FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— First permitted protest to begin in the Loop on eve of Democratic Convention, closures in place. March for Bodies Outside Unjust Laws have permission from the city to demonstrate on Sunday in the Loop. – Christian Piekos
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-march-bodies-outside-unjust-laws-take-place-loop-1st-chicago-protests-ahead-dnc-united-center/15199312/
— Pritzker hosts kickoff luncheon as protesters from around the US start arriving in Chicago. – Stephanie Wade and Tre Ward
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2024-dnc-events-jb-pritzker-hosts-kickoff-luncheon-demonstrators-around-us-arrive-chicago-protests-gaza-war/15197140/
— “Next Stop: Chicago” to amplify marginalized voices during Democratic National Convention (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following are marginalized by Republicans: liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stop-chicago-amply-marginalized-voices-during-democratic-national-convention/15189524/
CBS2
— Poor People’s Army camping out in Humboldt Park ahead of DNC protest. – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/poor-peoples-army-dnc-protest-homelessness/
— Surprise DNC security measures crop up along Mag Mile, other parts of downtown Chicago. – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-security-gates-downtown-magnificent-mile/
FOX32
— Businesses taking extra precautions ahead of protests. – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-dnc-2024-businesses-taking-extra-precautions-ahead-protests
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anti-poverty organization told by police to stand down on Humboldt Park encampment in early test before DNC. – Molly Morrow
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/17/chicago-police-tell-anti-poverty-organization-no-humboldt-park-encampment-dnc/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/17/immigrants-new-biden-protections/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Sonya Massey and Sean Grayson against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/opinion-sonya-massey-police-killing-mental-health-services/
— I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent way too much time washing dishes instead of studying while I was in high school. I spent way too much time delivering mail instead of studying while I was in college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/student-loan-debt-is-front-of-mind-for-one-attorney-if-you-forgive-40000-or-50000-for-a-middle-class-family-thats-life-changing/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans. It glorifies and praises Democrat delegates and it demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republican delegates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240816/nation-and-world-politics/meet-the-suburban-delegates-to-the-democratic-national-convention/
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrats say the “Republican Party has found itself riven by the influence of its most extreme elements.” But not in Illinois. Since at least the 1970s, the Illinois Republican Party and many other Republican Organizations in Illinois have been ever-increasingly dominated by anti-conservatives, that is, by anti-platform Republicans, that is, by anti-Republicans. Most commonly, they reject the 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. That is why Republican candidates lose elections in Illinois.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240817/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-tell-us-why-we-can-hope-as-democrats-gather-in-chicago-their-true-challenge/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Sunday’s pro-Trump rally in Woodstock will be monitored by police drones
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/17/sundays-pro-trump-rally-in-woodstock-will-be-monitored-with-police-drones/
SHORE NEWS
— Chicago DNC Convention Looks Like It’s Going to Be a Train Wreck from Walls to Free Abortions
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2024/08/17/chicago-dnc-convention-looks-like-its-going-to-be-a-train-wreck-from-to-free-abortions/#google_vignette
WCBM
— Chicago Mayor Johnson to Host ‘Equity or Else’ Seminar (COMMENT: To promote equity is to take jobs, etc. away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and to give those jobs, etc. to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.wcbm.com/news/chicago-mayor-johnson-to-host-equity-or-else-seminar/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Immigrants vote for Democrats because Democrats give immigrants preference.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-18/how-growing-up-in-the-u-s-immigration-system-shapes-how-these-young-americans-vote
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Wolves among sheep: ‘Conservatives for Kamala Harris’ is an absurd movement. – Everett Piper (COMMENT: To promote Harris is to shout that you never were a republican, that you are not a Republican, and that you will never be a Republican.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/16/wolves-among-sheep-conservatives-for-kamala-harris/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tim Walz is worse than weird. – Kimberly Ross
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3124341/walz-worse-than-weird/
NEW YORK POST
— Dem lawmakers given security warning before 100,000 pro-Hamas demonstrators descend on Chicago for DNC. – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/democrat-lawmakers-bracing-for-violence-at-chicago-democratic-convention/
— Trump claims there’s ‘never been a more dangerous time’ for Jews in US since the Holocaust, says Harris passed on Gov. Shapiro over his faith. – Patrick Reilly (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/trump-says-there-has-never-been-a-more-dangerous-time-for-jews-in-america-since-holocaust/
— Dems deserve the anti-Israel rioters they’ve created. – Editorial (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dems-deserve-the-anti-israel-rioters-they-ve-created/ar-AA1oWgF2
— Free abortions and vasectomies, 18-foot-tall inflatable IUD called ‘Freeda Womb’ to be erected at DNC in Chicago. – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/free-abortions-vasectomies-will-be-available-to-dnc-attendees/
— Almost 6,000 of the IRS goons who make you pay your taxes cheat on theirs. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would focus on their disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, their disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and their not promoting me beyond GS-12. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/opinion/almost-6000-of-the-irs-goons-who-make-you-pay-taxes-cheat-on-theirs/
— Roughly 100K anti-Israel protesters expected to descend on Chicago to steal spotlight from DNC, Harris-Walz ticket. – Rich Calder, Jon Levine and Matthew Sedacca (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/roughly-100k-anti-israel-protesters-expected-to-descend-on-chicago-to-steal-spotlight-from-dnc-harris-walz-ticket/
— The Republicans must retake control of the culture wars. – Jesse Arm
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/opinion/the-republicans-must-retake-control-of-the-culture-wars/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Secret, sleepy, Service. – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/the_secret_sleepy_service.html
— What sort of chaos can we expect at the Democrat Convention? – Allan J. Feifer
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/what_sort_of_chaos_can_we_expect_at_the_democrat_convention.html
— For a Democrat, the American heartland’s normalcy is a terrifying dystopia. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/for_a_democrat_the_american_heartland_s_normalcy_is_a_terrifying_dystopia.html
BREITBART
— Trump: Kamala Harris Rejected Josh Shapiro Because He’s Jewish, Fueling Antisemitism. – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/18/kamala-harris-trump-shapiro/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UChicago offering identity-based ‘pre-orientation’ events for ‘Students of Color’ and LGBTQ-identifying students. – Brendan McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uchicago-offering-identity-based-pre-orientation-events-students-color-lgbtq-identifying-students/26131
COLLEGE FIX
— Anti-Israel activists disrupt Rutgers new student orientation, brag on social media (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/anti-israel-activists-disrupt-rutgers-new-student-orientation-brag-on-social-media/
DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Clears Jail Space, Boards Up Businesses Bracing For Possible Protests During DNC. – Jennifer Nuelle
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/17/chicago-clears-jail-space-boards-up-businesses-bracing-protests-during-dnc/
— Planned Parenthood Clinic To Offer Free Abortions, Vasectomies During DNC. – Jennifer Nuelle
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/17/planned-parenthood-clinic-offer-free-abortions-vasectomies-during-dnc/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Disappearing Act Reveals the Real Power in Washington. – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/17/bidens-disappearing-act-reveals-the-real-power-in-washington/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our increasingly imperial executive branch has become the center of American politics as the presidency itself shrinks into irrelevancy. It is a dangerous dynamic that threatens the future of our country, and it’s been exposed during our current president’s lamest of lame-duck final months in office. President Joe Biden—if we can still give him that title—appears to be using his last three months as the commander in chief to vacation, snooze, and eat ice cream.)
DAILY WIRE
— Trump: Harris ‘To Eliminate Private Health Insurance And Give Free Tax Payer-Funded Health Care To Every Single Illegal Alien’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-harris-to-eliminate-private-health-insurance-and-give-free-tax-payer-funded-health-care-to-every-single-illegal-alien
FOX NEWS
— Can Chicago Handle the Democrats? Protesters say the convention is all about them. – Editorial
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6360583043112
— Dem strategist James Carville says Republicans support Israel because ‘Jews are whiter than Palestinians’ Carville also expressed frustration that pro-Palestinian agitators are focusing on disrupting Democratic events rather than GOP ones. – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dem-strategist-james-carville-says-republicans-support-israel-because-jews-whiter-than-palestinians
— As DNC approaches, party remains at impasse with anti-Israel ‘uncommitted’ movement. Top Democrats meeting with ‘uncommitted’ voters, Arab American leaders. – AP (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-approaches-party-remains-impasse-anti-israel-uncommitted-movement
— NYT reporter leaked info of WhatsApp group for Jewish businesses, leading to doxxing and harassment. The reporter claims to have shared the information with just 1 other person before the data leak occurred. – Timothy H.J. Nerozzi (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/nyt-reporter-leaked-info-whatsapp-group-jewish-businesses-leading-doxxing-harassment
— Because of their demographics, personal attacks against Trump and Vance are OK, but not against Harris or Walz.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6360577828112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Harris and husband donated to pro-BLM, anti-police, anti-ICE non-profit for years. – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/wh-financial-disclosures-reveal-vp-kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-donated-to-anti-police-anti-ice-non-profit-for-years
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Normalization of Hate Week in Education. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/the-normalization-of-hate-week-in-education/
NEW AMERICAN
— DEI’s Tragic Destruction of Law Enforcement. – Selwyn Duke (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat and RINO superiors who have ever-increasingly lowered standards to advance Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three master’s degrees, my six professional certifications, my professional license, etc.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/failure-femmes-deis-tragic-destruction-of-law-enforcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was 10 years ago already that the Obama administration sued the Pennsylvania State Police for treating women equally. Female applicants, they said, should not have to meet the same already dumbed-down physical standards the men do. This mentality, epitomized by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) schemes, has long reigned all across law enforcement — and beyond. The consequences are now apparent, too: Many women in law enforcement are failing miserably and are imperiling others in the process. This is reflected in the recent story about a female Secret Service (SS) agent who left her post without permission Wednesday, at a North Carolina Donald Trump campaign event, to nurse her baby (tweet below). The woman, who works out of the Atlanta Field Office, wasn’t supposed to bring a child to a protective assignment in the first place. Apparently, though, the SS failures in Butler, Pennsylvania, that enabled the Trump assassination attempt didn’t make an impression on her.)
NEWSMAX
— Chicago Mayor Johnson to Host ‘Equity or Else’ Seminar. – James Morley III (COMMENT: To promote equity is to take jobs, etc. away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and to give those jobs, etc. to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dnc-equity-racism/2024/08/17/id/1176887/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-prepare-new-biden-protections-excitement-concern-112913411
MSN
— DNC Chicago 2024: Free Abortions And Vasectomies To Be Offered Near Convention Site
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/dnc-chicago-2024-free-abortions-and-vasectomies-to-be-offered-near-convention-site/ar-AA1oYK3u
— Fury as Johns Hopkins Hospital publishes diversity hit list where its DEI chief claims ALL whites, males, Christians, able-bodies people and English speakers are ‘privileged’ – Jen Smith and Paul Farrell
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/johns-hopkins-medicine-dei-chief-brands-all-whites-males-christians-and-english-speakers-as-privileged-in-letter/ar-AA1mPdoq
— Third set of remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre graves. – Terré Gables (COMMENT: 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.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/third-set-of-remains-found-in-search-for-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-graves/ar-AA1ohJoO
— Because of the problems that their illegals are causing, Democrat and RINO leaders have temporarily slowed their flood of illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illegal-border-crossings-fell-in-july-to-lowest-level-in-four-years/ar-AA1oW2sI
MSNBC
— I should write a book about my Democrat and RINO superiors who have ever-increasingly lowered standards to advance Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three master’s degrees, my six professional certifications, my professional license, etc.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/team-trump-calls-kamala-harris-dei-hire-rcna164117
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Harris/Walz.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-hope-extend-kamala-harris-050145832.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/us/politics/kamala-harris-vice-president-record.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting riots, crime, and illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/politics/trump-2025-insurrection-act.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more transgendersim.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/cass-report-trans-kids.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/opinion/pelosi-trump-biden-harris.html
— Catholic Converts Like JD Vance Are Reshaping Republican Politics. – Matthew Schmitz (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/jd-vance-catholic-convert-republican.html
— Because of their demographics, personal attacks against Trump and Vance are OK, but not against Harris or Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/17/us/trump-harris-election
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Chicago’s migrant crisis in spotlight as Democrats prepare for convention.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/18/chicago-migrant-crisis-dnc-harris/
USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Pritzker was Biden’s man in the Midwest” and ask “Where’s that leave him with VP Harris?” and say “The Illinois governor convinced President Joe Biden to give him the Democratic National Convention. That was before Vice President Kamala Harris topped the ticket and chose Tim Walz to run with her.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/17/jb-pritzker-dnc-convention-2024/74776448007/
— Because of the problems that their illegals are causing, Democrat and RINO leaders have temporarily slowed their flood of illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/16/immigration-plunges-us-mexico-border/74786097007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Anti-Israel Groups Heading to Chicago Tell Young Members To Take Police Beatings, Disregard Personal Safety. – NOVI ZHUKOVSKY (COMMENT: My many Democrat Jewish GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors were liberal and a) were anti-Israel because they saw the leaders of Israel as being much too conservative and b) were anti-Republican because they saw Republicans as being much too conservative.)
‘Make bruises from Chicago police batons the 2024 back to school Fall fashion!’ one organization encouraged its members.
https://www.nysun.com/article/anti-israel-groups-heading-to-dnc-tell-young-members-to-take-police-beatings-disregard-personal-safety
U.S. SUN
— JD Vance brings dog Atlas on campaign trail to combat ‘weird’ attacks – after Tim Walz’s pet Scout graced Vogue cover. Tm Walz’s dog Scout was dubbed ‘America’s Best Friend’ by Vogue. – Charlotte Maracina (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used my never owning a dog against me.)
https://www.the-sun.com/news/12224671/jd-vance-atlas-tim-walz-vogue/
FORTUNE
— The U.S. will very likely fight a 3-front war against Russia, China and Iran. (COMMENT: Which countries will join with Russia, China, and Iran against America? It will be those countries that are illegally flooding America with their citizens.)
https://fortune.com/2024/08/17/palantir-alex-karp-us-3-front-war-russia-china-iran-autonomous-weapons-drones-military-draft/
POLITICO
— Democrats say “55 Things to Know About JD Vance, Trump’s VP Pick.” (COMMENT: What would your critics/opponents stress about you to turn Vance against you? Mine would stress that I am childless, that I am not only not a veteran, but I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I am Protestant, that my parents had more money than his did, that I am 100% German American, that my GPA was less than his, that I do not have a degree from an Ivy League University, that I am not an attorney, that I never made more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars, that I have been elected to any office other than Republican Precinct Committeeman, that I have never had any political donors let alone major ones, that my wife is to the right of his wife, that I have always been a Republican, that no one can manipulate me or dominate me, that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, that I have never owned a dog, that etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/15/jd-vance-55-things-trump-vp-00167882
NPR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wyso.org/2024-08-18/as-democrats-meet-in-chicago-illinois-role-in-abortion-access-is-in-the-spotlight
PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/glitches-with-an-app-designed-to-help-migrants-seek-legal-asylum-in-the-u-s
ADVOCATE
— Here is how the Human Rights Campaign will be queering the Democratic National Convention. – Christopher Wiggins
https://www.advocate.com/election/hrc-queering-democratic-convention
SALON
— Because of the problems that their illegals are causing, Democrat and RINO leaders have temporarily slowed their flood of illegals.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/17/scares-his-followers-with-talk-of-illegals-but-border-crossings-are-lowest-in-four-years/
STANDARD MEDIA
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following are marginalized by Republicans: liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001501157/implement-law-to-empower-marginalised-groups-state-urged
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August 17, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson personally intervened on behalf of protest groups over stages, sound system for Union Park rally, organizer says; ‘We talked directly to the mayor’ – JASON MEISNER and JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/dnc-protest-groups-win-concessions-from-city-over-stages-sound-system-for-union-park-rally/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Days before DNC, legal groups fire off letter to mayor, top cop raising alarms about possible police abuse. The letter was signed by 65 organizations, lawyers and legal workers, including the ACLU of Illinois and the Civil Rights & Police Accountability Project of the University of Chicago Law School. – Tom Schuba and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/16/dnc-chicago-mayor-top-cop-alarms-police-abuse
— ‘Bad-mouthing’ Chicago did indeed get Mike Wallace booted from 1968 Democratic convention. – Michael Sneed (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor: 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. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have pandered the most to the mainstream news media. I would focus on the articles that I linked to in my newsletters since 2000 that they do not like, despise, if not hate.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/sneed-mike-wallace-dnc-democratic-convention-1968-arrest-richard-daley-kathy-jane-byrne
— Chicago ’68 board game allows players to reimagine outcomes of convention riots. – Erica Thompson (COMMENT: What did you do during the 1968 Chicago Democrat convention riots? I was a UIC student on summer break. I delivered mail full-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I drove my 1968 Oldsmobile 442. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My Democrat superiors and supervisors vehemently disapproved of my getting student draft deferments.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2024/08/16/chicago-68-board-game-allows-players-to-reimagine-outcomes-of-1968-democratic-national-convention-riots
— Democrats aim to knock off incumbent Republicans in 6 state House races. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/17/illinois-democrats-incumbent-republicans-6-state-house-races-house-speaker-chris-welch-rich-miller
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 47th House District: Rep. Amy Grant, R-Wheaton, vs. Jackie Williamson. President Joe Biden won this district by 12 percentage points four years ago. Every statewide Democratic candidate won the district two years ago, and Gov. JB Pritzker won it by 8 points. Grant’s campaign had just $13,542 in the bank at the end of June. She’s since reported raising a mere $10,000. Keep in mind that the House Democrats have a vast and ever-growing fundraising advantage over the House Republicans. So the money that these Republican incumbents have raised so far is much more important to understanding their predicaments. Grant is a strong abortion rights opponent.)
DAILY HERALD
— They look like — and link to — real news articles. But they’re actually ads from the Harris campaign. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240816/nation-and-world-politics/they-look-like-and-link-to-real-news-articles-but-theyre-actually-ads-from-the-harris-campaign/
ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-wants-2024-dnc-energize-democratic-party-around-harris-walz-ticket-city-chicago/15194689/
NBC5
— Downtown Chicago businesses board up amid worries of unrest during DNC. – JC Navarrete
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/downtown-chicago-businesses-board-up-amid-worries-of-unrest-during-dnc/3524200/
— Last-minute deal gives protesters a new venue at DNC. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/last-minute-deal-gives-protesters-a-new-venue-at-dnc/3524274/
CBS2
— DNC protest group wins fight to erect stage, sound systems, portable toilets during rally and march. – Todd Feurer, Darius Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-protest-group-permit-fight-agreement-stage-sound-system/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1igzaZJ3HA
— Advocates concerned about how well CPD officers are trained to protect protesters’ rights during DNC. – Dave Savini, Samah Assad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-officers-protesters-rights-dnc/
WGN9
— Downtown Chicago businesses board up ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Andrea Medina, BJ Lutz
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/downtown-chicago-businesses-board-up-democratic-national-convention/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBEezLH-YSw
— Secret Service plans to use bulletproof glass to protect Trump. – Rebecca Beitsch,
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/secret-service-plans-to-use-bulletproof-glass-to-protect-trump/
FOX32
— Chicago DNC 2024: Protests, marches and rallies. – Will Hager (COMMENT: Democrats want their Democrat elected officials to do even more to promote abortion, LGBTQ, hatred against Jews, hatred against police, illegal immigration, welfare, unions, abolition of the Second Amendment, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-dnc-2024-protests-march-rally-schedule
— Gov. Pritzker: ‘There may be some bad apples’ protesting DNC. – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-there-may-be-some-bad-apples-protesting-dnc
WBEZ
— One Chicago protest group issues a call to “make it great like ‘68” and “shut down the DNC” A spokesperson for the self-described “militant” group says its plan differs from protesters who got a permit to march during the convention. – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/16/one-chicago-protest-group-issues-a-call-to-make-it-great-like-68-and-shut-down-the-dnc
— Protesters to converge on Chicago, aiming to make their mark — and stay safe. During the Aug. 19-22 DNC, major protest marches are planned for the first, third and final days. – Michael Puente
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/16/protesters-to-converge-on-chicago-aiming-to-make-their-mark-and-stay-safe
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-democrats-energized-by-nomination-of-history-making-harris/article_9c058cfe-5c03-11ef-bbf0-ffad75c45751.html
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Aaron Del Mar Named State GOP Co-Chair – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/aaron-del-mar-named-state-gop-co-chair/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Michael Brown to promote more hatred against police. How successful have Democrats been promoting hatred against police in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I should write about the success that Democrats have had promoting hatred against police in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West district, and in my precinct.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-michael-browns-death-transformed-a-nation-and-sparked-a-decade-of-american-reckoning-on-race/
FOX 47
— Trump gets added Secret Service protection, bulletproof glass for campaign events. – AHTRA ELNASHAR
https://fox47.com/news/beyond-the-podium/trump-gets-added-secret-service-protection-bulletproof-glass-for-campaign-events-2024-election-assassination-attempt-security-president-lawmakers-dnc-debates
WGEM
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs run everything and do not tolerate Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wgem.com/2024/08/16/mobile-museum-tolerance-visits-illinois-state-fair-with-message-acceptance/
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Republicans address upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago. – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: I was not notified of this news conference. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, I have never been a legitimate member of the news media. I should write about the aforesaid who pander to the mainstream news media by treating like I am illegitimate.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/08/16/illinois-republicans-address-upcoming-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a news conference Friday, Illinois Republican state senators blasted the majority party’s policies. State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, noted that Illinois is ranked as the least tax friendly state in the country. “As family budgets are stretched to their breaking point, forcing families to make really tough decisions, Illinois Democrats used their tax hikes to deliver the most expensive budget in state history,” said Rezin. Rezin added that at a time when Illinois families struggle to make ends meet, Illinois Democrats responded with $1 billion in new taxes. The largest tax hike in the budget approved earlier this year is the extension of the state’s cap on net operating losses, which will raise corporate income taxes for companies recently losing money by $526 million in the next fiscal year. State Sen. Don DeWitte, R-St. Charles, brought up the fact that Democrats refused to renew the Invest in Kids school choice tax credit scholarship program.)
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Legislating gender. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller wants to define male and female in federal law. – Scott Reeder
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/legislating-gender-18936857
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-143/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How would your career have been impacted if you had been born years later than you were? I was born in 1948. If I had been born years later, because of ever-increasing Democrat and RINO Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of ever-increasingly patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I would not have been able to a) get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, IRS when I was 22, or GAO when I was 31, b) get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25, or c) get promoted by GAO when I was 38. I became eligible to take early retirement when I was 45. My Democrat GAO superiors would have forced me to retire then instead of letting work until I was 49 when their early retirement offer expired. I would not have been eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55. My Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in today’s dollars and b) only 43% of what GAO salary was when I was 49 in today’s dollars. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago has highest joblessness but ‘plenty of resources for illegal migrants’ – Steve Cortes
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663033680-cortes-chicago-has-highest-joblessness-but-plenty-of-resources-for-illegal-migrants
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Representative introduces licensure assistance form for district professionals (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981: 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.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/663121610-state-representative-introduces-licensure-assistance-form-for-district-professionals
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— JOHNSON TO RALLY DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AS 63% OF CHICAGOANS DISLIKE HIM. – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/johnson-to-rally-democratic-delegates-as-63-of-chicagoans-dislike-him/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans probe Walz’s ‘longstanding connections’ to China. – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/16/house-republicans-probe-tim-walzs-longstanding-con/
— DHS announces details of Biden’s amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/16/dhs-announces-details-of-bidens-amnesty-for-illega/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thousands of protesters to descend on Chicago for DNC. – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3124122/dnc-protests-chicago-israel-hamas-war-harris/#google_vignette
— Texas stopped busing migrants to Democratic cities despite Abbott’s claims the program is ‘rolling’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3122973/texas-stopped-busing-migrants-democrat-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Roughly 100K anti-Israel protesters expected to descend on Chicago to steal spotlight from DNC, Harris-Walz ticket. – Rich Calder, Jon Levine and Matthew Sedacca
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/roughly-100k-anti-israel-protesters-expected-to-descend-on-chicago-to-steal-spotlight-from-dnc-harris-walz-ticket/
— Downtown Chicago businesses boarding up ahead of anti-Israel protests at DNC: ‘We want to have maximum protection’ – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/downtown-chicago-businesses-boarded-up-ahead-dnc-protests/
— Republicans call for enhanced northern border security as Gazans flock to Canada. – Bethany Blankley
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/republicans-call-for-enhanced-northern-border-security-as-gazans-flock-to-canada/
— If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win, expect our military to be woke — and weak. – Andrew Cherkasky and Katie Cherkasky
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/opinion/if-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-win-expect-our-military-to-be-woke-and-weak/
— Tim Walz slammed for ‘white guy tacos’ joke. – Olivia Land
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/tim-walz-slammed-for-white-guy-tacos-joke/
BREITBART
— Chicago Businesses Boarding Up Ahead of Democratic National Convention for Fear of Mass Riots. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/chicago-businesses-boarding-up-ahead-democratic-national-convention-fear-mass-riots/
— Second Indiana City Forced to Drop ‘Dangerous’ Sanctuary Policy for Illegal Aliens. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/second-indiana-city-forced-drop-dangerous-sanctuary-policy-illegal-aliens/
— Nearly One in Three Chicago Public-School Teachers Keep Their Kids out of Public Schools. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/08/16/nearly-one-three-chicago-public-school-teachers-keep-their-kids-out-public-schools/
— Twenty-Four State AGs Back Emergency Stay to Let Arizona Require U.S. Citizenship to Vote. – Amy Furr
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/16/twenty-four-state-ags-back-emergency-stay-let-arizona-require-u-s-citizenship-vote/
— Kamala Harris Offers Housing Subsidies Plus More Migration and Regulation. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/kamala-harris-offers-housing-subsidies-plus-more-migration-and-regulation/
— Democrat Convention Shapes Up to Be Clash of Epic Proportions as Pro-Palestinian Protesters to Crash Harris-Walz Coronation. – Nick Gilbertson
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/democrat-convention-shapes-up-to-be-clash-of-epic-proportions-as-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-crash-harris-walz-coronation/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Ruling Elites Continue to Stifle Debate Over Immigration Policy. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/16/how-ruling-elites-continue-stifle-debate-immigration-policy-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘This Administration Is Orchestrating A Massive Shell Game’: CBP Releases July Border Encounter Numbers. – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-administration-is-orchestrating-a-massive-shell-game-cbp-releases-july-border-encounter-numbers
— America’s Top Banks Host Programs That Discriminate Against White And Asian Men. The programs are part of a broader push in the movement for ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-top-banks-host-programs-that-discriminate-against-white-and-asian-men
FEDERALIST
— There Is Nothing ‘Joyful’ About Harris’ and Walz’s Grimly Anti-American Agenda. – Helen Raleigh
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/16/there-is-nothing-joyful-about-harris-and-walzs-grimly-anti-american-agenda/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Counting the Cost: Abbott’s Bold Move to Uncover Immigration’s Toll on Texas Hospitals. – Hannah Davis (COMMENT: How much money are the hospitals in your area spending on illegals?)
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/counting-cost-abbotts-bold-move-uncover-immigrations-toll-texas
FOX NEWS
— Dem-aligned group hammers Harris’ former VP shortlister for turning ‘his back’ on Black students. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is welcoming Democratic leaders to Chicago for the DNC. – Julia Johnson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-aligned-group-hammers-harris-vp-shortlister-turning-back-black-students
— Harris and Walz’s ‘racist’ banter about ‘White guy’ tacos spurs social media backlash. Kamala Harris’ response to vice presidential candidate Tim Walz saying he eats ‘White guy tacos’ has put the pair under fire. – Alec Schemmel
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-walzs-racist-banter-about-white-guy-tacos-spurs-social-media-backlash
— Harris and Walz’s bizarre skit exposes double standard on race. Why is it okay to stereotype ‘white guys,’ but no other group? – David Marcus
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-harris-walzs-bizarre-racial-skit-exposes-liberal-double-standards-race
— Beijing Walz? The latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-beijing-walz
— Tim Walz’s dog has done more interviews than VP Harris since she became nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 26 days without a sit-down interview since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tim-walzs-dog-has-done-more-interviews-than-vp-harris-since-she-became-nominee
— Kamala Harris’s dystopian nightmare, Tim Walz let Minnesota burn.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harriss-dystopian-nightmare-tim-walz-let-minnesota-burn-more-from-fox-news-opinion
— Minnesota business owners sound alarm on Harris’ ‘nightmare’ VP pick : ‘Really bad for the US’ The Minnesota residents said Walz is ‘against small businesses’ – Aubrie Spady
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-business-owners-sound-alarm-harris-nightmare-vp-pick-bad-for-us
— New FTC decision could ‘inject’ DEI into business practices nationwide, GOP commissioner says. The decision could have a ‘pernicious’ effect on businesses in the future, one FTC commissioner argues. – Brianna Herlihy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-ftc-decision-could-inject-dei-business-practices-nationwide-gop-commissioner-says
MRC TV
— Harris Supports An ‘Intervention’ Of Reparations To ‘Correct Course’ – Eric Scheiner
https://mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/harris-supports-intervention-reparations-correct-course
NEWSMAX
— Harris-Walz Video ‘Insult to America’ – Rep. Van Drew
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kamala-harris-tim-walz-jeff-van-drew/2024/08/16/id/1176839/
PJ MEDIA
— Kamala’s Latest Stupid Idea Might Be Her Stupidest—Plus Stealth Reparations! – Stephen Green
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/08/16/kamalas-latest-stupid-idea-might-be-her-stupidest-plus-stealth-reparations-n4931693
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— It’s All About Educating The Public About How Radical The Harris-Walz Ticket Is. – Stephen Miller
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/16/stephen_miller_its_all_about_educating_the_public_about_how_radical_the_harris-walz_ticket_is.html
TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s ‘Joy’ Campaign Is Getting Even Cringier. – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/08/16/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-are-getting-even-cringier-n2643491
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/business/abortion-clinic-laws.html
— Democrats say “Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/elections/kamala-harris-trump-az-nc-ga-nv.html
— Democrats say “Harris Is Leading or Tied With Trump in Most Swing States.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/politics/harris-trump-polls.html
MSNBC
— Because the jobs that I had were so bad, I would not be surprised to learn that illegals refuse to take them. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I had.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-immigration-rhetoric-crime-rcna166930
NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Cheers New Triple Razor Wire Barriers at Southern Border. – Kaitlin Lewis
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-cheers-new-triple-razor-wire-barriers-southern-border-1940623
DESERET NEWS
— The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/08/16/recognizing-grievance-journalism/
BUSINESS INSIDER & FORBES
— Were you a late bloomer? I was. I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27, pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, become a Certified Fraud Examiner until I was 41, become a Certified Government Financial Manager until I was 45, become a Certified Financial Services Auditor until I was 47, and become a Forensic Accountant and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT until I was 48. But by the time I was the aforesaid ages, I was far too old to have a successful career because I worked for Democrats and I was conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.
https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-youll-be-a-late-bloomer-career-2024-6
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/06/20/if-you-were-a-late-starter-heres-how-to-catch-up-in-your-career/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 29 and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, I was much too old to have a successful career in accounting because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/08/16/accounting-pipeline-diversity-symposium-provides-learning-mentorship-opportunities/109198/
QUORA
— What are your 3 most important political issues that directly impact you? (COMMENT: For me, they include Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote the aforesaid big time. They use against me big time my being conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid.)
https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-3-most-important-political-issues-that-directly-impact-you-and-how-has-Joe-Biden-handled-them-For-example-economy-health-care-foreign-policy-etc
August 16, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois GOP urges focus on policies, not personalities during party’s day at State Fair. – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/15/illinois-gop-urges-focus-on-policies-not-personalities-during-partys-day-at-state-fair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans used their day at the State Fair Thursday to blame Democrats for crime, inflation and tax increases while urging a focus on policies, not personality as they head into a November election with a ticket led by presidential nominee Donald Trump, who twice has been overwhelmingly rejected by the state’s voters. New Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi opened a morning meeting by declaring the party will be unified and “will win in November 2024,” while subtly acknowledging the uphill battle for a party that has lost traction with the state’s electorate. “We’re on a mission to elect Trump fans and everyone down ticket,” Salvi told an audience of about 80 people at a joint meeting of the state party’s State Central Committee and County Chair’s Association. “So we’ve got to figure out a way to bring people together. There’s no better way to do that than bridging these gaps.” With Republicans becoming the party of Trump, winning back suburban areas that once consistently carried GOP candidates to victory will be a daunting task. The former president suffered 17-percentage point losses in Illinois during the 2016 and 2020 elections, pushing the state GOP into further irrelevance. Democrats, who hold their national convention in Chicago next week, control all three branches of state government, 14 of the state’s 17 congressional seats and both U.S. Senate seats. Republicans at the fair downplayed Trump’s influence on down-ballot races in recent years, blaming the Democrats for drawing gerrymandered maps in their favor that were then signed by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker. Republicans also blamed Pritzker for pushing through hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increases in the current state budget and continuing to provide state funding for the influx of migrants coming into the Chicago area from the southern U.S. border. “So, taxes, cost of living, crime, corruption. The most corrupt state in the nation,” Illinois Senate Republican leader John Curran of Downers Grove said in an interview before the GOP’s afternoon programming at the state fairgrounds. “This is what Gov. Pritzker’s Democratic allies have brought to Illinois.” After a slight rain delay, a couple of hundred people gathered for a GOP rally on the director’s lawn of the fairgrounds, where Salvi basted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as a “trainwreck.” “Think about that convention. They’re about to nominate somebody who didn’t get one single vote,” Salvi said, referring to how Harris was handed the nomination after President Joe Biden quit the race. “What about democracy? You know, in a lot of countries, that would be called a coup! But do you hear anything about that? Nothing. Nada. Crickets. Well, that’s something that we could communicate.” Illinois House Republican leader Tony McCombie of Savanna told the crowd the Democratic Party “wants to destroy small business, hurt our most vulnerable and make families feel that they need to be reliant on government for everything.” “Democrats have been working for years to try to convince the people of Illinois and our nation that the Republican Party does not believe in democracy. But yet, Democrats want noncitizens and felons, I’m sorry, I mean justice-impacted individuals to vote,” McCombie said. Her quip alluded to a new state law championed by progressive Democrats that changes terminology for people convicted of felonies if they’re part of a special diversion program. McCombie did not mention that Trump was convicted of felonies earlier this year in his hush money trial in New York, though his sentencing was postponed after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled former presidents have broad immunity for “official” acts. The former president has two other cases pending, both involving charges that he plotted to steal the 2020 election win from Biden. McCombie said the November election wasn’t just about a presidential race but also about the governor’s race in 2026. While a few Republicans have expressed interest in possibly running, Pritzker has not said whether he will seek a third term. “Our turnout in this race will be instrumental in determining the future leadership for Illinois,” McCombie said. “This election cycle is about us. It’s about us showing up.” Illinois Republicans’ once winning statewide platform of moderation on social issues and fiscal conservatism has gradually been scuttled by a growing embrace of social conservatism, including opposition to gay rights and abortion. After the Thursday morning meeting, Myles Nelson, a GOP committeeman from the Metro East area of Illinois outside St. Louis, said for the state party to make inroads in blue Illinois, it has to convince voters to focus on policies instead of personalities. “We have to focus on the issues that bring those moderates and independents in the suburbs back to us, crime, corruption, costs of living. Go to the grocery store. Go to the gas pump. Everyone is feeling it,” said Nelson, a Trump delegate at last month’s GOP convention in Milwaukee. “And what the people of northern Illinois have to know is that Donald Trump’s policies were right.” Niki Conforti, a Republican who is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten for his congressional seat in the Chicago suburbs, agreed that focusing on the issues is what should help the GOP regain the support it has lost over the years in the suburbs. “The crime, the cost of living, inflation, those are the issues that people are worried about today and it’s going to drive our people to the polls,” Conforti said. “We didn’t lose it overnight and we’re not going to win it back overnight. But we can make strides with each election cycle and take it back.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) call those who oppose illegal immigration 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.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/study-reveals-anti-immigrant-speeches-sway-voters-based-on-rhetoric-and-not-lived-experiences/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/08/joyful-musical-the-prom-sheds-light-on-serious-topics/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s a look at protests planned during Chicago’s DNC. DNC-related protests and gatherings start Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/16/democratic-national-convention-chicago-protests
— Chicago’s deadbeat migrant landlords get millions from City Hall despite tax troubles, other government debts. Remo Polselli went to prison for cheating on his federal taxes and then has had more tax problems with the IRS. Yet City Hall has spent $28 million to shelter migrants at two buildings owned by the Michigan landlord, the Sun-Times found. He’s one of two shelter landlords getting tax money despite owing the government. – Tim Novak and Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/08/16/migrant-shelters-deadbeat-landlords-remo-polselli-scott-goodman-irs-chicago-equitable-social-solutions-reloshare
— Poor People’s Army plans to march to ‘front doors’ of the DNC next week — but not ‘to cause a ruckus. The Philadelphia-based group was granted a permit to march during the Democratic National Convention on a technicality. The city of Chicago failed to respond to the application within its own 10-day deadline. – Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/15/poor-peoples-army-chicago-dnc-democratic-national-convention-milwaukee
— Indian Independence Day celebrations should be free of Hindu nationalism. Most Indian Americans simply have no interest in promoting Hindu nationalism. We must educate our communities as we celebrate Indian Independence Day over the next few days. – Rasheed Ahmed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/08/15/india-indian-independence-day-hindu-nationalism-muslims-minoriries-narendra-modi-rasheed-ahmed
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/tim-walz-jd-vance-donald-trump-masculinity-childless-cat-lady-women-attacks-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/donald-trump-mental-issues-lost-his-marbles-republicans-kamala-harris-helicopter-ride-gene-lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/08/16/political-division-polarization-protect-mental-health-nami-chicago-alexa-james
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow that Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument and that The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P. What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240815/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-monument-recognizing-1908-springfield-race-riot-an-important-way-to-remember-a/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Northern Illinois University stares down a huge deficit. – Brandon Dupré
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/another-illinois-university-stares-down-huge-deficit
ABC7
— Democrats crow that “Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument. The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.” What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/15192500/
— Chicago mayor pens letter to President Biden asking for help to stop violence. – Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones and Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pens-letter-president-joe-biden-asking-help-stop-violence/15190814/
CBS2
— Groups continue legal battle with city of Chicago over protests at DNC. Permits to protest have been approved, but the group said the city is imposing restrictions they believe are in place to silence them. – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/groups-continue-legal-battle-with-city-of-chicago-over-protests-at-dnc/
— Palestinian Community Network fights permit restrictions during Chicago’s DNC. – Asal Rezaei, Sabrina Franza, Elyssa Kaufman
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/group-to-fight-restrictions-on-protests-during-chicagos-dnc/
FOX32
— Chicago prepares for DNC protests as demonstrators slam city restrictions
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1501775
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for electric vehicles.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/16/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-could-mean-for-electric-vehicles/
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://daily-journal.com/opinion/guest-viewpoint-laughter-where-does-it-exist-in-trump-s-world/article_45669b46-597d-11ef-b01e-17f82469a6a9.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Many musicians object to Trump using their songs, here’s how they do it. – AP (COMMENT: What do hate-filled Trump-hating musicians think of you?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/many-musicians-object-to-trump-using-their-songs-heres-how-they-do-it/
25 NEWS NOW
— Peoria advocacy group Peoria for Palestine criticizes LaHood after he says, ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’ – Sela Estill
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/08/15/peoria-advocacy-group-criticizes-lahood-after-he-says-israel-has-right-defend-itself/
CITIES 92.9
— Democrats run the naturalization process. Anticipate/expect that new citizens vote for Democrats.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/08/15/nearly-200-people-become-naturalized-citizens-at-illinois-fair/
SIU
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://diversity.siu.edu/diversity-week/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Palestinians Promise Largest Protests Ever As DNC Descends On Chicago. The protesters have a lot of power behind them. Cook County is home the largest Palestinian population in the country. – Melody Mercado
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/15/palestinians-promise-largest-protests-ever-as-dnc-descends-on-chicago/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-349/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from voters who are the following, candidates in Illinois promise to use government to give them even more preference: those who have less money than others and/or are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. Ever-increasingly, they promise to give those voters a) more DEI, that is, more patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination and/or b) more government assistance, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and/or further diminishment of Second Amendment rights. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates in Illinois paint themselves as being Democrat Lite if not anti-Trump if not anti-conservative and fail/refuse to promote the 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 in the Republican Party platform. Of course, Democrat candidates in Illinois are overjoyed about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Evanston teacher hasn’t shown she was harmed by D65’s ‘anti-racism’ policies, programs (COMMENT: If had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples of how my Democrat GAO superiors harmed me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/662728812-judge-evanston-teacher-hasn-t-shown-she-was-harmed-by-d65-s-anti-racism-policies-programs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge has tossed, for now, a lawsuit accusing an Evanston school district of illegally promoting racial division and discrimination within their schools through “anti-racism” policies and curriculum, as the judge said the white middle school teacher who brought the action has yet to show that she has been personally harmed by the district’s actions. On Aug. 9, U.S. District Judge John Tharp Jr. dismissed the legal action brought by plaintiff Stacy Deemar against Evanston/Skokie District 65. The dismissal was without prejudice, meaning the judge is giving Deemar an opportunity to revise her lawsuit and perhaps address the shortcomings identified by the judge in her legal pleadings. The dismissal order comes after nearly three years of proceedings in federal court in the action.)
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s unemployment rate is the highest of America’s 50 biggest metro areas
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-unemployment-rate-is-the-highest-of-americas-50-biggest-metro-areas-bls/
— Illinois lawmakers do something right, banning legacy admissions in public higher education. (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-do-something-right-banning-legacy-admissions-in-public-higher-education-wirepoints-quickpoint/
JOHN KASS
— The Soros Sisters: Kim and Kamala
https://johnkassnews.com/the-soros-sisters-kim-and-kamala/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago has more public pension debt than 43 states. – Ravi Mishra
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-has-more-public-pension-debt-than-43-states/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas, Heritage Foundation sue to stop Biden administration’s ‘transgender mandate’ in workplace. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/15/texas-heritage-foundation-sue-to-stop-biden-admini/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Apple’s ‘woke’ racism gets exposed. – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3122404/apples-woke-racism-gets-exposed/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pharmacy protests may be more about Walmart than Walgreens. – John Pisciotta
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/pharmacy_protests_may_be_more_about_walmart_than_walgreens.html
BREITBART
— Democratic National Convention Party Week Kicks Off with ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Stars. – David Ng
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/08/15/democratic-national-convention-party-week-kicks-off-with-rupauls-drag-race-stars/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Biden-Harris ‘Root Causes’ Strategy, Decoded. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/BidenHarris-Root-Causes-Strategy-Decoded-0
CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans call for enhanced northern border security as Gazans flock to Canada. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_93e09c26-5b4f-11ef-ac49-272d1253f849.amp.html
— Harris wants to abolish agency that detains violent foreign nationals in US. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dfda3dac-5b00-11ef-8f99-670c89cb7b32.html
CHARLIE KIRK
— Kamala the Communist Wants Soviet-Style Grocery Stores.
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/kamala-the-communist-wants-soviet-style-grocery-st
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Nonprofits Coached On How To ‘Tweak Language’ To Avoid Being Sued For Racial Discrimination. – ROBERT SCHMAD
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/15/liberal-nonprofits-coached-weak-language-avoid-sued-racial-discrimination/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Kamala Harris on Snob Hill. – Terence Jeffrey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-on-snob-hill/
— DEI Policies ‘Offensive’ to Military Members Who Just Want to Be Trained as Leaders. – Sarah Holliday
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/15/expert-dei-policies-are-offensive-service-members-who-want-trained-leaders/
DAILY WIRE
— Dozens Of Hollywood Stars Flocking To Chicago For DNC – Katie Jerkovich
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dozens-of-hollywood-stars-flocking-to-chicago-for-dnc
FEDERALIST
— Thousands Of Noncitizens On U.S. Voter Rolls Assure Americans The Next Election Will Be Unsafe And Unfair. – Ben Weingarten
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/15/thousands-of-noncitizens-on-u-s-voter-rolls-assure-americans-the-next-election-will-be-unsafe-and-unfair/
FOX NEWS
— Israeli American Council denied right to rally in Chicago near DNC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6360477076112
— Democrats demand diversity over everything else, but it’s our fault for noticing. Democrats don’t like being exposed. – Greg Gutfeld (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the faster that Democrats and RINOs use DEI to rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-dems-demand-diversity-over-everything-else-its-our-fault-noticing
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Red-Green Alliance Is Bringing Mayhem To The DNC and Campuses. Our Op-Ed in The NY Post: “Driving Zionists out of the Democratic Party goes hand in hand with driving Zionists off campus and creating Jew-free zones. Many of the groups behind the March on the DNC are leaders in the campus anti-Zionist purge.” – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were Democrats. They were either Jewish or anti-Jewish. My anti-Jewish GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates never forgave me for my volunteering to work for a GS-15 (currently $160,458-$191,900/year) Jewish manager 1990 -1997. They certainly did not come to my defense when she forced me to take early retirement in 1997.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/the-red-green-alliance-is-bringing-mayhem-to-the-dnc-and-campuses/
MRC TV
— Taliban Parades Around U.S Weapons to Celebrate Anniversary of Re-Taking Afghanistan. – Justine Brooke Murray
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/justine-brooke-murray/taliban-parades-around-us-weapons-celebrate-anniversary-re-taking
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Denies Anti-Israel Protesters’ Requests for Stage, Sound System during DNC. – David Zimmermann
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chicago-denies-anti-israel-protesters-requests-for-stage-sound-system-during-dnc/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats say “GOP leaders push House members to raise more cash to combat Harris enthusiasm.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4830561-gop-house-fundraising-harris/
— The Democrat Party exists to get more and more and more preference for those who are the following who vote for Democrats. minorities, females, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, illegals, etc.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4792729-kamala-harris-dei-backlash/
REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How Trump’s intimidation tactics have reshaped the Republican Party.”
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-trump-purge/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats cheer Evanston’s reparation program. How soon will the Democrats and the RINOs who run your municipality force you to pay reparations?
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/illinois-city-fights-lawsuit-on-reparations-program-for-black-americans-217272901578
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats crow that “Biden Will Designate Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument. The 1908 riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.” What were your ancestors doing in 1908? What do you stress in their defense? My ancestors on my father’s side 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/2024/08/16/us/politics/biden-springfield-race-riot-monument.html
— The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream news media are arms of the Democrat Party that exist to elect Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/kamala-harris-biden-reagan.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/abortion-harris-trump.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, all elected officials and party leaders in America will be Democrats or RINOs who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Far too many of the aforesaid blame all their problems on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/15/black-women-take-helm-dnc/74731276007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Political Movement—Literally. A nonprofit urges liberals to relocate to swing districts or vote from vacation homes. – Matthew O. Skrod (COMMENT: When Illinois Republicans vote from their out-of-state second homes to vote for Trump, down ballot Republican candidates lose.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-political-movementl-literally-nonprofit-urges-liberals-move-to-swing-districts-ecd6721b
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/here-are-most-common-anti-dei-legal-cases-right-now-what-you-need-know-about-them.html
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 14, 2024
MCHENRY COUNTY GOP
— TRUMP NOW Save the American Dream Rally. Please visit: www.paradingfortrump.com to purchase tickets!
https://www.mchenrycountygop.org/event-details/trump-now-save-the-american-dream-rally
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— On eve of DNC, Republicans are gathering in Woodstock for Pro-Trump rally
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240813/news/pro-trump-rally-in-woodstock-sunday-on-eve-of-dnc-caravans-of-gop-supporters-from-across-region-exp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans from across the Chicago region and beyond are expected to converge on the McHenry County Fairgrounds in Woodstock Sunday for a show of support for former President Donald Trump just before the Democratic National Conventions gets underway in Chicago. The Trump Now-Save the American Dream Rally is set for 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at the fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Road, Woodstock. Tickets range from $30 for general admission to $300 for a VIP seat, according to the Parading for Trump website. Those supporting the former president in his reelection bid plan to caravan to the event. Caravans of his supporters are set to arrive from Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale, Petersen Park in McHenry, the Campton Township Highway Department parking lot in Lily Lake in Kane County, Antioch’s Metra station, the Tinley Park Convention Center, the shopping center at 2341 Sycamore Road in DeKalb and from Halsted and Division streets in Chicago. Paraders are asked to decorate their vehicles in pro-Trump gear. The speakers list includes conservative commentator and Chicago-area native Charlie Kirk, GOP strategist Roger Stone, Mike Lindell of MyPillow and retired Army lieutenant general and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Entertainment for the day will be from musicians Thompson Square, Nate Venturelli, Diva Montell and Anthony “Frank” Cassano. There’s no indication that Trump or his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, will appear. Gary Rabine, a Bull Valley businessman and former candidate for Illinois governor, is hosting the rally. According to the event website, the event is paid for by The American Dream PAC, with profits from the event “dispersed … to organizations focused on Get out the Vote in our communities and swing states, conservative candidates and organizations focused on helping Trump become our 47th President.”)
— Will the attacks on Walz’s military service stick like they did to Kerry 20 years ago? – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240813/nation-and-world-politics/will-the-attacks-on-walzs-military-service-stick-like-they-did-to-kerry-20-years-ago/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry asks county GOP to find a new gathering place for Trump caravan as park booked for festival. – Janelle Walker
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/14/mchenry-asks-county-gop-to-find-a-new-gathering-place-for-trump-caravan-as-park-booked-for-festival/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McHenry city officials were surprised when they read news reports Tuesday that Petersen Park was set as a meetup point Sunday to caravan to the Trump Now-Save the American Dream Rally in Woodstock. Petersen Park is playing host to the annual Bands, Brews & BBQ event this weekend, with its largest day expected on Sunday, McHenry Deputy Chief Tom Walsh said. It could see even larger crowds later in the day, as McHenry’s community fireworks show is due to take place at the park after being was postponed because of poor weather during Fiesta Days in July. In social media posts and emails, organizers of the rally – in support of former President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates on the ballot in November, and held on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – encouraged GOP faithful to meet up beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at McHenry’s Petersen Park and convoy at 11:30 a.m. to the McHenry County Fairgrounds in Woodstock. Caravans of supporters are also expected to descend on Woodstock from various meetup spots across the Chicago region and in DeKalb. The gates for Bands, Brews and BBQ are set to open at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, McHenry Area Rotary President Diana Mark said. Vendors, the band and others will be setting up before then will be in and out of the parking area earlier, Mark said. Following inquiries from the Northwest Herald, organizers of the pro-Trump rally distributed a new flier saying the McHenry meetup would instead be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Althoff Park. The event’s website, paradingfortrump.com , still listed Petersen Park as of Tuesday evening, however. Prior to the location change, Walsh had said: “I am concerned about space. I don’t know details about where they are meeting up” or whether cars will be left at the Petersen lot during the day. “We can’t have this conflict in the parking lot,” he said. McHenry Chief of Police John Birk asked Walsh to reach out to the Trump event organizers. The rally is set for 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Road, Woodstock. Organizers did not need a temporary use permit for the rally, as the fairground is exempt from the permit process, Alicia Schueller, director of public affairs for McHenry County. Food and liquor licenses have been secured for the event. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has asked Woodstock Police for additional support during the rally, City Manager Roscoe Stelford said Tuesday. That’s not unusual for large events, Stelford said, adding that two Woodstock police officers are helping at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week. Those same two officers also aided with the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Stelford said.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/13/vice-president-kamala-harris-walz-many-ties-visits-chicago-dnc2024-politics-elections-united-center
— Here’s how to appeal your property tax assessment. – Abby Miller (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County were beyond furious that I appealed my assessed valuations during the 1980s and 1990s. They all sided with my home’s builder, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I should write a book about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2024/08/13/property-tax-cook-county-board-review-assessment-bill-appeal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Some business owners and residents near United Center, home to upcoming DNC, want nearby migrant shelter moved. – NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/some-business-owners-and-residents-near-united-center-home-to-upcoming-dnc-want-nearby-migrant-shelter-moved/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/drive-thru-cannabis-dispensary-opening-in-harwood-heights-hopes-to-be-illinois-first/
— Naperville police make 22nd gun-related arrest since August 2023 at Topgolf parking lot. – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/naperville-police-topgolf-arrest-firearm-gun/
— Cartoon in Lake County township GOP group’s newsletter depicting domestic abuse denounced by Democrats. – OLIVIA OLANDER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/newsletter-cartoon-reactions/
— How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views. – BARBARA ORTUTAY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/elon-musk-2/
— Kamala Harris signs onto a signature Trump issue, taking pandering to new depths. No taxes on tips is a bad idea no matter who’s backing it. – Editorial. (COMMENT: My Social Security is only $2,935/year because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. All of it plus more now goes to pay Medicare.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/editorial-kamala-harris-donald-trump-tips-taxes-nevada/
— Today in History: FDR signs Social Security Act – AP (COMMENT: Because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that I get any kind of Social Security at all. Even though I paid into Social Security 1964-1974, my Social Security is only $2,935/year because I get a CSRS pension. During those 10 years, I did yard work, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped gasoline.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/14/today-in-history-fdr-signs-social-security-act/
ABC7
— Migrant surge no longer expected ahead of DNC, but city remains ready for new arrivals: deputy mayor. – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2024-dnc-chicago-migrant-surge-longer-expected-ahead-convention-city-remains-ready-new-arrivals-deputy-mayor-says/15182585/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote homelessness and especially sleeping in public places.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rosemont-illinois-enacts-new-ban-sleeping-public-are-exceptions-like-pop-concerts-allstate-arena/15183451/
— UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. In an interview with Musk, Trump appeared to endorse firing striking workers. – Julia Reinstein (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents who are anti-union have never forgiven me for that.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/uaw-lawsuit-united-auto-workers-union-files-federal-labor-charges-donald-trump-elon-musk/15181888/
WGN9
— Illinois State Fair becomes political battleground in pivotal election year. – Tahman Bradley (COMMENT: I anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Party (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) to reach out to conservatives like me, that is, to reach out to the base of the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO like me.)
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-state-fair-becomes-political-battleground-in-pivotal-election-year/
(COMMENT: Republicans, meanwhile, will have their day on Thursday. The Republican Party is rebuilding, holding no statewide offices and trying to make their voice heard in the super minority in Springfield. The forecast for Thursday calls for thunderstorms. Republicans will meet for brunch on Thursday while Democrats gather Wednesday morning.)
— UAW files labor charges against Trump and Musk, alleging worker intimidation. – Taylor Giorno (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents who are anti-union have never forgiven me for that.)
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/uaw-files-labor-charges-against-trump-and-musk-alleging-worker-intimidation/
FOX32
— Chicago prepares for potential migrant surge during DNC – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-dnc
— Possible migrant surge in Chicago ahead of DNC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1500539
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK6S19fAE4o
WTTW
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party. It exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/13/members-congress-illinois-see-presidential-momentum-shift-ahead-hometown-dnc
WGN RADIO
— Negotiating job offers (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079–$110,020/year. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used my having to take that pay cut against me viciously. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning that master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. They succeeded in a) delaying my promotions back to GS-12 until 1982, b) assigning me to audits IRS until 1986 and then after 1988, c) delaying my promotion to GS-13 until 1986, and d) never promoting me to GS-14.)
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-lunch-8-13-24-negotiating-job-offers-commuter-incentives-rate-cuts-aar/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— It was Corvette vs. Mustang at Godfrey’s Dynamic Duo Car Show. Annual Godfrey car show celebrates muscle cars. – David Blanchette (COMMENT: I have owned my 2005 Corvette since 2005.)
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/dynamic-duo-car-show-2024-corvette-mustang-godfrey-19651707.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tony Williams of St. Louis and his wife coordinated their checkered-flag-theme clothing with the design of Williams’ 2005 Corvette. “I always wanted to do something unique, and I’ve never seen anything else like it,” Williams said. “My Corvette will deal with anything out there on the street as long as it ain’t modified. I’m a little bit bigger and had to learn how to get in and out of the car, but it’s a really nice car.”)
WGIL
— Trump calls Pritzker ‘a real loser’ in X conversation with Musk. – Greg Bishop
https://www.wgil.com/2024/08/13/trump-calls-pritzker-a-real-loser-in-x-conversation-with-musk/
WGLT
— Democrats crow that women “in states with abortion bans are getting pills through telehealth.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-13/people-in-states-with-abortion-bans-are-getting-pills-through-telehealth
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-14/the-abortion-debate-is-headed-to-2-more-states-ballot-boxes-in-november
WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/most-women-in-the-us-worry-that-abortion-bans-could-put-them-or-a-loved/article_596f96f5-3257-52a2-9840-dd0a979c1157.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Biden suggests he’d attend a Trump inauguration: ‘I have good manners’ – JACKSON WALKER
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/biden-suggests-hed-attend-a-trump-inauguration-i-have-good-manners-donald-trump-joe-biden-2024-election-white-house-politics-inaguration-ceremony
— EU sent warning letter to Elon Musk before conversation with Trump on X. – KAYLA GASKINS (COMMENT: I have been the Illinois Editor for GOPUSA since 2000. I should write about a) the warnings that I received from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to not ask questions at press conferences and b) the adverse actions that they took against me because I asked questions anyway. I would stress a) those candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who warned me, b) the questions that I asked them anyway, c) their responses, and d) the adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/eu-sent-warning-letter-to-elon-musk-before-conversation-with-trump-on-x-social-media-harmful-content-european-union-free-speech-expression-facebook-uk-riots-stabbing-lawsuit-laws
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The more that you blast Trump, the more that the mainstream news media promotes you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/former-aide-trump-feels-this-election-slipping-away/
— Democrats say “How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-how-x-owner-elon-musk-uses-his-free-speech-platform-to-amplify-his-views-worldwide/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/most-women-oppose-leaving-abortion-laws-to-the-states-across-party-lines-poll/
NPR ILLINOIS & WGLT
— ‘Republicans for Harris’ want conservatives to vote Democrat in 2024 to topple Trump. – Sarah McCammon (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Trump can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. To endorse Harris is to officially leave the Republican Party.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-13/republicans-for-harris-want-conservatives-to-vote-democrat-in-2024-to-topple-trump
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-13/republicans-for-harris-want-conservatives-to-vote-democrat-in-2024-to-topple-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh acknowledged that it “takes a lot of courage” for many Republicans to publicly break with their party, but argued it’s necessary. “You have to publicly out yourself: ‘I’m a Republican; I’m a conservative, and I’m supporting Kamala Harris,’” Walsh said. “It takes courage, but remember – Donald Trump is unfit to be President.” Organizers said more than 70,000 people joined the call live, where speakers urged Republican participants to get behind Harris through volunteering and publicly supporting her campaign.)
CITIES 92.9
— Jewish groups and Illinois congressman question Kamala Harris’ support for Israel. – Catrina Petersen
https://www.cities929.com/2024/08/12/jewish-groups-and-illinois-congressman-question-kamala-harris-support-for-israel/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-347/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-140/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Days of Rage and the 2024 DNC – Pat Hickey
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-days-of-rage-and-the-2024-dnc/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump calls Pritzker ‘a real loser’ in X conversation with Musk. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5db7f580-5984-11ef-bcab-c3fed11de478.html
WIRE POINTS
— Illinois education is so bad, we can make it toxic for lawmakers to support the status quo. Then comes school choice.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-education-is-so-bad-we-can-make-it-toxic-for-lawmakers-to-support-the-status-quo-then-comes-school-choice-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harris’ immigration ad more than borders on deception. Trying to make Trump look weak on this issue is laughable. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/13/harris-immigration-ad-more-than-borders-on-decepti/
— Harris campaign edits news articles in Google search results for more favorable headlines. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/13/kamala-harris-campaign-edits-news-articles-in-goog/
— Marriage, stable home environment set the table for economic success in America. – Timothy S. Goeglein
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/13/marriage-stable-home-environment-set-table-for-eco/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden-Harris Deportation Program Allowed 90% of Illegal Aliens To Stay in US. – Matthew Xiao
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/biden-harris-deportation-program-allowed-90-of-illegal-aliens-to-stay-in-us/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden program meant to remove illegal migrant families has instead allowed 90% to stay in US. – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/us-news/biden-admin-touted-program-to-remove-migrant-families-but-let-most-stay/
— NYC migrant crisis costs will crack eye-popping $5 billion on shelters, security and food — amount could double by 2025. – Carl Campanile and Haley Brown
https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/us-news/nyc-migrant-crisis-costs-will-crack-eye-popping-5-billion-on-shelters-security-and-food/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Gov’t clings to DEI agenda while some in private sector see the light. – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/culture/2024/08/13/gov-t-clings-to-dei-agenda-while-some-in-private-sector-see-the-light/
— Walz ‘does have a record’ – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/08/14/walz-does-have-a-record/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Demographics of Realignment. – Edward Ring (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, demographics is everything. Because those who have the following demographics vote for Democrats and for RINOs, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly get rid of those who do NOT have the following demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/14/the-demographics-of-realignment/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Government routing the people – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/government_routing_the_people.html
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Imagine a world under Walz policies; locals share the nightmare. – Vivek Saxena
https://americanwirenews.com/imagine-a-world-under-walz-policies-locals-share-the-nightmare/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Financial report discloses how much Kamala donated to anti-police, pro-sanctuary city group. – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/13/financial-report-discloses-how-much-kamala-donated-to-anti-police-pro-sanctuary-city-group-1479476/
BREITBART
— Kamala Harris’s Muslim Liaison Has Radical Views, Battled Jewish Students – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/13/report-kamala-harriss-muslim-liaison-has-radical-views-battled-jewish-students/
CENTER SQUARE
— Majority of Americans want troops sent to border, oppose illegal immigration. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a23470ec-59ae-11ef-bef9-27e89fed0e2e.html
DAILY CALLER
— Chicago’s Brandon Johnson Named ‘Worst Sanctuary Mayor’ – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/13/brandon-johnson-named-worst-sanctuary-mayor/
FEDERALIST
— Trump On X: If Kamala Harris Wanted To Stop The Border Invasion, She’d Have Done It By Now. – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/13/trump-on-x-if-kamala-harris-wanted-to-stop-the-border-invasion-shed-have-done-it-by-now/
FOX NEWS
— Dems hitting Vance with debunked vulgar claim ‘undermine’ their anti-Trump credibility, strategist says. Democrats have long accused former President Trump of spreading misinformation. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-hitting-vance-debunked-vulgar-claim-undermine-anti-trump-credibility-strategist-says
— Anti-Israel agitators plan demonstrations for Democratic National Convention: ‘Equivalent’ to 1968. Anti-Israel protests have occurred across US cities as the Israel-Hamas war continues. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/anti-israel-agitators-plan-demonstrations-democratic-national-convention-equivalent-1968
— ‘Evangelicals for Harris’ host has said ‘Whiteness is wicked,’ police need to be ‘destroyed and rebuilt’ Activist Ekemini Uwan argued Whiteness is ‘rooted in violence. It’s rooted in theft. It’s rooted in plunder. It’s rooted in power. It’s rooted in privilege’ – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/evangelicals-harris-host-said-whiteness-wicked-police-need-destroyed-rebuilt
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Walz Slams Vance for Phantom Attacks on Military Service, Doesn’t Address Stolen Valor Issue. Vance responds: “But you shouldn’t have lied about it. You shouldn’t have said you went to war when you didn’t. Nor should you have said that you didn’t know your unit was going to Iraq.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/walz-slams-vance-for-phantom-attacks-on-military-service-doesnt-address-stolen-valor-issue/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Kamala Harris Will Ride the Earned-Media Wave to Chicago – Audrey Fahlberg
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harris-will-ride-the-earned-media-wave-to-chicago/
— Chicago Police Superintendent to Anti-Israel Protesters: ‘We’re Not Going to Allow You to Riot’ During DNC – David Zimmermann
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chicago-police-superintendent-to-anti-israel-protesters-were-not-going-to-allow-you-to-riot-during-dnc/
NEWSMAX
— Sheriffs Decry Biden, Harris for Letting Gangs into US – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-kamala-biden/2024/08/13/id/1176415/
— Walz’s Record on Immigration Gives GOP Ammunition. – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-border-migrants/2024/08/13/id/1176331/
PJ MEDIA
— The Deep State Still Wants to Kill Trump Before 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
TOWNHALL
— Tim Walz Is a Left-Wing Extremist Pushing People Out of Minnesota With Crime, Energy Bans, and Tax Hikes. – Carrie Sheffield
https://townhall.com/columnists/carriesheffield/2024/08/14/tim-walz-is-a-left-wing-extremist-pushing-people-out-of-minnesota-with-crime-energy-bans-and-tax-hikes-n2643345
ZERO HEDGE
— Feds Accelerating Naturalization Of Immigrants To “Reshape The Electorate” – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ny-times-feds-accelerating-naturalization-immigrants-reshape-electorate
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/immigration-us-legal.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats crow that “Trump vs. Harris magnifies America’s generational and cultural divides. The candidates, their movements and their rallies embody two very different identities, setting up a stark contrast for voters.” Older White males are more likely to vote for Republican candidates. Now that Democrats have replaced their older White male candidate Biden with their younger minority female candidate Harris, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against older White males.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/14/trump-harris-voters-generation-culture-election-2024/
— Congress didn’t recognize a race riot. Biden will make the site a monument. The president will designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument on Friday, the White House confirmed to The Post. – Maxine Joselow (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1908? 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.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/14/1908-springfield-race-riot-monument/
NEW YORK TIMES
— I promote law enforcement. My critics/opponents criticize law enforcement. They forever hold it against me that I enforced IRS laws 1971-1980. At yesterday’s Wheaton Roll Call event in my precinct which I promoted, a severe critic of Wheaton’s Police Department forced me to listen to her many strong complaints.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/nyregion/tony-rupp-first-amendment-buffalo.html
USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call you a racist and a sexist and even worse things if you do not vote for Harris. Harris ever-increasingly hints/implies/argues/shouts that if elected, she will use the federal government to get rid of those who share Trumps demographics once and for all. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/13/us-woman-president-harris-trump/74766362007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/12/ectopic-pregnancies-texas-complaints-hospitals/74773693007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly use Sean Grayson, Sonya Massey, and Jack Campbell to promote more hatred against police.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/11/sonya-massey-race-police-killing-murder/74686522007/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly increase LGBTQism.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/lgbtq-immigrants-latin-america-asylum-seekers-rcna166287
MSN
— Biden allows 90% of migrants meant for deportation to stay.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/report-biden-allows-90-of-migrants-meant-for-deportation-to-stay/ss-AA1oLZZR
— Secession Movements Now in 12 US States – James Bickerton
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/secession-movements-now-in-12-us-states-campaigner-says/ar-AA1oMYXo?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Walz Dithered While Minneapolis Burned. Kamala Harris made an odd choice of running mate if she wanted to appear tough on crime. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-dithered-while-minneapolis-burned-kamala-harris-2020-riots-911b47eb
BLOOMBERG
— Local governments struggling to fill roles are turning to local programs for assistance with hiring asylum seekers who have obtained federal work permits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPFv_EE67U
MONDAQ
— Latest Updates To Illinois Personnel Records Review Act (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office supervisors always kept the adverse actions that they had taken against me at the top of my personnel file.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1505378/latest-updates-to-illinois-personnel-records-review-act
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Becomes Fourth State to Pass Legacy Ban – Liam Knox (COMMENT: Do/did your parents have college degrees? Mine did not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action had been only for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/08/14/illinois-bans-legacy-preferences-public-institutions
HUFFINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Ex-Trump Voters Turn Against Him In Scathing New Attack Ads. Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $3.5 million campaign across swing states.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran. heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-trump-republicans-swing-state-ad_n_66ac66e2e4b037c1f37ea144
August 13, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The crisis at Western Illinois University and beyond. – Editorial (COMMENT: I graduated from NIU in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/editorial-western-illinois-university-layoffs-state-equitable-funding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Between 2010 and 2014, the number of students at the school hovered around 12,000. But then it took a dive over several years. In fall 2023, the university enrolled 7,023 students. Interim President Kristi Mindrup has said she expects enrollment this fall to be between 5,500 and 6,000 students. That might yet change, but it’s still a big drop in one year and not something so easily blamed on demographics. We’d also wager most Illinoisans didn’t know that some of their state universities are currently operating at 50% of previous capacity.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that illegals come to Chicago only because Republican governors bus them in.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/08/12/immigration-asylum-seekers-dnc-2024-city-hall-health-housing-services-oemc-little-village-pilsen
— Gaza should be on DNC agenda, Chicago Muslim leaders say. The leaders called for less talk and more action about drawing the war in Gaza to a close — a war that’s killed tens of thousands in Gaza. And while some of them are more hopeful that Vice President Kamala Harris may be more forceful in pressing for a ceasefire, they are waiting to see actual action. – David Struett (COMMENT: America sides with Israel. Why don’t Muslims go back, officially join Hamas, and fight Israel? All my ancestors immigrated from Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/muslim-dnc-gaza-kamala-harris
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats plan DNC side rally for Jewish voters alienated by Gaza protests. – Simone Foxman
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/democrats-aim-rally-jewish-voters-alienated-gaza-protests
ABC7
— Local Muslim leaders call on politicians attending DNC to do more to end war in Gaza. – Leah Hope (COMMENT: America sides with Israel. Why don’t Muslims go back, officially join Hamas, and fight Israel? All my ancestors immigrated from Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/local-muslim-leaders-call-democrats-do-more-end-gaza-war-chicago-dnc-protests-planned/15178742/
CBS2
— Rioting will not be tolerated in Chicago during DNC, police superintendent says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maf2OfXubgM
— Some alarmed, some encouraged by removal of Chicago homeless encampments ahead of DNC. – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/some-alarmed-removal-chicago-homeless-encampments-dnc/
FOX32
— Chicago police prepare for mass protests at DNC. Protest groups are vowing tens of thousands of demonstrators to make their voices heard during the Democratic National Convention.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1499971
— Demonstrators plan multiple rallies ahead of the DNC. Several groups including advocates of reproductive rights and those protesting the war in Gaza have protests planned leading into the DNC starting on Sunday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1499743
WGN RADIO
— Pro-Palestinian DNC protestors want longer march route than city is offering. – Pete Zimmerman (COMMENT: America sides with Israel. Why don’t Palestinians go back, officially join Hamas, and fight Israel? All my ancestors immigrated from Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/pro-palestinian-dnc-protestors-want-longer-march-route-than-city-is-offering/
WBEZ
— Gen Z are finding their first jobs (COMMENT: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. When that application was approved, I got a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zuX4y6iII
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who will replace Sheriff Campbell after he retires? Here’s what you need to know. – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which is exactly what they did.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/08/13/sheriff-in-sonya-massey-shooting-retiring-what-happens-next/74770336007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-news-outlets-were-leaked-insider-material-from-the-trump-campaign-they-chose-not-to-print-it/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stress planks in the Republican Party platform that Trump fails/refuses to defend/advance.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-a-conservative-gathering-provides-a-safe-space-for-republicans-who-arent-on-board-with-trump/
WPSD
— Illinois Sheriffs’ Association issues statement amid Massey shooting, ahead of DNC – Melanie Antonitis
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-sheriffs-association-issues-statement-amid-massey-shooting-ahead-of-dnc/article_53c15736-58f0-11ef-805d-1b554b984b9e.html
HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Triggers Gun Buying Boom. Illinois was one of only four states to see an increase in legal gun purchases in 2023. – Jonah Meadows (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats succeed in outlawing all semi-automatic firearms?)
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-triggers-gun-buying-boom-fbi-data-shows
CHICAGO PARENT
— These Are The 10 Best Places to Live in DuPage County. – Amanda Rahn (COMMENT: He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.)
https://www.chicagoparent.com/parenting/advice/best-places-to-live-dupage-county/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-346/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-139/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The DNC is coming to Chicago, the nation’s homicide capital 13 years running – A Wirepoints survey of America’s 75 largest cities. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-dnc-is-coming-to-chicago-the-nations-homicide-capital-13-years-running-a-wirepoints-survey-of-americas-75-largest-cities/
JOHN KASS
— Can Harris and Walz Keep Hiding Who They Are?
https://johnkassnews.com/can-harris-walz-hide-who-they-are-without-media-help/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which plank in the Democrat Party platform has caused you the most harm? For me, it is the Affirmative Action(AA)/DEI plank, that is, the race and gender based preference giving plank, that is, the patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination plank. My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors used that plank, up-or-out, and budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40. They ignored/dismissed/belittled that fact that I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote AA/DEI. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Democratic National Convention is coming to Chicago to highlight the party’s platform. Delegates are likely to see moving vans that highlight what those policies have done to the Windy City and the rest of Illinois. – Dylan Sharkey and Kurtis Karg (COMMENT: What discourages you from leaving Illinois? For me, it seeing how fast Democrats and RINOs invaded, infiltrated, and took over DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Because they could and did do that here, they could do that in any state, county, township, or municipality.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/democratic-national-convention-just-in-time-to-wave-goodbye-to-chicagoans/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Who exactly is running the United States? – Brandon J. Weichert (COMMENT: Is it Obama?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/12/who-exactly-is-running-united-states/
WASHINGTON RXAMINER
— Kamala has a record on immigration – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3118647/kamala-record-immigration/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Pinning down Vice President Kamala Harris on any substantive policy matters has been impossible since she helped shove President Joe Biden out of the presidential race. She refuses to answer questions, and her staff is, at best, cryptic in what little information it releases. For example, when asked if Harris still supports her 2019 position that illegally crossing the border be decriminalized, an unidentified campaign official told Axios, “Unauthorized border crossings are illegal.” But this is just a statement of current law. It doesn’t tell us what Harris believes, if anything, about whether unauthorized border crossings should continue to be illegal or if she will prosecute migrants who break the law. We still don’t know where Harris stands on decriminalizing illegal immigration. As much as Democrats may wish otherwise, Harris did not fall out of a coconut tree without a record. There are 20 years of factual evidence about how she deals with illegal immigrants, and voters should look at them. It will give an accurate and disturbing picture of Harris’s ideas on immigration.)
— Female medical program won’t exclude white students after discrimination complaint. – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3118288/female-medical-program-wont-exclude-white-students-after-discrimination-complaint/
NEW YORK POST
— Stop giving migrant thugs endless chances — deport them or lock them up NOW. – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/08/12/opinion/stop-giving-migrant-thugs-endless-chances-deport-them-or-lock-them-up-now/
BREITBART
— Most Voters Believe Illegal Aliens Are Registered to Vote. – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/12/nolte-most-voters-believe-illegal-aliens-are-registered-vote/
— Kamala Harris Failed to Connect One American to Internet Despite $42.5 Billion Fund — After 1,001 Days. – FCC’s Brendan Carr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/12/exclusive-fccs-brendan-carr-kamala-harris-failed-connect-one-american-internet-despite-42-5-billion-fund-1001-days/
— ‘Friction,’ ‘Bad-Mouthing,’ ‘Anxiety’ Infest Dysfunctional Harris Campaign. – Wendell Husebø
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/12/report-friction-bad-mouthing-anxiety-infest-dysfunctional-harris-campaign/
— Time Magazine Cover Shamelessly Hypes Kamala Harris: ‘Her Moment’ – Wendell Husebø
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/12/time-magazine-cover-shamelessly-hypes-kamala-harris-her-moment/
— Donald Trump Leads Kamala Harris in Key Swing States. – Hannah Knudsen
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/12/poll-donald-trump-leads-kamala-harris-in-key-swing-states/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois law threatens religious employers’ right to hire staff who share their beliefs. – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/cartoon/illinois-law-threatens-religious-employers-rights-adf-warns.html
DAILY CALLER
— Trump, Musk Overcome Tech Issues For Marathon Interview To Over 1,000,000 Listeners. – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/12/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-twitter-space-x/
— Kamala Harris Presidency Could Be A Nightmare Scenario For Pro-Lifers, Conservatives Concerned About DOJ Weaponization. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/12/kamala-harris-presidency-nightmare-scenario-pro-lifers-conservatives-concerned-doj-weaponization/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Stop Illegals From Voting’: House Freedom Caucus Urges Amendment to Omnibus Spending Bill. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/12/stop-illegals-from-voting-house-freedom-caucus-urges-amendment-to-omnibus-spending-bill/
— Now Even Viewpoint Diversity Is ‘White Supremacy’ – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the 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 in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/12/now-viewpoint-diversity-white-supremacy-splc-says/
DAILY WIRE
— Pentagon Was Compelled To Drop Discriminatory DEI Program After Supreme Court Ruling. Program is one of several such contracts between government agencies and outside groups. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-was-compelled-to-drop-discriminatory-dei-program-after-supreme-court-ruling
— Freedom Caucus Unveils Plan To Protect Trump From ‘Lame Duck’ Omnibus, Shore Up Election Integrity. – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/freedom-caucus-unveils-plan-to-protect-trump-from-lame-duck-omnibus-shore-up-election-integrity
FEDERALIST
— AGs Sue To Stop Biden-Harris Rule Giving ‘Free’ Health Care To Illegal Aliens. – Christopher Jacobs
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/12/ags-sue-to-stop-biden-harris-rule-giving-free-health-care-to-illegal-aliens/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Migrant Crisis Continues to Rage At NYC’s Roosevelt Hotel. – Joey Chester (COMMENT: The Roosevelt Hotel today, the hotels and motels in your county, township, and municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/08/12/new-videos-nycs-roosevelt-hotel-migrant-crisis-continues-rage
FOX BUSINESS
— Marriott sues franchisee for turning New York hotel into migrant shelter. Franchisee violated its contract with Marriott by using Queens hotel as shelter for migrants and asylum seekers, lawsuit claims. – Breck Dumas (COMMENT: How many hotels and motels have Democrats and RINOs turning into migrant shelters in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/marriott-sues-franchisee-turning-new-york-hotel-migrant-shelter
FOX NEWS
— Kamala Harris donated to anti-police, pro-‘sanctuary city’ group as DC struggled with crime. Donations went to Legal Aid DC, an outspoken critic of police, immigration enforcement. – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kamala-harris-donated-anti-police-pro-sanctuary-city-group-dc-struggled-crime
— Pro-Israel group waits for permit to march near DNC in Chicago: We want to ‘stand up for America’ Israeli American Council CEO Elan Carr claims anti-Israel groups’ permit requests granted. – Taylor Penley
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pro-israel-group-waits-permit-march-near-dnc-chicago-want-stand-america
— Gov Walz amplified comment comparing ICE raids to ‘terrorism’ in America. Then-Rep. Walz went on to defend sanctuary cities during the 2017 remarks. – Andrew Mark Miller, Cameron Cawthorne
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-walz-amplified-comment-comparing-ice-raids-terrorism-america
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/flashback-gov-walz-promoted-comment-about-ice-raids-representing-terrorism-in-america/vi-AA1oFPYr
— Anti-affirmative action group accuses New York state school district of discriminating against White students. Ithaca City School District is accused of systematically excluding White students. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/anti-affirmative-action-group-accuses-ny-school-district-discriminating-against-white-students
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Walz Claimed BLM Riots Happen When Society Doesn’t Put ‘Equity and Inclusion at the Center’ It’s never the fault of the rioters. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/flashback-walz-claimed-blm-riots-happen-when-society-doesnt-put-equity-and-inclusion-at-the-center/
NEWS BUSTERS
— A Roundup of the Worst Woke Moments at the Paris Olympics. – Elise Ehrhard
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/elise-ehrhard/2024/08/12/roundup-worst-woke-moments-paris-olympics
NEWSMAX
— Trump Decries ‘Nonproductive’ Illegal Migrants – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-musk-interview/2024/08/12/id/1176270/
— Why Kamala Harris Is Bad for Black Americans. – Clarence V. McKee
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/ice-nea-nomination/2024/08/12/id/1176206/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Democrats Hope To Steal Election By Registering Illegal Aliens To Vote. – Pearson Sharp (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals voted for Biden in 2020?)
https://www.oann.com/video/pearsonsharpreports/democrats-hope-to-steal-election-by-registering-illegal-aliens-to-vote/
TOWNHALL
— Amid the corporate media’s remake of Kamala Harris’s disjointed record as a public servant, one of the more overlooked aspects is her wokeness. That’s right. Harris is woke writ-large and she even admitted as much, proclaiming just a few years ago (with a cackle of course), “We have to stay woke. Like everybody needs to be woke. And you can talk about if you’re the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke.” – Charles Gasparino
https://townhall.com/columnists/charles-gasparino/2024/08/13/kamalas-woke-is-broke-n2643320
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/immigration-us-citizenship-rates.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly run elections in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/business/media/2024-election-disinformation.html
— Because Biden was an older White male, it was harder for Democrats to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump who is an older White male. With Harris, who is a younger minority female, Democrats will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/opinion/kamala-harris-trump-attention.html
MSN
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with Hispanics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/latinos-accounted-for-over-90-of-u-s-population-growth-since-the-beginning-of-the-pandemic/ar-AA1oEhDs
WACO TRIBUNE HERALD
— Florida now counts 1 million more registered Republican voters than Democrats (COMMENT: I encourage Republicans who own homes in both Illinois and other states to vote in Illinois rather than those other states. Down ballot Republican candidates in Illinois need your vote.)
https://wacotrib.com/ap/national/florida-now-counts-1-million-more-registered-republican-voters-than-democrats/article_d108829c-320b-54c3-89ae-2d97baa933fa.html
FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/finance/dei-prominent-critics-actually-getting-121043392.html
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91170445/how-2025-will-gut-dei
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Killer Kamala’ Convention. Will the thousands of anti-Israel protesters in Chicago ruin it for the Democrats? – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-killer-kamala-convention-could-anti-israel-protesters-ruin-the-dnc-for-democrats-a8873d5a
— Iran’s Hopes Become Reality. Internal chaos and division weakens America. – William Mehrvarz, Washington
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/irans-hopes-become-reality-america-1683d77d
— I’m 37 Years Old, and I Haven’t Saved Nearly Enough for Retirement. What Do I Do? Like so many millennials, I started saving late, and catching up hasn’t been easy. – Will Flannigan (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/savings/retirement-savings-planning-under-40-987a336b
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future for Americans who are following is ever-increasingly bleak: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to Americans who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/moral-decline-study-psychology-8635c34b
MARKET WATCH
— Car Ownership Statistics 2024 (COMMENT: If you share my interest in American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes, Mustangs, Chargers, and Thunderbirds, please let me know. I currently own 1972 and 2005 Corvettes and a 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 1996 Thunderbird LX, 2021 Malibu Premier, 2019 Escape Titanium, and 2018 Cruze LT. I used to own a 2016 Mustang, 1968 and 1969 Chargers, and 1990 and 1994 Thunderbirds. Further, I used to own 1958 and 1962 Chevrolet Bel Airs and a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88, 1978 Chevrolet Chevette, and 1997 and 2003 Chevrolet Cavaliers.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/insurance-services/car-ownership-statistics/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose anything and everything that discourages illegals from voting.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-gop-hardliners-threaten-shutdown-over-voting-bill_n_66ba5d36e4b04b3eb251f670
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Suspect Non-Citizens Are Illegally Registered to Vote (COMMENT: Illegals have tremendous motivations, tremendous incentives, to vote for Democrats and for RINOs.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/most_suspect_non_citizens_are_illegally_registered_to_vote
DAILY MAIL
— How seven of Kamala Harris’ most controversial policies could impact YOU… if she introduces them again during her run for president. Kamala Harris has not updated the public on where she stands on many issues. Kamala Harris gushes about kingmaker Nancy Pelosi. – Charlie Spiering
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13736575/kamala-harris-controversial-policies-impact-you.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Decriminalizing illegal immigration. . .2. DEI polices and financial reparations for slavery. . .3. Crackdown on gun rights. . .4. Reduce beef consumption and BAN plastic straws. . .5. Medicare for All and higher taxes to pay for it. . .6. Federally legalizing marijuana. . .7. Transgender policies in school)
August 9, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Jewish groups concerned about antisemitism, violence at DNC protests. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-jewish-groups-concerned-antisemitism-violence-pro-palestinian-dnc-protests/15161636/
NBC5
— Chicago-area Jewish organizations express concerns for DNC protests. – Courtney Sisk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-jewish-organizations-express-concerns-for-dnc-protests/3517001/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-abortion-numbers-rise-roe-overturned/3516813/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: With Democratic National Convention imminent, groups exchange barbs over planned pro-Palestinian protests. – Megan Crepeau
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/08/with-democratic-national-convention-imminent-groups-exchange-barbs-over-planned-pro-palestinian-protests/
— Chicago inches closer to a city-owned grocery store after study finds it ‘necessary’ and ‘feasible’ – Talia Soglin (COMMENT: A big step toward socialism.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/08/city-owned-grocery-store-chicago-study/
— On eve of DNC, a summit that centers racial equity will bring together elected officials and community leaders. – DARCEL ROCKETT (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run America and shout at voters that Republican elected officials cause all the problems that voters have and especially those voters who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, in America illegally, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/on-eve-of-dnc-a-racial-equity-summit-aims-to-promote-reform/
— It today’s Democrats had run America during WWII, America would have lost WWII.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/09/opinion-hiroshima-nagasaki-nuclear-arms-regulation/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— For Donald Trump, size matters and Kamala Harris and her crowds are getting into his head. – Lynn Sweet (COMMENT: Democrat elected officials use government give preference to voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, in America illegally, etc.)
Kamala Harris’ success in pulling in people is a blow to Donald Trump’s self-image and “of Trump’s ability to believe in himself,” says Barbie Zelizer of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication.
By Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/08/donald-trump-kamala-harris-crowd-sizes
— Chicago could fill food desert with three-store network of city-owned grocery stores, consultant says. The new report could serve as a road map for Mayor Brandon Johnson to make Chicago the first big city in the nation to enter a competitive and volatile grocery market with razor-thin profit margins. So far, only St. Paul, Kansas and Baldwin, Fla. have done so. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: A big step toward socialism.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/08/07/city-owned-grocery-store-closings-consultant-study-food-deserts-insecurity-mayor-brandon-johnson
WGN RADIO
— Chicago could be the first major US city with a city-owned grocery store. – Michael DeLeonardis (COMMENT: A big step toward socialism.)
https://wgnradio.com/your-money-matters/chicago-could-be-the-first-major-us-city-with-a-city-owned-grocery-store/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & WREX & WGEM & EFFINGHAM RADIO & RIVER BENDER
— How successful have Democrats been promoting abortion in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/08/09/illinois-expands-abortion-protections-with-3-new-laws-what-to-know/74706695007/
https://www.wrex.com/news/pritzker-signs-bills-expanding-reproductive-healthcare-rights-amid-rise-in-abortion-bans/article_ecb867d8-55ce-11ef-a296-bf5b501ba323.html
https://www.wgem.com/video/2024/08/08/gov-pritzker-signs-package-bills-expanding-abortion-rights-illinois/
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/08/08/gov-pritzker-signs-3-reproductive-rights-bills-into-law/
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/gov-pritzker-signs-landmark-legislation-further-expanding-reproductive-rights-in-illinois-74976.cfm
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 15 states sue to block Biden’s effort to give illegals health insurance.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-15-states-sue-to-block-bidens-effort-to-help-migrants-in-us-illegally-get-health-coverage/
ILLINOIS REPARATIONS COMMISSION
— Illinois reparations commission to hold East St. Louis community hearing ahead of DNC. The hearing is set to take place just weeks after residents marched to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the infamous 1917 race massacre – a horrific act of violence and destruction whose effects may still be felt in the city today. – Kaitlyn Kennedy (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1917? How will Democrats and RINOs use that against you? My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.tag24.com/politics/reparations/illinois-reparations-commission-to-hold-east-st-louis-community-hearing-3306840
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-344/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-137/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Jeanne Ives: ‘No Republican should attend the Edgar Fellows Program that starts today’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/662463935-jeanne-ives-no-republican-should-attend-the-edgar-fellows-program-that-starts-today
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect candidates? For me, it is far too many of them on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have blamed their defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As wokeism ever-increasingly increases, anticipate/expect that the more of the following that Republican Precinct Committeeman are in Illinois, in your county, and in your township, the faster that RINO leaders will use DEI to get rid of them: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Politicians like Gov. Pritzker talk about their policy victories…but they’re dishonest in that they won’t talk about actual outcomes.
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-like-gov-pritzker-talk-about-their-policy-victories-but-theyre-dishonest-in-that-they-wont-talk-about-actual-outcomes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— Lawsuit Filed To Declare Illinois’ Falsely Labeled ‘Worker Freedom Of Speech Act’ Unconstitutional
https://wirepoints.org/lawsuit-filed-to-declare-illinois-falsely-labeled-worker-freedom-of-speech-act-unconstitutional-wirepoints/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services. – PETER HANCOCK
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/with-new-federal-waiver-illinois-expanding-medicaid-to-nonmedical-services
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Democratic delegates might have tough time finding Chicago’s migrant crisis. – Kurtis Karg and Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/democratic-delegates-might-have-tough-time-finding-chicagos-migrant-crisis/
— NEARLY 2 MILLION ILLINOISANS GET FOOD BENEFITS, UP 13.5% SINCE 2019 – Patrick Andriesen and Jon Josko
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-2-million-illinoisans-get-food-benefits-up-13-5-since-2019/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Walz oversaw worst pandemic fraud in nation; $250 million stolen from program to feed kids. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/8/tim-walz-oversaw-worst-pandemic-fraud-in-nation-25/
— Dunkin’ Donuts hit with conservative backlash, calls for boycott: ‘Go Woke, Go Broke’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/8/dunkin-donuts-hit-with-conservative-backlash-calls/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago approves pro-Palestinian protests at DNC while pro-Israel group in limbo. – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3115110/chicago-approves-pro-palestinian-protests-dnc-pro-israel-group-remains-limbo/
NEW YORK POST
— Fed-up Minnesotans warn Tim Walz uses Midwest charm to drive far-left policies: ‘He will stab you in the back’ – Amy Sikma
https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/us-news/fed-up-minnesotans-warn-tim-walz-uses-midwest-charm-to-drive-far-left-policies/
— ‘Border Czar’ Kamala Harris ‘unburdened’ herself of responsibility to secure the country. – Mark E. Green
https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/opinion/border-czar-kamala-harris-unburdened-herself-of-responsibility-to-secure-the-country/
— Tim Walz proudly turned Minnesota into a transgender haven — and a danger zone for kids. – Kirsten Fleming
https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/opinion/tim-walz-turned-minnesota-into-a-danger-zone-for-confused-kids/
AMAC
— Kamala Harris’s Immigration Failures Are Disaster for American Workers. – Ben Solis
https://amac.us/newsline/society/kamala-harriss-immigration-failures-are-disaster-for-american-workers/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— When school doors opened, battle began over filling minds and souls. – Parrish Alford (COMMENT: I should write about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County who have since 1978 demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my having attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962. It is called religious discrimination. I would focus on those who have/had the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://afn.net/culture/2024/08/09/when-school-doors-opened-battle-began-over-filling-minds-and-souls/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Migrants in Chicago allege abusive racial slurs and harassment from Home Depot and police, then admit they don’t really understand English. – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/migrants_in_chicago_allege_abusive_racial_slurs_and_harassment_from_home_depot_and_police_then_admit_they_don_t_really_understand_english.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— VP pick Walz pushed for sanctuary city, lavished illegal migrants with taxpayer-funded benefits. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/09/vp-pick-walz-pushed-for-sanctuary-city-lavished-illegal-migrants-with-taxpayer-funded-benefits-1478684/
BREITBART
— Establishment Media Try to Strangle ‘Tampon Tim’ Transgender Controversy. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/08/estb-media-smothers-tampon-tim-transgender-debate/
— Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) is leading a 15-state lawsuit against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s administration for its opening the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, to illegal aliens enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/08/kris-kobach-leads-lawsuit-against-biden-harris-administration-for-opening-obamacare-to-illegal-aliens/
— MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Vice President Kamala Harris rallies have the excitement of Taylor Swift concerts because people get dehydrated. – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/08/brzezinski-excited-people-getting-overheated-at-harris-rallies-like-taylor-swift-concerts/
— Walz’s past student exchange program with China has all the hallmarks of a close association with the Chinese Communist Party. – Peter Schweizer
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/08/schweizer-walzs-exchange-program-has-all-the-hallmarks-of-a-close-association-with-the-ccp/
— Oversight Committee Probes Kamala Harris’s Role in ‘Worst Border Crisis in American History. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/08/oversight-committee-probes-kamala-harriss-role-in-worst-border-crisis-in-american-history/
CHARLIE KIRK
— Tim Walz Supports Taxpayer-Funded College Tuition For Illegals
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/tim-walz-supports-taxpayer-funded-college-tuition-for-illegals
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Michele Bachmann On Tim Walz – Know Him By The Legislation He Advocated And Signed
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/michelle-bachmann-on-tim-walz-know-him-by-the-legislation-he-advocated-and-signed
DAILY CALLER
— JD Vance Is Right: It’s Time To Stop Libs From Brainwashing Our Kids Into Becoming Little Marxists. – MORGAN MURPHY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/08/morgan-murphy-jd-vance-marxists-kids-brainswashing/
DAILY SIGNAL
— NJ Town Prioritizes Protecting Illegal Aliens From ICE Over Public Safety. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/08/community-leftists-want-make-safe-yours-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Tim Walz Remark Proves He’s Cheering For Illegal Aliens, Human Traffickers, Drug Cartels. – Ted Cruz
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-tim-walz-remark-proves-hes-cheering-for-illegal-aliens-human-traffickers-drug-cartels
— Tim Walz Said In 2017 That 10-Year-Olds Could Choose Their Gender. Democrats’ VP pick has been a vocal advocate of radical transgender policies. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-tim-walz-said-in-2017-that-10-year-olds-could-choose-their-gender
FOX BUSINESS
— Going woke only leads to going broke. – Charles Payne
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6360112281112
— Wokeness became a ‘cultural phenomenon’ after George Floyd’s death. – Charles Gasparino (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are woke. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, 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.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6360106223112
FOX NEWS
— Harris VP pick Minnesota Gov Tim Walz lavished illegal migrants with taxpayer-funded ‘blanket of benevolence’ Walz has come under fire for his progressive policies. – Rebecca Rosenberg, Ashley Papa
https://www.foxnews.com/us/harris-vp-pick-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-lavished-illegal-migrants-with-taxpayer-funded-blanket-benevolence
GOPUSA
— Cook Political Report Shifts Arizona, Georgia, Nevada Toward Harris
https://www.gopusa.com/cook-political-report-shifts-arizona-georgia-nevada-toward-harris/
— Federal Government Borrowed $5 Billion A Day In Fiscal Year 2024
https://www.gopusa.com/federal-government-borrowed-5-billion-a-day-in-fiscal-year-2024/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Residents of northern border towns sounding alarm on massive increase in illegal immigration. – Richard Moorhead
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/residents-of-northern-border-towns-sounding-alarm-on-massive-increase-in-illegal-immigration
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democrats Greenlight Campus Zionist Purge By Passing Over Shapiro. Democrats just gave anti-Zionists a win. It will be like blood in the water in a campus pool infested with anti-Israel sharks. – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many/big adverse actions against me, They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/democrats-greenlight-campus-zionist-purge-by-passing-over-shapiro/
TOWNHALL
— Meet Tim Walz, Extreme Leftist. – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/08/08/meet-tim-walz-extreme-leftist-n2643086
ZERO HEDGE
— Harley-Davidson Receives Bud Light Treatment At Sturgis Motorcycle Rally – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/harley-davidson-receives-bud-light-treatment-sturgis-motorcycle-rally
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/tim-walz-house-history.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/tim-walz-prairie-populist.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Reinvents Platform in a Bid To Court Voters (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who call themselves religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/trump-tax-tips-tiktok-crypto.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow that Walz promotes LGBTQ big time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/08/look-walzs-record-gender-affirming-care-republicans-attack/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago. The political world has never been the same. – David Jackson (COMMENT: I was an IRS employee when Nixon resigned. My Democrat IRS superiors hated Nixon. They took their hatred against Nixon out on me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They made it clear that IRS would never promote me again.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/08/nixon-resigned-50-years-watergate-trump/74623866007/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Here’s a look at questions about Tim Walz’s military record. – MEG KINNARD (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me. They would stress that Vance has accomplished way more than I have even though his miliary service set him back 4 years. In my defense, I stress that my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me very big time.)
https://apnews.com/article/walz-national-guard-military-ae43d684bf1319e535f9f620552155d7
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school, serving four years as a combat correspondent, a type of military journalist, and deploying to Iraq in that capacity in 2005. Neither Trump nor Harris has served in the U.S. military. Trump received a series of deferments during Vietnam, including one attained with a physician’s letter stating that he suffered from bone spurs in his feet. The Harris campaign statement said Walz “would never insult or undermine any American’s service to this country” and “thanks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country. It’s the American way.”)
AOL
— Abbott issues executive order requiring Texas hospitals to collect, report healthcare costs for illegal immigrants. How much money do hospitals in your area spend on illegals?
https://www.aol.com/abbott-issues-executive-order-requiring-000200367.html
MSN
— 7.2 million illegals entered US under Biden administration, larger than population of 36 states.
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/7-2-million-illegals-entered-us-under-biden-administration-larger-than-population-of-36-states/ar-BB1iEVIf
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Tim Walz Guilty of ‘Stolen Valor? His military record isn’t a good reason to oppose his candidacy. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-military-record-national-guard-iraq-jd-vance-peter-meijer-59dbd84e?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
FORBES & GOVERNING & USA TODAY & ROLLING STONE & BLOOMBERG
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write about RINOs who have used DEI the most to get rid of Republicans. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, 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. Of course, the aforesaid stress and paint negatively that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I have lived in DuPage County only since 1978, etc. What RINOs do is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2024/08/08/corporate-americas-massive-dei-opportunity/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/subramaniamvincent/2024/08/08/donald-trump-asked-rachel-scott-to-define-dei-she-should-have/
https://www.governing.com/politics/abolish-dei-we-need-more-of-it
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/09/olympics-simone-biles-save-dei-religion-identity/74673842007/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/panels/dei-company-culture-1235072748/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/harley-davidson-reveals-ongoing-dei-review-after-activist-attack
POLITICO
— Biden knows how he’ll spend his last six months in office. The White House is looking at a scaled-down schedule with big legacy items. – JONATHAN LEMIRE and ELI STOKOLS (COMMENT: Everything that Biden will do a) will give preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) will harm those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/08/biden-white-house-schedule-legacy-00173315
MEDIUM
— Democrats and RINOs ask “Is the Idea of Meritocracy Misleading Us About Success?” and say “Why hard work isn’t the whole story.” According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I had to work my way through college, and neither me, nor my parents, nor any of my ancestors were ever in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.)https://medium.com/a-little-stoic-wisdom/is-the-idea-of-meritocracy-misleading-us-about-success-2c1bf5b6e255
AXIOS
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/07/us-abortions-2024-increase-telehealth
August 7, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats promote Walz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/07/editorial-kamala-harris-tim-walz-vice-president-campaign/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-choice-of-tim-walz-leaves-gov-j-b-pritzker-pondering-his-political-future/
— FRONT PAGE: Protesters in Daley Plaza rally decry reelection of Venezuelan president, claim voter fraud. – NELL SALZMAN (COMMENT: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who claim voter fraud.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/increased-scrutiny-on-electoral-practices-in-venezuela-brings-crowds-to-chicago-loop/
— The nightmare is over: Chicago White Sox snap historic 21-game losing streak with 5-1 win against Oakland A’s. – LaMond Pope (COMMENT: What was your career’s longest losing streak? Mine was 1974-1986. I made GS-12 (currently $97,079) when I was 25 in 1974, but I did not make GS-13 (currently $115,439) until I was 38 in 1986. During that time, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I never made GS-14 (currently $136,414) even though I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me during that time were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/07/chicago-white-sox-snap-losing-streak-2/
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/migrant-day-laborers-sue-home-depot-cpd-and-city-of-chicago-alleging-abuse-and-harassment/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/08/06/migrant-day-laborers-chicago-police-department-lawsuit
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson under pressure as budget gap could reach nearly $1 billion. – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-facing-big-chicago-2025-budget-gap
— Mariano’s, Jewel parents pressured by investor group over abortion pills. – Jeff Green and Saijel Kishan
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/marianos-jewel-parents-pressured-over-abortion-pills
ABC7
— Chicago-area police departments celebrate National Night Out 2024 (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-night-2024-community-events-happening-suburbs-chicago-area/15150315/
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/day-laborers-abused-off-duty-chicago-police-officers-working-home-depot-security-guards-brighton-park-lawsuit/15151130/
CBS2
— National Night Out brings Chicago communities together against violence (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/police-communities-come-together-chicago-national-night-out/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wXop_eIwU
— Multiple stores held up at gunpoint on Chicago’s Northwest Side (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-men-robbed-stores-gunpoint-chicago-northwest-side/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybkgmXopS8I
WGN9
— Chicago no longer expecting huge influx of migrants ahead of Democratic convention. – BJ Lutz (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that there are illegals in Chicago only because Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused them there. So far, how many illegals have Chicago bused to your county, to your township, to your municipality, and to your school district?)
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/chicago-migrant-arrivals-dnc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As of Monday, Chicago has welcomed 45,881 migrants aboard nearly 950 buses to the city since August 2022. There were 5,567 people in 17 active shelters run by the city and state on Monday, according to a statement from the city.)
FOX32
— OUTSTANDING: Billionaire Ken Griffin fighting legal marijuana in Florida.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1496334
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-chicago-home-depot-mistreatment-migrants
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1497062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6-m3snf7M
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-lawsuit-claims-migrants-chicago-213716280.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump campaign: Harris VP pick Tim Walz is a ‘radical liberal’
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/former-president-donald-trump-campaign-tries-to-paint-vice-president-kamala-harris-vp-pick-tim-walz-as-radical-liberal-jd-vance-2024-election-politics-debates
— Former GOP governor Bobby Jindal warns of ‘radical liberal’ Harris ticket. – GARY COLLINS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/former-gop-governor-warns-of-radical-liberal-harris-ticket-former-louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-is-taking-aim-at-vice-president-kamala-harris-accusing-her-of-being-a-potential-trojan-horse-candidate-tim-walz-minnesota-progressives
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump campaign slams Harris VP pick Walz: ‘West Coast wannabe’ – Lauren Irwin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-campaign-slams-harris-vp-pick-walz-west-coast-wannabe/
— Walz goes on attack against Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as hell’ (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents call you? Officially, my critics/opponents call me “too conservative.” But unofficially, they call me a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/walz-goes-on-attack-against-trump-vance-weird-as-hell/
WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortions. What percent of the aborted babies are White and/or male?
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/monthly-abortions-continue-to-trend-up-in-the-us-in-2024-new-report-shows/article_9a15b43f-f062-5d2c-9333-4dbf77fafc0f.html
BLOCK CLUB OF CHICAGO
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/06/they-grabbed-me-like-i-was-a-doll-day-laborers-say-they-are-being-beaten-harassed-and-targeted-outside-home-depot-by-off-duty-chicago-police-working-security/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican rift: The Illinois Freedom Caucus issued a statement criticizing four Republican leaders who are endorsing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. “Hating Donald Trump is one thing. We don’t agree with their assessment of the former president, but they’re entitled to their opinion. We do, however, question their judgment in publicly endorsing a far-left candidate like Kamala Harris,” they said in a statement about former Gov. Jim Edgar, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and former Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Joe Walsh. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/07/the-illinois-take-on-tim-walz-00173016
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-342/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-135/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Harris VP pick: “Another Radical Leftist”
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi responded this morning to the news that Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. See below for her statement: “Vice President Harris’s pick reflects the agenda she intends to bring to this nation: another radical leftist from a deep blue state who will continue the disastrous Bidenomics policies crippling the nation’s economy as we speak. At least Americans can breathe easy knowing that Illinois’s own out-of-touch leftist billionaire governor JB Pritzker won’t be a heartbeat away from the Presidency anytime soon. With leftists like these headlining the Democrat ticket, President Trump’s message of secure borders, safe streets, and prosperous communities will win in November.”)
WIREPOINTS
— To all those who say leave Illinois… your new home will be hit with the same bad policies unless it’s stopped here
https://wirepoints.org/to-all-those-who-say-leave-illinois-your-new-home-will-be-hit-with-the-same-bad-policies-unless-its-stopped-here-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Amy Grant praises House Republican Leader Tony McCombie’s leadership
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/662361307-rep-amy-grant-praises-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie-s-leadership
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois announces $9 million investment in new licensure process (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. That made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious because it further frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. Previously, they were frustrated by my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976. Subsequently, they were frustrated by my becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 and my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/662418963-illinois-announces-9-million-investment-in-new-digital-licensure-process
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Johnson labels Harris, Walz ‘radical’ – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/6/mike-johnson-labels-kamala-harris-tim-walz-radical/
— Trump team blasts Walz after VP announcement – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/6/donald-trump-team-blasts-tim-walz-after-vp-announc/
— Trump says Minnesota Gov. Walz is out of step with the country. Calls Harris’ running mate ‘shocking,’ thought Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be selected. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/7/donald-trump-says-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-is-out-of/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Harris’s vice presidential pitch goes wide left – Salena Zito
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3112776/harris-vice-presidential-pitch-goes-wide-left/
— Kamala Harris donated last year to defund police group backing DC ‘sanctuary city’ law. – Gabe Kaminsky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3111874/kamala-harris-defund-police-group-dc-sanctuary-city-law/
NEW YORK POST
— Tim Walz is a far-left progressive whom Harris, and the media, will lie to make a ‘moderate’ – Dan McLaughlin
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/opinion/tim-walz-is-a-far-left-progressive-whom-harris-and-the-media-will-lie-to-make-a-moderate/
— Biden-Harris’ illegal, fraud-filled effort to import hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians. – Andrew Arthur
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/opinion/biden-harris-fraud-filled-effort-to-import-hundreds-of-thousands-of-venezuelans-cubans-and-haitians/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Dems Outspending GOP Nearly 2x on Presidential Race. – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/07/morning-greatness-dems-outspending-gop-nearly-2x-on-presidential-race/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois legislative staffers want to unionize, Democrat bosses keep fighting back. – Jack Hellner (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors were vehemently anti-union. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. I had been a union member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I had been a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/illinois_legislative_staffers_want_to_unionize_democrat_bosses_keep_fighting_back.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Growing list of Tim Walz’s radical political moves is almost too shocking to believe. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/06/growing-list-of-tim-walzs-radical-political-moves-is-almost-too-shocking-to-believe-1477956/
BREITBART
— Gov. Tim Walz on Illegals: ‘This Country Owes Them a Debt of Gratitude’ – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/06/gov-tim-walz-on-illegals-this-country-owes-them-a-debt-of-gratitude/
CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis: Walz reflects ‘spirit of 2020 BLM riots’ – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_0b426232-5447-11ef-afee-0f330ecf60ea.html
CHARLIE KIRK
— Decades Of Data Prove Trump Right: Mass Illegal Migration Hurts ‘Black Jobs’
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/decades-of-data-prove-trump-right-mass-illegal-migration-hurts-black-jobs
DAILY CALLER
— Supporting Sanctuary Cities And Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegal Migrants: Tim Walz’s Record On Immigration. – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/06/tim-walz-supports-illegal-immigration-policies/
— Tim Walz’s First Executive Action As Governor Was Establishing ‘Diversity, Inclusion, And Equity’ Council. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/06/tim-walzs-first-executive-action-governor-stablishing-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-council/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Kamala Harris’ VP Pick Signed Bill Allowing Illegal Aliens to Get Driver’s Licenses in Minnesota. – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-vp-pick-signed-bill-allowing-illegal-aliens-receive-drivers-licenses-minnesota/
DAILY WIRE
— Tim Walz Created DEI Council That Said America Was Systemically Racist – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: All my Democrat coworkers who were minority and who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one i had.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-created-dei-council-that-said-america-was-systemically-racist
— Tim Walz Pushed For Minnesota To Become Sanctuary State, Gave Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses. Kamala Harris’ running mate has a history of supporting far-left policies on illegal immigration. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-pushed-for-minnesota-to-become-sanctuary-state-gave-illegal-immigrants-drivers-licenses
— People Have Finally Had Enough Of The Illegal Immigration Takeover. – Matt Walsh (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders continue to flood America with their illegals.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-have-finally-had-enough-of-the-illegal-immigration-takeover
— Comer Announces Probe into Whether Harris Did ‘Anything’ To Address Border Crisis. – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-announces-probe-into-whether-harris-did-anything-to-address-border-crisis
FEDERALIST
— Harris’ Running Mate Said He Wanted To Invest In Ladders To Help Illegals Climb The Border Wall. – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/06/harris-running-mate-said-he-wanted-to-invest-in-ladders-to-help-illegals-climb-the-border-wall/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICANIMMIGRATION REFORM
— Countdown to Amnesty: Days until Parole-in-Place Application Period Opens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/countdown-amnesty-days-until-parole-place-application-period-opens
FOX NEWS
— Walz backed ‘sanctuary’ policies, services for illegal immigrants as governor: ‘Win for open borders’ Walz signed a law that grants driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in 2023. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-walz-hit-over-illegal-immigration-record-after-harris-pick-win-open-borders
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Who Can You Count On? – Tim Hetzner (COMMENT: Who has dumped you? I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2024/08/07/who-can-you-count-on/
MRC TV
— Cacklin’ Kamala: VP Bizarrely Laughs Uncontrollably While Saying ‘Everybody Needs to be Woke’ – Nick Kangadis (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are woke, that is, they all promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they all promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/cacklin-kamala-vp-bizarrely-laughs-uncontrollably-while-saying-everybody-needs
NATIONAL REVIEW
— With Walz Pick, Kamala Harris Leans In — to the Left – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/with-walz-pick-kamala-harris-leans-in-to-the-left/
NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: Harris-Walz ‘Most Radical Left-Wing Ticket’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/us/liberal-left-tim-walz/2024/08/06/id/1175443/
NUMBERS USA
— VP pick Tim Walz earned a career “D” immigration grade. – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/vp-pick-tim-walz-earned-a-career-d-immigration-grade/
POST MILLENNIAL
— House Oversight investigates Kamala’s actions as ‘border czar’ – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-house-oversight-investigates-kamalas-actions-as-border-czar#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Picking Tim Walz was Kamala Harris’s first campaign mistake. – Matt K. Lewis
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4814096-picking-tim-walz-was-harriss-first-campaign-mistake/
— Biden is an older White male. Now that Biden is out, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump because Trump is an older White male. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump because he is an older White male.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4813972-gen-z-civic-engagement-2024-election/
YAHOO
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in making America dependent on illegals.
https://www.aol.com/economic-risk-trumps-deportation-plan-132137860.html
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ask “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $65,165. In today’s dollars, a) that is less that what my salary was ($66,942) when I was 23 years old in 1973 and b) that is $84,910 less than what my salary was ($150,975) when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I learned earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. They wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/are-better-four-years-ago-s-can-murky-picture-many-rcna156611
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in making young people hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/06/anti-trump-conservative-candidate-election/74674335007/
NEBRASKA EXAMINER
— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has rural Nebraska roots. Dems say VP pick by Harris campaign could help connect campaign with rural voters. – Aaron Sanderford (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have no rural roots. My mother was born and raised on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. I spent many days there during the 1950s and early 1960s and many family gatherings there since then.)
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/08/06/minnesota-gov-tim-walz-has-rural-nebraska-roots/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What the Choice of Tim Walz Says About Kamala Harris. In her first presidential-level decision, the Vice President bends to progressive pressure. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president-2024-election-donald-trump-minnesota-josh-shapiro-02c3b85b
— J.D. Vance Is ‘Weird’? Have You Seen the Other Guys? To find something more bizarre than the woke left, you’d have to delve into the works of Lewis Carroll. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/j-d-vance-is-weird-have-you-seen-the-other-guys-election-woke-left-f25a0547
— It’s Getting Harder for Companies to Keep Politics Out of the Workplace. Employers teach de-escalation techniques as divisive political discussions become almost impossible to avoid. – Chip Cutter and Lauren Weber (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, and especially while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates often asked me questions and then used my answers against me. Must commonly, they asked me questions to confirm that I opposed race and gender based preference giving and that I opposed the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/its-getting-harder-for-companies-to-keep-politics-out-of-the-workplace-5e34a14e
NEWS NATION
— JD Vance’s story an example of meritocracy. – Mike Huckabee (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I had to work my way through college, and neither me nor my parents, nor any of my ancestors were ever in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vances-story-meritocracy-mike-huckabee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, pushed back on this, saying he doesn’t think Vance “pretends anything,” citing his military and academic record. “When you work your way through Ohio State, summa cum laude, then go to Yale Law, work your way through that, how do you pretend that?” Huckabee asked on “NewsNation Now.” “You either do it or you don’t.” Huckabee noted that Vance grew up in poverty and wrote about his struggles in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” To Huckabee, “that’s meritocracy.” “I think a lot of Americans appreciate people who weren’t handed anything but hard luck and made something remarkable out of it,” he said.)
HARVARD LAW REVIEW
— Eventually, everyone’s motivations come out in the wash. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are involved in politics and/or government to get more preference for themselves, for their wives, for their children, and/or for those who share their demographics. They all blame those who are following for their problems: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, childless, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-131/facts-values-justification-democracy/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts. Democrats say an appropriations bill with 10% spending cuts to covered agencies would leave no choice but to implement staff reductions to make ends meet. – Drew Friedman (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2024/06/democrats-warn-layoffs-ahead-as-house-gop-proposes-agency-spending-cuts/
POLITICO
— To promote DEI is to promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2024/08/06/dei-fight-reignites-00172812
POLITICO 7 & HR DRIVE
— Democrat and RINO employers and ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees. RINO organizations ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of their Republican leaders and members. Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, RINO organizations in Illinois a) will officially require their leaders to be moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) will officially get rid of their members like me who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2024/08/06/dei-fight-reignites-00172812
https://www.hrdive.com/news/6-types-of-workplace-resistance-to-dei/723348/
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Pipeline Report (COMMENT: Who do you know who has passed the CPA examination? I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take that examination pass it on their first attempt. Who do you know who has become a licensed CPA? I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Who do you know that passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination? I passed it on my first attempt in 1981. Only about 20% of those who take that examination pass it on their first attempt.)
https://www.icpas.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/information/professional-issues/re-decoding-the-decline—an-updated-cpa-pipeline-report.pdf
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 2, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “Some Republicans (Pat Brady and Chris Sununu) call on Donald Trump to tone down divisive comments after NABJ interview.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republicans-call-donald-trump-tone-down-divisive-comments-after-nabj-convention-interview-chicago/15134714/
— Democrats say “DNC credentials 200 social media influencers for convention; United Center preparations underway. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker reportedly under consideration to be Kamala Harris’ running mate.” My critics/opponents take adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dnc-credentials-200-social-media-influencers-create-content-2024-chicago-convention-united-center-preparations-underway/15133932/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say Pritzker has been interviewed twice for Harris VP slot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/01/gov-j-b-pritzker-interviewed-twice-for-kamala-harris-vp-slot-source-says/
— Democrats acknowledge: “Wealth in Chicago’s Black and brown communities was eroded intentionally by discriminatory policies.” Democrats run Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/02/the-color-of-wealth-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “VP contender J.B. Pritzker met twice with Kamala Harris’ vetting team.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/01/jb-pritzker-vice-president-contender-kamala-harris-vetting
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Consequently, more and more and more Republicans buy firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/08/01/guns-second-amendment-violence-politics-bg-money-donors-jb-pritzker-vp-letters
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/womens-reproductive-rights-chicago-abortion-providers-brace-new-clients-seeking-care-after-iowa-ban-takes-effect/15133455/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats run Illinois. Democrats acknowledge that “Illinois ranks last at keeping rich people from moving out.” The more money that you earn/have, the harder that it is for Democrat and RINO leaders to manipulate/dominate you. My federal pension is only $65,165/year and my Social Security is only $2,935/year, but still, no one can manipulate/dominate me. That said, the less money that you earn/have, the easier that it is for Democrat and RINO leaders to harm you. They removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-ranks-last-keeping-rich-people-moving-out
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A chart in the report shows Illinois with the worst record of retaining people who make $200,000 or more per year and, probably just as unsurprising, Florida with the best. For every $200,000-plus earner who leaves Florida, two and three-quarters move in. The lost income in Illinois from all out-migration, not just high earners, was about $9.85 billion in recent years, according to earlier IRS data. Based on individual tax returns filed in 2021 and 2022, the IRS reports about $19.38 billion in adjusted gross income left the state and about $9.58 billion moved in, for a net loss of $9.85 billion.)
— Democrats say “The one-hour delay that preceded Donald Trump’s July 31 appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists was not because of audio problems, as Trump later claimed, but because the former president objected to the group’s plan to fact-check his remarks in real time.” During the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I often worked as a fact checker, and especially during my last 11 years as a GS-13 Step 1-10 Analyst, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/donald-trump-nabj-interview-stalled-over-fact-checking-axios
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “Trump’s comments on Jewish Democrats, second gentleman Doug Emhoff spark criticism.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/01/trumps-comments-on-jewish-democrats-second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-spark-criticism/
— Democrats say “JD Vance is having a rocky rollout” and ask “How much does it matter to voters?”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/01/jd-vance-is-having-a-rocky-rollout-how-much-does-it-matter-to-voters/
— Democrats say “Trump doubles down on false racial attacks on Harris, Republican senators squirm when confronted about it.” When Trump was asked about Harris and DEI, what if Trump had responded that Biden would not have picked Harris for Vice President if Harris had been White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if her ancestors had been in America for a long time? But Democrats would have responded that Trump would not have picked Vance if Vance was older, Protestant, or had a wife who was White.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/01/trump-doubles-down-on-false-racial-attacks-on-harris-republican-senators-squirm-when-confronted-about-it/
WGLT
— Democrats say “Changing population is changing the political landscape in Illinois.” Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) bring into Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out of Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. How successful have the Democrat and RINO leaders in your county, township, and municipality been in doing that?
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-01/changing-population-changes-politics-in-illinois
WGME
— Democrats say “An Illinois congresswoman on Tuesday introduced a bill she says would “constitutionally” define gender as “male and female.” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., proposed the Defining Male and Female Act two days before the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations took effect. The regulations broaden the law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.”
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-congresswoman-floats-bill-constitutionally-defining-gender-as-male-and-female-mary-miller-republican-title-ix-biden-harris-lgbt-gender-identity-transgender-sports-sex-discrimination
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrats say “Sheriff defends hiring process.”
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/sheriff-defends-hiring-process-18872044
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Full-court press for Pritzker as VP – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/02/full-court-press-for-pritzker-as-vp-00172434
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: JIM EDGAR’s VOTE: Former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar said he’ll be voting for Kamala Harris for president come November. “I just worry about [Donald Trump] getting to be president again. I think there are a lot of negative ramifications,” he told Playbook. “You have to put the country ahead of partisan politics, and to me there’s no choice but to vote for somebody other than Trump.” Edgar’s decision isn’t a complete surprise. He voted for Biden in 2020, and he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, either.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-339/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-132/
— Democrats say “For third time, former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar won’t be voting for Donald Trump” Illinois has far too many people who say that they are Republicans, but who talk and/or act like they are Democrats. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/01/for-third-time-former-republican-gov-jim-edgar-wont-be-voting-for-donald-trump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ Stupidest Bill of the Year Signed Into Law – the Falsely Labeled, Unconstitutional ‘Worker Freedom of Speech Act’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-stupidest-bill-of-the-year-signed-into-law-the-falsely-labeled-unconstitutional-worker-freedom-of-speech-act-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union funds 3 in 5 Chicago aldermen, with big bucks to Socialists. – Perry Zhao
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-funds-3-in-5-chicago-aldermen-with-big-bucks-to-socialists/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kamala Harris backed using ‘lists’ of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms. – Kerry Picket (COMMENT: Sooner or later, Illinois Democrat leaders will get rid Illinois Republicans who have FOID cards. I have always been a Republican. I have had an FOID cars since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/1/kamala-harris-backed-using-lists-of-gun-owners-to-/
— The media are in love with Kamala Harris, and they’re telling everybody. Reporters assist presumed Democratic presidential nominee in burying her record of leftism and failure. – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/1/media-are-in-love-with-kamala-harris-and-theyre-te/
— Harris owns Biden’s disastrous record. – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/1/harris-owns-bidens-disastrous-record/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker says America deserves better after Trump calls Harris ‘fake’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3108635/pritzker-says-america-deserves-better-after-trump-calls-harris-fake/
— Sanctuary cities exporting migrants to red states would face payback under new bill. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3107319/sanctuary-cities-migrants-burgess-owens-bill/
— Young men are falling behind. – Ben Rothove (COMMENT: I met my outstanding wife at a Presbyterian singles event. She is Catholic. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3108033/young-men-falling-behind/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Church is one of the best possible places to find a future spouse.)
— How Trump can reshape his messaging on DEI after NABJ interview goes off the rails. – Peter Cordi (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have absolutely no problem with the following and they actually applaud it: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3108110/trump-messaging-dei-nabj-convention/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Secret Service’s CYA Operation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/01/the-secret-services-cya-operation/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Lib media outlet twists itself into knots to explain why illegals aren’t taking ‘black jobs’ as Trump said. – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/01/insider-lib-media-outlet-twists-itself-into-knots-to-explain-why-illegals-arent-taking-black-jobs-as-trump-said-1476787/
BLAZE
— Chicago mayor fawns over Kamala Harris, implies ‘racism’ governs the US in bizarre rant about Trump. – CORTNEY WEIL (COMMENT: Democrat leaders who are Black and/or female ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans who are White and/or male.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-mayor-fawns-over-kamala-harris-implies-racism-governs-the-us-in-bizarre-rant-about-trump
BREITBART
— Kamala Harris Championed Allowing Illegal Aliens to Become Lawyers in California. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/01/kamala-harris-championed-allowing-illegals-to-become-lawyers-in-california/
— Kamala Harris Wanted to Ban Plastic Straws in 2020. – Wendell Husebø
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/01/kamala-harris-wanted-ban-plastic-straws-2020/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Communist History of Kamala Harris – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-communist-history-of-kamala-harris
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Called Racist For Standing Up To Obnoxious, Hostile Black Journalists. – Matt Walsh
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-called-racist-for-standing-up-to-obnoxious-hostile-black-journalists
— Biden-Harris Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring, Combat Resistance to DEI. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: Democrats want everyone in the military to be Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-harris-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring-combat-resistance-to-dei
FEDERALIST
— Biden-Harris Admin Strike Plea Deal Allowing 9/11 Plotters To Avoid The Death Penalty. – Shawn Fleetwood
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/01/biden-harris-admin-strike-plea-deal-allowing-9-11-plotters-to-avoid-the-death-penalty/
— Nasdaq Exempts Chinese Business Partners From Woke Politics It Forces On Americans. – Charles Gasparino (COMMENT: The Democrats and RINOs who run the federal government use the following to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans: Affirmative Action, DEI, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, up-or-out, budget cuts, and reorganizations. I should write a book about that.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/02/nasdaq-exempts-chinese-business-partners-from-woke-politics-it-forces-on-americans/
— Teachers Union All-In For Destroying Student Learning Fawns Over Harris. – Angela Morabito
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/02/teachers-union-all-in-for-destroying-student-learning-fawns-over-harris/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— House Passes Resolution Condemning the Biden-Harris Administration’s Failure to Secure the Border. – Carlos Montero
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/08/01/house-passes-resolution-condemning-biden-harris-administrations-failure-secure
FOX NEWS
— Harris fumed at Americans for saying ‘Merry Christmas’ before illegal migrants got protections. Harris has supported multiple pathways to citizenship for illegal immigrants. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-harris-fumed-americans-saying-merry-christmas-before-illegal-migrants-protections
— Kamala Harris played key role in helping man become 1st illegal immigrant with law license. – Michael Lee (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have ignored, dismissed, belittled the most my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-played-key-role-helping-man-become-first-illegal-immigrant-law-license-report
— Ohio purging hundreds of noncitizens from state voter rolls amid 2024 election audit. Ohio officials say more illegal voter purges may come before Election Day. – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-purging-hundreds-non-citizens-from-state-voter-rolls-amid-2024-election-audit
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “How Dare We Speak Merry Christmas. How Dare We?” – Enraged Kamala 2017. Unearthed video going viral. “In just seven seconds, you get the complete Harris, and it’s not pretty.“ – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/how-dare-we-speak-merry-christmas-how-dare-we-enraged-kamala-2017/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Is Right about Illegal Immigration and Black Jobs – PETER KIRSANOW (COMMENT: Since I was 13 years old in 1962, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my taking jobs that they say 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. They stressed the many unemployed Blacks in Chicagoland and especially in the south suburbs. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who never took jobs like the ones I took make it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I took. While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were Black. Many, most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents have never worked for Blacks, never worked with Blacks, or supervised Blacks.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-is-right-about-illegal-immigration-and-black-jobs/
NEWSMAX
— Vance Slams Harris in Arizona as Failed ‘Border Czar’ – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jd-vance-kamala-harris-border/2024/08/01/id/1174886/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— “Phantom Voters” Registered In Key Swing States Could Cost Trump The 2024 Elections. – Lindsey Adams
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/phantom-voters-registered-in-key-swing-states-could-cost-trump-the-2024-elections/
PJ MEDIA
— Of Course Kamala Harris Was A DEI Hire. – Matt Margolis (COMMENT: If Harris had been any of the following, Biden would not have picked her for Vice President: White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if her ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/01/of-course-kamala-harris-was-a-dei-hire-n4931246
TOWNHALL
— The U.S. Is Being Invaded on Two Borders. – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/08/02/the-us-is-being-invaded-on-two-borders-n2642869
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-deportation-plan-labour-workforce-1933321
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Trump Elevates False, Fringe Attacks on Harris to Center of His Campaign. Rivals and critics have for years accused Kamala Harris of shifting her personal identity for political advantage, with those attacks escalating dramatically online since she became the Democratic standard-bearer.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/trump-harris-race.html
— Democrats say “Trump Is ‘Weird,’ Vance Is ‘Creepy.’ Finally, the Democrats Start Name-Calling.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/opinion/trump-vance-weird-creepy.html
— Democrats say “The Harris Electorate. We examine who plans to vote for her.” Harris voters, that those who hate Trump, are overwhelmingly: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, have less money than others, have health problems, and/or are boozers, gamblers, stoners, and/or criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/briefing/the-harris-electorate.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Trump and allies unleash attacks on Harris’s gender and racial identity. The Republican nominee is leaning into his ugliest political instincts and finding a conservative ecosphere willing to go along.” When Trump was asked about Harris and DEI, what if Trump had responded that Biden would not have picked Harris for Vice President if Harris had been White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if her ancestors had been in America for a long time? But Democrats would have responded that Trump would not have picked Vance if Vance was older, Protestant, or had a wife who was White.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/trump-attacks-harris-race-gender/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use problems in Venezuela to justify more illegal immigration from Venezuela.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/01/venezuela-crisis-migration-maduro-democracy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/31/mexico-venezuela-migrants-elections-protests/33bdc430-4f89-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html
— Democrats say “The Washington Post’s Workforce Demographics.” Soon, if not already, 100% of federal employees will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/08/01/workforce-demographics/
USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Asked about aging and the presidency, Trump falsely claims Harris did not pass bar exam. The claim that former prosecutor Kamala Harris didn’t pass the bar exam came up in 2020 when she was a presidential candidate. Trump repeated it again Wednesday without acknowledging she passed (ON HER SECOND ATTEMPT). 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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/31/trump-claim-kamala-harris-did-not-pass-bar-exam/74623417007/
DESERT SUN
— Democrats ask “What is a ‘DEI hire?” and say “Diversity initiatives take election spotlight.” 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 more angry, when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. My Democrat superiors did everything that they could to waste my career and get rid of me. All the Democrats who they promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2024/08/01/what-are-dei-initiatives-california/74533206007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ask “What Type of Voter Are You?” and say “Take Our Poll to Find Out.” Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) bring into America those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs and b) get rid of those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans. How successful have the Democrat and RINO leaders been doing that in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-2024-quiz-poll-ideology-7533f46b
FORTUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/08/02/dei-getting-more-poopular-survey-diversity-equity-inclusion/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Election 2024: Trump 49%, Harris 44%
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/election_2024_trump_49_harris_44