June 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As police response times grow, people are taking defense into their own hands – Rob Chadwick (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect ever-increasing poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/opinion-chicago-911-response-time-firearms-concealed-carry/
— Will County township supervisor has no regrets flying inverted U.S. flag outside public offices for Trump – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: If Trump had been found innocent, how would the Democrats have protested?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/02/will-county-township-supervisor-has-no-regrets-flying-inverted-u-s-flag-outside-public-offices-for-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Thousands of Mexican nationals in Chicago turn out to vote, some waiting over 10 hours – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (COMMENT: Countries always have conflicting interests. Mexico has tremendous conflicting interests with America. One cannot be loyal to two countries at the same time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/02/mexico-election-chicago/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders promote race-based politics.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/asian-americans-working-to-translate-growing-numbers-in-chicago-into-political-power/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their convicting Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/06/02/donald-trump-felony-hush-money-conviction-steinberg

ABC7
— Posen carnival shut down early after ‘large fight’ leads to multiple arrests (COMMENT: Posen today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/posen-park-fest-2024-carnival-shut-early-after/14904900/
— Half of Americans think Trump’s guilty verdict was correct, should end campaign. 47% say they think the charges against Trump were politically motivated. – Isabella Murry (COMMENT: Democrats run the news media in America. From the beginning, they have shouted that the prosecution was warranted and that Trump is guilty.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-poll-half-americans-guilty-verdict-correct-2024-election/14903586/
— Thousands of Mexicans vote in-person at Chicago consulate for historic Mexico presidential election – Christian Piekos and Cate Cauguiran (COMMENT: Countries always have conflicting interests. Mexico has tremendous conflicting interests with America. One cannot be loyal to two countries at the same time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/time-thousands-elect-new-president-mexico-person-mexican/14902679/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pride-month-events-thousands-line-streets-6th-annual-buffalo-grove-parade-2024/14904036/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pride-month-celebrations-kick-off-across-the-chicago-area/3452912/

CBS2
— Posen carnival shut down due to large fight – Beth Lawrence, Elyssa Kaufman, Marissa Perlman (COMMENT: Posen today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/posen-carnival-shut-down-due-to-large-fight/
— Thousands in Chicago line up to vote in historic Mexican election – Sara Machi (COMMENT: Countries always have conflicting interests. Mexico has tremendous conflicting interests with America. One cannot be loyal to two countries at the same time.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-vote-mexican-election/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hundreds-left-outside-after-doors-close-at-chicagos-mexican-consulate-during-historic-election/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy702yZh0-I

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicagos-queer-fam-pride-jam-unites-lgbtq-families-at-millenium-park/
— Mexican nationals in Chicago line up to vote in historic presidential election (COMMENT: Countries always have conflicting interests. Mexico has tremendous conflicting interests with America. One cannot be loyal to two countries at the same time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qdp0viNCjY

FOX32
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump verdict makes significant number of Republicans less likely to support him.” In Illinois, in your county, in your township, and your municipality, how many hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who are the following will use Trump’s conviction to officially become Democrats: a) leaders of Republican organizations, b) Republican elected officials, c) Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct, d) major donors, e) etc.? To be a Democrat is to promote 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, and age discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-verdict-republicans-poll-less-likely-support-him
— Tattoos may increase risk of developing lymphoma, alarming new study finds – Kyra Colah
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tattoos-may-increase-risk-developing-lymphoma-alarming-new-study-finds

WGN RADIO
— An update on the Christopher Columbus statue – Jack Heinrich (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will destroy any remaining statues of German Americans.)
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/an-update-on-the-christopher-columbus-statue/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois among worst states for pay gaps between men and women – Claire Grant (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that all my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/06/03/study-illinois-among-worst-states-for-pay-gaps-between-men-and-women/73924500007/

SOUTHERN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their convicting Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/06/02/half-of-americans-think-trumps-guilty-verdict-was-correct-should-end-campaign-poll/

EVANSTON NOW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Evanston.
https://evanstonnow.com/all-welcome-at-family-pride-festival/

WJBC
— U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson headlines Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day Dinner
https://www.wjbc.com/2024/06/03/u-s-house-speaker-mike-johnson-headlines-peoria-tazewell-lincoln-day-dinner/

25 NEWS NOW
— House Speaker Mike Johnson addresses Trump verdict in Peoria – Jon Schoenheider
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/06/02/house-speaker-mike-johnson-addresses-trump-verdict-lincoln-day-dinner-peoria/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with prospect of jail time, house arrest after hush money conviction – Miranda Nazzaro
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hes-ok-with-prospect-of-jail-time-house-arrest-after-hush-money-conviction/
— Republicans make Biden’s EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a more nuanced approach. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-republicans-make-bidens-ev-push-an-election-year-issue-as-democrats-take-a-more-nuanced-approach/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Donald Trump is a convicted felon. How is that shaping his campaign messaging? -Danielle Kurtzleben, Scott Detrow (COMMENT: While I am not a convicted felon, I am someone who the federal government forced into early retirement at age 49 and took many other adverse actions against before that even though I had earned a) a job-related professional license, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) three job-related master’s degrees. My critics/opponents continue to use the aforesaid against me big time.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-06-02/donald-trump-is-a-convicted-felon-how-is-that-shaping-his-campaign-messaging

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s Illinois swing – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/06/03/speaker-johnsons-illinois-swing-00161230
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PEORIA, Illinois: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson headlined the annual Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day Dinner, where he railed on the guilty verdicts against Donald Trump and pumped up the IL-17 congressional race. It was a scene: More than 400 Republican attendees gathered to hear Johnson speak at the Four Points by Sheraton Peoria. Reporters weren’t allowed into the ballroom, but Johnson did speak to us before the event. On Trump: Johnson said, “He is not just our nominee, not just an individual running for president. I think now he’s seen as a symbol, a symbol of one who is willing to fight back against that corruption, the deep state and all the rest.” Here’s POLITICO’s full report with quotes from Illinois Republicans Joe Walsh, Jeanne Ives, Rhonda Belford and Jim Rule. During the presser: Johnson stood with Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Joe McGraw, a retired judge who’s challenging incumbent Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen in the IL-17 District in November.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— PRESS RELEASE: Democrat Fear Mongering Reaches Absurdity. CHICAGO — Last week, Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen, declared that our economy would shut down in THREE days if we secure our border. “The economy of the United States would end in 3 days. We have 3 days of what we need in the United States, so if we just shut down the entire southern border, it would be to the detriment of our country.” – Eric Sorensen Bottom Line: Our southern border is a national security threat as we’ve seen record crossings of migrants after Biden’s reversal of the Trump Administration border policies. We can’t afford naive, fear-mongering Democrats like Sorensen that vote against legislation to secure our border and destroy the Republican agenda to secure our border.
www.illinois.gop

WIREPOINTS
— ‘Justice-impacted individuals’: More of the same as Chicago’s violent crimes continue their six-year high – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/justice-impacted-individuals-more-of-the-same-as-chicagos-violent-crimes-continue-their-six-year-high-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CONTRACT COULD COST AT LEAST $10.2B TO $13.9B – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-contract-could-cost-at-least-10-2b-to-13-9b/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Tim Scott says Trump verdicts have unified Republicans more than ever. – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/2/inside-beltway-tim-scott-says-donaldtrump-verdicts/
— June and Pride Month: Humiliation for our divided and suffering country – Everett Piper (COMMENT: I have always opposed the promotion of LGBTQ. Because of that, those who promote LGBTQ have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/2/june-and-pride-month-humiliation-for-our-divided-a/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s the weekend of June 1, and for the next 30 days, we will be inundated with our country’s monthlong celebration of pride. We will see it everywhere. It will be pervasive. The rainbow’s ever-increasing colors will be inescapable. We will see it in the news. We’ll see it at Target. We’ll see it in Walmart. We’ll see it in our public parks and at our schools. We’ll see it in our theaters. We’ll see it on T-shirts, umbrellas, bumper stickers, and even at our churches. Pride, pride, pride! This is the singular message that silences all others. Say it with me and say it over and over again: “We are loud and are proud!” If you refuse to do so, you’re a bigot.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump calls on U.S. Supreme Court to prevent his sentencing for New York conviction – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3025673/trump-calls-on-supreme-court-to-prevent-his-sentencing-for-new-york-conviction/
— Milwaukee’s deep-blue hue contrasts sharply with GOP faithful set to nominate Trump there. – John Lewinski (COMMENT: How strongly has your municipality moved to the left? I should write a book about how strongly Wheaton has moved to the left since 1978.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-washington-briefing/3004544/milwaukees-deep-blue-hue-contrasts-sharply-gop-faithful-set-nominate-trump-there/
— The anti-Americanism of globalized universities – Jay P Greene and Tommy Huska
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3022649/the-anti-americanism-globalized-universities/
— Four ways Republicans are trying to punish Democrats for Trump conviction – Ross O’Keefe (COMMENT: I should write a book about high-profile Illinois “Republicans” who sided with GAO in Diersen v GAO.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3025779/four-ways-republicans-trying-punish-democrats-trump-conviction/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Columbia Protesters Reestablish Encampment and President Shafik Returns to the Negotiating Table – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-protesters-reestablish-encampment-and-president-shafik-returns-to-the-negotiating-table/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden keeps rewarding illegal migrants for jumping the border – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/opinion/bidens-asylum-dismissal-policy-is-granting-amnesty-to-masses-of-migrants/
— Biden breaks law to give millions of migrants work permits – Don Barnett
https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/opinion/biden-breaks-law-to-give-millions-of-migrants-work-permits/
— Biden admin offers ‘mass amnesty’ to migrants as it quietly terminates 350,000 asylum cases – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/us-news/biden-admin-offers-mass-amnesty-to-migrants-as-it-quietly-terminates-350000-asylum-cases-sources/
— Navy SEALs mocked for going ‘woke’ with Pride month post: ‘Slap in the face’
https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/us-news/navy-seals-mocked-for-going-woke-with-pride-month-post-slap-in-the-face/
— Trump says guilty verdict ‘tougher on’ Melania and Barron than him – Isabel Keane
https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/trump-says-guilty-verdict-tougher-on-melania-and-barron/

AMAC
— Trump’s Phony Conviction – Cannot Stand – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/trumps-phony-conviction-cannot-stand/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Navy SEALs command structure goes woke to greet Pride Month – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/06/02/this-is-terrifying-navy-seals-command-structure-goes-woke-to-greet-pride-month-1463201/

BLAZE
— Biden administration offers ‘mass amnesty’ to illegal immigrants by quietly terminating 350,000 asylum cases: – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-administration-mass-amnesty-migrants-asylum-cases
— Sanctuary mayors’ strange love for illegal aliens – BRIAN LONERGAN
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sanctuary-mayors-strange-love-for-illegal-aliens

CAMPUS REFORM
— NIU, an Illinois school with history of social justice events, hosts segregated graduations. NIU hosted segregated graduations for black students and LGBT-identifying students this May. The school previously hosted a ‘Social Justice Summer Camp for Educators’ and social justice workshops discussing subjects like ‘racial battle fatigue.’ – Brendan McDonald (COMMENT: I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. What does the college(s) that you graduated from think of you now?)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/illinois-school-history-social-justice-events-hosts-segregated-graduations-/25541

DAILY SIGNAL
— Big Labor Exploits Border Crisis for Its Own Selfish Gain – Maddie Dermon (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/03/big-labor-exploits-border-crisis-for-its-own-selfish-gain/

DAILY WIRE
— Woke Ideology Is Part Of Military Training – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-ideology-as-part-of-training-ben-shapiro-talks-wokeness-in-the-military-with-fox-news-pete-hegseth

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— House of Representatives Votes to Overturn D.C. Law Allowing Aliens to Vote – Carlos Montero
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/house-representatives-votes-overturn-dc-law-allowing-aliens-vote
— California Improperly Used Federal Medicaid Dollars to Pay for Illegal Aliens – Hannah Davis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/california-improperly-used-federal-medicaid-dollars-pay-illegal-aliens

FOX NEWS
— Speaker Johnson vows to ‘fight back… with everything in our arsenal’ after Trump verdict. Johnson emphasized that Republicans will remain within the ‘rule of law’ – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/speaker-johnson-vows-fight-back-everything-our-arsenal-trump-verdict
— Blue city rethinking ‘sanctuary’ status amid migrant flood. Mayor Adams has not yet indicated support for the legislation. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-bill-would-roll-back-nyc-sanctuary-city-laws
— Biden admin quietly dismisses over 350K asylum applications from immigrants since 2022. The Biden administration is looking to cap the number of encounters to an average of 4,000 per day over a week. – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-quietly-dismisses-over-350k-asylum-applications-from-immigrants-since-2022-trac
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once cases are terminated without a decision on the merits of their asylum claim, the migrants are removed from the legal system, and they are not required to check in with authorities. It also means the migrants can legally go anywhere they want inside the U.S. without having to worry about being deported.)

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Progressive questionnaire confirms Boston Mayor’s blatant anti-police policies. – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/progressive-questionnaire-confirms-boston-mayors-blatant-anti-police-policies

NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Supreme Court Must Decide’ N.Y. Case – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-supreme-court-new-york/2024/06/03/id/1167246/
— Biden Administration Gives ‘Mass Amnesty’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/amnesty-immigration-joe-biden/2024/06/02/id/1167179/

TOWNHALL
— Speaker Mike Johnson: Democrats Risk Destroying America’s Judicial System – Tom Tradup
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2024/06/03/speaker-mike-johnson-democrats-risk-destroying-americas-judicial-system-n2639894#google_vignette
— How the Mexican President Is Helping Joe Biden Win the Election. – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Constructively, Democrats have joined Mexico in declaring war on America.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/06/02/how-the-mexican-president-is-helping-joe-biden-win-the-election-n2639867
— Democrats’ Bogus Lawfare Takedowns Rooted In Fear and Loathing – John Ullyot
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnullyot/2024/06/02/democrats-bogus-lawfare-takedowns-rooted-in-fear-and-loathing-n2639843

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their convicting Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4699329-half-say-trump-verdict-correct-should-end-campaign-poll/

CBS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivf-senate-democrats-reproductive-rights-push/

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in convicting Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/02/trump-republicans-jury/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/06/03/gay-transgender-least-most-welcoming-states/73909721007/

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more LGBTQ in Los Angeles.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pride-flag-to-fly-above-la-city-hall-for-the-first-time/ar-BB1nslTN
— America is a land of justice, not systemic racism – Jeffrey H. Anderson (COMMENT: Yes, but ever-increasingly, America is a land of preference for Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and a land of discrimination against Republicans who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/america-is-a-land-of-justice-not-systemic-racism/ar-BB1nrEWy
— What caste were you born into? From what I see, if your parents do not have college degrees, you were born into the lowest caste. 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.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-i-was-born-into-india-s-lowest-caste-but-nothing-will-stop-me-from-embracing-my-joy/ar-BB1nvhc1

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly attack Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-call-judicial-system-weaponized-after-trump-conviction-2c876bdb
— New York Prosecutor Was First to Charge a Former President. Now He Weighs Seeking to Imprison One. Alvin Bragg, the first Black Manhattan district attorney, campaigned on the promise of enforcing the laws equally among the rich and poor. – James Fanelli and Corinne Ramey (COMMENT: What have you done that resulted in adverse actions against you? When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They retaliated against me a) by immediately throwing me off audits of IRS, b) by immediately giving me a very bad job assignment, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisal, c) by always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and d) by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. They took the aforesaid retaliatory actions against me even though I earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a job-related master’s degree in 1997. They took the aforesaid retaliatory actions against me even though I had previously earned job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981, a job-related professional license in 1981, and job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/new-york-prosecutor-was-first-to-charge-a-former-president-now-he-weighs-seeking-to-imprison-one-0895ea4e
— Making the Case for Taking Your Job Part-Time – Rachel Feintzeig (COMMENT: My working part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972 helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola, and c) but a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/making-the-case-for-taking-your-job-part-time-ce84c1dd

GUARDIAN
— The psychology of anger and aggression – Dean Burnett (COMMENT: The more demographics that you share with a person, that more that you are presumed to support that person. Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster/more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will destroy you. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, draft-avoider, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all the aforesaid demographics with Trump. Since 2015, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters and their operatives and their dupes have a) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, b) ended my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019, c) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and d) removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/aug/06/anger-aggression-psychology-screw-you
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, it’s often difficult to do anything about these frustrations, so it’s likely to result in displaced aggression. This is where you can’t respond to the thing that’s frustrating you due to it being unavailable or, more frustratingly, something or someone who has the greater ability to harm you if you react. The arousal of anger doesn’t dissipate quickly, so it’s often transferred to less deserving but more convenient targets.)

May 31, 2024

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Illinois Republican Party Responds to President Trump Verdict Following the verdict in the New York trial of President Trump, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement: “Let’s call this trial what it really is: a political prosecution the likes of which occurs in banana republics but not previously in these United States. Democrat activist investigators and prosecutors have relentlessly hounded President Trump for years. First, they challenged the legitimacy of his election in 2016 thru the Russian collusion hoax. Then, they strove to defeat his re-election in 2020 thru impeachments and the Hunter Biden laptop coverup. Then, they indicted him and his supporters to tarnish his legacy in an effort to re-elect President Biden. This weaponization of the judicial system has weakened our country here and in the eyes of the world, which I’m sure President Biden will savor while he vacations in Delaware as his handlers make critical decisions for the country.”
https://illinois.gop/

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— 2024 Illinois Republican Party Platform
https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Platform-of-the-Illinois-Republican-Party-2.pdf
— 2024 Illinois Republican Party Resolutions:
Resolution on Protecting Illinois Assets from Exploitation by Foreign Adversaries Resolution
Resolution on Student Loan Debt
Resolution on Safety of Food Supply Chain
Resolution on Transgender Issue
Resolution on Parental Rights
Resolution on Local Government Funding and Control
Resolution on Life
Resolution on Election Integrity
Resolution on Immigration
Resolution on Crime, Law and Order
Resolution on American Energy Independence
Resolution Affirming Equal Opportunity for All
https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Of course, I applaud the 2024 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions to the extent that they promote conservative principles. But if I had not been removed from the 2024 IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee, I would have advocated for a platform and for resolutions that would have given more priority and more emphasis to promoting personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I would have advocated for a resolution that would have called for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump verdict. How many of the following will use the verdict to officially leave the Republican Party and officially become Democrats: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists? How many of the aforesaid boycotted the IRP State Convention? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will eventually do if they have not done that already? Mine will officially a) dump Trump, b) become Democrats, c) oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members, d) reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or e) crow about the adverse actions that they have taken against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump verdict puts Illinois GOP on the attack – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/31/illinois-republicans-say-the-fix-was-in-00160956
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE: Illinois Republicans and a certain former governor rallied behind Donald Trump after a Manhattan jury found him guilty Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a hush money criminal trial. A sentencing hearing is set for July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Some of the reax: The Illinois GOP issued a statement comparing the legal proceedings to “banana republics.” Darren Bailey, who got Trump’s support when he ran for governor, called it “a dark day for America.” And Ogle County GOP Chair Mike Koolidge predicts the verdicts will “energize voters like nothing else has before — and in Trump’s favor.” Deja vu for you know who: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose prison term on corruption charges was commuted by Trump, said: “When you’ve lived through it yourself you recognize when they do it to someone else … the political fix was in.” The Democrat turned Trump-ocrat, as Blagojevich likes to describe himself, said the verdict was made by “a handpicked politicized Dem judge who denied a former President a chance to put on a defense and allowed ridiculously unlawful jury instructions,” via X. Illinois Democrats had another take, of course. Gov. JB Pritzker, who is a surrogate on the campaign trail for President Joe Biden, issued a statement saying: “Justice has been served. … Donald Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a grifter, and a threat to this country. He can now add one more title to his list — a felon. But let me be clear, Donald Trump will never be 47.” Mayor Brandon Johnson called Trump “a con artist, a bigot, and an embarrassment of a former president. And now, he’s a convicted felon,” on his social media account. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) called Trump “a loser in court and now we must beat him at the ballot box.” And Sen. Dick Durbin, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, offered this: “As I’ve said all along: no one is above the law — not even a former president.” Republicans and Democrats agree on one point made by Trump outside the courtroom: “The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people.”)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County Republicans call Trump prosecution biased following conviction – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/30/will-county-republicans-call-trump-prosecution-biased-following-conviction/
— Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin criticizes Kane County sheriff for comments about Aurora police – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-criticizes-kane-county-sheriff-for-comments-about-aurora-police/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How will the Biden campaign exploit the Trump hush money guilty verdict? Trump and Biden face impending crucial major strategic decisions on how to play the conviction in the coming weeks. They meet for their first debate June 27 in Atlanta. Trump will be sentenced on July 11. The Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee on July 15. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/30/how-will-the-biden-campaign-exploit-the-trump-hush-money-guilty-verdict-crime-manhattan-politics
— Chicago’s top watchdog raises alarms about police tactics for protests during Democratic convention. Inspector General Deborah Witzburg warned that using pepper spray and corralling protesters ‘risks escalating tensions and violating constitutional rights of lawful demonstrators.’ – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/05/30/chicago-watchdog-alarms-police-tactics-protests-democratic-convention-dnc
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/31/gen-z-gun-violence-facts-safety-social-media-campaign-unloaded-edgar-vilchez

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ big time in Elgin, Buffalo Grove, Lake County, Aurora, Carol Stream, and Schaum­burg. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240530/festivals-and-fairs/push-positivity-elgins-second-pride-parade-and-festival-kicks-off-pride-month-in-suburbs/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/submitted-content/elgbtq-hosting-second-annual-elgin-pride-parade-and-festival-on-june-1/

ABC7
— ‘Shameful’: Republicans quickly come to Trump’s defense after his conviction. Speaker Mike Johnson continued to claim the justice system has been weaponized. – Allison Pecorin and Alexandra Hutzler
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-guilty-counts-republicans-quickly-donald-trumps-defense/14892447/
— Donald Trump calls hush money trial ‘rigged’ after being found guilty on all counts. Former President Donald Trump spoke outside the courthouse on Thursday. – Leah Sarnoff
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-hush-money-verdict-donald-trump-calls-criminal/14892383/
— Donald Trump’s family reacts to sweeping guilty verdict in hush money trial. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial on Thursday. – Leah Sarnoff
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-sons-don-jr-eric-trump-react/14892879/

NBC5
— Trump sentencing set just days before Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-sentencing-set-just-days-before-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee/3451184/
— Sentencing, presidential race and more: What’s next for Donald Trump after verdict
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sentencing-presidential-race-and-more-whats-next-for-donald-trump-after-verdict/3451049/
— Trump’s Republican megadonors shrug off his guilty verdict – Brian Schwartz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trumps-republican-megadonors-shrug-off-his-guilty-verdict/3450955/
— Florida bridges will shun Pride colors in favor of red, white and blue
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/florida-bridges-shun-pride-colors-red-white-and-blue/3450743/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/new-route-timing-and-more-what-to-know-about-the-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3450650/

CBS2
— Trump denounces verdict as a “disgrace” and vows “this is long from over” after felony conviction. – Melissa Quinn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/donald-trump-reaction-guilty-verdict-new-york-criminal-trial/
— Where Trump’s 3 other criminal cases stand after his conviction in New York – Melissa Quinn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/donald-trump-convicted-new-york-other-criminal-cases/
— Will Chicago police be ready for DNC protests? A city watchdog weighs in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqB0zotFEY

WGN9
— Mexico’s presidential election to include in-person voting in Illinois – Angelica Sanchez (COMMENT: I am 100% German American. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/mexico-presidential-election-in-illinois/
— Chicago police underprepared for mass gatherings, report finds – Julian Crews, Eli Ong
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/new-oig-report-finds-cpd-underequipped-and-unprepared-for-large-scale-public-demonstrations/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlwgnpDHOZU

FOX32
— ‘A racist, a homophobe’: Pritzker rips into Trump after guilty verdict. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t hold back when talking about Donald Trump following his guilty verdict in New York City. (COMMENT: Pritzker’s power to destroy anyone and his power to destroy anything ever-increasingly increases.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1463758
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Those who push pot should be presumed to be pot users.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-music-festival-legal-on-site-cannabis-consumption-returns-star-studded-lineup
— New report evaluates Chicago Police Department’s preparedness for mass gatherings – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-report-evaluates-chicago-police-preparedness-for-mass-gatherings
— Former Chicago political reporters weigh in on Trump verdict. Here in Illinois, we’ve had our fair share of political scandals and big trials, but nothing with the potential implications that comes with today’s verdict for Trump. (COMMENT: I should write a book about past and present political reporters in Illinois. I would focus on how they have treated me.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1463910

WSIL TV
— Elon Musk has been getting Trumpier. A direct line to Trump may be next. – CNN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you. Both Trump and I are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/elon-musk-has-been-getting-trumpier-a-direct-line-to-trump-may-be-next/article_2977077d-8ef0-5918-815e-3561cefab35f.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump retains voting rights and presidential run potential despite felony conviction – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-retains-voting-rights-and-presidential-run-potential-despite-felony-conviction-new-york-state-prison-florida-resident-disenfranchisement-white-house-run-republican-national-convention-sentencing-july-11-gop-ticket

NEWS 25
— LaHood blasts court, Pritzker blasts Trump after historic verdict – Tyler Lopez
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/31/lahood-blasts-court-pritzker-blasts-trump-after-historic-verdict/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Guns allowed in RNC security footprint – Alison Dirr
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/30/wisconsins-law-allows-guns-within-rnc-security-footprint/73818249007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Amid presidential chatter, Pritzker will address Wisconsin Democrats at annual convention – Tina Sfondeles
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-05-30/amid-presidential-chatter-gov-pritzker-will-address-wisconsin-democrats-at-annual-convention

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump asks supporters to join him in sharp post-verdict video – Julia Mueller (COMMENT: How many of the following will use the verdict to officially leave the Republican Party and officially become Democrats: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists? How many of the aforesaid boycotted the IRP State Convention?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-asks-supporters-to-join-him-in-sharp-post-verdict-video/
— Democrats use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/celebrating-diversity-through-pageantry-the-juneteenth-pageant/
— IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025 – AP (COMMENT: If I had used this IRS program when I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, I am sure that the program would have allowed my education deductions. I deducted the graduate evening a) business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980. My IRS employee manual encouraged me to take those courses. But in 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors disallowed those courses.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-irs-makes-free-tax-return-program-permanent-and-is-asking-all-states-to-join-in-2025/

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Bolingbrook Residents Speak Out Against ‘Detransitioning’ Event At Golf Club. At the meeting on Tuesday, residents called the event hateful and opposed its anti-gay and anti-transgender rhetoric. – Andrea Earnest (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/bolingbrook-residents-speak-out-against-detransitioning-event

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Ban on ‘captive audience’ meetings among 466 bills to pass this session -Alex Abbeduto (COMMENT: While worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I had to sit through many of their captive audience briefings.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/AMP_EDN/718/Ban-on-%E2%80%98captive-audience%E2%80%99-meetings-AI-regulations-among-466-bills-to-pass-this-session-3065.amp.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-301/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-96/
— Deficit spending reported as revenues plunge, salaries and debt increase
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/30/deficit-spending-reported-as-revenues-plunge-salaries-and-debt-increase/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mark Rice, a candidate for Illinois’ 8th Congressional District, has voiced strong criticism of his opponent and the incumbent Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/659540875-illinois-eighth-congressional-district-candidate-radical-raja-and-his-party-have-been-a-disaster-to-our-national-security

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Cook County offers grants to marijuana businesses – Jim Talamonti (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Those who push pot should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_01a11a76-1e9a-11ef-bf70-27a6f545b5ba.html

WIREPOINTS
— We spend the most, by far, on education in the Midwest and yet our kids still can’t read (COMMENT
https://wirepoints.org/we-spend-the-most-by-far-on-education-in-the-midwest-and-yet-our-kids-still-cant-read-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— A school choice program upsets the apple cart, and the teachers unions don’t like that (COMMENT: If my parents had not 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, I doubt that I would have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class, and get accepted by UIC.)
https://wirepoints.org/a-school-choice-program-upsets-the-apple-cart-and-the-teachers-unions-dont-like-that-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BLACK CHICAGOANS 20X LIKELIER TO BE HOMICIDE VICTIMS; ARREST RATE HITS RECORD LOW – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/black-chicagoans-20x-likelier-to-be-homicide-victims-arrest-rate-hits-record-low/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Manhattan jury finds former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/30/manhattan-jury-finds-donald-trump-guilty-on-all-co/
— Trial coverage skewed to inflame public against Trump – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/30/inside-beltway-trial-coverage-skewed-inflame-publi/
— GOP lawmakers rail against guilty verdict for Trump – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/30/mike-johnson-elise-stefanik-jim-jordan-rail-agains/
— Here are Trump’s top three arguments for appeal after guilty verdict in hush money trial – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/30/here-are-donald-trumps-top-three-arguments-for-app/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump trial travesty – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3023565/trump-trial-travesty/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump campaign donation page secures $800K contribution after ‘hush money’ guilty verdict. – Diana Glebova and Samuel Chamberlain
https://nypost.com/2024/05/30/us-news/trump-blasts-out-fundraising-appeal-after-hush-money-verdict-says-hes-a-political-prisoner/

AMAC
— The Border Invasion Election – Shane Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/the-border-invasion-election/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— For its ‘Pride Month’ push in stores, Walmart goes with ‘lesbian trans woman’ and ‘rainbow skull’ – Chris Woodward, Billy Davis (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.)
https://afn.net/business/2024/05/30/for-its-pride-month-push-in-stores-walmart-goes-with-lesbian-trans-woman-and-rainbow-skull/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Campaign Cheers Trump Verdict – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/31/morning-greatness-biden-campaign-cheers-trump-verdict/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden to hit reset on message to black voters – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. Biden could stress to Black voters that while he was in Congress, his Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take early retirement and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/30/biden-to-hit-reset-on-message-to-black-voters-1462607/

BREITBART
— New York Jury Finds Donald Trump Guilty on All 34 Counts – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/30/jury-finds-trump-guilty-on-all-34-counts/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Rigged, Disgraceful Trial’: Trump Responds To Conviction, Promises ‘Real Verdict’ In November – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/30/rigged-disgraceful-trial-trump-responds-to-conviction-promises-real-verdict-in-november/
— Alan Dershowitz Doubts Conviction Will Be Overturned Because Appellate Judges Are ‘Terrified’ To Help Trump. – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/30/alan-dershowitz-doubts-conviction-overturned-because-judgestrump/
— Trump Trial Judge Did Everything In His Power To Confuse The Jury To Ensure Conviction – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/30/rooke-trump-trial-judge-is-doing-everything-in-his-power-to-confuse-the-jury-to-ensure-conviction/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal Immigration Has Created ‘High Threat Level’ for Terrorist Attack in US, Expert Says – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/31/border-crisis-has-created-high-threat-level-terrorist-attack-us/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Found Guilty: Ben Shapiro Breaks Down the Verdict
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/breaking-trump-found-guilty

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens Call Lyft Ride After Getting Sick of Waiting for Border Patrol to Pick them Up – Joey Chester
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/05/30/illegal-aliens-call-lyft-ride-after-getting-sick-waiting-border-patrol-pick-them

FOX NEWS
— Biden picked illegal immigrants over veterans. We must fix it before it’s too late. Veteran homelessness has spiked 19%, but Biden is too busy aiding illegal immigrants to help. – Kate Monroe
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/prioritizing-illegal-immigrants-over-veterans
— National Park Service reverses ban on employees wearing uniforms at Pride events following LGBTQ backlash. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reversed the decision in a statement issued late Friday. – Kendall Tietz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/national-park-service-reverses-ban-employees-wearing-uniforms-pride-events-following-lgbtq-backlash
— Former Gov Blagojevich: My fellow Democrats are ‘destroying the rule of law’ Trump commuted the prison sentence of the former Democrat governor of Illinois in 2020. – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-gov-blagojevich-my-fellow-democrats-destroying-rule-law

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Statement on the Trump Verdict
https://www.judicialwatch.org/trump-verdict/
— Judicial Watch: Defense Dept. Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted ‘Drag Story Time’ and Other ‘Drag’ Events
https://www.judicialwatch.org/air-force-drag-story-time/

TOWNHALL
— To Fund Immigrant Services, Denver Slashed Its Police Department and Will Answer 911 Calls With…Drones – Brad Slager
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2024/05/30/to-fund-immigrant-services-denver-slashed-its-police-department-and-will-answer-911-calls-withdrones-n2639737

TRUMPET
— Pope Francis Denounces Attempts to Defend U.S. Southern Border. Why is the leader of the world’s largest church promoting charities that support illegal immigration? – ANDREW MIILLER
https://www.thetrumpet.com/29596-pope-francis-denounces-attempts-to-defend-us-southern-border

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says – LINDSAY WHITEHURST (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who continue to blacklist me: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. Better yes, I should sue them.)
https://apnews.com/article/nra-aclu-parkland-shooting-lawsuit-supreme-court-953424f3fd33f279b0cc2ce050069d48

CNN
— Big stars come out for Biden – but much of Hollywood wrestles with 2024 endorsements in a polarized world. – Priscilla Alvarez and Elizabeth Wagmeister
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/celebrity-endorsements-2024-election/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Texas G.O.P. at War With Itself, the Hard Right Is Gaining – J. David Goodman (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the Texas GOP with the Illinois GOP.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/us/texas-republican-primaries-dade-phelan.html
— I should write a book about Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, etc. in Illinois who have promoted LGBTQ the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/opinion/brad-polumbo-gay-rights-republicans.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Biden’s dilemma: Avoid a 1968 repeat in Chicago
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/31/bidens-dilemma-avoid-a-1968-repeat-in-chicago/

USA TODAY
— Chicago watchdog sounds alarm on police crowd control tactics during Democratic convention – Michael Loria
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/30/chicago-watchdog-finds-police-tactics-create-problems-at-democratic-national-convention/73912054007/
— Democrats and RINOs continue to use George Floyd to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/31/dei-backlash-george-floyd-death-anniversary/73899737007/

NEWSWEEK

— Tyson Foods Speaks Out on Hiring Migrant Workers Over Americans – Nick Mordowanec (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.newsweek.com/tyson-refutes-afl-claims-hires-migrants-workers-labor-1906270

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Guilty Verdict for Trump and Its Consequences for the Country. District Attorney Alvin Bragg inaugurates a new and destabilizing era of American politics. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-guilty-verdict-manhattan-trial-alvin-bragg-juan-merchan-stormy-daniels-b982d7d1

KRESGE FOUNDATION
— The Kresge Foundation promotes DEI big time, that is, it promotes political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination big time. I worked for S.S. Kresge 1964-1966. I should write a book about how my S.S. Kresge superiors, supervisors, and coworkers treated me. I was the only White male who washed dishes in its Chicago Heights store.
https://kresge.org/news-views/looking-back-kresges-path-toward-a-deeper-embrace-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

May 28, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What steered you away from vices, poverty, and crime? What steered you toward your successes in life? For me, it was my parents who were conservative Republicans who stressed personal responsibility and becoming a productive member of society. They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL. Even though neither of them attended college and my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma and my mother never attended high school, their upbringing of me motivated/enabled me to work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree, three masters degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party a) to issue a detailed press release on its State Convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you know who represented you at the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention on its National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee and on its Platform and Resolutions Committee? Do you know how they voted and why? Questions for your representative on the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee: when the final vote was taken, a) did you vote for White or for Shaw for National Committeeman and why and b) did you vote for Belford or for Lasonde for National Committeewoman and why? Which candidates did you vote for in earlier rounds of voting and why? Questions for your representative on the Platform and Resolutions Committee, when the final vote was taken, did you vote for or against the following and why a) each of the proposed resolutions including direct election of IRP State Central Committee members and b) the IRP platform? How did you vote in earlier rounds of voting and why? If I had not been removed from the Platform and Resolutions Committee, I would have answered the aforesaid questions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In my opinion, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains should include the following in their next precinct letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention: a) who the speakers were, b) how many delegates there were in total and from their congressional district (CD), county, and township/ward, c) the names of the delegates from their CD, county, and township/ward, d) who their IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member appointed to represent them on the IRP State Convention committees and how they voted on the new IRP platform, the 12 new resolutions, direct election of IRP SCC members, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman, e) links to the new platform and to the 12 new resolutions on the IRP website, and f) lots of information on the new IRP National Committeeman Dean White and the new IRP National Committeewoman Rhonda Belford. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PARTY POLITICS: Illinois Republicans united behind former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during their state convention in Collinsville over the weekend. They also got behind a platform that attacks Democrats for supporting abortion rights, eliminating cash bail and promoting transgender identity, according to the Tribune’s Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner. Cheering for Trump: “Joe Biden’s vision for the country and JB Pritzker’s vision for the state is, it’s a disaster, and may I say, even that it’s evil,” Congresswoman Mary Miller, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, said during the conference. Roll call: Miller was also elected to be the delegation leader of Illinois and could be the voice we hear during roll call to support Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There was drama: The election to determine the new Republican National Committee members became divisive. An election had to be held because current members Richard Porter and Demetra DeMonte will see their terms come up at the end of the convention. How it played out: Republican State Central Committeeman Dean White was elected to replace Porter after Lake County GOP Chair Mark Shaw was twice rejected during voting on the convention floor. Shaw dropped out, opening the lane for White. Rhonda Belford, the Hardin County GOP chair, will replace DeMonte after the convention. “There are always going to be disagreements. You see that among Democrats, too,” DeMonte told Playbook after the convention. Her take: “There wasn’t any disunity.” If you are Mark Shaw, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email skapos@politico.com – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/28/state-budget-still-up-in-the-air-00160091

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 41 shot, 9 fatally, in citywide Memorial Day weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-memorial-day-gun-violence-police/14877210/
— Dad gets into shootout with group trying to steal cars while 5 daughters sleep inside Winnetka home. Suspects broke into Sheridan Road house to steal keys before trying to take Range Rover, Maserati. (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/winnetka-homeowner-exchanges-fire-suspects-steal-car-sheridan/14877966/

NBC5
— Winnetka homeowner exchanges gunfire with suspect in attempted car theft. The suspects fled the scene after the exchange of gunfire. (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/winnetka-homeowner-exchanges-gunfire-with-suspect-in-attempted-car-theft/3447578/

CBS2
— UChicago to withhold degree from at least one pro-Palestinian demonstrator – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/uchicago-withhold-degree-palestinian-demonstrator/
— What happens if Trump is convicted in New York? No one can really say – Graham Kates
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-if-trump-is-convicted-in-new-york-trial/
— Activists, leaders work to prevent violence in Chicago this summer (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/leaders-activists-push-safety-violent-memorial-day-weekend-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0Y-JSDhYU
— 5-year-old among 9 killed, 30 hurt in Chicago shootings during Memorial Day weekend – Jeramie Bizzle, Beth Lawrence (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-shootings-memorial-day-weekend-may-24-to-28/
— Winnetka homeowner exchanges gunfire with suspects trying to steal car – John Dodge (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/winnetka-car-theft-gunfire/

WGN9
— Over 30 fall victim to shootings over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://wgntv.com/news/over-30-fall-victim-to-shootings-over-memorial-day-weekend-in-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjYWC31GLVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8akgzKqmE

FOX32
— Chicago crime: 27 shot, 7 killed so far in Memorial Day weekend violence – Tia Ewing (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-memorial-day-weekend-violence

WBBM
— Chicago police officer takes teens on a camping trip to give them a ‘safe place’ over Memorial Day weekend. – (COMMENT: When you were young, how safe was your municipality? While I lived in Crete 1948-1972, it was very safe.)
https://www.wtvy.com/2024/05/27/police-officer-takes-teens-camping-trip-give-them-safe-place-over-memorial-day-weekend/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? A major week looms in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. – ERIC TUCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/27/major-week-trump-hush-money-trial/
— FRONT PAGE: Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues clashing with Illinois Senate over parole board – DAN PETRELLA and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/28/gov-j-b-pritzker-continues-clashing-with-illinois-senate-over-parole-board/
— FRONT PAGE: CTA could provide up to 250 buses for use during the DNC. Will that leave enough for regular bus service? – Sarah Freishtat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cta-could-provide-up-to-250-buses-for-use-during-the-dnc-will-that-leave-enough-for-regular-bus-service/ar-BB1nbmSu

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 9 killed, 30 wounded in Memorial Day weekend gun violence across Chicago. Among the dead are 5-year-old Reign Ware, who was fatally shot in the abdomen while sitting in a parked car in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue. (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/27/memorial-day-weekend-2024-continues-violent-trend-28-shot-7-killed
— 2 ex-jail officials say they were fired after claiming they were coerced into political work for Sheriff Tom Dart. Drake Carpenter and Aracelis Gotay were suspended without pay in March of 2022 amid a federal investigation involving the sheriff’s office. – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/05/27/cook-county-jail-officials-fired-coerced-political-work-sheriff-tom-dart

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Prairie Band Potawatomi land deal clears Illinois Senate, returns to House – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: If you run for a government office or for a political office as a Republican, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if any of your ancestors homesteaded a farm, Democrats and RINOs will use that against you. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that you directly, substantially, and unfairly benefitted from that and that therefore, you should pay reparations. If I ran for an office, they would stress a) that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, b) that they sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of downtown Crete in 1864, c) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, d) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and e) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/prairie-band-potawatomi-land-deal-clears-illinois-senate/article_af1d1eb4-1c71-11ef-856a-3f6519303841.html

WQAD
— Illinois Senate Democrats send $53.1B spending plan to House – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-senate-democrats-531-billion-spending-plan-house-capitol-news/526-456b2ed3-b494-4894-b78e-b418c7d24bdd

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pastor Criticized For No Transit Experience Withdraws From RTA Board Nomination. Rev. Ira Acree said the City Council and most agency boards should be vacated if alderpeople now want to only go off experience. – Mack Liederman (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. The kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988 and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/24/pastor-criticized-for-no-transit-experience-withdraws-from-rta-board-nomination/

HOODLINE
— CHICAGO CONFRONTS DISMAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH 7 DEATHS AMID SURGE IN GUN VIOLENCE – Damon R. Sheffield (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://hoodline.com/2024/05/chicago-confronts-dismal-memorial-day-weekend-with-7-deaths-amid-surge-in-gun-violence/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-298/
— Welch to convene House at noon Tuesday.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/27/welch-to-convene-house-at-noon-tomorrow/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— In Part 2 of our interview w/the Big Tent Coalition’s CEO, Tim Ozinga, the discussion focuses on the dearth of real political leaders in IL and the key challenges facing the State. – Alana Goodman
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/in-part-2-of-our-interview-wthe-big

WIREPOINTS
— New Trier School District set to produce next $8 million superintendent pensioner – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-trier-school-district-set-to-produce-next-8-million-superintendent-pensioner-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOSE 127,000 STUDENTS – Hilary Gowins (COMMENT: Illinois parents a) who cannot avoid public schools because they cannot afford religious schools and b) who do not want Illinois teachers to make their children “good little Democrats,” take their children and move out of Illinois. My parents sent me to religious schools 1953-1962 even though my father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and my mother never worked outside of the home until after he died.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/editorial-illinois-public-schools-lose-127000-students-since-pandemic/
— How Illinois can give parents more choice within public school system. – Hannah Schmid (COMMENT: Yes, but ever-increasingly, Illinois parents are Democrats who therefore by definition are anti-conservative and anti-Republican and want teachers a) to make their children sexually active LGBTQers and b) to promote dependency on government and charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and race and gender based preference giving, that is, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/report-how-illinois-can-give-parents-more-choice-within-public-school-system/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NewsGuard primes children in public schools for life of leftist activism. The latest way K-12 students are being indoctrinated. – John Tillman
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/27/newsguard-primes-children-in-public-schools-for-li/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard Graduation Marred by Anti-Semitism Controversy as Speaker Accuses Critics of Smearing Her for ‘Money and Power’ Commencement speaker Maria Ressa employs anti-Semitic trope to blast critics, prompting Harvard rabbi to walk off the stage. – Alana Goodman
https://freebeacon.com/campus/harvard-commencement-speaker-told-graduates-her-critics-had-smeared-her-for-money-and-power-new-translation-confirms-the-critics-were-correct/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Because I accepted your invitation to be here today, I was attacked online and called anti-Semitic by money and power because they want money and power,” she told Harvard graduates during the May 23 ceremony.)

NEW YORK POST
— Here’s why the case against Trump should end in ‘not guilty’ – Jonathan Turley
https://nypost.com/2024/05/27/opinion/heres-why-the-case-against-trump-should-end-in-not-guilty/

BREITBART
— Denver Offers How-To Guide on Turning Cities into Taxpayer-Funded Immigrant Sanctuaries – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/27/denver-offers-how-to-guide-on-turning-cities-into-taxpayer-funded-immigrant-sanctuaries/

FEDERALIST
— America Has Become The Land Of The Selfish, Home Of The Indoctrinated – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/27/america-has-become-the-land-of-the-selfish-home-of-the-indoctrinated/
— Trans Activists Quietly Build ‘Gender-Affirming’ Monopoly On Centers For Abused Children – LAURA BRYANT HANFORD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/28/trans-activists-quietly-build-gender-affirming-monopoly-on-centers-for-abused-children/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States and Localities Can Determine Whether to Resettle Refugees In Their Communities – Shari Rendall
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-and-localities-can-determine-whether-resettle-refugees-their

NEW AMERICAN
— Non-white Privilege? Anti-white Racism Reigns in U.S., Says Jeremy Carl – Selwyn Duke (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from non-Whites, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that they are anti-White.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/non-white-privilege-anti-white-racism-reigns-in-u-s-says-jeremy-carl/

NEWSMAX
— Sheltering Migrants Jacks Up Costs of NYC Hotel Rooms – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nyc-hotels-prices/2024/05/27/id/1166352/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/arts/pride-events-nyc.html

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have bombarded the jurors, as well as everyone else in the world, with ever-increasing hatred against not only Trump, but against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has hurt Biden because Biden shares the aforesaid demographics with Trump except that Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/05/22/trump-defense-rests-hush-money-trial-jury-duty/73772795007/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How a right-wing internet broadcaster became Trump’s loyal herald.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rallies-right-side-broadcasting-maga-election-27befda2383b917ab6e1213df19e5813

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-to-change-the-gender-on-your-driver-s-license/ar-AA1cVZim

May 27, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) to issue a detailed press release on its State Convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. At the convention, there was very strong support for Trump and for Dean White for IRP National Committeeman, but there were very few delegates from DuPage County. IRP chairman Don Tracy spoke vehemently against direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members. Many of the delegates who I spoke with had been strongly lobbied by opponents of direct election against direct election. Tracy’s IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee (PRC) killed direct election. Illinois Republicans who want direct election are overwhelmingly conservative. Illinois Republicans who oppose direct election are overwhelming moderate, that is, they reject some, many, most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. It seems that to get PRC members to kill direct election, those who oppose direct election a) loaded the PRC with members who oppose direct election or could be made to oppose direct election and b) dumped efforts to move the platform to the left. I was appointed to the PRC even though I have always promoted direct election. But that appointment was made before those who oppose direct election knew that major efforts were going to be made to promote direct election. Therefore, because of that, I was removed from the PRC before its first meeting. The Democrat news media at the convention again demonstrated its rudeness and hostility toward me. I have attended as a delegate and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor all the IRP State Conventions since 2000. The 2020 convention was by Zoom. The last big push for direct election was at the 2008 convention. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you know who represented you at the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention on its National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee and on its Platform and Resolutions Committee? Do you know how they voted and why? Questions for your representative on the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee: when the final vote was taken, a) did you vote for White or for Shaw for National Committeeman and why and b) did you vote for Belford or for Lasonde for National Committeewoman and why? Which candidates did you vote for in earlier rounds of voting and why? Questions for your representative on the Platform and Resolutions Committee, when the final vote was taken, did you vote for or against the following and why a) each of the proposed resolutions including direct election of IRP State Central Committee members and b) the IRP platform? How did you vote in earlier rounds of voting and why? If I had not been removed from the Platform and Resolutions Committee, I would have answered the aforesaid questions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does the future look like for your elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC)? I have been an elected RPC since 2000. My future as a RPC looks ever-increasingly bleak for me. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletters for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They stress that I promote direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. They stress that I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. One of them recently rudely told me that she threw my precinct letter away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In my opinion, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains should include the following in their next precinct letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention: a) who the speakers were, b) how many delegates there were in total and from their congressional district (CD), county, and township/ward, c) the names of the delegates from their CD, county, and township/ward, d) who their IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member appointed to represent them on the IRP State Convention committees and how they voted on the new IRP platform, the 12 new resolutions, direct election of IRP SCC members, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman, e) links to the new platform and to the 12 new resolutions on the IRP website, and f) lots of information on the new IRP National Committeeman Dean White and the new IRP National Committeewoman Rhonda Belford. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— IL GOP’s Grassroots ride Dean White into the Winner’s Circle in Collinsville, IL. Could this be a turning point for the IL GOP?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/il-gops-grassroots-ride-dean-white
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yesterday, about 300 “Grassroots” county delegates to the IL GOP convention overcame strong recent GOP historical precedent and took control of the Party, at least for an afternoon. The grassroots wrested control away from the Establishment IL GOP State Central Committee (“SCC”). Usually, the seventeen member SCC chooses the IL RNC Committeeman and Committeewoman and the delegates in attendance at the convention docilely ratify the choice, almost proforma. But, not yesterday. Choice of a new IL GOP RNC Committeeman. This weekend, about five hundred IL Republicans gathered in Collinsville, IL to choose their new IL RNC committeeman and committeewoman to serve on the 168 member Republican National Committee, as IL committeeman Richard Porter, watch by clicking here (12 (10?) years of service) and IL committeewoman Demetra Demonte (16 years of service) were both term limited from continuing on the RNC. The main job of an RNC committeeman is to be the link or nexus between the state GOP and the RNC on national campaigns. Large elements of that nexus include national fundraising, message development and political organizing, especially for the national Presidential and mid-term elections. The primary interest of the IL GOP grassroots is the recruiting and election of quality state and local candidates and a party apparatus related thereto, not a national committeeman. But the symbolism and precedent of yesterday’s reversal of the establishment SCC was important to the grassroots, and they seemed to shout, as they descended on Collinsville, Carpe Diem, sensing victory would be theirs. On the other hand, get a sense of what could happen if these two often divergent parts of the IL GOP worked together— by watching RNC Committeeman Porter, linked to above (18:58-19:58), as he explains more than three years ago, the potential interaction between IL State operators, GOP U. S. Senators, the entire Congress and the RNC to solve Illinois’ fiscal issues, including the need to lower public sector pension and education costs— and taxes to make IL more fiscally stable and attractive in the long run to taxpayers and residents. . .Rhonda Belford, GOP Chair of Hardin County, was the SCC’s choice over Joan Lasonde for IL GOP Committeewoman, and Belford was easily approved by the Delegates in the Hall. Lasonde, residing on Chicago’s North Shore, is the 9th CD member of the SCC. The next steps for the IL GOP. So, we’ll find out in due course if Dean White, who is a bit of an unknown commodity in IL GOP politics, is everything the grassroots hope he will be. More importantly, we will no doubt learn soon if the SCC has learned how to make effective use of the grassroots’ energy to start producing some general election wins, perhaps even for IL Governor, since the stakes for IL are so high. And, many in the IL GOP almost surely will start chanting that familiar phrase: “Now is the time for all good men [and women] to come to the aid of their Party.”)

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATEMAN
— Texas Republican convention shows ultraconservative flank still controls the party. The dueling themes of party unity and purging the GOP of “RINOs” were the subplots of the Texas State Republican Convention. – John C. Moritz (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the Texas Republican Party with the Illinois Republican Party. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINOs paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not as being anti-conservative. RINOs reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs get rid of Republicans like me who support the planks that they reject. I should write a book about the biggest past and present RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/26/texas-gop-still-controls-state-politics-can-they-unite-in-2024-campaign/73853421007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I made a big decision in January of this year,” Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told the cheering delegates Saturday as the three-day Texas State Republican Convention was heading into its final hours. “I announced that I was declaring open season on RINOs with no bag limits.” Miller, an irrepressible conservative who likes to bill himself as “Donald Trump’s man in Texas,” was referring to that strain of the GOP faithful that has been castigated as “Republicans In Name Only” because of a willingness to sometimes seek common ground with Texas’ minority party. His remarks, which were presaged by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton, came in the final weekend before Tuesday’s runoffs, in which several Republican members of the state House — including Speaker Dade Phelan, who in the minds of many of the delegates and some of the GOP officeholders is Texas’ RINO-in-chief — are fighting for their political lives in the face of challengers backed by deep-pocket conservative donors and an army of activists from the party’s right flank. That right flank emerged as the dominant force among the almost 10,000 delegates and alternates who chose to spend at least the first part of their holiday weekend shaping the future of the Texas Republican Party, which has held unchecked power in the state for more than two decades.)

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Republicans voted on Saturday on a motion over whether the state party should back a referendum on the Lone Star State seceding from the United States and becoming an independent country. Once the votes have been tallied up, the party is expected to finalize its policy platform this week. – James Bickerton
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-republicans-vote-call-independence-referendum-1904934

HOODLINE
— ILLINOIS GOP EMBRACES TRUMP AT STATE CONVENTION AS LIBERTARIANS CHALLENGE HIS VIEWS IN CHICAGO SPEECH – Damon R. Sheffield (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote booze, gambling, pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://hoodline.com/2024/05/illinois-gop-embraces-trump-at-state-convention-as-libertarians-challenge-his-views-in-chicago-speech/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republicans threw their full weight behind former President Donald Trump during their state convention this past Saturday, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. The GOP adopted a platform that fiercely criticized Democrats for their stance on abortion rights, bail reform, and transgender issues. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller did not hold back in her condemnation of President Joe Biden and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, calling their vision for the country and state “a disaster” and even labelling it “evil.”. . . The dichotomy of the two events emphasizes the divisive figure Trump continues to represent, even within varied conservative circles. Illinois Republicans, particularly in rural regions, remain staunchly pro-Trump, with GOP Chair Don Tracy suggesting that Republican enthusiasm for the former president was on the rise. Meanwhile, Trump’s reception at the Libertarian convention exposes the frictions within a party known for its commitment to individual liberties and small government—a party where some view Trump as antithetical to their values. The Illinois GOP’s adopted platform attacks Democrats on a number of fronts, including abortion, law enforcement, and election integrity, according to the Chicago Tribune. They vehemently oppose the state’s pro-abortion laws and have added new language to their platform on gender identity, aligning closely with Trump’s traditional conservative views. Their actions signal an intention to fiercely fight to regain a foothold in suburbia, despite the potential risks of alienating moderate voters with their undiluted embrace of Trump.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 29 shot, 5 killed in Memorial Day weekend violence across city. (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-memorial-day-gun-violence-police/14874004/

NBC5
— National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India – AP (COMMENT: What is your national origin? How long have your ancestors been in America. How successful have they been? What have their successes been attributed to? I am 100% German national origin. All my ancestors were farmers who immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. Immigrants from other nations have been more successful than immigrants from Germany. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. Critics/opponents of German Americans attribute the success that German Americans have had to their benefitting from discrimination against immigrants from other nations. Further, they stress WWI and WWII and the Holocaust. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would cite examples in which my critics/opponents have used negative German American stereotypes and my German national origin against me. It is called national origin discrimination.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/national-spelling-bee-immigrants-india/3447166/

FOX32
— Child among 5 killed in slew of shootings during Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. – Nate Rodgers (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/young-girl-among-5-killed-over-three-dozen-shootings-during-memorial-day-weekend-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Park Ridge provisionally OKs $861,000 bid for security upgrades – RICHARD REQUENA (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/park-ridge-provisionally-oks-861000-bid-for-security-upgrades/


— Illinois Senate Democrats boost budget plan after House leaves town – OLIVIA OLANDER, JEREMY GORNER, DAN PETRELLA, OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/illinois-senate-democrats-boost-budget-plan-after-house-leaves-town/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/clarence-page-supreme-court-samuel-alito-dick-durbin/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Senate approves $53.1 billion budget plan. Senate Democrats on Sunday night called the state’s budget “fair” and a “statement of our priorities.” Republicans called it “another example of a long list of misplaced priorities.” – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/05/26/illinois-senate-begins-voting-on-53-1-billion-budget-springfield-legislature-pot-migrants-pritzker
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/05/24/justice-samuel-alito-upside-down-flag-jan-6-insurrection-supreme-court-democracy-solutions-project-editorial
— Pro-Palestinian student says University of Chicago is withholding degrees from 4 protesters. Youssef Hasweh, a fourth-year student, is having his degree withheld until the disciplinary measures are ‘resolved.’ He believes the ‘disproportionate response’ is aimed at deterring other student protesters. – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/25/pro-palestinian-student-university-chicago-hyde-park-withholding-degrees-protesters-israel-hamas-war

WBBM
— Pedestrians twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car than a gas-powered one – Mark Menard
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/national/study-electric-or-hybrid-car-twice-as-likely-to-hit-someone

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here’s what’s in the Illinois state budget, passed by Senate and sent to House for vote – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article288777295.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success pushing pot. Pot is poison. – Chris Breach
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/05/20/illinois-among-top-5-states-for-marijuana-sales-tax-revenue/73504372007/

KANKAKEE DAIL JOURNAL
— Gotion buys 231 acres for targeted expansions, power plant –
https://daily-journal.com/news/local/gotion-buys-231-acres-for-targeted-expansions-power-plant/article_47e9a7e2-1930-11ef-b1d2-83309955f2cd.amp.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Americans report using marijuana more frequently than alcohol. What are the risks of both? – Scott Detrow (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-26/americans-report-using-marijuana-more-frequently-than-alcohol-what-are-the-risks-of-both

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, spurning both Trump and Kennedy – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote booze, gambling, pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-libertarians-nominate-chase-oliver-for-president-spurning-both-trump-and-kennedy/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ASSAULTS UP 6.7% PAST 12 MONTHS, MORE VIOLENT – Patrick Andriesen and Jon Josko
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-crime-assaults-up-6-7-past-12-months-more-violent/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The left is turning America into a Third World country. Buying votes by the billions. – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/26/left-is-turning-america-into-third-world-country/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats look to expand abortion playbook to target Republicans on IVF – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3016549/democrats-look-expand-abortion-playbook-ivf/

WASHINGTON POST
— Alan Dershowitz compares anti-Israel campus protests by ‘Hitler Youth’ to Nazi Germany: ‘They are our future leaders’ – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2024/05/26/us-news/alan-dershowitz-likens-campus-protests-to-nazi-germany/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— It’s Time For The Republican Party to Unite Behind Trump Now. There is no denying that under Trump, America was stronger, safer, wealthier, and more prosperous. – David Keltz
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/27/its-time-for-the-republican-party-to-unite-behind-trump-now/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Like terrorists in the White House – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/like_terrorists_in_the_white_house.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden props George Floyd up as an American hero on anniversary of death – X responds – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/26/biden-props-george-floyd-up-as-an-american-hero-on-anniversary-of-death-x-responds-1461780/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Congress considering bill to curb DEI in med schools – Haika Mrema (COMMENT: To implement DEI is to lower standards.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/congress-considering-bill-curb-dei-med-schools-/25518

EPOCH TIMES
— Everything You Need to Know as Trump Trial Heads to Verdict. The charges, the witnesses, those who didn’t testify, and the final arguments before the jury takes control. – Catherine Yang (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have bombarded the jurors, as well as everyone else in the world, with ever-increasing hatred against not only Trump, but against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has hurt Biden because Biden shares the aforesaid demographics with Trump except that Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-as-trump-trial-heads-to-verdict-5655809

FEDERALIST
— Public Elementary Schools Deploy Leftists’ Favorite DEI Terms — And Refuse To Define Them – STEPHANIE LUNDQUIST-ARORA
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/27/public-elementary-schools-deploy-leftists-favorite-dei-terms-and-refuse-to-define-them/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden, the king of gaslighting, again falsely blames Republicans for HIS border crisis – Pat Droney (COMMENT: I should write about the biggest gaslighters in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/biden-the-king-of-gaslighting-again-falsely-blames-republicans-for-his-border-crisis

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Finally, Transgender Sports Rules That Make Sense – GEORGE LEEF (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/finally-transgender-sports-rules-that-make-sense/

NEWSMAX
— Mass Migration Overwhelming Sanctuary City Schools – Eric Mack (COMMENT: Sanctuary city schools today, your schools tomorrow.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegal-immigration-crowding/2024/05/26/id/1166259/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden to face at least 35 ‘uncommitted’ delegates at Chicago DNC
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-to-face-at-least-35-uncommitted-delegates-at-chicago-dnc

TOWNALL
— Over 40 Mayors Beg Joe Biden to Create Jobs Program for Illegal Immigrants – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did, they did not have to work their way through college. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/26/over-40-mayors-beg-joe-biden-to-create-jobs-program-for-illegal-immigrants-n2639541
— A President Who Exalts Evil – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/05/27/a-president-who-exalts-evil-n2639560
— Here’s How Many Times Non-Citizens Try to Infiltrate US Navy Bases Every Week – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/05/27/us-admiral-were-seeing-non-citizens-trying-to-infiltrate-naval-bases-2-3-times-per-week-n2639572

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCESSOUTHERN

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promote Hillary Clinton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/hillary-clinton-abortion.html
— Democrats say “How Donald Trump Still Lives in the 1980s. The greed-is-good era was the last time his preferred public image was intact, and he’s been returning there in ways large and small as he sits through his criminal trial in Manhattan.” What did you do during the 1980s? I worked as an Analyst for the Democrats who ran GAO. In 1980, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. In 1984, my wife and I had own home built in Wheaton. In 1986, the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS was finally able to get me assigned to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13, currently $115,439/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. In 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1989, in retaliation, they threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment and performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/trump-1980s-manhattan.html
— FRONT PAGE: Free Food? Modi Makes Sure Every Indian Knows Whom to Thank for It. India’s welfare programs improve lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party uses its vast machinery to ensure the handouts also create loyal voters. – Suhasini Raj and Alex Travelli (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly buy votes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/world/asia/india-welfare-modi.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hotels in N.Y. Pick Migrants Over Tourists| – Luis Ferré-Sadurní
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/nyregion/hotels-prices-migrants-nyc.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A vote for the soul of the Republican Party (COMMENT: What does the future look like for your elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC)? I have been an elected RPC since 2000. My future as a RPC looks ever-increasingly bleak for me. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletters for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They stress that I promote direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. They stress that I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. One of them recently rudely told me that she threw my precinct letter away.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/a-vote-for-the-soul-of-the-republican-party/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more preference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/27/ncaa-settlement-racial-injustice/

USA TODAY
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more preference.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/25/george-floyd-death-anniversary-racism-progress-slow/73540226007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Massive Immigration Wave Hitting America’s Classrooms – Jon Kamp and Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-massive-immigration-wave-hitting-americas-classrooms-3c7d7943
— Young professionals graduating from public universities charging in-state tuition often receive a degree that is worth the money—with one caveat. New graduates need to earn at least $50,000 a year, on average, in their first decade off campus for the degree to pay off, according to new research from Strada Education Foundation, a nonprofit that analyzed federal education and earnings data. If they can land that salary, or make $500,000 before taxes over 10 years, state school graduates across sectors will find the investment worth it and should be able to pay off their loans, Strada says. – Alyssa Lukpat (COMMENT: During the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980, IRS paid me more than $800,000 in salary In today’s dollars. My IRS salary increased from $54,728/year (GS-7 Step 1) to $110,020/year (GS-12 Step 5). I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/public-college-value-salary-career-7dc157e5

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The Christian Nationalist Danger Behind the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag – Sarah Jones (COMMENT: What is your religion? How are members of your religion stereotyped? What are members of your religion blamed for? What have their successes been attributed to? I am Protestant. My parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. Protestants are ever-increasingly negatively stereotyped as being patriotic and even worse things. Protestants are ever-increasingly blamed for all the problems that America has. The successes that Protestants have is ever-increasingly attributed to their benefitting from discrimination against non-Protestants. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would cite examples in which my critics/opponents have used negative Protestant stereotypes and my being Protestant against me. It is called religious discrimination.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-christian-nationalism-behind-the-appeal-to-heaven-flag.html

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Despite mounting opposition, US House leader moves to invite Netanyahu to Congress. Republican Mike Johnson sets deadline for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer to sign on and make it a joint session or will proceed alone; Democrats divided
https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-mounting-opposition-us-house-leader-moves-to-invite-netanyahu-to-congress/

May 23, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do you hope that Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders will stress at their State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25? I hope that they will stress defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I hope that they will stress direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, May 25, 2024, delegates to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention in Collinsville will be asked to vote on a new IRP platform and a new set of resolutions. But so far, the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee has not provided delegates with drafts of the aforesaid. If I had not been removed from the committee because of my calling for strengthening the platform, including calling for E-Verify, and because of my calling for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members, I would have called for the committee to provide delegates with drafts of the new draft platform and the new draft set of resolutions by now. Further, I would have called for the IRP to provide delegates with a detailed agenda for the convention’s May 25 general session by now. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In possible DNC preview, Gov. J.B. Pritzker mocks ex-President Donald Trump – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/in-possible-dnc-preview-gov-j-b-pritzker-mocks-ex-president-donald-trump/
— Judge temporarily blocks hastily passed election law that favored Democrats in November – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/judge-temporarily-blocks-hastily-passed-election-law-that-favored-democrats-in-november/
— BEYOND TRAGIC: There are now more daily marijuana users in the US than daily alcohol users – CARLA K. JOHNSON (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/by-the-numbers-there-are-now-more-daily-marijuana-users-in-the-us-than-daily-alcohol-users/
— Mayor Richard Irvin says Aurora ‘absolutely pursuing a special census’ after recent estimates say city lost population – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/mayor-richard-irvin-says-aurora-absolutely-pursuing-a-special-census-after-recent-estimates-say-city-lost-population/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/22/rescheduling-marijuana-president-biden-justice-department-drug-war-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker, Johnson tout DNC in Chicago at preview – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-johnson-tout-dnc-in-chicago-at-preview/
— Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/lara-trump-is-taking-the-reins-and-reshaping-the-rnc-in-her-father-in-laws-image/
— Under Illinois Democrat leaders, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/submitted-content/northern-illinois-food-bank-receives-70000-donation-from-meijer-to-help-fight-hunger-in-north-chic/
— ‘We need resolution’: State lawsuit against Wheaton history group drags on – Susan Sarkauskas and Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/news/we-need-resolution-state-lawsuit-against-wheaton-history-group-drags-on/

ABC7
— Democratic Party leaders preview DNC to media representatives at United Center – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-party-leaders-media-representatives-united/14858556/

NBC5 & WGN9 & FOX ILLINOIS & WJOL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIU
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-us/3443948/
https://wgntv.com/news/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-u-s-a-new-study-says/
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-us-a-new-study-says-recreational-smoking-vaping-edibles-pot-weed-cannabis-drugs-narcotics-research-tobacco-liquor-booze-cocktails-beer
https://www.wjol.com/study-daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-u-s/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-us-new-study-says/
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2024-05-22/the-4th-annual-illinois-cannabis-convention-features-jim-belushi

CBS NEWS
— Shootings, stabbings on Chicago transit system leave many alarmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQ7yeB-Sq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThsv4zVuFY
— Woman robbed at gunpoint near Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago – Adam Harrington (COMMENT: I worked near the Federal Plaza in 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-robbed-gunpoint-federal-plaza-downtown-chicago/

FOX32
— Downtown Chicago residents urged to stay vigilant amid rising crime; aldermen to hold meeting (COMMENT: I was a downtown Chicago resident part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCf70ifT1E

WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/expedited-asylum-policies-will-devastate-harm-migrants-advocates-say/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/city/how-to-celebrate-pride-month-in-evanston-and-chicago/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Only so much to go around’: Spending demands mount as Illinois lawmakers craft budget – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: Tax dollars given to one group are tax dollars not given to another group.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/20/who-wants-a-cut-of-illinois-52-7b-budget-pie-demands-grow-as-vote-looms/73689852007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-protecting-emergency-abortion-services/73793013007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary – AP (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/nikki-haley-says-she-will-vote-for-donald-trump-following-their-disputes-during-republican-primary/article_85341a54-1009-50bf-a8fb-59061c0b4ea7.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-advocates-overwhelming-skeptics/article_40e1f347-5b12-5812-a9d6-d77add67411f.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Colorado GOP urges parents to pull kids from public schools over new gender identity law – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/colorado-gop-urges-parents-to-pull-kids-from-public-schools-over-new-gender-identity-law-colorado-republican-party-hb24-1039-governor-jared-polis-students-lgbt-transgender-chosen-names-pronouns-crisis-in-the-classroom

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A comment from Trump and GOP actions in the states put contraceptive access in the 2024 spotlight – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-a-comment-from-trump-and-gop-actions-in-the-states-put-contraceptive-access-in-the-2024-spotlight/
— Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. – AP (COMMENT: It would be great if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, would disclose the amounts and sources of their income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-congress-aims-to-overhaul-presidential-ethics-rules-with-a-plan-led-by-an-unlikely-pair-of-lawmakers/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker hurls zingers at Trump – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/23/pritzkers-got-zingers-on-trump-00159626

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-295/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-93/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— When Theodore Roosevelt gave us direct elections in Illinois
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/when-theodore-roosevelt-gave-us-direct

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Pre-Trial Release Denied for West Chicago Man Charged Selling Cocaine to Undercover Officer
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1191.php

WIREPOINTS
— The big myth that needs debunking: Illinois needs more money for education – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-big-myth-that-needs-debunking-illinois-needs-more-money-for-education-wirepoints-special-report/

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Jim Carris, Illinois 10th District Republican Candidate, said many people are stepping up to run for office due to dissatisfaction with the Democrat-controlled government, and these like-minded individuals are coalescing to make decisions based on common sense and compassion.
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/659300755-illinois-republican-candidate-people-are-running-due-to-democrat-controlled-government

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS MEMORIAL DAY DRIVERS FACE 2ND-HIGHEST GAS TAXES IN NATION – Kurtis Karg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-memorial-day-drivers-face-2nd-highest-gas-taxes-in-nation/
— ILLINOIS LEADERS WHO PUSHED PRO-UNION AMENDMENT THWART THEIR OWN STAFFERS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-leaders-who-pushed-pro-union-amendment-thwart-their-own-staffers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Biden, Democrats of wanting illegal immigrants to vote – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/mike-johnson-accuses-joe-biden-democrats-of-wantin/
— Biden burned by critics for tapping gasoline reserve to lower prices, cover up ‘anti-energy’ agenda – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/biden-burned-by-critics-for-tapping-gasoline-reser/
— Owning electric cars and trucks reflects political preference, survey finds – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise/hate American-nameplate cars, and especially muscle cars. I have owned American-nameplate muscle cars since 1966.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/inside-beltway-owning-electric-cars-and-trucks-ref/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gallego introduces House border bills as GOP vows to block immigration deal in Senate – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3012577/gallego-introduces-house-border-bills-immigration-2024/
— When his poll numbers go low, so does Biden – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3013379/when-poll-numbers-go-low-so-does-biden/

AMAC
— Stop The Migrant Invasion
https://amac.us/newsline/society/stop-the-migrant-invasion/
— Civil Society Or None – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/real-choice-civil-society-or-none/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Noncitizens voting – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/05/23/data-researcher-lays-out-facts-on-noncitizens-voting-they-could-help-choose-next-president/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Cancels Additional $7.7B in Student Debt – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/23/morning-greatness-biden-cancels-additional-7-7b-in-student-debt/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DC Board of Elections trains illegals and ‘non-citizens’ how to vote in US elections – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/dc_board_of_elections_trains_illegals_and_non_citizens_how_to_vote_in_us_elections.html

BREITBART
— Nikki Haley Reveals She ‘Will Be Voting for Trump’ – ELIZABETH WEIBEL (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most and biggest adverse actions against me.)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/22/nikki-haley-reveals-she-will-be-voting-for-trump/
— Schumer’s Revived Border Bill Promises ‘Orderly’ Flood of Economic Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/23/schumers-revived-border-bill-seeks-orderly-flood-of-economic-migrants/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Missouri bill would end forced DEI statements in public colleges and universities – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/missouri-bill-end-forced-dei-statements-public-colleges-universities-/25509

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois recommends bonuses to colleges for black, Hispanic students. Plan also includes added funds for students with low GPA, adult learners – SAMANTHA SWENSON (COMMENT: This is race based preference giving.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-recommends-bonuses-to-colleges-for-black-hispanic-students/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Biden’s Black Lies Matter – Larry Elder
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/05/24/bidens-black-lies-matter

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigration Under Biden Has Contributed To Housing Shortage – WILL KESSLER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/illegal-immigration-contributed-housing-shortage-experts/
— Antisemitic Campus Protests Expose DEI’s Failure – SHEILA NAZARIAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/nazarian-skin-decision-dei-dtale-campus-antisemitism/

DAILY WIRE
— Fox News Correspondent Shows Large Number Of Military-Aged Males Crossing ‘Illegally’ Into U.S.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-correspondent-shows-large-number-of-military-aged-males-crossing-illegally-into-u-s
— Democrats Plan To Push Abortion Issue As 2nd Anniversary Of Roe Overturning Nears – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-plan-to-push-abortion-issue-as-2nd-anniversary-of-roe-overturning-nears-report

FEDERALIST
— AP Admits Noncitizens Vote In U.S. Elections While Insisting It’s No Big Deal – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/22/ap-admits-noncitizens-vote-in-u-s-elections-while-insisting-its-no-big-deal/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Biden Admin Mourns Loss of “Butcher of Tehran”
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/05/22/biden-admin-mourns-loss-of-butcher-of-tehran/

MRC TV & NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC’s host Joy Reid pounced on a since-deleted video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social account. The video – made by a third party – briefly flashed the words “unified Reich” in a series of newspaper clippings. Reid characterized the post as a definitive representation of Trump’s fascist views, and ridiculously suggested that no one in the media was talking about it and that no one was calling him a Nazi. In addition, she repeatedly referenced several fascist leaders, especially Adolf Hitler, and accused other conservatives of relentlessly promoting fascist thought through their opinions and policies. After playing the now-deleted campaign ad, Reid ridiculously proclaimed: “As per usual, much of the media is downplaying the fact that the Republican nominee is once again using Nazi language.” She drew attention to some of Trump’s associations and past comments, claiming they indubitably prove he was just like Hitler. She even said, “Donald Trump was proud that someone once compared him to Adolf Hitler.” The someone Reid referred to was former German Chancellor Angela Merkel who once praised Trump’s ability to attract large crowds. – Michael Wnek (COMMENT: Because of the path that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are ever-increasingly taking, anticipate/expect that if you do not share their hatred against Trump, that the more demographics that you share with Trump, that the more that they will call you a Nazi.)
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/michael-wnek/2024/05/22/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern University Has Received Nearly $690 Million from Qatar – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-university-has-received-nearly-690-million-from-qatar-report/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Facilitate Illegal Entry Into US – Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/border-immigration-illegal/2024/05/22/id/1165784/
— Army’s woke agenda compromising American safety – Carl Higbie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37o_ro-wGc

REAL CLEAR INVISTIGATIONS
— Investigative Issues: Media Refuse to Cover Illegal-Immigrant Crime – Dave Seminara
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/05/22/investigative_issues_media_refuse_to_cover_illegal-immigrant_crime_1033452.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Illegals Believe Trump Is Going To Win So They’re Surging The Border Now – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/illegals-believe-trump-going-win-so-theyre-surging-border-now-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/22/inside-democrats-political-strategy-border-security/

KTRH
— Nearly 30% of Illegal Aliens Are Registered to Vote – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: What percent of the illegals in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct are registered to vote?)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-05-22-nearly-30-of-illegal-aliens-are-registered-to-vote/

WBUR
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/05/22/brown-affirmative-action

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Joe Biden’s 2024 Election Bribes. The president is using the U.S. Treasury like a 1920s party boss’s safe. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-bribes-2024-election-spending-young-voters-turnout-swing-state-uaw-ev-3ac8df6f
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have done the most to may me angry at them.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/anger-health-effects-risks-heart-brain-mental-f4105ed7
— Companies Want Fewer Grad Hires This Year. Companies are hiring fewer fresh graduates and rethinking their needs for entry-level talent. – Joseph Pisani
and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS was all on-the-job training in the Loop.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/jobs-ai-disruption-2024-college-graduates-f72247ab
— The Facebook Group Reuniting People With Their Stolen Cars – Talal Ansari (COMMENT: In 1971 when I was a 22-year-old new IRS employee in Chicago, the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE in Chicago had a big impact on me. It resulted in my buying a new 1972 Corvette and my successfully requesting to be assigned to IRS’s Harvey Office.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/portland-stolen-cars-facebook-group-d8546d58

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-basic-income-helped-mother-rent-an-apartment-ubi-gbi2024-5

May 19, 2024

WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL
— Wisconsin GOP convention spotlights abortion, higher education, immigration and national security – Steve Schuster (COMMENT: What actions will the Illinois Republican Party take at its State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25?)
https://wislawjournal.com/2024/05/18/wisgop-convention-spotlights-abortion-higher-education-immigration-and-national-security/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There may have been a few empty seats, but there was certainly no lack of heat as the 2024 Republican Party of Wisconsin State Convention kicked off in Appleton Saturday. Elected officials from Washington, D.C. to Madison spoke about issues impacting Wisconsinites, ranging from abortion and immigration to the University of Wisconsin’s failure to enforce the law and condemn antisemitic behavior on the Milwaukee and Madison campuses. Opening remarks were given by Brian Schimming, Chairman Republican Party of Wisconsin. “Are we going to do what it takes to save America?” Schimming asked the audience. Foreign policy Speaking on the Federal legislative panel, Senator Ron Johnson, Rep. Van Orden, Rep. Bryan Steil tore apart the Democrats responses and failure to condemn antisemitism and enforce state law during recent protests. “We must stand with Israel. I stand with Israel,” said Van Orden, and the room applauded. . .Abortion Johnson urged the party to remain united to protect the right to life (pro-life). “Within the Republican Party, we have a broad spectrum … I think we all agree that life begins at conception, want to protect life,” Johnson said. “I completely respect that. But that’s not where probably most Americans, most Wisconsinites, and probably even most Republicans land,” Johnson added. . .The conservative media also was critical of the recent mainstream coverage of the UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters. A panelist said the mainstream media described the protests as “peaceful … or they (pro-Palestinian protesters) were just delivering food, or praying” when in reality they were chanting antisemitic slogans, graffitied sidewalks and walls, and erected illegal tents. “The things I described did not make most, if not all media reports,” the panelist said, noting “the media is censoring things.”)

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ron Johnson calls on GOP to set aside ‘squabbles’ on abortion in order to win elections. Johnson says most Americans, Wisconsinites, ‘even most Republicans’ don’t support total abortion bans. – RICH KREMER
https://www.wpr.org/news/ron-johnson-gop-set-aside-squabbles-abortion-win-elections

ABC MILWAUKEE
— Wisconsin Republicans preach unity at state convention ahead of November. Republicans gathered in Appleton this weekend for their party’s annual convention. – Matt Smith
https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-republicans-preach-unity-at-state-convention-ahead-of-november/60833567

WISCONSIN POLITICS
— Party activists at the state GOP convention today elected Waukesha County GOP Chair Terry Dittrich and Pam Travis, one of the Republicans who submitted a false slate of electors for Trump in 2020, to fill two of Wisconsin’s three slots on the Republican National Committee.
https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/gop-activists-elect-dittrich-travis-to-rnc/

WKOW
— Top Wisconsin Republicans Attend State Convention in Appleton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmaXwXnUIu4

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Questions concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who will the speakers at the convention be?
— How many delegates will attend and how many from each of the 102 counties?
— Who represents each of the 17 congressional districts on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee and what is their contact information?
— Who has replaced me as the member who represents the 3rd Congressional District on that committee and what reasons have been given for my removal?
— When will the committee post on the IRP website its most recent draft platform and list of resolutions?
— At the convention on May 24, which committee members are going to vote for or against the resolution that calls for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members?
— At the convention on May 24, which committee members are going to vote for or against strengthening or weakening the following in the platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws including adding E-Verity, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving)?
— Who are all the candidates for IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman? What are their qualifications? At this point, how many votes do each of them have?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who leads conservatives in Illinois today? Hopefully, by now, those leaders know which of the 17 members on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee are going to vote to strengthen the IRP platform and which ones are going to vote to weaken it. Because IRP leaders ever-increasingly say and do less to defend and advance the following planks in the Republican Party platform, I fear that efforts are underway to weaken those planks: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). IRP leaders ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they believe that to win elections in Illinois, the IRP has to be Democrat-Lite if not officially dump the aforesaid planks. If anti-conservative IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee members win by small margins on May 24 in Collinsville, conservative leaders should be ready to immediately file timely minority reports like the one that they filed at the 2016 convention so that delegates can vote for them on May 25. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Those who want to drive conservatives like me out of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) and destroy the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO use the current system to elect IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members. So of course, they vehemently oppose direct election of IRP SCC members. They take all the adverse actions that they can to get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who support direct election. So far, they have a) ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ended my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, e) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, f) ended my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) ended my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) almost got ICRC to censure me in 2006, j) ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Questions for all direct election opponents. The opponents owe all of us an answer to every one of these reasonable questions. (COMMENT: Doug lists 30 questions. I could list the 30 biggest adverse actions that direct election opponents have taken against me since 2000 because I promote direct election. I would focus on the pretexts that they used. I would focus on those who publicly say they favor direct election, but privately opposed it. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/questions-for-all-direct-election

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/la-lgbt-center-gala-celebrates-with-the-stars-at-annual/14840969/

NBC5
— Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules. The candidate describes himself as “pro-white” but denies being racist or antisemitic. – AP (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) do not want you to seek any kind of office: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. MTRO leaders are overjoyed that I was removed from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. They vehemently opposed my seeking to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019. They vehemently opposed my seeking to be the MTRO Treasurer in 2004. They refused to appoint me as a delegate to the 2004 IRP State Convention.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/missouri-candidate-kkk-can-stay-on-republican-ballot/3440913/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary. McClanahan is running against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, state Sen. Bill Eigel and others for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Mike Parson, who is barred by term limits from seeking reelection. McClanahan’s lawyer, Dave Roland, said the ruling ensures that party leaders do not have “almost unlimited discretion to choose who’s going to be allowed on a primary ballot.” . . . The Missouri GOP accepted his party dues but denounced him after a former state lawmaker posted photos on social media that appear to show McClanahan making the Nazi salute. McClanahan confirmed the accuracy of the photos to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In his decision, Walker wrote that the Republican Party “has made clear that it does not endorse his candidacy, and it remains free to publicly disavow McClanahan and any opinions the plaintiff believes to be antithetical to its values.” “I’m not sure they ever actually intended to win this case,” said McClanahan’s lawyer, Roland. “I think the case got filed because the Republican Party wanted to make a very big public show that they don’t want to be associated with racism or anti-Semitism. And the best way that they could do that was filing a case that they knew was almost certain to lose.” The Associated Press’ emailed requests for comment to the Missouri GOP executive director and its lawyer were not immediately returned Friday. But Missouri GOP lawyers have said party leaders did not realize who McClanahan was when he signed up as a candidate back in February. McClanahan has argued that the Missouri GOP was aware of the beliefs. He previously ran as a Republican for U.S. Senate in 2022. In a separate lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League last year, McClanahan claimed the organization defamed him by calling him a white supremacist in an online post. In his lawsuit against the ADL, McClanahan described himself as a “Pro-White man.” McClanahan wrote that he is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan; he said received an honorary one-year membership. And he said he attended a “private religious Christian Identity Cross lighting ceremony falsely described as a cross burning.”)

CBS2
— Chicago increases police patrols along lakefront amid beach safety concerns – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-beach-safety-police-patrol/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After estimates say city lost population, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin says he is ‘thoroughly disgusted’ with U.S. Census Bureau. – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/17/after-estimates-say-city-lost-population-aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-says-he-is-thoroughly-disgusted-with-u-s-census-bureau/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Auditor at least takes responsibility for delayed reports – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I wanted to run for DuPage County Auditor. I would focus on those who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most what I did to help elect Bob Grogan in 2020, 2016, 2012, and 2008 and Jim Rasins in 2004 and 2000. I would focus on those who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most my qualifications for the job: a) worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) became a licensed CPA, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor and CPA examinations on my first attempt, e) became a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, and Fraud Examiner, and f) earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240518/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-dupage-county-auditor-at-least-takes-responsibility-for-delayed-reports/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Protestants like me who do not hate Trump. My critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes have always used against me my having been baptized in 1948, raised, and confirmed in 1962 as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I should write about those who continue to do that the most since 2015. They stress that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/jesus-is-their-savior-trump-is-their-candidate-ex-presidents-backers-say-he-shares-faith/article_8037a15e-73d8-5e74-863b-676cf54c79ad.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-jesus-is-their-savior-trump-is-their-candidate-ex-presidents-backers-say-he-shares-faith-values/

FOX MILWAUKEE
— The Republican Party of Wisconsin officially endorsed Eric Hovde as its U.S. Senate candidate during the state party convention in Appleton. (COMMENT: What actions will the Illinois Republican Party take at its State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25?)
https://www.fox6now.com/video/1458088

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats will promote illegal voting the most in the battleground/wing states.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-noncitizen-voting-already-illegal-in-federal-elections-becomes-a-centerpiece-of-2024-gop-messaging/
— Why Illinois professional licenses could be delayed – Brian Weckerly (COMMENT: Illinois approved my CPA license application promptly in 1981 when I was 32 years old. But my Democrat GAO superiors, none of whom were licensed CPAs, ignored/dismissed/belittled my getting that license. They stressed that Charles Bowsher, the head of GAO, had not taken the CPA examination, let alone passed the examination, let alone became a licensed CPA.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/why-illinois-professional-licenses-could-be-delayed/

WSIL TV
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/even-with-school-choice-some-black-families-find-options-lacking-decades-after-brown-v-board/article_e6aa14c6-5bc7-5e10-85f2-fc9e3503c0a9.html
— Trump addresses an embattled NRA as he campaigns against Biden’s gun policies – CNN (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence and make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-addresses-an-embattled-nra-as-he-campaigns-against-biden-s-gun-policies/article_e99df01d-84a2-506e-b1f8-84f54cd5dd55.html

KHMO RADIO
— Safely Find Out If Your Illinois Neighbor is a Vile Sex Offender (COMMENT: How many sex offenders live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? How close do they live to the schools in the aforesaid?)
https://khmoradio.com/illinois-state-police-sex-offender-tool/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge denies TRO sought by GOP candidates to block law that changed election rules to keep GOPers off ballot – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/658603879-judge-denies-tro-sought-by-gop-candidates-to-block-law-that-changed-election-rules-to-keep-gopers-off-ballot

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden 2.0 promises tax hikes, illegal immigration – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3008947/white-house-report-card-biden-2-0-promises-tax-hikes-illegal-immigration/
— ‘Republicans’ who endorse Biden aren’t Republicans at all – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: If you are not helping elect Trump, you are helping elect Biden. I should write about past and present ‘Republican’ candidates, elected officials, party leaders, etc. in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have demonstrated their hatred against Trump the most. I would focus on those who taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3008136/republicans-who-endorse-biden-arent-republicans-at-all/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Blame, Resent, Repeat – Dion Pierre (COMMENT: To elect Biden, anticipate/expect that Democrats will not only ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump as being a racist and even worse things, they will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn voters like me who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://freebeacon.com/culture/blame-resent-repeat/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pledges to keep bussing migrants to NYC, takes shot at Mayor Eric Adams in NRA speech. – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/05/18/us-news/texas-gov-gregg-abbott-pledges-to-keep-bussing-migrants-to-nyc-mayor-adams-needs-something-to-do/
— Why young people become woker and woker – Eric Kaufmann
https://nypost.com/2024/05/18/opinion/young-people-are-becoming-woker-and-woker/
— This is the new top spot for migrants to slip across US border. – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/05/18/us-news/san-diego-is-the-most-popular-spot-for-migrants-to-cross-border/
— Illinois high school senior killed weeks before graduation by alleged drunk driver going over 120 mph – Nicholas McEntyre COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote vices including booze and pot.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/19/us-news/illinois-student-marko-niketic-killed-weeks-before-graduation-by-alleged-drunk-driver-taeyoung-kim-going-over-120-mph-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A high school senior was killed just weeks before graduation when a suspected drunk driver, speeding at over 120 mph, split his car into two during a crash in a Chicago suburb. Marko Niketic, 17, was driving with his 16-year-old girlfriend in Glenview, IL when a sports car struck their vehicle at an intersection just after 11 p.m. on May 12. The driver, Taeyoung Kim, 21, had been driving his 2021 Ford Mustang with a passenger from his home in Northbrook to downtown Chicago and back earlier in the day, according to court records obtained by NBC Chicago. “The investigation revealed at 2308 hours (11:08 p.m.) on May 12, Kim drove his vehicle westbound on East Lake Ave, at a high rate of speed in a reckless manner,” the Glenview Police Department said. Kim’s car crashed into Niketic as the teen was making a left turn through the intersection of East Lake Ave and Meadow Lane, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago. Kim had been racing past other cars going westbound on Lake Ave, with one driver noting Kim increasing speeds and turning his headlights off. “As Niketic began turning, Kim’s vehicle approached the intersection at an immense rate of speed, still with the headlights off,” the court documents allege. “Just as Kim was entering the intersection, the headlights turned back on as Kim’s vehicle crashed into Niketic’s vehicle.” The front of Kim’s car struck the driver’s side of Niketic’s vehicle, splitting it into two. The front half of Niketic’s sedan remained in the road, with the back half being sent flying through a nearby fence and landing in a backyard. Kim’s car, which had a dashcam recording his joyride, came to a halt near a tree on the side of the road. Witnesses inside the homes near the scene of the crash immediately called 911 before rushing to the scene and observed Niketic inside his vehicle, appearing to be deceased, Kim’s bond court proffer read. Other witnesses observed Kim sitting inside his car and admitted he had been drinking, while his passenger was lying on the ground bleeding heavily, WMAQ reported. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene. His girlfriend and Kim’s passenger were both rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Niketic’s girlfriend, who remains unidentified, suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage, hematoma of the brain, a fracture of the pelvis vertebrae and hyper-density of the left frontal lobe of the brain with loss of consciousness and seizure. She was released from the hospital on Friday. Kim’s passenger sustained a fracture to his back and a severed artery in the crash. Kim suffered a broken femur, and a blood-drawn test concluded he had a blood alcohol level of .088, the test also revealed he had cannabis in his system. During their investigation, police found a bong, rolling papers, a one-hitter cannabis pipe with residue and two plastic containers with cannabis residue inside Kim’s vehicle. Kim was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of aggravated DUI causing death, reckless homicide, aggravated DUI causing great bodily harm, DUI of alcohol, DUI of drugs, and several traffic violations including speeding 35 mph over the limit. He appeared in court on Saturday. Kim is being held without bond, and his next court date is scheduled for May 24, according to jail records viewed by The Post. Niketic’s funeral was held on Thursday, two days before his high school, Glenbrook South, held its prom. Niketic was set to graduate on June 2. “He’s one of those people, you meet him, and he’s glowing. The most genuine human ever,” friend Preston Shute told NBC Chicago. “He had a lot of stuff ahead of him. I can’t really process it.”)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The new anti-Americanism. Although written in the abstract language of the graduate seminar, Empire has an ominously pragmatic aim: to undermine faith in the liberal institutions that inform American democracy. – Roger Kimball
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/19/the-new-anti-americanism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Unbearable Lightness of Whiteness – Pete McArdle
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/the_unbearable_lightness_of_whiteness.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Days of Rage in Chicago: A Brief History of the 1968 Democratic National Convention – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/19/days-rage-chicago-brief-history-1968-democratic-national-convention/

EPOCH TIMES
— Behind Rosy Economic Data, Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet. Eating out less often, taking from 401(k)s, buying medication overseas, choosing cheaper products—Americans say they are feeling the pain of inflation. – Emel Akan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-rosy-economic-data-americans-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-5651988

FOX NEWS
— Democratic town furious over migrant shelter opening in neighborhood. ‘We don’t want it here … and it doesn’t make us bad people’ one Norfolk, Massachusetts, resident said. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/democratic-town-reeling-migrant-shelter-opening-neighborhood
— Biden’s plan to admit Gazans to US could backfire: ‘Brainwashed by Hamas,’ expert warns. Gazans spoke about the Biden immigration plan, anti-Israel protests on campus. – Benjamin Weinthal
https://www.foxnews.com/world/bidens-plan-admit-gazans-us-could-backfire-brainwashed-hamas-expert-warns

GOPUSA
— Trump Says He May Wait To Announce VP At July GOP Convention
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-says-he-may-wait-to-announce-vp-at-july-gop-convention/
— China’s Growing Threat To U.S. National Security In The Crosshairs Of Congress
https://www.gopusa.com/chinas-growing-threat-to-u-s-national-security-in-the-crosshairs-of-congress/
— GAO: Taxpayers Lose Billions To Government Overlap, Duplication (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. None of them were licensed CPAs like me. They wasted my career, they took many adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire 6 years before I was eligible for regular retirement. GAO audits IRS. They wasted the knowledge of IRS that I gained working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. They wasted what I learned earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They wasted what I learned passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.gopusa.com/taxpayers-lose-billions-to-government-overlap-duplication/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Overlap and duplication cost taxpayers billions, according to a new report from a Congressional watchdog. The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s annual report identified opportunities to save billions of dollars by reducing overlap, duplication and fragmentation across the federal government. The report outlines 112 measures that Congress and federal agencies could take to save money and improve government services. “This year’s report provides Congress and federal agencies with new opportunities to save federal dollars, increase revenue, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a wide range of federal programs,” said Gene Dodaro, comptroller general and head of the GAO. “By addressing this year’s pointed list, as well as open recommendations to both agencies and Congress from GAO’s past work, the federal government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars.”)

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— How cops can stand up to the death-to-America crowd
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/usa-usa-how-cops-can-stand-up-to-death-to-america-crowd
— In just two days this month, more Chinese nationals illegally crossed into U.S. than the entire year of 2021 – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/in-just-two-days-this-month-more-chinese-nationals-illegally-crossed-into-u-s-than-the-entire-year-of-2021

NEWSMAX
— Peter Breen to Newsmax: Pro-Life Activist Victim of Biden Weaponization – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/peter-breen-lauren-handy-pro-life/2024/05/17/id/1165178/
— RNC, Trump Campaign Launch ‘Gun Owners for Trump’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/second-amendment-gun-rights-nra/2024/05/18/id/1165253/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden’s Plan to Resettle Thousands of Gaza Refugees Is Insane, Warns Expert – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/05/18/bidens-plan-to-resettle-thousands-of-gaza-refugees-is-insane-warns-expert-n4929153

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Three Illinois cities will pay you thousands to move there. – JOEY SCHNEIDER (COMMENT: How much will Democrat leaders pay voters (both legal and illegal) to move to battleground/swing states to vote for Biden?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4672284-three-illinois-cities-will-pay-you-thousands-to-move-there/amp/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/us/migrants-lawyer-shortages.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GOP tries to ‘correct the narrative’ on use of mailed ballots after years of conflicting messages (COMMENT: At the request of the Milton Township Republican Organization, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my doing that will cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to get fewer votes.)
https://www.hotsr.com/news/2024/may/19/gop-tries-to-correct-the-narrative-on-use-of/

MSN
— Mexico to help US keep migrant flows under 4,000 a day – Julian Resendiz
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-to-help-us-keep-migrant-flows-under-4-000-a-day/ar-BB1mziF8
— Chicago City Council Denies Fed Up Residents Chance to Vote on Ending Sanctuary City Status – Jack Davis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-city-council-denies-fed-up-residents-chance-to-vote-on-ending-sanctuary-city-status/ar-AA1lzXna
— Bhushan R Gavai: ‘I am a Supreme Court judge (in India) thanks to affirmative action’ – Dhananjay Mahapatra (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors used Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets and DEI to waste my federal career and to get rid of me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. All my GAO, IRS, and Post Office coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/i-m-sc-judge-thanks-to-affirmative-action/ar-BB1kLLgi
— Student Loan Cancellation Could Be Banned in New Bill – Aliss Higham
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/student-loan-cancellation-could-be-banned-in-new-bill/ar-BB1l87yR

FORBES
— Trump Tells NRA Forum That ‘I Think We Should Call For Drug Tests On The Debate’ (COMMENT: The more that you promote pot, the more that you should be presumed to use pot.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn5KtPYozsQ

JILL ON MONEY
— Are Americans prepared for retirement? (COMMENT: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.)
https://www.jillonmoney.com/blog/two-tiered-retirement

POLITICAL WIRE
— Trump Says He’ll Insist Biden Take a Drug Test – Taegan Goddard (COMMENT: The more that you promote pot, the more that you should be presumed to use pot.)
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/18/trump-says-hell-insist-biden-take-a-drug-test/
— Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/18/biden-compares-maga-to-segregationists/

EURASIAN REVIEW
— Illegal Immigration: Biden Admin’s Secret To A ‘Permanent Majority’? – Kelli Ballard (COMMENT: Of course, anticipate/expect that illegals will forever vote for Democrats.)
https://www.eurasiareview.com/19052024-illegal-immigration-biden-admins-secret-to-a-permanent-majority-oped/

WION NEWS
— Trump receives endorsement from NRA as he pledges to ‘roll back’ Biden’s gun policies. – Nishtha Badgamia
https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-receives-endorsement-from-nra-as-he-pledges-to-roll-back-bidens-gun-policies-722966

May 18, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— UChicago Institute of Politics surrounded by pro-Palestinian protesters, some climb on building. The Institute of Politics is across the street from a Jewish student center. – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/post/iop-uchicago-protest-institute-of-politics-pro-palestinian/14834145/
— Chicago Tribune journalists file discrimination suit against paper – Kade Heather (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the private sector with the government sector. I am a White male born in 1948. If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO in 2005, I would have presented a jury with evidence that beginning in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors paid my coworkers more than me and/or promoted them over me who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or who had less job-related work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-tribune-lawsuit-journalists-file-discrimination-class-action-lawsuit-against-paper-claiming-systematic-pay-disparities/14832647/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seven Chicago Tribune journalists filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against the newspaper and its owner, alleging violations of equal pay based on sexual and racial discrimination. The lawsuit claims systematic pay disparities between female and male employees, as well as between Black and white employees under its current ownership of Alden Global Capital and dating back to its previous owner, the Tribune Publishing Co.)

NBC5
— Chicago’s population has dropped again, data shows. Here’s what Mayor Johnson chalks it up to. If the population drop continues, Chicago could soon lose its status as the third-largest city. (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly a) drives out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) recruits to Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those who vote Democrats a) lack education and/or job skills, b) have major health, financial, and/or other problems, c) want/need/demand massive assistance from government, charities, and churches, d) promote dependency on government and charity, e) promote LGBTQ, f) promote abortion, g) promote mass/illegal immigration, h) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, j) promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and/or k) are in America illegally.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-population-dropped-yet-again-census-data-shows-heres-what-mayor-johnson-chalks-it-up-to/3440368/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy University of Chicago campus building. – Charlie De Mar, Adam Harrington, Jason Cooper
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-rally-university-of-chicago/
— With warm weather coming, Chicagoans are concerned about violence prevention on beaches – Jermont Terry (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicagoans-concerned-violence-prevention-beaches/
— Chicago Tribune employees sue the paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGHi61OQ-8

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian protestors occupy building on University of Chicago campus – Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-protestors-occupy-building-on-university-of-chicago-campus/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/biden-speeds-up-asylum-proceedings-for-migrants-to-chicago-four-other-cities/

FOX32
— Committee hearing on Capitol Hill turns to chaos. Lawmakers are reacting after a committee hearing on Capitol Hill turned into chaos. It came complete with name calling, insults and accusations of members being under the influence.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1457785

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— UC students, alumni briefly occupy politics building days after pro-Palestinian encampment razed – CAROLINE KUBZANSKY (COMMENT: Because my Jewish Chicago Office GAO superiors were anti-conservative and anti-Republican, if they were still working for GAO today, they would protest against Israel.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/17/uc-students-alumni-briefly-occupy-politics-building-days-after-pro-palestinian-encampment-razed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students and alumni from the University of Chicago briefly occupied the university’s Institute of Politics late Friday afternoon to protest the war in Gaza and demand that the university divest itself of financial assets associated with Israel.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/18/miscommunication-in-shelters-leads-to-confusion-and-worry/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters take over University of Chicago building. Around 5 p.m. Friday, a large group of protesters had surrounded the Institute of Politics. Shortly after that, a group of police officers, equipped with riot shields, burst into the building and scuffled with protesters. – Ellery Jones and Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/17/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-university-of-chicago-building-institute-politics-israel-hamas
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/05/17/grindr-app-loop-office-tower-menashe-global-engineering-tech-hub
— Mandatory driving tests for Illinois’ older adults are unnecessary and unfair. Studies show seniors are the safest drivers on the road. – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2024/05/17/unfair-mandatory-driving-tests-older-adults-illinois
— Advocate Health staff stage protest, allege disparities and discrimination in response to Gaza crises. Doctors at Advocate Medical Group say the organization has fallen short in responding to ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza, especially compared to donated aid and calls for peace after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/17/advocate-health-protest-israel-hamas-gaza

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How lawyers are preparing protesters for the DNC – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-dnc-how-lawyers-are-preparing-protesters
— CPS meeting with Pritzker marked by tension over migrant funding – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-public-schools-officials-meet-gov-jb-pritzker
— Protestors take over building at University of Chicago – Brandon Dupré
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/protestors-take-over-building-university-chicago

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Donald Trump will address the NRA in Texas. He’s called himself the best president for gun owners. Former President Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day after campaigning in Minnesota in the midst of his hush money trial. – AP
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-will-address-the-nra-in-texas-hes-called-himself-the-best-president-for/article_0aa6c87d-c9b0-5cff-8038-0f978a985fea.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WAND TV
— After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now – AP (COMMENT: At the request of the Milton Township Republican Organization, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my doing that will cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to get fewer votes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-gop-tries-to-correct-the-narrative-on-use-of-mailed-ballots-after-years-of-conflicting-messages/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/after-blaming-his-2020-loss-on-mail-balloting-trump-tries-to-make-gop-voters-believe/article_75cca206-805c-50fb-852e-7140155501bd.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-17/biden-will-cap-off-a-week-of-outreach-to-black-americans-with-morehouse-commencement

WCIA
— The more that you promote Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/boebert-heckled-in-new-york-while-defending-trump/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-90/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Top reasons to attend the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention as a delegate in Collinsville May 24-25 include urging your representative on the Platform and Resolutions Committee to vote on May 24 a) for the resolution for direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members and b) to strengthen the IRP platform. Further, if those committee members who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members and/or who want to weaken the IRP platform win by a small margin and minority reports are filed like the one that was filed at the 2016 convention, you can vote for those minority reports on May 25. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The system used by the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to elect its State Central Committee (SCC) members has resulted in the IRP and its candidates failing/refusing to defend/advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, the IRP and its candidates paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not anti-conservative. Consequently, ever-increasingly, Republican candidates ever-increasingly lose elections in Illinois. Going back to direct election of IRP SCC members would allow candidates to run who could/would defend/advance the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about the tremendous downside of helping elect political candidates. I would focus on those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect since 2000 but a) who have suffered defeats and/or have won by a smaller margins than they expected, b) who have blamed their defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most, c) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me, d) who oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members the most, and/or e) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who had their nasty operatives and nasty dupes a) end my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, f) end my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) end my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS

— Bill defines ‘woman’ as legislators oppose Illinois sponsoring teen drag show – Catrina Petersen

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fe60f630-1488-11ef-85ea-7bfe84171406.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) votes to count illegal aliens towards seats in Congress
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/658775762-rep-davis-votes-to-count-illegal-aliens-towards-seats-in-congress

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Progressive protest tactics face resistance in Illinois General Assembly
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/659213290-progressive-protest-tactics-face-resistance-in-illinois-general-assembly

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-11: Bill Foster Votes for Illegal Aliens Again
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/17/hr7343/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— VP Harris Falsely Repeats “We’re Winning” During Chicago Fundraiser as Biden Trails Trump in Every National, Swing State Poll. https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/vp-harris-falsely-repeats-were-winning-during-chicago-fundraiser-as-biden-trails-trump-in-every-national-swing-state-poll.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREITBART
— 84% of Chicago’s Measles Cases Traced to Venezuelan Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/05/17/report-84-of-chicagos-measles-cases-traced-venezuelan-migrants/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Effect of the Border Crisis on U.S. Elections – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Effect-Border-Crisis-US-Elections

DAILY SIGNAL
— 10 Most Common Pro-Hamas Lies About Israel – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/10/try-a-little-honesty-about-israel/
— Who Benefits From Destabilization of America? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/17/who-benefits-from-destabilization-of-america/

FOX NEWS
— Reparations in America: How cities from San Francisco to Wilmington are trying to get it done. The California Assembly on Thursday voted to formally apologize for the state’s role in slavery, the latest move by elected officials working towards reparations in the country. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: How much reparations have you paid so far? Affirmative action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I have paid the price of AA and DEI big time, I have paid reparations big time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/president-bidens-hometown-releases-reparations-recommendations-after-similar-efforts-sweep-country

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Illegal Aliens Vote – in DC!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/illegal-aliens-vote-in-dc/

PATRIOT POST
— Biden’s Border Baloney. He thinks we’re supposed to tolerate nearly 1.5 million illegal aliens crossing our border. That’s not a “closed border.” – GARY BAUER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/106927-bidens-border-baloney-2024-05-17

TOWNHALL
— What if Biden Wins in November? Part One – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/05/18/what-if-biden-wins-in-november-part-one-n2639231
— Chinese Illegal Aliens Are Crossing the Border in Droves Because of Biden’s Open Border Policies – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/05/17/chinese-illegal-immigrants-hearing-n2639162

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Take Over the Institute of Politics at University of Chicago – Monica Davey and Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/uchicago-protests-politics-institute.html
— Protesters Agreed to Leave. This Is What Some Colleges Promised in Return. – Vimal Patel
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/campus-protests-agreements-divestment-israel.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago Tribune staffers’ unequal pay lawsuit claims race and sex discrimination. The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/17/chicago-tribune-pay-race-sex-discrimination/5970ab4a-146d-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html

MSNBC
— Democrats and RINOs decry that “The sneaky, spiteful new way Republicans are working to undermine LGBTQ groups. The House GOP has doubled down on efforts to shut off funding to LGBTQ nonprofits.” (COMMENT: RINOs who promote LGBTQ have always worked against me the hardest.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-republicans-lgbtq-nonprofits-rcna152753

MSN
— Who’s okay with the affirmative action decision? Many Black Americans. – Aaron Blake (COMMENT: Some of my Black GAO coworkers opposed my Democrat GAO supervisors forcing my Jewish GAO superiors forcing me to retire so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. Democrat employers used Affirmative Action and continue to use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/who-s-okay-with-the-affirmative-action-decision-many-black-americans/ar-AA1dx3bt
— ‘I‘ve seen bigger Tupperware parties’: CPAC ridiculed as ‘a shell of its former self’ – Carl Gibson (COMMENT: I should write about the many CPACs that I attended in the past.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-ve-seen-bigger-tupperware-parties-cpac-ridiculed-as-a-shell-of-its-former-self/ar-BB1iOF7N
— Target’s reputation takes hit over children’s LGBTQ clothing – Shannon Thaler
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/targets-reputation-takes-hit-over-childrens-lgbtq-clothing-survey-shows/ar-AA1bDGW3
— Melania Trump inexplicably hosts LGBTQ+ Republican event despite total absence from campaign trail – Molly Sprayregen
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/melania-trump-inexplicably-hosts-lgbtq-republican-event-despite-total-absence-from-campaign-trail/ar-AA1nsd4M
— Biden to Pay Foreign Countries to ‘Control’ Flow Of Illegals – Jordan Andrews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/biden-to-pay-foreign-countries-to-control-flow-of-illegals/ar-AA1jmcG1
— Brooklyn residents protesting after finding out new illegal immigrant shelter is coming to their neighborhood (COMMENT: How many illegals are Democrat leaders and RINO leaders going to dump in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/brooklyn-residents-protesting-after-finding-out-new-illegal-immigrant-shelter-is-coming-to-their-neighborhood/ar-BB1k5zXO
— Maybe the Left should stop calling its political opponents ‘neo-Nazis’ – Julian Adorney
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maybe-the-left-should-stop-calling-its-political-opponents-neo-nazis/ar-AA1ggiel
— Trump vows to fight ‘anti-white feeling’ in US. His allies have a plan (COMMENT: What do you say to Whites who promote more hatred against Whites to curry favor with anti-Whites?)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/analysis-trump-vows-to-fight-anti-white-feeling-in-us-his-allies-have-a-plan/ar-AA1o8aYl

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Allies Draw Up Plans for Unprecedented Immigration Crackdown. Advisers to former president are getting a head start on clearing the hurdles they would face. – Michelle Hackman and Andrew Restuccia
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-immigration-plans-deportation-e91b1bc4

BLOOMBERG
— 11 Million Immigrants in US Unlawfully at Last Count: Mayorkas (COMMENT: How many of them voted for Biden in 2020? How many of them will vote for Biden in 2024?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veo2xf70F24

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DAILY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to a) not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/72386/what-does-dei-mean-in-todays-workplace/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Is the profession damaging its own pipeline? – Paige Hagy (COMMENT: What about age discrimination and reverse discrimination? I was a 30-year-old White male when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I subsequently a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. But the accounting profession, IRS, and GAO had no interest in me because they considered me to “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. Further, I was a White male and the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote minorities and females. Further, I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. Back then, as it is now, the accounting profession continues to be under tremendous pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give preference to young people who are minority and/or female. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/is-the-accounting-profession-damaging-its-own-talent-pipeline

May 17, 2024

SPECTRUM NEWS
— 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee leadership announced – Aly Prouty (COMMENT: Who will the man and woman be who will represent Illinois on that committee? Who is representing each of the 17 congressional districts on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee? What is their contact information? Will they vote for or against direct election of IRP State Central Committee members? Will they vote to move the platform to the right or to the left? Will they vote for E-Verify or against E-Verify?)
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2024/05/15/2024-rnc-platform-committee
(FROM THE ARTICLE: MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Committee and Trump Campaign announced its leadership team for the 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee. The committee includes one man and one woman from every U.S. state and territory. It will create an outline of the GOP’s core principles and values. Randy Evans, the former ambassador to Luxembourg, was announced as the executive director of the committee. Russ Vought, who was director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Trump administration, was announced as the committee’s policy director. Ed Martin, president of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, was announced as the deputy policy director of the committee. “Ambassador Randy Evans, director Russ Vought and Ed Martin are brilliant and accomplished assets for the leadership of the 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee,” said Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley. “They each have a proven track record of understanding and implementing our party’s America First agenda, and their sound judgement and principled vision will be critical to help lead our party and country to victory in one of the most significant elections of our lifetimes. The Republican Party is well-equipped to lead an American revival by upholding our commitment to liberty and economic prosperity for all Americans under a second Trump administration.”)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FROINT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protesters plan Gaza-focused DNC march, won’t apply for Chicago permit – JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/protesters-plan-gaza-dnc-march-no-permit/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago police clear DePaul’s pro-Palestinian encampment – KATE ARMANINI and NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/chicago-police-clear-depaul-universitys-pro-palestinian-encampment/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/grindr-chicago-office-expansion/
— Former city staffer removed from do-not-hire list by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration – ALICE YIN (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on a federal do-not-hire list since 1997 when I was 49 years old when they forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/former-city-staffer-removed-from-do-not-hire-list-by-mayor-brandon-johnsons-administration-appeals-from-two-other-lightfoot-holdovers-remain-pending/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: More than 112,000 Illinois residents have lost the right to own guns. The state doesn’t know if 84,000 still have them, sheriff says. – STACY ST. CLAIR (COMMENT: How many of these 112,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/foid-revocations-guns-rights-felons-police-seizures/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Tribune journalists file discrimination suit against paper. The lawsuit claims systematic pay disparities between female and male employees, as well as between Black and white employees under its current and previous owners. – Kade Heather (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that my Democrat GAO superiors paid my coworkers more than me and/or promoted them over me who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or who had less job-related work experience that I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/16/chicago-tribune-journalists-file-discrimination-lawsuit-against-paper-news-journalism-labor-wages
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/05/16/kamala-harris-illinois-trip-glencoe-fundraiser-abortion-rights
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2024/05/17/abortion-planned-parenthood-illinois-mifepristone-colleen-mcnicholas
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/17/donald-trump-election-disaster-economy-freedom-democracy-mona-charen
— This change to Illinois election law denies voters a choice at the ballot
The new law, which limits ballot access after primary elections, is likely to lead to claims of ‘stolen elections’ for years to come, the League of Women Voters writes. Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against the law. – Becky Simon
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/05/17/illinois-election-law-ballot-access-voter-choice-republicans-sue-league-women-voters-becky-simon

DAILY HERALD
— Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them – AP (COMMENT: How many of these 80,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240516/crime/over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County auditor on delayed reports: the buck stops with me – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240517/news/dupage-county-auditor-on-delayed-reports-the-buck-stops-with-me/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Multimillion-dollar Highland Park condos woo buyers disaffected with Chicago – Dennis Rodkin (COMMENT: I owned and lived in condos, first a studio and then a one bedroom, in the Outer Drive East building ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_East_Randolph ) in downtown Chicago 1974-1978. While I lived there, my IRS salary increased from $97,079/year to $108,785/year in today’s dollars and I walked to/from graduate evening business classes at Loyola 1974-1976 and accounting classes at DePaul 1976-1978.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/highland-park-condos-woo-buyers-disaffected-chicago
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As affluent suburban empty nesters lose their once voracious appetite for downtown Chicago condos, a developer in Highland Park is betting they’ll go for the same type of property, but out in the suburbs. “We realize people have stopped moving into the city,” said Mark Muller, president of Fulton Developers. As Crain’s reported earlier this week, the upper-end condo market in downtown neighborhoods is in its fourth bleak year, and the loss of empty nesters is a key reason.)

ABC7
— Illinois FOID card revocation enforcement problem continues to grow. – Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones, Chuck Goudie, and John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/post/foid-card-revocation-enforcement-continues-to-be-growing-problem-cook-county-sheriff-illinois-state-police-officials-say/14827288/

NBC5
— NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago investigate alarming absence of sexual assault arrests, convictions in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-telemundo-chicago-investigate-alarming-absence-of-sexual-assault-arrests-convictions-in-chicago/3439283/
— Chicago’s population drop could have more impacts beyond falling behind Houston (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly a) drives out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) recruits to Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those who vote Democrats a) lack education and/or job skills, b) have major health, financial, and/or other problems, c) want/need/demand massive assistance from government, charities, and churches, d) promote dependency on government and charity, e) promote LGBTQ, f) promote abortion, g) promote mass/illegal immigration, h) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, j) promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and/or k) are in America illegally.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-population-drop-could-have-more-impacts-beyond-falling-behind-houston/3439536/
— To defeat Trump, anticipate/expect that Biden will ever-increasingly drive the stock market up.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-slams-trump-as-he-touts-record-high-dow-crossing-40000/3438812/

CBS2
— Cook County sheriff: More resources needed to get guns from those with revoked FOID cards – Megan Hickey (COMMENT: How many of those who have revoked FOID cards live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-sheriff-guns-revoked-foid-cards/
— Some Chicago area police departments resell guns, but don’t track what happens next – Megan Hickey
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/some-chicago-area-police-departments-resell-guns-that-go-back-into-public-circulation/

NBC5 & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/fbi-department-homeland-security-issue-terror-alert-regarding-pride-month-celebrations/3436888/
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/05/16/springfields-pridefest-organizer-wants-people-to-enjoy-the-journey/73643926007/

WGN9
— Sheriff: 27,000 guns held by revoked FOID holders unaccounted for in Cook County – Andrea Medina, BJ Lutz (COMMENT: How many of those who have revoked FOID cards live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://wgntv.com/news/cook-county/cook-county-sheriff-foid-revoked-compliance-2024/

FOX32
— DePaul’s quad needs about $180K in repairs after pro-Palestinian encampment. The encampment was taken down just before 6 a.m. and left voluntarily.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1457096
— Cook County Sheriff’s Office wants funding to remove guns from people who shouldn’t own them. The Cook County Sheriff’s Department said more than 112,000 Illinois residents have been declared too dangerous to own a gun. However, the state doesn’t know if 84,000 of those people still have them. (COMMENT: How many of these 112,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1457103

WBEZ
— Chicago sees a spike in Black teens out of school and out of work – Anna Savchenko (COMMENT: What did you do to avoid unemployment? Starting in 1962, I took bad jobs that my peers did not seek and would not stoop to take. Because I took those bad jobs, I was able to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 when turned 16, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) pay for my college expenses, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, g) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972, h) buy an new 1974 Dodge Dart in 1973, i) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, j) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, k) etc.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-sees-a-spike-in-black-teens-out-of-school-and-out-of-work-study-shows/530c52b0-733d-4fde-b41e-93e6859e088d

ABC7 & NBC5 & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WTTW & WSIL TV & CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS & STATELINE & HERALD WHIG & DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/justice-department-formally-moves-reclassify-marijuana-dangerous-drug/14826868/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-praises-justice-department-move-to-reclassify-marijuana/3439467/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/05/16/marijuana-reclassification-justice-department-proposal-not-legalize
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/16/justice-department-moves-reclassify-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug-historic-shift
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/article_95224e24-a370-5829-80c6-3f2071dbf30a.html
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/doj-advances-plan-reclassify-cannabis
https://www.mystateline.com/reviews/br/health-wellness-br/ap-health/ap-justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/
https://www.whig.com/ap/business/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/article_8b39cf54-7879-56e3-83e1-cef26e3b610f.html
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2024/05/16/dekalbs-2nd-marijuana-dispensary-to-open-with-help-from-bears-legend-jim-mcmahon/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Chicago youth struggle with higher rates of unemployment – SHANZEH AHMAD (COMMENT: What did you do to avoid unemployment? Starting in 1962, I took bad jobs that my peers did not seek and would not stoop to take. Because I took those bad jobs, I was able to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 when I turned 16, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) pay for my college expenses, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, g) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972, h) buy an new 1974 Dodge Dart in 1973, i) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, j) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, k) etc.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/report-chicago-youth-struggle-with-higher-rates-of-unemployment-post-pandemic/article_dd802e76-2639-5cef-b958-0cebe76cc4fb.html
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/report-chicago-youth-struggle-with-higher-rates-of-unemployment-post-pandemic/article_e96b2beb-539d-5986-8bc3-ba09846b619d.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-70-years-after-brown-v-board-america-is-both-more-diverse-and-more-segregated/
— NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-nra-kicks-off-annual-meeting-as-board-considers-successor-to-longtime-leader-wayne-lapierre/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2024-05-16/illinois-launches-summer-food-assistance-program

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/medical-residents-are-increasingly-avoiding-states-with-abortion-restrictions/article_c2e03cc1-5da8-5786-b1b0-802e7e7b499e.html

CITIES 92.9
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland, calls Pritzker a ‘population denier’ after data show Chicago loses more – Catrina Petersen (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly a) drives out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) recruits to Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those who vote Democrats a) lack education and/or job skills, b) have major health, financial, and/or other problems, c) want/need/demand massive assistance from government, charities, and churches, d) promote dependency on government and charity, e) promote LGBTQ, f) promote abortion, g) promote mass/illegal immigration, h) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, j) promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and/or k) are in America illegally.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/05/16/legislator-calls-pritzker-a-population-denier-after-data-show-chicago-loses-more/

WFXR & WDBO & KRON & WOKV & WSBTV & WFTV & WBTW & WSPA & WNKY & WMBD & WJTV & FOX 44 & WGN RADIO & WTOPP
— Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them – AP (COMMENT: How many of these 80,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/national/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://www.wdbo.com/news/national/over-80000-illinois/JN4WZHLZE2ULNYEYUG47BWEM3Q/
https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://www.wokv.com/news/national/over-80000-illinois/JN4WZHLZE2ULNYEYUG47BWEM3Q/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/over-80000-illinois/JN4WZHLZE2ULNYEYUG47BWEM3Q/
https://www.wftv.com/news/national/over-80000-illinois/JN4WZHLZE2ULNYEYUG47BWEM3Q/
https://www.wbtw.com/news/national/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://www.wnky.com/i/over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://wmbdradio.com/2024/05/16/us-unveils-proposal-to-ease-restrictions-on-marijuana-2/
https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/
https://wtop.com/national/2024/05/over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA & FOX 23 & WSIL TV & NEWS CHANNEL 20 & TELEGRAPH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/biden-announces-major-step-toward-reclassifying-marijuana/
https://www.wcia.com/hill-politics/biden-announces-major-step-toward-reclassifying-marijuana/
https://www.kbsi23.com/i/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/article_95224e24-a370-5829-80c6-3f2071dbf30a.html
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-historic-move-drug-enforcement-administration-doj-us-drug-policy-attorney-general-merrick-garland-schedule-i-drug
https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/alert-justice-department-formally-moves-to-19461952.php

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. If you push pot, you should be presumed to use pot.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/17/bidens-weed-plan-a-win-for-illinois-00158620

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-291/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-89/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do governments exist in America? Under Democrat and RINO elected officials, they ever-increasingly exist a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) to give more and more and more preference to voters who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates you? What do you do and what motivates you to do that? I spend 15+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. The following motivates me to do that: a) the continuing failure/refusal of Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) leaders to defend and advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, b) the continuing failure/refusal of Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton to defend and advance the aforesaid planks, c) the continuing big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders continue to take against me, and d) ever-increasing poverty and crime in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What were your greatest professional accomplishments in life? Mine were in chronological order: a) earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) earning job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and h) earning a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. My critics/opponents not only ignore/dismiss/belittle the aforesaid, they use them against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars and because I was forced into early retirement in 1997, I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and/or even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about my biggest high-profile critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them for defamation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who welcomes you? Those who do not welcome me are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-past, present, and future federal employees, anti-those who they cannot manipulate or dominate, anti-those who refuse to glorify and praise them, anti-those who refuse to pander to them, anti-those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, anti-those who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or anti-those who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about those who are the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the aforesaid who are high-profile and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who use the disgusting operatives and dupes to do their dirty work.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops.
https://wirepoints.org/twelve-illinois-congressmen-vote-against-bill-to-give-federal-custody-to-non-citizen-defendants-charged-or-convicted-with-assaulting-cops-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-is-using-the-threat-of-budget-cuts-to-get-more-tax-hikes-passed-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

CEMNTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— SCOTUS considers whether to take Illinois’ gun ban challenges – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_09546bc2-13c5-11ef-b6f4-e36cb6dc9f5e.html
— Opponents call measure ‘union propaganda’ that could be taught in Illinois schools – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f5feb848-13ce-11ef-b727-cb649cd70918.html
— Legislator calls Pritzker a ‘population denier’ after data show Chicago loses more – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_60496454-13c6-11ef-92bf-1f518eb7257a.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— SEIU HCII spends money in other questionable ways
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/16/sieiu-pizzagate-opt-out-link/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Elects Retired Chicago Police Detective Chuck Hernandez as Chairman to Replace Boulton, who Bolted After the Vote
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/ir-exclusive-chicago-gop-elects-retired-chicago-police-detective-chuck-hernandez-as-chairman-to-replace-boulton-who-bolted-after-the-vote.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans release reminder of Biden’s failures on the border – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/inside-beltway-republicans-release-reminder-bidens/
— Today’s college students are being educated into imbecility. Marxist indoctrination has led to narrow-minded and destructive mentality. – Craig J. DeLuz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/todays-college-students-are-being-educated-into-im/
— New fast-track immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants – AP (COMMENT: Take that with a grain of salt.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/new-fast-track-immigration-court-docket-aims-to-sp/
— More than 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them – AP (COMMENT: How many of these 80,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/more-than-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning/
— Putin, on Beijing visit, seeks to deepen ‘strategic’ ties to challenge U.S. Xi, Putin in summit call Washington a Cold War hegemon destabilizing the world. – Bill Gertz (COMMENT: Biden’s weakness emboldens America’s enemies.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/vladimir-putin-on-beijing-visit-seeks-to-deepen-st/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Is 2024 the new 1968 for Democrats? – Jim Nelles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3005150/is-2024-new-1968-democrats/
— Who benefits from the destabilization of the US? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3006834/who-benefits-from-destabilization-of-the-us/

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— More Racism Won’t End Racism (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors would not have taken the many big adverse actions against me that they did including wasting my career and forcing me to retire early. What they did was political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2024/05/more-racism-won-t-end-racism/

AMERICAN FAMILY NETWORK
— Scouts pay dearly for wokeness, but double down anyway – Robert Knight
https://afn.net/opinion/robert-knight/2024/05/16/scouts-pay-dearly-for-wokeness-but-double-down-anyway/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Rate of Illegal Aliens Escaping Border Patrol Spiked Under Biden – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/16/rate-of-illegal-aliens-escaping-border-patrol-spiked-under-biden-data/
— Medical Schools Secretly Defying Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action. – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/17/report-medical-schools-secretly-defying-supreme-courts-ruling-on-affirmative-action/

BREITBART
— Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them – AP (COMMENT: How many of these 80,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.breitbart.com/news/over-80000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows/

CENTER SQUARE MINNESOTA
— A federal lawsuit claims Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz uses “blatant discrimination” and affirmative action in appointments. (COMMENT: How strongly do the elected officials in your county, township, municipality, and school district discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? In 2019, the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization made it extremely clear that instead of me, they wanted a female LGBTQer who was younger than me to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy. I should write about that.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/minnesota/article_3bb88094-139d-11ef-84f4-e37ee74846db.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Columbia has more full-time employees than undergrads, including an Earth Observatory DEI director – MATT LAMB
https://www.thecollegefix.com/columbia-has-more-full-time-employees-than-undergrad-students-including-an-earth-observatory-dei-director/

CREATORS SYNDIATE
— Graduates Need To Know That Life Is Bigger Than Your GPA. – Bonnie Jean Feldkamp (COMMENT: What harmed your GPA? For me, it was my working while I took classes 1964-1981 and 1992-1997.)
https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/05/24/graduates-need-to-know-that-life-is-bigger-than-your-gpa

DAILY WIRE
— DHS Says ‘Privacy Interests’ Of Illegals On Terrorist Watchlist Outweigh Americans’ Right To Know. Secrecy comes after military base allegedly concealed infiltration attempt by illegal immigrant on terrorist watchlist. – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-says-privacy-interests-of-illegals-on-terrorist-watchlist-outweigh-americans-right-to-know
— NFL Kicker SLAMMED For Defending Christianity – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1966-nfl-kicker-slammed-for-defending-christianity-member-exclusive

EPOCH TIMES
— Ohio Orders Purge of Ineligible Voters From State Voter Rolls After Finding 137 ‘Non-Citizens’ Registered to Vote. ‘The legislature has explicitly tasked me with ensuring that only eligible citizens can register and vote,’ Ohio’s secretary of state said. – Tom Ozimek (COMMENT: What does your County Clerk do to assure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote? How many illegals are registered to vote in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ohio-orders-purge-of-ineligible-voters-from-state-voter-rolls-after-finding-137-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-5650040

FEDERALIST
— More Chinese Nationals Illegally Entered The U.S. In Two Days This Month Than In All Of 2021 – CHUCK DEVORE AND AMMON BLAIR
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/16/more-chinese-nationals-illegally-entered-the-u-s-in-two-days-this-month-than-in-all-of-2021/
— There’s No Such Thing As Good Masculine Male Characters In The Woke World Of Book Publishing – KAMMIE C. ROSE (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate vehicles and those who own them and especially those like me who own muscle cars.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/17/theres-no-such-thing-as-good-masculine-male-characters-in-the-woke-world-of-book-publishing/
— MIT Breaks With DEI Insanity In Faculty Hiring, But Is It Too Late? – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/16/mit-breaks-with-dei-insanity-in-faculty-hiring-but-is-it-too-late/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— In Spite of Border Crisis Calls for Amnesty Continue – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/05/16/spite-border-crisis-calls-amnesty-continue

FOX NEWS
— Socialist Chicago council member says it’s ‘racist’ to punish criminals, America is a ‘garbage society’ The Chicago politician laughed at the idea that White people experience racism. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat politicians ever-increasingly blame Republican White males for all the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/socialist-chicago-council-member-says-racist-punish-criminals-america-garbage-society
— Medical schools are ‘skirting SCOTUS’ ruling against affirmative action. ‘Many in the healthcare establishment… remain ideologically committed to the principle of racial favoritism.’ – Brianna Herlihy (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be many, most, if not virtually all of the following: non-conservative, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/medical-schools-skirting-scotus-ruling-affirmative-action-report-shows
— Parents can’t opt K-5 children out of LGBTQ curriculum: appeals court. The court ruled that parents had not shown how the policy would violate their children’s First Amendment right to free exercise of religion. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/parents-cant-opt-k-5-children-lgbtq-curriculum-appeals-court
— Chinese Communist Party-linked network behind ‘well-funded’ anti-Israel campus protests. Report described the umbrella organization orchestrating protests as ‘anti-capitalist, anti-police, and anti-government’. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-communist-party-linked-anti-israel-campus-protests-well-funded-non-organic-group-says

HOT AIR
— Executive Order: How Does 4,000 Illegal Aliens Per Day Sound? – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/05/16/executive-order-how-does-4000-illegal-aliens-per-day-sound-n3788511
— Mexico Facilitates Illegals Getting Legal Plates and Registrations on Vehicles in Florida – BEEGE WELBORN
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/05/16/loophole-mexico-facilitating-illegals-getting-legal-plates-and-registrations-on-vehicles-in-florida-n3788518

PJ MEDIA
— Chinese and Iranian Moles Are Posing As DoorDash Drivers – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/05/16/the-spy-who-fed-me-chinese-and-iranian-moles-are-posing-as-door-dash-drivers-n4929092

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s Commerce Secretary Confirms That More Illegal Immigrants Means More Power for Democrats – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/05/16/raimondo-confirms-more-illegal-immigrants-mean-more-power-for-democrats-n2639136

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4668056-gaetz-echoes-trump-proud-boys-stand-back-stand-by/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/latino/4669032-biden-asylum-cases-docket-immigration-border/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California Assembly on Thursday voted to issue an official apology for the state’s role in slavery and the systemic racism that ensued. – Mackenzie Mays (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for that your parents and/or the rest of your ancestors did? My parents and the rest of my ancestors were never in a position in which they could discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/california-legislature-issues-official-apology-for-slavery-then-kill-some-reparations-bills

BHARATE EXPRESS NEWS
— GOP seeks to correct ‘the narrative’ on mail-in ballot use after years of conflicting messages (COMMENT: At the request of the Milton Township Republican Organization, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my doing that will cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to get fewer votes.)
https://thebharatexpressnews.com/gop-seeks-to-correct-the-narrative-on-mail-in-ballot-use-after-years-of-conflicting-messages/

ABC NEWS & YAHOO
— Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them – AP (COMMENT: How many of these 80,000 live in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/80000-illinois-people-banned-owning-guns-report-shows-110295351
https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-80-000-illinois-people-100130522.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats used to promote integration. How they promote segregation.
https://apnews.com/article/school-integration-brown-board-supreme-court-9d84858db3717620a77bfae0b478cab8

CNN
— To keep Blacks voting for Democrat candidates, Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly give Blacks more preference. Since 1997, Democrat elected federal officials can stress to Blacks that they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.
https://ktvz.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2024/05/17/biden-makes-fresh-appeals-to-black-voters-hoping-they-can-return-him-to-the-white-house/

MSNBC
— White students sue University of Oklahoma over alleged pro-Black discrimination. A class action lawsuit accuses the school of unlawfully placing a “high value on diversity” and unfairly awarding scholarship funds to Black students. – Ja’han Jones
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/university-oklahoma-anti-white-discrimination-lawsuit-rcna152644

MSN
— Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to speak at Texas GOP convention in San Antonio – Brooke Kushwaha (COMMENT: Who will speak at the Illinois Republican Party State Convention? How many delegates will there be from each of the 102 counties? I should write about those who do not want be a delegate from DuPage County.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-to-speak-at-texas-gop-convention-in-san-antonio/ar-BB1mwryS
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more abortion.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/illinois-sees-spike-in-out-of-state-abortion-patients/ar-AA1cvuB6
— Two-Thirds of Voters Strongly Oppose Secret ‘Woke’ Civics Classes – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-thirds-of-voters-strongly-oppose-secret-woke-civics-classes-poll/ar-BB1iGUzk
— R&B singer cuts up National Anthem live on stage with anti-American lyrics: ‘Blood built this land’ R&B singer and actor Jill Scott blasted America by changing the words of the National Anthem into claiming it is an oppressor state during a live performance on stage. Jill Scott was performing on the second day of the Essence Festival on the perceived systemic racism in America, saying the country is “not the land of the free.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/r-b-singer-cuts-up-national-anthem-live-on-stage-with-anti-american-lyrics-blood-built-this-land/ar-AA1dxpTE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/careers/here-s-how-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-drives-performance-at-workplace/ar-BB1lX3GH
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gone-woke-chick-fil-a-dei-hire-sparks-calls-for-boycott/ar-AA1bTQj6

ASSOCIATED PRESS & THE HILL & POLITICO & NEW YORK MAGAZINE & YAHOO & HUFFINGTON POPST & MSN & NEW REPUBLIC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use the Proud Boys against Trump. I should write about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) the most as being extremist groups. I would focus on past and present a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their disgusting operatives and dupes end my TAPROOT chairmanship in 2012 and my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://apnews.com/article/matt-gaetz-donald-trump-proud-boys-daed52f145929eefc8deaf2bfee32e47
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4668056-gaetz-echoes-trump-proud-boys-stand-back-stand-by/
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/16/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/gaetz-alludes-to-proud-boys-00158379
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/matt-gaetz-proud-boys-trump-hush-money-trial.html
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/matt-gaetz-invokes-trump-infamous-150003089.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-invokes-trump-s-infamous-call-to-proud-boys-at-trial-stand-back-and-stand-by/ar-BB1mvzxn
https://newrepublic.com/post/181636/matt-gaetz-trump-trial-insurrection

WASHINGTON POST & CBS NEWS & GOVERNING & KGUN9 & AMERICA MAGAZINE & VOA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/trump-immigration-deportation-plan/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/president-joe-biden-immigration-border-asylum/4ec57030-12d9-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-new-effort-expedite-court-cases-migrants-who-cross-border-illegally/
https://www.governing.com/urban/how-cities-can-absorb-waves-of-refugees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfIIUBGiag
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/05/16/immigration-asylum-border-texas-annunciation-house-el-paso-paxton
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-immigration-court-docket-aims-to-speed-removal-of-some-new-migrants/7615290.html

USA TODAY
— Speeders drive faster cars. State police are buying the Ford Mustang GT to chase them. – Phoebe Wall Howard (COMMENT: I own a 2023 Mustang GT Premium and a 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/05/13/ford-mustang-gt-police-car-to-chase-speeders/73668575007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As other automakers stop building cars powered by big V8 engines, Ford Motor Co.’s Mustang GT remains the last man standing. Police agencies, who need the horsepower, have taken notice. After years of ordering the Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro, state patrol agencies in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina confirmed they’re adding the 2024 Mustang GT to their fleets. And they’re not the only law enforcement agencies doing so. Ford’s competitors aren’t making these muscle cars anymore.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/05/14/rupaul-drag-race-all-stars-performing/73632845007/
— Democrats used to promote integration, now they promote segregation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/05/16/brown-v-board-turns-70-school-segregation-persists/73243509007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky. The CTU abandons students to seek a billion-dollar raise. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-teachers-union-1-billion-dollars-stacy-davis-gates-f17cb4aa
— A Legal Scholar Critiqued Elon Musk’s Pay. Now He’s Out of a Job. Tesla threatened to fire a law firm over Charles Elson’s objections to the CEO’s proposed pay package. – Ben Foldy (COMMENT: Since I started working for the federal government when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a high school diploma in 1966, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-tesla-pay-vote-scholar-lost-job-0e3cb38b
— Democrats Take Jewish Voters for Granted. We are liberal and support Israel. The party risks losing us by pandering to its antisemitic elements. – Ammiel Hirsch (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal Government who succeeded in encouraging/forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-take-jewish-voters-for-granted-israel-antisemitism-e963a0e3

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2024/05/16/how-target-found-middle-ground-for-pride-month-2024-and-others-can-do-the-same/

POLITICO
— Biden’s team had a few demands for a Trump debate. A major one: No crowd. “Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life. We wanted to take that away.” – JONATHAN LEMIRE
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/17/biden-trump-debate-2024-demands-00158586

BROOKINGS
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly make their students good little Democrats, that is, sexually active LGBTQers who are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/7-takeaways-on-how-teachers-are-reacting-to-restrictions-on-discussing-race-and-gender/

INSDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois Adopts ACT as Graduation Requirement – Liam Knox (COMMENT: No one thought that I was “college material.” They were shocked that my ACT score was 24. They thought that it would be much lower. Similarly, they were shocked that I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. Similarly, they were shocked that UIC accepted me.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/17/illinois-switches-graduation-requirement-sat-act

CPA PRACTIVE ADVISOR
— Top Reasons Why Some Decide Not to Pursue CPA Credential – Isaac M. O’Bannon (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. All of my coworkers who they wanted to promote over me at the time were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger than me, but had not taken the examination or let alone passed it. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/05/16/updated-cpa-pipeline-report-show-top-challenges-for-candidates/105514/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among all respondents surveyed, “time” emerged as the top-ranked challenge—or deterrent—to becoming a CPA. Here are the five top-ranked challenges impacting prospective CPAs: Workload time commitments to study for the exam. Personal time commitments to study for the exam. Difficulty of exam content. Fear of failing the exam. Navigating the exam application process.)

May 15, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Who do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish the most? ANSWER: Conservative Republicans like me who share the most demographics with Trump and who communicate the most. Both Trump and I are White, male, old, non-poor, married, draft avoiders, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. I put together and send out a newsletter every morning that is read my many thousands in Illinois. Since 2015, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Obliterating the last remaining lie of the direct election opponents (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/05/14/obliterating-the-last-remaining-lie-of-the-direct-election-opponents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Defenders of a failed status-quo whined for years that we couldn’t allow Republican primary voters to have a vote again for the Illinois GOP’s governing board because we would get Democrats on our state central committee. Of course this was always just a manufactured lie. And the hacks who parroted that phony talking point could never explain how that would ever realistically happen. Further, the Illinois GOP had direct elections for the members of the state central committee prior to 1986 (the same voting right every Illinois Democrat STILL enjoys in their state party) and there is absolutely zero evidence Democrat infiltration was ever an issue for the Illinois GOP when Republican primary voters had a voice. In truth it’s our cockamamie current system, the one forced down our throats by a handful of old party bosses back in 1986 which actually HAS put Democrats on our state central committee. But it’s worse than that. Over a quarter of the 17 current members of the state central committee publicly endorsed career left-wing Democrat Richard Irvin for governor in 2022. National Committeeman Richard Porter did too.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Israel Independence Day draws pro-Palestinian protesters downtown – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/post/security-heightened-at-daley-plaza-in-chicago-as-israel-flag-to-be-raised-mark-independence-day-pro-palestinian-protests-expected/14814082/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14816135/
— Southern Poverty Law Center rebukes CPD for lack of action for officers tied to Oath Keepers – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones (COMMENT: I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned those groups the most as being extremist.)
https://abc7chicago.com/southern-poverty-law-center-rebukes-chicago-police-department-for-lack-of-action-officers-tied-to-oath-keepers-proud-boys/14816593/
— Aldermen frustrated with performance, leadership call for CTA president Dorval Carter to resign. – Craig Wall (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. Who has called for you to resign and why? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who successfully had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me as a) a 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee member, b) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) a contender to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy, d) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, g) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, h) a MTRO Treasurer candidate, i) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, j) a GAO employee, k) etc. In my book, I would focus on the pretexts that were used to get rid of me. In my book, I would focus on my critics/opponents who I have done the most to help elect and reelect. In my book, I would focus on my critics/opponents a) who continue to blame me and to blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems, b) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and c) who have destroyed those who have come to my defense. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have demonstrated the most hatred against Trump.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-aldermen-frustrated-with-performance-and-post-pandemic-recovery-call-for-cta-president-dorval-carter-to-resign/14815568/
— Chicago migrants moved out of Woodlawn’s old Wadsworth Elementary School after months of controversy. – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/post/migrants-chicago-brandon-johnson-administration-shuts-down-migrant-shelter-at-old-wadsworth-school-in-woodlawn/14816091/

CBS2
— Chicago official says city has plan in event of another influx of migrants this summer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-official-says-city-has-plan-in-event-of-another-influx-of-migrants-this-summer/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxcLd0bo0-I
— Pro-Palestinian protesters come face-to-face with Israeli Independence celebration in Chicago – Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-israeli-independence-celebration-chicago/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/johnson-chicago-migrants-anniversary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CglbDwsRGaA
— Nearly 80 officials overseeing elections in 7 swing states doubt 2020 results – Madeleine May, Caitlin Huey-Burns (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals in those 7 swing states used their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/officials-overseeing-elections-swing-states-doubt-2020-results/

WGN9
— ‘We are not on a path to understanding’: How ‘FEST’ at DePaul got cancelled, and where divestment talks are headed next. – Christine Flores, Eli Ong
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/we-are-not-on-a-path-to-understanding-how-fest-at-depaul-got-cancelled-and-where-divestment-talks-are-headed-next/
— Chicago’s Jewish community celebrates Israel Independence Day at Daley Plaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLiS2_9LWzQ

FOX32
— Protests flare at Daley Plaza commemoration of Israel’s founding – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protests-daley-plaza-commemoration-israel-founding

WTTW
— ‘There’s a Lot of Unevenness’: Chicago’s Youth Joblessness Rates Outpace Illinois and US – Matt Masterson (COMMENT: While I was a junior and a senior at Crete Monee High School 1964-1966, I was employed part-time during the school years and full-time the summer in between because I took a bad job, a job that my classmates would not stoop to take. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I was the only White male who ever held that job in that store. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/15/there-s-lot-unevenness-chicago-s-youth-joblessness-rates-outpace-illinois-and-us-new

WBEZ
— Chicagoans give CPS a ‘C,’ say students are not learning enough. – Sarah Karp (COMMENT: My outstanding teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, and Crete-Monee High School enabled me to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagoans-give-cps-a-c-say-students-are-not-learning-enough/c3e48315-1ecb-4b53-b608-200176236d16

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and b) say “The courthouse parade of GOP officials courting defendant Trump is a disgrace.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/14/editorial-donald-trump-mike-johnson-stormy-daniels-republicans/
— This year’s Israel Independence Day ‘tinged with sorrow,’ say Chicago Jews – NELL SALZMAN (COMMENT: If I was still working for the Democrats who run GAO, I would be in big trouble. The Democrats who run GAO hint/imply/argue/shout at their many Jewish employees that Republicans cause all the problems that Jews have and especially the problems that liberal/moderate Jews have. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, at least one of my superiors was an anti-conservative Jew and during my last 8 years they all were anti-conservative Jews. They all took many big adverse actions against me. From what I see, if they were still in charge today, they would side with Hamas against Israel.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/14/this-years-israel-independence-day-tinged-with-sorrow-say-chicago-jews/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their ever-increasing success in promoting abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/14/abortion-5/
— City closes migrant shelter in former school on South Side – OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/13/city-closes-migrant-shelter-in-former-school-on-south-side/
— Today in History: New state of Israel attacked by 5 nations – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/today-in-history-new-state-of-israel-attacked-by-5-nations/
— More spending won’t be enough to reduce Chicago’s gun violence – Jens Ludwig:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/opinion-public-safety-chicago-violence-prevention/
— Prosecutor opposes bill to help moms whose babies are born with drugs in system – Robert McCoppin (COMMENT: I should write a book about my outstanding parents.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/prosecutor-opposes-bill-to-help-moms-whose-babies-are-born-with-drugs-in-system/ar-BB1mmnBo

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Jewish community celebrating Israel Independence Day are met by pro-Palestinian protesters in Daley Plaza. Chicago’s Jewish community celebrates Israel declaring its independence 76 years ago, on May 14, 1948. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered across the plaza. There were a few altercations, but no arrests were made. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/14/protest-israel-independence-daley-plaza
— DePaul University cancels FEST 2024, cites campus ‘environment’ The cancellation of the end-of-school-year music festival comes days after the university said it has reached a stalemate in negotiations with organizers of a pro-Palestinian encampment. – Isabel Funk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/14/depaul-university-cancels-fest-2024-cites-campus-environment-pro-palestinian-camp-israel-hamas-war
— CTA riders, victims recall robberies, attacks: ‘I’m very paranoid’ Four robberies or beatings occurred on the Red Line from May 6-10, carried out by at least four young women and a male, Chicago police said in a community alert. – Mohammad Samra
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/14/female-robbery-crew-red-line-victims-talk
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/05/14/chicago-woman-who-helps-migrants-fights-chance-stay-united-states
— Civil rights group says Chicago mayor, top cop should take tougher action against officers linked to extremist Oath Keepers. The Southern Poverty Law Center urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and Police Supt. Larry Snelling to reconsider the decision not to take disciplinary action against eight officers connected to the Oath Keepers, six of whom admitted to joining the group. – Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos (COMMENT: I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned those groups the most as being extremist.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/extremism-in-the-ranks/2024/05/14/civil-rights-group-urges-chicago-mayor-top-cop-closer-took-at-officers-linked-to-extremist-oath-keepers
— City closes Woodlawn migrant shelter and moves residents. The shelter at the former Wadsworth Elementary School building, 6420 S. University Ave., was recently ‘decompressed’ and all residents were moved to other temporary shelters or have found permanent housing, city officials said. – Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/14/city-closes-woodlawn-migrant-shelter-moves-residents-immigration-city-hall-health-education-welfare
— Museum of Science and Industry to rebrand as Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — after big donor who fled city. Once the richest person in Illinois, Ken Griffin pulled out of Illinois in 2022, months after complaining about the city’s crime, saying “there is nowhere, where you can feel safe.” – Jessica Ma
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2024/05/14/museum-science-industry-rebrand-griffin-museum-science-industry-chicago
— Fare question: Why has Mayor Brandon Johnson resisted demands to fire CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.? – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: I should write about leaders who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who have fired me and the pretexts that they used.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/05/14/dorval-carter-cta-brandon-johnson-crime-ridership-red-line-extension

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH TWO PHOTOS: DuPage County State’s Attorney preparing lawsuit against county clerk over bills – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240514/news/dupage-county-states-attorney-preparing-lawsuit-against-county-clerk-over-bills/
— Democrats ever-increasing use Jesus to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus promotes the Democrat platform, that is, that Jesus promotes a) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, b) dependency on government and charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, e) illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and g) abolition of the First and Second Amendments.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240514/submitted-content/aurora-church-to-offer-workshop-on-discipling-anti-racist-youth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He will discuss and engage with youth leaders to wrestle with and share insights on leading youth to grow into critical-thinking, racial justice-minded followers of Jesus Christ.)

SOUTHERN
— Trump allies, potential VP contenders flock to Manhattan courthouse – Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against those who support Trump.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/14/trump-allies-potential-vp-contenders-flock-to-manhattan-courthouse/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents have/will falsely hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am an operative/dupe for “Local Government Information Services, Inc.” b) that should not include links to any of its articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) that I should remove all links to its articles in my www.gopillinois.com website.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/05/15/right-wing-publisher-removes-some-personal-information-from-illinois-voters/73678334007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Speaker Mike Johnson assails Trump’s felony trial in remarkable visit outside courthouse – AP (COMMENT: Yes, but supporters can and do turn against those who they have supported. I should write about those who I have always supported but who have now turned against me. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest to “use” me. I would focus on the aforesaid who now blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-speaker-mike-johnsons-appearance-at-trumps-felony-trial-marks-a-remarkable-moment-in-us-politics/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against those who support Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-14/these-people-waited-hours-to-see-the-trump-hush-money-trial-up-close-heres-why

WCIA
— Speaker Johnson rails against Trump trial outside NY courthouse – Lauren Sforza, Mychael Schnell
https://www.wcia.com/hill-politics/speaker-johnson-rails-against-trump-trial-outside-ny-courthouse/

WGLT
— Trump gets by with a little help from his friends during New York hush money trial – Ximena Bustillo (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and destroy those who help me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-05-14/trump-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-during-new-york-hush-money-trial

FOX SAVANNAH
— Student teacher stipend bill with possible $68 million cost to taxpayers advances in Illinois – GREG BISHOP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more tax dollars to teachers to get them to make their students “good little Democrats.”)
https://fox28savannah.com/news/nation-world/teacher-stipend-bill-possible-68-million-cost-price-money-dollars-taxpayers-appropriation-education-school-advances-students-classroom-senate-illinois

NPR ILLINOIS & WSIL TV & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their ever-increasing success in promoting abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-14/despite-state-bans-abortions-nationwide-are-up-driven-by-telehealth
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/telehealth-abortions-now-account-for-nearly-1-in-5-in-us-with-thousands-accessed-under/article_dd669626-c267-57f4-85f2-0e321c3acf08.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-survey-finds-8000-women-a-month-got-abortion-pills-despite-their-states-bans-or-restrictions/
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-survey-finds-8000-women-a-month-got-abortion-pills-despite-their-states-bans-or-restrictions/

ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— Democrats champion legislation aimed at prohibiting employer discrimination based on family obligations. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. I would focus on those a) who had children, b) whose children had health problems, c) who adopted, d) who had spouses who had little or no income, and/or e) who painted themselves as having tremendous family obligations. I would focus on the aforesaid who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/87-senator-natalie-toro-news/5662-toro-guzzardi-legislation-stands-against-discrimination-in-the-workplace

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/14/afternoon-roundup-197/
— Poll: Half of city respondents don’t trust the mayor to look out for best interest of CPS students, three-quarters trust teachers, 84 percent say city politicos ‘too focused on petty political battles’
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/14/poll-half-of-city-voters-dont-trust-the-mayor-to-look-out-for-best-interest-of-cps-students-three-quarters-trust-teachers-84-percent-say-city-politicos-too-focused-on-petty-political-battles/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois has more educators, less students than ever, yet officials complain about a ‘teacher shortage’ – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-has-more-educators-less-students-than-ever-yet-officials-complain-about-teacher-shortage-wirepoints/
— One year in and Mayor Johnson’s only “success’ is handing out money
https://wirepoints.org/one-year-in-and-mayor-johnsons-only-success-is-handing-out-money-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago teachers to descend on Springfield asking for more taxpayer money – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3b32b7a-122d-11ef-9dab-e399e625337a.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Moving Woman’s Prison from Lincoln to Will County Would Make It Easier to Maintain Contact with Families
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/moving-womans-prison-from-lincoln-to-will-county-will-make-it-easier-to-maintain-contact-with-families/
— Hamas Supporters Allowed to Raise Palestinian Flag in Daley Plaza
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/hamas-supporters-allowed-to-raise-palestinian-flag-in-daley-plaza/
— Even More Tax Dollars to Subsidize Chinese Communist Party Electric Battery Plant
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/even-more-tax-dollars-to-subsidize-chinese-communist-party-electric-battery-plant/
— Telephone Company Bribes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/telephone-company-bribes/
— SIEU Spends Oodles on High Salaries
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/sieu-spends-oddles-on-high-salaries/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Opposition to Family Recovery Task Force Legislation Lands on Front Page of the Chicago Tribune
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/14/sb3136/
— McHenry County College Tax Dollars at Work in Sponsorship of Woodstock Gay Pridefest
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/15/message-of-the-day-tax-dollars-at-work/
— Political Spending by SIEU
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/15/political-spending-by-sieu/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MAYOR JOHNSON’S 1ST YEAR DELIVERS THE MAYHEM HE PROMISED – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-mayor-johnsons-1st-year-delivers-the-mayhem-he-promised/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Commencement Protests Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg – JOHN F. DI LEO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/opinion-commencement-protests-are-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg.html
— EVs: Another Assault On Modern Life – James P. Economos
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/economos-another-assault-on-modern-life.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scouts pay dearly for ‘wokeness,’ double down anyway. The fall of another great American institution. – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/14/scouts-pay-dearly-for-wokeness-double-down-anyway/
— New York appeals court keeps gag on Trump – Mallory Wilson (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who want to gag me, that is, to stop me from promoting direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members and conservative principles.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/14/new-york-appeals-court-keeps-gag-on-trump/
— DEI has jeopardized air safety – Adam Laxalt (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrat and RINO politicians used big budget cuts, Affirmative Action, and DEI to destroy GAO, that is, to make GAO just an ineffective shell of what it once was. If GAO had been in 1980 what it is today, I doubt that I would have transferred from IRS to GAO. I had to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/14/dei-has-jeopardized-air-safety/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Speaker Johnson fundraises off Trump’s hush-money trial in New York City – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3003300/speaker-johnson-fundraises-trump-hush-money-trial-new-york/
— DC hosted voting registration training for illegal immigrants – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: How many of the illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district are registered to vote?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3003524/dc-hosted-voting-registration-training-illegal-immigrants/
— ‘Misinformation’ is the word for facts the Biden administration dislikes – Timothy P. Carney (COMMENT: To justify removing me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee, IRP leaders had one of their operatives/dupes a)demonize/denigrate/condemn as being false my concern that I expressed in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter that efforts were underway to move to IRP platform to the left and b) demand that I remove that concern from www.gopillinois.com . Further, they had him hint/imply/argue/shout that if I stayed on the committee, I would improperly/unethically put confidential/private committee information in my newsletters. Of course, the aforesaid is a pretext.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3003905/reminder-misinformation-word-facts-biden-administration-dislikes/
— Kari Lake is already making excuses for her likely Senate loss – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3003312/kari-lake-already-making-excuses-likely-senate-loss/

NEW YORK POST
— Bogus Gaza death counts again prove the United Nations is another Hamas stooge – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/opinion/bogus-gaza-death-counts-again-prove-the-united-nations-is-another-hamas-stooge/

BLAZE
— Illegals make list of demands for FREE ‘culturally appropriate food,’ housing, and immigration lawyers
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/illegal-immigrants

CHARLIE KIRK
— How Many Illegals Does America Have? And How Many Vote?
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/how-many-illegals-does-america-have-and-how-many-v

COLLEGE FIX
— DEI consultant gets most of nursing school’s ‘racial healing’ grant – KAYLEY CHARTIER (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at nurses and at everyone else that Republicans are White Supremists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dei-consultant-gets-most-of-nursing-schools-racial-healing-grant/

DAILY SIGNAL
— NPR Assigned a Reporter With Ties to Soros-Funded Groups to Cover a Story About Illegal Alien Voting? – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/14/why-did-npr-assign-reporter-ties-soros-funded-groups-cover-story-illegal-alien-voting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent study estimates that 10-27% of non-citizens are registered to vote, and based on previous elections and federal data, at least 1-2.7 million non-citizens will vote in the 2024 election.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Speaker Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy Join Trump in Court on Tuesday – Chase Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/speaker-mike-johnson-vivek-ramaswamy-join-trump-in-court-on-tuesday-5649621

FEDERALIST
— Don’t Buy The Media’s Spin About Illegal Border Crossings Being Down – CASEY CHALK
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/15/dont-buy-the-medias-spin-about-illegal-border-crossings-being-down/
— When SCOTUS Nuked Affirmative Action, Universities Just Took It Underground – AUGUSTE MEYRAT
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/15/when-scotus-nuked-affirmative-action-universities-just-took-it-underground/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— What Do We Want? Everything! Migrants Send List of Demands to Denver City Officials – Ira Mehlman (COMMENT: What did your ancestors want/demand when they immigrated?)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/05/14/what-do-we-want-everything-migrants-send-list-demands-denver-city-officials

GOPUSA
— 70% Of Banks Target Clients Based On Conservative, Religious Beliefs (COMMENT: How anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time is your bank?)
https://www.gopusa.com/report-70-of-banks-target-clients-based-on-conservative-religious-beliefs/
— The Left’s Attack On American Patriotism
https://www.gopusa.com/the-lefts-attack-on-american-patriotism/
— Fentanyl Coming To U.S. Becoming More Deadly, DEA Says
https://www.gopusa.com/fentanyl-coming-to-u-s-becoming-more-deadly-dea-says/

HOT AIR
— Erdogon Defends Hamas; Treating 1000 Hamas Fighters in Turkey – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/05/14/erdogon-defends-hamas-treating-1000-hamas-fighters-in-turkey-n3788319

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Awards Millions to NGOs Facilitating Illegal Immigration
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2024/05/14/dhs-awards-millions-to-ngos-facilitating-illegal-immigration/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Illegal migrants are being ‘encouraged’ to vote, top Republican warns after shocking documents reveals ‘training’ for noncitizens to cast ballots in Washington D.C. (COMMENT: How many of the illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district are registered to vote?)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/illegal-migrants-encouraged-vote-warns-after-documents/

MRC TV
— ‘They’re Excellent Swimmers’: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Suggests Using ‘Migrants’ to Fill Lifeguard Shortage – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/theyre-excellent-swimmers-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-suggests-using-migrants-fill

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Racism That Once Was, Is No More – Richard Porter (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are not only racists, but White Supremists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/14/racism_that_once_was_is_no_more_150940.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Illegals in America take jobs away from citizens of America and/or collect welfare from citizens of America.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/over-half-illegal-aliens-us-are-unemployed-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Speaker Johnson attends Trump’s hush-money trial. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy are also present. – Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/speaker-johnson-attend-trumps-hush-money-trial/story?id=110211888

NBC NEWS
— Trump’s vice presidential contenders show their support — and loyalty — in court. With the former president’s time on the campaign trail limited due to his New York trial, Trump’s potential running mates are coming to him instead. – Alec Hernández (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had great success in destroying those who support me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trumps-presidential-contenders-show-support-loyalty-court-rcna152206
— In a split with Trump, Ben Carson calls for a national abortion ban. In his new book, Carson also compares the “attack” on American families with the Israel-Gaza war. – Shaquille Brewster, Abigail Brooks, Alec Hernández and Amanda Terkel
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ben-carson-national-abortion-ban-trump-rcna152106
— The doctor who saved Sen. Tammy Duckworth in Iraq is trapped in Gaza. Now she’s trying to save him. Adam Hamawy, from Princeton, N.J., is among a team of doctors from the Palestinian American Medical Association that was blocked from leaving Gaza on Monday. – Frank Thorp V, Zoë Richards and Abigail Williams
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/doctor-saved-tammy-duckworth-iraq-trapped-gaza-adam-hamawy-rcna152291

MSN
— Biden Demands Illegal Aliens He’s Let In Get Pathway To Citizenship – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-demands-illegal-aliens-he-s-let-in-get-pathway-to-citizenship/ar-BB1i2DFi

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republican men cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.msnbc.com/know-your-value/out-of-office/sexism-still-ranks-biggest-hurdle-facing-women-elected-office-poll-rcna152217

AOL
— Donald Trump New York Trial: Who Has Come to Support Him? – NIK POPLI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had great success in destroying those who support me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.aol.com/donald-trump-york-trial-come-170426605.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Noem to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/opinion/kristi-noem-vice-signaling-maga.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/immigration-history-race-quota-progress/

USA TODAY
— Florida shines under DeSantis’ leadership. His liberal critics should learn from him. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proving that conservative policies can boost an economy and attract Americans who want to thrive. – Nicole Russell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/05/15/desantis-republican-policy-people-move-to-florida/73684294007/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, age discrimination ever-increasingly increases. How soon will they officially dump White male precinct committeemen over age 40, township/ward party leaders over age 45, county party leaders over age 50, state central committee members over age 55, and state party officers over age 60?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/05/13/genz-voters-2024-election-dislike-biden-trump/73624402007/

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— After Martha’s Vineyard Dust-Up, Biden Made Florida Top-Stop For Migrant Parole Program – Liam Edgar
https://www.tampafp.com/after-marthas-vineyard-dust-up-biden-made-florida-top-stop-for-migrant-parole-program/

WLIW
— South Dakota tribes side with Democrats against Noem and Trump.
https://www.wliw.org/radio/news/most-of-south-dakotas-tribes-have-banned-kristi-noem-from-their-land-heres-why/

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing use religious organizations to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/05/14/catholic-ngos-migrant-border-247928

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— EV Tariffs and the Inanity of Bidenism. Or how a president can be handed lemonade and turn it back into lemons. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/evs-and-the-inanity-of-bidenism-china-tariffs-235f63be

FORBES
— The Latest DEI Research And How To Find An Employer Who Shares Your Values – Mark C. Perna (COMMENT: The Democrat-run GAO, IRS, and Post Office that I worked for almost 30 years did not share my conservative Republican values. First and foremost my superiors ever-increasingly promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Further, they ever-increasingly promoted the rest of the Democrat Party platform, that is, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, and diminishment of Second Amendment rights.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2023/04/25/the-latest-dei-research-and-how-to-find-an-employer-who-shares-your-values/

NPR
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their ever-increasing success in promoting abortion.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/14/1251086997/abortion-increase-research-wecount-telehealth
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting organizations to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1198912268/migrant-girl-scouts-shelter-new-york-crisis-border-asylum-biden-immigration

INSIDE PHILANTHROPY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/5/14/three-ways-philanthropy-can-respond-to-attacks-on-affirmative-action-according-to-black-leaders

LIFEWIRE
— The 10 Best News Aggregators of 2024 – Stefanie Fogel (COMMENT: I am a conservative independent nonprofit government and political news and commentary aggregator. What do you say to website operators, including those who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, who do not want me to drive traffic to their websites? They know full-well that they cannot manipulate or dominate me, that I do not glorify and praise them, that I do not pander to them, that I will not serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and that I will not cover up their wrong doing.)
https://www.lifewire.com/best-news-aggregators-4584410

May 10, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Unanswered questions concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who represents each of the 17 congressional districts on the committee and what is their contact information?
— Who has replaced me as the member who represents the 3rd Congressional District and what reasons have been given for my removal?
— At the IRP State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25, which committee members are going to vote on May 24 for the resolution that calls for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members?
— At the convention on May 24, which committee members are going to vote to strengthen or to weaken calls for promoting the following in the platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws including adding E-Verity, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving)?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do political consultants in Illinois who want Republican candidates to lose advise Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders and their candidates to do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The IRP platform in conservative. I am one of the extremely few Republican political consultants in Illinois. I have been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants since 2001. I served on the board of directors of its Midwest Chapter 2001-2004. I want Republican candidates to win. Political consultants in Illinois who want Republican candidates to lose do not advise the IRP leaders or their candidates to defend and advance the IRP platform. Instead, they advise the IRP leaders and their candidates to ignore the platform, to paint themselves as being Democrat Lite if not anti-conservative, and to give the voters what they want. According to them, Illinois voters want dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and race and gender based preference giving. Far too many IRP leaders and far too many of their candidates have taken that advice and are taking that advice. That is why Republican candidates are losing elections. That is why I am extremely concerned that efforts are under way under the table to move the new IRP platform to the left.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Call for articles. Please email to me at diersen@aol.com links to articles in which Illinois Republican party leaders, elected officials, candidates, major donors, and activists promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws including adding E-Verity, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— University of Chicago protesters call out campus police ‘shoving, hitting’ while encampment was cleared. In a press conference at the school Thursday morning, students criticized university president Paul Alivisatos and shared their experiences when police began emptying the encampment early Tuesday. – Mohammad Samra
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/09/university-of-chicago-pro-palestinian-protesters-campus-police-paul-alivisatos
— Secret Service building secret Democratic convention communications center in southern suburb. ‘The X is the event,’ Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Sun-Times about the location, which will be the central hub for about 60 agencies involved in designing and implementing convention security. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/09/secret-service-building-secure-democratic-convention-communications-center-southern-suburb-elections

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/10/migrant-mourns-death-of-child-one-of-the-many-unaccounted-for-in-chicago-without-money-youre-nobody/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE PHOTOS: Republican leaders slating legislative candidates despite new law banning it – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240509/illinois-state-politics/republican-leaders-slating-legislative-candidates-despite-new-law-banning-it/

ABC7
— VERY SAD: The Chevrolet Malibu, the brand’s last sedan, will end production. General Motors’ mainstream Chevrolet brand will sell only trucks, SUVs, and the Corvette in the United States. – Peter Valdes-Dapena
https://abc7chicago.com/post/production-of-chevrolet-malibu-to-end-general-motors-sedan-chevy/14788891/
— Chicago Mayor Johnson RTA board nominee coming under fire for lack of transit knowledge. – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: What do you have knowledge of? I have knowledge of IRS. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. I should write a book about my GAO coworkers who they assigned to audits of IRS instead of me. They knew little or nothing about IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and I had earned an MBA from Loyola. The Democrats who ran IRS and GAO back then certainly did not want Republicans like me to work on audits of IRS. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pick-to-serve-on-rta-board-rev-ira-acree-coming-under-fire-for-lack-of-transit-knowledge/14790975/

NBC5
— Man killed in STREET TAKEOVER was not part of event (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWD-gPuarQ

CBS2
— University of Chicago protesters call removal of pro-Palestinian encampment a “brutal police raid” – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-chicago-protesters-encampment-removed-response/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRcT1GM0Uug
— Chicago Police officer shortage a concern with summer, DNC coming (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago. 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.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shortage-chicago-police-officers-summer-dnc/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-police-officer-shortage-a-concern-with-summer-dnc-coming/
— Organizers hope Mexican Independence Day festival in Chicago’s Grant Park deters chaos – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-day-festival-chicago-grant-park-deter-chaos/

FOX32
— Chicago teachers to skip school to lobby state lawmakers for more funding – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-teachers-skip-school-lobby-state-lawmakers-funding
— Protesters call out University of Chicago for tactics used to take down encampments
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-call-out-university-of-chicago-for-tactics-used-to-take-down-encampments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaLNzQtNRuk
— Chicago police investigate vandalism of squad cars with reported feces
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1453853
— Highest-paying jobs right out of college revealed – Stephanie Weaver (COMMENT: I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. In 1971, my starting IRS salary was $54,728/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/highest-paying-jobs-school-revealed
— VERY SAY: GM ends production of Chevrolet Malibu to make room for electric vehicles – Aislinn Murphy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gm-ending-production-chevrolet-malibu

WGN RADIO
— Chicago is 4th ranked city for number of millionaires – Michael Piff
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-minute-chicago-is-4th-ranked-city-for-number-of-millionaires/
— Over 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck – Patrick Hennessey
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/ted-rossman-over-60-of-americans-are-living-paycheck-to-paycheck/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Failure to oust Speaker ‘MAGA Mike’ Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump – AP (COMMENT: Are/were you allied with Trump? Since 2015, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump promoter. To punish me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me including a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy, and d) gerrymandering my precinct.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/failure-to-oust-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-shows-strength-and-weakness-of-his-alliance-with/article_8411232d-7320-5425-b330-e5769ca6cca5.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help – AP (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted those who could and should have come to my defense, but have not. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those a) who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and/or c) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Wheaton.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-is-limited-in-what-he-can-say-about-his-court-case-his-gop-allies-are-showing-up-to-help/

WAND TV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/dems-face-uphill-battle-to-pass-legislation-to-protect-dreamers/article_67a46918-0d83-11ef-b0be-ab1444d5eb66.html

WYSO
— Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won’t have another. – Noam Levey (COMMENT: My wife and I got married in 1978. We gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. My wife has always had good paying jobs. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used the aforesaid against me. I should write a book about those who have used it against me the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) afford to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, e) become a licensed CPA, f) have a home built in Wheaton, g) buy collector cars, h) earn four more professional licenses, i) etc.)
https://www.wyso.org/npr-news/2024-05-09/their-first-baby-came-with-medical-debt-these-illinois-parents-wont-have-another

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/09/chicago-pride-parade-announces-2024-grand-marshals-fortune-feimster-and-jax-smith/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-287/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-87/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Teachers Union demands estimated at $50 billion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7376f9a8-0e4c-11ef-8d37-9f266fdaa465.html
— Race-based, higher ed funding formula advocates want state to cover student costs – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_104d8ee2-0e46-11ef-84a6-1bd8223d4e37.html

WIREPOINTS
— Negligence or something more? Gov. Pritzker’s $827 million in taxpayer subsidies for Rivian. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/negligence-or-something-more-gov-pritzkers-827-million-in-taxpayer-subsidies-for-rivian-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Tax Bills Show Increase or Decrease for Each Tax District
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/09/mchenry-county-tax-bills-show-increase-or-decrease-for-each-tax-district/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CUTTING CLASS TO LOBBY SPRINGFIELD LAWMAKERS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-cutting-class-to-lobby-springfield-lawmakers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants in Denver demand ‘culturally appropriate’ food, free lawyers at tent city (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/9/illegal-immigrants-denver-demand-culturally-approp/
— Student sues school district over suspension for saying ‘illegal aliens,’ switches to homeschooling – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/9/student-sues-school-district-over-suspension-for-s/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans move to expose Biden for flying in 400,000 ‘unvetted’ migrants – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2992456/republicans-biden-flying-400000-migrants/
— Johnson’s speakership saved because top four candidates to replace him lack votes to win gavel – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2998071/johnson-speakership-saved-top-four-candidates-replace-struggle-secure-gavel/
— Student suspended for saying ‘illegal aliens’ gets help from Trump after online threats – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: If I had been active in Republican politics, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/student-suspended-for-saying-illegal-aliens-gets-help-from-trump-after-online-threats/ar-BB1m7vYB

NEW YORK POST
— NYS Board of Regents joins the woke battle to force biological boys into girls’ sports – Post Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/05/10/opinion/state-board-of-regents-joins-woke-crackdown-on-trans-sports-dissent/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals in Denver issue the city a list of 13 ‘demands’ for services – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/illegals_in_denver_issue_the_city_a_list_of_13_demands_for_services.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Completely fed up’: Biden not exactly welcomed to Chicago with open arms, protesters fill streets – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/09/completely-fed-up-biden-not-exactly-welcomed-to-chicago-with-open-arms-protesters-fill-streets-1458275/
— Republicans fight to stop Dems from using illegal aliens in ‘greatest election interference’ scheme in history – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/09/republicans-fight-to-stop-dems-from-using-illegal-aliens-in-greatest-election-interference-scheme-in-history-1458224/

BLAZE
— House passes bill to add citizenship question to census to stop illegal aliens from distorting congressional representation – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/house-passes-bill-to-add-citizenship-question-to-census-to-stop-illegal-aliens-from-distorting-congressional-representation

BREITBART
— Asheville, NC: Reparations Commission Recommends ‘No Strings Attached’ Monthly Cash Payments – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2024/05/09/asheville-reparations-commission-recommends-guaranteed-income-program/

CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis to Jewish students: Come to college in Florida – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had turning my many Jewish superiors and supervisors against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_f5d48fb8-0e52-11ef-a157-13c9e62d8d41.html

COLLEGE FIX
— University math, chemistry, immunology job openings require scholars pledge loyalty to DEI – DANIEL NUCCIO (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted, federal employees have to promote DEI. RINOs run Republican organizations in Illinois. To survive in those organizations, Precinct Committeemen have to promote DEI. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-math-chemistry-immunology-job-openings-require-scholars-pledge-loyalty-to-dei/

DAILY WIRE
— Teachers Put Through ‘Coaching’ Sessions On Gender And Sexuality At Woke Illinois Math Academy – Leif Le Mahieu (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had so far making the students in your school district sexual active LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-put-through-coaching-sessions-on-gender-and-sexuality-at-woke-illinois-math-academy
— Biden Faces Dueling Calls From Democrats Over Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants, Border Security – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security
— Trump Slams Biden For Threatening To Withhold Military Aid To Israel: ‘Taking The Side Of These Terrorists’ – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slams-biden-for-threatening-to-withhold-military-aid-to-israel-taking-the-side-of-these-terrorists

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Governor Signs Controversial Election Bill That Would Help Democrats. ‘It really does make sure that we don’t have backroom deals to put people on the ballot,’ Illinois Governor Pritzker said. – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/illinois-gop-accuses-democrats-of-election-interference-by-banning-candidate-slating-5646215
— Secret Service ‘Must Provide Protection’ to Trump If He’s Jailed – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/secret-service-must-provide-protection-to-trump-if-hes-jailed-spokesperson-5645322

FOX NEWS
— Denver migrants refuse to leave encampment, send mayor list of demands. The list includes demands for better food, access to immigration lawyers, and unlimited shower time. – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-migrants-refuse-leave-encampment-send-denver-mayor-list-demands
— Taxpayer-funded ID program for illegal immigrants expected to begin this summer. The initial rollout will consist of 10,000 cards. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-eyes-summer-rollout-for-id-card-program-for-illegal-immigrants

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Another blow to the middle class: Biden will add 100,000 ‘dreamers’ to Affordable Care Act – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/another-blow-to-the-middle-class-biden-will-add-100000-dreamers-to-affordable-care-act

MRC TV
— Taxpayers Fund $150 Billion of Perks Annually for Illegal Aliens, Including Biden’s ‘Parolees’ – CRAIG BANNISTER (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for Biden?)
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/taxpayers-fund-150-billion-perks-annually-illegal-aliens-including-bidens
— Illegals Set Up ‘Protest’ Camp In Denver, Demanding ‘Culturally Appropriate’ Food, Free Healthcare, & Lawyers – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/illegals-set-protest-camp-denver-demanding-culturally-appropriate-food-free
— IBM Subsidiary Faces Discrimination Lawsuit Over DEI – EVAN POELLINGER
https://mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/ibm-subsidiary-faces-discrimination-lawsuit-over-dei

NATIONAL REVIEW
— San Francisco Mayor Appoints Drag Queen to Head Office of Transgender Initiatives – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-appoints-drag-queen-to-head-office-of-transgender-initiatives/

NEW AMERICAN
— GOP Bills Would Require ID to Vote in Fed Elections, Stop Counting Illegals in Census – R. Cort Kirkwood (COMMENT: Yes, but illegals use false identifications.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/gop-bills-would-require-id-to-vote-in-fed-elections-stop-counting-illegals-in-census/

NEWSMAX
— Companies Look to Rebrand ‘DEI’ Without Ditching Controversial Practice. Republican Virginia State Delegate Wren Williams, a small business owner, has warned against kneeling to “woke” demands, stating companies that have capitulated to progressives’ demands have learned that if you “go woke,” you “go broke.” – Marisa Herman
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/dei-esg-woke/2024/05/09/id/1164061/

POST MILLENNIAL
— IBM faces discrimination suit after OMG revealed anti-white male hiring practices. Wood claims that Red Hat used illegal anti-white and anti-male hiring practices to make Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) quotas. – Katie Daviscourt

https://thepostmillennial.com/ibm-faces-discrimination-suit-after-omg-revealed-anti-white-male-hiring-practices

TOWNHALL
— Entitled Illegal Immigrants Send Mayor Long List of Demands: ‘Unlimited Showers, Fresh Food’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/09/immigrants-refuse-to-leave-encampment-send-mayor-list-of-demands-n2638835

ZERO HEDGE
— Denver Illegals Make Demands, Include ‘Culturally Appropriate’ Food, Lawyers, Unlimited Showers And Warnings Before Evictions – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for him?)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/denver-illegals-make-demands-include-culturally-appropriate-food-lawyers-unlimited

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— What percent of the money given to the following is from donors who reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township/ward party organization?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/opinion/republicans-protest-israel.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters us Stormy Daniels to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/opinion/donald-trump-stormy-daniels.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Four Of Trump’s Children Will Be GOP Convention Delegates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/barron-trump-florida-delegate-gop-convention/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/citizenship-question-census-stephen-miller/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/republican-bogus-claims-vote-fraud/
— Democrats have always blamed antisemitism on Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did that big time. I should write a book about them and their success.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/09/antisemitism-schools-congressional-hearing/
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am an extremist. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/hannity-rfk-extremeism-republicans/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/10/shield-youth-from-williams/

REUTERS
— Trump vows to target EVs, LNG exports in meeting with oil CEOs
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-vows-target-electric-vehicles-meeting-with-oil-ceos-report-2024-05-09/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-democrats-give-illegals-political-representation-1898946

MSN
— Democrats push Biden on amnesty for illegals before possible Trump victory (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for Biden?)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/dems-push-biden-on-amnesty-for-illegals-before-possible-trump-victory/ar-BB1m6Wri
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-dei-trainer-sounds-alarm-on-useless-trainings-detrimental-to-minorities/ar-AA1fWPb5

WALL STREET JOUIRNAL
— Trump and the Lawfare Implosion of 2024. Will his prosecution end up putting him back in the White House? – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lawfare-implosion-of-2024-donald-trump-indictments-election-87e99955
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/methodists-keep-up-with-the-times-general-conference-2024-gay-marriage-4d01492e
— What percent of Haley voters are going to vote for Biden?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-is-huddling-with-donors-and-wont-endorse-donald-trump-yet-052d3d0f
— FRONT PAGE: Hospitals Are Refusing to Do Surgeries Unless You Pay in Full First – Melanie Evans (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I have always had health insurance. The federal government pays 72% of health insurance for its employees, retirees, and their spouses.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/hospitals-pay-before-treatment-patients-c477e2d6

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/05/10/bill-ackman-dei-attack-milken-session/

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91122169/what-we-lose-when-we-cut-d-and-e-from-dei

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— How CPA Firms Can Prepare for Illinois’ Pay Transparency Law. Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, employers in Illinois will be required to disclose salary ranges in job postings. Here’s what CPA firms and other organizations can do now to prepare. – Helena Almeida (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 required me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.)
https://www.icpas.org/information/copy-desk/insight/article/digital-exclusive—2024/how-cpa-firms-can-prepare-for-illinois-pay-transparency-law