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January 31, 2023

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Joint Statement on DuPage County Public Safety (QUESTIONS: DuPage County has the second most residents of Illinois’ 102 counties. It has more residents than five states and the District of Columbia. What do the 80 Illinois County Sheriffs who object to the Protect Illinois Communities Act  (PICA) have to say about this? Have any of them been threatened with censure like Mendrick has been? So far, exactly what has Pritzker demanded that Illinois County Sheriffs do to implement the PICA? What will Pritzker demand that they do to implement the act? How do Illinois residents become “licensed” to own an assault weapon? Is it by having a FOID card? If Illinois residents become licensed to own assault weapons by having a FOID card, what about those in DuPage County who have assault weapons but do not have a FOID card? Has/will Pritzker demanded/demand that Illinois County Sheriffs go door to door seeking to remove assault weapons from them? What if Pritzker gives Mendrick a list of residences in DuPage County that have assault weapons in them but no one living there has a FOID card? What if Pritzker demands that Mendrick go to those doors seeking to remove those assault weapons? Has/will Pritzker demanded/demand that after January 1, 2024, Illinois County Sheriffs go door to door seeking to remove assault weapons from those who have failed/refused to register them in their county?)
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/Content.aspx?id=67541
(THE STATEMENT: Statement attributable to DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin: “DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, Sheriff James Mendrick, and State’s Attorney Robert Berlin engaged in a meaningful conversation during which they discussed their shared commitment to the safety of DuPage County residents. The conversation also included discussion of Illinois’ new assault weapons ban, known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act. Enforcement of this law does not demand that deputies go door to door seeking to remove weapons from those licensed to own them. With this understanding, Sheriff Mendrick is committed to enforcing all state and local laws. Chair Conroy is committed to supporting the Sheriff’s Office in maintaining safe communities within DuPage County and sees no reason to pursue a censure resolution at this time. All parties look forward to positive, productive collaboration on important initiatives that will keep DuPage residents safe and ensure the security of our communities moving forward.”)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Police enforcing state’s gun ban, reveal one case under investigation – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Exactly what has Pritzker demanded that your County Sheriff do to enforce the Protect Illinois Communities Act? Is your County Sheriff complying with those demands? For example, what if someone in your county continues to sell assault weapons to residents of Illinois and Pritzker demands that your County Sheriff stop them?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-state-police-enforcing-state-s-gun-ban-reveal-one-case-under-investigation/article_6462dc04-a0f0-11ed-a9d5-d30cb6d205bd.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Police say they took enforcement action against a business for openly advertising the sale of newly banned weapons, but no additional information was provided. In a YouTube video Friday, gun-rights advocate Todd Vandermyde revealed he’d been told that the state is taking actions to enforce the state’s ban on certain semiautomatic guns and magazines. “It appears that there was a gun shop that was selling stuff, post the enactment,” Vandermyde said after sharing an anonymous tip that state police confiscated weapons from an individual. Monday, a spokesperson for Illinois State Police confirmed in a statement to The Center Square that ISP took enforcement action earlier this month against a business for “openly advertising the sale of banned weapons.” The statement said the investigation is ongoing and additional information wasn’t immediately available. Vandermyde cautioned what he sees transpiring. Cook County Sheriff “Tom Dart and everybody can say there aren’t going to be house-to-house searches, I would beg to differ with you, sheriff,” Vandermyde said. While Dart has said they will enforce the gun ban, most of the state’s 102 sheriffs have said they won’t. ISP said Monday state police are “charged with upholding all state laws, including enforcement of businesses that openly violate current laws.” The law is being challenged in several state and federal judicial circuits. In McHenry County Monday, a motion was made to move its gun-ban challenge from state court to federal court. In several separate pending federal cases, ISP made a motion to consolidate into a Crawford County case last week. Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, an Obama appointee, reassigned two of those cases to Stephen McGlynn, a Trump-appointed judge. “The action arises out of the same facts and is closely related to [the Illinois State Rifle Association’s] Harrel, et al. v. Raoul … which was filed before this action and is assigned to District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn,” Rosenstengel said. The Crawford County case Langley v. Kelly was the first lawsuit filed against Illinois’ gun ban in state court, but it was transferred to federal court after the ISRA case was filed in federal court with a judge assigned. ISRA’s Ed Sullivan said while there are several independent cases in Illinois courts alleging individuals’ Second Amendment rights are being infringed, “we also have to keep an eye on the price elsewhere as well,” including a Second Amendment case filed in Maryland. “Because what happens elsewhere certainly can influence what happens here, so I think Maryland is the most obvious target for us to keep an eye out,” Sullivan told The Center Square. In that Maryland case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Dec. 6. It’s unclear when a ruling would be rendered. Still pending in Illinois federal court is a ruling on a TRO in the challenge of Naperville’s gun ban. The judge in that case Monday notified the state that it is also a defendant after plaintiffs expanded their challenge last week. In a separate state challenge last week, state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, filed a lawsuit against the state’s gun ban. Caulkins is the lead plaintiff with a new association called Law-Abiding Gun Owners of Macon County. Attorney Thomas DeVore filed to intervene, claiming he has clients that don’t want to be part of a group he said may not stand legal scrutiny. “Dan is trying to take the position that my clients are members of an association that they never heard of and they never agreed to join and that could place some risk on them,” DeVore told The Center Square. “The attorney general might want to start deposing them.” DeVore filed an Effingham County challenge on behalf of 866 named plaintiffs. It is pending an appellate court decision of a lower court’s temporary restraining order blocking the law. A ruling on a TRO is pending in a White County case where DeVore represents nearly 1,700 named plaintiffs. Caulkins’ attorney Jerry Stock labeled DeVore’s filing as a “side show.” Stock argued he doesn’t need hundreds of plaintiffs in a case to prove the law is unconstitutional. “There was no way I was going to attempt to represent hundreds of clients when the remedy sought is a judgment, not the temporary time out,” Stock told The Center Square. “While we’ll seek that on this path, the real goal was to knock this legislation out. I thought that my firm taking a fee based on the volume of clients was not something I could be comfortable with ethically.” Stock said he wasn’t casting aspersions and people can hire any attorney they want, but he “very strongly disagrees” with DeVore’s approach. “I think it’s a far more liberal way of pursuing the claims,” Stock said. “And not having to implicate every individual gun owner or to charge every individual gun owner a fee, because it just was not necessary.” A hearing in Caulkins’ case is set for Friday in Macon County.)

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County Sheriff Won’t be Censured Over Opposition to Illinois Assault Weapons Ban.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dupage-county-sheriff-avoids-censure-over-opposition-to-assault-weapons-ban/3058594/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “80-Year-Old Homeowner Shoots Intruder During Home Invasion.” Under the Democrats, crime ever-increasingly increases. Therefore, ever-increasingly, homeowners need to take more and more and more steps a) to discourage home invasions, b) to prevent home invasions, and c) defend against home invaders.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/80-year-old-homeowner-shoots-intruder-during-home-invasion-chicago-police/3058479/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County sheriff, other officials reach agreement on assault weapons ban enforcement.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dupage-county-sheriff-assault-weapons-ban-enforcement/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage sheriff won’t be censured over assault weapons ban.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-sheriff-wont-be-censured-over-assault-weapons-ban/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KwnloExRzM
— COMMENT: Democrats say “An elderly man is in critical condition following a Northwest Side home invasion Monday morning where he shot one of the suspects.” Under the Democrats, crime ever-increasingly increases. Therefore, ever-increasingly, homeowners need to take more and more and more steps a) to discourage home invasions, b) to prevent home invasions, and c) defend against home invaders.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/80-year-old-critical-after-shooting-suspect-during-home-invasion-on-northwest-side/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Officer Exodus: 1,000+ Chicago cops left the job last year.” I left IRS in 1980 when I was 31 years old.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/officer-exodus-1000-chicago-cops-left-the-job-last-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Garrido attributes to the increase in resignations to what he labels as a toxic work environment in which officers don’t feel supported by police leaders, the mayor or the county’s top prosecutor.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County sheriff dodges possible censure over assault weapons ban issue.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-dupage-county-sheriff-assault-weapons-ban-st-0131-20230131-6dr446dhljekzpwg326xuybq2y-story.html
https://news.yahoo.com/dupage-county-sheriff-dodges-possible-003700600.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats pass unconstitutional gun laws to disarm Republicans and to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-013023-20230130-m35ejodfcjej3gehcbglhwlu7m-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS OF MENDRICK AND CONROY: COMMENT: Democrats say “Sheriff now said to be ‘committed’ to enforcing laws, so DuPage Board chair won’t seek censure.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230130/sheriff-now-said-to-be-committed-to-enforcing-laws-so-dupage-board-chair-wont-seek-censure
(FROM THE ARTICLE: County board member Jim Zay, a Carol Stream Republican, said he was glad the three came together to talk and that “everybody’s on the same page.” “I think it showed a lot of leadership on their part,” Zay said.)
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Villa Park trustee candidate asks court to remove opponent from ballot.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230130/villa-park-trustee-candidate-asks-court-to-remove-opponent-from-ballot

NORTHWEST HERALD
— The gun ban law won’t protect us from criminals – Randy Illg, Union
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/01/30/letter-the-gun-ban-law-wont-protect-us-from-criminals/
(FROM THE LETTER: The supposed intent of the gun ban law is to make us all safe. After the governor signed it, did you feel safer? Did you sleep better last night? The actual intent of the ban is to remove all small arms from civilian ownership. The Second Amendment deals with this because the men who wrote it understood that a defenseless citizenry is the breeding ground for dictators to take control. Law enforcement personnel, from the lowest rank to the state attorney, make value judgments every day. If they didn’t, every one of us would be driving 45 mph in a 45 mph speed zone, and every arrest would automatically result in prosecution. Why didn’t you cry foul when cities decided to become sanctuary cities for illegal aliens? Where was your outrage then? If you believe that this law will make us safer, you are mistaken. Criminals do not respect the law. Why don’t you call the governor of California and ask him how gun control is working for them? Criminals do not get FOID cards. They don’t go through the same training and licensing process as law-abiding citizens. Criminals don’t care about anyone but themselves. The only thing that will stop a criminal threat to your life is force. Once you understand this, you will do the right thing, arm yourself, and join those of us who are willing to stand up for what is right. Sleep tight.)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Sheriff now said to be ‘committed’ to enforcing laws, so DuPage Board chair won’t seek censure.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/government/2023/01/30/sheriff-now-said-to-be-committed-to-enforcing-laws-so-dupage-board-chair-wont-seek-censure/

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick Defies New Assault Weapon Ban, Sparks Outrage.”
https://codcourier.org/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-defies-new-assault-weapon-ban-sparks-outrage/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage Chair Conroy drops censure threat after Sheriff Mendrick backs down.” Exactly what has Mendrick agreed to do and why?
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/30/dupage-chair-conroy-drops-censure-threat-after-sheriff-mendrick-backs-down/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Tom DeVore fights with Rep. Caulkins over gun suit.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/30/tom-devore-fights-with-rep-caulkins-over-gun-suit/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “State law infuriates auto manufacturers, with one calling it crony capitalism at work.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/30/state-law-infuriates-auto-manufacturers-with-one-calling-it-crony-capitalism-at-work/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/30/afternoon-roundup-23/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-9/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-8/


ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— Moms Demand Action is trying to prevent McHenry County from becoming a 2A sanctuary.
https://isra.org/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Representing Plaintiffs Solicited to Join State Rep. Dan Caulkins’ Lawsuit Challenging Pritzker’s Assault Weapons Ban
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-devore-representing-plaintiffs-solicited-to-join-state-rep-dan-caulkins-lawsuit-challenging-pritzkers-assault-weapons-ban.html
— Committeewoman Lynn Franco Sends Open Letter to Chicago GOP Officials Requesting to Remove Boulton as GOP Chair, Boulton Ally Responds With an Attack
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/committeewoman-lynn-franco-sends-open-letter-to-chicago-gop-officials-requesting-to-remove-boulton-as-gop-chair-boulton-ally-responds-with-an-attack.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Grafton Township Republican Party Sets Huntley School Board Candidates’ Night February 2nd (COMMENT: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, those organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/30/grafton-township-republican-party-sets-huntley-school-board-candidates-night-february-2nd/
— Chance to Comment on Proposed ComEd Rate Hike
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/30/chance-to-comment-on-proposed-comed-rate-hike/
— UPDATE with SPECIFICS: With Chicago Mayoral Candidate Proposing Taxing Suburbanites, Will Next Move Be to Impose Chicago Income Tax?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/29/with-chicago-mayoral-candidate-proposing-taxing-suburbanites-will-next-move-be-to-impose-chicago-income-tax/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION’S MAYORAL CANDIDATE WANTS ‘SUBURBS TAX’ ON ‘THE RICH’ – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-unions-mayoral-candidate-wants-suburbs-tax-on-the-rich/
— NEARLY HALF OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS CHRONICALLY ABSENT IN 2022 – Hannah Max
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-half-of-chicago-public-schools-students-chronically-absent-in-2022/

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “IL assault weapons ban: McHenry County challenge to Illinois law transferred to federal court.”
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https://abc7chicago.com/il-assault-weapons-ban-2023-illinois-banning-lawsuit/12750214/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-marijuana-cannabis-law-dispensary-applications-application/12750092/

WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-sues-journalist-bob-woodward/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago mayoral candidates answer 23 questions.” I should write a book about the Republican candidates who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events 2005-2012, the questions that I asked them after they spoke, and the answers that they gave. I would focus on those candidates who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://elections.suntimes.com/questionnaire/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Hundreds gather in Loop to protest police violence and demand justice for Tyre Nichols. After rallying at Federal Plaza the group went on a brief march through the Loop, carrying signs and chanting the names of others killed by police in recent years.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/30/23578971/hundreds-gather-in-loop-to-protest-police-violence-and-demand-justice-for-tyre-nichols

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Richard Uihlein spent heavily around Jan. 6.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/richard-uihlein-contributed-much-jan-6-groups-report
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago’s always been a union town. Now the face of organized labor is changing.” I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I should write a book about those who hold that against me the most.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-labor-organizing/union-organizers-chicago-new-territory

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump calls DeSantis ‘disloyal’ for considering a 2024 presidential bid.” (COMMENT: Who have you been “disloyal” to? In the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary, I backed Pat O/Malley. Ever since then, my anti-conservative and conservative-hating Jim Ryan promoting critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, viciously condemned me, and viciously punished me for being “disloyal” to Jim Ryan. They ignore, dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I did to help elect Ryan in the general election in 2002. They continue to blame me and they continue to blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for Ryan’s losing to Blagojevich in 2002 and b) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2002 have suffered. They continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “too conservative.”)
https://pantagraph.com/news/national/trump-calls-desantis-disloyal-for-considering-a-2024-presidential-bid/video_787aa157-08c1-5a15-ad7b-0d83bfa5fe73.html

STATELINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republican voters favor DeSantis over Trump for 2024, latest poll shows.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/republican-voters-favor-desantis-over-trump-for-2024-latest-poll-shows/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Recent infighting raises the question” and asks “How conservative is the GOP?” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-30/recent-infighting-raises-the-question-how-conservative-is-the-gop

ELMHURST PATCH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage Airport Officials Donated To Ex-Chair. Airport board members, who meet six times a year, make $10,000 annually. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-airport-officials-donated-ex-chair

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Burr Ridge D180 Defends High Spending Per Student.”
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-d180-tops-student-spending

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “We asked what political campaign motivated you more than any other.” I should write a book about candidates a) who I did the most to help elect and b) who blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/01/31/hoping-for-a-win-win-in-the-house-00080341

WASHINGTON TIMES
— $5.4 billion in pandemic loans were paid to suspicious Social Security numbers – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/30/54-billion-pandemic-loans-were-paid-suspicious-soc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York City says city employees took diversity and inclusion, not critical race theory, training – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/new-york-city-required-city-employees-critical-race-theory-training
— No, US capitalism wasn’t ‘shaped largely by chattel slavery’ – Rainer Zitelmann
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/no-us-capitalism-wasnt-shaped-largely-by-chattel-slavery

NEW YORK POST
— NY-CRT? Eric Adams presses city workers into ‘racial equity’ training: report – Jesse O’Neill
https://nypost.com/2023/01/30/nyc-employees-mandated-to-complete-racial-equity-training-report/

AMERICA 1ST FREEDOM
— Confiscation in Canada. The federal authorities in our “quiet neighbor to the north” are moving ahead with bans and “buy-back” schemes. – BRIAN MCCOMBIE
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/confiscation-in-canada/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The dishonest, divisive narrative driving Black History Month – Kathleen Brush
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/the_dishonest_divisive_narrative_driving_black_history_month.html
— Kevin McCarthy must go ‘Pelosi’ on the House’s growing ranks of RINOS – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/kevin_mccarthy_needs_to_go_pelosi_on_the_houses_growing_ranks_of_rinos.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Cops show after NYC migrants protest, REFUSE to leave hotel for new Brooklyn location – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/30/cops-show-after-nyc-migrants-protest-refuse-to-leave-hotel-for-new-brooklyn-location-1328701/

BREITBART
— Hulu’s ‘1619 Project’ Docuseries: Nikole Hannah-Jones Accuses Americans of Racism Toward ‘Multiracial Citizens’ – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/01/30/hulus-1619-project-docuseries-nikole-hannah-jones-accuses-americans-of-racism-toward-multiracial-citizens/
— NYC Makes City Employees Take Critical Race Theory Training – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/30/report-nyc-makes-city-employees-take-critical-race-theory-training/

COLLEGE FIX
— Anti-woke business school program flourishes at Troy University. – JACK APPLEWHITE (COMMENT: My college degrees were in business (NIU-1970 and Loyola-1976), accounting (DePaul-1980), and finance (IIT-1997).)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/anti-woke-business-school-program-flourishes-at-troy-university/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘1619 Project’ Documentary Is Laced With Inaccuracies, Historians Say – ALEXA SCHWERHA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/30/1619-project-documentary-nikole-hannah-jones-historians/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Bill Aims to Block Federal Funds From Schools That ‘Indoctrinate With Critical Race Theory’ – Brett Rowland
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/30/bill-aims-to-block-federal-funds-from-schools-that-indoctrinate-with-critical-race-theory/
— Biden Administration Is Playing Deceitful Shell Game to Claim Fewer Illegal Border Crossings – Erin Dwinell
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/30/administration-is-playing-deceitful-shell-game-to-claim-fewer-illegal-border-crossings/

EPOCH TIMES
— Fuel Costs of Electric Vehicles Overtake Gas-Powered Cars – Allen Zhong
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/fuel-costs-of-electric-vehicles-overtake-gas-powered-cars-study_5017783.html
— Illegal Crossings Soar 743 Percent at US–Canada Border as Migrant Crisis Worsens – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illegal-crossings-soar-743-percent-at-us-canada-border-as-migrant-crisis-worsens_5019668.html

FEDERALST
— Mass Shootings Actually Increased During Federal ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban 1994-2004. – GREGORY WALLACE AND GEORGE A. MOCSARY
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/31/fact-check-mass-shootings-actually-increased-during-federal-assault-weapons-ban/

FOX NEWS
— Florida bill could hand gun owners huge win, make the US a constitutional carry-majority country. Legislation has support of NRA and Florida Sheriff’s Association. – Emma Colton (COMMENT: What are your Republican state senator and your Republican state representative doing to defend and advance the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-bill-could-gun-owners-huge-win-us-constitutional-carry-majority-country

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DEI Doesn’t Work—Taxpayers Shouldn’t Pay for It – Jonathan Butcher (COMMENT: DEI promotes hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/dei-doesnt-work-taxpayers-shouldnt-pay-it

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Dozens of Migrants Refuse to Move from Manhattan Hotel to Brooklyn Mega-Shelter – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dozens-of-migrants-refuse-to-move-from-manhattan-hotel-to-brooklyn-mega-shelter/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Hulu’s ‘1619 Project’ Trashes America with Revisionist History, Voter Suppression Myths – Stephanie Hamill
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/stephanie-hamill/2023/01/30/hulus-1619-project-trashes-america-revisionist-history

NEWSMAX
— Conservatives Hit Mayor Lightfoot Over Chicago Crime – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lori-lightfoot-chicago-crime/2023/01/30/id/1106475/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Radio host William Kelly, who previously sued Lightfoot after his Chicago press pass was revoked, posted a picture of shuttered businesses on State Street near the “Magnificent Mile” on North Michigan Avenue with the comment, “Not even Old Blue Eyes could save this and Chicagoans have @lorilightfoot to thank.” He said in an interview with Fox News last week: “The policies that really destroyed State Street and honestly, Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile was the one-two punch of the lockdowns, the looting, but also the policies that continue to this day.”)

PATRIOT POST
— Cops Are Always ‘Driven by Racism’? The Left went into overdrive blaming systemic racism for even the actions of black police officers. – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/94544-cops-are-always-driven-by-racism-2023-01-30

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 48% Say Biden’s Handling of Classified Documents Is ‘Major Scandal’
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/48_say_biden_s_handling_of_classified_documents_is_major_scandal

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Maher: 1619 Project Teaches That The Essence Of America Is Irredeemable, “That’s Just Wrong” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/30/maher_1619_project_teaches_that_the_essence_of_america_is_irredeemable_thats_just_wrong.html

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “California Has More Than 100 Gun Laws” and ask “Why Don’t They Stop More Mass Shootings?” Criminals do not comply with laws.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-more-100-gun-laws-125535066.html

MSNBC
— COMMENT: Pritzker, who ever-increasingly talks and acts like he is going to run for President, calls DeSantis an extremist.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-black-history-course-ban-part-2024-plan-rcna68266
— COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC throws Ye under the bus with resolution ‘condemning’ antisemitism.” To paint me as being as being an antisemite and to get my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take adverse actions against me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed a) that I was conservative, b) that I was Republican, c) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) that I was 100% German national origin, e) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and f) that I lived in Wheaton since 1978. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/rnc-antisemitism-ye-fuentes-gop-rcna68182

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “How liberal states are shoring up abortion rights.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/30/how-liberal-states-are-shoring-up-abortion-rights/
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “When Will US Workers Get Paid Leave?” and say “Try 2035.” (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s leave policies. They got more furious as I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/ )
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/when-will-us-workers-get-paid-leave-try-2035/2023/01/30/3ac1713c-a099-11ed-8b47-9863fda8e494_story.html

SALT WIRE
— Unceremoniously dumped – Wilfred Bartlett, Conception Bay South (COMMENT: I should write a book about my being unceremoniously dumped as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, d) a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and g) GAO employee.)
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/letter-unceremoniously-dumped-as-volunteer-of-seniors-club-with-no-explanation-100819344/

BIG COUNTRY NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Permit-to-purchase, assault weapons ban pass out of Washington House Committee
https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/news/state/washington/permit-to-purchase-assault-weapons-ban-pass-out-of-washington-house-committee/article_0936a670-6582-5c1a-a8e3-3c5231fda8f3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Bill 1143 prohibits firearm dealers from selling or transferring guns unless the person has a valid permit to purchase firearms, mandates background checks and 10-day waiting periods for all transfers of firearms, and requires dealers to record every transfer. The bill also requires prospective gun buyers to apply directly to a state or local law enforcement agency to obtain a purchase permit prior to approaching any seller. House Bill 1240 bans “assault weapons,” defined in the legislation as a category of semi-automatic rifles that fit certain criteria like being shorter than 30 inches in length and the ability to accept a detachable magazine.)

BLOOMBERG LAW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois Gun Owner Loses Suit for Right to Sell Firearm Conversion Device.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/gun-owner-loses-suit-for-right-to-sell-firearm-conversion-device

NEW YORKER
— COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti those who are conservative, Republican, American, Whites, male, older, heterosexual, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-does-woke-mean-and-how-did-the-term-become-so-powerful

NPR
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Recent infighting raises the question” and ask “How conservative is the GOP?” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I should write a book about anti-conservative and conservative-hating leaders of the following who have a) rejected the most planks in the Republican Party platform and/or b) done the most to destroy the following: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or b) take the most/biggest adverse actions against me..
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1151996068/republican-party-conservative-ideology-gop-trump

AXIOS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “AT&T criticized after dropping Newsmax.” If you got dropped, who would come to your defense? If Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and/or other anti-conservatives and conservative-haters succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, who would come to my defense?
https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/01/30/att-directv-newsmax

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is filmed DANCING in streets of Windy City, as crime soars 61% and iconic Magnificent Mile sits 30% vacant after flagship stores fled violent chaos. – STEPHEN M. LEPORE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11691129/Chicago-Mayor-Lori-Lightfoot-filmed-DANCING-streets-Windy-City-murders-soar.html

WIKIPEDIA
— Censure (COMMENT: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about my “religious” and “conservative” and “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who tried hard but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at ICRC’s annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and they blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady losing the Republican gubernatorial primary that year. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002. They succeeded in throwing me off ICRC’s Steering Committee in 2007. In my book, I would focus on Ryan’s and Brady’s major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on the many adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2002. I would focus on the many things that I did a) to help elect Ryan in the 2002 general gubernatorial election and b) to help elect Brady in the 2010 gubernatorial election.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure

January 30, 2023

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Re-Electing Ronna McDaniel Was A Mistake – Paul Schimpf
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/schimpf-re-electing-ronna-mcdaniel-was-a-mistake.html

WIREPOINTS
— City Club of Chicago is now yet another doormat for the city’s failed establishment – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/city-club-of-chicago-is-now-yet-another-doormat-for-the-citys-failed-establishment-wirepoints/
— Chicago’s mayoral candidates’ won’t like it. Ted Dabrowski lays out the inconvenient truths about Chicago that politicians don’t talk about.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-mayoral-candidates-wont-like-it-ted-dabrowski-lays-out-the-inconvenient-truths-about-chicago-that-politicians-dont-talk-about-wirepoints-on-public-aff/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— New Mentor Program Pairs Midwestern University Students with Women in Medicine and Science (COMMENT: I am not a Democrat, minority, or female. My IRS and GAO superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639155927-new-mentor-program-pairs-mwu-students-with-undergraduate-women-in-medicine-and-science

ABC7
— IL assault weapons ban 2023: Challenge to Illinois law in court Monday
https://abc7chicago.com/il-assault-weapons-ban-2023-illinois-banning-lawsuit/12750214/
— Chicago shootings: 15 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-weekend-today/12750014/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-marijuana-cannabis-law-dispensary-applications-application/12750092/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Arizona Republicans pick former Trump official to lead party.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-arizona-republicans-pick-former-trump-official-to-lead-party/

WTTW
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “Why Are Chicago Elections Nonpartisan?”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/30/wttw-news-explains-why-are-chicago-elections-nonpartisan

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats use Tyre Nichols to promote hatred against Republicans. But then again, Democrats use everything to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/29/23576339/tyre-nichols-memphis-murder-police-video-steinberg-column
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats pass unconstitutional gun laws to disarm Republicans and to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/29/23572889/gun-violence-gun-owners-tax-break-oped-john-vukmirovich

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats pass unconstitutional gun laws to disarm Republicans and to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-012923-20230129-jxq6kn4hmrccflmbtycj4swoje-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Educational choice should be available to all – Janice Anderson
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230130/letter-educational-choice-should-be-available-to-all

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Results in states that repealed their prevailing-wage laws aren’t pretty – FRANK MANZO
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-labor-organizing/illinois-prevailing-wage-law-stays-books
— Illinois goes from bad to worse by adopting Amendment 1 – MARK MIX
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-labor-organizing/illinois-adoption-amendment-1-no-victory-workers
— Fall of labor force participation across Midwest a cause for concern – IRYNA LENDEL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-labor-organizing/midwest-loses-generation-workers

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Stop calling semi-automatic rifles assault rifles – Patrick Donlea, Crystal Lake
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/01/29/letter-stop-calling-semi-automatic-rifles-assault-rifles/
(FROM THE LETTER: I understand many people use hyperbole to make their arguments sound more compelling. That being said, we have to stop calling any semi-automatic rifle designed and sold for civilian and police use an “assault rifle.” An assault rifle is a specific tool designed for and used by the military. Because of this, it should not be available for civilian or civil police use. The assault rifle is distinguished from the standard battle rifle by three primary characteristics that make it easier to use in close quarters, such as urban or jungle fighting. These characteristics are: 1. It’s comparatively short and light. 2.
It fires a less powerful, and, therefore lighter, round bullet. 3. It has a selective fire switch which allows it to shoot in either semi-automatic or fully automatic mode, such as firing three shot bursts as a third option. The last of these characteristics makes it a type of machine gun. This puts the assault rifle under the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act (NFA). It should be noted that Illinois law has already prohibited the possession of all NFA weapons, specifically machine guns, by Illinois residents since 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24). So, please stop calling a semi-automatic rifle a machine gun or assault rifle when discussing current gun laws. For the past 62 years, it has been illegal to own assault rifles in Illinois.)

HERALD & REVIEW
— Decatur man beaten and robbed in his home – Tony Reid (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, crime will increase, and therefore, police response times will increase.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/decatur-man-beaten-and-robbed-in-his-home-police-say/article_c679a87c-a00b-11ed-97ba-dfb90111b5e4.html
— Decatur man shot as he flees robbers – Tony Reid (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, crime will increase, and therefore, police response times will increase.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/decatur-man-shot-as-he-flees-robbers-police-report/article_1e588ab6-9ffa-11ed-9a30-831259045bda.html

CWB CHICAGO
— Catalytic converters stolen from 5 Chicago police mounted unit trucks
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/01/catalytic-converters-stolen-from-5-chicago-police-mounted-unit-trucks.html


WASHINGTON TIMES
— Tens of thousands of federal employees bilked government of pandemic cash – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/30/tens-of-thousands-of-federal-employees-bilked-gove/
— Revolt over House speaker inspires Freedom Caucus lawmakers in the states – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/30/revolt-over-house-speaker-inspires-freedom-caucus-/

NEW YORK POST
— Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador in the Trump administration, took a not-so-subtle shot at President Biden, 80, and former President Donald Trump, 76 — saying it’s time for a “new generation to lead.”​ – Mark Moore (COMMENT: Are you older? What do you stress in your defense of your age? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://nypost.com/2023/01/29/nikki-haley-on-2024-time-for-a-new-generation-to-lead/
— Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols murder hired after Police Department relaxed job requirements – Matthew Sedacca (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats lower job requirements to hire Democrats. GAO hired me in 1980 when I was 31, IRS hired me in 1971 when I was 22, and Firestone Stores hired me in 1970 when I was 21. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who GAO, IRS, and Firestone Stores would not have hired back then if they were as old as back then I was because they would not have met job requirements. GAO would not have hired me if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$194,583/year. IRS would not have hired me if I had not a) worked the previous 10 months for Firestone Stores and b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Firestone Stores would not have hired me if I had not earned the aforesaid degree.)
https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/memphis-cops-in-tyre-nichols-murder-hired-after-pd-relaxed-job-standards/
— Democrats want 8.7% pay hike for federal workers who were ‘subjected to’ Trump – Mark Moore (COMMENT: Lyndon Johnson was President while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and Richard Nixon during 1969. Nixon was President while I worked for IRS 1971-1974, Gerald Ford 1974-1977, and Jimmy Carter 1977-1980. Carter was President while I worked for GAO 1980-1981, Ronald Reagan 1981-1989, George Bush 1989-1993, and Bill Clinton 1993-1997. GAO works for Congress. Democrats controlled the House while I worked for GAO 1980-1995 and Republicans 1995-1997.)
https://nypost.com/2023/01/29/democrats-offer-pay-hike-to-federal-workers-to-make-good-for-trump-covid/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— School choice is more important than ever. – Larry Sand (COMMENT: My outstanding parents sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod had a tremendous impact on me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned that impact the most.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/29/the-curricular-firing-squads/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Straight Talk on the Latest Riots – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/straight_talk_on_the_latest_riots.html
— More proof that the reparations hustle is all about greed and inciting race war – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/more_proof_that_the_reparations_hustle_is_all_about_greed_and_inciting_race_war.html

BREITBART
— Sanctuary State California Issues Driver’s Licenses to over 1M Illegal Aliens Since 2015 – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/29/california-drivers-licenses-1m-illegal-aliens-since-2015/

BULWARK
— Illinois Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce the State’s New Gun Law. Last year’s Supreme Court ruling on gun control may doom the law, which bans ‘assault weapons’ and establishes a new registry. – JIM SWIFT
https://www.thebulwark.com/illinois-sheriffs-refuse-to-enforce-the-states-new-gun-law/

CONSTITUTION ANNOTATED
— Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court (COMMENT: Concerning the Second Amendment, see New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen and McDonald v. City of Chicago and District of Columbia v. Heller)
https://constitution.congress.gov/resources/unconstitutional-laws/

DAILY CALLER
— Abortion Is Infiltrating College Campuses — With The Help Of Democratic Lawmakers – ALEXA SCHWERHA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/29/pro-life-organizations-blue-states-stock-abortion-pills-college-campuses/
— Biden Admin’s New Border Policy Using Parole ‘Loophole’ To Fastrack Migrants Into The US – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/29/biden-administration-department-of-homeland-security-mayorkas/

FOX NEWS
— NYC forces all city employees to undergo radical critical race theory training: ‘Really unfair’ A source told Fox News that NYC wanted the contracts with the city and the hiring to be determined with a ‘racial equity’ lens. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They require all federal employees to take lots of anti-Republican training. I should write a book about the anti-Republican training that my Democrat superiors required me to take.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-forces-all-city-employees-into-radical-racial-equity-training

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Infinite Elasticity of ‘White Supremacy’
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/the-infinite-elasticity-of-white-supremacy/

PJ MEDIA
— ATF Turns Gun Owners Into Felons – JONATHAN W. EMORD
https://pjmedia.com/columns/jonathanemord/2023/01/29/presto-change-o-the-atf-turns-gun-owners-into-felons-n1666146

TOWNHALL
— What McDaniel’s Re-Election as RNC Chair Means – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2023/01/29/what-mcdaniels-re-election-as-rnc-chair-means-n2618873
— Short in the RNC Chair Race? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/01/29/is-this-why-harmeet-dhillon-fell-short-in-rnc-chair-race-n2618867
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dhillon isn’t a bad candidate, but her team might have been too aggressive, alienating potential RNC committee members. Anger and frustration are understandable, but it seems Dhillon might have been able to pull an upset if her crew were more disciplined.)
— DeSantis Advisors Are Reportedly Preparing For His 2024 Presidential Announcement – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/01/29/desantis-advisors-are-reportedly-preparing-for-his-2024-presidential-announcement-n2618878
— The Left Is Fueling a New Racism – Terry Paulson
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2023/01/30/the-left-is-fueling-a-new-racism-n2618841


POLITICO
— Where the Uihleins sent their cash after the insurrection – CAITLIN OPRYSKO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2023/01/27/where-the-uihleins-sent-their-cash-after-the-insurrection-00079999

CNN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Blacks to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/opinions/the-1619-project-documentary-series-history-joseph

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 7 Lessons From Those Who Retired By FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). Equip yourself with the tools to enjoy early retirement. – Rachel Hartman (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those who ancestors had been America for a long time and who they had not promote to Senior Executive Service, currently $183,500/year by age 40, I planned on retiring as soon I became eligible for regular retirement in 2003 when I would be 55. But they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. Consequently my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is significantly less. My CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old.)
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/aging/articles/lessons-from-those-who-retired-by-fire
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Get ready to spend less. 2. Practice living in retirement. 3. Change your approach to money. 4. Recognize there will be challenges. 5. Know your new goals. 6. Pick the right FIRE version. 7. Look ahead to the perks.)

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats are forever beyond furious that they lost the Civil War. Were it not for the Second Amendment, Democrats would have gotten rid of all Republicans by now. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as having been the Union Army during the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/29/second-amendment-problem/
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats pass unconstitutional gun laws to disarm Republicans and to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/police-that-ignore-federal-law-ignore-democracy/2023/01/29/bf0c15fe-9fd7-11ed-8b47-9863fda8e494_story.html

USA TODAY
— Another conservative (Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell) faces public shunning. Liberals grow bolder with their intolerance. What happened to Caldwell at a Miami restaurant isn’t an isolated incident. Conservatives have been shunned or harassed at other establishments in recent years. – Ingrid Jacques (COMMENT: I should write a book about how conservatives are ever-increasingly shunned in the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/29/fox-news-gianno-caldwell-kicked-out-miami-restaurant/11121879002/

TULSA WORLD
— GOP changes leadership in Maine after poor election showing, Former Assistant House Minority Leader Joel Stetkis is the new Maine Republican Party chair following disappointing midterm election for the GOP. – AP
https://tulsaworld.com/ap/state/gop-changes-leadership-in-maine-after-poor-election-showing/article_a745394e-665e-5f64-87ca-8f80cf2f177d.html

WICHITA EAGLE
— How The Eagle calculated response times of the Wichita Police Department – MICHAEL STAVOLA (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, crime will increase, and therefore, police response times will increase.)
https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article271619047.html

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— Officer shortage part of slower 911 police response times – KALLIE COX (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, crime will increase, and therefore, police response times will increase.)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article271655412.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leadership Battles Expose Divisions in 2024 Battleground States. Some Republicans are calling for a break from Trump-style politics after disappointing midterm election results. – Aaron Zitner and Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-leadership-battles-expose-divisions-in-2024-battleground-states-11675005074
— New Gun Research Center Funded by Firearms Executives Aims to Diversify Debate. University of Wyoming initiative reignites discussion of bias in the field of study. – Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats pass unconstitutional gun laws to disarm Republicans and to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-gun-research-center-funded-by-firearms-executives-aims-to-diversify-debate-11674953998

FORBES
— America Needs To Improve How It Treats Its Older Workers – Teresa Ghilarducci
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2023/01/28/how-america-treats-its-older-workers-new-data/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Involuntary Retirement It is hard for older workers to keep a job, as Urban Institute’s Richard W. Johnson showed the economists gathered there. Older workers do worse under conditions of layoffs and business closures. Job-finding is easier for workers under 50 who get displaced from a job — more than 70% of displaced workers under 50 typically find new work within three years of their job loss. For workers 55-61, however, that number falls to 59%. Among those who can start claiming Social Security, at ages 62 and older the reemployment rate falls to just 38%. So they claim early Social Security benefits at reduced monthly benefits or they start bidding down and take jobs that are worse than their previous ones. Early retirement is an all-too-common last resort, and involuntary retirements increase the risk of depression and downward mobility. Labor market scarring is another effect of job loss beyond the pain of unemployment. Scarring refers to the earnings losses experienced by displaced workers who do manage to find work again. Once again, things get worse as you move up in age. Re-employed displaced workers, age 55-61, earn 22% less than they did before, a scarring effect that is more than twice as severe as for those in their 30s. Weekly earnings are 29% lower for reemployed displaced workers 62 and older.)

HR DRIVE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “6 diversity and inclusion trends to watch in 2023.” (COMMENT: Since I became a federal employee in 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious because as a federal employee and retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/2023-diversity-and-inclusion-trends/641211/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A phenomenon Stamps said she’s been thinking about lately is medical challenges forcing early retirement. “If you’re forced to retire, you’re theoretically less prepared for retirement than the average [person] and you have more debt. That’s more challenging because now you have a sort of fixed income if you’re lucky. Getting any kind of fixed income that you have to depend on kind of perpetuates the racial wealth gap.”)

NASDAQ
— How to Save for Retirement Even When You’re in Your 20s and Broke – Mary Ellen Cagnassola (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I earned full-time CSRS credits even though I worked only part-time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious about that ever since then. I earned almost 9 years of CSRS credits working for IRS 1971-1980 and almost 18 years of CSRS credits working for GAO 1980-1997. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced a) because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many adverse actions against me and b) because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. Nevertheless, my CSRS pension is currently $63,144/year. But my CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old. In addition, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious because as a federal employee and retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-to-save-for-retirement-even-when-youre-in-your-20s-and-broke

ENTREPRENEUR
— Early retirement can cause faster cognitive decline – Amanda Breen (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. More than anything else, my putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out since 2000 has slowed down my cognitive decline. Since 2005, those newsletters have included links to 449,353 articles.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/early-retirement-can-negatively-impact-cognition-study/443720

U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE
— Navy Will Force Retirement on Poor Performing Senior Captains, Commanders – Ben Werner (COMMENT: To “justify” forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, b) kept me off audits of IRS since 1988, c) always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and d) assigned me to supervise all their poor performing employees.)
https://news.usni.org/2018/08/09/navy-to-retire-poor-performing-senior-commanders-and-captains

FED SMITH
— The 2023 COLA is the largest in over 40 years. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension increased from $58,101/year to $63,144/year, that is, by $5,043/year, that is, by 8.7%. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that. In my defense, my CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. To qualify myself for better paying federal jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 years old in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) what did they do to qualify themselves for better paying jobs and b) why didn’t they become federal employees?)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/01/07/when-will-federal-retirees-see-2023-cola-in-their-annuity-payments/

WIKIPEDIA
— RINO (COMMENT:I should write a book about the biggest RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who not only failed/refused to defend/advance the following planks in the Republican Party platform, but who destroyed those like me who support those planks: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_in_Name_Only
— Entryism (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have been the most successful in destroying conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen like me.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryism
— Second Civil War (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as having been the Union Army during the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army during the Civil War.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_American_Civil_War

January 28, 2023

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘We need every firearm owner in Illinois ALL IN on this one!’ – John Krupa III (COMMENT: In DuPage County, how many residences have at least one FOID card holder?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639052571-krupa-we-need-every-firearm-owner-in-illinois-all-in-on-this-one
— Sen. John Curran (R-Lemont) has introduced a resolution to oppose any efforts to establish a progressive tax system in Illinois.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639057746-curran-they-don-t-want-to-change-our-constitution-to-a-progressive-income-tax

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Gun ban cases continue in courts as Democrats who opposed law remain silent – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Besides DuPage County and Sheriff Mendrick, are there any other Democrat counties moving to censure their sheriff for opposing the law?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/gun-ban-cases-continue-in-courts-as-democrats-who-opposed-law-remain-silent/article_57e49016-9e99-11ed-9c9c-97f541dd0b7a.html

MCHENRY TIMES
— Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) posts warning of ‘an alarming 4,500% rise in accidental ingestion’ of legalized cannabis products.
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/639073130-weber-posts-warning-of-an-alarming-4-500-rise-in-accidental-ingestion-of-legalized-cannabis-products

NORTH COOK NEWS
— After DeSantis challenges AP content, Pritzker says a governor ‘should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history.’
https://northcooknews.com/stories/639074481-after-desantis-challenges-ap-content-pritzer-says-a-governor-should-not-have-the-power-to-dictate-the-facts-of-u-s-history

WEST COOK NEWS
— Oak Park and River Forest High School to implement College Board’s AP African American Studies Curriculum.
https://westcooknews.com/stories/639106259-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school-to-implement-college-board-s-ap-african-american-studies-curriculum
— Pritzker ‘extremely troubled’ by reports that DeSantis wants College Board to change the AP African American Studies course
https://westcooknews.com/stories/639074528-pritzker-extremely-troubled-by-reports-that-desantis-wants-college-board-to-change-the-ap-african-american-studies-course

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— ‘We should not limit the protections that have been guaranteed to law-abiding citizens’ – Rock Island County Sheriff Darren Hart
https://rockislandtoday.com/stories/639074542-hart-we-should-not-limit-the-protections-that-have-been-guaranteed-to-law-abiding-citizens

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Illinois’ Windhorst applauds restraining order for firearm ban, encourages ‘2nd Amendment supporters to stay up to date on further court actions.’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/639014543-illinois-windhorst-applauds-restraining-order-for-firearm-ban-encourages-2nd-amendment-supporters-to-stay-up-to-date-on-further-court-actions

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Wilhour on restraining order against gun ban law: ‘We will not allow JB Pritzker to shred the Constitution!’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/638911405-wilhour-on-restraining-order-against-gun-ban-law-we-will-not-allow-jb-pritzker-to-shred-the-constitution

MADISON ST, CLAIR RECORD
— White County judge raises concerns about gun ban legislative procedure during hearing on TRO request, calls it ‘egregious’ – Steve Korris
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/639106319-white-county-judge-raises-concerns-about-gun-ban-legislative-procedure-during-hearing-on-tro-request-calls-it-egregious

MATT DUBIEL
— Purge the Illinois GOP of All RINOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duoJDPwc0JI

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Stephen Boulton, Addicted to Attacking Conservatives, Rules Chicago GOP Like a Third-World Dictator, And It’s Time to go
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/stephen-boulton-addicted-to-attacking-conservatives-rules-chicago-gop-like-a-third-world-dictator-and-its-time-to-go.html

ABC7
— COMMENT: Under the Democrats, homelessness increases because Democrats a) promote dependency on government and charity, that is, Democrats destroy individual responsibility; b) promote LGBTQ, that is, Democrats destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family, and c) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, Democrats destroy ability to become a productive member of society.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-homeless-population-shelter-shelters/12742383/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Local Sheriffs voice opposition to IL assault rifle ban.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/local-sheriffs-voice-opposition-to-il-assault-rifle-ban/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America and destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote wokeness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/27/23572976/ron-desantis-wokeness-column-gene-lyons
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lightfoot urges General Assembly to do its share to bail out city pension funds. After paying down $1.3 billion in pension debt over four years, Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion 2023 budget went further, prepaying $242 million in future pension debt. But the General Assembly should take it from here, the mayor said.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/1/27/23574991/chicago-city-pension-obligations-pay-down-debt-budget-general-assembly-springfield-lightfoot

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, events that do not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms are controversial.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230127/after-controversy-mayor-says-standards-coming-for-des-plaines-theatre-bookings
— COMMENT: Democrats say “An inspiration to us all’: 90-year old Crystal Lake man still runs 3 miles a day.” – Joe Stevenson (COMMENT: While I have always been able to walk and stand, I have not been able to run since grade school because I had Osgood-Schlatter disease. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease )
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230127/an-inspiration-to-us-all-90-year-old-crystal-lake-man-still-runs-3-miles-a-day
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why suburban food pantries expect further stress.” Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230127/why-suburban-food-pantries-expect-further-stress–

HERALD & REVIEW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Central Illinois grapples with prosecutor shortage.”
https://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/central-illinois-grapples-with-prosecutor-shortage/article_dd05fb48-9202-11ed-9b45-c387183ad153.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Central Illinois plaintiffs seek injunction in gun lawsuit.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/central-illinois-plaintiffs-seek-injunction-in-gun-lawsuit/article_2a107848-9e86-11ed-b322-13a3bdbc84ec.html

STATELINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois State Police asks to consolidate federal gun ban lawsuits.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-state-police-asks-to-consolidate-federal-gun-ban-lawsuits/

DECATUR TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “State Representative Dan Caulkins Files Lawsuit to Defend Second Amendment Rights.”
https://www.decaturtribune.com/2023/01/27/state-representative-dan-caulkins-files-lawsuit-to-defend-second-amendment-rights/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “State Week: Lawsuits keep coming against the assault weapons law.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-01-27/state-week-more-lawsuits-filed-against-assault-weapo

WSPY
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republican State Senator Sue Rezin to focus on education, curbing fentanyl sales.”
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/state-senator-to-focus-on-education-curbing-fentanyl-sales/article_4c2b4e14-9f10-11ed-abea-03066197c369.html

WCIA
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawsuit questioning constitutionality of assault weapon ban filed in Macon County.”
https://www.wcia.com/news/lawsuit-questioning-constitutionality-of-assault-weapon-ban-filed-in-macon-county/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DOJ obtains court order blocking sales of machine gun conversion devices.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/doj-obtains-court-order-blocking-sales-of-machine-gun-conversion-devices/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why Senate Democrats are playing it safe with their agenda this year.” Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. To vote for Democrats is to abolish the Second Amendment so that Democrats can confiscate all firearms owned by Republicans starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/why-senate-democrats-are-playing-it-safe-with-their-agenda-this-year/

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Casten scolds sheriff on new gun control law.”
https://www.southwestregionalpublishing.com/2023/01/27/casten-scolds-sheriff-on-new-gun-control-law/

HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Accused Highland Park Parade Shooter’s Father Yet To Be Indicted.”
Bob Crimo has been charged with 7 counts of reckless conduct. Prosecutors on Thursday asked for more time to get a grand jury to indict him.
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/accused-highland-park-parade-shooters-father-yet-be-indicted

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Thousands of 911 calls in South Shore, Woodlawn took over an hour for police to respond.” The Democrat Party platform promotes crime. To vote for Democrats is to promote crime.
https://chicagocrusader.com/thousands-of-911-calls-in-south-shore-woodlawn-took-over-an-hour-for-police-to-respond/

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, ISU encourages its students to be LGBTQers.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/01/lgbtqia-subcommittee-begins-work-for-positive-change/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/27/afternoon-roundup-22/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel defeats rival in leadership vote – AP (COMMENT: Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/27/gop-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-defeats-rival-leadership-/
— Congress pursues bill to educate youth on Holocaust, fight antisemitism – Mica Soellner (COMMENT: I should write a book my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the greatest success in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/27/congress-pursues-bill-educate-youth-holocaust-figh/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The RNC should have elected Harmeet Dhillon as new chairwoman – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-rnc-should-have-elected-harmeet-dhillon-as-new-chairwoman

AMERICAN THINKER
— Electric Vehicles Are an Ideologically Driven Economic Misadventure – Jerome Corsi
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/electric_vehicles_are_an_ideologically_driven_economic_misadventure.html

AMERICA’S 1ST FREEDOM
— Why the Legal Fight in Illinois Matters So Much – MARK CHESNUT
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/why-the-legal-fight-in-illinois-matters-so-much/
— The New Balance of Power. Here is what the makeup of Congress means for our freedom over the next two years. – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/the-new-balance-of-power/

BREITBART
— GOP House Members Introduce Bill to Repeal National Firearms Act – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/25/gop-house-members-introduce-bill-repeal-national-firearms-act/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against police.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/27/msnbc-guest-on-tyre-nichols-police/

DAILY CALLER
— Ronna McDaniel Beats Back Challenge To Win Fourth Term Atop Republican National Committee – MICHAEL GINSBERG (COMMENT: Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/27/ronna-mcdaniel-beats-back-challenge-win-fourth-term-rnc/
— Democrats Know The Real Purpose Of The Second Amendment — That’s Why They’re So Afraid Of It – MICHELE GAMA SOSA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/27/gama-sosa-second-amendment-democrats-purpose/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Second Amendment is once again in the Democrats’ crosshairs amid mass shootings, with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest “assault weapons” ban, and now Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin claiming that the Founding Fathers would have supported banning certain guns. Democrats have made a lot of noise about banning “military-style” weapons and “weapons of war,” particularly the AR-15 platform – their favorite punching bag – in the name of stopping shootings mostly committed in the ghettos of Democrat-run cities such as Los Angeles, New Orleans, Detroit and most famously Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago. Obviously, this is a false proposition. Criminals don’t register guns or obey the law – they’re criminals. Armed civilians deter crime, whether with “military-style” weapons or a Taurus G3C Subcompact. Gun advocates have made this argument repeatedly. Unfortunately, it falls short and even helps justify bans like the Illinois one. If a subcompact with a five-round magazine is enough for self-defense, then it shouldn’t be a problem if Chicago, for instance, bans anything over 10 rounds, full autos and certain long guns. Because as Democrats argue, you don’t need an M4 to shoot a criminal or hunt. But history says there’s more to the Second Amendment. When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, it was a shock to the world of monarchs and tyrants who kept their populations in line by force and decree. Its protections make America unique. Virtually no country has anything close to it. It gave meaning to the idea of being a citizen of a nation instead of the subject of a despot.)

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Governor Backs Including ‘Black Queer’ Theory, Other Controversial Lessons In African American Studies – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-governor-backs-including-black-queer-theory-other-controversial-lessons-in-african-american-studies

EPOCH TIMES
— Chicago Crime Rises 61 Percent in 2023, Violent Offenses Spike While Governor Insists Crime ‘Coming Down.’ Aggravated battery, robbery, theft, and criminal sexual assault have gone up in the city. – Naveen Athrappully
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chicago-crime-rises-61-percent-in-2023-violent-offenses-spike-while-governor-insists-crime-coming-down_5014788.html
— McDaniel Wins Rare 4th Term as RNC Chair – Brad Jones (COMMENT: Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mcdaniel-wins-rare-fourth-term-as-rnc-chair_5016585.html

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Slavery Reparations in California – Anthony Pericolo (COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.)
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/slavery-reparations-in-california

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Insults Your Intelligence With Spin on “Border Enforcement Measures” – Will Riley
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/presidential-administration/border-security/biden-insults-your-intelligence-spin-border

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s Parole Program: Migrant families rush Miami airport after GOP lawsuit. US airports are seeing a new wave of migration, after 20 GOP-led states sued the Biden Administration over its expanded immigration plan. – Caroline Elliott
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bidens-parole-program-migrant-families-rush-miami-airport-after-gop-lawsuit
— Ronna McDaniel re-elected RNC chair for fourth term (COMMENT: Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6319376200112

GOPUSA
— DirecTV Deplatforms Newsmax, Cutting Off Its 13 Million Subscribers From The Fourth-Rated Cable News Channel (COMMENT: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, who will come to my defense? It certainly will not be the following who reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican major donors, d) Republican political consultants, e) Republican fundraisers, f) Republican pollsters, g) Republican conservative leaders, and h) Republican activists. I should write a book about the aforesaid who not only reject the aforesaid planks, but who destroy those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.gopusa.com/directv-deplatforms-newsmax-cutting-off-its-13-million-subscribers-from-the-fourth-rated-cable-news-channel/
— The Quixotic Quest For Reparations
https://www.gopusa.com/the-quixotic-quest-for-reparations/
— Biden’s Open Border Policies Are ‘Facilitating’ ‘Evil’ Drug Cartel Business Model: Sen. Ron Johnson
https://www.gopusa.com/bidens-open-border-policies-are-facilitating-evil-drug-cartel-business-model-sen-ron-johnson/
— ‘Ground Zero’: Arizona Republicans Sounding Alarm Over Fentanyl Flowing From Border
https://www.gopusa.com/ground-zero-arizona-republicans-sounding-alarm-over-fentanyl-flowing-from-border/

LIFE NEWS
— Pro-Life Students Will Protest Walgreens, CVS for Selling Deadly Abortion Pills – Micaiah Bilger
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/01/27/pro-life-students-will-protest-walgreens-cvs-for-selling-deadly-abortion-pills/

NRA-ILA
— Washington: Senate Committee Hearing Bill to Bankrupt Firearm Industry with Junk Lawsuits
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20230127/washington-senate-committee-hearing-bill-to-bankrupt-firearm-industry-with-junk-lawsuits

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservatives Need Protection from Both Woke Business and Woke Labor.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/conservatives-need-protection-from-both-woke-business-and-woke-labor/

NEWSMAX
— No Second Amendment Would Render Us Powerless – Judd Dunning
https://www.newsmax.com/judddunning/second-amendment/2023/01/27/id/1106183/
— What’s Become of Personal Liberty In a Once Free Society? – Andrew P. Napolitano
https://www.newsmax.com/judgeandrewpnapolitano/personal-liberty-constitution/2023/01/27/id/1106199/

POLICE MAGAZINE
— Killing America’s Gun Industry – David Griffith
https://www.policemag.com/654592/killing-americas-gun-industry

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Americans Think They Pay More Than Their Fair Share of Taxes (COMMENT: Ever since I started working for IRS in 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have not paid my fair share of taxes. During the 1970s, they were especially furious that I paid less federal income tax because I deducted graduate business and accounting courses.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/most_americans_think_they_pay_more_than_their_fair_share_of_taxes

TOWNHALL
— Get Ready for Another Cynical, Useless, Gun-Control Push by Democrats – David Harsanyi
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2023/01/28/get-ready-for-another-cynical-useless-gun-control-push-by-democrats-n2618846

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McDaniel wins reelection as RNC chair in contentious election.” Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3832243-mcdaniel-wins-reelection-as-rnc-chair-in-contentious-election/

NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: On their road to outlawing all firearms, Democrats want to outlaw all semiautomatic firearms.
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-assault-pistol-real-type-gun-1776538

REUTERS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use shootings to hint/imply/argue/shout that to abolish the Second Amendment is to abolish crime.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/why-biden-pushes-an-assault-weapons-ban-despite-political-odds-2023-01-27/

MSNBC
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump wants to turn schools into an ultra right-wing indoctrination pipeline.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-education-policy-desantis-2024-rcna67534

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call McDaniel a “Trump Loyalist.” Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call me a “Trump-Loyalist.” If they were asked what their evidence is, what would they say?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/us/politics/rnc-ronna-mcdaniel-harmeet-dhillon.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Santos to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/george-santos-resume-lies/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC.” Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/27/rnc-election-mcdaniel-dhillon/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The military draft ended 50 years ago, dividing a generation.” Avoiding the draft was the biggest mistake that I made in my life. I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. I should write a book about those who used my avoiding the draft against me the most. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/01/27/draft-end-conscription-1973/

NEW YORK 1
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want Democrats to do more to encourage illegal immigration.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/01/27/advocates-call-out-mayor-for–erasing-immigrants–from-his-vision-for-the-city

SPECTRUM NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans confront bitter divide; no clear path forward.” Will Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party try to a) officially strike the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) officially dissolve the Republican Party?
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ap-top-news/2023/01/28/republicans-confront-bitter-divide-no-clear-path-forward

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against police.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2023/01/27/5-black-memphis-cops-upheld-institutional-and-cultural-racism-in-tyre-nichols-murder/

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Ronna McDaniel wins her race for RNC chair.” Will RINO party leaders take this as a mandate to get rid of conservatives once and for all, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, once and for all?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/ronna-mcdaniel-wins-her-race-for-rnc-chair-00079980

VANITY FAIR
— COMMENT: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment ask “CAN ILLINOIS’ ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN SURVIVE SCORES OF ROGUE COUNTY SHERIFFS?” How successful have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform in your county and in your township? I should write a book about the success that they have had in DuPage County and in Milton Township. The leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and leaders of the nine DuPage County Republican township party organizations fail/refuse to defend the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/can-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-survive-scores-of-rogue-sheriffs

VOX
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek refugee status in America.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23569848/how-to-sponsor-refugees-welcome-corps-biden

AUSTIN STATESMAN
— To address inequalities, focus on class, not race – Juan Miro (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action was only for those who parents did not have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/01/28/opinion-to-address-inequalities-focus-on-class-not-race/69840960007/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— To Make Lasting Progress on DEI, Measure Outcomes – Lily Zheng (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors’ top priority was a) retaining and promoting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, and/or older.
https://hbr.org/2023/01/to-make-lasting-progress-on-dei-measure-outcomes
— What Do You Like About Your Job? – Art Markman (COMMENT: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. For the last 8 years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators. GAO’s mission is to provide Congress with fact-based, nonpartisan information that can help improve federal government performance and ensure accountability for the benefit of the American people. That mission helped fight tremendous efforts by my Democrat GAO superiors to waste my GAO career and to get rid of me. That mission motivated me a) to complete the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, e) to become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, f) to become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, g) to become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and h) to complete the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors threw all of the aforesaid away when they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.
https://hbr.org/2023/01/what-do-you-like-about-your-job

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ron DeSantis, Black History and CRT. Florida has a point in rejecting AP African-American Studies. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-desantis-ap-african-american-studies-curriculum-florida-education-critical-race-theory-11674831789
— Can the GOP Become a Real Working-Class Party? – Gerald F. Seib (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who look down on the working class the most. They stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966; delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere and as a security guard in DeKalb in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971, pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes in Chicagoland 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-gop-become-a-real-working-class-party-11674835143
— The School Choice Drive Accelerates. Utah joins Iowa in expanding education savings accounts statewide, and other states are lining up to join them. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/utah-school-choice-bill-iowa-education-savings-accounts-kim-reynolds-spencer-cox-11674860799

FORBES
— COMMENT: I should write a book about the culture and the values in the following: a) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 2000, b) Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, c) Crete 1948-1972, d) GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, e) IRS’s Chicago, Harvey, and Joliet offices 1971-1980, and f) the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/01/27/four-steps-to-transforming-your-work-culture-and-maintaining-your-core-values/

WIKIPEDIA
— Aggression (COMMENT: What factors have discouraged you from being aggressive? My parents, my grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors were not aggressive. None of them engaged in any kind of aggressive sports like football. My father fought type 1 diabetes from childhood. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant and almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. My mother stayed home and raised me and my brother. My parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL. My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. Ever since I developed a bone disease in grade school, I have not been able to run. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between. I have never been in the military. Because of my lack of aggression, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have felt free to take adverse actions against me and they have taken many major adverse actions against me. In my defense, I have filed lawsuits.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggression

January 27, 2023

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: ‘I stand in support of Sheriff Mendrick’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639074798-ives-i-stand-in-support-of-sheriff-mendrick
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political organizer Jeanne Ives spoke in support of DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick who stands opposed to the implementation of the state’s recent gun ban. . .Ives, the CEO of Breakthrough Ideas, stands against the move by DuPage County Board Chair Deb Conroy and a delegation of like-minded fellow party members to criticize Mendrick and seek his removal. Ives, a former state representative and former gubernatorial and congressional candidate, was one of hundreds, many holding signs reading “We support Sheriff Mendrick” who packed into the DuPage County Board chambers in a January 24 meeting. “I stand in support of Sheriff Mendrick. He has done an outstanding job keeping our communities safe. He has also worked very hard in turning around the lives of those incarcerated in his jail,” Ives said. “When Sheriff Mendrick started heroin and criminality recidivism rates were 90% and 75% respectively and came down to 18 and 15% respectively. The chairwoman herself, just acknowledged that DuPage is one of the safest states in the country.” “It is remarkable, and hypocritical, of the chairman, and her Democrat state legislative colleagues and the Democrat Congressional delegation to politically assault Sheriff Mendrick for his thoughtful and reasonable position that HB5471 is unconstitutional. After Fridays decision by an IL judge to issue a TRO on the law, it is likely that the law IS unconstitutional.” “The DuPage chairman has herself passed numerous laws, that she probably thought were constitutional, but they aren’t.” “In 2013, she voted for pension reform, that in 2015 was judged unconstitutional.” “In 2017, she voted for SB31, a law requiring Illinois officials to not enforce federal immigration laws.” “For a decade, she voted for unbalanced budgets that are unconstitutional.” “And the chairman, along with her fellow legislators have passed numerous laws without the constitutionally required single subject for a bill or the requirement to read a bill on three separate days before passage.” “Those last two provisions were two of the reasons the judge issued a TRO on the law.” “The Chairman commented that ‘You do not get to choose which laws you comply with in the state of Illinois.’” “Five million illegal immigrants have crossed our border in the last two years and none of these people who insist that our laws be followed have said anything about that.” “If you think this is about keeping people safe, then you should know the chairwoman sponsored and voted for HB3447 which decriminalizes possession of enough fentanyl to kill 1500 people. She does not care about public safety.” “Everyone wants the violence to stop. But taking away the rights of legal gun owners while Cook County refuses to prosecute criminals with illegal guns is irrational.” “And it is telling that the law allows gun manufacturers in Illinois to continue to make and sell these now ‘banned’ guns for people in other states. SO, I guess it isn’t about the guns.” U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) took to extreme language in his characterization of the decision by Mendrick and nearly 90% of the state’s sheriffs to not enforce the law saying the sheriff’s “actions are going to make future mass shootings more likely.” Mendrick answered Casten’s accusations in a statement. “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” Mendrick said. “In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes, but it does not appear that they want to have that conversation.” Casten was one of five other Democrats in Illinois’ congressional delegation who penned a letter against Mendrick.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Former NRA President David Keene (and chairman of the American Conservative Union 1984 to 2011) Says We Are Fortunate That Men Like DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick Still “Revere the Constitution”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/exclusive-former-nra-president-says-we-are-fortunate-that-men-like-dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-still-revere-the-constitution.html
— ISRA Thursday Bulletin – January 26, 2023
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/isra-thursday-bulletin-january-26-2023.html
(FROM THE BULLETIN: I would like to thank all of those who turned out to support Sheriff Mendrick of DuPage County. The fact that you took time out of your day on a Monday morning shows your dedication to the Second Amendment. We support all the Illinois sheriffs who rightfully oppose this latest infringement on our rights by this unconstitutional law.)
— Former Republican Nominee for Governor Darren Bailey Calls on IL GOP Chair Don Tracy to “Step Down”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-former-republican-nominee-for-governor-darren-bailey-calls-on-il-gop-chair-don-tracy-to-step-down.html
— Chicago GOP Chair Stephen Boulton Has a History of Attacking Women, Conservatives on Social Media Using Personal and Official GOP Accounts
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/chicago-gop-chair-stephen-boulton-has-a-history-of-attacking-women-conservatives-on-social-media-using-personal-and-official-gop-accounts.html

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— More sheriffs speak out against Illinois’ gun ban – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/more-sheriffs-speak-out-against-illinois-gun-ban/article_f63b4ad8-9daf-11ed-93b5-d7b624bff236.html
— Illinois State Police look to consolidate federal gun ban challenges – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/breaking-illinois-state-police-look-to-consolidate-federal-gun-ban-challenges/article_902b0968-9daa-11ed-8adf-577e5b513413.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— McHenry Co. State’s Attorney sues state over gun ban, says would force unconstitutional prosecutions – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/639082550-mchenry-co-state-s-attorney-sues-state-over-gun-ban-says-would-force-unconstitutional-prosecutions

LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit against Illinois ‘assault weapon,’ high-capacity magazine ban – Sam Borcia
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2023/01/26/mchenry-county-states-attorney-files-lawsuit-against-illinois-assault-weapon-high-capacity-magazine-ban/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Rifle Association Gun Control Suit Lists McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally and Sheriff Robb Tadelman as Defendants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/26/state-rifle-association-gun-control-suit-lists-states-attorney-patrick-kenneally-and-sheriff-robb-tadelman-as-defendants/
— Pulling Over for Emergency Vehicles
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/25/pulling-over-for-emergency-vehicles/
— Will Soaring Egg Prices Lessen Municipal Resistance to Backyard Chickens?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/25/will-soaring-egg-prices-lessen-municipal-resistance-to-backyard-chickens/
— Obama Judge Gives Democratic Party Crook Three Month Sentence for Accepting Bribes to Lower Real Estate Assessments
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/25/obama-judge-gives-democratic-crook-three-month-sentence-for-accepting-bribes-to-lower-real-estate-assessments/
— State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Enters Gun Control Law Fray
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/26/states-attorney-patrick-kenneally-enters-gun-control-law-fray/
— State Rifle Association Gun Control Suit Lists McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally and Sheriff Robb Tadelman as Defendants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/26/state-rifle-association-gun-control-suit-lists-states-attorney-patrick-kenneally-and-sheriff-robb-tadelman-as-defendants/
— Obama Judge Gives Democratic Party Crook Three Month Sentence for Accepting Bribes to Lower Real Estate Assessments
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/25/obama-judge-gives-democratic-crook-three-month-sentence-for-accepting-bribes-to-lower-real-estate-assessments/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois’ Gun Ban Would Permit This Alleged Cocaine/Meth Trafficking Police Chief Legal Possession Of “Assault” Weapons – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/illinois-gun-ban-would-permit-this-alleged-cocaine-meth-trafficking-police-chief-legal-possession-of-assault-weapons/

FOX32
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg said the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is an attack on Second Amendment rights and an attempt to avoid the larger issue: lack of mental health support in Illinois. (COMMENT: Democrats have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans are mentally ill.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-says-banning-assault-weapons-masks-larger-issue-mental-health
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A downstate Republican is joining area sheriffs in pushing back against Illinois’ new assault weapons ban. Sheriffs in Crawford, Jasper and Lawrence counties are among many law enforcement agencies that have refused to enforce the new law, claiming it is unconstitutional. . .”You’re talking about gun violence, and the solution is we are going to strip these folks in this room of their Second Amendment rights. We have some of the most stringent gun control laws in the nation but still, crime is out of control in the city of Chicago as I alluded to earlier, so if the Democrats want to come to me and talk about mental health, completely open to that,” said Niemerg. The Protect Illinois Communities Act is being challenged by several state and federal lawsuits, including at least one backed by the NRA.)

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit claiming new Illinois gun ban violates 2nd Amendment. Lawsuit defends use of weapons banned in law, argues law contradicts U.S. history of firearm regulation. – James T. Norman
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/2023/01/26/mchenry-county-states-attorney-files-lawsuit-claiming-new-illinois-gun-ban-violates-2nd-amendment/
— Marengo Guns, Illinois State Rifle Association request injunction to stop enforcement of new gun ban. The business joins other gun stores, as well as organizations in lawsuit. – James T. Norman
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/2023/01/26/marengo-guns-illinois-state-rifle-association-request-injunction-to-stop-enforcement-of-new-gun-ban/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— More sheriffs speak out against Illinois’ gun ban – Andrew Hensel
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/more-sheriffs-speak-out-against-illinois-gun-ban/article_1ffb6a60-9dc9-11ed-a898-0341ee6d168a.html

WIBQ AM
— Local Sheriffs voice opposition to IL assault rifle ban – Terry Craig
https://wibqam.com/2023/01/26/local-sheriffs-voice-opposition-to-il-assault-rifle-ban/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Lawsuit Aims To Prevent Naperville Cops Enforcing Assault Weapon Ban. The National Association for Gun Rights amended its lawsuit to seek a temporary restraining order against the statewide assault weapon ban. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/lawsuit-aims-prevent-naperville-cops-enforcing-assault-weapon-ban

WIREPOINTS
— What’s wrong with Illinois mandating paid leave for any reason? Plenty. – Mark Glennon (COMMENT: Ever since I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blasted me for my benefitting from the federal government’s leave policies.)
https://wirepoints.org/whats-wrong-with-illinois-mandating-paid-leave-for-any-reason-plenty-wirepoints/
— Five reasons why the latest spin on Chicago’s murder problem is dead wrong – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/five-reasons-why-the-latest-spin-on-chicagos-murder-problem-is-dead-wrong-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION SPENDS $17M ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS – Mailee Smith and Jon Josko
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-spends-17m-on-illinois-political-campaigns/

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gov. JB Pritzker: Don’t change AP course to appease DeSantis, ‘Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’ DeSantis 2024? Florida governor widely considered GOP presidential hopeful.”
https://abc7chicago.com/jb-pritzker-governor-ron-desantis-african-studies/12737688/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawsuit From Naperville Gun Shop Owner Aims to Prevent Enforcement of Assault Weapons Ban.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lawsuit-from-naperville-gun-shop-owner-aims-to-prevent-enforcement-of-assault-weapons-ban/3056298/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker tells College Board not to change African American Studies course to appease DeSantis.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-desantis-college-board-african-american-studies/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “University of Illinois board increases in-state tuition for incoming freshmen.” Back when college expenses were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I took classes at UIC and NIU and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-illinois-tuition-increase/

WTTW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois AG Says Arguments Against Cash Bail Elimination Flawed For Multiple Reasons.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/26/illinois-ag-says-arguments-against-cash-bail-elimination-flawed-multiple-reasons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois attorney general makes argument in appeal of ruling that halted move to cashless bail.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-illinois-bail-law-appeal-20230126-q6bexfzkszaxnpjy6q2zchamcm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Legal assaults on Illinois’ sensible new gun law are a travesty.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/26/23571628/lawsuit-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-national-rifle-association-mass-shootings-editorial
— Lying to parents about trans kids hurts kids. Schools are not telling parents that their children are transitioning to the other sex during the school day and that teachers and others are referring to the student by a different name and permitting him/her to use the bathroom and locker room of the opposite sex. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/26/23573484/parenting-transgender-students-transition-schools-mona-charen-column
— COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have used my being Protestant and 100% German American against me the most. In my defense, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/27/23569817/holocaust-education-mandated-school-jewish-anti-semitism-luke-berryman-op-ed

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO OF KENNEALLY: COMMENT: Democrats say “McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit claiming new Illinois gun ban violates 2nd Amendment.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230126/mchenry-county-states-attorney-files-lawsuit-claiming-new-illinois-gun-ban-violates-2nd-amendment
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Case against father of Highland Park mass shooting suspect could take months before trial.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230126/case-against-father-of-highland-park-mass-shooting-suspect-could-take-months-before-trial
— COMMENT: Democrats say “‘Historic night for Naperville’: City council poised to pass Affordable Housing Incentive Plan.” For what I see as a DuPage County resident since 1978, ever-increasingly, as Democrats invade the county, the average income of DuPage County residents decreases in relative terms is not absolute terms.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20230127/historic-night-for-naperville-city-council-poised-to-pass-affordable-housing-incentive-plan
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Be skeptical, and look for the 7 tenets of good journalism.” Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media functions as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and to defeat Republican candidates. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can a) to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can a) to glorify and praise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230127/daily-herald-opinion-be-skeptical-and-look-for-the-7-tenets-of-good-journalism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These are the things that are drilled into us in journalism school: the use of multiple credible sources; avoidance of bias; the use of supporting documentation; fairness; verification; balance and context.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker-DeSantis is shaping up as the next big political battle.”
https://link.chicagobusiness.com/view/5f4c31d7c90d524d84713f01i2za4.ekw/38e7210e

STATELINE
— COMMENT: Democrat pot pushers say “Legal cannabis not a ‘gateway drug.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/legal-cannabis-not-a-gateway-drug-research-finds/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “University of Illinois Board of Trustees has approved tuition increases at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses starting this fall.” Back when college expenses were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I took classes at UIC and NIU and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-01-26/university-of-illinois-trustees-raise-tuition-except-at-uis

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Get to know candidates now…Be educated voter by April 4, 2023.” What information have DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeeman received from the leaders of their Republican township party organizations on candidates on April 4 ballots in their precincts?
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2023/01/26/get-to-know-candidates-now-to-be-educated-voter-on-april-4-2023/133292

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC vote today: Illinois members of the Republican National Committee — Don Tracy, Richard Porter and Demetra DeMonte are expected to endorse incumbent Ronna McDaniel as the group’s next chair. Also in the running is Harmeet Dhillon. If you haven’t been following, here’s some background about the behind-the-scenes drama to elect a new leader. It’s become a battle of wills between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as to who wins.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/01/27/politics-with-a-side-of-corned-beef-00079855

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-7/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/26/afternoon-roundup-21/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “AG Raoul files SAFE-T Act appeal with Illinois Supreme Court.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/26/ag-raoul-files-safe-t-act-appeal-with-illinois-supreme-court/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-roundup/


WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reparations redux – Wayne Laugesen (COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/reparations-redux
— Inside Ron DeSantis’s war with the College Board over AP African American studies – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/inside-ron-desantis-war-with-the-college-board-over-ap-african-american-studies

BREITBART
— Democrat-run Chicago Year-to-Date Crime Rate Up 97% Compared to 2021 – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/26/nolte-democrat-run-chicago-year-to-date-crime-rate-up-97-compared-to-2021/
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Calls for AP Courses that Teach ‘Black Queer American’ History – PAUL BOIS (COMMENT: Expect that under Illinois Democrats, ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs will get rid of Illinois Republicans starting with Illinois Republicans like me who are heterosexual, conservative White. male, older, gun-owners, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/27/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-calls-for-ap-courses-that-teach-black-queer-american-history/
— legal Aliens Assaulting Agents, Trying to Escape from Custody – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/26/internal-dhs-emails-sound-alarm-illegal-aliens-assaulting-agents-trying-to-escape-from-custody/
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn: ATF Bureaucrats ‘Destroying Our Second Amendment’ – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have made it the most clear that they reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican major donors, c) Republican political consultants, d) Republican fundraisers, e) Republican pollsters, f) Republican conservative leaders, and g) Republican activists. The aforesaid should immediately withdraw from Republican politics. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Second Amendment plank is one of the most important planks if not the most important plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/26/sen-marsha-blackburn-atf-bureaucrats-destroying-our-second-amendment/
— Twitter Restores Renaud Camus, French Novelist Who Coined ‘Great Replacement’ Term – CHRIS TOMLINSON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write a book about the success that Democrats have had in doing the aforesaid in a) DuPage County, b) DuPage County’s 4th District, c) Milton Township, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton’s West District, and f) my precinct.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/01/27/twitter-restores-renaud-camus-french-novelist-who-coined-great-replacement-term/
— Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Proposes Same Gun Controls Now Failing in California – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, to vote for Democrats or RINOs is to abolish the Second Amendment so that Democrats and RINOs can get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/26/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-proposes-same-gun-controls-now-failing-in-california/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden’s unserious border ‘solution’ — mass amnesty for all illegal immigrants – Mark Krikorian
https://cis.org/Oped/Bidens-unserious-border-solution-mass-amnesty-all-illegal-immigrants

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We Need New Blood’: DeSantis Rebukes Ronna McDaniel’s RNC Leadership – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: In 2005, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers and directors recruited me to serve as the organization’s chairman because no one wanted the job. Because no one wanted the job, I continued to serve as the organization’s chairman until the TAPROOT officers and directors rudely dumped me in 2012. I should write a book about that.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/26/desantis-rnc-dhillon-mcdaniel/

EPOCH TIMES
— DeSantis Weighs in on RNC Chair Race: ‘I Think We Need a Change’ – Samantha Flom (COMMENT: In 2005, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers and directors recruited me to serve as the organization’s chairman because no one wanted the job. Because no one wanted the job, I continued to serve as the organization’s chairman until the TAPROOT officers and directors rudely dumped me ion 2012. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/desantis-weighs-in-on-rnc-chair-race-i-think-we-need-a-change_5013620.html
— Biden’s Open Border Policies Are ‘Facilitating’ ‘Evil’ Drug Cartel Business Model – Sen. Ron Johnson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bidens-open-border-policies-are-facilitating-evil-drug-cartel-business-model-sen-ron-johnson_5012106.html

FEDERALIST
— Get Ready For Another Cynical, Useless, Gun-Control Push By Democrats – DAVID HARSANYI
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/26/get-ready-for-another-cynical-useless-gun-control-push-by-democrats/

FOX NEWS
— Reporter who’s suing Lori Lightfoot vows to get answers on Chicago ‘destruction’: I will ask her ‘under oath.’ William J. Kelly filmed shocking video of barren, ‘dystopian’ Chicago storefronts. – Bailee Hill (COMMENT: William J, Kelly is one of the few people who have come to my defense.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporter-suing-lori-lightfoot-vows-get-answers-chicago-destruction-ask-oath
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker hits DeSantis, warns of Florida’s ‘racist and homophobic laws’ amid AP controversy. Pritzker said that the rejection of the course from the DeSantis’ administration was done ‘in order to fit Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-gov-pritzker-desantis-warns-floridas-racist-homophobic-laws-amid-ap-controversy
— California lawmaker wants reparations proposal to be a nationwide ‘blueprint,’ beyond ‘financial compensation’ Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer said the California reparations proposal should be taken up by cities and states around the country. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-lawmaker-reparations-proposal-nationwide-blueprint-beyond-financial-compensation
— Rep. Nehls introduces China Lied, People Died Act to make CCP repay US $4.6 trillion in federal COVID relief. The bill would also prohibit federal funds from going to China until after the communist nation pays America back. – Houston Keene
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nehls-introduces-china-lied-people-died-act-make-ccp-repay-us-4-6-trillion-federal-covid-relief

GOPUSA
— Sanctuary City Mayor Claims Right-To-Shelter Law Does Not Apply To Asylum Seekers
https://www.gopusa.com/sanctuary-city-mayor-claims-right-to-shelter-law-does-not-apply-to-asylum-seekers/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DeSantis Deals Blow to Woke Takeover of Education – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/desantis-deals-blow-woke-takeover-education

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When Should Cops Be Allowed to Stop Gun-Carriers? – ROBERT VERBRUGGEN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/when-should-cops-be-allowed-to-stop-gun-carriers/

NEWS BUSTERS
— In response to a teacher getting shot by a 6-year-old in a Virginia school, where officials blatantly ignored multiple warnings that the kid had a gun that day, ABC co-host Joy Behar lashed out at law-abiding gun owners and other gun rights activists via The View on Thursday. She accused those millions of Americans of having a “mental illness” and demanded they “be stopped immediately.” – Nicholas Fondacaro (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have made it the most clear that they reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican major donors, c) Republican political consultants, d) Republican fundraisers, e) Republican pollsters, f) Republican conservative leaders, and g) Republican activists. The aforesaid should immediately withdraw from Republican politics. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Second Amendment plank is one of the most important planks if not the most important plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/01/26/behar-gun-owners-have-mental-illness-must-be-stopped

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most GOP Voters Want New RNC Chair
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/most_gop_voters_want_new_rnc_chair

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Democrat Governor to Bus Illegal Immigrants Out of State – Calls It ‘Humane’ – Isa Cox
https://www.westernjournal.com/democrat-governor-bus-illegal-immigrants-state-calls-humane/

ROLL CALL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “In most diverse Congress in history, staff representation lags.” GAO works for Congress. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, their top priority was getting rid of GAO’s who were Republican, and especially those like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://rollcall.com/2023/01/26/in-most-diverse-congress-in-history-staff-representation-lags/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC Chair McDaniel fights for reelection in leadership feud. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is fighting for reelection in a bitter leadership feud that’s testing former President Donald Trump’s grip on his own “Make American Great Again” movement.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/rnc-chair-mcdaniel-fights-for-reelection-in-leadership-feud/article_d61c5545-c49e-583f-bca8-f875c4311a1a.html

NBC NEWS & AOL & ABC NEWS
— COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/-1619-project-series-makes-case-reparations-rcna67495
https://www.aol.com/news/nikole-hannah-jones-makes-case-212555249.html
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124115
(FROM THE ABC NEWS ARTICLE: But since there are no slaves living today, and since most white Americans descend from immigrants who arrived long after abolition, there are many questions about who should pay reparations and who should receive them.)
— COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were the most successful in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take adverse actions against me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/illinois-holocaust-museum-preserves-survivors-stories-through-virtual-reality-161898565857

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from hate-filled White-hating White-haters, Democrats get hate-filled White-hating White-haters to promote more and more and more hatred against Whites. Of course, that forces Whites to buy more and more and more firearms for their self-defense.
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-introduces-230528993.html

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Donald Trump Proved He Is a Racist.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-proved-he-is-a-racist/ar-AA16LphO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Minority ethnic groups still dealt with more harshly at courts.” I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed and how the following have treated me since the 1980s: a) judges and justices, b) defendants, c) defendants’ lawyers, and d) my lawyers. I would focus on the most/biggest adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/minority-ethnic-groups-still-dealt-with-more-harshly-at-courts-new-research-finds/ar-AA16zbmV

MSNBC
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Florida students to do their bidding.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/florida-students-lawsuit-desantis-ap-african-american-studies-rcna67525

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/26/san-francisco-slavery-reparations-report/

DESERET NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats blame Republicans for Kari Lake’s loss. I should write a book about the following who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses suffered by Jim Ryan, Bill Brady, Judy Barr Topinka, and Peter Roskam. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/26/23569401/why-di-kari-lake-lose-arizona-election-republicans-held-the-key

DAILY CAMPUS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use 1619 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://dailycampus.com/2023/01/27/the-1619-project-highlights-racial-inequalities-and-debunks-historical-myths/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The American worker is going AWOL—often because they’ve aged out of the workforce, or never entered it. Their absence could impede the economy’s ability to grow, and make for a less prosperous future. – Justin Lahart (COMMENT: Have you been aged out? I have been aged out since 1973 when I was a 25 year old conservative White male non-veteran Protestant 100% German American Republican IRS employee who had ancestors who have been in America since 1844 and who had not made GS-13, currently $109,732/year. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year, until 1974, and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and a GAO Analyst. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and GOP-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-participation-factors-economy-11674780877
— Facebook’s Trump Gift to Democrats. Biden couldn’t be happier as the social-media platform lifts its ban on the former President. – Editorial (COMMENT: Trump give ammunition to his critics/opponents/enemies, ammunition that Trump believes will blow up in their face when they try to use it against him. But Trump’s critics/opponents/enemies use that ammunition against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-facebook-meta-nick-clegg-democrats-joe-biden-twitter-social-media-11674769727
— Vietnam War Veterans Deserve an Apology. Many didn’t receive a hero’s welcome when they came home. – Jerry C. Davis (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my avoiding the Vietnam draft.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vietnam-veterans-deserve-an-apology-paris-peace-american-heritage-patriotism-anniversary-pride-11674767541

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/01/27/the-court-is-coming-for-affirmative-action-that-would-be-a-terrible-mistake/
— A Looming Recession And How It May Affect Tax Collections – Scott Curley (COMMENT: I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to use that against me the most.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/01/09/a-looming-recession-and-how-it-may-affect-tax-collections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The only time a tax collection issue becomes subjective is when it’s assigned to a revenue officer. This does not happen often. The IRS likes most tax collection issues handled quickly, which is why they prefer the ACS handling it. When a tax collection matter is pulled out of the ACS and assigned to a revenue officer, it becomes a person-to-person issue. When a taxpayer calls the ACS, the agent you speak to is the first available. When dealing with a revenue officer, you are dealing with a person assigned to the particulars of your case.)

BLOOMBERG
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs a) want Republican candidates to lose and b) want the Republican Party to dump its leaders who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://about.bgov.com/news/what-to-know-in-washington-diversity-lacking-in-gop-leadership/

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As Santos digs in, both parties ramp up campaign plans for his demise. The freshman fabricator is showing no signs of a departure that would trigger a special election. But his GOP and Democrats are preparing anyway.” Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will paint Santos as being a typical conservative.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/will-santos-flee-new-york-three-00079760

STUDY
— COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/reparations-definition-overview.html

FREE DICTIONARY
— Steer away from (COMMENT: What do you say to my direct competitors who paint themselves as being conservative and/or Republican, but who steer everyone away from articles that promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)? I should write a book about my aforesaid direct competitors.)
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/steer+away+from+(someone+or+something)

January 26, 2023

WHEATON PATCH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Conroy Seeks Censure, Residents Split On Sheriff’s Weapons Ban Stance. DuPage County Board Chair Deb Conroy said Tuesday she plans to seek censure of Sheriff Mendrick for his stance on the statewide ban. Conroy said she will introduce a resolution in February to censure Mendrick.” DuPage County has more residents than five states (Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota) and the District of Columbia. DuPage County Republicans vehemently oppose any such censure. I should write a book about my “Republican” critics/opponents a) who fail/refuse to support Mendrick and b) who tried but failed with a surprise effort to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at the start of its annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady’s defeat in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/conroy-seeks-censure-residents-split-sheriffs-weapons-ban-stance

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How will Conroy proceed with her censure of Mendrick? What about due process? What rights will she accord Mendrick? When and how will Conroy put her charges against Mendrick in writing and publish those charges? Will she give Mendrick an opportunity to respond to those charges in writing and publish his response? Will she allow conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, that is, Republicans like me to file amicus curiae (friend of the court) type documents with the DuPage County Board in support of Mendrick? Will she allow Mendrick to speak in his defense at her February 14 DuPage County Board meeting? Will she allow Mendrick’s supporters like me to speak in defense of Mendrick at her February 14 DuPage County Board meeting? In 2006, the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) did not accord me such rights when my critic/opponents tried but failed with a surprise effort to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at the start of its annual convention in Wheaton in June of 2006. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM THE MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION BY-LAWS: “Misbehavior and Censure. Upon written petition signed by five (5) voting members, the Chairperson shall notify the named Committeeperson of the petition and shall direct a special committee composed of the full Executive Committee to meet and consider allegations of misbehavior of their office or as a member of the MTRO. If this special committee finds the alleged misbehavior has been prejudicial to the best interest of the MTRO, the Chairperson shall notify the concerned Committeeperson and the voting members of the special committee’s recommendation to censure. No member shall be censured without concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership present at any regular or special meeting preceded by seven (7) days written notice to all members of the action contemplated. If there is concurrence of 2/3 of the membership for censure, a Letter of Censure shall be issued by the Chair and mailed via 1st Class US Mail or electronic mail to the censured Committeeperson. Any member to whom a Letter of Censure is issued shall be ineligible to participate as a voting member of any meeting, shall not be able to attend any MTRO meetings or other take part in any other MTRO activities authorized by these By-Laws for a period of one (1) year. A censured member can be restored to good standing by recommendation of the special committee which recommended the censure, followed by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership present at any meeting. . .Prohibited Endorsements. Any Elected Committeeperson who endorses a non-Republican for any partisan office shall be subject to censure as set forth in Article III.” SEE: https://miltongop.org/about/by-laws )

WIKIPEDIA
— Legal Defense Fund (COMMENT: Should Mendrick’s supporters form a legal defense fund for him? Will lawyers donate their time to help defend Mendrick?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_defense_fund

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawyers who helped win US Supreme Court case train sights on Illinois assault weapon ban. Despite several lawsuits challenging new law, Gov. JB Pritzker confident it will remain in effect.”
https://abc7chicago.com/assault-weapons-ban-illinois-weapon-rifle/12734366/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago man possessed stolen car, had gun on him after foot chase in Naperville.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-possessed-stolen-car-had-gun-on-him-after-foot-chase-in-naperville-officials
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The crimes alleged in this case will not be tolerated in DuPage County and anyone suspected of such behavior will be quickly apprehended and find themselves facing serious charges which will be aggressively prosecuted,” said DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin.)
— Chicago voters ready to leave city over crime
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1171416
— COMMENT: Democrats say Pritzker says “Don’t change high school AP course to appease DeSantis and Florida’s racist and homophobic law.”‘ How soon will Democrat Pritzker officially get rid of all those in Illinois who not promote hatred against Republicans starting with Republicans who are White and/or heterosexual?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-dont-change-high-school-ap-course-to-appease-desantis-and-floridas-racist-and-homophobic-laws

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gun rights advocates are suing over Illinois’ weapons ban. Here’s what to know. The challenges keep coming in reaction to a new state law that gun owners say violates their Second Amendment rights.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-sparks-more-lawsuits/2a149e1b-1ae4-4e84-aaf3-98c77956943d

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker warns College Board against any AP course changes to appease DeSantis and ‘Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’ In a letter, Pritzker told the nonprofit College Board that Illinois will reject a revised African American Studies course if it doesn’t include “a factual accounting of history, including the role played by black queer Americans.” How soon will Democrat Pritzker officially get rid of all those in Illinois who not promote hatred against Republicans starting with Republicans who are White and/or heterosexual?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/1/25/23571766/pritzker-college-board-desantis-advanced-placement-class-florida-lgbtq-black-racist-homophobic
— COMMENT: The more hatred that you promote against Republicans, the more that Democrats promote you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/25/23571203/republican-party-lying-george-santos-donald-trump-se-cupp-column
— COMMENT: Democrats say “IRS harshly punishes taxpayers who accidentally break the rules.” My Democrat IRS superiors harshly punished me for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They got rid of their Republican employees who White, male, and/non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13, currently $109,732/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that promotion deadline. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year until I was 25 in 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) never promoted me to GS-13, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I should write a book about all that. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees. All my IRS coworkers who my Democrat IRS superiors promoted over me were minority, female, veteran, had less job-related work experience than I had, and/or had less job-related education than I had.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/25/23571245/irs-policy-penalties-senior-citizen-monica-toth-supreme-court-jacob-sullum-column
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Heightened security planned for Lunar New Year celebrations.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2023/1/25/23571360/chicago-news-roundup
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters a) promote more crime in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality, b) use shootings to promote more hatred against Republicans, and say c) “Legal assaults on Illinois’ sensible new gun law are a travesty. No one can go to school, to church, to a concert, to a celebration, to a park or to a movie without fearing they suddenly will be targeted by a slaughterer wielding deadly weapons.” Criminals will always have semiautomatic weapons. As crime increases under the Democrats, the need for semiautomatic weapons for self-defense increases. Under the Democrats, expect that as crime increases, a) 911 response times will increase and b) law enforcement will be overwhelmed by criminals using semiautomatic weapons.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/26/23571628/lawsuit-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-national-rifle-association-mass-shootings-editorial
— COMMENT: Democrats say “CPS to consider science, social studies marks instead of standardized tests for advancing to the next grade. The district is placing more focus on core subjects and helping students who are falling behind so they aren’t held back.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/1/25/23571935/cps-consider-science-social-studies-marks-instead-of-standardized-tests-advancing-next-grade

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The lesson from George Santos? Don’t elect such candidates in the first place.’ I should write a book about the following who knew that candidates on Republican primary ballots in my precinct since 2000 had very big skeletons in their closets, but promoted those candidates big time anyway: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) major donors, c) political consultants, d) fundraisers, e) pollsters, and f) activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-george-santos-election-media-20230125-cofdch53cvhftlrxjws6zkqsq4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: COMMENT: Democrats say “Republican Party of McHenry County wants board to make county a gun sanctuary.” How successful have Democrats and RINOs been in getting voters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county to get Democrats and RINOs to do more to abolish the Second Amendment?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230125/republican-party-of-mchenry-county-wants-board-to-make-county-a-gun-sanctuary
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: COMMENT: Democrats say “Naperville police chief added to lawsuit to prevent enforcement of city, state gun sale bans.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230125/naperville-police-chief-added-to-lawsuit-to-prevent-enforcement-of-city-state-gun-sale-bans
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County turns down Kerry Farms’ zoning request for cannabis dispensary.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230125/dupage-county-turns-down-kerry-farms-zoning-request-for-cannabis-dispensary

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “NRA, former Kirkland & Ellis attorneys seek to overturn Illinois’ assault weapons ban.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/nra-fights-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-ex-kirkland-ellis-attorneys

HERALD & REVIEW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Central Illinois gun owners, Caulkins to file suit against state’s semiautomatic weapon ban.”
https://herald-review.com/central-illinois-gun-owners-caulkins-to-file-suit-against-states-semiautomatic-weapon-ban/article_411499c4-9c34-11ed-9904-1304acd40d26.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McLean County judge dismisses lawsuit against Normal, town clerk.” (COMMENT: What offices are appointed in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?)
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mclean-county-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-normal-town-clerk/article_1f83ccba-9ce0-11ed-808a-9b9cce0f2983.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A McLean County judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by three prospective candidates for Normal municipal positions that are not set to appear on the spring ballot. Eleventh Circuit Judge Mark Fellheimer determined that the claims filed on the candidates’ behalf by former Republican attorney general candidate Tom DeVore against Normal’s town government and Clerk Angie Huonker were not aligned with state and local law. At issue was whether the clerk was required to certify the candidates’ petitions for the offices of town collector and town supervisor, two offices that are not part of Normal’s government body, and town clerk, a position that is currently appointed.)

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “How does Protect Illinois Communities Act play in Livingston County?” In your municipality, in your township, and in your county, what have the following said and/or done in defense of Second Amendment rights: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, d) your Republican state senator and representative, e) Republican leaders of your county, township, and municipality, f) conservative leaders, g) etc.?
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/news/2023/01/25/how-does-protect-illinois-communities-act-play-in-livingston-county/69833996007/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Tom Bennett succeeds Jason Barickman in senate; search on for new 53rd rep.”
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/news/2023/01/26/tom-bennett-succeeds-jason-barickman-in-senate-search-on-for-new-rep/69837769007/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/25/lateststories/a-painful-and-infuriating-nodal-point-protestors-advocate-for-abortion-rights-on-would-be-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— COMMENT: Democrats draw all the attention that they can to those who break the law to discourage abortion.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/25/fbi-man-awaits-charges-for-arson-at-planned-parenthood-in-peoria/69840048007/

STATELINE
— TRAGIC: Illinois students trade alcohol, vaping for marijuana use – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/report-illinois-students-trade-alcohol-vaping-for-marijuana-use/
(FROM THE ARTICLE’: According to a recent survey, alcohol and vaping use amongst 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students has declined, but marijuana use has increased. The Illinois Youth Survey is undertaken every two years by participating school districts across the state. FHN provided the survey results for Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, which showed that past-year alcohol use is between 24 – 31% in the 10th grade, increasing to 44 – 52% in the 12th grade, with more than 50% of the students who drank reporting that they received the alcohol from their parents. Winnebago County showed 32% alcohol use in 10th grade, increasing to 42% in 12th grade. Boone County showed 27% in 10th grade and 34% in 12th grade. Ogle County showed 31% alcohol use in 10th grade, increasing to 51% in 12th grade. The survey showed the percentage of alcohol use has been declining over the past four years, but the past-year use of marijuana is now between 23 – 25% of 12th-grade students in Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, 22% in Boone County, 32% Winnebago County, and 31% in Ogle County. According to the Illinois Department of Human Services Substance Use Prevention Services, research over the years has identified the following risk factors for underage alcohol and other substance misuses: Antisocial behaviors, perceptions of peer substance use, low perceived risk of harm, poor family-youth relationships, and parental acceptance of substance use, school absenteeism, and availability and marketing of substances to youth.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Democrats call for federal gun laws after California mass shootings.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/democrats-call-for-federal-gun-laws-after-california-mass-shootings/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump’s expected GOP presidential challengers have yet to announce their bids.” Who do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want to run against Trump and why?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-26/trumps-expected-gop-presidential-challengers-have-yet-to-announce-their-bids
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Social media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids.” How successful have Democrat drug pushers been in getting the students in your school district to ne stoners? To vote for Democrats is to push pot.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-26/social-media-platforms-face-pressure-to-stop-online-drug-dealers-who-target-kids

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs crow about their success in destroying Illinois conservatives.
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/does-gov-j-b-pritzker-suck/

CITIES 92.9
— GOP senators oppose prospect of another progressive income tax proposal in Illinois – Andrew Hense
https://www.cities929.com/2023/01/25/gop-senators-oppose-prospect-of-another-progressive-income-tax-proposal-in-illinois/

WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— GOP Insiders To Pick Durkin Replacement. The Republican Party says it will publicly interview “select” candidates. – David Giuliani (COMMEMT: Of course, conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, that is, Republicans like me fear that another anti-conservative, that is, another platform Republican, that is, another anti-Republican will be selected.)
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/gop-insiders-pick-durkin-replacement
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One prominent area Republican is Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, who has unsuccessfully run for Congress and attorney general in the last few years. Grasso, who recently denounced the “far right,” has not returned two messages for comment. Last Friday, Republicans issued a news release giving interested candidates a week to apply. Members of the selection committee are Jim Zay of DuPage County, Tim Ozinga of Will County, Michael Shackel of Lemont Township, Terrance Carr of Lyons Township, Cindy Nelson Katsenes of Orland Township and Sean Morrison of Palos Township. They plan to hold a public meeting involving interviews of “select” candidates, according to the news release. The meeting is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 4 at the House Republican Organization office at 16W281 83rd St., Suite D, in Burr Ridge. Interested Republicans must have lived in the district for the last two years.)

WIRE POINTS
— Chicago Sold ‘Social Bonds’ But Accomplished Nothing — Savings Are Peanuts — Yet Celebrated As Huge Success – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-sold-social-bonds-but-accomplished-nothing-savings-are-peanuts-yet-celebrated-as-huge-success-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Separate challenges against Illinois’ gun ban progressing – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/separate-challenges-against-illinois-gun-ban-progressing/article_f7055ad6-9cfa-11ed-8980-2fd3314dbd6a.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Newsome: Investigation into ‘weaponization’ of FBI over targeting of parents may be under way – LGIS
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639056424-newsome-investigation-into-weaponization-of-fbi-over-targeting-of-parents-may-be-under-way

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Windhorst ‘To force law-abiding citizens to register their weapons with the government in order to exercise their rights is unconstitutional’
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/639014548-windhorst-to-force-law-abiding-citizens-to-register-their-weapons-with-the-government-in-order-to-exercise-their-rights-is-unconstitutional
— Severin: Judge made ‘the right call’ in granting restraining order against gun ban legislation – Sam Jackson
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/638913263-severin-judge-made-the-right-call-in-granting-restraining-order-against-gun-ban-legislation

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Severin: ‘I have said for weeks that this law is unconstitutional, and now a judge has agreed’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/638913464-severin-i-have-said-for-weeks-that-this-law-is-unconstitutional-and-now-a-judge-has-agreed

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— During its Jan. 17 meeting, the Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board reflected on the district’s Martin Luther King Day celebrations. (COMMENT: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. Since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used against me the fact that none of my classmates were Black.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/639030826-crete-monee-school-district-s-coglianese-on-mlk-youth-symposium-it-was-really-an-impactful-day

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— A Nation at War: Equity vs. Merit in Public Education – Stephanie Lundquist-Arora
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/opinion-a-nation-at-war-equity-vs-merit-in-public-education.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “More on the NRA lawsuit; Hearing on DeVore’s second suit tomorrow; Downstate state’s attorney criticizes sheriffs; Weird rumor; AG Raoul files amicus brief in NY case
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/25/more-on-the-nra-lawsuit-hearing-on-devores-second-suit-tomorrow-downstate-states-attorney-criticizes-sheriffs-weird-rumor-ag-raoul-files-amicus-brief-in-ny-case/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/25/afternoon-roundup-20/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-6/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS released 1,100 criminals from detention in December – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/25/dhs-released-1100-criminals-detention-december/
— The new Republican chairman of the panel that oversees the IRS said Wednesday that he has created a new online form for agency employees to report directly to Congress on any abuses or wrongdoing they see. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: If this had existed while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I would have reported political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat IRS superiors harshly punished me for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They got rid of their Republican employees who White, male, and/non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13, currently $109,732/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that promotion deadline. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year until I was 25 in 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) never promoted me to GS-13, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I should write a book about all that. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees. All my IRS coworkers who my Democrat IRS superiors promoted over me were minority, female, veteran, had less job-related work experience than I had, and/or had less job-related education than I had.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/25/house-gop-asks-irs-employees-snitch-agency/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DOE probing Loyola Chicago after medical school accused of racial limits on applicants – Luke Gentile (COMMENT: Loyola admitted me in 1972 when I was 23 years old. If I was 23 years old today, because of my bad demographics, I doubt that Loyola would admit me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doe-probing-loyola-chicago-after-med-school-accused-of-placing-racial-limits-on-applicants
— U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas tells Greg Abbott to bus immigrants to Democrat’s homes in sanctuary cities – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/congressman-abbott-bus-immigrants-democrats-homes

NEW YORK POST
— Migrant mess is ruining NYC’s Midtown – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/this-migrant-mess-is-ruining-nycs-midtown/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Get your kid the heck out of traditional public schools! AIM on Fox News
https://www.aim.org/aim-in-the-news/get-your-kid-the-heck-out-of-traditional-public-schools-aim-on-fox-news/

ALBUQERQUE JOURNAL
— Governments that disarm the people have troubling history – CLIFFORD C. NICHOLS
https://www.abqjournal.com/1154293/governments-that-disarm-the-people-have-troubling-history.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When considering gun controls, a nation must first acknowledge that this world is, by definition, broken. It’s a given evil will erupt from time to time, no matter what anyone does to prevent it. It’s just where and when it will happen that is most often unforeseeable. Once that is agreed upon, perhaps we can also further agree that, when evil does erupt – whether the threat is personal or national – the last thing any of us should want is for us to have allowed our government to have removed our ability to defend ourselves against it. Consider Hitler. He took away guns in Germany in the 1930s and in every country he conquered thereafter, particularly from (those) “disfavored” by his government. In the words of Heinrich Himmler, “Ordinary citizens don’t need guns, as having guns doesn’t serve the State.” Within that context, compare the evolution of today’s gun debate with the events that actually occurred in Germany not so very long ago: “In 1931, Weimar (Republic government) authorities discovered plans for a Nazi takeover… In reaction to such threats, the (Weimer) government authorized the registration of all firearms … for ‘public safety.’ The interior minister warned that the records must not fall into the hands of any extremist group. “In 1933, the ultimate extremist group, led by Adolf Hitler, seized power and used the (gun registration) records (of the former Weimer government) to identify, disarm, and attack political opponents and Jews. …” (“How the Nazis Used Gun Control,” by Stephen P. Halbrook, National Review, Dec. 2, 2013.) At minimum, the foregoing should highlight that, from the perspective of some governments’ like Hitler’s, the operative word in “gun control” is control. Such control as that which allowed the Nazis, i.e. German government, in the 1940s to deport millions of people on trains to destinations like Auschwitz from every country over which Hitler’s “government,” i.e. tyranny, took control…. These were people who knew … they were destined to die – people who should have resisted, but didn’t in part because they had been disarmed. Guns taken from good people by their government only really matters when government, for whatever reason, turns evil and decides to do evil to good people. Whether a person supported Clinton or Trump, all should be able to agree … any government anywhere is susceptible to becoming a tyranny led by men or women who are evil. If you don’t think that can happen in any nation – even America – think again. Consider the massacre at Wounded Knee in South Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890. After the United States 7th Cavalry confiscated the firearms of a group of Lakota Sioux “for their own safety and protection at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,” 297 Indians were murdered. After the majority of the Sioux had peacefully turned in their firearms, the Calvary began shooting and wiped out the camp; 200 of the dead were women and children. To empower the people of the United States with the ability to resist any tyranny that might threaten them in the future was the sole reason our founding fathers gave all Americans the right to bear arms guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. Those who disagree should ask: Why?)

AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Biden Administration, Not Congress, is Responsible for the Border Crisis
https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/20230126-the-biden-administration-not-congress-is-responsible-for-the-border-crisis

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Big-City Mayors Get Border-Wise, Policy Foolish. Elected leaders like Karen Bass and Eric Adams know that advocating sanctuary policies is a requirement to stay in good standing with their party, so they will likely never abandon them. – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/25/big-city-mayors-get-border-wise-policy-foolish/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Given That Illegal Immigration Damages America, Why Does No One Stop It? – Vince Coyner (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. Libertarians want illegals because illegals bring in lots of illegal drugs.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/given_that_illegal_immigration_damages_america_why_does_no_one_stop_it.html

AMERICA’S 1ST FREEDOM
— Biden Doesn’t Get to Tell Us We Can’t Own Semi-Automatic Firearms – FRANK MINITER
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/biden-doesn-t-get-to-tell-us-we-can-t-own-semi-automatic-firearms/

BREITBART
— ‘Mind-Blowing’ Illegal Immigration Under Biden Approaching 1% of Total U.S. Population – John Binder (COMMENT: How many of the many millions of illegals in America vote for Democrats?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/25/analysis-mind-blowing-illegal-immigration-under-biden-approaching-1-of-total-u-s-population/
— 55% of Likely Hispanic Voters Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/25/poll-55-of-likely-hispanic-voters-oppose-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/
— Illinois man charged in Planned Parenthood clinic fire – AP (COMMENT: Democrats draw all the attention that they can to those who break the law to discourage abortion.)
https://www.breitbart.com/news/illinois-man-charged-in-planned-parenthood-clinic-fire/
— Gavin Newsom Blasts ‘Weapons of War’ After Handgun Used in Mass Shooting – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/25/gavin-newsom-blasts-weapons-of-war-after-handgun-used-mass-shooting/

CNS NEWS
— Chinese New Year Mass Murder: Media Focused on Misinformation and Left Wing Talking Points, Ignored Important Angles – MARC ANG
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/marc-ang/chinese-new-year-mass-murder-media-focused-misinformation-and-left-wing-talking

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Time To Run To The Sound Of The Guns: Urge Your RNC Members To Vote For Harmeet Dhillon For Chairman – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/time-to-run-to-the-sound-of-the-guns-urge-your-rnc-members-to-vote-for-harmeet-dhillon-for-chairman

DAILY CALLER
— Pritzker Clashes With DeSantis Over AP African American Studies Course – ALEXA SCHWERHA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/26/pritzker-desantis-ap-african-american-studies-course/
— Illinois Plaintiffs Say Restrictive New Gun Law Is ‘Irreconcilable With The Traditions Of The American People’
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/25/preliminary-injunction-illinois-assault-weapon-lawsuit/

EPOCH TIMES
— NRA Criticizes Newsom for Calling Second Amendment ‘Suicide Pact’ While Surrounded by Armed Security Guards – Katabella Roberts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nra-criticizes-newsom-for-calling-second-amendment-suicide-pact-while-surrounded-by-armed-security-guards_5009023.html
— How Schools Are Weaponizing ‘Inclusion,’ Empathy, and ’Social Emotional Learning’ to Indoctrinate Children – JAN JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/alvin-lui-how-schools-are-weaponizing-inclusion-empathy-and-social-emotional-learning-to-indoctrinate-children_5007771.html

FIREARM INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION
— NSSF CHALLENGES ILLINOIS’ UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN AND MAGAZINE BAN
https://www.nssf.org/articles/nssf-challenges-illinois-unconstitutional-gun-and-magazine-ban/

FOX NEWS
— California Gov. Newsom lashes out at ‘trash organization’ NRA after Second Amendment ‘hypocrisy’ accusation. The NRA called Newsom a hypocrite for saying the Second Amendment was becoming a ‘suicide pact’ while standing next to armed guards. – Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-lashes-trash-organization-nra-second-amendment-hypocrisy-accusation
— Nikole Hannah-Jones describes controversial ‘1619 Project’ in one word: ‘Truth.’ ‘1619 Project’ came under fire from some historians for inaccuracies. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikole-hannah-jones-describes-1619-project-one-word-truth

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Obama Warns About the ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation — Ignores Democrats’ Own Garbage – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2023/01/26/obama-warns-about-the-raw-sewage-of-disinformation-ignores-democrats-own-garbage

GOPUSA
— COMMENT: The Pope should acknowledge a) that the Democrat Party platform promotes crime and b) that as crime increases, people need more guns to defend themselves.
https://www.gopusa.com/pope-decries-expanding-gun-use/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illinois’s Unacceptable New Gun Law – DAN P. ELDRIDGE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/illinoiss-unacceptable-new-gun-law/
— Biden’s Gun-Control Misdirection – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/bidens-gun-control-misdirection/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC Dishonestly Hypes Lawsuit Against DeSantis for Banning CRT – Kevin Tober
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2023/01/25/nbc-dishonestly-hypes-lawsuit-against-desantis-banning-crt

NEWSMAX
— RNC Unsure About Revealing Names in Resolution Condemning Antisemitism – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/rnc-antisemitism-nick-fuentes/2023/01/26/id/1105992/

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Demand ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban – MARK ALEXANDER
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/94436-shocker-demos-demand-assault-weapons-ban-2023-01-25
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Because neither of the assailants fit Joe Biden’s favored “white supremacist” profile, he trotted out his familiar call for banning so-called “assault weapons.” This despite the fact that neither of the assailants used rifles in the attacks. Fact is, rifles of any type and shotguns combined are used in less than 3% of all homicides, but Biden has never let facts get in the way of his political agenda.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Trust GOP More on Energy, Immigration, Spending
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/voters_trust_gop_more_on_energy_immigration_spending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohOW2udZWH4

REASON
— No Matter the ‘Details on These Shootings,’ Biden Says, Congress Should Respond by Banning ‘Assault Weapons’ The president seems to have forgotten his concession that such laws leave murderers with plenty of options that are “just as deadly.” – JACOB SULLUM (COMMEMT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use shootings a) to outlaw semi-automatic firearms, then b) to outlaw all firearms, then c) to confiscate all firearms, then d) to justify abolishing the Second Amendment, and then d) to officially abolish the Second Amendment. If America had never had the Second Amendment, a) Mexico would have invaded America sooner than it did and b) Japan and Germany would have invaded America in WWII.)
https://reason.com/2023/01/25/no-matter-the-details-on-these-shootings-biden-says-congress-should-respond-by-banning-assault-weapons/
(FROM WIKIPEDIA: His (Polk’s) message to Congress on May 11, 1846, claimed that “Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil.” The U.S. Congress approved the declaration of war on May 13, 1846. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War )

ZERO HEDGE
— Only 14% Of Americans Agree With Amnesty For Illegals – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/only-14-americans-agree-amnesty-illegals-new-poll-finds

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasing the Pope promotes LGBTQ. What does the Bible say about that?
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-gay-rights-ap-interview-1359756ae22f27f87c1d4d6b9c8ce212

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawsuit amendment would stop Naperville police from enforcing city, state gun sales bans while cases are in court.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-amendment-stop-naperville-police-180200738.html

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans meet to choose new RNC chair after lackluster midterm election results.” I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012 and b) who ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007. I would focus on what they hinted/implied/argued/shouted against me. I would focus on what they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for including all the losses that all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and especially a) Jim Ryan’s general election loss to Blagojevich in 2002, b) Bill Brady’s Republican primary loss to Topinka in 2006, c) Topinka’s general election loss to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) Bill Brady’s general election loss to Pat Quinn in 2010.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rnc-chair-election-race/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say: “A New Series, In Service of Our Ancestors” Sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans who are the following to disclose everything about their ancestors to show how much reparations they have to pay: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/insider/a-new-series-in-service-of-our-ancestors.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use 1619 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/magazine/1619-project-hulu.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why it’s essential to know more about our ancestors.” Sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans who are the following to disclose everything about their ancestors to show how much reparations they have to pay: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/18/henry-louis-gates-race-finding-your-roots/
— COMMENT: Democrats draw all the attention that they can to those who break the law to discourage abortion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-man-charged-in-planned-parenthood-clinic-fire/2023/01/25/74a1ac1c-9d08-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html

WCBM
— Illegals for thee but not for me! NYC Mayor Adams: “Just unfair for cities to carry the weight” of integrating illegals.
https://www.wcbm.com/2023/01/25/illegals-for-thee-but-not-for-me-nyc-mayor-adams-just-unfair-for-cities-to-carry-the-weight-of-integrating-illegals-video/

KYVB
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “If that means exposing your own history or exposing your ancestors supported slavery or the KKK – call it out. Once we lay it all on the table we can say, ‘Ya did it. It was then. What do we [do now to] move forward?’ You encourage [racism] by wanting to hide it.” Sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans who are the following to disclose everything about their ancestors to show how much reparations they have to pay: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/community/local-hundreds-marched-through-boise-to-support-the-mlk-living-legacy-celebration/277-94852ec3-7cf9-4197-94d1-5aedef5e3575

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Ninth Circuit Upholds a Wealth Tax. The Supreme Court should review the ruling, which ignores constitutional limits on the taxing power. – Christopher Cox and Hank Adler (COMMENT: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ninth-circuit-upholds-a-wealth-tax-congress-income-supreme-court-unconstitutional-mandatory-repatriation-11674667850

FORBES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “KFC Restaurant Employees Now Eligible For Fully Paid Tuition At Western Governors University.” The federal government does not reimburse its employees for the tuition that they pay for job-related courses. Therefore, very few federal employees take job-related courses. It would have been great a) if the Post Office had reimbursed me for the tuition that I paid for job-related undergraduate courses at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) if IRS had reimbursed the tuition that I paid for job-related graduate courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) if GAO had reimbursed the tuition that I paid for job-related graduate courses at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/01/25/kfc-restaurant-employees-now-eligible-for-fully-paid-tuition-at-western-governors-university/
— COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about the tremendous preference that my Democrat superiors gave my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were female and especially those who were liberal, minority, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2023/01/25/how-women-are-valued-in-the-workplace-why-what-you-say-matters/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use 1619 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2023/01/25/creator-nikole-hannah-jones-explains-why-the-1619-project-docu-series-is-essential-american-history/?sh=463b3047608b

MARSHALL PROJECT
— COMMENT: Democrats say “It’s Not Just a Police Problem, Americans Are Opting Out of Government Jobs.” In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I would not have become an IRS employee if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/01/21/police-hiring-government-jobs-decline

JUST THE NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Inflation at the RNC: McDaniel salary more than doubled as chair, now far exceeds predecessors’ pay. Ronna McDaniel’s starting salary as RNC chair was $122,582, which had increased to $358,431 as of November.” Have you ever served as a chairman of an organization? I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who worked the hardest against me. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/rncs-inflation-problem-mcdaniels-salary-more-doubled-chair-higher-prior

VOA NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why Americans Own 20 Million Semiautomatic Guns.” How many semiautomatic guns, that is, guns that Democrats call assault weapons, are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and your precinct? Why are they owned? How many have been used illegally?
https://www.voanews.com/a/episode_why-americans-own-20-million-semiautomatic-guns-4671946/6116363.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Half of US Mass Attacks Started by Personal, Workplace Disputes.”
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/report-half-of-us-mass-attacks-started-by-personal-workplace-disputes/6933761.html

AXIOS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats push pot.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/01/25/chicago-cannabis-innovation-lab-1871
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Florida students to threaten to sue DeSantis over AP African American studies ban.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/26/florida-desantis-african-american-studies-lawsuit-crump

ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER
— CHAPTER 15 – Discipline (COMMENT: DuPage County Democrats want to censure Mendrick. DuPage County Republicans vehemently oppose that. I should write a book about my “Republican” critics/opponents, there operatives and their dupes a) who fail/refuse to support Mendrick and b) who tried but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady’s defeat in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002.)
https://www.kidlink.org/docs/RobertRules/chap15.html

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasing, those who want disarm America use shootings to disarm America. SEE: https://www.abqjournal.com/1154293/governments-that-disarm-the-people-have-troubling-history.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/nineteen-massacred-in-three-days-in-one-state-when-will-we-say-enough-is-enough

January 22, 2023

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats encourage Illinois young people to be LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-20230121-cxt2u7msp5agtmm5g2oyqa7j7y-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote hatred against Illinois sheriffs. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint all semiautomatic firearms as being weapons of mass destruction. Semiautomatic firearms have been around since 1885. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm Fully automatic firearms have been outlawed since 1934. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_firearm )
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/20/23564678/illinois-sheriffs-guns-law-column-rich-miller
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois poised to require paid leave for workers” and ask “Don’t we think that should be a basic human right?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-paid-leave-for-workers-bill-20230122-vgofxukzqndxnlmhcpsxvxsoku-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: A Democrat asks “Why not insure guns, tie owners to them?” Using that logic, what about requiring those who do the following to have insurance to do the following: eat too much, not exercise enough, drink booze, gamble, smoke pot, have unprotected sex, be an LGBTQer, come into America illegally, stay in America illegally, refuse to get an education, refuse to get and/or keep a job, spend too much money on immediate pleasures, refuse to save for retirement, commit crime, etc.? Democrats want everyone to do the aforesaid destructive things because they increase the likelihood that you will become a “ward of the state,” that is, that you will vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230122/letter-why-not-insure-guns-tie-owners-to-them
(FROM THE LETTER: Some argue cars can kill people, so why not ban cars, too? Better yet, let’s flip the logic and treat guns the same way we treat cars. How? Mandatory insurance. Once you or lease a gun, you must buy qualified firearm insurance. Premium rates increase with each shooting incident (accidental or intentional) just as with car accidents.)

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Florida says rejected AP African American Studies course ‘lacks educational value.’ Under Gov. DeSantis the state has banned the teaching of critical race theory.” What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? While all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois. They worked in a brick factory in Chicago. They were farmers in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border. They raised and sold horses in Crete. The operated a hardware store in Crete. They worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights.
https://abc7chicago.com/florida-ap-african-american-studies-ron-desantis-what-is/12724464/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago shootings: At least 18 shot, 5 fatally in weekend gun violence across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-breaking-news-police/12723787/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Where Biden’s racial justice agenda stands.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) blame Republicans for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have and b) encourage minorities to hate Republicans. I should write a book about my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were minorities, but who rejected efforts by my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to paint me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/where-bidens-racial-justice-agenda-stands/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Multiple cars stolen from parking garages in downtown Chicago on Near North Side” While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet BelAir was stolen in Chicago in 1973.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/multiple-cars-stolen-from-parking-garages-in-downtown-chicago-on-near-north-side-police-warn

WTTW
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/21/new-cannabis-license-process-aims-focus-social-equity
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/21/dhs-outlines-protections-immigrant-workers-experiencing-labor-violations

WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Judge issues order blocking Illinois semiautomatic gun ban.” How many semiautomatic guns are there in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint all semiautomatic guns as being weapons of mass destruction. Semiautomatic firearms have been around since 1885. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm Fully automatic firearms have been outlawed since 1934. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_firearm )
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-judge-issues-order-blocking-illinois-semiautomatic-gun-ban/

POSITIVILY NAPERVILLE
— Get to know candidates. Now to be educated voter on April 4. (COMMENT: Has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain received from his/her Republican township/ward party chairman a) a listing of all the offices, candidates, and referendums on the April 4 ballot in your precinct, b) information on those candidates, and c) information on those referendums?)
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2023/01/21/get-to-know-candidates-now-to-be-educated-voter-on-april-4-2023/133292

JOHN KASS
— You’re known by the company you keep (COMMENT: Of course, those who are the following do not keep company with me and I do not want them to keep company with me: anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Protestants, anti-German Americans, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-federal retirees, anti-former Crete residents, and/or anti-Wheaton residents.)
https://johnkassnews.com/the-company-you-keep/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeVore Ready to Go to Court Again Allowing More than 860 Plaintiffs in the Original So Far Successful Suit to Gain Protection from Democrats’ Gun Control Law
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/21/devore-ready-to-go-to-court-again-allowing-more-than-860-plaintiffs-in-the-original-so-far-successful-suit-to-gain-protection-from-democrats-gun-control-law/
— DeVore’s Attack on Shell Bills
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/21/devores-attack-on-shell-bills/
— Gun Owner’s Wish Fulfillment
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/21/gun-owners-wish-fulfillment/
— Ness Sends January Email, Highlight of First Term: Passage of “Assault Rifle Ban and Ban on Sales of High Capacity Rounds of Ammunition”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/21/ness-sends-january-email/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mendrick: ‘HB 5471 is a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/638840336-mendrick-hb-5471-is-a-clear-violation-of-the-2nd-amendment-to-the-us-constitution

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Naperville: Dana Being Dana…Davenport’s DUI; “I Have Political Clout In This City” – DUI Cams; Police Reports – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/dana-being-dana-davenports-dui-i-have-political-clout-in-this-city-diu-cams-police-reports/
— TRO Issued Against Pritzker’s Assault Weapons Ban; Prohibits Enforcement – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN (COMMENT: How many assault weapons are there in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats define more and more and more firearms as being assault weapons to justify abolishing the Second Amendment and outlawing all firearms.)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/tro-issued-against-pritzkers-assault-weapons-ban-prohibits-enforcement/
— Violation of Constitution Confirmed By Judge Morrison – Official Misconduct? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/violation-of-constitution-confirmed-by-judge-morrison-official-misconduct/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— When Pro-Abortion Doublespeak Puts Orwell to Shame – Illinois Family Institute
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/ifi-when-pro-abortion-doublespeak-puts-orwell-to-shame.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Six newly discovered classified documents, removed from Biden’s Washington home. Some documents date back to his time in Senate. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/21/six-newly-discovered-classified-documents-removed-/
— Cuba must remain designated state sponsor of terrorism. Sending U.S. delegations to Havana is dangerous. – Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, Marcell Felipe, Orlando Gutierrez and Johnny Lopez de la Cruz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/21/cuba-must-remain-designated-state-sponsor-of-terro/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says she’ll continue transporting migrants out of state – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/arizona-gov-katie-hobbs-continue-transporting-migrants-out-state
— DeSantis’s office calls Jean-Pierre ‘demonstrably incorrect’ on AP course claims – Heather Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/desantis-office-jean-pierre-incorrect-ap-course-claims

NEW YORK POST
— The American intelligence community has no accountability — so how can it keep us safe? – James Bamford
https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/with-no-accountability-how-can-us-intelligence-community-keep-us-safe/
— US tallies 251,000 border stops in December for a new all-time high – Mary Kay Linge and Isabel Vincent
https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/us-tallies-251k-border-stops-in-december-for-a-new-all-time-high/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The DEI Republicans – Rod Dreher (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about the success that RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have had since 2000 in using DEI to get rid of Republicans. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-dei-republicans/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Just say ‘no!’ to the guilt trip – J.A. Frascino (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more guilty that you are. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, non-veteran, non-poor, gun-owner, married, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. To distinguish Biden from Trump, expect that Biden supports will ever-increasingly stress that Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/just_say_no_to_the_guilt_trip.html

— The War on Competence – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/the_war_on_competence.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Key takeaway from journo’s investigation into CRT teachings: Get your kid out of public schools – Kevin Haggerty (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is make your child a sexually active LGBTQer who is anti-parent, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-financial success, anti-homeownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/21/key-takeaway-from-journos-investigation-into-crt-teachings-get-your-kid-out-of-public-schools-1326592/

BREITBART
— Judge Temporarily Blocks Illinois Ban on Commonly Owned Semiautomatic Rifles – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: How many semiautomatic rifles are there in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint all semiautomatic firearms as being weapons of mass destruction. Semiautomatic firearms have been around since 1885. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm Fully automatic firearms have been outlawed since 1934. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_firearm )
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/21/judge-temporarily-blocks-illinois-ban-on-commonly-owned-semiautomatic-rifles/
— Vanderbilt University Pursues ‘Health Equity’ Agenda Grounded in Critical Race Theory – SPENCER LINDQUIST (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I took far far far fewer sick days than my Democrat coworkers and subordinates. Consequently, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is higher.)
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2023/01/21/vanderbilt-university-pursues-health-equity-agenda-grounded-critical-race-theory/

CENTER SQUARE NATIONAL
— Poll shows majority of Americans support some abortion restrictions – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who not only reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform, but who destroy those like me who support the plank: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/poll-shows-majority-of-americans-support-some-abortion-restrictions/article_c18534fe-991b-11ed-83d2-cf76ee8c61ed.html

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Texas border sheriff sends SOS seeking aid: ‘Illegal aliens wreaking havoc in our communities’ – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs paint illegals as being GOD-LIKE. How successful have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in painting illegals as being GOD-LIKE in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? I should write a book about the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have had in painting illegals as being GOD-LIKE in a) DuPage County, b) DuPage County’s West District, c) Milton Township, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton’s West District, and f) my precinct.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/texas-border-sheriff-sends-sos-seeking-aid-illegal-aliens-wreaking-havoc-in-our-communities/article_cab41c94-99d8-11ed-bfe1-6f4738383962.html

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Blames Republicans For Border Crisis, Compares GOP To ‘Smugglers’ – Ryan Saavedra (COMMEMT: I should write a book about the following who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-blames-republicans-for-border-crisis-compares-gop-to-smugglers

EPOCH TIMES
— Record-High 250,000 Migrant Encounters Across US-Mexico Border in December 2022 – Mimi Nguyen Ly
https://www.theepochtimes.com/record-high-250000-migrant-encounters-across-us-mexico-border-in-december-2022-cbp_5000861.html
— House Oversight Launches Probe Into Border Crisis Under Biden Administration – Mimi Nguyen Ly
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-oversight-launches-probe-into-border-crisis-under-biden-administration_5000722.html

FOX NEWS
— Arizonians at border warn crisis has gone national: It’s a ‘United States problem.’ Migrant border crossings are impacting farms, threatening food security. – Agustin Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/yuma-county-supervisor-warns-border-crisis-gone-national-united-states-problem
— NHL player scolded for skipping Pride event launches debate over forced activism: ‘I think it’s ridiculous’ There’s been a journey from pursuing tolerance… to enforced celebration, to punishment and ostracizing of dissenters,’ Guy Benson said – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nhl-player-scolded-skipping-pride-event-launches-debate-forced-activism-think-ridiculous

GOPUSA
— Trump Says Evangelicals ‘Disloyal’ In Race That Has Yet To Start (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following a) who demand blind loyalty to them personally and b) who destroy those like me who do not give them that: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-says-evangelicals-disloyal-in-race-that-has-yet-to-start/

NEW AMERICAN
— Under Biden, Cartels & China Working Together to Flood US With Fentanyl – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/under-biden-cartels-china-working-together-to-flood-us-with-fentanyl/

NEWSMAX
— Ready for Your Very Own Backseat Driver? — Big Brother – Michael Reagan with Michael R. Shannon (COMMENT: I wonder what positions my fellow Iron Gate Motor Condo owners have on this. Of course, I am concerned about this because I have owned gasoline-powered cars since 1964 and currently own seven gasoline-powered cars and a gasoline-powered SUV. But, on the other hand, I drive them extremely few miles because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. And further, because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman or an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, I no longer drive to TAPROOT or ICRC meetings and events. SEE: https://www.irongatemotorcondos.com/ and https://www.igmca.com/home/ )
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/app-hybrid-premium/2023/01/21/id/1105348/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are insured drivers in the United States — mostly citizens since illegals bypass this sort of nuisance — who participate in an insurance company program. It installs an app on your phone that we call “Mobile Mother-in-Law.” You install the app and it monitors where you drive, when you drive, and how fast you drive. It may even cross-reference the data with the weather. We aren’t sure. What we are sure of is the insurance company analyzes the data and if you obey the speed limit and don’t park in the passing lane on the highway, the insurance company will give you a discount on your premium. (We made the part up about the passing lane, but you get the idea.) If you use the app and succumb to lead-foot disease, not only will you not get an insurance discount, you may suffer an auto insurance increase! Car owners who opt into this app program do so voluntarily with the expectation that their participation will save them money. Now the government wants to get in the app business in the near future and, since it’s the government, the program will be mandatory — and it will cost you money. The Epoch Times brings us the bad news. Government regulations that increased gas mileage and government subsidies that encouraged the purchase of electric and hybrid vehicles have resulted in less revenue for state and federal government highway funds, because those funds are financed by the gas tax. Electric vehicles don’t buy gas, hybrids only buy a little and regular cars get more distance from a tank of gas these days. As a spokesman for the Eastern Transportation Coalition explains, “All vehicles are going farther on less gas, and that is great for our wallets, especially with the gas prices going up. “But it’s not so good when our transportation system is dependent on that fuel tax. The link between usage and payment is broken.” Naturally, government is springing into action. Currently 31 states charge electric vehicles a special, more expensive registration fee. But that once-a-year payment isn’t enough for government bureaucrats. You know them all-too-well. The same people who made you mask-up (even outside!) want to make you install an app to monitor your driving. We call it Big Brother in the Backseat, and it’s bad news. Drivers are less than enthusiastic about this prospect and bureaucrats and NGO nannies can’t fathom why. The Coalition person had the gall to say, “This is a very challenging topic to talk about because nobody likes talking about paying for transportation. We all like the transportation that we use but paying for it is a hard conversation.” We don’t know about you, but our cars cost thousands of dollars and we paid it. What the government is demanding is we pay extra for transportation. Drivers who are paying attention are also very concerned about their privacy and government intrusion into it. It’s one thing to volunteer for an insurance app and gain a discount in return. It’s quite another to be forced to install an app or a tracking device and have a cyber mother-in-law riding shotgun as Big Brother. The comically out-of-touch Coalition flack has a positive spin for that situation, too: “Developers expect a third party, not the government, will keep track of where drivers go, and how much they owe, and some studies have indicated that because a third party is doing the tracking, the data is safe from government eyes. “The data would go to a government contractor that would deduct the amount owed from a user’s credit card and pay it to the states where the vehicle had been.” Would that be the same government that forced “third party” cellphone providers to give tracking data belonging to the Jan. 6 political prisoners to the DOJ without a warrant? We’re supposed to believe our travel data would be safe “from those government eyes”? There are other ways to charge for highway usage without taking a giant step into the Total Surveillance State. If the IRS grants a mileage deduction based on mileage entered on a tax form, then the states can use the same data for its usage tax.)

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Gets Major Win In Fight For American’s 2A – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/01/21/illinois-gets-major-win-in-fight-for-americans-2a-n2618578
— While Thousands Marched for Life, Here’s How the White House Responded – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/01/21/white-house-reaction-to-march-for-life-n2618521

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Where Biden’s racial justice agenda stands.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) blame Republicans for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have and b) encourage minorities to hate Republicans. I should write a book about my minority superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who rejected efforts by my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to paint me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, ad even worse things.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3819790-where-bidens-racial-justice-agenda-stands/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats said in 2017 “America’s rifle: Why so many people love the AR-15.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-s-rifle-why-so-many-people-love-ar-15-n831171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a lot of reasons people love their AR-15 semiautomatic rifles, and it doesn’t much matter to them what the haters say. For some, the gun is a tool, a finely tuned machine that can cut down an animal or intruder, or pierce a distant target, with a single precise shot. For others, it is a toy, a sleek beast of black plastic and metal that delivers a gratifying blast of adrenaline. And for many, it is a symbol, the embodiment of core American values — freedom, might, self-reliance. . .It is the focus of multiple attempts at prohibition, which in turn has prompted people to run out and buy more. Such “panic buying” drove sales of AR-15s to record levels during the presidency of Barack Obama and the 2016 presidential campaign. . .Devotees say the AR-15 has been wrongly demonized, arguing that the vast majority of owners never use it in a crime, and that despite the rifle’s use in mass shootings, it is responsible for a very small proportion of the country’s gun violence. Thanks to that ardent following, and shrewd marketing, the AR-15 remains a jewel of the gun industry, the country’s most popular rifle, irreversibly lodged into American culture. . .The civilian model wasn’t mass produced until the 1980s, after the original patent expired and a variety of companies began making them. That transformed a specific brand to a more generic offering on which a mini-industry would flourish. When the AR-15 and other semiautomatic rifles began to turn up in shootings, a movement began to restrict their manufacture and sale. Much of the outrage stemmed from the militaristic appearance of those guns, and their ability to fire rapidly.)

CNBC
— Allies offer more weapons to Ukraine, but no decisions have been made on tanks – Reuters (COMMENT: Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Ukrainians had as many assault weapons as Americans have.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/21/allies-offer-more-weapons-to-ukraine-but-no-decisions-have-been-made-on-tanks.html

CNN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New York City to open a fifth relief center amid the continued influx of asylum seekers, mayor says.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/new-york-city-immigrants-relief-center

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos: Saga of the lying Republican Congressman reveals the dire state of U.S. democracy.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/george-santos-saga-of-the-lying-republican-congressman-reveals-the-dire-state-of-us-democracy/ar-AA16CkHJ
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Skeletons in your closet? No problem, you can be a GOP candidate.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/op-ed-skeletons-in-your-closet-no-problem-you-can-be-a-gop-candidate/ar-AA16Ch6m?li=BBnbcA1

ABC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republican who lied his way into the US Congress.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-22/how-trump-republican-george-santos-lied-his-way-into-congress/101870956

NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois Assault Weapon Ban Hits Another Hurdle.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats define more and more and more firearms as being assault weapons to justify abolishing the Second Amendment and outlawing all firearms.
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-assault-weapon-ban-hits-another-hurdle-1775494
— COMMENT: Democrats teach “Black history” to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-banning-black-history-schools-its-disgraceful-opinion-1775461

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Florida Gives Reasons for Rejecting A.P. African American Studies Class. The state’s Department of Education cites examples of what it calls “the woke indoctrination” of students.” What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? While all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois. They worked in a brick factory in Chicago. They were farmers in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border. They raised and sold horses in Crete. The operated a hardware store in Crete. They worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/florida-ap-african-american-studies.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Investigators Seize More Classified Documents From Biden’s Home.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/politics/biden-documents.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New York City to Open Migrant Shelter at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The shelter will temporarily accommodate about 1,000 single men until cruise season begins in the spring.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/nyregion/migrant-homeless-cruise-terminal.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Their Children Are Their Retirement Plans. The offspring of many East Asian immigrants are raised to support their elders in their later years. That gives a segment of Americans challenges others don’t face.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/business/retirement-immigrant-families.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in making children LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/gender-identity-students-parents.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “S.N.L. Mocks George Santos Over and Over Again.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/arts/television/snl-aubrey-plaza-sam-smith.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/opinion/letters/republican-party.html

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs crow about their success in making Americans dependent on government, dependent on charity, sexually active LGBTQers, practitioners of unprotected sex, boozers, gamblers, stoners, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-individual responsibility, anti-traditional marriage, anti-traditional family, anti-home ownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-First Amendment, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/22/republican-focus-anti-abortion-drag-queens-lgbtq-ignores-voters/11091665002/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Arizona will keep sending migrants where ‘they actually need to go,’ says Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/21/arizona-governor-katie-hobbs-bus-migrants-from-border/11096504002/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Revelations grow on Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.” Will Democrats use this to dump Biden? Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share Trump’s demographics. Biden shares many demographics with Trump: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, parent, draft-avoider, gun-owner, Christian, and ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/22/biden-documents-what-we-know/11099674002/
— 9 killed in shooting near Los Angeles after Lunar New Year festival – AP (COMMENT: Of course, Democrats will do everything that they can to blame this on Republicans.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/22/mass-shooting-monterey-park-california/11101393002/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? While all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois. They worked in a brick factory in Chicago. They were farmers in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border. They raised and sold horses in Crete. The operated a hardware store in Crete. They worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorial-ron-desantis-race-baiting-ban-on-african-american-studies/article_8e009e9a-f0b6-59ab-a8d7-e369e9de9ab2.html

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Mexico is not really an American friend – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-mexico-is-not-really-an-american-friend-2716444/

FOX BANGOR
— Get your kid the heck out of traditional public schools: Journalist exposes teachers hiding CRT (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is make your child a sexually active LGBTQer who is anti-parent, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-financial success, anti-homeownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbangor.com/national-news/get-your-kid-the-heck-out-of-traditional-public-schools-journalist-exposes-teachers-hiding-crt/

NEWS DAY
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New York City to open fifth site to house asylum-seeking immigrants, Adams says.”
https://www.newsday.com/beta/news/new-york/new-york-city-housing-asylum-seeking-immigrants-wlb5mof0

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC chair challenger looks to Never Trumpers for a boost. Harmeet Dhillon is trying to flip votes. And she’s looking at interesting factions for help.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/22/rnc-chair-never-trumpers-harmeet-dhillon-00078887

NPR
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in promoting abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/22/1150574240/50-years-roe-v-wade-dobbs-abortion-providers-reinvent

HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats to come to America illegally and to illegally seek refugee status in America illegally. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: want/need/demand massive government assistance, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, lack education, lack job skills, and/or have serious financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/customs-immigration/welcome-corps-launched-for-private-sponsorship-of-refugees/

FINANCIAL REGULATION NEWS
— OUSTANDING: U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) introduced legislation that requires U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system. – DAVE KOVALESKI
https://financialregnews.com/rep-calvert-sponsors-bill-that-would-require-employers-to-use-e-verify-system/

BHARAT EXPRESS
— Wokeness turned into ‘ugly authoritarianism that reminds me very much of religion’ – Bill Maher
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/maher-wokeness-turned-into-ugly-authoritarianism-that-reminds-me-very-much-of-religion/

January 21, 2023

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Downstate judge issues temporary restraining order over Illinois’ new assault weapons ban.”
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-assault-ban-weapons-weapon-il/12720880/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago mayoral candidate says police should be able to ‘hunt down’ criminals like rabbits.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-debate-willie-wilson-crime-candidates/12721881/
— COMMEMT; Democrats say “Anti-abortion activists attend first March for Life ‘with fresh resolve’ post-Roe.”
https://abc7chicago.com/abortion-march-for-life-roe-v-wade-dobbs/12722236/
— COMMEMT: Democrats say “The saga of Rep. George Santos: Inside his many fabrications, exaggerations, and embellishments.”
https://abc7chicago.com/george-santos-republican-congressman-anthony-devolder/12718559/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Judge Temporarily Halts Illinois Assault Weapons Ban for Plaintiffs in Lawsuit. In a statement Friday evening, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed disappointment, but acknowledged the decision was not surprising.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-temporarily-halts-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-amid-lawsuits/3050922/
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “What’s Next for Illinois’ Assault Weapons Ban After Temporary Restraining Order Issued?” and say “Under the order, enforcement of the ban is barred against any of the parties named in the lawsuit unless and until further order of the court.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/whats-next-for-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-after-temporary-restraining-order-issued/3050977/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Judge suspends Illinois’ assault weapon ban for those who filed lawsuit.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/ruling-expected-in-illinois-assault-weapon-ban-case/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Des Plaines Theatre cancels ‘Awake Illinois’ event after alleged threats from LGBTQ activists.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/des-plaines-theatre-cancels-awake-illinois-event-after-alleged-threats-from-lgbtq-activists
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois assault weapons ban put on hold for some after judge’s ruling.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-put-on-hold-for-some-after-judges-ruling

WTTW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Wealthy Illinois Residents Would Pay More in Income Tax Under New Proposals.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/19/wealthy-illinois-residents-would-pay-more-income-tax-under-new-proposals

WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Judge issues order blocking Illinois semiautomatic gun ban.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-judge-issues-order-blocking-illinois-semiautomatic-gun-ban/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use reports of hate crimes to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/news/as-hate-crimes-surge-why-do-most-go-uncounted/

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As accusations swirl, Kim Foxx pulls her Conviction Integrity Unit chief off a big case.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/kim-foxx-pulls-conviction-integrity-chief-off-big-case/d9927a93-3296-48c8-92d1-ebbd41b30aef

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Downstate judge temporarily blocks Illinois gun ban from being enforced on plaintiffs in lawsuit.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-restraining-order-20230120-oga6mrfdqnd3zp2cukblslhzoy-story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats get Des Plaines Theatre to cancel Awake Illinois event. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-des-plaines-theater-lgbtq-controversy-20230120-jvrar6uo2bgwhkugur56egt7am-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Awake Illinois released a statement that the group was prepared to reschedule the event in the near future. “We are grateful to all citizens who support the First Amendment right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble.”)
— COMMENT: League of Women Voters of Naperville blasts those who respect the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0122-20230120-qlhqkxmh65fupkrnyjmy3nqgge-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Downstate judge temporarily blocks enforcement of assault weapons ban — for 866 Illinois gun owners. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the decision in downstate Effingham County “disappointing,” but said he remains confident the courts will uphold the law he signed on Jan. 10 that banned the sale of assault weapons in Illinois and capped the size of magazines that could be sold.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/20/23564725/downstate-temporary-restraining-order-enforcement-assault-weapons-ban-plaintiffs-effingham-devore
— COMMENT: Democrats glorify and praise Durkin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/20/23563501/jim-durkin-illinois-house-john-mccain-dick-durbin-barack-obama-princess-anne-mike-madigan
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison took $300K from nonprofit linked to Ken Griffin. Morrison got the money in his tight reelection race from a nonprofit that has financial ties to a PAC funded by the billionaire.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/20/23563344/sean-morrison-ken-griffin-pac-cook-county-board

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: COMMENT: Democrats say “Des Plaines Theatre operator cancels conservative groups’ event after outcry.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230119/des-plaines-theatre-operator-cancels-conservative-groups-event-after-outcry
— COMMENT: DuPage Democrats promote those who blast those who respect the Second Amendment.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230121/letter-mendrick-doesnt-speak-for-dupage

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Crowded clinics, 8-hour drives and abortion pills are new reality on Roe’s 50th anniversary.” Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/crowded-clinics-8-hour-drives-and-abortion-pills-are-new-reality-roes-50th-anniversary
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Nicor, Peoples Gas propose income-based utility rates alongside record-setting rate-hike requests.” That certainly discourages people from earning more income. That certainly is socialism.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/peoples-gas-nicor-propose-income-based-utility-rates

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Effingham County judge temporarily blocks assault-style weapons ban.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/01/21/effingham-county-judge-temporarily-blocks-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/69822361007/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “Where have all the local candidates gone?” and say “No Feb. 28 primary races in Kankakee County.” As the Democrat Party’s stranglehold on Illinois tightens, fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates run for government offices because they are less and less and less likely to win. Further, as the Democrat stranglehold on Illinois tightens, fewer and fewer and fewer highly qualified Republican candidates run because they have more to lose if they lose elections.
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/elections/where-have-all-the-local-candidates-gone-no-feb-28-primary-races-in-kankakee-county/article_ba48e354-984c-11ed-8591-8725f21d00ca.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Billions of dollars for lost wages during pandemic went to improper payments.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/billions-of-dollars-for-lost-wages-during-pandemic-went-to-improper-payments-federal-emergency-management-agency-open-the-books-founder-adam-andrzejewski-unemployment-money

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “A judge fines Trump and his lawyer for a ‘frivolous’ suit against his political foes.” I should write a book about a) the lawsuits that I have filed, b) the defendants in those lawsuits, c) the lawyers who represented the defendants in those lawsuits, d) the lawyers who represented me in those lawsuits, and e) the judges and justices in those lawsuits. I would focus on the adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me because I filed those lawsuits.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-20/a-judge-fines-trump-and-his-lawyer-for-a-frivolous-suit-against-his-political-foes

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Temporary Restraining Order on Gun Control Legislation Illustrates Constitutional Problems with the New Law – Illinois Freedom Caucus
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/01/20/il-freedom-caucus-tro-on-gun-control-legislation-illustrates-constitutional-problems-with-the-new-law/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/calendar/event/20230126/ac0ad3ba-d5fa-4ece-8d45-da2bfd245c54/rep-yang-rohrs-diversity-inclusion-citizen-advisory-panel

DES PLAINES PATCH
— Threats Cancel Awake Illinois Event Slated For Des Plaines Theater. The CEO of the theater’s operating group announced he and others received threats after allowing the conservative group to host an event. – Jeff Arnold
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/threats-cancel-awake-illinois-event-slated-des-plaines-theater

CWB CHICAGO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago mayor wants tamale vendors to go cashless to prevent robberies, opponent suggests hunting down fleeing suspects like rabbits.”
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/01/chicago-mayor-wants-tamale-vendors-to-go-cashless-to-prevent-robberies-opponent-suggests-hunting-down-fleeing-suspects-like-rabbits.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Rogers Park Alderman Candidate Gets Cease-And-Desist From City For Hosting Parties, Charging Cover At Campaign HQ
Aldermanic hopeful Bill Morton’s campaign headquarters was hosting live entertainment with bring-your-own-beer service without having the proper permits, city records show.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/01/20/rogers-park-alderman-candidate-gets-cease-and-desist-from-city-for-hosting-parties-charging-cover-at-campaign-hq/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Judge blocks Illinois’ gun ban for more than 860 who sued – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/breaking-judge-blocks-illinois-gun-ban-for-more-than-860-who-sued/article_48691d5a-990d-11ed-b4e8-7b5e45bff0d6.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thomas DeVore Wins Temporary Restraining Order for 890 Plaintiffs on the Democrats’ Gun Control Law – Full Text
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/20/devore-wins-temporary-restraining-order-for-890-plaintiffs-on-the-democrats-gun-control-law/
— Former Congressman Peter Roskam Moves Up in the DC Lobbying World
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/20/former-congressman-peter-roskam-moves-up-in-the-dc-lobbying-world/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Second Lawsuit on Gun Ban Filed – Names Attorney General, ISP Director, Multiple State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/second-lawsuit-on-gun-ban-filed-names-attorney-general-isp-director-multiple-states-attorney-and-sheriffs/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois homebuyer assistance program is ‘Opening Doors’ — but apparently not to white people – Mark Glennon (COMMEMT: In Illinois, under the Democrats, expect that ever-increasingly, all levels of government will ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, that is, against those who might vote for Republicans.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-homebuyer-assistance-program-is-opening-doors-but-apparently-not-to-white-people-wirepoints-quickpoint/

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— New paper offers best practices for LGBTQ+ field scientists and mentors. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ+.)
https://swillinoisnews.com/stories/638901246-new-paper-offers-best-practices-for-lgbtq-field-scientists-and-mentors

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s office: ‘The assault weapons ban is the law of Illinois’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to vote for a Democrat or for a RINO is to abolish the Second Amendment and to confiscate firearms and ammunition from all citizens of America starting with those who are heterosexual, White, male, older, conservative, Republican, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. How should the aforesaid react to the aforesaid.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/638836962-pritzker-s-office-the-assault-weapons-ban-is-the-law-of-illinois

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Lawmakers eyeing bill to mandate race-based, anti-white reading: ‘The reading list will dominate the curriculum’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is make your child a sexually active LGBTQer who is anti-parent, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-financial success, anti-homeownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/638905763-lawmakers-eyeing-bill-to-mandate-race-based-anti-white-reading-the-reading-list-will-dominate-the-curriculum
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of anti-white titles stick out amongst the scores of books lawmakers are suggesting should be mandatory reading for the state’s children. That is the concept behind a list of books lawmakers are pushing on the state’s children through HB1011. The bill is sponsored by State Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-Chicago). Nonfiction books children will be required to read include the below: . . . Despite its place atop the New York Times list of best-selling books “White Fragility” was slammed by reviewer Carlos Lozada in the Washington Post for presenting a flawed view of race relations in the United States. “The book flattens people of any ancestry into two-dimensional beings fitting predetermined narratives,” Lozada wrote. In Lozada’s view, the book appears to be a continuation of the spirit of racism rather than conciliatory in nature. “White people should be regarded not as individuals but as an undifferentiated racist collective, socialized to ‘fundamentally hate blackness’ and to institutionalize that prejudice in politics and culture. People of color, by contrast, are almost entirely powerless, and the few with influence do not wield it in the service of racial justice,” Lozada wrote of the book’s conceit. Other titles on the list have garnered similar reactions. A similar bill was introduced in the previous General Assembly but failed to gain any traction. In the last go-round critics excoriated lawmakers for placing themselves in the classroom, bypassing teachers and the individual learning goals of children. The sheer volume of reading mandated by the bill would be problematic in that it would edge out other non-biased reading already ingrained in learning plans. “(The list) outlines a highly skewed 42-book list of mandatory reading for every public elementary, middle and high school student, and includes titles such as ‘Hood Feminism,’ ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ and ‘White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism,'” Beth Feeley wrote in a 2021 column for the Chicago Tribune. “Not every book on this list reflects the critical race theory-inspired ideologies like those of included authors Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo. But 42 books — almost 10,000 pages — on race? The reading list will dominate the curriculum.” Similarly, opponents point to the “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading” standards lawmakers enacted in 2021 as a flashpoint for pushing leftist narratives in classrooms. Critics say the original language included in that bill suggested teachers indoctrinate students to “embrace and encourage progressive viewpoints and perspectives that leverage asset thinking toward traditionally marginalized populations.”)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Couldn’t Find Mayor Candidate, Looking to Support a Democrat Instead, During “Nonpartisan” Election
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/chicago-gop-couldnt-find-mayor-candidate-looking-to-support-a-democrat-instead-during-nonpartisan-election.html
— Breaking: Judge Rules in Favor of Former AG Candidate Tom DeVore and Over 860 Plaintiffs, Halts Pritzker’s Assault Weapons Ban
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-judge-rules-in-favor-of-former-ag-candidate-tom-devore-and-over-860-plaintiffs-halts-pritzkers-assault-weapons-ban.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Raoul, Welch, Harmon, Pritzker respond – TRO granted *** How is this not a conflict of interest?”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/20/how-is-this-not-a-conflict-of-interest/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/20/afternoon-roundup-17/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-3/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hunter Biden’s proximity to dad’s stash of classified documents sets off national security alarms – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/21/hunter-bidens-proximity-dads-stash-classified-docu/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Woke Agenda Survives: These House Republicans Are Sticking With ‘Diversity and Inclusion.’ GOP-controlled committee makes advancing DEI a priority. – Joseph Simonson (COMMENT: I should write a book about those anti-conservative, that is, those anti-platform Republican, that is, those anti-Republican leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who since 2000 have had the most success in a) replacing conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) with moderate and liberal RPCs, b) replacing White RPCs with minority RPCs, c) replacing male RPCs with female RPCs, d) replacing older RPCs with younger RPCs, e) replacing heterosexual RPCs with LGBTQ RPCs, f) replacing Christian RPCs with non-Christians RPCs, g) replacing Protestant RPCs with non-Protestant RPCs, h) replacing Italian American RPCs with non-Italian American RPCs, i) replacing German American RPCs with non-German American RPCs, and j) replacing RPCs whose ancestors have been in American for a long time with RPCs whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I would focus on those leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would show how the demographics of RPCs have changed between 2000 and 2023 in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township.)
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/woke-agenda-survives-these-house-republicans-are-sticking-with-diversity-and-inclusion/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New article gives 10 ways to skirt potential affirmative action bans in anticipation of SCOTUS rulings – Alexia Bianchi (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/20/new-article-gives-10-ways-to-skirt-potential-affirmative-action-bans-in-anticipation-of-scotus-rulings-1326281/

BREITBART
— Most Americans Blame Biden for Record Illegal Immigration at Border – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/20/poll-most-americans-blame-biden-for-record-illegal-immigration-at-border/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Article argues for ways to get around potential affirmative action bans in anticipation of SCOTUS rulings – Alexia Bianchi (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.)
https://campusreform.org/article?id=21045

DAILY CALLER
— America Has Yet To See The Worst Consequences Of Wokeness – YUKONG ZHAO (COMMENT: That is why those who are the following are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/20/cultural-revolution-china-wokeness-critical-race-theory-black-lives-matter/
— A Vanderbilt professor argued that math education discriminates against queer, trans students. ALEXA SCHWERHA
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/20/professor-math-white-cisheteropatriarchal-space-conference/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Shatters All-Time Record For Number Of Illegal Alien Encounters On Southern Border – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shatters-all-time-record-for-number-of-illegal-alien-encounters-on-southern-border

EPOCH TIMES
— Ottawa’s Gun Confiscation Program to Start in Prince Edward Island: Federal Memo – Isaac Teo (COMMENT: In America, Democrats will first confiscate “assault weapons” and then all firearms and all ammunition. Democrats will start with citizens of America who are heterosexual, White, male, older, conservative, Republican, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. How should the aforesaid react to the aforesaid.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ottawas-gun-confiscation-program-to-start-in-prince-edward-island-federal-memo_4972110.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Released by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on Dec. 29, the memo describes the “transition” of how firearms will be confiscated from gun owners in the country’s smallest province, which according to the memo, has already commenced in December. “Prince Edward Island (PE) will be used as a pilot and will be the first point of collection based on the smaller number of firearms,” said the memo, titled “2022 Minister’s Transition Book 2: Core responsibility 1—Purchase of goods and services,” as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “As a result, lessons learned, gaps analysis and risk assessment would inform the phase 2 national roll-out.”)
— Judge Puts Illinois Gun Control Law on Hold. Temporary restraining order issued by 14th Circuit Court judge. – Michael Clements
https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-puts-illinois-gun-control-law-on-hold_5000775.html
— Gun Owners of America Slams Omnibus Bill for Advancing Biden Gun-Control Agenda. Group claims plan is ‘infested with Second Amendment infringements.’ – Michael Clements
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gun-owners-of-america-slams-omnibus-bill-for-advancing-biden-gun-control-agenda_4948008.html

FEDERALIST
— Wokeness Is Coming For Classical Christian Education – DAVID GOODWIN (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who despise if not hate Protestants. I would focus on those who despise if not hate Missouri Synod Lutherans.)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/20/wokeness-is-coming-for-classical-christian-education/

FOX NEWS
— CRT is ideological propaganda. Fox News host Jesse Watters reveals teachers have been trying to hide that they are teaching critical race theory to their students on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’ (COMMENT: Who is taking the lead against CRT in your school district? It should be a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the leaders of the IRP.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318990681112

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA
— SENATE PASSES 12 GUN CONTROLS Your Congressman Has One LAST CHANCE to Stop 12 Gun Controls – Aidan Johnston
https://www.gunowners.org/12222022/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Normalcy and Its Enemies – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/normalcy-and-its-enemies

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Former police chief: One of the dumbest members of Congress wants to make criticizing non-whites a federal crime…seriously – Joseph Patrick
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/rep-jackson-lee-wants-to-make-criticizing-non-whites-a-federal-crime/

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom’: New Film Shows Disney Left Family Content for Wokeism – Craig Bannister
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/craig-bannister/2023/01/20/walts-disenchanted-kingdom-new-film-shows-disney-left

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform and have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I support that plank.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-gop-presidential-contenders-face-conservative-litmus-test-on-abortion/

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump is heavy favorite in GOP 2024 primary.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3821109-trump-is-heavy-favorite-in-gop-2024-primary-poll/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois Passed a Sweeping Ban on High-Powered Guns. Now Come the Lawsuits. Democrats say the new law, the most extensive firearm ban in the Midwest, will save lives, but gun rights supporters claim it is unconstitutional.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/illinois-gun-ban-second-amendment.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/21/us/abortion-ban-exceptions.html
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Democrats say “Despite Red Flags, G.O.P. Backed Candidate Now Charged in Shootings. “We could have picked apart this guy,” one Republican leader in New Mexico said of Solomon Peña, who is accused of organizing attacks on the homes of four Democratic officials.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/solomon-pena-new-mexico-shootings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats sat that Republicans say that “Firearms are the only constitutionally protected consumer product.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/20/firearms-constitutionally-protected-consumer-product/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— George Santos Has Got to Go. He’s a bad example to the young, an embarrassment to the old, an insult to the institution and America. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-santos-has-got-to-go-gop-republicans-embarrassment-politics-congress-lies-fake-truth-11674167450
— The Cruel and Unusual Jurisprudence of Racial Preferences. Supreme Court justices need to resist the temptation of forcing a square peg into a round hole. – Paul Cosenza, Saint Marys, Ga.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cruel-and-unusual-jurisprudence-racial-preferences-affirmative-action-11674246829
— Most Illinois Sheriffs Say They Won’t Enforce New Assault-Weapons Ban. Governor says he is confident the law, which also faces court challenges, will pass constitutional muster. – Joe Barrett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-illinois-sheriffs-say-they-wont-enforce-new-assault-weapons-ban-11674175079

FORTUNE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.
https://fortune.com/2023/01/20/supreme-court-affirmative-action-corporate-diversity-inclusion/

CHRONICLE
— COMMENT: Democrat crow that “New Gun Restrictions Are Coming in States Where Democrats Reign.”
https://www.chronline.com/stories/new-gun-restrictions-are-coming-in-states-where-democrats-reign,307612

HIGHLAND COUNTY PRESS
— COMMENT: I should write an article that compares and contrasts Biden’s ownership of his 1967 Corvette and my ownership of my 1972 Corvette which I continue to own. It has only 5,147 miles on it and is stock and like new. I have driven it extremely few miles since I started spending 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. It is base coupe, Steel Cities Gray, black leather interior, automatic, air conditioning, power steering, and AM-FM stereo radio. I bought it new in 1971 with insurance proceeds from the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE and a bank loan. I bought that Charger with money that I had earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended UIC in 1968. I got the car loan because I had worked for IRS for 4 months, I had worked for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store part-time for 7 months and full time for 7 months before that. I stored it in my mother’s garage in Crete 1971-1984. A picture of me in the car in that garage is in Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me. Since 1984, I have stored it in my fully insulated heated attached garage in Wheaton. Since 1995, I have stored it on a hydraulic lift in that garage. Currently my 2005 Corvette is stored underneath it. I have two security cameras pointing down the garage’s driveway.
https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/Opinions/Opinion/Article/Biden-Trump-and-the-pesky-presidential-records-act/4/22/87297
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He loves talking about what is in his garage, specifically the stock 1967 Corvette with the mighty 327-V8 that churns out 350 horsepower at the wheel and flies from 0-60mph in a respectable 5.9 seconds. Even now, after more than a half-century, the Stingray remains mint. Its paint, pristine. The color from the manufacturer, President Biden makes a point of noting in interviews, is “Goodwood Green,” and it still looks just like the day it rolled off the assembly line because the motorhead obsesses over every inch of the car, a wedding present from his father. Joe Biden loves that car so much that he overshares, making his people cringe. As vice president, he once admitted to Car and Driver Magazine that he still strips down to “my bathing suit in my driveway” to wash and wax it. He was 69 years old at the time. Other things on the floor of his garage, like documents marked “classified,” the president and his aides would rather not discuss in detail. Eight different times this week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she just was “not going to get into specifics” about how or why or exactly when sensitive intelligence documents made their way into the Biden family home in Wilmington, Del. “It’s not like they’re sitting out in the street,” Biden protested when asked about the documents that only individuals with security clearances are supposed to view. The intelligence and the classic car, he confirmed, were behind closed doors. His garage, it has a lock.)

KIPLINGER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs push pot big time. How soon will they succeed in getting you, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, the rest of your relatives, your neighbors, and everyone else in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to be stoners who will soon crash and burn? How soon will they succeed in destroying America?
https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/stocks/weed-legalization-supported-by-most-us-voters-this-week-in-cannabis-investing

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Santos leans on group with white nationalist ties. The congressman has built a relationship with the New York Young Republican Club over the years. But now a top member says they won’t back him again.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/20/santos-far-right-seeking-distance-00078791
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post. A user with the name Anthony Devolder wrote in 2011 that they won several drag pageants. Anthony Devolder is a Santos alias.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/20/george-santos-appears-to-admit-drag-queen-past-in-wiki-post-00078812

FORBES
— The Importance Of Finding A Mentor – Jason Richmond
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/01/20/the-importance-of-finding-a-mentor/

COMMENT: Have your critics/opponents gotten rid of your mentors?

I should write a book about what my IRS career might have been if my Democrat IRS superiors had not gotten rid of the IRS manager who had a) promoted me in 1972 and 1973, b) gotten me assigned to a high-profile developmental opportunity in 1973, and c) promoted me in 1974.

But then, to get rid of me, they a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) forced the aforesaid IRS manager to transfer to Texas in 1975, c) ignored, dismissed, downplayed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) never promoted me to GS-13, e) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and f) ignored, dismissed, downplayed, and belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.

I should write a book about what my GAO career might have been if my Democrat GAO superiors had not gotten rid of the GAO manager who had a) arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 when I was 31 years old, b) gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and c) promoted me in 1986.

In 1980, he was the Staff Manager of GAO’s Chicago Office.

But immediately after he arranged for my transfer from IRS, my Democrat GAO Chicago Office superiors replaced him with a Democrat Staff Manager who was anti-IRS, anti-union, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-German America, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-those who did not start their career with GAO, anti-Association of Government Accountants, anti-Institute of Internal Auditors, and anti-those who spouse’s had good jobs. He was a heavy drinker and gambler who was obsessed with spectator sports and golf.

He did everything that he could to get me to go back to IRS.

He succeeded in a) keeping me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, b) assigning me to work for, work with, and/or supervise GAO Chicago office employees who disapproved of, if not despised, if not hated my demographics for my entire GAO career, c) giving me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals for my entire GAO career, d) assigning me to supervise all the office’s Democrat employees who were problematic, liberal, minority, female, veteran, disabled, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time for my entire GAO career, e) turning my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me for my entire GAO career, f) delaying my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, and g) stopping me from ever being promoted beyond GS-13.

If he had not gone on extended sick leave because of his heavy drinking in 1985, I never would have been assigned to audits or promoted to GS-13.

But after he came back in 1987, he succeed in a) forcing the aforesaid GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged for transfer from IRS in 1980, gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986, b) always ranking me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) helping my Democrat GAO superiors force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.

Further, I should write a book about my past and present critics/opponents and my past and present supporters who they destroyed because they encouraged me to become a) an Assistant Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) in 1999, b) an appointed RPC 1999, c) an elected RPC since 2000, d) Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, e) MTRO Octoberfest Committee member in 2001- 2009, f) Wheaton Park District Prairie Path Park adopter in 2001-2020, g) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, e) coordinator of Pat O/Malley’s 2002 gubernatorial primary campaign in Milton Township in 2002, f) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, g) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, h) Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades 2005-2019, i) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and j) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2008.

January 20, 2023

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage sheriff Mendrick facing mounting criticism after saying he won’t enforce state’s assault weapons ban.” I hope that soon, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Organization, and the other eight DuPage County Republican township organizations pass resolutions in support of Mendrick. I should write a book about past and present leaders of the aforesaid organizations who reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform and/or reject its individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, those organizations would have passed resolutions in support of Mendrick by now.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-dupage-county-sheriff-assault-weapon-ban-st-0120-20230120-q7tuba5vgrejzm5c6wv7qms4ue-story.html
https://news.yahoo.com/dupage-sheriff-facing-mounting-criticism-010600247.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Board member Grant Eckhoff, a Republican representing District 4, said Mendrick does not have the resources to create a task force of deputy sheriffs to go door to door and start a registration program for the guns. “It’s either handle the 911 calls and do the job that he’s been doing or try and go door to door,” Eckhoff said. “Unless you want to triple his budget, I don’t think it’s realistic and the legislation isn’t realistic for him to be able to do that.”)
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker’s appearance at Davos could mark a turning point.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-pritzker-davos-conference-benefits-greising-20230119-b6iodji4zbcyriwld6m3d37vfy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Sheriffs, do your duty and uphold the law on assault weapons. If law enforcement leaders cannot stay out of the political fray and refrain from making purposefully inflammatory statements for their own personal gain, the profession is doomed.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against law enforcement officers. As an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I enforced federal tax laws.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/19/23562557/sheriffs-states-attorneys-assault-weapons-ban-enforcement-politics-tom-weitzel-op-ed
— Will schools finally teach our kids to read? Even before the dramatic learning loss caused by COVID-19, only one-third of American fourth and eighth graders were reading at grade level. The alternatives to phonics were all supposed to be liberating and fun and empowering for children. Instead, they did terrible, avoidable harm. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/19/23562971/reading-instruction-public-schools-brain-science-phonics-teachers-mona-charenb-column

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Des Plaines Theatre operator cancels conservative groups’ event after outcry.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230119/des-plaines-theatre-operator-cancels-conservative-groups-event-after-outcry
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ron Onesti did not explicitly give a reason for the cancellation in a statement Thursday night, but he referred to the controversy and suggested he and the theater received threats. “What saddens me was the amount of hate that surfaced during all of this,” he wrote. “People mailing bullets to me, asking their neighbors to fill my garbage cans with dog feces, countless hateful calls and outwardly targeting the Des Plaines Theatre, wishing its demise. And how would that have been good for the community?” On Wednesday he had defended leasing the venue to the group that’s been criticized for making queerphobic social media posts and other controversial statements. That came after LGBTQ advocates criticized the groups behind the Feb. 8 event — especially DuPage County-based Awake Illinois — and some of the scheduled speakers. Onesti described himself as a proponent of the First Amendment and said Awake Illinois has the right to hold meetings and discuss the issues it pleases. “It’s not for me to be judge and jury,” Onesti said. . .The speaker lineup included Jaimee Michell, founder of a group called Gays Against Groomers; Stephanie Trussell, recent Republican candidate for lieutenant governor; Shannon Adcock, founder of Awake Illinois and a leader of Moms for Liberty DuPage; and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dubiel. Awake has railed against suburban drag events, medical treatments for transgender youth and the state’s new sex education standards, among other topics.)
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “Protecting rights or ignoring the law?” and say “McHenry County residents weigh in on possible gun sanctuary.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230119/protecting-rights-or-ignoring-the-law-mchenry-county-residents-weigh-in-on-possible-gun-sanctuary
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Fentanyl use in illicit drug supply continues to fuel rise in fatal Kane County overdoses.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230119/fentanyl-use-in-illicit-drug-supply-continues-to-fuel-rise-in-fatal-kane-county-overdoses
— Biden and the sanctuaries’ dilemma – Byron York
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230119/syndicated-columnist-byron-york–biden-and-the-sanctuaries-dilemma

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker plays role of Illinois’ ‘best chief marketing officer’ at Davos.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-pitches-illinois-world-economic-forum-davos

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Assault weapons ban Illinois: Judge expected to rule on temporary restraining order for new law.”
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-assault-ban-weapons-weapon-il/12720880/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “At World Economic Forum in Davos, Pritzker plays role of Illinois’ ‘best chief marketing officer.’ Governor touts accomplishments from energy and infrastructure to assault weapons ban.”
https://abc7chicago.com/davos-2023-switzerland-world-economic-forum-jb-pritzker/12719396/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago mayor election 2023: All 9 candidates face off in ABC7 debate.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-election-candidates-debate-league-of-women-voters/12719517/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “After 126 Interviews, SCOTUS Fails to Find Leaker of Abortion Ruling.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/after-126-interviews-scotus-fails-to-find-leaker-of-abortion-ruling/3050138/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Former Congressman Kinzinger selling signed copies of Jan. 6 committee report.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/adam-kinzinger-signed-jan-6-committee-report/

WTTW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker Meets With Political, Business Leaders in Switzerland at World Economic Forum.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/19/pritzker-meets-political-business-leaders-switzerland-world-economic-forum

WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Tom DeVore on why Illinois’ assault weapons ban is unconstitutional.”
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/tom-devore-on-why-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-is-unconstitutional/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “U-Haul Company of North Shore Chicago President: More people are moving out than moving in.”
https://wgnradio.com/john-landecker/u-haul-company-of-north-shore-chicago-president-more-people-are-moving-out-than-moving-in/

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use books to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-area-libraries-resist-book-ban-requests-from-public/09947c10-5aeb-4c73-a9c1-9ad0711d0359
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Federal lawsuits filed to block assault weapons ban. The Illinois State Rifle Association has filed a suit in federal court in hopes of striking down the state’s newly passed weapons ban.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/federal-lawsuits-filed-to-block-assault-weapons-ban/84275e01-37f7-4333-b833-05855b248ba6

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Durbin: Drivers may have to ‘pay their fair share’ in shift to electric vehicles.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/durbin-drivers-may-have-to-pay-their-fair-share-in-shift-to-electric-vehicles/article_3be4e3c0-9769-11ed-ba17-fbc9dda737fe.html

GREATER MILWAUKEE TODAY
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New gun restrictions are coming in states where Democrats reign.”
https://www.gmtoday.com/news/illinois/new-gun-restrictions-are-coming-in-states-where-democrats-reign/article_7279ebb2-9870-11ed-9a34-ef373d9a0b8b.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Effingham County judge to rule on assault weapons ban – Nick Taylor
https://news.yahoo.com/effingham-county-judge-rule-assault-045900394.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE NEWS COURIER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Challenges of keeping flavored pot from kids.”
https://jg-tc.com/news/challenges-of-keeping-flavored-pot-from-kids/video_49a72cb1-4f89-5b79-ba53-387ecb925c0b.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Rifle Association files federal suit against assault weapons ban.”
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rifle-association-files-federal-suit-against-assault-weapons-ban/article_28d5ee5e-9779-11ed-ad2d-4782cfd2ec81.html

WQAD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “At World Economic Forum, Pritzker plays role of Illinois’ best chief marketing officer.”
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/switzerland-world-economic-forum-pritzker-illinois-chief-marketing-officer/526-fed223b3-f831-400b-b392-ca89c1c43e3d

WSIU
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gov. Pritzker strongly believes the assault weapons ban will be upheld in the face of numerous lawsuits.”
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2023-01-19/gov-pritzker-strongly-believes-the-assault-weapons-ban-will-be-upheld-in-the-face-of-numerous-lawsuits

FOX ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “College removes photos of white males from entrance to prove commitment to diversity.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/college-removes-photos-of-graduating-white-males-from-entrance-to-show-prove-commitment-to-diversity-texas-am-school-of-medicine-stanley-goldfarb-equity-inclusion
— COMMENT: Democrat Pennsylvania lawmakers want a ‘Jan 6 Day’ to be observed in public schools. Should Republicans want an April 12 ‘Fort Sumter day.’ Both days were extremely negative.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gallery/pennsylvania-lawmakers-to-introduce-bills-proposing-jan-6-day-in-public-schools-philadelphia-january-sixth-capitol-insurrection-art-haywood-ed-neilson-chris-rabb

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Abortion was once common practice in America. A small group of doctors changed that.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-19/abortion-was-once-common-practice-in-america-a-small-group-of-doctors-changed-that
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push pot.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-01-19/statewide-obstacles-for-cannabis-craft-growers
— COMMENT: Democrats say “A judge in Effingham County hears arguments on the assault weapons ban.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2023-01-19/a-judge-in-effingham-county-hears-arguments-on-the-assault-weapons-ban-and-more-top-stories

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans warn against writing off Trump’s chances in 2024.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-warn-against-writing-off-trumps-chances-in-2024/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-program-coming-to-heartland-community-college/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Rep. LaHood joins growing list of Congressmen calling on Rep. Santos to resign.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rep-lahood-joins-growing-list-of-congressmen-calling-on-rep-santos-to-resign/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Brazilian drag performer IDs Santos in photos.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/brazilian-drag-performer-ids-santos-in-photos/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Challenging Illinois State Assault Weapons Ban.”
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/challenging-illinois-state-assault-weapons-ban-devore-pritzker-harmon-welch-lawsuit-gun-bill-ban-effingham-emergency-hearing

ELMHURST PATCH
— Chicago’s Role In Elmhurst Crime: Mayor He explained how suspects get away from local police officers. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/chicagos-role-elmhurst-crime-mayor

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ and abortion.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/01/19/chicago-bans-housing-and-employment-discrimination-against-people-who-have-received-gender-affirming-care-abortions/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin Honored as Governmental Leader of the Year by DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/States_Attorney/States_Attorney_News/2023/67499/

WIRE POINTS
— Politicians promise a progressive tax will only hit the rich…they always end up hiking taxes on the middle class, too.
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-promise-a-progressive-tax-will-only-hit-the-rich-they-always-end-up-hiking-taxes-on-the-middle-class-too-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois ranks among bottom 10 states in racial integration ranking – Michael Carroll
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/638722536-illinois-ranks-among-bottom-10-states-in-racial-integration-ranking
— Pritzker: Gun ban, abortions policies ‘not happening at the federal level and should’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/638883271-pritzker-gun-ban-abortions-policies-not-happening-at-the-federal-level-and-should

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Illinois U.S. Rep Mary E. Miller: “The Left wants to strip the rights of parents in every way possible and put unrestricted abortion-on-demand at the top of their priority list – even if it puts minors at risk. I am proud to join fellow House Republicans in standing against radical pro-abortion policies!”
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/638882825-illinois-u-s-rep-mary-e-miller-the-left-wants-to-strip-the-rights-of-parents-in-every-way-possible-and-put-unrestricted-abortion-on-demand

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS SAW 17,000 FEWER WORKERS IN UNIONS IN 2022 – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-saw-17000-fewer-workers-in-unions-in-2022/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ISRA Thursday Bulletin – January 19, 2023
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/isra-thursday-bulletin-january-19-2023.html
— National Committeeman Richard Porter Seeking to Amend IL GOP Bylaws to Permit Third Term
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/source-national-committeeman-richard-porter-seeking-to-amend-il-gop-bylaws-to-permit-third-term.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among conservative circles in Illinois, it is no secret that IL GOP Finance Committee Chair Vince Kolber and District 3 Committeewoman Jeanne Ives have been eying a potential 2024 run for the National Committeemen positions. The two have been working together for years, as Ives stated at the December 10, 2022 SCC meeting that Kolber gave her $750,000 for her failed 2018 gubernatorial primary challenge against incumbent establishment-Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. But Porter’s new plans to change the Bylaws to remove the term limits would appear to dash Kolber’s and Ives’ hopes and may be further evidence of the deepening rift among SCC members. . .It’s also no secret that Porter has been engaging in a public relations campaign the past couple months to prove his relevance at the national level. Porter posted numerous photos of himself at the US Capitol during the speakership deliberations, including a photo sitting alone in the Speaker’s conference room. Porter, who has endorsed RNC Chair Ronna Romney-McDaniel for re-election against conservative challenger Harmeet Dhillon, also has been making press for himself in his efforts to whip up the vote for Romney-McDaniel. The US Capitol Complex adheres to very strict photography guidelines, limiting photographs from the general public to public areas of the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings. And it explains why Porter removed his photographs, sitting alone in the Speaker’s suite from his Facebook page. Recent developments in the RNC Chair election also seem to indicate that DeMonte is complicit in Porter’s efforts to eliminate term limits. Sources confirm that DeMonte, who in December had endorsed Romney-McDaniel for re-election, has quietly signaled to Dhillon that she may vote for her in the election to be held at the RNC winter meeting on January 27, 2023, but that she can’t be public about her vote because she fears retribution in her own re-election – a re-election that will not happen without an amendment to the Bylaws. The RNC Chair election is conducted by secret ballot, with Porter, DeMonte, and Tracy tendering votes on behalf of Illinois, and all three have endorsed Romney-McDaniel for re-election. The RNC winter meeting will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California.)

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/19/afternoon-roundup-16/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Assault weapons ban coverage roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/19/assault-weapons-ban-coverage-roundup-2/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s ‘parole’ program stretches immigration powers – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/19/joe-bidens-parole-program-stretches-immigration-po/
— Life will remain defining — and winning — issue for conservatives. We must stand for life unapologetically. – Mike Pence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/19/life-will-remain-defining-and-winning-issue-for-co/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker: Biden classified document horde ‘vastly different’ than Trump’s – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pritzker-biden-classified-document-horde-vastly-different-than-trumps
— The Orwellian world of the pro-abortion movement – Christopher Tremoglie and Michael Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/the-orwellian-world-of-the-pro-abortion-movement

NEW YORK POST
— Video shows drag-denier George Santos dressed in drag, boasting about drag shows – Samuel Chamberlain, Caitlin Doornbos and Isabel Vincent
https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/george-santos-boasted-about-brazil-drag-shows-in-2005/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Here Comes Harmeet Dhillon. Inside Harmeet Dhillon’s bid for Chair of the Republican National Committee. – Bradley Devlin
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-harmeet-dhillon-hopes-to-shake-up-the-rnc/
— Hateful Legislation. Sheila Jackson Lee’s new bill makes a mockery of our constitutional order. – John Hirschauer
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hateful-legislation/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Offers Textbook Case of Woke Neoliberalism in Action. Traditional understandings of Right and Left in American politics are now meaningless. The case of Chicago demonstrates why that is and what it means for all of us.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/19/chicago-offers-textbook-case-of-woke-neoliberalism-in-action/
— The Invasion of America by Sea Has Begun. Our coastal areas have become the new front in the border crisis as the world knows illegal entry attempts by ship are a risk worth taking. – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/18/the-invasion-of-america-by-sea-has-begun/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Those making a bold stand against the frenzied LGBTQ mafia are heroes – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/those_making_a_bold_stand_against_the_frenzied_lgbtq_mafia_are_heroes.html
— Cryin’ Adam grifts for petty cash and hawks signed editions of the January 6th report – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/cryin_adam_grifts_for_petty_cash_and_hawks_signed_editions_of_the_january_6th_report.html

BHARAT EXPRESS
— The 2024 GOP presidential race will be a ‘battle between Trump and DeSantis’ – Kurt Schlichter
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/kurt-schlichter-the-2024-gop-presidential-race-will-be-a-battle-between-trump-and-desantis/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DeSantis explains how Florida is doing the heavy lifting while the ‘federal government is failing’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/19/desantis-says-florida-is-doing-the-heavy-lifting-where-the-federal-government-is-failing-1325977/

BREITBART
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Begs Biden to ‘Fairly Distribute’ Illegal Immigration Across All U.S. Cities, Towns – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: How many illegals have/will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America agreed/agree to take in?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/19/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-begs-biden-to-fairly-distribute-illegal-immigration-across-all-u-s-cities-towns/
— Most Americans Support Restrictions, Oppose Taxpayer Funding of Abortion – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/19/poll-most-americans-support-restrictions-oppose-taxpayer-funding-abortion/

CNS NEWS
— DeSantis: ‘We’re Stepping in Where the Federal Government’s Failing’–on Immigration and China – SUSAN JONES
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/desantis-were-stepping-where-federal-governments-failing-immigration

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— E-Verify: The Key to Deterring Illegal Immigration – Mark Krikorian and Elizabeth Jacobs (COMMENT: What have your Republican elected officials done to require employers to use E-Verify in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/EVerify-Key-Deterring-Illegal-Immigration

DAILY WIRE
— ‘That’s Not What We’re Hearing’: Illinois Governor Denies Businesses Are Fleeing Chicago – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-not-what-were-hearing-illinois-governor-denies-businesses-are-fleeing-chicago

EPOCH TIMES
— New Lawsuits Challenge Legality of Illinois ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-lawsuits-challenge-legality-of-illinois-assault-weapon-ban_4996617.html
— 42 Texas Counties Call on Governor to Declare ‘Invasion’ at Southern Border – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/42-texas-counties-call-on-governor-to-declare-invasion-at-southern-border-analysis_4996769.html
— Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Bill Criminalizing Speech Deemed ‘White Supremacist’ – Jana J. Pruet (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, according to Democrats, speech that does not glorify and praise Democrats who are the following is hate speech: minority, female, LGBTQ, younger, poor, unmarried, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-introduces-bill-criminalizing-speech-deemed-white-supremacist_4994084.html

FEDERALIST
— This Challenge To Illinois’ Gun Law Tees Up SCOTUS To Finally Nuke ‘Assault Weapons’ Bans – MARGOT CLEVELAND
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/19/this-challenge-to-illinois-gun-law-tees-up-scotus-to-finally-nuke-assault-weapons-bans/
— RNC Needs To Keep Liz Cheney And Her Media Allies From Hijacking Presidential Debates – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/19/rnc-needs-to-keep-liz-cheney-and-her-media-allies-from-hijacking-presidential-debates/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— While immigration boosters like the president fixate on misleading jobless rates, the number of working-age Americans out of the labor force is at historic highs. Pinched by record influxes of low-paid migrant competition and galloping inflation, legions of former workers aren’t nearly so enthralled about their prospects. . .“If the labor-force participation rate of working-age Americans ages 16 to 64 returned to what it was in 2000 — not exactly an eternity ago — it would add 6.5 million people to the labor force.” Ushering in more than 5.5 million mostly low-skilled migrants – as Biden has done since entering the White House – won’t produce a better or more prosperous America.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/01/19/bidens-jobless-claim-leaves-american-workers-out-cold

FOX NEWS
— Biden is the most destructive president in American history – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-biden-destructive-president-american-history
— Comer calls on border officials to testify on Biden policies ‘fueling’ migrant crisis. Oversight Republicans are calling on a handful of Biden administration career officials to testify. – Kelly Laco
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comer-calls-border-officials-testify-biden-policies-fueling-migrant-crisis
— Philadelphia faith leaders organize to advocate for reparations, official blames poverty on ‘White supremacy’ A Philadelphia city official said reparations are a ‘deeply spiritual work’ that will address inequities and make Black communities ‘whole’ – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/philadelphia-faith-leaders-organize-advocate-reparations-official-blames-poverty-white-supremacy
— Larry Elder takes aim at San Francisco’s $5 million reparations plan: ‘When do we stop?’ The proposal came from San Francisco’s reparations committee last month. – Adam Shaw (COMMENT: Democrats want reparations not just for Blacks, but for all minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, moderates, liberals, renters, unmarried people, those who have less money than others, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, non-gun-owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/larry-elder-takes-aim-san-frans-5-million-reparations-plan-when-do-we-stop

FOX BUSINESS
— Home Depot co-founder warns the ‘woke generation’ is ignoring the economy’s ‘bottom line’ – Kristen Altus
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/home-depot-co-founder-warns-woke-generation-ignoring-economys-bottom-line

GOPUSA
— Democrat Governor Says Red Flag Law ‘Can Work Better’ Than Assault Weapons Ban; What A Choice
https://www.gopusa.com/democrat-governor-says-red-flag-law-can-work-better-than-assault-weapons-ban-what-a-choice/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Easing College-Degree Requirements Should Be a No-Brainer for Conservatives – NATE HOCHMAN (COMMENT: I strongly disagree.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/easing-college-degree-requirements-should-be-a-no-brainer-for-conservatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lifting barriers to government and other jobs would benefit the economy, weaken the higher-ed cartel, and appeal to voters drawn to the conservative side.)
— Do We Need a ‘1629 Project’ for Abortion? – MARVIN OLASKY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/do-we-need-a-1629-project-for-abortion/

NEWS BUSTERS
— ELASTIC PBS NewsHour: Blame GOP for Both Republican and Democratic Political Shooters! – Clay Waters
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2023/01/19/elastic-pbs-newshour-blame-gop-both-republican-and-democratic

NEWSMAX
— Gov. Pritzker Claims Chicago Crime Lessening – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-gov-pritzker-chicago/2023/01/19/id/1105103/

PJ MEDIA
— Border Czar Ignores the Border During Arizona Trip – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2023/01/19/border-czar-ignores-the-border-during-arizona-trip-n1663333

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Governor DeSantis Announces Major Crackdown on Businesses Not Complying with E-Verify – Lorri Wickenhauser (COMMENT: What have your Republican elected officials done to require employers to use E-Verify in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.westernjournal.com/governor-desantis-announces-major-crackdown-businesses-not-complying-e-verify/

WESTERN PRODUCER
— Pandering to woke culture won’t save the planet – Kevin Hursh
https://www.producer.com/opinion/pandering-to-woke-culture-wont-save-the-planet/

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Lightfoot fields attacks in crowded Chicago mayoral debate.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3820713-lightfoot-fields-attacks-in-crowded-chicago-mayoral-debate/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the federal government to do even more to promote more hatred against Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/3819991-what-happened-to-the-fight-for-racial-justice-under-biden/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden gets real on immigration.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/3818612-biden-gets-real-on-immigration/

ROLL CALL
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek refugee status in America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout a refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://rollcall.com/2023/01/19/welcome-corps-to-let-americans-privately-sponsor-refugees-in-us/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Migrants now asked to use app to seek U.S. asylum; advocates raise concerns.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/migrants-app-us-asylum-immigration-advocates-concerns-rcna66574

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Legal battles mount against Illinois’ assault weapons ban.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-legal-battles-lawsuits/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek refugee status in America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout a refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/refugee-sponsorship-program-us-state-department-welcome-corps/

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC chair candidate says her Sikh faith is being targeted with ‘bigoted attacks’ by her opponents. Harmeet Dhillon persists in the race for Republican National Committee chairwoman despite facing opposition regarding her Sikh faith.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rnc-chair-candidate-says-her-191111959.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats.” I should write a book about the chairmen of the following since 2000 and those who they have rewarded and have gotten rid of and why: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-us-republican-party-new-york-city-7f008a849195b90a761d5978050afd36
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek refugee status in America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout a refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-political-refugees-us-department-of-state-cd66266833686ec2cd3c173161e85ad8

CNN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can a) to destroy traditional marriage, b) to destroy the traditional family, c) to discourage Americans who have demographics that vote for Republicans from having children, and especially those who are conservative, White, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have who have been in America for a long time, and c) to replace those children with citizens of foreign countries that have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/china-population-us-what-matters/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have done everything that they can to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, So far, they have stopped me from serving as a) Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, d) Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, and f) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. They crushed my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy. They gerrymandered my precinct. They almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They especially blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/technology/supreme-court-online-free-speech-social-media.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “After Roe, Republicans Wrestle With What It Means to Be Pro-Life.” I should write a book about those who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/politics/abortion-republicans-roe-v-wade.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Bitter RNC chair race roiled by questions of Trump loyalty. The current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, argues she is best positioned to prevent Donald Trump from forming a third party if he fails to win the 2024 nomination.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/19/rnc-mcdaniel-dhillon-trump/

24/7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The 9 States That Have Banned Assault-Style Weapons.”
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/01/19/the-9-states-that-have-banned-assault-style-weapons/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Texas spent nearly $9 million busing migrants over the holidays.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-spent-nearly-9-million-busing-migrants-over-holidays-2023-1

NPR
— A Republican candidate in N.M. charged over shootings at homes of Democrats. (COMMENT: Should the leaders of political parties have the power and use that power to stop bad candidates from running for government offices as members of their party? I say yes, but of course, that power would be abused. If I had attempted to run for any Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, or federal office, hate-filled conservative-hating leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and/or RNC would have stopped me. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who had tremendous skeletons in their closets. I would recount with vivid detail what Milton Township Organization (MTRO) leaders a) did in 2019 to end my bid to be picked to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy and b) did in 2004 to end my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position.)
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149464953/new-mexico-shooting-politicians-solomon-pena
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek refugee status in America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout a refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/19/1143604311/state-department-refugee-resettlement-pilot-program

NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, for Democrats, every firearm is an “assault weapon.”
https://www.newsweek.com/theres-nothing-racist-about-gun-safety-opinion-1775106

PEW RESEARCH
— COMMENT: Democrats say “How Republicans view their party and key issues facing the country as the 118th Congress begins.”
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/19/how-republicans-view-their-party-and-key-issues-facing-the-country-as-the-118th-congress-begins/

TAX NOTES
— Tax Court Rules Against IRS in Deductibility of MBA Tuition (COMMENT: I should write a book about Money Magazine’s and IRS’s disallowance of my graduate Loyola business courses and graduate DePaul accounting courses in 1978.)
https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/court-documents/court-opinions-and-orders/tax-court-rules-against-irs-in-deductibility-of-mba-tuition/76xyk

SPSSI
— Factors Motivating Citizens to Become Active in Politics (COMMENT: Far too many hate-filled conservative-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton become the following to destroy the Republican Party: a) precinct committeemen and captains, b) members of conservative organizations, c) webmasters for Republican and conservative organizations, d) chairmen of committees of Republican and conservative organizations, e) chairmen of Republican and conservative organizations, f) candidates for government offices, g) major donors, h) political consultants, i) fundraisers, j) pollsters, k) campaign managers, l) campaign staff members, and m) campaign volunteers. I should write a book about the aforesaid in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton since 2000.)
https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1960.tb00395.x

WIKIPEDIA
— Political positions of the Republican Party (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois talk and/or act like Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, RINO, and other anti-conservative and conservative-hating political consultants advise them a) to dump the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and b) to dump voters who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_the_Republican_Party

BRITANNICA
— News aggregator (COMMENT: Obviously, those who reject the following planks in the Republican Party platform do not want me to include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters links to articles that promote those planks: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/news-aggregator

January 19, 2023

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “IL lawmakers approve sending $20M to city for Chicago migrant care; Mayor Lightfoot hoped for more. Since late August, there have been over 5K migrants in Chicago.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-migrant-immigration-illinois-politics/12718357/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Emergency hearing held in attempt to stop Illinois assault weapons ban from being enforced.”
https://abc7chicago.com/assault-weapons-weapon-ban-illinois/12715336/
— COMMENT: Democrats use reports of “violent extremists targeting Planned Parenthood locations” to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/planned-parenthood-abortion-in-illinois-vandalized-fire/12716850/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Immigration documents show George Santos’ mom wasn’t in NYC on 9/11 despite his claims. A former roommate says Santos often used two names while raising money for his animal rescue nonprofit organization.”
https://abc7chicago.com/republican-george-santos-mother-9-11-fatima-devolder/12718516/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos took $3K from GoFundMe for dying dog belonging to disabled veteran. The dog, Sapphire, has passed away, but officials will donate the amount of money Santos originally promised to animal charity.”
https://abc7chicago.com/george-santos-richard-osthoff-dog-gofundme-fundraiser/12718479/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Pits DuPage County Sheriff Against Elected Officials.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-enforcement-pits-dupage-county-sheriff-against-elected-officials/3048699/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Judge to Make Decision Soon on Whether to Halt Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Amid Lawsuits. Decision on temporary restraining order for Protect Illinois Communities Act expected by Friday.” I should have gotten permanent restraining orders against all the defendants in the lawsuits that I filed. I should write a book about those lawsuits and the adverse actions that the defendants have taken against me since the 1980s.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/decision-on-temporary-restraining-order-expected-soon-after-emergency-hearing-on-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/3048625/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Multiple lawsuits filed against new assault weapons ban in Illinois.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hearing-challenging-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois State Rifle Association, gun stores file federal lawsuit challenging assault weapons ban.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-state-rifle-association-gun-stores-file-federal-lawsuit-challenging-assault-weapons-ban

WTTW
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ and abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/18/city-council-unanimously-votes-expand-protections-trans-chicagoans-and-those-seeking

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois State Rifle Association, gun stores file federal lawsuit challenging assault weapons ban.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/states-assault-weapons-ban-challenged-by-two-lawsuits-with-others-on-the-way/5ce6d974-06b9-4622-b425-b436f34ecb9d
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Social bond program lets everyday Chicagoans invest in social justice projects.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/social-bond-program-lets-everyday-chicagoans-invest-in-social-justice-projects/9ba504d5-bb91-4c4f-8655-702986974a94

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “State OKs $20 million for influx of migrants to Chicago after warning that funding would end; amount less than half what Lightfoot wanted.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-migrant-money-illinois-federal-20230118-gw7piypcvjb5nhrwlawghv6c2a-story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s gun ban.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-weapons-ban-isra-lawsuit-20230118-qhyywjfqjzaoddcgx3okduawqm-story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Dozens of sheriffs say they won’t enforce Illinois’ assault weapons ban” and ask “Did they forget their oaths of office?” This editorial incudes a big picture of Mendrick.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-sheriffs-enforcement-refusal-20230118-ucqhww2rifcrtfutkkyw56d46u-story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent $350 million to win his two terms in office.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-governor-pritzker-campaign-spending-20230119-lc5o2rvjojghvjub3x2fux2oaa-story.html
— COMMENT: Letters that promote township government. I should write a book about a) township officials and employees in DuPage County who have taken most/biggest adverse actions against me and b) anti-township officials and employees in DuPage County who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-011923-20230118-yrq64577nndrxoowhkwog6peom-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gun lobby, stores file federal challenge to assault weapons ban, arguing it violates ‘right to keep and bear common arms’
The Illinois State Rifle Association lawsuit appears to be the first in federal court to challenge Illinois’ new weapons ban, but it is part of a burgeoning legal effort aimed at undoing the new law. Other lawsuits have been filed in state court.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/18/23560657/assault-weapons-ban-illinois-state-rifle-association-gun-stores-federal-lawsuit
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/18/23561390/gop-rotting-fish-rotten-apples-donald-trump-republicans
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats erode Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/19/23561061/assault-military-style-weapons-new-mexico-illinois-legislature-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gun shop owner files federal lawsuit over state’s weapons ban.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230118/gun-shop-owner-files-federal-lawsuit-over-states-weapons-ban
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: COMMENT: Democrats say “Gay pride parade organizers sue Aurora, saying its permit rules violate 1st Amendment.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230118/gay-pride-parade-organizers-sue-aurora-saying-its-permit-rules-violate-1st-amendment
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Democrats say “Des Plaines Theatre operator defends decision to provide venue for controversial political event.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230118/des-plaines-theatre-operator-defends-decision-to-provide-venue-for-controversial-political-event
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230119/daily-herald-opinion-rule-of-law-cannot-accommodate-selective-defiance-of-any-we-disagree-with

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Nicor, Peoples Gas propose income-based utility rates alongside record-setting rate-hike requests – STEVE DANIELS (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, more and more and more of your bills will be income-based, that is, the more money that you earn, the higher that your bills will be. That certainly discourages earning more money.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/peoples-gas-nicor-propose-income-based-utility-rates

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Democrats say “One of many appropriations in the state budget bill, which passed both chambers during the final day of lame-duck, $500,000 will go towards a new Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Springfield.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/01/19/illinois-budget-bill-includes-500000-appropriation-for-new-mlk-statue/69815834007/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democrats say “Diocese of Rockford discontinues relationship with Boy Scouts of America.” Sexual predators destroyed the Boy Scouts.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/local/2023/01/18/diocese-of-rockford-discontinues-relationship-with-boy-scouts-of-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In September, a bankruptcy judge approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan proposed by the Boy Scouts of America, which would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.)

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://chicagodefender.com/idfpr-announces-updates-for-upcoming-social-equity-criteria-license-lottery/

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting minorities to push pot in Illinois.
https://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/black-hawk-college-launching-online-cannabis-career-training

STATELINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Watchdog group says racial bias training for Illinois healthcare workers will harm minorities.” (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government a) require federal employees to take lots of bias training and b) use that training to promote hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about the bias training a) that my Democrat IRS superiors required me and my IRS supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to take 1971-1980 and b) that my Democrat GAO superiors required me and my GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to take 1980-1997. I would focus on the success that training had in promoting hatred against Republicans like me.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/watchdog-group-says-racial-bias-training-for-illinois-healthcare-workers-will-harm-minorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A medical watchdog group is criticizing Illinois’ new law that requires health-care workers to take racial bias training over “being a good doctor.” According to the Illinois Administrative Code, racial bias occurs automatically and unintentionally, affecting behaviors, judgments, and decisions. The medical watchdog group Do No Harm counters that “There is no credible evidence that physicians are biased, or healthcare is systemically racist.” Illinois passed the Health Care and Human Services Reform Act, which went into effect on January 1st, 2023, requiring health professionals to take one hour of “implicit bias training” in order to renew their license with the state. The legislation “recognized significant disparities in health outcomes between Black Illinois residents and other residents of the state, including higher rates of death from pregnancy-related causes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and chronic diseases (including asthma); a higher rate of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which is associated with adverse health outcomes.” “Things that are related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are based on more divisive ideology than things that really have anything to do with being a good doctor,” wrote Laura Morgan, program manager for Do No Harm, who said she was fired from her Texas nursing job after 39 years for refusing to take a mandatory course “grounded in the idea that I’m racist because I’m white.” “The idea of implicit bias is grounded in the belief that white people treat those who aren’t white worse than those who are. It’s part of the woke assumption that society, including healthcare, suffers from ‘systemic racism,’” she wrote. “Accordingly, my own supposed implicit bias, which is a euphemism for ingrained racism, must be rooted out. Not only that, it must be replaced with preferential treatment for the nonwhite.“ “Patients, especially minorities, will experience the most harm. Their caregivers are being told to admit to unconscious racism. Why would you see a physician who supposedly hates you and will hurt your health?” she said. “I fear every healthcare professional will soon be forced to make the same awful decision I did: Falsely admit to being racist or abandon the medical field,” she wrote in an article published in the Wall Street Journal. According to a 2017 Harvard study, diversity training programs may actually worsen healthcare situations by exacerbating pre-existing biases.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House Republicans building case to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/house-republicans-building-case-to-impeach-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-department-of-homeland-security-house-judiciary-committee-articles-of-impeachment-immigration-policy-southern-border-migrant-crisis-us-mexico-congress-gop-border-patrol-cbp

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Rifle Association files federal suit against assault weapons ban.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-01-18/rifle-association-files-federal-suit-against-assault-weapons-ban
— COMMENT: Hard-left Democrats ask “How will the hard-right Republicans in Congress wield their newfound power?”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-18/how-will-the-hard-right-republicans-in-congress-wield-their-newfound-power

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump trounces DeSantis in potential GOP primary match-up, new poll finds.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-trounces-desantis-in-potential-gop-primary-match-up-new-poll-finds/
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-program-coming-to-heartland-community-college/
— COMMENT: Democrats acknowledge that “Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids.” Are you a parent? How successful have Democrats been in getting your children to be stoners?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-flavored-cannabis-marketing-is-criticized-for-targeting-kids/

WSIL TV
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New York City starts offering free abortion pills at sexual health clinics.”
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/new-york-city-starts-offering-free-abortion-pills-at-sexual-health-clinics/article_c8f62187-99a3-51d0-8fae-81e2f30486a1.html

WGLT
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gun rights advocates file opening legal challenges to Illinois’ assault weapons ban.”
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-01-18/gun-rights-advocates-file-opening-legal-challenges-to-illinois-assault-weapons-ban
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-01-18/heartland-community-college-approves-cannabis-certificate-program

WSIU
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2023-01-18/from-state-regulations-to-finding-financing-illinois-cannabis-craft-growers-face-multiple-obstacles

NORTHERN STAR
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://northernstar.info/102042/news/illinois-hits-record-setting-year-in-adult-use-cannabis-sales/

CHICAGO CATHOLIC
— COMMENT: Democrats succeed in getting Illinois Catholics to diminish Second Amendment rights, but not to promote abortion.
https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2023/01/18/new-state-laws-draw-comment-from-illinois-bishops

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say Pritzker says “Crime is coming down.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/01/19/pritzker-crime-is-coming-down-00078501

CITIES 92.9
— CHALLENGE TO ILLINOIS LAW ON 2ND AMENDMENT NOW IN FEDERAL COURT – Tom Davis
https://www.cities929.com/2023/01/18/challenge-to-illinois-law-on-2nd-amendment-now-in-federal-court/

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Tucker Carlson: William J. Kelly on Lightfoot’s Section 8 housing plan for downtown Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLdkuJK1tk

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— All Plaintiffs in Tom DeVore’s State Case against the democrats’ Gun Control Bills
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/18/plaintiffs-in-tom-devores-state-case-against-the-democrats-gun-control-bills/
— No Activity in Jack Franks’ Political Action Committee
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/18/no-activity-in-jack-franks-political-action-committee/
— Marengo Guns Plaintiff in Illinois State Rifle Association Suit against Democrats’ Gun Control Law
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/18/marengo-guns-plaitiff-in-illinois-state-rifle-association-suit-against-democrats-gun-control-law/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois supporters expected to press ahead with crazy idea of wind turbines on Lake Michigan – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-supporters-expected-to-press-ahead-with-crazy-idea-of-wind-turbines-on-lake-michigan-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois gun ban ruling expected Friday as eyes remain on other gun control measures – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-gun-ban-ruling-expected-friday-as-eyes-remain-on-other-gun-control-measures/article_859d3ebe-9777-11ed-b186-03448141d81c.html
— Pritzker: Biden classified document horde ‘vastly different’ than Trump’s – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-biden-classified-document-horde-vastly-different-than-trump-s/article_42c32c08-9780-11ed-a053-e3eb43c2c3ea.html

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Miller: ‘I rise today in response to the speaker’s comments yesterday, attacking my wife as well as the Freedom Caucus in Washington’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/638829373-miller-i-rise-today-in-response-to-the-speaker-s-comments-yesterday-attacking-my-wife-as-well-as-the-freedom-caucus-in-washington

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Critical Race Theory Hide and Seek – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/critical-race-theory-hide-and-seek/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Effingham County Judge Hears Arguments During Emergency Assault Weapons Ban Hearing, Will Rule by Friday
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-effingham-county-judge-hears-arguments-during-emergency-assault-weapons-ban-hearing-will-rule-by-friday.html
— How Mishandled Classified Documents Could Spell the End for Biden – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/di-leo-how-mishandled-classified-documents-could-spell-the-end-for-biden.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-2/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/18/afternoon-roundup-15/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anti-Trump former Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s PAC is selling signed copies of the Jan. 6 report. Country First PAC website says proceeds will go to charity. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/18/anti-trump-former-rep-adam-kinzingers-pac-selling-/
— Lawsuits challenge recent Illinois semiautomatic gun ban – John O’Connor
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/18/lawsuits-challenge-recent-illinois-semiautomatic-g/
— Biden’s army of IRS auditors falls victim to hiring woes, ambiguous marching orders – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me to be a Revenue Officer because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I was qualified because in 1970, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. They did not offer me a Revenue Agent job because I had not taken enough accounting courses. While I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer, my goal was never to qualify myself for a new trade or business, that is, my goal was never to become a Revenue Agent.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/18/bidens-army-irs-auditors-falls-victim-hiring-woes-/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A tricky job market and lack of expedited hiring authority are making it difficult to bring on more people who can clear the hurdles. “A continued challenge the IRS faces is having to evaluate a high number of applicants in order to find successful candidates both willing to accept the job offer and also be able to pass the required background checks,” the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said. . .“Even once they manage to make the hires, training will be a long process and the agency will continue to deal with attrition,” he told The Washington Times. “In fact, attrition may increase, and the quality of the typical IRS auditor will probably drop since the IRS won’t be able to be as selective in hiring if it expects to almost double the size of the agency in less than nine years.”)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas Tech medical school touted ‘affirmative action plan’ to score diversity recognition – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government and how RINO leaders in Illinois have used AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/texas-tech-medical-school-affirmative-action

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Photos Place Hunter Biden in Corvette at Site of Classified Docs in July 2017. Hunter Biden’s access to Corvette also suggests he may have had access to classified documents. – Andrew Kerr (COMMENT: In 1978, the Democrats who ran Money Magazine insisted that their 4-page February 1978 article on me included a picture of me in my 1972 Corvette.)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/photos-place-hunter-biden-in-corvette-at-site-of-classified-docs-in-july-2017/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats’ latest attempt to use a ‘white supremacy’ scare to crush their opposition – Adam B. Coleman
https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/democrats-latest-attempt-to-use-a-white-supremacy-scare-to-crush-their-opposition/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Mexico Is Not Really an American Friend – Victor Davis Hanson (COMMENT: Those who are the following promote Mexico over America: anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-financial success, anti-homeownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/18/mexico-is-not-really-an-american-friend/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Leftists chase the chimera of White supremacy – Kathleen Brush (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being haters and b) promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/leftists_chase_the_chimera_of_white_supremacy_.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Tucker Carlson breaks down Dem’s terrifying bill that would criminalize speech against non-whites. – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being haters and b) promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/18/its-blood-libel-tucker-breaks-down-dems-terrifying-bill-that-would-criminalize-speech-against-non-whites-1325634/

BREITBART
— Germany Only Managed to Send Back 4,100 of 68,000 Migrants Under EU Rules – CHRIS TOMLINSON
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/01/18/germany-only-managed-to-send-back-4100-of-68000-migrants-under-eu-rules/

DAILY CALLER
— Florida College Presidents Pledge To Not Fund Critical Race Theory, Diversity Initiatives On Campus – ALEXA SCHWERHA (COMMENT: One more reason to move to Florida.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/18/florida-college-presidents-diversity-equity-inclusion-critical-race-theory-campus/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Benefits of Cultural Appropriation – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/18/woke-america-freaks-out-over-singer-gwen-stefanis-cultural-appropriation-but-japan-is-ok-with-it/
— ‘Freedom Agenda’ Offers Hopeful Vision for America’s Future – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/19/freedom-agenda-offers-hopeful-vision-for-americas-future/

DAILY WIRE
— Anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger Is Selling Autographed Copies Of January 6th Report — For Charity – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-trump-republican-is-selling-autographed-copies-of-january-6th-report-for-charity
— Florida Colleges Vow To Ban Critical Race Theory After Overhaul From DeSantis – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-colleges-vow-to-ban-critical-race-theory-after-overhaul-from-desantis

FEDERALIST
— Chicagoans React To Lori Lightfoot’s Claim That She’s Made The City Safer
https://thefederalist.com/videos/chicagoans-react-to-lori-lightfoots-claim-that-shes-made-the-city-safer/

FOX NEWS
— Mayors to meet behind closed doors to discuss migrant crisis amid tensions over buses. Migrants have been bussed in the thousands across the US. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayors-meet-behind-closed-doors-discuss-migrant-crisis-amid-tensions-buses
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker ripped for threatening sheriffs who vowed not to enforce assault weapons ban. Second Amendment advocacy groups tell Fox News Digital the law is ‘unconstitutional’ – Taylor Penley
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-ripped-threatening-sheriffs-vowed-enforce-assault-weapons-ban
— Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee’s new bill will ‘criminalize speech’ and prosecute those who disagree. It may be ‘impossible’ to find a House Democrat willing to ‘condemn it, let alone vote against’ such a bill. – Glenn Greenwald
https://www.foxnews.com/media/greenwald-warns-democrat-sheila-jackson-lees-new-bill-will-criminalize-speech
— Nikole Hannah-Jones lashes out at critics during MSNBC ‘racial healing’ townhall: ‘I’m glad they’re scared’ Host Chris Hayes claimed the event was ‘drawing on the indigenous practice of healing circles’ – Jeffrey Clark
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikole-hannah-jones-lashes-out-at-critics-during-msnbc-racial-healing-townhall-im-glad-theyre-scared
— Parents revolted against critical race theory. Here’s how they won. Parents are challenging critical race theory on an array of fronts. – Lance Izumi (COMMENT: In your school district, what percent of the parents are the following: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-financial success, anti-homeownership, anti-gun ownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? There must be a lot of the aforesaid parents if school board members who are the aforesaid are elected.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-revolted-against-critical-race-theory-how-they-won
— Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus warns Americans of Dems’ agenda: ‘At some point, people have to wake up’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who continue to do the most to stop everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-white-house-chief-staff-warns-americans-dems-agenda-some-point-people-have-wake-up
— Will Republicans debate? Will Trump tweet? The media could be back in the game. The idea that Republicans can ignore the mainstream outlets seems a bit detached from reality. – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/media-buzz/will-republicans-debate-will-trump-tweet-media-could-be-back-game

GOPUSA
— Trump Campaign Formally Requests Access To Facebook Account
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-campaign-formally-requests-access-to-facebook-account/
— NYC Mayor Adams Demands ‘National Czar’ For Migrant Crisis — A Job VP Harris Is Already Supposed To Hold
https://www.gopusa.com/nyc-mayor-adams-demands-national-czar-for-migrant-crisis-a-job-vp-harris-is-already-supposed-to-hold/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC’s ‘Racial Healing’ Town Hall Hypes Divisive 1619 Project – Alex Christy
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2023/01/18/msnbcs-racial-healing-town-hall-hypes-divisive-1619-project

NEWSMAX
— Has CNN Become the Newsroom for Misfit Republicans? – Jacob Lane
https://www.newsmax.com/jacoblane/kinzinger-licht-zucker/2023/01/18/id/1104882/

REAL CLEAR POLITCS
— 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones At “Racial Healing” Town Hall: I’m Glad People Are Scared – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/18/1619_projects_nikole_hannah-jones_at_racial_healing_town_hall_im_glad_people_are_scared.html

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Most voters don’t want GOP to punish ‘woke’ companies.”
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-lobbying/3812746-most-voters-dont-want-gop-to-punish-woke-companies-poll/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “U.S. divided over Roe’s repeal as abortion foes gird for march.” Front page top of fold in Chicago Tribune.
https://www.cbs19news.com/story/48178493/us-divided-over-roes-repeal-as-abortion-foes-gird-for-march

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Social Media Posts Claim George Santos Used to Be a Drag Performer.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-media-posts-claim-george-215133991.html

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “What the 21 McCarthy holdouts got in committee assignments.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/21-mccarthy-holdouts-got-committee-045621601.html

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why 200 millionaires want higher taxes: Inequality is eating our world alive.” Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, if you are heterosexual, married, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, you owe your successes in life to discrimination against LGBTQers, unmarried people, moderates, liberals, Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/millionaires-higher-taxes-on-rich-davos-inequality/

CNN
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that “FEC dismisses RNC complaint that Google’s spam filters were biased against conservatives.” Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/tech/fec-decision-rnc-gmail-spam/index.html
https://www.wevv.com/news/national/fec-dismisses-rnc-complaint-that-googles-spam-filters-were-biased-against-conservatives/article_feea7bba-84a0-53da-866d-f68723117ca6.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump criticizes evangelical leaders for not backing his 2024 presidential bid.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/donald-trump-evangelicals-2024/index.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos took $3,000 from dying dog’s GoFundMe, veterans say.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/george-santos-veteran-dog-gofundme/index.html

REUTERS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/embattled-us-rep-santos-was-drag-queen-brazil-pageants-say-associates-2023-01-19/

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Nikole Hannah-Jones says ‘backlash’ against her woke revisionist project is her greatest honor.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nikole-hannah-jones-says-backlash-against-her-woke-revisionist-project-is-her-greatest-honor/ar-AA16uwTV

CNBC
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: Crime is coming down gradually in the city and it’s getting better.”
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/01/18/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-crime-is-coming-down-gradually-in-the-city-and-its-getting-better.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: conservative, Republican, White, male. older, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, and/or German American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/opinion/race-violence-riot-working-class.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Kevin McCarthy’s Business Ties Complicate His Rise to Power.” What business ties do you have? I have none. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. My income is my Civil Service Retirement System pension.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/dealbook/kevin-mccarthy-business-ties-house-speaker.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “What Florida tells us about the future of U.S. politics.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/11/aftermath-book-florida/

COURIER TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats acknowledge that “42 Texas counties now support declaring invasion at southern border.”
https://www.mycouriertribune.com/news/national_news/42-texas-counties-now-support-declaring-invasion-at-southern-border/article_cc2d1602-aa52-52f4-a695-9415cc8cf3d4.html

SWIFT COUNTY MONITOR
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The Consequences Of An Uninformed Electorate.” My critics/opponents want everyone to know only what they tell them, no more, and no less. They destroy those like me a) who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
http://www.swiftcountymonitor.com/articles/2023/01/11/drop-ink-consequences-uninformed-electorate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican voters duped into casting their ballots for a congressional candidate whose entire resume was a lie are outraged. How could someone make it through a whole campaign season without the falsehoods being revealed? It was too late for them to take back their votes, and George Santos now serves as the U.S. Representative from New York’s 3rd District for the next two years. Santos had claimed Jewish heritage, running a pet charity, working for finance giant Goldman Sachs, and attending an exclusive New York prep school. His claims were all false. He went from earning an income of $50,000 on a venture capital fund that federal prosecutors called a Ponzi scheme in 2020 to claiming assets totaling nearly $11 million in 2022, the local newspaper the North Shore Leader reported. The newspaper editorialized on a candidate who it saw as a complete fraud. No one listened. No one followed up. “This would all have been exposed before the election if local newspapers were not running on fumes,” former Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted. Across the country, those fumes consist of decimated reporting staff – if a newspaper still exists.)

WGLC
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in pushing pot in Illinois.
https://www.wglc.net/illinois-reports-record-setting-year-for-cannabis-sales/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Bets It All on Republican Failure. His overconfidence hides a weak hand. His only hope is that the GOP’s is weaker. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-bets-it-all-on-republican-failure-2024-election-president-classified-documents-house-overconfidence-11674071140
— The Biden Classified-Document Payback. Democrats stoked the Trump bonfire for years. Now it’s put them in political hell. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biden-document-payback-special-counsel-trump-classified-documents-politics-gop-democrats-11674075731

BAPTIST NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in using illegals to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and illegals are Democrat soldiers in that war.
https://baptistnews.com/article/new-survey-republicans-and-white-evangelicals-are-outliers-in-fear-of-immigrants-invading-u-s/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House GOP Vote to Abolish the IRS Is Kooky and Self-Destructive.” Who do you know who has worked for IRS? I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. Who do you know who has audited IRS? I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $109,732-$117,047/year.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/01/house-gop-vote-to-abolish-irs-is-kooky-and-self-destructive.html

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
— COMMENT: Democrats say “HATE CRIME LEGISLATION VAGUE AND INCONSISTENT AMONG 50 U.S. STATES.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being haters and b) promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/hate-crime-legislation

PRINCETON ALUMNI WEEKLY
— Crashing the Conservative Party – David Walter (COMMENT: I should write a book about hate-filled conservative-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who have crashed the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition since 2000. Of course, I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/crashing-conservative-party

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want universities to do more to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2023/01/19/higher-ed-must-move-beyond-performative-apologies-opinion

WIKIPEDIA
— First they came … (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats come for Republicans, and first for Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, gun owner, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_…

January 9, 2023

ABC7
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Pinnacle of achievement: Illinois House Republican Jim Durkin announces resignation.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://abc7chicago.com/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement that said: “Leader Jim Durkin is offering all kinds of excuses as he leaves the General Assembly, but the truth is under his leadership our caucus is at its lowest point in membership in a very long time. Leader Durkin squandered money in the 2022 Primary to secure legislative candidates in open seats who were loyal to him and who were not necessarily the best fit for the districts in which they ran, and this proved to be a disastrous decision. We are in this mess not because of our principles but because of our leadership’ lack of commitment to our principles. Jim Durkin has abandoned Republican principles of lower taxes, reduced spending and standing up for our Constitutional rights. Raising taxes to spend more money we don’t have and attacking the Constitutional rights of honest citizens is not a winning message. We need to be united as a party against tax increases and we need to be the party of fiscal responsibility. Jim Durkin’s strategy of offering voters a ‘Democrat Lite’ agenda has been a colossal failure. Our party needs bold leadership if we ever hope to get out of the super minority. Jim Durkin has made it clear he is not willing to provide that bold leadership and is leaving the General Assembly. We wish him good luck on his future endeavors.”)
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Colorado will halt busing of migrants to Chicago after conversation with Lightfoot, governor says.”
https://abc7chicago.com/colorado-governor-jared-polis-lori-lightfoot-chicago-migrants/12674846/

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.org/
https://www.facebook.com/illinoisfreedomcaucus/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Durkin Retiring Before End of Session, To Become Lobbyist? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Durkin is glorified and praised by hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters. I should write a book about how since 2000 the leaders of the following have treated conservatives, that is, how they have mistreated conservatives, that is, how they have dumped conservatives: Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/08/durkin-retiring-before-end-of-session-to-become-lobbyist/
— Congresswoman Mary Miller Statement on Conservative Policy Victories in Speakership Negotiations
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/08/take-on-u-s-house-speakership-fight/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement on the historic conservative victory to ensure the House of Representatives stops reckless spending and holds the Biden Administration accountable to the American people: “I promised my constituents that I would fight to change the status quo in the DC swamp, and thanks to 20 members who insisted on change, we can now celebrate a historic victory for the conservative movement despite intense pressure for us to give up and accept business as usual in Washington. After intense negotiations and hard work by House Freedom Caucus members and House Republican leadership, we changed the rules to ensure that a Republican-controlled House cannot betray conservatives the way that Senate Republicans did when they passed Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion omnibus. With 40-year high inflation and $31 trillion in debt, we must save our country for our children and grandchildren. Our conservative policy package includes: The power to block an omnibus spending bill from the Senate; The power to eliminate waste by making direct budget cuts to the federal bureaucracy and spending caps to cut spending; A balanced federal budget over the next 10 years A “Church-style” Committee to Investigate the Weaponization of the Federal Government, including the Biden Department of Justice; A Southern Border Security Plan; The end of COVID mandates and funding for them; Requiring 72 hours to read a bill before the vote; The power for one member to call a vote for a new Speaker. I want to thank President Donald Trump, Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy for their work making this victory for the conservative movement and the American people possible. I look forward to working with the House Republican Conference to stop Joe Biden’s destructive, radical, leftist agenda!)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— House GOP Leader Jim Durkin Resigning, Says Trump Republicans, 2nd Amendment and Pro-Life Issues “Dragged” GOP Down in Midterm Election (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Durkin in glorified and praised by hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters. I should write a book about how since 2000 the leaders of the following have treated conservatives, that is, how they have mistreated conservatives, that is, how they have dumped conservatives: Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin-resigning-says-trump-republicans-2nd-amendment-and-pro-life-issues-dragged-gop-down-in-midterm-election.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In media interviews after announcing his resignation as House GOP leader, State Rep. Jim Durkin attempted to place all of the blame on the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump. “As long as we continue to say that we are the party of Trump and that we have to abide by the party principles in the platform, 100% we’re gonna continue down this path of losing,” said Durkin. But pointing fingers and blaming others is exactly why Illinois House Republicans are in the super minority – and Durkin has no one else to blame but himself. And blaming the former President does nothing but distract from his own leadership failures. In announcing his resignation on Sunday, Durkin once again began pointing fingers, saying, “I hope that at some point in the near future, and I think we’re getting there, that the party breaks its fever of Donald Trump and understands and learns from the past. Some people will never get there.” But Durkin didn’t just stop there. “So I would just say the sooner that the public realizes that he’s not value added to the Republican Party, we can start looking at what this party used to be about. A party that didn’t insist upon this purity test. A party that is a fiscally conservative first of all, certainly, but we can have a fair and respectful debate within the party on issues related to the Second Amendment, to life and these other social issues, that have been dragging us down in areas that we have to compete in — mainly the suburbs and the collar counties.” To suggest that Second Amendment and pro-life issues are “dragging” the Republican party down is an insult – they are issues that make us Republicans in the first place. In the last week, Illinois Review has published several articles about Durkin using his political influence to target conservative grassroots candidates during the Illinois Primary. Sources also confirmed to Illinois Review that the IL GOP is blaming Durkin for the party’s postage discount abuse, where mailers “Paid for by the Republican Party of Illinois” were sent during the primary to viciously attack conservative Republican grassroots candidates that were challenging Durkin’s friends and political allies. Just a few days ago, Durkin was the only Republican to join the Democrats, voting in favor of the assault weapons ban. The legislation “immediately prohibits the manufacturing, possession, delivery, sales, and purchase of assault weapons” with a few exceptions – if you are a police officer or you are in the military. The Illinois Freedom Caucus sent a late night email urging conservatives to call Democrats and urge them to vote “No,” arguing that the Democrats admitted in committee that they did not consult with gun groups while drafting the legislation – including the Illinois State Rifle Association, who plans on filing a lawsuit when the bill becomes law. Durkin remains a close ally and best friend of IL GOP chairman Don Tracy. During the primary, Durkin was a supporter of Richard Irvin’s Republican campaign for governor, despite Irvin pulling Democratic Primary ballots in 2014, 2016 and 2020.)
— GOP State Central Committee’s Rhonda Belford Attends 109th First Lady’s Luncheon Featuring Jill Biden in September
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/gop-state-central-committees-rhonda-belford-attends-109th-first-ladys-luncheon-featuring-jill-biden-in-september.html

NBC5
— COMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Outgoing Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin to Resign From Legislature.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/outgoing-illinois-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin-to-resign-from-legislature/3039792/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Falling short of that goal, Durkin was candid about his hope that the Illinois GOP and its base will see the losses up and down the ballot as an opportunity for a reckoning. “The party needs to hit the reset button and realize what happened again on Tuesday, that we cannot allow the far right fringe to control the party,” Durkin said Nov. 10. “If they continue, we will suffer losses at the same level we did this cycle, last cycle.” Durkin says those losses can be traced in large part to one person: former President Donald Trump.)

FOX32
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Republican House leader Jim Durkin is retiring on Tuesday.” I should write a book about how the leaders of the following since 2000 have treated conservatives, that is, how they have mistreated conservatives, that is, how they have dumped conservatives: Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republican-house-leader-jim-durkin-is-retiring-on-tuesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He said at the time that while he accepted responsibility for his own mistakes, former President Donald Trump and the Illinois Republican Party’s MAGA wing bear a lot of blame for the party’s troubles. “As long as we continue to say that we are the party of Trump and that we have to abide by the party principles in the platform, 100% we’re gonna continue down this path of losing,” Durkin said. “Whoever succeeds me, we need to do more to not take these strident positions on issues related to firearms, to issues of reproductive health, issues relating to the gay and lesbian community. There are many people who feel very strong about those issues who would vote for Republicans.”)
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois lawmakers vote to give themselves pay raise, hiking salaries to $85,000.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-vote-to-give-themselves-pay-raise-hiking-salaries-to-85000
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Republican House leader Jim Durkin is retiring on Tuesday.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republican-house-leader-jim-durkin-is-retiring-on-tuesday

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE OF DURKIN: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Durkin is glorified and praised by hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters. I should write a book about how the leaders of the following since 2000 have treated conservatives, that is, how they have mistreated conservatives, that is, how they have dumped conservatives: Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jim-durkin-resigning-house-seat-20230108-f6f6lkonprdsnmdlzmz3vhc4im-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: His psychiatric skills, he said, are no longer able to respond to an increasingly rightward Republican Party mindset, fostered by former President Donald Trump and his followers, that threatens to relegate the party to permanent minority status in the state. . .“The politics have changed. The party over the last at least six years has shifted,” he said. “The only way you can win in Illinois is that you’re going to have to just find the candidates that reflect the district. And we should not hold anyone to the 100% (party) purity test that some people in this party expect throughout the state.” . . . Durkin points the blame for the disastrous election results — particularly in the suburbs that were once a cornerstone of Illinois Republicanism — at a statewide GOP ticket led by gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, a state senator who leaned heavily on his evangelical Christianity in his campaign and who was endorsed by Trump. . . “We had some great (GOP House) candidates in the suburbs and collar counties and they were all painted (by Democrats) with the same brush, as being Trump sympathizers from a party of intolerance and extremists,” he said. “The Trump factor and Jan. 6 is something that’s not going away anytime soon. And that obviously was in many people’s minds when they talked about their fear for democracy.” Durkin said he thinks Republicans in Illinois will not be successful until the party distances itself from Trump and acknowledges both his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and his 2020 election defeat to Democratic President Joe Biden. . .“I hope that at some point in the near future, and I think we’re getting there, that the party breaks its fever of Donald Trump and understands and learns from the past. Some people will never get there,” he said. “So I would just say the sooner that the public realizes that he’s not value added to the Republican Party, we can start looking at what this party used to be about. A party that didn’t insist upon this purity test. A party that is fiscally conservative first of all, certainly, but we can have a fair and respectful debate within the party on issues related to the Second Amendment, to life and these other social issues, that have been dragging us down in areas that we have to compete in — mainly the suburbs and the collar counties,” he said. . .A group of far-right Republican lawmakers known unofficially as the “Eastern Bloc,” of which Bailey was a member, chafed under policies expanding abortion and gay rights and also proposed legislation to make Chicago a separate state. “I can’t run a candidate in the western suburbs who’s going to win who is mirroring what someone says campaigning on in the Deep South,” Durkin said. “I just don’t think we should be promoting the 51st state in the collars and the suburbs when it certainly plays well downstate.” Durkin became friends with the late U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even serving as his Illinois director in the 2008 presidential campaign against home-state favorite Barack Obama. Durkin said McCain “would have figured a way to avoid” the Republican “mess” that led to the U.S. House taking 15 ballots before electing Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California speaker, and also “would have ensured that on Jan. 6, maybe something different, maybe something could have been averted.” “The John McCain I know would have gone outside of the Capitol and kicked the asses of the insurrectionists and Trump’s as well,” Durkin said. “He’s the statesman that this country needs.” . . .He and Durbin also developed a friendship. . .One of his last legislative votes was as the lone Republican to vote with Democrats to approve a ban on military-style firearms and large-capacity magazines. Durkin, who has long backed various gun control initiatives, said his vote not only represented his district’s beliefs but was a reflection of his years as a prosecutor.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COIMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Departing state House GOP leader Jim Durkin giving up his seat in Illinois General Assembly.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/8/23545889/departing-state-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin-giving-up-his-seat-in-illinois-general-assembly
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Western Springs Republican in November said he was relinquishing his role as House minority leader, a largely thankless job as his party moved further to the right and the state moved further to the left. Despite his high-profile departure, Durkin in November told the Sun-Times that he wants moderate Republicans to soldier on. “The state wants people who are more to the middle. That’s why we have a bigger independent voting bloc, because of the extremes in both parties. Extremes on both sides dictate the primaries, and that’s what happens in the general elections,” Durkin said.)
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise RINOs and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, Republicans as being hardliners. Conservative Mary Miller says “I look forward to working with the House Republican Conference to stop Joe Biden’s destructive, radical, leftist agenda.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/8/23545037/illinois-rep-mary-miller-20-other-hardliners-gain-power-in-deal-to-back-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Miller disclosed the outlines of the sweeping agreement. Besides keeping the speaker on a short leash, her group will: Have the power to block the sort of omnibus bill the House and Senate — with GOP support — approved in one of the last major acts of the 117th Congress. Have the power to block an increase in the debt ceiling, with an impasse possibly leading to a government shutdown. Create, as Miller put it, a committee to “investigate the weaponization of the federal government, including the Biden Department of Justice.” Miller, a farmer, who represents the heavily Republican 15th Congressional District in southern Illinois, was raised in suburban Naperville and in November won her second term. She has served on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee, but she is best known for her activism fighting against abortion, gun control measures and other hot-button social issues.)
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use assault rifles to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/8/23544683/assault-rifles-gun-restrictions-violence-mass-shootings-injuries-treatment-surgeons-miami
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/6/23543054/assault-weapons-ban-illinois-legislature-protect-illinois-communities-act-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “State House Republican leader Durkin announces his exit from the General Assembly.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230108/state-house-republican-leader-durkin-announces-his-exit-from-the-general-assembly
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of his last acts was voting in favor of a bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons in Illinois. He was the lone Republican to vote for the bill, which the Senate is taking up before the new General Assembly convenes. . .In an interview with NBC 5 Chicago, he also blamed former President Donald Trump for Republican losses. “The Trump factor went too far, and I believe that that was what interrupted part of this red wave,” Durkin said.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Jim Durkin announces resignation from state Legislature.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jim-durkin-resigns-state-legislature

CBS2
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Senators still debating assault weapons ban. Illinois state senators called it quits for the night, ending day four of the lame duck session without voting on the assault weapons ban.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-senators-still-debating-assault-weapons-ban/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois state reps, Chicago aldermen oppose planned migrant shelter at old Woodlawn school. In order to transform the school into an emergency shelter, $1.5 million will be spent.” Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats illegally promote illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-state-reps-chicago-aldermen-oppose-planned-migrant-shelter-at-old-woodlawn-school/

WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden to visit El Paso County migrant services facility, Bridge of the Americas.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/biden-to-visit-el-paso-county-migrant-services-facility-bridge-of-the-americas/

WLDS
— COMMENT: Mary Miller issues a press release outlining some of the upcoming agenda that the 20 Republican holdouts wanted from McCarthy.
https://wlds.com/miller-flips-to-mccarthy-as-he-finally-achieves-house-speaker/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push abortion and LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2023/01/08/illinois-democrats-push-to-further-expand-abortion-gender-care-access/69788614007/

DEPAULIA
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://depauliaonline.com/61501/ap/ap-jan-6-remembrance-led-by-dems-as-gop-wrestled-with-rebels/

DARIEN PATCH
— ‘Radical Left’ Targets Darien Conservative. A letter containing swastikas was left at the house of a man involved in local politics, police said. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/radical-left-targets-darien-conservative

WCMY
— St. Sen. Rezin says bill with lawmaker raises also gives governor pet project money – Rick Koshko
https://1430wcmy.com/2023/01/09/st-sen-rezin-says-bill-with-lawmaker-raises-also-gives-governor-pet-project-money/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tazewell GOP appoints Rep. Bennett for open seat – Sam Godby
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/tazewell-gop-appoints-rep-bennett-for-open-seat/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Senate amendment filed Sunday would modify proposed gun, magazine ban. Illinois House Speaker ‘will not accept a watered-down version’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-senate-amendment-filed-sunday-would-modify-proposed-gun-magazine-ban/article_6c967668-8fa4-11ed-88ba-1761d7badbdd.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois U.S. Rep Mike Quigley: “As a reminder, we don’t know what concessions Speaker McCarthy made to secure those last votes.” (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Quigley demonizes, denigrates, and condemns conservatives.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/638620446-illinois-u-s-rep-mike-quigley-as-a-reminder-we-dont-know-what-concessions-speaker-mccarthy-made-to-secure-those-last-votes

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker gets his $400 million slush fund for industrial policy – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-gets-his-400-million-slush-fund-for-corporate-relocation-incentives-wirepoints/
— Illinois Democrats vote for 17% lawmaker pay hike, to $85K, even as their constituents struggle. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-democrats-vote-for-17-lawmaker-pay-hike-to-85k-as-their-constituents-struggle-wirepoints/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Leader Durkin to resign from Illinois House on Tuesday.” Ever-increasingly, Durkin is glorified and praised by hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters. I should write a book about how the leaders of the following since 2000 have treated conservatives, that is, how they have mistreated conservatives, that is, how they have dumped conservatives: Illinois House Republicans, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. Ever-increasingly, Durkin makes it clear that he, like McCain, has always rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/leader-durkin-to-resign-from-illinois-house-on-tuesday/
(The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement on the news current Republican Leader Jim Durkin will be resigning as a state legislator. “Leader Jim Durkin is offering all kinds of excuses as he leaves the General Assembly, but the truth is under his leadership our caucus is at its lowest point in membership in a very long time. Leader Durkin squandered money in the 2022 Primary to secure legislative candidates in open seats who were loyal to him and who were not necessarily the best fit for the districts in which they ran, and this proved to be a disastrous decision. We are in this mess not because of our principles but because of our leadership’ lack of commitment to our principles. Jim Durkin has abandoned Republican principles of lower taxes, reduced spending and standing up for our Constitutional rights. Raising taxes to spend more money we don’t have and attacking the Constitutional rights of honest citizens is not a winning message. We need to be united as a party against tax increases and we need to be the party of fiscal responsibility. Jim Durkin’s strategy of offering voters a ‘Democrat Lite’ agenda has been a colossal failure. Our party needs bold leadership if we ever hope to get out of the super minority. Jim Durkin has made it clear he is not willing to provide that bold leadership and is leaving the General Assembly. We wish him good luck on his future endeavors.” The Illinois Freedom Caucus is comprised of State Representatives Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich); Chris Miller (R-Oakland); Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville); Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) and Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur). The members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are members of the Illinois General Assembly who are advocating for limited government, lower taxes and accountability and integrity in government.)
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Pritzker says “Enough is enough,” claims Senate gun bill “falls short” of a “real assault weapons ban.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/pritzker-says-enough-is-enough-claims-senate-gun-bill-falls-short/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Speaker Welch flatly rejects Senate proposals on guns, reproductive rights.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/speaker-welch-flatly-rejects-senate-proposals-on-guns-reproductive-rights/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “The Senate has adjourned until after the governor’s inauguration tomorrow without taking up their own assault weapons proposal or the House’s version, but they will caucus on it tonight. The chamber did pass a pay raise bill, which must be signed into law by the governor before noon tomorrow so that statewide elected officials can get their raises. The constitution bars any adjustments in salaries during a term in office.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/and-thats-a-wrap/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Senate proposal introduced *** Advocates pressure Senators to support House-passed assault weapons ban as-is.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/advocates-pressure-senators-to-support-house-passed-assault-weapons-ban-as-is/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Sunday early afternoon briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/08/sunday-early-afternoon-briefing/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden visits border, sees more money as solution to chaos – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/8/biden-first-border-visit-says-answer-more-money/
— Media engages in ‘hysteria’ over McCarthy victory – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/8/inside-beltway-media-engages-hysteria-over-mccarth/
— Speaker McCarthy’s leadership tested anew as moderates examine deal on House rules – Ramsey Touchberry (COMMENT: Moderates a) reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) destroy Republicans who support the planks that moderates reject.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/8/kevin-mccarthys-rocky-road-speakership-raises-ques/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago requests more state funds for migrants – Andrew Hensel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-requests-more-state-funds-for-migrants
— Illinois gun ban bill advances, poised to pass before end of lame-duck. – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-gun-ban-bill-advances-poised-to-pass-before-end-of-lame-duck
— Immigration issues to dominate Biden’s ‘Three Amigos’ summit in Mexico – Naomi Lim
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/immigration-issues-to-dominate-bidens-three-amigos-summit-in-mexico/ar-AA166aIC
— Capitalism is the way to address racial inequality – Alfredo Ortiz
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/capitalism-is-the-way-to-address-racial-inequality

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A Rendezvous With Rwanda? As Americans separate, do we really know the final consequences of what the diversity, equity, and inclusion tribalism truly entails? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/08/a-rendezvous-with-rwanda/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why does the GOP elite hate its own base? – John Dale Dunn
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/why_does_the_gop_elite_hate_its_own_base.html
— America’s Border Remains Open – William Manning
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/americas_border_remains_open.html
— We really could use a grievance scorecard. – Walter E. Block (COMMENT: How bad is your score? According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and other hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters, the more of the following that you are, the more preference that you should get: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are the aforesaid is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/we_really_could_use_a_grievance_scorecard.html
— Scandal champ George Santos is now accused of being a white supremacist – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/scandal_champ_george_santos_is_now_accused_of_being_a_white_supremacist.html
— Election Fraud Infrastructure: Your Government At Work! – Jay Valentine
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/election_fraud_infrastructure_your_government_at_work.html

BHARAT EXPRESS
— Biden criticized for comparing illegal aliens to Jews fleeing Nazis: ‘Shameful and unreachable’
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/biden-criticized-for-comparing-illegal-aliens-to-jews-fleeing-nazis-shameful-and-unreachable/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘I didn’t mean it that way’: Crenshaw tries to justify incendiary ‘terrorists’ label for McCarthy holdouts – Chris Donaldson (COMMENT: I should write a book about candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who painted themselves as being conservative to win Republican primaries, but after they win general elections, turn anti-conservative.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/08/i-didnt-mean-it-that-way-crenshaw-tries-to-justify-incendiary-terrorists-label-for-mccarthy-holdouts-1323138/

BREITBART
— Biden Laying Groundwork for ‘Mass Amnesty’ with Expanded Catch and Release Policy – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/08/experts-biden-laying-groundwork-for-mass-amnesty-with-expanded-catch-and-release-policy/
— Florida Set to Take Biden Administration to Trial over Immigration Parole Program – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/08/florida-set-to-take-biden-administration-to-trial-over-immigration-parole-program/

CHRISTIAN POST
— A third of Americans have stopped going to church – Anugrah Kumar (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats succeed in getting churches to push the anti-religious Democrat Party platform including dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and race and gender based preference giving.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/a-third-of-americans-have-stopped-attending-church-survey.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Two Years Too Late,’ Texas Gov. Abbott Says of Biden’s First Trip to the Border. – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/08/two-years-too-late-texas-gov-abbott-tells-biden-presidents-first-trip-border/

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois House Sends Gun Bill to Senate. Gun rights groups vow to continue fight. – Michael Clements and Mimi Nguyen Ly
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illinois-house-approves-ban-on-commonly-owned-firearms-bill-heads-to-senate_4969292.html
— McCarthy says the first bill he wants passed is one to cut back funding for 87,000 new IRS agents. – Jack Phillips (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I would focus on a) my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, b) my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives, c) their staff members, and d) Republican candidates for those offices.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/mccarthy-reveals-very-first-bill-after-being-elected-house-speaker_4969975.html

FOX NEWS
— Chris Rufo scorches the Washington Post for its latest CRT ‘lies,’ paper forced to issue correction. ‘Democracy dies when the media lies,’ Rufo said. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-rufo-scorches-washington-post-latest-crt-lies-paper-forced-issue-correction
— Colorado cancels plans to send migrants to NYC, Chicago amid outcry from Democratic mayors. Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Eric Adams of New York City demanded an end to the program. – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colorado-cancels-plans-send-migrants-nyc-chicago-outcry-democratic-mayors
— Biden slammed for comparing illegal aliens to Jews fleeing Nazis: ‘Shameful and out of touch’ – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-slammed-comparing-illegal-aliens-jews-fleeing-nazis-shameful-out-of-touch
— ‘Three Amigos’ summit we need: Biden, other leaders must get serious on energy, China, cartels. We need an updated Monroe Doctrine that emphasizes North American security and prosperity. – Rep. Michael Waltz
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/three-amigos-summit-we-need-biden-must-get-serious-border-china-cartels

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chair of California’s Reparations Task Force Says Black People are Really Owed $1 Million Each. Meanwhile, a black activist warned the committee in an interview: ‘Comply or it’s going to be a serious backlash’ – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/01/chair-of-californias-reparations-task-force-says-black-people-are-really-owed-1-million-each/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Governor Abbott Accuses Biden of Hiding from Border ‘Chaos’ with ‘Sanitized’ Visit – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/governor-abbott-accuses-biden-of-hiding-from-border-chaos-with-sanitized-visit/
— How Transgenderism Stretched the Rights Movement to Its Breaking Point. Its lack of intellectual or moral credibility makes the ideology a much tougher sell than the rights-based activism of the past. – MADELEINE KEARNS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/how-transgenderism-stretched-the-rights-movement-to-its-breaking-point/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Rebuked for Equating Migrants to Jews Fleeing Holocaust – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/joe-biden-jews-holocaust/2023/01/08/id/1103523/

PJ MEDIA
— NYC, Chicago Mayors Politely Ask Democratic Governor to Stop Busing Asylum Seekers to Their Cities – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/01/08/nyc-chicago-mayors-politely-ask-democratic-governor-to-stop-busing-asylum-seekers-to-their-cities-n1659776
— ‘Deflective Whiteness’: The Latest Cockamamie Social Justice™ Race Hustle – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/01/08/deflective-whiteness-the-latest-cockamamie-social-justice-race-hustle-n1659852

TOWNHALL
— Why RINOs Are RINOs – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2023/01/09/why-rinos-are-rinos-n2618036
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RINOs always declare that they side with Democrats out of “principles,” and attack conservatives for the exact same reasons the left does; the usual vague claims that they’re offensive, too extreme and unelectable. But their assertion of being principled is a smokescreen. Ever notice how RINOs are always well off, well networked and have been around a long time as GOP establishment? It comes down to follow the money and who they know, but they’re too dishonest to admit it.)

REUTERS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Why migrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/why-are-migrants-crossing-us-mexico-border-record-numbers-2023-01-08/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say: “Biden makes first trip as president to U.S.-Mexico border as administration imposes restrictions.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-makes-first-trip-president-us-mexico-border-administration-impos-rcna64808
— COMMENT: Democrats want Congress to represent America’s population as Democrats flood America with citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, that is, those who need/want massive government assistance, lack education, lack job skills, and/or are younger, female, Catholic, and/or Hispanic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/representative-118th-congress-rcna64788

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden slammed for comparing illegal aliens to Jews fleeing Nazis: Shameful and out of touch.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-slammed-for-comparing-illegal-aliens-to-jews-fleeing-nazis-shameful-and-out-of-touch/ar-AA166qvL?li=BBnbcA1

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “A new study found kids consuming cannabis at astronomical rates — because the packaging looks so yummy.”
https://www.yahoo.com/now/study-found-kids-consuming-cannabis-161515683.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarian, Greens, Independents, and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b) to illegally stay in America illegally. Needless-to-day, Democrats, Libertarian, Greens, Independents, and RINOs should be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/supreme-court-immigration-free-speech.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden Visits Southern Border Amid Fresh Crackdown on Migrants.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/biden-southern-border-immigration.html
— COMMENT: A Democrat says “The Republicans Are Putting Trump Out to Pasture.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/opinion/republicans-trump-speaker.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say Pritzker says “Hike cabinet pay to ‘bring, retain great people.” I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 25 years. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) federal employees are grossly overpaid and b) federal pensions are far too generous. They hint/imply/argue/shout that bad pay and benefits are major reasons why they have never applied for a federal job, but the real reasons include: a) they cannot pass required employment examinations, b) they lack required education, professional certifications, and/or licenses, c) they cannot pass required background investigations, and/or d) they lack required work experience. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who would never be offered a federal job if they applied because of the aforesaid. I got and kept three federal jobs (Post Office Carrier/Clerk for almost 3 years, IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, and GAO Analyst for almost 18 years) a) because I passed required employment examinations (Post Office employment examination, Federal Service Entrance Examination, CPA examination, and Certified Internal Auditor examination), b) because I had required education (high school diploma, bachelor’s degree in management and master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance), professional certifications (CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant), and a CPA license, c) because I passed required background investigations, and d) because I had required work experience (almost 9 years working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104.583/year).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pritzker-hike-cabinet-pay-to-bring-retain-great-people/2023/01/08/854049e8-8fa2-11ed-90f8-53661ac5d9b9_story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden makes first visit to the border of his presidency amid migrant surge.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/08/biden-migrants-border/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Evanston promised Black residents reparations. Few have been paid. Despite its problems, the city’s $20 million effort, aimed at rectifying decades of housing discrimination, is seen as a model for reparations being considered across the country.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/09/evanston-reparations-black-residents/

WALLSTREET JOURNAL
— Biden Bows to Blackmail on Migrants. The administration rewards Venezuelan trafficking with 30,000 new visas. – Mary Anastasia O’Grady
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-blackmail-on-migrants-venezuela-cuba-authoritarian-national-security-border-immigration-11673212207
— What’s in Kevin McCarthy’s Deal With Conservatives. House speaker made pledges on what bills he would bring to the floor and agreed to make it easier to oust him. – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-in-kevin-mccarthys-deal-with-conservatives-11673188873

FORBES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Abbott And Mayorkas Spar Over Immigration As Biden Heads To Border For First Official Visit.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/01/08/abbott-and-mayorkas-spar-over-immigration-as-biden-heads-to-border-for-first-official-visit/

BLOOMBERG
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden, Abbott Face Off Over Immigration at the Mexico-Texas Border.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-08/biden-s-mexico-texas-border-visit-turns-focus-to-asylum-seekers

PBS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Ahead of Biden’s U.S.-Mexico border visit, migrants fear new rules.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ahead-of-bidens-u-s-mexico-border-visit-migrants-fear-new-rules

CPA JOURNAL
— Why People Leave Public Accounting. Some firms have an “up-or-out” mentality. – Edward Mendlowitz (COMMENT: Applicants for federal jobs who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that if they do not make a) GS-13, $109,732/year, by age 25, b) G-14, $129,671/year, by age 30, c) GS-15, $152,527/year, by age 35, and d) Senior Executive Service, $183,500/year by age 40, the Democrats who run the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.cpajournal.com/2023/01/06/icymi-why-people-leave-public-accounting/

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters say “Biden is throwing migrants under the bus to appease Republican fearmongering.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/09/biden-is-throwing-migrants-under-the-bus-to-appease-republican-fearmongering