December 29, 2023

Citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders want them to. Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Matteson approves crackdown on migrant bus drop-offs. McHenry expected to pass migrant bus regulations at Friday meeting. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/migrant-buses-chicago-crisis-migrants-illinois-matteson/14238570/
— Grundy County places signs along I-55 to ward off buses as suburbs make own plans. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently acknowledged how city’s regulations are affecting suburbs. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-texas-elburn-suburbs/14234784/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMgkLiAY7TM
— Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-maine-primary-election-insurrection-clause/14236265/

NBC5
— Suburbs quickly work to pass ordinances combating unannounced drop-offs from migrant buses – Natalie Martinez
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburbs-quickly-work-to-pass-ordinances-combating-unannounced-drop-offs-from-migrant-buses/3313254/
— Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/maine-bars-trump-from-ballot-as-us-supreme-court-weighs-state-authority-to-block-former-president/3313196/
— Key provision of Illinois’ assault weapons ban goes into effect Jan. 1 (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use illegal use of semiautomatic guns to abolish Second Amendment rights. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force county sheriffs and states attorneys to arrest and perp walk those who own the banned guns, who do not register, who promote Second Amendment rights, who voted for Trump, and who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Further, anticipate/expect that Democrats will publish the names and addresses of those who register, harass them, and even worse things.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/key-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-provision-in-effect-in-2024/3312873/

CBS2
— Ald. Brian Hopkins: Migrant crisis in Chicago is unsustainable
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/ald-brian-hopkins-migrant-crisis-in-chicago-is-unsustainable/
— More migrants taken by train to Chicago after arriving in suburbs on ‘rogue’ bus – MARYBEL GONZALEZ, EDIE KASTEN
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-brian-hopkins-migrant-crisis-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN4ItNF2mAw
— Supporters show up for suburban woman targeted for “Free Palestine” sign in front of her home – NOEL BRENNAN
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/supporters-hickory-hills-free-palestine-sign/

WGN9
— DeSantis says Maine Trump decision ‘opens up Pandora’s box’ – Sarah Fortinsky
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/desantis-says-maine-trump-decision-opens-up-pandoras-box/

FOX32
— Oak Lawn, Crystal Lake considering measures to regulate migrant bus activity
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-lawn-migrant-bus-activity
— 15 charged with stealing from DuPage County businesses over last 5 days
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-15-charged-stealing-businesses
— Migrant smugglers getting more creative (COMMENT: Citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders want them to. Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6LSl4Ns2eo

WTTW
— West Chicago Residents Push Back Against Another Waste Facility That Would Process Trash From Wealthier and Whiter Suburbs (COMMENT: If municipalities can say NO to municipalities because they are wealthier and/or Whiter, can municipalities say NO to municipalities because they are poor and/or minority?)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/28/west-chicago-residents-push-back-against-another-waste-facility-would-process-trash
https://www.pbs.org/video/west-chicago-residents-push-back-against-2nd-waste-facility/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Maine bars Donald Trump from ballot – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/maine-donald-trump-20231229-4wc2vihvw5b3hoh54crny7ftay-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— I should write a book about those who destroyed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/29/23997177/reporters-investigate-chicago-police-extremist-hate-groups-oath-keepers-proud-boys-three-percenters
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/29/24017885/donald-trump-fundamentalism-fascism-maga-supporters-adolf-hitler-george-orwell-gene-lyons
— Don’t take school choice away from Chicago’s families – Stacey Freeman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/29/24016732/dont-take-school-choice-away-from-chicagos-families

WGN RADIO
— Paul Vallas: Mayor Johnson has mishandled the migrant issue – Collin McCarthy
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/paul-vallas-mayor-johnson-has-mishandled-the-migrant-issue/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/business/2023/12/29/illinois-shopping-the-best-3-marijuana-dispensaries-in-the-peoria-area/71785165007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis knocks Haley over Civil War remarks: ‘Incomprehensible word salad’ – Nick Robertson
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/desantis-knocks-haley-over-civil-war-remarks-incomprehensible-word-salad/

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Right Wing Fake Newspapers Push Propaganda, Disregard Truth – Derrick Blakley
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/right-wing-fake-newspapers-push-propaganda-disregard-truth

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ political contributions prove that some holidays never end – Nick Binotti (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-political-contributions-prove-that-some-holidays-never-end-wirepoints/
— As Illinois shrinks, its influence at the federal level shrinks, too
https://wirepoints.org/as-illinois-shrinks-its-influence-at-the-federal-level-shrinks-too-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Jan. 4 status hearing ordered in 5th Amendment challenge to Illinois’ gun ban. Banned item registry doubles but remains less than 1%. – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use illegal use of semiautomatic guns to abolish Second Amendment rights. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force county sheriffs and states attorneys to arrest and perp walk those who own the banned guns, who do not register, who promote Second Amendment rights, who voted for Trump, and who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Further, anticipate/expect that Democrats will publish the names and addresses of those who register, harass them, and even worse things.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cc6518ee-a5a4-11ee-9793-67dcc62eb4c7.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There is no protections for the registrants having the information used against them, so the Supreme Court declared that unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment,” Maag said. In Maag’s case last week, McGlynn ordered a status hearing to be held Jan. 4. The state is looking to delay that into the second week of January. That’s after the Jan. 1 registration deadline. Of the 2.4 million Firearm Owners ID card holders in Illinois, about 15,100, or 0.63%, of FOID card holders have registered as of this week’s update from ISP. That’s nearly double the number of individuals registering than reported the week before. John Boch of Guns Save Life said the compliance rate heading into the final days is dismal. “There are millions of gun owners in Illinois who haven’t registered a thing, 99.4% noncompliance rate,” Boch told The Center Square. “That’s pretty astounding.” Boch said residents have options like destroying or turning over the now banned items to law enforcement. “Other options include rehoming your firearm outside of Illinois,” Boch said. “That’s an option a lot of people including myself have chosen to get the gun out of Illinois and out of reach of the governor.” The Illinois State Rifle Association said it cannot provide legal advice, but that another option is to keep the firearm and do not register. “This option is also based on the assumption that [the U.S. Supreme Court] will strike down the law. As a consequence of this option, firearm owners could face prosecution and imprisonment,” ISRA said in a statement. “As an individual gun owner, you must choose the best option for you.” Those found with banned items that are not registered with Illinois State Police could face a Class A misdemeanor on the first offense and a Class 3 felony for second and subsequent offenses. Rules for the gun ban registry are not finalized. Emergency rules in place since mid-September have not been officially updated by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. They meet again Jan. 16 in Springfield, where the bipartisan legislative body could accept gun ban registry rules on second notice.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry City Council Special Meeting Friday Night to Deal with Migrant Buses
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/28/cityofmchenry/
— McHenry County Urges Municipalities to Act Consistently in Reacting to Migrant Dropoffs
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/28/mchenry-county-urges-municipalities-to-act-consistently-in-reacting-to-migrant-dropoffs/
— County Administrator Notified Board Members of Saturday Fox River Grove Migrant Arrival
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/28/county-administrator-notified-board-memebers-of-saturday-fox-river-grove-migrant-arrival/
— Zimel Loses Court Appeal to Keep Algonquin Township Trusteeship
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/28/zimel-loses-court-appeal-to-keep-algonquin-township-trusteeship/
— Mental Health Sales Tax Referendum is a “How” not “If” Question
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/27/mcmhbquestion/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LESS THAN 1/3 OF CHICAGO GRADS COMPLETE COLLEGE IN EXPECTED 4 YEARS – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/less-than-1-3-of-chicago-grads-complete-college-in-expected-4-years/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Courts start to question districts for Black, Hispanic voters; racial politics grow complicated – Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/27/texas-case-test-if-black-hispanic-voters-form-mino/
— Maine becomes second state to boot Trump from primary ballot – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/28/maine-bans-donald-trump-primary-ballot/
— ‘Worst of the Woke’: Bud Light, Target, Los Angeles Dodgers ‘recognized’ for leftist kowtowing – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/28/bud-light-target-dodgers-top-2023-worst-woke-list-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Speaker Johnson slams Biden administration’s talks with Mexico as border negotiations trudge on – Emily Jacobs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/johnson-biden-mexico-amnesty-senate-border-talks
— ‘Non-sanctuary’ Illinois county (Grundy) puts up signs telling migrant buses to stay away. – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/non-sanctuary-illinois-county-signs-migrants-not-accepted
— Biden’s ‘Ministry of Diversity’ comes for the internet – Peter St Onge
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/bidens-ministry-of-diversity-comes-for-the-internet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new rules would empower the commission to prosecute internet service providers for alleged discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and other protected classes, as well as income. The rules empower the FCC to “crack down on digital inequities,” as The Associated Press put it. By which the commission might mean, for example, punishing companies for building infrastructure in neighborhoods where the agency expects people actually will buy it. The newly Democrat-dominated FCC allegedly imposed the new rules to “eliminate discrimination” in access to internet services. By which the commission means the uneven rollout of 5G service, itself stymied by regulatory red tape.)

NEW YORK POST
— Blinken, Mayorkas migrant mission to Mexico yields no action — amnesty teased for illegals in US – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/blinken-mayorkas-migrant-mission-to-mexico-yields-no-action-as-surge-grows/
— Over 11K migrants amassed at southern border — as caravan heads to US – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/more-than-11k-migrants-are-amassed-at-us-mexico-border-waiting-to-cross/
— Biden admin threatens to sue Texas if state arrests and deport migrants – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/biden-administration-warns-texas-it-will-sue-if-state-jails-and-deports-migrants/
— Joe Biden and the left are putting the rule of law at risk – James Bovard
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/opinion/joe-biden-and-the-left-are-putting-the-rule-of-law-at-risk/
— Google, Meta, other tech giants slash DEI-related jobs, resource groups in 2023 – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers have always use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republican, b) to not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/tech/google-meta-other-tech-giants-slash-dei-related-jobs-resource-groups-in-2023-report/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Democrat mayors complain about impact of Biden’s border crisis – AP
https://afn.net/ap/politics/democrat-mayors-complain-about-impact-of-biden-s-border-crisis/

AMERICAN THINKER
— On Democrats and slavery, Nikki Haley needs to learn to play hardball – John M. Grondelski
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/on_democrats_and_slavery_nikki_haley_needs_to_learn_to_play_hardball.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Speaker Johnson: It’s ‘unconscionable’ to hear Biden admin talk amnesty for illegals with Mexico – Vivek Saxena
https://americanwirenews.com/speaker-johnson-its-unconscionable-to-hear-biden-admin-talk-amnesty-for-illegals-with-mexico/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NYC Mayor Adams threatens to impound buses, blames TX governor as migrants keep rolling in – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/28/nyc-mayor-adams-threatens-to-impound-buses-blames-tx-governor-as-migrants-keep-rolling-in-1423127/
— Texas detains thousands as Gov Abbott expands powers to arrest, imprison, possibly deport migrants – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/28/texas-detains-thousands-as-gov-abbott-expands-powers-to-arrest-imprison-possibly-deport-migrants-1423193/

BLAZE
— Biden administration mum about the infectious diseases tracked back into the US by illegal aliens – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-administration-mum-about-the-infectious-diseases-tracked-back-into-the-us-by-illegal-aliens

BREITBART
— Left-Wing New York, Denver, Chicago Mayors Join to Push Biden for More Money for Migrants, Blast Texas – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/28/left-wing-new-york-denver-chicago-mayors-join-push-biden-more-money-migrants/
— Chicago Alderman: ‘I’m a Democrat,’ But Biden ‘Let the Border Remain Open’ and Migrant Surge Is Causing Crime – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/28/chicago-alderman-im-a-democrat-but-biden-let-the-border-remain-open-and-migrant-surge-is-causing-crime/
— Chicago Man Arrested Numerous Times Under Cashless Bail Busted 3 More Times in Five Days – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2023/12/28/epic-fail-chicago-man-arrested-numerous-times-under-cashless-bail-busted-3-more-times-five-days/
— Mayor Eric Adams: Illegal Immigration Spurring ‘Erosion of Quality of Life’ in New York City – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/28/mayor-eric-adams-illegal-immigration-spurring-erosion-of-quality-of-life-in-new-york-city/
— Biden’s Border Inflation: Illegal Aliens Cost Each U.S. Taxpayer $1,200 in 2023 – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/28/bidens-border-inflation-illegal-aliens-cost-each-taxpayer-1200-in-2023/
— Denver Mayor: Migrants Will Force our Sanctuary City to Make Bigger Cuts than We Did During Recession – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/29/denver-mayor-migrants-will-force-our-sanctuary-city-to-make-bigger-cuts-than-we-did-during-recession/

DAILY CALLER
— Maine Disqualifies Trump From Primary Ballot – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/28/maine-donald-trump-primary-ballot-remove/
— Kinzinger Says Maine Official’s Move To Boot Trump ‘Opens A Real Pandora’s Box’ – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/29/adam-kinzinger-maine-secretary-of-state-trump-ballot/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Mayor Lashes Out as Illegal Aliens Flood His Sanctuary City. America’s Illegal Immigration Crisis Comes to Windy City. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/28/the-borderline-americas-illegal-immigration-crisis-comes-to-windy-city/

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden administration will ‘break immigration system’ to push for amnesty
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6343972968112
— Bringing back meritocracy – Rikki Schlott (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose meritocracy. They want more and more and more preference to be given to those who share their demographics. They attribute all the successes that I have had in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6343974012112

FOX NEWS
— NYC Mayor Adams says he hasn’t met with Biden in 2023 over migrant crisis: ‘It baffles me’ Adams has warned the crisis could ‘destroy’ the city. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-adams-says-hasnt-met-biden-2023-over-migrant-crisis-it-baffles-me
— Major tech companies are ditching diversity programs (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers have always use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republican, b) to not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343980439112
— Is DEI dead? (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXKu2kkLAE

HOT AIR
— Texas Is Already Arresting Thousands at the Border
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/12/28/texas-is-already-arresting-thousands-at-the-border-n601561
— NYC Mayor Tries to Dictate Restrictions on Migrant Buses – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/28/new-nyc-mayor-tries-to-dictate-restrictions-on-migrant-buses-n601565

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Non-Governmental Agencies are complicit with the Biden administration in the invasion at our southern border, threatening our national security – Pat Droney
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/its-time-to-target-ngos-that-are-complicit-with-the-biden-administration-in-the-invasion-at-our-southern-border-threatening-our-national-security

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago, Denver, New York City Mayors Demand Federal Financial Support for Migrant Crisis. Bill Melugin reminds the mayors that “they deal with a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the sheer numbers of people coming across.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/chicago-denver-new-york-city-mayors-demand-federal-financial-support-for-migrant-crisis/

MRC TV
— Far-Left Chicago Mayor Complains About Illegals Straining ‘Every Aspect of City Services,’ Asks for Federal Funds – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/far-left-chicago-mayor-complains-about-illegals-straining-every-aspect-city
— Americans Donate $55 Million to Fund Texas Gov. Abbott’s Border Wall, Half-Million to Transport Migrants to Other States – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/americans-donate-55-million-fund-texas-gov-abbotts-border-wall-half-million

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Admit ‘Border Crisis,’ But Won’t Quote Republican Criticism of Biden’s Performance – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2023/12/29/networks-admit-border-crisis-wont-quote-republican-criticism-bidens

NEWSMAX
— US, Mexico Agree to Strengthen Efforts to Curb Record Migration
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mexico-immigration-daca/2023/12/28/id/1147509/

PJ MEDIA
— Money Not Morals May Slow the LGBTQ Insanity – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2023/12/28/money-not-morals-may-slow-the-lgbtq-insanity-n4925081
— DEI by Any Other Name Would Smell as Rotten – LINCOLN BROWN (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2023/12/28/dei-by-any-other-name-would-smell-just-as-rotten-n4925073

TOWNHALL
— Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Fears the Border Crisis Will Cost Biden the Election – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/28/this-democrat-fears-the-border-crisis-will-cost-biden-the-election-n2632947

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Musk Turns Tables on Woke Disney with His Own Epic Boycott – Ben Kew
https://www.westernjournal.com/musk-turns-tables-woke-disney-epic-boycott/
— Thousands of restaurant workers are expected to lose their jobs as a result of California’s latest minimum wage hike. – Ben Kew (COMMENT: I did not start earning $20/hour in today’s dollars a) until I was 20 years old in 1968, b) until I had worked for the Park Forest Post Office for 2 years. and c) until I had completed many courses at UIC.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/may-risk-new-woke-bill-signed-will-kill-1200-jobs-thousands-almost-overnight/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: many Pizza Hut franchises in the Golden State are preparing to lay off their delivery drivers ahead of the introduction of a $20 minimum wage, which goes into effect on April 1, 2024.)
— Event Straw Poll Reveals Who MAGA-Friendly Voters Want as Trump’s VP – Warner Todd Huston (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many straw polls that I conducted at Milton Township Republican Organization and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois fundraisers. I would focus on those candidates who lost those polls. I would focus on those losing candidates who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their losses. I would focus on those losing candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/event-straw-poll-reveals-maga-friendly-voters-want-trumps-vp/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4380719-aclu-states-record-anti-lgbtq-bills-2023/

REUTERS
— US, Mexico agree to strengthen efforts to curb record migration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-mexico-keep-border-crossings-open-lopez-obrador-says-2023-12-28/
— Republicans appeal Trump Colorado ballot disqualification to US Supreme Court – John Kruzel
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-appeal-trump-colorado-ballot-disqualification-us-supreme-court-2023-12-28/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump Is Blocked From the GOP Primary Ballot in Two States” and ask “Can He Still Run for President?”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2023-12-28/trump-is-barred-from-the-gop-primary-ballot-in-two-states-can-he-still-run-for-president

NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “All the States Trying to Kick Trump Off the Ballot and Where Cases Stand.”
https://www.newsweek.com/all-states-trying-kick-trump-off-ballot-where-cases-stand-1856331

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/tripideas/20-lgbtq-friendly-destinations-for-2024/ss-AA1maH8A

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/record-number-anti-lgbtq-legislation-filed-2023/story?id=105556010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZCODctN7E

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/lgbtq-headlines-2023-bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-miss-italy-rcna131249

CBS NEW YORK
— New York City Mayor Eric Adams issues new requirements for charter buses carrying asylum seekers from Texas – ZINNIA MALDONADO
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-issues-new-requirements-for-charter-buses-carrying-asylum-seekers-from-texas/

NBC CHARLESTON
— South Carolina GOP announces candidates who will appear on Republicans’ primary ballot – Jameson Moy (COMMENT: Which presidential candidates do the following want to be on March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballots in Illinois: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, and d) major Republican donors in Illinois and in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/sc-gop-announces-candidates-who-will-appear-on-republicans-primary-ballot/

NEW YORK TIMES
— My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/politics/republicans-young-voters-iowa.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Special counsel asks D.C. judge to bar Trump irrelevant misinformation at trial. – Perry Stein and Rachel Weiner (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters full of irrelevant misinformation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/27/trump-misinformation-defense-jack-smith-chutkan/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The open-air camps outside San Diego are a healthcare crisis for migrants – SADIE MUNTER, KARYSSA DOMINGO AND WEENA JOSHI
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-29/san-diego-border-migrant-camps-healthcare

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/methodist-church-lgbtq-issues-prompt-mass-exodus-as-deadline-nears/71964830007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikki Haley Says ‘Of Course’ Civil War Was About Slavery, Following Criticism. The former South Carolina governor had omitted slavery when asked about the cause of the conflict a day earlier. – John McCormick and Shannon Najmabadi
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-comes-under-criticism-for-failing-to-mention-slavery-as-cause-of-civil-war-6dce6dd1

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street’s Seismic Shift Propels Dallas Past Chicago, LA – Shelly Hagan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-seismic-shift-propels-103000072.html

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/globalcitizen/2023/12/28/1-key-lesson-from-pope-francis-impact-on-lgbtq-rights/
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jameshudson/2023/12/28/what-elon-musk-does-not-understand-about-dei-programs/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2023/12/29/why-companies-should-rethink-their-approaches-to-diversity/
— The Shift Away From Degree-Driven Hiring – Neha Naik (COMMENT: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not had an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not had a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking courses toward a master’s degree in financial markets and trading, my Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” sooner than they did.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/12/27/beyond-degrees-human-centric-hiring-in-tech/

FAST COMPANY
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, or promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, non-veteran, gun-owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90996623/hiring-trends-change-your-job-search-2024

FED WEEK
— Soon, if not already, 100% of all federal employees will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, disabled, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/opm-summarizes-changes-in-progress-to-federal-workplace-rules/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year – Drew Friedman (COMMENT: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not had an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not had a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking courses toward a master’s degree in financial markets and trading, my Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” sooner than they did.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2023/12/telework-changes-hiring-reforms-of-2023-charting-a-course-into-the-new-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “In the years since the creation of the Pathways Program, employment trends in other sectors have shifted to better recognize the value of and utilize skills-based hiring over reliance on degrees,” OPM said in the proposed regulations, published in August.)

LINKED IN
— How to Ask for a Promotion Effectively (COMMENT: Have you asked for promotions? My Democrat GAO superiors were beyond furious when the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and who had been finally able to get me assigned to an audit of IRS in early 1986, promoted me to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year) in late 1986. They forced him to retire in 1987, they threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, they gave me a bad job assignment in early 1989, they gave me unfair performance expectations and an unfair performance appraisal for that assignment, and they ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit in late 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-can-you-ask-promotion-effectively-skills-interviewing-kp6kf

JD SURRA
— Supreme Court Decision May Impact Your Company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers have always used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republican, b) to not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/supreme-court-decision-may-impact-your-9553106/

HUFFINGTON POST
— ‘Stunning Diversity’: How Joe Biden Reshaped The Courts In 2023. The president’s pace of judicial confirmations slowed, but he put historic numbers of women, people of color and public defenders on the federal bench. – Jennifer Bendery (COMMENT: To promote Diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-federal-judges-diverse_n_658a1541e4b014ec45a26a9d

NASDAQ
— Embracing Diversity at Nasdaq: Our 2023 Diversity Journey – Laura Agharkar (COMMENT: To promote Diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/embracing-diversity-at-nasdaq-our-2023-diversity-journey

PEW RESEARCH
— A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married. . .A growing share of U.S. adults say the federal government should take steps to restrict false information online, even if it limits freedom of information. . .Most Asian Americans view their ancestral homelands favorably – but not Chinese Americans. . .Partisan views of Twitter – the social media platform now called X – have shifted over the last two years, with Republican users’ views of the site growing more positive and those of Democratic users becoming more negative. . .An overwhelming majority of Americans (79%) express a negative sentiment when asked to describe politics in the United States these days. . .More Americans disapprove than approve of selective colleges and universities taking race and ethnicity into account when making admissions decisions. . .Nearly three-in-ten Americans express an unfavorable opinion of both major political parties – the highest share in at least three decades. . .A majority of Americans say TikTok is a threat to national security)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/12/08/striking-findings-from-2023/

December 28, 2023

Democrat and RINO leaders caused the illegal immigration crisis and they are ever-increasingly worsening it.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Elburn passes ban on unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs with fines of up to $750 per passenger – Diane Pathieu, Liz Nagy, and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-venezuelan-migrants-elburn-illinois-buses/14228679/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elburn, which is 50 miles west of Chicago, isn’t the only community facing similar incidents, migrants have been dropped off in other towns, including Aurora, Fox River Grove, Rosemont, Elmhurst, and University park in recent weeks. Rosemont and Aurora have enacted ordinances banning unscheduled drop-offs. “We did one yesterday in Orland Hills, We’re doing one tomorrow in Matteson. It’s the same type of model ordinance that we’ve put our flavor to accommodate the particular municipality as far as the size,” said Burt Odelson, village attorney for Chicago Ridge. . .But Oak Park has a different approach. The village is using a grant from the state to support 162 asylum-seekers housed at a hotel and a YMCA. In addition, 18 people are staying at a local church with the support of volunteers.)
— Organizers demand Biden issue work permits for eligible Mexican families – Jasmine Minor
https://abc7chicago.com/mexican-migrants-in-chicago-work-permit-authorization/14230654/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hwc32cz4s
— Armed group carries out at least 4 robberies within 2 hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmUPYN602kk
— Illinois assault weapons owners must register guns by January 1 (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs want to abolish the Second Amendment. On that path, they want to harass/punish gun owners by publishing their names, addresses, and the guns that they own.)
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-gun-laws-assault-weapons-ban-registration-guns/14217120/

NBC5
— Chicago suburbs scramble as ‘rogue buses’ drop off asylum seekers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburbs-scramble-as-rogue-buses-drop-off-asylum-seekers/3312421/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/chicago-suburbs-scramble-as-rogue-buses-drop-off-asylum-seekers/3312314/
— Brandon Johnson meets with mayors of New York, Denver amid migrant crisis
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/brandon-johnson-meets-with-mayors-of-new-york-denver-amid-migrant-crisis/3312303/
— Illinois’ hourly minimum wage will go up to $14 in 2024. (COMMENT: Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage that I worked for 18 months washing dishes part-time 1964-1966 was $12.50. What I earned/saved enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-hourly-minimum-wage-will-go-up-in-2024/3312542/
— Armed crew responsible for more than a dozen Chicago robberies, at least 3 shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/armed-crew-responsible-for-more-than-a-dozen-chicago-robberies-at-least-3-shootings/3312273/

CBS2
— Chicago suburbs passing laws as ‘rogue buses’ drop off asylum seekers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburbs-scramble-as-rogue-buses-drop-off-asylum-seekers/3312421/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday night, Elburn passed a new ordinance governing how drop-offs of asylum seekers would be handled. “If they come in unannounced, especially after the train has stopped running, we may not be able to help them,” Administrator John Nevenhoven said. “We don’t have resources for 30-to-50 people in the middle of the night.” Elburn’s ordinance would oblige the bus carrier to file an application to use that bus stop for any intercity bus traffic, according to officials. . .Chicago Ridge officials also passed an ordinance on Wednesday. “The bus company has to get hold of us five days ahead of time, get a permit, and find out where to go and drop, and if they don’t, they could be fined and the bus could be impounded,” Chicago Ridge Attorney Burt Odelson said. Odelson says that around a dozen suburbs have passed similar ordinances in recent weeks. “I rep several municipalities. Two emergency passages in the last week, one yesterday, one tonight and another is expected tomorrow,” he said. . .In Oak Park, the village has welcomed more than 150 migrants, but permanent housing is needed by the end of January, something that other suburbs also have expressed. “We have no facilities,” Walters said. “Should a bus show up and people not decide to get on the train? We can’t force people to do that if they don’t want to.” Johnson said that “multiple rogue buses” arrived over the Christmas holiday weekend and dropped off asylum seekers in random locations in violations of safety protocols. In all, at least 95 buses have been cited in violence of Chicago’s ordinances, with two buses being impounded.)
— Chicago, New York, Denver mayors say cities are almost at capacity amid migrant crisis – SABRINA FRANZA, MARYBEL GONZALEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-migrants-suburbs/
— Amazon truck stolen at gunpoint in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/amazon-truck-stolen-gunpoint-on-chicago-northwest-side/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJpoOAc6kg
— Armed robbery in parking lot of Woodfield Mall
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/gunpoint-robbery-parking-lot-woodfield-mall/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9VbGtLqghw
— Family says Chicago substitute teacher targeted 3rd-grader for being Palestinian – JERMONT TERRY (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats and RINOs are nasty/vicious. Since 1953, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have a) stressed that virtually all my teachers and classmates at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 were German American Protestants and b) used that to paint me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-chicago-substitute-teacher-3rd-grader-palestinian/
— Suburban first responders take part in active shooter drill – NOEL BRENNAN
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-first-responders-active-shooter-drill/

WGN9
— Democratic mayors renew pleas for federal help and coordination with Texas over migrant crisis – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ap-democratic-mayors-renew-pleas-for-federal-help-and-coordination-with-texas-over-migrant-crisis/
— Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-trump-ballot-ban-appealed-to-us-supreme-court-by-colorado-republican-party/

FOX32
— More migrants arrive in Chicago as suburbs implement bus drop-off restrictions – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-suburbs-migrant-bus-dropoffs-restrictions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA8-b-yOhCE
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now the list of suburbs that have already approved or are exploring measures to prevent migrants from being dropped off is growing longer. “The City of Chicago is ill-equipped to take care of them, there’s no way we should be expecting small suburban communities to be able to do this,” said New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann. Baldermann says they’ve had police stationed at two Metra stations and have yet to receive any migrant buses; however, they did locate one migrant who was lost and walking along the highway. “We did have one migrant the other day who was walking down Route 30, we were able to, with our fire department and police department, communicate with this migrant who had said they’d been walking for a day and a half. They were told they were in Chicago and of course they weren’t,” said Baldermann. “Our fire department checked them to make sure they were healthy, make sure there was no pending medical issue, and then we were able to put them on a train and send them to the City of Chicago.” Baldermann signed an executive order last week prohibiting unscheduled buses. It remains in effect until the Board of Trustees meets on Monday, Jan. 8 to review and vote on the proposed ordinance. Similarly, in Elburn, the village board approved an ordinance to restrict “unscheduled intercity buses” on Wednesday evening.)
— Chicago mayor on migrant crisis: ‘Entire country is now at stake’ without significant assistance from Biden – Kristine Parks
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-migrant-crisis-assistance-biden
— U.S. seeking border assistance from Mexico amid migrant crisis. Increasing illegal crossings at the U.S. Southern Border are set to be a key issue for the 2024 Presidential Election. The Biden Administration is ending the year with a key visit to Mexico to address it. FOX News Correspondent Rebekah Castor as the latest from Washington.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1387245

WTTW
— Brandon Johnson Joins Mayors of New York and Denver in Calling for Federal Support for Migrants While Pushing Back Against ‘Reckless Approach’ in Texas – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/27/brandon-johnson-joins-mayors-new-york-and-denver-calling-federal-support-migrants-while
— Chicago dealing with arrival of increasingly sick migrants
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/chicago-dealing-with-arrival-of-increasingly-sick-migrants

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Johnson joins mayors of NY, Denver to call for help: ‘This is not something that should break our country’ Mayors Brandon Johnson, Eric Adams of New York and Mike Johnston of Denver warn that “without real, significant intervention immediately’ their cities are at the ‘breaking point.” – Michael Loria and Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/27/24016587/chicago-migrant-crisis-buses-planes-texas-governor-mayor-brandon-johnson-cnn-interview
— Democrat and RINO leaders caused the illegal immigration crisis and they are ever-increasingly worsening it.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/6/23711710/help-immigrants-migrants-shelter-asylum-chicago
— Mayor Johnson promised to stand up for CPS families. Instead, he’s shutting them out. The administration’s refusal to engage families in any public process has created distrust and is a far cry from the inclusive governance he talked about during his campaign, two nonprofit leaders write. – Daniel Anello and Hal Woods
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/27/24010815/chicago-schools-mayor-johnson-parent-engagement-school-choice-daniel-anello-hal-woods-kids-first

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In ‘non-sanctuary’ Grundy County, signs along I-55 warned migrant buses to keep driving – Jonathan Bullington
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-migrants-grundy-county-20231228-ohorvkbn6beunfc37clltrfrcu-story.html
— Mayor Brandon Johnson joins New York and Denver mayors in call for federal help with migrants – Caroline Kubzansky
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-migrants-coalition-mayors-ny-denver-20231228-xj7k54bmebc2reitrxzbgqb35m-story.html
— Groupon settles EEOC investigation, launching education fund for Black students – Lizzie Kane (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That ended my plans for a career in the automotive industry. Because my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I accepted that offer, I accepted a job offer from IRS. My father had died and I needed a job to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-groupon-eeoc-settlement-hiring-practices-20231227-p4k6bvhpuraafbklhmmvnnnjqa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Candidates should be required to provide email addresses – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who did not what to answer any questions from me in my roles as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on those candidates who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those candidates who blame me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231227/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-candidates-should-be-required-to-provide-email-addresses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of course, some people running for public office believe they don’t need to speak to the traditional media and refuse to answer questions from newspaper editors. That’s unfortunate, because we want to provide as much information about the candidates as possible so our readers can make educated decisions in the voting booth. The questionnaires we prepare for elections allow candidates to communicate their views directly to the public. The answers they provide are often published unedited on our website for anyone to see. . .One bright spot came from DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek, who has long worked to improve how her office runs elections. When asked, the DuPage clerk’s office immediately sent us the email addresses for all 30 candidates who had filed for countywide, county board and forest preserve board seats. So, we thank Kaczmarek and her staff for collecting the information in the first place — and providing it without forcing us to jump through hoops to get it. . .Candidates willing to answer questions from the press allow us to educate the voters about them — something we all want.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/12/28/illinois-considered-an-lgbtq-safe-haven-reports-rise-in-hate-crimeslgbtq-safe-haven-of-illinois-stil/71334472007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-texas-has-arrested-thousands-on-trespassing-charges-at-the-border-illegal-crossings-are-still-high/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Migrant encounters reached 242,000 in November: ‘Our borders are not secure’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/migrant-encounters-reached-242000-in-november-our-borders-are-not-secure-customs-border-protection-border-patrol-trump-biden-blinken-mexico-lopez-obrador-migrants-illegal-immigration
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backs mass government layoffs: ‘There are plenty of jobs’ – JACKSON WALKER (COMMENT: To demonize, denigrate, and condemn the experience that I gained and the promotions that I got working for the federal government for almost 30 years, my RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the federal government as being the employer of last resort, that is, the employer of those who lack what it takes to succeed in the private sector. In my defense, I stress that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA and earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-backs-mass-government-layoffs-there-are-plenty-of-jobs-washington-argentina-javier-milei
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., backed mass layoffs of government employees Wednesday, citing a wide availability of private sector work. The congresswoman was replying to reporting by journalist John Soloman, who shared a story about Javier Milei, the president of Argentina who some have likened to former President Donald Trump. The article details Milei’s recent dismissal of over 5,000 government employees. Rep. Greene reposted the article, saying she would support a similar measure being taken in the U.S. “This is the way and we should do the same,” the Republican wrote. “Release them to the private sector, there are plenty of jobs.”)

WAND
— New Illinois laws create incentives for teachers – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, I received no incentives for my doing the following: a) earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, c) becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger, I would have received lots of incentives.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/capitol-recap-new-illinois-laws-create-incentives-for-teachers/article_710d32f4-a4fc-11ee-9de3-1bbc18ab7cb8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Teachers could receive a $4,000 bonus for two consecutive years if they are National Board Certified and work in hard-to-staff schools.)

WMOK
— Pritzker Announces Additional Investments to Provide Food to Asylum Seekers
https://www.920wmok.com/2023/12/27/gov-pritzker-announces-additional-investments-to-provide-food-to-asylum-seekers/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— 8 Black aldermen rejected Chicago’s sanctuary city referendum – Erick Johnson
https://chicagocrusader.com/8-black-aldermen-rejected-chicagos-sanctuary-city-referendum/

LAKE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County guides local leaders on asylum seekers. Kane officials announce plans to assist with unexpected arrivals.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2023/12/28/kane-county-guides-local-leaders-on-asylum-seekers/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— 2 Buses Of Migrants Dropped Unannounced In Naperville In Past 6 Days. The city said buses with migrants arrived at the Fifth Avenue Station before passengers boarded a Metra train for Chicago seeking shelter. – Jeff Arnold
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/2-buses-migrants-dropped-unannounced-naperville-past-6-days

OAK LAWN PATCH
— How long will it take for undocumented immigrants to find shelter in the suburbs around the City of Chicago? – Robert Cruz
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/check-mate

FOX VALLEY MAGAZINE
— Migrant Crisis Reaches The Fox Valley
https://foxvalleymagazine.com/2023/12/27/migrant-crisis-reaches-the-fox-valley/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Administrator Notified Board Members of Saturday Fox River Grove Migrant Arrival
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/28/county-administrator-notified-board-memebers-of-saturday-fox-river-grove-migrant-arrival/
— Cary Started Planning for Migrants on the 20th
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/27/cary-started-planning-for-migrants-on-the-20th/

WIREPOINTS
— Avoiding a conflict of interest: Nearly a third of Illinois lawmakers have rejected a taxpayer-funded pension – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used my Civil Service Retirement System pension against me.)
https://wirepoints.org/avoiding-a-conflict-of-interest-nearly-a-third-of-illinois-lawmakers-have-rejected-a-taxpayer-funded-pension-wirepoints/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs want to abolish the Second Amendment. On that path, they want to harass/punish gun owners by publishing their names, addresses, and the guns that they own.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/illinois-supreme-court-foid-records-exempt-from-public-disclosure
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The case revolved around a 2011 amendment to the Freedom of Information Act that exempts from public disclosure the names and information of people who have applied for or received FOID cards or concealed carry permits. According to briefs filed with the court, state lawmakers passed that amendment after the Associated Press filed a blanket FOIA request seeking the names of all FOID cardholders in the state, along with the expiration dates of their cards.)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALL NEIGHBOR STATES GROW AS ILLINOIS POPULATION SHRINKS BY 32,826 – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/all-neighbor-states-grow-as-illinois-population-shrinks-by-32826/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic group pours $6 million into flipping George Santos’ seat blue – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/27/democratic-house-majority-pac-pours-6-million-flip/
— Colorado GOP asks Supreme Court to overturn Trump’s ban from primary ballot – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/27/colorado-gop-asks-supreme-court-overturn-donald-tr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI on the decline in Big Tech three years after George Floyd’s death – Christopher Hutton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/dei-decline-big-tech-three-years-after-george-floyd
— Chris Christie launches seven-figure ad campaign rejecting calls to drop out of race – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/chris-christie-rejects-calls-drop-out-ad-campaign

NEW YORK POST
— Immigration court backlog surpasses record-breaking 3M pending cases – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2023/12/27/news/immigration-court-case-backlog-surpasses-3-million-new-record/
— The migrant crisis isn’t just socking New York’s budget but its economy, too – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/27/opinion/the-migrant-crisis-isnt-just-socking-new-yorks-budget-but-its-economy-too/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DEI Resistance Is Advancing. While the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” plague is still with us, pushback is mounting. – Larry Sand (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted DEI big time a) because they, their spouse, and/or their children benefit from DEI preference giving or want to benefit from DEI preference giving and/or b) because they want to pander to those who benefit from DEI preference giving, that is, those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/28/dei-resistance-is-advancing/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Go back to Texas, ‘por favor’ – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/go_back_to_texas_por_favor.html
— DEI: Degradation, Exclusion, and Intolerance – M.B. Mathews
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/dei_degradation_exclusion_and_intolerance.html
— Carol Swain explains how DEI has kept conservatives out of academia – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/carol_swain_explains_how_dei_has_kept_conservatives_out_of_academia.html

BLAZE
— Foreign invaders ride the Taxpayer Express – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/foreign-invaders-ride-the-taxpayer-express

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor on Increase in Most Violent Crime: ‘Reparations’ Money Will Help – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/28/chicago-mayor-on-increase-in-most-violent-crime-reparations-money-will-help/
— Chicago Mayor Johnson: Migrant Influx ‘Not Sustainable’ Without ‘Significant Federal Support’ – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/27/chicago-mayor-johnson-migrant-influx-not-sustainable-without-significant-federal-support/
— Joe Biden Deports 74% Fewer Criminal Illegals from U.S. Compared to Trump – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/27/joe-biden-deports-74-fewer-criminal-illegals-from-u-s-compared-to-trump/
— Denver Mayor: My Sanctuary City Is ‘Ground Zero for America’s Migrant Crisis’ — Migrants Need to Be Spread Out – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/27/denver-mayor-my-sanctuary-city-ground-zero-for-americas-migrant-crisis-migrants-need-to-be-spread-out/
— Pregnant Migrants Admit: We’re Crossing Border to Score Birthright Citizenship for Our Anchor Babies – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/27/pregnant-migrants-admit-were-crossing-border-score-birthright-citizenship-for-our-anchor-babies/
— Palestinian Truckers Wave Flags in Four-Hour Chicago Caravan – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/27/palestinian-truckers-wave-flags-in-four-hour-chicago-caravan/

CAMPUS REFORM
— 4 times conservative student groups faced double standards
https://www.campusreform.org/article/4-times-conservative-student-groups-faced-double-standards/24539

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden hits Haley over Civil War response – Miranda Nazzaro
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/biden-hits-haley-over-civil-war-response/
— Biden’s Immigration Enforcement Policies Benefit Criminal Aliens. – Jon Feere
https://cis.org/Feere/Bidens-Immigration-Enforcement-Policies-Benefit-Criminal-Aliens

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Host Calls Out Chicago Mayor Shifting Blame Of Child’s Death At Illegal Migrant Shelter – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/cnn-poppy-harlow-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis/
— Sanctuary City Mayors Beg Biden Admin For More Help In Addressing Migrant Crisis – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/sanctuary-city-mayors-eric-adams-brandon-johnson-mike-johnston-beg-biden-admin-for-more-help-in-addressing-migrant-crisis/
— FBI Gun Background Check Database Contains Nearly 14 Million Entries For Illegal Immigrants – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/exclusive-fbi-has-over-13-9-million-records-tied-to-illegal-aliens-in-database-used-to-background-check-gun-buyers/
— CNN’s Poppy Harlow asked Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson point-blank Wednesday whether he is being ignored by the Biden Administration when it comes to the migrant crisis. – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/poppy-harlow-brandon-johnson-chicago-illinois-mayor-joe-biden-illegal-immigration/
— The Data Is In: These Are The Gayest States In The US – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform. Since 2000, those who promote LGBTQ have worked the hardest against me. They have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/data-gayest-states-us/
— Left-Wing Groups Urge Supreme Court To Let Biden Admin Continue Coordinating With Big Tech On Censorship – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/left-wing-groups-urge-supreme-court-biden-admin-coordinating-big-tech-censorship/
— Texas Universities Rebrand ‘Diversity’ Programs As Statewide Ban Goes Into Effect – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/27/universities-rebrand-diversity-programs-texas-greg-abbott/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Oklahoma Becomes Latest State to Condemn DEI on Campus – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/27/oklahoma-becomes-latest-state-to-condemn-dei-on-campus/

DAILY WIRE
— Record Set For Southern Border Encounters In One Month As Nearly 250,000 Cross Into U.S. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/record-set-for-southern-border-encounters-in-one-month-as-nearly-250000-cross-into-u-s
— 20% Of Young Americans View Osama Bin Laden In A ‘Positive’ Light – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/20-of-young-americans-view-osama-bin-laden-in-a-positive-light-poll

FOX BUSINESS
— Google, Meta, other tech giants slash DEI-related jobs, resource groups in 2023. Big tech companies have trimmed DEI roles by over 40% in 2023 and cut DEI groups as much as 90%. – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-meta-tech-giants-slash-dei-related-jobs-resource-groups-report

FOX NEWS
— Surgeon says ‘toxic’ DEI in medicine has led to ‘erosion’ of quality care: ‘Dangerous to our patients’ Dr. Richard Bosshardt railed against the American College of Surgeons for releasing a DEI toolkit for providers. – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/surgeon-says-toxic-dei-medicine-led-erosion-quality-care-dangerous-patients
— Chicago mayor on migrant crisis: ‘Entire country is now at stake’ without significant assistance from Biden. Over 20,000 migrants have arrived in the city since August 2022. – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-migrant-crisis-entire-country-stake-significant-assistance-biden
— Adams slaps restrictions on migrant buses coming to NYC from Texas as numbers rise. The ‘sanctuary’ city has received more than 160,000 migrants. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/adams-slaps-restrictions-migrant-buses-coming-nyc-from-texas-numbers-rise
https://news.yahoo.com/adams-slaps-restrictions-migrant-buses-220755047.html
— Biden admin created an ‘untenable asylum magnet’ – Robert Charles
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343929167112

HOT AIR
— Chicago Mayor Impounds Buses from Texas, Citations Issued – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/27/chicago-mayor-impounds-buses-from-texas-citations-issued-n601395
— Illegals With Arrest Warrants Are Flying the Friendly Skies
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/12/27/illegals-with-arrest-warrants-are-flying-the-friendly-skies-n601277
— Corporate and Campus DEI Is in Retreat – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/12/27/corporate-and-campus-dei-is-in-retreat-n601402

JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago City Council Blocks Effort to Allow Citizens to Vote on Sanctuary City Status
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/28/chicago-city-council-blocks-effort-to-allow-citizens-to-vote-on-sanctuary-city-status/

JUST THE NEWS
— California law requiring gender-neutral toy aisles goes into effect Jan. 1 – Kenneth Schrupp
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/california-law-requiring-gender-neutral-toy-aisles-goes-effect-jan-1
— Los Angeles looking to allow illegal immigrant police officers to be armed 24/7 – Kenneth Schrupp
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/los-angeles-looking-allow-illegal-immigrant-police-officers-be-armed

LAW OFFICER
— Citing Police Bias, Crystal Lake Park Police Department May Be Disbanded After 100 Years
https://www.lawofficer.com/citing-police-bias-this-illinois-police-department-may-be-disbanded-after-100-years/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden’s border surge in 2023 has surpassed the total populations in each of 17 US states – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/bidens-border-surge-in-2023-has-surpassed-the-total-populations-in-each-of-17-us-states

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Law Schools Finding Innovative Ways To Get Around SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling. “a growing number of law school admissions offices are interviewing some or all applicants as they try to glean more information about them” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/law-schools-finding-innovative-ways-to-get-around-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling/
— “DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat” CNBC notes not only cuts, but also scaling back of hiring: “By mid-2023, DEI-related job postings had declined 44% from the same time a year prior…. In November 2023, the last full month for which data was available, it dropped 23% year over year. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/dei-programs-in-the-tech-industry-are-in-broad-retreat/

NTD
— Illegal Immigrants With Anchor Babies Using up More Welfare Than American Citizens
https://www.ntd.com/illegal-immigrants-with-anchor-babies-using-up-more-welfare-than-american-citizens-report_962843.html
— Chicago Mayor Calls on Biden Admin for ‘Significant Investment’ in City Amid Immigration Crisis – Katabella Roberts
https://www.ntd.com/chicago-mayor-calls-on-biden-admin-for-significant-investment-in-city-amid-immigration-crisis_962949.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Does Biden Insist on Worsening the Border Crisis? – JORDAN FISCHETTI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/why-does-biden-insist-on-worsening-the-border-crisis/

NEW AMERICAN
— Killing Wokeness: A City (Huntington Beach) Canceled “Pride,” Black History, and Women’s History Months — in California! – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/killing-wokeness-a-city-canceled-pride-black-history-and-womens-history-months-in-california/

NEWSMAX
— Many Asylum Seekers Don’t Qualify, Expect Entry Anyway – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrant-asylum-border/2023/12/27/id/1147357/
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez to Newsmax: Biden, Not Abbot, to Blame for Border – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/raymond-lopez-chicago-migrant/2023/12/27/id/1147418/
— Biden Readying Red Carpet for Caravan – Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/texas-harrison-border/2023/12/27/id/1147347/
— NYC Mayor Adams: ‘Cities Should Not Be Handling National Problems’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/eric-adams-mayor-illegal/2023/12/27/id/1147360/

PJ MEDIA
— VA Reportedly Diverting Veterans’ Resources to Illegals – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/12/27/report-va-diverting-veterans-resources-to-illegals-n4925053

REAL CLEAR INVISTIGATIONS
— Leprosy, Polio, Malaria, TB, Measles … and Massive Unscreened Illegal Immigration – James Varney
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/12/27/leprosy_polio_malaria_tb_measles__and_massive_unscreened_illegal_immigration_1000817.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Chicago Mayor’s Hat Trick of Dreadful Policies – Charles Lipson
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/27/the_chicago_mayors_hat_trick_of_dreadful_policies_150250.html

TOWNHALL
— What Does Trump Want Out of a Second Term? Here’s What Voters Think. – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/12/27/trump-shares-word-cloud-pollrevenge-n2632871

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Chicago mayor slams Texas Gov. Abbott as ‘reckless’ after migrant bus arrivals – NICK ROBERTSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4379371-chicago-mayor-slams-texas-gov-abbott-as-reckless-after-migrant-bus-arrivals/
— Democrat mayors call on Biden for help amid migrant surge they blame on Texas – Darryl Coote (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly create problems and then blame those problems on Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promised their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran that they would get lots of preference, but when they had problems giving them that preference, they blamed that on me. My RINO superiors in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition promised their RINO members that they would get lots of preference, but when they had problems giving them that preference, they blamed that on me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/12/27/New-York-Denver-Chicago-Biden-migrant-assistance/1731703728800/
— These states have the most LGBTQ residents. – MIRANDA NAZZARO (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform. Since 2000, those who promote LGBTQ have worked the hardest against me. They have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4379201-states-most-lgbtq/
— Educational equality? Not in Chicago. – ELIZABETH GRACE MATTHEW
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4377713-school-choice-not-in-chicago/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Americans sour on the primary election process and major political parties (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals will use their false identifications next year a) to vote for Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO candidates in Republican primaries and b) to vote for Democrat candidates in the November 5, 2024 general election?)
https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-primaries-republican-vote-count-f2d3cca7c3b5803a28c06a85d7d8772b

MSN
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says ‘entire country at stake’ because of migration crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-entire-country-at-stake-because-of-migration-crisis/vi-AA1m6XQO
— Accommodating illegal migrants costing American taxpayers $451 billion
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/accommodating-illegal-migrants-costing-american-taxpayers-451-billion-x-users-say-it-s-cheaper-to-build-a-wall/ar-AA1m5HoV
— Biden’s ‘Vetting’ At The Border Exposed: Agents Reportedly Relying On Migrants’ Words – Andrew Sanders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-s-vetting-at-the-border-exposed-agents-reportedly-relying-on-migrants-words/ar-AA1m7lSR

CBS NEW YORK
— More than 7,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City in last 2 weeks, mayor’s office says – JENNIFER BISRAM, ALI BAUMAN
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/more-than-7000-asylum-seekers-have-arrived-in-new-york-city-in-last-2-weeks-mayors-office-says/

CBS COLORDO
— Denver reassures migrant families will not be discharged from shelters by Jan. 1 after some express concerns – JASMINE ARENAS
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-reassures-migrant-families-discharged-shelters-jan-1-express-concerns/

FOX DENVER
— Denver floats housing migrants in neighboring cities – Evan Kruegel
https://kdvr.com/news/local/denver-floats-housing-migrants-in-neighbor-cities/

FOX LOS ANGELES
— Calls to remove Trump’s star from Hollywood Walk of Fame draw mixed reactions – Will Conybeare, Mary Beth McDade
https://fox2now.com/news/national/calls-to-remove-trumps-star-from-hollywood-walk-of-fame-draw-mixed-reactions/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Migrant Surge Overwhelms U.S. Border. Officials are struggling to contend with the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border as thousands of migrants arrive every day, trekking from the farthest reaches of the globe. – Natalie Kitroeff
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/americas/mexico-border-migration-arizona.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Blinken Meets With Mexico’s President About Surge in Migration at the Border. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador comes as border crossings have reached record numbers and as a migrant caravan heads toward the United States. – Hamed Aleaziz and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/us/politics/blinken-mexico-migrant-caravan.html
— Red States and Blue States Are Becoming Different Countries – Jamelle Bouie (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run America. They ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write a book about their success doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/opinion/red-blue-states-politics.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for mass shootings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/assault-weapons-ban-debate-gun-control-ar-15-mass-shootings/
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/27/dei-affirmative-action-legal-challenges-corporate-america/
— Nikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War. She made no mention of slavery. – Meryl Kornfield
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/27/nikki-haley-slavery-civil-war/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As migration surges, immigration court case backlog swells to over 3 million – Lauren Villagran
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/27/immigration-court-backlog-grows/72030952007/
— What percentage of the US population is LGBTQ? New data shows which states have the most. – Claire Thornton (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform. Since 2000, those who promote LGBTQ have worked the hardest against me. They have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/27/lgbtq-population-by-state/71891834007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New data estimates the greatest number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender U.S. adults live in the South, confirming findings from recent years. Across the country, researchers estimate more than 5% of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+, matching prior LGBTQ+ population data. Young people ages 18-24 are much more likely to identify as LGBTQ+, according to the report from the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles. The report, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, found that in 2020 and 2021, there were nearly 14 million LGBTQ+ adults in the U.S. − with some states having noticeably higher percentages of gay and queer residents than others. Earlier this year, a poll from Gallup found a slightly higher percentage of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+. Overall, multiple polls show that the adult LGBTQ population has been steadily increasing for years. “Look at the numbers, more people are coming out younger and people are coming out in places where LGBTQ folks have been less out and visible,” Cathy Renna, a spokesperson for the National LGBTQ Task Force, told USA TODAY. Broken down by state, the report shows Washington, D.C., Oregon and Delaware top the list for greatest percentage of gay and queer residents. The census, the nation’s most well-known population survey, does not gather data on Americans’ sexuality or gender identity. In 2021, other, smaller surveys from the bureau began asking those questions of respondents for the first time. How many people in the US are LGBTQ?
Researchers at the Williams Institute, a leading national LGBTQ+ population data research group, estimate more than 13.9 million LGBTQ+ adults live in the U.S., representing 5.5% of the population. Every year, Gallup also releases results of a poll estimating how many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Gallup’s last report, which polled a nationally representative group of 10,000 respondents, found 7.2% identified as LGBTQ+. The number was highest among adult Gen Zers, or people born between 1997 and 2012, according to Pew Research Center. South continues to have highest percentage of LGBTQ+ people
The new data shows nearly 36% of the nation’s adult LGBTQ+ population lives in the South, representing more than 5 million people. The number is also an increase from the last data released by the Williams Institute in 2014, showing 35% of the nation’s LGBTQ+ population lived in the South. Researchers defined the South as states spanning from Texas and Oklahoma, to Florida and north through Delaware. Kentucky, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., are included in the grouping. In recent years, Southern Republican-led states passed more laws restricting transgender health care, access to school sports and instruction on LGBTQ+ history than any other part of the country. For that reason, the South is at the forefront of the national fight for LGBTQ+ rights and equality, Renna said. “Despite the backlash and despite challenges we’re facing, we’re resilient and we’re not going anywhere,” Renna said. Speaking from New Orleans, which the National LGBTQ Task Force selected for its next annual conference, Renna said the South is where there’s the most at stake for people’s lives because it’s home to the most people living under the most oppressive laws. “This is where a lot of the work really needs to happen,” she said, adding that her organization chose to host its conference in Louisiana because “there are so many LGBTQ people here that are underrepresented in media, culture and frankly in the movement.” Researchers found that 5.7% of Louisiana’s adult population is LGBTQ+, ranking slightly higher than states like New York, California and Illinois. In 2021, another LGBTQ+ advocacy group, GLAAD, analyzed Southern media coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and found that dozens of outlets published few or zero substantive stories on LGBTQ+ issues, including HIV/AIDS, during the 18-month period ending in December 2020. Gen Z most likely to be LGBTQ+
Generation Z, the youngest American generation to include adults, has a much higher percentage of LGBTQ+ members than older generations. Researchers found that in 2020 and 2021, 15.2% of Gen Z identified as LGBTQ+, representing more than 4.6 million people. Earlier this year, Gallup found 19.7% of Gen Z − or nearly 1 in 5 − said they were LGBTQ+ in 2022. “It’s certainly not uncommon for younger people to say they’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or however else they would identify themselves,” said Jeff Jones, a researcher at Gallup who has been tracking LGBTQ+ population data since 2012. With each passing year, as more Gen Zers enter adulthood, the cohort’s LGBTQ+ members also push the entire adult national total higher, Jones said. “As more come into adulthood, replacing the older people, the overall number should go up,” he said. Bisexuals make up majority of LGBTQ+ population. Researchers have long found that bisexual people − people who are attracted to more than one gender − make up more than half of America’s LGBTQ+ population. Researchers at the Williams Institute did not break down data based on sexuality, instead focusing on state-by-state LGBTQ+ populations. The most recent data from Gallup found more than 58% of all adult LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are bisexual. Researchers in 2019 found that compared with gays and lesbians, bisexuals are far less likely to be out about their sexuality with people they’re close to. Some public health professors who study sexuality say biphobia could be playing a role. What states have the most LGBTQ+ people? This month’s new data from the Williams Institute is the latest batch from the group to rank the states that have the greatest percentage of LGBTQ+ residents. As in recent years, Washington, D.C., takes the top spot, with 14.3% of adults identifying with the acronym. Here are the other top states, and the percentage of adult residents who said they’re LGBTQ+: Washington, D.C. − 14.3%, Oregon − 7.8%, Delaware − 7.5%, Vermont − 7.4%, New Hampshire − 7.2%, Washington − 6.9%, Colorado − 6.8%, Maine − 6.8%, Nevada − 6.6%, Massachusetts − 6.5%)
— Help for homeless students is at risk – Kalyn Belsha (COMMENT: I could earn enough money delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 to a) pay my UIC expenses 1966-1968, b) buy new cars in 1967 and 1968, c) pay my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and d) to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 because my parents provided me with room and board a) 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/12/18/schools-hotels-homeless-students-covid-aid/71923654007/
— After USA TODAY investigation, military finally releases internal extremism report – Will Carless (COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being an extremist.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/12/26/pentagon-extremist-study-released/72034360007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikki Haley Is Now on MAGA’s GOP Enemies List. Don Jr. banishes the 2024 presidential contender from the Trump coalition. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikki-haley-donald-trump-jr-vice-president-ticket-2024-0ca25b99
— How to Save a Billion Hours – Mark Penn (COMMENT: Every hour that I spend putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out is another hour that GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers do not have to spend on the internet.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-save-a-billion-hours-technology-6758d12f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average American spends 6 hours, 58 minutes a day on the internet. That adds up to 536.55 billion hours a year for all of us.)
— How Electric Vehicles Are Losing Momentum with U.S. Buyers, in Charts. EV sales grew nearly 50% this year but have plateaued in recent months. – Sean McLain and Nate Rattner
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/electric-vehicle-demand-charts-7d3089c7
— The Art of Asking Your Parents for Money. What to consider before hitting up mom and dad for help with debt or down payments. – Veronica Dagher and Ashlea Ebeling (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have parents who have/had way more money than my parents did. My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Consequently, to have money for cars and for college, 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, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My father died suddenly in 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/how-to-ask-parents-money-5577e7b3

PARDISE NEWS
— Thousands Of Illegal Aliens Stream Across AZ Border
https://theparadise.ng/15702/video-thousands-of-illegal-aliens-stream-across-az-border/

BEAUFORT OBSERVER
— Illegal alien influx re-introduces malaria, TB, leprosy, and polio to the US – John Steed
https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/75570/illegal-alien-influx-re-introduces-malaria-tb-leprosy-and-polio-to-the-us.html

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— A Florida lawmaker suggested on Tuesday that President Joe Biden has rolled out the welcome wagon instead of the paddy wagon to deal with the tidal wave of illegal immigration. Tampa-area Republican Rep. Laurel Lee, during an appearance on Fox News, called for tougher measures to protect American sovereignty since Biden has opted to turn law enforcement authorities into “travel agents,” by handcuffing their response to the border crisis. – Liam Edgar
https://www.tampafp.com/florida-lawmaker-says-biden-has-travel-agents-patrolling-the-southern-border/

JACOBIN
— How the 1619 Project Distorted History – JAMES OAKES
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/1619-project-jake-silverstein-history-distorted-slavery-race

STATE NEWS
— Long waits to see a doctor are a public health crisis – Oliver Kharraz (COMMENT: The more illegals in your county, township, and municipality, the longer the wait times to see a doctor in your county, township, and municipality.)
https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/02/doctor-appointment-wait-times-solutions/

PBS
— White House wants Mexico to make it harder for migrants to reach U.S. border
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/white-house-wants-mexico-to-make-it-harder-for-migrants-to-reach-u-s-border

VOA
— Remittances from Nicaraguan Migrants Mark New Record, Passing $4 Billion
https://www.voanews.com/a/remittances-from-nicaraguan-migrants-mark-new-record-passing-4-billion-/7415556.html

DAILY MAIL
— Texas plans to send MORE flights to Chicago after city started to cite bus companies and enact ordinances to slow arrivals as tit-for-tat between states intensifies. Texas officials charted a private plane to keep sending migrants from overwhelmed border to Chicago. City of Chicago enacted ordinance meant to slow migrant buses from arriving. One migrant bus was impounded and 96 citations were issued. – MARYANN MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-12902187/How-Texas-flew-migrants-flew-migrants-El-Paso-Chicago-busing-targeted-Illinois-officials.html
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams threatens to follow Chicago’s lead and IMPOUND buses carrying migrants from Texas – as he and mayors of other ‘sanctuary cities’ team up to blast Biden administration: ‘The lack of care on display has created chaos’ More than 161,000 migrants have arrived in New York since spring 2022, according to an official tally, in buses sent north by Texas’ governor Greg Abbott. Chicago has received more than 25,000, and like New York is struggling to house and feed them. Chicago has imposed restrictions on buses entering the city to drop off migrants: on Wednesday, Eric Adams announced New York was following suit. – HARRIET ALEXANDER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12905333/eric-adams-mayor-new-york-city-migrants-buses-restrictions.html
— One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a ‘force for good’ Alarming poll results show some voters under 30 are sympathetic to Bin Laden. Families of 9/11 victims told DailyMail.com the findings are ‘horrifying’ Bin Laden orchestrated the attacks that killed 2,977 and injured thousands. – WILLS ROBINSON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12890583/americans-osama-bin-laden-poll-gen-zers.html

December 27, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Elburn to vote on whether to ban unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs – Diane Pathieu (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-venezuelan-migrants-elburn-illinois-buses/14228679/
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://abc7chicago.com/first-day-of-kwanzaa-celebrations-in-chicago-malcolm-x-college-2023/14227270/

NBC5
— Buses dropping off asylum-seekers in suburbs after Chicago tightens rules for bus arrivals (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJLdV1n3XA
— As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections. Generative artificial intelligence tools have made it far cheaper and easier to spread the kind of misinformation that can mislead voters and potentially influence elections. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/impact-of-ai-deepfakes-worsening-misinformation-on-2024-elections/3311621/

CBS2
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwanzaa-celebrations-chicago/

WGN9
— Steady flow of migrant buses continues as city officials work to bring order to the chaos – Tahman Bradley (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/steady-flow-of-migrant-buses-continues-as-city-officials-work-to-bring-order-to-the-chaos/

FOX32
— More migrants dumped in Chicago suburbs, some arriving downtown by train – Kasey Chronis (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-migrants-dumped-chicago-suburbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoJVON_hAiY
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, a FOX 32 viewer from Glen Ellyn sent us new photos, stating that migrants were dropped off at the Metra station there. As shown, several asylum seekers were wrapped in blankets. We reached out to the police and are waiting for confirmation on what is next.)
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-celebrates-kwanzaa-local-events-highlight-african-culture

WBBM
— Providing migrants with proper healthcare, a top priority, County commissioner says – Terry Keshner
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/cook-county-focused-on-giving-chicago-migrants-healthcare

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Migrants twice dropped off at a Naperville Metra station before moving on to Chicago – Tess Kenny (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-migrantsurban-bus-drop-off-st-1227-20231226-uy3p3lq2hngezjlnt4wszeblhy-story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-year-in-review-immigration-migrants-asylum-seekers-chicago-20231227-uorm5dvilvfwtmkee6dfkppiy4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/12/26/24015189/malcolm-x-college-chicago-kwanzaa-celebration-event
— Democrats ever-increasingly use “democracy” to use government to a) to take everything away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to give everything to those who have Demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/27/24013613/civics-education-young-people-democracy-sandra-day-oconnor-icivics-conversation-jansa-ringsmuth

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Elburn considers ban on unscheduled dropoffs of asylum-seekers – Susan Sarkauskas (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231226/news/elburn-considers-ban-on-unscheduled-dropoffs-of-asylum-seekers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At least one suburb is taking a different tack. According to its website, the village of Oak Park has reallocated unspent money allotted to municipalities during the pandemic and is using a grant from the state to municipalities providing support to asylum-seekers to provide aid to migrants through the beginning of February. Oak Park’s website indicates the village officially is supporting 162 asylum-seekers housed at a hotel and a YMCA within the community, including 57 children under the age of 18. In addition, 18 people are staying at a local church with the support of volunteers.)

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Illinois minimum wage rises to $14 per hour Monday; Indiana’s remains at $7.25 – Dan Carden
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-regional/business/minimum-wage-increase-illinois-indiana/article_fbdfc074-a040-11ee-a182-0bb413ca1aeb.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden authorizes largest federal pay raise (5.2%) in decades – COURTNEY RAU
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-biden-authorizes-largest-federal-pay-raise-in-decades-employment-cost-index-presidents-pay-agent-department-of-labor-management-budget-personnel-private-sector-pay-comparability-act-locality

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools Won’t Bus General Education Students For The Rest Of The School Year. In a letter to parents, district officials said they would not add bus service next semester for general education students, many of whom attend magnet or selective enrollment schools. – Reema Amin and Becky Vevea
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/26/chicago-public-schools-wont-bus-general-education-students-for-the-rest-of-the-school-year/

CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— Migrants Dropped Off In Suburb, Told They Were In Chicago. Thirty-eight migrants were dropped off by bus in Fox River Grove over the weekend. Amie Schaenzer (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your municipality doing with illegals?)
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/migrants-dropped-suburb-told-they-were-chicago-officials

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— La Ha appointed to House: ‘Thank you for this tremendous honor and opportunity to represent our 82nd District’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653373892-la-ha-appointed-to-house-thank-you-for-this-tremendous-honor-and-opportunity-to-represent-our-82nd-district

WIREPOINTS
— As population woes continue, Illinois’ loss of congressional seats could accelerate – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/as-population-woes-continue-illinois-loss-of-congressional-seats-could-accelerate-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kane County GOP Reacts to Migrants in the Fox River Valley (COMMENT: How is your Republican county party organization reacting to illegal immigration?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/kane-county-gop-reacts-to-migrants-in-fox-rivervalley/
— More State Tax Money for Migrants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/more-state-tax-money-for-migrants/
— Do the Six Municipalities in McHenry County with Metra Stations Need to Pass Ordinances like Chicago and Aurora? (COMMENT: How is your municipality reacting to illegal immigration?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/theseven/
— Will County’s Plan to Cope with Texas Migrant Arrivals (COMMENT: How is your county reacting to illegal immigration?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/will-countys-plan-to-cope-with-texas-migrant-arrivals/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EVERY 6 MINUTES, 16 SECONDS, ILLINOIS LOSES ANOTHER RESIDENT – Bryce Hill (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write a book about Democrat success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. I would focus on Democrat plant and RINO leaders who continue to help Democrats replace Republicans. I would focus on those Democrat plant and RINO leaders in who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/every-6-minutes-16-seconds-illinois-loses-another-resident/
— 1 IN 5 ILLINOIS ADULTS IS ILLITERATE, BUT IT’S 1 IN 4 IN COOK COUNTY – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-5-illinois-adults-is-illiterate-but-its-1-in-4-in-cook-county/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s cities are dying from ‘woke’ and ‘sanctuary’ baggage. The once great Chicago, San Francisco and Washington. – Peter Navarro
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/26/americas-cities-are-dying-from-woke-and-sanctuary-/
— Harvard professors risk university’s wrath by taking on woke cancel culture – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, I ever-increasingly spoke against patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Consequently, they wasted my federal career, took many/big adverse actions against me, and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/26/harvard-professors-risk-universitys-wrath-taking-w/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Going against the woke grain isn’t a recipe for job security at Harvard, but some prominent faculty are bucking the tide as they seek to pull the university out of its downward spiral. As the Ivy League school wrestles with a leadership crisis, a handful of Harvard professors have gone public with their criticisms of a repressive campus culture that prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion over academic freedom.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Adam Kinzinger claims Christians who support Trump ‘don’t understand’ Christianity – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly paint Jesus as being a liberal Democrat who promotes the Democrat Party platform, that is, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kinzinger-claims-christians-support-trump-dont-understand-christianity
— Oklahoma is just the latest state condemning DEI – Jonathan Butcher (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/oklahoma-latest-state-condemning-dei
— Reparations splitting Democrats and putting obstacles in Biden’s path to reelection – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/reparations-splitting-democrats-putting-obstacles-biden-path-reelection

NEW YORK POST
— Massive migrant caravan heading to US-Mexico border is largest in over a year, may balloon to up to 15K people, activist warns – Melissa Koenig and Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/migrant-caravan-heading-to-us-mexico-border-is-largest-in-more-than-a-year/
— Your tax dollars are paying for the ‘rights for migrants’ legal scam – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/opinion/your-tax-dollars-fund-us-border-crisis-and-rights-for-migrants/
— Canceling Christmas is par for course for those who back Hamas’ terror – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/opinion/canceling-christmas-is-par-for-course-for-those-who-back-hamas-terror/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson slams New York Times for platforming Hamas mayor: ‘Does the NYT have no shame?’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-slams-new-york-times-for-platforming-hamas-mayor-does-the-nyt-have-no-shame/
— Pro-Palestinian protesters chant ‘Christmas is canceled’ while carrying blood-red mock Nativity scene through NYC — scuffles break out, arrests made – Larry Celona, Reuven Fenton, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/metro/pro-palestinian-protesters-out-to-cancel-christmas-as-they-storm-nyc-again/

AMAC
— Biden’s Border Chaos—Crime Soars As Punishment Vanishes
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/bidens-border-chaos-crime-soars-as-punishment-vanishes/
— New York Latest State To Entertain Democrats’ “Reparations” Fraud – David Lewis Schaefer
https://amac.us/newsline/society/new-york-latest-state-to-entertain-democrats-reparations-fraud/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Pro-Palestinian Protesters Riot in New York, Block O’Hare in Chicago – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/26/morning-greatness-pro-palestinian-protesters-riot-in-new-york-block-ohare-in-chicago/
— Sanctuary Cities Are a Gateway for Crime – Dan Proft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APvM-fHSsMs

AMERICAN THINKER
— Open Borders – Why Not Just Invite the Entire World to the U.S.? – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/open_borders__why_not_just_invite_the_entire_world_to_the_us.html
— Three simple fixes would radically improve the ‘border’ situation—but Democrats don’t care – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/three_simple_fixes_would_radically_improve_the_border_situationbut_democrats_dont_care.html
— Transporting EVs with the ever-reliable diesel engine – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/video_transporting_evs_with_the_everreliable_diesel_engine.html
— Protesters as ‘insurrectionists’ – George W. Shuster
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/protesters_as_insurrectionists.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Three ‘sanctuary’ states (New York, California and Illinois) see population decline in 2023 even with migrant offsets – Frieda Powers
https://americanwirenews.com/three-sanctuary-states-see-population-decline-in-2023-even-with-migrant-offsets/

BLAZE
— In Christmas day tweet, Democrat claims Ukraine’s freedom hinges on Republicans – ALEX NITZBERG (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame their problems on Republicans. My Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors ever-increasingly blamed their problems including keeping their Democrat employees happy on their ever-fewer Republican employees, and especially those like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, present/past union members, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chris-murphy-ukraine-freedom-republicans

BREITBART
— Some of 11K Migrants Waiting to Cross Know They Don’t Qualify for Asylum, But Know They’ll Be Released – CNN
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/26/cnns-flores-some-of-11k-migrants-waiting-to-cross-know-they-dont-qualify-for-asylum-but-know-theyll-be-released/
— U.S. Anchor Baby Policy Ensures Easy Welfare Access for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/26/study-u-s-anchor-baby-policy-ensures-easy-welfare-access-illegal-aliens/
— Taylor Swift Busted as Woke Hypocrite on 5 Activist Issues: Climate, LGBTQQIAAP2S+, Feminism – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/26/taylor-swift-busted-as-woke-hypocrite-on-5-activist-issues-climate-lgbtqqiaap2s-feminism/
— Harvard Isn’t a Place of Learning Anymore, It Won’t Be a ‘Great’ School with DEI – Dershowitz
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/26/dershowitz-harvard-isnt-a-place-of-learning-anymore-it-wont-be-a-great-school-with-dei/

CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times DEI died on campus in 2023
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-dei-died-on-campus-in-2023/24485

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden’s Border Disaster Continues Unabated, and Even a Christmas “News Dump” Can’t Hide It. “The immigration system . . . dysfunctional and flawed as it is, would work if properly implemented” – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Bidens-Border-Disaster-Continues-Unabated-and-Even-Christmas-News-Dump-Cant-Hide-It

DAILY CALLER
— Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams raised concerns that the city’s migrant crisis will create more crime during a press conference Tuesday. – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/26/devils-workshop-eric-adams-suggests-migrant-crisis-will-result-in-rampant-crime/
— Biden Admin Funded Research To Help Parents ‘Affirm’ Their ‘Gender Diverse’ Children – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/26/west-virginia-university-biden-admin-funds-study-create-program-parents-trans-kids-gender/
— New York City Caught Flat-Footed As Biden’s Border Crisis Brings 150,000 Migrants To Its Streets – KATE ANDERSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/26/new-york-city-caught-flat-footed-bidens-border-crisis-migrants-streets/
— Biden’s DOJ Instructs Immigration Judges To Loosen Restrictions On Child Migrants – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/26/bidens-doj-instructs-immigration-judges-loosen-restrictions-child-migrants-one-problem/
— Kamala Harris Celebrates Holiday Founded By Criminal Black Nationalist Who Wanted Non-White Christmas Alternative – ILAN HULKOWER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/26/kamala-harris-joe-biden-kwanzaa-maulana-ron-karenga/

DAILY WIRE
— NY Times Publishes Op-Ed By Hamas Mayor Of Gaza, Gets Blasted – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-times-publishes-op-ed-by-hamas-mayor-of-gaza-gets-blasted

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘This Is Our Town’—Inside a Small-Town Battle Against a Giant Chinese Battery Plant. Chinese-linked Gotion’s intentions to move in has Manteno, Illinois, residents worried about local leaders, toxic chemicals, and the Chinese Communist Party. – Nathan Worcester
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/this-is-our-town-inside-a-small-town-battle-against-a-giant-chinese-battery-plant-5550899

FEDERAL
— What are ‘donkey flights’ and how do they operate? Donkey flights are just a way to exploit immigrant loopholes to enable entry of illegal immigrants to their desired foreign destinations.
https://thefederal.com/category/explainers-2/explained-what-are-donkey-flights-and-how-do-they-operate-104505

FOX BUSINESS
— American consumers forced woke corporations into retreat this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GMM30k2yKY

FOX NEWS
— Biden aiding illegal immigrants instead of veterans is un-American. Democrats only care about illegal immigrants because it’s an election year. – Tommy Tuberville
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-aiding-illegal-immigrants-instead-veterans-un-american
— Democrats are having a ‘woke’ awakening – Gutfeld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ozNmxrkNg
— We must speak up to save our the Founding Fathers from the woke left. Canceling our shared history and Founding Fathers is an act of totalitarian regimes. – Douglas MacKinnon
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/must-speak-save-founding-fathers-from-woke-left

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Borer Crisis: Illinois Paying for Hotel Rooms for Chicago’s Illegal Immigrants. The state said it’s temporary but that word doesn’t exist in the government’s dictionary. Nothing from the government is temporary. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/biden-border-crisis-illinois-paying-for-hotel-rooms-for-chicagos-illegal-immigrants/
— ‘Long Live the Intifada’: ‘Pro-Palestine’ Rioters Storm NYC, Use Christmas to Attack Israel “Christmas is canceled here!” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/long-live-the-intifada-pro-palestine-rioters-storm-nyc-use-christmas-to-attack-israel/

LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood Admits Taking Teens Out of State for Secret Abortions: “We Never Tell the Parents” – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/12/22/planned-parenthood-admits-taking-teens-out-of-state-for-secret-abortions-we-never-tell-the-parents/

NEW AMERICAN
— LGBT Organization Helps Children Skirt Laws Protecting Them from Transgender Butchery – James Murphy
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/lgbt-organization-helps-children-skirt-laws-protecting-them-from-transgender-butchery/

NEWSMAX
— Claudine Gay, DEI ‘Have to Go’ – Alan Dershowitz
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/claudine-gay-harvard-diversity/2023/12/26/id/1147298/

PJ MEDIA
— Another Large Caravan of Illegals Moving Through Mexico – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/26/another-large-caravan-of-illegals-moving-through-mexico-n4925012
— Number of Chinese Nationals Spikes at the Border – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2023/12/26/number-of-chinese-nationals-spikes-at-the-border-n4925030
— The Naval Academy Frets Over Gender Studies as a Russia-China Alliance Grows – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2023/12/26/the-naval-academy-frets-over-gender-studies-as-a-russia-china-iran-alliance-grows-n4925024
— 250K Illegals Flood the U.S. This Month — More Than D-Day Invasion – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/12/26/250k-illegals-flood-us-this-month-more-than-d-day-invasion-n4925021

TOWNHALL
— A Massive Caravan Is Heading Toward the Border – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/12/26/migrant-caravan-n2632849

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Multiple Recent Polls Reveal What Americans Really Think About Illegal Aliens, Biden’s Border Crisis – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/multiple-recent-polls-reveal-americans-really-think-illegal-aliens-bidens-border-crisis/
— Powerful New Film, ‘Art Club’, Reveals Nightmare Threat of ‘Transgender Social Contagion’ at School – Michael Schwarz
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-powerful-new-film-art-club-reveals-nightmare-threat-transgender-social-contagion-school/

ZERO HEDGE
— ‘Ballot Banishers’ – 2023 Democrats & 1861 Confederates. In the election of 1860, southern Democrats in 10 states of the soon-to-be formalized Confederacy made it almost impossible for their own voters to cast ballots for Abraham Lincoln for President. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ballot-banishers-2023-democrats-1861-confederates
— Blinken’s Visit To Mexico Focuses On Optics As Migration Crisis Hits Biden’s Polls – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blinkens-visit-mexico-will-be-all-about-optics-migration-crisis-weighs-down-bidens

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders are overjoyed that “US border sees nearly 10,000 migrant crossings PER DAY in December – highest ever recorded- as massive migrant caravan continues to trek toward border.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-border-sees-nearly-10-000-migrant-crossings-per-day-in-december-highest-ever-recorded-as-massive-migrant-caravan-continues-to-trek-toward-border/ar-AA1m3QzS

CNN
— Black students weigh mentioning race in college admissions essays after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling – Gabe Cohen (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the following demographics are ever-increasingly viewed negatively: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/26/us/college-admissions-race-essays-reaj/index.html

REUTERS
— Affirmative action ban shook up law school admissions in 2023 – Karen Sloan
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/affirmative-action-ban-shook-up-law-school-admissions-2023-2023-12-26/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Goes After Taylor Swift – Shannon Power
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-taylor-swift-time-person-year-1854069
— Adam Kinzinger Torches Trump’s Christmas Message: ‘Not a Christian’ – Andrew Stanton (COMMENT: According to Democrats and RINOs, to be Democrat or RINO is to be Christian.)
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-torches-donald-trump-christmas-message-1855525

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-10-celebrities-came-2023-far-rcna119788

NBC NEW YORK
— Largest migrant caravan in more than a year headed to US. At around 6,000 people, the migrant caravan that set out Sunday was the largest one since June 2022, when a similarly sized group departed Tapachula. – AP
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/largest-migrant-caravan-in-more-than-a-year-headed-to-us/4981944/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “How Trump Plans to Wield Power in 2025.”
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-2025-second-term.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats acknowledge “Chaos, Fury, Mistakes: 600 Days Inside New York’s Migrant Crisis.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/nyregion/migrant-crisis-mayor-eric-adams.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-fact-check.html
— Slow Rollout of National Charging System Could Hinder E.V. Adoption. Lawmakers approved $5 billion for states to build a network of fast chargers two years ago. Although some states have made progress in recent weeks, most have not yet awarded contracts or started construction. – Madeleine Ngo
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/us/politics/electric-vehicle-chargers-network.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden’s historic pay raise for federal workers set to take effect. Republicans, in an unusual move, did not challenge Biden’s proposal to hike pay by 5.2 percent. -Lisa Rein and Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/22/biden-federal-workers-pay-raise/

USA TODAY
— DEI under siege: Why more businesses are being accused of ‘reverse discrimination’ – Jessica Guynn (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2023/12/20/dei-reverse-discrimination-lawsuits-increase-woke/71923487007/

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— The ‘Great Sort’ draws transplants pushing Florida to the right. A mass migration of Northeasterners and Midwesterners into Florida, many of them conservatives leaving Democratic states, has led to the state’s politics turning sharply to the right. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau this month showed that movement is continuing, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving states such as New York, Illinois and California and moving to Florida and Texas in 2022 and 2023. – STEVEN LEMONGELLO
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/12/27/the-great-sort-draws-transplants-pushing-florida-to-the-right-experts-say/

DALLAS MORNING STAR
— How Texas’ DEI ban is tripping up efforts to help undocumented students. Diversity, equity and inclusion offices often provide resources undocumented students need to make it through college. — Marcela Rodrigues (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not a) because neither of my parents attended college, b) because my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) because my mother never attended high school, d) because I could not run because a bone disease, e) because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, f) because I had partial red/green color blindness, g) because I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes, h) because my ACT score was only 24, and i) because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Consequently, I got virtually no help to go to college.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/12/26/how-texas-dei-ban-is-tripping-up-efforts-to-help-undocumented-students/

JUST THE NEWS
— The Legacy of Woke: Destroyed Brands and Privileged Victims – Victor Davis Hanson
https://justthenews.com/podcasts/victor-davis-hanson-show/victor-davis-hanson-legacy-woke-destroyed-brands-and-privileged

PARADISE NEWS
— Federal judge Stephen McGlynn in southern Illinois who earlier this year put a hold on the state’s gun ban — a decision that was reversed on appeal — on Tuesday heard arguments on a challenge to the registration process for guns grandfathered in under the law.
https://theparadise.ng/15544/federal-judge-hears-arguments-on-gun-ban-registry-while-legislative-panel-considers-rules-for-implementation/
— Illegal Aliens Stream Across AZ Border as Crossings Hit Record
https://theparadise.ng/15579/shock-video-illegal-aliens-stream-across-az-border-as-crossings-hit-record/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The DEI Rollback of 2023. States start to limit programs that sow racial and political division. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-wisconsin-oklahoma-state-universities-88ecc684
— Where Did the Military Go Wrong With Gen Z? Military families observe a defense establishment that appears to be absorbed by DEI and woke ideology.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gen-z-military-recruiting-woke-dei-war-on-terror-40893e4f
— We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever? Excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly, users say. – Cordilia James
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/social-media-nobody-posting-f6c2fd3e
— We Own More Cars Than Ever. So Why Are We Driving Less? America has become a stay-at-home nation, despite all the cars and trucks in our garages. – David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/we-own-more-cars-than-ever-so-why-are-we-driving-less-2b472f68
— Democrats Prepare for Convention of Regret. Have they really settled for Biden and Chicago? – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-prepare-for-convention-of-regret-2d1ad2b8

HUFFINGTON POST
— This Year Was A Warning To Republicans Running On Anti-Abortion Platforms In 2024. Republicans will need to rethink their abortion strategy if they want to compete in a post-Roe political world. – Alanna Vagianos (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-warning-to-republicans-anti-abortion-platforms-2024_n_656f3fe6e4b0f3e5f44ae8b3

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— My critics/opponents reject the following planks in the Republican Party platform, and because of that, they do not want me to encourage support for those planks: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rethinking-thought/202312/bodies-in-suspense-how-writers-words-can-influence-the-body

December 26, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 19 shot, 3 fatally in holiday weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-gun-violence-police-department/14223855/
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-kwanzaa-when-does-start-swahili-nguzo-saba/14141593/

CBS2
— 3 killed, 17 wounded in Chicago shootings during Christmas weekend – JERAMIE BIZZLE, ADAM HARRINGTON, TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-christmas-weekend-shootings-dec-22-to-26/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/taylor-swift-celebrates-christmas-alongside-santa-claus-to-cheer-on-travis-kelce-for-chiefs-raiders-game/3311018/

FOX32
— Damages increase as Democrat and RINO leaders flood America with illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1386064
— 2 unscheduled migrant buses arrive at Elmhurst train station
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-unscheduled-migrant-buses-arrive-at-elmhurst-train-station

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian rally held in Chicago Ridge on Christmas Day
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-rally-held-in-chicago-ridge-on-christmas-day/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbyfw8KLKxA

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Two busloads of migrants are dropped off at Elmhurst train station. A total of 91 people were on the coach buses that arrived Saturday from Texas, according to a post on the Elmhurst Police Department’s Facebook page.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/25/24014884/two-busloads-of-migrants-are-dropped-off-at-elmhurst-train-station
— Palestinian truckers gather in southwest suburbs for four-hour Christmas caravan. A parade of 150 vehicles on Monday sought to draw attention to the atrocities committed in the 11-week war between Israel and Hamas. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/25/24014978/palestinian-truckers-gather-in-southwest-suburbs-for-four-hour-christmas-caravan
— City Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza is deeply flawed. The Committee on Health and Human Relations voted on a one-sided resolution, Ald. Debra Silverstein writes. The council must also advocate for the release of hostages and condemn the violence against Israeli citizens. – Debra Silverstein
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/26/24012523/city-council-resolution-israel-hamas-cease-fire-gaza-alderman-debra-silverstein

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope joins Democrats in blaming war on the availability of firearms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/religion/pope-francis-christmas-20231225-drvqwu2cuvcc7oszt5yreiegfu-story.html
— 2023 was not a banner year for taking responsibility – Editorial (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents hold me responsible for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-acountability-brandon-johnson-pat-fitzgerald-20231226-6mrzlu4cqrcs3iyi2mspt63p5y-story.html
— Democrats promote LGBTQ in Wilson Creek School in Manhattan.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-manhattan-school-sign-st-1224-20231222-3k3jd2umxnhfdl3tmjogdgrx5i-story.html
— University Park enacts bus ordinance after unscheduled drop off of migrants – Mike Nolan (COMMENT: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-migrants-south-suburbs-st-1222-20231221-qkh7pf7mrnhrjlfkes24bydxa4-story.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County preps for more possible migrants arriving at train stations. Aim is to get migrants safely to Chicago, county official says. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district doing with illegals?)
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/12/25/mchenry-county-preps-for-more-possible-migrants-arriving-at-train-stations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The only location in the state where asylum seekers can go through processing is in Chicago, so there is not much the county can do other than help people get to the city, Austin said.)

SOUTHERN
— Illinois purchases hotel rooms for asylum seekers sent from Texas. (COMMENT: There would be no asylum seekers for Texas to send if Democrat and RINO leaders had not invited them.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-purchases-hotel-rooms-for-asylum-seekers-sent-from-texas/article_9cbf08f2-23ef-5453-ab22-54b621b9f3e6.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rashid Speaks against Aurora Ordinance Limiting Migrants (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote mass/illegal immigration.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/rashid-speaks-against-aurora-oridinance-limiting-migrants/
— UPDATE :Migrants Dropped at Various Outlying Locations Besides Fox River Grove, ELMHURST, TOO
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/25/migrants-dropped-at-various-outlying-locations-besides-fox-river-grove-copy/
— Political Predictions from Russ Stewart
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/23/political-predictions-from-russ-stewart/
— Less Than Ten Days to Sign Up on Democrats’ Red Dawn List Or “Be Criminals”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/less-than-ten-days-to-sign-up-on-democrats-red-dawn-list-or-be-criminals/
— Nepotism
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/message-of-the-day-nepotism/
— We’re Number Three
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/were-number-three/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Ron Johnson says ‘radical leftism has infiltrated’ U.S. institutions – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/ron-johnson-says-radical-leftism-has-infiltrated-u/
— Biden’s migrant surge deepens America’s greenhouse gas problem – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/joe-bidens-migrant-surge-deepens-americas-greenhou/
— Trump rips into rivals in Christmas rants: ‘May they rot in hell’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/donald-trump-rips-rivals-christmas-rants-may-they-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— AOC sparks backlash after comparing Palestinian refugees to Jesus in Christmas message – Cami Mondeaux,
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/aoc-sparks-backlash-comparing-palestinian-refugees-jesus
— Crenshaw bill against college DEI oaths is well aimed – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/crenshaw-bill-against-college-dei-oaths-is-well-aimed

NEW YORK POST
— Biden can stop the migrant caravan heading to the border — if he cared – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/opinion/biden-can-stop-the-migrant-caravan-heading-to-the-border-if-he-cared/
— Migrant caravan leader says 15,000 asylum-seekers could reach US border – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/media-savvy-radical-behind-the-latest-massive-migrant-caravan-from-mexico-to-the-us/
— Biden challenger Dean Phillips backs reparations for slavery, universal basic income – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/biden-challenger-dean-phillips-on-reparations-the-border-and-israel/
— Caravan of up to 15,000 migrants set to crash US border as Blinken prepares to travel to Mexico – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/fresh-wave-of-7000-migrants-set-to-crash-into-us-border-ahead-of-blinkens-mexico-visit/

BREITBART
— 8 Times the Biden Administration Pushed the Transgender Agenda on Children – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/25/8-times-biden-administration-pushed-transgender-agenda-children/
— At Least 18 Shot in Chicago During First Two Days of Christmas Weekend – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/12/25/at-least-18-shot-chicago-first-two-days-christmas-weekend/
— Buses Forced to Leave Illegals in Suburbs After ‘Sanctuary’ Chicago Passes Rules Restricting Dropoffs – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/25/buses-forced-leave-illegals-suburbs-after-sanctuary-chicago-passes-rules-restricting-dropoffs/
— ‘Christmas Is Canceled’: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Riot in New York, Block O’Hare in Chicago – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/25/christmas-is-canceled-pro-palestinian-protesters-riot-in-new-york-block-ohare-in-chicago/
— Universities Must Ban DEI Departments to Rout Out Raging Antisemitism on Campuses – Jewish Liberal Leader
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/12/25/exclusive-jewish-liberal-leader-universities-must-ban-dei-departments-to-rout-out-raging-antisemitism-on-campuses/

CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. national debt soars in 2023; per-taxpayer burden reaches $100,000 – Casey Harpe
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_59d5d5b8-a10b-11ee-86c9-1f290b61a050.html

CITY JOURNAL
— The New Racial Preferences – Renu Mukherjee, Brian C. Anderson (COMMENT: Far too many are involved in education, religion, politics, government, etc., to get more preference for themselves and for those who share their demographics.)
https://www.city-journal.org/multimedia/the-new-racial-preferences

DAILY CALLER
— Biden administration’s Minority Business Development Agency is currently facing a legal challenge for giving assistance to Americans based on race, and it may suffer the same fate at the Supreme Court as colleges and universities did earlier this year in the court’s affirmative action ruling. – WILL KESSLER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote diversity, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/govt-program-courts-chopping-block-affirmative-action/
— Several Microsoft scholarship programs intended to help students pursue careers in technology are limited to applicants on the basis of race and sex, according to its website. The programs offer high school seniors who are black, Hispanic or identify as women different scholarships to go to college, according to the website. – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/19/tech-giant-offers-high-school-students-race-based-scholarships/
— Here’s What They’re Teaching In The Naval Academy’s Gender And Sexuality Class – MICAELA BURROW
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/navy-gender-sexuality-class/
— AOC Cooked For ‘Jew Hate’ Christmas Message Likening Jesus Christ To Gazans – ILAN HULKOWER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/aoc-christmas-eve-message-jesus-christ-palestine-gaza-israel-jew-hate/

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Johnson criticizes Texas governor for Biden’s migrant chaos
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343858820112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— California Medicaid Soon Open To All, “Papers or No Papers” Cost estimates have already doubled since last May: “the department estimated that the age 26-49 expansion would cost the state $1.2 billion in 2023-24, nearly double the previous cost estimate of $635 million.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/california-medicaid-soon-open-to-all-papers-or-no-papers/

NEWSMAX
— DEI Damaging CIA – Fred Fleitz (COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrats used Republican-led budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get of the agency’s employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/fredfleitz-newsmax-cia/2023/12/25/id/1147134/

PJ MEDIA
— Black Actress Worth Estimated $12 Million Cries About Low Pay, Cites Racism – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2023/12/25/watch-black-actress-worth-estimated-12-million-cries-about-low-pay-cites-racism-n4925008

PATRIOT POST
— No Border, No Nation. Illegal immigrants and welfare spending programs are leading to chaos, bankruptcy, and societal breakdown. – Laurence F. Sanford
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/103121-no-border-no-nation-2023-12-26

TOWNHALL
— NY Gov: Let’s Get Those Slave Reparations Started – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/12/25/ny-gov-lets-get-those-slave-reparations-going-n2632827
— The Victimhood Mindset Makes People Helpless – Rainer Zitelmann (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, those who are the following are victims: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rainerzitelmann/2023/12/23/the-victimhood-mindset-makes-people-helpless-n2632650

ZERO HEDGE
— A network of non-governmental organizations seems to be playing a powerful role in coordinating the large-scale invasion of illegals at the US southern border. – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mass-migration-blueprints-reveal-ngos-carefully-planned-us-migrant-invasion-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Reparations gained historic momentum in 2023 because of California’s efforts.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reparations-momentum-2023-california-rcna127949

YAHOO NEWS
— While he was in office, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://news.yahoo.com/reagan-wouldnt-recognize-trump-style-123409497.html

CNN
— Thousands of migrants join caravan for U.S. – Rafael Romo
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/26/exp-migrants-caravan-romo-looklive-122612aseg1-world.cnn
— Democrats say “Trump augurs divisive year in angry Christmas rant.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/26/politics/trump-christmas-rant/index.html

REUTERS
— Migrant caravan spends Christmas on the road before heading to US border – Jose Torres
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrant-caravan-spends-christmas-road-before-heading-us-border-2023-12-24/

MSN
— Thousands of southern Mexican migrants march toward U.S. border
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/thousands-of-southern-mexican-migrants-march-toward-u-s-border/ar-AA1m1h7Q
— Texas border city El Paso opens shelter for migrants as massive migrant caravan anticipated to cross US-Mexico border in coming weeks. – Maryann Martinez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-border-city-el-paso-opens-shelter-for-migrants-as-massive-migrant-caravan-anticipated-to-cross-us-mexico-border-in-coming-weeks/ar-AA1m1tv4

THE HILL
— Happy Plessivus: Democrats celebrate the holidays with separate-but-equal policies – JONATHAN TURLEY
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4374248-happy-plessivus-democrats-celebrate-the-holidays-with-separate-but-equal-policies/

NEWSWEEK
— Ronna McDaniel Hit With Wave of Resignation Calls Under Christmas Post – Aila Slisco (COMMENT: Who do McDaniel’s critics/opponents want to replace her? One could ask my critics/opponents who they wanted to replace me with a) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and c) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member.)
https://www.newsweek.com/ronna-mcdaniel-hit-wave-resignation-calls-under-christmas-post-1855410

NEW YORK TIMES
— Nikki Haley Wants to Run on Her Record, Not Her Gender. The Republican presidential candidate would be the first woman to enter the White House, but she has so far tried to avoid the identity politics that could repel some voters. – Jazmine Ulloa (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote identity politics, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-woman-president-gender.html
— For Donald Trump’s Family, an Immigrant’s Tale With 2 Beginnings – Jason Horowitz (COMMENT: What do you say to those who have asked me why I never pretended to be Swedish?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/for-donald-trumps-family-an-immigrants-tale-with-2-beginnings.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the middle of the night, Friedrich Trump left his house in Kallstadt, a small town spotted with vineyards and a Lutheran church, for a northern port city that served as Germany’s gateway to America. A few days later, on Oct. 7, 1885, Friedrich, then 16 years old, bought a steerage-class ticket on the S.S. Eider, the start of an adventurous life as a barber, restaurateur, saloonkeeper, hotelier, entrepreneur, gold rush prospector, shipwreck survivor and New York real estate investor. It was an immigrant tale that would make any family proud. But for decades, the Trumps almost never talked about it. Friedrich Trump’s son, Fred, came of age between the World Wars, a period marked by resentment of and even discrimination toward Germans in the United States. More important, he was marketing his properties to the growing Jewish middle class filling up the old farmsteads of central Brooklyn and Queens. During his presidential campaign, Fred’s son Donald has occasionally run roughshod over Jewish sensibilities, notably with a post on Twitter that featured a six-pointed star and a pile of cash. But for many years, the Trumps went out of their way to avoid disquieting their Jewish friends and customers by burying their German identity. They told anyone who asked that they were Swedish. “He had thought, ‘Gee whiz, I’m not going to be able to sell these homes if there are all these Jewish people,’” said Donald J. Trump’s cousin John Walter, the Trump family historian, who has worked closely with Fred and Donald. And once they started portraying themselves as Swedish, they could not stop. “After the war, he’s still Swedish,” Mr. Walter said. “It was just going, going, going.” Even Mr. Trump, not known to be shy about embellishing facts, questioned the need. According to Mr. Walter, when Mr. Trump was working on his best seller “The Art of the Deal” in the mid-1980s, he asked his father, “Do I have to do this Swedish thing?”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Campus Protests Over Gaza, Echoes of Outcry Over Vietnam. The war in Vietnam ignited a protest movement that helped define a generation. Is the war between Israel and Hamas doing the same thing? – Michael Wines (COMMENT: The Vietnam War continues to have a tremendous negative impact on me My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to punish me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They punished me the most while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. They stress that I should have enlisted because I am conservative, Republican, and deemed 1-A for the draft. They stress that I am unmitigated coward because with my health problems (could not run because of a bone disease, eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and partially red/green color blind), I would not been sent into combat. They stress that if I had not avoided the Viet Nam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, f) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, g) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, h) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, i) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/gaza-vietnam-student-protest.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Demand for senior dating services, from local mixers to age-specific apps, is higher than ever in a rapidly aging America. – Charley Locke (COMMENT: I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/senior-dating-single-events-golden-bachelor-21187ced

FORBES
— Trump Rails Against Biden—And Obama—In Christmas Message – Molly Bohannon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/12/25/trump-rails-against-biden-and-obama-in-christmas-message/?sh=2721176e3358
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Republicans for mass shootings. Then again, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/12/25/us-mass-shootings-near-650-this-year-second-worst-total-on-record/
— What Counts As An Averse Action? – Eric Bachman (COMMENT: What adverse actions do you fear that your critics/opponents might take against you next year? There are fewer adverse actions that my critics/opponents can take against me next year because they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, c) ending my service on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, d) etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Donald Trump wishes electric car supporters rot in hell for Christmas (COMMENT: The cars that you own/owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What cars do the presidential candidates own and what cars did they own?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-electric-car-supporters-rot-hell-christmas-truth-social-2023-12

BUSINESS NEWS
— The 15 Richest Republicans on Capitol Hill – Harold Vazquez (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. My Republican critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois are wealthy. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, c) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, d) etc.)
https://biz.crast.net/dollars-and-decisions-the-15-richest-republicans-on-capitol-hill-wealth-of-geeks/

USA TODAY
— Ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare in America is more and more and more of the following: citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, has parents/ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, non-conservative, non-Republican, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/12/20/people-of-color-health-care-appearance-bias/71825185007/

WUSA9
— What are you thankful for? (COMMENT: I was born in 1948. The many things that I am thankful for include my not having been born in later years because of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Because of the aforesaid, discrimination has ever-increasingly increased against those who share my demographics: White, male, Protestant, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, conservative, Republican, draft avoider, gun-owner, etc. Because of my terrible demographics, if I had been born in later years, I doubt that UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, or IIT would have accepted me and I doubt that the Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, or GAO would have hired me.)
https://www.wusa9.com/video/life/holidays/what-are-you-thankful-of-this-holiday-season/65-070598d3-1fe2-4876-850d-c744f9b96bd3

SPIKED
— ‘Diversity’ just means discrimination. Aviva’s CEO has unwittingly revealed the backwardness of the ‘DEI’ agenda. – ALKA SEHGAL CUTHBERT (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote diversity, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/12/21/diversity-just-means-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amanda Blanc, the chief executive of insurance company Aviva, has revealed that no white males can be recruited to senior posts without her say-so. Speaking last week at a Treasury Select Committee hearing on sexism in the finance industry, Blanc said that there can be ‘no non-diverse hire at Aviva without it being signed off by me and the chief people officer’. It was an admission that revealed a lot about the impact of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda on employment and public life more broadly. Thanks to DEI, it is now acceptable for a CEO to state that she will subject ‘non-diverse’ candidates – a coded reference to white males – to extra scrutiny. Which sounds very much like discrimination to me. This captures the through-the-looking-glass logic of DEI, a logic that menaces every principle of fairness and equality. After all, a fair approach to recruitment would ensure that vacancies are widely advertised so as to broaden the pool of applicants. That way, an organization can maximize its chances of finding the best applicant with the best set of skills and talents for the role advertised.)

JACOBIN
— Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism – PAUL PRESCOD (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote identity politics, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/no-politics-but-class-politics-review-identity-race-working-class-adolph-reed-walter-benn-michaels

CBT NEWS
— The value of an inclusive workforce in the automotive industry – Jody DeVere (COMMENT: My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when I was 22 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.cbtnews.com/the-value-of-an-inclusive-workforce-in-the-automotive-industry/

NATION
— Systematic Struggle – Khairpur Nathan Shah (COMMENT: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy but attribute my successes in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my biggest critics/opponents. I would focus on their parents’ wealth.)
https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Dec-2023/systematic-struggle

NEW REPUBLIC
— The End of Opposition Research? (COMMENT: Far too many who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/170556/george-santos-end-opposition-research

GOVERNING
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame bad weather for illegal immigration.
https://www.governing.com/climate/already-3-2-million-americans-are-climate-migrants

TIMES OF INDIA
— Thousands of Chinese migrants cross border as US Marks 80th anniversary of repeal of exclusion act
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/thousands-of-chinese-migrants-cross-border-as-us-marks-80th-anniversary-of-repeal-of-exclusion-act/articleshow/106288763.cms

GUARDIAN
— Houston Chronicle compares people crossing border to Mary and Joseph
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/25/houston-chronicle-texas-governor-migration-mary-joseph

INDEPENDENT
— Trump hopes opponents ‘rot in hell’ in Christmas Truth Social rant – Oliver O’Connell, Graig Graziosi, Ariana Baio
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-christmas-greeting-message-truth-social-latest-b2469453.html

DAILY MAIL
— Red states like Texas and Florida see population boom – while migrant crisis offsets loss in ‘sanctuary city’ states, like New York, California and Illinois as residents flee due to crime and high tax rates. The country’s population grew by 1.6million over the last year. Eight states including New York, California and Illinois saw populations decline. States in the south saw the biggest gains in population, with Texas adding nearly 500,000 new residents. – GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899729/population-declines-increases-census.html
— Thousands join Christmas Eve migrant caravan – the biggest in more than a year – as it treks through Mexico and towards the U.S. border just days before Blinken arrives in the capital to hammer out new agreement to stem surge. Up to 10,000 people set out from the Guatemalan border on the long journey north in record migrant caravan as Mexican security forces look on. Comes as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is hauled off Middle East duties for a crisis migrant summit with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. An all-time record of 12,600 crossings were detected on Monday with the total figure for 2023 expected to top 2 million. – DOMINIC YEATMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12898865/migrants-border-caravan-blinken-mexico-crossings-tapachula.html
— Texas border city El Paso opens shelter for migrants as massive migrant caravan anticipated to cross US-Mexico border in coming weeks. Migrant caravan estimated between 6,000-8,000 people from Central and South America, Caribbean. Unknown when caravan will arrive at US-Mexico border. Caravan could stay together or break apart into smaller groups as it arrives at US’ southern border. – MARYANN MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899813/Migrants-El-Paso-shelter-brder-crossing-caravan.html
— Christmas chaos in Eagle Pass as THOUSANDS more migrants cross US border into Texas after wading across the Rio Grande and wait to be processed.
Eagle Pass is been flooded with at least 10,000 asylum-seekers on Christmas Eve into Christmas morning. Families including young children waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico and scaled barbed-wire fences. Surrendered to border agents to claim asylum and were put in huge pens to await processing by few officers. – NIC WHITE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899949/Christmas-crisis-Eagle-Pass-Texas-border-migrants.html

December 21, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Migrants flown to Chicago from Texas on chartered flight – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-private-plane-texas-chicago-20231220-yh7d3nrpdze7rjaszs44jvmthi-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Vigil for 5-year-old migrant boy draws hundreds; advocates demand better. – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrant-boy-death-vigil-20231221-a3yxpa23azedbh63uwgk7zxrvm-story.html
— The Constitution’s insurrection clause threatens Trump’s campaign. Here is how that is playing out. – AP (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-aud-nw-trump-insurrection-amendment-explainer-20231221-y2aswcz4m5g3vbokz6x4gsqgme-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Calls for more medical resources follow 5-year-old Pilsen shelter resident’s death. Hundreds gathered at a vigil for Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, leaving flowers and balloons at a memorial on the sidewalk. ‘He was a beautiful boy, he was always happy.’ – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/20/24010500/vigil-migrant-boy-jean-carlos-martinez-rivero-chicago-pilsen-shelter
— Texas sends migrants by private plane to Chicago. A jet carrying about 120 migrants arrived Tuesday at O’Hare. The Texas governor’s office took credit, saying it’s widening efforts to send migrants to the city. – Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/20/24010329/texas-governor-sends-migrants-by-private-plane-to-chicago
— City’s migrant shelter program needs overhaul after 5-year-old’s death. The mayor and his staff must demand and get answers regarding what happened in Pilsen — and bear the responsibility for fixing the entire migrant settlement effort. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/20/24007875/citys-migrant-shelter-program-5-year-olds-death-jean-carlos-martinez-rivero-pilsen-editorial
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/12/20/24009525/father-michael-pfleger-pope-francis-same-sex-blessing-sabina
— Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/21/24009467/census-ethnic-racial-identity-middle-east-north-africa-southwest-asia-resources-funding-sarah-abboud

DAILY HERALD
— Misspelling Republican won’t keep McHenry County Board candidate off ballot – Claire O’Brien
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231220/news/misspelling-republican-wont-keep-mchenry-county-board-candidate-off-ballot/
— ‘Can You Afford to Retire?’ – Jigar Doshi (COMMENT: In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 44% of what my GAO salary was 1997 when I was 49 and less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. That is because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors knew that I could “afford” to suffer the loss of income a) because of my wife’s income, b) because we had no children, c) because of our savings, d) because we had no debts, and e) because of the home and cars that we owned.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231220/submitted-content/can-you-afford-to-retire-find-out-jan-9-at-poplar-creek-public-library/
— Retired Kane County Auditor Bill Keck dies at 84
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231220/news/retired-kane-county-auditor-bill-keck-dies-at-84/

ABC7
— Texas governor vows more flights of migrants coming to Chicago. Private plane from El Paso drops off 100 migrants at O’Hare Airport. – Michelle Gallardo, Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/venezuelan-migrants-chicago-migrant-crisis-ohare-airport-mayor-brandon-johnson/14210332/
— Private plane from Texas drops off over 100 migrants at O’Hare Airport. 2 people from flight fled scene in Uber – Michelle Gallardo, Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-private-plane-ohare-airport-el-paso-texas/14207506/
— Some say discrimination widely felt at UIC, now under federal investigation by Education Department – Jasmine Minor (DIERSEN: I felt welcome at UIC when I took classes there 1966-1968. But from what I see, because of my demographics, I would not feel welcome at UIC if I took classes there today. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-illinois-chicago-uic-college-discrimination-investigation-antisemitism/14207644/
— Northwestern targeted by ad campaign criticizing response to antisemitism, Hamas attack on Israel – Christian Piekos
https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-university-antisemitism-hamas-attack-on-israel-srs-distribution-las-vegas-bowl/14208372/
— California lieutenant governor calls for Donald Trump to be removed from ballot (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://abc7chicago.com/president-donald-trump-california-elections-lieutenant-governor-colorado-supreme-court/14208249/
— Black churches team up to support migrants at Daley College – Samantha Chatman (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasing pressure on Blacks from Democrat leaders to promote more illegal immigration. The Democrat Party is a coalition of those who need/want/demand more preference if not more massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-pastor-charlie-dates-salem-progressive-baptist-church-daley-college/14208008/

NBC5
— Plane carrying migrants from Texas arrives at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. A spokesperson for the city confirmed officials received a call around 7:15 p.m. stating that a “private plane chartered by the Texas Department of Emergency Management” had landed at the airport and left roughly 100 migrants.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/plane-carrying-migrants-from-texas-arrives-at-chicagos-ohare-airport/3308122/
— Video shows Texas migrants boarding plane bound for Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/video-shows-texas-migrants-boarding-plane-bound-for-chicagos-ohare-airport/3308215/
— UIC under investigation for alleged discrimination (DIERSEN: I felt welcome at UIC when I took classes there 1966-1968. But from what I see, because of my demographics, I would not feel welcome at UIC if I took classes there today. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/university-of-illinois-chicago-under-investigation-for-alleged-discrimination/3308295/

CBS2
— Texas flies about 100 asylum seekers to Chicago on private plane – TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-private-plane-ohare-airport-migrants-asylum-seekers/
— Call for change after boy’s death in Chicago migrant shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5uIj9uUx_U
— Growing concern about carjackings at Chicago area gas stations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/growing-concern-about-carjackings-at-chicago-area-gas-stations/
— Driver carjacked at north suburban Chicago Costco gas station, car found miles away – SARA MACHI
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/police-carjacking-costco-gas-station/
— Southwest suburban Chicago woman receives another threatening letter over ‘Free Palestine’ sign – SUZANNE LE MIGNOT
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/southwest-suburban-chicago-woman-threatening-letters-free-palestine-sign/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

WGN9
— New Census figures show tens of thousands leaving Illinois – Joey Schneider
https://wgntv.com/news/new-census-figures-show-tens-of-thousands-leaving-illinois/

FOX32
— Migrants flown to O’Hare airport on private plane from Texas – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-chicago-texas-private-plane
— The Democrat Party platform promotes vices and destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/family-promise-helps-families-experiencing-homelessness-in-chicagoland
— UIC responds to federal investigation into alleged discrimination on campus (DIERSEN: I felt welcome at UIC when I took classes there 1966-1968. But from what I see, because of my demographics, I would not feel welcome at UIC if I took classes there today. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/uic-responds-to-federal-investigation-into-alleged-discrimination-on-campus
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The university strives to be a place where everyone feels welcome and where all people – no matter what color, race, ancestry, age, sex, interests, sexual orientation including gender identity, religion, disability, national origin, or marital status – can share perspectives and viewpoints to learn from one another.)

WTTW
— As Texas Flies 91 Migrants to Chicago on Private Plane, Johnson Says Texas Governor Determined to ‘Create Chaos’ – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/20/texas-flies-150-migrants-chicago-private-plane-more-buses-expected-police-mayor-s-office
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/20/planned-parenthood-opens-carbondale-clinic-amid-influx-out-state-patients-seeking

WBBM
— Tinley Park has become the latest Chicago-area community to enact a crackdown on bus companies that try to drop off passengers without warning.
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/another-suburb-regulates-bus-companies-amid-migrant-crisis

WBEZ
— Texas governor sends migrants by private plane to Chicago. After landing at O’Hare, officials say two people who flew with the plane fled in an Uber. The Texas governor’s office took credit for the flight, saying they’re expanding efforts to send migrants to the city. – Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/texas-governor-sends-migrants-by-private-plane-to-chicago/e94432f1-4584-4f3e-9d87-1015014730c0

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Geneva vape shop employees charged with felony pot possession. Arrests followed police probe of illegal pot sales. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2023/12/21/geneva-vape-shop-employees-charged-with-felony-pot-possession/

SOUTHERN
— Republican candidates defend Trump after Colorado 14th Amendment ruling – Tal Axelrod (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/12/21/republican-candidates-defend-trump-after-colorado-14th-amendment-ruling/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Texas begins flying migrants from US-Mexico border to Chicago, with 1st plane carrying 120 people – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-texas-begins-flying-migrants-from-us-mexico-border-to-chicago-with-1st-plane-carrying-120-people/
— Trump defends controversial comments about immigrants poisoning the nation’s blood at Iowa rally – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is German American and Protestant.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-defends-controversial-comments-about-immigrants-poisoning-the-nations-blood-at-iowa-rally/
— IRS to waive $1B in penalties for people and firms owing back taxes for 2020 or 2021 – AP (COMMENT: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/irs-to-waive-1b-in-penalties-for-people-and-firms-owing-back-taxes-for-2020-or-2021/

101.9 THE EAGLE
— When Chicago People Leave, Where Do They Go? See the Top 5 Cities
https://101theeagle.com/top-5-cities-chicago-residents-moving/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— New Chicago database shows where money for migrants is going – Carrie Shepher
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/12/19/migrants-database-funding-spending-brandon-johnson

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-10/
— Chicago temp casino performing way below expectations (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.)
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/20/chicago-temp-casino-performing-way-below-expectations/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

— CALL FOR ARTICLES THAT PROMOTE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM. And especially articles that promote its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. It would be great if more religious, conservative, and Republican leaders would a) write articles that promote the aforesaid planks, b) post them on their websites, and c) email the links to those articles to diersen@aol.com .

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois business groups warn of economic shockwave from closed border rail lines – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1dd9e940-9f81-11ee-b384-27cbcb542e14.html
— Community activists call for end to Chicago’s migrant ‘sanctuary’ status. – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90b06f30-9f71-11ee-a78c-33fc1846dbaa.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A Supreme Court shaped by Trump will weigh his political fate. Trump appointees to decide if he stays on the ballot and out of jail. – Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/20/supreme-court-shaped-by-donald-trump-will-weigh-hi/
— Colorado Supreme Court ensures 2024 election win for Trump – Charles Hurt (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/20/colorado-supreme-court-ensures-2024-election-win-f/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Southern border crisis: Authorities encounter nearly 27,000 immigrants in 48 hours in unprecedented surge – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/southern-border-crisis-nearly-27-000-immigrants-48-hours
— The world is in peril, Senate leaders say, before leaving on three-week vacation – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/world-peril-senate-leaders-leave-three-week-vacation

NEW YORK POST
— Republicans float booting Biden off state ballots after Trump ruling – Ryan King (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/news/republicans-float-booting-biden-off-ballots-after-trump-colorado-ruling/
— Texas border agents outnumbered by 200 to 1 by migrants at Eagle Pass — station at 260% capacity – Jack Morphet and Alex Oliveira
https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/news/eagle-pass-border-agents-outnumbered-by-migrants-200-to-1/
— If the feds and state don’t take responsibility for the migrant crisis, NYC should sue – Andrew Cuomo (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders created the migrant crisis. Democrat leaders want illegals because the vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/opinion/if-the-feds-and-state-dont-take-responsibility-for-the-migrant-crisis-nyc-should-sue/
— NY lost nearly 102,000 residents in a year — most in the nation — while Texas saw biggest population gain. – David Propper, Selim Algar, Vaughn Golden, Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/metro/new-york-lost-more-residents-than-any-other-state-census-bureau/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— This is How a Sanctuary City’s Neglect Killed a 5-Year-Old Immigrant
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/20/this-is-how-a-sanctuary-citys-neglect-killed-a-5-year-old-immigrant/
— Planned Parenthood Increasingly Providing More Transgender Services – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/20/planned-parenthood-increasingly-providing-more-transgender-services/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago mayor FUMES as Texas gets around bus block, begins flying migrants to sanctuary cities – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/21/chicago-mayor-fumes-as-texas-gets-around-bus-block-begins-flying-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-1421642/
— Illegal immigrants flood airports, get priority seating as America gears up for holiday travel season – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/20/illegal-immigrants-flood-airports-get-priority-seating-as-america-gears-up-for-holiday-travel-season-report-1421534/

BLAZE
— Thousands of illegal immigrants sleeping outside while awaiting processing – ANDREW CHAPADOS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegals-eaglepass-migrant-overflow-field
— Harvard is the Bud Light of academia – CHRISTOPHER BRUNET
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/harvard-is-the-bud-light-of-academia

BREITBART
— Blue States Lose Population, Red States Gain Population – JOHN NOLTE (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/20/nolte-blue-states-lose-population-red-states-gain-population/
— Denver’s Dem. Mayor Teams with Catholic Church to House Illegals, Pleads for More Work Permits – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/20/denvers-dem-mayor-teams-with-catholic-church-to-house-illegals-pleads-for-more-work-permits/
— Fighting Woke Indoctrination and Reshaping a College – Peter Schweizer:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/20/peter-schweizer-fighting-woke-indoctrination-and-reshaping-a-college/

COLLEGE FIX
— Top business schools push CRT and other progressive ideas – JACK APPLEWHITE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/top-business-schools-push-crt-and-other-progressive-ideas-report-finds/

DAILY CALLER
— Abbott Begins Flying Migrants To Chicago After City Restricts Busing Effort – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/20/greg-abbott-texas-migrants-bus-flight/
— The US Is Undergoing A Massive Population Shift And It’s Bad News For Dems – ROBERT SCHMAD
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/20/us-undergoing-massive-population-shift-bad-news-dems/
— Feds Raise Concerns Over New Pathway Fueling Migrant Crisis – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/20/feds-raise-concerns-new-pathway-fueling-migrant-crisis/
— What The Defense Authorization Does Not Defend – TERENCE P. JEFFREY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/20/opinion-what-the-defense-authorization-does-not-defend-terence-p-jeffrey/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Roosevelt Hotel: NYC’s Central Processing Point for Illegal Alien Families – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/20/roosevelt-hotel-nycs-central-processing-point-illegal-alien-families/
— Teacher Fired for Criticizing Transgenderism Sues School District – Tony Kinnett (COMMENT: I was forced to take early retirement, that is, I was fired for coitizing patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I sued. (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) I should write a book about that.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/20/exclusive-award-winning-gay-teacher-sues-california-school-after-being-fired-for-condemning-transgenderism/

DAILY WIRE
— GOP Officials Float Kicking Biden Off State Ballots Over Immigration Crisis – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-officials-float-kicking-biden-off-state-ballots-over-immigration-crisis

FOX BUSINESS
— Kari Lake: US is getting an invasion at the border. Senate candidate for Arizona Kari Lake gives her take on Biden’s open border policy on ‘Kudlow.’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6343620313112

FOX NEWS
— A majority of these migrants are false, fraudulent asylum seekers – Kari Lake
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343630892112
— Texas begins flying migrants to sanctuary cities with first flight to Chicago. Over 82,000 migrants have been transported to cities so far by Texas. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-begins-flying-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-with-first-flight-to-chicago
— Texas immigration law pushback marks latest tension between Biden administration and border states over crisis. Texas and Arizona have criticized the federal government’s handling of the crisis. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-immigration-law-marks-latest-in-tensions-between-biden-admin-border-states
— Progressive Dem who defunded Austin police ripped for requesting police patrols at home: ‘Out of touch’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343662927112

HOT AIR
— Illegal Aliens Entering at Rate of 4.6 Million a Year – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/12/20/illegal-aliens-entering-at-rate-of-4-6-million-a-year-n600145

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Blasts Greg Abbott as Tension Builds Over City’s Illegal Immigrant Crisis. “The governor of Texas needs to take a look in the mirror of the chaos that he is causing for this country. This is not just a Chicago dynamic. He is attacking our country!” – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-blasts-greg-abbott-as-tension-builds-over-citys-illegal-immigrant-crisis/
— Biden Border Crisis: More Migrants Arrive as December is on Pace to Break More Encounter Records. Over 500 slipped through a border wall in Lukeville, AZ, with only a few agents on hand. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/biden-border-crisis-more-migrants-arrive-as-december-is-on-pace-to-break-more-encounter-records/

LIFE NEWS
— Big Abortion Gets $592 Million in Taxpayer Funding Every Year, It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood – Ben Johnson (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for Republican success in defunding GAO. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/12/12/big-abortion-gets-592-million-in-taxpayer-funding-every-year-its-time-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

MRC TV
— NYC Mayor: ‘Real Changes In Washington’ Needed To Stem Flow Of Migrants – ERIC SCHEINER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/nyc-mayor-real-changes-washington-needed-stem-flow-migrants

NEW AMERICAN
— Florida’s Republican Latinos Stand Behind Trump Amid Immigration Rhetoric – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/us/floridas-republican-latinos-stand-behind-trump-amid-immigration-rhetoric/
— “Legitimate” Travel Agencies Assisting Human Smuggling at Border – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/report-legitimate-travel-agencies-assisting-human-smuggling-at-border/

NEWSMAX
— Quinnipiac Poll: Trump at 67 Percent in GOP Primary – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/quinnipiac-pol-donald-trump/2023/12/20/id/1146696/
— 57 Percent Think Great Replacement Theory Real – Rasmussen (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/great-replacement-theory-immigration-ramaswamy/2023/12/20/id/1146676/
— Migrant Crisis Near ‘Breaking Point’ at Southern Border – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrant-crisis-breaking-point/2023/12/20/id/1146667/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Union Pacific Railway Shut Down Due To Migrant Smuggling – Monica Paige
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/union-pacific-railway-shut-down-due-to-migrant-smuggling/

PJ MEDIA
— Yes, Americans, We’re Being Replaced — ALL of Us – KEVIN DOWNEY JR. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2023/12/20/yes-americans-youre-being-replaced-n4924891


— U.S. Closes Several Border Crossings to Contain Unprecedented Migrant Surge – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/20/us-closes-several-border-crossings-to-contain-unprecedented-migrant-surge-n4924886
— Setting Back Race Relations Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Democrat Policies – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2023/12/20/setting-back-race-relations-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-of-democrat-policies-n4924890

POST MILLENNIAL
— DeSantis floats idea that Biden could be removed from ballot for ‘letting 8 million illegals into the country and violating the Constitution’ – Hannah Nightingale
https://thepostmillennial.com/ron-desantis-floats-idea-that-biden-could-be-removed-from-ballot-for-letting-8-million-illegals-into-the-country-and-violating-the-constitution
— Musk calls out ‘woke’ Microsoft Word feature that scolds users when ‘language’ isn’t ‘inclusive and diverse’ – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/elon-musk-calls-out-woke-microsoft-word-feature-that-scolds-users-when-language-isnt-inclusive-and-diverse

TOWNHALL
— Republicans Team Up to Remove Biden From State Ballots: ‘Unfair, Abuse of Power’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/20/republicans-consider-removing-biden-from-ballots-n2632667
— Other States Should Learn from Illinois’ Humiliating Defeat on ‘Stupid and Unconstitutional’ Law – Thomas Glessner
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomasglessner/2023/12/21/other-states-should-learn-from-illinois-humiliating-defeat-on-stupid-and-unconstitutional-law-n2632690
— Delta, American Airlines Fly Illegal Aliens To U.S. Cities – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/20/delta-american-airlines-fly-illegal-aliens-into-us-on-late-night-flights-n2632672
— California Citing Colorado Ruling in Push to Remove Trump From Ballot – Spencer Brown (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/12/20/here-we-go-california-cites-colorado-ruling-in-push-to-block-trump-from-ballot-n2632661

ZERO HEDGE
— Cry Victim: Chicago Mayor Rages Over Buses Of Immigrants From Texas – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cry-victim-chicago-mayor-rages-over-buses-immigrants-texas

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs use Diversity to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4370035-biden-takes-aim-at-trump-over-immigrant-remarks-diversity-is-our-strength/
— Haley ties DeSantis for first time in Quinnipiac GOP primary poll – MIRANDA NAZZARO
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4369996-haley-ties-desantis-first-time-quinnipiac-gop-primary-poll/
— Border Patrol says surge in border crossings is overwhelming its resources – SAUL ELBEIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4369700-border-patrol-says-surge-in-border-crossings-are-overwhelming-its-resources/

NBC NEWS
— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott escalates border fight by chartering migrant flight to Chicago. The Republican governor’s move is in response to the impounding of Chicago-bound buses transporting migrants from Texas. – Natasha Korecki (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders created the immigration crisis but they ever-increasingly try to blame Republicans for it.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/greg-abbott-charters-migrant-flight-chicago-border-fight-escalation-rcna130711
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pope-francis-sex-blessings-policy-triggers-healing-old-pain-lgbtq-cath-rcna130681

REUTERS
— House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery. – Tom Lasseter (COMMENT: I have no ancestral ties to slavery. But my critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I have always stressed that my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/house-speaker-johnson-among-us-politicians-with-ancestral-ties-slavery-2023-12-20/

YAHOO NEWS
— Haley surges into second behind Trump in Iowa as DeSantis slinks into third – John Bowden
https://au.news.yahoo.com/haley-surges-second-behind-trump-013305622.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vigil held for 5-year-old migrant boy who died at Chicago shelter
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-migrant-child-death-vigil-b751924ab1c3c62db571d56cfcb0ec02

CNN
— Democrats say “5 big reasons to pay attention to what’s happening at the border right now.” (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders created the border crisis. Democrat leaders want illegals because the vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/us/us-mexico-border-analysis-cec/index.html

NEWSWEEK
— Migrant Released Into US Told to Check in With ICE 8 Years Later (COMMENT: How many Democrat candidates will that migrant vote for during those 8 years?)
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-check-date-delays-1854332
— Migrant Crisis Brings Down America’s Railroad Network
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-migrants-border-railroad-mexico-us-1854114
— Texas Republican Chip Roy Blames Trump For Border ‘Mess’ – Matthew Impelli
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-blame-trump-border-chip-roy-1854243
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy recently placed some blame on former President Donald Trump for the current “mess” at the U.S.-Mexico border. During an interview broadcast by CNN on Tuesday, Roy spoke about Trump refusing to attend the string of Republican primary debates and praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his leadership in the state. “President Trump also failed to actually fully secure the border,” Roy told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “If he had worked with conservatives to get bills passed in 2018 and 2019, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in right now.” Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that there have been more than 2.4 million migrant encounters at southern borders across the U.S. so far in 2023. This number is an increase from the previous two fiscal years, which recorded 2.3 million in 2022 and 1.7 million in 2021. Migrant encounters are defined by the agency as the total number of people apprehended, deemed inadmissible and processed for deportation. Roy went on to speak about recent migrant apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border and said “we should have stopped this years ago, President Trump could have done that if he led Congress to get something done. That didn’t happen.” The comments by Roy came just a few days after Trump criticized him on Truth Social, asking if any other Republicans have planned to run against the congressman. “Has any smart and energetic Republican in the Great State of Texas decided to run in the Primary against RINO (Republican in name only) Congressman Chip Roy. For the right person, he is very beatable. If interested, let me know!!!” Trump wrote. However, the filing deadline for the Texas primary election ended on December 11, meaning that no other Republicans can challenge Roy, as Trump suggested. Shortly after the former president’s comments, some other Republicans spoke out in support of Roy, such as DeSantis who said: “While @chiproytx is fighting to do what Donald Trump promised to do—secure our southern border—the former president is on social media demanding a primary challenge to one of the most conservative members of Congress (even though the Texas primary filing deadline was over a week ago.)” “I stand with Chip and am honored to have his support. The time for talking is over. We must stop the invasion, and I will get it done,” DeSantis added. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie also issued support for Roy saying on X, formerly Twitter, that “He fights for what he believes and he’s one of the most conservative members of Congress. I can tell you with certainty that this shortsighted effort to intimidate Chip will not work.” This is not the first time Roy and Trump have criticized each other, as the Republican representative previously criticized the former president’s actions following the January 6 riots. “The president of the United States deserves universal condemnation for what was clearly, in my opinion, impeachable conduct: pressuring the vice president to violate his oath to the Constitution,” Roy said. Trump then criticized Roy during his bid for Republican conference chair, saying that “he has not done a great job, and will probably be successfully primaried in his own district.” Roy’s office declined to make any further comments after Newsweek reached out. Newsweek also reached out to a Trump spokesperson via email for comment.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Cases Crashing Into Supreme Court Could Reshape 2024 Election. The ruling that Donald Trump is not eligible for the ballot in Colorado is the latest election-related issue likely to land before the justices. The implications for 2024 could be profound. – Alan Feuer (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-election.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/21/trump-migrant-undocumented-europe-united-states-rhetoric/

CENTRAL LA NOW
— 90,000 asylum seekers have entered the U.S. via California port of entry – Salvador Rivera
https://www.cenlanow.com/border-report-tour/90000-asylum-seekers-have-entered-the-u-s-via-california-port-of-entry/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Colorado Trump Ban Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat. Justices will likely have to rule on whether 14th Amendment’s banning insurrectionists from office applies to former president. – Jan Wolfe and Mariah Timms (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/colorado-ruling-knocking-trump-off-ballot-puts-supreme-court-in-hot-seat-de07e8f5
— FRONT PAGE: How College Dorms Got So Expensive – Melissa Korn and Shane Shifflett (COMMENT: With the money that I earned working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was able to afford paying for a) three semesters at the University Plaza Dormitory ( https://www.uplaza.com/ ) in DeKalb 1969-1970 and b) sharing a Lincolnshire West apartment ( https://www.axiomproperties.com/communities/lincolnshire-west ) in DeKalb the summer of 1970. That money also enabled me to pay for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. My parents provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-housing-dorms-cost-tuition-9d98c1a4
— Trump vs. the Banana Republic of Colorado. The effort to remove him from the ballot is legally baseless and helps his campaign. – Karl Rove (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-vs-the-banana-republic-of-colorado-ballot-fourteenth-amendment-unlawful-ea982be8
— Indicted or Barred From the Ballot: For Trump, Bad News Cements Support. The former president has perfected a playbook of victimhood, raising cash off each of his indictments and encouraging Republican officials to defend him, as his rivals did after the Colorado ruling. – Maggie Haberman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the little or no support that I got from those I have helped elect and/or those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters when they a) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) ended my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeated my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board in 2004.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/politics/trump-republicans-colorado.html

FORTUNE
— New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs bill creating commission to consider reparations for the persistent effects of slavery – AP (COMMENT: What positions do the following have on reparations: a) the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county organization, and your Republican township/ward organization, and c) Republican elected officials in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs call you a racist and even worse things if you do not promote reparations.)
https://fortune.com/2023/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-bill-creating-commission-consider-reparations-slavery/
— Democrats and RINOs use Diversity to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2023/12/20/corporate-diversity-inclusion-fears-ceos-overblown/
— New York state to study reparations, saying slavery was not just ‘a product of the South, the Confederacy’ – AP (COMMENT: I have no ancestral ties to slavery. But my critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I have always stressed that my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://fortune.com/2023/12/20/new-york-state-to-study-reparations-slavery-kathy-hochul-al-sharpton-california/

FORBES
— Russia Claims Google Hosts ‘Extremist’ LGBTQ Content—Levies $50 Million Fine – Zachary Folk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2023/12/20/russia-claims-google-hosts-extremist-lgbtq-content-levies-50-million-fine/
— The Power Of Productivity: How To Stay Motivated And Inspired – Trish Joy Duggan (COMMENT: What shows that you are a productive member of society? For me, since 2000, it includes my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I put together and send out each and every morning. Between 1980 and 1997, it included what I did as a GAO Analyst, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year. Between 1971 and 1980, it included what I did as an IRS Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. Between 1970 and 1972, it included what I did as a Firestone Stores employee. Between 1966 and 1969, it included what I did as a postal employee.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnonprofitcouncil/2023/10/19/the-power-of-productivity-how-to-stay-motivated-and-inspired/

MESSENGER
— How The 2024 Primary Could Turn 2016 On Its Head – Stephanie Murray (COMMENT: Who is running to be your Republican Precinct Committeeman? What is he/she going to do to maximize Republican turnout for the March 19, 2024 primary? As soon as the sample ballot is available for my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand deliver a copy to each of the 228 residences that have at least one Republican registered voter.)
https://themessenger.com/politics/how-the-2024-primary-could-turn-2016-on-its-head

AXIOS
— Biden campaign compares Trump to Hitler in quotes graphic – Shauneen Miranda (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is German American and Protestant.)
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/trump-hitler-biden-campaign-comparison

DAILY MAIL
— HUNDREDS of migrants march toward processing center after crossing through US-Mexico border wall in Lukeville, Arizona – Nic White and Maryann Martinez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-migrants-march-toward-processing-center-after-crossing-through-us-mexico-border-wall-in-lukeville-arizona-where-border-agents-are-under-siege-as-record-number-cross-into-the-country/ar-AA1lOdrj

PIPA NEWS
— El Paso resident expresses concern about border crisis, says this could turn voters to support Trump
https://pipanews.com/el-paso-resident-expresses-concern-about-border-crisis-says-this-could-turn-voters-to-support-trump/

December 20, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Curbing exposure to weed and alcohol marketing can improve teens’ mental health – Aaron Weiner and Linda Richter (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-teen-vaping-thc-marketing-mental-health-20231220-v2vvuxgydncpte5schyvliyz5y-story.html
— Spiraling migrant crisis, not Gaza, needs full City Council attention – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-migrant-crisis-brandon-johnson-20231219-gj547qyo65f4xp4rnmssniphbe-story.html
— A temporary migrant shelter will open in Portage Park. Residents have strong feelings. – Ilana Arougheti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-breaking-portage-park-migrant-shelter-st-bartholomew-20231219-736ozpllpbdzdaulmbwinin76i-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois’ population declined by nearly 33,000, new 2023 census figures show, even as the nation as a whole grew – By Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-census-2023-illinois-population-decline-20231219-lu4d52xxyvbfzli7bzz56mpixa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Migrants say illnesses spreading quickly at crowded Pilsen shelter where several fell ill. The space is currently housing over 2,300 people, more than half of whom are minors. Families there and health care providers say illnesses are spreading rapidly. – Michael Loria and David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/19/24008315/migrant-boy-death-jean-carlos-martinez-rivero-pilsen-chicago-asylum-seeker-health-city-hall
— Chicago police supervisor retires while facing demotion – Tom Schuba (COMMENT: I should write a book about early retirement. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I would have been eligible to take regular retirement in 2003 when I was 55. But in 1993, when I was 45, because of Republican-led budget cuts, I became eligible to take early retirement. In 1997, when I was 49, just before my eligibility to take early retirement expired, my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They would not have done that if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They would not have done that if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. But according to my critics/opponents, I was forced to take early retirement because I was a BAD PERSON and continue to be a BAD PERSON if not a White supremist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and/or even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely BAD PERSON because I was forced to retire in 1997 when I was 49 even though I had a) became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979, b) became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) earned a master’s degrees in finance from IIT in 1997, accounting from DePaul in 1980, and business from Loyola in 1976, and d) gotten promoted by GAO in 1986 and by IRS in 1974, 1973, and 1972. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/19/24008677/off-duty-chicago-police-officer-house-of-blues-river-north-demoted

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231219/news/catholic-group-for-lgbtq-people-praises-news-about-same-sex-marriage-blessings/

ABC7
— Vigil to be held for migrant boy, 5, who died after falling ill at Pilsen shelter – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-migrants-vigil-mayor-brandon-johnson/14205474/
— Health concerns grow over Chicago migrant shelters after boy dies, 4 others hospitalized – Jessica D’Onofrio, Michelle Gallardo, and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-migrants-mayor-brandon-johnson-immigration/14200995/
— Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on Constitution’s insurrection clause – CNN (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-colorado-14th-amendment/14203350/
— UIC under federal investigation for discrimination by Education Department
https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-illinois-chicago-uic-college-discrimination-investigation-antisemitism/14204544/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Department of Education is looking at more than a dozen schools as a part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to take action against a rise in reports of antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Arab incents on college campuses nationwide. The department has not said what type of alleged discrimination has been happening at these schools. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was added to the list of schools a few weeks ago. Other newly added schools include Springfield, IL Public Schools District 186, MNIT, UC Davis and Drexel University.)

NBC5
— City releases statement after boy dies, others hospitalized following illness at migrant shelter. A CDPH spokesman said there have been reported cases of chickenpox in both children and adults at the shelter where a child was found unresponsive and later died.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-releases-statement-after-5-year-old-boy-dies-after-falling-ill-at-migrant-shelter/3306615/
— Resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war passes Chicago City Council committee. Some Jewish Groups say they were not invited to speak.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/controversial-resolution-calling-for-ceasefire-in-israel-hamas-war-coming-up-for-vote/3307112/
— Migrants, volunteers share details of Pilsen shelter conditions as death of 5-year-old boy remains under investigation – Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/migrants-volunteers-share-details-of-pilsen-shelter-conditions-as-death-of-5-year-old-boy-remains-under-investigation/3307239/
–Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal – Dan Mangan (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-from-2024-ballot-pauses-ruling-to-allow-appeal/3307186/
— Trump wipes out Biden’s lead with Latino voters in 2024 – Rebecca Picciotto
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-wipes-out-bidens-lead-with-latino-voters-in-2024-cnbc-survey/3306946/
— City says 5-year-old migrant boy’s death was ‘medical emergency,’ not due to infectious disease
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-says-5-year-old-migrant-boys-death-was-medical-emergency-not-due-to-infectious-disease/3307193/
— Ranking names places with the lowest cost of living in Illinois for 2023. (COMMENT: The cost of living in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton has always been very high. But nevertheless, as Money Magazine pointed out in its 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I, we could afford to buy a home in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ) because of our salaries and my wife’s savings. I had worked for IRS for 7 years and my wife had worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions for 8 years. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $101,507/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ranking-names-places-with-the-lowest-cost-of-living-in-illinois-for-2023/3306761/

CBS2
— More sick migrants, worries about conditions at Chicago shelter where a 5-year-old died – SABRINA FRANZA, MARYBEL GONZALEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-shelter-residents-child-death/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/more-sick-migrants-at-chicago-shelter-where-a-5-year-old-died/
— Serious concerns about health conditions in Pilsen migrant shelter
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/serious-concerns-about-health-conditions-in-pilsen-migrant-shelter/

WGN9
— Immigration fuels uptick in US population growth – AP (COMMENT: Democrats promote immigration because immigrants vote for Democrats. RIINOs promote immigration because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-south-dominates-us-population-gains-as-deaths-drop/

FOX32
— New details emerge in death of young migrant in Chicago. – SOPHIA TAREEN and CLAIRE SAVAGE
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-details-emerge-death-young-migrant-chicago

WTTW
— No Evidence of Outbreak at Pilsen Migrant Shelter After 5-Year-Old Boy Died of Medical Emergency, According to City. Cause of death still under investigation. – Matt Masterson
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/19/no-evidence-outbreak-pilsen-migrant-shelter-after-5-year-old-boy-died-medical-emergency

JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats ever-increasingly discourage assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slowness in speaking, reading, and writing English held them back big time. 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.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/law-enforcement-overcoming-language-barriers-18535164.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As of 2021, about 23.2% of households in Illinois speak a language other than English as a primary shared language, according to Data USA. Spanish, Polish and Chinese topped the list as the three languages most commonly spoken in the state. Illinois’ diversity of languages means law enforcement across the state, including in west-central Illinois, often have to respond to calls involving at least one person who does not speak English.)

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— Teens carjack freshly washed car, crash it in Chicago – Igor Studenkov
https://www.forestparkreview.com/2023/12/19/teens-carjack-freshly-washed-car-crash-it-in-chicago/

FOX ILLINOIS
— New York commission will consider reparations for slavery – AP (COMMENT: What positions do the following have on reparations: a) the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county organization, and your Republican township/ward organization, and c) Republican elected officials in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs call you a racist and even worse things if you do not promote reparations.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/new-york-commission-will-consider-reparations-for-slavery-bill-signed-governor-kathy-hochul-california-illinois-civil-rights-rev-al-sharpton

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump defends controversial comments about immigrants poisoning the nation’s blood at Iowa rally – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-defends-controversial-comments-about-immigrants-poisoning-the-nations-blood-at-iowa-rally/
— McConnell invokes his wife’s name to slam Trump’s controversial immigrant remarks – Alexander Bolton
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/mcconnell-invokes-his-wifes-name-to-slam-trumps-controversial-immigrant-remarks/

25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois college students asking for five mental health days in proposed state law – Lizzie Seils (COMMENT: What caused you stress while you earned your bachelor’s degree? While I earned my bachelor’s degree 1966-1970, I worked all the hours that could for the Park Forest Post Office. In October of 1969, my father died suddenly.)
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/20/illinois-college-students-asking-five-mental-health-days-proposed-state-law/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Emotional stress is a broad term meaning stress from coursework or from worries about paying for college. 48% of bachelor’s students surveyed said they feel that emotional stress frequently.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-206/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-9/
— Migrants: As the old saying goes, simple solutions are usually neither
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/19/as-the-old-saying-goes-simple-solutions-are-usually-neither/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— DEI has its tentacles throughout the Illinois university system (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://wirepoints.org/dei-has-its-tentacles-throughout-the-illinois-university-system-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Chicago’s public transportation faces massive deficits as federal Covid relief money runs out – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-public-transportation-faces-enormous-deficits-as-federal-covid-relief-money-runs-out-wirepoints/
— New 2023 Census estimate: Illinois’ population drops again, losses now total a quarter-million since 2020 – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-2023-census-estimate-illinois-population-drops-again-losses-now-total-a-quarter-million-since-2020-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Decade of decline in population has Illinois legislators looking for change – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_054e9ed8-9eba-11ee-a750-6bbee129e5f7.html
— Johnson says those arriving in Chicago are already sick – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_271083d8-9eab-11ee-8929-e30bcb8e7aea.html
— Illinois continues population decline, losing 364K in 3 years – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c33530b8-9e94-11ee-a64c-c32f64ad3794.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS ‘SIN TAXES’ RELY ON AN UNRELIABLE NAUGHTY LIST – Jess Plowman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-sin-taxes-rely-on-an-unreliable-naughty-list/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Colorado GOP says it will cancel primary if Trump can’t be on ballot – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/colorado-gop-says-it-will-cancel-primary-if-donald/
— Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause – AP (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/donald-trump-from-colorado-ballot-under-constituti/
— Court orders DHS to stop ruining Texas’s razor wire border fence – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/court-orders-dhs-stop-ruining-texass-razor-wire-bo/
— Tuberville says Trump should’ve been ‘tougher’ in his comments on illegal immigrants – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/tommy-tuberville-says-donald-trump-shouldve-been-t/
— Protecting consumer choice and standing up to Biden’s EV mandate – Rep. Troy Balderson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/protecting-consumer-choice-and-standing-up-to-bide/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago-bound immigrants dropped off in secret locations so drivers can avoid fines – Misty Severi (COMMENT: When illegals are dropped off in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, what will the leaders of your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district do with them?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/chicago-bound-immigrants-dropped-off-secret-locations
— Chicago mayor accuses Greg Abbott of attacking country by busing illegal immigrants – Luke Gentile
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-mayor-abbott-attacking-country-busing-illegal-immigrants
— Up to 38% of Border Patrol shifted from ‘enforcement’ to ‘processing’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/up-to-38-of-border-patrol-shifted-from-enforcement-to-processing
— The only growing population in California is its homeless population – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: What percent of the homeless are illegals?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-only-growing-population-in-california-is-its-homeless-population
— Voters believe media bias is worse than ever – Christopher Tremoglie (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the media serves as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/voters-believe-media-bias-worse-than-ever
— Biden border crisis shatters record with 14,509 illegal immigrants encountered in one day – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/border-officials-encounter-14-509-illegal-immigrants-new-record

NEW YORK POST
— Biden is breaking the border on purpose — he wants mass amnesty – Andrew Arthur
https://nypost.com/2023/12/19/opinion/biden-is-breaking-the-border-on-purpose-he-wants-mass-amnesty/
— Biden campaign co-chair Veronica Escobar ‘afraid’ Democrats will get blame for border crisis – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/12/19/news/biden-campaign-co-chair-afraid-dems-will-get-blame-for-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals housed in NYC shown the door after nonstop complaints, but they refuse to leave – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/illegals_housed_in_nyc_shown_the_door_after_nonstop_complaints_but_they_refuse_to_leave.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— ‘He’s attacking our country!’ Chicago mayor blasts Gov Abbott in migrant meltdown as chickenpox spreads – Tom Tillison
https://americanwirenews.com/hes-attacking-our-country-chicago-mayor-blasts-gov-abbott-in-migrant-tirade-as-chickenpox-begins-to-spread/

AMMOLAND
— Illinois Case Heading to Supreme Court
https://www.ammoland.com/2023/12/illinois-case-heading-to-supreme-court/#axzz8MQqkFZPl

BLAZE
— Trump calls Rep. Chip Roy a ‘RINO,’ floats idea of a primary challenger — but there’s a problem – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-calls-chip-roy-rino

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Blames Texas for Joe Biden’s Border Crisis Failures After Migrant Child Dies – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/19/chicago-mayor-blames-texas-for-joe-bidens-border-crisis-failures-after-migrant-child-dies/
— Nearly 3-in-5 Illegal Alien Households Are on Taxpayer-Funded Welfare – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/19/study-nearly-3-in-5-illegal-alien-households-are-on-taxpayer-funded-welfare/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Lindsey Graham Betrays House Republicans – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/lindsey-graham-betrays-house-republicans

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Disqualified From Colorado Ballot – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/19/donald-trump-disqualified-colorado-ballot-supreme-court/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Shocking Poll Reveals Extent of Critical Race Theory Brainwashing – Jason Bedrick
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/19/shocking-poll-reveals-extent-of-critical-race-theory-brainwashing/
— Another Record Broken in Biden’s Border Crisis – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/19/another-record-broken-in-bidens-border-crisis/

DAILY WIRE
— Republicans Slam Colorado Supreme Court For Keeping Trump Off Ballot – Ryan Saavedra (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-slam-colorado-supreme-court-for-keeping-trump-off-ballot
— Colorado Republican Party To Cancel Primary If Trump Kept Off Ballot – Ryan Saavedra (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-republican-party-to-cancel-primary-if-trump-kept-off-ballot

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor condemns Texas Gov. Abbott for migrant buses. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson argued, “The governor of Texas needs to take a look in the mirror of the chaos that he is causing for this country. This is not just a Chicago dynamic, he is attacking our country.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343567412112
— Chicago mayor under fire for new move toward equity in public schools: ‘A facade of morality’ Brandon Johnson accused of breaking campaign promise on ‘selective enrollment’ for high-performing schools. – Bailee Hill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-under-fire-new-move-toward-equity-public-schools-facade-morality
— Younger voters help boost Trump’s edge over Biden in latest Fox Survey. Young voters cite economy as one of their biggest concerns heading into 2024. – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-trump-dominating-biden-voters-under-30
— ‘Woke’ and ‘Islamist forces’ have ‘joined together’ to push antisemitism on campuses – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343542032112

HOT AIR
— Dems Seek Path to Block Trump From Deporting Illegals
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/12/19/dems-seek-path-to-block-trump-from-deporting-illegals-n600058

MRC TV
— Chicago Mayor Blames Texas For ‘Attacking our Country’ With Illegals – ERIC SCHEINER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/chicago-mayor-blames-texas-attacking-our-country-illegals

NEWSMAX
— Groups Sue Over New Texas Law That Lets Cops Arrest Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/texas-immigration-lawsuit/2023/12/19/id/1146528/

PJ MEDIA
— Gov. Abbott Has a Bold New Plan to Deal With Illegals in Texas – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/12/19/gov-abbott-if-biden-wont-lock-up-illegals-texas-will-n4924854

PATRIOT POST
— The Indoctrinated Generation. Young Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 have largely accepted some of the worst narratives of the left. – GARY BAUER
https://patriotpost.us/articles/103010-the-indoctrinated-generation-2023-12-19
— Tell Us Again How It’s Not an Invasion at the Southern Border – EMMY GRIFFIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/102990-tell-us-again-how-its-not-an-invasion-at-the-southern-border-2023-12-19

TOWNHALL
— Hamasurrection: Terrorist Sympathizers Take Over U.S. Capitol Rotunda – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/12/19/us-capitol-rotunda-shut-down-by-hamas-sympathizers-n2632608

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— More than half of voters say they are worse off under Biden – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4366706-more-than-half-of-voters-say-they-are-worse-off-under-biden-poll/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Migrant child’s death and other hospitalizations spark concern over Chicago shelter conditions – SOPHIA TAREEN AND CLAIRE SAVAGE
https://apnews.com/article/migrant-boy-death-child-shelter-chicago-de2d8e7766f418ea52eb5218d519c72c
— Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays – PHILIP MARCELO
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/migrant-families-rally-for-end-to-new-york-s-new-60-day-limits-on-shelter-stays/ar-AA1lL5Fm

CNN
— Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ – Marshall Cohen (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment

CBS NEWS
— DeSantis ramps up attacks on Trump and Haley
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/desantis-ramps-up-attacks-on-trump-haley/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules. It’s the first court to find that the disqualification clause of the 14th Amendment applies to Mr. Trump, in addition to affirming that he engaged in insurrection. – Maggie Astor (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment.html
— Democrats ask “What Does the Colorado Ruling Mean for November’s Presidential Election?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ruling-2024.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/politics/trump-cases-poll-2024.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/opinion/trump-election-2024-authoritarianism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/politics/trump-republicans-colorado.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasing use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/catholic-gay-blessing-pope-francis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Donald Trump is barred from Colorado’s 2024 ballot, the state Supreme Court rules – Patrick Marley (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/19/trump-off-colorado-ballot/

USA TODAY
— A quarter of Methodist congregations abandon the Church as schism grows over LGBTQ issues – Marc Ramirez (COMMENT: My parents’ transferring me from Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest when I was in 8th grade in 1961 to stay with the Missouri Synod had a major impact on the rest of my life.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/methodist-church-lgbtq-issues-prompt-mass-exodus-as-deadline-nears/71964830007/
— DC is buzzing about a Senate sex scandal. What it says about the way we discuss gay sex. – David Oliver
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/12/19/gay-senate-video-sex-scandal/71964768007/
— Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA and DEI, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2023/12/20/dei-reverse-discrimination-lawsuits-increase-woke/71923487007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Closes Several Southwest Border Bridges to Contain Migrant Surge. Border-crossing closures are disrupting trade and vehicle traffic during the busy Christmas holidays. – Alicia A. Caldwell and Santiago Pérez
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-closes-several-southwest-border-bridges-to-contain-migrant-surge-59858c67
— Why Harvard Can’t Fire Claudine Gay. To admit she has performed poorly is to raise basic questions about the entire ‘diversity’ enterprise. – Jason L. Riley (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, and/or no professional certifications or licenses.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-harvard-cant-fire-claudine-gay-dei-hiring-lack-of-merit-b1d480ec
— To Avoid the Jungles of Central America, Migrants Are Taking a Treacherous Sea Route. ‘Out there, in the open ocean, anything can happen.’ – Juan Forero
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/to-avoid-the-jungles-of-central-america-migrants-are-taking-a-treacherous-sea-route-bb7d58f6

FORBES
— New York Gov. Hochul Signs Bill On Reparations, Joining California And These Other Cities – Brian Bushard (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA and DEI, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/12/19/new-york-gov-hochul-signs-bill-on-reparations-joining-california-and-these-other-cities/

PBS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, fewer and fewer and fewer employees in America will be conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, parents, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pbs.org/video/employees-could-see-these-trends-in-a-changing-workforce-9nn/

NPR
— Democrats ever-increasingly use schools to turn students into sexually active LGBTQ little Democrats.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/20/1219337716/republican-candidates-education-schools-culture-war-issues

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Five-year-old boy dies during outbreak at overcrowded Chicago migrant shelter – Alexander Fangmann
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/20/goom-d20.html

DAILY MAIL
— Inside Chicago’s deplorable, freezing migrant Pilsen shelter where boy, five, died after falling ill and four other children have been hospitalized: Videos show dozens of sick children. – NIC WHITE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12882885/Chicago-migrants-Pilsen-shelter-child-dies.html
— Chicago buckles under weight of migrant crisis as boy, 5, dies and four more children, aged between one and 14, are hospitalized with fevers after being housed in the same facility. Jean Carlo Martinez, 5, died at Pilsen migrant camp in Chicago on Sunday. He became sick while there with his family and was allegedly denied ambulance. Chicago is struggling to care for 26,000 immigrants sent from southern border. – NIC WHITE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12881793/Child-dies-Chicago-migrant-shelter.html

December 18, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

WGN9
— Migrants arriving in Chicago face uncertainty as communication with border cities deteriorates – Angelica Sanchez, Judy Wang (COMMENT: University Park today, your municipality tomorrow. I used the University Park Metra station 1977-1978 and I used the Richton Park, Matteson, and 211th Street stations 1971-1977. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, then part-time 1974-1976, and then rented it out 1976-1984. The HUD-promised monorail between where it was built and the University Park Metra station was never built.)
https://wgntv.com/news/migrants-arriving-in-chicago-face-uncertainty-as-communication-with-border-cities-deteriorates/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Less than 24 hours after being cleared from the Chicago police 12th District, migrants were seen outside the district again on Saturday. WGN-TV learned that bus companies are going out of their way to avoid a new city ordinance by dropping migrants off outside city limits. Over two dozen migrants lined the windows of the Chicago police 12th district on Saturday evening, wrapped in blankets as they tried to stay dry from the rain. WGN-TV spoke with Juevencio Zerpa, who said some migrants were being turned away from shelters and had nowhere to sleep. Chicago’s latest census report showed that there were no migrants waiting for placement inside any police districts. The CPD 12th district was the last station cleared of asylum seekers on Friday night, but they returned less than 24 hours later. It all comes as the City of Chicago works to enforce stricter penalties regarding the handling of the migrant crisis. Under a new ordinance, bus companies dropping off new arrivals now have to go to a designated landing zone with a permit. Buses that don’t follow the ordinance could be towed or impounded. City officials confirmed that bus companies are now trying to avoid fines and penalties by dropping off migrants outside city limits. Going as far as purchasing bus and train tickets for them so they can get into the city on their own. Migrants waiting outside the 12th district on Saturday evening eventually boarded a bus that offered them shelter during the cold and rain. City officials say there is no longer any communication from border cities to coordinate the incoming buses. According to the city, a group of new arrivals was dropped off by a bus from Texas at the University Park Metra stop on Saturday night. The city said the new arrivals made their way downtown where some were picked up by authorities and taken to a shelter and others were taken to a nearby police district where they would be able to wait on a bus being used as a warming station. WGN-TV reached out to Chicago police about the migrants seeking shelter. CPD referred WGN to the Office of Emergency Management for comment and has not yet heard back.)

ABC7
— At least 18 shot, 1 fatally, across city in Chicago violence so far this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-violence-police/14195248/
— Off-duty Chicago police officer carjacked in Chatham
https://abc7chicago.com/off-duty-officer-chicago-police-carjacking-chatham/14196320/
— Car plows into parked vehicle in President Biden’s motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/president-joe-biden-motorcade-crash-delaware/14196193/
— Migrant boy, 5, dies after becoming sick at Pilsen shelter, Chicago police say – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-migrants-immigration-pilsen/14197317/

NBC5
— All migrants staying at Chicago police stations have been relocated, city says. As of 8 a.m. on Saturday, 15,028 asylum-seekers were staying in 27 shelters across the city.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/all-migrants-staying-at-chicago-police-stations-have-been-relocated-city-says/3305393/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-campaign-says-trumps-repeated-anti-immigration-comments-parroted-adolf-hitler/3305344/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-invokes-nazi-era-blood-rhetoric-against-immigrants-as-senate-works-on-border-deal/3305534/

CBS2
— Chicago Weekend Shootings: 1 dead, 19 hurt – JERAMIE BIZZLE, TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-dec-15-to-18/
— Boy, 5, dies after falling ill at Chicago migrant shelter in Pilsen – TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-child-death-pilsen-shelter-halsted/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/archdiocese-hosts-toy-and-coat-giveaway-for-migrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As city readies clean-up of West Loop homeless encampment, residents and nearby workers hope more resources are offered. A stretch near Clinton and Lake streets that the local alderperson calls ‘a magnet for narcotics and violent crime’ will be cleared. But the welfare of the street dwellers is of concern to people in the area. – Emmanuel Camarillo (COMMENT: I used the Ogilvie Transportation Center very often 1978-1997 and the Union Station often 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/17/24005588/west-loop-homeless-encampment-resources-cleared-ald-conway-migrants-crime
— A failure to increase funding for mass transit will widen racial equity gap in Cook County. The affordability and availability of transit is a racial justice issue for metropolitan Chicago. – Kirk Dillard, Chairman, RTA (COMMENT: Very few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have ever used mass transit. I used mass transit to get to/from my job in the Loop and a) Crete in 1971, b) then University Park in 1973 and 1974, and c) then Wheaton 1978-1997. I also used mass transit to get to/from graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola in 1973 and 1974, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1978-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/17/24001387/transit-equity-jobs-freedom-speech-universities-deposit-law-landlords-letters
— I met my wife in 1977 at a Fourth Presbyterian ( https://www.fourthchurch.org/ ) singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. I was working for IRS in the Loop and she was working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions in the Loop. Previously, she had worked for the FBI. Recently, she had helped elect Big Jim Thompson Governor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/17/23979730/speed-dating-tips-advice-column-ismael-perez-someone-in-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees – A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-iris-martinez-court-clerk-employees-donating-20231217-p7j6dr3adreqnhe2frcbvn42lm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois is the only state with age-based tests and seniors are not happy – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231218/transportation/no-fence-sitters-on-senior-road-exams/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois weighs political reform with ranked choice voting – Judith Crown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-voting-and-democracy/voting-reform-efforts-illinois-aim-bolster-democracy
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/floundering-weed-stocks-test-wall-streets-faith-2024-rebound

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County GOP chief sees hope among gloom – TOM KACICH
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-champaign-county-gop-chief-sees-hope-among-gloom/article_9dce660e-e6c4-5c99-acc7-4d19bdb6eb02.html

WCIA
— Trump notes he was indicted more times than the ‘great’ Al Capone – Sarah Fortinsky
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-notes-he-was-indicted-more-times-than-the-great-al-capone/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-204/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— In the name of equity, Chicago looks to close schools with top-performing black, Hispanic students – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/in-the-name-of-equity-chicago-looks-to-close-schools-with-top-performing-black-hispanic-students-wirepoints/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Illinoisans Have Days to Register Banned Firearms Based on Emergency Rules – Greg Bishop
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/illinoisans-have-days-to-register-banned-firearms-based-on-emergency-rules/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Study finds Illinois near bottom of all states for residents’ social mobility – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: What do you attribute your successes in life? For me, it was my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6f757e2e-9b97-11ee-9340-0b6806f0aec5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Archbridge defines “social mobility” as the opportunity to better oneself and those around them in hope of living the American Dream. To rank each state, Archbridge measured a series of indicators based on the four key pillars of entrepreneurship and growth; institutions and rule of law; education and skills development; and social capital.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nowak’s Misspelling of “Republican” on County Board Petition Makes San Francisco Chronicle, Fox and Others
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/16/nowaks-misspelling-of-republican-on-county-board-makes-san-francisco-chronicle/
— Illinois Mask Alert
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/16/mask-alert/
— Hampshire Park District Asks for Honking 20% Property Tax Hike
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/16/hampshire-park-district-asks-for-honking-20-property-tax-hike/
— A Blast from the Past, Comparing Town Hall Meetings of Joe Walsh and Bill Foster
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/16/a-blast-from-the-past/
— Rashid Puts More Pressure on Foster
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/15/rashid-puts-more-pressure-on-foster/
— Pressure Continues on Foster to Call for a Ceasefire in the Israeli-Hama War
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/15/pressure-continues-on-foster-to-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-the-israeli-hama-war/
— Demonstrators Take to Street to Pressure Bill Foster to Come Out for a Ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas War
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/18/demonstrators-take-to-street-to-pressure-bill-foster-to-come-out-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-israeli-hamas-war/
— Eric Hendricks v. Robert “Bob” Nowak County Electoral Board Hearing Preview
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/18/brdpreview/
— Prairie Grove Grade School District Announces 23% More in Property Taxes Next Year
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/18/prairie-grove-grade-school-district-announces-23-more-in-property-taxes-next-year/
— Flashback – Townships, the Surplus Government
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/18/message-of-the-day-flashback/
— UPDATEDx2: If Donald Trump Really Dominating Not Only Republican Primary Field, but Also President Biden in the Polls, Why is Trump Considering Nikki Haley for VP?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/17/moneymandate/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Secret’ negotiations with Dems on border prompts GOP senators to demand ‘transparent process’ – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/17/gop-senators-demand-open-and-transparent-process-b/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/17/tony-gonzales-texas-gop-lawmaker-calls-immigrants-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican-controlled states ramp up efforts to ban DEI at public universities – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/republican-controlled-states-ban-dei-public-universities

NEW YORK POST
— Black Americans’ growing solidarity with plight of Palestinians in Gaza – AP
https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/news/black-americans-see-their-struggles-reflected-in-palestine/
— Biden migrants proposal proves US border crisis could end tomorrow – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/opinion/biden-migrants-move-proves-us-border-crisis-could-end-now/
— US Customs to suspend railway operations at international crossings into Texas starting Monday – Greg Wehner
https://nypost.com/2023/12/18/news/us-customs-to-suspend-railway-operations-at-international-crossings-into-texas-starting-monday/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The mainstream media willingly hides Biden’s destruction of America – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_mainstream_media_willingly_hides_bidens_destruction_of_america.html
— The Republican Party’s Paper Elephants – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/the_republican_partys_paper_elephants.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— ‘He’s not stopping’: Gov. Abbott’s bussing of migrants has ‘divided Democrats’ – Melissa Fine
https://americanwirenews.com/hes-not-stopping-gov-abbotts-bussing-of-migrants-has-divided-democrats/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sen. Graham ‘You’re talking about Trump’s language as you … allow the country to be invaded’ – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/17/sen-graham-on-mtp-youre-talking-about-trumps-language-as-you-allow-the-country-to-be-invaded-1420647/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/17/trump-evokes-more-hitler-talk-when-he-says-illegal-immigration-poisoning-the-blood-of-our-country-1420566/
— Harvard didn’t invite white folks and Jews to ‘affinity’ celebrations, scrubs the evidence from website – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/18/harvard-didnt-invite-white-folks-and-jews-to-affinity-celebrations-scrubs-the-evidence-from-website-1420753/

BREITBART
— At Least 20 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/12/18/at-least-20-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-brandon-johnsons-chicago/
— Republican Senators Stiff-arm Democratic Rush for Border Deal – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/12/18/republican-senators-block-democratic-rush-for-border-deal/

COLLEGE FIX
— Chicago mayor does 180, wants to ditch high-achieving schools in name of ‘equity’ (COMMENT: Were you a high achiever when you were young? I was not. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of that, instead of me, minorities, females, and veterans should have been a) accepted by UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 and b) hired by the Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my defense, I stress that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/chicago-mayor-does-180-wants-to-ditch-high-achieving-schools-in-name-of-equity/

DAILY CALLER
— America’s Border Crisis Will Continue To Fester While Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Social Safety Net – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/17/betsy-mccaughey-americas-border-crisis-will-continue-to-fester-while-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-social-safety-net/
— The Polls For Joe Biden Might Even Be Worse Than You Think – MARY LOU MASTERS
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/17/polls-joe-biden-donald-trump-worse-2024/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Phone Calls and Social Media Posts Drive Record High Illegal Immigration, Top Border Patrol Officials Report – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/18/exclusive-phone-calls-and-social-media-posts-drive-record-high-illegal-immigration-top-border-patrol-officials-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The modern flow of information is driving illegal immigration, according to multiple Border Patrol sector chiefs. If released into the interior of the U.S., some illegal aliens allegedly share their success on social media, or call home and encourage family or friends to cross the border and join them in America, furthering a cycle of illegal border crossings. Illegal aliens cross into the “Del Rio Sector in large part because of the message that is transmitted among the migrant population,” Jason Owens told staff members of the House Homeland Security Committee during an interview in May and shared with The Daily Signal Thursday. Owens, who has since been promoted to Border Patrol chief, was serving as chief patrol agent of the Del Rio Sector at the time of the interview with House Homeland Security staff. “When you have folks that make the trip and they come across, they’re in communication with the folks that are back in their home country or their families who may also be thinking about making that journey,” Owens said. “And if they perceive it to be safer or more expedient, they give recommendations, and they do that by phone, they do that on social media outlets.” The Del Rio Sector in Texas is one of nine border sectors along America’s border with Mexico, and tends to be one of the higher trafficked areas of the border. In fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, Customs and Border Protection encountered 393,226 illegal aliens in the Del Rio Sector. “I believe that the migrants communicate the entirety of their experience to their friends and family back home, and that would include what their experience was with whatever processing pathway they were put into,” Owens said. The “processing pathways” Owens references include the Biden administration’s “lawful pathways,” which have allowed for the release of illegal aliens into the interior of the U.S. In October, the House Judiciary Committee released findings that at least 3.8 million illegal aliens either have been released into the nation’s interior or successfully evaded the Border Patrol to enter the country since President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20, 2021. Owens’ observations regarding the communication flow between migrants is not unique to the Del Rio Sector, according to comments made by other sector chiefs during a series of interviews with House Homeland Security staffers conducted between the beginning of May and end of September. When asked what factors draw migrants to cross the border into the U.S., Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said, “It would be families that are already in the United States pulling their relatives, you know, encouraging their relatives to come out.” Other pull factors include “companies or organizations that are hiring these individuals in the United States that others have told them, ‘Hey, you can get a job here,’ type thing. I think it’s the feedback that people that are here already provide them to encourage them to come,” Chavez said. During an interview with Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Joel Martinez, a Homeland Security staffer asked whether illegal aliens would still come to the U.S. even after being informed that the journey was hard and long if they knew they would be released into the U.S. “Yes,” Martinez answered. “How else do they find out about information?” the staffer pressed. “It’s not just the cartel, right? Family that’s already come, do they call back?” “Yes,” the agent said. “And some people … wait in Mexico to see if the people they were with are successful before they cross?” “Yes,” he said. “Do you think that that has a large influence on whether a person decides to cross into the United States?” the Homeland Security staff member asked. “Yes,” Martinez responded. The widespread use of social media has also made it easy for migrants and “smuggling outfits” to use platforms like TikTok to share how and where to cross the border illegally, Yuma Sector Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Dustin Caudle said during his interview with representatives from the House Homeland Security Committee. TikTok videos show migrant’s “firsthand accounts of which trails to take, where the border wall ended, which gap to exploit, you know, where to stay, all of those things,” Caudle said. The information dissemination has changed the patterns of illegal immigration, according to El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Good and Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin. If an illegal alien is released from Customs and Border Protection, Good says, “then that person that was released will get on social media and say, ‘Hey, look at me, I’ve been released.’ And then that creates a draw specifically to that area,” he said. “So, if it happens in El Paso and they post that on social media, that will create a draw to El Paso, same for any other sector.” Modlin told Homeland Security Committee staff members that when he started his career, “immigration flows took months to change, and now it seemingly can change overnight because people are livestreaming themselves crossing the border. They’re sending it back to—their families are seeing it. People in the area they come from see it.” The Tucson Sector chief added that “there’s not the air of mystery to the border that there used to be, because people can leave their country and then, however long it takes them, a couple weeks to get here, and then they’re inside the United States, and then they’re in Kansas City, or they’re wherever their destination is, they’re there and they’re in communication with their families.” CBP encountered a record 2.4 million illegal aliens at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, and over 6.6 million illegal aliens have been encountered at the U.S. border with Mexico since the start of the Biden administration.)

DAILY WIRE
— Pentagon Warns Of Military’s Dropping Numbers Heading Into 2024 As U.S. Fields Smallest Fighting Force Since Before WWII – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-warns-of-militarys-dropping-numbers-heading-into-2024-as-u-s-fields-smallest-fighting-force-since-before-wwii

FEDERALIST
— Chinese Hackers Target Critical U.S. Infrastructure – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/18/this-means-cyber-war-chinese-hackers-target-critical-u-s-infrastructure/

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘Too early to declare victory’ on inflation, Chicago Fed president says. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said that while the central bank has made good progress in taming inflation it’s still “too early to declare victory” – Eric Revell (COMMENT: Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security COLAs have helped my wife and I fight inflation, by dramatic Medicare cost increases are ending that.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/too-early-to-declare-victory-inflation-chicago-fed-president-says

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— We didn’t just warn about the pernicious and corrosive effects of CRT and DEI that now are exploding on campuses. We documented the threat more deeply than anyone else. With facts and data. – Kemberlee Kaye (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote CRT and DEI.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/i-wish-we-had-been-wrong/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Crenshaw to Introduce Bill Stripping Federal Funding from Universities That Require DEI Statements – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusive-crenshaw-to-introduce-bill-stripping-federal-funding-from-universities-that-require-dei-statements/
— Half of Young Americans Say Israel Should Be ‘Ended and Given to Hamas’ – DAVID ZIMMERMANN (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats and RINOs had promoting hatred against those who share your demographics?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/half-of-young-americans-say-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas-poll/

NEWSMAX
— CBS Poll: Haley Cuts Trump’s Lead in N.H. to 15 Points – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nikki-haley-new-hampshire-primary/2023/12/17/id/1146262/
— GOP Helps Make Immigration Top-2 Issue – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-immigration-2024/2023/12/17/id/1146252/

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Begins Impounding ‘Rogue’ Migrant Buses as a New Law Increases Penalties – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/17/chicago-begins-impounding-rogue-migrant-buses-as-a-new-law-increases-penalties-n4924814

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Reince Priebus: Trump Supporters Are Looking For “More Blood,” An Even Bigger Middle Finger In 2024 Than In 2016 – Tim Hains (COMMENT: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/17/reince_priebus_trump_supporters_are_looking_for_more_blood_an_even_bigger_middle_finger_in_2020_than_in_2016.html

TOWNHALL
— Applying Equity to Reparations – Ed Brodow (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents stress to argue that you should pay reparations? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, b) that they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, c) that none of them served in the Union army, and d) that they all were Protestant. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid enabled me to earn a) four college degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license. In my defense, I stress a) that all of my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, b) that neither my parents nor any of my ancestors attended college, c) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, d) that my mother never attended high school, and e) that I had buy my own cars and work my way through college.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2023/12/18/applying-equity-to-reparations-n2632535

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Despite Being More Divisive Than Ever, FBI Decides to Lean Into Woke Politics With Ludicrous LGBT Move – C. Douglas Golden
https://www.westernjournal.com/despite-divisive-ever-fbi-decides-lean-woke-politics-ludicrous-lgbt-move/
— Illegal Aliens Tossing $1 Million Per Month in ‘Free Food’ While Citizens Contend with Drastic Budget Cuts – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-aliens-tossing-1-million-per-month-free-food-citizens-contend-drastic-budget-cuts/

ZERO HEDGE
— Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Illinois Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/federal-judge-permanently-blocks-illinois-law-targeting-pro-life-pregnancy-counseling

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/europe/pope-francis-same-sex-couples-blessing-intl/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump promises ‘largest deportation operation in American history’ if elected president
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/donald-trump-promises-largest-deportation-operation/103241936

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/75-anti-lgbtq-bills-become-law-2023-rcna124250

NBC NEWS & MSN
— Democrats use Henry Hyde to argue against impeaching Biden.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-people-are-looking-at-this-in-horror-clinton-impeachment-manager-says-in-1998-200410181919
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/people-are-looking-at-this-in-horror-clinton-impeachment-manager-says-in-1998/vi-AA1lDj0i

MSN
— Increasingly, people older than age 65 are working in the U.S., and they are working into older ages. – Vadim Ratnikov (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who 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.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/9-places-where-the-most-people-are-still-working-after-age-65/ss-AA1lEyWA

NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NEWSWEEK & CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/briefing/immigration-debate.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/18/trump-immigrants-invasion-dehumanizing/
https://www.newsweek.com/president-biden-cant-cave-maga-immigration-agenda-opinion-1852892
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/politics/trump-nevada-republican-primary/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/world/europe/pope-gay-lesbian-same-sex-blessing.html
— FRNIT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Democracy Hasn’t Settled the Abortion Question. Post-Roe voting might bring America to a new consensus — but only if the voters keep getting their say. – Kate Zernike
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/us/where-will-abortion-rights-land.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— One recent divisive week in Washington did manage to produce a cause on which 303 members of the House could agree: condemning the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT and Harvard. – LZ GRANDERSON
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-18/university-protests-antisemitism-gaza-palestinian-israel

USA TODAY
— Driving for work will pay more next year after IRS boosts 2024 mileage rate – Susan Tompor (COMMENT: The Park Forest Post Office paid milage to deliver mail with my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1969. IRS paid me mileage to collect delinquent taxes 1971-1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2023/12/14/irs-mileage-rate-2024-raised/71921209007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Florida GOP Chair Censured After Sexual Assault Allegation. Christian Ziegler to lose salary and duties. His wife, Bridget, a founder of Moms for Liberty, has faced calls to resign from school board. – Matt Barnum (COMMENT: I should sue all those who tried but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me at its 2006 annual convention for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/florida-gop-chair-censured-after-sexual-assaultallegation-27434347
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Christian Ziegler was accused in October of sexual assault involving a woman who said that she had been part of a three-way relationship with him and his wife, a well-known Florida Republican who supported the state’s law restricting discussion of sexual orientation in schools. “Christian Ziegler has engaged in conduct that renders him unfit for the office of Chairman,” read a motion that was unanimously passed by the Republican Party of Florida Executive Committee. “Ziegler has not been forthright and honest.” Ziegler wasn’t removed from office, but his authority as chairman was suspended and his salary was effectively eliminated, reduced to just $1. The party also called a special meeting for January in which the full state committee will consider removing Ziegler from his position. Ziegler hasn’t been charged with a crime and has previously denied the allegation. According to a search warrant originally obtained by the Florida Center for Government Accountability, detectives spoke to Ziegler in November and he said that the encounter with the alleged victim had been consensual. Efforts to reach him Sunday afternoon weren’t successful. His lawyer previously told several media outlets, “We are confident that once the police investigation is concluded that no charges will be filed, and Mr. Ziegler will be completely exonerated.” His wife, Bridget Ziegler, has also been caught up in the controversy, although there is no allegation of wrongdoing against her. She helped found the conservative parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty, and is a member of the Sarasota County School Board and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board.)
— The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani. He’s the latest to be brought low for having peddled Trump’s false election claims. – Editorial (COMMENT: Trump and I share many demographics. Since 2015, my critics/opponents have accused Trump of making many false statements. Of course, because of that, ever-increasingly, since 2015, they have accused me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to “peddle” those statements and have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tragedy-of-rudy-giuliani-defamation-georgia-election-trump-2a1e838d
— Air Travel in 2023 Was a Nightmare. And Flying Isn’t Likely to Get Much Better in 2024. Millions of fliers returned, but many went nowhere fast – Scott McCartney. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious 1978-1992 that I frequently a)accompanied my wife on her frequent business trips to luxury resorts and b) took vacations with her in connection with those trips.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/flying-air-travel-2024-6cde5967
— Big Accounting Firms Layoff Partners – Mark Maurer and Alexander Saeedy (COMMENT: Accounting firms were never interested in me though a) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) became a licensed CPA in 1981, e) worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year in today’s dollars, f) worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year in today’s dollars, and g) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. If I had been a minority and/or a female, they would have been extremely interest in me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-four-accounting-firms-overhired-now-theyre-starting-to-lay-off-partners-d0c6ee6b
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ey-is-laying-off-u-s-partners-amid-tough-economic-conditions-9efc4aa6

FORBES
— Biden Trails Trump In 7 Battleground States—Shedding Support Among Key Demographics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/12/14/biden-trails-trump-in-7-battleground-states-shedding-support-among-key-demographics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new poll shows that Biden is struggling to reach key demographics, including Black voters and young people.)
— Democrats ask “Is Elon Musk Right About DEI?” and say “Exploring Popular Critiques Of DEI.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/12/18/is-elon-musk-right-about-dei-exploring-critiques-of-dei/?sh=3fe7903d7d74

ATLANTIC
— The Myth of the Unemployed College Grad. – Kevin Carey (COMMENT: What frustrated your search for a job when you earned your bachelor’s degree? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970 when I was 21, my job search was frustrated by my being viewed as being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got – Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. But in early 1971, I accepted an job offer from Oldsmobile to serve as a liaison between its factories and dealers because my Firestone job did not really require a bachelor’s degree, because advancement seemed far too slow, and because my boss had me a) pumping gasoline, b) installing tires, batteries, etc., c) changing oil and filters, d) delivering major appliances, e) cleaning the store’s showroom, etc. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me for accepting that offer, I accepted an offer from IRS for a job that did require a bachelor’s degree in business. IRS offered me that job because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/myth-unemployed-college-grad/676364/

DAILY MAIL
— Over 67K migrants are living in NYC shelters – more than triple the 2022 holiday season total – as Mayor Eric Adams calls Biden’s lax immigration policies ‘baffling.’ Adams has often clashed with the president, constantly begging Washington for money to solve a disaster that he claimed will ‘destroy my city.’ Adams says he would ship migrants from the border across the country and give them a three-year deadline to get themselves settled. – STEPHEN M. LEPORE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12875473/Over-67K-migrants-living-NYC-shelters-triple-2022-holiday-season-total-Mayor-Eric-Adams-calls-Bidens-lax-immigration-policies-baffling.html
— U.S. enters 2024 with its smallest military in over 80 years as active-duty troop numbers sink to less than 1.3 million and all branches except Space Force MISS recruiting goals and Pentagon issue ‘national call of service’ to Gen Z. Active-duty numbers have not been so low since 1941. – NICK ALLEN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12869575/pentagon-biden-army-navy-marines-space-force-military-recruit-gen-z.html

December 14, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago City Council to take up sanctuary city referendum Thursday – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-sanctuary-mayor-brandon-johnson/14181793/
— Chicago migrants bus impounded by city for first time
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-migrant-bus-arrival-impounded-city-council/14180552/
— Chicago spent nearly $1M on failed Brighton Park migrant base camp. State shuttered contaminated construction site due to environmental concerns. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-immigration-mayor-brandon-johnson/14178444/
— City Council meeting disrupted despite new rules – Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-city-council-meeting-news-police-department/14175991/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gluN5XygFo
— Unsolved hate crimes in Chicago surge, City Council votes to change reporting system. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrats and RINOs paint you as being a hater and even worse things. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German-American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-city-council-public-safety-committee-what-is-a-hate-crime-antisemitism/14179472/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Ideally, as a police administrator, as a citizen, you’d want to see the clearance rate to be more like 83%,” Kushner said. “But in reality, you need witnesses. You need hard, physical evidence to get these crimes cleared. And that’s not the case in these matters.”)

NBC5
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, criminals could care less about being caught on camera.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/caught-on-camera-burglars-target-several-businesses-in-chicagos-uptown-in-recent-days/3303018/

CBS2
— Mayor Johnson pivots to greater migrant crisis when asked if tent camp plan was mistake – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-migrant-asked-tent-camp-plan-mistake/
— GardaWorld to pay for costs of canceled Chicago migrant tent camp in Brighton Park – TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brighton-park-migrant-tent-camp-costs-gardaworld/

FOX32
— Pressure mounts on Chicago mayor as costs for failed Brighton Park migrant site reach nearly $1M
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pressure-mounts-chicago-mayor-costs-failed-brighton-park-migrant-site
— Chicago rejects arbitrator’s ruling, refusing officers the ability to bypass police board – Tia Ewing (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tension-peaks-as-chicago-city-council-approves-two-year-police-contract-extension-with-increased-pay
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1380989
— Hundreds try to attend Chicago City Council meeting. Crowds started lining up at City Hall on Wednesday to get a seat in the council chambers. Many were trying to get their voices heard about the Israel-Hamas War.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1380993

WTTW
— Chicago City Council Votes to Delay New Law That Will Require Workers to Get At Least 10 Days of Paid Time Off – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/13/chicago-city-council-votes-delay-new-law-would-require-workers-get-least-10-days-paid

WBEZ
— Chicago City Council rejects private arbitration for police firings and long suspensions. Stepping closer to a court fight, the council voted Wednesday against allowing cops to contest the most serious discipline behind closed doors. – Chip Mitchel (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-city-council-rejects-arbitration-for-police-firings/c26a50be-70b5-48db-836f-1060f4ea8005
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/migrants-in-chicago-mental-health-care-services/696bbb6e-8bd9-442e-8e4c-2173fd0271f7

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Beale to try again Thursday to push through advisory referendum on sanctuary city status. Beale tried briefly to suspend the rules Wednesday for immediate consideration of a new version stating: “Should the city of Chicago limit its designation as a sanctuary city by placing spending limits on its public funding?” -Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/13/24000487/chicago-migrant-crisis-sanctuary-city-ordinance-council-referendum-vote-anthony-beale

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park, which has been providing shelter for migrants, will require them to move out of hotel, YMCA by Jan. 31 – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-migrants-oak-park-turn-away-20231214-6c5vdcwsnnaytdpyuhzgjrzxw4-story.html
— Board of Ethics finds probable cause four lobbyists improperly donated to Johnson – A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-johnson-lobbyist-donations-board-of-ethics-20231213-mhgkijnbnnf2bfbuxnqerjq2ou-story.html
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends handling of environmental report at now-scrapped migrant camp – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-migrants-base-camps-20231214-qd4wtgrw7raftkk2tjmfc343ma-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: City Council sides with mayor on Chicago police contract: More money for cops but disciplinary provision rebuffed – Sam Charles, A.D. Quig and Alice Yin (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-vote-fop-contract-arbitration-20231213-fka2txhzyba5lnth6ux5cbiwj4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 33-17 vote defeating the arbitration clause nixes a major part of a deal announced less than two months ago as a major political win by Johnson’s administration with the union representing most of Chicago’s police force. The council’s rejection, and its reasoning for it, will now head back to arbitrator Edwin Benn, who earlier this year voted for the arbitration clause and could send that same ruling back to aldermen within weeks. The battle could ultimately end up in circuit court. In an unusual move at Johnson’s request, the arbitration matter was voted on separately from the rest of the contract, including raises for rank-and-file officers totaling 20% over four years that was approved by the full council with no debate.)
— Be very afraid for Chicago’s stellar selective-enrollment schools – Editorial (COMMENT: How successful were you in high school? Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would stress their parents’ education and wealth.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-education-selective-enrollment-schools-ctu-20231213-743huxbg6fcwrkix2nhlv4vooa-story.html
— DuPage County District 4 Republican voters anxiously await the DuPage County Republican Central Committee to fill the DuPage County District 4 Board vacancy on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-05-26-0005260258-story.html
(FROM THE May 26, 2000 ARTICLE: Monday was the statutory deadline for established political parties to fill vacancies on the November ballot where no candidate sought the nomination in the March primaries. In addition to the two County Board candidates and two countywide candidates picked for the ballot a few weeks ago by the DuPage Democratic organization, the party has added Richard Hass of Elmhurst to run in County Board District 2 in east central DuPage. Also added to the ballot recently were investment consultant Thomas Mason of Downers Grove, who will challenge U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) in the 13th Congressional District, and Stephanie Downs Hughes of Naperville, who was picked by Kane and DuPage Democrats to oppose state Sen. Chris Lauzen (R-Aurora) in the 21st Senate District. As of Thursday, however, DuPage Democrats still were researching why the DuPage County Election Commission reached a conclusion Monday that appears to disqualify two of the party’s appointed nominees from having their names on the November ballot. According to a member of the party’s candidate search committee, organization Chairman James Walsh was notified this week that the unsuccessful attempts in March by Democrats Vernon Carter of Bartlett and Christina Beaird of Naperville to win write-in campaigns for circuit clerk and County Board disqualifies them from being appointed to fill the ballot vacancies. Carter was picked to run for circuit clerk and Beaird was selected to run for the County Board in District 5. They tried to win the Democratic nomination for those posts by mounting write-in campaigns but failed to receive enough votes. If Carter is disqualified from being appointed to the ballot, Fitzpatrick will be the only Democrat seeking countywide office in DuPage.)

DAILY HERAL:D
— TOP OF FOLD: Rosemont to crack down on Texas bus companies bringing migrants to town – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231213/news/rosemont-to-crack-down-on-texas-bus-companies-bringing-migrants-to-town/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oak Park helped Chicago house migrants. It can’t take any more. – Jack Grieve
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-suburb-oak-park-says-no-more-migrant-buses-texas
— City’s paid leave policy delayed by six months – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicagos-pto-policy-delayed-six-months

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Nomination objections filed against Coburn and Chiaro, Illinois House District 95 candidates – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/12/what-to-know-about-candidates-hit-with-objections-to-nomination-papers/71891933007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s bogus ‘misinformation’ law goes down in flames – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-states-bogus-misinformation-law-goes-down-in-flames/article_cc628713-f24e-5900-96c0-110bc0260b9b.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— DeSantis goes after Trump on abortion, COVID-19 and the border wall in an Iowa town hall – AP
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/desantis-goes-after-trump-on-abortion-covid-19-18550764.php

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— New ‘vetting manual’ by Missouri GOP activists sparks conflict among state Republicans – Jack Suntrup (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs are involved in Republican politics to get the party to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/new-vetting-manual-by-missouri-gop-activists-sparks-conflict-among-state-republicans/article_0006fb3a-99c6-11ee-a689-b34e2196d437.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “vetting manual” being floated in GOP circles has sparked conflict, in part because it seeks to block certain candidates from running as Republicans. The state party has warned the document would invite litigation. Efforts to institute the vetting plan are still playing out, and only a handful of county parties have adopted the system, according to a state party official. The movement bears similarities to the ongoing struggle between hard-line and main-line Republicans in the state Legislature, a conflict that is coming into focus as the Aug. 6 GOP primary approaches.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration – Jasmine Garsd
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-12-13/where-the-republican-presidential-candidates-stand-on-immigration

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Paying Well More Than Typical Rent For Migrant Shelter Buildings — And Keeping Details Secret. Aides to Mayor Brandon Johnson and building owners say no one is getting rich off the shelters. – Mick Dumke and Melody Mercado
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/13/city-paying-well-more-than-typical-rent-for-migrant-shelter-buildings-and-keeping-details-secret/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek Announces No Primary Candidate Petition Challenges Filed for 2024 Local Races
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1095.php

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
— Chicago Booth launches new Master in Finance Program. Degree will help recent college graduates jump-start their careers in the rapidly advancing field. (COMMENT: I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 when I was 43, and after I completing 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear to me that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because my University of Chicago MBA-holding GAO supervisor had made it clear to her employees that she wanted/demanded her employees to have such degrees. I succeed in getting her appointed to the program’s advisory committee. But in September of 1997, she flushed all that down her toilet. She played a very big role in forcing me to take GAO’s agency-wide early retirement “offer” that was expiring at the end of that month so that she could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had shunned the program. And that is exactly what she did. She ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) the fact that I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $$109,732-$142,650/year, and the last 8 years of which working for her, b) the fact that I had become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Frad Examiner in 1990, c) the fact that I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) the fact that I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) the fact that 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 $92,279-$104,583/year.)
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/chicago-booth-launches-new-master-finance-program

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/12/14/prodding-d-c-for-migrant-dollars-00131719

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-5/
— Pritzker says GardaWorld will eat the state’s costs of canceled Brighton Park tent city
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/pritzker-says-gardaworld-will-eat-the-states-costs-of-canceled-brighton-park-tent-city/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bergquam: ‘More than half of the shuttle terminal has been taken over at O’Hare International Airport to house illegals that Chicago can’t handle’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/652915809-bergquam-more-than-half-of-the-shuttle-terminal-has-been-taken-over-at-o-hare-international-airport-to-house-illegals-that-chicago-can-t-handle

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downstate legislators see Chicago crime impacting tourism – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a16fa31a-9916-11ee-ad5a-bbaa3e68b7dc.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ long slide in manufacturing jobs continues – Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-long-slide-in-manufacturing-jobs-continues-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Petition Objections Filed Against Precinct Committeeman Candidate – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/12/petition-objections-filed-against-precinct-committeeman-candidate/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW TO EMPOWER CHICAGO COMMUNITIES TO SAVE FAILING SCHOOLS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-how-to-empower-chicago-communities-to-save-failing-schools/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hispanics warn of political payback if Biden strikes border deal – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: To get more votes from Hispanics, Democrats and RINOs promise to give Hispanics more preference. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/slap-face-hispanics-warn-political-payback-if-joe-/
— House approves formal impeachment probe of President Biden’s involvement in family business deals – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/house-approves-formal-impeachment-probe-of-preside/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago-area suburbs reject busloads of immigrants arriving from Texas – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/chicago-area-suburbs-reject-migrants-from-texas
— Biden border crisis: 13 million illegal immigrants now in US – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: How many of those 13 million illegals are going to vote for Democrats in the November 5, 2024 election?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/biden-border-crisis-13-million-illegals-now-in-us
— Jewish protesters shut down LA freeway in call for Gaza ceasefire – Lily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jewish-protesters-la-freeway-gaza-cease-fire
— Congressional Republicans advance measure to exclude illegal immigrants from VA benefits – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/congressional-republicans-exclude-illegal-immigrants-va
— Union-backed changes to Chicago’s police discipline system rejected by City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/union-changes-chicagos-police-discipline-system-rejected-city-council-johnson

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— GAO report says billions of our tax dollars flowed to Big Abortion – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/pro-life/2023/12/13/gao-report-says-billions-of-our-tax-dollars-flowed-to-big-abortion/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The president of the Illinois NAACP called illegal aliens ‘savages’ – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_president_of_the_illinois_naacp_called_illegal_aliens_savages.html
— Mexico begins building its own northern border wall, doing the job Joe Biden won’t do – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/mexico_begins_building_a_northern_border_wall_doing_the_job_joe_biden_wont_do.html

BLAZE
— The border crisis is now an interior crisis. What will the GOP do? – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-border-crisis-is-now-an-interior-crisis-what-will-the-gop-do

BREITBART
— Illinois Elites Accuse NAACP Leader of ‘Racism’ for Comments About Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/13/illinois-elites-accuse-naacp-leader-of-racism-for-comments-about-migrants/
— House Votes on Opening Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/watch-live-house-votes-on-opening-impeachment-inquiry-into-joe-biden/
— Republicans Seek to Ban Biden from Using Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/republicans-seek-to-ban-biden-from-using-dept-of-veterans-affairs-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/

FOX NEWS
— Boston mayor sends holiday party invite meant only for ‘electeds of color.’ One outgoing councilmember said the move was ‘unfortunate and divisive.’ – Nikolas Lanum (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the less likely that you will be invited to events and the less welcome that you will be if you are invited and do attend. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German-American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/boston-mayor-sends-holiday-party-invite-meant-electeds-color-dividing-city-councilors
— Thousands of migrants wait a few hours from Eagle Pass, Texas, to catch trains headed for southern border. Droves of migrants are set to reach the US border within days. – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thousands-migrants-wait-few-hours-south-eagle-pass-texas-catch-trains-headed-southern-border
— Democrats are responsible for the slow death of urban America – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343004140112
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod says poll showing Biden at record low approval is ‘very, very dark’ The WSJ poll showed Trump leading Biden 47% to 43%. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-poll-showing-biden-record-low-approval-very-very-dark
— Haley grilled by debate opponents, social media over record on trans issues: ‘Will cave to big donors’ Haley told the debate audience her opponents were ‘jealous’ of her donors. – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-grilled-by-debate-opponents-social-media-over-record-trans-issues-big-donors
(FROPM THE ARTICLE: “Everyone knows Nikki was the conservative, outsider governor in South Carolina. She took on the establishment and Barack Obama—and won. She cracked down on illegal immigration, implemented E-Verify, opposed Wall Street bailouts, protected life, cut taxes, expanded Second Amendment rights, and signed the first anti-BDS bill in the country. The more Ron DeSantis loses, the more he lies.”)

FOX NEWS RADIO
— THOUSANDS of Illegals RELEASED EACH DAY! – Tomi Lahren
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/12/13/thousands-of-illegals-released-each-day-2/

HOT AIR
— San Francisco Puts out the Welcome Mat for Illegal Aliens in El Paso – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/13/san-francisco-puts-out-the-welcome-mat-for-illegal-aliens-in-el-paso-n598756

MRC TV
— Conservatives Wage Lawfare Against Discriminatory DEI Practices at Law Firms – EVAN POELLINGER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/conservatives-wage-lawfare-against-discriminatory-dei-practices-law-firms

PJ MEDIA
— Is Illinois Still Offering $9K to Illegals for Rent? – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/12/13/is-chicago-still-offering-9k-to-illegals-for-rent-n4924720

ZERO HEDGE
— Sanctuary City May Grant Voting Rights To Noncitizens For Local Elections – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/boston-boondoggle-sanctuary-city-may-grant-voting-rights-noncitizens-local-elections

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) crow about their success in getting rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4357594-majority-concerned-about-political-violence-threat-survey/

REUTERS
— To get more and more and more votes from those who have demographics who vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics include: minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-schools-embrace-lsat-alternatives-after-affirmative-action-ban-2023-12-13/

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-second-term-heritage-foundation-christian-nationalism-rcna129359

MSN
— Company paid $432M of taxpayer cash to feed NYC’s migrants after winning no-bid contract trashed 70,000 meals – worth $776,000 – in just one month as NYC Mayor Eric Adams is forced to slash billions from city budget. – Germania Rodriguez Poleo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/company-paid-432m-of-taxpayer-cash-to-feed-nyc-s-migrants-after-winning-no-bid-contract-trashed-70-000-meals-worth-776-000-in-just-one-month-as-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-is-forced-to-slash-billions-from-city-budget/ar-AA1lrVXn

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden ever-increasingly acts like he is a dictator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/opinion/trump-authoritarian.html
— My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. To keep their hands clean, they have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes, and their dirty work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-ruby-freeman.html

USA TODAY
— Poll: Most Asian Americans concerned. Majority worried nation going in wrong direction. – Matt Brown and Linley Sanders (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were Asian American and they did everything that they could to turn them against me. Further, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were minority, female, unmarried, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or who they wanted to get rid of and they did everything that they could to turn them against me.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20231214/281621015125464

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump isn’t conservative, has ‘moved left’ on issues – Katie Akin
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/12/13/ron-desantis-says-hes-more-conservative-than-donald-trump-iowa-caucuses-presidential-election-2024/71880946007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Are Cities Closing Shelters If Homelessness Is Rising? In Pittsburgh, people sleep outside the doors of a fully occupied facility. – Kris Maher and Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/why-are-cities-closing-shelters-if-homelessness-is-rising-c73cdbcd
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-checks-and-balances-wont-stop-trump-abuse-of-power-jan-6-second-term-219cc7b7
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Singes the GOP as He Blazes Ahead. He looks strong for the nomination but seems determined to divide his own party.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-singes-the-gop-as-he-blazes-ahead-2024-presidential-primary-bcd9f499
— Why Doesn’t Gen Z Want to Be All It Can Be? Young Americans’ are skeptical of the military. That’s a reason to worry about national security. – Mike Gallagher and Kevin Wallsten (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most since 1966. I would focus on those who continue to do that and why they continue to do that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-doesnt-gen-z-want-to-be-all-it-can-be-perception-of-military-spending-israel-23529a8b
— How to Brag About Work, Even if It’s Not Going Great. Questions about your career are as much a part of holiday gatherings as eggnog and ugly sweaters. Answering them is an art. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the many big adverse actions that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took against me. In my defense, I stress that notwithstanding those many big adverse actions, a) I survived at GAO for almost 18 years and my salary increased from $82,720/year to $142,650/year in today’s dollars, b) I survived at IRS for almost 9 years and my salary increased from $52,022/year to $104,583/year in today’s dollars, and c) I survived at the Post Office for almost 3 years and my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $19.25/hour in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-to-brag-about-work-even-if-its-not-going-great-4854d2b7

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Invasion: 20,000 illegals per day are crossing the U.S. southern border
https://www.worldtribune.com/invasion-20000-illegals-per-day-are-crossing-the-u-s-southern-border/

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218935981/republican-candidates-immigration

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrats Want Harsh Punishment for Trump (COMMENT: Who wants harsh punishment for you? Since 2000, far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers want harsh punishment for me because they lost elections. Since 2000, far too many leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization want harsh punishment for me because Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct lost elections. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government wanted harsh punishment for me a) because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors and supervisors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/democrats_want_harsh_punishment_for_trump

December 13, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois NAACP president under fire for calling migrants ‘savages’ during Zoom meeting – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-naacp-president-teresa-haley-chicago-migrants/14173600/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPL6QENPKTQ
— Giuliani trial: Moss says she feared for her life over fraud lies in defamation case – AP (COMMENT: Giuliani blamed Moss for Trump losing Georgia in 2020. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered by their candidates on ballots in my precinct. More than just blame me, they ended my service as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007. They almost got ICRC to censure me for my newsletters in 2006.)
https://abc7chicago.com/rudy-giuliani-election-fraud-lawsuit-shaye-moss/14172308/
— Democrats promote their civil fraud trial against Trump. Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, they promoted their disallowance of my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) their forcing me to resign in 1969. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS, they promoted a) their disallowance my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978 and b) their not promoting to GS-13 after I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO audits IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, they promoted a) their forcing me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) their delaying my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14, d) their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, and e) their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My critics/opponents have absolutely no problem with what my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors did to me, in fact, they applaud it.
https://abc7chicago.com/3-things-to-know-about-trumps-defense-in-his-civil-fraud-trial/14174970/
— Democrats ever-increasingly defend Biden against impeachment.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-to-know-about-the-house-vote-to-formalize-the-biden-impeachmen/14174512/

NBC5
— Here are 64 new Illinois laws hitting the books in 2024 – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/here-are-64-new-illinois-laws-hitting-the-books-in-2024/3301622/

CBS2
— West Loop Chicago business owners say no one is stopping brazen retail thefts
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/west-loop-chicago-business-onwers-say-no-one-is-stopping-brazen-retail-thefts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs1vfphXxV4
— White House open to new border expulsion law, mandatory detention and increased deportations in talks with Congress – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-white-house-congress-border-security-detention-deportation/

WGN9
— Calls for NAACP Illinois conference president to resign after racist remarks – Tahman Bradley, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/calls-for-naacp-illinois-conference-president-to-resign-after-racist-remarks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRxAb6LRaw

FOX32
— Lawsuit reveals disturbing details: Chicago teacher accused of grooming and assaulting elementary students
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawsuit-reveals-disturbing-details-chicago-teacher-accused-of-grooming-and-assaulting-elementary-students

WTTW
— As Deadline Looms, Assault Weapons Registration Rules Still Unresolved – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/12/deadline-looms-assault-weapons-registration-rules-still-unresolved
— Chicago Officials Suspend Rules Limiting Access to City Council Meetings After Outcry – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/12/chicago-officials-suspend-rules-limiting-access-city-council-meetings-after-outcry

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson reverses council public seating plan that had drawn fire – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-public-access-seating-policy-reversal-20231212-svaade5npvfynkxxxmiqbfxlbu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After backlash, Chicago City Council drops restrictive new rules to public seating at its meetings. The new rules were prompted after a number of intense and chaotic City Council meetings. – Mariah Woelfel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/12/23998931/chicago-city-council-public-seating-conduct-rules-restrictions-backlash-policy-dropped
— City Council set to alter paid leave ordinance, but not enough to satisfy business leaders. The proposed quick fixes include a six-month delay — until July 1 — in the requirement that businesses give Chicago employees five paid sick days and five paid vacation days per year. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/12/23998767/paid-leave-sick-vacation-days-ordinance-delay-restaurants-conventions-chicago-city-council-vote

DAILY HERALD
— EVs are economical and important for the climate, but they’ll still need roads to run on – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20231212/daily-herald-opinion-evs-are-economical-and-important-for-the-climate-but-theyll-still-need-roads-to-run-on
— Huntley schools take pass on proposed gender-affirming care ban – Claire O’Brien
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/article/huntley-schools-take-pass-on-proposed-gender-affirming-care-ban/
— Democrats use Texas woman to promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/news/texas-woman-who-appealed-to-state-supreme-court-to-have-an-abortion-goes-elsewhere-for-one/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Judge Kenneth Popejoy injured in explosion at Wheaton home
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/news/judge-injured-in-explosion-at-wheaton-home/
— No reason for Illinois to stand alone. Statistics suggest state should soften road test requirements for seniors. – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/opinion/no-reason-for-illinois-to-stand-alone/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State agrees it won’t enforce crisis pregnancy center fraud law – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-agrees-it-wont-enforce-crisis-pregnancy-center-fraud-law
— The City Council will revisit migrant issues that sparked chaos in October – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/another-city-council-meeting-scheduled-chicagos-migrant-response
— The rich are getting richer in Illinois – John Pletz (COMMENT: Because my critics/opponents have lots of money, they use their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tax-data-reveals-surge-illinoisans-earning-more-500000-year
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of Illinois taxpayers making more than $500,000 in 2021 surged 32% from the year before, according to the most recent income tax data from the Department of Revenue. The jump was more than three times as big as any annual increase seen in the previous five years. The pool of those earning above $500,000 grew to 93,655 people, or about 1.7% of Illinois residents who filed returns. In 2020, there were 70,958 taxpayers making over a half-million dollars, or 1.2% of the total. Nationally, the number of taxpayers topping $500,000 rose 35% in 2021, according to preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.)

WBBM
— Holiday shoppers in the Loop find migrant families lining the sidewalks – Brandon Ison
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/loop-holiday-shoppers-grapple-with-chicagos-migrant-crisis

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proposed agreement would halt state penalties against anti-abortion counseling centers. Pritzker believes existing law still grants right to sue. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/12/12/federal-judge-might-block-anti-abortion-clinic-consumer-fraud-law/71885859007/
— Pritzker: State NAACP director Teresa Haley videotaped remarks about migrants ‘reprehensible’ – Steven Spearier
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/12/12/in-a-video-the-naacp-state-director-likens-migrants-to-savages/71897519007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— As deadline looms, assault weapons registration rules still unresolved – Peter Hancock
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-12-12/as-deadline-looms-assault-weapons-registration-rules-still-unresolved
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, hatred against Trump, and hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-12-13/poll-where-republican-candidates-align-with-most-americans-and-where-they-dont

FOX ILLINOIS
— House pushes toward vote on formal impeachment inquiry against President Biden – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/house-pushes-toward-vote-on-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-president-joe-biden-house-speaker-mike-johnson-son-hunter-biden-overseas-business-dealings-criminal-charges-subpoenaed-republican-gop-leaders

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Kate Cox in Texas to promote abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-kate-cox-sought-an-abortion-in-texas-a-court-said-no-because-she-didnt-show-her-life-was-in-danger/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RAIDO
— Harvard affirms President Claudine Gay will not step down over antisemitism testimony – Juliana Kim, Bill Chappell, Elissa Nadworny
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2023-12-12/harvard-affirms-president-claudine-gay-will-not-step-down-over-antisemitism-testimony

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in DuPage County.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/cod-addresses-growing-industry-demand-new-cannabis-certificate

CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools leaders want to move away from school choice – Reema Aminand and Becky Vevea
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2023/12/12/chicago-public-schools-moves-away-from-school-choice/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On their road to abolishing the Second Amendment, Democrats ever-increasingly use mass shootings to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/12/13/white-house-targets-gun-violence-00131491

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-201/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-4/
— NAACP IL President causes furor with horrific remarks about new arrivals
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/12/naacp-il-president-causes-furor-with-horrific-remarks-about-new-arrivals/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WEST COOK NEWS
— Chad Koppie secures unopposed GOP nomination for Illinois 7th Congressional District
https://westcooknews.com/stories/652905422-chad-koppie-secures-unopposed-gop-nomination-for-illinois-7th-congressional-district

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jerry Evans endorsed by former DuPage County Board member Bob Larsen
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652905969-evans-endorsed-by-former-dupage-county-board-member-bob-larsen

JOHN KASS
— There Are No Victims of The System – Dan Proft
https://johnkassnews.com/there-are-no-victims-of-the-system/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Attorney General Raoul surrenders in free speech case, but tries to hide it – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-attorney-general-raoul-surrenders-in-free-speech-case-but-tries-to-hide-it-wirepoints/
— The true racism in places like Evanston schools is their elimination of merit and achievement
https://wirepoints.org/the-true-racism-in-places-like-evanston-schools-is-their-elimination-of-merit-and-achievement-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Takes Historic 32-Point Lead in Iowa as IL GOP Establishment Stands behind Struggling DeSantis
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/trump-takes-historic-32-point-lead-in-iowa-as-il-gop-establishment-stands-behind-struggling-desantis.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois won’t prosecute pro-life pregnancy centers under ‘deceptive business practices’ law. Law was ‘stupid and very likely unconstitutional,’ federal judge said. – Mark A. Kellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/illinois-wont-prosecute-pro-life-pregnancy-centers/
— Washington is obsessed with Trump, not the American people. ‘Never Trump elites led by washout Liz Cheney. – Sen. Bill Hagerty
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/washington-is-obsessed-with-trump-not-american-peo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Of course Harvard didn’t fire Claudine Gay – Kaylee McGhee White
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/of-course-harvard-didnt-fire-claudine-gay

NEW YORK POST
— Marjorie Taylor Greene warns ‘MAGA would revolt’ if Haley ran on Trump ticket – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-predicts-maga-revolt-if-haley-on-trump-ticket/

AMERICAN THINKER
— True cost of charging an EV is equivalent to paying $17.33 a gallon of gas – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/true_cost_of_charging_an_ev_is_equivalent_to_paying_1733_a_gallon_of_gas_per_new_report_.html
— Campus antisemitism: ‘social justice’ gone haywire – Peter Clark
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/campus_antisemitism_social_justice_gone_haywire.html
— Young French conservative women push back against the Islamization of their beloved Europe – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/young_french_conservative_women_push_back_against_the_islamization_of_their_beloved_europe.html
— Michelle and Barack Obama’s latest movie warns not to trust white people – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/michelle_and_barack_obamas_latest_movie_warns_not_to_trust_white_people.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Of course Harvard’s president is a diversity hire – MATT LAMB (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/of-course-harvards-president-is-a-diversity-hire/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrats’ Latest Dangerous Idea: Recruit Foreigners Into Our Military – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/the-democrats-latest-dangerous-idea-recruit-foreigners-into-our-military

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois AG Backs Off Crackdown On Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – KATE ANDERSON (COMMENT: My deceptive critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is deceptive. I should write a book about my deceptive critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/12/blue-state-ag-not-enforce-law-punishing-pregnancy-centers-pro-life-views/
(COMMENT: Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul of Illinois announced Monday that he filed a motion agreeing not to enforce a state law that targeted pregnancy centers for using alleged “deceptive acts” to lead women away from getting an abortion.)
— Nurses Earn Credits For Listening To Podcasts On ‘Activism’ And ‘Rooting Out Racism’ – SARAH WILDER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/12/nurse-earn-credits-listen-podcast-activism-root-out-racism/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Agrees To Not Enforce Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-agrees-to-not-enforce-law-targeting-pro-life-pregnancy-centers

FEDERALIST
— Leftists Cry About Trump’s ‘Fascism’ While Clinging To Their Own Totalitarian Leaders – MIKE DAVIS
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/12/leftists-cry-about-trumps-fascism-while-clinging-to-their-own-totalitarian-leaders/
— Every Biden 2024 Scenario Is Deadly Dangerous
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/12/every-biden-2024-scenario-is-deadly-dangerous/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— NYC’s Migrant Woes Spread to Suburbs
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/12/there-goes-neighborhood-nycs-migrant-woes-spread-suburbs

FOX NEWS
— Dems are petrified Trump will beat Biden. You won’t believe their latest plan. Hysteria on the left about 2024 and Biden’s likely opponent is reaching a fever pitch. – Liz Peek
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dems-petrified-trump-beat-biden-wont-believe-latest-plan
— The disturbing connection between BLM and antisemitism in the classroom. We should not be surprised – BLM’s antisemitic roots were on display years ago. – Rep. Burgess Owens
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/disturbing-connection-between-blm-antisemitism-classroom
— Migrant who thanked Biden after entering US illegally is already in NYC with court date set for October 2024. Fiscal Year 2023 has broken new records, with more than 2.4 million migrant encounters. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-who-thanked-biden-entering-us-illegally-already-nyc-court-date-set-october-2024
— Diversity scam led to university antisemitism scandal. Years of racially divisive university rules and rhetoric helped create campus antisemitism. – Ying Ma
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/diversity-scam-university-antisemitism-scandal

GOPUSA
— Democrats Combine All Their Gun Control Plans Into One Comprehensive Bill
https://www.gopusa.com/democrats-combine-all-their-gun-control-plans-into-one-comprehensive-bill/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Planned Parenthood Received Nearly $2 Billion in Federal Funding over Three-Year Span, GAO Probe Finds – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/planned-parenthood-received-nearly-2-billion-in-federal-funding-over-three-year-span-congressional-probe-finds/

NEWSMAX
— Chicago Suburbs Reject Migrant Buses Amid Influx Crisis – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-suburbs-migrant-buses-immigration-crisis/2023/12/12/id/1145727/
— Trump Gains More Youth Votes in New Polls – George Mentz
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/georgementz/trump-biden-2024/2023/12/12/id/1145688/

PJ MEDIA
— IL State NAACP Chair Goes Off on Epic Rant Against Migrant ‘Savages’ – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/13/il-state-naacp-chair-goes-off-on-epic-rant-against-migrant-savages-n4924704

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dershowitz: Universities Should Immediately Abolish DEI And Identity Studies Departments – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/12/dershowitz_we_should_immediately_abolish_black_studies_gay_studies_jewish_studies_departments.html

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY
— Pro-Life Ministries Victorious Against State of Illinois’ Attack on Pregnancy Centers – Tom Ciesielka
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/pro-life-ministries-victorious-against-state-of-illinois-attack-on-pregnancy-centers

TOWNHALL
— The Future of Harvard’s President Has Been Decided – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/12/12/the-future-of-harvards-president-has-been-decided-n2632306

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Alien Insults All Americans During Interview at Border – Mike Landry
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-insults-americans-interview-border-dont-care/

ZERO HEDGE
— Shocking Video Reveals Democrats Stuffed Nearly 3,000 Illegals Into Chicago Warehouse – TYLER DURDE
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-video-reveals-democrats-stuffed-nearly-3000-illegals-chicago-warehouse
— Universities Better Get Ahead Of Surging Anti-Woke Backlash… – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/universities-better-get-ahead-surging-anti-woke-backlash

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrats crow about their success in making children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-bans-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-105551273

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Sununu who promotes Haley.
https://apnews.com/article/haley-sununu-new-hampshire-presidential-election-990cc5cf71b5ae6d50c87cb91e95bfeb

CNN
— Biden seeks to preempt GOP attempts to slash federal workforce with new proposal – Kevin Liptak (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and who ran GAO 1980-1997. While I worked for GAO, Republicans slashed GAO’s workforce by 3,000, from over 6,000 to under 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that. They forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14. They always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/politics/biden-federal-workforce-gop/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tesla recalls 2 million cars with ‘insufficient’ Autopilot safety controls – Leo Sands
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/13/tesla-autopilot-recall/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Biggest Root Cause of Crime Is Fatherlessness. Children are likelier to finish high school and stay out of trouble if they’re brought up by two parents. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-root-cause-of-crime-is-fatherlessness-single-motherhood-5cdfe763
— Some employers are giving workers advance notice of their layoffs so they can look for a new job. – Te-Ping Chen and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in 2003. But starting at the end of August in 1997, they made it all too clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer” which expired at the end of September, my next 6 years would be a living hell.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-long-goodbye-why-laid-off-employees-are-still-on-the-job-7efc55ab

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayarichard-craven/2023/12/13/have-you-hired-a-dei-consultant-heres-why-you-should/

GILLETT NEWS
— Religious Diversity – Casey Martinez (COMMENT: Virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and Post Office 1966-1969 and very few were Republican, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Virtually all of them were Democrat and many of them and times most of them were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger than me.)
https://gillettnews.com/news/religious-diversity-in-israel-a-mosaic-of-faiths/315405/

MARIST POLL
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republican candidates to lose. They want the Republican Party to dump its platform and become Democrat-lite, Libertarian-lite, Green-lite, Independent-lite, and/or RINO. They want the Republican Party to dump voters who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, parents, gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestor have been in America for a long time.
https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/2024-presidential-election-tossup-issues/

NPR
— Trump allies want federal civil servants to serve the president, not the agency – H.J. Mai and Steve Inskeep (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1192432628/conservatives-mull-how-2nd-trump-presidency-could-reshape-the-federal-government

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly Democrat leaders and RINO leaders replace those who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those who are LGBTQ, liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/vivek-ramaswamy-great-replacement-theory/676329/

SALON
— My ancestors would not have immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany if America had not been a Christian nation. On my father’s side, they sent all their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/13/how-convinced-themselves-america-was-meant-to-be-a-christian-nation/

SHRM
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they took the following adverse actions against me, but according to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, they were not adverse actions: a) they force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and they gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, b) they always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, c) they delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14, d) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) they forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They took the aforesaid adverse actions against me because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, and age discrimination. Starting in 1988, they took more adverse actions against me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/court-report-reprimand-adverse-action-retaliation.aspx

FED WEEK
— Other recently introduced bills in Congress include: HR-6581, to require that federal employees and others alleging age discrimination need to prove only that age was among the reasons an employer took an adverse action against them, overturning a court decision requiring them to prove that the employer would not have taken the action except for discriminatory reasons.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/new-bills-va-pay-military-spouse-remote-work-age-discrimination/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Vivek Ramaswamy wants term limits for federal employees – TOM SHOOP (COMMENT: Why doesn’t Ramaswamy rail against discrimination against federal employees who are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/06/meet-long-shot-presidential-candidate-who-wants-term-limits-federal-employees/387960/

December 11, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 20 shot, 4 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14162372/
— Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership launches tool to connect job seekers with employers – Ramona Meadors (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. But the jobs that I found while I lived in Crete starting in 1964 were in Chicago Heights (1964-1966 and 1970-1972), Flossmoor (1966), Park Forest (1966-1969), Belvidere (1970), Chicago (1971), and Harvey (1972).)
https://abc7chicago.com/jobs-hiring-near-me-chicago-cook-workforce-partnership-employment-american-job-centers/14152306/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals. – Alex Miller
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-are-migrants-in-chicago-finding-work-venezuelan-artist-paints/10b5a2c1-4afb-47e3-bfa8-e35fe25c642b

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-andre-vasquez-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-20231210-tbdnswpekrd4fkk7rtsrjfq2xm-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-mendez-family-healthcare-tumor-20231210-lt6mluvkgbcgrh57mt4yzt3oty-story.html
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-israel-gaza-us-support-20231210-bwulvaxip5fcbou45j754i6l6a-story.html
— Most colleges don’t require training that addresses antisemitism. That has to change. – Craig M. Klugman (COMMEMT: What about addressing anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-heterosexual, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owner, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-universities-antisemitism-diversity-training-20231211-4kr557xz65f4flt63shww5jtdq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Affordable housing development set for North Lawndale groundbreaking. – Isabel Funk (COMMENT: I could afford to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. But if it had been built in just about any other municipality, it would have cost much more and I could not have afforded it.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/12/10/23992355/grace-manor-affordable-housing-cha-ogden-avenue-baptist-church-north-lawndale

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL:D WITH BIG PICTURE: Is Illinois’ mandatory road test for seniors fair? The 49 other states don’t do it. – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231211/is-illinois-mandatory-road-test-for-seniors-fair-the-49-other-states-dont-do-it

WGN RADIO
— Making sure your retirement plan has longevity – Ben Anderson (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors destroyed my retirement plan when they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972.)
https://wgnradio.com/this-week-in-wealth/making-sure-your-retirement-plan-has-longevity/

JOURNAL COURIER
— What to know about Illinois’ approaching assault weapons ban – Andrew Adams (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force law enforcement to go after unregistered owners who are Republican and who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, gun-owner, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-starting-weeks-18542327.php

25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois State investigating incident involving fan and Norfolk State player, claims of use of racial slurs
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/11/illinois-state-investigating-incident-involving-fans-norfolk-state-player-claims-use-racial-slurs/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-199/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislators seek to utilize non-citizens for military and police despite pushback – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f32f79fa-961e-11ee-8b33-2f9724eb330e.html

WIREPOINTS
— Universities better get ahead of surging anti-woke backlash. The University of Illinois should go first. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/universities-better-get-ahead-of-surging-anti-woke-backlash-the-university-of-illinois-should-go-first-wirepoints/
— The failures beyond Evanston High School’s segregated AP classes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-failures-beyond-evanston-high-schools-segregated-ap-classes-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Trans-Gendering of Children at School Exposed in “Art Club” Movie – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-gendering-of-children-at-school-exposed-in-art-club-movie/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America must stand with Israel against the darkness – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/10/america-must-stand-with-israel-against-darkness/
— Sen. J.D. Vance blasts DEI initiatives at his alma mater Ohio State, calls it ‘racial hatred’ – Alex Miller (COMMENT: All my alma maters (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) promote DEI big time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/9/sen-jd-vance-blasts-dei-initiatives-ohio-state/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Although improving, Illinois’ rainy day fund is one of worst in the country – Kevin Bessler
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/although-improving-illinois-rainy-day-fund-is-one-of-worst-in-the-country
— 5,000 illegal immigrants being released daily into the US – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: Where in your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will Democrats and RINOs house, feed. cloth, provide medical care to, educate, etc. their illegals? Of course, they will force the remaining Republicans in your county, township, municipality, and school district to pay for that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/5000-illegals-released-daily-into-us
— Don’t let politicians use ‘public health’ to justify more gun control – Katie Pointer Baney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/dont-let-politicians-use-public-health-to-justify-more-gun-control
— JD Vance says GOP needs to ‘accept’ voters don’t want blanket abortion bans – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jd-vance-accept-voters-dont-want-blanket-bans
— Liz Cheney predicts potential second term of Trump will be ‘worse’ – Jenny Goldsberry (COMMENT: While Trump was President 2017-2021, America improved tremendously.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/liz-cheney-second-term-trump-will-be-worse

NEW YORK POST
— In the name of ‘fake news,’ NewsGuard extorts sites to follow the government narrative – Lee Fang (COMMENT: RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always done everything they could to force me to follow their narrative. They reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/10/opinion/newsguard-extorts-sites-to-follow-the-government-narrative/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
–Affirmative Action was imposed on businesses, through government mandates justified by the Civil Rights Act, but it has also been willingly embraced by them. – Matthew Schmitz (COMMENT: How has AA impacted you? Democrats a) benefit from Affirmative Action (AA) and b) make Republicans who are White, male, non-veteran, and/or older pay the price of AA. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. They made me pay the price of AA big time. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO forced me to take its early retirement “offer” so that it could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black subordinate which is exactly what it did. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or no professional certifications or licenses. I earned 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://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-corporations-love-diversity/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats pushing for ever younger voters – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/democrats_pushing_for_ever_younger_voters.html
— Trump (again) accused of radical policies, but he achieved exactly what the Democrats always promise to do – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/trump_again_accused_of_radical_policies_but_he_achieved_exactly_what_the_democrats_always_promise_to_do.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kevin McCarthy says he backs Trump while praising Dems, talks role in prospective Cabinet – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/10/kevin-mccarthy-says-he-backs-trump-while-praising-dems-talks-role-in-prospective-cabinet-1418793/

BREITBART
— Illinois Property Taxes Make Biggest Jump in 30 Years Thanks to New Backdoor Tax Hike
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/10/illinois-property-taxes-make-biggest-jump-30-years-thanks-new-backdoor-tax-hike/

COLLEGE FIX
— Med schools redo ‘diversity’ programs after federal complaints – ELAINE GUNTHORPE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/medical-schools-redo-diversity-programs-after-federal-complaints/

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigration Surges Months After Biden, Trudeau Make Deal To Crack Down On Northern Border Influx – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/10/illegal-immigration-northern-border-biden/
— Stop The Marxist Makeover Of America’s Military – FRANK GAFFNEY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/10/opinion-stop-the-marxist-makeover-of-americas-military-frank-gaffney/

DAILY WIRE
— Senator Lankford: Biden Admin Not Offering Enough To Secure Border – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-lankford-biden-admin-not-offering-enough-to-secure-border

EPOCH TIMES
— Evanston’s segregated classes ‘prevent students from reaching their full potential’ (COMMENT: How many of your classmates were Black? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a racist because none of my grade school (Trinity Lutheran in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran in Park Forest 1961-1962) or high school (Crete-Monee 1962-1966) classmates, teachers, or administrators were Black. In my defense, I stress that while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1989, and GAO 1980-1997), many Blacks were my coworkers and more than a few were my superiors, supervisors, and subordinates. I should write a book about my Black Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.)
https://wirepoints.org/segregated-classes-for-hispanic-students-prevent-them-from-reaching-their-full-potential-wirepoints-in-the-the-epoch-times/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Propose Solving Their Military Recruitment Crisis With Illegal Aliens – NATHAN STONE (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the federal government is and should be the employer of “last resort.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want to deal with, let alone work for, work with, or supervise those who are minority, female, unmarried, veteran, disabled, have health and/or other problems, etc. Therefore, they want the federal government to hire, retain, and promote those who are the aforesaid. All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/11/democrats-propose-solving-their-military-recruitment-crisis-with-illegal-aliens/

FOX NEWS
— Trump holds massive lead in Iowa 5 weeks from caucuses that kick off GOP race. Former President Trump remains the commanding frontrunner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-holds-massive-lead-iowa-five-weeks-caucuses-kick-off-gop-race-poll
— Majority of Yale students got A’s last year, frustrating some professors: ‘Dishonest to our students’ Seventy-nine percent of Yales grades during 2022-2023 academic year were in the A-range – Kristine Parks (COMMENT: I did not get all As on the 12 graduate evening accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980, but nevertheless, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. Only about 20% of those who take those examinations pass them on their first attempt.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/majority-yale-students-last-year-frustrating-professors-dishonest-students
— Doctors network hiring initiative unfairly rewards only Black applicants, lawsuit alleges. Do No Harm is suing Vituity over its physician incentive program open only to Black doctors. – Brianna Herlihy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doctors-network-hiring-initiative-unfairly-rewards-only-black-applicants-lawsuit-alleges
— Thousands of blue state residents flock to Idaho, bringing conservative politics with them. ‘Escape liberal hell,’ one Idaho real estate ad says. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-blue-state-residents-flock-idaho-bringing-conservative-politics-with-data

FOX RADIO
— Border Crisis Is “Ending Up In Everybody’s Backyard” (COMMENT: Where will Democrat and RINO leaders dump their illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/12/11/border-crisis-is-ending-up-in-everybodys-backyard/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When the United Nations Actually Stood for Something Good – JOSEPH LOCONTE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/when-the-united-nations-actually-stood-for-something-good/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Builds 32-Point Lead in Iowa – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-lead-iowa/2023/12/11/id/1145475/

POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Diversity hire’ Harvard president Claudine Gay plagiarized PhD dissertation. These revelations come after Gay defended antisemitism on campus after having condemned so-called misgendering and failure to use preferred pronouns. – Libby Emmons (COMMENT: I was the opposite of a “diversity hire.” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger person who would take the job.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/diversity-hire-harvard-president-claudine-gay-plagiarized-ph-d-thesis-report
— Trump warns Biden to ‘be very careful’ as his politicized indictments have ‘opened up a Pandora’s box’ “He’s opened up a Pandora’s box that will never let our country be the same.” – Sara Higdon (COMMENT: Because I was a conservative White male non-veteran Republican who complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, never promoted me beyond GS-13 and delayed my promotions to GS-13, GS-12, and GS-11, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, etc. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, etc.. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968, etc. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-warns-biden-to-be-very-careful-as-his-politicized-indictments-have-opened-up-a-pandoras-box

TOWNHALL
— ‘Diversity Hires’ And Progressive Hatred Highlight Everything Wrong With Democrats – Derek Hunter (COMMENT: I was the opposite of a “diversity hire.” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger person who would take the job.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2023/12/11/diversity-hires-and-progressive-hatred-highlight-everything-wrong-with-democrats-n2632231

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump’s power in Washington grows as allies pressure colleagues to admit the primary over – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4350862-trump-power-allies-primary/
— The case against SEC board diversity mandates – DAVID MCINTOSH AND SIRI TERJESEN
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4349538-the-case-against-sec-board-diversity-mandates/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-10-2023-4414014e31015af32e99a5767b18927c

CNN
— Democrats decry that “Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war intensifies.”
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-12-10-23/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrats decry that “Israeli tanks reach centre of Khan Younis in new storm of southern Gaza.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-report-israeli-battles-khan-younis-after-us-blocks-gaza-ceasefire-2023-12-10/
— Democrats decry that “Gaza’s ‘catastrophic’ health situation almost impossible to improve.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-health-situation-is-catastrophic-who-chief-2023-12-10/

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/major-us-immigration-policy-discussion-105530517

NBC NEWS
— Iowa poll: Trump surpasses 50% support ahead of first GOP contest. The former president leads Ron DeSantis among likely Iowa caucusgoers, 51% to 19%, with Nikki Haley at 16%. – Mark Murray and Alex Tabet
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-poll-trump-surpasses-50-support-ahead-first-gop-contest-rcna128217

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/10/israel-hamas-war-news-12-10-2023/b55b8802-972d-11ee-9d5c-d462c9032daa_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-11/immigration-policy-republican-presidential-candidates

USA TODAY
— ‘The Trump Party’: Here’s why Donald Trump’s supporters are calling the shots with Republicans ahead of 2024. – David Jackson (COMMENT: In your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, who do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn the most as being Trump-supporters?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/11/donald-trump-republicans-base-2024/71850190007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2023/12/09/pinkmas-decor-rose-colored-trees-for-a-barbie-approved-christmas/71746549007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO businesses ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ. How soon, if not already, will they officially stop employing those who do not promote LGBTQ? How soon, if not already, will they officially destroy their customers, suppliers, etc. who do not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.wsj.com/business/lgbtq-challenges-business-2024-868cc7d1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats decry that “Israel Detains Hundreds of Palestinian Men in Search for Hamas.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-groups-of-hamas-militants-surrendered-amid-gaza-fighting-7891bc22
— Trump as Dictator Is a Classic Case of Projection. Biden and his supporters try to excuse and deflect attention from their own authoritarian actions. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-as-dictator-is-a-classic-case-of-projection-2024-election-biden-robert-kagan-a4bc86c7
— The Ivy League Mask Falls. Antisemitism is one example of a much deeper rot on campus. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ivy-league-mask-falls-antisemitism-higher-education-4592d0c0
— Why Go to College if the World Is About to End? It’s a rhetorical question that suggests climate-change catastrophists have become a religious sect. – James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-go-to-college-if-the-world-is-about-to-end-climate-change-14305b07

BLOOMBERG
— Apple Settles DOJ Case That It Discriminated Against US Workers – Mark Gurman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-09/apple-aapl-settles-doj-case-that-it-discriminated-against-us-workers

ATLANTIC
— WHAT DOES THE WORKING CLASS REALLY WANT? Vying for its crucial support, neither Democrats nor Republicans are focusing on the essential question. – George Packer (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. They stress that 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 automotive 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.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/democratic-republican-parties-working-class-economy/676145/

PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE
— More People in Their 40s and 50s Are Pursuing Graduate Degrees (COMENT: I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business (Loyola 1976), accounting (DePaul 1980), and finance (IIT 1997). I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 when I was 43, and after I completing 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear to me that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because my GAO supervisor had made it clear to her employees that she wanted/demanded her employees to have such degrees. I succeed in getting her appointed to the program’s advisory committee. But in September of 1997, she flushed all that down her toilet. She played a very big role in forcing me to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” so that she could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had shunned the program. And that is exactly what she did.)
https://www.phillymag.com/sponsor-content/older-people-pursuing-graduate-degrees/

HR DRIVE
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were disabled. Further, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were minority, female, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of. I should write a book about that.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/for-ada-reassignment-how-long-and-far-must-hr-look-for-a-vacancy/701943/