask “What happens next if Joe Biden drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/what-happens-next-if-joe-biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495741/
— Democrats say “Postal workers demand heightened safety measures after Chicago letter carrier shot and killed.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/postal-workers-demand-heightened-safety-measures-after-chicago-letter-carrier-shot-and-killed/3495988/
— Democrat say “Price plummets for Olympia Fields mansion previously home to Chicago celebrities. Listed for almost $3.5 million in January 2024, the asking price is now $1 million lower.” How much would this home be worth if it was in your municipality? I sold my childhood home 1286 Wood Street in Crete ( https://www.coldwellbanker.com/il/crete/1286-wood-street/lid-P00800000G69nqQ4d33ThxIbRs04xDo4lThe0OSV ) for $99,900 in December of 2022. What would it be worth if it was in Wheaton?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/price-plummets-olympia-fields-mansion-previously-home-chicago-celebrities/3495370/
WGN9
— Democrats say “Chicago man accused of supplying fatal dose of drugs to Naperville man.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-man-accused-of-supplying-fatal-dose-of-drugs-to-naperville-man/
FOX32
— Democrats say “A Chicago man will remain in custody pending his trial after allegedly supplying illegal narcotics to a Naperville man who overdosed and died in 2023. Prosecutors said the victim arranged to receive illegal narcotics from Christopher Hobson, 38, on Feb. 20, 2023.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-supplied-illegal-narcotics-killed-naperville-man
WGN RADIO
— Democrats ask “Is VP Harris a more viable candidate than President Biden?”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/is-vp-harris-a-more-viable-candidate-than-president-biden/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Illinois RNC delegates say Trump’s economic message should sway voters.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/leaving-milwaukee-illinois-rnc-delegates-say-trumps-economic-message-should-sway-voters/
— Democrats say “On-duty mail carrier fatally shot in West Pullman neighborhood, $250K reward announced.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/on-duty-mail-carrier-fatally-shot-in-west-pullman-neighborhood/
— Democrats say “Billionaire Ken Griffin lists Gold Coast condo for $11M.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/billionaire-ken-griffin-lists-gold-coast-condo-for-11m/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn minorities who marry Whites?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/jd-vance-usha-chilukuri-indian-interracial-marriage-racism-trump-white-supremacy-rummana-hussain
— Democrats say “Political violence and rhetoric is all too American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/political-violence-rhetoric-trump-assassination-attempt-gun-violence-history-natalie-moore
— Democrats say “Republican convention biblical banter rings a Paul Harvey bell.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/trump-speech-paul-harvey-so-god-made-a-farmer-biblical-banter-republican-convention-super-bowl-ad
— Democrats say “Editor’s note: Important changes to this weekend’s newspapers as printing plant disruption continues. There will be no early Sunday edition, also called the “3-star” or bulldog, this weekend, and the regular Sunday edition will be smaller than usual. We were unable to include news from Friday evening in Saturday’s paper.” To help make my daily GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters more timely and more comprehensive, I spend thousands of dollars every year for home delivery of and internet access for the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Crain’s Chicago Business, Naperville Sun, etc. I am an independent conservative Republican not-for-profit aggregator of political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I should write about how my direct competitors treat me and treat my newsletters. I would focus on those who reject one or more of the following planks in past and present Republican Party platforms: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editors-note-weekend-paper
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Remember all the times Trump used incendiary language to taunt Democrats?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/donald-trump-incendiary-inflammatory-language-against-democrats-joe-biden-gene-lyons
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Suburban Republicans leave convention energized and hopeful for November.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/news/suburban-republicans-leave-convention-energized-and-hopeful-for-november/
‘– Democrats say “It’s a different party’: Healing, division and questions about Trump’s coattails among RNC takeways.” The previous Illinois Republican Party used pretexts to remove me from its 2024 State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/illinois-state-politics/its-a-different-party-healing-division-and-questions-about-trumps-coattails-among-rnc-takeways/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ask “Who’s moving in and out of Chicago?” and say “Fed trackers reveal some surprises.” Democrat leaders of Chicago a) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-population-shifts-revealed-federal-reserve-report
HERALD & REVIEW
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi on future of state party.”
https://herald-review.com/illinois-gop-chair-kathy-salvi-on-future-of-state-party/video_5dd907e8-461f-11ef-80cc-ab8d8a8ef2cc.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrats use Trump shooting to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/political-divisions-stall-proposed-gun-policies-19584194.php
SOUTHERN
— Democrats ask “Are top Republicans shifting in favor of unions?” I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid because of that. My federal salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and d) I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/19/are-top-republicans-shifting-in-favor-of-unions-probably-not-experts-say/
WGLT
— Democrats say “Trump has promised deportations on an unprecedented scale.” Illegals drive wages down. They harm younger Americans the most a) whose parents are not wealthy, b) who have less education and/or c) who have fewer or no job skills. Because my parents were not wealthy, I had to work my way through college. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, illegals would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I earned would have been less. I did yard work 1962-1964, I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, I washed dishes 1964-1966, I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966, I pumped gasoline in 1966 and 1971-1972, and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-19/trump-has-promised-deportations-on-an-unprecedented-scale
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot in Bloomington-Normal.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-07-19/a-6th-marijuana-dispensary-opens-in-bloomington-normal
WAND TV
— Democrats say “What Usha Vance’s rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans.” All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saw all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. All the members of the following organizations saw all the adverse actions that the leaders of those organizations took against me: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Milton Township Republican Organization, d) Illinois, e) DuPage County, f) Milton Township, g) Wheaton, h) Wheaton Park District, i) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, j) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, k) Illinois Center Right Coalition, l) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, m) etc.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-usha-vances-rise-to-prominence-means-to-other-south-asian-and-hindu-americans/article_12fcdeb9-41d8-52c4-9051-19e392b41f9d.html
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats say “Miller critical of media in Trump coverage.”
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/miller-critical-of-media-in-trump-coverage/article_7e0b9446-4542-11ef-a462-ab24908fc471.html
MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and make it clear that they are going to use government to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Consequently, the aforesaid are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-richardson/normalizing-hate-how-republicans-have-increasingly-advocated-violence-as-a-way-to-gain-power/
CHICAGO BUSINESS JOUNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals with Blacks who fled slavery.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2024/07/19/neighborspace-land-grant-underground-railroad.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be stoners and LGBTQers.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/19/sway-lgbtq-owned-dispensary-aims-to-open-in-south-shore/
ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Democrats say Orland Park Violated the Open Meetings Act when its Mayor Keith Pekau and its Board of Trustees cleared the board room during a contentious meeting in February.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/chief-clear-room-orland-violated-open-meetings-act-ag-says
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-123/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Democrats in Disarray on Biden CHICAGO — After a week of unity in Milwaukee, Republicans in Illinois and across the country are ready to win in November. Democrats on the other hand don’t even know who will be at the top of the ticket yet. Joe Biden’s poll numbers keep getting worse and big name Democrats are calling it quits on the President. Sean Casten joined a growing chorus of Democrats calling for Biden to step down this morning, a chorus that includes Reps. Chuy Garcia, Mike Quigley, and Eric Sorenson. But former Biden/Pritzker staffer Nikki Budzinski and Senator Dick Durbin are #RidinWithBiden. And Governor Pritzker? He’s supporting the “Democratic nominee” who is “apparently” Joe Biden. Sounds like a full throated endorsement to us. With less than a month to go until Democrats descend on Chicago, their party here in Illinois and across the country is in complete and utter disarray. 31 days to go.
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president. – Jim Talamonti (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e055d80a-45e2-11ef-9999-9f8803279cfc.html
— Chicago mayor defends shutdown of homeless site. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_14348086-45f7-11ef-b216-17002c4b042f.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME TODAY – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-10-things-you-should-know-about-chicago-crime-today/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s RNC spreads emotional, big-tent MAGA message — a show lauded even by Democrats. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big-tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big-tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/donald-trumps-rnc-spreads-emotional-big-tent-maga-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thirteen Democrats ask Biden to stand aside as dam begins to break. – Rachel Schilke
Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 103)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-103/
NEW YORK POST
— Lara Trump says she has full confidence in Secret Service — but says director Kimberly Cheatle must answer for ‘mistakes’ – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/lara-trump-says-has-full-confidence-in-secret-service/
AMERICAN THINKER
— University DEI plan says individualism, timeliness, part of white supremacy culture. – Eric Utter (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/university_dei_plan_says_individualism_timeliness_part_of_white_supremacy_culture.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Microsoft selectively scraps its DEI department. Don’t be fooled. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/microsoft-selectively-scraps-its-dei-department-dont-be-fooled-1473633/
— Illegal alien known for urging others to squat in US homes linked to Venezuela military intel. – Tom Tillison (COMMENT: How many vacant homes and apartments are there in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/illegal-alien-known-for-urging-others-to-squat-in-us-homes-linked-to-venezuela-military-intel-report-1473724/
BREITBART
— ‘Gang of Eight’ Advocates (Senators Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, and Chuck Schumer) Sought Amnesty for 35 Million Illegals. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/19/gang-of-eight-advocates-sought-amnesty-for-35-million-in-2013/
CENTER SQUARE
— New bill would change federal hiring practices on past cannabis use. – Brett Rowland (COMMENT: I have never used pot and I never will. Pot is a disqualifier. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Many of my critics/opponents act like they have used pot, are using pot, and/or want to use pot. They despise/hate me because I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_86460062-45f9-11ef-9fff-cb56c00c9e3b.html
DAILY CALLER
— Third Senate Democrat Calls For Biden Exit. – ROBERT MCGREEVY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/19/senate-dem-martin-heinrich-biden-campaign/
DAILY WIRE
— The Appalling Display Of Christian White Nationalism At The RNC. – Andrew Klavan
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-appalling-display-of-christian-white-nationalism-at-the-rnc
FEDERALIST
— Donald Trump Enters Fall Election With The Big Tent Republicans Failed To Build For Decades. – TRISTAN JUSTICE (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/19/donald-trump-enters-fall-election-with-the-big-tent-republicans-failed-to-build-for-decades/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Biden’s Border Crisis is Destroying Heartland America: A Look at Springfield, Ohio. – Joey Chester (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs: Springfield, Ohio today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-destroying-heartland-america-look-springfield-ohio
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-is-destroying-heartland-america-a-look-at-springfield-ohio/
FOX NEWS
— Number of Americans wanting reduced immigration skyrockets, most since 2001. – Adam Shaw
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-americans-wanting-reduced-immigration-194008334.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DEI Is Distracting Our Military From Its Primary Task. – Jim Fein (COMMENT: The primary task that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had was hiring, retaining. and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/dei-distracting-our-military-its-primary-task
MRC TV
— Democrats Don’t Care if Biden’s Too Demented to Control ICBMs. – Ted Cruz
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/ted-cruz-democrats-dont-care-if-bidens-too-demented-control-icbms
NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Bashes RNC: ‘Violent Rhetoric and Attacks on Undocumented Immigrants’ – Clay Waters
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/07/19/npr-bashes-rnc-violent-rhetoric-and-attacks-undocumented-immigrants
NUMBERS USA
— Trump while referring to illegal immigrants: They are taking the jobs from our Black population and our Hispanic population…
https://x.com/theatlantavoice/status/1814138971586261215
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ask “Too old to work?” and say “Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside.” What is Trump’s position on age discrimination? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-!3. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-older-elderly-voters-a6bcbdaf35c78a8aac04e8ad078456f2
— Firefighter killed at Trump rally honored with bagpipes and gun salute at funeral. (COMMENT: At my request, Wheaton used $1,000 a year of the money that I raised from Republicans for bagpipers in its Independence Day parades. My critics/opponents do not like bagpipers if not despise/hate bagpipers. They complain that they do not march fast enough.)
https://apnews.com/video/pennsylvania-corey-comperatore-funerals-and-memorial-services-donald-trump-national-eb06523d3956446688e4c08e55a8bedf
— Democrats say “Republicans say they will trust the election results as long as Trump wins. With many Trump supporters confident he will win in November, there was less talk of stolen elections at the Republican National Convention.” Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats on the ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/19/trump-election-results/
ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-calls-unity-ring-hollow-lgbtq-community/story?id=112096917
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “How Trump used the Republican convention to shift the party his way. Abortion and gun rights got little attention. Speakers included a union president, an OnlyFans model and disaffected Black and Latino Democrats angry about crime and immigration.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-used-republican-convention-shift-party-way-rcna162739
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Biden Plans to Resume Campaigning as More Democrats Urge Him to Quit.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/19/us/biden-election-news
— Democrats say “Bus by Bus, Texas’ Governor Changed Migration Across the U.S. In two years, Texas has bused more than 119,000 people to Democrat-led cities, shifting both migration patterns and the debate over immigration. The list of cities keeps expanding.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/abbott-texas-migrant-buses.html
— Democrats say “From Honor Student to the Gunman Who Tried to Kill Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/gunman-thomas-crooks-trump-shooting.html
— Democrats say “How to Rein In Rising Auto Insurance Rates.” To save on auto insurance, I have stopped driving five of my seven cars and my SUV and I have suspended insurance coverage on them except comprehensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/your-money/car-insurance-rates-inflation.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-speech.html
— Pro-Lifers Helped Bring Trump to Power. Why Has He Abandoned Us? – Patrick T. Brown
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/trump-abortion-pro-life.html
— Democrats say “Since the shooting at his rally, Mr. Trump has appeared more concerned about his legacy and how he may be remembered by his grandchildren.” I should write a book my critics/opponents and what I believe they will say about me when I die. I would focus on those who now say that I bring all my problems on myself, that is, that I cause all my own problems. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech-analysis.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment/abolishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/20/republican-convention-far-right-immigration-transgender/
USA TODAY
— Democrats ask “Can Elon Musk buy Trump the White House?” and say “Americans are about to find out.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/19/elon-musk-trump-super-pac-donation-election/74440973007/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders flood America with illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs flood America with illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-rnc-disturbing-anti-immigration-rhetoric-rcna162637
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/donald-trump-mtg-rnc-sent-message-trans-people-year-rcna162422
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— All the females who my GAO superiors promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dei-bullying-assumes-people-didn-110012913.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Twelve More Democrats Join Chorus Calling on Biden to Exit Race. One day after Republican convention, Democrats intensify calls for president to step aside while Vice President Harris had a contentious call with donors.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/six-more-democrats-join-chorus-calling-on-biden-to-exit-95daf381
— Democrats say “The White-Collar Hiring Rut Is Here. That’s Bad News for Young College Grads.” When you graduated for college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was a) my being viewed as being draft bait, b) tremendous pressure on employers to hire minorities and females, c) my GPA not being that great, d) my not having demonstrated leadership potential, and e) my having been a postal employee for almost 3 years and then forced to resign.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-college-educated-workers-jobs-c594c29a
— California’s Minimum Wage Backfire. The $20 fast-food mandate is harming workers and business. – Editorial (COMMENT: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-minimum-wage-unemployment-fast-food-restaurants-gavin-newsom-fa91c381
FORBES
— Those who have/had wealthy parents say “OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing.” My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my working my way through college. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have/had wealthy parents. I would focus on those who crow that they got scholarships. My GPA suffered because instead of studying, I washed dishes 1964-1966 and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Democrats say “12 Ways To Champion DEI With Pay Transparency In The Workplace.” Federal salaries have always been extremely transparent. All my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) knew that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $22,996/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and b) knew that they would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/07/19/12-ways-to-champion-dei-with-pay-transparency-in-the-workplace/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ask “Do Women Belong in the Secret Service?” and say “Former Agents Speak Out.” All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), there was tremendous increasing Democrat pressure on my superiors to hire, retain, and promote women. I should write a book about that. If I had been a woman, GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 a) because I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976 and in accounting in 1980, b) because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) because I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) because I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-18/why-are-women-in-the-secret-service
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “Millionaires list health, family, and financial security as their top priorities — in that order.” What are your top priorities in life? My top priorities include putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning. Because I have ever-increasingly spent so much time and money doing that since 2000, a) my health has suffered big time and b) my net worth is tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars less.
https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaires-share-their-top-priorities-2015-5
FED SMITH
— Democrats say “OPM Directs Agencies to Advance Pay Equity for Federal Employees. OPM is directing agencies to conduct independent pay gap analyses to advance pay equity throughout the federal workforce.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors always paid my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger more than they paid me. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/07/19/opm-directs-agencies-to-advance-pay-equity-for-federal-employees/
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Trump vows to end illegal immigration; supports expatriation
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/us-elections-trump-vows-to-end-illegal-immigration-supports-expatriation-124071901478_1.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Biden administration treats illegal immigrants better than our own citizens. – Mike Pompeo
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/biden-admin-treats-illegal-immigrants-better-than-our-own-citizens-mike-pompeo/videoshow/111862146.cms
TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Republicans oppose illegal immigration, not legal immigration.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/articleshow/111875648.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/ar-BB1qj98j
INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-transgender-healthcare-tax-funding-b2582465.html
July 19, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “Former President Obama tells allies Biden needs to seriously consider 2024 candidacy.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-biden-off-campaign-trail-sick-covid-obama/15069284/
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP delegates call for Secret Service director to step down after Trump shooting.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-convention-illinois-gop-delegates-call-secret-service/15068416/
— Democrats say “City clears homeless tent camp ahead of DNC as last residents are told to leave South Loop.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democratic-convention-city-chicago-clears-homeless-tent-camp/15068578/
NBC5
— Democrats say “Russell Brand, Hulk Hogan, Jason Aldean: Celebrities at the RNC in Milwaukee.’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/russell-brand-hulk-hogan-jason-aldean-celebrities-at-the-rnc-in-milwaukee/3494769/
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans call for Secret Service director to resign.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rnc-illinois-republicans-call-for-secret-service-director-to-resign/3494474/
— Democrats say “Gunman apparently researched Trump, Biden and DNC prior to shooting.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gunman-apparently-researched-trump-biden-and-dnc-prior-to-shooting/3494722/
CBS2
— Democrats say “Illinois Republican delegates believe Trump will win regardless of whom he faces in November.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-republican-delegates-believe-trump-win/
— Democrats say “Trump’s national lead over Biden grows.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-poll-biden-national-07-18-2024/
— Democrats say “Pritzker says he is still supporting President Biden.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DRK-cbAmugkM
WGN9
— Democrats say “Illinois delegates meet with GOP congressmen on final day of RNC.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQjE0ZGI-IM
FOX32
— Democrats say: Full speech: Donald Trump closes out RNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1iBh75QZfc
— Democrats ask “Can new leadership revitalize Illinois GOP?” and say “Kathy Salvi takes charge amid party divisions.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/can-new-leadership-revitalize-illinois-gop-kathy-salvi-takes-charge-amid-party-divisions
— Democrats say “Pritzker blasts Trump following RNC speech: narcissism and dishonesty.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-trump-rnc-speech-narcissism-dishonesty
WTTW
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans Say Democrats in ‘Freefall,’ Confident in Trump Against Biden or Any Nominee.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/18/illinois-republicans-say-democrats-freefall-confident-trump-against-biden-or-any-nominee
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP Leaders Won’t Commit to Accepting Election Results, Say They Remain Concerned About Fraud.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/18/illinois-gop-leaders-won-t-commit-accepting-election-results-say-they-remain-concerned
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans Strike Optimistic Tone About Congressional, Senate Candidates at Final Day of RNC.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/18/illinois-republicans-strike-optimistic-tone-about-congressional-senate-candidates-final
— Democrats say “Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Other Democrats Make Fresh Push for Joe Biden to Reconsider 2024 Race.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/18/barack-obama-nancy-pelosi-and-other-democrats-make-fresh-push-joe-biden-reconsider-2024
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say Casten says “It’s time for Joe Biden to pass the torch.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/opinion-joe-biden-presidential-candidacy-pass-the-torch/
— Democrats say “Rod Blagojevich drops into Milwaukee to tout Trump. Illinois GOP left unenthused.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/rod-blagojevich-in-milwaukee-to-tout-trump-illinois-gop-unenthused/
— Democrats promote illegal immigration in Will County.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/will-county-board-votes-against-non-sanctuary-designation-calling-in-anti-immigrant/
— Democrats say “People close to President Biden say he appears to accept he may have to leave the race.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/biden-presidential-race/
— Democrats say “DuPage County Board member Lucy Chang Evans, former Secret Service agent from Naperville, speaks on Trump assassination attempt.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/trumo-assassination-secret-service-lucy-chang-evans-dupage-county/
— Democrats say Jack Rakove says “Democrats should be willing to deploy the 25th Amendment.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/opinion-joe-biden-25th-amendment/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump describes assassination attempt in personal detail as he accepts Republican nomination.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/18/donald-trump-nomination/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, and/or German American.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/not-the-end-point-markers-commemorate-lives-lost-in-chicago-race-riot-of-1919/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans close out RNC with energy behind ‘more focused, disciplined’ Trump. The state’s super-minority Republicans are leaving the GOP National Convention energized, and with a lot of confidence.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/18/rnc-trump-illinois-republicans
— Democrats say that “GOP Pritzker-replacing-Biden quip gets jeers from Illinois delegation” and that Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno said that “One hundred and 10 days away from this election, we don’t even know who President Trump and JD Vance is going to run against” and that “We have no idea. It could be your governor.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/18/rnc-trump-news-updates-milwaukee-thursday
— Democrats say “Rep. Darin LaHood lifts the curtain for an insider look at the Republican National Convention. LaHood has a lot going on at the convention because he wears a lot of hats. He’s a vice chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee — a House GOP political organization — and a member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee and the Intelligence Committee.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/17/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-darin-lahood
— Democrats say pollster Frank Luntz says “Trump’s voters are energized and Biden’s supporters are demoralized.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/18/pollster-frank-luntz-trump-voters-republican-national-convention-milwaukee
— Democrats say “Project 2025 is latest example of Heritage Foundation’s long history of conservative activism. Donald Trump isn’t campaigning on Project 2025, but Americans should expect Heritage Foundation ideas to matter greatly if he is re-elected.” My critics/opponents ever-increasingly a) make it clear that they are anti-conservative and b) take adverse actions against me because I am conservative.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/07/18/project-2025-heritage-foundations-history-conservative-advocacy-zachary-albert-the-conversation
— Democrats say “Mellow in Milwaukee. RNC demonstrations remain peaceful, infrequent. By Thursday evening, the largest protest of the convention saw about a thousand people marching through downtown streets. Chicago is expecting a bigger presence.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/18/rnc-protests-milwaukee-republican-national-convention
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to work for, work with, and/or supervise all the many females who they hired. Females were my superiors during my last 8 years at GAO and a female was my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years. Those females led GAO’s successful effort to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Further, during my last 8 years, they assigned me to supervise all their female employees who they wanted to get rid because they had serious performance problems. All the females who they promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/07/18/working-women-make-chicago-world
— Democrats say “Banned contractors participate in campaign fundraiser for DuPage County state’s attorney. Organized by a well-known lobbyist and a construction executive once caught up in a fraud case, the fundraiser for Bob Berlin drew contributions from, among others, two companies that are banned from some government work.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/07/19/dupage-county-states-attorney-bob-berlin-campaign-fundraiser-donation-palumbo-john-kelly
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Illinois delegates praise Vance’s speech.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240718/news/he-has-brought-hope-illinois-delegates-praise-vances-speech/
— Democrats attack Deere’s reasons for dumping DEI.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240717/agriculture/attacked-by-right-wing-deere-farm-machinery-dumps-diversity-efforts/
— Democrats say “Wheaton city council hopefuls to gather nominating petitions.” I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. I should write a book about how newcomers in Wheaton have moved Wheaton dramatically to the left. In 2021, they succeeded in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. In 2019, they vehemently opposed my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240717/news/wheaton-city-council-hopefuls-to-gather-nominating-petitions/
— Democrats say “Outgoing Illinois GOP chair bemoans ‘loose’ voting laws.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240718/news/outgoing-illinois-gop-chair-bemoans-loose-voting-laws/
WBEZ
— Anti-conservatives want Republican candidates to lose. To win elections, those anti-conservatives advise Republican candidates to dump the Republican Party platform and to paint themselves as being Democrat Lite if not anti-conservative if not anti-Republican. I should write a book about that.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2024/07/18/illinois-republicans-are-taking-advice-and-reflecting-on-how-they-can-win-more-elections
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans unify around Trump, revel in Democratic disarray over Biden.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-republicans-unify-around-trump-revel-in-democratic-disarray-over-biden/article_e1c8f530-4535-11ef-aecd-a7173f99c49d.html
— Democrats say “Despite Trump’s role in his 2022 primary loss, Rodney Davis ‘excited’ to support former president.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/despite-trumps-role-in-his-2022-primary-loss-rodney-davis-excited-to-support-former-president/article_4d464040-44a2-11ef-82a3-9b144dc5a02c.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say Thomas More Society files SCOTUS case against Carbondale.
https://thesouthern.com/news/pro-life-organization-files-scotus-case-against-carbondale/article_bcb9b239-91d8-5c2f-bee4-adb57885990b.html
EVANSTON NOW
— Democrats say “State GOP boos name of a familiar nemesis (Pritzker).”
https://evanstonnow.com/state-gop-boos-name-of-a-familiar-nemesis/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance’s hometown, Middletown, Ohio, reacts to his VP nomination.” What is your hometown and what do your critics/opponents where you live now think of your hometown? Crete is my hometown; I lived there 1948-1972. My critics/opponents who run Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County are ever-increasingly anti-conservative and they have always despised/hated what Crete was 1948-1972. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who run Wheaton.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-18/j-d-vances-hometown-middletown-ohio-reacts-to-his-vp-nomination
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump steals the show.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/19/trump-steals-the-show-00169721
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before Trump headed to the stage at Fiserv Forum, he was in the ballroom of the nearby Baird Center for a high-end fundraiser. Among the attendees: vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance, Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi, Chicago donor Eloise Gerson, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump fundraiser Kent Gray, longtime Trump associate Roger Stone and celebrity influencer Amber Rose.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-329/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-122/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s role in fueling political toxicity
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-role-in-fueling-political-toxicity-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— Pritzker’s Statement Following Trump’s RNC Speech
https://wirepoints.org/gov-jb-pritzkers-statement-following-trumps-rnc-speech/
— Chicago’s Southland residents are irate about their property tax hikes. Wait till they see how their money is being spent. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-southland-residents-are-irate-about-their-property-tax-hikes-wait-till-they-see-how-their-money-is-being-spent-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you spend lots of your time doing? I spend lots of my time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning. If you stopped what you are doing, what would you do? I would write books. I would focus on those Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the most success in destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. I would focus on those Republican leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do Democrats do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
Democrats turn
– liberals and moderates against conservatives,
– Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs against Republicans,
– non-Americans against Americans,
– minorities against Whites,
– women against men,
– younger people against older people,
– LGBTQers against heterosexuals,.
– unmarried people against married people,
– those who have less money against those who have more money,
– non-Protestants against Protestants,
– non- Italian Americans and non-German Americans against Italian Americans and German Americans, and
– those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
JOHN KASS
— Trump: Iconic American Defiance and Strength
https://johnkassnews.com/the-once-and-future-president-trump-iconic-american-defiance-and-strength/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— State GOP leaders pass the torch as national convention wraps up. – PETER HANCOCK, HANNAH MEISEL, & JERRY NOWICKI
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/state-gop-leaders-pass-the-torch-as-national-convention-wraps-up
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accepts GOP nomination, cementing party’s embrace of populism. – Susan Ferrechio (COMMENT: Populism is an ideology that presents “the people” as a morally good force and contrasts them against “the elite.” I promote conservatism, that is, I promote platform Republicanism. My critics/opponents are the elite in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They despise/hate conservatives, that is, they despise/hate platform conservatives. They boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention this year.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/donald-trump-accepts-gop-nomination-cementing-part/
— Trump reveals what saved his life from assassin’s bullet. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/donald-trump-says-looking-his-immigration-chart-sa/
— Whistleblowers tell Congress ‘limited resources’ led to fewer staff at assassination-attempt rally. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/whistleblowers-tell-congress-limited-resources-led/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago plays ‘Hide the Homeless’ – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3085344/chicago-plays-hide-the-homeless/
— The GOP’s bet with Vance. – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3089174/the-gops-bet-with-vance/
NEW YORK POST
— Donald Trump vows to ‘end this border nightmare’ in full-throated pledge during RNC 2024 acceptance speech. – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/07/18/us-news/donald-trump-vows-to-end-this-border-nightmare/
BLAZE
— The end of DEI hires? LEGENDARY companies make shocking anti-woke changes. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-rubin-report/dei-hires-microsoft-john-deere
BREITBART
— Biden’s Border Crisis is Catastrophic, Says Texas Governor at RNC Convention. – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/07/18/bidens-border-crisis-is-catastrophic-says-texas-governor-at-rnc-convention/
— Lou Dobbs Leaves Legacy of Defending America’s Working Class Against Wall Street, Open Borders, Donor Class. – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My critics/opponents a) have/had parents who had lots more money than my parents had, b) use my working my way through college against me, and c) stress that none of my college degrees are from Ivy League universities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/18/lou-dobbs-leaves-legacy-defending-americas-working-class-against-wall-street-open-borders-donor-class/
CENTER SQUARE
— Abbott urges Americans to secure the border by returning Trump to White House.- Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_48c859ca-44b3-11ef-9e37-a730b5896745.html
— 3.8 million illegal immigrants could enter U.S. in 2024, affecting wage growth. – Kenneth Schrupp (COMMENT: Illegals drive wages down. If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young as there are now, the wages that I earned doing the following would have been less: doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes and chipping slag in 1966, pumping gasoline in 1966 and 1971-1972, and delivering mail 1966-1969.)
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/fed-3-8-million-illegal-immigrants-could-enter-u-s-in-2024-affecting-wage-growth/article_7cacb32b-9c50-5ff3-a0e8-602037aa074e.html
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Peeling Back The Trump Assassination Cover Up. – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/peeling-back-the-trump-assassination-cover-up
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s the Chart on Illegal Immigration That Trump Was Talking About When Shot – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/18/the-hard-facts-on-the-chart-trump-turned-toward-when-he-was-shot-the-borderline/
EPOCH TIMES
— Secret Service Was Told Local Police Lacked Manpower to Secure Building Used by Trump Shooter. – Caden Pearson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/secret-service-was-told-local-police-lacked-manpower-to-secure-building-used-by-trump-shooter-5688718
— Trump Vows to be a President for All Americans in Convention Speech. – Janice Hisle, Lawrence Wilson and Nathan Worcester (COMMEN: Biden has not been a president for those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Biden has been a president for those who are citizens of foreign countries, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-vows-to-be-a-president-for-all-americans-in-convention-speech-5689534
FOX NEWS
— Dems’ Chicago convention promises ‘chaos and dysfunction’ as Biden future uncertain. – Darin LaHood
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-chicago-convention-promises-chaos-dysfunction-biden-future-uncertain-illinois-congressman
— Five biggest moments of Trump’s speech to RNC. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/five-biggest-moments-trumps-speech-gop-convention
GOPUSA
— Former ICE Chief: Biden ‘Unsecured The Border By Design. It’s National Suicide.’
https://www.gopusa.com/former-ice-chief-biden-unsecured-the-border-by-design-its-national-suicide/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats say DEI criticism of female Secret Service agents after Trump assassination attempt is disgusting. All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4780166-secret-service-defends-female-agents/
— Democrats say “Women belong in national security, but anti-DEI backlash endangers America.” All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://thehill.com/opinion/4779154-misogynistic-backlash-diversity-security/
— Democrats ever-increasingly make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4780008-california-transgender-student-protections-newsom/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “We’re close to the end’: Biden world braces for the possibility that the president will step aside.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-world-braces-possibility-president-steps-rcna162494
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/rnc-speakers-lean-homophobic-transphobic-rhetoric-rcna162505
NEWSWEEK
— What do you say to leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization who boycotted the Republican conventions in Collinsville and Milwaukee?
https://www.newsweek.com/kohls-faces-boycott-snubs-republican-convention-1909473
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Video: How Trump’s Security Failed to Stop an Assassination Attempt.”
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009576871/trump-shooting-assassination-attempt.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP F FOLD: Democrats say “How Trump Dominated His Own Party on a New G.O.P. Platform. Donald Trump and his team displayed a ruthless efficiency in the process of making a platform, confiscating delegates’ cellphones and stifling dissent and even debate.” I should write about those who removed me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee and why they did that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/trump-gop-platform-convention.html
— Democrats say Trump said “By the way, you know who’s taking the jobs? The jobs that are created? 107 percent of those jobs are taken by illegal aliens.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/18/us/trump-rnc-republican-convention#by-the-way-you-know-whos-taking-the-jobs-the-jobs-that-are-created-107-of-those-jobs-are-taken-by-illegal-aliens
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance Puts the Con in Conservatism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/opinion/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats “fact check” Trump’s speech. During the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/19/fact-check-trump-rnc-republican-convention/
USA TODAY
— Democrats say Pompeo said Biden sold out our citizens in his speech at the RNC.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/18/mike-pompeo-speech-rnc/74425819007/
— Democrats say “RNC parades those whom Trump insulted.” I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect but who have blamed me the most for their defeats and have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/16/rnc-speakers-haley-cruz-desantis-campaign-trump/74427697007/
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats say “Never Trump Republicans search for a home at the RNC.” Who are the biggest never Trumpers in your county, township/ward, and municipality? I should write about the biggest never Trumpers in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those never Trumpers who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://www.wpr.org/news/never-trump-republicans-rnc
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “JD Vance’s Debut, and a Look at What He Stands For.” What do you stand for and why? I stand for conservative principles because my following them enabled me a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, and c) to earn a professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/jd-vances-debut-and-a-look-at-what-he-stands-for/6e2f1f7c-a54c-4a0b-a027-1580b29cdb66
FORBES
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to shout gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/07/19/trump-likens-migrants-to-late-great-hannibal-lecter-in-rnc-speech-a-comparison-hes-used-many-times-before/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Merit Scholarships: Get Rewarded for Your Achievements. – Ryan Wangman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that I did not get any scholarships, that only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and that my ACT score was only 24.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/student-loans/what-is-merit-scholarship
FAST COMPANY
— “Equity” hints/implies/argues/shouts “equal outcome.” That hints/implies/argues/shouts that the percentage of those who pass tests who are minority and/or female must be the same as for those who are White and/or male. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me who were minority and/or female either had not taken the examination or had failed it. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me who were minority and/or female either had not taken the examination or had failed it.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91157883/what-happens-when-we-eliminate-equity-from-dei
DESERET NEWS
— Democrats say “Democrats move to the left on social issues.” The leaders of the following have moved dramatically to the left and I should write a book about them: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/06/19/are-democrats-more-liberal/
POLITICO
— Democrats say “Rubio says if Biden exits the race, he should also resign as president.” Who despises/hates non-Democrats more, Biden or Harris?
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/18/rnc-live-updates-coverage/marco-rubio-on-biden-future-as-president-00169479
PBS
— Democrats decry that “GOP platform promises funding cuts for ‘woke’ schools, no teacher tenure, school choice for all.”
https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/gop-platform-promises-funding-cuts-for-woke-schools-no-teacher-tenure-school-choice-for-all
July 18, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “JD Vance’s first Republican convention will be his national introduction as Trump’s running mate.” I have attended as a delegate all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/jd-vances-first-republican-convention-will-be-his-national-introduction-as-trumps-running-mate/
— Democrats say “Northwestern police cite four people involved in pro-Palestinian encampment.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/northwestern-police-cites-four-people-involved-in-pro-palestinian-encampment-officials/
— Democrats say “Lawsuit accuses state police of neglect, enabling alleged Highland Park shooter to obtain gun.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/lawsuit-accuses-state-police-of-neglect-enabling-alleged-highland-park-shooter-to-obtain-gun/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Chicago’s top watchdog pushed to add ex-Police Supt. David Brown to city’s do-not-hire list.” Constructively, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors put me on do not hire lists. I should write a book about those listings and the tremendous harm they caused me. Constructively, those listings rendered virtually worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, and c) my professional license.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2024/07/17/chicago-top-watchdog-ex-police-supt-david-brown-do-not-hire-list
ABC7
— Democrats say “RNC Day 4: Donald Trump to give RNC keynote, says he’ll stress unity.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-day-4-donald-trump-to-give-keynote-says-hell-stress-unity/15067553/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/18/2024
— Democrats say “Trump rally shooter searched on phone for dates of Democratic National Convention in Chicago.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-searched-dnc-chicago/15066011/
NBC5
— Democrats say “What to expect on Day 4 of the RNC, including speakers, timing and more. The final day of the convention will see speeches by former President Trump, Tucker Carlson and more.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/what-to-expect-day-4-rnc-milwaukee-speaker-schedule-trump-remarks/3493650/
— Democrats say “Trump set to speak at end of convention.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/how-long-is-the-rnc-trump-set-to-speak-at-end-of-convention/3493333/
— Democrats say “John Deere to abandon ‘social or cultural awareness’ events and inclusion efforts. John Deere also said it would audit all training materials “to ensure the absence of socially-motivated messages”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/john-deere-to-abandon-social-or-cultural-awareness-events-and-inclusion-efforts/3493205/
CBS2
— Democrats say “George Washington statue staying outside Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D14rjOShy8
WGN9
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP’s turn toward Trump keeps moderates at home.” Anti-conservative Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have always worked against conservatives, that is, they have always worked against the base of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-gop-s-turn-toward-trump-keeps-moderates-at-home/ar-BB1q77bx?ocid=BingNewsVerp
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans urged to look beyond traditional base.” Anti-conservative Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have always worked against conservatives, that is, they have always worked against the base of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/17/illinois-republicans-urged-to-look-beyond-traditional-base-as-national-party-courts-unions/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & WGIL
— Democrats say “Under new leadership, Illinois GOP urged to ‘build bridges’ within party.” Anti-conservative Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have always worked against conservatives, that is, they have always worked against the base of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/under-new-chair-kathy-salvi-illinois-republicans-urged-to-build-bridges-within-party/article_9c3fbbda-4471-11ef-b882-871abdf8344a.html
https://www.wgil.com/2024/07/17/llinois-republicans-decry-bidens-border-policies-chicago-crime/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.sj-r.com/
EVANSTON NOW
— Anti-conservative leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly crow about their success in defeating Republican candidates. I should write a book about the biggest anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://evanstonnow.com/girl-you-got-this/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “On party infighting, Illinois’ new GOP chair says start calling those people out.” I should write a book about those leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have worked the hardest to get rid of me since 2000. I would focus on those who a) removed me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year and b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-07-17/on-party-infighting-illinois-new-gop-chair-says-start-calling-those-people-out
WREX
— Democrats say “JD Vance said in 2022 he would like abortion to be illegal nationally.” Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wrex.com/news/jd-vance-said-in-2022-he-would-like-abortion-to-be-illegal-nationally/article_a575ced1-53ae-5223-b13d-57546058999b.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at women that sooner or later, men will rape them and impregnate them. What percentage of pregnancies are caused by rape? Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/biden-campaign-releases-ad-narrated-by-rape-victim-to-hit-trump-vance-on-abortion/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrats say “Elmhurst State Rep Hopefuls Draw Campaign Cash.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-state-rep-hopefuls-draw-campaign-cash
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Anti-conservative Illinois Republican leaders, that is, anti-platform Illinois Republican leaders, boycotted the Republican conventions in Collinsville and Milwaukee. They most commonly reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. They are far closer to Democrats, to Libertarians, to Greens, and to Independents than they are to Republicans. They have used pretexts to take many big adverse actions against me because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/18/the-ethos-of-the-illinois-gop-00169341
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Missing were Illinois Republican stalwarts like former Gov. Jim Edgar, former Illinois House Speaker Jim Durkin, former Sen. Mark Kirk and others. . .Notable names are already popping up as possible GOP governor candidates in 2026: Outgoing Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter, Congressman Darin LaHood, former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who lost to JB Pritzker in 2022, and Aaron Del Mar, who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor that year. . .Donald Trump’s campaign says it won’t commit to a VP debate because “we don’t know who the Democrat nominee for vice president is going to be.” The campaign namedrops Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker and Gretchen Whitmer. Pritzker’s camp called the Trump debate statement “a weird way to say ‘I’m scared of Kamala Harris.’” . . . Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller has called on the director of the Secret Service to resign after a briefing addressing the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. “I am gravely concerned that so many important questions remain unanswered, especially as reports suggest law enforcement and Secret Service were aware that this man posed a threat at multiple points during the day,” Miller said in a statement.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-328/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Quite a moment in the GOP convention: ‘Shut up, Gaetz… you don’t have to be an a**hole.’
https://wirepoints.org/best-moment-gop-convention-so-far-shut-up-gaetz-you-dont-have-to-be-an-ahole/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Black leaders ditching Illinois Democrats, stand with GOP state’s attorney candidate. – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Because I worked for the federal government in Park Forest, Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago for almost 30 years, I have worked for Blacks, worked with Blacks, and supervised Blacks far more than any of my critics/opponents.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a9dfe00c-4463-11ef-91d2-4bd96266a09d.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— J.D. Vance emphasizes working-class roots in acceptance speech. – Susan Ferrechio (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have parents who have/had way more money than my parents had. I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/jd-vance-emphasizes-working-class-roots-acceptance/
— GOP senators confront Secret Service director at RNC, demanding she resign or answer their questions. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/gop-senators-confront-secret-service-director-rnc-/
NEW YORK POST
— JD Vance’s RNC speech shows Trump’s Republican Party stands for the ‘forgotten men and women’ – A.G. Gancarski (COMMENT: How successful were your ancestors? My father was less successful than his father. My grandfather was less successful than his father. My great grandfather was less successful than his father. I reversed that trend by earning a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jd-vance-s-rnc-speech-shows-trump-s-republican-party-stands-for-the-forgotten-men-and-women/ar-BB1qbLky
(FROM THE ARTICLE: JD Vance, who wears his “Kentucky coal country” roots on his sleeve, introduced himself to Americans nearly a decade ago with his unforgettable memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” a chronicle of economically driven dislocation, the awful alternation of plateaus and downward mobility and redemption.)
AMAC
— Why They Hate Voter ID. – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/why-they-hate-voter-id/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A Politicized Military, Run by a Frail President. – John Cauthen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/a_politicized_military_run_by_a_frail_president.html
— DEI and the Secret Service. – Rajan Laad (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (GAO-18, IRS-9, Post Office-3), their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, they wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/dei_and_the_secret_service.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Arizona border residents give picture of immigration crisis at RNC. – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.kten.com/news/arizona-border-residents-give-picture-of-immigration-crisis-at-rnc/article_bd9e3f4a-d82d-5ef7-9787-9bdf01aa13b2.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Stands for ‘Division, Exclusion, and Indoctrination,’ DeSantis Says. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/17/desantis-dei-stands-division-exclusion-indoctrination/
DAILY WIRE
— DeSantis Says America Cannot Afford A ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’ President. “Let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement.” – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-says-america-cannot-afford-a-weekend-at-bernies-president
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Prosecutors Begin Dropping Jan. 6 Obstruction Charges After Supreme Court Ruling. Supreme Court justices ruled that charges brought under the obstruction law must meet certain criteria. – Zachary Stieber (COMMENT: One could argue that January 6 was like the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-prosecutors-start-dropping-jan-6-obstruction-charges-after-supreme-court-ruling-5688322
FOX BUSINESS
— These people are not asylum seekers: Arizona rancher Arizona ranchers Jim and Sue Chilton share how the hidden cameras on their ranch have caught thousands of drug traffickers crossing into the United States during the Republican National Convention.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6358376455112
FOX NEWS
— Secret Service equity director says DEI agenda is a ‘mission imperative,’ the ‘ultimate goal’ DEI director Loucious Hires said when every Secret Service agent makes DEI a ‘mission imperative’ the agency will have ‘achieved our ultimate goal’ – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (GAO-18, IRS-9, Post Office-3), their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, they wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/secret-service-equity-director-says-dei-agenda-mission-imperative-ultimate-goal
LEGAL INSURECTION
— RNC Honors the 13 Marines Killed During Afghanistan Withdrawal and Their Families. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/07/rnc-honors-the-13-marines-killed-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-and-their-families/
MRC TV
— Denver City Council Speaks Out About Skyrocketing Migrant Crime – and the Price Tag For It. – BEATRIZ MADAN
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/beatriz-madan/denver-city-council-speaks-out-about-skyrocketing-migrant-crime-and-price-tag-it
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DEI Destroyed the Secret Service Leading Up to Trump Shooting. A Politicized Military, Run by a Frail President. – John Cauthen
https://www.westernjournal.com/docs-expose-dei-destroyed-secret-service-leading-trump-shooting/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Vance pounds on ‘illegal aliens’ while also referencing his South Asian in-laws.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I stress that they all immigrated legally.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/vance-pounds-on-illegal-aliens-while-also-referencing-his-south-asian-in-laws-215131205809
— Democrats say “Kimberly Guilfoyle warns America is growing ‘closer to World War III.” Under Biden, America’s enemies are emboldened to destroy America.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/kimberly-guilfoyle-warns-america-is-growing-closer-to-world-war-iii-215120453593
— Democrats say “Secret Service says it’s appalled by DEI rhetoric against female agents after Trump rally shooting. Saturday’s shooting is the latest instance of right-leaning social media accounts trying to link diversity, equity and inclusion programs to deeply troubling news events.” (COMMENT: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/secret-service-condemns-backlash-against-women-agents-rcna161928
CNN
— Democrats say “Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-biden-conversation/index.html
— Democrats say “Right-wing media figures blame women in Secret Service and ‘DEI’ for security failure in Trump shooting.” (COMMENT: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/media/secret-service-agents-women-trump-shooting/index.html
MSN
— Democrats say “Ron DeSantis accuses Libs of TikTok of ‘lying’ for clicks.”
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/ron-desantis-accuses-libs-of-tiktok-of-lying-for-clicks/ar-BB1jWV6r
— The following want employers to have mandatory DEI hiring policies: liberals, moderates, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less work experience than others, those who have less education than others, those who have few or no professional certifications or licenses, etc. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/do-you-think-companies-have-mandatory-diversity-hiring-policies/ar-AA1hHr6w
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/starting-up-in-the-us-a-entrepreneur-s-path-to-the-green-card/ar-BB1q46qe
— Democrats say “Chinese Lose Confidence in Meritocracy as Path to Greater Wealth.” To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to destroy meritocracy. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/chinese-lose-confidence-in-meritocracy-as-path-to-greater-wealth/ar-BB1pMCz5
— Democrats say “Trump Issues Dangerous Call to Arms During RNC.” Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-issues-dangerous-call-to-arms-during-rnc/ar-BB1qanoX
MSNBC
— Democrats say “Vance addresses Trump assassination attempt.”
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/vance-addresses-trump-assassination-attempt-215128645809
— Democrats say “JD Vance criticizes Biden over Iraq war during RNC speech.”
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/jd-vance-criticizes-biden-over-for-iraq-war-215131205837
— Democrats say former ICE director says “You better start packing now” and sends message to those immigrating illegally.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/thomas-homan-criticizes-biden-over-border-security-215114309799
— Democrats say “A heartbreaking story at the RNC peddles a horribly misguided narrative. How a story of personal loss is being used to promote a dangerous and false narrative about the state of crime under the Biden administration.” The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/rnc-speeches-push-dangerous-trump-narrative-biden-border-policy-rcna162374
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump Shooting Live Updates: Lawmakers Assail Decision to Let Rally Go Ahead. The Secret Service’s call to let the former president take the stage even as law enforcement searched for a potentially dangerous person has drawn a furious response.’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/18/us/trump-rally-shooting-news
— Democrats say “Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ to Hearing Pleas to Step Aside.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/dnc-biden-nomination.html
— Democrats say “While Republicans Put on a Show of Unity, Democrats Wrestle With Their Own Rift. The discontent with President Biden has not faded and tempers are fraying as he insists on staying in the race over the objections of some fellow Democrats who worry that he cannot win.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/biden-democrats-rift.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/trump-immigration-republicans-explained.html
— Democrats say “The Myth of Migrant Crime.” To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to shout gross disrespect of the rule of law and of that country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/briefing/the-myth-of-migrant-crime.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Biden’s political crisis deepens as Schiff calls for him to drop out. The president tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, just hours after Schiff, a top Democrat, became the 23rd member of Congress from the party to call for Biden’s exit from the race.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/17/adam-schiff-biden-drop-out/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “Average American Debt in 2024: Household Debt Statistics.” Overwhelmingly, while I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had way more debt than I did. I focused on a) avoiding debt, b) paying my debt off, and c) saving for my retirement.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/credit-score/average-american-debt
POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame gun crimes on guns instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/17/trump-shooting-rnc-gun-control-00169179
— Democrats say “Secret Service struggles to quash congressional fury over Trump assassination attempt. Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged “gaffes” and a “failure” on the day of the rally.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/17/secret-service-congress-trump-shooting-00169187
PBS
— Democrats say “Fact-checking right-wing claims about election security and noncitizens voting.” Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their many millions of illegals use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fact-checking-right-wing-claims-about-election-security-and-noncitizens-voting
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Republicans Lay Groundwork To Deny 2024 Election Results At GOP Convention.” Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their many millions of illegals use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-lay-groundwork-to-deny-2024-election-results-at-gop-convention/ar-BB1qbsYA
July 17, 2024 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “Republican delegates preach unity as path to victory in November at RNC day 3.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-convention-day-3-kathy-salvi-preaches-unity/15064980/
— Democrats say “Secret Service spotted shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted at Trump rally. The FBI said it was investigating the shooting as potential domestic terrorism.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-assassination-attempt-fbi-examines-thomas-matthew-crooks/15064141/
— Democrats say “President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-will-return-delaware/15065780/
— Democrats say “Secret Service timing, funding and staffing examined after Donald Trump assassination attempt.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-timing-funding-staffing/15066225/
NBC5
— Democrats say “New GOP leader Kathy Salvi vows to ‘make Illinois red again’ Republicans haven’t won a statewide office since former Gov. Bruce Rauner triumphed in 2014.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/state-republican-leader-kathy-salvi-make-illinois-red-again/3493281/
— Democrats say “Rod Blagojevich attends RNC to show support for Donald Trump.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rod-blagojevich-attends-rnc-to-show-support-for-donald-trump/3493235/
— Democrats say “Gov. Abbott says Texas will continue busing migrants to Chicago during RNC speech.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/abbott-texas-to-bus-more-migrants-to-chicago-sanctuary-cities/3493459/
— Democrats say “Law enforcement flagged gunman as ‘suspicious person’ over an hour before shots fired in Trump assassination attempt.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/law-enforcement-flagged-gunman-suspicious-person-over-an-hour-before-shots-fired-trump-assassination-attempt/3493247/
WGN9
— Democrats say “Illinois Republican after words with Florida’s Matt Gaetz: ‘He’s just not the best member’ Richard Porter, Republican National Committeeman from Illinois, interrupted Rep. Gaetz’s confrontation with Rep. McCarthy.”
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/gaetz-taunts-mccarthy-on-convention-floor-what-night-are-you-speaking/
— Democrats say “Illinois’ incoming GOP chair Kathy Salvi talks unity, challenges with state’s delegates at RNC.“
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/illinois-gop-kathy-salvi-unify-rebuild-state-party/
FOX32
— Democrats say “GOP distances itself from JD Vance abortion comments.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-distances-itself-from-jd-vance-abortion-comments
WTTW
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP Leaders Vow to Flip 5 House Seats While New Chair Aims to Get Rid of Blue Funk.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/17/illinois-gop-leaders-vow-flip-5-house-seats-while-new-chair-aims-get-rid-blue-funk
— Democrats say “New Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi Stops Short of Calling for a Nationwide Abortion Ban.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/17/new-illinois-gop-chair-stops-short-calling-nationwide-abortion-ban
— Democrats say “Ex-Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh Tells Moderate Republicans in Milwaukee to Stand Up to ‘Jackass’ Trump.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/17/ex-illinois-congressman-joe-walsh-tells-moderate-republicans-milwaukee-stand-jackass
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “At RNC, Illinois GOP starts looking to 2026 election.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/at-rnc-illinois-gop-starts-looking-to-2026-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Porter may have designs on public office in Illinois. During this week’s convention, Porter has been among a handful of names floated by some Illinois top Republicans as possible GOP candidates for governor in 2026 as the state party looks to reinvent itself with new leadership after years of losing ground to Democrats. . .Others mentioned as potential Republican candidates for governor included U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood of Peoria, former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who lost by more than 12 percentage points to Pritzker in the 2022 race, and Aaron Del Mar, who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor that year.)
–Democrats say “Black Republican leaders at RNC try to make inroads with African American voters.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/black-republican-leaders-at-rnc-try-to-make-inroads-with-african-american-voters/
— Democrats say “Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/trump-has-given-no-official-info-about-his-medical-care-for-days-since-an-assassination-attempt-2/
— Democrats ask “What would make Joe Biden drop out of the presidential race?” and say “Here are the four reasons he’s cited.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/what-would-make-joe-biden-drop-out-of-the-presidential-race-here-are-the-four-reasons-hes-cited/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Illinois Republican goes viral after confronting ‘obnoxious’ Gaetz on convention floor. Illinois National Republican Committeeman Richard Porter berated the scandal-plagued Florida congressman for trying to embarrass former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a television interview.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/17/rnc-trump-news-updates-milwaukee-wednesday
— Democrats say “New Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi vows to end ‘blue funk’: ‘We’re gonna make Illinois red again’ Salvi, who officially becomes the face of the state party on Friday, called on Illinois Republicans to set aside differences “to usher in a new era of Republican victories here in Illinois.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/17/kathy-salvi-illinois-republican-party-chair-gop-rnc
— Democrats say “Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240717/news/nearly-two-thirds-of-democrats-want-biden-to-withdraw-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say Illinois Republican Party National Committeeman Richard Porter “confronts Matt Gaetz at RNC and goes viral.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240717/nation-and-world-politics/i-expressed-myself-suburban-gop-official-confronts-matt-gaetz-at-rnc-and-goes-viral/
— Democrats say “New Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi vows to end ‘blue funk’ and heal fractured party.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240717/news/new-illinois-gop-chair-vows-to-end-blue-funk-and-heal-fractured-party/
WLS AM
— Democrats say “Kathy Salvi to become Illinois Republican Chair. “I’m A Team Player And I Love This State.”
https://www.wlsam.com/2024/07/17/kathy-salvi-to-become-illinois-republican-chair-im-a-team-player-and-i-love-this-state/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats say “A look at ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/fact-focus-a-look-at-ominous-claims-around-illegal-immigration-made-at-the-republican-convention/article_0fff31ad-255d-5705-ac81-1fa1b4b5416d.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Republicans look to solidify noncitizen, federal voting bans.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/republicans-look-to-solidify-noncitizen-federal-voting-bans-save-act-illegal-immigration-reform-immigrant-responsibility-arguments-democrats-biden-citizenship-proof
WILL
— Democrats say “Illinois Freedom Caucus leader discusses the Republican Party’s direction and unity.”
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/illinois-freedom-caucus-leader-discusses-the-republican-partys-direction-and-unity
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-121/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “On party infighting, Illinois’ new GOP chair Kathy Salvi says ‘start calling those people out’
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/on-party-infighting-illinois-new-gop-chair-says-start-calling-those-people-out
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans decry Biden’s border policies, Chicago crime. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e6459e04-43b6-11ef-9d49-fffc98c18703.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Secret Service leader says her team was ‘totally responsible’ for Trump’s near-assassination. – Matt Delaney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/kimberly-cheatle-says-her-team-was-totally-respons/
— Biden tests positive for COVID, taking him off campaign trail – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-taking-him-campaign/
— Illegal voters put our democracy and sovereignty in jeopardy. All must be ‘born or naturalized’ in U.S. to vote in federal elections. – Antonio Benedi
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/illegal-voters-put-our-democracy-and-sovereignty-i/
— Chuck Schumer ‘forcefully’ urged Biden to ‘bow out’ of presidential race. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/17/chuck-schumer-forcefully-urged-joe-biden-to-bow-ou/
NEW YORK POST
— Secret Service boss blames ‘sloped roof’ for not putting sniper team on building used by would-be Trump assassin. – Chris Nesi
https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/us-news/secret-service-boss-kimberly-cheatle-says-the-buck-stops-with-me-calls-trump-rally-shooting-response-unacceptable-but-still-wont-resign/
— John Deere turns back on wokeness, rejects DEI policies: ‘Committed to our customers’ – Lindsay Kornick
https://nypost.com/2024/07/17/business/john-deere-under-fire-for-woke-initiatives-rejects-dei-policies/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— While Illegal Aliens Kill and Rape, Bogus Crime Comparisons Still Blunt Solutions. Border hawks should disengage from the crime-rate debate – every one of these crimes is preventable. – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Bensman/While-Illegal-Aliens-Kill-and-Rape-Bogus-Crime-Comparisons-Still-Blunt-Solutions
DAILY CALLER
— Secret Service Tells Senators Shooter ‘Identified’ Roughly 50 Mins Before Trump Took Rally Stage. – NICK POPE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/17/zero-accountability-secret-service-tells-sens-shooter-ided-well-before-trump-took-stage-sources-say/
— JD Vance’s VP Nod Likely Final Nail In Coffin Of The Forever War Wing Of GOP. – JAKE SMITH
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/17/jd-vances-vp-nod-could-be-final-nail-in-coffin-of-the-forever-war-wing-of-gop-experts-say/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Takeaways From Night 3 of Republican National Convention. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/17/takeaways-from-day-3-of-republican-national-convention/
DAILY WIRE
— The Best Antidote To Wokeness Is Knowing The Truth About This Country. – Douglas Carswell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-best-antidote-to-wokeness-is-knowing-the-truth-about-this-country
MRC TV
— Night Two of coverage of the Republican National Convention was “Make America Safe Once Again,” with politicians and ordinary Americans making speeches relaying stories about crime and the illegal immigration that causes some of that crime. PBS reporters and anchors sounded the alarm from the start, warning that Republicans are trying to instill unwarranted fear and anxiety in voters. – CLAY WATERS
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/pbs-pbs-rnc-night-two-outright-racismwhite-supremacist-notions-dont-say-illegals
NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Schools Can Foster Patriotism. – DANIEL BUCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/07/how-schools-can-foster-patriotism/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ask “What It Would Take to Deport Millions of Immigrants” and say “Donald Trump is calling for the biggest deportation program in American history. The costs and hurdles would be enormous.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/trump-immigration-republicans-explained.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/immigration-violent-crime-trump-republican-convention/fcd40fc8-439f-11ef-83d0-9eaefdc988e8_story.html
July 17, 2024
Democrats ever-increasingly run the mainstream news media (MNM). Democrats ever-increasingly use the MNM to defeat Trump and to elect Biden. When the MSN criticizes Democrats, it is to help them win. When the MNM criticizes Republicans, it is to make them lose.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “RNC updates: Day 3 to focus on national security, foreign policy.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-day-3-led-by-the-newly-nominated-donald-trump-jd-vance-wednesday-focuses-on-national-security-and-foreign-policy/15064209/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/17/2024
— Democrats say “Trump feted by former rivals Haley, DeSantis. Trump, with a bandage on his ear, made an appearance again Tuesday evening.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-2024-day-2-live-updates-nikki-haley-and-ron-desantis-to-speak-on-tuesday-donald-trump-makes-appearance-night-1/15062421/entry/15062834/
— Democrats say “After bashing Trump in primary, Haley and DeSantis to preach unity at Republican National Convention.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ron-desantis-nikki-haley-tonight-trump-republicans-2024-rnc-milwaukee/15063255/
— Democrats say “Haley, DeSantis give strong endorsements. Trump’s former rival Nikki Haley officially endorsed him in her speech.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-2024-day-2-live-updates-ron-desantis-digs-biden-with-weekend-at-bernies-comment-in-republican-national-convention-speech/15062421/
— Democrats say “Gov. Pritzker, Sen. Durbin critique former President Trump VP pick, J.D. Vance.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-sen-dick-durbin-critique-former/15063434/
— Democrats say “LGBTQ+ advocacy groups laud a new California law barring school districts from requiring that parents be notified of their child’s gender identification change.” Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-gender-identity-law-elicits-praise-lgbtq-advocates/15063100/
NBC5
— Democrats say “Trump made a big entrance at the RNC, but he has yet to speak. Here’s when he’s expected to deliver his speech.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/trump-made-a-big-entrance-at-the-rnc-but-he-has-yet-to-speak-heres-when-hes-expected-to-deliver-his-speech/3491866/
— Democrats say “DeSantis, Haley offer emphatic endorsements of Trump.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rinc-live-updates-milwaukee-desantis-haley-indiana-jim-banks/3491978/
— Democrats say “DeSantis says Democrats are in ruins.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/florida-governor-ron-desantis-says-democrats-are-in-ruins/3492248/
— Democrats use Durkin to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/former-minority-leader-jim-durkin-on-trumps-messaging-vance-nomination/3490582/
— Democrats say “Black Republicans celebrate party’s diversity at 2024 RNC in Milwaukee. GOP leaders from the Chicago area said Democrats haven’t kept promises to voters.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/black-republicans-celebrate-partys-diversity-2024-rnc-milwaukee/3491912/
CBS2
— Democrats use Pat Brady to blast Vance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fmr-illinois-gop-head-gives-215900113.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-nominates-trump-vance-republican-214900080.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9xCjoJxhPE
— Democrats say “What Trump’s choice of JD Vance as his VP running mate means for the Senate.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-vp-trump-senate/
— Democrats blast Vance.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/republican-vp-pick-jd-vance-record/
— Democrats say “Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks delivers prayer at Republican National Convention.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-pastor-corey-brooks-delivers-prayer-at-republican-national-convention/
WGN9
— Democrats use Jim Durkin to blast Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/illinois-gop-maga-moderate-republicans/
— Democrats say “Trump is feted by his former rivals in a show of Republican unity after rally shooting.”
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/ap-republican-convention-to-focus-on-immigration-a-day-after-a-bandaged-trump-makes-triumphant-entrance/
— Democrats say “Chicago crime a likely focus in RNC’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ theme.”
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/chicago-crime-a-likely-focus-in-rncs-make-america-safe-again-theme/
FOX32
— Democrats say “Pastor Corey Brooks shouts out hometown of Chicago at RNC.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ6u6wg7sOc
WTTW
— Democrats say “Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin Hosts Black Republicans From Around US, Downplays Past Trump Criticism and Future Runs For Office.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/16/aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-hosts-black-republicans-around-us-downplays-past-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “US Rep. Mary Miller at RNC says media has demonized Trump.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/us-rep-mary-miller-who-at-rnc-says-media-has-demonized-trump-symbolizes-rightward-shift-of-illinois-gop/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump is feted by his former rivals in a show of Republican unity after rally shooting.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/republican-convention-2/
— Democrats say “A Teamsters pitch at the Republican National Convention suggests big trouble for Democrats.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/editorial-a-teamsters-pitch-at-the-republican-national-convention-suggests-big-trouble-for-democrats/
— Democrats say “Johnson plan to remove George Washington statue from outside his City Hall office now up in the air.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/johnson-to-remove-george-washington-statue-from-outside-his-city-hall-office/
— Democrats say “Latecomer GOP state legislative candidates have raised little cash.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/latecomer-gop-state-legislative-candidates-have-raised-little-cash-records-show/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Former primary rivals Haley, DeSantis make case for second Trump presidency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/16/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-donald-trump-nikki-haley-ron-desantis
— Democrats ask “Will the assassination attempt change Trump?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/16/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-assassination-attempt-trump-rodney-davis
— Democrats say “Mayor Johnson nixes plan to remove George Washington statue outside his City Hall office. The since-rescinded decision to remove the statue had nothing to do with the former president’s ownership of slaves, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director said.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/07/16/george-washington-statute-removal-city-hall-mayor-brandon-johnson-monuments
— Democrats say “Ahead of DNC, Brandon Johnson puts homeless on the street to make room for tent city occupants. Residents of a Magnificent Mile shelter are evicted to make room for occupants of a tent encampment that’s being cleared ahead of the Democratic National Convention.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/16/dnc-2024-homeless-democratic-national-convention-mayor-brandon-johnson-tent-city-shelter
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Republicans lean into Trump’s border message during a convention night focused on immigration.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/news/republicans-lean-into-trumps-border-message-during-a-convention-night-focused-on-immigration/
— Democrats say “New Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi greets delegates at RNC.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/illinois-state-politics/a-great-successor-new-illinois-gop-chair-kathy-salvi-greets-delegates-at-rnc/
— Democrats say “Bob Fioretti, Charlie Kirk and cops from Illinois all in town.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/news/rnc-notebook-day-two-bob-fioretti-charlie-kirk-and-cops-from-illinois-all-in-town/
— Democrats say “Pritzker, Durbin rip into VP nominee Vance.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/nation-and-world-politics/very-extremist-views-pritzker-durbin-rip-into-vp-nominee-vance/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/fact-focus-a-look-at-ominous-claims-around-illegal-immigration-made-at-the-republican-convention/article_0fff31ad-255d-5705-ac81-1fa1b4b5416d.html
OAK PARK
— Democrats say “Local GOP rally for Donald Trump at RNC.”
https://www.oakpark.com/2024/07/16/local-gop-rally-for-donald-trump-at-rnc/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Women headline a night at the RNC that framed Trump as compassionate, not combative.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-17/women-headline-a-night-at-the-rnc-that-framed-trump-as-compassionate-not-combative
— Honoring my enslaved ancestors (COMMENT: In defense of my ancestors, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/1197958205/honoring-ancestors-part-two-07-17-2024
WILL
— Democrats ask “What do Illinois’ former GOP leaders think of the party now?”
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/what-do-illinois-former-gop-leaders-think-of-the-party-now
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mary Miller and the media bashers. – SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run the mainstream news media (MNM). Democrats ever-increasingly use the MNM to defeat Trump and to elect Biden. When the MSN criticizes Democrats, it is to help them win. When the MNM criticizes Republicans, it is to make them lose. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have pandered the most to the MNM in Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the MNM in Illinois. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus the aforesaid a) who removed me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee and b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/17/mary-miller-and-the-media-bashers-00168949
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Right out of the gate, the Tribune’s Jeremy Gorner asked why Miller is “reluctant” to talk to the media. Her answer: “I’m happy to talk to people. But we would like fair coverage from the media. The media has demonized President Trump. Name-calling. That’s what my little kids did. Name calling,” Miller said. From the Tribune: “Miller didn’t address the fact that Trump has made name calling a hallmark of his political career, from his successful 2016 run for the White House, through his term as president, and in his presidential bids in 2020 and this year,” report Jeremy and Rick Pearson. Trump’s name calling: He has referred to President Joe Biden as “Crooked Joe,” his 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton as “Lyin’ Hillary,” and Haley as “Birdbrain” and DeSantis as “Ron DeSanctimonious” and “Meatball Ron.” The media bashing continued at Fiserv Forum in the evening. Kari Lake, the U.S. Senate candidate — and former TV news anchor — started her speech welcoming the crowd. “We love you all. Actually, actually, wait a minute. I don’t mean that. I don’t welcome everybody in this room. The guys up in the fake news,” she said, referring to the media rows. “Frankly, you guys up there in the fake news have worn out your welcome.” Others took swipes, too, including Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was a Trump press secretary in the White House. The take-away: Republicans feel emboldened as Trump heads into the campaign season with Republicans feeling united and polling in his favor. . .Sparks flew, when Congressman Matt Gaetz poked at former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the floor of the convention, and Illinois Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter told him to “shut up,” via X. Nikki Haley tried to bring unity to the RNC. Some people booed. . .If you’re in Milwaukee, come by for the talks, and if you’re not, check it out online. Today’s guests: Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Dr. Ben Carson.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-327/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-120/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s role in the extreme rhetoric surrounding Donald Trump. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-role-in-the-extreme-rhetoric-surrounding-donald-trump-wirepoints/
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Kathy Salvi: It is an honor to be recognized by my fellow Illinois Republicans as the next Chair of the Illinois Republican Party’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/661868316-kathy-salvi-it-is-an-honor-to-be-recognized-by-my-fellow-illinois-republicans-as-the-next-chair-of-the-illinois-republican-party
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker blasts Trump’s VP selection. – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2d5056e4-439f-11ef-a0ca-e720196cccef.html
— Haley, DeSantis hammer Biden on national security policy. – Dan McCaleb
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c9d2909c-43a2-11ef-ad3d-3bd110a9af41.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s primary rivals praise him in prime-time convention speeches. – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/16/ron-desantis-and-nikki-haley-trumps-primary-rivals/
— Three police snipers were inside the building used by would-be Trump assassin. – Matt Delaney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/16/three-police-snipers-were-inside-building-used-by-/
— Chinese press sees Trump assassination attempt as a failure of democracy. ‘Violent actions’ raising doubt among allies about U.S. reliability, article says. – Bill Gertz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/chinese-press-sees-trump-assassination-attempt-as-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago mayor plans removal of George Washington statue in City Hall – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3085809/chicago-mayor-plans-removal-george-washington-statue-city-hall/
— Security has to separate Gaetz and McCarthy during live interview verbal fight. – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3086280/security-separate-gaetz-mccarthy-live-interview-verbal-fight/
— Senate GOP candidates attack ‘border czar’ Harris at Trump convention. – David Sivak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3086338/senate-gop-candidates-border-czar-harris-trump-convention/
— Heartbroken families of crime victims blame Biden and plead for Americans to vote Trump. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3086260/heartbroken-families-crime-victims-blame-biden-rnc/
— The end of affirmative action, one year later. – GianCarlo Canaparo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3085633/the-end-of-affirmative-action-one-year-later/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Campaign Sees ‘Nearly 20 Paths’ to Victory As Biden Flounders. Biden has just ‘one, maybe two,’ Chris LaCivita says. – Joseph Simonson
https://freebeacon.com/elections/trump-campaign-sees-nearly-20-paths-to-victory-as-biden-flounders/
— Tom Cotton Slams Biden for ‘Chaos’ at Border, ‘Third World Invasion’ The Arkansas senator’s RNC remarks focused exclusively on immigration. – Joseph Simonson
https://freebeacon.com/elections/tom-cotton-slams-biden-for-chaos-at-border-third-world-invasion/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden and Harris ‘stand with criminals,’ retired Vegas cop tells RNC crowd. – Mark A. Kellner
https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/us-news/biden-and-harris-stand-with-criminals-retired-vegas-cop-tells-rnc-crowd/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Secret Service Story is Starting to Stink. – Stu Tarlowe
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/the_secret_service_story_is_starting_to_stink.html
— Concerned Parents Face the Tyranny of Cancel Culture. – Janet Levy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/concerned_parents_face_the_tyranny_of_cancel_culture.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Try to Smear J.D. Vance as Antisemitic, Anti-Israel – JOEL B. POLLAK (COMMENT: Because I am Protestant and 100% German American, my critics/opponents have always smeared me as being antisemitic. I my defense, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, many, if not most, if not virtually all of my non-Jewish male GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic and anti-female. Because of that, in 1989, when my Democrat GAO superiors permanently banned from their group that audited IRS, I was able to get assigned to my second choice, the group that audited federal financial institution regulators, because that group was led by a Jewish woman who my coworkers did not want to work because she was a Jewish woman.)
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/07/17/fact-check-democrats-try-to-smear-j-d-vance-as-antisemitic-anti-israel/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Who Is JD Vance, Our Next Vice President – Matthew Holloway and George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/who-is-jd-vance-our-next-vice-president
DAILY CALLER
— Secret Service’s Explanations For Security Failures Ahead Of Trump Assassination Attempt Aren’t Adding Up. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/16/secret-services-explanations-for-security-failures-ahead-of-trump-assassination-attempt-arent-adding-up/
FOX NEWS
— Secret Service director responds to criticism of Trump rally perimeter plan. Secret Service continues to face questions as FBI investigates Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-rally-shooting-fbi-investigation-attempted-assassination-july-17
— Trump Jr. wants ‘veto power over the RINOs,’ praises Vance to keep MAGA movement going ‘for generations’ Donald Trump Jr. spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the RNC Convention. – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-jr-wants-veto-power-over-rinos-praises-vance-keep-maga-movement-going-for-generations
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump brings it on himself, that is, that he creates his own problems. Hate-filled Diersen-hating Diersen-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that I bring it on myself, that is, that I create my own problems. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Diersen-hating Diersen-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Of course, I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joy-reid-suggests-trump-couldnt-avoid-consequences-his-own-rhetoric-after-assassination-attempt
PJ MEDIA
— DeSantis Torches the Left in RNC Speech. – CHRIS QUEEN
https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/07/16/desantis-torches-the-left-in-rnc-speech-n4930764
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Democrats say “MTG attacks transgender people and ‘illegal aliens’ during RNC speech.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly attack those who do not promote LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/mtg-rips-into-transgender-people-and-illegal-aliens-during-rnc-speech/ar-BB1q5dLq?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?season//
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Republicans contrast legal and ‘illegal’ immigrants on second night of convention. Various speakers talked up how their families came to the U.S. while vowing harsh punishments for those who cross the border illegally.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-contrast-legal-vs-illegal-immigrants-rnc-rcna162247
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say Montez Sweat is a late bloomer. How old were you when you bloomed? I did not a) earn an MBA until I was 27, b) pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. e) become a Certified Fraud Examiner until I was 41, f) become a Certified Government Financial Manager until I was 45. g) become a Certified Financial Services Auditor until I was 47, and h) become a Forensic Accountant and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading until I was 48. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my lateness in doing the aforesaid to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5638824/2024/07/17/montez-sweat-chicago-bears/
— Democrats say an app was unveiled by Customs and Border Protection in January 2023 that lets migrants schedule appointments. The app, known as CBP One, allows certain migrants in Mexico to set up a time and come to a port of entry to enter the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/17/us/rnc-fact-check#joe-biden-created-an-app-to-let-illegals-schedule-their-arrival
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Haley embraces Trump, says ‘unified’ GOP ‘essential’ to ‘saving’ country. ‘For the sake of our nation, we have to go with Donald Trump,’ the 2024 GOP primary candidate told convention delegates.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/rnc-convention/
— Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/ted-cruz-rnc-speech-immigration-voting/
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/07/17/dei-workplace-trump-vance-impact/74432633007/
— Democrats say that the Republican Party says “Arm yourself accordingly.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/17/arm-yourself-gop-firm-against-gun-control-after-trump-shooting/74432303007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Border Crisis a Running Theme for RNC Speakers.”
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-biden-election-2024-rnc/card/border-crisis-a-running-theme-for-speakers-R8XIlsqNsPIrwQUekcdY?mod=mhp
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance and the Indian-American Dream. This immigrant group has prospered without quotas or grievances.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-d-vance-and-the-indian-american-dream-2024-election-usha-81ddedd0
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://hbr.org/2024/07/research-4-ways-employees-respond-to-dei-initiatives
BHARAT EXPRESS NEWS
— Who is Usha Vance, the immigrant daughter married to Trump’s vice presidential pick, JD Vance?
https://thebharatexpressnews.com/who-is-usha-vance-the-immigrant-daughter-married-to-trumps-vice-presidential-pick-jd-vance/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many Republicans see Usha Vance, the Indian-American wife of vice presidential candidate JD Vance, as a symbol of generational change and growing diversity within the party. Usha, 38, is a corporate lawyer who was previously a registered Democrat, the daughter of Indian immigrants and a practicing Hindu. Danny Willis, 25, chairman of Delaware Young Republicans, said: “With this ticket, with the show of diversity in what would be the second gentleman and second lady of the United States, I am extremely proud to be a Hispanic man and a Republican.” Usha has a very different story to tell than the last Republican second lady, Karen Pence, a white grandmother and devout Christian from Indiana who was an elementary school teacher and watercolorist. She is the daughter of Krish and Lakshmi Chilukuri, who are originally from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and later settled in California. Krish is an engineer and a university professor; Lakshmi is a biologist and college provost. They are part of a tight-knit community of Indian-American academics in the suburbs of San Diego. Usha said in a recent interview with Fox News: “I grew up in a religious family, my parents are Hindu, and I think that was one of the things that made them such good parents, that made them really, really good people.” Even as a child, Usha seemed a stranger to self-doubt. In a 2022 New York Times profile, Vikram Rao, a family friend who works in Silicon Valley, was quoted as saying, “By age 5 or 6, she had taken on a leadership role. She decided what board games we would play and what the rules would be. She was never mean or unkind, but she was the boss.” The same Times article noted that between 2007 and 2010, Usha “posted 65 ‘read’ books to her Goodreads account, including novels by Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer and Vladimir Nabokov, and nonfiction by Nina Burleigh and Nicholas Kristof. Her account was inactive for six years afterward.” Usha met J.D. Vance at Yale Law School, where they co-organized a discussion group on “social decline in white America”—a theme he would later return to in his bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy. The book chronicles his upbringing in a poor family in Appalachia and the beginnings of his relationship with Usha, played in a 2020 Netflix film adaptation by Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto. The couple didn’t seem like an obvious match, but in Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. praises Usha as a “Yale spirit guide” who helped him navigate campus life. “She instinctively understood the questions I didn’t even know to ask, and she always encouraged me to seek opportunities I didn’t know existed,” he wrote. Usha once told NBC News, “We were friends and I liked that he was so diligent. He would show up at 9 a.m. meetings that I scheduled for us to work on the brief together.” Among the two fellow Yale Law students was businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who unsuccessfully ran for Republican president this year. Usha was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. She also took courses in which she provided free legal advice on issues surrounding the Supreme Court and media freedom. She also holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. Her thesis focused on “the methods used to protect printing rights in seventeenth-century England,” according to her biography on the university’s website. JD and Usha married in 2014 in an interfaith ceremony in Kentucky. That same year, she served as a clerk on the influential DC circuit court for Brett Kavanaugh, whom Donald Trump would nominate and confirm to the US Supreme Court in 2018. Usha also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Roberts during the 2017-2018 term, during which time Roberts wrote a 5-4 ruling upholding Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. At the 200-lawyer law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, Vance, a partner, focused on civil litigation and appeals. The firm, which calls itself “radically progressive,” has counted Berkshire Hathaway, Bank of America and PG&E among its clients. Usha’s own clients have included a division of the Walt Disney Company and the Regents of the University of California. Public records show that Usha was a registered Democrat and voted in that party’s primary in 2014. However, she also voted in the 2022 Republican primary, when her husband was running for the Ohio Senate. Last month, the couple were interviewed by Fox News at their home in Cincinnati, Ohio, about the possibility of JD becoming Donald Trump’s running mate. Usha said: “I don’t know if anyone is ever ready for that kind of scrutiny. I think the first campaign he started, we were shocked. It was so different from anything we had ever done before. But it was an adventure. “And so I guess the way I say it is, I’m not eager to change anything about our lives right now. But I really, you know, believe in JD, and I really love him. And so we’ll just see what happens with our lives.” On Monday, as JD entered the Republican National Convention Hall and members of the Ohio delegation chanted his name, Usha was by his side. She has proven to be an anchor in such moments. “Usha definitely brings me back down to earth a little bit, and when I get maybe a little too cocky or a little too proud, I remind myself that she’s accomplished way more than I have,” JD told the Megyn Kelly Show podcast in 2020. “I’m one of those guys who really benefits from having kind of a powerful female voice on his left shoulder saying, ‘Don’t do that, do that’ — it’s just important.” Usha said in a statement late Monday that she was resigning from the firm to support her family — they have two sons, Ewan, 6, Vivek, 4, and a daughter, Mirabel, 2. A spokesman for Munger said Usha was an “excellent lawyer and colleague.” Republicans at the convention praised the Vances, but some were reluctant to speak out about what they see as identity politics. Virginia Zemel, 66, of Downers Grove, Illinois, said, “You don’t look at the color of the person’s skin and ethnicity. It’s the character of the person and what they stand for.” “America began as a melting pot and we are including everyone. The leadership of President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and his wonderful family, and now JD Vance as Vice President and his wife and family will be a message to bring back the strength of our country.” However, some political analysts believe Usha’s arrival less than four months before Election Day could be an asset to the otherwise all-white Republican candidacy. John Zogby, a pollster and author, said: “The second lady candidates are barely in the mix. But Indian-Americans are becoming increasingly influential in the United States. They are strongly Democratic – or at least they have been – in their voting record, so if there is an opportunity to tweak that and get even a small percentage, that could be vital, especially in those swing states that everyone is talking about.” He added: “It looks good, she’s a smart lady and anything that can convince a few voters can have a huge impact in an election like this.”)
POLITICO
— Democrats say “How Donald Trump learned to love J.D. Vance.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/16/donald-trump-jd-vance-relationship-00168422
PEW RESEARCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly run the mainstream news media (MNM). Democrats ever-increasingly use the MNM to defeat Trump and to elect Biden. When the MSN criticizes Democrats, it is to help them win. When the MNM criticizes Republicans, it is to make them lose. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have pandered the most to the MNM in Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the MNM in Illinois. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid a) who removed me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee and b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/05/07/broad-agreement-in-u-s-even-among-partisans-on-which-news-outlets-are-part-of-the-mainstream-media/
July 16, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “RNC 2024: Day 2 will focus on immigration; Nikki Haley to speak. Chants of ‘we love Trump’ could be heard as he entered the RNC on night 1.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-2024-day-2-donald-trump-makes-appearance-on-night-1-immigration-and-crime-will-be-focus-tuesday/15062421/
— Democrats say “Protesters rally at GOP convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-convention-2024-protestors-begin-gather-outside-fiserv/15060959/
— Democrats say Trump says about Vance “You can help me win” and “How Trump landed on JD Vance as his VP pick.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/why-did-trump-pick-jd-vance/15062411/
— Democrats say “Suspect purchased 50 rounds of ammunition on day of shooting.”
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-director-says-police-were-inside-building-shooter-was-positioned-on/15057158/
NBC5
— Democrats say “What to watch as the Republican National Convention enters its second day in Milwaukee. On Tuesday, the overview shifts to immigration and crime, according to Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-to-watch-as-the-republican-national-convention-enters-its-second-day-in-milwaukee/3491097/
— Democrats ask “What do Illinois Republicans think of Trump running mate JD Vance?” and say “Some expressed surprise at the choice, but delegates agreed they will support the ticket.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/what-do-illinois-republicans-think-of-trump-running-mate-jd-vance/3490973/
— Democrats say “Tuesday at the RNC to feature focus on immigration, crime. The theme of the second day will be “Make America Safe Again,” according to convention officials.” (COMMENT: The younger that you are, the less education that you have, and the fewer job skills that you have, the more that illegal immigration harms you. I had to work my way through college. If there had been as many illegals in America back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs I got doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail. And if not that, the wages that I was paid would have been less because illegals drive wages down.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rnc-tuesday-nikki-haley-speak-trump-platform-immigration/3491040/
— Democrats say Sen. Tim Scott says “America ‘isn’t a racist country” and Scott “blasts Chicago leadership over violence.” (COMMENT: Ever since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have and that Republicans are racists who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/tim-scott-america-isnt-racist-blasts-chicago-over-gun-violence/3490744/
CBS2
— Democrats say “Love fest for JD Vance among Illinois delegates at Republican National Convention.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_Vgll7bjE
WTTW
— Democrats say “From Immigration to Public Safety, What a Trump Victory Could Mean for Chicago.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/16/immigration-public-safety-what-trump-victory-could-mean-chicago
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Suburban native, far-right conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk speaks at RNC. The 30-year-old Wheeling High School grad founded Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting conservative values on high school and college campuses.” (COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the more that Democrats and RINOs call you far-right.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/15/charlie-kirk-rnc-republican-convention-speech
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s VP pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, is the reason Chicago has no top federal prosecutor. Former President Trump wasn’t going to repeat his Mike Pence mistake. He needed someone he could count on to follow orders.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/15/donald-trump-running-mate-selection-jd-vance-april-perry-us-attorney-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Photos: The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/photos-the-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee/
— Brandon Johnson’s desperate loan gambit to keep the Chicago Teachers Union happy. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/16/editorial-cps-brandon-johnson-ctu-budget/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “What to watch as the Republican National Convention enters its second day in Milwaukee.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/nation-and-world-politics/what-to-watch-as-the-republican-national-convention-enters-its-second-day-in-milwaukee/
— Democrats say “JD Vance is a relative political unknown. He’s been asked to help Donald Trump avenge his 2020 loss.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/nation-and-world-politics/jd-vance-is-a-relative-political-unknown-hes-been-asked-to-help-donald-trump-avenge-his-2020-loss/
— Democrats say “Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 Republican National Convention.” (COMMENT: During the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240716/nation-and-world-politics/fact-checking-day-1-of-the-2024-republican-national-convention/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WAND TV
— Democrats say “Protesters rally peacefully at GOP convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/protesters-rally-at-gop-convention-for-abortion-and-immigrant-rights-end-to-war-in-gaza/article_9af8c43c-8ec9-56e7-a667-340701db9788.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/protesters-rally-peacefully-at-gop-convention-for-abortion-and-immigrant-rights-end-to-war-in/article_a613b591-d449-5065-b63a-7b042ff8cde9.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “What to know about Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle.” (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to work for, work with, and/or supervise all the many females they hired. Females were my superiors during my last 8 years at GAO and a female was my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years. Those females led GAO’s successful effort to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Further, during my last 8 years, they assigned me to supervise all their female employees who they wanted to get rid because they had serious performance problems. All the females who they promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/15/what-to-know-about-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a 2022 interview with the trade publication Security Magazine, Cheatle reflected on being a woman in the Secret Service. “That achievement in a male-dominated industry was not lost on me,” Cheatle said. “I kept a photo on my desk of the first five women sworn into the service, and I used that to remind me that these women created opportunities for me and I can help others grow and lead as well.” Cheatle graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, according to the News-Gazette, and she first applied for a job as a Secret Service agent before leaving school.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats acknowledge that “Signs of trouble at Trump rally were evident in minutes before gunman opened fire.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-signs-of-trouble-at-trump-rally-were-evident-in-minutes-before-gunman-opened-fire/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby roof. When a police officer climbed up to the roof to investigate, the gunman turned and pointed his rifle at him. But the officer did not — or could not — fire a single shot. A sniper cut down 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks within seconds of him firing an AR-style rifle toward the former president, but it was too late. Now investigators are trying to painstakingly piece together how an armed man with no military background managed to reach high ground and get the jump on teams of Secret Service agents. Stan Kephart, a former police chief who worked event security for two former presidents, said the shooting followed an “an absolute and abysmal failure” on the part of the Secret Service to protect Trump. The agency is ultimately responsible for the candidate’s safety, he added. “You don’t get to blame other people. They are under your control,” said Kephart, now a consulting expert on law enforcement event security.)
— Democrats say “27% in new survey say Vance ‘best’ or ‘good’ pick for Trump.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/27-in-new-survey-say-vance-best-or-good-pick-for-trump/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— LaHood on what Trump VP pick Vance brings to the table. – Eric Olsen (COMMENT: For the last job that you were hired for, what did you bring to the table? GAO audits IRS. When GAO hired me in 1980 when I was 31 years old, a) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, b) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid. They forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. They delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. They kept me off audits of IRS until 1986.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/lahood-on-what-trump-vp-pick-vance-brings-to-the-table/
WGLT
— Democrats and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn the AR-15.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-15/why-the-weapon-of-choice-matters-in-the-trump-assassination-attempt
AXIOS
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP leaders (Mary Miller, Kathy Salvi, Tony McCombie, Aaron Del Mar, The Uihleins) to watch in 2024.’
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/07/16/illinois-gop-leaders-to-watch-2024
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance’s Illinois connection.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/16/jd-vances-illinois-connection-00168596
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You can say he has one connection to Illinois. He’s been blamed for holding up the confirmation of April Perry as Chicago’s top federal prosecutor. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth recently accused Vance of wanting to “grind the Department of Justice to a halt” over the confirmation. About his VP slot: Neither senator commented on Vance being named Donald Trump’s running mate. Durbin will join Gov. JB Pritzker at an unrelated event today, so we’ll wait for the Illinois press corps to pounce. . .Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger headlined “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and called out Vance for criticizing U.S. support of Ukraine in the war against Russia. “They are celebrating that choice in Milwaukee and in Moscow,” he said.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-326/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— March 11, 2016 in Chicago: The Day Violence Against Trump Campaign Was Legitimized. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/march-11-2016-in-chicago-the-day-violence-against-trump-campaign-was-legitimized-wirepoints/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— At national convention, Illinois’ beleaguered GOP portrays calm amid internal storm.- PETER HANCOCK & HANNAH MEISEL (COMMENT: Illinois Republicans like me who are conservative, that is, who are platform Republicans, want direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members. Because I promote direct election of IRP SCC members, IRP SCC members who oppose direct election used pretexts to remove me from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2015, they gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct in Wheaton.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/at-national-convention-illinois-beleaguered-gop-portrays-calm-amid-internal-storm
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump surprises convention with bandaged cameo. – Seth McLaughlin and Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/donald-trump-surprises-republican-national-convent/
— Biden rejects responsibility for overheated rhetoric: ‘I’m not engaged in that’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/joe-biden-rejects-responsibility-overheated-rhetor/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) unloads on Secret Service failures: ‘It’s the DEI bulls***’ – Timothy P. Carney (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to work for, work with, and/or supervise all the many females they hired. Females were my superiors during my last 8 years at GAO and a female was my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years. Those females led GAO’s successful effort to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Further, during my last 8 years, they assigned me to supervise all their female employees who they wanted to get rid because they had serious performance problems. All the females who they promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3082918/congresswoman-unloads-secret-service-failures-dei/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think what we’re seeing is what happens when you are more focused on checking boxes, then you are actually getting the most qualified people in the room,” she said. “There is a lot of work and discussions that needs to be had about who are we hiring to protect presidential candidates,” the congresswoman said. “Donald Trump is six-foot-two. I’m five-foot-three. You wouldn’t want me protecting him. I cannot physically take a bullet for him at that height. And so when you have people who are just not physically capable of doing so, we have to have that conversation.” She summarized the DEI approach as “we need so many of X, Y, and Z,” saying this approach “has really put us all collectively in danger and it’s a real shame.”)
NEW YORK POST
— Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle landed job after push by Jill Biden’s office. – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/07/15/us-news/secret-service-director-kim-cheatle-landed-job-after-push-by-jill-bidens-office-sources/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four sources close to President Biden’s family, including people who interacted with Cheatle during the Obama-Biden administration, said she was well liked by the future first lady and her most senior aides, including top adviser Anthony Bernal. “Cheatle served on Dr. Biden’s second lady detail and Anthony pushed for her,” a Democratic insider told The Post. “Anthony has no national security or law enforcement experience. He should have no influence over the selection of the USSS director.” “I heard at the time she was being considered for director that Anthony had pushed her forward as an option,” another well-placed source told The Post. Bernal, 51, is widely regarded as rivaling even White House chief of staff Jeff Zients in terms of influence over administration decisions. He has faced allegations of bullying and sexual harassment from colleagues who have likened his sway to that of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin over the Romanov court. “Anthony is obsessed with being DEI-compliant,” a third source told The Post, using the acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion — the human resources practice of attempting to ensure diversity in the workforce.)
— Biden admin flying migrants from overwhelmed California to Texas after Gov. Abbott’s crackdown deterred crossings — at $80K per flight. – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/07/15/us-news/biden-admin-flying-migrants-from-overwhelmed-california-to-texas-after-gov-abbotts-crackdown-deterred-crossings/
— Everything to know about RNC 2024: When it’s on, how to watch, plus speaker schedule – Caitlin Doornbos and Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/07/15/us-news/rnc-guide-2024-when-its-on-how-to-watch-speaker-schedule-2/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Walking Over The Graves of Our Heroes. – Allan J. Feifer
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/walking_over_the_graves_of_our_heroes.html
BREITBART
— Joe Biden’s Parole Pipeline Welcomes Nearly 1.2 Million Migrants to U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/15/joe-bidens-parole-pipeline-welcomes-nearly-1-2million-migrants-us/
— Trump VP Pick J.D. Vance Hailed as ‘One of the Best’ Senators on Immigration. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/07/15/trump-vp-pick-j-d-vance-hailed-as-one-of-the-best-senators-on-immigration/
EPOCH TIMES
— 39 Things to Know About JD Vance, Trump’s Running Mate. The freshman senator and best-selling author from Ohio is the first millennial on a major party ticket. Here’s a rundown of his background and stances. – Joseph Lord, Jackson Richman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/39-things-to-know-about-jd-vance-trumps-running-mate-5687131
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. He’s a Catholic. Mr. Vance was raised Protestant, but later converted to Catholicism, officially becoming Catholic in August 2019.
3. He’s Married to Usha Chilukuri Vance. Mr. Vance is married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, who he met at Yale Law School. They married in 2014.
Ms. Vance currently works as a corporate litigator. She has clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John. Roberts and then-appellate Judge Brett Kavanaugh. She would be the first Hindu spouse of a vice president. . .9. He Experienced the Decline of the Rust Belt. In both his memoir and the movie adaptation, Mr. Vance explains his experience of the decline of the Rust Belt, and the impacts it had on those living there. Speaking about his native Middletown, Mr. Vance wrote in Hillbilly Elegy, “There is a lack of agency here— a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. ”He’s made clear that this experience has continued to shape his political life and decisions. . .11. His Parents Divorced When He was a Toddler. Mr. Vance’s parents, Donald Bowman and Bev Vance, divorced when he was very young, leaving Mr. Vance to be raised by his mother. In “Hillbilly Elegy,” Mr. Bowman is described as having been largely absent from Mr. Vance’s life, though the two reconnected later in life. Mr. Vance says both of his parents struggled to maintain stability in their employment, both largely worked a series of odd jobs over the years. . .15. His Grandparents Were Democrats. Like many in the Rust Belt of the late 20th century, Mr. Vance’s grandparents were pro-union Democrats. Mr. Vance describes their attitude toward politics in “Hillbilly Elegy,” writing, “All politicians might be crooks, but if there were any exceptions, they were undoubtedly members of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition. Mr. Vance said the exception was 1984, when his grandfather voted for President Ronald Reagan. . .16. He’s a Marine Corps. Iraq Combat vet. Mr. Vance served in Iraq as a Marine combat correspondent during the mid-2000s. . .19. He Was an Editor of the Yale Law Journal
While studying law, Mr. Vance served on the editorial staff of the Yale Law Journal. . .22. He’s Sponsored Programs to Combat Drug Addiction. In 2016, Mr. Vance left California and returned to Ohio, where he helped launch an effort to combat opioid abuse in the state. Called “Our Ohio Renewal,” the project was short-lived, and the online domain for the website is no longer accessible. . .36. He’s Critical of the Iraq War. Though he served in the Iraq War, Mr. Vance has since been critical of the conflict, saying he made a “mistake” in initially supporting it. “I served my country honorably, and I saw when I went to Iraq that I had been lied to, that the promises of the foreign policy establishment of this country were a complete joke,” he said on the Senate floor in April. . .37. Critical of Ukraine Aid. Mr. Vance has been critical of continued U.S. support for the war in Ukraine. Since taking office, he’s voted against every Ukraine aid package that’s come to the floor. He’s called for Europe to bear the brunt of financing the war. Mr. Vance wrote in an April op-ed for The New York Times that the current trajectory of the war is unsustainable for either the U.S. or Ukraine. He said that the notion that Ukraine will reclaim all its land lost to Russia is “fantastical.”. . . 39. He Says US Focus Should Be on China. Mr. Vance has also taken a tough stance on China, encouraging the United States to focus its efforts there. Between war in Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, Mr. Vance said, America has “to pick and choose” where it invests its resources. “We should be focused on our own problems, and that’s mostly China,” Mr. Vance said in April. “My argument is the Chinese are focused on real power. They’re not focused on how tough people talk on TV or how strong our alleged resolve is. They’re focused on how strong we actually are, and to be strong enough to push back against the Chinese, we’ve got to focus there, and right now, we’re stretched too thin.”)
FOX NEWS
— US Secret Service director plans to ‘stay on’ as calls grow for her resignation. Cheatle called the attempted assassination on Trump ‘unacceptable,’ adding the ‘buck stops with her’ – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-secret-service-director-plans-stay-on-calls-grow-her-resignation
TOWNHALL
— The Republican Party Platform is Good. – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/07/16/the-republican-party-platform-is-good-n2641988
— DEI Is Transitioning to Die – Alan Joseph Bauer
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2024/07/16/dei-is-transitioning-to-die-n2641940
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats say “Fact-checking night 1 of the Republican National Convention.” (COMMENT: During the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/fact-check-night-one-republican-national-convention/index.html
— Democrats say “Rally security failure has Secret Service at odds with its local law enforcement allies.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/secret-service-trump-rally-blame/index.html
YAHOO
— Democrats acknowledge that Vance says “He Changed My Mind” and that “Vance Responds To Sean Hannity About Calling Donald Trump “America’s Hitler” And Other Insults.”
https://au.news.yahoo.com/changed-mind-j-d-vance-015817265.html
MSN
— Vance opposes Democrat efforts to replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/when-democrats-accused-jd-vance-of-endorsing-racist-great-replacement-theory/ar-BB1q2h5z
— Jim Jordan Issues Warning to Parents on ‘Illegal Aliens’ Hiding in Schools. – Kaitlin Lewis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jim-jordan-issues-warning-to-parents-on-illegal-aliens-hiding-in-schools/ar-BB1kYnhP
ABC NEWS
— Democrats say “The rise of JD Vance: From ‘never-Trump guy’ to VP pick. Vance could reach new heights, possibly serving as Trump’s vice president.” (COMMENT: How much money did your parents have? While my parents had more money than Vance’s parents had, I had to work my way through college. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail. My critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rise-jd-vance-trump-guy-potential-vp-pick/story?id=111310334
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Vance’s rise began when he released his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” where he reflects on his upbringing and growing up in a low-income family involved in violence and addiction in Middletown, Ohio — part of America’s Rust Belt.)
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-plays-prominent-role-first-night-rnc-rcna162028
CBS NEWS
— Democrats say “2024 RNC Day 1 fact check of the Republican National Convention.” (COMMENT: During the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-rnc-day-1-fact-check-republican-national-convention/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Fact-Checking Day 1 of the Republican National Convention.” (COMMENT: During the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/rnc-fact-check
— Democrats say “Trump Rally Gunman ‘Didn’t Want Attention’ in School, Classmates Said. Fellow students described the gunman, Thomas Crooks, as intelligent but solitary, someone who tried to avoid teasing by his classmates.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/trump-rally-shooting-crooks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a plea to the White working class.” (COMMENT: How much money did your parents have? While my parents had more money than Vance’s parents had, I had to work my way through college. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail. My critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/15/hillbilly-elegy-jd-vance-review/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Vance grew up in what his memoir describes as “an Ohio steel town that has been hemorrhaging jobs and hope for as long as I can remember.” His mother struggled with addiction; he was raised by his grandparents, neither of whom graduated from high school. . .Though he has overcome his demons, Vance is sympathetic to those left behind. As he describes their plight, “From low social mobility to poverty to divorce and drug addiction, my home is a hub of misery.” And in contrast to other groups that also experience widespread poverty, “working class whites are the most pessimistic group in America.”)
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance adds veteran appeal to Trump’s populist campaign. As a former Marine Corps grunt, the VP pick speaks to the military and lower working class.” (COMMENT: Because my parents lacked money, during my freshman and sophomore years in high school, my plan was to enlist and use the G.I. Bill to get a college degree. But early in my junior year in 1964, I realized that I could earn a college degree much sooner a) if I got accepted by UIC, b) if I commuted to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, and c) if could earn enough money with part-time jobs. The part-time job that I got working for the Park Forest Post Office enabled me to do that, and not only that, but to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, to transfer to NIU in 1969, and to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/15/vance-trump-veterans-appeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I interviewed Vance back in August 2016, when “Hillbilly Elegy” was published. “I think in a lot of ways, and for a lot of kids, frankly, the military is that ticket out,” he told me. “It shows you a different world. It gives you a set of skills that I simply didn’t have when I joined the Marines. … From there, I went to Ohio State, and then I went to Yale Law School,” he continued. “But it really provided a number of opportunities that again, I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t had the Marine Corps.” The skills he acquired as a Marine took him to Big Law, then Big Tech, and on to Big Politics and the Ohio Senate contest of 2022.
— Democrats say “Thousands of RNC protesters denounce Trump, GOP agenda in Milwaukee. Anti-Trump protesters at the Republican National Convention decried political violence of all kinds while condemning threats to democracy and the GOP agenda.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/15/republican-national-convention-protests-trump/
— Democrats say “Jan. 6 marchers at Republican convention complicate efforts to avoid subject.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/16/trump-republicans-convention-jan-6/
USA TODAY
— Democrats say : “RNC 2024: Which Republicans have stayed away from Milwaukee.” Which Republican leaders in your county, township, and municipality boycotted the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/16/rnc-2024-who-is-staying-away-from-milwaukee/74415168007/
— Democrats say “Tuesday’s RNC theme puts focus on law enforcement.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/16/tuesday-rnc-theme-what-make-america-safe-again-means/74421209007/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrats say “Trump’s Running Mate: Lawyer and Author-Turned-MAGA Senator J.D. Vance. The former lawyer and author who rose to prominence for a gut-wrenching memoir of addiction in America has quickly become a powerful voice for Trump in Congress.” (COMMENT: How much money did your parents have? While my parents had more money than Vance’s parents had, I had to work my way through college. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail. My critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-07-15/trumps-running-mate-lawyer-and-author-turned-maga-senator-j-d-vance
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once a corporate lawyer who attended Yale Law School, Vance rose to national prominence as the author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” a poignant and gut-wrenching memoir that showcased poverty, isolation and lack of opportunity that haunted his family and others in rural Kentucky.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Trump Bets on a MAGA Successor in J.D. Vance. His choice of the 39-year-old Senator reinforces his base, rather than appealing to a broader coalition.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jd-vance-donald-trump-vice-president-2024-election-e37cf310
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance Offers Trump a Fresh Face With a MAGA Profile. Ohio senator has appeal in ‘Blue Wall’ states but might not expand support among suburban women and swing voters.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/j-d-vance-offers-trump-a-fresh-face-with-a-maga-profile-034d3083
— Democrats ask “Who Is in Donald Trump’s Inner Circle?” and say “These Are His Closest Advisers.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-advisors-inner-circle-presidential-campaign-0e056dee
— Democrats say “Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/elon-musk-has-said-he-is-committing-around-45-million-a-month-to-a-new-pro-trump-super-pac-dda53823
— “The Trump Shooting Changed Everything. The nation narrowly averted tragedy Saturday. Is it enough to ease our political polarization?” – James Piereson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trump-shooting-changed-everything-80f11bd8?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democrats acknowledge that “Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, has been at the center of GOP efforts in Congress to “dismantle” diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies, and has suggested that if Trump wins re-election, he should fire “every mid-level bureaucrat” in government.” Soon, if not already, all federal employees will be conservative-hating Republican-hating Democrats who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/07/heres-now-trumps-new-vice-presidential-pick-stacks-federal-workforce-issues/398056/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance on His MAGA Conversion. Trump’s man in Ohio once called him “America’s Hitler,” but there’s an explanation.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/07/j-d-vance-explains-his-conversion-to-trump-and-maga.html
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCTAION
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/07/16/bridging-campus-divide-dangerous-ideas-ai
July 15, 2024 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois Republicans help Trump clinch GOP nomination at 2024 RNC in Milwaukee. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-convention-2024-illinois-republicans-gather-milwaukee-prepare/15061025/
— RNC 2024 live updates
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-2024-trump-says-he-will-announce-vp-pick-today-event-kicks-off-in-milwaukee-following-rally-assassination-attempt/15060290/
— Illinois Republicans gather in Milwaukee to prepare for RNC 2024 – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-convention-2024-illinois-republicans-gather-milwaukee-prepare/15061025/
— Local police were inside shooter’s building
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-director-says-police-were-inside-building-shooter-was-positioned-on/15057158/
NBC5
— RNC LIVE: Watch live coverage of 2024 Republican National Convention
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rnc-live-watch-live-coverage-of-2024-republican-national-convention/3490152/
— Illinois Republican delegates call for unity, praise Trump as RNC begins. The convention officially nominated Trump and JD Vance on Monday afternoon. – James Neveau and Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/illinois-republican-delegates-call-for-unity-praise-trump-as-rnc-begins/3490525/
CBS2
— Illinois Republican delegates admire VP pick JD Vance’s journey from never-Trumper to Trump ally. – Chris Tye, Joe Donlon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-republican-delegates-admire-vp-pick-j-d-vance-trump-ally/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-delegates-pleased-with-jd-vance-as-former-president-trumps-vp-pick/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3ZCqFTQ9U
WGN9
— Illinois GOP aims to unify MAGA, ‘Never Trump’ wings of delegation
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/final-preparations-taken-in-milwaukee-for-rnc-as-trump-set-to-choose-his-vice-presidential-candidate/
— Democrats ask “Who is JD Vance?” and say “Things to know about Donald Trump’s pick for vice president.”
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/ap-who-is-jd-vance-things-to-know-about-donald-trumps-pick-for-vice-president/
WTTW
— RNC Live Blog, Day 1: Illinois Delegates Pitch Unity at RNC as Security on High Alert
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-live-blog-day-1
— Illinois Delegates Kick Off RNC by Celebrating Trump’s Survival, Pledging Unity – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/illinois-delegates-kick-rnc-celebrating-trump-s-survival-pledging-unity
— First-Time Illinois Delegates Look Ahead to Week at Republican National Convention. – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/first-time-illinois-delegates-look-ahead-week-republican-national-convention
— ‘We’re Not Going Back to That’: Chicagoans Join First Major RNC Protest in Milwaukee. – Matt Masterson
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/we-re-not-going-back-chicagoans-join-first-major-rnc-protest-milwaukee
WLS AM
— Illinois GOP Unified for Trump as RNC Begins
https://www.wlsam.com/2024/07/15/illinois-gop-unified-for-trump-as-rnc-begins/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois delegates in Milwaukee say J.D. Vance ‘will bring a lot of energy’ to GOP ticket. – JEREMY GORNER and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/illinois-delegates-in-milwaukee-say-j-d-vance-will-bring-a-lot-of-energy-to-gop-ticket/
— ‘We’re not intimidated’: Chicago protesters head to Milwaukee for RNC – NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/were-not-intimidated-chicago-protesters-head-to-milwaukee-for-rnc/
— Energetic Illinois Republicans thank ‘an angel’ for Trump’s survival, push for unity. Illinois Republicans rallied behind former President Donald Trump — whom they say is helping heal fractures in their own state party. – Mitchell Armentrout and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/15/rnc-donald-trump-illinois-republicans-milwaukee
— Jubilant GOP delegates nominate Trump for president as he announces JD Vance as running mate. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/republican-presidential-nominee/
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Republicans open convention with quest to unify behind Trump. – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240715/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-republicans-open-convention-with-quest-to-unify-behind-trump/
— RNC Notebook, Day One: Bailey selfies, Jr. sightings, hotel disrespect? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240715/news/rnc-notebook-day-one-bailey-selfies-jr-sightings-hotel-disrespect/
— An appeal to youth? Veep choice of Vance a key strategic move, delegates say. – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240715/news/an-appeal-to-youth-veep-choice-of-vance-a-key-strategic-move-delegates-say/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Sidewalk plaques will memorialize 1919 race riot victims – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/1919-race-riot-victims-memorialized-sidewalk-plaques
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois Republicans emphasize unity, thank ‘an angel’ for sparing Trump in Saturday gunfire. – Brenden Moore
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-republicans-unity-at-rnc/article_efbd89fc-42d9-11ef-90a1-23f429c6234c.html
CHICAGO CRUSAUDER
— ‘Is He Dead?’ Why Black People Are Not Grieving The Failed Assassination Of Donald Trump
https://chicagocrusader.com/is-he-dead-why-black-people-are-not-grieving-the-failed-assassination-of-donald-trump/
EVANSTON NOW
— Democrats say “State GOP proclaims unity despite internal disarray.”
https://evanstonnow.com/state-gop-proclaims-unity-despite-internal-disarray/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— A list of all politicians and celebrities speaking at the Republican National Convention – Claire Reid
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/14/full-list-of-politicians-and-celebrities-scheduled-to-speak-at-the-republican-national-convention/74400547007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Hillbilly Elegy’: JD Vance’s rise to vice presidential candidate began with a bestselling memoir. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-hillbilly-elegy-jd-vances-rise-to-vice-presidential-candidate-began-with-a-bestselling-memoir/
— Outside RNC, conservative group defends its Project 2025 guidebook as Democrats ramp up attacks – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-outside-rnc-conservative-group-defends-its-project-2025-guidebook-as-democrats-ramp-up-attacks/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republican National Convention: Illinois delegate expects party will showcase consensus on a foreign policy platform. – Maria Gardner Lara
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-07-15/republican-national-convention-illinois-delegate-expects-party-will-showcase-consensus-on-a-foreign-policy-platform
WMBD
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now they are running mates.”
https://wmbdradio.com/2024/07/15/j-d-vance-once-compared-trump-to-hitler-now-they-are-running-mates/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-119/
— Bost and Bailey set aside feud as Illinois Republicans tout unity at RNC delegate breakfast
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/15/bost-and-bailey-set-aside-feud-as-illinois-republicans-tout-unity-at-rnc-delegate-breakfast/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Live updates from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/live-updates-from-the-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump taps Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as running mate. – Seth McLaughlin and Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/jd-vance-chosen-trump-vice-president-2024-race/
— President Biden struggled Monday to explain his recent demand that Democrats put former President Donald Trump in the “bull’s-eye,” saying it was a mistake but also saying he could have said worse. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/joe-biden-says-it-was-mistake-to-say-he-wanted-to-/
BREITBART
— New York Times Migrant Story Shows the Giveaways and Legal Chaos of Joe Biden’s Border Crisis – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/07/15/new-york-times-migrant-story-shows-giveaways-legal-chaos-joe-bidens-border-crisis/
DAILY CALLER
— Migrants Are Slamming US Ports Of Entry In Near-Record Numbers – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/15/migrants-ports-of-entry-near-record-numbers/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Flying Country to Country, Migrants and Smugglers are Developing New Ways to Reach the U.S. – Michael McManus
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/flying-country-country-migrants-and-smugglers-are-developing-new-ways-reach-us
NEWS BUSTERS
— 36 Years of Media Derision & Scorn for GOP Veeps – Rich Noyes
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2024/07/07/flashback-36-years-media-derision-scorn-gop-veeps
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Local police were inside shooter’s building
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/donald-trump-rally-shooting-assassination-attempt/?id=111916828
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Picks J.D. Vance as 2024 Running Mate. Ohio senator could help boost the GOP ticket’s appeal in Midwest battleground states. – Alex Leary and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-vp-pick-jd-vance-f179310d
— Mystery Around Trump Shooter Deepens. FBI analyzed Thomas Matthew Crooks’s phone and found nothing to explain why he tried to assassinate former president. – Clare Ansberry, Sadie Gurman, and Joel Schectman
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/mystery-around-trump-shooter-deepens-9d51f9ae
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrats say “J.D. Vance’s Most Scathing Criticisms of Trump. Donald Trump’s pick for vice president has a long history of criticizing him. Here are some of his top hits.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/183818/trump-vp-pick-jd-vance-criticized-him-douchey-celeb
July 15, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Trump in Milwaukee after assassination attempt, Illinois delegates make short trip north for RNC
https://wgntv.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee/trump-prepares-for-rnc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of Illinois Republicans have made the short trek north to Milwaukee, an unlikely host for the RNC considering it’s a deeply Democratic city. However, Wisconsin is a key swing state in the upcoming election after Biden defeated Trump there in 2020 by less than a percentage point. “We were once inch away from not having a presidential nominee,” Aaron Del Mar of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee said in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump. “So, yes, certainly that is going to have an impact on who the VP pick is.” Other Illinois delegates say Republicans will use this week to underscore what they think one-party Democratic leadership has meant for Illinois. “The idea that immigrants should be getting more services than people of Chicago, it’s nuts,” Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter said. “It’s just wrong. “So I think it’s time for people to step back and see who it is that’s going to be delivering the kind of ideas and the kind of services that actually help the people of Illinois.” Illinois delegates will be set up near the back of the convention floor this week, next to Arkansas and just behind Texas. Swing states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are positioned much closer to the front.)
ABC7
— RNC 2024, recast by Trump assassination attempt, kicks off Monday. The RNC will maintain its original programming despite the Trump rally shooting.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/rnc-2024-event-kicks-off-in-milwaukee-following-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/15060290/
— Portrait of suspected gunman emerges after Trump assassination attempt. A recovered firearm was legally purchased by the suspect’s father, sources said.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-had-registered-republican/15058563/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Officials feared that the assassination attempt would inspire others. The assassination attempt against President Donald Trump “will likely be amplified in extremist messaging and heavily exploited by malicious actors as well as adversarial nation-states in mis/dis/mal-information aimed at fomenting division,” according to an NYPD intelligence product obtained by ABC News. “In the immediate hours after the shooting took place, multiple users on numerous online messaging platforms responded to the incident with support for the attack, overt calls for civil war, hostile rhetoric against FPOTUS Trump, threats against elected officials, and generalized calls for retaliatory violence,” according to the bulletin which was dated July 14, 2024. . . (Crooks) was working as a dietary aide at the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, according to administrator Marcie Grimm. Thomas Matthew Crooks “performed his job without concern” and passed a background check, according to Grimm. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement as Thomas Matthew Crooks performed his job without concern and his background check was clean,” Grimm said in a statement. “We are fully cooperating with law enforcement officials at this time.” The firearm recovered at the scene was legally purchased by the suspect’s father, an urgent trace conducted by ATF found, according to multiple law enforcement sources. A source who has been briefed said the gun was an AR-15 style rifle that was purchased in 2013. . .Crooks had no known history of mental illness, per the FBI. His family is cooperating with investigators. “We’re looking into his background, his day-to-day activities, any writings, and social media posts that might help us identify what led to this shooting. And we have not seen anything threatening,” Rojek added. . .So far, investigators have not uncovered any ties to extremist organizations or individuals, though they continue to scour information from the suspect’s phone and other digital devices, according to the sources. Increasingly, the shooting was looking like a lone wolf attack, sources said. . .Myers said that Crooks “tended to be more of an interesting one” and described him as “more socially reserved” and someone who “didn’t have a ton of friends.” But he said he never heard Crooks discuss politics or, specifically, Donald Trump. . .Myers and another student said that Crooks tried to join the high school’s rifle team but was rejected and asked not to return after a “preseason” session. “He didn’t just not make the team, he was asked not to come back because how bad of a shot he was, it was considered like, dangerous,” said Myers. Another member of the team, who asked not to be named, told ABC News that there was a view that Crooks “wasn’t really fit for the rifle team.” “He also shot terrible,” the team member added. . .Crooks, however, did belong to a local shooting club, counsel for the club confirms to ABC News, Clairton Sportsmen’s Club. . .The classmate added that Crooks was interested in building computers and never discussed politics. . .It was too early in the investigation to say whether the suspect had been acting alone, Bivens said. Investigators were determining if anyone else had been involved, he said.)
— Donald Trump supporters hold rally in Chicago day after assassination attempt. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-shooting-supporters-hold-rally-chicagos-west/15059186/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rally hosted by Trump supporters in the Austin neighborhood was briefly interrupted after a verbal altercation with those who did not welcome their presence led to a person pulling a weapon. Police, who were monitoring the rally nearby, responded immediately and the situation was diffused. . .The rally was a small one, bringing together around 20 Trump supporters.)
— No changes made to RNC security plan after Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service says. Chicago Police Department monitoring situation in preparation for DNC.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-rally-shooting-authorities-reexamining-2024-rnc/15058117/
— Chicago shootings: At least 36 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-25-shot-4-fatally/15058670/
NBC5
— Trump attack a ‘failure’ for Secret Service: retired agent who survived Reagan assassination attempt. While in the Secret Service, Tim McCarthy suffered a gunshot wound to the chest during an assassination attempt against former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-attack-a-failure-for-secret-service-retired-agent-who-survived-reagan-assassination-attempt-says/3489204/
— Biden orders security review of RNC plans after Trump assassination attempt. The president also ordered a review of security at the rally Saturday where former President Trump was injured in an assassination attempt. – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/biden-security-review-rnc-milwaukee-plans-trump-assassination-attempt/3489143/
— Secret Service ‘confident’ in security plans for Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/secret-service-confident-in-security-plans-for-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee/3489236/
— Here’s who is expected to speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/heres-who-is-expected-to-speak-at-the-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee/3489177/
CBS2
— The 2024 Republican National Convention set to begin on heels of assassination attempt. Here’s what to know. – Caitlin Yilek
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2024-republican-national-convention-what-to-know/
— Ex-classmate of Trump rally shooter describes him as “normal boy,” rejected from high school rifle team. – Madeleine May
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-rally-shooter-classmate-normal-boy-rejected-from-high-school-rifle-team/
— Trump rally shooter’s motive still unclear as Biden urges calm.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/trump-shooting-statement-joe-biden-updates/
— Secret Service to review security at Chicago DNC after Trump assassination attempt. -Dave Savini
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/secret-service-review-security-chicago-dnc-trump-assassination-attempt/
FOX32
— Chicago police heighten security for DNC after Trump rally shooting. – Nate Rodgers and Cody King
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-heighten-security-for-dnc-after-trump-rally-shooting
WTTW
— The RNC’s First Day Will Still Focus on the Economy. Here’s What to Know About Trump’s Plans. – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/rnc-s-first-day-will-still-focus-economy-here-s-what-know-about-trump-s-plans
— From the Uihleins to Prominent Business Owners, Who Are Illinois’ Biggest Republican Donors? – Nick Blumberg (COMMENT: What do major Republican donors think of you?)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/15/uihleins-prominent-business-owners-who-are-illinois-biggest-republican-donors
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s Top Donors: With a combined $10 million donation to the Make America Great Again Super PAC, billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein are the second-biggest backers of Trump’s reelection bid — though their contribution has been dwarfed by the $75 million kicked in by banking heir Timothy Mellon. The Uihleins, Lake Forest residents and owners of the shipping products company Uline, are longtime conservative political donors. Uline, which was once headquartered in Illinois, moved in 2010 to Wisconsin — also home to Schlitz Brewing, to which Richard Uihlein is an heir. The Uihleins have long been active in Illinois politics. They supported former Gov. Bruce Rauner in his successful 2014 election bid. In 2018, they backed his unsuccessful challenger in the Republican gubernatorial primary, then-state Rep. Jeanne Ives. They’ve also supported U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Springfield), who drew widespread condemnation for approvingly quoting Adolf Hitler in a 2021 speech; failed Illinois gubernatorial and congressional candidate Darren Bailey; and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria). Other donations have gone to two firebrands in the U.S. House: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida). Elizabeth Uihlein also made a $3,300 gift to former Vice President Mike Pence’s presidential campaign in 2023. Since 1998, the Uihleins and their company have made donations totaling nearly $92 million to Illinois-based candidates or committees, according to state election records. The Uihleins have also been active donors to a variety of PACs during the current election cycle. Including their contribution to the Trump campaign, they’ve made more than $61 million in donations to candidates and committees across the country last year and this year, according to federal election records. They’ve been most generous to two Downers Grove-based Super PACs affiliated with the conservative activist organization Restoration of America: Restoration PAC and Fair Courts America. Restoration of America’s founder, Doug Truax, was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2014 Illinois Republican primary for U.S. Senate, losing to Jim Oberweis. In total, the Uihleins have given the two PACs nearly $20 million in 2023 and 2024. They’re also longtime backers of the Club For Growth PAC, which has raked in nearly $16 million from the Uihleins this cycle. And while they’re now Trump mega-donors, they also contributed $3 million to Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting the failed presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. . .The Uihleins aren’t the only Illinoisans actively backing conservative political committees during this election cycle. Billionaire Ken Griffin — who famously railed against crime in Chicago and announced he’d move his hedge fund, Citadel, to Miami in 2022 — is still listed as an Illinois resident in some of the contributions that appear in federal election records. During the current campaign cycle, he’s pumped nearly $60 million into campaigns and committees across the country. He has given $10 million apiece to Maryland’s Future, which is supporting former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s bid for the U.S. Senate, and Keystone Renewal PAC, which is backing Republican David McCormick’s bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania. Griffin has also donated $6 million to the American Patriots PAC, a group that backs military veteran candidates that spent heavily in a successful bid to oust U.S. Rep. Bob Good (R-Virginia), who voted to unseat former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. While Griffin hasn’t been an active donor in Illinois campaigns recently, he did give $6,600 to the successful Nebraska Senate bid of Pete Ricketts, a Republican, who is part of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs. Craig Duchossois, whose billionaire family previously owned the Arlington Park horse racing track, has given more than $9 million to an array of candidates and committees this cycle. According to federal records, Duchossois gave $3 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, which backs GOP House candidates; $2 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, which supports Republican Senate candidates; and $1 million to the PAC associated with the Koch Brothers-founded group Americans for Prosperity. He also gave $13,200 to Ricketts’ campaign and an associated fund. . .Federal records show that during the current election cycle, the RNC has taken in $826,000 from Elizabeth Uihlein; $413,000 from Duchossois; and $250,000 from Gerson. . .Just 50 Illinoisans have given Trump $3,300 or more, the maximum amount under federal law per each election (primary and general). Compare that to 572 such contributions to Biden. The average contribution to Trump was $39, whereas Biden donations averaged $221. And the overall totals reflect the disparity in Illinois’ political leaning as well. Trump has taken in $3.7 million from Illinoisans, according to the most recent data available, while Biden has taken in $5.8 million.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Secret Service is investigating how a gunman who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/14/the-secret-service-is-investigating-how-a-gunman-who-shot-and-injured-trump-was-able-to-get-so-close/
— Former fire chief who died at Trump rally used his body to shield family from gunfire. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/14/former-fire-chief-who-died-at-trump-rally-used-his-body-to-shield-family-from-gunfire-2/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois GOP leaders at RNC say Trump shooting will unite the party for November. – JEREMY GORNER and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/14/rnc-trump-shooting-illinois/
— Chicago’s Jewish community is bearing the brunt of religious intolerance. – Yinam Cohen (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/opinion-anstisemitism-hate-crimes-chicago/
— To reduce gun violence, America must change the culture that glamorizes violence. – Tio Hardiman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/15/opinion-america-glamorizes-gun-violence/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump expected to take RNC stage Monday night. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/15/rnc-milwaukee-trump-convention-opening-night
— Illinois Republicans ready to ‘rock this’ RNC as Trump assassination attempt unites GOP. Donald Trump’s defiant response to the shooting has provided “a shot of adrenaline in our arm” for his already fervent followers, Illinois delegate Aaron Del Mar said as the GOP gets ready to kick off the Republican National Convention on Monday. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/14/illinois-republicans-trump-assassination-attempt-gop-national-convention-milwaukee
— With the attempt on his life, Trump’s convention will be ‘epic,’ says Reince Priebus. The image of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Saturday and mouthing the word “fight” will become one of the iconic photos defining these charged political times. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/14/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-donald-trump-assassination-attempt
— After Trump assassination attempt, Dems pause counter-messaging at RNC, including Pritzker appearance. Democrats had planned daily press conferences to highlight “the grave danger that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to our democracy, our rights and our livelihoods.” But with images of the shooting still fresh in the voters’ minds, they’re opting to let President Biden lead their response. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rnc-2024/2024/07/14/trump-assassination-attempt-democrats-counter-messaging-pause-republican-national-convention-pritzker
— Mental health disorders are remarkably pervasive in the general public. Nearly 20% of the US population is estimated to have a mental illness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/07/12/gun-access-rage-hate-fuel-killings-violence-crime-diana-fishbein-alex-rohrer-madeline-jupina
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/07/15/rallying-cry-defend-rights-transgender-people-youth-conservative-states-republicans-heather-steans
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH MCCARTY PHOTO: Former suburban police chief wounded protecting Reagan Tim McCarthy expects ‘deep dive’ into security failures. – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240714/news/former-suburban-police-chief-wounded-protecting-reagan-expects-deep-dive-into-security-failures/
— What we know about the 20-year-old suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240714/nation-and-world/what-we-know-about-the-20-year-old-suspect-in-the-apparent-assassination-attempt-of-donald-trump/
— Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump. – Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240715/crime/judge-dismisses-classified-documents-indictment-against-trump/
CRAINS CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Airlines look to navigate political turbulence around their diversity commitments. – Judith Crown (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/airlines-dei-efforts-navigate-polarized-political-landscape
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Jim Marter of Oswego, a delegate and the Republican candidate for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, said on matters of foreign policy, there’s a clear consensus within the party since the old guard is no longer dominant. The old guard, he said, refers to “the old Republicans where a lot of them wanted to go into this, that, and the other war.” He said that contrasts with the current Republican stance. “I think for the most part,” he said, “Republicans are at this point, let’s say, ‘hey, if it doesn’t directly affect our national security, we don’t want to be involved.’” Marter opposes U.S involvement in the Ukraine War but does support U.S. funding to Israel in its war in Gaza. This aligns with Trump’s stance. Israel has received more U.S. aid than any other country since World War II, according to Reuters. – Maria Gardner Lara
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-07-15/republican-national-convention-illinois-delegate-says-it-will-showcase-partys-isolationist-foreign-policy-view
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Died a hero’: Man killed at Trump rally used body to shield family from gunfire. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/man-killed-at-trump-rally-was-former-fire-chief-who-died-a-hero-pa-governor-says/
NPR ILLINOIS
— After saying she wouldn’t be there, Nikki Haley will now speak at Republican convention. – Sarah McCammon
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-14/after-saying-she-wouldnt-be-there-nikki-haley-will-now-speak-at-republican-convention
— Women don’t have equal access to college in prison. – Jenny Abamu (COMMENT: What gave you access to college? For me it was my taking college preparatory classes in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, and graduating in the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-15/women-dont-have-equal-access-to-college-in-prison-heres-why
WGLT
— How the shooting at Trump’s rally breached security at the event. – Ayesha Rascoe
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-14/how-the-shooting-at-trumps-rally-breached-security-at-the-event
CITIES 92.9
— Different views of how Biden, Trump impact Illinois’ down-ballot races. – Greg Bishop
https://www.cities929.com/2024/07/15/different-views-of-how-biden-trump-impact-illinois-down-ballot-races/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Hawley calls for congressional investigation into Trump assassination attempt security failures. – Jason Rosenbaum
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2024-07-14/senator-josh-hawley-missouri-congressional-investigation-trump-assassination-attempt-failures-fbi-secret-service
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP ready for Trump’s convention – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/15/illinois-gop-ready-for-trumps-convention-00168227
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-325/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— As Republican Convention Begins Democrats Come Bearing Gifts.
https://johnkassnews.com/as-republican-convention-begins-democrats-come-bearing-gifts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
RNC
— 2024 MASTER EVENT CALENDAR
https://www.scribd.com/document/750623190/RNC-Master-Calendar#fullscreen&from_embed
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: I’m rewriting RNC speech after near-death experience. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/15/donald-trump-im-rewriting-rnc-speech-after-near-de/
— Secret Service at center of ‘failure’ to prevent assassination attempt. – Stephen Dinan and Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/14/secret-service-at-center-of-failure-to-prevent-ass/
— Words of vilification from Trump’s opponents echo after close attempt at assassination. – Susan Ferrechio (COMMENT: If you are a Republican, the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially his religion and national origin, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters vilify you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/14/donald-trump-shooting-follows-ramped-vilification-/
— Trump shooter had no clear politics, wore a Demolition Ranch T-shirt, had bomb-making material. Thomas Matthew Crooks lived south of Pittsburgh, was bullied in high school. – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/14/donald-trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-had-no-/
— Secret Service director, DEI hiring under scrutiny in wake of Trump security lapses. – Matt Delaney (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/14/secret-service-director-dei-hiring-under-scrutiny-/
— Democrat media’s ‘Hitlerization’ of Trump no match for divine providence. – Charles Hurt (COMMENT: If you are a Republican, the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially his religion and national origin, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters Hitlerize you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/14/fearless-men-history/
— A Trump-Vance ticket is a Biden-Harris victory. Trump needs a running mate with conviction and experience that voters can trust. – Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/trump-vance-ticket-is-biden-harris-victory/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Failure to intercept Trump shooter either ‘malice or incompetence’: Betsy DeVos’s brother. – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3082009/trump-shooter-intercept-malice-incompetence-betsy-devos-brother/
— Wisconsin Gov. Evers asking for guns to be banned near RNC convention after Trump shooting. – Conrad Hoyt
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3082055/evers-asking-guns-banned-near-rnc-convention-trump-shooting/
— Trump assassination attempt follows a Charlottesville every weekend & January 6th on steroids. – Tiana Lowe Doescher
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3082167/trump-assassination-attempt-follows-a-charlottesville-every-weekend-january-6th-on-steroids/
— Is Trump Hitler or not? – Ian Haworth (COMMENT: If you are a Republican, the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially his religion and national origin, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters Hitlerize you.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3081484/is-trump-hitler-or-not/
— Will Democrats now stop calling Trump a threat to democracy? – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3081574/will-democrats-now-stop-calling-trump-a-threat-to-democracy/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump lands in Milwaukee for RNC on day after assassination attempt. – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/trump-lands-in-milwaukee-for-rnc-after-assassination-attempt/
— Secret Service blames local police, says it was tasked with securing properties surrounding Trump’s Pa. rally. – Alex Oliveira and Victoria Churchill
https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/secret-service-blames-local-police-says-it-was-tasked-with-securing-properties-surrounding-trumps-pa-rally/
— Disgraced ex- Illinois Gov. Blagojevich now a ‘Trump-o-crat’ with praise for his ‘his new Republican Party’ – Carl Campanile (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am disgraced. They stress the adverse actions that they, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me. I should write about them.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/disgraced-ex-illinois-gov-blagojevich-now-a-trump-o-crat-with-praise-for-his-his-new-republican-party/
— Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle facing mounting calls to resign after ‘total security breakdown’ at Trump rally. – Dana Kennedy
https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/secret-service-chief-kimberly-cheatle-facing-mounting-calls-to-resign-after-total-security-breakdown-at-trump-rally/
— Fury at Secret Service after Trump shooter opens fire from obvious perch & video shows agents fumbling to get ex-prez to safety. Ryan King and Joe Marino
https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/secret-service-under-pressure-in-wake-of-assassination-attempt-on-trump/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Immaculate Conception of Thomas Crooks. – Editorial
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/the-immaculate-conception-of-thomas-crooks/
AMERICAN GRATNESS
— The Biden Titanic. Removing Biden is wise and needed for the country’s sake, but it will not solve the growing public anger at the left. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/15/the-biden-titanic/
AMERICAN THINKER
— They look just like the Keystone Kops: The DEI Secret Service in inaction. – Ned Barnett (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/they_look_just_like_the_keystone_kops_the_dei_secret_service_in_inaction.html
BEAUFORD COUNTY NOW
— Was the attempt on Trump’s life an isolated event or the start of something Big? – Editorial
https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/81077/was-the-attempt-on-trumps-life-an-isolated-event-or-the-start-of-something-big.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump’s resilience, momentum dire threat to Deep State – Jeff Willis
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/15/trumps-resilience-momentum-dire-threat-to-deep-state-1472367/
BLAZE
— Why are Dems FREAKING OUT over Efforts to STOP Illegals from Voting?!? (COMMENT: In your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct, how many illegals are going to vote for Biden and for the rest of the rest of the Democrats on the ballot?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFiH28k_jTQ
COLLEGE FIX
— 15 times academia demonized Trump before assassination attempt. – JENNIFER KABBANY (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/15-times-academia-demonized-trump-before-assassination-attempt/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Did You See the New RNC Platform? Trump is a Genius. Democrats are Screwed. I Dare Democrats to Argue with Any of Our Platform. I Double Dare You. – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root
DAILY SIGNAL
— Secret Service Director Put Focus on diversity. – Jarrett Stepman (COMMENT: To meet federal diversity commitments, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/14/secret-service-director-put-focus-on-diversity/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden DEI Push In Secret Service Led To Unqualified Agents, One Of Whom Threw Tampons At Her Boss In Unhinged Rage. – Luke Rosiak (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-dei-push-in-secret-service-led-to-unqualified-agents-one-of-whom-threw-tampons-at-her-boss-in-unhinged-rage
FOX NEWS
— Without a border, immigrant crime can hit everywhere. Honest analysts admit that illegal immigrants commit more crime than citizens. – Thomas Homan (COMMENT: To illegally come into a country illegally and/or to illegally stay illegally in a country illegally is to demonstrate a) gross disrespect for the rule of law and b) gross disrespect for that country. Beyond overwhelmingly, illegals demand massive government assistance.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/without-border-immigrant-crime-can-hit-everywhere
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government in Evanston.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-suburb-expand-eligibility-guaranteed-income-program-we-all-need-help
GOPUSA
— A Platform For Trump’s GOP Heads To Milwaukee
https://www.gopusa.com/a-platform-for-trumps-gop-heads-to-milwaukee/
— What Will Happen At The Republican Convention, And What To Watch For
https://www.gopusa.com/what-will-happen-at-the-republican-convention-and-what-to-watch-for/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— GOP platform has lost its way. – Kathryn Jean Lopez
https://www.pressrepublican.com/opinion/gop-platform-has-lost-its-way/article_2f8f9bca-4194-11ef-87fd-77a74dd03b36.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pro-life people believe abortion to be the human rights issue of our lifetime, one with eternal stakes. With the Republican Party’s changes to its platform regarding abortion, it’s hard to believe the GOP is in the cause for the long haul — never mind the eternal. The platform no longer calls for an end to abortion, opting instead for the leave-it-to-the-states position. This platform and likely presidential nominee Donald Trump have abandoned any even nominal claim to the moral high ground. Lauren Onak, vice-presidential candidate for the American Solidarity Party, is a pro-life convert who recently talked with me not just about saving babies but also helping people with immigration status and housing. If you are going to have an abortion because you don’t have anywhere to live, some pro-life people want to offer help. That’s the work of civil society— sometimes making use of government resources. If abortion is about human rights, ignoring women and children who need help is unacceptable. It doesn’t have to be this way. Henry Hyde, the late congressman, said something that remains true today: “The public virtue of hospitality has been grievously violated by abortion liberty,” he said. “And so, we must do better and we must do differently,” he said. “We must reclaim the heritage of public hospitality. We must become again become again a people capable of welcoming new life, weak life, dependent life, into our midst — and cherishing it,” Hyde went on. Onak is running with presidential candidate Peter Sonski. While they are not seriously expecting to have to move to D.C. come January, they have the right idea in wanting to offer an opportunity for Americans who feel politically homeless to vote in keeping with their values. Their platform is largely based on Catholic Social Teaching, even while they aim to be ecumenical. The Republican Party of 2024 does not reflect this thinking. Catholic convert Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance has declared his support for abortion pills, which cruelly leave women and girls alone to see the demise of the remains of their unborn children. I listened to him speak about the vulnerability of teen girls to the pro-abortion message at an Ohio March for Life in October 2023. But that was then. Republicans now believe they have no responsibility beyond their home states. And maybe not even entirely there — Vance, in a “Meet the Press” interview, cited an erroneous interpretation of a recent Supreme Court decision. He and Trump have both said it approved of abortion pills, when it was a mere ruling on standing that did no such thing. Hyde’s above quotes came before Roe v. Wade was overturned, but his words are relevant to Republicans who might want to seriously consider their abortion positions on something based on more than what Donald Trump wants and the prospects of the next election. The American Solidarity Party is a winning ticket this year, only inasmuch as it captures something of the pro-life vision — loving and welcome — that is all too often lost today. At least someone is giving it a try.)
POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle vowed to make DEI a priority of agency. – Katie Daviscourt (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
“I’m very conscious as I sit in this chair now of making sure that we need to attract diverse candidates,” said Cheatle.
https://time.com/6998539/trump-shooting-republicans-blame-dei-secret-service-women/
TOWNHALL
— Enough Illegal Aliens Are Registered to Vote to Swing the Election In Biden’s Favor. – Sarah Arnold|
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/07/14/investigation-discovers-enough-illegal-aliens-registered-to-vote-to-swing-the-election-in-bidens-favor-n2641588
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden’s Secret Service Director’s Profile Says It All – Diversity – Joe Saunders (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/screen-shot-bidens-secret-service-directors-profile-says-diversity/
— Bongino Breaks Down Woke Secret Service Failures Point by Point, And It’s Absolutely Chilling. – Lorri Wickenhauser
https://www.westernjournal.com/bongino-breaks-woke-secret-service-failures-point-point-absolutely-chilling/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/gop-lawmaker-calls-secret-service-director-a-dei-person-after-trump-shooting/ar-BB1pY6BH
NEW YORK TIMES
— The New York Times unabashedly promotes hatred against Trump and then hypocritically says “The Attack on Donald Trump Is Antithetical to America.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/opinion/donald-trump-rally-shooting.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump remade the GOP in his image — and its platform in his words. – Derek Hawkins, Clara Ence Morse, Adrián Blanco and Aadit Tambe (COMMENT: Of course, my critics/opponents will stress those planks that Trump a) deleted, b) diminished, or c) failed to strengthen.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/republican-platform-changes-trump/
— What to know about the head of Secret Service as agency faces scrutiny. The 27th director of the U.S. Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, was sworn into office in 2022 and now faces questions about how the agency handled Trump’s rally. – Maria Sacchetti
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/14/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle/
USA TODAY
— Republicans’ focus on Biden’s age is a trap. Talk about his policy failures instead. The focus on age could easily come back to bite Republicans, hard. Where will voters go if Democrats end up nominating someone other than Joe Biden? – John Tillman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/07/15/biden-age-inflation-border-policy-trump-republican-convention/74371168007/
— Joe Biden has everyone worried. Let’s talk about aging, for real. – Charles Trepany
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/07/10/joe-biden-trump-debate-aging/74348049007/
— New Republican platform makes one thing clear: We’ve dropped the anti-abortion effort. Republicans have made it clear they will follow Trump anywhere, even if it’s to ignore the anti-abortion movement. – Dace Potas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/11/rnc-gop-platform-abortion-republicans-pro-life/74347683007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s near assassination presents the biggest crisis for the Secret Service in decades. At the heart of what will be a torrent of investigations: How was a 20-year-old lone shooter able to take up an exposed firing position on an open rooftop not much more than a football field away from the former president? – C. Ryan Barber,, James Fanelli, Jan Wolfe
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-rally-shooting-is-the-secret-services-nightmare-1b35a7d6
— America Was an Inch From Catastrophe, and I Was There. I served in the Gulf War and know the sound of gunfire. I didn’t expect it at a rally in Pennsylvania. – David McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-was-an-inch-from-catastrophe-and-i-was-there-butler-trump-rally-9e47b971
— The Question Aging Bosses Should Ask Themselves. Leadership and aging were urgent issues for American companies even before President Biden’s halting debate performance. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-age-question-looms-over-americas-bosses-31c1706b
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/retirement-social-security-benefits-illegal-immigrants-c5a04d74
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/07/14/how-to-talk-about-dei-work-in-a-polarizing-political-climate/
BLOOMBERG
— Secret Service Trump Rally Response Spurs Bipartisan Queries. – Ellen M Gilmer and Michaela Ross
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-14/secret-service-trump-rally-response-spurs-bipartisan-queries
DAILY DOT
— MAGA fumes over women on Trump’s Secret Service detail, say DEI to blame for assassination attempt. The Secret Service director has tried to ramp up female recruitment. – Katherine Huggins (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/donald-trump-secret-service-women/
TIME & DAILY KOS
— To meet Affirmative Action and DEI requirements, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me.
https://time.com/6998539/trump-shooting-republicans-blame-dei-secret-service-women/
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/14/2254146/-Republicans-are-wasting-no-time-in-blaming-Democrats-and-Biden