ABC7
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 12,328 new cases, 11 deaths; tests sold out at many stores. ‘If you don’t really need to be here, don’t come,’ hospitals warn. – Michelle Gallardo, Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-vaccine-booster-shots-side-effects/11361873/
CBS2
— Drivers Shut Down Eisenhower Expressway To Perform Dangerous Stunts — Where Were Illinois State Police? – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/20/car-enthusiasts-shut-down-eisenhower-expressway-stunts/
FOX32
— DuPage County health officials warn of high hospitalizations, increase in COVID cases ahead of holidays
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-health-officials-warn-of-high-hospitalizations-increase-in-covid-cases-ahead-of-holidays
— Illinois reports largest one-day increase in COVID cases this year – Elizabeth Matthews
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-largest-one-day-increase-in-covid-cases-this-year
WBEZ
— Illinois is thought to be a blue state. So why is so much of the state so red? – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-political-battle-for-illinois-counties/a2ef057e-aa35-4e06-b86a-7a4cd6fdb3cc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2018, Pritzker made easy work out of predecessor Bruce Rauner’s reelection bid, routing the one-term Republican by nearly 16 percentage points. Pritzker did so while losing 86 out of Illinois’ 102 counties, but that showing amounted to an improvement for Democrats over previous elections. Admittedly, many of those 86 counties are sparsely populated. Regardless of the margins Rauner put up in them, they weren’t enough to overcome Pritzker winning four out of five of the collar counties and taking Cook County by historic margins. Pritzker defeated Rauner in Cook County by more than 836,000 votes. No gubernatorial candidate since at least the Roaring ’20s posted a winning margin that large in Cook County.)
AM560 THE ANSWER
— Crain’s Chicago Business’ Greg Hinz, answers why he believes Dan Proft is racist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwuRflfY_0
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Full 60-page report on Jussie Smollett case details confusion, controversy in state’s attorney’s office. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told Dan Webb’s investigators she herself was surprised by the deal made by her prosecutors to drop charges against the “Empire” actor. – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/20/22845798/jussie-smollett-full-report-release-dan-webb-michael-toomin
— Illinois sees new high in daily COVID-19 cases for the year. It’s the second yearly high set in less than a week as cases surge in the state. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/12/20/22847238/illinois-sees-new-high-in-daily-covid-19-cases-for-the-year
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinoisans need not wait to start fixing pension problems – ADAM SCHUSTER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-pension-crisis-reform-20211220-ojrvnvqbtvdxnklnrz2fsnuh4a-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Des Plaines council says no to downtown cannabis dispensary – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211220/des-plaines-council-says-no-to-downtown-cannabis-dispensary
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats crow about their success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/2021/12/21/pritzker-says-future-looks-bright-illinois-though-challenges-remain/8977309002/
HERALD REVIEW
— Rep. Rodney Davis ‘ready for any prospective challenge’ – BRENDEN MOORE
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-rep-rodney-davis-ready-for-any-prospective-challenge/article_4f9d9c7c-ad06-5c4a-b6fa-ba5bbe9a1498.html
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: More Women Using Pot, Other Cannabis Products During Pregnancy – Amy Norton
https://pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/why-are-more-women-using-pot-other-cannabis-products-during-pregnancy/article_4d900c3f-2345-5cbf-8831-4638eadb962c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— DHS to close gaps in border wall as Texas uses private funds to resume construction – ELISSA SALAMY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dhs-to-close-gaps-in-border-wall-as-tx-uses-private-funds-to-resume-construction
JOHN KASS
— Gov Pritzker’s Christmas Gift to Illinois Parents: The State, Not Parents, Decides What You Get To Know About Your Child. – Mary Hallan FioRito
https://johnkassnews.com/guest-column-mary-hallan-fiorito-gov-pritzkers-christmas-gift-to-illinois-parents-the-state-not-parents-decide-what-you-get-to-know-about-your-child/
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Stop pro-abortion group’s “Baby Satan” display in Illinois’ Capitol for Christmas
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-stop-baby-satan-display-in-illinois-capitol
WIREPOINTS
— A loss of democratic norms in Illinois: 24 straight Executive Orders over nearly two years – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/a-loss-of-democratic-norms-in-illinois-24-straight-executive-orders-over-nearly-two-years-wirepoints-quickpoint/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Open-Mindedness of Leftist Propagandists – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-open-mindedness-of-leftist-propagandists/
NEW YORK POST
— Kyle Rittenhouse speaks at conservative convention AmericaFest – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2021/12/20/kyle-rittenhouse-speaks-at-conservative-convention-americafest/
— Yet another poll shows Biden approval rating hitting new low – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2021/12/20/yet-another-poll-shows-biden-approval-rating-hitting-new-low/
WASHINGTON EXTERMINATOR
— California Teachers Help Teens Become Transgenders Behind Parents’ Backs, Tried to have Parents Arrested – Warner Todd Hutson
https://washingtonexterminator.com/california-teachers-help-teens-become-transgenders-behind-parents-backs-tried-to-have-parents-arrested/
FOX NEWS
— Orthodox rabbis call on US universities to suspend diversity programs. A recent study suggested that the programs spread antisemitism. – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: In 1989, when I was 41 years old, after my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors made it clear that to get rid of me, they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, they approved my request to be assigned to their group that audited federal financial industry regulators. That group was led by a GS-15 (currently $142,041-$172,500/year) Jewish younger female of Russian national origin. Many, if not most of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want to work with her and/or to work for her because she was Jewish, younger than they were, female, more liberal that they were, Russian national origin, demanding, wealthy, and/or had more education and/or professional certifications than they had. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She accepted me into her group because I had a) become a licensed CPA in 1981, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rabbis-us-universities-suspend-diversity
AMERICAN THINKER
— The wasteful and futile $412-million ‘crime-fighting’ program for Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/the_wasteful_and_futile_412_million_crimefighting_program_for_lori_lightfoots_chicago_.html
BREITBART
— Cancer Treatment Association Member Blasts Woke ‘Political Nonsense’ Invading Medical World – BRECCAN F. THIES
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/20/exclusive-cancer-treatment-association-member-blasts-woke-political-nonsense-in-aapm-invading-medical-world/
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A Deafening Silence – Patrick Hall
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/12/21/a-deafening-silence
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to government crime statistics, if you are a police officer, you are 361times more likely to be killed by a black person than the other way around. Also, blacks being only 13% of the population, commit violent crimes at 7 to 10 times the rate of other Americans. Black crime is even more prevalent in our largest cities. For example, blacks committed 76 percent of all homicides in Chicago, IL, despite composing 35 percent of the city’s population. Blacks also accounted for 78 percent of all juvenile arrests. In the city of New York, even before the current chaos we witnessed following the death of George Floyd, blacks committed 75 percent of all shootings, 70 percent of all robberies, and 66 percent of all violent crimes, despite only composing 23 percent of the population. Here is another statistic hiding in plain sight that doesn’t fit the secular homily proselytized by the corporate media, NPR, Democratic Party, and the “only” Black-Lives-Matter bigots. Black commit over 52% of all homicides despite only 13% of the population. We can also add this data to the loud silence emanating from our nation’s racism industry entrepreneurs. In 2015 nearly 6000 blacks were murdered by other blacks.)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MLK’s ‘Dream’ has become a nightmare – Michael Matteo
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/20/michael-matteo-mlks-dream-has-become-a-nightmare-1178152/
— Woke NYC private preschools are teaching children of the wealthy, influential to be racist elitists – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/20/woke-nyc-private-preschools-are-teaching-children-of-the-wealthy-influential-to-be-racist-elitists-1178163/
POWER LINE
— WASHINGTON POST READERSHIP DECLINES SHARPLY NOW THAT TRUMP HAS LEFT TOWN – PAUL MIRENGOFF
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/washington-post-readership-declines-sharply-now-that-trump-has-left-town.php
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Why Can’t College Republicans Get a Date? – Kevin Vallier
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/21/why_cant_college_republicans_get_a_date__146919.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Smith College Ex-staffer Sues Over Anti-White Racism, Ideological Struggle Sessions – Matthew Vadum (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs get rid of you if you do not hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, raters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/smith-college-ex-staffer-sues-over-anti-white-racism-ideological-struggle-sessions_4168397.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Smith College administrative employee Jodi Shaw, a white woman, is suing the elite school in federal court for retaliation and racial discrimination including forced participation in humiliating ideological indoctrination sessions. David Pitvorak, who describes himself in his Twitter biography as an “individual rights attorney taking on Critical Race Theory in the courts,” is representing Shaw in the lawsuit. “We allege that Smith forced Shaw to undergo ritual racial humiliation and tasked her with implementing policies that racially segregated and discriminated against students,” Pitvorak tweeted. The 101-page lawsuit was filed Dec. 16 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.)
THE HILL
— Chicago preacher leads sermon in drag. “Preaching in drag is a theological reflection on joy,” he said. – Brooke Migdon
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/586651-chicago-preacher-leads-sermon-in-drag
— Illinois hospital bed availability hits record low during pandemic – MONIQUE BEALS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/586662-illinois-hospital-bed-availability-hits-record-low-during-pandemic
NEW YORK TIMES
— Third-Graders Instructed to Re-enact Scenes From Holocaust, Principal Says. A staff librarian was put on leave after students at an elementary school in Washington, D.C., were directed to simulate shootings and the digging of mass graves. – Vimal Patel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/holocaust-librarian-elementary-school.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Mayor of San Francisco Has an Epiphany. Rewarding criminals leads to more destruction and death, not more social justice. – Tom O’Hare, Charlestown, R.I.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayor-san-francisco-sf-breed-crime-police-11639778361
BLOOMBERG
— The National Association of Realtors Is Sorry About All the Discrimination. The Realtors want to make amends to Black Americans. So long as they don’t have to talk about the 6% commission. – Peter Robison and Noah Buhayar (DIERSEN: From what I see watching home purchases in my precinct since 1984, it ever-increasing looks like Democrat realtors steer homebuyers to my precinct who are Democrat, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. Ever-increasingly, it looks like Democrat realtors stress to potential homebuyers a) that ever-increasingly, Democrats get more votes in the precinct, for example, Biden got 269 votes while Trump got only 157, b) that there are LGBTQ-promoting churches immediately north and south of the precinct, c) that the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration Headquarters is in the precinct, and d) that a grade school and middle school are in the precinct.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-12-21/real-estate-agents-want-to-fix-housing-discrimination-but-keep-their-commission
FORBES
— Billionaire Space Race Turns Into A Publicity Disaster – Ollie A Williams
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2021/12/21/billionaire-space-race-turns-into-a-publicity-disaster/
— U.S. Service Members Can’t ‘Like’ Or Repost Extremist Content Under New Rules – Zachary Snowdon Smith (COMMENT: I should write a book about the articles that I have included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not like. I would focus on articles disliked by a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2021/12/20/us-service-members-cant-like-or-repost-extremist-content-under-new-rules/
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— New Study Indicates That The Media’s Bias Is So Bad That A Large Number Of Non-Republicans Now See It – Liam Edgar (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have no problem with bias against conservative principles, if not applaud bias against conservative principles. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://www.tampafp.com/new-study-indicates-that-the-medias-bias-is-so-bad-that-a-large-number-of-non-republicans-now-see-it/
KNOX NEWS
— Voters have right to know candidates’ political party philosophy – George Korda (COMMENT: Republican candidates should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) CRT, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) dependency on government, g) dependency on charity, h) abortion, i) mass/illegal immigration, j) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) more gun controls, l) patronage, m) political affiliation discrimination, n) reverse discrimination, and o) age discrimination?)
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/george-korda/2021/12/21/voters-have-right-know-candidates-political-party-philosophy/8965172002/
PASADENA STAR NEWS
— Democrats dissenting on California’s woke math proposal – WENYUAN WU and LANCE IZUMI
https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2021/12/20/democrats-dissenting-on-californias-woke-math-proposal/
NORTHWEST SIGNAL
— Will Blacks survive the racial reckoning – Ann Coulter and Andrews McMeel
https://www.northwestsignal.net/article_bf9a0fdb-752b-5c78-8761-ca1032bbd1b7.html
NEWSWEEK
— It’s Time for Big Tech to Take a Stand Against China – JOEL THAYER
https://www.newsweek.com/its-time-big-tech-take-stand-against-china-opinion-1660251
BROOKINGS
— Why is life expectancy so low in Black neighborhoods? – Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/12/20/why-is-life-expectancy-so-low-in-black-neighborhoods/
CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
— THESE BOOKS TACKLED INEQUALITY IN 2021 A year of deep deep looks at discriminatory systems in government, education, policing, poverty and media. – Matt DeRienzo (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I owe all the successes that I have in life a) to discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, those who have health problems, veterans, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc. and b) to improper preference given to those like me who are White, male, old (I was born in 1948), heterosexual, healthy, draft avoiders, conservative, Republican, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time (my ancestors have been in America since 1844), non-criminals, non-drinkers, non-gamblers, non-pot users, etc.)
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/these-books-tackled-inequality-in-2021/
NEWS ONE
— COMMENT: Democrats promoted slavery. To deflect blame for that, Democrats blame Republicans for slavery, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://newsone.com/4263344/oklahoma-bill-teaching-slavery-ban/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Rittenhouse gets standing ovation at conservative conference – AP
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2021/12/rittenhouse-gets-standing-ovation-at-conservative-conference/
DAILY MAIL
— ‘Woke’ Chicago DA Kim Foxx ‘deliberately’ misled the public about her office’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case and quickly dismissed it because she didn’t want ‘throngs of people at court’, new report finds – SNEJANA FARBEROV
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10330279/Chicago-DA-Kim-Foxx-misled-public-Jussie-Smollett-case-report-finds.html
IOL
— Is inheritance tax the answer to inequality? – Prenisha Govender (COMMENT: Should everyone be required to disclose the biggest things that their parents did to help them succeed? My outstanding parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I took courses at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.iol.co.za/personal-finance/tax/is-inheritance-tax-the-answer-to-inequality-c401c856-3da2-440a-9d43-b063af3c2779