FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago police investigate vandalism at Trump Tower, breaking several windows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-investigate-vandalism-trump-international-tower-hotel-breaking-several-windows/15436774/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Harris.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/Kamala-Harris-interview-Fox-News-Bret-Baier/15434838/
NBC5
— Multiple windows of Trump Tower Chicago damaged
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/multiple-windows-of-trump-tower-chicago-damaged-by-vandal-police/3576542/
— What weeks of early-voting data tell us about how Democrats and Republicans are turning out in 2024. As some battleground states start early voting, Virginia has been going for weeks. The data show more interest in early voting from GOP areas this time.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/decision-2024/early-voting-data-democrats-republicans-turn-out-2024/3576087/
— How to find sample ballots ahead of the 2024 Illinois election (COMMENT: I hand-delivered a sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter along with campaign literature from eight of the thirteen Republican candidates who provided it.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/how-to-find-sample-ballots-ahead-of-the-2024-illinois-election/3576482/
CBS2
— U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider calls messages disparaging Israel on Chicago area billboard “antisemitic”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/antisemitic-sign-billboard/
FOX32
— Kamala Harris sits down for interview with Fox News
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1533327
— Hacked billboards display ‘antisemitic’ messages in Northbrook
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/antisemitic-messages-hacked-billboards-northbrook
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1533281
— Man sought for throwing rocks, damaging windows at Trump Tower
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-sought-throwing-rocks-damaging-windows-trump-tower-chicago-police
WBEZ
— As Chicago clears away its biggest tent city, a former gang leader says he won’t settle for a homeless shelter. Officials say everyone in a Humboldt Park tent encampment has to leave. Most are getting an apartment, but not everyone.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2024/10/17/as-chicago-clears-away-its-biggest-tent-city-a-former-gang-leader-says-he-wont-settle-for-a-homeless-shelter
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harris’ interview with Fox News is marked by testy exchanges over immigration and more
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/16/harris-interview-with-fox-news-is-marked-by-testy-exchanges-over-immigration-and-more/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Harris.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/16/trump-juggles-immigration-while-courting-latinos-votes-as-harris-returns-to-pivotal-pennsylvania/
— Trump and Harris offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/16/trump-and-harris-offer-new-details-about-policies-and-strategy-in-dueling-interviews/
— Jury selection for Madigan trial slows further with no one chosen for second straight day (COMMENT: The worse that your demographics are, the harder that is to find jurors who are not bias against you. I share the following bad demographics with Madigan: White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Christian, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/16/jury-selection-for-madigan-trial-slows-further-with-no-one-chosen-in-first-wednesday-session/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The politics of picking a Madigan jury: Prospects asked how they view ‘politicians for life’ (COMMENT: Federal employees and federal retirees are viewed negatively. More than half of Americans think federal employees are overpaid and a third believe they are less qualified than private sector employees. SEE: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2010/10/polls-find-public-negativity-toward-feds/ Potential jurors in Diersen v. GAO could/should have been asked how they viewed federal employees and retirees. By 1997, I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years (1980-1997) and for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980)before that and for the Post Office for almost 3 years (1966-1969) before that. My ending GAO salary in today’s dollars was $150,075/year. My Civil Service Retirement System pension in today’s dollars was $65,165/year. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare premiums. In my defense, I would have stressed that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 (management) and job-related master’s degrees in 1976 (business), 1980 (accounting), and 1997 (finance), that I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979 (accounting), 1981 (internal auditing), 1990 (fraud examination), 1994 (government financial management), 1996 (financial services auditing), and 1997 (forensic accounting), and that I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-trial-news/2024/10/16/politics-picking-michael-madigan-jury-politicians-for-life
DAILY HERALD
— What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the US? (COMMENT: All the women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who 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 one I had.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241016/business/whats-behind-the-widening-gender-wage-gap-in-the-us/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Harris bets there are enough Adam Kinzingers out there for her to beat Trump (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are Adam Kinzingers who are going to vote for Harris.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/harris-bets-disaffected-gop-voters-can-help-her-beat-trump
WIFR
— Illinois has less than 50% voter engagement (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain done to increase voter engagement? I hand-delivered a sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter along with campaign literature from eight of the thirteen Republican candidates who provided it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8scNb9VLWI
WAND TV
— Champaign City Council accepts over $700,000 grant for asylum-seekers (COMMENT: What percent of asylum claims are bogus?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/champaign-city-council-accepts-over-700-000-grant-for-asylum-seekers/article_1db0d306-8b6d-11ef-9602-bfefe1b729a6.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-10-16/elon-musk-has-given-75-million-so-far-to-put-donald-trump-back-in-the-white-house
CHICAGO PATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly make young people sexually active LGBTQers.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/calendar/event/20241203/bfe1e3eb-376d-4da5-9c70-b3f2c9aaff14/teens-rise-together
DARIEN PATCH
— Official Featured At Darien Pro-Trump Fundraiser. Oak Brook’s police chief plans to speak about illegal immigration. He is attending as a private citizen, his boss said.
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/official-featured-darien-pro-trump-fundraiser
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-388/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-181/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— President Trump Had The Greatest Economy Of Our Lifetime
https://illinois.gop/president-trump-had-the-greatest-economy-of-our-lifetime/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all paywalled websites will cease operating. The more of the following that those websites do, the sooner that they will cease operating: more advertising, more redirects, more popups, and/or more donation requests. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the money, time, experience, ability, and motivation to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge, without any advertising, redirects, popups, or donation requests and to post a copy of it at www.gopillinois.com . That said, all website operators should fully disclose the sources and amounts of their income. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $65,165/year. My Social Security is $2,935/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITY: HOW OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORM WOULD PROMOTE EQUITABLE EMPOWERMENT IN ILLINOIS (COMMENT: Who do you know that has earned a professional license? I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. Since then, my critics/opponents have ignored, dismissed, if not belittled that. I should write about that. Before I became a licensed CPA, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. After I became a licensed CPA, I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My critics/opponents have ignored, dismissed, if not belittled the aforesaid.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/unlocking-opportunity-how-occupational-licensing-reform-would-promote-equitable-empowerment-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A staggering 24.7% of Illinois’ workforce needs a license to work and another 5% are required to be workforce certified. That’s about 1.6 million Illinoisans who still need the government’s permission to work the job they want and another 326,000 who need certification. While the economic harms of these requirements are substantial and include 135,000 lost jobs and $15.08 billion in misallocated resources, the social harms are far greater. Occupational licensing disproportionately hurts minorities, the poor, women, and young workers most of all. It disproportionately impacts formerly incarcerated individuals trying to reengage with society. It’s radically inequitable. Two major negative consequences result from the state’s harmful occupational licensing laws. First, people who remain in Illinois, especially minorities and the poor, suffer from the unfair burden of occupational licensing. Second, those who can leave the state to seek opportunity elsewhere, do. Tens of thousands of our longtime neighbors leave our communities every year, doing irreparable harm.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Noncitizen voting: ‘The only question is how many’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/16/inside-beltway-noncitizen-voting-the-only-question/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump will end sanctuary cities ‘immediately’ if reelected
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/live-blog-posts/trump-will-end-sanctuary-cities-immediately-if-reelected/#google_vignette
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New Illegal Alien Caravan Heading for U.S. Ahead of Election
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/16/new-illegal-alien-caravan-heading-for-u-s-ahead-of-election/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Karl Rove sets record straight after clip claims he’s been ‘rallying for Kamala Harris’ (COMMENT: What do say to leaders of Republican political organizations who do little or nothing to promote Trump?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/16/karl-rove-sets-record-straight-after-clip-claims-hes-been-rallying-for-kamala-harris-1495362/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities that keep illegal alien criminals on the streets will soon be a thing of the past, Trump promises
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sanctuary-cities-that-keep-illegal-alien-criminals-on-the-streets-will-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-past-trump-promises
CITY JOURNAL
— DEI Captures the Treasury Department. How left-wing racialism is corrupting America’s national financial system. (COMMENT: White I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees. While I worked for the Democrats who GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly used AA and DEI to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/dei-captures-the-treasury-department
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Treasury Department is ground zero for the Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” DEI agenda. The agency, which serves as the guardian of the American financial system, has translated critical race and gender theories into official policy—all under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” We have conducted an exclusive investigation that reveals the stunning capture of the Treasury, which, under the current DEI mandate, has worked to advance the principles of left-wing racialism, directing billions of dollars to favored racial and “underserved” groups, hiring a cadre of radical race “experts” to cement the new orthodoxy within the department, and considering potential auditees’ race in IRS tax investigations. This ideological shift started at the top. In her first months in office, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen sent a statement to the department’s workers that “commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion is expected of every employee.” She sent the statement on the anniversary of the May 2020 death of George Floyd, at 9:29 a.m., to symbolize the nine minutes and 29 seconds that police officer Derek Chauvin had pinned Floyd to the ground. The statement set the tone: the Treasury secretary had a new ideological agenda—and expected compliance all the way down. To implement this agenda, Yellen quickly built a centralized DEI apparatus within the department, establishing an official Equity Hub, tasked with implementing Biden’s executive orders on diversity, and an Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, made up of activists and executives. She also hired left-wing race activist Janis Bowdler as the department’s first Counselor for Racial Equity, a high-level position “charged with coordinating Treasury’s efforts to advance racial equity including engaging with diverse communities throughout the country.” Yellen and Bowdler wasted no time, working to advance some of Treasury’s most flagrant racial programs, which subordinated lending standards, federal contracting, hiring policy, and even IRS auditing rules to the new racial calculus. The most significant of these initiatives is the agency-wide effort to redirect billions of dollars toward supposedly oppressed racial groups and other “underserved communities.” In 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary Yellen jointly announced $8.7 billion in investments to increase lending to “minority-owned businesses,” among other groups. Two years later, the Treasury announced that some 30 private companies were committed to raising $3 billion in deposits for “underserved communities,” to be delivered through community-development financial institutions (CDFIs) and minority depository institutions (MDIs).)
DAILY CALLER
— Top University’s $250 Million DEI Spending Spree Created ‘Culture Of Grievance’ On Campus (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who have the following demographics ever-increasingly see themselves as being victims of those who do not share their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/16/michigan-dei-spending-culture-of-grievance/
— Kids Are Being Taken From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents. Here’s One Family’s Fight To Get Their Son Back
https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/17/exclusive-gender-confused-kids-taken-non-affirming-parents-one-family-fight-son-back/
DAILY WIRE
— Kamala Refuses To Distance Herself From Past Extreme Policy Positions On Illegal Immigration. She was wobbly when responding to Border Patrol calling her a “failure.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-refuses-to-distance-herself-from-past-extreme-policy-positions-on-illegal-immigration
— Kamala Signals She’ll Use Taxpayer Money To Funds Trans Surgeries For Inmates (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-signals-shell-use-taxpayer-money-to-funds-trans-surgeries-for-inmates
FOX NEWS
— Trump rips Harris on illegal immigration during Latino voter town hall: Hispanic voters ‘most against it’ Trump joined Univision for its second presidential town hall after the network hosted Harris last week.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rips-harris-illegal-immigration-during-latino-voter-town-hall-hispanic-voters-most-against-it
— Trump vows to ‘end all sanctuary cities.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-vows-end-all-sanctuary-cities-restore-normalcy-faulkner-focus-town-hall-female-voters
— Trump Warns of Black Voters’ Decline Amid Illegal Immigrant Crisis
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-voters/2024/10/16/id/1184370/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Kamala’s Record Proves She Is Steeped in Marxism
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/kamalas-record-proves-she-steeped-marxism
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academic Scholars Using Junk Science to Prop Up DEI Policies
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/academic-scholars-using-junk-science-to-prop-up-dei-policies/
NEWSMAX
— With NY Ballot Initiative, Left Wants Superior – Not Equal Rights (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/gender-reverse-discrimination/2024/10/16/id/1184250/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Ex-GOP Reps. Kinzinger, Comstock to join Harris for Pennsylvania rally (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are Adam Kinzingers who are going to vote for Harris.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/4935398-harris-kinzinger-comstock-pennsylvania/
CBS NEWS
— Here are the campaign promises Trump and Harris have made to voters
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harris-campaign-promises-2024-election/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It. If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to disclose even basic health information. (COMMENT: What demonstrates your health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/health/trump-health-records.html
NEW YORK SUN
— New York Equal Rights Amendment Could Lead to Noncitizen Voting, Attorney Warns, as Illegal Northern Border Crossings Surge. Civil rights attorney Bobbie Anne Cox says the language preventing denial of civil rights based on ‘national origin’ could be used to justify noncitizens voting.
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-york-amendment-lead-noncitizen-voting-attorney-warns-illegal-northern-border-crossings-surge
USA TODAY
— Who still owns a landline phone? You might be surprised at what the data shows. (COMMENT: I have had my 630-653-0462 landline since April of 1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/10/10/who-still-has-landline-phone/75569063007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The notion that many older Americans like landlines may surprise no one. But here are some other, less obvious findings: Landline holdouts are more likely than wireless converts to own a home. They are more likely to live in the Northeast. They are less likely to smoke and less fond of binge drinking. They are more likely to wear seat belts, exercise and carry health insurance.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harris Sharpens Negative Attacks on Trump. Vice president tells her campaign to use more of the Republican’s words against him, as Democrats again debate best way to take him on.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/harris-sharpens-negative-attacks-on-trump-8d8fb75e
— China Attacks Taiwan From Within (COIMMENT: I should write about how Democrats and Libertarians have successfully attacked from within the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party since 2000. I would focus on the aforesaid organization’s past and present leaders who are Democrat plants and Libertarian plants. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-employs-hackers-and-celebrities-to-undermine-taiwan-435a3fd5
— FRONT PAGE: The Guru Who Says He Can Get Your 11-Year-Old Into Harvard (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, my 1976 master’s degree in business from Loyola, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT are worthless.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/ivy-league-college-venture-capital-23dc95fa
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/associated-press/embattled-dei-programs-get-support-from-congressional-democrats/90989887
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/91206325/its-time-to-stop-bashing-dei
— These high earners think earning $750,000 doesn’t make them rich. Here’s why. While the average American earns just $48,060 per year, HENRYs (‘high earners, not rich yet’) believe you need $4.5 million in net assets to be considered rich.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91208513/meet-the-henrys-high-earners-not-rich-yet-high-income-low-savings
NEWS9
— DOJ To Review, Evaluate Tulsa Race Massacre (COMMENT: When will DOJ review and evaluate the Democrat Party’s Civil War?)
https://www.news9.com/story/66fb6af5e1326a86638d9272/doj-to-review-evaluate-tulsa-race-massacre
HR GRAPEVINE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2024-10-16-congressmen-black-business-pioneers-enter-dei-fray
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Polls find public negativity toward feds. A Washington Post poll and Rasmussen Reports survey both find public negativity toward federal employees and the government.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2010/10/polls-find-public-negativity-toward-feds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two recent polls point to negative public perception of federal employees and how the government spends tax money. A Washington Post poll found more than half of Americans think federal employees are overpaid, and a third said feds are less qualified than private sector employees. Views of feds are split along party lines. Two-thirds of Republican said feds are overpaid, while “far less” Democrats, independents, liberals and moderates hold this opinion, according to the Post article.)
MILITARY
— Even More Young Americans Are Unfit to Serve (COMMENT: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft even though I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study from the Pentagon shows that 77% of young Americans would not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, using drugs or having mental and physical health problems.)
HARPER’S
— Demographics vs. Destiny (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, that is, under DEI, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://harpers.org/archive/2024/11/discourse-to-self-rosalind-brown/
DAILY MAIL
— Harris signals black Americans could be paid reparations if she is elected president in November (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, a) the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you will have to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you will be paid: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13968705/Kamala-Harris-signals-black-Americans-paid-reparations-elected-president-November.html
