ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 27 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend violence across city. 16-year-old boy among those shot Saturday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11333571/
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 4,561 new cases, 23 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-vaccine-booster/11334487/
— Poll: Biden’s job approval sinks; 69% of Americans disapprove of president’s handling of inflation. These low job assessments have led to a new low in Biden’s overall approval rating, measured by FiveThirtyEight at 43%. – Brittany Shepherd
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-approval-rating-us-inflation-president-economy/11330559/
NBC5
— Illinois COVID Metrics: Hospitalizations Up by Nearly 40% Since Start of December
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-covid-metrics-hospitalizations-up-by-nearly-40-since-start-of-december/2706628/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey taps suburban former right-wing talk show host as running mate – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-darren-bailey-running-mate-20211213-4tfolg46inhuner5rmxqlqlplm-story.html
— Preckwinkle defends party loyalty pledge as Cook County Democrats hear from challengers to Assessor Fritz Kaegi and Sheriff Tom Dart – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-democratic-slating-20211213-5bmfuwzipngdtniwfv7wt2u5eu-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot dismisses questions about her text messages with aldermen: ‘We get things done’ – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-texts-chicago-mayor-response-20211213-akpdntemrba4la36jky6mnvlxi-story.html
— Before the Loop can rise from the pandemic, City Hall must make it safer – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-loop-smash-and-grab-theft-christmas-shopping-20211213-elnzkefxx5devjar6tf6n6o62u-story.html
— Fox Valley Park Board approves $43 million budget – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-parks-st-1214-20211213-3zvamgi3pzh6nkui5mzfz2yb74-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP gov candidate Bailey names former talk radio host as running mate. State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, picked Stephanie Trussell, a “hardworking conservative” and former WLS-AM 890 talk show host, to join the 2022 ticket. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/12/13/22832463/gop-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-running-mate-stephanie-trussell-former-talk-radio-host
DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County hopes to move past regional education office’s troubled past – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211212/mchenry-county-hopes-to-move-past-regional-education-offices-troubled-past
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Does the Republican Party still want Trump?”
https://pantagraph.com/news/does-the-republican-party-still-want-trump/video_1995147f-b0bf-5df3-bd46-394343e09fa6.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Five District 186 teachers, employees among plaintiffs in class action lawsuit filed Monday – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/12/13/illinois-teachers-file-lawsuit-against-pritzker-covid-mandates/6502094001/
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Called ‘Legal Bully’ Mayor Gary Grasso is fighting a resident who tried to get him knocked off the ballot. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-called-legal-bully
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly for IL Sec of State: My GOP opponent voted for driver’s licenses for non-citizens
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-for-il-sec-of-state-my-gop-opponent-voted-for-drivers-licenses-for-non-citi
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Cronin, DuPage Board packed into maskless event
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/614428200-cronin-dupage-board-packed-into-maskless-event
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Border Crisis Leading to Human Trafficking and Other Disasters – Kristi Shaffer
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/border-crisis-leading-to-human-trafficking-and-other-disasters/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BAILEY TAPS TRUSSELL AS RUNNING MATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/bailey-taps-trussell-as-running-mate.html
— LIBERALS THINK THEY’VE GOT SOMETHING ON BAILEY’S LG PICK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/liberals-think-theyve-got-something-on-baileys-lg-pick.html
— RALC RECOGNIZES ILLINOIS REVIEW CONTRIBUTOR NANCY THORNER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/ralc-recognizes-illinois-review-contributor-nancy-thorner-.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Stephanie Trussell picked as Darren Bailey running mate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/stephanie-trussell-picked-as-darren-bailey-running-mate/
— Pritzker pushes back when Durkin says new law will “further weaken the criminal justice system”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/pritzker-pushes-back-when-durkin-says-new-law-will-further-weaken-the-criminal-justice-system/
— The “Trump primary” begins for Miller, Davis and Bost
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/the-trump-primary-begins-for-miller-davis-and-bost/
— Hospitalizations have risen 38 percent since the beginning of December
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/hospitalizations-have-risen-38-percent-since-the-beginning-of-december/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Oklahoma’s politicians conservative in name only – Everett Piper (COMMENT: What do you say to those who claim to be conservative but who focus a) on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) on stopping everyone from reading those newsletters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/13/conservative-name-only/
— Biden administration challenged on climate claims over tornado disaster. Kentucky reports 74 dead, 109 missing after Friday night devastation. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/13/biden-administration-challenged-climate-claims-ove/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Don’t Ban Woke School-Library Books, Balance Them – STANLEY KURTZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dont-ban-woke-school-library-books-balance-them/
— There Is No ‘Conservative Case for CRT’ – NATE HOCHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/there-is-no-conservative-case-for-crt/
FEDERALIST
— DeSantis’s Budget Plan Includes Millions To Deport Illegal Immigrants From Florida – Shawn Fleetwood
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/13/desantiss-budget-plan-includes-millions-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-from-florida/
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Iowa GOP Candidate Says CRT ‘Wants To Divide Us’
https://www.oann.com/iowa-gop-candidate-says-crt-wants-to-divide-us/
THE HILL
— Chicago schools see highest number of student COVID-19 cases – MONIQUE BEALS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/585531-chicago-schools-see-highest-number-of-student-covid-19-cases
— Supreme Court denies appeal by Wisconsin conservative think tank over press access – JOHN KRUZEL (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, Capitol Fax is a bona fide news organization, but GOPUSA ILLINOIS is not. They stress that Capitol Fax claims to be non-partisan, but GOUSA ILLINOIS does not. They stress that leaders in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat Capitol Fax as being a bona filed news organization, but that they do not treat GOPUSA ILLINOIS as being a bona fide news organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders. I would focus on those who a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too. Since 2004, they have included links to more than 416,300 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/585593-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-wisconsin-conservative-think-tank
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The case arose in 2019 after Evers did not invite members of the MacIver Institute to a background briefing on budgetary matters that was attended by some two dozen members of the press who cover the governor. The MacIver Institute filed a federal lawsuit alleging the group had been denied press access due to their conservative viewpoint, in violation of the First Amendment. Evers countered that the law permits reasonable restrictions on access to official events, and that his office’s denial of press credentials to the think tank was not done because of the group’s viewpoint. In March 2020, a federal judge in Wisconsin sided with Evers, finding that the governor had “reasonably concluded that MacIver is not a bona fide news organization.”)
CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-role-did-climate-change-play-in-the-deadly-tornadoes-across-the-central-us/
WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: A hate-filled DeSantis-hating DeSantis-hater says “Ron DeSantis is paving his path to the White House on the backs of vulnerable immigrant children.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/ron-desantis-is-paving-his-path-white-house-backs-vulnerable-immigrant-children/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Fleeing Young of Illinois. Fiscal trouble looms for the state as its young adults flee. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rico-on-lake-michigan-illinois-population-university-of-illinois-extension-zach-kennedy-11639077227
— New Political Maps Will Kill Swing Districts
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/new-political-maps-will-kill-swing-districts/cf7b2773-8821-4683-9d74-6141d1a9b93a
NEWSWEEK
— Black Lives Matter’s Betrayal of Black Life – ROBERT CHERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matters-betrayal-black-life-opinion-1658765
WIKIPEDIA
— Journalist: A journalist is an individual trained to collect/gather information in form of text, audio or pictures, processes them to a news-worthy form and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, Rich Miller is a journalist, but I am not. They stress that Miller claims to be non-partisan, but that I do not. They stress that leaders in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat Miller as being a journalist, but that they do not treat me as being a journalist. I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders. I would focus on those who a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,188-$132,645/year. What GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too. Since 2004, they have included links to more than 416,300 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist
