Tag: cannabis

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Protesters march along Michigan Avenue to oppose Russia’s war in Ukraine
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protesters-march-michigan-avenue-oppose-russian-president-vladimir-putins-war-ukraine/15553869/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote a Hegseth accuser. My critics/opponents have always promoted their operatives and their dupes who they had take adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hegseth-paid-settlement-woman-accused-sexual-assault-lawyer-says/15553721/
— At least 12 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-11-shot-1-fatally-gun-violence-city-live-news-updates/15553227/

FOX32
— Pro-Palestinian rally marches through downtown Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1549151
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of text messages to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fbi-investigating-more-offensive-text-messages

WGN RADIO
— Trump’s gains with minority voters fuel GOP optimism (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms minorities and legal immigrants big time.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/trumps-gains-with-minority-voters-fuel-gop-optimism/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/democratic-ags-rush-to-form-line-of-defense-against-trump/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/17/big-voter-turnout-this-year-benefited-republicans-contradicting-conventional-political-wisdom/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/17/editorial-trumps-immigration-deportation-plans-need-compassion-and-a-dose-of-humanity/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/17/letters-111724-j-marcos-peterson-donald-trump/
— Fixing Tier 2 pensions would create a fair retirement for Illinois workers (COMMENT: I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. It is viewed as being significantly more generous than the current Federal Employees Retirement System. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, they have been especially furious that I got full-time CSRS credit while I worked only part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Since 1993 when I was 45 years old, they have also been especially furious when I became eligible to take early retirement. They succeeded in forcing me to take it in 1997. But because of that, my CSRS pension is significantly less because of that. )
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/18/opinion-tier-2-pensions-will-promote-a-fair-retirement-workers-illinois/

WCIA
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/health-news/il-launches-multi-million-dollar-cannabis-research-institute/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A GOP PROXY WAR: A battle is brewing between Aaron Del Mar, who is the Palatine Township Republican committeeman and Republican state central committeeman, and Jeanne Ives, a former state House member who ran for governor a few years back. How it started: Ives attacked Del Mar in her Sunday “Break Through” newsletter for forming a bipartisan slate to run in the 2025 Palatine township election. Ives calls the move “shocking,” given there was an opportunity to file with the Republican caucus. The full column is here. ( https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/11/15/aaron-del-mar-betrays-republicans-concocts-shared-power-agreement-w-democrats ) Del Mar defends it, telling Playbook that he joined the bipartisan slate knowing that in spite of Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month, Palatine is shifting blue and he didn’t want to risk Republicans potentially being beat out during the April 1, 2025, consolidated election. “My job as committeeman is to keep Republicans elected. We knew it would be possible by doing a slate. We are reasonable human beings and would have supermajority control,” Del Mar said, adding he received a death threat over the issue after it went public in Ives’ column. Why it matters: Del Mar and Ives are seen as potential statewide Republican candidates — maybe for governor — in 2026.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/11/18/civic-leaders-uneasy-about-police-cuts-00190098

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/11/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-409/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BEYOND THE BELTWAY
— Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont LIVE (Doug Ibendahl, Stephanie Hitt, and Greg Ballard, former Mayor of Indianapolis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpqS9quW-0

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Aaron Del Mar Betrays Republicans – Concocts Shared Power Agreement w/Democrats
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/11/15/aaron-del-mar-betrays-republicans-concocts-shared-power-agreement-w-democrats
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Local Palatine Republicans were shocked this week when they were asked to sign nominating petitions for current Republican Township Officials, and later found out that they had never been told by the circulators that two of the candidates on those petitions are in fact, DEMOCRATS.  Even more shocking than this, it turns out that the petition is for a brand-new political party in Palatine Township, formed with the blessing of the sitting Highway Commissioner who happens to be… the Palatine Township REPUBLICAN Committeeman himself, Aaron Del Mar, whose main job is to see that Republican Candidates get elected in the township. Del Mar is also the 5th Congressional District State Central Committeeman and the Illinois REPUBLICAN Party Co-Chairman. He ran for Lieutenant Governor as a Republican in 2022.  All eight township positions are up for election and both the Republican and Democrat parties could have filed slates  at their individual caucuses, that would have given their respective constituencies their rightful ability to vote at Caucus.  However, this year, in a coordinated effort, neither the Republican or Democrat Township Committeemen filed to hold a caucus, and instead circulated petitions for a new Palatine Township United Party.  Unless there are Independent Candidates that come forward prior to the Monday, November 18 deadline, this new “United Party” will have zero opposition, as there will be no township races on the general election ballot, thus disenfranchising all of the voters of Palatine Township. Palatine Township has been held by Republicans for more than 40 years. This election season, the Clerk and one Trustee chose not to run again. But, instead of recruiting two new  Republicans for these open positions, the remaining Township Officials chose to secretly make a deal with Democrats and run on a slate together. The slate was formed with the blessing of the Republican Committeeman Aaron Del Mar and Republican Township Supervisor, Andy-John Kalkounos. Committeeman Del Mar chose not to email members of the Palatine Township Republican Organization (which he heads) or share on its website any information about the efforts to form a new bipartisan party. Longtime Palatine Township Republican voter Vicki Wilson noted, “Not much shocks me anymore, but it is egregious that Del Mar and Kalkounos would deceive us like this and betray the trust of the hard-working volunteers and Republican voters in Palatine Township. They care only about maintaining their own paid political positions with as little effort as possible. It is the duty of the Committeeman to bring people into the Republican tent, sharing why our principles work best for everyone. This is a betrayal on numerous levels. With a uni-party, the voters always lose.” Both Natalie Sahinoglu and James Sloan are Democrats. Sloan voted in Democrat Primaries in 2016, 2018, and 2020. Sahinoglu voted in Democrat Primaries in 2020, 2022, and 2024. There is no record of either of them voting in a Republican Primary. Further proof that Sahinoglu and Sloan are Democrats comes from the Greater Palatine Area Democrat website under a calendar post asking followers to get petition signatures for the bi-partisan slate Sahinoglu and Sloan are a part of: “We have a chance to get two Palatine Democrats on the Township Board. Natalie Sahinoglu and James Sloan are running on a bi-partisan slate for Palatine Township Board. If this slate gets enough signatures, they will be the only candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot for Palatine Township Board, and they will be voting members of the board.” Statement from Former Republican State Representative Tom Morrison: “It’s the duty of our Republican candidates and elected officials to go out, do the work, and make an honest case to voters.  There is a difference between the parties and their governing philosophies.  It’s one thing to attempt to find common ground or work across the aisle with other duly elected officials AFTER an election.  But it seems our current Palatine Republican leadership would rather capitulate, BEFORE the fight.  For those of us who’ve worked for decades to help keep Palatine in Republican hands, I disagree strongly with this move.” Statement from Jeanne Ives, former State Representative and current State Central Committeewoman (3rd District): “I’m calling on Aaron Del Mar to resign from all Republican leadership positions. Republican leaders do not recruit and run with Democrats on a bi-partisan slate. Republicans just showed gains in Illinois with Trump policies on the ballot. We need to expand on that momentum, not work to elect Democrats under the control of Pritzker who both vilifies Republicans and opposes common sense policies.” Monday, November 18th, is the last day to file petitions for the township races. Any qualified resident can still file to run as an Independent for any of the township offices. The only other option to oppose this slate is for a qualified resident to run as a write-in candidate.)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Illinois RINO leaders are ever-increasingly joining with Illinois Democrat leaders in doing that. I should write about the aforesaid. Ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have the aforesaid demographics. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump supporter slams Chicago mayor to his face moments before City Council rejected tax hike: ‘The feds need to address you’
https://nypost.com/2024/11/16/media/trump-supporters-rip-chicago-mayor-to-his-face-just-before-city-council-rejects-his-tax-hike/
— The Truth About Journalists (COMMENT: I am conservative and I always have been. According to my critics/opponents, you cannot be a journalist if you are conservative. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have treated me like I am a spammer and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/17/opinion/praying-doge-succeeds-the-truth-abbout-journalists-and-other-commentary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “President-elect Donald Trump’s victory revealed (once again) how out of touch so many journalists are — how disconnected they are from all those folks who live west of Manhattan but east of Malibu,” grumbles Bernard Goldberg at The Hill. Washington Post big David Ignatius writing that he’s “mystified by this outcome” is one revelation; as is the WaPo columnist who blames Trump’s win “on the media going easy on him” and another bewailing the “right-wing media ecosystem” as though Harris didn’t have a “left-wing ecosystem” pushing her. Gallup finds that 31% of Americans don’t trust “the media to report the news ‘fully, accurately and fairly.’” As Steven Brill once observed: “When it comes to arrogance, power, and lack of accountability, journalists are probably the only people on the planet who make lawyers look good.”)

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Illinois ‘assault weapon’ ban fails
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/the_illinois_assault_weapon_ban_fails.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Not for long’: Pete Hegseth sounds off on gender-neutral wokeness in the US military
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/11/17/not-for-long-pete-hegseth-offers-his-take-on-gender-neutral-wokeness-in-the-us-military-1503398/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Vows to Boost Sex Changes to Thwart Trump Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/11/17/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-vows-boost-sex-changes-thwart-trump-agenda/
— Texas Braces for Final Biden-Era Migrant Surge, Illinois Extends Welcome Mat
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/11/17/texas-braces-for-final-biden-era-migrant-surge-illinois-extends-welcome-mat/
— ‘Hopefully Donald Trump Will Address You’: Chicago Residents Slam Mayor Brandon Johnson for Tax Hike Proposal to Pay for Migrant Crisis
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/17/hopefully-donald-trump-will-address-you-chicago-residents-slam-mayor-brandon-johnson-for-tax-hike-proposal-to-pay-for-migrant-crisis/

DAILY WIRE
— Speaker Johnson To Migrants Around The World: Door To U.S. ‘Now Being Closed’  “President Trump’s committed to it,” Johnson said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-to-migrants-around-the-world-door-to-u-s-now-being-closed
— Trump Pledged To Stop DEI And Fire Woke Bureaucrats. Here’s How He Can Do It. ‘There is a general feeling of dread among everyone,’ one career bureaucrat said. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action, DEI. up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees who like me were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pledged-to-stop-dei-and-fire-woke-bureaucrats-heres-how-he-can-do-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump pledged to purge bureaucrats who push the left-wing the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda and could otherwise obstruct his policy agenda. Now, following a landslide victory, he’s finally going to get his chance. The Biden administration launched its whole-of-government approach to DEI with a pair of executive orders that left no agency unmarred by the left-wing ideology, even capturing institutions essential to America’s defense, intelligence gathering, and foreign policy operations. Federal bureaucrats now expect Trump to sign an executive order shuttering DEI offices and operations throughout executive agencies. In total, agencies under the Biden administration are believed to have planned or taken an estimated 500 actions intended to embed and promote DEI. An ongoing series of Daily Wire investigations highlighted how the federal government has been captured by the DEI agenda, documenting some of the most extreme ways in which the ideology impacted the operations of the federal government. DEI officials in each agency enlisted federal employees across the government to form “affinity groups” and “employee resource groups, identity-based employee organizations that effectively serve as far-left activist nodes within America’s executive agencies. The affinity groups had support from the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human resources department, which said that affinity groups “support agency efforts to strategically advance DEI.” The Trump administration could use these affinity groups to expedite its DEI purge, using membership lists to identify bureaucrats who use their post to advance woke ideology — and who could potentially seek to obstruct Trump’s agenda. Trump will have the authority to shut down DEI offices throughout the federal government, but formally ending the infrastructure used to push the ideology within the executive branch may not be sufficient on its own to purge the doctrine from the bureaucracy. Former Trump administration official Ben Carson told The Daily Wire that bureaucrats would often attempt to defy the president’s orders when they personally disagreed with them. “Their tendency would be to try to slow-walk things that they disagreed with,” Carson explained. The America First Policy Institute’s James Sherk, a former Trump administration official, outlined how bureaucrats worked to block the president’s agenda through a combination of underperformance, obfuscation, and “outright insubordination.” “Some career employees went beyond withholding information — they actively misrepresented the facts about what agencies could, or could not, do,” Sherk explained in a report for AFPI, adding that other bureaucrats “would flatly disregard political appointees’ directions and instead do what they thought best. Such insubordination and intransigence occurred commonly in some agencies and infrequently in others.” Former White House Director of Operations for Presidential Personnel James Bacon asserted that bureaucracy’s ability to sidestep the president undermines the will of the American people, who expect those who they elect to have the power to change and enact policy. “If the policies stay the same no matter who you elect, that’s when democracy is dead,” Bacon contends. “The founders chose Congress and the Supreme Court as the check on executive power, not the president’s staff.” Media outlets documented this same bureaucratic resistance in the early days of the Trump administration, with Bloomberg News writing that “officials have found it best to simply delay implementation of new initiatives in hopes they may be modified or canceled” in a piece titled “Washington Bureaucrats Are Quietly Working To Undermine Trump’s Agenda.” The Washington Post reported that Trump faced “resistance from within” as federal agents worked to halt the president’s policy agenda. “Less than two weeks into Trump’s administration, federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back against the new president’s initiatives,” the outlet reported. The reports from former Trump administration officials and members of the media alike indicate that scrapping DEI on paper may not truly mark the end of the ideology and its influence on the federal government. But the Trump administration is also expected to conduct a purge of bureaucrats who may otherwise attempt to obstruct the president’s policy agenda and work to maintain the influence of DEI and far-left ideology within the government. Trump has announced that he will reissue his “2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to remove woke bureaucrats.” The order in question would reclassify tens of thousands of bureaucrats and make them fireable by the executive. These bureaucrats work under about 4,000 political appointees chosen by the president in conjunction with his Presidential Personnel Office. But, unlike these appointees, the bureaucrats maintain their employment across presidential administrations — even those they may be hostile towards. The executive order, which Trump signed but which could not be fully implemented before he left office, would remove civil service protections from those bureaucrats, who some say are excessively difficult to fire. It is only one of the ways that Trump could potentially ensure that the executive agencies comply with his policies, however. As president, Trump will also be able to work with Congress to rescind funding from agencies he deems bloated or insolent, offering him another lever to use against bureaucrats who he believes may undermine his agenda. The impending effort from the incoming Trump administration has reportedly already sent shockwaves throughout the administrative state. “I would say there is a general feeling of dread among everyone,” one bureaucrat said. “We are absolutely having conversations among ourselves about whether we can stomach a round two.”​​)

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— US Is Turning Into Dependency Society
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/us-turning-dependency-society

POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Not for long’: Incoming Trump Sec Def Pete Hegseth takes aim at Air Force Academy wokeness. “The next president of the United States needs to radically overhaul Pentagon senior leadership to make us ready to defend our nation and defeat our enemies.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/not-for-long-incoming-trump-sec-def-pete-hegseth-takes-aim-at-air-force-academy-wokeness#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/latino/4993723-temporary-immigration-programs-trump-mass-deportation-plan/
— Democrat leaders promote Bill Clinton.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4995105-bill-clinton-still-believes-us-will-have-female-president-pretty-soon/

NEWSWEEK
— Walgreens Stock Down Amid Backlash Over ‘Woke’ Advert
https://www.newsweek.com/walgreens-stock-down-amid-backlash-over-woke-advert-1987056
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of British retailer Boots, has seen its stock decline during a turbulent week after facing backlash over its allegedly “woke” Christmas advert. The stock closed Friday at $8.48, down 3.75 percent from Thursday, continuing a broader downward trend. Walgreens-Boots shares are down 66 percent over the past year and trading at their lowest since 1996. Last week, Boots stirred conservative anger after releasing its Christmas commercial featuring actor Adjoa Andoh as Mrs. Claus and a scene referencing gender-inclusive pronouns, where Mrs. Claus uses they/them pronouns when referring to one gift recipient.)
— Democrats use videos of Neo-Nazis marching through streets of Ohio to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/videos-neo-nazi-march-ohio-1987280

MSN
— GOP Senator Says Chamber Should ‘Absolutely’ Have Access To Matt Gaetz Ethics Report (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. Starting in 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had submitted fraudulent travel vouchers. Starting in 1978, to get rid of me, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had improperly deducted my education expenses.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senator-says-chamber-should-absolutely-have-access-to-matt-gaetz-ethics-report/ar-AA1ugoeQ
— The Rural Areas Pushing for Divorce From Democratic Cities  (COMMENT: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Illinois RINO leaders are ever-increasingly joining with Illinois Democrat leaders in doing that. I should write about the aforesaid. Ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have the aforesaid demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-rural-areas-pushing-for-divorce-from-democratic-cities/ar-AA1ueosE

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of white supremacist incidents to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/neo-nazi-march-ohio.html
— Trump Takes On the Pillars of the ‘Deep State’ (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/politics/trump-gaetz-gabbard-hegseth-deep-state.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/18/blue-governor-trump-communication/

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/16/rising-stars-democrats-2024-election/76230716007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Rural Areas Pushing for Divorce From Democratic Cities. Across Illinois and California, more red counties that feel steamrolled by blue-led governments are trying to split off. (COMMENT: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Illinois RINO leaders are ever-increasingly joining with Illinois Democrat leaders in doing that. I should write about the aforesaid. Ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois have the aforesaid demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/rural-counties-new-illinois-california-1e1badb5
— The GOP’s New Rising Electorate. The party needs to find a way to hold Trump’s support among diverse working-class voters. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gops-new-rising-electorate-party-needs-to-find-a-way-to-keep-trump-working-class-support-9d84746a
— The New Driving Force of Identity Politics Is Class, Not Race. The nation is increasingly voting along class lines, not racial ones. That could upend how we have thought about politics for decades. (COMMENT: What class were you born into? My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that my mother never attended high school, and d) that I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-class-race-identity-politics-2024-a95c992a
— Some 2.3.million people work for the federal government. (COMMENT: From what I see, virtually all of them are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/2-3-million-jobs-the-federal-workforce-in-charts-6b490ad3

FORBES
— My critics/opponents are virtue signalers. They paint themselves as being protectors of those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have health, financial, and/or other problems, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewabela/2024/11/17/virtue-signaling-is-dead-long-live-virtue/

BUSINESS JOURNALS
— Managers are on alert as workers seek extra jobs (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I also worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights pumping gasoline. That helped enable me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2024/11/18/employees-holiday-expenses-working-gig-seasonal.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Musk is looking to cut government waste (COMMENT: What my Democrat GAO superiors did to me was government waste big time. Because they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, instead of me paying into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), I have gotten a CSRS pension since then. So far, that pension has been $1,770,180 In today’s dollars. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) earning a CPA license, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.)
https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-looking-cut-government-162825723.html

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL
— High-stakes testing (COMMENT: I owe my successes in life to my taking and passing tests. But according to my critics/opponents, I passed those tests because I benefitted big time from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have health, financial, and/or other problems, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.  In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.)
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1017702.pdf

POLITICO
— This Lawyer Has Some Advice for Trump’s Would-Be Targets: Take A Vacation. The first few days and weeks of the Trump administration will signal how serious they will be about going after perceived enemies. (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/18/targeted-by-the-trump-administration-00189878

DAILY KOS
— Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used AA and DEI to make me pay reparations big time. They stress that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestor have been in America since 1844. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are not the foresaid. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/17/2286827/-Trump-s-plan-to-implement-Reparations-for-White-People

DAILY MAIL
— So how WILL Trump deport 20 million? It’s the bold pledge that helped propel him back into the White House. Now our US Editor reveals his $1trillion ‘shock and awe’ blueprint.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14091345/Trump-deport-20-million-1trillion-shock-awe-blueprint.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13993439/wall-street-reversing-dei-white-male-ceo.html