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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 16 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago shootings this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-15-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15659574/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cannabis-industry-illinois/15652693/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
— Woman charged in alleged anti-Palestinian hate crime inside Downers Grove Panera due in court
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexandra-szustakiewicz-due-court-hate-crime-charges-alleged-ant-palestinian-incident-downers-grove-panera/15662572/

FOX32
— Threats against members of Congress surge after murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Threats against members of Congress are surging, including fake bomb calls targeting their homes after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1562490
— More than 100 former patients file major lawsuit against Universal Health Services for alleged abuse
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawsuit-universal-health-services
— UnitedHealthcare lawsuit: Physicians allege delay, deny, underpay practices
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/unitedhealthcare-physicians-lawsuit

WGN9
— DuPage County Sheriff to suspend evictions during portion of the holiday season
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dupage-county-sheriff-to-suspend-evictions-during-portion-of-the-holiday-season/ar-AA1vHgTi

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: November election numbers tell a cautionary tale for both Democrats and GOP (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/illinois-presidential-election-breakdown/
— The real cost of the anti-college narrative (COMMENT: My father often decried that he did not get promotions because he did not have a college degree. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/opinion-anti-college-narrative-black-students-elitism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current anti-college narrative, while seemingly populist and anti-elitist, is built on a false premise: that just because you can be successful without college, you shouldn’t have to pursue it. Worse, it perpetuates a harmful message for historically marginalized groups. This line of thinking implies that students from lower-income backgrounds or marginalized communities — those often unable to afford college outright — should simply opt out, limiting their potential opportunities. This ultimately reinforces racist and classist ideas that say if you aren’t already poised to access other forms of opportunity, then those opportunities aren’t for you.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/wrapping-our-arms-around-the-community-the-outreach-house-helps-with-food-clothing-utilities/
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/a-resilient-nation-leaders-stress-importance-of-community-at-mlk-dinner/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Other states must be saying, ‘Thanks, Santa, for what you send us from Illinois
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/the-gifts-illinois-sends-states-mark-glennon-19980840.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does that job pay? Salary transparency one of many new Illinois laws in 2025. (COMMENT: Federal employee salaries are extremely transparent. My IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates saw that my Democrat superiors were paying me less than my coworkers who had less work experience that I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They especially saw that I had to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article296931194.html

CENTRALL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders were less successful than they thought they be in getting their illegals to vote.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-gop-stoked-fears-of-noncitizens-voting-cases-in-ohio-show-how-rhetoric-and-reality-diverge/

WCIA
— Romney: ‘You can’t complain’ if Trump does what he says he would do (COMMENT: I should write about the Romney promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who continue to blame Romney’s defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who continue to punish me for Romney’s defeats.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/

WAND TV
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration/article_4f8a72ac-939c-5c42-8bf4-d9117554b666.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-424/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Settlement with ABC and Stephanopoulos indicates Trump has an actionable defamation claim against Gov. Pritzker
https://wirepoints.org/settlement-with-abc-and-stephanopolous-indicates-trump-has-an-actionable-defamation-claim-against-pritzker-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois pension debts hit $144 billion in 2024, make a mockery of politicians’ decades of ‘balanced budgets’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-pension-debts-at-144-billion-in-2024-makes-mockery-of-politicians-decades-of-balanced-budgets-wirepoints/
— Chicago aldermen have told Mayor Johnson they don’t want to impose yet another property tax hike on Chicagoans. He should listen.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-aldermen-have-told-mayor-johnson-they-dont-want-to-impose-yet-another-tax-hike-on-chicagoans-he-should-listen-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— Pritzker takes credit for ending the grocery tax, but won’t mention the gas tax hike or property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-takes-credit-for-ending-the-grocery-tax-but-wont-mention-the-gas-tax-hike-or-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the mainstream news media and Google and their ever-increasing promotion of the Democrat Party platform, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat candidates and their ever-increasing demonization, denigration, and condemnation of the Republican Party platform, Republican elected officials, and Republican candidates. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly makes its anti-conservative anti-Republican anti-Trump editorials look like news articles. I should write a book about that.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton township, and Wheaton and how they have been taken over by anti-conservatives and by anti-Republicans. I would use as examples the adverse actions that leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they have used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Johnson runs from budget debacle
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1867683008511152167

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Let ‘sanctuary’ cities keep millions of illegal aliens, without federal funding. Time to give ‘the resistance’ what they want. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run sanctuary cities will a) run up debt, b) take money away from any remaining Republicans in the city, and/or c) ship their illegals to the suburbs.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/let-sanctuary-cities-keep-millions-illegal-aliens-/
— Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/mitt-romney-predicts-vice-president-elect-j-d-vanc/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fixing deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/fixing_deportation.html
— Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/anchor_babies_with_birthright_citizenship_is_an_idiotic_policy_that_encourages_migrants_to_come_to_the_u_s_illegally.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Party of the working class’: Trump critic Mitt Romney credits Trump for reshaping GOP as he exits politics (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class for 33 years, that is, I was a wage earner for 33 years.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/15/party-of-the-working-class-trump-critic-mitt-romney-credits-trump-for-reshaping-gop-as-he-exits-politics-1509812/

CENTER SQUARE
— Military may be ground zero for the war on woke (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d1e584e-b9a7-11ef-8c1a-774323955d0c.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s ‘Prime’ Time to Discuss Transgender Medicine as a Nation of Parents, Not Partisans (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in medicine will be Democrat, libera/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/15/its-prime-time-discuss-transgender-medicine-nation-parents-not-partisans/

FOX NEWS
— Clinton says Democrats have bad habit of ‘giving up’ on certain groups because of demographics (COMMENT: Democrat plant political consultants in Illinois advise Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to get votes from those in Illinois who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to dump voters in Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365866530112
— ‘Going to be painful’: Venezuelan expert sounds alarm about what’s next if sanctuary city policies continue. A former Venezuelan army officer told Fox News Digital that the ‘next step’ of violent gang is ‘targeted assassinations.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/painful-venezuelan-expert-sounds-alarm-about-whats-next-sanctuary-city-policies-continue

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Thieves of Words: DEI and Other Misleading Terms. Totalitarian ideologues have perfected the art of deception by using benign terminology and injecting it with oppressive meaning.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-thieves-of-words-dei-and-other-misleading-terms/
— Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/diversity-conference-for-elite-private-schools-devolves-into-festival-of-jew-hatred/amp/

REASON
— Federal Government Has ‘Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,’ Warns Former GAO Boss David Walker. This week’s House Budget Committee hearing showed bipartisan agreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems. (COMMENT: Walker led GAO 1998-2008. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  The Democrats who run GAO do not want GAO to have any Republican employees. They used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republicans.)
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/federal-government-has-grown-too-big-promised-too-much-subsidized-too-many-warns-former-gao-boss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is likely to face a debt crisis within the next five years unless Congress undertakes serious fiscal reforms, says a former comptroller general who is urging lawmakers to treat the budget and deficit with the seriousness it deserves. “The federal government has grown too big, promised too much, subsidized too many, undercut states’ rights, and lost control of the budget,” David Walker, who led the Government Accountability Office from 1998 until 2008, told members of the House Budget Committee on Wednesday. Unless Congress puts the country on a different fiscal course, Walker believes there is a 70 percent chance of a serious debt crisis before the end of the decade. That crisis would have “serious adverse economic security, national security, diplomatic, and domestic tranquility consequences,” he warned, adding that the middle class would “be affected the most on a relative basis” if standards of living are suddenly hit with a debt-induced shockwave. This week’s hearing was intended to highlight bipartisan agreement on the seriousness of the federal government’s fiscal problems, said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R–Texas), the committee’s chairman. “We’ve got major fiscal problems and a completely unsustainable fiscal trajectory. I haven’t heard anyone, Democrat or Republican, witness or member, that [sic] doesn’t accept that fact,” he said. “We won’t know when the dominoes fall on us in a sovereign debt crisis, it’s going to be difficult to put the pieces back together and maintain our global leadership.” Those remarks echo warnings issued in recent years by governmental entities like the GAO and the Congressional Budget Office, as well as outside groups like the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Since 2015 the gross national debt has doubled, from $18 trillion to over $36 trillion. Debt held by the public, which most economists consider the more significant measure, sits at more than $28 trillion, or 99 percent of GDP. Deficits of nearly $2 trillion are expected for the foreseeable future. Douglas Elmendorf, the economist and dean of the school of government at Harvard University, who was invited to speak at the hearing by Democrats, also stressed the need for immediate action. “Although we are not in a crisis now, delaying action has significant costs,” Elmendorf said. “The accumulation of debt crowds out capital investment, which holds down wages and pushes up interest rates relative to what would happen otherwise. In addition, the accumulation of debt limits the government’s ability to borrow when truly needed to respond to problems in the future.” While there is little disagreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems, the committee hearing also inadvertently highlighted the immense difficulty of solving them. During his testimony, Walker proposed what he called a “fiscal responsibility amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, which would bind Congress’ ability to borrow recklessly. This could take several different forms. Germany, for example, has a so-called “debt brake” rule—which it hasn’t followed in recent years—that says the government’s annual budget deficit cannot exceed 0.35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). By contrast, the U.S. federal government ran a deficit of $1.8 trillion last year, which is about 6 percent of America’s current GDP of about $29.3 trillion. Another example is on the books in Colorado, where the growth of government spending is limited by a formula that takes into account population growth and inflation. Those are good models to follow, but imposing those restrictions via a constitutional amendment seems like a nearly impossible lift. Amendments must be passed by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and subsequently ratified by three-quarters of the states, and no amendment has successfully navigated the process since 1992. Of course, lawmakers don’t need a constitutional constraint to prevent them from borrowing too much. They could simply pass a budget that doesn’t depend on trillions of dollars in annual borrowing. Yes, yes, it’s okay to laugh. But that is the thing that must happen. New constitutional amendments or other mechanisms like debt commissions—a solution favored by Cato Institute budget expert Romina Boccia, who also testified at this week’s hearing—are fine ideas worth pursuing. Embedded in both those ideas, however, is the admission that our elected leaders are somehow unable to do their most fundamental jobs without artificial constraints. And that may very well be true: Available evidence certainly points to that conclusion. But the biggest budgetary constraint of all is the one Walker (and plenty of others) believe is looming just over the horizon. Congress cannot ignore it any longer.)

STARS AND STRIPES
— Why the Naval Academy gets to keep affirmative action (COMMENT: To use Affirmative Action and DEI is to a) lower hiring, retention, and promotion standards for minorities and for females and a) to raise hiring, retention, and promotion standards for Whites and for men. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or female. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. Because I am not a minority or female, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my job-related bachelor’s degree and my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-12-15/naval-academy-affirmative-action-admissions-16171778.html

TOWNHALL
— The End of the ‘Free’ Rides.  A new sheriff is coming to town. The free gravy train for the irresponsible and illegals is going to be over. “Free” is giving way to personal responsibility and earning the rewards you seek. “Free” is on the way out in Trump’s Washington.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/12/16/the-end-of-the-free-rides-n2648995

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vows-to-hire-american-his-businesses-keep-hiring-foreign-guest-workers/ar-AA1vW5JM

YAHOO
— Shock as Trump Adviser Collapses on Stage at New York Young Republican Gala
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shock-trump-adviser-collapses-stage-053308177.html

ABC NEWS
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/journalists-anticipate-renewed-hostility-work-incoming-trump-administration-116818030
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-threatens-mass-deportations-central-america-braces-influx-116816385

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/this-is-how-much-weed-you-should-smoke-if-you-re-trying-to-relieve-stress/ss-AA1uCQzC
— ‘Promoting Meritocracy’: Elon Musk’s Super PAC Drops $10,000,000 (COMMENT: (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their giving preference to those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/promoting-meritocracy-elon-musk-s-super-pac-drops-10-000-000/ss-AA1sk2K7?ocid=HPCDHP

NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Democrats Skipping Donald Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: The list includes Casten and Ramirez.)
https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-donald-trumps-inauguration-2001234
— Blagojevich: Weaponization of Justice ‘Started With Me’
https://www.newsweek.com/rod-blagojevich-justice-department-lawfare-trump-biden-2000399
— Celebrities Who Tried to Stop Donald Trump Fall Silent
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-celebrities-debra-messing-martin-sheen-video-2000481

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ But He Also Wants to Wield Its Power. (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/deep-state-trump-administrative.html
— Opposition Research Goes Hyperlocal. The liberal group American Bridge is launching a new project to collect information for campaigns against Republicans running for state and local offices. (COMMENT: If you were me, what would you do? I spend a tremendous amount of time and money putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning. Far too many of those who read my newsletters do so for opposition research. They a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) read my newsletters to get information to use against me, and/or c) have taken adverse actions against me. Should I start naming the aforesaid and writing about them? I would start with those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. The only legitimate reason to read my newsletters is to get information to defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform and to help elect Republican candidates who can and will do the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/us/politics/opposition-research-goes-hyperlocal.html
— Why Democrats Lost More Seats in Vermont Than Any Other State (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/vermont-election-democrats-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Musk put $277 million into the election. He’s $200 billion richer this year. The tech mogul made a big bet on Trump. By one measure, it has paid off handsomely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/15/elon-musk-trump-election-wealth/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/15/honduras-trump-mass-deportations-central-america-immigration/b5f4eb26-bb64-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy (COMMENT: Biden’s legacy is massive increases in dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
— FRONT PAGE: Illegals drive up health care costs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/12/15/why-americans-pay-more-for-health-care/76900978007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Allies Fear Watered Down Deportation Efforts. President-elect’s team is committed to pursuing immigrants who crossed illegally, but is wary about logistical challenges and setting expectations. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-deportation-promises-worried-allies-6b78418d
— Untangling America’s Love-Hate Relationship With Corporate Power. Assassination of health-insurance executive reveals frustration with big business weeks after a business leader was elected president.
https://www.wsj.com/business/untangling-americas-love-hate-relationship-with-corporate-power-6d415af4
— When ‘Middle Age’ Arrives in Your 20s. Stress is making young people feel older, with mounting concerns about job security, debt, child-care costs and caregiving. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees. In 1974 when I was 25 years old, they wrote me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I transferred to GAO in 1980. After I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and became a licensed CPA in 1981, they finally promoted me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/middle-age-young-stress-aging-4965bdc7
— The Economics of Media Bias. In a polarized country and crowded market, partisan coverage allows outlets to differentiate themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-media-bias-journalism-politics-polarization-markets-e723fe18
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5


FORBES
— Mitch McConnell Criticizes ‘Right-Wing Isolationists’—Says Trump Must Embrace U.S. ‘Hard Power’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/16/mitch-mcconnell-criticizes-right-wing-isolationists-says-trump-must-embrace-us-hard-power/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2024/12/15/how-the-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-is-responding-to-attacks-on-dei/

SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy/ar-AA1vLckQ

NPR
— Biden took his election as being a mandate to not only destroy the Republican Party, but to destroy America.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-presidents

LADDERS
— 5 reasons your boss wants you to succeed (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat bosses absolutely did not want me to succeed. My Democrat GAO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 18 years. My Democrat IRS bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 9 years. My Democrat Firestone Store boss was furious that I survived his efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My Democrat Post Office bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my chairmanship for almost 7 years. My Milton Township Republican Organization RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of my webmaster service for 6 years. My Illinois Center Right Coalition RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as an officer for 4 years. My American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Democrat and RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as a board member for 3 years. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-reasons-your-boss-wants-you-to-succeed
— It’s not in your head — 10 signs your boss is setting you up to fail (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals and b) assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/its-not-in-your-head-10-signs-your-boss-is-setting-you-up-to-fail

ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Signs People Believe In You and Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/10-signs-people-believe-in-you-and-want-you-to-succeed/345386
— Surround Yourself With People Who Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I was not able recruit offices and directors who wanted me to succeed.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/surround-yourself-with-people-who-want-you-to-succeed/337493

MEDIUM
— How to Deal With People Who Want You to Fail (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO  superiors wanted me to fail. To deal with that, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-deal-with-people-who-want-you-to-fail-7a86ffc64b46
— People Want You to Stay in Your Limits. (COMMENT: What limited your advancement? My demographics are terrible. Further, 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. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I had to work my way through college.)
https://medium.com/the-ascent/people-want-you-to-stay-in-your-limits-e46d486f9519
— “I just want you to succeed” — the back-handed compliment  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/@uzhussain/i-just-want-you-to-succeed-d53ca40e84a4
— Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/the-understanding-project/why-the-world-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed-and-what-to-do-about-it-cf2854b505b9

FORBES
— Five Signs Your Boss Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/13/five-signs-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed/

IVY EXE
— Set Up to Fail? Here’s What to Do  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://ivyexec.com/career-advice/2017/set-up-to-fail/

LINKED IN
— People Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-want-you-succeed-mike-kaeding
— When Your Manager Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-your-manager-doesnt-want-you-succeed-liz-ryan
— How to Rise Above Friends Who Secretly Want You to Fail (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-rise-above-friends-who-secretly-want-you-fail-reza-naqvi-ghmve
— Why Society Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-society-doesnt-want-you-succeed-ayodeji-awosika

SELF-PUBLISHING
— How to Write a Book (COMMENT: If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid took against me and the pretexts they used.)
https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-write-a-book/

INDEPENDENT
— ABC’s $15m settlement in Trump ‘rape’ defamation case was met with surprise and outrage. Here’s why. Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos defamed him when he said a jury found him ‘liable for rape.’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49, but they hold back from publicly hinting/implying/arguing/shouting why GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49. Under the table, they hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO must have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 because I am a White supremist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things even though a) I had a CPA license, b) I had professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, and e) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. My critics/opponents know that I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abc-news-defamation-settlement-george-stephanopoulos-b2664857.html