April 20, 2024

Needless-to-say, Republican elected officials and party leaders, and especially the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), should issue critical/condemnatory press releases whenever Democrat elected officials in Illinois take major actions that promote the dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or the rest of the planks in the Democrat Party platform. IRP press releases should promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sees lowest presidential primary voter turnout in decades (COMMENT: 136 (37%) of the 368 registered Republican voters in my new DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast Republican primary ballots. To encourage Republican turnout, I hand-delivered to each of the 224 homes and 4 apartments my precinct that had at least one registered Republican voter a copy of the sample ballot and DuPage County Board District 4 write-in candidate Annette Corrigan’s letter. She received 55 write-in votes in my precinct. In addition, as March 19 approached, I contacted 14 registered Republican voters in my precinct who had not returned the mail-in ballots that they had requested. A copy of my precinct letter that I am in the process of hand-delivering to the homes from which at least one Republican ballot was cast is at the end of this newsletter.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/04/19/illinois-voter-turnout-2023-primary-lowest-since-1960-elections
— Hundreds protest in Global Climate Strike, demand that U.S. declare a climate emergency. Led by Fridays For Future, hundreds of environmental activists took to the streets to urge President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and call for investment in clean energy, sustainable transportation, resilient infrastructure, quality healthcare, clean air, safe water and nutritious food, according to youth speakers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2024/04/19/climate-protest-chicago-activism-emergency
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1.25B borrowing plan sails through City Council. With interest, the plan could cost the city $2.4 billion over 37 years, officials have said. Johnson’s team says that money will be more than recouped by property tax revenue flowing back to the city’s coffers from expiring TIF districts. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/19/brandon-johnson-borrowing-plan-chicago-city-council
— City Council OKs $70 million in extra funding for migrant crisis. By a 30-18 vote, the Council approved the latest round of funding for a crisis that has highlighted racial divisions in the city. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/19/chicago-migrant-funding-city-council-vote
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/taylorswift/2024/04/19/review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-is-great-sad-pop-meditative-theater
— Old age isn’t fun. Columnist Gene Lyons was out for a few weeks after he was diagnosed with several illnesses. Now that he’s back in the saddle, he writes about aging and what felt like a near-death experience. – Gene Lyons (COMMENT: What do you stress to defend your age? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/19/old-age-aging-doctors-visit-covid-near-death-experienve-gene-lyons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s young activists demand climate action, steps to ‘protect our planet’ at downtown rally – REBECCA JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/chicagos-young-activists-demand-climate-action-steps-to-protect-our-planet-at-downtown-rally/
— Dolton Village Hall hit with federal subpoenas amid ongoing probe into Mayor Tiffany Henyard – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/dolton-village-hall-hit-with-federal-subpoenas-amid-ongoing-probe-into-mayor-tiffany-henyard/
— Illinois now home to federally recognized tribal nation in historic Department of Interior decision. – KATE ARMANINI (COMMEMT: If I would seek a political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southwest Crete Township in 1854. They would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I unfairly if not illegally directly benefitted from that and b) that I should pay reparations because of that. They would stress a) that my ancestors sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of the center of Crete in 1864, b) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, c) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and d) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/illinois-now-home-to-federally-recognized-tribal-nation-in-historic-department-of-interior-decision/
— University of Chicago charter school to pay $125,000 after video showed teachers mock special education student, call him ‘dumb’ – STACY ST. CLAIR (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am dumb. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. In my defense, I earned three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/university-of-chicago-charter-school-to-pay-125000-after-video-showed-teachers-mock-special-education-student-call-him-dumb/
— Chicago Teachers Union asks for 9% annual raises as bargaining sessions are set to begin. – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/chicago-teachers-union-asks-for-9-annual-raises-as-bargaining-sessions-are-set-to-begin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Johnson’s ambitious $1.25B bond plan, $70M migrant proposal pass City Council – JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/johnsons-ambitious-1-25b-bond-plan-70m-migrant-proposal-pass-city-council/
— Steve Balich seeks to have uninitialed ballots thrown out in GOP race – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/balich-seeks-to-have-uninitialed-ballots-thrown-out-in-gop-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Homer Township Supervisor and Will County Board Republican Leader Steve Balich said he believes he will be victorious in a recount of the March 19 election for Republican precinct committeeperson after losing the race by one vote. Balich said up to five ballots were not initialed by the election judges so he challenged their validity and wants them thrown out. If they are tossed, he believes he will be declared the winner of the precinct committeeperson race, he said. The March 19 election was certified earlier this month with Homer Glen resident Tami O’Brien besting Balich, who was the leader of the Homer Township Republican Organization, by one vote. O’Brien received 115 votes to Balich’s 114. . .O’Brien ran as part of the Neighbors United for Homer Township slate whose goal was “to return civility and harmony to Homer Township.” Neighbors United won 11 of the 19 races for precinct committeeperson, including some races that were not contested, defeating Balich as well as Homer Glen Trustee Dan Fialko and Homer Township Assessor Carmen Maurella. The results bring new Republican leadership to the Homer Township Republican Organization. O’Brien said she was tired of the division that plagued the area as well as divisive social media posts. She ran to be a liaison to keep her neighborhood updated with village matters and end confusion.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protesters appear at testy Chicago Police Board meeting to call for firing of officers involved in killing of Dexter Reed – Sam Charles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/protesters-appear-at-testy-chicago-police-board-meeting-to-call-for-firing-of-officers-involved-in-the-killing-of-dexter-reed/

ABC7
–Full jury of 12 people, 6 alternates seated in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-trial-updates-jury-selection-could-be-nearing-a-close-in-donald-trumps-hush-money-new-york-city/14693384/

NBC5
— Protesters want officers FIRED after shooting death of Dexter Reed in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtMBlP7h_UQ
— Multiple Dolton trustees react to FBI’s ‘court-ordered law enforcement activity’ near village hall – Natalie Martinez
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/multiple-dolton-trustees-react-to-fbis-court-ordered-law-enforcement-activity-near-village-hall/3415934/

CBS2
— Chicago City Council votes for millions of dollars in funding for migrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjF60qJm7g
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1.25 billion borrowing plan for affordable housing approved – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-borrowing-plan-affordable-housing-economic-development/
— Chicago City Council approves $70 million more in migrant funding – Todd Feurer, Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-council-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-funding-approved/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87QOZMQg-38
— City of Chicago warns of dozens of measles cases – John Odenthal
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-of-chicago-measles-cases-community/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-taylor-swift-fans-gather-to-celebrate-listen-to-her-newest-album/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/taylor-swift-chicago-fans-album-reax/
— Additional $70 million for Chicago’s migrant crisis approved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7DqkW1wVRM

FOX32
— Chicago’s City Colleges hosts job-application event as FAA faces shortage of air traffic controllers (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I passed the postal employment test in 1966. I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-city-colleges-job-application-event-faa-shortage-air-traffic-controllers
— Chicago City Council passes 2 major spending plans, including $70M for migrant mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-yhQA7E3co

WTTW
— City Council Votes 30-18 to Spend $70M More to Care for Migrants in Chicago – Heather Cherone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87QOZMQg-38

WBEZ
— Chicago’s City Council approves Mayor Johnson’s plans to borrow $1 billion and use $70 million in reserves to support migrants. The fiery debate exposed divisions within the City Council over the mayor’s first major development plan and the increasing cost of supporting migrants. – Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/city-council-approves-johnsons-1-billion-borrowing-plan/ea70409f-d209-491b-8056-60b396b10207
— Can Illinois provide work permits for migrants? The federal government regulates work permits but delays frustrate immigration advocates who want states to take charge. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/stories/work-permits-for-migrants-in-illinois/572ef920-c754-46f5-9cdf-222bbd9eaaba

STATELINE
— Illinois had the lowest voter turnout for a presidential primary in decades – Ryan Johnston
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-had-the-lowest-voter-turnout-for-a-presidential-primary-in-decades/

WSIL TV
— Surprisedly, Democrats acknowledge some of the many terrible negatives of pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/here-s-what-marijuana-researchers-have-to-say-about-420-or-weed-day/article_a2b4d5cf-2de4-54c0-ad60-46e1a6beeaf9.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But not everyone joins in on the 420 festivities. Some scientists who study weed have become increasingly concerned about the potential harm cannabis can do to the body, especially when smoked or vaped. “When you burn something, whether it is tobacco or cannabis, it creates toxic compounds, carcinogens, and particulate matter that are harmful to health,” Dr. Beth Cohen, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told CNN previously via email. Marijuana smoke may even be more harmful than tobacco because users hold the hot smoke in their lungs longer to maximize their high, Cohen said. A March 2021 study found teens were twice as likely to report “wheezing or whistling” in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes. “I’m in Colorado, and on 420 the smoke billows out of places where people gather to celebrate — it’s like a factory smokestack,” said Robert Page II, a professor of clinical pharmacy and physical medicine at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora. “I worry when people are in an enclosed space because new data is beginning to show that secondhand marijuana smoke may be just as dangerous as the primary smoke,” Page said. “Like tobacco, cannabis affects the central nervous system, and there are side effects which tend to primarily be cardiovascular in nature.” Any level of marijuana use raises the risk of stroke by 42% and heart attack by 25%, even if there is no prior history of heart disease and the person has never smoked or vaped tobacco, a recent study found. Weed has also been linked to cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation; myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle; spasms of the heart’s arteries and a higher risk of heart failure. It’s not. “If a person is in a closed space with marijuana smokers, they can test positive for cannabis in their urine. They can also get some of the other physical effects of marijuana, including an increased heart rate and feeling ‘high,’ ” Carol Boyd, founding director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, told CNN in an earlier interview. It’s not just your lungs that may be at risk. A January 2021 study found people who only smoked marijuana had higher blood and urine levels of several smoke-related toxins than nonsmokers. Those toxins are linked to anemia, liver and neurological damage, cancer and other health issues. There’s more: Weed users are nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization, according to a 2022 study, and overuse of marijuana can lead to complications when in surgery. Weed users have more heavy metal in their bodies. Serious traffic accidents are on the rise in areas where weed is legal, a 2023 study found. Potency of weed has skyrocketed, which can heighten health risks and is leading to a global rise in marijuana addiction as well as marijuana use disorder. “Approximately 3 in 10 people who use marijuana have marijuana use disorder,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say this condition comes with a higher risk of mental disorders, cognitive deficits, use of psychiatric services and violent behavior. Weed’s impact on babies and teens Using marijuana during pregnancy has been linked to low birth weight, one of the strongest predictors of a child’s long-term health. A lack of knowledge about weed Despite these health concerns, the majority of American adults still believe smoking or vaping marijuana smoke or breathing secondhand smoke from a joint is safer than tobacco smoke, even if children are present, according to an August 2023 study. Babies born to mothers who smoke pot or eat edibles to control nausea, for example, were twice as likely to be premature and 2.5 times as likely to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit, according to a 2023 study. Just as alarming: A 2020 study found children born to marijuana users had more psychotic-like behaviors and more attention, social and sleep problems as well as weaker cognitive abilities. It’s not good for older children, either. The growing use of weed by adolescents is extremely alarming, experts say, because marijuana is known to damage the developing brain. “The teen brain is actively developing and continues to develop until around age 25,” the CDC states on its website. Use during that time can have permanent effects such as damage to learning, memory, problem-solving skills and the ability to pay attention, the CDC said. “It’s disruptive to the teenage brain, so it needs to be used with extreme caution or not at all,” said Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston who authored “Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth About Marijuana.” Young people who use marijuana are more likely to develop long-lasting mental disorders, including depression, social anxiety and schizophrenia, and drop out of school, the CDC said. Studies show overuse of marijuana by youth with mood disorders leads to a rise in self-harm, suicide attempts and death. Daily use by adolescents and adults can result in another unpleasant side effect: uncontrollable vomiting, according to a 2021 study. “They vomit and then just continue to vomit whatever they have in their stomach, which can go on for hours,” study author Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist and toxicologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, told CNN previously. Despite these concerns, school-age kids were vaping twice as much weed in 2020 as they did in 2013. In fact, some parents told doctors they believed vaping marijuana was safer than tobacco, Boyd told CNN earlier via email. “You seem to believe that heating chemicals (including carcinogens) into a vapor and inhaling them is healthy? My answer is, ‘No, it is not a healthy behavior.’” In addition to harming the lung, vaping weed is associated with a dangerous, recently identified lung disease called EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping product use-associated lung injury. By early 2020, the CDC had recorded over 2,800 hospitalizations and 68 deaths due to this condition, according to Yale Medicine.)

WAND TV
— Melania Trump, long absent from campaign, will appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event in Mar-a-Lago – AP (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform big time. Those who promote LGBTQ have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/melania-trump-long-absent-from-campaign-will-appear-at-a-log-cabin-republicans-event-in/article_e6b14b2e-6a16-556e-ad84-021be5332993.html

WSIL TV & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/the-drug-war-devastated-black-and-other-minority-communities-is-marijuana-legalization-helping/article_1478964e-fd1a-52c5-8389-4651cebf61cf.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-drug-war-devastated-black-and-other-minority-communities-is-marijuana-legalization-helping/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Debate ignites as schools push DEI hiring practices amidst teacher shortage (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were DEI hires.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/debate-ignites-as-schools-push-dei-hiring-practices-amidst-teacher-shortage-parents-defending-education-diversity-equity-inclusion
— Trump trial lawyers searching social media history for potential juror bias. – AP (COMMENT: I should write about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-trial-lawyers-searching-social-media-history-chosen-alternate-jury-hush-money-stormy-daniels-court-selection-potential-juror-bias-criminal-new-york-ny-former-president-donald

25 NEWS NOW & WREX
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/04/20/sagging-cannabis-tax-revenue-seen-illinois-amid-call-more-pot-shops/
https://www.wrex.com/news/many-community-members-still-looking-to-get-their-records-expunged-due-to-cannabis-charges/article_b8741bc6-fe9d-11ee-be46-d37901e43c97.html

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— $1.32 billion approved for migrant aid, affordable housing in Chicago
https://www.courthousenews.com/1-32-billion-approved-for-migrant-aid-affordable-housing-in-chicago/

CHICAGO MAROON
— How Little Does Palestinian Life Matter to the University of Chicago? The University of Chicago’s rhetoric of ‘political neutrality’ is a lie. – Christopher Iacovetti
https://chicagomaroon.com/42119/viewpoints/op-ed/how-little-does-palestinian-life-matter-to-the-university-of-chicago/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-74/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— IGOLD Draws Huge Crowd at Capitol to Support Second Amendment
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/657882189-igold-draws-huge-crowd-at-capitol-to-support-second-amendment

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 2nd Amendment Supporters Dominate State Capitol During Annual Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day Rally
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/2nd-amendment-supporters-dominate-state-capitol-during-annual-illinois-gun-owner-lobby-day-rally.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson is willing to bankrupt Chicago for illegal immigrants – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2972327/brandon-johnson-willing-bankrupt-chicago-illegal-immigrants/
— Colorado schools get extra $24 million for migrant enrollment – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2972070/colorado-schools-24-million-migrant-enrollment/

NEW YORK POST
— Why the Trump campaign is chasing LGBT voters – David Christopher Kaufman (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform big time. Those who promote LGBTQ have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/opinion/why-the-trump-campaign-is-chasing-lgbt-voters/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The term ‘cultural Marxism’ is now an ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/19/the-term-cultural-marxism-is-now-an-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-1453655/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We’re Done’: Chicago Resident Rips ‘Blue Haired Liberals’ After Being Told To Accept Illegal Immigrants In City. – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/19/chicago-resident-blue-haired-liberal-illegal-immigration/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Controversial Illegal Alien Parole Program Raises Alarms – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/19/bidens-controversial-illegal-alien-parole-program-raises-alarms-borderline/

FOX NEWS
— Black Chicago voters rip mayor on extra $70M for migrants as recall petition gathers steam. ‘We need that money in my neighborhood,’ railed one Black woman wearing a red ‘Make America Great Again’ cowboy hat. – Michael Dorgan, Garrett Tenney
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-chicago-voters-rip-mayor-extra-70m-migrants-recall-petition-gathers-steam
— Chicago voter confronts Mayor Johnson over ‘disrespectful’ migrant funding, says city united against him. Mayor Brandon Johnson faces backlash from residents over $70M for migrant crisis. – Bailee Hill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-voter-confronts-mayor-johnson-disrespectful-migrant-funding-city-united-against
— Vulnerable House Dems do a U-turn on illegal immigration after calling crisis ‘non-existent threat’ 3 vulnerable Democrats appear to have shifted their views on illegal immigration as they seek re-election to the House. – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vulnerable-house-dems-u-turn-illegal-immigration-calling-crisis-non-existent-threat

FOX NEWS RADIO
— LA Mayor Begs the Wealthy to Help Fund the Homeless Crisis (COMMENT: What do wealthy people think of you? I should write a book about those wealthy people in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/19/la-mayor-begs-the-wealthy-to-help-fund-the-homeless-crisis/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Chicago Woman in MAGA Hat Unleashes on Mayor Over Immigrant Spending Plan: ‘Use Our Tax Money for Our People!’ – Anthony Altomari
https://ijr.com/chicago-woman-maga-hat-unleashes-mayor-immigrant-spending-plan-use-tax-money-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Petition Seeks to Empower Chicago Voters to Recall Far-Left Mayor Brandon Johnson – RYAN MILLS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/petition-seeks-to-empower-chicago-voters-to-recall-far-left-mayor-brandon-johnson/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Black Chicago citizens blast Dem mayor for funneling another $70 MILLION to illegal immigrants, asks Trump to ‘please come see us in Chicago’ – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/black-chicago-citizens-blast-dem-mayor-for-funneling-another-70-million-to-illegal-immigrants-asks-trump-to-please-come-see-us-in-chicago

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Immigrants Find Creative Ways to Cross Over the Border In Arizona – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/19/illegal-immigrants-find-creative-ways-to-cross-over-the-border-in-arizona-n2638039

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Flyers Urging Illegals to Vote Biden Found in Mexican Resource Center. – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/damning-report-flyers-urging-illegals-vote-biden-found-mexican-resource-center/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents – MATT BROWN
https://www.wral.com/story/chicagos-response-to-migrant-influx-stirs-longstanding-frustrations-among-black-residents/21388423/

MSN
— NYPD confirms man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial has died from his injuries
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/matt-azzarello-nypd-confirms-man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-healing-has-died-from-his-injuries/ar-AA1nlzEA
— Multiple states seeking to poach Illinois police officers with bonuses – Blake Dietz (COMMENT: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Illinois, b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn police officers as being racists, and c) blame police officers for all the problems that minorities have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/multiple-states-seeking-to-poach-illinois-police-officers-with-bonuses/ar-AA1jUNoj
— Chicago’s Response to Migrant Influx Stirs Longstanding Frustrations Among Black Residents – AP
https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/chicago-s-response-to-migrant-influx-stirs-longstanding-frustrations-among-black-residents/ar-AA1njYu5

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Trump Trial, Old Social Posts Haunt the Proceedings. Over the past week, some potential jurors who were confronted with their old posts seemed sheepish, if not outright embarrassed. – Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/trump-trial-jurors-tweets-facebook.html
— As Press Reports Some Juror Details, Polarized Reactions Take Over. Journalists covering the trial face a tricky balancing act: inform the public while keeping its participants out of harm’s way. – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/business/media/trump-trial-jurors-press-reports.html
— A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up. On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave. – Emily Badger and Francesca Paris (COMMENT: I paid high mortgage rates 1972-1984. My wife and I paid high mortgage rates from 1978 until we paid our mortgage off.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/upshot/mortgage-rates-homes-stuck.html
— This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly. David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past tells a different story. – Katie Glueck (COMMENT: In Illinois, if you grew up on a farm, Democrats and RINOs hold that against you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html

JC POST
— Missouri Attorney General threatens legal action against Kansas City mayor after invite to illegal immigrants. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and/or b) to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://jcpost.com/posts/1f15c011-e42b-470a-9b7b-c70e4d3b36c6

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ to destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, to destroy the Republican Party, that is, to destroy America, that is, to destroy the world.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/the-marriage-equality-fight-couldnt-have-been-won-without-conservatives-12ab2417
— ‘Ascent to Power’ Review: Harry Truman’s Moment. With little preparation after FDR’s death, Truman found himself leading the nation with World War II still to be won. – Robert W. Merry
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/ascent-to-power-review-harry-trumans-moment-e5654cb0

FORTUNE
— The latest Supreme Court decision means HR departments must play by a whole new set of rules. Here’s what every CHRO needs to know. – Paige McGlauflin (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They had hinted that they might let me work another 6 years until I would have been eligible for regular retirement if I had happily accepted an adverse transfer.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-supreme-court-decision-means-122027504.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling making it easier for workers to sue employers for discrimination if they’re forced to transfer jobs within an organization.)

JANE NOLLER
— Understanding the Duty of Employees to Follow Lawful and Reasonable Directions (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, reluctantly, I fully understood and fully carried out their ever-increasing directives that I give more and more and more preference to their Democrat employees 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. But that was not enough. They a) wasted my career, b) took many adverse actions against me, c) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and d) gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had a) less job-related work experience than I had, b) less job-related education than I had, c) fewer job-related professional certifications than I had, and d) no job-related professional license like the one I had.)
https://jlnollerandco.com.au/understanding-the-duty-of-employees-to-follow-lawful-and-reasonable-directions/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Hundreds protesting Gaza genocide barricaded by Chicago police, as Mayor Johnson prepares crackdown on DNC protests
Andy Thompson
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/19/edvs-a19.html

CGTN AMERICA
— Chicago street vendors navigate informal economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgMNwn-GSrA

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents believe gives them license to take adverse actions against you? I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They have always known full-well that I could name them, their operatives, and their dupes  in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Maybe that is what they want me to do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

My critics/opponents believe the following gives them license to take adverse actions against me:

— I share many demographics with someone who they despise/hate, that is, with Trump. Both Trump and I are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft-avoider, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time;
— I supported a candidate in a Republican primary other than the candidate who they supported;
— Past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present conservative and religious leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that I have done lots to help elect and reelect not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— I refuse to glorify or praise my critics/opponents, pander to them, be manipulated or dominated by them, serve as one or their operatives or dupes, cover up their wrong doing, or give them money;
— They reject one or more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving):
— They disapprove of/despise/hate one or more of the articles that I have included links to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000 including the almost 485,000 articles since 2004;
— They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000;
— They despise/hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and especially IRS employees like I was for almost 9 years;
— They despise/hate federal retirees like I have been for almost 27 years;
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and just about everyone talks and/or acts not only like they believe that I deserved it, but that I was grossly overpaid and promoted too fast;
— They despise/hate DINKs, that is, those like my wife and I who are married, who both have/income, and who did not have children, adopt, or become foster parents;
— They despise/hate one or more of my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, gun-owner, Protestant, German American and/or my ancestors have been in America since 1844;
— They despise/hate draft avoiders, I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971″
— They believe that their being a member of a church, that their attending church services, and/or that their giving money to a church gives them a license to sin;
— They know that my policy has always been to forgive those who trespass against me;
— They are envious of what I have;
— I have lived in DuPage County only since 1978; and/or
— I have sued them and/or one of their clients.

DIERSEN APRIL 2024 PRECINCT LETTER

David John Diersen

DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman

915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326 Phone: 630-653-0462

Email: diersen@aol.com Website: www.gopillinois.com

Dear fellow DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republicans:

March 19, 2024 DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Election Results

Registered Republican Voters – 368 Republican Ballots Cast – 136 (37%)

Votes Received:

Donald Trump, U.S. President – 91

Nikki Haley, U.S. President – 33

John Booras, U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District – 118

Amy Grant, Illinois Representative, 47th District – 118

Bob Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney, DuPage County – 121

Jaye Wang, DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court – 115

Bob Grogan, DuPage County Auditor -115

Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner – 120

Nicole Prater, DuPage County Recorder – 116

Annette Corrigan, DuPage County Board, District 4 – 60 (write-in)

Jeff Castle, DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner, District 4 – 117

Kenton Skarin, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 117

Jason Helland, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 114

John Costello, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 115

David John Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman – 114

Thank you for casting a Republican primary ballot. As your Republican Precinct Committeeman, my responsibilities for primary elections include encouraging Republican voter turnout. My responsibilities for general elections include encouraging votes for Republican candidates. Please contact me if you have questions and/or comments concerning the candidates. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, I have heard many of them speak at political events, including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, and Castle. As the November 5 general election approaches, please consider displaying yard signs for them.

Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman for the 3rd Congressional District Jeanne Ives has appointed me to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform which is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and/or resolutions introduced. The 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .


As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I put together and send out a newsletter each and every morning. Please visit www.gopillinois.com and consider subscribing. The newsletters contain links to articles of interest to Illinois Republicans posted during the previous 24 hours. They are free, contain no advertising or donation requests, and I do not share your email address with anyone. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 484,500 articles.

Sincerely,

Dave Diersen

April 19, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly, ever-outrageously, ever-disgustingly, and ever-tragically promote more and more and more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/i-doobie-weed-wedding-the-latest-sign-of-spread-of-cannabis-events/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/daywatch-celebrations-planned-to-mark-420-this-weekend/
— 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial – AP (COMMENT: One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-selection-2/
— Cook County reallocates $70M for migrants from health care to food service in Chicago – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/cook-county-reallocates-70m-for-migrants-from-health-care-to-food-service-in-chicago/
— Democratic Convention organizers leaning on locals to handle possible migrant surge in August – DAN PETRELLA and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/democratic-convention-organizers-leaning-on-locals-to-handle-possible-migrant-surge-in-august/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/celebrations-planned-in-chicago-and-beyond-to-mark-420-the-unofficial-cannabis-holiday/
— ‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of The Nation’ series premieres Thursday on WTTW, showing how segregation was built into foundation of real estate. – DARCEL ROCKETT (COMMENT: Democrats have always run Chicago. My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago in 1844 but left Chicago in 1854.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/shame-of-chicago-shame-of-the-nation-documentary-series/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Proposed referendum would strip DuPage County Forest Preserve Board of its autonomous authority. – GEORGE WIEBE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/proposed-referendum-would-strip-dupage-county-forest-preserve-board-of-its-autonomous-authority/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Teachers Union demanding 9% annual raises, won’t rule out a strike. Having former CTU organizer Brandon Johnson in the mayor’s office won’t keep the union from walking out if needed, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates told the Sun-Times, adding that, “We’re a labor union that understands the power of solidarity and the power of work stoppage.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/18/chicago-teachers-union-new-contract-ctu-strike-stacy-davis-gates-schools-cps-brandon-johnson
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/04/18/420-pot-marijuana-delta-8-weed-syndrome
— Measles case count reaches 63 in Chicago, but pace of new cases is subsiding. Another exposure location was reported at the Sam’s Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park, Cook County health officials said Thursday. – Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/04/18/measles-case-count-reaches-63-in-chicago-but-pace-of-new-cases-is-subsiding
— No cracks in Blue Wall? Top Democrats vow Chicago is ready for convention, despite party divisions. Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster President Joe Biden’s re-election chances — and officials, in town for meetings hosted by the Democratic National Convention Committee, say they plan on showing voters a deep party contrast. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/04/18/democratic-national-convention-chicago-party-divisions
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/04/18/pride-parade-chicago-will-now-allow-school-participants-after-previous-denials
— What’s your Chicago story? We want to hear it. – Mary Mitchell (COMMEMT: What is your Chicago story? My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago from what is mow Germany in 1844, worked in a brick factory there for 10 years, and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. My Chicago Democrat IRS and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago offices 1971-1980 and then for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997. I lived in Chicago part-time in 1971 and 1974-1976 and then full-time 1976-1978. I took college courses in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1981, and 1992-1997. I earned master’s degrees in Chicago in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in Chicago in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in Chicago in 1981. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1973. I got married in Chicago in 1978. My wife and I were the subject of a nasty 4-page Money Magazine article in Chicago in February of 1978.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nextvoices/2024/04/18/chicago-next-voices-mary-mitchell-columnists-diverse
— To get more and more and more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to give women more and more and more preference over men.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/04/18/biden-2024-election-trump-legal-troubles-abortion-steven-roberts

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: DuPage County Board members want answers on county clerk’s election invoices. – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240418/news/dupage-county-board-members-want-answers-on-county-clerks-election-invoices/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/migrants-undocumented-residents-african-americans-can-be-supported-opinion

ABC7
— 12 jurors now seated, selection of alternates ongoing. Former President Trump is on trial in Day 3 of his criminal hush money case. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/jury-selection-in-donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-new-york-city-resumes-thursday-what-to-know/14687354/
— Here’s what we know about the jurors seated in Trump’s hush money criminal trial. – Peter Charalambous and Lucien Bruggeman
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money-trial-jurors-heres-what-we-know-about-first-7-jurors-seated-in-trumps-nyc-criminal/14676970/.
— Protesters take fury at Dexter Reed shooting to Chicago police board meeting – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-shooting-of-dexter-reed-prompts-protesters-to-take-their-fury-demands-inside-cpd-board-meeting/14691719/
— Midwest Democratic Party leaders meet in Chicago to discuss election strategy, DNC preparations. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/dnc-2024-chicago-midwest-states-democratic-party-leaders-election-strategy/14690149/

NBC5
— Illinois Tollway workers fight to save jobs amid proposed cuts
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-tollway-workers-fight-to-save-jobs-amid-proposed-cuts/3414654/

CBS2
— Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) seeks to make it a felony for protests to block major roads – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmaker-seeks-to-make-it-a-felony-for-protests-to-block-major-roads/
— Alderman seeks to punish “hate littering” in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hate-littering-could-result-in-1000-fine-under-proposed-chicago-ordinance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8D7w3TcLIg

WGN9
— Republican State Rep. from Geneva Dan Ugaste files bill to make it a felony to block major public roadways while protesting. – Michael Johnson
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/state-rep-from-geneva-files-bill-to-make-it-a-felony-to-block-major-public-roadways-while-protesting/

FOX32
— Chicago residents confront mayor: ‘You ain’t doing right by us’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaUindg95Vk
— Israel supporters protest in downtown Chicago, call for release of hostages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BcWTHzvnoA

WTTW
— Education Leaders Seek Added State Funding to Help Accommodate Influx of Migrant Students in Illinois – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/18/education-leaders-seek-added-state-funding-help-accommodate-influx-migrant-students
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/18/afghan-evacuees-resettlement-chicago-offers-lessons-caring-future-humanitarian-arrivals
— Democrats ever-increasingly, ever-outrageously, ever-disgustingly, and ever-tragically promote more and more and more pot.
https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2024/04/19/cannabis-infused-food-drink-all-grown-up

ST. LOUIS DISPATCH
— Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to speak at St. Louis University – Hannah Wyman (COMMENT: St. Louis University today, the schools near you tomorrow,)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/transgender-influencer-dylan-mulvaney-to-speak-at-st-louis-university/article_124fedda-fc02-11ee-89a4-87bab9442f3a.html

STATELINE
— 1K protest against Illinois abortion laws in Illinois Right to Life March – Ryan Johnston
https://www.mystateline.com/news/1k-protest-against-illinois-abortion-laws-in-illinois-right-to-life-march/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Should Madison County secede from Illinois? Voters will express their opinion in November – WILL BAUE (COMMENT: Collinsville is located mainly in Madison County.)
https://www.aol.com/news/madison-county-voters-symbolic-secession-200652062.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County Board avoids explaining support for Illinois, Chicago separation. Most board members in favor of the resolution didn’t speak about it Wednesday. – Scott Cousins (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the harder that Illinois Democrats work to get rid of you once and for all: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/chicago-illinois-seperation-madison-county-board-19409149.php

VERMILION COUNTY FIRST & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2024/04/18/seven-point-of-illinois-ready-to-rock-danville-on-special-cannabis-420-day/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-ap-explains-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Madison County referendum will ask voters about seceding from Illinois – Sean Crawford (COMMENT: Collinsville is located mainly in Madison County.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-18/madison-county-referendum-will-ask-voters-about-s-first-listen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations first for Blacks and then for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, younger people, unmarried people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/579962727

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-18/trumps-anti-abortion-views-helped-him-in-2016-that-may-not-be-the-case-this-time

ELMHURST PATCH
— Hedge Fund CEO Boosts Elmhurst Candidate. He runs a business that manages more than $75 billion in assets. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/hedge-fund-ceo-boosts-elmhurst-candidate
— Elmhurst Shop Sells Marijuana Illegally. An Elmhurst man was charged with selling psilocybin mushroom growing kits. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-shop-sells-marijuana-illegally-cops

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Top Democratic Party leaders visiting Chicago this week say it’s possible to preach party unity while also embracing a progressive wing that keeps poking at President Joe Biden’s policies. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/19/dems-say-two-things-can-be-true-00153286
— Sean Morrison, the Cook County Republican Party chair, was re-elected at the Cook County Republican Party’s County Convention on Wednesday in Edison Park. Morrison, who has held the chair post since 2016, won 81,422 weighted votes, or 87 percent over Committeeperson Eric Wallace of Rich Township, who got 12,180 weighted votes, or 13 percent. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/19/dems-say-two-things-can-be-true-00153286

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-272/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-73/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Here’s the game-changing Resolution to restore your vote in the Illinois GOP
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/04/18/heres-the-game-changing-resolution-to-restore-your-vote-in-the-illinois-gop/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Hundreds of gun owners rally at Illinois Statehouse – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4f701b2a-fdd0-11ee-b7e5-c38f6bfad676.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Former Downers Grove library trustee: Removal was ‘culmination of a two year long effort to exact revenge’ for opposition to Drag Queen Bingo event
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657789642-former-downers-grove-library-trustee-removal-was-culmination-of-a-two-year-long-effort-to-exact-revenge-for-opposition-to-drag-queen-bingo-event

WIREPOINTS
— Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingne
https://wirepoints.org/number-of-half-empty-chicago-public-schools-has-doubled-yet-lawmakers-want-to-extend-school-closing-moratorium-wirepoints/
— Property taxes pay for the government class (COMMENT: Federal income taxes paid my Post Office, IRS, and GAO salaries.)
https://wirepoints.org/your-property-taxes-pay-for-government-workers-guaranteed-salaries-benefits-and-pensions-while-you-get-no-such-guarantees-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WORST OF 5 LARGEST DISTRICTS – Hilary Gowins
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/editorial-chicago-public-schools-chronic-absenteeism-worst-of-5-largest-districts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feeling the pain of the illegal migrant invasion. Democrats’ sanctuary city policies cause quality-of-life issues for Americans. – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/feeling-pain-of-illegal-migrant-invasion/
— N.Y. court selects full jury of 12 for Trump trial, alternates to come. Counsel spars over names of witnesses. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/ny-court-selects-full-jury-of-12-for-donald-trump-/
— Trump jury shrinking as trial hits snags – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/donald-trump-jury-shrinking-trial-hits-snags/
— Joe Biden: A modern day Neville Chamberlain – Tim Constantine
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/17/joe-biden-modern-day-neville-chamberlain/
— Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting. Vote set on budget that is down 43% after thousands of U.S. congregations exit. – Mark A. Kellner (COMMENT: Because of what happened at the 2016 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention, I am extremely concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I represent the 3rd Congressional District on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville on May 24 and 25.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/outgoing-united-methodist-leader-predicts-fallout-/
— North Carolina teen slapped with three-day suspension for saying ‘illegal alien’ in class. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/christian-mcghee-gets-three-day-suspension-saying-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s job could be in trouble after $70 million request for immigrants. – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971191/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-job-trouble-70-million-request-immigrants/
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1359970/most-americans-think-trump-is-racist-poll/
— The don’t say illegal alien policy – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/2970995/the-dont-say-illegal-alien-policy/
— Trump looks to make inroads with LGBT voters before November – Christian Datoc (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who reject the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, my critics/opponents who promote LGBTQ, have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971471/trump-inroads-lgbtq-voters-november/
— NBC counts black players and not-black-enough players in baseball. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2970875/nbc-counts-black-players-and-not-black-enough-players-in-baseball/
— Abolish the college DEI graduation mandate – Max Eden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/2970559/abolish-college-dei-graduation-mandate/
— Kansas higher education board bans DEI statements for hiring and admissions – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971015/kansas-higher-education-board-bans-dei-statements-hiring-admissions/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Congressional Spending Goes Full Weimar – Jeff Lukens
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/congressional_spending_goes_full_weimar.html

BLAZE
— The next generation of Marxists is marching through the institutions – KATHARINE GORKA
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-next-generation-of-marxists-is-marching-through-the-institutions

BREITBART
— Dershowitz: Columbia Hasn’t Addressed DEI, Which Causes Antisemitism and Will ‘Destroy’ Every School – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/18/dershowitz-columbia-hasnt-addressed-dei-which-causes-antisemitism-and-will-destroy-every-school/

CAMPUS REFORM
— The influence of woke ideology in corporate America. – Emily Sturge (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always painted themselves as being woke, that is, as being champions of those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-influence-woke-ideology-corporate-america/25247
— Yale offering DEI course for business leaders – Corey Walker
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-offering-dei-course-business-leaders-number-dei-jobs-falls/25225

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXyb5N4B4SY

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What We Know About The Twelve Jurors Selected For Trump’s Trial – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/18/heres-what-we-know-about-the-twelve-jurors-selected-for-trumps-trial/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Republicans Slam Democrats for Dismissing Mayorkas Impeachment Case – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/17/republicans-slam-democrats-dismissing-mayorkas-impeachment-case/

DAILY WIRE
— Planned Parenthood Performed More Abortions Despite Decrease In Patients, Latest Report Shows. Abortions are more than 97% of the abortion giant’s pregnancy resolution services. – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-performed-more-abortions-despite-decrease-in-patients-latest-report-shows

EPOCH TIMES
— Juror in ‘Hush-Money’ Trial Dismissed Citing Concerns Over Being Impartial, Identity Being Made Public. She was sworn in earlier in the week with six others. – Chase Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/juror-in-hush-money-trial-dismissed-citing-concerns-over-being-impartial-identity-being-made-public-5632198
— Full Jury Seated for Trump New York Trial. 12 jurors—7 men and 5 women—have been seated, and opening arguments are slated for Monday. 5 more alternates will be selected on Friday. – Catherine Yang, Michael Washburn
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/juror-changes-mind-in-trump-new-york-trial-after-being-identified-5632128

FEDERALIST
— Biden Won’t Condemn Hamas Supporters Because He Needs Them – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/18/biden-wont-condemn-hamas-supporters-because-he-needs-them/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— What Will Happen to Illegal Aliens Paroled into the U.S. When their Time Expires?
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/18/what-will-happen-illegal-aliens-paroled-us-when-their-time-expires
— New York City Sees Complaints, Demands from African Illegal Aliens – Michael McManus
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/18/new-york-city-sees-complaints-demands-african-illegal-aliens

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Illegal Immigrants DEMAND more in NYC!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/18/illegal-immigrants-demand-more-in-nyc/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago voters confront mayor on migrant spending. Fox News’ Garrett Tenney reports on Chicago residents’ efforts to oust Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson over the migrant crisis.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351166811112
— Illegal Immigrants DEMAND more in NYC!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/18/illegal-immigrants-demand-more-in-nyc/
— Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program. Bailey said Missouri is joining 19 other state AG’s who are suing Secretary Mayorkas over his ‘disastrous’ and illegal parole program. – Stepheny Price
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missouri-ag-slams-kansas-city-mayor-welcoming-mayorkas-illegal-immigrant-parole-program

HOT AIR
— Illegal Alien Kills Staffer Days Before Democrat Senator Calls Mayorkas Impeachment “Waste of Time” – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/04/18/illegal-alien-kills-staffer-days-before-democrat-senator-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-waste-of-time-n3786739#google_vignette

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Texas Border Operation Captures Half a Million Illegal Immigrants, Thousands of Felons
https://www.judicialwatch.org/texas-border-operation-2/

MRC TV
— Whites May Qualify for Reparations Via California’s Genealogy Office Proposal – BVAN POELLINGER
https://mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/whites-may-qualify-reparations-californias-genealogy-office-proposal

NUMBERS USA
— Free rent and a pool…but not for you. – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/free-rent-and-a-pool-but-not-for-you/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Spoiled Illegal Aliens In NYC – Andrew Giulian
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/spoiled-illegal-aliens-in-nyc/
— NYC: Illegal Immigrants At City Hall Demand Better Free Food, Long-Term Housing, More Accommodations – Brooke Mallory
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/nyc-illegal-immigrants-at-city-hall-demand-better-free-food-long-term-housing-more-accommodations/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why the Rise in Trans Shooters? – WILFRED REILLY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/why-the-rise-in-trans-shooters/

PJ MEDIA
— Native Tribal Leaders Ask Feds to Target Drug Cartels – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/04/18/native-tribal-leaders-ask-feds-to-target-drug-cartels-n4928320

TOWNHALL
— The Mainstream Media: American Democracy’s Greatest Threat. – Jeff Davidson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media serves as the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/04/19/the-mainstream-media-american-democracys-greatest-threat-n2638003
— NYC Councilwoman Has One Question for Foreign Nationals Complaining About Free Services – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/18/nyc-councilwoman-goes-off-on-illegal-immigrants-complaining-about-all-the-free-stuff-theyre-getting-n2637965
— New NPR CEO’s Take on the First Amendment Is What You’d Expect – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/19/new-npr-ceo-look-the-first-amendment-is-a-problem-n2637958
— Poll Shows Trump Ahead of Biden, Americans Believe Cost of Living Rising
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/18/cost-of-living-survey-emerson-n2637963

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Hundreds of New Yorkers protest shelter and illegal immigrants flooding city – Luke Gentile
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-shelter-and-illegal-immigrants-flooding-city/ar-AA1fzrLy
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-francis-vatican-chat-with-lgbtq-catholics-shows-his-acceptance-group-says/ar-AA1iwNwr
— Conservatives say send illegals to Boston after Mayor says illegals have the right to “seek shelter.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/conservatives-say-send-illegal-immigrants-to-boston-after-mayor-says-they-have-the-rights-to-seek-shelter/ar-AA1mlvwY
— Biden Deports 74% Fewer Criminal Illegals from U.S. Compared to Trump – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/joe-biden-deports-74-fewer-criminal-illegals-from-u-s-compared-to-trump/ar-AA1mfAA8
— NFL Goes ‘Woke,’ Makes A Massive Change Before Games – David Rufful
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-goes-woke-makes-a-massive-change-before-games/ar-AA1gN4nH
— No wonder boys are turning toward conservative beliefs — it’s rebellion against parents’ woke ideology. – Rikki Schlott
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/no-wonder-boys-are-turning-toward-conservative-beliefs-it-s-rebellion-against-parents-woke-ideology/ar-BB1j4dH4
— Elon Musk yet again pulls back the veil to reveal the machinery of the liberal censorship complex
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/elon-musk-yet-again-pulls-back-the-veil-to-reveal-the-machinery-of-the-liberal-censorship-complex/ar-AA1kjVUK
— Chicago Mayor on Increase in Most Violent Crime: ‘Reparations’ Money Will Help – Andrew Rodriguez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/chicago-mayor-on-increase-in-most-violent-crime-reparations-money-will-help/ar-AA1mk5C2?ocid=U348DHP
— Tucker Carlson Believes DEI Will Destroy America And Lead To Violence – Joseph Elli

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/tucker-carlson-believes-dei-will-destroy-america-and-lead-to-violence/ar-AA1mhLoY

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— As Chicago responds to an influx of migrants, underserved Black residents feel forgotten (COMMENT: Preference given to one group is preference not given to another group.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQn0ZuodyI

CNN
— Trump: “I’m supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but I’ve been here all day” – Aditi Sangal
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_3b5b586c667555f3dd9c022e512278b4
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_e81a76af7502a23a4799edc2967cc712
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_6f941b2e246ed8570c354b73b5e66eb4
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_7adec5dd7d25a5d45442df6c214ee0c6
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_1f58c7f5a0c63a7504107cedec7f1082
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_426023a6b27bbfb98848566651993d21

AOL
— The Biden administration is disrespecting the asylum system at the southern border
https://www.aol.com/borderline-illegal-biden-administration-disrespecting-080000010.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Jury of 12 Is Seated in Trump Criminal Trial
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/18/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial
— New Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too. Long-term undocumented immigrants — and their employers — are feeling left out by Biden administration policies allowing most who just crossed the border to work legally. – Miriam Jordan and Lydia DePillis (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If the employers that hired me in 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, and 1980 could have hired illegals instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/migrants-work-permits-undocumented.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/19/dei-supreme-court-muldrow/

KTRH
— Democrats Vote to Allow Illegals to be Counted in The Census – Ethan Buchanan
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-04-18-democrats-vote-to-allow-illegals-to-be-counted-in-the-census/

NEWSWEEK
— Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Asks Migrants to Move to His City: ‘All Are Welcome’ – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/kc-kansas-missouri-migrants-nyc-immigration-lucas-1891853

FORBES
— 7 Qualities Hiring Managers Seek In 2024 Candidates Looking For High-Paying Jobs – Bryan Robinson, Ph.D (COMMENT: What job qualifications do you have? The more job qualifications that I earned, the more that my Democrat superiors in the federal government ignored/dismissed/belittled them. I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years when I was 31. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years when I was 49. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2024/03/21/7-qualities-hiring-managers-seek-in-2024-candidates-looking-for-high-paying-jobs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Relevant skills: 65% of hiring managers would consider candidates with relevant skills over those with an extensive employment history or academic credentials—even if they lack work experience. . .4. Educational qualifications: 47% consider educational qualifications important—with 25% seeing these attributes as absolutely essential—although 43% don’t require a degree from a prestigious institution.)

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send millions of their illegals to battleground/swing state and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/04/24/with-its-noncitizen-voting-lies-gop-assumes-americans-are-uninformed

HUMAN RESOURCES & HR EXCHANGE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/the-5-dei-commitments-that-every-business-can-aspire-to-make
https://www.hrexchangenetwork.com/learning/articles/dei-skills-based-hiring

PBS
— The Role of National and State Parties (COMMENT: What are the following doing to help elect Republican candidates on November 3, 2024: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, and d) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I am in the process of hand-delivering March 19, 2024 Republican primary results to each of the homes in my precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/politics-july-dec03-parties_12-15

POLITICO
— Trump campaign says it will deploy thousands of election workers to monitor poll sites. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/trump-campaign-election-monitoring-00153217
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/defense-wraps-questioning-00153149

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago residents in MAGA hats tear into Democrat mayor for allotting $70million to migrants: ‘We need the money more than they do!’ Chicagoans blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson during a meeting Wednesday. Johnson has proposed using $70million in taxpayer’s funds for migrant care. Angry citizens argued that he use it on them and threatened to recall him. – EMMA RICHTER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13324975/chicago-residents-blast-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-tax-funding.html

WIKIPEDIA
— Get out the vote (COMMENT: What are the following doing to help elect Republican candidates on November 3, 2024: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, and d) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I am in the process of hand-delivering March 19, 2024 Republican primary results to each of the homes in my precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_out_the_vote

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My precinct letter is below. I am in the process of hand-delivering it to each of the homes in my new precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast in the March 19, 2024 primary. A very powerful Republican DuPage County official who I have done lots to help elect and to help reelect for decades has rudely severely criticized my letter. This official rudely said this official threw it away. This official rudely complained that I have not given that official any money. This official reads my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I believe, to get information to use against me. This official’s many operatives and dupes have taken many/big adverse actions against me for decades including a) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, c) ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) ending my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and f) crushing my campaign for MTRO treasure in 2004. This official rejects the planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. This official paints me as being “too conservative” and blames me and my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. This official wants Republican candidates to run as anti-conservative, as Democrat Lite, and/or as anti-Republican. How would you react to this official if you were me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

David John Diersen
DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman
915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326 Phone: 630-653-0462
Email: diersen@aol.com Website: www.gopillinois.com

Dear fellow DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republicans:

March 19, 2024 DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Election Results


Registered Republican Voters – 368 Republican Ballots Cast – 136 (37%)

Votes Received:


Donald Trump, U.S. President – 91
Nikki Haley, U.S. President – 33
John Booras, U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District – 118
Amy Grant, Illinois Representative, 47th District – 118
Bob Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney, DuPage County – 121
Jaye Wang, DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court – 115
Bob Grogan, DuPage County Auditor -115
Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner – 120
Nicole Prater, DuPage County Recorder – 116
Annette Corrigan, DuPage County Board, District 4 – 60 (write-in)
Jeff Castle, DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner, District 4 – 117
Kenton Skarin, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 117
Jason Helland, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 114
John Costello, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 115
David John Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman – 114

Thank you for casting a Republican primary ballot. As your Republican Precinct Committeeman, my responsibilities for primary elections include encouraging Republican voter turnout. My responsibilities for general elections include encouraging votes for Republican candidates. Please contact me if you have questions and/or comments concerning the candidates. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, I have heard many of them speak at political events, including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, and Castle. As the November 5 general election approaches, please consider displaying yard signs for them.

Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman for the 3rd Congressional District Jeanne Ives has appointed me to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform which is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and/or resolutions introduced. The 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .

As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I put together and send out a newsletter each and every morning. Please visit www.gopillinois.com and consider subscribing. The newsletters contain links to articles of interest to Illinois Republicans posted during the previous 24 hours. They are free, contain no advertising or donation requests, and I do not share your email address with anyone. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 484,500 articles.

Sincerely,

Dave Diersen

April 18, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Zay reelected DuPage GOP Chairman, Wilkens elected Secretary. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I hope that the DuPage GOP will encourage Republican candidates and elected officials a) to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, illegal drugs, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and b) to stress the terrible problems caused by Democrat promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. At the DuPage County Republican Central Committee 2024 Biennial County Convention in Wheaton Wednesday evening, April 17, 2024, Jim Zay was reelected Chairman and Deanna Wilkens was elected Secretary. Attendees included Kory Atkinson, PJ Augustynowicz, Bob Berlin, Greg Boltz, Larrisa Calvanese, Lori Carlson, Annette Corrigan, Kirk Dillard, Grant Eckhoff, Mike Flynn, Bob Grogan, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Bill Hogan, Jeanne Ives, Richard Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Bob Larsen, Robert Margetts, James Mendrick, Gary Muehlfelt, Al Murphy, Mike Mussen, Nicole Prater, Kenton Skarin, and Jim Zay. Speakers included Grogan, Hinds, Jorgensen, and Zay- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA
— Meet the Republican Candidates for State Auditor and Treasurer – Melissa Rosales (COMMENT: I have always advocated that political organizations should use budgeting for panning purposes. Because of my qualifications to serve as auditor and treasurer, my critics/opponents have always focused on turning against me those who share my qualifications. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a Licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Service Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I worked 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. I worked 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. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I have served as the treasurer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter. I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me. I could focus on those who worked against me the hardest when I unsuccessfully ran for the Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer position in 2004.)
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/meet-the-republican-candidates-for-state-auditor-and-treasurer/

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
— Why negative campaigning works — and how to fight it – Robyn Schelenz (COMMENT: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest against me? I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/why-negative-campaigning-works-and-how-fight-it

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Jury selection in Donald Trump’s criminal trial resumes (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)

https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14687410/
— Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment trial, votes both articles ‘unconstitutional’ – Alexandra Hutzler and Allison Pecorin
https://abc7chicago.com/homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment-senate-news/14680815/
— Democrats ask “What do voters feel about culture war issues?”
https://abc7chicago.com/what-do-voters-feel-about-culture-war-issues/14680741/

NBC5
— Chicago police warn of 17 armed robberies in 3 days across multiple neighborhoods. Most of the incidents took place during the “morning hours,” Chicago police said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-warn-of-17-armed-robberies-in-3-days-across-multiple-neighborhoods/3414028/
— Oberweis Dairy issues statement after bankruptcy filing, plant closure announcement
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oberweis-dairy-issues-statement-after-bankruptcy-filing-plant-closure-announcement/3413288/

FOX32
— Health officials prepare to welcome potentially 2K migrants per week this summer amid measles outbreak – Tia Ewing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/measles-case-cook-county-no-link-pilsen-migrant-shelter

WGN RADIO
— Oberweis warns employees about layoffs – Michael Piff, Steve Grzanich
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-minute-oberweis-warns-employees-about-layoffs/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Petition drive launched to give Chicago voters power to recall mayor. If Daniel Boland’s petition drive collects 56,464 valid signatures by Aug. 5, the question could go on the November ballot. But that would just give Chicago voters the power to remove a mayor via recall, which they don’t now have. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-recall-effort-petition-drive-ballot-referendum-chicago-voters-pat-quinn
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/04/17/back-of-yards-ariana-molina-gun-violence-mass-shootings-chicago-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson slams uphill effort to recall Chicago mayors. – Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-slams-uphill-effort-to-recall-chicago-mayors/
— ‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation’ on WTTW lays bare a city’s history of housing discrimination – CHRISTOPHER BORRELLI (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/column-shame-of-chicago-shame-of-the-nation-on-wttw-lays-bare-a-citys-history-of-housing-discrimination//

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Naperville declines as Batavia joins communities adopting cease-fire resolutions – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240417/news/naperville-declines-as-batavia-joins-communities-adopting-cease-fire-resolutions/
— Highland Park Independence Day Parade returns – Dave Oberhelman (COMMENT: I would write a book about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240417/news/highland-park-independence-day-parade-returns/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson maintains migrant spending has not hurt relationship with Preckwinkle – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-sees-no-rift-toni-preckwinkle-over-migrant-funding
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/jim-belushi-nudges-pritzker-lowering-pot-taxes

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the 1908 Springfield Race Riot to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/18/lawmaker-urgers-biden-to-make-1908-springfield-race-riot-site-a-national-monument/73354118007/

WSIL TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/book-bans-are-accelerating-across-the-country-amid-right-wing-pressure-campaign/article_ed2a680a-2084-5e94-ad7f-ee39cb08681a.html

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2024/04/on-being-a-transgender-journalist/

CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools estimates between 9,000 and 17,000 (ILLEGALS) are enrolled, depending on who is counted – Samantha Smylie
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/04/18/chicago-and-illinois-count-migrant-students-differently/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-271/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-72/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— The Terrorist Chants of “Death to America” in Chicago – Chicago Tribune Says Nothing – JEANNE IVES
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/04/16/the-terrorist-chants-of-death-to-america-in-chicago-chicago-tribune-says-nothing

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Education leaders seek added state funding to help districts accommodate influx of (ILLEGALS) – PETER HANCOCK
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/education-leaders-seek-added-state-funding-to-help-districts-accommodate-influx-of-migrants

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Group opposing abortion rallies in Springfield – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1c55ac60-fd02-11ee-b911-e7aff5578be6.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 61 identified measles cases, exposures reported at the Midwest Express Clinic
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657771346-chicago-public-health-dept-measles-dashboard-61-identified-measles-cases-exposures-reported-at-the-midwest-express-clinic

SANGAMON SUN
— Single-family zoning targeted by Illinois Democrats.
https://sangamonsun.com/stories/657766675-single-family-zoning-targeted-by-illinois-democrats

WIREPOINTS
— National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/national-public-radios-debacle-and-the-vibe-shift-wirepoints/
— Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans
https://wirepoints.org/growing-property-tax-burdens-make-this-state-unlivable-for-too-many-illinoisans-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— CORRECTION: Jeff Thorsen Re-Elected McHenry County Republican Party Chairman, MARK SEAQUEST SECRETARY
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/18/jeff-thorsen-re-elected-mchenry-county-republican-party-chairman/
— Jeff Thorsen Re-Elected McHenry County Republican Party Chairman
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/jeff-thorsen-re-elected-mchenry-county-republican-party-chairman/
— Rape Trafficking Bill Passes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/rape-trafficking-bill-passes/
— McHenry Township Republicans Elect New Leadership
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/mchenry-township-republicans-elect-new-leadership/
— Kenneally Continues Attack on SAFE-T Act Deficiencies
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/kenneally-continues-attack-on-safe-t-act-deficiencies/
— Bidens Donate 3.3% of Their Income to Charity
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/bidens-donate-3-3-of-their-income-to-charity/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Grassroots Dominated County GOP Convention While Cook County GOP Stands by Leader who Refuses to Call out Boulton’s Trump-Hitler Comparison
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/grassroots-dominated-county-gop-conventions-while-cook-county-gop-stands-by-leader-who-refuses-to-call-out-boultons-trump-hitler-comparison.html
— Tim Ozinga Suffers Humiliating Defeat as Conservative Christina Clausen Dominates Will County GOP Chairman Race
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/tim-ozinga-suffers-humiliating-defeat-as-conservative-christina-clausen-dominates-will-county-gop-chairman-race.html
— Downers Grove Village Council Removes Conservative Library Board Member Bill Nienburg in 4-3 Vote as Mayor Says he “Can’t Support This Resolution”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/downers-grove-village-council-removes-conservative-library-board-member-bill-nienburg-in-4-3-vote-as-mayor-says-he-cant-support-this-resolution.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Colleges double down on ‘segregated’ graduations amid DEI backlash. Schools defend affinity celebrations in first commencements since end of affirmative action. – Sean Salai (COMMENT: Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/17/colleges-double-down-on-segregated-graduations-ami/
— Border chaos could be ended with the stroke of Biden’s pen. White House tries to divert attention from deliberate misfeasance. – Matt O’Brien
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/17/border-chaos-could-be-ended-with-stroke-of-bidens-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Advocates on both sides of gun debate take to Illinois Capitol
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2970317/advocates-on-both-sides-of-gun-debate-take-to-illinois-capitol/
— North Carolina high school student suspended for using the term ‘illegal alien’ – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2969865/north-carolina-student-suspended-using-term-illegal-alien/

NEW YORK POST
— Why picking the right jury could ‘win or lose’ Trump his hush money trial – Priscilla DeGregory and Ben Kochman (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/picking-the-right-jurors-could-win-or-lose-trump-trial/

AMAC
— Why Mayorkas Deserves A Senate Impeachment Trial – Dale Wilcox
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/why-mayorkas-deserves-a-senate-impeachment-trial/

AMERICA GREATNESS
— Democrat Mayor Cuts Police Budget by $8 Million to Fund Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/17/democrat-mayor-cuts-police-budget-by-8-million-to-fund-illegal-aliens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Another amphibious landing of illegals in San Diego County’s Carlsbad and nobody’s guarding the coasts. – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/another_amphibious_landing_of_illegals_in_san_diego_county_s_carlsbad_and_nobody_s_guarding_the_coasts.html
— Defending Trump’s Abortion Stance – J. Robert Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/defending_trump_s_abortion_stance.html
— Another amphibious landing of illegals in San Diego County’s Carlsbad and nobody’s guarding the coasts – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/another_amphibious_landing_of_illegals_in_san_diego_county_s_carlsbad_and_nobody_s_guarding_the_coasts.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Blue city mayor cuts $8 million from police budget to take care of illegals – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/17/blue-city-mayor-cuts-8-million-from-police-budget-to-take-care-of-illegals-1453154/
— Illegal immigrant from Russia celebrates NYC exit: ‘They give me ticket for free to Chicago!’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/17/illegal-immigrant-from-russia-celebrates-nyc-exit-they-give-me-ticket-for-free-to-chicago-1453304/

BREITBART
— GOP Impeachment Manager: Mayorkas Has Killed Thousands of Migrants, Aided Drug Cartels – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/17/gop-impeachment-manager-mayorkas-has-killed-thousand-migrants-aided-drug-cartels/

CAMPUS REFORM
— DEI Profile – Spencer Lombardo (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, Germans American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/virginia-tech-dei-profile/25227

DAILY CALLER
— Senate Dismisses Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas – MARY LOU MASTERS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/17/senate-dismisses-articles-impeachment-alejandro-mayorkas/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Import a New Electorate’: Congress Alarmed by Flyers in Mexico Urging Illegal Aliens to Vote Biden. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/17/import-a-new-electorate-congress-alarmed-by-flyers-in-mexico-urging-illegal-aliens-to-vote-biden/
— Biden Is Building a Military Based on DEI and Wokeness. It Needs Merit and Preparedness. – Will Thibeau
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/17/biden-building-military-based-dei-wokeness-we-need-merit-preparedness/

DAILY WIRE
— Google Employees Arrested While Occupying CEO’s Office With Anti-Israel Demands. VIDEO: Tech giant’s employees live-stream their own arrest. – Kassy Akiva
https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-arrested-while-occupying-ceos-office-with-anti-israel-demands?utm_source=Broadcast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daybreak%20Insider&utm_campaign_content=1398602

FEDERALIST
— Flyers Urging Illegals To Vote For Biden Found In Left-Wing Group’s Office In Mexico – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/17/report-flyers-urging-illegals-to-vote-for-biden-found-in-left-wing-groups-office-in-mexico/

FOX NEWS
— These big cities are finding out what it’s like to be a border town – Julia Manchester
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351138742112

HOT AIR
— Mayorkas-Linked NGO Encourages Illegals to Vote for Biden; UPDATE: NGO DENIES They Are Responsible – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/04/17/mayorkas-linked-ngo-encourages-illegals-to-vote-for-biden-n3786653

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Are NGOs pushing illegal immigrants they help invade the U.S. to ‘vote for Biden’? – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/ngos-are-pushing-illegals-they-help-invade-the-u-s-to-vote-for-biden
— Student suspended for three days for asking about the term ‘illegal alien’ – Eddie Killian
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/debate-ignites-free-speech-vs-cultural-sensitivity-at-central-davidson-high

LIFE NEWS
— Thousands of Pro-Life Advocates March for Life in Illinois to Protest Abortion – Bryan Kemper
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/17/thousands-of-pro-life-advocates-march-for-life-in-illinois-to-protest-abortion/

MRC TV
— Ungrateful Much? Illegal Alien Complains About Taxpayer-Funded Food Quality & Shelter Stays In NYC – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/ungrateful-much-illegal-alien-complains-about-taxpayer-funded-food-quality
— Dr. Phil derides DEI as “Marxism” – EVAN POELLINGER
https://mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/dr-phil-puts-dei-blast

NEW AMERICAN
— Soros, Mayorkas Linked to Mexican Outfit, Illegal-alien Vote Scheme – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/soros-mayorkas-linked-to-mexican-outfit-illegal-alien-vote-scheme/

NEWSMAX
— ‘Woke’ Enemies Wage War on Our Founding Principles – Jerry Newcombe
https://www.newsmax.com/jerrynewcombe/woke-dei-constitution/2024/04/17/id/1161411/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Flyers Instruct Illegals To Vote For Biden. Flyers in Spanish were discovered from Mexican NGO’s instructing illegals to vote for Biden.
https://www.oann.com/video/in-focus-video/rpt-flyers-instruct-illegals-to-vote-for-biden/

PATRIOT POST
— Illegals by Sea. Viral video from southern California shows a boat full of illegals speed onto the beach, run to the street, and escape by car.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/106104-illegals-by-sea-2024-04-18

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— N.Y. Gives Trump the Anne Boleyn Treatment – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/16/ny_gives_trump_the_anne_boleyn_treatment_150804.html

TOWNHALL
— Law Enforcement Officials Reveal How Biden’s Policies Enable Criminal Illegal Aliens. – Madeline Leesman
Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/04/17/oversight-border-hearing-how-biden-admin-is-making-it-harder-to-remove-illegal-aliens-n2637921
— Conservatives Should Stop Embracing Liberals Just Because They Say Something We Like – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/04/18/conservatives-should-stop-embracing-liberals-just-because-they-say-something-we-like-n2637929
— MSNBC Host Makes Trump Prosecution About Racial Diversity – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/17/msnbc-host-makes-trump-prosecution-about-race-n2637926

ZERO HEDGE
— Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/santuary-cities-set-migrant-sex-offenders-free-instead-handing-them-over-ice

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Juror Is Dismissed as Trump’s Trial Begins Third Day. The juror was among seven selected for the panel on Tuesday, and her dismissal underscored the challenges of picking a jury for the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump. – Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/18/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial

CBS NEWS
— Prosecutors intend to bring up fraud, sexual abuse cases if Trump testifies in New York criminal trial – Katrina Kaufman, Graham Kate (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-if-testifying-new-york-criminal-trial-alvin-bragg-filing/
— What to know about the jurors in Trump’s “hush money” trial in New York – Graham Kates (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-jurors-new-york-hush-money/

NEWSWEEK
— Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hush-money-case-stormy-daniels-manhattan-new-york-jury-trial-1891696
— Musk: Letting ‘Flood’ of ‘Unvetted People’ Into US ‘Insane’ – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/elon-musk-illegal-immigration-united-states/2024/04/17/id/1161386/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Arizona Republicans Block Another Push to Repeal Abortion Ban. Election battleground state is at center of fight for abortion access after reinstatement of 160-year-old ban, set to take effect in coming weeks. – Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/arizona-republicans-repeal-abortion-ban-da903fa4
— Will America Let Ukraine Collapse? Speaker Mike Johnson is stepping up. Failure would haunt U.S. security—and the GOP. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-let-ukraine-collapse-81fc72e8

WLRN
— Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans head to Florida under Biden immigration plan – Sergio R. Bustos
https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2024-04-17/immigration-haitians-cubans-venezuelans-nicaraguans-florida-biden-plan

NEWS LITE
— Neither meritocracy nor personal effort. All billionaires under 30 inherited their wealth. – PAUL NERO (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents have/had the most money.)
https://newslite.tv/neither-meritocracy-nor-personal-effort-all-billionaires-under-30-inherited-their-wealth/

INQUISITR
— Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.
https://www.inquisitr.com/donald-trump-criticizes-the-limited-number-of-strikes-allowed-against-jurors-in-his-hush-money-trial

POLITICO
— 2 of Trump’s jurors are lawyers. Would they acquit on a technicality? The “totally uncommon” prospect of two lawyers serving on the same jury could benefit the former president, some jury experts say. – BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that no matter what they say, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the jurors are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump -haters.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/18/trump-trial-jury-lawyers-00152839

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% of Voters Oppose Late-Term Abortion
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/66_of_voters_oppose_late_term_abortion

24/7 WALL STREET
— These Are the Richest Counties in Illinois – Samuel Stebbins
https://247wallst.com/income/2024/04/17/these-are-the-richest-counties-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. DuPage County Median household income: $107,035; Median home value: $361,700; 5-yr. avg. unemployment rate: 4.7%;
Population: 930,559)

April 17, 2004

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump hush money criminal trial day 2 adjourns after 7 jurors are chosen; 11 more still needed – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/former-president-donald-trump-returns-to-court-after-first-day-of-his-hush-money-criminal-trial-ended-with-no-jurors-picked/14675030/
— Here’s what we know about first 7 jurors seated in Trump’s hush money criminal trial – Peter Charalambous and Lucien Bruggeman (COMMENT: They all were asked where do they get their news from. Thank you for getting your Illinois government/political news/commentary from GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. What do you say to my critics/opponents who crow that they do not read my newsletters? What do you say to my critics/opponents who discourage everyone from reading my newsletters?)
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money-trial-jurors-heres-what-we-know-about-first-7-jurors-seated-in-trumps-nyc-criminal/14676970/
— Historic impeachment articles against Alejandro Mayorkas sent to Senate; Will there be a full trial? – Lauren Peller and Alexandra Hutzler
https://abc7chicago.com/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-charges-house-speaker-mike-johnson-immigration-laws/14674100/

NBC5
— Naperville schools lock down, residents asked to shelter in place after shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/naperville-schools-lock-down-residents-asked-to-shelter-in-place-after-shooting/3412440/
— As cases surge, volunteer ‘child advocates’ needed in Kane County
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/as-cases-surge-volunteer-child-advocates-needed-in-kane-county/3412424/

CBS2
— Chicago officials want more local organizations to manage city’s 18 migrant shelters – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrant-shelter-changes/

FOX32
— Chicago Teachers Union reveals contract demands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTi-53DrdnE
— Chicago students receive college assistance from Chick-fil-A (COMMENT: What college assistance did your receive from your employers? I received none except for a token $100 per course from GAO for the 14 graduate evening financial markets and trading courses that I took at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-students-college-assistance-chickfila

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 11 more still needed – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/16/trump-hush-money-trial-day-2/
— NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview – AP (COMMENT: To retaliate against me for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/16/npr-suspends-editor-who-criticized-his-employer-for-what-he-calls-an-unquestioned-liberal-worldview/
— Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy after failing to find a buyer – ROBERT CHANNICK (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates who ran against Oberweis and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers who blamed me the most and who blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems and for Oberweis’ problems. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those a) who unsuccessfully tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006, b) who successfully threw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, c) who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, and d) who ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. Oberweis ran for U.S. Senate in 2002, 2004, and 2014; Illinois Governor in 2006; U.S. Congress in 2008 and 2020; and Illinois Senate in 2012 and 2016.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/15/oberweis-dairy-bankruptcy/
— Oberweis Dairy notifies state of potential layoffs as part of bankruptcy filing. – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/16/oberweis-dairy-layoffs-bankruptcy/
— Lawsuit alleging rampant racism at Chicago Water Department cleared for trial. – JASON MEISNER (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly discriminated against their few remaining Republican employees, and especially against those like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/16/lawsuit-alleging-rampant-racism-at-chicago-water-department-cleared-for-trial/
— Chicago police problems start with poor hiring and training – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, all those who they hired and/or promoted over me were Democrats who 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. Overwhelmingly, they were minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/17/opinion-police-training-dexter-reed-shooting/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU seeking most ‘ambitious’ demands ever in new contract, wants bargaining done in public. The current contract expires this summer. On top of raises for staff, the union wants help for unhoused students and more dual-language education. – Sarah Karp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/04/16/chicago-teachers-union-has-ambitious-goals-for-new-contract
— Oberweis Dairy plans to close plant, lay off 127 workers. The company, known for its ice cream stores and milk packaged in glass bottles, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. – Amy Yee
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/04/16/oberweis-dairy-plans-close-plant-layoff-127-workers
— Antisemitic acts in Illinois and nation at worst levels ever, Anti-Defamation League says – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2024/04/16/antisemitism-anti-defamation-league
— Many Chicago Public Schools students struggle with illiteracy. The consequences are devastating. – Taal Hasak-Lowy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/04/15/reading-literacy-low-income-chicago-students-illiteracy-high-dosage-tutoring-taal-hasak-lowy-op-ed
— Shooting in Naperville leaves 1 wounded, prompts school lockdowns. Officers responded about 1:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Leach Drive, where they found one person with a gunshot wound. The assailant fled on foot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/16/shooting-in-naperville-leaves-1-wounded-prompts-school-lockdowns

DAILY HERALD
— Oberweis Dairy laying off workers after filing for bankruptcy – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240416/business/oberweis-dairy-laying-off-workers-after-filing-for-bankruptcy/
— Only 1 in 3 U.S. adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240416/nation-and-world-politics/only-1-in-3-u-s-adults-think-trump-acted-illegally-in-new-york-hush-money-case-ap-norc-poll-shows/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oberweis Dairy to lay off workers following bankruptcy filing – Corli Jay
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/oberweis-dairy-lay-workers-following-bankruptcy-filing
— How Oberweis Dairy wound up in bankruptcy court
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/oberweis-dairy-bankruptcy-filing-lays-out-companys-troubles

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New data shows nearly every Illinois county see a decrease in population from 2020-2023 – Claire Grant
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2024/04/15/census-data-illinois-sees-another-drop-in-population-from-2020-2023/73165712007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist – AP
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/biden-visits-his-pennsylvania-hometown-to-call-for-more-taxes-on-the-rich-and-cast/article_52159cbd-7e9c-517b-87ab-33e62ed7e2ba.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump looks to weed out jurors over political social media posts.” (COMMENT: They all were asked where do they get their news from. Thank you for getting your Illinois government/political news/commentary from GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. What do you say to my critics/opponents who crow that they do not read my newsletters? What do you say to my critics/opponents who discourage everyone from reading my newsletters?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-looks-to-weed-out-jurors-over-political-social-media-posts/

WQAD
— American public divided on Trump’s political future amidst hush money case
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/national/american-public-divided-on-trumps-political-future-amidst-hush-money-case/526-e3e46d62-dc05-4cf6-81fb-c103375f5c82

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hush money trial the first of several politically charged cases involving Trump – AUSTIN DENEAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/hush-money-trial-first-of-several-politically-charged-cases-involving-former-president-donald-trump-gag-order-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-2024-election

KFVS
— IL House passes banning discrimination based on reproductive health decisions (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who punished me the most because a) my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) we did not adopt, and c) we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/04/17/il-house-passes-banning-discrimination-based-reproductive-health-decisions/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/16/how-to-celebrate-4-20-in-chicago-a-cannabis-carnival-dank-deals-and-more/

CWB CHICAGO
— Target’s anti-shoplifting camera program is illegal, attorneys claim, seeking $1K to $5K damages per visit for Illinois customers
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/04/targets-anti-shoplifting-camera-program-is-illegal-attorneys-claim-seeking-1k-to-5k-damages-per-visit-for-illinois-customers.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— National Democratic Party leaders visiting Chicago hammered home a message Tuesday: It’s time to brag about President Joe Biden’s accomplishments. – SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: Democrats have had great success promoting poverty, crime, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/17/dems-say-we-should-be-bragging-00152728

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-71/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Democrats on Downers Grove Village Council vote to remove sole Republican library board member, Bill Nienburg
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657766629-democrats-on-downers-grove-village-council-vote-to-remove-sole-republican-library-board-member-bill-nienburg

JOHN KASS
— Dexter Reed as Media Alchemists Build a Martyr
https://johnkassnews.com/dexter-reed-and-the-media-alchemists/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislator pushes to end ‘ageist’ mandatory driving tests for seniors – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_34ebc808-fc40-11ee-9a07-9705cc355d8d.html
— ADL: Chants of ‘death to America’ telegraphs troubling protests ahead of DNC – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e391fbce-fc19-11ee-9275-9393ef143e53.html
— Illinois Senate measure allowing police to address squatters advances – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad7295f8-fc3c-11ee-9047-93a22ddbe386.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Elections Board Calls for Removal of Personal Voter Information Published by McHenry Times and Other Internet Publications
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/state-elections-board-calls-for-removal-of-personal-voter-information-published-by-mchenry-times-and-other-internet-publications/
— Syverson Bill to Catalogue Job Training Programs Heads to House
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/syverson-bill-to-catelogue-job-training-programs-heads-to-house/
— Pritzker Asks Legislature to “Trust Me” Yet Again
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/pritzker-asks-legislature-to-trust-me-yet-again/
— Mahady v. Reick Financial Stats: $19,300 v. $23,300
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/mahady-v-reick-financial-stats-19300-v-23300/
— NPR Critique Raises Hackles of Whistle Blower’s Bosses
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/npr-critique-raises-hackles-of-whistle-blowers-bosses/
— IL-11: Jerry Evans Reports First Quarter Fundraising Results
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/16/fecq1/
— Pro-Hamas Protests: Florida v. Illinois
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/16/pro-hamas-protests-florida-v-illinois/
— Academic Study Backs McLaughlin Position on Eliminating Grocery Sales Tax Without Reimbursing Municipalities
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/16/academic-study-backs-mclaughlin-position-on-eliminating-grocery-sales-tax-without-reimbursing-municipalities/
–LaHood Reports Big Bucks in Campaign Fund
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/16/lahood-reports-big-bucks-in-campaign-fund/
— Feds Go After Thornton Township Supervisor/Dalton Mayor Patronage Worker in “Ongoing Federal Investigation”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/16/feds-go-after-thorton-township-supervisor-dalton-mayor-patronage-worker-in-ongoing-federal-investigation/
— Legislators, AARP Roll Out Driving Statistics for Those over 75 Years Old Showing Them More Safe That for Younger Motorists
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/17/legislators-aarp-roll-out-driving-statistics-for-those-over-75-years-old-showing-them-more-safe-that-for-younger-motorists/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-education-officials-keep-trying-to-hide-their-failures-behind-excuse-of-higher-test-standards-wirepoints/
— Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech.
https://wirepoints.org/wilmette-protects-government-speech-but-not-free-speech-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Cubs Co-Owner, Former Trump RNC Finance Chair Todd Ricketts Endorses Dr. Eric Wallace for Cook County GOP Chairman (COMMENT: Wallace is challenging incumbent Sean Morrison. Who are the candidates running to serve as the chairman of your Republican county party organization?)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/exclusive-chicago-cubs-co-owner-former-trump-rnc-finance-chair-todd-ricketts-endorses-dr-eric-wallace-for-cook-county-gop-chairman.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS is monitoring 617,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/16/dhs-is-monitoring-617000-illegal-immigrants-with-c/
— Mayorkas feuds with GOP as Senate begins long-delayed impeachment – Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/16/alejandro-mayorkas-feuds-with-gop-as-senate-begins/

NEW YORK POST
— Anti-Israel protesters are disrupting our way of life and have to stop causing chaos – Paul du Quenoy
https://nypost.com/2024/04/16/opinion/anti-israel-protesters-are-disrupting-our-way-of-life-and-have-to-stop-causing-chaos/

AMAC
— Illegals Instructed To Vote Biden For Border NGO To ‘Stay Open’
https://amac.us/newsline/elections/illegals-instructed-to-vote-biden-for-border-ngo-to-stay-open/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever. They still may advocate for teachers, but politicking is now their main focus. – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/17/the-teachers-unions-are-more-political-than-ever/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Can Chicago protect the people going to the convention? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/can_chicago_protect_the_people_going_to_the_convention.html
— The Deep State’s Accelerating Attacks On Trump Show A Consciousness Of Guilt – Ron Wright
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_deep_state_s_accelerating_attacks_on_trump_show_a_consciousness_of_guilt.html
— Stormy double standard – Michael Letts
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/stormy_double_standard.html
— Hamas Wants The Land of Israel, But It Also Wants Much More Than That – Sha’i ben-Tekoa
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/hamas_wants_the_land_of_israel_but_it_also_wants_much_more_than_that.html
— Karl Marx Conquers American Medicine – John Dale Dunn, M.D.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/karl_marx_conquers_american_medicine.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Over 1,000 mostly male, military age African migrants flood NYC City Hall to demand better perks – Tom Tillison (COMMENT: What perks did your ancestors get when they immigrated?)
https://americanwirenews.com/over-10000-mostly-male-military-age-african-migrants-flood-nyc-city-hall-to-demand-better-perks/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— 1,300 illegal immigrants swarm NYC’s City Hall (COMMENT: New York City today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/videos-1300-illegal-immigrants-swarm-nycs-city-hall/

BLAZE
— Gov. Whitmer proposes $8M for attorneys for asylum-seeking immigrants, 97% of whom are reportedly in the US illegally – CORTNEY WEIL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gov-whitmer-proposes-8m-for-attorneys-for-asylum-seeking-immigrants-97-of-whom-are-reportedly-in-the-us-illegally

DAILY SIGNAL
— After Discovery of ‘Vote for Biden’ Flyers in Mexico, Mayorkas Can’t Say How to Stop Illegal Aliens From Voting – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/16/after-discovery-of-vote-for-biden-flyers-in-mexico-mayorkas-cant-say-how-to-stop-illegal-aliens-from-voting/

FOX NEWS
— Dem Chicago alderman warns ‘we are not taking care of our own’ as city approves $70M for migrants. $70M request comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s initial $150M allocation for migrant funding. – Stephen Sorace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-chicago-alderman-warns-we-are-not-taking-care-our-own-city-approves-70m-migrants
— Denver mayor boasts ‘shared sacrifice’ is required to make city ‘welcoming’ for migrants. Denver slashed nearly $46 million from their budget last week to deal with spiraling migrant crisis. – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-mayor-boasts-shared-sacrifice-required-make-city-welcoming-migrants
— The left is using a tactic that would make Putin proud. Ingraham says liberals only allow one mindset.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-left-using-tactic-would-make-putin-proud

MRC TV
— Illegal Aliens Rally Outside NYC City Hall, Demanding Housing & Jobs – BRITTANY M. HUGHES (COMMENT: New York City today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/illegal-aliens-rally-outside-nyc-city-hall-demanding-housing-jobs

NEWSMAX
— Illegals a Net Drain on, Not a Boost for, US Economy – Michael Busler
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/michaelbusler/illegal-migrant-immigrant/2024/04/16/id/1161205/

PJ MEDIA
— NGOs in Mexico Are Encouraging Illegals to Vote for Biden – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/04/16/flyers-in-mexico-encourage-illegals-to-vote-for-biden-n4928214

POST MILLENNIAL
— California moves to create ‘genealogy office’ to determine who gets reparations. Reparations would be limited to “descendants of a free Black person living in the United States prior to the end of the 19th century.” – Jarryd Jaeger
https://thepostmillennial.com/california-moves-to-create-geneology-office-to-determine-who-gets-reparations

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Hundreds of African Immigrants Flock to NY City Hall to Complain That Living Conditions Are ‘Not What They Were Expecting’ – Michael Schwarz (COMMENT: New York City today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/hundreds-african-immigrants-flock-ny-city-hall-complain-living-conditions-not-expecting/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too. – Miriam Jordan and Lydia DePillis (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/migrants-work-permits-undocumented.html

MSN
— Illegal immigration toll on taxpayers hits $150 billion
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/news/illegal-immigration-toll-on-taxpayers-hits-150-billion/ar-BB1lIrAT

YAHOO
— Democrat and RINO leaders complain about “The mountain of paperwork to apply for asylum.” I should write about the paperwork that was required for my ancestors to immigrate legally and to become citizens.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mountain-paperwork-apply-asylum-221310542.html

CITY COUNTY OBSERVER
— Republican Assembly of Indiana Southwest Endorses A Slate Of 20 Candidates For Precinct Committeemen (COMMENT: I am in the process of hand-delivering the results of the March 19, 2024 Republican primary election to each of the Republican homes in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton in which at least one voted in the election.) .
https://city-countyobserver.com/rains-endorsement-a-slate-of-20-candidates-for-precinct-committeemen/

WABASH VALLEY
— $1B in medical debt could be wiped for Illinoisans under proposed statewide program – Theodora Koulouvaris (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.mywabashvalley.com/illinois-capitol-news/1b-in-medical-debt-could-be-wiped-for-illinoisans-under-proposed-statewide-program/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois could see their medical debt eliminated. . .About 100 million people across the country are burdened with medical debt. In Illinois, around 14 percent of the state’s population has medical debt in collections. . .A plan included in the proposed budget aims to tackle those expensive medical bills. For the upcoming fiscal year, the proposed budget would set aside $10 million to get rid of $1 billion in medical debt for nearly 340,000 low income people. It would be part of a four year plan to wipe $4 billion in medical debt for more than one million people in Illinois. . .A program like the one the governor proposed in his budget is already in place in Cook County. They’ve been able to get rid of nearly $350 million in medical debt for about 200,000 people.)

POLITICO
— On Day 2, Trump met some of his jurors. His lawyers met their social media accounts. – ERICA ORDEN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/16/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-selection-day-two-00152704
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a fitting move for a defendant whose public persona has been crafted in large part by his social media behavior, Trump’s lawyers have mined the depths of prospective jurors’ social media accounts for potential signs of bias in their years-old comments and memes. Several of them were cut on Tuesday after the judge examined their prior posts. Merchan dismissed one man after Trump lawyer Todd Blanche presented a social media post in which the juror wrote, “Good news!! Trump lost his court battle on his unlawful travel ban!!!” along with a suggestion to “lock him up.” In other instances, however, Merchan refused Blanche’s effort to kick off certain prospective jurors, including one whose husband shared a post suggesting that the comic book team “The Avengers” unite against Trump. Though Trump himself said little during the day’s events, he earned himself his first reprimand from Merchan. “Your client was audibly uttering something,” Merchan told Blanche after he had finished questioning a prospective juror. “I won’t tolerate that,” Merchan said. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear.” Merchan instructed Blanche to tell Trump to stop his antics. As Merchan spoke, Trump sat slumped in his seat, as though he were sitting in a lounge chair.)

April 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 40 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest blocks roadway near Chicago O’Hare airport. Another protest Monday afternoon blocked streets downtown Chicago. – Stephanie Wade, John Garcia, and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/ohare-airport-chicago-traffic-protest-kennedy-expressway-i90/14668476/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzioDYD1WQ
— Committee approves Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for $70M for migrant care. – Craig Wall (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://abc7chicago.com/city-council-budget-committee-approves-mayor-brandon-johnsons-request-for-70m-care-of-migrants-in-chicago/14671103/

NBC5
— At least 50 people arrested after protests disrupt traffic in Loop, near O’Hare Airport. Traffic was halted for around an hour near O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to abandon their taxis or rideshares and walk to the airport.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-50-people-arrested-after-protests-disrupt-traffic-in-downtown-chicago-near-ohare-airport/3411457/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4reD6D5Ms8
— Second measles case confirmed in suburban Cook County
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-wellness-science-news/second-measles-case-confirmed-in-suburban-cook-county/3411029/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters block road, cause delays near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport – Todd Feurer, Andrew Ramos, Kris Habermehl
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ohare-airport-protest-palestine-road-blocked/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTP-QPJdZNo
— Chicago City Council members debate $70 million ask for migrant funding
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-city-council-members-debate-70-million-ask-for-migrant-funding/
— Migrants moved out of Chicago Park District shelters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/migrants-moved-out-of-chicago-park-district-shelters/

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian protestors block O’Hare, downtown street in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-protestors-block-roads-in-downtown-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNZC9ItFoqQ
— Pritzker proposes plan to relieve $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hk1OerTHN4
— Trump’s historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked. – AP (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-trumps-history-making-hush-money-trial-starts-monday-with-jury-selection/

FOX32
— 40 protesters arrested outside O’Hare Airport for blocking traffic; forcing people to walk to terminals – Maggie Duly
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ohare-airport-protest-traffic
— Illinois State Police add more resources to combat Chicago-area carjackings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeIYyJtlGQ

WGN RADIO
— Future of Oberweis Dairy is uncertain after bankruptcy filing – Michael Piff, Steve Grzanich
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-minute-future-of-oberweis-dairy-is-uncertain-after-bankruptcy-filing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County has $20 million for the suburbs to help migrants. Most towns aren’t going for it. Some towns say they’re already overburdened. Nonprofit organizations working to help migrants say suburbs could pass the money to them. – Kristen Schorsch
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/04/15/cook-county-20-million-for-migrant-crisis-suburbs-declining
— Preckwinkle bends ears, twists arms to help Johnson deliver $70 million in migrant funding. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was among those calling recalcitrant City Council members, urging them to support the migrant funding the mayor promised months ago. After the last-minute lobbying by Preckwinkle and others, it passed 20-8, with full Council approval possible Wednesday. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/15/migrant-crisis-city-funding-mayor-johnson-city-council-preckwinkle-lobbying-black-caucus
— 40 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested in protest blocking expressway to O’Hare. The demonstration was part of a global ‘economic blockade to free Palestine,’ according to organizers. Protesters in California also shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and stalled a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 880 in Oakland. – Mary Norkol and Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2024/04/15/protest-blocks-traffic-i-90-blocks-traffic-ohare
— Democrats decry limitations on making students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/04/15/pride-parade-denies-almost-all-previous-years-school-participants

STATELINE
— Rockford says ‘no’ to marijuana bars – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-says-no-to-marijuana-bars/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Why has Illinois released hundreds of prison inmates earlier than expected?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article287598060.html

WTMJ TV
— 90 Days to Republican National Convention in Milwaukee: “I do sense an energy level.” – Charles Benson
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/90-days-to-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee-i-do-sense-an-energy-level-mke-2024-host-cmte

WAND TV
— Pritzker breaks down $10 million statewide medical debt relief plan for Fiscal Year 2025 – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-breaks-down-10-million-statewide-medical-debt-relief-plan-for-fiscal-year-2025/article_c93c8bfa-fb64-11ee-a7bd-772f31d5d719.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-269/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-70/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Next month the Illinois GOP will decide if it wants to be relevant again. The only reason to attend the Illinois Republican State Convention next month is to restore direct elections for the Illinois Republican Party’s governing board: the state central committee. (COMMENT: The current system used to elect Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members has resulted in an IRP that fails/refuses to defend/advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/next-month-the-illinois-gop-will

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who are your peers? They are those who share your demographics: race, gender, age group, health, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, parents’ education/income/wealth, length of time your ancestors have been in America, veteran status, marital status, dependents, income/net worth range, owner/renter, past/present occupation, employment status, education, professional certifications/licenses, political affiliation, your hometown, etc. In my opinion, your most direct peers are those who share the most of the aforesaid with you and graduated with you from your high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinois House Republicans Express Concerns Over Diminished Public Safety and Rising Costs
https://sangamonsun.com/stories/657756890-illinois-house-republicans-express-concerns-over-diminished-public-safety-and-rising-costs

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Grafton Township GOP Seeks Broader Acceptance of Its Illegal Voters Resolution (COMMENT: What have the leaders of your township done to fight illegal immigration? Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/15/grafton-township-gop-seeks-broader-acceptance-of-its-illegal-voters-resolution/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Grafton Township Republican Party held on April 10th 2024 a resolution entitled **A RESOLUTION OPPOSING NON-CITIZEN VOTING** was adopted unanimously. The Grafton Township Republican Central Committee will be forwarding copies to the McHenry County Republican Central Committee as well as the Law and Governance Committee of the McHenry County Board in the hope that both bodies will adopt it.)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— ‘Death to America!’ Chicago Teamsters Local 786 hosts pro-Iran activist rally
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657747420-death-to-america-chicago-teamsters-local-786-hosts-pro-iran-activist-rally

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Majority of voters polled believe U.S. is being invaded at southern border. – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c48a12e2-fb7f-11ee-995c-4b13a414af29.html
— Pritzker hopes Chicago will spend more money on migrant crisis. – Catrina Petersen (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_246757e2-fb6c-11ee-b274-2b93614aa034.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives slams Chicago State Rep. who sponsored SAFE-T Act: ‘Your party has been in control of the city for over 90 years’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657747806-ives-slams-chicago-state-rep-who-sponsored-safe-t-act-your-party-has-been-in-control-of-the-city-for-over-90-years
— Downers Grove Village Council to consider removing pro-Pledge of Allegiance, anti -“drag queen bingo” library board member
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657747815-downers-grove-village-council-to-consider-removing-pro-pledge-of-allegiance-anti-drag-queen-bingo-library-board-member

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pot pushers push more pot.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-does-illinois-spend-millions-in-cannabis-cash/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Masked Anti-Israel Activists Learn to Chant “Death to America, Death to Israel” in Farsi During Chicago Meeting After Iran Launches Attack
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/masked-anti-israel-activists-learn-to-chant-death-to-america-death-to-israel-in-farsi-during-chicago-meeting-after-iran-launches-attack.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-war activists, fully masked, gathered in a room at the Teamsters Union headquarters in Chicago to discuss how to disrupt the Democratic National Convention in August – broke out in chants when they learned about Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel where 300 missiles and drones were launched over the weekend. Video that captured the moments in real time, recorded activists chanting “hands off Iran.” Videos also recorded the moment when activists were taught how to chant “Death to America, Death to Israel” in Farsi – the official language of Iran. The meeting has generated national attention and is leaving local and national Democrats with heartburn – apprehensive to show too much support for Israel, as anti-war and anti-Israeli protesters prepare to descend upon Chicago for the Democratic National Convention in August. In January, Chicago’s City Council passed a cease-fire resolution, angering the local Jewish community. And just recently, three elected officials that represent the Jewish community, declined an invitation to meet with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, writing, “The October 7 terrorist attack on Israel has ignited the most visceral epidemic of antisemitic hatred that we have witnessed in our lives, including right here in Chicago.”)
— Paying the Piper on Tax Day 2024 – JOHN F. DI LEO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/opinion-paying-the-piper-on-tax-day-2024.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Potential jurors stunned as they file into New York courtroom and see Trump on trial – Tom Howell Jr. (COMMENT: What are the most common demographics of potential jurors in your geographic area?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/potential-jurors-stunned-as-they-file-into-new-yor/
— Trump’s daughter-in-law says his poll numbers are rising amid trial – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/inside-beltway-trumps-daughter-law-says-his-poll-n/
— Our oppressive tax system can be analogized to Dracula – Cal Thomas (COMMENT: The U.S. Congress makes tax laws.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/our-oppressive-tax-system-can-be-analogized-to-dra/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago schools teach children to ‘decolonize’ and become anti-Western activists – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2964595/chicago-schools-decolonize-anti-western-activists/
— Biden parrots Trump in Iowa as he blasts him for white supremacy sympathies and gun control inaction. – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2207423/biden-parrots-trump-in-iowa-as-he-blasts-him-for-white-supremacy-sympathies-and-gun-control-inaction/

NEW YORK POST
— More proof ‘gender-affirming care’ is a monstrous lie — save the children NOW – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/opinion/cass-report-proves-gender-affirming-surgery-is-a-monstrous-lie/

AMAC
— Biden Pushes Welfare For Illegals – Sam Adolphsen (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/biden-pushes-welfare-for-illegals/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Elections have consequences … so does disregard of immigration law – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/04/15/elections-have-consequences-so-does-disregard-of-immigration-law/
— To city’s own detriment, ‘newcomers’ still welcome – Steve Jordahl (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/04/15/to-city-s-own-detriment-newcomers-still-welcome/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal immigration hurts the economy. (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/15/are-illegal-immigrants-helping-or-hurting-the-economy-1452699/

BREITBART
— Tax Day: Illegal Immigration Costs American Taxpayers over $150 Billion – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/15/tax-day-illegal-immigration-costs-american-taxpayers-over-150-billion/
— ‘America’s Worst Mayor’: Dolton Democrat Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault, Firing Victim. – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/04/15/americas-worst-mayor-illinois-democrat-accused-of-covering-up-sexual-assault-firing-victim/
— Californians Arming Up for Self-Defense as Illegals Flood into Cities – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect yourself? (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/04/15/californians-arming-up-self-defense-illegals-flood-into-cities/
— Tax Day Cometh – John Carney and Alex Marlow
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7kv5c6.1pad/a12d7036

CAMPUS REFORM
— National Science Foundation funds DEI-based ‘Math for All’ conference
https://www.campusreform.org/article/national-science-foundation-funds-dei-based-math-for-all-conference/25188

COLLEGE FIX
— Kent State honors LGBTQ, abortion activists with new ‘equity’ awards – ANDI NAPIER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/kent-state-honors-lgbtq-abortion-activists-with-new-equity-awards/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Group in Mexico Displays Flyers Urging Illegal Aliens to Vote for Biden – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/15/group-in-mexico-displays-flyers-urging-illegal-aliens-to-vote-for-biden/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Campaign To Hire DEI Director With Up To $120k Salary – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-to-hire-dei-director-with-up-to-120k-salary

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Health Care for Illegal Aliens Costs Florida $566 Million Each Year (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/health-care-illegal-aliens-costs-florida-566-million-each

FOX NEWS
— Jury selection to resume after possible jurors excused for saying they could not be impartial. – Brooke Singman, Maria Paronich
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-trial-jury-selection-resume-possible-jurors-excused-saying-they-could-not-be-impartial

NEWSMAX
— Senate Must Remove Unfit for Office Mayorkas – Sen. Marsha Blackburn (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.newsmax.com/senmarshablackburn/mayorkas-schumer-impeachment/2024/04/15/id/1161072/

PJ MEDIA
— IRS’s job is to implement the tax laws that Congress passes. Far too many of the complaints about IRS should be about Congress.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/04/15/lets-curb-stomp-the-irs-n4928183

TOWNHALL
— After Bombshell Revelations, Ted Cruz Demands NPR Funding Be Eliminated – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/04/14/ted-cruz-on-npr-n2637778
— America No More – Terry Paulson (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/04/16/america-no-moreis-it-time-for-insurrection-n2637789
— Your Hard Earned Dollars Shouldn’t Go to Leftist Media Outlets – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2024/04/15/your-hard-earned-dollars-shouldnt-go-to-leftist-media-outlets-n2637824

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— This will be a tough jury pool for Trump, former US attorney says – Maureen Chowdhury
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-15-24/h_2a909678d55da35a2d21b00e3949baba

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and key bridges in major US cities. – SOPHIA TAREEN
https://apnews.com/article/protests-chicago-ohare-palestinian-war-traffic-30da0602309a1645a5c59e10bce83b9c
— Teaching refugee women to drive goes beyond their destination – Sharon Johnson (COMMENT: Reasons why the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old included a) I had been driving for 2 years, b) I had a clean diving record, and c) I owned a 1966 Pontic Tempest Sprint that I could and would use to deliver mail with.)
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-04-13/teaching-refugee-women-to-drive-goes-beyond-their-destination

MSNBC
— ‘Jury pool is going to be essential’: Rep. Dan Goldman on ‘vital’ aspect of Trump trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7QmfZ4q5M
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegal to battleground/swing states and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-mike-johnson-election-voting-attack-americas-racist-past-rcna147875

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Voters Shift to Republican Party, Closing Gap With Democrats. The trend toward the Republican Party among white voters without a college degree has continued, and Democrats have lost ground among Hispanic voters, too. – Ruth Igielnik
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/elections/party-identification-democrats-republicans.html
— Bidens Report Earning $620,000 and Paying $181,000 in Taxes in 2023. The couple’s tax return showed a 7 percent jump in income from 2022, a result of higher taxable interest income this year. – Zach Montague
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/politics/biden-tax-returns.html
— No Jurors Picked on First Day of Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial. More than half of the first group of prospective jurors was dismissed almost immediately. – Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial
— What to Know About Jury Selection in Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Case – Kate Christobek
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-trial-jury-selection-ny.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/immigration-detention-prison.html
— To understand the state of men in this country, it’s necessary to know three things. First, millions of men are falling behind women academically and suffering from a lack of meaning and purpose. Second, there is no consensus whatsoever on whether there’s a problem, much less how to respond and pull millions of men back from the brink. Third, many men are filling the void themselves by turning to gurus to guide their lives. – David Brooks (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders give women more and more and more preference over men.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/men-virtue-tate-peterson-rogan.html

USA TODAY
— How do you find a jury with no biases when it comes to Donald Trump? What trial experts say. – Aysha Bagchi
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/14/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-selection/73179602007/
— Poll: More Florida Republicans view DeSantis favorably than Trump – Zac Anderson
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-more-florida-republicans-view-090013696.html

INDY STAR
— Why Democrats should vote Republican in Indiana’s May 7 primary – James Briggs (COMMENT: In your precinct, how many who cast a Republican ballot in the primary are going vote for Biden in the general election? How many of them a) voted for Haley, b) voted for Trump, and c) did not vote in the presidential race? I oppose crossover voting.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-briggs/2024/04/16/why-democrats-should-vote-republican-in-indianas-may-7-primary/73327234007/

ND TV
— “Unable To Be Fair”: 50 Possible Jurors In Trump’s Hush Money Trial Excused.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/unable-to-be-fair-50-possible-jurors-in-trumps-hush-money-trial-excused-5453179

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Obnoxious ‘Genocide Joe’ Protesters. Biden may be in for a rerun of 1968, with a ruinous Democratic Chicago convention. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-obnoxious-genocide-joe-protesters-2024-election-ed253565
— Donald Trump Faces Deep Blue Jury Pool as Hush-Money Case Begins – James Fanelli (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-2bc58769

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republican, b) to not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelpeachman/2024/04/15/americas-best-employers-for-diversity-2024-methodology/
— America’s Top CPAs – STEEL ROSE (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would you have done sooner? I would have majored in accounting and passed the CPA examination and became a licensed CPA sooner. As it was, I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 years old and I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844), I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors made that crystal clear. All my coworkers who they 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, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, they were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-cpas/

FAST COMPANY
— Why work has never been a meritocracy – KATHLEEN DAVIS (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all 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.fastcompany.com/91089542/why-hard-work-isnt-enough-to-get-promoted

GB NEWS
— Melting pot America: Will the US successfully ‘absorb’ the millions of illegals into society? (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2FB8Rq8vew

BBC
— Trump trial: Dozens of jurors rejected as they say they cannot be impartial – Madeline Halpert & Kayla Epstein (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003.SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68671733
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say they could not be impartial after proceedings began on Monday. Jury selection continues on Tuesday, and could take up to two weeks. . .The dismissals were an indication of how challenging it could be to find a group of 12 impartial jurors for a case concerned with a high-profile sex scandal involving a former president running once again for the White House. . .The judge started by dismissing jurors who raised their hand to say they could not be impartial, leaving about 34 people. Those left were then grilled on 42 questions in the jury questionnaire, including on their news-reading habits, whether they had attended any Trump rallies or read any of the former president’s books.)

April 15, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 43 shot, 7 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14657705/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_g5sRPwQ_c

CBS2
— Anti-gun violence activists urge Chicago to take action ahead of summer – Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-summer-gun-violence-mass-shooting-numbers/

WGN9
— News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign – AP
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-news-organizations-urge-biden-and-trump-to-commit-to-presidential-debates-during-the-2024-campaign/

FOX32
— Coalition of protest groups gather to plan strategy for DNC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1440879

WBBM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/pritzker-pushes-chicago-to-ok-usd70m-migrant-spending-plan

WAND TV
— Trump arrives at court for the start of jury selection in his historic hush money trial. Donald Trump has arrived at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money case. (COMMEENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly encourage everyone, including all potential jurors, to hate Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who have treated me the most like I have been Trump’s political consultant, biggest donor, fundraiser, pollster, and campaign manager in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2015. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-arrives-at-court-for-the-start-of-jury-selection-in-his-historic-hush-money/article_d0b87324-aebd-5972-a6ee-67977638bab5.html

WSIL TV
— A jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. – AP (COMMENT: Who are Trump’s peers? Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, parent, business degree holder, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/a-jury-of-his-peers-a-look-at-how-jury-selection-will-work-in-donald/article_10dd96d6-52ed-5fef-a8a7-ca4fe2f02c41.html

FREE PRESS
— American Anti-War Activists Cheer for Iran’s War. At a left-wing conference in Chicago, activists believe Iran is ‘part of the arc of resistance because the enemies are Israel and the USA.’ – Olivia Reingold
https://www.thefp.com/p/american-anti-war-activists-cheer

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-268/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Homicides, shootings up across Chicago – Glenn Minnis
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/homicides-shootings-up-across-chicago/

WIREPOINTS
— $30 million over four years: How teachers unions influence Illinois politicians. – Nick Binotti and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/teacher-unions-have-spent-nearly-30-million-on-elections-in-four-years-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Slate of Candidates to Head McHenry County GOP Speaking Monday in Cary
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/slate-of-candidates-to-head-mchenry-county-gop-speaking-monday-in-cary/
— Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/are-you-better-off-than-you-were-four-years-ago/
— Kirk Donald Requests Support for Vice Chairman of the McHenry Republican Party
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/kirk-donald-requests-support-for-vice-chairman-of-the-mchenry-republican-party/
— DeWitte Quoted in Big Tribune Article on Pritzker
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/dewite-quoted-in-big-tribune-article-on-pritzker/
— Tribune Pimps NPR
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/tribune-pimps-npr/
— One of Jim Thompson’s Top Assistants Interviewed “No Labels” Candidacies
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/one-of-jim-thompsons-top-assistants-promoted-no-labels-candidacies/
— Wetland Regulation Sought by Senate Democrats
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/wetland-regulation-sought-by-senate-democrats/
— UPDATEDx2: McHenry County Republican Vice Chairman Candidates Reveal They’re Backing Different Chairman Candidates
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/behavingbadly2/
— If You Were In Charge of Israel, What Would You Do?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/14/if-you-were-in-charge-of-israel-what-would-you-do/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Want to end abortion? Start with a pro-child, pro-mother agenda – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/14/want-to-end-abortion-start-with-pro-child-pro-moth/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Triggered by the American flag? Here’s the solution. – Stephanie Lundquist-Arora (COMMENT: I have flown an American flag off my front porch since September 11, 2001 and I am displaying an 18X12-foot American flag in my Iron Gate Motor Condo as I did in the one that I previously owned.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/2964151/triggered-by-the-american-flag-heres-the-solution/

NEW YORK POST
— Rampaging DEI and rampant antisemitism show the rot at US colleges – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/opinion/dei-requirements-and-rampant-antisemitism-show-the-rot-at-us-colleges/
— Chicago pol (Rossana Rodriguez) slammed for appearing to celebrate Iranian attack on Israel: ‘Free Palestine’ – Alex Oliveira
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/world-news/chicago-pol-slammed-for-appearing-to-celebrate-attack-on-israel/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Progressives push gun control after mass shootings, ignoring the root of the problem – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/progressives_push_gun_control_but_ignore_the_root_of_the_problem.html
— The Deep State and the Biden regime are at war against the American people – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/the_deep_state_and_the_biden_regime_is_at_war_against_the_american_people.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Move over media: Republicans trust Donald Trump for Ukraine news more than journalists, government sources – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/15/move-over-media-republicans-trust-donald-trump-for-ukraine-news-more-than-journalists-government-sources-1452640/
— ‘All for show’: Biden’s newest potential executive order for border crisis doesn’t hold water – Jake Smith
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/14/all-for-show-bidens-newest-potential-executive-order-for-border-crisis-doesnt-hold-water-experts-say-1452490/

BREITBART
— NYC Block Becomes Illegal Migrant Shopping Area for Stolen Goods, Prostitution – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/04/14/they-are-hurting-business-nyc-block-becomes-illegal-migrant-shopping-area-for-stolen-goods-prostitution/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘All For Show’: Biden’s Newest Potential Executive Order For Border Crisis Doesn’t Hold Water – JAKE SMITH
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/14/bidens-newest-potential-executive-order-border-crisis-doesnt-hold-water-experts-say/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Swing Voters Deliver Harsh Verdict: Biden Administration Is a Failure – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/14/exclusive-poll-trump-leads-biden-in-5-of-6-swing-states/

EPOCH TIMES
— Everything You Need to Know About Trump’s Trial in New York This Week. Trump is headed to the first of his expected criminal trials on April 15. He’s facing felony counts related to his payments to Stephanie Clifford. – Sam Dorman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-trial-in-new-york-this-week-5627212

FOX NEWS
— Chicago activists cheer after learning Iran launched attack on Israel: ‘Hands off Iran!’ Protester says, ‘Our anti-war movement … must be ready, immediately, to be out in the streets and to stop the US from expanding this war on Iran’ – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-chicago-activists-cheer-after-learning-iran-launched-attack-israel-hands-off-iran

LAW OFFICER
— Biden admin has flown over 400000 migrants to airports across US
https://www.lawofficer.com/biden-admin-has-flown-over-400000-migrants-to-airports-across-us/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wokeness Is Compromising the Intelligence Community – KENIN M. SPIVAK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/wokeness-is-compromising-the-intelligence-community/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump-hating, Biden and BLM-supporting NPR CEO pushes back against ‘woke’ allegations – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-hating-biden-and-blm-supporting-npr-ceo-pushes-back-against-woke-allegations

TOWNHALL
— Dalton Mayor Tried to Play the Race Card at a Community Meeting. There Was One Big Problem. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/15/illinois-mayor-tried-to-play-the-race-card-at-a-community-meeting-there-was-one-big-problem-n2637676
— Immigrants Thank Biden After Being Released From Processing Centers 245% Above Capacity – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/14/immigrants-thank-biden-after-being-released-from-processing-centers-245-above-capacity-n2637761
— Immigrant Children Arriving at the Southern Border Alone Increases – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/14/immigrant-children-traveling-alone-increases-n2637744
— Biden DHS Offers ‘Temporary’ Amnesty to 15,000 Ethiopians Living In the U.S. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/13/bidens-dhs-offers-temporary-amnesty-to-15000-ethiopians-living-in-the-us-n2637733

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSNBC
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their illegals go to battleground/swing state and use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-johnson-push-solution-non-existent-election-problem-rcna147816

CNN
— Federal criminal investigation underway for Baltimore bridge collapse – Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/us/francis-scott-key-bridge-investigation

AOL
— Wall Street is paring its bets on ESG and DEI as political pressure rises – BEN WERSCHKUL
https://www.aol.com/wall-street-paring-bets-esg-150045085.html

MSN
— Devastating Blow to American Jobs Under Biden – Andrew Rodriguez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/devastating-blow-to-american-jobs-under-biden/ar-AA1jOh55%3Focid%3DFW79805

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Researchers Discovered When They Sent 80,000 Fake Résumés to U.S. Jobs. Some companies discriminated against Black applicants much more than others, and H.R. practices made a big difference. – Claire Cain Miller and Josh Katz (COMMENT: I am 100% German national origin, “Diersen” sounds Swedish. What do you say to those who have advised me to pretend to be Swedish national origin? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that I am 100% German national origin. I would focus on those who also stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Further, what is your national origin? How are those who share your national origin stereotyped? What they blamed for? I am 100% German national origin. I should write about that. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, that is, before Germany existed, b) they have always lived in northeast Illinois, c) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, d) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and e) my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/upshot/employment-discrimination-fake-resumes.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Biden Claims the Mantle of Cesar Chavez, While Ignoring the Labor Leader’s Opposition to Illegal Immigration – DEAN KARAYANIS
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-claims-the-mantle-of-cesar-chavez-while-ignoring-the-labor-leaders-opposition-to-illegal-immigration

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In the City, Personal Safety Starts With Your Smartphone. Turn on these settings in your phone and connected devices to add a layer of security. – Shara Tibken (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/in-the-city-personal-safety-starts-with-your-smartphone-1ab1eb34

POLITICO
— Democrats descend on Chicago as specter of ‘68 convention looms. Protests over Israel-Gaza war expected as party nominates President Joe Biden. – SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: What did you do during the summer of 1968? I worked full-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I drove a 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/15/democrats-chicago-convention-unrest-00152164
— How to pick a jury that can judge Donald Trump. Tailoring questions to probe prospective jurors’ political biases and opinions of the former president is more art than science. – KYLE CHENEY (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. To do that, they stress that Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, draft avoider, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/14/jury-selection-donald-trump-00151962

April 14, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7                                                                                                               
— 8 shot in Back of the Yards; 7-year-old girl killed; 2 boys, ages 1 and 7, critically injured
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-back-of-the-yards-52nd-street-damen-avenue/14659647/
— Chicago shootings: At least 23 shot, 4 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14657705/
— Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy protection; North Aurora company owes at least $4M: documents
https://abc7chicago.com/oberweis-dairy-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-north-aurora-company-owes-at-least-4-million/14658012/

NBC5
— 7-year-old girl killed, 7 others injured in Back of the Yards shooting. The youngest of the eight victims, a 1-year-old boy, was shot multiple times and rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/8-people-shot-including-3-children-in-back-of-the-yards-chicago-police/3409801/
— Measles case confirmed in DuPage County resident
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dupage-county-resident/3409532/

CBS2
— Pro Palestinian activists demand to march outside Democratic National Convention in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-activists-want-to-protest-outsdie-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pro-palestinian-activists-demand-to-march-outside-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
— DuPage County Health Department confirms first case of measles since 2009 – John Dodge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dupage-county-health-department-confirms-first-case-of-measles-since-2009/
— To vote for Democrats is to promote more poverty and crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYQNIhMkrJM

WGN9
— DCHD: First measles case confirmed in DuPage County – Eli Ong
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dchd-first-measles-case-confirmed-in-dupage-county/
— Democratic tensions over Israel threaten to boil over at Chicago convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3-1Kxp6bW0
— To vote for Democrats is to promote more poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/we-want-violence-stop-dozens-local-residents-march-for-peace-on-chicagos-west-side/3409607/
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-community-groups-stand-against-gun-violence-during-peace-march-on-west-side/

FOX32
— Warm weekend draws crowds to downtown Chicago amidst teen gathering concerns – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/warm-weekend-draws-crowds-downtown-chicago-teen-gathering-concerns

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists to protest ‘with or without permits’ when DNC arrives in Chicago this summer – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/activists-to-protest-with-or-without-permits-when-dnc-arrives-in-chicago-this-summer/
— First case of measles detected in DuPage County since 2009
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/first-case-of-measles-detected-in-dupage-county-since-2009-health-officials-say/
— Liberal bias at NPR, old-school journalism and the reluctance to admit a mistake – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/14/editorial-npr-liberal-bias-uri-berliner/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Work permits for all undocumented immigrants? That’s asking too much. Advocates pushing President Biden to make this drastic, legally questionable move should stick with more reasonable measures to help a smaller number of undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients. – Editorial (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/04/12/work-permits-all-undocumented-workers-immigration-president-joe-biden-say-no-editorial
— Republicans are now the party of Putin. It’s worth exploring how the Republican Party, the party of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” became the party of Vladimir Putin, trafficking in Russian disinformation and flirting with betraying an important ally, Ukraine, along with all of its principles. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/12/gop-republican-putin-biden-trump-zelenskyy-mona-charen

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County confirms first measles case in 15 years – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240413/news/dupage-county-confirms-first-measles-case-in-15-years/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240414/syndicated-columnists/this-time-its-arizona/
— Regulators weigh future of gas industry in Illinois, while clamping down on Chicago utility – Andrew Adams
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240414/business/regulators-weigh-future-of-gas-industry-in-illinois-while-clamping-down-on-chicago-utility/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy protection
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/oberweis-dairy-files-bankruptcy-protection

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City: IL taxpayers could be out ‘billions’ as bills enhancing pensions advance – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bac826de-f8ed-11ee-be44-c3912b242bf4.html

JOHN KASS
— Joe the Faint Hearted – Steve Huntley
https://johnkassnews.com/joe-the-faint-hearted/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Virtually all the media assert that Israel is becoming ever more isolated in its war against Hamas. What goes unmentioned is a major reason for that: Israel’s closest ally is headed by a man who doesn’t have the courage to stand up forcefully and eloquently in defense of the Jewish state’s righteous battle to defend itself against an Islamist terrorist militia. The president of the United States often is called the most powerful man in the world. But has that exalted office ever been occupied by a weaker individual than Joe Biden? Inept, ineffectual, inconsistent, incoherent, anxious, fearful, vacillating, weak and wrong — the dictionary is packed with words for failure to characterize the record of this perhaps ever-more senile old man and his faint-hearted administration.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood on Far East Foreign Trade
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/lahood-on-far-east-foreign-trade/
— UPDATE: LaHood’s Take on FISA Bill, PLUS TIED, THEREFORE, FAILED WARRANT REQUIREMENT AMENDMENT VOTE
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/lahoods-take-on-fisa-bill/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Chair Steve Boulton Calls IR Reporting a “Smear Campaign,” as IL GOP Leaders Don Tracy, Richard Porter Ignore his Comments Comparing Trump to Hitler
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/chicago-gop-chair-steve-boulton-calls-ir-reporting-a-smear-campaign-as-il-gop-leaders-don-tracy-richard-porter-ignore-his-comments-comparing-trump-to-hitler.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trial on merits of Illinois’ gun ban could begin July 8 – Peter Cordi and Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2965156/trial-on-merits-of-illinois-gun-ban-could-begin-july-8-attorney-says/
— Biden’s border sees nearly half a million immigrant children arrive without a parent – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2903688/bidens-border-half-million-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts Iran’s attack on Israel, claims it ‘would never have happened if I were president’ – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/us-news/trump-blasts-irans-attack-on-israel-claims-it-would-never-have-happened-if-i-were-president/
— Organized labor paid the price for embracing illegal migrants – Batya Ungar-Sargon
https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/opinion/organized-labor-paid-the-price-for-embracing-illegal-migrants/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— 20 states sue Biden admin for flying illegal immigrants into the US
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/20-states-sue-biden-admin-for-flying-illegal-immigrants-into-the-us/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The DEI Buzzsaw – Bruce Olav Solheim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_dei_buzzsaw.html
— I guess we are all ‘racistas’ now – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/i_guess_we_are_all_racistas_now.html
— The Robin Hood Effect – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_robin_hood_effect.html

BREITBART
— Democrats Counting Illegals in Census ‘All About Power’ – Sen. Bill Hagerty
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2024/04/13/exclusive-sen-bill-hagerty-democrats-counting-illegals-census-all-about-power/

DAILY CALLER
— Total employment by native-born Americans is actually down by 300,000 compared to pre-pandemic levels. To be sure, some of those 3.3 million foreign-born individuals now working in America are naturalized citizens and some are in the country as lawful permanent residents, aka “green card” holders, but a significant number and probably the vast majority are in the country illegally. – J.D. FOSTER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/13/j-d-foster-migrants-are-getting-jobs-check-out-the-data/

DAILY WIRE
— Governor Vetoes Bill Protecting Children From Transgender Procedures In State With GOP Supermajority – Leif Le Mahieu (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-children-from-transgender-procedures-in-state-with-gop-supermajority-2

EPOCH TIMES
— Negative Views of Federal Government Soar Under Biden Compared to Trump (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and almost 9 of those years for IRS. I should write a book about those who have held that against me the most. In my defense, if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971 when I was 22 years old, I would have been a federal employee for less than 3 years. In my book, I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/negative-views-of-government-soar-under-biden-compared-to-trump-5628549

FOX NEWS
— Pompeo warns diversity chief who espoused anti-American ‘Marxist dogma’ will ‘destroy the State Department’ ‘Really kind of a dangerous place for a nation to find itself in,’ Fox News contributor Mike Pompeo said about DEI agendas at the State Department. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all 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.foxnews.com/media/pompeo-diversity-chief-espoused-antiamerican-marxist-dogma-destroy-state-department

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Tax Exemption for Black Americans Proposed as “Reparations” by Texas Democratic Congresswoman – Leslie Eastman (COMMENT: Reparations for Blacks today, reparations for those who are the following tomorrow: liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/tax-exemption-for-black-americans-proposed-as-reparations-by-texas-democratic-congresswoman/

RUMBLE
— Precinct Strategy – Dan Schultz
https://rumble.com/v4onpuq-precinct-strategy-the-best-recruiters.-dan-schultz-april-10-2024.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatives can elect conservatives IF we act locally. Then we’ll win locally and nationally. No precinct committeemen, no Party. PCs ARE the Party. Become one. Fill a seat where you live. To advocate more powerfully politically. When conservatives do this everywhere, we’ll start winning everywhere. . .The most effective phone calls to public servants are made by precinct committeemen or those truthfully saying they will become precinct committeemen. . .The GOP.com website contains zero information regarding why and how to become a voting member of your local Republican committee, how to find your local Republican committee and, whether, when you become a voting member of your local committee, there’s a communications and collaboration platform in existence on which precinct committeemen can easily communicate and collaborate regarding reaching their Republican Party goals.)

TOWNHALL
— AP Really Wants You to Believe Illegal Aliens Are the Key to a Healthy U.S. Economy – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/13/ap-really-wants-you-to-believe-illegal-aliens-are-the-key-to-a-healthy-us-economy-n2637718
— CBP Releases Shocking New Data On the Amount of Illegals Flown Into the U.S. Under Biden – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/13/cbp-releases-shocking-new-data-n2637735

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump’s Presidency More Positively – Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik (COMMENT: RINOs ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the many things that Trump did that defended and advanced the Republican Party platform. RINOs reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/us/politics/poll-trump-views.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/immigration-detention-prison.html
— You Don’t Have to Take Every Tax Deduction – Matthew Desmond (COMMENT: As I stated in my Loyola Graduate School of Business application in 1971 when I was a 22 years old new IRS employee, I wanted to take graduate business evening courses because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, if not criminally, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 arguing that the courses a) were not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a “new trade or business.” They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my positions descriptions. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/opinion/taxes-deductions-rich-inequality.html
— Abortion Is Dividing the ‘Religious’ From the ‘Right’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/abortion-trump-religion.html

WASHINGTON POST
— News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/14/trump-biden-presidential-debates-election-news-organizations/bdd82af6-fa4e-11ee-87ac-20f7e67cbe29_story.html

CNN
— 7-year-old girl killed and 7 other people wounded in Chicago shooting, including other children – Dalia Faheid and Paradise Afshar
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/14/us/chicago-shooting-child-killed/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will get rid of you once and for all if you do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jill-biden-calls-trump-a-bully-who-is-dangerous-to-lgbtq-people/ar-BB1lx5Mo
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. What are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.aol.com/news/medical-perils-abortion-bans-grow-141811453.html

MSN
— Denver to cut police budget by $8.4M to pay for the migrant crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/denver-to-cut-police-budget-by-8-4m-to-pay-for-the-migrant-crisis/ss-BB1lyZVU

CNBC
— 88% of women say they’re ambitious, but only 20% say their career advanced in the past year – Julia Boorstin (COMMENT: All the women who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all 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.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/cnbc-women-at-work-survey-2024.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 5 Hot Jobs for MBA Graduates – Sarah Wood (COMMENT: As I stated in my Loyola Graduate School of Business application in 1971 when I was a 22 years old new IRS employee, I wanted to take graduate business evening courses because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, if not criminally, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 arguing that the courses a) were not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a “new trade or business.” They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my positions descriptions. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/hot-jobs-for-mba-graduates

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Biden puts ‘Death to America’ crowd over Israel – VICTOR JOECKS
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-biden-puts-death-to-america-crowd-over-israel-3033640/

DALLAS EXPRESS
— Two-Thirds of Murder Victims in Dallas This Year Were Black
https://dallasexpress.com/crime/two-thirds-of-murder-victims-in-dallas-this-year-were-black/

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/04/13/7-key-immigration-issues-separating-trump-and-biden/
— A Definition Of Career Success And Why So Few People Ever Experience It. – Terina Allen (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, if you are a federal employee in a job that requires a college degree, you are failure if you do not make GS-13 ($115,439) by age 25, GS-14 ($136,414) by age 30, GS-15 ($160,458) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900) by age 40. But extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and never made GS-14. They use against me the fact a) that I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I earned a job-related professional license when I was 31. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and that I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2020/08/31/a-definition-of-career-success-and-why-so-few-people-ever-experience-it/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Setbacks Can Actually Boost Your Career – Gloria Kutscher and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (COMMMENT: The following motivated me to a) earn three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license: Seeing the following get promoted over me: DEI hires, that is, Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all 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://hbr.org/2023/12/research-setbacks-can-actually-boost-your-career

BLOOMBERG
— Wealthy Parents Are Spending $750,000 to Get Kids Into Harvard, Yale – Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? Because my parents lacked money, I had to do the following to have money to buy cars and to pay for college: I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. Because I spent all that time working instead of studying, a) my GPA suffered, b) I majored in management instead of accounting, c) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30, and c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics, it was too late for me to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/wealthy-parents-are-spending-750-000-to-get-kids-into-harvard-yale

BUSINESS NEW DAILY
— Dealing With Work Stress: The Top 10 Most and Least Stressful Jobs – Simone Johnson (COMMENT: How stressful is what you do? Being a reporter is ranked as the 6th most stressful job. I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000.)
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/1875-stressful-careers.html

BANKRATE
— Car theft statistics 2024 (COMMENT: My 1969 Dodge Charger SE being stolen in Chicago in 1971 when I was 22 years old had a big impact on me.)
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/car-theft-statistics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2023, 1,020,729 vehicles were reported stolen, up from 1,008,756 in 2022. . .Theft claim frequency for 2003–2023 Hyundai and Kia models was almost 7 times higher than for all other makes in the first six months of 2023. . .The average claim severity for stolen cars other than Hyundai and Kia models was $21,681 in the first half of 2023. . .Motor vehicle theft is the third most common property crime in the United States. In 2022, over 85 percent of stolen vehicles were recovered, with 34 percent recovered the same day.)

REASON
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have their illegals go to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/13/walter-olson-on-the-rights-bogus-claims-about-noncitizen-voting-fraud/

AMERICAN PROGRESS
— Disparities in Housing, Health Care, Child Care, and Economic Security Affect Babies for Life – Mishka Espey (COMMENT: How good has your health been? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always unfairly benefitted from having good health. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I have never been able to run because of a bone disease, that my eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20, and that I have always had partial red-green color blindness.)
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/disparities-in-housing-health-care-child-care-and-economic-security-affect-babies-for-life/

April 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Brandon Johnson asks Chicago City Council for $70M to help house migrants. Shuttered St. Bartholomew School in Portage Park will become latest shelter for asylum-seekers. – Stephanie Wade (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis-city-council/14653130/
— Chicago Jewish leaders refuse meeting with Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-antisemitism-city-council-israel-hamas-war/14653825/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZbGdeMQjXo
— Congressman Jonathan Jackson under fire for comments made about Chicago Fire Department
https://abc7chicago.com/us-rep-congressman-jonathan-jackson-criticism-chicago-fire-department/14653293/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNeAQIFWBg

NBC5
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-unveil-new-strategy-to-prevent-robberies-ahead-of-summer/3409191/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-collaborative-strategy-for-chicago-neighborhood-safety/3409008/
— Police release new details on what happened after dog attacks in McHenry left multiple people injured
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-release-new-details-on-what-happened-after-dog-attacks-in-mchenry-left-multiple-people-injured/3409066/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders want minorities to be pot smoking LGBTQers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sway-cannabis-dispensary-lgbtq-minority-owned/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNI-hDamwc
— Chicago, suburbs work to fight robberies, burglaries, fencing operations – Marybel Gonzalez (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-suburbs-robberies-burglaries-fencing-operations/
— Arab American Heritage Month celebrated by suburban Chicago students – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/arab-american-heritage-month-celebrated-by-suburban-chicago-students/
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-mayor-johnson-to-announce-strategy-to-address-and-prevent-robberies-in-chicago/3408596/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-officials-chicago-burglaries-robberies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHmfhFyJJU
— Search continues for 1 of 5 dogs in attack in Chicago’s northwest suburbs – Ashley Schiedenhelm
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/search-continues-dog-attack-chicago-northwest-suburbs/

FOX32
— ‘No longer holding you back’: Biden cancels more student loan debt. For the second time this week, the Biden administration announced it’s wiping out more student loans. (COMMENT: What has held you back? Because I worked as many hours that I could to pay for my college expenses instead of studying, my GPA was lower. That has always held me back.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1440405
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1UpcFK979I
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnjjjHWxDMQ
— Nearly $300M spent on Chicago migrants aid since 2022 (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-cost-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gw_4jF2yU

WTTW
— Advocates Push for Expanded Work Permits for Long-Term Undocumented Immigrants – Sean Keenehan (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/12/advocates-push-expanded-work-permits-long-term-undocumented-immigrants

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago and Illinois to receive $19M from feds to help with migrant crisis – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/12/chicago-and-illinois-to-receive-19-million-from-feds-to-help-with-migrant-crisis/
— Illinois Senate passes legislation that would strip medical debt from credit reports – JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/12/illinois-senate-passes-legislation-that-would-strip-medical-debt-from-credit-reports/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Three Jewish lawmakers reject Mayor Johnson’s invite to discuss antisemitism. Chicago Ald. Deborah Silverstein, state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, and state Rep. Bob Morgan said Brandon Johnson’s support of a cease-fire resolution showed “disrespect” for the Jewish community. – Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-antisemitism-discussion-lawmakers-reject-invitation-gaza-ceasefire-vote
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Christie.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/12/chris-christie-dan-webb-third-party-no-labels-president-biden-trump-2024
— Some Chicagoans have mixed feelings about new student debt relief proposed by Biden. “I just feel like I’m going to die paying off my student loans,” said one high school counselor in Southeast Chicago this week after the president introduced a plan to aid nearly 25 million more student loan borrowers. – Lisa Philip (COMMENT: What did you to reduce your college expenses? I lived with my parents in Crete a) while I commuted to/from classes at UIC 1966-1968, b)weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 to keep my part-time job at the Park Forest Post Office, and c) the summer of 1969. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/04/12/some-chicagoans-have-mixed-feelings-about-new-student-debt-relief-proposed-by-biden
— Democrat leaders use reports of threats against minority politicians to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/04/12/violent-rhetoric-politics-people-of-color-survey-democracy-uic-alexandra-filindra
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/12/robberies-larry-snelling-car-thefts-citywide

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling and other vices.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/gambling/ballys-chicago-casino-revenue-numbers
— Big move-outs push suburban office vacancy to another record high – Danny Ecker
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/big-move-outs-push-suburban-office-vacancy-another-record-high

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Illinois could become first in the nation to provide mental wellness days for college students – KELLIE FOY (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they did everything that they could to get rid of me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/illinois-could-become-first-in-the-nation-to-provide-mental-wellness-days-for-college-students/article_60ebc4b9-b247-5a82-b48b-36791e97bf89.html

WGLT
— Would you qualify for the jury on a Trump trial? Find out in the quiz – Holly J. Morris (COMMENT: Democrat leaders focus on making those who are the following hate Trump: liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-12/would-you-qualify-for-the-jury-on-a-trump-trial-find-out-in-the-quiz
— Anticipate/expect Democrat leaders will have their illegals go to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-12/republicans-aim-to-stop-noncitizen-voting-in-federal-elections-its-already-illegal

WSIL TV
— The future is ever-increasingly bleak for those at SIU who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are the aforesaid as being oppressors, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/siu-system-receives-national-award-for-advancing-anti-racism-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/article_cc81066e-f93a-11ee-a8f6-078cfb28656c.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Arizona attorney general says she won’t enforce a 164-year-old abortion law (COMMENT: Democrats run America. Democrats do not comply with laws or enforce laws that are designed to prevent discrimination against people who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, or German American. There is no “justice for all” in America for those who are the aforesaid. I should write a book about that. I would focus on how my Democrat superiors in the federal government discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, or German American.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-12/arizona-attorney-general-says-she-wont-enforce-a-164-year-old-abortion-law

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-69/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Slates Campaigning to Lead McHenry County Republican Party (COMMENT: In your county and in your township, what future do you see for Republican Precinct Committeemen who are conservative like me, that is, who are platform Republicans like me?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/two-slates-campaigning-to-lead-mchenry-county-republican-party/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Says Over Half of Shoplifters Don’t Show in Court Due to No Bail under SAFE-T Act
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/kenneally-says-over-half-of-shoplifters-dont-show-in-court-due-to-no-bail-under-safe-t-act/
— LaHood Hearing on Work and Welfare
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/lahood-hearing-on-work-and-welfare/
— McLaughlin Targeted by Have an Abortion at Any Time for Any Reason Personal PAC
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/mclaughlin-targeted-by-have-an-abortion-at-any-time-for-any-reason-personal-pac/

WIREPOINTS
— One tricky way Illinois politicians are hiking your taxes – Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/one-tricky-way-illinois-politicians-are-hiking-your-taxes/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALL ILLINOIS PARENTS DESERVE SCHOOL CHOICE BECAUSE IT WORKS – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: Even though I was never viewed as being college material, my attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 put me on track to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. My critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents could sent me to Trinity and Hope because they were filthy rich. In fact, my father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-all-illinois-parents-deserve-school-choice-because-it-works/
— HOW CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CAN PREPARE SO WORKERS DON’T BECOME OBSOLETE – Ravi Mishra (COMMENT: What have you done to avoid becoming obsolete? Because my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. Because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business and accounting courses, I started taking graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola in 1972 and I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. Further, on my first attempt, I passed the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. Further, I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Virtually none of my IRS and GAO coworkers did anything close to what I did.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-chicago-illinois-can-prepare-so-workers-dont-become-obsolete/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Patrick Sheehan Selected to Fill Seat Vacated by Political Ally and Former State Rep. Tim Ozinga
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/patrick-sheehan-selected-to-fill-seat-vacated-by-political-ally-and-former-state-rep-tim-ozinga.html
— Progressive Downers Grove Library Board Exhibits Third World Politics, Harasses, Targets Fiscally Conservative Board Member, Exploring his Removal
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/progressive-downers-grove-library-board-exhibits-third-world-politics-harasses-targets-fiscally-conservative-board-member-exploring-his-removal.html
— Another Year of Bidenflation, Another Year of Errant Democrat Policy – JOHN F. DI LEO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/opinion-another-year-of-bidenflation-another-year-of-errant-democrat-policy.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Johnson link arms in a move to require proof of citizenship to vote – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/12/donald-trump-mike-johnson-link-arms-in-move-to-req/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden campaign team looks to hire $120,000 DEI director – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2964411/biden-campaign-team-looks-to-hire-120000-dei-director/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 89)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-89/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Chicago Teachers Union’s demands are a microcosm of Democrats’ worst policies – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/the_chicago_teachers_union_s_demands_are_a_microcosm_of_democrats_worst_policies.html
— Mayorkas assures Congress that replacement theory is ‘preposterous’ – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly relace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/mayorkas_assures_congress_that_replacement_theory_is_preposterous.html
— Vote Out the IRS – Jeffrey Folks (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used my working for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980) against me the most.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/vote_out_the_irs.html
— Biden, It Was YOU! – Shari Goodman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/biden_it_was_you.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— State Department spox defends new anti-America DEI hire – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/12/state-department-spox-defends-new-anti-america-dei-hire-1451961/

BLAZE
— Denver to cut police budget to help fund services for illegal aliens – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/denver-to-cut-police-budget-to-help-fund-services-for-illegal-aliens

BREITBART
— Biden Campaign on the Hunt for a DEI Director – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/12/biden-campaign-on-the-hunt-for-a-dei-director/
— Biden’s Deputies Let Migrants Walk Away from Court Hearings, Deportations – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/12/bidens-deputies-let-migrants-walk-away-from-court-hearings-deportations/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard will again require SAT or ACT, reversing promise of test-optional admissions through class of 2030
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-will-require-sat-act-reversing-promise-test-optional-admissions-class-2030/25195

DAILY CALLER
— DEI Isn’t Going Away. Here’s What Republicans Can Do About It – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/dei-isnt-going-away-heres-what-republicans-can-do-about-it/
— Biden Is Building A Military Based On DEI And Wokeness — We Need Merit And Preparedness – WILL THIBEAU
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/will-thibeau-biden-is-building-a-military-based-on-dei-and-wokeness-we-need-merit-and-preparedness/
— More Universities Are Finding Key Loophole To Skirt State Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Bans – KATE ANDERSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/universitieskey-loophole-skirt-state-diversity-equity-inclusion-bans/
— Biden Admin Has Flown Over 400,000 Migrants To Airports Across US – JAKE SMITH (COMMENT: How many has Biden flown to the airport nearest you?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/biden-admin-flown-400000-migrants-year/

DAILY SIGNAL
— This Bill Would Prevent Illegal Immigrants From Swaying Congressional Representation – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: To come into a country and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Of course, Democrat leaders will have their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden, and especially in battleground/swing states. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly relace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/12/this-bill-would-prevent-illegal-immigrants-from-swaying-congressional-representation/
— DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/12/dei-cronyism-woke-grifters/

DAILY WIRE
— Sen. Kennedy Grills DHS Secretary Mayorkas On Electoral Impact Of Illegal Immigration – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration

EPOCH TIMES
— A Reliable Voting Bloc for Decades, Minorities Now Look for Alternatives to Democrats – Lawrence Wilson (COMMENT: To get votes from those who are minority, female, younger, have less money, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrats have always promised to give them preference over those who are White, male, older, have more money, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
Democrats, at first reluctant to see the problem, are seeking solutions. Their efforts could be too little, too late.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/a-reliable-voting-bloc-for-decades-minorities-now-look-for-alternatives-to-democrats-5622767

FOX BUSINESS
— Only thing DEI has done is ‘indoctrinate our children’ – Rep. Wesley Hunt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6350791947112

FOX NEWS
— Dr. Phil shuts down DEI guest advocating ‘equality of outcome:’ ‘Been tried, didn’t work, called Marxism’ ‘Your argument proves that we do need meritocracy,’ another guest told the DEI specialist. – Alexander Hall (COMMEMT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote equality of outcome big time, that is, they promote Marxism, big time. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Those who do not share my demographics are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veterans, parents, unmarried, 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, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-phil-shuts-down-dei-guest-advocating-equality-outcome-tried-didnt-work-called-marxism
— What happens when you elect woke ideologues – Julie Hamill
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350824321112

HOT AIR
— DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/04/12/dei-cronyism-and-woke-grifters-n3786406

LIFE NEWS
— Abortion is Not Just a State Issue, It Can’t be Wrong to Kill Babies in One State But Okay in Another – Jared Bridges
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/12/abortion-is-not-just-a-state-issue-it-cant-be-wrong-to-kill-babies-in-one-state-but-okay-in-another/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Danger of Self-Induced National-Security Crises Intensifies – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-danger-of-self-induced-national-security-crises-intensifies/amp/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Campaign Seeks DEI Director – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/joe-biden-campaign-dei/2024/04/12/id/1160827/

PJ MEDIA
— Joe Biden has been losing ground with black, Hispanic, and young voters, and that is threatening his chances in November. But those aren’t the only demographics he’s losing ground with. Another traditionally reliable voting bloc for Democratic presidential candidates has been women, and Biden is seeing his gender gap with Trump get smaller with them as well. – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/04/12/trump-is-closing-the-gender-gap-can-you-guess-how-n4928123

POWERLINE
— FLY ‘EM IN, JOE! – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/04/fly-em-in-joe.php

TOWNHALL
— Why Speaker Johnson’s Meeting With Trump Is Crucial for the Integrity of the 2024 Election – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/12/trump-mike-johnston-n2637724
— Dem Denver Mayor: ‘We Want to Be a Welcoming City’ for Illegal Immigrants -Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/12/denver-mayor-we-want-to-be-a-welcoming-city-for-illegal-immigrants-n2637721

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/economy/immigrants-maine-lobster-aging-workforce.html
— Few College Students Pay Full ‘Sticker Price’ – Ann Carrns (COMMEMT: I paid full sticker price for the courses that I took at UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/your-money/college-tuition-cost-.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Pense to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/13/mike-pence-trump-conservative-movement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mike Pence became vice president by bearing witness to Donald Trump — the thrice-married, six-times bankrupt, once “very pro-choice” real estate promoter — as “a good man” who would “make a great president” for religious and conservative voters. “I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order,” Pence said at his first appearance with his running mate in New York in 2016, driving home the gravity of his judgment. Eight years later, Pence is asking the conservatives who followed his lead to turn away from Trump’s policy prescriptions — becoming the most prominent exile of the former president’s inner circle to speak out in an election season. When Trump suggested he would not push for a federal limit on abortion Monday, Pence called it a “slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him.” When Trump sent mixed signals on continued Chinese ownership of the social network TikTok, Pence launched a $2 million ad campaign through a nonprofit he founded demanding a Senate vote to force a sale or shutdown of the service.)
— Trump’s influence looms large over congressional Republicans – Patrick Svitek and Mariana Alfaro (COMMENT: What changes do Trump want in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/donald-trump-congress-republicans-mike-johnson-fisa-ukraine-abortion/
— To come into a country and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Of course, Democrat leaders will have their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden, and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/dishonest-noncitizen-voting-issue-melds-trumps-two-favorite-things/

REUTERS
— US Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault rifle ban – ANDREW CHUNG
https://www.aol.com/us-supreme-court-declines-block-190844526.html

MSN
— Duke University Has Officially Ended Its Full-Ride Scholarship For Black Students In Need Of Financial Assistance. – Shanique Yates (COMMENT: Because UIC and NIU costs were relatively low, I was able to attend UIC and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 by working all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-university-has-officially-ended-its-full-ride-scholarship-for-black-students-in-need-of-financial-assistance/ar-BB1lwXjY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/metrics-that-matter-know-how-diversity-equity-inclusion-help-ceos-make-their-firm-more-productive-and-profitable-from-marching-sheep/ar-BB1lxamb
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Trump to promote abortion.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-risks-losing-suburban-women-over-abortion/ar-BB1lxFvw

CBS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-helping-migrants-asylum-seekers/

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-mike-johnson-promote-great-222624801.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Makes Most of ‘Veepstakes’ Intrigue in Search for Running Mate. He enjoys the speculation—and his list of potential partners is growing. – Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-vice-president-search-a3ea9521
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use abortion against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/abortion-poll-trump-swing-state-voters-2024-election-3e12f57c
— FRONT PAGE: New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom. After internal upheaval over coverage of sensitive topics like the Israel-Gaza war, management renews emphasis on independence and neutrality. – Alexandra Bruell
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/new-york-times-reporters-rebellion-a6951d91

FORBES
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Accuses Abbott Of ‘Tirade Against This Country’ For Busing Migrants To Chicago (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWoKF1d5b8

NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-and-johnson-promote-redundant-ban-on-noncitizen-voting.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Who’s the Trump VP Pick? Latest Odds for Every Shortlist Candidate. – Margaret Hartmann
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-vp-pick-2024-candidates-odds.html

PEW RESEARCH
— 9 facts about U.S. Catholics – JUSTIN NORTEY, PATRICIA TEVINGTON AND GREGORY A. SMITH (COMMENT: My wife is Catholic and we have been married for 46 years.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/12/9-facts-about-us-catholics/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Iowa: 73% Support E-Verify Legislation (COMMENT: The RNC platform and all the Republican state party platforms should call for E-Verify.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/iowa_73_support_e_verify_legislation

AUTOWEEK
— Would You Buy A Used EV … From Anybody? Used prices have come down dramatically, but a wholesaler and a new car dealer remain optimistic about the market. – TODD LASSA
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60481752/optimism-new-used-ev-sales/

April 12, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Suggestion for the Trump campaign – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

I suggest that the Trump campaign ASAP issue a suggested draft Republican state party platform for state Republican parties to consider.

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Democrat Party exists to defend and advance liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to defend and advance conservative principles. While Trump was President, he did more the defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush. But in Illinois, far too many Republican party leaders, elected officials, candidates, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, etc. talk and/or act like they reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they talk and/or act like they reject its individual 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. Ever-increasingly, they paint themselves as being “Democrat Lite” if not anti-conservative. Ever-increasingly, they act like the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has stricken the aforesaid planks from its platform.

I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee representing the 6th Congressional District on that committee in 2008. The platform was changed little in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Now, 16 years later, I will again serve on that committee at the IRP State Convention in Collinsville May 24 and 25, this time representing the 3rd Congressional District.

In my opinion, the new IRP platform should focus on:

— Promoting personal responsibility, that is, opposing the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promoting traditional marriage and family, that is, opposing the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promoting right to life, that is, opposing the promotion of abortion,
— Promoting legal immigration, that is, opposing the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Promoting the avoidance of vice, that is, opposing the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promoting Second Amendment rights, that is, opposing diminishment of those rights, and
— Promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

Again, I suggest that the Trump campaign ASAP issue a suggested draft Republican state party platform for state Republican parties to consider.

NBC NEWS
— The looming battle over the Democratic platform – Mike Memoli and Alex Seitz-Wald (FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic Party platform will reflect President Biden’s vision for how we can move our nation forward. . .Now, Biden has overwhelmingly won renomination, and, the source noted, it is typical for the party platform to reflect the agenda of the incumbent president.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/looming-democratic-platform-battle-politics-desk-rcna147469
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Progressives gear up for a platform fight on Israel at the Democratic convention. Activists at odds with President Joe Biden over his handling of Israel’s war with Hamas are planning to shift the focus of their pressure campaign from the ballot box to the Democratic Party platform at this summer’s nominating convention in Chicago. The Biden campaign is bracing for the effort, which could extend a bruising, and divisive, political battle over several months to the Democratic National Convention, according to multiple activists and party insiders. Progressive Democrats already have identified a list of issues where they hope to influence the party platform, including calling for filibuster reform in the Senate, declaring a national climate emergency and ending private funding of elections. But the war in the Gaza Strip and potential conditions on future U.S. military assistance to Israel is poised to be the most contentious issue as Democrats prepare for their convention on Aug. 19-22. “We’re gearing up for a fight and we’re drawing a line in the sand, though we hope it doesn’t come to that,” said Joseph Geevarghese, the executive director of Our Revolution, which spun off from Bernie Sanders’ first presidential campaign. “We’ll negotiate out as much agreement as possible beforehand so that we can avoid large-scale fights,” Geevarghese added. “That being said, if there needs to be a fight on important issues, we’ll do it.” The Democratic National Committee has not yet publicly outlined its process for developing the 2024 platform. A DNC spokesperson said the party “will engage diverse voices from across the Democratic coalition.” “The Democratic Party platform will reflect President Biden’s vision for how we can move our nation forward,” Hannah Muldavin, the spokesperson, said in a statement to NBC News, citing domestic issues as well as “advancing safety and security at home and abroad.” The divide between Biden and a growing number of progressives could set up a clash that Democrats haven’t had at a convention in decades, according to Geevarghese, who noted that Chicago was the site of the Democrats’ infamous 1968 convention when left-wing anti-war protesters clashed with police. “It’s in the re-election campaign’s interest to minimize disruption and outside protests and the only way to do that is meaningful policy shifts” on Israel, he said. So far, a loosely organized coalition of progressive Democrats has largely aimed to voice their opposition to the president’s Israel policy by pressing Democratic primary voters to support “uncommitted” or other similar ballot options across the country. These progressives made an initial splash in Michigan’s February primary, garnering more than 100,00 votes for “uncommitted,” or about 13.2% of the vote. It was enough to earn their movement a pair of convention delegates. A similar protest vote in Democratic primaries was sufficient enough for them to gain uncommitted delegates in Minnesota, Hawaii, Washington state, and Missouri. NBC News projects so far there will be at least 26 uncommitted delegates at the convention, along with three delegates representing Jason Palmer, a relatively unknown candidate who won the primary in American Samoa. Those are a fraction of the more than 3,300 delegates Biden has so far won, however, which means the platform fight over Israel will be an uphill, two-step battle. The activists aren’t even guaranteed a seat at the table, for instance. Positions on DNC standing committees like the one that writes the platform are appointed and the process will be entirely controlled by Biden’s team. “The fix is in,” said Jim Zogby, a former longtime DNC member, leader of the Arab-American community and former Sanders strategist. “All the Platform Committee people are going to be picked by the campaign and the White House.” Zogby, who has led what minor skirmishes have taken place previously over language on Israel in the platform, is not hopeful that activists will be able to do much this year. Sanders had enough delegates to force a confrontation in 2016, and Zogby doubts the “Uncommitted” movement will hang onto the few delegate slots they’ve won. But others on the left are more hopeful and think they can influence the platform by applying pressure from the outside, if not the inside, in ways that will force the Biden team to avoid a public fight. As the war situation in Gaza evolves, so too could any potential platform battle. Biden is currently pushing for the weeks-long ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages, and his administration hopes that would lead to a permanent end to the war. But as the president struggles to achieve such a deal, pressure has grown within his party beyond the activist base. Just months ago, Sanders was a lone voice in the Senate calling on the administration to stop sending offensive weaponry to Israel for what he called its “illegal, immoral war against the Palestinian people.” In one private discussion at the White House in late February, he also pressed some of Biden’s top advisers, including National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, to take new steps to deliver humanitarian assistance into Gaza. Now a growing chorus of congressional Democrats, including close allies of the president such as Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., have expressed openness to withholding some future military assistance if it proceeds with a major ground offensive into Rafah. Party platforms are often a forcing mechanism for party officials to confront rifts between its presidential nominee — or in this case, the incumbent president — and party activists. In 2012, the DNC members debated taking steps toward including language endorsing same-sex marriage before President Obama had taken that position publicly, though he ultimately did that well before the convention. In 2016, Sanders leveraged his significant tranche of delegates to pressure Hillary Clinton on a wide range of progressive policy priorities, from climate change to student debt to international trade treaties, resulting in the most progressive platform in the parties’ history. Sanders’ forces had their most significant impact, though, on party rules, especially in a reform that largely disempowered so-called super delegates. Defending those reforms will also be a top issue for his allies this year. The biggest revision to Democrats’ 2020 platform from their 2016 language was to reflect former President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The final paragraphs of the 2020 Democratic platform on Israel in 2020 reiterated the party’s belief that “a strong, secure, and democratic Israel is vital to the interests of the United States.” It declared that the party’s “commitment to Israel’s security, its qualitative military edge, [and] its right to defend itself” is “ironclad,” but also called for a negotiated two-state solution “that ensures Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state with recognized borders and upholds the right of Palestinians to live in freedom and security in a viable state of their own.” In 2020, the Biden team largely headed off a platform fight by creating so-called Unity Task Forces, composed of both Biden and Sanders surrogates, which produced draft language for the party platform signed off by both camps. Those recommendations ultimately telegraphed a more robust, progressive policy agenda that went beyond what Biden had proposed in his primary campaign. A source close to the White House noted that the 2020 platform process was built to reflect Biden’s desire then to bring the party together after a contentious primary. Now, Biden has overwhelmingly won renomination, and, the source noted, it is typical for the party platform to reflect the agenda of the incumbent president.)

CATHOLICISM
— President Trump Was Elected on a Platform Promising Federal Action on Abortion
https://catholicism.org/president-trump-was-elected-on-a-platform-promising-federal-action-on-abortion.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With President Donald Trump’s April 8th announcement on Truth Social that abortion legislation should be left to the states, some conservatives are attempting to re-write history. Members of the conservative commentariat, like Kurt Schlichter of Town Hall and Martha MacCallum of Fox News, are now claiming that Republicans sought to repeal Roe v. Wade, so that the issue could be returned to the states, that state sovereignty on abortion has been the Republican Party position, and that the President’s recent announcement is consistent with that position. That assertion however, is a manifest falsehood. Donald J. Trump ran for President on a 2016 Republican Platform promising far reaching federal initiatives to oppose abortion. The Republican Party platform in 2016 stated “We assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.” It went on to say that “We urge all States and Congress to make it a crime to acquire, transfer, or sell fetal tissues from elective abortions for research, and we call on Congress to enact a ban on any sale of fetal body parts.” The Platform then called upon Congress to ban abortions based upon sex selection and disability, to ban dismemberment abortions, and to enact a Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. It also commended the House of Representatives for passing Born Alive legislation. Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle made the following comment: “Any political figure in America today can be expected to alter or reverse his positions on issues of public controversy, even matters of supreme moral import. His supporters however, have no right to lie about it.” “What happened Monday was an abandonment of five decades of Republican promises of federal opposition to abortion. The pro-life movement needs to recognize, lucidly, that we have suffered a major defeat, one of the worst in the movement’s history.” “We need to determine what our response will be, and we need to ask President Trump, candidly — or as the Soviets used to say, in a frank and comradely manner — what if anything, he intends to do for the pro-life cause if he is elected to a second term.”)

NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s New Position Is Not Pro-Life – Lila Rose
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-new-position-not-pro-life-opinion-1888994
— Video of Oprah Audience Learning O.J. Simpson Verdict Goes Viral (COMMENT: I happened to watch this video live. It had a big impact on me.)
https://www.newsweek.com/oj-simpson-oprah-trial-murder-nicole-acquitted-1889652

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Iron Gate Motor Condos scraps residential development in favor of new garage storage space – TESS KENNY (COMMENT: My wife and I have owned a unit in Iron Gate since 2020.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/11/naperville-city-iron-gate-motor-condo-car-garage-storage/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Gun arrest No. 14 since September made at Naperville’s Topgolf venue. – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/10/naperville-topgolf-arrest-gun-police/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— O. J. Simpson’s murder trial exposed America’s great divide. Simpson’s death won’t bring an end to debate over his acquittal on murder charges. – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2024/04/11/o-j-simpson-death-race-debate

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As measles worries rise, schools are asked to draw up lists of unvaxxed students – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/measles-worries-prompt-school-officials-list-unvaccinated-students
— Illinois awards another $25M to build EV chargers – John Pletz (COMMENT: Why should those who drive gasoline vehicles be forced to pay to promote electric vehicles?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/illinois-awards-another-25m-build-ev-chargers
— Illinois awards first abortion training grants – Jon Asplund (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-awards-first-abortion-training-grants

WGN9
— Lawsuit filed against CPS alleging pattern of neglect in continued sexual abuse of 15-year-old student. – Shannon Halligan, Eli Ong
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/lawsuit-filed-against-cps-alleging-pattern-of-neglect-in-continued-sexual-abuse-of-15-year-old-student/
— To be inclusive is to exclude those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are inclusive.
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/xchange-chicago-first-of-its-kind-inclusive-tech-training-and-jobs-center/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Migrants welcome in Winnebago County, bills for housing, health care are not. – Paul Arena
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/04/12/your-turn-migrants-welcome-housing-health-care-costs-are-not/73278897007/

STATELINE
— Illinois spending $2M to train abortion providers to meet out-of-state demand – John Clark (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-spending-2m-to-train-abortion-providers-to-meet-out-of-state-demand/
— Democrats ramp up attacks on Republicans over abortion ahead of election, but ask themselves if it is enough.
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/democrats-ramping-up-attacks-republicans-abortion-election-is-it-enough-biden-trump-voters-poll-ads-political-2024-race-economy-immigration-border-security-issues

NPR ILLINOIS
— White-sounding names get called back for jobs more than Black ones, a new study finds. – Joe Hernandez (COMMENT: “Diersen” sounds Swedish. What do you say to those who have advised me to pretend to be Swedish national origin? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that I am 100% German national origin. I would focus on those who also stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-11/white-sounding-names-get-called-back-for-jobs-more-than-black-ones-a-new-study-finds

WAND TV
— Illinois Senate unanimously passes bill banning use of medical debt in credit reporting – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-senate-unanimously-passes-bill-banning-use-of-medical-debt-in-credit-reporting/article_47ba38cc-f86f-11ee-a8a5-03adf5c2a183.html

WSIL TV
— A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state – AP
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/a-near-total-ban-on-abortion-has-supercharged-the-political-dynamics-of-arizona-a-key/article_4a07fd26-911b-5157-b3ef-cec99e23c7be.html

SOUTHSIDE WEEKLY
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://southsideweekly.com/dispensary-disparity/

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Contentious Oak Park meeting reflects global tensions over Israel-Hamas war. Village board meeting erupts in anger after some community members ask trustees to back a ceasefire resolution. – Luzane Draughon
https://www.oakpark.com/2024/04/11/ceasefire-resolution-israel-hamas-war/

PATCH ILLINOIS
— 2 Illinois Billionaires Among Richest Americans: New Forbes List. The 2 richest people in Illinois are among the Forbes 400, but the Chicago area is home to even more billionaires. Here’s the list. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/2-illinois-billionaires-among-richest-americans-new-forbes-list

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use abortion to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/12/arizona-abortion-laws-ripple-effect-00151933

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-267/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-68/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER & EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Growing Costs of Non-Citizens on Illinois Taxpayers
https://westcentralreporter.com/stories/657658899-growing-costs-of-non-citizens-on-illinois-taxpayers
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/657662469-growing-costs-of-illegal-immigrants-on-illinois-taxpayers

JOHN KASS
— What is your national origin? How are those who share your national origin stereotyped? What they blamed for? I am 100% German national origin. I should write about that. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, that is, before Germany existed, b) they have always lived in northeast Illinois, c) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, d) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and e) my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.
https://johnkassnews.com/reparations-h/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bruce Johnson to Head Algonquin Township GOP (COMMENT: Jeff Castle is the new chairman of the Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/11/bruce-johnson-to-head-algonquin-township-gop/
— $2 Million Promotion of Abortion with Tax Dollars
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/11/2-million-promotion-of-abortion-with-tax-dollars/
— Two Days after Being Called Out for Leftwing Bias by Senior PBS Editor, Reported Interviews Gunowners of America Spokesperson
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/11/two-days-after-being-called-out-for-leftwing-bias-by-senior-pbs-editor-reported-interviews-gunowners-of-america-spokesperson/
— Top Grade Health Insurance for State Employees, Retirees, Enhanced by Additional General Assembly Mandates, Drives Up Cost (COMMENT: Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health care insurance premiums, and since 1997, also for my wife.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/11/top-grade-health-insurance-for-state-employees-retirees-enhanced-by-additional-general-assembly-mandates-drives-up-cost/

CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton Police Department seeks individuals who want to make a difference in our community by becoming a Wheaton police officer. (COMMENT: Few want to be IRS Revenue Officers because of the tremendous hatred against IRS employees. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 when I was 22 years old offered me a GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) Revenue Officer job and I took it. They offered me that job because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I had a) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, b) earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in August of 1970, and c) worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights as its Retail Sales Manager since then. While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, I a) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) almost completed the requirement for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. IRS promoted me to GS-9 (currently $66,942/year) in 1972, GS-11 (currently $80,994/year) in 1973, and GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) in 1974. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have used the aforesaid against me the most. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://wheaton.il.us/837/Police-Officer-Recruitment

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Next month the Illinois GOP will decide if it wants to be relevant again. The only reason to attend the Illinois Republican State Convention next month is to restore direct elections for the Illinois Republican Party’s governing board: the state central committee. (COMMENT: I will vote for direct election as a member of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee representing the 3rd Congressional District at the IRP State Convention in Collinsville May 24 and 25.)
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/next-month-the-illinois-gop-will
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/04/11/next-month-the-illinois-gop-will-decide-if-it-wants-to-be-relevant-again/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In my view the only reason to attend this state convention next month is to restore direct elections for the Illinois Republican Party’s governing board: the state central committee. That’s how we innovate. That long past due reform is a game changer. Illinois law already allows us to do it. The authorizing language is found in 10 ILCS 5/7-8(a), which provides: “A political party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to return to the election of State central committeepersons by the vote of primary electors.” The way it would work at the Convention next month is that a resolution to restore direct elections would first have to be approved by the Platform & Resolutions Committee on Friday of the Convention, May 24. Each of the 17 state central committeepersons picks one member for that committee. If the Platform & Resolutions Committee approves it, then it goes to the floor of the Convention on Saturday when all delegates assemble for the first time. If a majority of the delegates vote to approve the resolution you get your vote back in your state party. The one-page flyer HERE has a simple summary on restoring direct elections. I invite you to check it out and share it far and wide. Keep in mind, all we’re talking about is restoring a vote which never should have been taken away from Republicans in the first place. When we had direct elections for our state central committee the Illinois Republican Party routinely won statewide races. Republicans held a substantial majority of the congressional seats. Illinois was a reliable Red State. But then in 1985 a handful of party bosses decided to consolidate their power by taking our vote away. There was no credible reason for taking our vote away. It was just a selfish power grab. Illinois has been getting Bluer every year since. But that’s what happens when you disenfranchise 99.99% of your constituents. Republicans had forced down their throats our current cockamamie system for picking the state central committee and all it has done is torpedo Republican party building and invite Democrat infiltration (see for example the Richard Irvin historic debacle of 2022). With the rank-and-file disenfranchised and out of the picture, our state party has become beholden to rich guys on vanity tours. And we’re running out of those in Illinois. The last 2 rich guys the state party sold its soul to, Bruce Rauner and Ken Griffin, took all their marbles and moved to Florida when their vanity tours crashed and burned in spectacular fashion. Good riddance I say. Neither was ever particularly Republican in the first place, and both are Never-Trumpers. We’re now down to the scrubs with people like Don Tracy allowed to play big shot for a while as long as he and his family keep ponying up some of their inherited wealth to keep the state party lights on. This is where disenfranchising Republicans has gotten us. Illinois Democrats kept direct elections for their state central committee. Every Democrat gets a vote for their state party leadership—just like we used to have. We can sit around and whine about the Democrats in this state and their awful policies all day long—but the inconvenient truth is they do listen to their voters. It’s silly to deny it. Democrat officials are advancing the agenda their voters want every single day while they run circles around the Illinois Republican Party and a hapless Don Tracy who is no doubt being advised by his ridiculously overpaid consultants even as speak on how to keep the rank-and-file disenfranchised and powerless. (Accountability is murder on the gravy train.) Making our state central committee accountable to ALL Republicans again, instead of to just a small handful of lower level party officials will be a huge advance. People will be amazed at what the Illinois Republican Party can accomplish once it starts respecting Republican voters again. The Illinois GOP will guarantee still more disastrous elections for itself if the message that comes out of the Collinsville convention next month is that Republican voters shall remain second class citizens when compared to every Illinois Democrat. You want the serfs to spend their time ballot harvesting and poll watching on elections you’re going to lose massively anyway, but you don’t think they deserve the same vote every Democrat in Illinois already enjoys? Yeah well, good luck with that. Restoring our vote is long past due. Let’s finally get it done. Let’s be second class citizens no longer. I’ll have more updates on this subject in the coming days and weeks. Please keep checking back. And if you have any questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me: doug.ibendahl@mail.com .)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “Don’t Mess With Our Kids” Grassroots Movement Urges Parents to Pray at State Capitols Nationwide on Saturday
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/dont-mess-with-our-kids-grassroots-movement-urges-parents-to-pray-at-state-capitols-nationwide-on-saturday.html
— Chicago GOP Chair Steve Boulton Endorsed a Never Trumper in 2016 and Compared Trump to Hitler, Now Trying to Facilitate a Trump Visit, Secure Campaign Money
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/chicago-gop-chair-steve-boulton-endorsed-a-never-trumper-in-2016-and-compared-trump-to-hitler-now-trying-to-facilitate-a-trump-visit-secure-campaign-money.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden cancels $7.4 billion more in student debt through relief program under legal assault – Jeff Mordock (COMMENT: What percent of delinquent student loan borrowers are Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females? How much pressure from Democrats have lenders been under to give loans to students because they were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females?)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/12/joe-biden-cancels-74-billion-more-in-student-debt-/
— Nearly 90% of feds’ office space in D.C. going to waste, government report finds. Public Buildings Reform Board is 2nd agency to confirm federal HQs have become ghost towns. – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/11/government-report-finds-just-12-of-federal-offices/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the State Department’s DEI pseudoscience – Simon Hankinson (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government have always used DEI a) to not hire Republicans, b) to not retain Republicans, c) to not promote Republicans, and d) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/2962319/taxpayers-shouldnt-be-funding-the-state-departments-dei-pseudoscience/
— Illegal immigrants would be banned from boarding commercial flights under GOP bill – Anna Giaritelli (COMMENT: Remember September 11, 2001.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2962772/illegal-immigrants-would-be-banned-from-boarding-commercial-flights-under-gop-bill/
— Harvard crawls back to the SAT and ACT – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: I doubt that UIC would have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2962605/harvard-crawls-back-to-the-sat-and-act/
— Reparations racket is a progressive scheme that compels us to make a false confession about our nation. – David Harsanyi (COMMENT: Those who promote reparations ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America. They especially promote more hatred against Americans like who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-lead-stories/2958920/against-the-reparations-racket-this-progressive-scheme-compels-us-to-make-a-false-confession-about-our-nation/

NEW YORK POST
— Number of Hispanic Americans who support border wall, deportation rises as crisis escalates. – Melissa Koenig (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms legal immigrants big time.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-news/hispanic-american-support-for-border-wall-deportation-rises-poll/
— Two-thirds of US colleges, universities require DEI classes to graduate – Josh Christenson (COMMENT: Democrats have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-news/two-thirds-of-us-colleges-universities-require-dei-classes-to-graduate-report/
— Shameless lefties from New York to California free sex criminals and other monsters to defend open borders – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/opinion/free-sex-criminals-and-other-monsters-to-defend-open-borders/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: House Republicans Move to Terminate ‘Rotten’ DEI Programs – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/12/morning-greatness-house-republicans-move-to-terminate-rotten-dei-programs/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Denver Set to Defund Police, Firefighters to Pay for Illegal Aliens – Jake Smith (COMMENT: Denver today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/11/denver-set-to-defund-police-firefighters-to-pay-for-illegal-aliens/

FEDERALIST
— White Leftists Cry ‘Racism’ To Win Political Battles — Even When Nonwhites Oppose Them – STEPHANIE LUNDQUIST-ARORA (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pander to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, Green, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those who pander the most.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/11/white-leftists-default-to-cries-of-racism-to-win-political-battles-even-when-minorities-are-opposed/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Illegal Immigrants for Biden/Harris
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/11/illegal-immigrants-for-biden-harris/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago business leaders slam council’s Gaza cease-fire action amid worrying rise in antisemitic incidents. Antisemitic incidents rising in Chicago since Oct 7 Hamas massacre in Israel. – Beth Bailey
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-business-leaders-slam-councils-gaza-cease-fire-action-amid-worrying-rise-in-antisemitic-incidents
— Proposed bill in Congress to combat illegal immigrants squatting would make practice a deportable offense. It comes after a Venezuelan migrant urged others on TikTok to illegally take over homes across the US. – Louis Casiano (COMMENT: How many vacant buildings and homes are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/proposed-bill-congress-combat-illegal-immigrants-squatting-practice-deportable-offense

GOPUSA
— Sen. Kennedy Suggest Ulterior Motive Behind Border Crisis While Questioning Mayorkas (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.gopusa.com/sen-kennedy-suggest-ulterior-motive-behind-border-crisis-while-questioning-mayorkas/
— States File Suit To Block Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan (COMMENT: What percent of delinquent student loan borrowers are Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females? How much pressure from Democrats have lenders been under to give loans to students because they were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females?)
https://www.gopusa.com/states-file-suit-to-block-bidens-student-debt-forgiveness-plan/
— Chronic Absenteeism In Public Schools A National Crisis (COMMENT: Democrats run education in America.)
https://www.gopusa.com/report-chronic-absenteeism-in-public-schools-a-national-crisis/

MRC TV
— Say Their Names! ABC/CBS/NBC Skip Victims Killed By Illegals – Geoffrey Dickens
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2024/04/11/say-their-names-abccbsnbc-skip-victims-killed-illegals

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illegal immigration: An Open, Bleeding Wound – PETER KIRSANOW
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/an-open-bleeding-wound/

NEWSMAX
— Most US Colleges Require DEI Courses to Graduate – Jim Thomas (COMMENT: Democrats have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/us-colleges-universities/2024/04/11/id/1160684/

PJ MEDIA
— Forget ‘Fundamental Transformation.’ Today’s Dems Want to End America. – CHRIS QUEEN
https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/04/11/forget-fundamental-transformation-todays-dems-want-to-end-america-n4928088

TOWNHALL
— Of Course People Are Already Insisting the Francis Scott Key Bridge Name Be Changed – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/04/11/of-course-people-are-already-insisting-the-francis-scott-key-bridge-name-be-changed-n2637568

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ukraine’s parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts as war drags on. – SAMYA KULLAB AND ILLIA NOVIKOV (COMMENT: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft even though a) I could not run because I had a bone disease, b) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and c) I had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-parliament-recruit-army-russia-war-5b7d9f58bb398b4ad1296311b8130b92
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The law — which was watered down from its original draft — will make it easier to identify every draft-eligible man in the country, where many have dodged conscription by avoiding contact with authorities. Under the law, men aged 18 to 60 will be required to carry documents showing they have registered with the military and present them when asked, according to Oksana Zabolotna, an analyst for the watchdog group Center for United Actions. Also, any man who applies for a state service at a consulate abroad will be registered for military service.)

MSN
— Two-thirds of US colleges, universities require DEI classes to graduate – Josh Christenson (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/two-thirds-of-us-colleges-universities-require-dei-classes-to-graduate-report/ar-BB1ltrIy

NBC NEWS
— Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because of namesake’s links to slavery. They are recommending the bridge be renamed after the late U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell, the first Black Marylander to be elected to the House of Representatives. – Emi Tuyetnhi Tran
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/groups-push-rename-baltimore-bridge-francis-scott-keys-links-slavery-rcna147224

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in putting Trump on trial. To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, d) forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and e) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have absolutely no problem with the aforesaid. In fact, the applaud the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/nyregion/donald-trump-trial-what-to-know.html
— NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias. An essay from an editor at the broadcaster has generated a firestorm of criticism about the network on social media, especially among conservatives. – Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/npr-criticism-liberal-bias.html

WASHINGTON POST
— While he was President, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush. RINOs do not care about that because RINOs reject most if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/biden-trump-immigration-economy-inflation-abortion/474e9f7e-f881-11ee-9506-c8544e5c9d86_story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2024/abortion-pill-experience-stories/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/immigration-jobs-economy-wages-gdp-trump-biden/a1b5baec-f8b3-11ee-9506-c8544e5c9d86_story.html

USA TODAY
— In striking reversal, low-paid workers saw biggest wage growth during pandemic years – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: In today’s dollars, I earned $12.41/hour washing dishes 1964-1966 and I earned $18.99-$20.25/hour delivering mail 1966-1969.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/09/wage-growth-largest-low-paid-workers-pandemic/73242662007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hourly pay rose by 12.1% in those years for low-wage Americans, from $12.06 to $13.52, boosted by policy decisions that aided those workers during the pandemic, according to a report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.)
— Residents of this state (New Jersey) pay $987,117 in lifetime taxes. Guess which one? – Daniel de Visé
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/11/which-states-cost-the-most-in-lifetime-taxes/73279496007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pope Francis Shuts Down the Cafeteria. The pope affirms that Catholics can’t pick and choose between life and social ethics. – Raymond J. de Souza
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-shuts-down-the-cafeteria-dignitas-infinita-church-sex-gender-9d9c72b8
— Latino and Black Voters Could Elect Trump. Even a modest racial realignment would provide the margin of victory for Republicans in November. – Patrick Ruffini
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-and-hispanic-voters-could-elect-trump-minorities-election-fcabeeb3
— Biden Loses Support Among Black Men. New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options. – Cameron McWhirter, Joe Barrett, Joshua Jamerson (COMMENT: Even though Democrats run America, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, at younger people, and at everyone else that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities, females, young people, and everyone else have.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22
— Climate Pledges Sought From MBA Candidates – Yusuf Khan (COMMENT: Loyola admitted me for its MBA program when I was 23 in 1972. But I doubt that it would admit me if I was 23 today.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pledge-that-is-getting-future-business-leaders-to-commit-to-climate-action-b8d19abf
— The IRS Is Here to Help With Direct File. Oh No. The tax man wants to file your taxes for you. What could go wrong? – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about why the Democrats who ran IRS in 1978 disallowed my education deductions.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-direct-file-taxes-elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-aa7c214d

FORBES
— Harvard Brings Back SAT, ACT Requirement For Undergrads—Latest School To Reinstate Standardized Tests – Cailey Gleeson (COMMENT: I doubt that UIC would have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/04/11/harvard-brings-back-sat-act-requirement-for-undergrads-latest-school-to-reinstate-standardized-tests/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Illinois Expands its Secure Choice Mandatory Retirement Savings Program – Kent Maze (COMMENT: I started paying 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System in 1966 when I was 18 years old.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/illinois-expands-its-secure-choice-mandatory-retirement-savings-program?amp

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion . . . and Student Loan Debt (COMMENT: What percent of delinquent student loan borrowers are Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females? How much pressure from Democrats have lenders been under to give loans to students because they were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females?)
https://www.ebri.org/docs/default-source/point-of-view/pov_3-deistudentloan-8dec22.pdf

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Think Biden Has United the Country (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly divide Americans. Ever-increasingly Democrat leaders divide those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/divider_in_chief_voters_don_t_think_biden_has_united_the_country

April 11, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, village trustee Andrew Holmes named in sexual assault lawsuit – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/dolton-il-mayor-tiffany-henyard-andrew-holmes-sexual-assault-lawsuit/14643440/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51zuFOA8IGA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-pride-parade-2024-downsized-lakeview-on-june-30/14643119/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14644103/
— More than 100 Chicago veterans board Honor Flight to D.C.
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14641348/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/organizers-announce-changes-to-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3406695/

CBS2
— Who should we fear more, China or Russia? Illinois Congressman Darrin LaHood says China a bigger threat – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/russia-china-congressman-darin-lahood/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2024-chicago-pride-parade-safety-concerns/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3y679H2e0
— Former student says Chicago Public Schools did not protect her from sexual abuse – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-student-chicago-public-schools-sexual-abuse/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkFrepKCOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKOSXqSa600
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2024-downsizing-210819544.html

FOX32
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson renews call for Gaza ceasefire at Eid celebration – David Struett
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-gaza-ceasefire-eid-celebration
— Trump says Arizona abortion law goes too far
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1439319
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-2024-pride-parade-will-be-scaled-back-this-year

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After balking earlier, Johnson to ask City Council to spend $70M on migrant services – ALICE YIN, DAN PETRELLA, and JAKE SHERIDAN (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/10/johnson-seeks-70-million-for-migrant-services/
— Record low turnout in Illinois primary bodes ill for democracy – Jim Nowlan (COMMENT: What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to increase Republican turnout? For my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, I hand-delivered a copy of the sample ballot and a copy of DuPage County Board District 4 candidate Annettee Corrigan’s letter to each of the 228 residences that had at least registered Republican voter. I contacted 14 voters who had requested mail-in ballots but had not yet returned them. Of the 370 registered Republican voters in my precinct 133 (36%) voted. Trump got 90 votes and Haley got 33 votes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/11/opinion-illinois-primary-turnout-democracy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor reverses course, will call for $70 million in funding for migrant care, key City Council member says. Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), says city officials are acting based on their expectation that busing will ramp up again as the Democratic National Convention nears. – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/10/chicago-migrant-crisis-city-funding-mayor-brandon-johnson-pritzker-preckwinkle
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump abandons anti-abortion folks” and asks “Will they stick with him?” and says “Former President Trump has kicked the abortion issue over to the states, which can rightly be seen as an act of political cowardice and expediency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/10/donald-trump-abandons-anti-abortion-crowd-will-they-stick-with-him-se-cupp
— Donald Trump’s abortion stance is politically convenient and sensible. The Constitution does not give Congress the authority to regulate abortion. It’s an issue for the states. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/10/donald-trump-abortion-stance-states-rights-politically-convenient-sensible-jacob-sullum
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/04/10/chicago-pride-parade-to-scale-down-due-to-citys-safety-and-logistics-concerns

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville police make weapons-related arrest at Topgolf – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240410/news/naperville-police-make-weapons-related-arrest-at-topgolf/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Opinion: The fight against government bloat needs more powerful allies – Robert Reed
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-government-consolidation-laws-are-longshots-opinion

JOURNAL GAZETTE NEWS COURIER
— State allocates additional $14M for grocery startups; considers coverage for genetic cancer screenings. – ALEX ABBEDUTO and COLE LONGCOR
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/state-allocates-additional-14m-for-grocery-startups-considers-coverage-for-genetic-cancer-screenings/article_bc155934-6cf7-5d5b-8dce-1f8a20a6b0e8.html

SOUTHERN
— Arizona Republicans block quick push to repeal near-total abortion ban, which hasn’t taken effect yet. – Rachel Scott and Isabella Murray
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/11/arizona-republicans-block-quick-push-to-repeal-near-total-abortion-ban-which-hasnt-taken-effect-yet/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/as-medical-perils-from-abortion-bans-grow-so-do-opportunities-for-democrats-in-a-post/article_5cfbe1f9-0cee-541c-ac05-e7fc4a93e159.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Can Belleville ban signs displaying the Confederate flag and swastikas?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article287501720.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/10/chicago-pride-parade-will-be-smaller-this-year-due-to-safety-and-logistical-concerns/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-266/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-67/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were in high school or college today, what would give you an advantage over your peers? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— comply with all laws, rules, and regulations,
— focus on studying and getting the best grades that you can,
— know your strengths, weaknesses, and interests and choose your best career path accordingly,
— take responsibility for yourself and not blame your shortcomings on discrimination or on anything else,
— not be sexually active or an LGBTQer, and
— not drink booze, use pot, or do anything else that harms your health.

My father often decried that he was passed over for promotions because he did not have a college degree. That motived me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. I did the aforesaid notwithstanding the fact that I was never viewed as being “college material.” 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, I demonstrated no leadership potential, I could not run because I had bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I would have focused more on studying and getting the best grades that I could and I would have majored in accounting at UIC and NIU, passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did, and became a licensed CPA much soon than I did.

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jeanne Ives on PACE ‘Pride’ Bus controversy: ‘divisive sexual identity message‘ is ‘an abuse of taxpayer property’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657643588-jeanne-ives-on-pace-pride-bus-controversy-divisive-sexual-identity-message-is-an-abuse-of-taxpayer-property

WIREPOINTS
— We must focus on cutting the cost drivers of Illinois property taxes if we’re ever going to deliver relief to taxpayers
https://wirepoints.org/we-must-focus-on-cutting-the-cost-drivers-of-illinois-property-taxes-if-were-ever-going-to-bring-taxes-down-wirepoints-testifies-to-the-il-house-revenue-finance-committee-4-10-24/
— Pensions are the single biggest finance problem Chicago has…and it’s only getting worse
https://wirepoints.org/pensions-are-the-single-biggest-finance-problem-chicago-has-and-its-only-getting-worse-wirepoints-on-wls-890s-pm-chicago-show/

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Growing Costs of Non-Citizens Impact Illinois’ Budget
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/657655543-growing-costs-of-non-citizens-impact-illinois-budget

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 15% of House Bills Which Passed Committee Were Sponsored by Republicans of Which 10% Were Sponsored by Jeff Keicher
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/10/15-of-house-bills-which-passed-committee-were-sponsored-by-republicans-of-which-10-were-sponsored-by-jeff-keicher/
— The Pace” Pride” Bus
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/10/message-of-the-day-a-bus/
— Pritzker Putting State Government in the Grocery Business
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/09/pritzker-putting-state-government-in-the-grocery-business/
— Pritzker Gives State Senator Big Pay Hike
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/08/pritzker-gives-state-senator-big-pay-hike/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CONTRACT DEMANDS ABOUT POLITICS, BOSSES’ POWER – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-contract-demands-about-politics-bosses-power/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI mandates pervade colleges and universities – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2962061/dei-mandates-pervade-colleges-universities-survey/
— Biden announces largest expansion of gun background checks in decades – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/11/biden-announces-largest-gun-background-check-expan/
— Defendants not named ‘Trump’ usually go to trial years after indictment – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/defendants-not-named-trump-usually-go-to-trial-yea/
— Socialism is failing U.S. education system – JOE BOYETT (COMMENT: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That motivated me a) to take college preparatory courses in high school, b) to get an ACT score of 24, and c) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/letter-editor-socialism-failing-us-education-syste/
(FROM THE LETTER: Parents in 1776 had the same responsibility we have today: to prepare our children to be all they can be, whether in trades or in professions. It’s a responsibility that is foremost in the philosophy of individualism but notably absent in the philosophy of socialism.)
— Biden is making Christianity more invisible by supporting transgender ideology. Biden’s transgender proclamation isn’t about equality. – Ryan Bomberger
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/biden-transgenderism-and-making-christianity-more-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ program to court LGBTQ voters – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2960759/biden-campaign-launches-out-for-biden-harris-program-to-court-lgbtq-voters/
— Repeal the DEI tax – Vikram Mansharamani
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/2960892/repeal-the-dei-tax/
— No taxation without reparations: Texas Democrat leans into fresh idea breathing life back into the reparations movement. – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2961251/reparations-texas-democrat-calls-to-exempt-black-people-from-paying-taxes/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump orders ‘30 milkshakes’ for customers at Atlanta Chick-fil-A: ‘And also some chicken’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/trump-orders-30-milkshakes-for-customers-at-atlanta-chick-fil-a/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson rips ‘anti-Israel’ Biden for ‘placating the antisemitism in his base’ – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/mike-johnson-rips-president-joe-biden-as-anti-israel/
— Democratic congresswoman suggests black people be exempt from paying taxes as form of reparations
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/democrat-congresswoman-suggests-black-people-be-exempt-from-paying-taxes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkEX-efcWY

AMAC
— Biden’s Border Invasion Stacking Congressional Deck Against Conservatives – Shane Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/society/bidens-border-invasion-stacking-congressional-deck-against-conservatives/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative action Scrabble to hit shelves soon – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/affirmative_action_scrabble_to_hit_shelves_soon.html
— College students try to cancel Jewish existence in Philadelphia – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/college_students_try_to_cancel_jewish_existence_in_philadelphia.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden makes desperate grab to seduce fleeing Latino voters – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/biden-makes-desperate-grab-to-seduce-fleeing-latino-voters-1451504/
— Johnson appears to backs off Mayorkas impeachment with surprise postponement – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/johnson-appears-to-backs-off-mayorkas-impeachment-with-surprise-postponement-1451390/
— Dem House member suggests blacks should be exempt from taxes – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/dem-house-member-suggests-blacks-should-be-exempt-from-taxes-1451394/

BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Black Americans Should Not Pay Taxes as a Form of Reparations – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/10/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-black-americans-should-not-pay-taxes-as-a-form-of-reparations/

DAILY CALLER
— Let’s Not Pretend The Woke Newsroom Breakdown Was Only At NPR – GAGE KLIPPER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/10/lets-not-pretend-the-woke-newsroom-breakdown-was-only-at-npr/
— Biden Admin’s Relentless DEI Push Continues Apace – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/biden-admins-relentless-dei-push-continues-apace/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Firefighters Union Revokes Endorsement After Rep. Jackson’s Allegations – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/chicago-firefighters-union-revokes-endorsement-after-rep-jacksons-allegations/
— LinkedIn’s Woke Content Moderation Hypocrisy – GianCarlo Canaparo / Daniel Cochrane
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/double-standard-linkedins-woke-content-moderation-hypocrisy/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Blasts Governor Whitmer For Paying People To Take Illegal Aliens Into Homes: ‘A Disgusting Insult’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-governor-whitmer-for-paying-people-to-take-illegal-aliens-into-homes-a-disgusting-insult
— Trouble At The Fed: Investigation Into Lisa Cook’s Academic Record Raises Questions – Luke Rosiak and Christopher F. Rufo (COMMENT: If I sought a government office, my critics/opponents would have to acknowledge that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, but they would stress that others who took the examinations got better scores than I did.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trouble-at-the-fed
— Texas Democrat Proposes Race-Based Tax Exemption As Reparations – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-democrat-proposes-race-based-tax-exemption-as-reparations

EPOCH TIMES
— Judge Orders Witness Names to Remain Secret in Trump Classified Docs Case. Judge Cannon also ruled that significant parts of the substantive witness statements to investigators may still be made public. – Katabella Roberts (COMMENT: Because of the demographics of the Chicago-area jury pool, if a jury had been seated in Diersen v. GAO, few would have shared my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, 100%German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time, federal employee for almost 30 years, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, a professional license, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-orders-witness-names-to-remain-secret-in-trump-classified-docs-case-5625895

FEDERALIST
— Racial Preferences in Economic Benefits: From Widely Accepted to Legally Indefensible – George R. La Noue (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and continue to use DEI big time to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
https://fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/racial-preferences-in-economic-benefits-from-widely-accepted-to-legally-indefensible
— Corporate Media Hate Anonymous Online Posts Because They Hate Free Speech – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: There is a huge price to pay to be “up front” about who you are and what you advocate. I should write a book about the price I have had to pay since 1966 for promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, that is, opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/10/corporate-media-hate-anonymous-online-posts-because-they-hate-free-speech/

FOX NEWS
— State Department mandates support for DEI ideology as prerequisite for promotions: ‘You are judged’ ‘You must be able to document what you are doing to support diversity, equity and inclusion and accessibility,’ previous DEI chief said. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/state-department-mandates-support-dei-ideology-prerequisite-promotions-judged
— State Dept stands by DEI chief who bemoaned White feminism, called America a ‘failed historic model’ Zakiya Carr Johnson was announced as the new chief diversity and inclusion officer last week. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/state-dept-stands-dei-chief-bemoaned-white-feminism-called-america-failed-historic-model

JUST THE NEWS
— Wisconsin GOP Chairman says ‘enthusiasm gap’ means Biden has to pander to his own base – Charlotte Hazard (COMMENT: I should write a book about a) older people who pander to younger people to curry favor with younger people b) Whites who pander to minorities to curry favor with minorities, and c) men who pander to women to curry favor with women. 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 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, sand 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 who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/wisconsin-gop-chairman-says-biden-has-pander-his-own-base-he-cant-win

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Longtime NPR Senior Business Editor Exposes How DEI and Trump Derangement Ruined The Organization. – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/longtime-npr-senior-business-editor-exposes-how-dei-and-trump-derangement-ruined-the-organization/
— Hospitals Embracing Identity Politics in Selection of Outside Vendors. “balancing the cost and quality of life-saving services against the demographics of the firm providing them” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/hospitals-embracing-identity-politics-in-selection-of-outside-vendors/

NTD
— Speaker Johnson Says 16 Million Illegal Immigrants Entered America Under Biden’s Watch
https://www.ntd.com/speaker-johnson-says-16-million-illegal-immigrants-entered-america-under-bidens-watch_985262.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Is Poisoning American Medical Training – BRAD WENSTRUP (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, not citizens of America, not conservative, not Republican, unmarried, and/or LGBTQ.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/dei-is-poisoning-american-medical-training/
— Dem Congresswoman Suggests Black Americans Should Be Exempt from Taxes as Form of Reparations – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-congresswoman-suggests-black-americans-should-be-exempt-from-taxes-as-form-of-reparations/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Blasts Biden’s ‘Border Bloodbath’ – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/donald-trump-joe-biden-border/2024/04/10/id/1160447/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Dem rep suggests temporary tax breaks for black Americans as a form of reparations. Crockett claimed that more research for a reparations program needed to be done.
https://thepostmillennial.com/dem-rep-suggests-temporary-tax-breaks-for-black-americans-as-a-form-of-reparations

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden to Finally Take Executive Action on Border After Repeatedly Claiming There Was Nothing He Could Do – Samantha Chang
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-finally-take-executive-action-border-repeatedly-claiming-nothing-report/
— Congresswoman Suggests Black People Should be Exempt from Paying Taxes: ‘You Owe for the Labor That Was Stolen’ – Connor Cavanaugh
https://www.westernjournal.com/congresswoman-suggests-black-people-exempt-paying-taxes-owe-labor-stolen/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ program to court LGBTQ voters – Asher Notheis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-campaign-launches-out-for-biden-harris-program-to-court-lgbtq-voters/ar-BB1lpdln
— NY Governor Prioritizes Illegal Immigrants for State Jobs – Evelyn Thomas (COMMENT: Democrat politicians prioritize Democrats for government jobs and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superior promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who 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.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ny-governor-prioritizes-illegal-immigrants-for-state-jobs/ar-BB1jwOkj?ocid=TSHDHP
— ‘Going woke, going broke’: Catholic Church losing members (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Christianity.)
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/going-woke-going-broke-catholic-church-losing-members-and-lacking-spirituality/ar-AA1dVMw9
— How long before the brave NPR editor exposing the woke broadcaster gets shown the door? – David Mastio
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-long-before-the-brave-npr-editor-exposing-the-woke-broadcaster-gets-shown-the-door/ar-BB1lmbYD
— How America’s aging hippies could save Biden – as election polls show president close or even AHEAD among senior voters amid shifting demographics – Will Potter
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/how-america-s-aging-hippies-could-save-biden-as-election-polls-show-president-close-or-even-ahead-among-senior-voters-amid-shifting-demographics/ar-BB1lbC1W
— ‘It’s All the Baby Boomers’ Fault’: Jesse Watters Blames Fox News Viewer Demographic for Student Debt Crisis – Charlie Nash (COMMENT: My father often decried that he was passed over for promotions because he did not have a college degree. That motived me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. I did the aforesaid notwithstanding the fact that I was never viewed as being “college material.” 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, I demonstrated no leadership potential, I could not run because I had bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/it-s-all-the-baby-boomers-fault-jesse-watters-blames-fox-news-viewer-demographic-for-student-debt-crisis/ar-BB1lmgCa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News host Jesse Watters blamed “the boomers” for the student debt crisis on Tuesday, claiming it was all their fault for pushing their children to go to college and creating a surplus of white-collar workers. During a discussion on The Five about the Biden administration’s newly proposed student debt forgiveness plan, Watters said, “I figured out the reason why we’re in this situation. It’s all the baby boomers’ fault.” He explained: So, in the late 1960s, they’re the biggest generation ever and the only way you could get ahead was to go to college. You wanted to be a white-collar worker. You didn’t want to have to have a job in a factory. So when all of the baby boomers had families, all of the millennial generation, they were made to go to college, whether they wanted to are not. Little Johnny, let’s be honest, probably is not the greatest academic student, but he was forced to go to college, and even if the parents, the boomers, couldn’t afford to send him to college, he was forced to take out loans to go to college so he could be a liberal arts major and get a white-collar job.)

NEWSWEEK
— Founding Fathers Were ‘Illegal’ Immigrants, Democrat Says (COMMEMT: America was not a “country” when the Founding Fathers came.)
https://www.newsweek.com/raskin-census-immigrants-higgins-oversight-1889081

NEW YORK SUN
— Congresswoman Suggests Black Americans Should Not Have To Pay Taxes as Part of Reparations Push. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a freshman lawmaker from Texas who has made a name for herself as a fierce defender of the president from the Republicans’ impeachment inquiry.
https://www.nysun.com/article/congresswoman-suggests-black-americans-should-not-have-to-pay-taxes-as-part-of-reparations-push
— Biden Hints He Will Take Trump-Like Action on Border as Latino Voters Shift Toward the GOP. ‘For 3 years, Crooked Joe Biden has flooded our Country with tens of millions of Illegal Aliens,’ Mr. Trump is firing back. – MAGGIE HRONCICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-hints-he-will-take-trump-like-action-on-border-as-latino-voters-shift-toward-the-gop

FORBES
— DeSantis Signs Into Law Tougher Punishments For Child Groomers, Convicted Abusers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4VeoBusZo

PBS
— Trump says Jewish voters who back Biden ‘should have their head examined’ – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-jewish-voters-who-back-biden-should-have-their-head-examined

VOA NEWS
— Undocumented Indian migrants chart new path to US via Canada – Masood Farivar
https://www.voanews.com/a/undocumented-indian-migrants-chart-new-path-to-us-via-canada/7564143.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Yes, It’s an ‘Invasion,’ Voters Say of Border Crisis
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/yes_it_s_an_invasion_voters_say_of_border_crisis