FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Haitians to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/22/haitian-march-chicago/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/09/22/haiti-immigrants-trump-vance-ohio-campaign-chicago-immigrants
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump says, if he loses, 2024 run will be his last
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/22/trump-says-if-he-loses-2024-run-will-be-his-last/
— Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/22/trumps-goal-of-mass-deportations-fell-short-but-he-has-new-plans-for-a-second-term/
— DHL to pay Chicago-area drivers $8.7M in EEOC racial discrimination settlement. (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That had a tremendous impact on my life. My Firestone Store boss rudely and dramatically fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job because I was helping support my mother and brother. That resulted in me accepting a job offer from IRS. I had qualified myself a) by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and b) by earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. The Democrats who ran IRS offered me a job because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat; I had been a union member 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dhl-to-pay-chicago-area-drivers-87-million-in-eeoc-racial-discrimination-settlement/ar-AA1nFqUU
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/23/after-a-treacherous-monthslong-journey-from-venezuela-to-chicago-migrant-amputee-marries-longtime-love-shes-my-life-my-everything/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/09/22/immigrants-migrant-crisis-venezuelans-haitians-jd-vance
— North Carolina GOP gov candidate Mark Robinson drops Chicago area fundraiser after vile posts surface. Robinson had been booked for a Sept. 29 fundraiser in Kenilworth. The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is in the spotlight because of repugnant posts on a pornographic website. (COMMENT: Who knew about these posts and when?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/09/22/north-carolina-gop-gov-candidate-mark-robinson-drops-chicago-area-fundraiser-after-vile-posts-surface
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young people that Republicans cause all the problems that young people have and especially for young people who are minority, female, LGBTQ, unmarried, single mothers, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time..
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/09/23/youth-voting-change-democracy-presidental-elections-columbia-college-sharon-bloyd-peshkin
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: What steered you away from substance abuse? For me, it included my outstanding parents a) who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) who had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962. It also included my grandparents, my uncles, and my aunts.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240922/news/meeting-people-where-they-are-national-recovery-month-marks-progress-in-treatment/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats run Chicago. Because of that, of course, they put tremendous pressure on law enforcement to understate crime.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-public-safety/crime-chicago-down-public-fears-violence-remain
ABC7
— At least 33 shot, 6 fatally, in Chicago shootings so far this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/15335860/
NBC5
— ‘I haven’t seen anybody’: Republicans in swing states say they rarely see groups door-knocking for Trump. Republican activists in swing states say they’ve seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump. (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and your in municipality?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republicans-swing-states-rarely-see-groups-door-knocking-for-trump/3554287/
— House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-speaker-johnson-axes-trump-voting-restrictions-in-new-government-funding-bill/3554452/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election security proposal that would require people to show proof of citizenship to register as a voter.)
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Haitians to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/stop-haitian-hate-rally-in-chicago-stands-united-with-springfield-ohio/3554450/
CBS2
— Sen. Marco Rubio says “the cats and dogs thing” has gotten “way more coverage than real-world impacts” of immigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-cats-dogs-springfield-ohio-immigration/
— High school cheerleaders attacked during football game in Oak Lawn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cheerleaders-attacked-football-game-oak-lawn-rachards-high-school/
— 1 killed, 6 hurt in mass shooting during prayer vigil on Chicago’s Southwest Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/7-shot-1-killed-mass-shooting-prayer-vigil-little-village/
FOX32
— Early voting begins for November election in three states
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1520444
WGN RADIO
— Lessons in avoiding a Deep State takeover (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who talked and/or acted the most like they were full-time employees of the Democrat Party.)
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-lessons-in-avoiding-a-deep-state-takeover/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans in swing states say they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and your in municipality?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-republicans-in-swing-states-say-they-see-scant-signs-of-groups-door-knocking-for-trump/
— The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-are-trump-and-harris-particularly-christian-thats-not-what-most-americans-would-say-ap-norc-poll/
— Democrats crow about their success in getting Hispanics to get abortions.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-most-hispanic-americans-whether-catholic-or-protestant-support-abortion-access-ap-norc-poll/
WCBU
— Democrats crow about their success in promoting abortion in Peoria.
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2024-09-23/planned-parenthood-is-bringing-procedural-abortion-access-back-to-peoria
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://chicagodefender.com/the-critical-importance-of-racial-issues-in-america-embracing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-374/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties need to vet candidates. At least since 2000, everything would have been different politically if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization had vetted candidates, and especially if they had put me on their candidate vetting committees. I would have called for full background investigations of candidates. I would have used the investigative skills that I acquired a) working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for as a Revenue Officer 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, and c) becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner, Forensic Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Licensed CPA. I should write a book about candidates a) who never should have run because of the big skeletons that they had in their closets and b) candidates who lost general elections because the big skeletons that they had in their closets came out after they won primary elections. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I anxiously await campaign literature from the Milton Township Republican Organization that I will distribute along with the sample ballot to all the residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican voter or Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, governments exist in America to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats and RINOs. Because I have always been a Republican, because I refused to become a Democrat, the Democrats who ran the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Because I have always been a Republican, because I refuse to become a RINO, the RINOs who have run Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton not only have no use for me, they have done everything that they could to get rid of me. It is called patronage. It is called political affiliation discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Public Schools is in dire financial straits, yet Chicago Teachers Union blocks closing of near-empty, failing schools.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-is-in-dire-financial-straits-yet-chicago-teachers-union-blocks-closing-of-near-empty-failing-schools-wirepoints/
— It’s ridiculous to give billions in subsidies to Gotion when the federal government won’t even use their batteries
https://wirepoints.org/its-ridiculous-to-give-billions-in-subsidies-to-gotion-when-the-federal-government-wont-even-use-their-batteries-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Banned Books Week
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/banned-books-week/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TEAM TRUMP
— Team Trump Announces Bus Tour Across Wisconsin
https://djt.nucleusemail.com/amplify/v/xxCCjTVF6v
SAVE ACT
— This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections. Specifically, the bill prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. Further, the bill (1) prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in a federal election unless, at the time the individual applies to register to vote, the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship; and (2) requires states to establish an alternative process under which an applicant may submit other evidence to demonstrate U.S. citizenship. Each state must take affirmative steps on an ongoing basis to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote, which shall include establishing a program to identify individuals who are not U.S. citizens using information supplied by specified sources. Additionally, the bill requires states to remove noncitizens from their official lists of eligible voters. The bill allows for a private right of action against an election official who registers an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. The bill establishes criminal penalties for certain offenses, including registering an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. The Election Assistance Commission must, within 10 days, adopt and transmit guidance for implementing the bill’s requirements to chief state election officials.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8281
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Francis says guarding borders is as bad as killing babies. Will he help to elect Kamala Harris?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/20/pope-francis-says-guarding-borders-is-as-bad-as-ki/
— America’s allies and enemies pick Harris as world weighs in on U.S. election (COMMENT: Countries that want to exploit, manipulate, dominate, and/or destroy America want Harris.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/22/americas-allies-and-enemies-pick-kamala-harris-as-/
— Stakes higher than ever as Harris, Walz talk ‘no limits’ government (COMMENT: Because those who have the following demographics vote for Republicans, a Harris/Walz administration would get rid of them: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who are the following and who want to benefit from that will vote for Harris/Walz: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/22/election-2024-stakes-higher-than-ever-as-harris-wa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Republicans drop SAVE Act in favor of clean stopgap spending bill in race against shutdown
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3162397/house-republicans-save-act-clean-stopgap-spending-bill-shutdown/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— A visit to Springfield finds a small city where thousands of poor Haitians, aided by pro-immigrant charities, have swamped social services and flooded the workplace with cheap labor.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/why-would-they-be-eating-animals-they-have-vouchers-springfield-ohio-overwhelmed-by-haitians-and-a-housing-crisis-has-much-bigger-problems-than-pet-rumors/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago gangbangers rage against newly arrived Venezuelan migrants as Tren de Aragua moves in: ‘City is going to go up in flames’
https://nypost.com/2024/09/22/us-news/chicago-gangbangers-face-off-against-venezuelans/
— Republicans in swing states worry that they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump: ‘I haven’t seen anybody’ (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and your in municipality?)
https://nypost.com/2024/09/22/us-news/republicans-in-swing-states-worry-that-they-see-scant-signs-of-groups-door-knocking-for-trump-i-havent-seen-anybody/
— How bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua used NYC migrant shelters to build a criminal empire: ‘Hiding in plain sight’
https://nypost.com/2024/09/23/us-news/how-tren-de-aragua-used-nyc-migrant-shelters-to-build-a-criminal-empire-hiding-in-plain-sight/
— Mayor of first US city with all-Muslim city council endorses Trump: ‘Right choice for this critical time’
https://nypost.com/2024/09/23/us-news/michigan-mayor-with-first-all-muslim-city-council-endorses-trump-for-president/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Harris and Biden Putting Illegal Aliens First and Americans Last
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/harris_and_biden_putting_illegal_aliens_first_and_americans_last.html
FOX NEWS
— Trump vows tough approach to sanctuary policies. Trump also vowed to deport all criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-vows-tough-approach-sanctuary-policies
— Johnson unveils new plan to avoid shutdown amid tension in GOP, scraps Trump-backed election measure
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/johnson-unveils-plan-avoid-shutdown-tension-gop-scraps-trump-backed-election-measure
NEWSMAX
— Chicago, Venezuelan Gangs: ‘Blacks Against Migrants’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-gang-crime/2024/09/22/id/1181283/
PATRIOT POST
— The Great Biden/Harris Border Cover-Up. A former high-ranking Border Patrol officer testified that he was instructed to hide the truth of the border crisis from the public. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly pressured me to give more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or disabled.)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/110423-the-great-biden-slash-harris-border-cover-up-2024-09-23
POST MILLENNIAL
— Texas Gov Greg Abbott blasts Biden-Harris admin for allowing migrants to be flown into the US—Elon Musk calls it ‘treason’ “Another reason why the crossings at the border are down is because Biden is flying them across the border and then moving them to cities across the entire United States.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-blasts-biden-harris-admin-for-allowing-migrants-to-be-flown-into-the-us-elon-musk-calls-it-treason
— Biden-Harris admin warns Americans ‘do not travel to Haiti’ due to risk of kidnapping, sexual assault, murder. Due to the increasing danger, the US government’s ability to assist citizens in Haiti is limited.
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-harris-admin-warns-americans-do-not-travel-to-haiti-due-to-risk-of-kidnapping-sexual-assault-murder#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday joined NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he said the allegations against North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson would make him “unfit to serve” if they are true.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4892863-lindsey-graham-mark-robinson-allegations/
ASSOCIATE PRESS
— The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/trump-harris-not-particularly-christian-poll-says/3495965/
REUTERS
— Background checks blocked thousands of gun sales to youth, domestic abusers
https://www.aol.com/news/background-checks-blocked-thousands-gun-090800859.html
NEWSWEEK
— Ohio newspaper sides with illegals against Americans. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everyone in America is in America legally.
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-donald-trump-stay-away-springfield-ohio-1957452
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “The MAGA Movement Has Become a Problem for Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/opinion/project-2025-trump-election.html
— Democrats Begin Highly Targeted Campaign Up and Down Pennsylvania Ballot. A $500,000 program will send canvassers in the critical battleground state out to voters with locally tailored messages. (COMMENT: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I anxiously await campaign literature from the Milton Township Republican Organization that I will distribute along with the sample ballot to all the residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican voter or Independent voter.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/politics/democrats-pennsylvania-campaigns.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The canvassers will also have campaign literature to give out, tailored to each of the state’s 67 counties and 203 State House districts, or even smaller areas. Each piece of literature — there are 395 in all — will have a QR code leading to a list of every candidate on local ballots and to voting information like polling locations that can be updated daily if details change.)
— Democrats run America. Their leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will destroy those who do not promote mass/illegal immigration. Soon there will be more citizens of foreign countries in America than citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/us/politics/trump-vance-nativist.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/us/politics/kamala-harris-prosecutor.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/opinion/padma-lakshmi-kamala-harris-cooking.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Jewish people that Republicans cause all the problems that Jewish people have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/22/donald-trump-jews-dangerous-antisemitism/
— I conducted many straw polls for the Milton Township Republican Organization and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I did everything that I could to assure that those polls were fair. But nevertheless, many of those candidates who did poorly in those polls blamed me for their poor showing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/22/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/trump-lgbtq-second-term-agenda/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Venezuela Takes Americans Hostage
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/venezuela-takes-americans-hostage-df2516ab
— Contrary to Media Myth, U.S. Urban Crime Rates Are Up
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/contrary-to-media-myth-u-s-urban-crime-rates-are-up-violence-cities-9ce714f6
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/white-privilege-can-pay-a-pretty-penny-dei-3e7e09d3
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-jobs-recruiting-apps-considerations-84061b8f
— Top Colleges for Helping Students Move Up the Socioeconomic Ladder (COMMENT: Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Nevertheless, my 1970 NIU bachelor’s degree in management, my 1976 Loyola MBA, my 1980 DePaul master’s degree in accounting, and my 1997 IIT master’s degree in finance enabled me a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and to become a licensed CPA in 1981, c) to earn additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) earn $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/best-colleges-2025-upward-mobility-74c71eb2
— The Civil War Still Echoes in the South, Forcing Towns to Take Sides. Residents protesting Confederate statues on public land square off with neighbors refusing to surrender local landmarks. (COMMENT: In my defense, while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, I have always stressed that all of them always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/confederate-monument-protests-civil-war-06347a2e
24/7 WALL STREET
— Illinois Is a Blue State, but It Is Full of Deep-Red Counties
https://247wallst.com/politics/2024/09/23/illinois-is-a-blue-state-but-it-is-full-of-deep-red-counties/
FORBES
— Democrats run America. Their leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will destroy those who do not promote mass/illegal immigration. Soon there will be more citizens of foreign countries in America than citizens of America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/09/22/trump-increases-rhetoric-says-immigrants-are-attacking-villages/
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91193212/corporate-americas-retreat-from-dei-is-short-sighted-and-just-plain-dumb
POLITICO
— What motivated everyone to overlook Mark Robinson’s problems until now?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/22/josh-stein-mark-robinson-trump-00180389
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before the CNN report, Robinson had previously faced scrutiny for comments on women, LGBTQ+, Jewish and Muslim people, among other comments. Stein noted that the recently discovered comments are similar to what he previously posted on Facebook. “Mark Robinson is absolutely unfit to be the governor of North Carolina. And that was true before your story broke last Thursday,” Stein said. “The story has only served to underline and put an exclamation point on that fact.” Stein also added Republicans who supported Robinson need to be “held accountable” — especially as some now attempt to distance themselves.)
NEW YORKER
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will have many millions of their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/how-trump-hopes-to-exploit-the-myth-of-voter-fraud-in-november
BROOKINGS
— Political parties need to vet candidates (COMMENT: At least since 2000, everything would have been different politically if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization had vetted candidates, and especially if they had put me on their candidate vetting committees. I would have called for full background investigations of candidates. I would have used the investigative skills that I acquired a) working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer 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, and c) becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner, Forensic Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Licensed CPA. I should write a book about candidates a) who never should have run because of the big skeletons that they had in their closets and b) candidates who lost general elections because the big skeletons that they had in their closets came out after they won primary elections.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/parties-need-to-vet-candidates-before-the-primary-ballot-is-printed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Who sends the politicians who govern us? Increasingly, the answer is: activist groups. Many are recruiting and supporting candidates who, in the past, would have been seen as too extreme or inexperienced to be viable. Among professionals, candidate quality is a growing concern. “It’s become like a clown car,” says a political consultant. “Everyone thinks they’re qualified and everyone jumps in.” In a new Brookings report, political scientist Raymond J. La Raja (of the University of Massachusetts Amherst) and I take an in-depth look at how activist groups are re-engineering who enters politics. Activist groups both on the right and left are building independent candidate pipelines, outside the influence of traditional gatekeepers like party officials and their surrogates.)
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Rate Their Benefits (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 27 years. Because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always talked and/or acted not only like I did not deserve federal employee benefits, but like I should not get them. Further, my critics/opponents outside of the federal government have always talked and/or acted the same way.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/09/20/federal-employees-rate-their-benefits/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-policies-making-it-harder-trans-people-to-vote_n_66edd5bbe4b07bdc7bac8b43
DAILY MAIL
— Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson goes against Trump with deal averting possible federal government shutdown
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13880297/congress-spending-bill-fund-federal-shutdown-mike-johnson.html
