FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— Over 100 kids shot near Chicago schools in last 5 years – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-near-school-senn-high-gun-violence/14379567/
NBC5
— $66M earmarked for Chicago violence intervention program expansion (COMMENT: Why is there so much violence in Chicago?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/66m-earmarked-for-chicago-violence-intervention-program-expansion/3344821/
CBS2
— Chicago nonprofit helping students, parents attend college for free through scholarship program (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But college expenses were much lower back then. But still, I could not have done it if my parents had not provided me with room and board a) while I was at student at UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 so that I could keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-nonprofit-helping-students-parents-attend-college-for-free-through-scholarship-program/
— Tesla electric cars to feature at Chicago Auto Show for first time
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/tesla-electric-cars-to-feature-at-chicago-auto-show-for-first-time/
WGN9
— City leaders announce new plan to reduce gun violence in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ysPWFp94I
— The Great Migration: How a Chicago newspaper helped shape the nation (COMMENT: In defense of my ancestors, I have always stressed that all of them have only lived always in northeast Illinois.)
https://wgntv.com/news/black-history-month/the-great-migration-how-a-chicago-newspaper-helped-shape-the-nation/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AelHr8yk1r4
FOX32
— Pritzker criticizes Chicago City Council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution: ‘I was disappointed’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-criticizes-chicago-city-council-gaza-ceasefire-resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Ws-X7TLwc
WTTW
— New Anti-Violence Initiative Aims to Reduce Chicago Shootings by 50% in 5 Years – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/01/new-anti-violence-initiative-aims-reduce-chicago-shootings-50-5-years
— Pritzker ‘Disappointed’ With Chicago’s Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution, Says It’ll Have No Impact on Foreign Policy – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/01/pritzker-disappointed-chicago-s-gaza-cease-fire-resolution-says-it-ll-have-no-impact
WBEZ
— Can Chicago’s power grid handle a move from natural gas to electric in homes?
https://www.wbez.org/stories/can-chicagos-power-grid-handle-a-move-from-natural-gas-to-electric-in-homes/1c50f61f-6998-45b6-894c-b755fc84c69a
WGN RADIO
— More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/business-news/ap-more-than-200-staffers-with-chicago-tribune-and-6-other-newsrooms-begin-24-hour-strike/
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/a-look-into-chicago-tribunes-24-hour-strike/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker criticizes City Hall’s Gaza cease-fire resolution – OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/01/pritzker-criticizes-gaza-cease-fire-resolution/
— A hateful travesty on the floor of the City Council. Wednesday’s City Council vote on Gaza was shameful. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/01/ct-editorial-gaza-resolution-debra-silverstein/
— Foundations, business interests raise $66 million to fight crime in Chicago – OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/01/foundations-business-interests-raise-66-million-to-fight-crime-in-chicago/
— CPS suggests starting school after Democratic National Convention for city’s ‘logistical needs’ The district suggests starting classes Monday, Aug. 26 – one week later than usual – after the Aug. 19-22 convention wraps up. – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/01/cps-suggests-starting-school-after-democratic-national-convention-for-citys-logistical-needs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Left-wingers will not be ignored. Dems plan to crash Dem party in Chicago this summer to accuse fellow Dems of not being Dem enough. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/2/1/24057972/democratic-national-convention-protests-2024-election-trump-biden-lgbtq-abortion-rights
— Ald. Greg Mitchell accused of threatening building owner who housed migrants. Building owner Christopher Amatore said he was summoned to a meeting where a “screaming” Mitchell asked him “how dare I place migrants in his ward without his permission,” according to a complaint filed with the inspector general. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly dump more and more and more of their illegals into your county, into your township, into your municipality, into your school district, into your precinct, and into your neighborhood.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/2/1/24058274/chicago-migrant-crisis-ald-greg-mitchell-7th-ward-property-owner-complaint
— Chicago Tribune reporters, newsroom staff strike for first time in newspaper’s 180-year history: ‘This is Chicago, we don’t back down’ They were joined by seven newsrooms across the country in the 24-hour strike for better pay and retention of their 401(k) match benefits. “None of us got into journalism for the money, but we can’t do it for free,” said Joe Mahr, a Pulitzer Prize winner. – Violet Miller (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. What do you say to journalists who demonize me, denigrate me. and condemn me? They stress a) that I do not have a degree in journalism, b) that am not paid for what I do, and c) that I am conservative.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/2/1/24058233/chicago-tribune-strike-alden-global-capital-union-walkout-labor-history
— Women make up more than half of new lawyers nationwide, but only 48.9% of all associates at Chicago’s law firms. – Kaitlin Washburn (COMMENT: All my employers were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote women.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/1/24047138/chicago-law-firms-diversity-women-people-of-color-associates-partners
— Ambitious plan aims to raise $400 million to halve Chicago shootings, homicides in 5 years. A 50% decline in murders from last year would put the city at fewer than 400 — a total the city last saw in 1965, when there were 395 slayings, according to the Chicago Police Department. – Tina Sfondeles and Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/2/1/24058149/ambitious-plan-400-million-dollars-reduce-chicago-shootings-homicides-50-percent-5-years
— Controversial West Chicago trash site halted by state board. The ruling, made by a panel appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, may not be the end to the controversial plan. Latino residents complained that their neighborhood would be a dump for predominantly white DuPage County cities. – Brett Chase (COMMENT: The higher the percentage of residents that are White in your county, township, municipality, and/or school district, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn the aforesaid as being racist. I should write a book about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/1/24058169/dupage-garbage-racism-pollution-case-decided-lrs-pritzker-west-chicago
— Illinois incumbents in Congress have fundraising advantage over rivals heading into March primary. Incumbents in the most contested Illinois House primaries – Danny Davis, Sean Casten, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Bill Foster and Mike Bost have more – cash-on-hand than their rivals. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/2/1/24058685/illinois-congressional-races-incumbents-fundraising-march-primary-election
— In Illinois politics, remaps keep the powerful in power. The maps Illinois Democrats approved in 2021 sealed in their political power for a decade — adding one Hispanic-majority blue seat in Congress and forcing two Republicans out of their districts. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/2/24048182/gerrymandering-illinois-chicago-redistricting-reform-democracy-solutions-project
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And she called the “shining star” of the redistricting process the creation of the 3rd Congressional District, the state’s second Latino majority district, which ultimately elected Rep. Delia Ramirez, a fellow progressive.)
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois tax policy and the ability to help migrants – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240201/columns/illinois-tax-policy-and-the-ability-to-help-migrants/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Judge denies abortion-rights group’s protest permit ahead of DNC – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/judge-denies-protest-permit-ahead-chicago-dnc
— Pritzker dismisses significance of city’s cease-fire resolution – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-dismisses-chicagos-cease-fire-resolution
— Chicago’s wealthiest raise $66 million for fight against crime – Miranda Davis
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicagos-wealthiest-raising-funds-fighting-crime
SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois cities talk about the ability to care for an influx of illegal immigrants – Robert Robbins
https://thesouthern.com/news/southern-illinois-cities-talk-about-the-ability-to-care-for-an-influx-of-illegal-immigrants/article_48bb5286-a29f-5a54-b038-26a361892e1b.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS/GAZETTE
— Ford County Board to vote on ‘no-migrant’ declaration – DAVE HINTON
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/ford-county-board-to-vote-on-no-migrant-declaration/article_5894463a-e14d-5287-83fb-54a80f93a969.html
— Democrats push more pot in Danville
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/economy/danvilles-newest-dispensary-to-sell-cannabis-with-a-side-of-music/article_cd95a3bc-597e-558a-b9d2-99325069117c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly paint Trump as being someone who despises/hates minorities and women, that is, as being a racist and a sexist.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-01/trump-and-his-supporters-continue-to-take-jabs-at-nikki-haleys-identity
FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis announces he’ll send Florida National Guard to the US-Mexico border – Jack Lemnus (COMMENT: Just kidding, but when will Illinois send its national guard to Texas?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/desantis-to-hold-press-conference-in-jacksonville-beside-state-law-enforcement-leaders-florida-national-guard-adjutant-general-john-haas-executive-director-highway-safety-motor-vehicles-dave-kerner-and-director-florida-february-1-2024
https://cbs12.com/news/local/desantis-to-hold-press-conference-in-jacksonville-beside-state-law-enforcement-leaders-florida-national-guard-adjutant-general-john-haas-executive-director-highway-safety-motor-vehicles-dave-kerner-and-director-florida-february-1-2024
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Someone Has to Wear the Jacket. The old Chicago phrase, “wear the jacket,” means to take the fall. We have a short list of some of the town’s great jacket-wearers. – EDWARD ROBERT MCCLELLAND (COMMENT: I adamantly refuse to wear the jacket for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write a book about those losing Republican candidates who have blamed me the most for their losses. I would focus on the real reasons why they lost elections. I would focus on those who have had their disgusting operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/someone-has-to-wear-the-jacket/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Haley’s Illinois friends – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/02/02/haleys-illinois-friends-00139273
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-225/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-27/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We’re handing out all these benefits, it’s costing Illinoisans billions…the simple answer is to end our sanctuary status.
https://wirepoints.org/were-handing-out-all-these-benefits-its-costing-illinoisans-billions-the-simple-answer-is-to-end-our-sanctuary-status-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
— Illinois’ Delia Ramirez one of just three U.S. Congress members voting against ban on U.S. entry by members of terror groups that attacked Israel October 7
https://wirepoints.org/all-but-three-members-of-u-s-congress-vote-to-ban-members-of-terror-groups-that-attacked-israel-on-october-7-illinois-della-ramirez-one-of-the-three-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CHAMBANA SUN
— Diving Into Digital Equity
https://chambanasun.com/stories/653995805-diving-into-digital-equity
WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— 65.4% of Will County students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The number of students who failed their ELA assessment in Will County rose by 30.2% compared to the previous school year. (COMMENT: My Trinity Lutheran Grade School, Hope Lutheran Grade School, and Crete-Monee High School teachers helped me earn an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC in 1966.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/653949201-will-county-how-many-students-failed-the-ela-test-in-2021-22-school-year
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO NEEDS A PUBLIC SAFETY ACT TO COUNTER SAFE-T ACT – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-needs-a-public-safety-act-to-counter-safe-t-act/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Exposing Deep State Corruption – Illinois State Board of Elections Outed? – Nancy Hayes
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/02/exposing-deep-state-corruption-illinois-state-board-of-elections-outed/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Violence-plagued Chicago mocked for city council demanding Gaza cease-fire – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/calls-for-chicago-cease-fire-erupt-after-city-coun/
— Media should tear apart Biden’s claims on illegal immigration. President caused border chaos, said nothing was wrong, now blames GOP. – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/media-should-tear-apart-bidens-claims-on-illegal-i/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago calls for end to violence in Gaza as crime in West Side neighborhoods escalates – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2831439/chicago-calls-end-to-violence-in-gaza-as-crime-in-neighborhoods-escalates/
— DeSantis wades back into national fight with promise to send soldiers to Texas – Eden Villalovas (COMMENT: Just kidding, but when will Illinois send its national guard to Texas?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2831674/desantis-wades-back-national-fight-promise-send-soldiers-texas/
— Hochul loosens state job requirements for migrant workers – Christian Wade (COMMENT: New York today, Illinois tomorrow. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2830736/hochul-loosens-state-job-requirements-for-migrant-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hochul said the state is working with agencies to implement the changes, including dropping application requirements like proof of a high school diploma and English proficiency. . .The Hochul administration has identified 4,000 entry-level job openings within state agencies, including administrative, equipment service, repair and food services, according to an internal memo obtained by local media outlets.)
— Somalia First: Ilhan Omar hates America – Ian Haworth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2830843/somalia-first-ilhan-omar-hates-america/
— Trump or no Trump, the Lankford border deal will only make the border crisis worse – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2831834/lankford-border-deal-will-only-make-border-crisis-worse/
— Even Gavin Newsom isn’t woke (or racist) enough for liberal activists – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2831684/even-gavin-newsom-isnt-woke-or-racist-enough-for-liberal-activists/
— How Congress can help rid higher education of DEI – Sen. Bill Cassidy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/2831335/how-congress-can-help-rid-higher-education-of-dei/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Illegals in the voting booth: After 3 decades in the making, the threat is real
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/02/01/illegals-in-the-voting-booth-after-3-decades-in-the-making-the-threat-is-real/
— Growing hostility revealed toward Christians in the West – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/persecution/2024/02/02/growing-hostility-revealed-toward-christians-in-the-west/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Majority of House Dems Vote Against Deporting Illegals Convicted of Drunk Driving, Social Security Fraud – Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/01/majority-of-house-dems-vote-against-deporting-illegals-convicted-of-drunk-driving-social-security-fraud/
AMERICAN THINKER
— From Hamas to drunk drivers, is there anybody Democrats won’t vote against deporting? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/from_hamas_to_drunk_drivers_theres_nobody_democrats_wont_vote_to_keep_here.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sen. Rick Scott accuses McConnell of ‘undermining’ Republicans with border deal – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/31/sen-rick-scott-accuses-mcconnell-of-undermining-republicans-with-border-deal-1432579/
— Boston rec center turned into migrant shelter spark FURY among residents – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/01/on-fire-first-photos-of-boston-rec-center-turned-into-migrant-shelter-spark-fury-among-residents-1432884/
BREITBART
— Alderman Blasts Chicago for Paying Illegals More than $9,000 a Month in Freebies: ‘I’d Come to Chicago, Too’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: When your ancestors immigrated, what freebies did they get? I do not know of any that mine got.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/01/watch-alderman-blasts-chicago-for-paying-illegals-more-than-9000-a-month-in-freebies-id-come-to-chicago-too/
— Chuck Schumer Rushes Lankford’s More-Migration Bill to Senate Vote – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/02/chuck-schumer-rushes-lankfords-more-migration-bill-to-senate-vote/
CONSERVATIVE NUT
— Why low income students don’t go to college – Henry Conway (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not.)
https://theconservativenut.com/why-low-income-students-dont-go-to-college-yahoo-answers/
— What is low income in DuPage County? – Henry Conway
https://theconservativenut.com/what-is-low-income-in-dupage-county/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County, located in Illinois, has a significant population of individuals and families with incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. This means that many residents struggle to meet their basic needs and face financial challenges on a daily basis.)
DAILY CALLER
— GOP State Senator Who Fought Against Woke Schools Is Now Pushing Bill Requiring ‘Racial Bias’ Training For Nurses – KATE ANDERSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/01/gop-state-senator-pushing-bill-requiring-racial-bias-training-nurses-despite-history-opposition-crt/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Escape to New York—America’s Wide-Open Northern Border – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/01/escape-new-york-americas-wide-open-northern-border-borderline/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Legal War Raging Between the White House and Texas. Just because the Supreme Court allowed the Biden administration some leeway last week, that doesn’t mean Texas will lose in the end, lawyers say. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-legal-war-raging-between-the-white-house-and-texas-5574342
FOX BUSINESS
— Hundreds of millions are being spent on migrants in Chicago: William Kelly Chicago journalist William Kelly discusses how the city is nearing a breaking point over the migrant crisis on ‘The Bottom Line.’ (COMMENT: Kelly came to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I should also write a book about those who could/should have come to my defense in 2012 but did not. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect since 2000.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6346033588112
— Rising costs of housing pushing millennials to make ‘drastic sacrifices’ by living in vans for years. ‘People are just now having to make those drastic sacrifices,’ Orlando, Florida-based realtor Freddie Smith said. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT; Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1972, I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS for the previous 15 months, b) pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months, and c) working for that store full-time for 7 months before that. That income also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/rising-costs-housing-pushing-millennials-make-drastic-sacrifices-living-vans-years
FOX NEWS
— NYC migrant crisis started when Mayor Adams invited illegals in – Curtis Sliwa
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346001180112
— What life was like 50 years ago in America, compared to now in 2024 – Nicole Pelletiere, Cortney D. Moore (COMMENT: What were you doing 50 years ago this month? I earned $80,094/year in today’s dollars supervising all of IRS’s employees in the Loop who answered taxpayer questions by telephone. I lived in a town home in University Park that I bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I bought new in 1971, a 1974 Dodge Dart that I bought new in 1973, and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air that I bought in 1971. I took graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/what-life-like-50-years-ago-america-compared-now-2023
HOT AIR
— Charles Blow: Rejection of DEI Is ‘a New Era of Oppression’ – JOHN SEXTON (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly require/force everyone to ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, citizens of foreign countries, etc.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/02/01/charles-blow-rejection-of-dei-is-a-new-era-of-oppression-n608932
MRC TV
— Biden Admits the Border is a Sieve as Illegals Continue to Stream Into the United States – EVAN POELLINGER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/biden-admits-border-sieve-illegals-continue-stream-united-states
— House Dems Overwhelmingly Vote Against Deporting Illegals Who Commit Crimes – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/house-dems-overwhelmingly-vote-against-deporting-illegals-who-commit-crimes
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Rep. Greene Introduces Resolution To Censure Rep. Omar – Frank Lara-Risco
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/rep-greene-introduces-resolution-to-censure-rep-omar/
PJ MEDIA
— ‘You Have the Right to Remain Woke!’ El Paso Cops Required to Ask Perps Their Pronouns – EVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/02/01/you-have-the-right-to-remain-woke-el-paso-cops-required-to-ask-perps-their-pronouns-n4926032
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Equity Is Justice, Redefined – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/01/equity_is_justice_redefined_150415.html
TOWNHALL
— America’s Future Clouded By Illegal Immigration, Uncontrolled Debt – Tom Patterson
https://townhall.com/columnists/tom-patterson/2024/02/02/americas-future-clouded-by-illegal-immigration-uncontrolled-debt-n2634512
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
YAHOO NEWS
— Nikki Haley trolls Trump over ballot claim: ‘He’s confused again’ – Martha McHardy
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nikki-haley-trolls-trump-over-131714168.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Taylor Swift Is a ‘Treasure,’ Says Liz Cheney, a Prime Trump Critic. The former U.S. representative and others opposing the former president have needled conservatives over baseless theories involving the pop star, the Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and the specter of a Biden endorsement. – Jonathan Weisman (COMMENT: How will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Swift to defeat Trump?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/us/politics/taylor-swift-liz-cheney-trump.html
— Michigan Had No Seat at R.N.C. Meeting, but 2 People Showed Up Anyway. Kristina Karamo, the party’s far-right leader of almost a year, and Pete Hoekstra, a former House member who was elected to replace her, converged at a Republican National Committee conclave. – Neil Vigdor
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/us/politics/michigan-karamo-hoekstra-rnc.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE OF SWIFT: How will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Swift to defeat Trump?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/01/taylor-swift-conspiracy-theories-gop/72437805007/
— The ‘Harvard of Christian schools’ slams Fox News op/ed calling the college ‘woke’ Wheaton College is calling out a Fox News opinion piece by freelancer Tim Scheiderer, saying ‘it failed to meet minimal standards for journalistic accuracy.’ – Amaris Encinas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/01/wheaton-college-fox-news-opinion-woke/72370641007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A college known as the “Harvard of Christian schools” is clapping back at a Fox News opinion piece that claims the school has gone “woke” just like Harvard University. Wheaton College, a private Christian liberal arts school just outside Chicago, issued a statement Wednesday addressing the Fox News article, saying that they “remain committed to Christian service” and that the “claims made about the college are false or misleading.” Freelance writer Tim Scheiderer, who penned the Fox News op/ed, says that the school has begun to “mimic Harvard’s wokeness” by “banning biblical words, teaching critical race theory, and psychologizing gender identity issues.” “In the 19th century, Harvard was slowly, and permanently, transformed from a Christian university into a secular one,” Scheiderer writes. “At Wheaton, the biblical belief in only two sexes is being tainted. With this and the other shifts mentioned, it may seem like a slow drift. But a gentle tide can carry a boat far from its dock.” Wheaton College President Philip Ryken slammed the “incendiary” opinion piece, saying in a statement that it “failed to meet minimal standards for journalistic accuracy.” Here’s what we know. Who is Tim Scheiderer? Scheiderer, the author of the article, has no apparent affiliation with Wheaton College. He graduated from Bob Jones University, a private evangelical university in Greenville, South Carolina, with a B.A. in mass communications and media studies in 1999. He also has a “Master of Divinity” from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, according to his LinkedIn page. Scheiderer’s resumé also lists him as a founding board member of The Augustine Fellowship, a Christian Study Center at Georgetown University. He says on his website that he earned his “writing chops” working for ABC, Fox News and CNN. What else does the Fox News article say? Scheiderer writes that Wheaton College has slowly drifted away from traditional Christian values since the 2000s when the education department “commended the teachings of Marxists.” The college’s most “blatant offense against Christianity is the ban of certain biblical words that are key to the faith’s foundation,” stating that students have been discouraged from using words like “service” and “mankind.” He also calls out an endowed chair in Wheaton’s psychology program for expressing views on gender identity that Scheiderer says are “rooted in an anti-God philosophy.” Scheiderer concludes the article by asking: “Would Billy Graham, the most influential 20th-century evangelical, endorse his alma mater? How has Wheaton College responded? In his statement, Wheaton College’s president discouraged community members from “engaging further” with Scheiderer. The article, which Ryken says appeared to have been “cobbled from out-of-context items found on the Internet” is mischaracterizing since the author “does not name any sources or give any citations for his many contentions.” Ryken said that Scheiderer had reached out to the college’s marketing department a month ago, claiming that he was writing an article for the Wall Street Journal on a tight deadline. When the spokesperson questioned Scheiderer’s credentials, he told them that he was “actually a freelance writer attempting to pitch an idea to the Journal’s opinion section.” “A representative from the WSJ confirmed that Scheiderer was not an employee. Although the WSJ did not run his piece, evidently he was able to have it appear on a FOX News page,” Ryker noted. “Wheaton College remains fully committed to Christian service − which we embrace as ‘service’ in our very mission statement − to biblical orthodoxy and Christ-centered education, including in matters of human sexuality, gender identity, and race relations,” Ryken said. Ryker concludes the statement by pointing to the college’s institutional commitments website for “ accurate information about our convictions.”)
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Kim Reynolds introduces bill defining ‘man’ and ‘woman,’ opponents brand it ‘LGBTQ erasure’ – Brianne Pfannenstiel and Galen Bacharier
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/01/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-introduces-bill-defining-man-woman-criticized-lgbtq-erasure/72441900007/
PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY
— Atlantic City raises flag for Black History Month – Matthew Strabuk (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government have always promoted Black History Month big time. I should write a book about the many Black History Month event that I was required to attend. I would focus on those events 1980-1997 while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS.)
https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/gallery-black-history-flag/collection_35d8075e-c13a-11ee-ac58-132e4f26d2c7.html#1
KTRH
— Cashing In: Illegals Living Large on U.S. Benefits – Corey Olson
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-02-01-cashing-in-illegals-living-large-on-us-benefits/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The United States of Nullification. Political arguments, policy differences and personal slights are now grounds for destruction. – Lance Morrow (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-united-states-of-nullification-cancel-culture-polarization-df9e949e
— Topeka With a Message for Migrants: We Want You. Kansas capital hopes to lure migrants with work authorization to fill some of its thousands of open jobs. – Alicia A. Caldwell (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. If those Democrats could have hired illegals instead of me, they certainly would have.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-american-city-with-a-message-for-migrants-we-want-you-69ef7049
FORBES
— Chicago EVs Froze As I Did An Easy Two Week Tesla Trip In Snowy Utah – Brad Templeton
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2024/02/01/chicago-evs-froze-as-i-did-an-easy-two-week-tesla-trip-in-snowy-utah/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Jealousy at work? Here is how to deal with it. – Rebecca Knight (COMMENT: My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely jealous. They held it against me big time a) when I avoided the draft, b) when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986, c) when I bought news cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., d) when I bought a new town home in 1972 and condos in 1974 and 1976, e) when I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance in 1976, 1980, and 1997 respectively, f) when I got married and we bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, g) when I accompanied my wife on her many business trips to luxury resorts 1978-1992, h) when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, i) when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, j) when I became a licensed CPA in 1981, k) when my wife and I had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, l) when I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, m) when I earned professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, n) when etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-deal-with-jealousy-and-envy-toward-a-coworker-2022-7
POLITICO
— Trump influence over congressional GOP spikes ever higher. Republicans are increasingly sensitive to Trump’s viewpoints and conscious of his power to upend bills that Joe Biden might be able to tout on the campaign trail. – BURGESS EVERETT, OLIVIA BEAVERS and MERIDITH MCGRAW
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/02/trump-congressional-republicans-influence-00139061
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Primary: Trump Leads Haley by 33 Points
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/gop_primary_trump_leads_haley_by_33_points
DAILY MAIL
— Ron DeSantis sends up to 1,000 Florida National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border to ‘stop this invasion once and for all’ because Biden doesn’t have ‘the will to get the job done’ – Rob Crilly (COMMENT: Just kidding, but when will Illinois send its national guard to Texas?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-sends-up-to-1-000-florida-national-guard-troops-to-the-texas-mexico-border-to-stop-this-invasion-once-and-for-all-because-biden-doesn-t-have-the-will-to-get-the-job-done/ar-BB1hDbgE
— Woke Squad member Ayanna Pressley claims Walgreens is RACIST for closing stores in crime-ridden areas because it is a ‘disruptive, life-threatening act of racial and economic discrimination’ – JOE HUTCHISON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13034023/ayanna-pressley-says-walgreens-racist-store-closures-high-crime-areas.html