August 19, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Donald Trump supporters hold rally in Woodstock ahead of Chicago DNC. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-donald-trump-supporters-hold-rally-woodstock-illinois-ahead-democratic-national-convention/15201140/
— Protesters march through the Loop on eve of Chicago DNC in first permitted demonstration. March for Bodies Outside Unjust Laws held Sunday downtown; unmoved by Harris ticket, pro-Palestinian protesters to march Monday. – Christian Piekos and Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-march-bodies-outside-unjust-laws-take-place-loop-1st-chicago-protests-ahead-dnc-united-center/15199312/
— Chicago shootings: At least 30 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-gun-violence-police/15200606/

NBC5
— DNC releases statement after messages taking aim at Trump-Vance projected onto Trump Tower. Hours before the DNC in Chicago kicked off, various taunts were visible on the side of Trump Tower, such as “Project 2025 HQ.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/dnc-in-chicago-dates-trump-tower-chicago-projections-statement/3525257/
— Images taking aim at Trump-Vance campaign projected onto Trump Tower ahead of DNC. As democrats descended on the city for the four-day convention, various taunts were visible on the side of the building, such as “Project 2025 HQ.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/images-taking-aim-at-trump-vance-campaign-projected-onto-trump-tower-ahead-of-dnc/3525071/
— DNC Speakers tracker: Kinzinger, Michelle Obama added to lineup. – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/dnc-speakers-tracker-kinzinger-michelle-obama-added-to-lineup/3524894/
— Demonstrators begin march along Michigan Avenue to Grant Park. Hundreds of protesters gathered as a march organized by Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws: Coalition for Reproductive Justice & LGBTQ+ Liberation kicked off at Michigan and Wacker.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/demonstrators-begin-march-along-michigan-avenue-to-grant-park/3524978/
— Pritzker confirms members of Illinois National Guard ‘on standby’ during DNC
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/pritzker-confirms-members-of-illinois-national-guard-on-standby-during-dnc/3524934/

CBS2
— First protest takes off in downtown Chicago an evening ahead of DNC. – By Dave Savini, Irika Sargent, Joe Donlon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/first-protest-downtown-chicago-dnc/
— New DNC security measures in downtown Chicago have some feeling “like a police state” – Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-security-measures-downtown-chicago-gold-coast-magnificent-mile/

WGN9
— Demonstrations underway in Chicago ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Brónagh Tumulty, Ethan Illers
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/democratic-national-convention-protests-chicago/

FOX32
— Protesters march in downtown Chicago ahead of DNC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1502801
— Protesters rally in downtown Chicago ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Cody King
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-march-sunday-downtown-chicago-ahead-dnc
— Activists protest in Chicago ahead of DNC, demanding action on key issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0d34JRFJ8s

FOX32
— Illinois National Guard deployed to assist Chicago police for DNC. – Dane Placko
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-national-guard-deployed-assist-chicago-police-dnc

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid talk of unity, DNC opens in Chicago with diverging themes. – Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/amid-talk-of-unity-dnc-opens-in-chicago-with-diverging-themes/
— Demonstrators protest as DNC takes over Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/photos-protests-begin-as-dnc-2024-kicks-off-on-aug-19/
— Pro-abortion rights and LGBTQ+ protesters rally ahead of the start of the DNC. – ADRIANA PÉREZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/abortion-lgbtq-protest-chicago/
— Protests begin as DNC 2024 gets ready for kick off on Aug. 19
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/photos-protests-begin-as-dnc-2024-kicks-off-on-aug-19/
— Pro-Palestinian coalition organizers denounce city’s protests routes and restrictions ahead of DNC. – KARINA ATKINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/march-on-dnc-protest-chicago/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DNC protesters gather in downtown Chicago for first major protest of convention. Hundreds of people rallying against the Israel-Hamas war and restrictions on reproductive rights kicked off the first protest of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, but they were met by an even larger showing from Chicago police. – Emmanuel Camarillo and Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/18/dnc-protests-protest-wacker-michigan-bodies-outside-unjust-laws
— Chicago’s DNC ‘belongs to Rev. Jesse Jackson.’ Leaders honor Rainbow PUSH founder. Jesse Jackson was feted a day ahead of the convention’s official launch on Monday, when he’ll be honored onstage at the United Center alongside his son and fellow delegate Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/18/jesse-jackson-tribute-dnc-rainbow-push

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Trump supporters rally in Woodstock ahead of DNC, vow to fight ‘Kama-nism’  – Michelle Meyer, Claire O’Brien and David Petesch
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/18/trump-supporters-rally-in-woodstock-ahead-of-dnc-vow-to-fight-kama-nism/
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2024/08/18/photos-pro-trump-rally-at-mchenry-county-fairgrounds/
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/18/trump-supporters-rally-in-woodstock-ahead-of-dnc-vow-to-fight-kama-nism/?

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago to host NAACP National Convention in 2026 (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly acted like they had promised their Black employees that they would get rid of all their non-veteran Republican employees by 1997.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/chicago-to-host-naacp-national-convention-in-2026/video_0073544b-cd68-5819-8011-e0fb1691f76e.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/kamala-harris-heads-chicago-dnc-momentum

NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans to rally support for Harris at the DNC – Sarah McCammon
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-19/republicans-to-rally-support-for-harris-at-the-dnc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June, several weeks before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, the campaign hired former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s former chief of staff in June to focus on Republican outreach. . .Last week, a “Republicans for Harris” affinity group gathered online to hear from several high-profile Republicans including Kinzinger, former Rep. Denver Riggleman, former Republican White House officials and others. Additional Republican leaders are expected to speak at the Democratic convention in the coming days, according to a source familiar with the plans. Kinzinger is among them, according to a report by CNN.)

WCIL FM & WBHM
— Illinois Republicans address the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
https://www.cilfm.com/2024/08/17/illinois-republicans-address-the-upcoming-democratic-national-convention/
https://wbhm.org/npr-story/republicans-to-rally-support-for-harris-at-the-dnc/

WBKR
— Illinois Home To One Of Most Expensive Colleges In America: University of Chicago: Average cost of a four-year degree and living expenses = $455,257 (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have degrees from the University of Chicago. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 bachelor’s degree from NIU is worthless, my 1976 master’s degree from Loyola is worthless, my 1980 master’s degree from DePaul is worthless, and my 1997 master’s degree from IIT is worthless.)
https://wbkr.com/ixp/721/p/illinois-most-expensive-college/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-350/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Will Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson repeat these choice words in his Democratic convention speech? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/wiil-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-repeat-these-choice-words-in-his-democratic-convention-speech-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: His critics and opponents “haven’t accepted results of the Civil War” . . . Standardized tests are eugenics against blacks . . . “I never said defund the police,” but he did . . . Looting explained by “frustration and anguish” . . . Looted stores “have insurance and assurance” . . . How he taught in a public school . . . Why he hasn’t paid personal bills . . . Roots in black liberation theology . . . Honoring Fred Hampton, Black Panther)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Crime-filled Chicago displays all that’s wrong with Democrats in one failing city. – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/opinion/crime-filled-chicago-displays-all-thats-wrong-with-democrats-in-one-failing-city/
— Harris leans into full communism, Walz’ radical record – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/opinion/harris-leans-into-full-communism-walz-radical-record-and-other-commentary/
— Anti-Israel protests outside Chicago DNC threaten to tarnish Kamala Harris coronation. ‘The Vietnam War of our generation’ – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/us-news/dnc-in-chicago-braces-for-massive-anti-israel-protests/
— Anti-Israel protesters disrupt delegate party on eve of DNC in Chicago: ‘Bring the war home’ – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/anti-israel-protesters-disrupt-delegate-party-on-eve-of-dnc/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Politico’s propaganda machine tries to prop up Kamala’s immigration credibility. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/politico_s_propaganda_machine_tries_to_prop_up_kamala_s_immigration_credibility.html
— No, illegal immigration does not help the U.S. economy. – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/no_illegal_immigration_does_not_help_the_u_s_economy.html
— Harley Davidson goes woke?! – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/harley_davidson_goes_woke.html
— It’s All About the Revolution: Ten Techniques Marxists Have Deployed to Gain Influence. – Janet Levy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/it_s_all_about_the_revolution_ten_techniques_marxists_have_deployed_to_gain_influence.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Manipulation of language. . .Rewriting history. . .Gaslighting. . .DARVO (or, Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). . .Identity politics. . .Disinformation and obfuscation. . .Oppressor vs. Oppressed. . .Entryism. . .Degrowth. . . .Playing the victim)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NBC anchor leads Lindsey Graham by the nose on how Trump should counter Kamala. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/18/nbc-anchor-leads-lindsey-graham-by-the-nose-on-how-trump-should-counter-kamala-1480747/
— Trump campaign remarks on ‘rumors’ of a ‘serious drinking problem’ for Kamala Harris. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/18/stay-tuned-trump-campaign-remarks-on-rumors-of-a-serious-drinking-problem-for-kamala-harris-1480760/

BREITBART
— Media Hide Biden-Harris’ Huge Migrant Flood in Campaign Season. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/19/media-hide-biden-harris-huge-migrant-flood-in-campaign-season/
— Republican Attacks on Tim Walz Are ‘Despicable’ – Duckworth  (COMMENT: Now that draft-avoiding Biden is out, anticipate/expect that Duckworth will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump for avoiding the draft.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/18/duckworth-republican-attacks-on-tim-walz-are-despicable/
— Duckworth Falsely Claims Tim Walz Is a ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ – KRISTINA WONG (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a failed low-lever federal employee. The civilian equivalent of Walz’s military rank of E-8 is GS-7 (currently $54,728/year). I was a) a GS-7 in 1971 when I was 22 years old, b) GS-9 ($66,942) in 1972, c) GS-11 ($80,094) in 1973, d)  GS-12 ($97,079) in 1974, and e) GS-13 ($115,439-$150,075) 1986-1997.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/18/fact-check-sen-tammy-duckworth-falsely-claims-tim-walz-is-a-retired-command-sergeant-major/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Tim Walz received his notification of eligibility for retirement on August 3, 2002. He was promoted to sergeant major (E-9) on September 17, 2004, and immediately began serving as the command sergeant major for the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery while his packet was submitted to the National Guard Bureau to appoint him to command sergeant major (E-9). Once approved by NGB, he was laterally appointed to command sergeant major (E-9) on April 1, 2005. He retired from the Minnesota National Guard on May 16, 2005. Our records do not indicate when he made his request to retire. Leadership reviews and approves all requests to retire. He was administratively reduced to master sergeant (E-8) on May 15, 2005, because he did not complete all required U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy coursework.)
— Lindsey Graham: ‘Donald Trump the Provocateur, the Showman May Not Win This Election’ – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/18/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-the-provocateur-the-showman-may-not-win-this-election/

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— Planned Parenthood to sacrifice children at the Democratic National Convention for free
https://christiannews.net/2024/08/18/planned-parenthood-to-sacrifice-children-at-the-democratic-national-convention-for-free/

DAILY CALLER
— Cash-Strapped California Inches Closer To Handing Taxpayer Home Loans To Illegal Migrants. – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/18/california-to-give-home-loans-to-illegals/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Build Literal Wall Around Chicago DNC Venue – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-mocked-for-building-literal-wall-around-chicago-dnc-venue
— Governor Whitmer: ‘The Spirit Of’ Giving Free Handouts To Illegal Aliens Should Be Part Of Harris’ Agenda
https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-whitmer-the-spirit-of-giving-free-handouts-to-illegal-aliens-should-be-part-of-harris-agenda
— Kamala ‘Serves Up A Fresh Word Salad’ About Democracy. – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-serves-up-a-fresh-word-salad-about-democracy
— Senator Graham Outlines The Key To Victory For Trump This Fall (COMMENT: To get votes from hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, Republican candidates in Illinois ever-increasingly campaign like they are anti-Trump, Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-graham-outlines-the-key-to-victory-for-trump-this-fall

FEDERALIST
— Taking Sides In The Jewish-Arab Conflict Is Wreaking Havoc On Ivy League Universities. – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/19/taking-sides-in-the-jewish-arab-conflict-is-wreaking-havoc-on-ivy-league-universities/
— Kamala Harris Wants To Impose A Soviet-Style Medical System On Americans. – DEANE WALDMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/19/kamala-harris-wants-to-impose-a-soviet-style-medical-system-on-americans/

FOX NEWS
— Look at chaotic Chicago, not the Dem convention, to see what disasters await under Harris-Walz. Chicago does indeed show what Democrats stand for: American decline. – John Tillman
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/look-chaotic-chicago-not-dem-convention-see-what-disasters-await-under-harris-walz
— Graham urges Trump to focus on policy against Harris, warns ‘showman’ might not win. Sen. Lindsey Graham urges Donald Trump to talk borders, inflation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-urges-trump-focus-policy-against-harris-warns-showman-might-not-win

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democratic National Convention to Feature Free Abortions and Vasectomies. “A mobile health center run by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which serves much of Missouri and part of southern Illinois, plans to park itself near the convention and offer those services early next week to anybody who makes an appointment, delegate or not.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/democratic-national-convention-to-feature-free-abortions-and-vasectomies/
— Expect “more aggressive protests and potentially violence this fall” on campuses as anti-Israel student frustration boils over. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/expect-more-aggressive-protests-and-potentially-violence-this-fall-on-campuses-as-anti-israel-student-frustration-boils-over/

LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood Will Do Free Abortions at Democrat Convention. – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/08/18/planned-parenthood-will-do-free-abortions-at-democrat-convention/

MRC TV
— Sunday Shows Give Scant Mention of Various Walz Scandals. – MRC LATINO
https://mrctv.org/videos/sunday-shows-give-scant-mention-various-walz-scandals

POST MILLENNIAL
— Planned Parenthood fills ALL appointments for free vasectomies, abortions in van near Chicago DNC. “Check back soon — we will share the interest form link again if we have cancellations.” – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/planned-parenthood-fills-all-appointments-for-free-vasectomies-abortions-in-van-near-chicago-dnc#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— Planned Parenthood to Offer Free Abortions, Vasectomies at the DNC. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/18/dnc-abortions-n2643539
— The GOP’s Black Wall. – Marc Little (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors did everything that they could to turn my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marclittle/2024/08/19/the-gops-black-wall-n2643561
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Blacks, who comprise 18.2% of the federal bureaucracy run by Democrats, are not known for voting against the bureaucracy that feeds them. The fight to garner greater Black support cannot be left to influencers and rappers. An army of Black messengers must take the fight to the streets. Black voters are likely to elect the next president of the United States, so there must be a specific strategy and plan to get their votes. I fear no one has told Trump.)
— Trump: Harris Will Allow Thousands of Illegal Alien ‘Killers and Rapists’ Into the US. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/18/trump-harris-will-allow-thousands-of-illegal-alien-rapists-and-killers-into-the-us-n2643545

TRUMP/VANCE
— Trump Campaign Allies to Host a Press Conference in Chicago. This week, Trump Campaign allies will call out Kamala Harris’ weak, failed record as vice president and dangerously liberal agenda from the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. On Monday, August 19, 2024, Senator Rick Scott and Senator Ron Johnson will deliver remarks at 11:30AM CDT on Kamala Harris’ disastrous economic policies that have led to sky-high inflation that is crushing American families.
https://djt.nucleusemail.com/amplify/v/vxegQMu6B3

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Sen. Graham says Nikki Haley should join him to campaign for Trump. – Sarah Fortinsky
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4833340-sen-graham-says-nikki-haley-should-join-him-to-campaign-for-trump/

CNN
— SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 FLASHBACK: Bush Holds Campaign Rally in Naperville, Illinois (COMMENT: I was there.)
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/04/se.03.html

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks ‘Free Vasectomies and Abortions’ Near DNC. – Giulia Carbonaro
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-attacks-free-vasectomies-abortions-dnc-1940781
— Democrats say “Harris Takes Commanding Lead in Three Battleground States.”
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-takes-commanding-lead-three-battleground-states-poll-1941123

YAHOO
— Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Planned Parenthood for offering free vasectomies and abortions near DNC. – Ariana Baio
https://www.yahoo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-planned-173013473.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Thousands march in protest ahead of Democratic convention in Chicago
https://apnews.com/video/chicago-protests-and-demonstrations-womens-rights-kamala-harris-national-fe967ce8a5c44647b260b1d12c99d5cd
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-march-protest-ahead-democratic-023620698.html

ABC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Duckworth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D9f9VB7qJEmo

NBC NEWS
— Democrats project anti-Trump campaign messages onto his Chicago hotel. The messages include “Trump-Vance ‘weird as hell,’” “Harris Walz fighting for you” and “Project 2025 HQ.” – Alex Tabet, Shaquille Brewster and Megan Lebowitz
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-project-anti-trump-campaign-messages-chicago-hotel-rcna167102

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/19/trump-stolen-election-coup-overthrow/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/republican-campaign-ads-immigration-border-security/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/13/us-woman-president-harris-trump/74766362007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Planned Parenthood To Offer Free Vasectomies, Abortions to Attendees of Democratic Convention. – MATTHEW RICE
https://www.nysun.com/article/planned-parenthood-to-offer-free-vasectomies-abortions-to-attendees-of-democratic-convention

USA TODAY
— DNC comes to ‘Little Palestine’ as Gaza deaths top 40,000. – Michael Loria  (COMMENT: To elect Harris/Walz, how anti-Israel will the Democrat Party become?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/18/dnc-little-palestine-chicago-protest/74805536007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to host the DNC in Chicago was made before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed 1,200 and sparked the brutal military campaign in Gaza. Since then, more than 40,000 Palestinians have died − and Chicago was transformed into a hotbed of anti-war activity ahead of Biden and Harris’ arrival. The region’s anti-war activism, which has included parades of pro-Palestinian truckers in the suburbs and encampments at the city’s top universities, has been led predominantly by local Palestinian Americans. In addition to calling for a ceasefire, many Chicago Palestinians are also motivated by a fear that Democrats’ lackluster opposition to the Gaza war has encouraged the kind of anti-Muslim vitriol that sparked crimes like the murder of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume in an alleged hate crime in neighboring Will County.)

MSN
— Free abortions and vasectomies, 18-foot-tall inflatable IUD called ‘Freeda Womb’ to be erected at DNC in Chicago. – Patrick Reilly
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/free-abortions-and-vasectomies-18-foot-tall-inflatable-iud-called-freeda-womb-to-be-erected-at-dnc-in-chicago/ar-AA1oYX1O
— How JD Vance’s wife Usha went from supporting Hillary to Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/how-jd-vance-s-wife-usha-went-from-supporting-hillary-to-trump/ar-AA1p0tVJ
— ‘Black America Is Not Supporting Kamala Harris’: Fmr Dem Slams Democratic Party For Playing Up Vice President’s ‘Race’ – Hailey Gomez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/black-america-is-not-supporting-kamala-harris-fmr-dem-slams-democratic-party-for-playing-up-vice-president-s-race/ar-BB1qyBjJ
— Aiding illegal immigrants instead of veterans is un-American. – Tommy Tuberville
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-aiding-illegal-immigrants-instead-of-veterans-is-un-american/ar-AA1m5KjD
— The more that you do to help elect Trump/Vance, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/elon-musk-insists-he-is-not-spending-45m-a-month-to-get-donald-trump-elected/ar-BB1qvB1R

MSNBC
— Trump taps two of his adult kids for presidential transition team. Donald Trump’s five-member presidential transition team features some familiar names, including two of his adult kids. – Steve Benen
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-taps-two-adult-kids-presidential-transition-team-rcna167129

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/diversity-vs-merit-you-agree-more-than-you-think-11a8b3f4?page=1
— The Chicago Model for Democrats. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention this week can see progressivism in action, from crime to schools. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-chicago-model-for-democrats-johnson-crime-education-dnc-5ddd8e7d
— Joe Biden’s Sad Presidential Legacy. The President promised to be a unifier but has governed as a divisive progressive. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/joe-biden-presidential-legacy-progressives-democrats-kamala-harris-donald-trump-61a9fc1e
— Here Comes Kamala’s Mortgage Forgiveness. Her plan to make housing more ‘affordable’ via subsidies will raise prices and create moral hazard. – Allysia Finley (COMMENT: What mortgages have you paid off? I paid off mortgages that I took out to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 and condos downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976. My wife and I paid off mortgages that we took out to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/here-comes-kamalas-mortgage-forgiveness-housing-prices-loans-dc37091b
— A ‘Dangerous Time’ for Jews. Donald Trump is right to point out the growing risks of antisemitism in the U.S. – Editorial (COMMENT: To turn my many Jewish superiors and supervisors in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, and 100% German American and that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-dangerous-time-for-jews-harris-trump-convention-shapiro-8e7b1120

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Anticipate/expect that RINO leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois will ever-increasingly get rid of their members like me who are Republican starting with those like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/08/18/5-dei-expectations-organizations-should-have-of-all-leaders/

POLITICO
— Duckworth rips Trump over remarks about medal-winning soldiers. – David Cohen (COMMENT: Now that draft-avoiding Biden is out, anticipate/expect that Duckworth will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump for avoiding the draft.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/18/tammy-duckworth-trump-soldiers-00174507

NPR
— As Democrats meet in Chicago, Illinois’ role in abortion access is in the spotlight. – Sarah McCammon
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5058669/abortion-democrats-chicago-dnc-illinois-reproductive-rights-roe

DAILY BEAST
— Ex-GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to Speak at DNC on Thursday. – Corbin Bolies
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-to-speak-at-dnc-on-thursday
— Democrats Troll Trump on His Own Building in Chicago Ahead of Party Convention. ‘PROJECT 2025 HQ’ The DNC confirmed it was responsible for the brash move—with a spokesperson saying: “He’s a grifter and nothing we said wasn’t the truth!” – Matt Young
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-troll-trump-on-his-own-building-in-chicago-ahead-of-party-convention

ROLLING STONE
— Democrats Taunt Trump At Trump Tower Chicago Ahead of Convention. The DNC is tagging Trump Tower amid reports former president plans to use his property during the Democratic convention. – TESSA STUART
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-tower-chicago-dnc-2024-1235082583/

RAW STORY
— ‘Powder keg’: Massive security presence on display in Chicago amid signs of trouble. – Matt Laslo, Alexandria Jacobson, Dave Levinthal
https://www.rawstory.com/police-security-democratic-national-convention/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— How Biden Raised the Profile of the Free College Movement. – Katherine Knott (COMMEMT: Unlike me, my critics/opponents did not have to work their way through college. Many of them have degrees from Ivy League universities. My having to work my way through college harmed my GPA big time. I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying while I was in high school 1964-1966. Consequently I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class and my ACT score was only 24. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying while I took classes at UIC 1966-1969 and NIU in 1969. Nevertheless, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, etc.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/08/19/how-biden-helped-advance-free-college-movement

DAILY MAIL
— Downtown Chicago is safe for once as city is flooded with cops for Democrat convention (but there’s already been one stage invasion) – Nic White and Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13756259/Chicago-DNC-Democratic-National-Convention-Palestine-protests-police.html

STATE OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING
— 21 Most Popular News Sites With Paywalls – Leo Maurer and Pratik Dholakiya (COMMENT: Since 2000, I have been an independent non-profit conservative Republican political and government news and commentary news aggregator. Sooner or later, all entities that paywall will cease to exist. My direct competitors are increasingly furious that I have the time, the money, the ability, the experience, and the motivation needed to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge and without any advertising and without any donation requests. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasing a) discourage me from sending out the newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading the newsletters. I should write about my direct competitors 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. Further, the more advertising and/or donation requests that an entity has on its website, the sooner that it will cease to exist.)
https://www.stateofdigitalpublishing.com/monetization/news-sites-with-paywalls/

August 15, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— State GOP picks new leaders to ‘beat the machine,’ including Palatine’s Del Mar. – Marni Pyke (COMMENT: Illinois Republicans anxiously await a press release on this from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP). If/when the IRP forms a committee to reach out to conservatives, that is, to platform Republicans, that is, to its base, I volunteer to serve on that committee. The overwhelming majority of the aforesaid want direct election of IRP State Central Committee members.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240814/illinois-state-politics/state-gop-picks-new-leaders-to-beat-the-machine-including-palatines-del-mar/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A northwest suburbanite is taking a leadership role with the Illinois GOP as the party works to rebuild and end what its leader calls the “blue funk.” State Central Committee member Aaron Del Mar of Palatine has been chosen by Chair Kathy Salvi as an Illinois Republican Party co-chair, along with state Sen. Jason Plummer of Edwardsville and State Central Committee member Judy Diekelman of Thornton. Salvi also picked Joan McCarthy Lasonde of Wilmette as vice chair. “Co-Chairs Aaron Del Mar, Sen. Jason Plummer, and Judy Diekelman as well as Vice Chair Joan McCarthy Lasonde and all of our leaders across the state represent the diverse opinions of our party and our state,” Salvi said Wednesday. “This group will broaden our coalition, expand our footprint, and will beat the machine that Democrats like (former Speaker) Mike Madigan and (Gov.) J.B. Pritzker have built.” Salvi took office in July vowing to “make Illinois red again,” and end the party’s “blue funk.” With a woman at the helm of the state GOP and his background as a Filipino- American, “this is a very historic time,” said Del Mar. “This will be the first time the Illinois Republican Party has had a person of color in leadership. “I’m very excited. Kathy has a different personality than I do, she brings different strengths so I think we very much complement each other.” Del Mar, a businessman who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, was a Republican National Convention delegate in July, and has served as Cook County Republican chairman and Palatine village councilman. The Illinois GOP faces challenges in a heavily Democratic state and recently lost Chair Don Tracy, who blamed party infighting for his resignation. One key to success is to make sure “grass-roots organizations and grass-roots members of the Republican Party have a voice,” Del Mar said. “They’re the people who show up at the monthly meetings, the people that put lawn signs into the ground, that march in the parades. I think for far too long, they’ve been ignored and they’ve been taken for granted.” Del Mar, who campaigned statewide in 2022, hopes to bridge divisions between rural conservative and urban moderate Republicans. “If we can create a relationship where there’s a conversation and people have a better understanding — that adds a lot of value,” Del Mar said, adding he’s visiting downstate Illinois soon. “If you want buy-in from those (rural) counties you have to show up.” Del Mar’s father, a mechanical engineer, immigrated from the Philippines. His mother is a retired nurse of German/Swedish descent who grew up on Chicago’s South Side. “When they start talking about issues like immigration, those things hit home and I can give a personal story,” Del Mar said.)
— ‘A lapse in judgment’: Cartoon in Vernon Township Republican organization newsletter bashed by suburban Democrats and Republicans. – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240814/local-politics/cartoon-in-gop-newsletter-bashed-by-suburban-democrats-and-republicans/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/08/14/illinois-democrats-rally-state-fair-springfield-jb-pritzker

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago not expecting migrant surge ahead of DNC, city official says. – Nell Salzman and Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/15/chicago-not-expecting-migrant-surge-ahead-of-dnc-city-official-says/?clearUserState=true
— Flag-raising in Aurora honors city’s Pakistani community. – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/14/flag-raising-in-aurora-honors-citys-pakistani-community/

NBC5
— Pro-Palestinian groups are mobilizing thousands to Chicago to demonstrate outside DNC. A major group estimates tens of thousands of demonstrators will show up next week, including those bused in from nearby battleground states. – Natasha Korecki
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/-palestinian-groups-are-mobilizing-thousands-chicago-demonstrate-dnc-rcna166656
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chartered buses will bring demonstrators from Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and beyond, said a chief organizer behind planned marches next week, Hatem Abudayyeh, the national chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network advocacy group. Abudayyeh said he held a virtual meeting with members across the country to gauge interest in changing direction after Biden stepped aside from seeking the nomination. There was quick consensus, he said. “We’re not going to do anything different. We’re going to mobilize,” Abudayyeh said. “Harris represents the administration; she represents Biden. There is nothing that she has expressed independently that tells us she does not support the policies.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders allege that their illegal migrant numbers are dwindling.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/texas-gov-greg-abbott-vows-keep-busing-migrants-north-one-problem-not-rcna166412

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/14/largest-annual-illinois-rally-democrats-reflect-surge-enthusiasm-harris-atop-ticket
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republican cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/14/how-advocates-are-working-organize-energize-black-voters-2024-election

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin addresses gun arrests made at Topgolf in Naperville. – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/dupage-county-states-attorney-bob-berlin-addresses-gun-arrests-made-at-topgolf-in-naperville/

WBEZ
— Want a dedicated chair and an electrical outlet? For journalists at the DNC, the price starts at $751. Media organizations and small local news outlets report sticker shock over the price of setting up workspaces at and around the United Center. – Tessa Weinberg and Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/2024/08/14/what-it-costs-to-cover-the-democratic-national-convention

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats crow that “Pritzker calls Trump a ‘loser’ as Dems champion Harris, Walz during Governor’s Day.” (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents stress to hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a loser? Mine stress their success in a) removing me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) ending my GAO employment in 1997, etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who orchestrated most of the aforesaid. I would focus on the pretexts they used.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/08/14/trump-is-the-loser-pritzker-illinois-dems-slam-gop-tout-harris/74794851007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/americans-give-harris-an-advantage-over-trump-on-honesty-and-discipline-an-ap-norc-poll/article_d4e946ef-db19-5c7a-a91e-4b35cb06d614.html

WSIL TV
— 5 surprising myths about college drug use – CNN (COMMENT: If I had used drugs, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) earn master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) earn professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, d) earn a professional license in 1981, e) get hired by the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, f) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, g) get hired by IRS in 1971, and h) get hired by GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/5-surprising-myths-about-college-drug-use/article_ad2192b2-46ee-5360-8f01-90900be8db25.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Alumni invited to share career experiences with Redbirds. – Susan Whitsitt (COMMENT: What helped your career? For me, it was my earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.  What harmed your career? For me, it was a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my not becoming a Democrat, c) my being conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and having ancestors who had been in America for a long time, d) my complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and e) especially my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/08/alumni-invited-to-share-career-experiences-with-redbirds/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-348/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-141/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— DNC boosters won’t admit that Chicago has the nation’s most homicides for 13 years straight
https://wirepoints.org/those-boosting-the-dnc-will-never-admit-that-chicago-has-the-nations-most-homicides-for-13-years-straight-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Free jobs fair hosted by state legislators on August 28 in Carol Stream (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/662728715-free-jobs-fair-hosted-by-state-legislators-on-august-28-in-carol-stream

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tim Walz has record of praising Muslim cleric who commended Hitler. – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/14/tim-walz-has-record-of-praising-muslim-cleric-who-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NYC spending on Biden border crisis tops $5 billion. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3120970/nyc-spending-biden-border-crisis-5-billion/
— Texas stops busing migrants to Chicago months before Democratic convention. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3119986/texas-stopped-bussing-migrants-chicago-dnc/

NEW YORK POST
— Majority of Americans want troops sent to border, oppose illegal immigration: polls – Center Square
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/polls-majority-of-americans-want-troops-sent-to-border-oppose-illegal-immigration/
— Harris inches ahead of Trump in all but two battleground states. – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/kamala-harris-inches-ahead-of-donald-trump-in-all-but-two-battleground-states-poll/
— Biden is president in name only so Harris can duck blame for their joint debacles. – Joe Concha
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/opinion/biden-is-president-in-name-only-so-harris-can-duck-blame/
— Kamala Harris’ promise to close private ICE detention centers ‘on day one’ could dump thousands of convict migrants onto US streets. – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/kamala-harris-promise-to-close-private-ice-centers-could-dump-thousands-of-convicts-into-us/

AMAC
— Democrat-Driven Homeless Crisis. – Robert B. Charles (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes dependency on government and charity, that is, it discourages personal responsibility. It promotes LGBTQ, that is, it destroys traditional marriage and family. It promotes abortion, that is, it destroys respect for human life. I promotes illegal immigration, that is, it destroys respect for the rule of law and America. It promotes booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, it destroys everything. It erodes Second Amendment rights, It destroys meritocracy, that is, it promotes Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promotes patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/democrat-driven-homeless-crisis/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Outreach idea for GOP: Tell black voters who is main target of abortion. – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/pro-life/2024/08/15/outreach-idea-for-gop-tell-black-voters-who-is-main-target-of-abortion/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden-Harris Administration Removed Just 10% of Illegal Aliens with New ICE Program. – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/14/report-biden-harris-administration-removed-just-10-of-illegal-aliens-with-new-ice-program/

AMERICAN THINKER
— ’Idiocracy’ is upon us. – J.A. Frascino
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/idiocracy_is_upon_us.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades America functioned as a meritocracy, the land of opportunity with freedom of speech and limited government.  With the recent ascent of the radical left as a political force, these values have undergone erosion by DEI, identity politics, cancel culture, “newspeak”, and government bureaucratic intrusion.  The radical left challenges patriotism, religion, traditional family structure as our raison d’être, our identity.  The resulting divisiveness drives us into ideologic rabbit holes.  Tribalism pervades the culture.  We identify now as liberal or conservative with ideologic chips on our shoulders.  We have evolved into a partisan ideocracy. And now, with the presumptive Democrat ticket in the offing, we are on the brink of evolving into an idiocracy.)

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Myth of the Melting Pot – Jason Richwine (COMMENT: From what country did your ancestors immigrate from? When? What did they do? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during 1840s and 1850s. On my father’s side, they worked in brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854, homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township 1854-1964, raised and sold horses in Crete 1864-1874, and operated Crete’s only hardware store 1874-1954. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm and operated it.)
https://cis.org/Richwine/Oped-Myth-Melting-Pot
https://inirnet.org/article-written-for-inir/the_myth_of_the_melting_pot
— Illegal workers who are paid “under the table,” that is, who are “off the books,” pay no Social Security or income tax.
https://cis.org/Richwine/Tax-Payments-Illegal-Immigrants

DAILY CALLER
— Kamala Harris Backs Reparation Payments — Voters In This Swing State Disagree. – STEVE CORTES
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/14/kamala-harris-reparation-voters-swing-state-arizona-steve-cortes/

FOX NEWS
— Fox News Poll: New matchup, same result — Trump bests Harris by one point. – Dana Blanton
https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-new-matchup-same-result-trump-bests-harris-one-point

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NYC Illegal Alien Crisis ’23-’24 Combined Costs Likely to Hit $5 Billion. The costs could likely double in 2025. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/nyc-illegal-alien-crisis-23-24-combined-costs-likely-to-hit-5-billion/

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— Grade Inflation Is the New Affirmative Action – Megan Maldonado
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/08/15/grade-inflation-is-the-new-affirmative-action/

NEWSMAX
— Most Dems, Independents Don’t Know About Harris’ ‘Radicalism’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mrc-poll-harris-ice/2024/08/14/id/1176561/

PJ MEDIA
— The Deep State Is Still Targeting Trump Ahead of the Election. – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2024/08/14/the-morning-briefing-the-deep-state-still-wants-to-kill-trump-before-the-election-n4931604

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Hospital Segregates Doctors by Race for DEI Training. – Aaron Sibarium
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/08/14/hospital_segregates_doctors_by_race_for_dei_training_1051696.html

TOWNHALL
— Kamala: I’ll Close Illegal Immigrant Detention Centers ‘On Day One’ – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/08/14/kamala-ill-close-illegal-immigrant-detention-centers-on-day-one-n2643324

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Social media influencers descend on the White House, where Biden calls them the new ‘source of news’ – FATIMA HUSSEIN AND HALELUYA HADERO (COMMENT: The many big adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me since 2000 to discourage me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to discourage everyone from reading my newsletters shows the big influence that my newsletters have. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the biggest adverse action that they have taken against me since 2000 to discourage me from sending out my newsletters and to discourage everyone from reading my newsletters.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-tiktok-influencers-white-house-6faa12d3e466124991f72fb547f4844c
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Social media influencers got the royal treatment at the White House on Wednesday as President Joe Biden gave a nod to their ability to hold sway with millions of loyal followers. The White House played host to a group of more than 100 influencers, also known as content creators, across a range of media platforms — from chefs and makeup artists to fitness gurus and medical students — to talk about issues including mental health, pay equity and the abuse of artificial intelligence. Biden stopped by to tell the influencers gathered in the Indian Treaty Room in the White House complex: “The fact is, you are the future.” “You’re the source of the news,” he said. “You are the new possibilities. You are the new breakthrough in how we communicate.” Biden added, to laughter: “And that’s why I invited you to the White House, because I’m looking for a job.”)

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Beyond overwhelmingly, their illegals will be America’s permanent underclass.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/15/biden-border-policy-fails-asylum-seekers-refugees/74645542007/

NEW YORK SUN
— ‘Everyone Is in Danger’: Chicagoans Decry ‘Chaos and Anarchy’ at Migrant Shelter Near Democratic Convention Site. ‘We were given promises that there would be law and order,’ one observer says, adding that ‘those promises have not been kept.’ – MAGGIE HRONCICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/everyone-is-in-danger-chicagoans-decry-chaos-and-anarchy-at-migrant-shelter-near-democratic-convention-site

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders allege that their illegal migrant numbers are dwindling.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/14/texas-abbot-republicans-migrant-buses-slowing/

MORNING CALL
— Democrats say “Trump shooting hasn’t spurred calls for new gun restrictions. Here’s why.”
https://www.mcall.com/2024/08/14/trump-shooting-hasnt-spurred-calls-for-new-gun-restrictions-heres-why/

SIGNAL
— 40% of US households may become a permanent underclass. (COMMENT: Beyond overwhelmingly, illegals brought in by Democrat and RINO leaders will be America’s permanent underclass.)
https://signalscv.com/2024/08/data-show-40-of-us-households-may-become-a-permanent-underclass/

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) bring into America those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) get rid of those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans. RINO leaders want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly bring into America those who they can exploit.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/08/trump-campaign-racist-theory-migrants-great-replacement/679463/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kamala Harris Will Pay You Not to Work. She has endorsed several measures that resemble Universal Basic Income. – Matt Weidinger
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamala-harris-will-pay-you-not-to-work-7e8d4f02

FAST COMPANY & INC. & PERSONNEL TODAY & BLOOMBERG LAW & FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91171163/for-dei-to-survive-it-needs-this-strategy
https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/these-ceos-still-have-chief-diversity-officers-heres-why.html
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/hr-must-not-let-bigots-win-when-it-comes-to-dei/
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/for-anti-dei-groups-swarming-annual-meetings-a-loss-is-a-win
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/08/14/how-brands-can-gain-a-competitive-advantage-with-authentic-dei/

RAW STORY
— Local GOP chair urges others to vote Democrat over Trump — and it may get him ousted. – Daniel Hampton (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois act if not talk like they despise if not hate Trump. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Trump won the Republican primary. If elected, Trump can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Those Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois who despise if not hate Trump should leave the Republican Party.).
https://www.rawstory.com/local-republican-chair-says/

August 10, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— ‘Choose Chicago’ hosts pep rally for city ahead of 2024 DNC. Chicago has hosted more political conventions than any other city. – Courtney Sisk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/choose-chicago-hosts-pep-rally-city-2024-dnc/3518400/
— Amid fallout from Sonya Massey shooting, sheriff Jack Campbell announces he’ll retire by end of month. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/amid-fallout-from-sonya-massey-shooting-sheriff-announces-hell-retire-by-end-of-month/3518307/
— Illinois sheriff Jack Campbell retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-sheriff-retiring-after-deputy-he-hired-was-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-sonya-massey/3518240/

CBS2
— Illinois sheriff Jack Campbell criticized for handling of police shooting death of Sonya Massey to retire. – Todd Feurer, Alex Ortiz
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sonya-massey-illinois-sheriff-to-retire/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcArlqj1sGE
— Chicago DNC organizers hold pep rally with 10 days left before the convention – Asal Rezaei
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dnc-pep-rally/

FOX32
— Demonstrators gather in Chicago after getting permit to march during DNC: ‘It shouldn’t have come to this’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-marches-protests-dnc-2024
— Sonya Massey murder: Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell retiring following fatal shooting. Sheriff Jack Campbell of Sangamon County announced his retirement Friday, just days after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called for his resignation following the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey by one of his deputies last month.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1498751

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/09/migrants-who-came-chicago-2-years-ago-prepare-help-other-new-arrivals-should-dnc-induced

WBEZ
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell retiring after deputy he hired killed Sonya Massey. Campbell announced his retirement Friday. Massey’s father had repeatedly called for Campbell to resign for hiring Sean Grayson. – AP
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2024/08/09/illinois-sheriff-retiring-after-deputy-he-hired-killed-sonya-massey

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate sheriff Jack Campbell announces retirement in latest Sonya Massey shooting fallout. – Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/sonya-massey-shooting-fallout-sangamon-county-sheriff-retires/
— Sonya Massey tragedy shows it’s better for municipalities to be minus police officers than to hire the wrong ones. – Editorial (COMMENT: Why were you offered jobs? The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat, but they lost their gamble. Consequently, they did everything that they could to waste my career and get rid of me. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/editorial-sonya-massey-sean-grayson-jack-campbell-jb-pritzker/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The Sangamon County sheriff’s office is far from the only department struggling to recruit officers and thus prone to making poor hires. With policing under more public pressure and scrutiny than any time we can remember, particularly in diverse, Democratic Party-controlled states like ours, the profession clearly isn’t nearly as enticing as it used to be, even with early retirement, good salaries and generous pensions on offer. The Chicago Police Department, for one, is short about 2,000 officers. The temptation for these departments, then, is to skimp on the background checks and vetting that are necessary to weed out the unsuitable but can hamper recruiting. There were plenty of red flags available on Grayson, including a 2015 citation for driving under the influence and a record of working for five different police forces in the three years before Sangamon hired him in May 2023. At a bare minimum, an applicant bouncing around that many departments in such a short period of time ought to compel a police chief interested in hiring him to call the chiefs of those other departments for an honest assessment rather than relying on applicant-provided references. The public has an interest in fully staffed police departments. But there’s an even greater public interest in taking every step possible to ensure those on the force are truly qualified and well trained. Better to be undermanned than to run the risk of employing officers prone to losing their cool in tense moments, flaws that carry with them potentially fatal consequences. Sonya Massey’s tragic death is a cautionary tale for police chiefs everywhere. That brings us to the matter of the police chief in this case, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell. Campbell has defended the process he undertook when hiring Grayson, saying he followed normal procedures, but has allowed there are changes he’ll make going forward. “My standard is now that ‘I want you to figure out a way not to hire this person,’” Campbell told Illinois Public Media News. By that, we took him to mean that every applicant will be scrutinized as thoroughly as possible. If that’s what he meant, we agree. . .It’s relatively easy, of course, for the Democratic governor to castigate a Republican sheriff in a case that has garnered national headlines and reflects poorly on the state. It wasn’t hard to detect the whiff of politics in the harsh criticism of a GOP officeholder by a governor with national aspirations (and demonstrated prospects) who needs to appear as tough as possible responding to a horrific police shooting within the state’s capital city. We’d be a bit less cynical had Pritzker, for example, been as critical when his appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board failed so starkly earlier this year to keep convicted domestic abuser Crosetti Brand behind bars, freeing him (despite numerous red flags) to allegedly kill the 11-year-old son of an ex-girlfriend as she was attacked as well and badly injured. Pritzker asked two of those appointees, including the board chair, to resign. But when it came to his own appointees, who failed every bit as badly as Campbell did with similarly fatal consequences, the governor publicly expressed nothing like the outrage he leveled at the sheriff. Sangamon County is dominated by Republicans at the local level. To date, as far as we’ve seen, no local GOPers have called on Campbell to leave. If Campbell resigned over this tragic lapse, that would be an appropriate acceptance of responsibility. But he’s an elected official answerable to the voters of the county, not Gov. Pritzker. If he chooses to stick to the path of attempting to improve the office’s personnel management and regaining the public trust as he runs again, the voters of that county will be able to decide two years from now on his ongoing suitability.)
— Cook County judge who was reassigned amid investigation into alleged racist comments retires.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/afternoon-briefing-cook-county-judge-who-was-reassigned-amid-investigation-into-alleged-racist-comments-retires/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/10/migrant-shot-as-tensions-rise-between-day-laborers-and-law-enforcement-officers-at-home-depot/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey. Campbell announced his retirement Friday. Massey’s father had repeatedly called for Campbell to resign for hiring Sean Grayson as a deputy in the central Illinois county. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2024/08/09/sonya-massey-shooting-sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-retiring
— Chicago applications now open for voting by mail. Officials expect to start mailing out ballots Sept. 26. People can apply to receive one through Oct. 31. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/08/09/vote-by-mail-chicago-november-election-applications

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois sued by Illinois Family Institute over new pro-union law. – Brandon Dupré (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise/hate unions. They have never forgiven me and they never will forgive me for having been a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $18.99/hour in 1966 to $110,020/year in 1980. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/illinois-policy-institute-files-lawsuit-against

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Embattled Springfield-area sheriff Jack Campbell will retire following Sonya Massey shooting. – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/08/09/sheriff-jack-campbell-retiring-following-fatal-sonya-massey-shooting/74742662007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-is-putting-mass-deportations-at-the-heart-of-his-campaign-some-republicans-are-worried/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those of any age who are conservative, Republican, White, male, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I was born in 1948. Even though I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, my ACT score was only 24, and I had to work my way through college, that is, I did not get any scholarships, I was nevertheless able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) earn master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) earn a professional license when I was 32.  But I would not be able to do the aforesaid today because of my bad demographics, that is, because Affirmative Action and DEI requires educators, employers, and everyone else to give ever-increasing preference to those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-campaign-projects-confidence-and-looks-to-young-male-voters-for-an-edge-on-harris/

WGEM
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to retire. – Max Cotton
https://www.wgem.com/2024/08/09/sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-retire/

WCIA
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announces retirement. – Danny Connolly
https://www.wcia.com/news/sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-announces-resignation/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-10/as-republicans-attack-harris-on-immigration-heres-what-her-california-record-reveals

WAND TV
— New Illinois law requires cultural hair care plans for DCFS youth in care. – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/new-illinois-law-requires-cultural-hair-care-plans-for-dcfs-youth-in-care/article_258d4a52-56aa-11ef-8355-0b95e5076d21.html

WSIL TV
— Illinois officials invests $6 million toward teacher shortage (COMMENT: Why were you offered jobs? The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/illinois-officials-invests-6-million-toward-teacher-shortage/article_dc8d39a2-5654-11ef-84dc-1794fcad2dec.html
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/why-black-women-are-pushing-to-diversify-health-care-industry/article_f79e276d-272a-5e57-83c2-3ee795db0433.html

WJBC
— Sangamon County sheriff Jack Campbell says he’ll retire by end of month in wake of Massey shooting. – BETH HUNDSDORFER
https://www.wjbc.com/2024/08/09/sangamon-county-sheriff-says-hell-retire-by-end-of-month-in-wake-of-massey-shooting/

WICS
— Illinois sheriff Jack Campbell retiring after deputy he hired charged with murder in Sonya Massey case
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-retiring
https://m.local12.com/news/nation-world/illinois-sheriff-retiring-after-deputy-he-hired-charged-with-murder-in-sonia-massey-case-killing-death-dead-sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-investigation

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders are overjoyed that illegals come from China.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-09/what-drove-last-years-surge-in-chinese-migrants-at-the-southern-border
— Democrats say “Trump attacked Walz, Harris and reporters in the room at press conference.” According to Democrats, Republicans attack Democrats but Democrats never attack Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-08/trump-attacked-walz-harris-and-reporters-in-the-room-at-press-conference

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announces he will resign following Sonya Massey shooting. – Sean Crawford
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2024-08-09/sheriff-jack-campbell-announces-he-will-resign

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Sheriff Jack Campbell to retire. Death threats, community divisions associated with death of Sonya Massey cited in resignation statement. – Dean Olsen
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/sheriff-jack-campbell-to-retire-18912257
(FROM THE STATEMENT: “The tragic death of Sonya Massey has been a heartbreaking event for our community.  My deepest condolences go out to her family and friends. Since the incident, I have been proactive and transparent, working tirelessly to present all of the facts to the public. I have committed to making changes to our standards and collaborating with other units of government on ways to prevent incidents like this in the future. The one person truly responsible for this act is in jail, and I believe justice will be served through the legal process. Despite these efforts, some in our community want me to pay the price for that person’s actions, even threatening that I pay that price with my life, my family’s lives, or the lives of my deputies.”)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton to hold public hearing for Roosevelt Road plans
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/08/09/wheaton-to-hold-public-hearing-for-roosevelt-road-plans/

CAPITOL FAX
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announces his retirement
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/09/sangamon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-announces-his-retirement/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-138/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Sheriff Jack Campbell has been forced to retire. I should write a book about the stigma of being forced to retire. Being forced to retire makes it impossible to get a job appropriate for your work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or profession licenses. But far worse than that, especially if you are conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, your critics/opponents use your having been forced to retire to hint/imply/argue/shout that real reason was that you are a very bad person if not a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. In my book, I would focus on my critics/opponents who have used my having been forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 against me the most. 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, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an especially bad person and even worse things because I had earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) a job related professional license in 1981. Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors having forced me to retire was one of the biggest negatives in my life. I will never recover from it. They forced me to retire to punish me because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond me GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and d) forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

EAST CENRAL REPORTER
— Illinois State Rep. Miller on illegal alien crime: ‘We need to repeal Illinois’ Sanctuary State status’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/662200565-illinois-state-rep-miller-on-illegal-alien-crime-we-need-to-repeal-illinois-sanctuary-state-status

CHICAGO POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago population hits lowest point since 1920. – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-population-hits-lowest-point-since-1920/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Muslim Democrats buoyed by Shapiro snub encourage ‘mass demonstrations’ at DNC. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/9/muslim-democrats-buoyed-by-josh-shapiro-snub-encou/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Harris running mate Walz marched with ‘Abolish ICE’ protesters in 2018. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3116812/walz-marched-abolish-ice-protesters/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are responsible for migrant crime waves across the US – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/opinion/democrats-are-responsible-for-migrant-crime-waves-across-the-us/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fake, Fake, Fake vs. Fight, Fight, Fight – Dan Proft
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/08/fake-fake-fake-vs-fight-fight-fight/
— The ‘Burn-and-Bail’ Ticket: Walz Let them Burn his Cities while Kamala Bailed out the Burners.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/09/the-burn-and-bail-ticket-walz-let-them-burn-his-cities-while-kamala-bailed-out-the-burners/

BREITBART
— Gavin Newsom: I Will ‘Redirect Money’ from Communities Not Addressing Homelessness – ELIZABETH WEIBEL (COMMENT: Chicago Democrats are dumping fewer of their homeless on DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton because Democrats have succeeded in taking over DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/09/gavin-newsom-i-will-redirect-money-from-communities-not-addressing-homelessness/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Proponent of Licenses for Illegal Aliens. The presumptive Democratic VP candidate should know the national security risks. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Minnesota-Gov-Tim-Walz-Proponent-Licenses-Illegal-Aliens

MRC TV
— MSNBC Frets Gay Illegals Not Entering U.S. Quickly Enough. – BRAD WILMOUTH
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/msnbc-frets-gay-illegals-not-entering-us-quickly-enough
— Greg Abbott Demands Biden Admin. Reimburses Texas For Illegal Immigration Medicare. – Beatriz Madan
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/beatriz-madan/greg-abbott-demands-biden-admin-reimburses-texas-illegal-immigration-medicare

NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Shocked That GOP Mocked Walz Putting Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms – Clay Waters
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/08/09/npr-shocked-gop-mocked-walz-putting-tampons-boys-bathrooms

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Far Left Liberalism and Troubling Incompetence Define Tim Walz. – Daniel Baldwin
https://www.oann.com/commentary/far-left-liberalism-and-troubling-incompetence-define-tim-walz/

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Thousands of Noncitizen Registered Voters Discovered – Mandy Taheri
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/08/09/thousands_of_noncitizen_registered_voters_discovered_1050761.html

TOWNHALL
— Delta Airlines Goes Woke – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/09/delta-airlines-goes-woke-n2643182
— A Democrat Attorney General Targeted Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers. Here’s How They Responded. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/09/ny-ag-letitia-james-targeted-abortion-pill-reversal-heres-how-pro-life-groups-responded-n2643187
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In doing so, Ms. James flagrantly violates their constitutional rights by using lawfare to silence those who disagree with her,” Thomas More Society Executive Vice President & Head of Litigation Peter Breen, said. “Shamefully, Ms. James seeks to steal away a woman’s choice to save her preborn child, should that pregnant woman seek to stop her in-progress chemical abortion, after taking the first abortion pill. Abortion Pill Reversal gives women a second chance to choose life—a life-saving option that Ms. James seems to think pregnant women are not entitled to choose. With this federal lawsuit, we are once again going on the offense to put an end to Ms. James’ attacks on New York’s life-affirming ministries,” Breen added.)
— JD Vance’s Commanding Officer Goes on CNN and Shuts Down Host Who Attacked His Record. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/08/10/jd-vances-commanding-officer-goes-on-cnn-and-shuts-down-cnn-host-who-attacked-his-record-n2643209

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell stepping down in wake of Sonya Massey shooting. – Joe Sutton, Emma Tucker and Jennifer Feldman
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/us/sheriff-jack-campbell-retires-in-wake-of-sonya-massey-shooting/index.html

MSN
— From New York to Denver, US Cities Are Seeking Migrants for Jobs. – Ella Ceron (COMMENT: The jobs that I had were so bad that migrants would not take them. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes never had to take bad jobs.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/ar-AA1owt8B

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Growing Number of Homeless Migrants Are Sleeping on N.Y.C. Streets. As New York City officials struggle to provide shelter for nearly 65,000 asylum seekers, some have said they feel safer sleeping in parks, on the subway and on streets. – Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Olivia Bensimon (COMMENT: NYC today, your municipality tomorrow. My critics/opponents would love to see migrants sleeping in my Prairie Path Park in my precinct.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/nyregion/migrants-homeless-encampment-nyc.html
— Illinois Sheriff Jack Campbell Will Resign Amid Backlash Over Fatal Shooting by Deputy. Campbell, the sheriff of Sangamon County, was criticized for hiring the deputy, who has now been charged with murdering Sonya Massey in her home last month. – Orlando Mayorquín
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/us/sonya-massey-jack-campbell-resigns.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris/Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/us/politics/harris-tim-walz-vp-pick.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/10/us/harris-trump-election
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/us/politics/trump-tim-walz-tampons-schools.html
— Democrats say “Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/politics/harris-trump-battleground-polls.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Sheriff Jack Campbell steps down after deputy charged with murdering Sonya Massey. Pritzker had called on Campbell to resign, saying he had “failed.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/09/sheriff-retires-sonya-massey/
— Democrats and RINOs want Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they want more preference for those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, that is, they want more patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/09/dei-training-court-cases-discrimination/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Walz moved Minn. schools to the left, opposing vouchers while increasing funding” and “Opponents say he catered to the teachers’ union and focused on the wrong issues as test scores fell.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/08/10/walz-minnesota-liberal-education-policies/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly shout that when minorities and women succeed, it is because they overcame discrimination by Whites and men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/09/olympics-simone-biles-save-dei-religion-identity/74673842007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris/Walz.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/08/08/florida-gov-ron-desantis-tim-walz-inter-miami-stadium-grant/74729325007/

NEWSWEEK
— On Wednesday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order cementing election security protocols in the state, noting that since he took office Virginia has discovered and removed more than 6,000 noncitizen registered voters from voting rolls. – Mandy Taheri (COMMENT: How many noncitizens are registered to vote, or will be registered to vote, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-non-citizen-voters-discovered-governor-1937025
— How the GOP Platform Went From 35 Mentions of Abortion to One. – Jesus Mesa (COMMENT: I was removed from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee not only because I advocate for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members, but because I am “too conservative.”)
https://www.newsweek.com/how-gop-platform-went-35-mentions-abortion-one-1937233

ABC NEWS
— Sheriff Jack Campbell who hired ex-deputy charged in Sonya Massey killing to retire. – Sabina Ghebremedhin, Tesfaye Negussie, and Meredith Deliso
https://abcnews.go.com/US/sheriff-sonya-massey-case-retire/story?id=112726163

NBC NEWS
— Illinois sheriff Jack Campbell retires in wake of Sonya Massey shooting
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/illinois-sheriff-retires-in-wake-of-sonya-massey-shooting-216855621629
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deputy-killed-sonya-massey-remain-jail-judge-rules-illinois-sheriff-st-rcna165943

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Sheriff Jack Campbell, Whose Deputy Was Charged in Sonya Massey Shooting, to Quit – Reuters
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-08-09/illinois-sheriff-whose-deputy-was-charged-in-sonya-massey-shooting-to-quit

USA TODAY
— Embattled Illinois sheriff Jack Campbell will retire amid criticism over the killing of Sonya Massey. – Steven Spearie
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/09/illinois-sheriff-will-retire-amid-outrage-over-sonya-massey-shooting/74742981007/

HERALD REVIEW
— The Republican Party has become a bunch of RINOs. – Randall Limbach, Sierra Vista
https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-the-republican-party-has-become-a-bunch-of-rinos/article_533bdea8-5661-11ef-b3c0-27fec32bdc59.html
(FROM THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Republican party has morphed into a party of Republicans-In-Name-Only (RINOs). The RINO concept has shifted over the decades, sometimes used disparagingly and other times approvingly. Traditionally, RINO describes a Republican deviating from conservative values. In my observation, today’s RINO is any Republican: Who’s actions are contrary to his conservative platform; Who not only doesn’t enforce the United States Constitution but promotes its decay (state sovereignty; representation; personal welfare; and state, individual, land, and water rights); Allows and even promotes tyranny (Covid mandates); Surrenders to Democrats on common-sense conservative principles (voter integrity, term limits, individual/land/water rights, taxation, border control, and federal overreach). The cowardly RINO tackles tough issues only after the door of opportunity has closed with a Republican administrative majority, after which he feigns a sense of urgent engagement on those same issues. Like conventional Democrats, establishment Uni-party RINOs possess globalist, centrist, and intellectually dishonest views, shunning those constituents who dare demand the restoration of our Constitution. The RINO enjoys the benefits of Uni-party ‘membership’ via support from the Grand-Old-Party and Democrat institutions, mainstream media, military industrial complex, giant conglomerations, and Big Tech and entertainment industries. RINOs demand “unity” throughout the party yet refuse to reverse course following generations of continued deceit and anti-America legislation. Today’s RINO would have supported the King of England in his efforts to defeat the original American revolutionaries. Ultimately, as what occurred in 1776, God will shield and promote today’s American revolutionary, regardless of political persuasion, and will rightfully hold these counterfeit Americans accountable.)

POST GAZETTE
— Vance and Walz in a race to define themselves as champions of working-class voters. – Steve Bohnel and Mike Wereschagin  (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents want to define you as being? Most of mine want to define me as being “too conservative.” They stress that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, that I have been a Wheaton resident since 1978, and that I attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention as delegate, reporter, and vendor this year while DuPage County and Milton Township RINO leaders boycotted it. They stress that I am White, male, older (born in 1948), baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and 100% German American. They stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844 and that I was a Crete resident 1948-1972. They stress that I was the fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/08/06/jd-vance-philadelphia-tim-walz-midwestern-working-class-voters/stories/202408060075

PIX
— Top companies for high school graduates to begin and advance their career. – Matthew Euzarraga  (COMMENT: In 1966, my ACT score was 24, I graduated in the top 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class, I was a full-time UIC student, and I lived with my parents in Crete. The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 as a part-time employee because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. They disapproved of, if not despised, a) the fact that I was avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments, b) the fact that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and a Crete resident since 1948, and c) that I owned a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. In my defense, I stressed to them that I had bought that Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. They certainly did not want me to become a full-time employee. To get rid of me, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969 even though I had taken far fewer sick days than any of my coworkers. They succeeded in forcing me to resign in 1969 by falsely saying that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work all Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and every day that NIU was not in session.)
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/top-companies-for-high-school-graduates-to-begin-and-advance-their-career-list/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Illinois Sheriff Jack Campbell Abruptly Retires Following Shooting Death Of Sonya Massey. Massey’s family called for Campbell’s resignation after former deputy Sean Grayson killed the 36-year-old Black woman. – Phillip Jackson
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sonya-massey-shooting-illinois-sheriff-retires_n_66b6857ee4b044cc5e99c169

NEW YORKER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris/Walz.
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-harris-walz-reboot

August 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Black women that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl1-hC8gKWs

NBC5
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/south-side-pastors-community-groups-call-no-crime-day-in-chicago/3510998/

CBS2
— Democrats crow about their success in getting protestors to rally in front of Chicago Police Headquarters to demand justice for Sonya Massey, that is, they crow about their success in using Sean Grayson and Massey against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-rally-sonya-massey/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/march-and-rally-held-in-chicago-for-sonya-massey/

WGN9
— Democrats crow about their success in getting protestors to gather in Chicago to demand justice for Sonya Massey, that is, they crow about their success in using Sean Grayson and Massey against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/protestors-gather-in-chicago-to-demand-justice-for-sonya-massey/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNWoSiwtLI
— Democrats crow about their success in raising funds for Sonya Massey, that is, they crow about their success in using Sean Grayson and Massey against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fundraiser-for-illinois-woman-shot-by-deputy-eclipses-500000/ar-BB1r6L2F%3Focid%3DBingNewsVerp

FOX32
— Democrats crow about their success in getting protestors, including George Floyd’s uncle, to rally in front of Chicago Police Headquarters to demand justice for Sonya Massey, that is, they crow about their success in using Sean Grayson and Massey against Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/george-floyds-uncle-sonya-massey-chicago-rally
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1495555

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/heidi-stevens-i-dont-think-the-old-sexist-playbook-is-going-to-work-against-kamala-harris-heres-why-2/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pritzker signs BIPA update, ‘justice-impacted individual’ measure, 57 other bills. – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3109755/pritzker-signs-bipa-update-justice-impacted-individual-measure-57-other-bills/

WGLT
— Democrats deny that Harris increasingly stresses her being Black.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-03/scholars-on-the-divide-and-conquer-strategy-behind-trumps-false-claim-that-harris-turned-black

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff admits he cheated with nanny on his first wife. – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/3/kamala-harris-husband-doug-emhoff-admits-he-cheate/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Unburdened by what has been? Harris hasn’t renounced a single radical position. – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3108727/harris-hasnt-renounced-a-single-radical-position/

NEW YORK POST
— Harris has long history of pushing DEI, woke initiatives — raising questions about policies she would pursue as president. – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/08/03/us-news/harris-has-long-history-of-pushing-dei-initiatives/
— Trump says he will either debate Kamala Harris on Fox News or ‘won’t see her at all’ as he rips VP’s ‘mental capacity’ – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/08/03/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-agreed-to-debate-kamala-harris-on-fox-news-in-september/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— After abandoning Biden, media circles wagons around ‘border czar’ Harris. – Steve Jordahl, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/media/2024/07/30/after-abandoning-biden-media-circles-wagons-around-border-czar-harris/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Establishment Ensures That Gaslighting Paves The Way To Marxism. – Robin M. Itzler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/the_establishment_ensures_that_gaslighting_paves_the_way_to_marxism.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Don Jr blasts ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris in scathing op-ed, says Dems want illegal alien votes. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/04/don-jr-blasts-border-czar-kamala-harris-in-scathing-op-ed-says-dems-want-illegal-alien-votes-1477429/

BREITBART
— JD Vance: Kamala Harris Has Been a Disaster on the Border, Face of Globalism. – Hannah Knudsen
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2024/08/03/exclusive-jd-vance-kamala-harris-has-been-disaster-border-face-globalism/
— Most of Biden-Harris Economy Job Growth Going to Foreign Workers, Including Illegal Aliens. – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/03/americans-be-damned-heritage-economist-most-of-biden-harris-economy-job-growth-going-to-foreign-workers-including-illegal-aliens/

FEDERALIST
— NewsGuard Is A Powerful Scam. – Margot Cleveland
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/29/targeting-law-professor-turley-again-proves-newsguard-is-a-powerful-scam/

MRC TV
— ABC News Continues Their Embarrassing Fawning Over Harris. – Jorge Bonilla
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2024/07/30/kamalamania-abc-news-continues-their-embarrassing-fawning-over

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is No Dictator – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/08/04/trump-is-no-dictator-n2642926

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL & CNN & WASHINGTON POST & ABC NEWS
— Harris team launches GOP group with endorsements from ex-Trump officials, key Republican voices. – Alex Gangitano (COMMENT: Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be conservative and/or Republican will come out of their closets and proclaim a) that they have always been Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or Independents, b) that they hate conservatives, and c) that they have always done everything that they could to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4809725-kamala-harris-campaign-gop-initiative-prominent-republican-voices/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-for-harris-launches-aiming-for-biden-like-appeal-to-anti-trump-voters/ar-AA1ocQoa
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/harris-trump-republicans-kinzinger-haley-voters/94adfa1a-5251-11ef-9a60-5b6e8b4da7c0_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/vp-campaign-launches-republicans-harris-push-win-gop-112552207

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/win-mexico-us-expand-areas-migrants-apply-online-112548623

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote reparations to get more votes from Blacks and to promote more hatred against Republicans. What were your ancestors doing in 1921? On my father’s side, they operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/us/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations-oklahoma.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/trump-tactic-suspicion-harris.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a racist and a sexist if you do not glorify and praise minorities and women, if you do not give preference to minorities and to women.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-04/shyong-column-trump-troll-harris-race
https://www.aol.com/news/column-trump-trolling-democratic-party-100003579.html

REUTERS
— Trump proposes alternative election debate, Harris says no.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-agrees-with-fox-news-debate-kamala-harris-sept-4-2024-08-03/

MSN
— Harris says ‘no denying’ America’s history of racism. – Nick Robertson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American. Why aren’t Democrats demanding reparations from Americans alive today whose ancestors owned slaves?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harris-says-no-denying-america-s-history-of-racism/ar-AA1n99t4

C-SPAN
— 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), campaigned at a rally in Atlanta. The former president criticized his new rival, Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris, about issues such as immigration and transgenderism and said, “she’s a dumb version of Bernie Sanders and, actually, further left than him.”
https://www.c-span.org/video/?537463-1/president-trump-senator-vance-campaign-atlanta

AZ MIRROR
— Democrats, Republicans view precinct committeemen in very different lights. – JEREMY DUDA (COMMENT: Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) leaders appointed me to fill a vacant Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) position in 1999. I was elected RPC for that precinct in 2000 and every 2 years since.  Because MTRO leaders soon determined that I am too conservative for them, that is, because I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including the following planks, they would not appoint me now to fill a vacant RPC position: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Further, they would not appoint me RPC now because they know that they cannot manipulate or dominate me and because I refuse to a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrong doing, or e) give them money. Further, 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. Further, they rudely had me removed from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year. They rudely threw my April 2024 PC letter in their trash. They rudely had me removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005. They rudely killed my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019. They rudely gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They rudely had me removed as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012. They rudely had me removed as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011. They rudely had me removed me as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They rudely had me removed as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007. They almost rudely succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. They rudely killed my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004. According to them, I bring all my problems on myself, that is, I create all my own problems.)
https://azmirror.com/2022/03/18/democrats-republicans-view-precinct-committeemen-in-very-different-lights/

PATABOOK NEWS
— Elgin Academy sold to group planning to open an Islamic K-12 school, billed as the largest in North America.
https://patabook.com/news/2024/08/03/elgin-academy-sold-to-group-planning-to-open-an-islamic-k-12-school-billed-as-the-largest-in-north-america-chicago-tribune/

August 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago area business execs send letter to Harris urging her to choose Pritzker as running mate.” Pritzker is not only anti-Trump. Pritzker is anti those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kamala-harris-vice-president-pick-chicago-area-business-urge-choose-gov-jb-pritzker-running-mate/15138010/

NBC5
— Blacks and illegals are aligned against Republicans. Simone Biles hints/implies/argues/shouts that employers do not give illegals jobs that Blacks have. Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/simone-biles-donald-trump-black-jobs-womens-gymnastics-olympics/3509664/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Chicago Tribune reporters push back against ownership group’s AI demands.” I do not use any AI to put GOPUSA newsletters together. I use what I have learned putting those newsletters together since 2000. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 492,200 articles. In addition, I use what I have learned serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. In addition, I use what I learned serving as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, e) working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, f) etc.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-tribune-ai-negotiations/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Illinois business leaders endorse Pritzker as Harris’ VP pick.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1495120

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/02/how-kamala-harris-candidacy-energized-plans-dnc-chicago-there-was-no-excitement-now-there

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Migrant homeless encampment cleared; city officials deny it’s because of DNC.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/03/migrant-homeless-encampment-cleared-city-officials-deny-its-because-of-dnc/
— Democrats say “Kamala Harris is interviewing Pritzker and five other potential vice president picks this weekend.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/kamala-harris-weekend-vp-interviews/
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/trump-sought-to-pit-black-americans-against-migrants-in-chicago-its-part-of-an-ongoing-gop-tactic/
— Democrats say “Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Harris’ race, whether Republicans want him to or not.” Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/trump-harris-race-2024-campaign/
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/for-multiracial-people-questions-confusing-ancestry-and-identity-are-exhausting-its-happened-my-entire-life/
— Democrats say “Five finalists named for 1st Ward seat on Aurora City Council.” Those who mayors pick to fill their vacant City Council seats say more about those mayors than anything that those mayors can say about themselves.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/five-finalists-named-1st-ward-205700222.html
— Democrats crow that “Elgin Academy sold to group planning to open an Islamic K-12 school, billed as the largest in North America.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/elgin-academy-sold-to-group-planning-to-open-an-islamic-k-12-school-billed-as-the-largest-in-north-america/
— Democrats run Chicago. Democrats acknowledge that “Wealth in Chicago’s Black and brown communities was eroded intentionally.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government eroded my wealth intentionally. They intentionally wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/afternoon-briefing-wealth-in-chicagos-black-and-brown-communities-was-eroded-intentionally-study-finds/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/afternoon-briefing-wealth-chicago-black-190000383.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/olympics-lgbtq-women-athletes-backlash/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Harris interviewing six potential VP picks this weekend. Pritzker is still in the mix, along with three other governors, a senator and a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/02/harris-vice-president-running-mate-pick-2024-election-pritzker-kelly-walz-beshear-shapiro-buttigieg
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/02/jd-vance-kiss-my-grits-for-childless-cat-ladies-jennifer-aniston-insults-donald-trump-gene-lyons
— ALL OF THE FRNY PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Maduro to justify illegal immigration from Venezuela.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/08/01/venezuela-migrants-chicago-maduro-presidency

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Pritzker among the final 6 Harris will interview before VP pick.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/kamala-harris-interview-jb-pritzker-vp-pick-report
— OUTSTANDING: Ken Griffin gives millions to stop recreational weed in Florida.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/ken-griffin-gives-millions-stop-legal-weed-florida

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ask “What are Pritzker’s odds of becoming Harris’ running mate?”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/what-are-gov-jb-pritzkers-odds-of-becoming-kamala-harris-running-mate/article_8423f274-50ff-11ef-99d6-dfe9caf1c985.html\

SOUTHERN
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/02/trump-is-wrong-about-immigrants-taking-black-jobs-economists-say/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump fires back at Harris over ‘weird’ label: They’re the weird ones.”
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-fires-back-at-harris-over-weird-label-theyre-the-weird-ones-jd-vance-kamala-election-november-2024-president-white-house-donald-maga
— Democrats ask “How many ‘tax cheats’ are employed in the federal government?” Who do you know who is/was an IRS employee? I was an IRS employee 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. Who do you know who has audited IRS? I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/how-many-tax-cheats-are-employed-in-the-federal-government-irs-taxes-tawpayers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation mandating a “tax cheat audit” of the federal payroll designed to find the number of employees at the Internal Revenue Service who do not handle their taxes properly. Adam Andrzejewski, founder of Open the Books, says that the results of the audit show that 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe money to the U.S. government.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-133/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Race-based funding bill filed in IL. – Jeanne Ives
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/662289345-jeanne-ives-race-based-funding-bill-filed-in-il

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago schools’ budget gap bigger than reported, but city, state pours in more money. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b6b99658-5104-11ef-9883-9739e8a708fb.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ favored electric school bus maker stumbles. Kamala Harris championed federal subsidies. Pritzker blames Fed. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-favored-electric-school-bus-maker-stumbles-kamala-harris-championed-federal-subsidies-pritzker-blames-fed-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS suspends ‘parole’ program amid rampant fraud. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/2/dhs-suspends-parole-program-amid-rampant-fraud/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— How To Pose as a Reasonable Critic of Israel (With a Little Help From the Media) – David Adesnik
https://freebeacon.com/israel/how-to-pose-as-a-reasonable-critic-of-israel-with-a-little-help-from-the-media/

NEW YORK POST
— Harris fumed at Americans saying ‘Merry Christmas’ – Adam Shaw
https://nypost.com/2024/08/02/us-news/harris-fumed-at-americans-saying-merry-christmas-before-illegal-migrants-were-protected-in-resurfaced-clip/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Most Effective Way to Brand Kamala. President Trump and his unapologetic authenticity are the perfect foil to Kamala Harris’s fakery. – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: How do your critics/opponents brand you? My critics/opponents brand me as being too conservative. Far too many of them use my demographics to brand me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should sue them for defamation.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/03/the-most-effective-way-to-brand-kamala/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Paris Olympics are a microcosm of what Kamala would do to America. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/the_paris_olympics_are_a_microcosm_of_what_kamala_would_do_to_america.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Hollywood elite to hold ‘Dance Party for Kamala’ fundraiser at iconic LGBTQ bar. – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/02/hollywood-elite-to-hold-dance-party-for-kamala-fundraiser-at-iconic-lgbtq-bar-1477046/
— Trump-aligned super PAC hammering Harris on her worst issue: ‘Fails that test’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/03/trump-aligned-super-pac-hammering-harris-on-her-worst-issue-fails-that-test-1477216/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Biden admin proposal would allow DACA recipients access to education programs for low-income Americans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/biden-admin-proposal-allow-daca-recipients-access-education-programs-low-income-americans/26034

COILLEGE FIX
— Academia: Diversity is great but don’t call Kamala Harris a DEI hire. – Dave Huber
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academia-diversity-is-great-but-dont-call-kamala-harris-a-dei-hire/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New Hate Map Counters SPLC Narrative That Violence Is ‘Exclusively the Domain of the Far Right’ – Tyler O’Neil  (COMMENT: I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois for 7 years and as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition for 4 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout the loudest that those groups were hate groups. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/02/new-hate-map-counters-splc-narrative-violence-exclusively-domain-far-right/

DAILY WIRE
— Wokeness Turns The Olympics Into A Farce
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1414-wokeness-turns-the-olympics-into-a-farce

FOX NEWS
— Democrats want non-citizen votes and here’s how we plan to stop them. Democrats have a clear plan to allow non-citizen voting and Trump campaign is fighting it. – Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/donald-trump-jr-democrats-want-non-citizen-votes-heres-how-plan-stop-them
— GOP lawmakers warn Biden parole scheme could lead to massive spike in marriage fraud. The lawmakers noted that marriage fraud is a regular problem for immigration agencies. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-warn-biden-parole-scheme-could-lead-massive-spike-marriage-fraud

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Secret Service Cover-Up!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/secret-service-cover-up/

MRC TV
— Hannity Lists Kamala’s ‘Election Year Conversion’ Flip-Flops. – Craig Bannister
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/hannity-lists-kamalas-election-year-conversion-flip-flops

NEW AMERICAN
— Harris Backed Effort to Let Illegal Alien Practice Law; Defied Obama for Mexican. – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/features/harris-backed-effort-to-let-illegal-alien-practice-law-defied-obama-for-mexican/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That Vice President Kamala Harris is a far-left extremist, notably on immigration, is hardly news. But just how far left might be, and the Sacramento Bee offered an idea yesterday. Harris was behind the effort to push the legal authorities in California to permit an illegal alien to practice law. Indeed, the Bee’s sources say that Harris might have been the deciding factor in Mexican Sergio Garcia’s effort to become a practicing lawyer. The story comports with Harris’ well-known position on immigration. She’s an open-borders fanatic, and does not believe illegally crossing the border is a crime.)

NEWS BUSTERS
— HuffPost Op-Ed Breaks Ranks, Admits Obvious Truth About Kamala Harris. One leftist is trying to rebrand diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as a badge of honor and admitted something the legacy media has often been keen to deny. – Tom Olohan  (COMMENT: DEI is race and gender based preference giving.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/08/02/huffpost-op-ed-breaks-ranks-admits-obvious-truth-about-kamala

PJ MEDIA
— Appeals Court Paves the Way for Illegals to Potentially Steal the Election in Arizona. – Matt Margolis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/02/appeals-court-paves-the-way-for-illegals-to-steal-election-in-arizona-n4931300
— Joe Biden Admitted Kamala Harris Is a DEI Hire. – Matt Margolis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/02/we-got-the-receipts-joe-biden-called-kamala-harris-a-dei-hire-n4931285

TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris Really Doesn’t Want You ‘Speaking Merry Christmas’ – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/08/02/watch-kamalas-weird-rant-against-speaking-merry-christmas-n2642888

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “More voters say Harris has right temperament compared with Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4800406-harris-trump-poll-temperament/

ABC NEWS
— Employers want cheap labor. Expect/anticipate that ever-increasingly, employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals. Illegals drive wages down.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trump-wrong-immigrants-taking-jobs-black-workers-economists/story?id=112490438

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/us/kamala-harris-race-trump.html
— Hate-filled White-hating White-haters ever-increasingly use Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey to promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/opinion/sonya-massey.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/kamala-harris-atlanta-rally.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/arts/music/kamala-harris-beyonce-kendrick-lamar.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats acknowledge that “A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit. GLAAD paid for its chief executive to fly first-class, rent a Cape Cod house and remodel her home office. It may have violated I.R.S. rules.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/glaad-ceo-spending.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats acknowledge that “More Americans call volume of immigrants a ‘critical threat” and say that “Chicago Council survey finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.”
Chicago Council survey finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/immigration-poll-chicago-council/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/01/trump-rally-interview-nabj-racist-comments-maga-republicans/74626968007/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats and RINOs are aligned with groups that are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/no-labels-campaign-finance-complaint-biden-trump-05062262e04b4bb346ab06eaea99630b

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/team-trump-calls-kamala-harris-dei-hire-rcna164117

MSN
— Democrats say “Trump denigrates South America, Asia, and Africa, saying they are sending criminals, rapists and lunatics to US.” To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-denigrates-south-america-asia-and-africa-saying-they-are-sending-criminals-rapists-and-lunatics-to-us/ar-BB1r2thX
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that they should vote for Harris because she is a minority woman.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-real-reason-donald-trump-is-making-racist-comments-about-kamala-harris/ar-BB1r6A6z
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dei-has-some-prominent-critics-but-it-s-actually-getting-more-popular/ar-BB1r5uj5?ocid=BingNewsSerp

FOX OHIO
— Democrats acknowledge that “Ohio removes nearly 500 non-citizen voter registrations from state database.” How many illegals are registered to vote in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Illegals want to turn America into their motherlands. How soon will you be forced to speak, read, and write Spanish?
https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/ohio-removes-nearly-500-non-citizen-voter-registrations-from-state-database-save-act-voting-election-integrity-midwest-november-trump-harris-illegal-immigrants

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want everyone to vote for Harris because she is a minority and a woman.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-of-trumps-political-life-strengths-of-kamala-harris-have-become-clearer-cd8622cc?mod=opinion_lead_pos10
— Democrats say “The Activist Pushing Companies to Ditch Their Diversity Policies. Robby Starbuck has fueled social-media attacks on Tractor Supply, Deere and Harley-Davidson, and his list of targets is getting longer.” (COMMENT: I am an anti-Affirmative Action (AA) and anti-DEI activist.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote AA and DEI. That is why they take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/the-activist-pushing-companies-to-ditch-their-diversity-policies-aeb82873
— Democrats say “He Skipped College to Become a Repairman. He’s On His Way to $175,000 a Year.” Because I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I had by the time I was 49 years old a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that was because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should sue my critics/opponents for defamation.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/he-skipped-college-to-become-a-repairman-hes-on-his-way-to-175-000-a-year-a1d6f02d

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/what-is-dei-kamala-harris-and-the-controversy-over-diversity-policies

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “A food influencer in Chicago breaks down why the Windy City should be on every restaurant lover’s bucket list.” I am a conservative influencer. That is why anti-conservatives take so many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-restaurants-food-influencer-tacos-pizza-italian-beef-alfresco-michelin-2024-8

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump calls off ABC debate, suggests Fox News face-off instead.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/03/trump-calls-off-abc-debate-suggests-fox-news-face-off-instead-00172554
— Democrats say “Advertising Rates & Specs.” GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and www.gopillinois.com have never contained advertising or donation requests and they never will. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes. Because I have enough time and money, all the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every morning come from me and from me only. Of course, my direct competitors are furious about that.
https://www.politico.com/advertising

EEOC
— Democrats say “Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject equal opportunity. They want ever-increasing big time preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices

SNOPES
— Democrats ask “Kamala Harris Failed Her Bar Exam on First Try?” I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take the examination pass all its four parts on their first attempt. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, and/or belittled the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents who stress that others got better scores on the four parts of the examination than I did.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-failed-bar-exam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris did fail the California bar exam on her first attempt, but she later passed and was admitted to the California bar in 1990, just a year after she graduated. As such, we rated this claim as “True” with added context. The bar exam is a qualifying written exam administered by a jurisdiction for lawyers to practice law in that particular state. According to a 2016 New York Times profile of Harris about her Senate campaign, she did fail the bar exam on her first try. Harris described consoling a recent law graduate who did not make it either: “[Harris] failed the bar exam the first time she took it. Harris says she recently consoled a young law graduate who also didn’t pass; ‘I told her, it’s not a measure of your capacity’.” Harris was admitted to the bar in June 1990, according to the State Bar of California records. She graduated from the University of California Hastings school of law in 1989. The California bar exam has been described as notoriously difficult. According to the Los Angeles Times, there was only a 41.8% pass rate in 1985. In July 1989, also according to the Los Angeles Times, 59.5% of people passed and won the right to practice law from the July 1989 exams, and the pass rate was 72.2% among the 4,909 people taking the exam for the first time. In February 1990, the likely date Harris took the bar exam for a second time, the pass rate was 45.9%. Only 33.9% of people passed the February 2024 general bar exam.)

July 31, 2024

C-SPAN
— WATCH LIVE: Former President Trump Speaks at NABJ Conference Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Noon (COMMENT: Will Democrats make today a repeat of 2016?  Democrats are ever-increasingly violent.)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?537472-1/president-trump-speaks-nabj-conference

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ask “An unwelcome guest?” and say “Trump’s Chicago appearance sparks internal and external backlash from Black journalists group. Some members of the National Association of Black Journalists say Trump’s treatment of Black reporters during his presidential term should disqualify him from participating.” I should write a book about how the following have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000: past and present a) leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/07/30/donald-trump-chicago-visit-national-association-of-black-journalists-backlash
— Democrats say “In Chicago, civil rights leaders want Sonya Massey’s killing to be a catalyst for police reform. The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump join the family of Sonya Massey, who was shot dead by a white deputy in Sangamon County. They call on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to hold bad cops accountable and address systemic racism.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/30/sonya-massey-slaying-sharpton-crump-police-reform-shooting-sangamon-county-crime-civil-rights
— Democrats say “Magnificent Mile-area stores are targets of smash-and-grab thieves. Police say thieves drove two vehicles into retail stores on or near North Michigan Avenue early Tuesday, stealing merchandise and fleeing. No one is in custody.” Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I walked the Magnificent Mile for 2 years to/from my IRS job in the Loop, my graduate business evening courses at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East condo.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/30/magnificent-mile-area-stores-are-targets-of-smash-and-grab-thieves-crime-city-hall-cpd
— Democrats say “Firefighters union denied permit to protest during Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 wants to march near the United Center to light a political fire under Mayor Brandon Johnson to negotiate with firefighters and paramedics waiting more than three years for a new contract. The Johnson administration denied the permit, saying it was “too close” to the United Center.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/07/30/firefighters-union-march-permit-denied-protest-contract-negotiations-mayor-brandon-johnson-dnc

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s invitation to Black journalists convention in Chicago divides membership.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/30/trump-to-chicago/
— Democrats say “Oak Park moving to be a ‘certified’ welcoming town for immigrants.” To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/30/oak-park-moving-to-be-a-certified-welcoming-town-for-immigrants-residents/
— Democrats say “East Chicago repeals welcoming city ordinance; Indiana attorney general drops lawsuit.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/30/east-chicago-repeals-welcoming-city-ordinance-attorney-general-drops-lawsuit/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Trump’s invite to Black journos’ convention in Chicago sparks pushback.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/donald-trump-invitation-nabj-convention-sparks-anger

ABC7
— Democrats say “Black journalists convention co-chair steps down 1 day after announcement that Trump will speak.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-visiting-chicago-nabj-2024-convention-chair-karen-attiah-steps-down-day-after-announcement/15123923/
— Democrats say “Sonya Massey’s family, civil rights leaders hold rally at Chicago church, demand sheriff resign.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sonya-massey-shooting-springfield-il-womans-family-leaders-rally-chicago-church-demand-sangamon-sheriff-resign/15124016/
— Democrats say “WLS-TV Annual EEO Public File Report.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially those 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. That is, their top priority was getting rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and budget cuts to accomplish the aforesaid, that is, they used patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination to accomplish the aforesaid. 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.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wls-tv-annual-eeo-public-file-report-august-1-2024/15124359/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Trump in Chicago at NABJ event Wednesday; traffic, protests expected. At least two outside groups are planning to protest Former President Donald Trump’s address, set to take place in the early afternoon.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/trump-in-chicago-at-nabj-event-wednesday-traffic-protests-expected/3506571/
— Democrats say “As Trump prepares for Chicago visit, Johnson and Pritzker share strong reactions.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/as-trump-prepares-for-chicago-visit-johnson-and-pritzker-share-strong-reactions/3506092/
— Democrats say “Illinois sheriff, whose deputy killed Sonya Massey apologizes: ‘I offer up no excuses’  “I stand here today before you with arms wide open and I ask for your forgiveness,” an emotional Campbell said.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-sheriff-whose-deputy-killed-sonya-massey-apologizes/3505642/

CBS2
— Democrats say “Planned Trump appearance at National Association of Black Journalists event in Chicago sparks heated debate.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-appearance-national-association-black-journalists-debate/
— Democrats say “Family, activists demand police reform in wake of Sonya Massey shooting.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/family-activists-demand-police-reform-in-wake-of-sonya-massey-shooting/
— Democrats say “Family of Sonya Massey in Chicago for news conference and rally.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_c5nxkUnoY
— Democrats say “Rally in Chicago with family of Sonya Massey, killed by Illinois Sheriff’s Deputy in early July.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-rally-sonya-massey-family/
— Democrats say “Thieves crash Jeep into Balenciaga store near downtown Chicago (Oak and Rush Streets); second store also hit.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thieves-crash-jeep-into-balenciaga-store-near-downtown-chicago/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Donald Trump comes to Chicago for NABJ convention.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/donald-trump-chicago-nabj
— Democrats say “NABJ president responds to backlash after Trump invited to Chicago convention.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1493264
— Democrats say “Alternate reality: Trump’s NABJ Convention appearance in Chicago sparks backlash.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lQWVqK078
— Democrats say “Sonya Massey murder: Chicago residents, activists call for justice in fatal police shooting.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IIPaOtTvkc

WGN9
— Democrats say “NABJ convention in Chicago: Trump’s visit stirs controversy and debate.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/trump-nabj-convention-chicago/
— Democrats say “Illinois sheriff apologizes for woman’s deputy-involved death, again rejects calls to resign.”
https://wgntv.com/news/sanagmon-county-sheriff-jack-campbell-sonya-massey/

WTTW
— Democrats say “Donald Trump Set to Return to Chicago for Just 2nd Time Since Protests Forced Him to Scrap Rally in 2016.”  Will Democrats make today a repeat of 2016?  Democrats are ever-increasingly violent.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/30/donald-trump-set-return-chicago-just-2nd-time-protests-forced-him-scrap-rally-2016
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s aborted rally in March 2016 was one of the first indications that political violence would follow the Republican leader throughout his time in public office.)
— Democrats say “President Joe Biden to Open First Night of Democratic Convention in Chicago.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/30/president-joe-biden-open-first-night-democratic-convention-chicago-sources-say

WBEZ
— Democrats say “Trump’s Chicago appearance sparks internal and external backlash from Black journalists group. Some members of the National Association of Black Journalists say Trump’s treatment of Black reporters during his presidential term should disqualify him from participating.” I should write a book about how the following have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000: past and present a) leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2024/07/30/donald-trump-chicago-visit-national-association-of-black-journalists-backlash

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats say “A speaking invitation to Donald Trump splits the most prominent American group for Black journalists. Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/a-speaking-invitation-to-donald-trump-splits-the-most-prominent-american-group-for-black-journalists/article_9d6c9a68-8dc4-5783-afd0-f1b5c717cc36.html
— Election winner goes ‘poof’ if voters eliminate auditor’s office. – JIM DEY
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-election-winner-goes-poof-if-voters-eliminate-auditors-office/article_0287aa7a-4b83-11ef-81dc-23e59a9d3a5d.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrats say “As outrage builds, Trump to speak at NABJ convention in Illinois.”
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/30/donald-trump-in-chicago-nabj-convention-member-backlash/74604052007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Black journalist organization in disarray after Trump accepts speaking invitation.’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/black-journalist-organization-in-disarray-after-trump-accepts-speaking-invitation-the-national-association-of-black-journalists-nabj-faced-turmoil-tuesday-over-the-decision-by-former-president-donald-trump-biden-karen-attiah-election-november-harris

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump’s planned address to Black journalists convention sparks backlash.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-30/trumps-planned-address-to-black-journalists-convention-sparks-backlash

HINSDALE PATCH
— Democrats say “GOP Firebrand Thomas DeVore To Speak At September 6 Hinsdale Conservative Gala. The politico blamed Democrats for the attempted assassination of Trump, saying the rival party was rotten to the core.”
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/gop-firebrand-speak-hinsdale-conservative-gala

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Uproar over Trump’s Chicago visit – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/31/an-uproar-over-trumps-chicago-visit-00172029

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats say “Trump At Black Journalism Conference ‘Makes Members Feel Unsafe,’ Some NABJ Attendees Say. Dozens criticized Trump’s scheduled appearance at the Chicago convention Wednesday, saying it upends the convention’s aim to fight misinformation. Trump has repeatedly attacked journalists, helping coin the phrase fake news.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/30/trump-at-black-journalism-conference-makes-members-feel-unsafe-some-nabj-attendees-say/

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-337/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-130/
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-336/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s vice presidential aspirations
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-finishes-last-for-vp-pick-in-swing-states-a-brutal-hit-for-someone-with-higher-political-aspirations-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— National Association of Black Journalists rejects Kamala Harris’ offer of virtual appearance. – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/30/national-association-of-black-journalists-rejects-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Republicans demand resignations of military school leadership over DEI ‘woke indoctrination’ – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3104320/house-republicans-demand-resignations-military-school-leadership-over-dei-indoctrination/

NEW YORK POST
— Olympics ‘Last Supper’ parody lies showcase woke leftist playbook – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/opinion/olympics-last-supper-parody-lies-showcase-woke-leftist-playbook/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Trump shooter used fake name to make purchases from gun stores
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/07/trump-shooter-used-fake-name-to-make-purchases-from-gun-stores-report/#google_vignette

BLAZE
— Corporate media tries to spin Biden-Harris admin as tough on the border crisis — that Democrats created. – Candace Hathaway
https://www.theblaze.com/news/corporate-media-tries-to-spin-biden-harris-admin-as-tough-on-the-border-crisis-that-democrats-created

BREITBART
— Kamala Harris Endorsed ‘Reparations’ for ‘Black People’ – Wendell Husebø (COMMENT: Today, reparations for those who are Black. Tomorrow, reparations for those who are other minorities, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, illegals, etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/30/watch-kamala-harris-endorsed-reparations-black-people/
— Kamala Harris Played ‘Instrumental’ Role in Biden’s Executive Amnesty for Illegal Aliens. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/30/kamala-harris-instrumental-rolling-bidens-executive-amnesty/
— JD Vance in Nevada: ‘Kamala Harris’s Vision for America Is Open Borders and Closed Factories’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/30/jd-vance-nevada-kamala-harris-vision-america-open-borders-closed-factories/

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Hoods’ will ‘come off,’ professor says of GOP ‘racist’ attacks on Harris. – GABRIELLE TEMAAT
https://www.thecollegefix.com/hoods-will-come-off-professor-says-of-gop-racist-attacks-on-harris/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Venezuelan Election A Dry Run For America’s Presidential Election? –  George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/venezuelan-election-a-dry-run-for-america-s-presidential-election

DAILY CALLER
— Kamala Harris Can’t Hide Record That Earned Her ‘Most Liberal’ Senator Label – Robert McGreevy
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/30/kamala-harris-liberal-legislative-record-democrats-gov-track/

DAILY WIRE
— MSNBC Contributor Claims JD Vance — Who Has 3 Biracial Children — Only Wants White Kids In America. – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-contributor-claims-jd-vance-who-has-3-biracial-children-only-wants-white-kids-in-america

GOPUSA
— Harris Cultivates Media Allies In Off-The-Record Schmoozefests  (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They want to curry favor with the Democrat news media.)
https://www.gopusa.com/harris-cultivates-media-allies-in-off-the-record-schmoozefests/
— Harris Haunted By ‘Defund The Police’ Support
https://www.gopusa.com/harris-haunted-by-defund-the-police-support/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Yes, Kamala Is a DEI Hire. Shouldn’t the Left Be Happy About That? – Mike Gonzalez (COMMENT: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely unhappy, if not angry, when I was hired. They got even more unhappy, if not angry, when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. They did everything that they could to waste my career and get rid of me.)
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/yes-kamala-dei-hire-shouldnt-the-left-be-happy-about

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Kamala Harris Has a Radical Pastor in Her Past, Just Like Obama. “history of radical, anti-American remarks that have elicited blowback even from San Francisco Democrats” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-has-a-radical-pastor-in-her-past-just-like-obama/

NEWSMAX
— Missouri AG Bailey Sues Biden Admin Over Migrant Flights – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/us/missouri-ag-lawsuit/2024/07/30/id/1174531/

PJ MEDIA
— Liz Warren: Kamala Supports Mass Citizenship for Illegals. – Catherine Salgado
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/30/liz-warren-kamala-supports-mass-citizenship-for-illegals-n4931197
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) went on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, and she not only affirmed her support for giving millions of barely vetted illegals a “pathway to citizenship” but also claimed VP Kamala Harris backs this insane plan. – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/30/liz-warren-kamala-supports-mass-citizenship-for-illegals-n4931197

TOWNHALL
— Americans Want Less Immigration. Will Its Leaders Ever Give It to Them? – William Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/07/31/americans-want-less-immigration-will-its-leaders-ever-give-it-to-them-n2642740
— Missouri Sues the Biden Admin Over Illegal Alien Flights – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/07/30/one-state-sues-the-biden-admin-over-illegal-alien-flights-n2642727
— Governor on Harris VP Short List Says Socialism Is Just ‘Neighborliness’ – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2642714

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Democrats say “Dems aren’t even hiding it — Kamala Harris promises mass amnesty and more illegal immigration.” How soon will Democrat and RINO leaders force you to speak, read, and write Spanish?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-aren-t-even-hiding-it-kamala-harris-promises-mass-amnesty-and-more-illegal-immigration/ar-BB1qUrru

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Black journalist group sparks backlash for inviting Trump to its convention.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trump-nabj-conference-invite-black-journalists-rcna164327

YAHOO
— Democrats say “Trump’s Invitation to National Association of Black Journalists Convention Causes Backlash.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-attend-q-national-030922450.html

WASHINGTON POST
— To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/30/kamala-harris-dei-answer-personal-story/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ask “Will Harris speak at NABJ convention?” and say “NABJ says they are in talks for post-virtual address.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-donald-trump-nabj/74615887007/
— Democrats say “Police union will not fight the firing of sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey. Al Sharpton and faith community leaders in Chicago held a rally Tuesday for Sonya Massey, the downstate Illinois woman gunned down by law enforcement after calling 911 for help.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/30/police-union-wont-fight-firing-of-deputy-who-killed-sonya-massey/74603216007/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump to speak at Black journalists convention in Chicago, draws criticism.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/30/donald-trump-national-association-of-black-journalists-chicago/74601913007/
— Democrats ask “Is JD Vance Catholic?” and say “What to know about Trump VP pick’s religion.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/15/what-religion-is-jd-vance/74416344007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/27/trump-assassination-attempt-security-failure-gun-control/74526112007/
— Democrats oppose everything that discourages voter fraud.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/30/ohio-voter-id-law-disenfranchised/74169004007/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats say “Corporate America Braces for DEI’s Death If Trump Wins Election.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/corporate-america-braces-for-dei-s-death-if-trump-wins-election

NPR
— Democrats say “Illinois makes mandatory anti-union meetings illegal.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been vehemently anti-union. I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid and my benefits were far too generous. While I was a union member, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, an MBA from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.wyso.org/2024-07-31/illinois-makes-mandatory-anti-union-meetings-illegal

July 25, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for Vice President.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/24/in-cnn-interview-gov-j-b-pritzker-indicates-hes-under-consideration-for-vp-slot/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats use National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C. to call Republicans racists and sexists.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-attacks-johnson-hudson-76f8e90d24004e49449087787ac031a5
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. The Democrat Party platform is liberal and Illinois Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders furiously promote their party’s platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative, but far too many Illinois Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to promote their party’s platform. Consequently Illinois Republican candidates lose elections. According to Illinois Democrats, Illinois Republican candidates can win if they officially become Democrat Lite candidates, that is, if they officially become RINO candidates, that is, if they officially dump the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, if they official join the Democrats in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and race and gender based preference giving. To what extent do the Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in your precinct promote the aforesaid planks in the Republican Party platform?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/24/column-gop-chairs-dream-of-making-illinois-red-again-ignores-political-realities/
— Democrats say “In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows ‘total victory’ in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters.”  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/24/netanyahu-2/
— Democrats say “The Democratic Party’s backward induction problem in the presidential race.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/24/opinion-democrats-presidential-nomination-kamala-harris/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Kamala Harris campaign considering J.B. Pritzker for vice presidential candidate. Asked on CNN if he would accept the No. 2 slot if it was offered, Pritzker replied, “I love being governor of Illinois. … I’d be reluctant to make a change, but it’d be hard to resist a call and consideration if the nominee called me to ask to be considered for vice president.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-presidential-campaign-jb-pritzker-running-mate-consideration
— Democrats say “Democrats expect Republican leaders to send more buses of migrants to Chicago before the DNC. A fresh influx of asylum-seekers could be used to embarrass local Democratic officials during the convention.” Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Their Illegals ever-increasingly demand more/better housing, food, clothing, medical care, education, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/24/dnc-democrats-convention-migrant-crisis-buses-refugees-asylum-seekers-republicans
— Democrats say “Trump and Republicans are suddenly on their heels, scrambling against Kamala Harris. Trump’s the old guy now. And the selection of JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate no longer seems wise.” Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more age discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/24/donald-trump-republicans-scramble-coherent-message-against-kamala-harris-se-cupp
— Democrats say “Trump spins false narrative about rising crime.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/24/crime-donald-trump-joe-biden-statistics-jacob-sullum-column

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Thousands fill Washington’s streets to protest Israel’s war in Gaza during Netanyahu visit.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240724/nation-and-world-politics/thousands-fill-washingtons-streets-to-protest-israels-war-in-gaza-during-netanyahu-visit/
— Democrats say “Drone light show, Ferris wheel will take the DuPage County Fair to new heights.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240724/festivals-and-fairs/drone-light-show-ferris-wheel-will-take-the-dupage-county-fair-to-new-heights/

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago, state prepare for possible migrant surge set to coincide with 2024 DNC. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put sanctuary cities on notice at Republican National Convention.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-illinois-prepare-possible-migrant-surge-set-coincide/15091171/
— Democrats say “Protesters downtown Chicago after Netanyahu addresses Congress; IL lawmakers boycott speech.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/benjamin-netanyahu-speech-today-chicago-protests-expected-after/15090994/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jnvSIli_I

NBC5
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for Vice President.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/jb-pritzker-mum-vp-speculation-kamala-harris-running-mate/3500158/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aka-sorority-members-in-chicago-energized-to-support-kamala-harris-bid-for-president/3500017/
— Democrats say “Former South Bend Mayor and current Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg has emerged as a candidate to potentially serve as a running mate on the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election. According to MSNBC, Buttigieg has been sent vetting materials amid the continuing search for a running mate to run with the party’s nominee, who will likely be Vice President Kamala Harris.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/transportation-sec-pete-buttigieg-linked-to-running-mate-search/3499773/
— Democrats promote West Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/west-chicago-fortune-50-best-places-to-live-for-families/3499577/

CBS2
— Democrats say “Illinois members of Congress skip Netanyahu’s speech over handling of war in Gaza.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/netanyahu-speech-illinois-reps-reax/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gQ9TXh5z14
— Democrats say “Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign when she was California attorney general.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-donated-kamala-harris-campaign-california-attorney-general/
— Democrats say “Protests in Chicago as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks in Washington.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protests-chicago-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-washington/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Cook County to staff additional, temporary court facility during Democrat convention.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/cook-county-temporary-facility-dnc-2024/
— Democrats say “One arrested after anti-Netanyahu protest weaves through Chicago’s Loop Wednesday.” Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/0724-netanyahu-protest-chicago-loop-rally-march/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-netanyahu-protest-weave-chicago-201019597.html

FOX32
— Democrats say “More migrants expected in Chicago as DNC draws near. As the city continues to prepare for next month’s historic Democratic National Convention, officials are also bracing for an influx of migrants from the southern border.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1490451
— Democrats say “Chicago activists take matters into their own hands, install cameras to combat gun violence.” The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-activists-install-cameras-combat-gun-violence-englewood

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats say “Central Illinois political parties energized by Harris, united under Trump.” Is your Republican county party united under Trump?  Is your Republican township/ward organization united under Trump?
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/central-illinois-political-parties-energized-by-harris-united-under-trump/article_7de2aeb6-490f-11ef-958b-17359eda8c75.html
— Democrats say “Illinois lawmaker calls for strengthening protection for homeschooled children.” I should write about my critics/opponents who promote homeschooling. My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-lawmaker-calls-for-strengthening-protection-for-homeschooled-children/article_2cb289f0-4935-11ef-af16-f7c1688aac59.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “Sheriff’s office knew about Sean Grayson’s DUIs” and ask “Were there any other red flags?”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/25/sonya-massey-case-everything-we-know-about-former-deputy-sean-grayson/74509626007/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly attack those who oppose race and gender based preference giving, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly attack those who oppose reverse discrimination.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-faces-racial-dei-attacks-amid-campaign-for-the-2024-presidency/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump” and ask “Could that hurt Tesla?” Since 2015, to harm me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ever-increasingly demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump backer. They stress that I share the following demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. What demographics do you share with Trump?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-24/elon-musk-is-backing-donald-trump-could-that-hurt-tesla
— Democrats say “Trump tries out attack lines on Kamala Harris as her campaign heats up.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-24/trump-tries-out-attack-lines-on-kamala-harris-as-her-campaign-heats-up

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump campaign trying to block Harris’s access to Biden campaign funds.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-campaign-trying-to-block-harriss-access-to-biden-campaign-funds-donald-kamala-joe-president-election-november-2024-money-financing-finance-millions-dollars-democrats-dem-elect-fec-federal-elections-commission
— Democrats say Trump says “Wray should resign from FBI for ‘lying to Congress’ about Biden’s competency.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/wray-should-resign-from-fbi-for-lying-to-congress-about-bidens-competency-trump-says-federal-bureau-of-investigation-president-joe-biden-cognitive-health-guns-firearms-shootings-rally-shot-in-ear-blood-assassination-attempt-politics-2024-election

WGEM
— Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration. Republicans oppose illegal immigration, not legal immigration.
https://www.wgem.com/video/2024/07/24/mexican-americans-feeling-isolated-by-hard-line-republican-ads-targeting-immigration/

WIFR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Kinzinger.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/07/25/eye-politics-one-on-one-with-adam-kinzinger/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Vance.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/25/is-pritzker-on-the-short-list-00171099

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-333/
— Democrats say “Afternoon report.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-126/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— What They Are Saying about ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Last week, the Illinois Republican Party saw President Trump and the Republican National Committee outline the priorities of the Republican Party and the path to victories up and down the ballot in November. New Chair Member elect, Kathy Salvi, also spoke to reporters about the future of the Illinois Republican Party. Here’s what they are saying:)

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly’s PLAYBOOK
https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/Reporter-s-Playbook—Kamala-Harris–A-Tough-Sell-for-Democrats—Del-Mar-Whiplash.html

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Gun rights group: Chicago’s expanded lawsuit against Glock misguided. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3c287406-49e6-11ef-85fe-a3c43ca72317.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ out-migration losses: Measuring the destructive impact on the state’s tax base. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-out-migration-losses-measuring-the-destructive-impact-on-the-states-tax-base-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP blasts Kamala Harris for skipping Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. – Dave Boyer (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/24/gop-blasts-kamala-harris-for-skipping-benjamin-net/
— No more Mr. Nice Guy: Trump brands Kamala Harris a far-left ‘lunatic’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/24/no-more-mr-nice-guy-donald-trump-brand-kamala-harr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago bracing for Greg Abbott to send up to 25,000 migrants to city ahead of DNC. – Annabella Rosciglione
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3097741/chicago-bracing-for-25000-migrants-before-dnc/
— Yes, Kamala is a DEI hire. Shouldn’t the Left be happy about that? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3097876/yes-kamala-a-dei-hire-shouldnt-left-be-happy-about-that/
— Kamala Harris to address major teachers union as it pushes transgender theory in schools. – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3097799/kamala-harris-address-teachers-union-pushes-transgender-theory-in-schools/

NEW YORK POST
— Kamala Harris skips Netanyahu speech to lecture college kids on her ‘vision,’ insists ‘full-on assault’ on rights. – Steven Nelson (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/us-news/kamala-harris-skips-netanyahu-speech-to-lecture-college-kids-on-her-vision/
— Obama doesn’t believe Kamala Harris can beat Trump, which is why he hasn’t endorsed her. – Isabel Vincent and Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/us-news/obama-doesnt-believe-kamala-harris-can-beat-trump-sources/
— Media suddenly changes its tune on calling Kamala Harris the ‘border czar’ — despite giving her the title. – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/us-news/media-change-tune-on-calling-kamala-harris-border-czar-despite-giving-her-the-title/
— Anti-Israel rioters burn US flag, attempt to breach Capitol Police line as Netanyahu addresses Congress. – Ryan King and Alex Oliveira (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/us-news/anti-israel-protesters-rip-down-burn-american-flag-in-dc-after-netanyahu-speech/
— Netanyahu shows up the ‘useful idiots’ in stirring defense of Israel — and the West. – John Podhoretz (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/opinion/netanyahu-shows-up-the-useful-idiots-in-stirring-defense-of-israel-and-the-west/

BLAZE
— Trump fills the void left by spineless Christian leaders. – STEVE DEACE
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-fills-the-void-left-by-spineless-christian-leaders
— Massachusetts offers illegal aliens free flights out of state as it tightens shelter stay limits. – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/massachusetts-offers-illegal-aliens-free-flights-out-of-state-as-it-tightens-shelter-stay-limits

BREITBART
— Sanctuary City Chicago Expects 25,000 Migrants to Arrive Ahead of Democratic National Convention. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/24/sanctuary-city-chicago-expects-25000-migrants-arrive-ahead-democratic-national-convention/
— Kamala Harris a ‘Dues-Paying Member’ of San Francisco Church with Radical Pro-Reparations Pastor. – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-a-dues-paying-member-at-church-where-radical-pastor-stands-as-forceful-voice-for-reparations/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— If You Think Biden Was Bad Get A Load Of Kamala. – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/if-you-think-biden-was-bad-get-a-load-of-kamala

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Faces The Nation Four Days After Dropping Out Via Twitter. – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/24/joe-biden-public-appearence-nation-twitter/
— ‘We Do Not Have Room’: Sanctuary State To Offer Plane Tickets For Migrants To Leave. – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/24/room-sanctuary-state-offer-plane-tickets-migrants-leave/
— Dems Strolling Into Chicago For Convention Could End Up Getting A Taste Of The Border Crisis. – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/24/texas-to-dump-migrants-into-chicago-for-dnc/
— Kamala Harris Backed Reparations For Black Americans The Last Time She Ran For President. – NICK POPE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-slavery-reparations-president-election/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Feds Were Instructed to Clear Scene of Illegal Immigrants During Harris’ Border Trip. – Jason Hopkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/24/feds-were-reportedly-instructed-to-clear-scene-of-illegal-immigrants-during-harris-border-trip/

DAILY WIRE
— The Media Desperately Tries To Turn Mediocre Kamala Into A Star. – Matt Walsh (COMMENT: The Democrat news media in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois ever-increasingly glorifies and praises those “Republican” candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-media-desperately-tries-to-turn-mediocre-kamala-into-a-star
— Netanyahu Blasts Woke Pro-Hamas Protesters: ‘Gays For Gaza’ Are Like ‘Chickens For KFC’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/netanyahu-blasts-woke-pro-hamas-protesters-gays-for-gaza-are-like-chickens-for-kfc

FEDERALIST
— Dems Use New Election Law To Bully A New York Town That Won’t Accept Illegal Aliens. – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: Sooner or later, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will force your county, your township, and your municipality to provide their illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, education, etc.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/24/dems-use-new-election-law-to-bully-a-new-york-town-that-wont-accept-illegal-aliens/
— Kamala Harris Owns The Biden Administration’s Record Of Undermining Election Integrity. – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-owns-the-biden-administrations-record-of-undermining-election-integrity/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Kamala Harris Never Consulted with Border Patrol Chiefs Despite Record Illegal Immigration. – Joey Chester
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-never-consulted-border-patrol-chiefs-despite-record-illegal

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Not Enough for Colleges to Stop Requiring DEI Statements- GEORGE LEEF (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-not-enough-for-colleges-to-stop-requiring-dei-statements/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Axios claims Kamala Harris was never ‘border czar’—Biden appointed her in March 2021. – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/axios-claims-kamala-harris-was-never-border-czar-biden-appointed-her-in-march-2021#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— Biden-Harris Open-Borders Policies Are to Blame for Recent Illegal Alien Crimes, and Congress Must Act. – Dan Stein
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2642484

WASHINGTON STAND
— 30 Million Migrants Flood U.S. Workforce, including 8 Million Illegals. – Sarah Holliday
https://washingtonstand.com/news/30-million-migrants-flood-us-workforce-including-8-million-illegals

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats crow that “LGBTQ leaders, celebrities line up behind Harris.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4791191-lgbtq-harris-gay-rights-trans-trump-vance/
— Democrats say “Democratic enthusiasm for Harris tempered by realism.”
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/4791176-evening-report-democratic-enthusiasm-for-harris-tempered-by-realism/

NEW YORK SUN
— It’s Time for Biden, Having Conceded He Cannot Mount a Re-Election Bid, To Step Down as President. The evidence since his debate with President Trump is clear. – NEWT GINGRICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-having-conceded-he-cannot-mount-a-re-election-bid-must-now-step-down-as-president
— Democrats say “New Right Wing of the Republican Party Proclaims Themselves Champions of the Working Class.” Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents a) have/had wealthy parents and/or b) look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997.
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-right-wing-of-the-republican-party-proclaims-themselves-champions-of-the-working-class

CNN & USA TODAY & FAST COMPANY & MSNBC & NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/dei-kamala-harris/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/07/23/kamala-harris-dei-pick-trump-republicans-gop/74517055007/
https://www.fastcompany.com/91162241/conservatives-are-blaming-dei-for-everything-a-semi-comprehensive-list
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/republicans-kamala-harris-dei-hire-race-gender-rcna163484
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/1198912958/kamala-harris-donald-trump-racism-sexism-rhetoric-presidential-campaign

REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-closes-nomination-with-delegates-secured-campaign-wisconsin-2024-07-23/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Israel’s Netanyahu Addresses U.S. Congress Amid Election Shake-Up. Prime minister defends Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza and pays tribute to both Biden and Trump in speech to a jammed House chamber. – Lara Seligman, Dov Lieber, and Sabrina Siddiqui (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring more Israel-haters into America.)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-confronts-altered-political-landscape-in-u-s-65a118a9
— Merit, Excellence and Intelligence: an Anti-DEI Approach Catches On. MEI frames diversity as a side effect of good hiring, not the goal. Evidence suggests it isn’t so simple. – Callum Borchers and Callum Borchers
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/dei-catches-on-merit-intelligence-excellence-mei-27839a3c

FORBES
— Ten People To Be Thankful For In Your Career. – Caroline Ceniza-Levine (COMMENT: I am most tankful for my IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My IRS career crashed after my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of him.  I am most tankful for my GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me in 1986. My GAO career crashed after my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of him.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2019/11/24/ten-people-to-be-thankful-for-in-your-career/

U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
— Different Types of Adverse Actions Use Different Rules (COMMENT: The more of the following that federal employees are, the less protected that they are from adverse actions: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) never promoted me to GS-14 and delayed my promotions to GS-13, GS-12, and GS-11, and d) forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me to GS-13, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.mspb.gov/studies/adverse_action_report/5_DifferentTypes.htm

BROOKINGS
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with minorities. Because RINOs want cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with minorities.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/census-shows-americas-post-2020-population-is-driven-by-diversity-especially-among-the-young/

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— 62% Concerned About Election Cheating
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/62_concerned_about_election_cheating

July 20, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “US Reps Sean Casten, Chuy Garcia call for President Joe Biden to step aside from race.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-us-representative-sean-casten-calls-president/15071150/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s speech about assassination attempt hits home for Illinois delegates at RNC.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-rnc-2024-former-presidents-speech-rally/15072393/
— Democrats say “Thousands still without power days after Chicago-area storms.” I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my buying a whole house natural gas back up electric generator.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/power-outage-today-homewood-helped-surrounding-suburbs-many/15071824/
— Democrats say “Berwyn man charged in 2022 West Lawn road rage shooting death of 3-year-old boy.” My brother suffered serious injuries as a passenger in a car involved in a road rage incident.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/berwyn-man-giovanni-hernandez-charged-murder-mateo-zastro-court/15072376/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYjlrDENnU

NBC5
— Democrats say “Uncertainty over Biden’s candidacy persists ahead of Democratic National Convention in Chicago.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/uncertainty-over-bidens-candidacy-persists-ahead-of-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/3495884/
— Democrats ask “Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-could-replace-joe-biden-if-he-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495592/
— Democrats ask “What happens next if Joe Biden drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/what-happens-next-if-joe-biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495741/
— Democrats say “Postal workers demand heightened safety measures after Chicago letter carrier shot and killed.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/postal-workers-demand-heightened-safety-measures-after-chicago-letter-carrier-shot-and-killed/3495988/
— Democrat say “Price plummets for Olympia Fields mansion previously home to Chicago celebrities. Listed for almost $3.5 million in January 2024, the asking price is now $1 million lower.” How much would this home be worth if it was in your municipality? I sold my childhood home 1286 Wood Street in Crete ( https://www.coldwellbanker.com/il/crete/1286-wood-street/lid-P00800000G69nqQ4d33ThxIbRs04xDo4lThe0OSV ) for $99,900 in December of 2022. What would it be worth if it was in Wheaton?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/price-plummets-olympia-fields-mansion-previously-home-chicago-celebrities/3495370/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Chicago man accused of supplying fatal dose of drugs to Naperville man.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-man-accused-of-supplying-fatal-dose-of-drugs-to-naperville-man/

FOX32
— Democrats say “A Chicago man will remain in custody pending his trial after allegedly supplying illegal narcotics to a Naperville man who overdosed and died in 2023. Prosecutors said the victim arranged to receive illegal narcotics from Christopher Hobson, 38, on Feb. 20, 2023.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-supplied-illegal-narcotics-killed-naperville-man

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ask “Is VP Harris a more viable candidate than President Biden?”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/is-vp-harris-a-more-viable-candidate-than-president-biden/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Illinois RNC delegates say Trump’s economic message should sway voters.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/leaving-milwaukee-illinois-rnc-delegates-say-trumps-economic-message-should-sway-voters/
— Democrats say “On-duty mail carrier fatally shot in West Pullman neighborhood, $250K reward announced.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/on-duty-mail-carrier-fatally-shot-in-west-pullman-neighborhood/
— Democrats say “Billionaire Ken Griffin lists Gold Coast condo for $11M.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/billionaire-ken-griffin-lists-gold-coast-condo-for-11m/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn minorities who marry Whites?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/jd-vance-usha-chilukuri-indian-interracial-marriage-racism-trump-white-supremacy-rummana-hussain
— Democrats say “Political violence and rhetoric is all too American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/political-violence-rhetoric-trump-assassination-attempt-gun-violence-history-natalie-moore
— Democrats say “Republican convention biblical banter rings a Paul Harvey bell.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/trump-speech-paul-harvey-so-god-made-a-farmer-biblical-banter-republican-convention-super-bowl-ad
— Democrats say “Editor’s note: Important changes to this weekend’s newspapers as printing plant disruption continues. There will be no early Sunday edition, also called the “3-star” or bulldog, this weekend, and the regular Sunday edition will be smaller than usual. We were unable to include news from Friday evening in Saturday’s paper.” To help make my daily GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters more timely and more comprehensive, I spend thousands of dollars every year for home delivery of and internet access for the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Crain’s Chicago Business, Naperville Sun, etc. I am an independent conservative Republican not-for-profit aggregator of political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I should write about how my direct competitors treat me and treat my newsletters. I would focus on those who reject one or more of the following planks in past and present Republican Party platforms: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editors-note-weekend-paper
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Remember all the times Trump used incendiary language to taunt Democrats?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/donald-trump-incendiary-inflammatory-language-against-democrats-joe-biden-gene-lyons

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Suburban Republicans leave convention energized and hopeful for November.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/news/suburban-republicans-leave-convention-energized-and-hopeful-for-november/
‘– Democrats say “It’s a different party’: Healing, division and questions about Trump’s coattails among RNC takeways.” The previous Illinois Republican Party used pretexts to remove me from its 2024 State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/illinois-state-politics/its-a-different-party-healing-division-and-questions-about-trumps-coattails-among-rnc-takeways/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ask “Who’s moving in and out of Chicago?” and say “Fed trackers reveal some surprises.” Democrat leaders of Chicago a) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-population-shifts-revealed-federal-reserve-report

HERALD & REVIEW
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi on future of state party.”
https://herald-review.com/illinois-gop-chair-kathy-salvi-on-future-of-state-party/video_5dd907e8-461f-11ef-80cc-ab8d8a8ef2cc.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrats use Trump shooting to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/political-divisions-stall-proposed-gun-policies-19584194.php

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ask “Are top Republicans shifting in favor of unions?” I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid because of that. My federal salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and d) I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/19/are-top-republicans-shifting-in-favor-of-unions-probably-not-experts-say/

WGLT
— Democrats say “Trump has promised deportations on an unprecedented scale.” Illegals drive wages down. They harm younger Americans the most a) whose parents are not wealthy, b) who have less education and/or c) who have fewer or no job skills. Because my parents were not wealthy, I had to work my way through college. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, illegals would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I earned would have been less.  I did yard work 1962-1964, I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, I washed dishes 1964-1966, I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966, I pumped gasoline in 1966 and 1971-1972, and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-19/trump-has-promised-deportations-on-an-unprecedented-scale
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot in Bloomington-Normal.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-07-19/a-6th-marijuana-dispensary-opens-in-bloomington-normal

WAND TV
— Democrats say “What Usha Vance’s rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans.” All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saw all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. All the members of the following organizations saw all the adverse actions that the leaders of those organizations took against me: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Milton Township Republican Organization, d) Illinois, e) DuPage County, f) Milton Township, g) Wheaton, h) Wheaton Park District, i) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, j) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, k) Illinois Center Right Coalition, l) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, m) etc.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-usha-vances-rise-to-prominence-means-to-other-south-asian-and-hindu-americans/article_12fcdeb9-41d8-52c4-9051-19e392b41f9d.html

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats say “Miller critical of media in Trump coverage.”
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/miller-critical-of-media-in-trump-coverage/article_7e0b9446-4542-11ef-a462-ab24908fc471.html

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and make it clear that they are going to use government to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Consequently, the aforesaid are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-richardson/normalizing-hate-how-republicans-have-increasingly-advocated-violence-as-a-way-to-gain-power/

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOUNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals with Blacks who fled slavery.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2024/07/19/neighborspace-land-grant-underground-railroad.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be stoners and LGBTQers.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/19/sway-lgbtq-owned-dispensary-aims-to-open-in-south-shore/

ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Democrats say Orland Park Violated the Open Meetings Act when its Mayor Keith Pekau and its Board of Trustees cleared the board room during a contentious meeting in February.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/chief-clear-room-orland-violated-open-meetings-act-ag-says

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-123/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Democrats in Disarray on Biden  CHICAGO — After a week of unity in Milwaukee, Republicans in Illinois and across the country are ready to win in November. Democrats on the other hand don’t even know who will be at the top of the ticket yet. Joe Biden’s poll numbers keep getting worse and big name Democrats are calling it quits on the President. Sean Casten joined a growing chorus of Democrats calling for Biden to step down this morning, a chorus that includes Reps. Chuy Garcia, Mike Quigley, and Eric Sorenson. But former Biden/Pritzker staffer Nikki Budzinski and Senator Dick Durbin are #RidinWithBiden. And Governor Pritzker? He’s supporting the “Democratic nominee” who is “apparently” Joe Biden. Sounds like a full throated endorsement to us. With less than a month to go until Democrats descend on Chicago, their party here in Illinois and across the country is in complete and utter disarray. 31 days to go.
https://illinois.gop/category/news/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president. – Jim Talamonti (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e055d80a-45e2-11ef-9999-9f8803279cfc.html
— Chicago mayor defends shutdown of homeless site. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_14348086-45f7-11ef-b216-17002c4b042f.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME TODAY – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-10-things-you-should-know-about-chicago-crime-today/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s RNC spreads emotional, big-tent MAGA message — a show lauded even by Democrats. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big-tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big-tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/donald-trumps-rnc-spreads-emotional-big-tent-maga-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thirteen Democrats ask Biden to stand aside as dam begins to break. – Rachel Schilke
Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 103)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-103/

NEW YORK POST
— Lara Trump says she has full confidence in Secret Service — but says director Kimberly Cheatle must answer for ‘mistakes’ – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/lara-trump-says-has-full-confidence-in-secret-service/

AMERICAN THINKER
— University DEI plan says individualism, timeliness, part of white supremacy culture. – Eric Utter (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/university_dei_plan_says_individualism_timeliness_part_of_white_supremacy_culture.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Microsoft selectively scraps its DEI department. Don’t be fooled. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/microsoft-selectively-scraps-its-dei-department-dont-be-fooled-1473633/
— Illegal alien known for urging others to squat in US homes linked to Venezuela military intel. – Tom Tillison (COMMENT: How many vacant homes and apartments are there in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/illegal-alien-known-for-urging-others-to-squat-in-us-homes-linked-to-venezuela-military-intel-report-1473724/

BREITBART
— ‘Gang of Eight’ Advocates (Senators Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, and Chuck Schumer) Sought Amnesty for 35 Million Illegals. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/19/gang-of-eight-advocates-sought-amnesty-for-35-million-in-2013/

CENTER SQUARE
— New bill would change federal hiring practices on past cannabis use. – Brett Rowland (COMMENT: I have never used pot and I never will. Pot is a disqualifier. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Many of my critics/opponents act like they have used pot, are using pot, and/or want to use pot. They despise/hate me because I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_86460062-45f9-11ef-9fff-cb56c00c9e3b.html

DAILY CALLER
— Third Senate Democrat Calls For Biden Exit. –  ROBERT MCGREEVY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/19/senate-dem-martin-heinrich-biden-campaign/

DAILY WIRE
— The Appalling Display Of Christian White Nationalism At The RNC. – Andrew Klavan
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-appalling-display-of-christian-white-nationalism-at-the-rnc

FEDERALIST
— Donald Trump Enters Fall Election With The Big Tent Republicans Failed To Build For Decades. – TRISTAN JUSTICE (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/19/donald-trump-enters-fall-election-with-the-big-tent-republicans-failed-to-build-for-decades/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Biden’s Border Crisis is Destroying Heartland America: A Look at Springfield, Ohio. – Joey Chester (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs: Springfield, Ohio today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-destroying-heartland-america-look-springfield-ohio
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-is-destroying-heartland-america-a-look-at-springfield-ohio/

FOX NEWS
— Number of Americans wanting reduced immigration skyrockets, most since 2001. – Adam Shaw
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-americans-wanting-reduced-immigration-194008334.html

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DEI Is Distracting Our Military From Its Primary Task. – Jim Fein (COMMENT: The primary task that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had was hiring, retaining. and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/dei-distracting-our-military-its-primary-task

MRC TV
— Democrats Don’t Care if Biden’s Too Demented to Control ICBMs. – Ted Cruz
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/ted-cruz-democrats-dont-care-if-bidens-too-demented-control-icbms

NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Bashes RNC: ‘Violent Rhetoric and Attacks on Undocumented Immigrants’ – Clay Waters
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/07/19/npr-bashes-rnc-violent-rhetoric-and-attacks-undocumented-immigrants

NUMBERS USA
— Trump while referring to illegal immigrants: They are taking the jobs from our Black population and our Hispanic population…
https://x.com/theatlantavoice/status/1814138971586261215

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ask “Too old to work?” and say “Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside.” What is Trump’s position on age discrimination?  When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-!3. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-older-elderly-voters-a6bcbdaf35c78a8aac04e8ad078456f2
— Firefighter killed at Trump rally honored with bagpipes and gun salute at funeral. (COMMENT: At my request, Wheaton used $1,000 a year of the money that I raised from Republicans for bagpipers in its Independence Day parades. My critics/opponents do not like bagpipers if not despise/hate bagpipers. They complain that they do not march fast enough.)
https://apnews.com/video/pennsylvania-corey-comperatore-funerals-and-memorial-services-donald-trump-national-eb06523d3956446688e4c08e55a8bedf
— Democrats say “Republicans say they will trust the election results as long as Trump wins. With many Trump supporters confident he will win in November, there was less talk of stolen elections at the Republican National Convention.” Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats on the ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/19/trump-election-results/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-calls-unity-ring-hollow-lgbtq-community/story?id=112096917

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “How Trump used the Republican convention to shift the party his way. Abortion and gun rights got little attention. Speakers included a union president, an OnlyFans model and disaffected Black and Latino Democrats angry about crime and immigration.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-used-republican-convention-shift-party-way-rcna162739

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Biden Plans to Resume Campaigning as More Democrats Urge Him to Quit.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/19/us/biden-election-news
— Democrats say “Bus by Bus, Texas’ Governor Changed Migration Across the U.S.  In two years, Texas has bused more than 119,000 people to Democrat-led cities, shifting both migration patterns and the debate over immigration. The list of cities keeps expanding.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/abbott-texas-migrant-buses.html
— Democrats say “From Honor Student to the Gunman Who Tried to Kill Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/gunman-thomas-crooks-trump-shooting.html
— Democrats say “How to Rein In Rising Auto Insurance Rates.” To save on auto insurance, I have stopped driving five of my seven cars and my SUV and I have suspended insurance coverage on them except comprehensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/your-money/car-insurance-rates-inflation.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-speech.html
— Pro-Lifers Helped Bring Trump to Power. Why Has He Abandoned Us? – Patrick T. Brown
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/trump-abortion-pro-life.html
— Democrats say “Since the shooting at his rally, Mr. Trump has appeared more concerned about his legacy and how he may be remembered by his grandchildren.” I should write a book my critics/opponents and what I believe they will say about me when I die. I would focus on those who now say that I bring all my problems on myself, that is, that I cause all my own problems. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech-analysis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment/abolishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/20/republican-convention-far-right-immigration-transgender/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ask “Can Elon Musk buy Trump the White House?” and say “Americans are about to find out.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/19/elon-musk-trump-super-pac-donation-election/74440973007/

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders flood America with illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs flood America with illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-rnc-disturbing-anti-immigration-rhetoric-rcna162637
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/donald-trump-mtg-rnc-sent-message-trans-people-year-rcna162422

INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— All the females who my GAO superiors promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dei-bullying-assumes-people-didn-110012913.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Twelve More Democrats Join Chorus Calling on Biden to Exit Race. One day after Republican convention, Democrats intensify calls for president to step aside while Vice President Harris had a contentious call with donors.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/six-more-democrats-join-chorus-calling-on-biden-to-exit-95daf381
— Democrats say “The White-Collar Hiring Rut Is Here. That’s Bad News for Young College Grads.” When you graduated for college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was a) my being viewed as being draft bait, b) tremendous pressure on employers to hire minorities and females, c) my GPA not being that great, d) my not having demonstrated leadership potential, and e) my having been a postal employee for almost 3 years and then forced to resign.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-college-educated-workers-jobs-c594c29a
— California’s Minimum Wage Backfire. The $20 fast-food mandate is harming workers and business. – Editorial (COMMENT: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-minimum-wage-unemployment-fast-food-restaurants-gavin-newsom-fa91c381

FORBES
— Those who have/had wealthy parents say “OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing.”  My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my working my way through college. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have/had wealthy parents. I would focus on those who crow that they got scholarships. My GPA suffered because instead of studying, I washed dishes 1964-1966 and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Democrats say “12 Ways To Champion DEI With Pay Transparency In The Workplace.”  Federal salaries have always been extremely transparent. All my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) knew that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $22,996/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and b) knew that they would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/07/19/12-ways-to-champion-dei-with-pay-transparency-in-the-workplace/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ask “Do Women Belong in the Secret Service?” and say “Former Agents Speak Out.” All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), there was tremendous increasing Democrat pressure on my superiors to hire, retain, and promote women. I should write a book about that. If I had been a woman, GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 a) because I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976 and in accounting in 1980, b) because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) because I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) because I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-18/why-are-women-in-the-secret-service

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “Millionaires list health, family, and financial security as their top priorities — in that order.” What are your top priorities in life? My top priorities include putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning. Because I have ever-increasingly spent so much time and money doing that since 2000, a) my health has suffered big time and b) my net worth is tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars less.
https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaires-share-their-top-priorities-2015-5

FED SMITH
— Democrats say “OPM Directs Agencies to Advance Pay Equity for Federal Employees. OPM is directing agencies to conduct independent pay gap analyses to advance pay equity throughout the federal workforce.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors always paid my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger more than they paid me. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/07/19/opm-directs-agencies-to-advance-pay-equity-for-federal-employees/

BUSINESS STANDARD
— Trump vows to end illegal immigration; supports expatriation
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/us-elections-trump-vows-to-end-illegal-immigration-supports-expatriation-124071901478_1.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Biden administration treats illegal immigrants better than our own citizens. – Mike Pompeo
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/biden-admin-treats-illegal-immigrants-better-than-our-own-citizens-mike-pompeo/videoshow/111862146.cms

TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Republicans oppose illegal immigration, not legal immigration.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/articleshow/111875648.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/ar-BB1qj98j

INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-transgender-healthcare-tax-funding-b2582465.html

July 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— At least 8 groups applied for permits to protest at DNC. Chicago’s Department of Transportation released records days after NBC 5 Investigates reported how city agencies had rejected initial requests for information. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/records-show-at-least-8-groups-applied-for-permits-to-protest-at-dnc/3480828/

CBS2
— Biden vows to stay in presidential race as he seeks to reassure allies after debate – Kaia Hubbard
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/biden-democratic-leaders-congress-debate-fallout/
— Democratic governors meet with Biden to discuss debate fallout
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/democratic-governors-meet-with-biden-to-discuss-debate-fallout/
— Recent violence at Chicago’s 31st Street Beach prompts early closure for holiday weekend – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/31-street-beach-closing-early/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQzFTROKXc
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/drag-sonoma-celebrate-pride-month-style-brunch-localish/15021059/

FOX32
— Chicago beach curfew to deter violence negatively impacting nearby businesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m3Ffj5fMAE

WGN9
— Biden meets with Pritzker, other governors as he tells staff he’s ‘in this race to the end’ – Tahman Bradley, BJ Lutz
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/biden-meeting-pritzker-other-governors/
— Chicago’s 31st Street Beach gets early curfew, extra security for at least 10 days – Dana Rebik, Anna Roberts, BJ Lutz
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicagos-31st-street-beach-to-close-early-extra-security-in-place-for-10-days/

CHICAGO TRIUBUNE
— Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill – SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/03/top-white-house-aide-urges-staff-to-tune-out-noise/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Chicago pension debt climbs to $37.2 billion – A.D. QUIG and JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/03/chicago-pension-debt-climbs-to-37-2-billion/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov tough love? Biden finds Pritzker, other Democratic governors complimentary and critical in White House meeting. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with the governors in an hour-long White House discussion described by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as ‘honest and open’ and by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker as “candid.” But the president also heard comments and questions that ranged from complimentary to ‘a little targeted.’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/03/president-biden-trump-debate-pritzker-harris-democratic-governors-meeting-walz-newsom-moore-whitmer
— When did your ancestors immigrate? Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/07/04/we-the-people-voting-rights-democracy-black-native-american-women-joseph-jones-the-conversation
— Ever-increasingly Democrats run America and use the mainstream news media to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/07/04/misinformation-disinformation-lies-democracy-news-literacy-americans-july-4th-editorial

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker urges Biden to address Americans after poor debate – Isis Almeida
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-urges-joe-biden-address-americans-after-poor-debate

SOUTHERN
— Democrats promote Kamala Harris should Biden withdraw.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/03/buzz-builds-around-kamala-harris-should-biden-withdraw/
— If Biden drops out, who could replace him? Harris does better against Trump in polls. – ABC News
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/04/if-biden-drops-out-who-could-replace-him-harris-does-better-against-trump-in-polls/

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘I’m not leaving,’ Biden says in a fundraising email. – Tamara Keith, Claudia Grisales, Deepa Shivaram, Deirdre Walsh
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-03/im-not-leaving-biden-says-in-a-fundraising-email

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker stands behind Biden for nomination, ‘unless he decides otherwise’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c5719e78-3950-11ef-9c44-a3f724ba2f99.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Threat of Non-Citizens Voting is Here – Nancy Hayes
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/07/the-threat-of-non-citizens-voting-is-real/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO HAS TOO FEW POLICE, PAYS TOO MUCH IN POLICE OVERTIME – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-has-too-few-police-pays-too-much-in-police-overtime/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WAHINGTON TIMES
— Biden privately weighs ending reelection bid as campaign freefall accelerates – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/3/joe-biden-privately-weighs-ending-reelection-bid-c/
— Second Democrat backs call from Biden replacement – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/3/raul-grijalva-backs-call-biden-replacement/
— Rep. Chip Roy calls for House to impeach VP Kamala Harris for ‘lying’ about Biden’s mental capacity. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/3/rep-chip-roy-calls-house-impeach-vp-kamala-harris-/
— Democratic governors offer support to embattled Biden, vow to ‘have his back’ – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/3/democratic-governors-offer-support-embattled-joe-b/

NEW YORK POST
— More police officers relocating to Florida from other states all over the US: ‘We back our blue’ – Bethany Blankley
https://nypost.com/2024/07/03/us-news/more-police-officers-relocating-to-florida-from-other-states-all-over-the-us-we-back-our-blue/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden has admitted more than 5 million illegal immigrants – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3069027/biden-admitted-more-than-5-million-illegal-immigrants-congressional-report/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Joe Biden dispatches immigration officials to foreign nations to assist migrants claiming ‘asylum’ – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/cbs_news_joe_biden_dispatches_immigration_officials_to_foreign_nations_to_assist_migrants_claiming_asylum.html
— Joe Biden hates separation of powers. – Howard J. Warner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/joe_biden_hates_separation_of_powers.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Why Independence Day Celebrations Don’t Work On Democrats – George Rasley (COMMENT: Since 2000, and especially since 2005, I have promoted Republican participation in and sponsorship of Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Opposition to my doing that from Democrat and RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois as ever-increasingly increased. In 2021, they succeeded in ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/why-independence-day-celebrations-don-t-work-on-democrats

DAILY CALLER
— Biden ‘Ally’ Told The NYT Joe Has Doubts About Saving His Candidacy. – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/03/joe-biden-ally-new-york-times-drop-out-presidential-race/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Bogus Study at the Heart of Corporate DEI – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/03/bogus-study-heart-corporate-dei/

DAILY WIRE
— Reports Back Up Trump Contention That Illegal Immigrants Are ‘Taking Black Jobs.’  Unemployment statistics hide the fact that 10 million Americans have given up on even looking for work in recent years, an amount similar to the number of illegals believed to be working in the U.S. – Luke Rosiak (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, I gave up looking for work appropriate for someone with my work experience (almost 18 years working for GAO as an Analyst and almost 9 years working for IRS as a Revenue Officer), education (master’s degrees in finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), professional certifications in forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979), and CPA license-1981. The many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors had taken against were too big for me to overcome. My Democrat GAO superiors had a) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and denied my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/reports-back-up-trump-contention-that-illegal-immigrants-are-taking-black-jobs-government-report-says

FEDERALIST
— After Sexual Assault And Murder Of 12-Year-Old Girl, NYT Reporter Blames Republicans For Noticing The Alleged Killers Are Illegals. – MONROE HARLESS
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/03/after-sexual-assault-and-murder-of-12-year-old-girl-nyt-reporter-blames-republicans-for-noticing-the-alleged-killers-are-illegals/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illegal Crossings Explode at Northern Border Since Biden Didn’t Include it in His ‘Crackdown.’  “Without the same restrictions as the southern border, a record 3,600 migrants entered illegally in June — more than recorded crossings for all of 2022.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/07/illegal-crossing-explode-at-northern-border-since-biden-didnt-include-it-in-his-crackdown/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democratic Lawmakers Resign Themselves to Biden’s Loss – NOAH ROTHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democratic-lawmakers-resign-themselves-to-bidens-loss/

TOWNHALL
— Missouri Formed a Committee to Investigate Illegal Alien Crimes – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2641342

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Biden has privately acknowledged next stretch of days are critical for whether he can save his reelection bid. – MJ Lee
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/politics/joe-biden-2024-campaign-troubles
— Over 65 and still working or looking for work? – John Towfighi (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, I gave up looking for work appropriate for someone with my work experience (almost 18 years working for GAO as an Analyst and almost 9 years working for IRS as a Revenue Officer), education (master’s degrees in finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), professional certifications in forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979), and CPA license-1981. The many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors had taken against were too big for me to overcome. My Democrat GAO superiors had a) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and denied my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/economy/over-65-and-still-working-or-looking-for-work/index.html

MSN
— Here are the 14 Democrats who voted with the GOP to condemn Biden’s ‘open-borders policies’ – Kelsey Vlamis, Bryan Metzger
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/here-are-the-14-democrats-who-voted-with-the-gop-to-condemn-biden-s-open-borders-policies/ar-AA1n9Cnz

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden Tells Allies He Knows He Has Only Days to Salvage Candidacy. The president’s conversations are the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating debate performance. The White House said he had not spoken about leaving the race. – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/biden-withdraw-election-debate.html
— Should Biden Quit? Democrats Weigh Potential Rewards and Steep Risks. Picking a new nominee could give Democrats a jolt of energy. But it could bring division and a crash-course campaign with no room for error. – Adam Nagourney and Jim Rutenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/president-biden-donald-trump-campaign-2024-democrats.html
— Should Biden Step Aside or Stay In? What Prominent Democrats Are Saying. – June Kim, Blacki Migliozzi, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Neil Vigdor and Lily Boyce
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/03/us/elections/biden-withdrawal-democrats.html
— Who Should Lead the Democratic Ticket? Six Columnists Weigh In. Gretchen Whitmer, Kamala Harris, President Biden — who is best positioned to beat Donald Trump in November?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/opinion/biden-alternative-democratic-ticket.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Protestants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/opinion/christian-nationalist-religion-america.html
— Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump – Charles Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/opinion/biden-harris-trump-democrats.html
— Biden’s Slipping Support – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/podcasts/the-daily/bidens-trump-poll.html
— Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/biden-donors-debate.html
— When did your ancestors immigrate? Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize those whose ancestors immigrated to America before the Civil War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/opinion/patriotism-july-fourth.html
— The Debate Hurt Biden, but the Real Shift Has Been Happening for Years. A 3-point move toward Trump in a new Times/Siena poll is not a fundamental change in the race, but it adds to longstanding concerns. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/upshot/poll-biden-trump-debate.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are ever-increasingly succeeding in getting rid of citizens of American who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/03/heritage-foundation-trump-revolution/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly put down Independence Day.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/07/03/fourth-of-july-biden-trump/74277333007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Expands Lead Over Biden as Age Worries Grow, WSJ Poll Finds. The former president is now ahead by 6 points, with 80% saying the incumbent is too old to run. – Aaron Zitner  (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-expands-lead-over-biden-after-debate-as-voters-age-worries-grow-wsj-poll-finds-c3a793ab

DISPATCH
— Age Is Destiny – Jonah Goldberg (COMMENT: I should write a book about age discrimination. When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. That rendered worthless my earning job-related a) master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1994, b) professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a professional license in 1981.)
https://thedispatch.com/article/age-is-destiny/
— Shuffling for President. Politicians who risk damaging their party are supposed to get out of the way. – Jonah Goldberg (COMMENT: Since 2000, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I not only damage the aforesaid organization, but that I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose elections. I should write a book about that.)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/shuffling-for-president/
— The Tide Begins to Turn Against Biden. – Mary Trimble, Grayson Logue, Peter Gattuso, and Aayush Goodapaty
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/the-tide-begins-to-turn-against-biden/
— Democrats Have More to Fear Than Fear Itself. The party propped up an ailing FDR in 1944, but the world has changed. – Chris Stirewalt
https://thedispatch.com/article/democrats-have-more-to-fear-than-fear-itself/
— Trump Poised to Rip 40-Year-Old Pro-Life Plank Out of GOP Platform (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump would not have won the primary in 2016 if he had not promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. are anti-conservative if not anti-Republican and they have always a) rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform and/or b) rejected direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. Recently, they had me thrown off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-politics/no-labels-chief-strategist-says-its-too-late-for-an-independent-presidential-alternative/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In every presidential election since 1984, the pro-life plank in the Republican party’s platform has declared: “We endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.” But all signs are pointing toward Donald Trump ripping that Reagan-era plank out of the platform and replacing it with something to his own liking that removes any reference to the 14th Amendment and federal legislation. During his successful 2016 campaign, Trump campaigned on signing a federal limit on abortion at 20 weeks after conception with exceptions. But since the 2022 Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, he has changed course. Trump blamed the abortion issue for the GOP’s underwhelming 2022 midterm performance. During the GOP primary against Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Trump attacked Florida’s Heartbeat Protection Act, which generally bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, as “terrible.” He formally announced in April of this year that he opposes any new federal limits on abortion. While the precise text of Trump’s 2024 pro-life plank is not clear, pro-life leaders now expect it to be released this Sunday and approved by the Republican National Convention’s platform committee in closed-door meetings on Monday or Tuesday—before the convention officially begins. On Tuesday, Politico reported that two anti-abortion activists had been blocked by the Trump campaign from serving on the platform committee. One pro-life leader told Dispatch Politics that the committee has been “overwhelmingly stacked” with people who will ensure the pro-life plank is changed to “reflect Donald Trump and his thinking.” Pro-life leaders are sounding the alarm. In a July 1 letter to RNC chairman Michael Whatley obtained by Dispatch Politics, Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, made his concerns clear. “Based on the limited communications delegates have received, it appears that neither guests nor the press will be allowed to observe the platform committee or subcommittee discussions of the Party’s principles and policy priorities,” Perkins wrote. “The Party’s platforms have provided guidance not just to presidents and Congresses but also to state legislatures, school boards, county commissioners, and, just as importantly – voters.” Perkins, who was elected by the Louisiana GOP to serve as a delegate on the RNC Platform Committee, described the closed-off nature of the meeting as an “RNC Gag Rule” that “heightens speculation that the GOP platform will be watered down to a few pages of meaningless, poll-tested talking points.” For weeks, pro-life activists have sought—and not received—private reassurances from the Trump campaign that core elements of the pro-life plank would not be changed. A memo signed by Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, reported by the New York Times on June 29, called for a condensed 2024 GOP platform “to ensure our policy commitments to the American people are clear, concise and easily digestible.” The memo defended closing off the platform committee process for the first time in decades to protect the process from “any special interest influence that seeks to make public policy stray from our clear and straightforward objectives.” The private fight between the Trump campaign and pro-life leaders burst into public view in the past week. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life president Marjorie Dannenfesler said in a statement on Tuesday: “If the Trump campaign decides to remove national protections for the unborn in the GOP platform, it would be a miscalculation that would hurt party unity and destroy pro-life enthusiasm between now and the election.”)

July 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 53 arrested, including 9 juveniles, in Lakeview hours after Pride celebrations. – Jessica D’Onofrio and Jasmine Mino
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-mass-arrest-conducted-lakeview-chicago-pride/15015187/

NBC5
— 53 people arrested during overnight chaos in Lakeview. – Jenn Schanz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-arrested-at-post-pride-parade-celebrations-in-lakeview-chicago-police/3478631/
— Alderman pushes for earlier curfew at Chicago 31st Street Beach after violent month. Ald. Lamont Robinson has called for a 9 p.m. curfew after several people were shot in and around 31st Street in June
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/alderman-pushes-for-earlier-curfew-at-chicago-31st-street-beach-after-violent-month/3478572/

CBS2
— Trump seeks to overturn criminal conviction, citing Supreme Court immunity decision. – Graham Kates
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-seeks-overturn-new-york-conviction-citing-supreme-court-immunity/
— Biden condemns Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump immunity case. – Caitlin Yilek
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-supreme-court-trump-immunity-decision/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/undocumented-immigrants-standard-illinois-drivers-licenses/

WGN9
— Rubio, Tim Scott would give Trump biggest boost as vice president: Poll – Caroline Vakil
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/rubio-scott-would-give-trump-biggest-boost-as-vp-poll/
— 7 Democrats being floated as potential Biden replacements. – Jared Gans
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/7-democrats-being-floated-as-potential-biden-replacements/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/new-illinois-laws-go-into-effect-on-july-1-2024-drivers-licenses-noncitizens/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/01/noncitizen-illinois-residents-can-now-get-standard-driver-s-license-here-s-what-you-need

WLS AM
— Pritzker replacing Biden could give Illinois a Republican governor
https://www.wlsam.com/2024/07/02/pritzker-replacing-biden-could-give-illinois-a-republican-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Member of House of Representatives Jeanne M. Ives joins Ray and Nick to discuss the possibility of J.B. Pritzker replacing Biden as the Democratic candidate and how it might be the best option to benefit Illinois.  There will be lots of commotion no matter what decision the Biden family makes but it seems they want to hold onto power.  How does voting change in a state that normally votes the same election after election, it begins at the local level.  Who will replace Pritzker if he leaves his position as governor of Illinois and could it be a Republican?)

WBEZ
— Biden’s debate debacle adds wild card uncertainty to Chicago’s Democratic National Convention. If the president stays in the race, as it seems he will, the question will be which Joe Biden will show up in Chicago to accept his nomination — the faltering debater or a president fit to serve? – Lynn Sweet
https://www.wbez.org/columnists/2024/07/01/president-biden-debate-debacle-democratic-national-convention-chicago-polls
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/pride/2024/07/01/53rd-annual-chicago-pride-parade-lgbtq-lake-view-celebration-summer-diversity

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Walgreens could join other major retailers fleeing high-crime parts of Chicago. In many areas, Walgreens is the last major store remaining. The city must respond. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/editorial-walgreens-south-west-side-retail-target-walmart/
— Why not vote for issues first, then candidates next? – Jack Modzelewski (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/opinion-elections-issues-voting/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURES: Democrats ever-increasingly push minorities and LGBTQers to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/black-and-gay-owned-cannabis-businesses-opening-and-expanding-in-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump immunity case makes a president king above the law. The ruling delays the election interference case against Donald Trump. But the biggest casualty with the court’s latest ruling is to our democracy.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/07/01/supreme-court-ruling-trump-immunity-aziz-huq-roberts-sotomayor-editorial-democracy-solutions-project
— Police order ‘mass arrest’ in Lake View hours after Pride Parade. Fifty-three people, including nine juveniles, were arrested early Monday in the 3000 block of North Clark Street. A 15-year-old was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and was cited for having a firearm silencer. – Sophie Sherry and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/01/mass-arrest-police-clark-street-pride-parade-lake-view
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago restaurants are being burglarized in record numbers: ‘I’m just beyond outraged’  There were 635 burglaries reported at restaurants last year, the most since at least 2001, and the city is on pace to surpass that number this year. – Ambar Colón, Mohammad Samra and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/02/chicago-restaurants-are-being-burglarized-in-record-numbers-im-just-beyond-outraged

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: While Democratic congressional representatives from the Chicago area decried Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court landmark ruling giving presidents some immunity from criminal prosecution, some Republican candidates lauded the decision. – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240701/nation-and-world-politics/a-disastrous-decision-or-the-right-one-chicago-area-lawmakers-and-candidates-are-divided/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago pension debt rises to $37 billion – Shruti Date Singh
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-pension-debt-rises-city-hunts-cash

ROCK RIVER CURRENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2024/07/01/northern-illinois-food-bank-to-help-provide-thousands-of-free-meals-to-youth-this-summer/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump seeks to set aside hush money verdict hours after immunity ruling. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-seeks-to-set-aside-hush-money-verdict-hours-after-immunity-ruling/
— Trump golf courses’ liquor licenses not renewed after conviction. – Lauren Sforza
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-golf-courses-liquor-licenses-not-renewed-after-conviction/

WCIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wciu.com/cw26/stories/chicago-pride-parade-2024-check-out-our-pride

CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools announces safeguards for laid-off employees as teachers union decries staff cuts – Mila Koumpilova and Becky Vevea (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO U.S. Senators and Representatives cut GAO’s budge dramatically between 1980 and 1997. The Democrats who ran GAO used that to get rid of half of GAO’s employees. They did nothing to help the employees who they got rid of. The employees who they got rid of were overwhelmingly conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/06/28/chicago-public-schools-layoffs-paraprofessionals-protections/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The great exodus continues: Fresh IRS data shows Illinois loses residents to 40 other states – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/the-great-exodus-continues-fresh-irs-data-shows-illinois-loses-residents-to-40-other-states-wirepoints/
— Illinois losses to out-migration are mostly the wealthy; incoming are relatively poor
https://wirepoints.org/the-many-people-illinois-loses-to-out-migration-are-wealthy-the-few-people-we-gain-are-relatively-poor-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but not unofficial acts. – Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/1/supreme-court-rules-presidents-have-absolute-immun/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois is another failing Democratic state model. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3066303/illinois-another-failing-democratic-state-model/
— California school district considers suing companies with ties to slavery to pay for reparations – Matt Lamb (COMMENT: What do Democrats and RINOs stress about you to tie you to slavery? They stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. My ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3058894/california-school-district-considers-suing-companies-pay-reparations/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Nearly 90,000 People Fled J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois Between 2021 and 2022, Taking Billions in Income With Them. Democratic governor turns a blind eye to state’s population decline. – Jameson Mitrovich
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/nearly-90000-people-fled-j-b-pritzkers-illinois-between-2021-and-2022-taking-billions-in-income-with-them/
— Meet the Rich Kids, Professors, and Activists Arrested at Columbia in April. The Washington Free Beacon’s guide to occupying a Columbia campus building. – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/meet-the-rich-kids-professors-and-activists-arrested-at-columbia-in-april/

NEW YORK POST
— DEI efforts in US Armed Forces ineffective, run ‘opposite of the military ethos.’ – Cameron Arcand
https://nypost.com/2024/07/01/us-news/dei-efforts-in-us-armed-forces-ineffective-run-opposite-of-the-military-ethos-study/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The VA Must Stop Working for Illegals. It is a national embarrassment that lawbreakers from abroad get better service than American veterans. – Greg Steube
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-va-must-stop-working-for-illegals/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Farm supply chain plows under its woke corporate policies & activities. – Steve Jordahl
https://afn.net/business/2024/07/01/farm-supply-chain-plows-under-its-woke-corporate-policies-activities/

BLAZE
— Woke Churches Abandon Faith for ‘Pride’ in BLASPHEMOUS Display (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making your church promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4CABe6z3Yc

BREITBART
— A Wave of Migrant Crime Engulfing America. – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/07/01/a-wave-of-migrant-crime-engulfing-america/
— Joe Biden Makes Another Gaffe in White House Address, Reads ‘End of Quote’ from Teleprompter. – WENDELL HUSEBØ (COMMENT: Who writes what Biden reads?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/01/joe-biden-makes-another-gaffe-in-white-house-address-reads-end-of-quote-from-teleprompter/
— Nearly Half of Americans Believe Corporate Diversity Programs Discriminate Against White Men. – SEAN MORAN (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2024/07/01/poll-nearly-half-of-americans-believe-corporate-diversity-programs-discriminate-against-white-men/

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Rules Trump Has ‘Absolute Immunity’ From Prosecution For Official Acts. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/01/supreme-court-rules-trump-has-immunity-for-official-acts-in-appeal/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Rules Trump Has Some Immunity in Federal Election Case. Presidents enjoy immunity from prosecution for official acts, the majority ruled. – Sam Dorman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-rules-trump-has-some-immunity-in-landmark-decision-5640112

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— 7.1 Million Visa Applicants Not Interviewed.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/new-audit-finds-71-million-visa-applicants-not-interviewed

FOX NEWS
— Chicago pastor takes on Dem mayor’s push for reparations. Chicago Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks has some pointed questions for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about his reparations task force. (COMMENT: What do Democrats and RINOs stress about you to tie you to slavery? They stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. My ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6356175380112
— Mike Huckabee: There’s no one to blame but Joe Biden. ‘Hannity’ panelists Reince Priebus and Mike Huckabee discuss who the Biden family is blaming for the president’s performance at the CNN Presidential Debate.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6356236471112

PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Alien Crime Wave Sweeps America. – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/01/illegal-alien-crime-wave-sweeps-america-n4930322

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-07-01/ap-photos-parties-protests-and-parades-mark-a-vibrant-pride-around-the-world

MSNBC
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early and gave my job and gave my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I took.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-rubio-black-jobs-presidential-debate-rcna159765

MSN
— Medical schools promote segregated medicine, and here’s how it’s going to hurt patients. – Ian Kingsbury, Jay Greene (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be non-conservative, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/medical-schools-promote-segregated-medicine-and-heres-how-its-going-to-hurt-patients/ar-AA1n3PnD

ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7.com/post/watch-abc-news-live-pride-across-america-lgbtq-parades-marches/14914691/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id5luPi41_g

NEW YORK SUN
— Disney Exec’s Bombshell Claim That Company Doesn’t Want To Hire White Men Prompts Call for Civil Rights Probe. ‘Such clear evidence cannot be ignored,’ says conservative advocacy group America First Legal. – NOVI ZHUKOVSKY (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, companies will officially stop hiring White men and officially get rid of their White male employees who are conservative, Republican, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/disney-execs-bombshell-that-company-doesnt-want-to-hire-white-men-prompts-call-for-civil-rights-probe

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/29/lgbtq-youth-pride-activism/74232062007/

DAILY TEXAN
— Texas GOP releases official party platform before upcoming 89th Legislative Session – Riley Walsh
https://thedailytexan.com/2024/07/01/texas-gop-releases-official-party-platform-before-upcoming-89th-legislative-session/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Deserve Biden, Even if the Country Doesn’t. They’ve deceived and gaslit us for four years, all in the name of ‘democracy.’ That collapsed Thursday. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-deserve-biden-even-if-the-country-doesnt-2024-presidential-election-a86a9756
— Grief, Then Paperwork: The Messy, Thankless Job of an Estate Executor – Ashlea Ebeling  (COMMENT: I recently served as the executor for my aunt’s and for my brother’s estates.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/grief-then-paperwork-the-messy-thankless-job-of-an-estate-executor-6bb1e228
— The Inevitability of Biden’s Reckoning. Democrats are paying the price for overriding voter concerns about the president’s age. – Molly Ball (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-sad-inevitability-of-bidens-reckoning-464e4849

FORBES
— 5 Ways To Maximize Your Academic Summer Program For Ivy League Admissions – Christopher Rim (COMMENT: While you were in high school and college, what did you do with your summers? Because I had to work my way through college, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2024/06/27/5-ways-to-maximize-your-academic-summer-program-for-ivy-league-admissions/

FED SCOOP
— GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts. – MATT BRACKEN (COMMENT: GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO U.S. Senators and Representatives cut GAO’s budge dramatically between 1980 and 1997. The Democrats who ran GAO used that to get rid of half of GAO’s employees. The employees who they got rid of were overwhelmingly conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://fedscoop.com/gao-budget-modernization-cloud-cybersecurity/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/07/02/tracking-effects-affirmative-actions-demise

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/new-anti-dei-legislation-goes-into-effect-in-4-states