April 25, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Republican Party Has Scheduled its First Meeting of its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles.

Jeanne Ives, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman (SCC) has appointed me to represent the 3rd Congressional District (CD) on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Each of the 17 IRP SCC members has appointed a member on the committee. The committee will hold its first meeting on April 29. If you are in the 3rd CD, please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform or have resolutions to be considered.

The platform is at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and the 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .

In 2008, I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee representing the 6th Congressional District. The platform was changed little in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Now, 16 years later, I am serving on that committee.

Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).

In my opinion, the new IRP platform should focus on:

— Promoting personal responsibility, that is, opposing the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promoting traditional marriage and family, that is, opposing the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promoting right to life, that is, opposing the promotion of abortion,
— Promoting legal immigration, that is, opposing the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Promoting Second Amendment rights, that is, opposing diminishment of those rights,
— Promoting the avoidance of vice, that is, opposing the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and
— Promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

KILLEEN DAILY HERALD
— Texas Republican voters say ‘Yes’ to all 13 party propositions on the primary ballot (ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS: The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.)
https://kdhnews.com/news/texas/texas-voters-say-yes-to-all-13-props-on-the-ballot/article_0514c5a0-6537-5d50-a759-f1050f5f1863.html

(THE PROPOSITIONS:
1.
Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.
2. Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
3. The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.
4. The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
5. Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.
6. The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
7. The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.
8 The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.
9. The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican Primary to only registered Republicans.
10. The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.
11. Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
12. The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.
13. Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
LIST SOURCE: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/republican-primary-voters-asked-to-weigh-in-on-13-party-propositions/3478787/ )

TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH
— Texas voters say ‘Yes’ to all 13 props on the ballot (COMMENT: Proposition #12 got 96% YES, #13 95% YES, #8 92% YES, #10 90% YES, etc.)
https://tylerpaper.com/news/texas/texas-voters-say-yes-to-all-13-props-on-the-ballot/article_2310fd7a-c9f7-5d30-a6f6-823fdf394d72.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Voters in the Republican party across Texas headed to the polls on Tuesday to weigh in on 13 propositions on the GOP ballot. Each one got a solid thumbs up. They ranged from questions on issues of immigration to taxation and more. But they’re not policy referendums and aren’t intended to become constitutional amendments. They’re more like a poll for the Republican party to gauge the opinions of voters on issues. GOP voters were asked whether they support the following propositions. The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’ for each one.)

NEWS 4
— Georgia 2024 Republican Party ballot questions (ONE OF THE QUESTIONS: Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be held responsible for crimes committed by illegal aliens?)
https://www.news4jax.com/voters-guide/2024/04/24/georgia-2024-voters-guide-republican-party-ballot-questions/

(THE QUESTIONS:
1.
For future elections, do you want hand marked paper ballots, scanned and verified by hand count on live stream video?
2. Should the legislature enact the FairTax replacing the state income tax and state sales tax with a consumption tax equal to current state funding and taxing no legal citizen or family up to the poverty level of spending?
3. Should the legislature ban registered lobbyists from serving on the State Elections Board?
4. Should the Georgia Republican Primary have a closed primary, meaning that only registered Republicans would be allowed to vote in the Republican Primary?
5. Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be held responsible for crimes committed by illegal aliens?
6. Would you support a statewide vote to allow gaming in Georgia so the voters can decide this issue instead of politicians in Atlanta?
7. Currently, hundreds of thousands of hours and dollars are spent every year cleaning up voter rolls. Would you support an amendment to the National Voting Rights Act that would require registered voters to renew their registration every four years?
8. Do you believe unelected and unaccountable international bureaucrats, like the UN controlled World Health Organization (WHO), should have complete control over management of future pandemics in the United States and authority to regulate your healthcare and personal health choices?)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County GOP chair has tricky job finding candidates in Trump era – CHARLES SELLE (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/column-lake-county-gop-chair-has-tricky-job-finding-candidates-in-trump-era/
— DuPage County Board ponders legal action after clerk’s refusal to answer questions over no-bid contracts – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/23/dupage-county-board-ponders-legal-action-after-clerks-refusal-to-answer-questions-over-no-bid-contracts/
— DuPage County clerk says county board has no right to question her no-bid contracts – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/dupage-county-clerk-says-county-board-has-no-right-to-question-her-no-bid-contracts/
— Prairie State College to sever ties with Matteson church hosting its graduation – HANK SANDERS (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/prairie-state-college-to-sever-ties-with-matteson-church-hosting-its-graduation/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters continue to use Columbine to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/25/columbine-gun-violence-nra-gun-safety-legislation-marc-morial

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: ‘We are at a standstill’: DuPage County Board and County Clerk at odds over clerk’s authority – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240424/news/we-are-at-a-standstill-dupage-county-board-and-county-clerk-at-odds-over-clerks-authority/
— Drug deaths down in DuPage County, coroner says – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240424/news/drug-deaths-down-in-dupage-county-coroner-says/

ABC7
— Arizona House votes to repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban, with help of 3 Republicans. The legislation could be taken up by the state Senate next week. – Libby Cathey, Isabella Murray, and Mike Pappano
https://abc7chicago.com/arizona-abortion-ban-house-votes-to-repeal-controversial-1864-ban-with-help-of-3-republicans/14728532/
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, police clash during protest at USC
https://abc7chicago.com/usc-protest-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-police-clash-during-rally-at-alumni-park-university-of-southern-california-campus/14728289/

NBC5
— New report reveals top 25 high schools in Illinois (COMMENT: If the high school rankings in your school district have dropped, why is that? What percent of the students a) are not from traditional families and b) are not citizens of America?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/top-high-schools-in-illinois-new-list-us-news-and-world-report-chicago-suburbs/3419208/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago college gets state grant to drive more students towards EV-centric careers – Jim Williams (COMMENT: My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-college-ev-careers/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/24/arizona-democrats-vote-to-repeal-controversial-1864-abortion-ban-with-help-of-3-republicans/

WSIL TV
— Some Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump – AP (COMMENT: For general elections, I have always helped elect candidates who won Republican primary elections.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/some-nikki-haley-voters-are-hanging-on-to-her-candidacy-and-like-her-refuse-to/article_3caa6f8a-b6fb-58c2-baaf-776c5d679da5.html

WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that encouraging women to get abortions should be everyone’s top priority. How much pressure was your mother under from Democrats to have abortions? My outstanding mother was not under any such pressure. She was born in 1924, raised on a farm, married my father in 1945, and raised me and my brother.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/us-abortion-battle-rages-on-with-moves-to-repeal-arizona-ban-and-a-supreme-court/article_13d85c56-4170-5020-ad2c-ff7bd9cc0a8b.html

WCIA
— Hundreds of UIUC students participate in pro-Palestine rally – Danny Connolly, Will Simmons
https://www.wcia.com/news/hundreds-of-uiuc-students-participate-in-pro-palestine-rally/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump leads Biden in 6 battleground states, Bloomberg poll shows – RAY LEWIS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-leads-biden-in-6-battleground-states-bloomberg-poll-shows-donald-trump-president-joe-biden-2024-election-morning-consult-pennsylvania-wisconsin-georgia-north-carolina-nevada-arizona-michigan-voters

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-key-moments-in-the-u-s-supreme-courts-latest-abortion-case-that-could-change-how-women-get-care/
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-24/heated-arguments-at-the-supreme-court-in-newest-abortion-case

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Congressman Jesus Chuy García led a letter rejecting attempts to increase pilot retirement age. More than 100 House Democrats signed on. The letter calls for rejecting any changes to language in the House-passed FAA bill, H.R. 3935 (118), that would raise the retirement age from 65 to 67. – Shia Kapos (COMMENT: Constructively, the retirement age for federal employees who are under the Civil Service Retirement System and who are White, male, and/or non-veteran is 55 if they have 30 years of federal service.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/25/bear-down-devil-in-the-details-00154286

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-276/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-77/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Criminal Industrial Complex Denies the People Their Right to Safety – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote poverty and crime.)
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-criminal-industrial-complex-denies-the-people-their-right-to-safety/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville: Pritzker ‘gaslighting’ Illinoisans he says engage in migrant ‘hysteria’ – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest gaslighters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who target conservatives.)
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/state-senator-pritzker-gaslighting-illinoisans-he-says-engage-in-migrant-hysteria/article_137e56d6-0abc-57dd-a9e1-3dcdada42218.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Party Nominates Randi Freese as Candidate for State’s Attorney
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/republican-party-nominates-randi-freese-as-candidate-for-states-attorney/
— Arizona’s Kari Lake Fundraising in St. Charles Sunday
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/arizonas-kari-lake-fundraising-in-st-charles-sunday/
— $60,000 of Enterprise Zone $78,800 Expenses Are for Salaries
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/60000-of-enterprise-zone-78800-expenses-are-for-salaries/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION WANTS TAXPAYERS TO HAND $2K TO EACH ASYLUM-SEEKING STUDENT – Jerry Barmore
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-wants-taxpayers-to-hand-2k-to-each-asylum-seeking-student/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Naples-based Chicago Radio Host Dan Proft Posts Comment Fantasizing About Dying in Shootout with Chicago Police, Despite Living Full-Time in Florida (COMMENT: What does Proft think of you? I should write about what Proft thinks of me. Proft grew up in Wheaton. I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. I worked for him to elect Pat O’Malley for Illinois Governor in 2002 (during the primary) and to elect Jack Ryan in 2004 (after he won the primary) and to elect Alan Keyes in 2004 (after he was selected to fill the Jack Ryan vacancy) for U.S. Senate. I served with Proft on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2006.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/naples-based-chicago-radio-host-dan-proft-posts-comment-fantasizing-about-dying-in-shootout-with-chicago-police-despite-living-full-time-in-florida.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In addition to hosting a Chicago radio show from Florida, Proft has amassed a fortune running Illinois political campaigns as a consultant – but sadly, an overwhelming majority of those candidates that he’s advised have lost. But Republican political consulting is a lucrative business in Illinois, regardless of one’s winning record. Last April, this publication revealed that the Richard Uihlein-funded People Who Play By The Rules PAC, in quarterly disclosures, paid three political consultants $142,000 while spending just $3,700 to support conservative school board candidates during the April elections. Unfortunately, the candidates lost, but the real winners were the consultants who paid themselves generously. The founder, president and treasurer of the PAC – Naples’ Dan Proft – received the majority of the consulting fees, totaling $75,000 while the rest went to two other consulting firms closely aligned with Proft. During the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial campaign, Uihlein donated $42 million to Proft’s PAC. And just weeks before the election, the Illinois political consulting class, including the PAC, were out promoting a single poll that showed Republican nominee Darren Bailey within “striking” distance and only two points behind Pritzker during the final stretch of the campaign. But on election night, the governor’s race was called at the exact moment the polls closed, with the Associated Press declaring Gov. Pritzker the winner at 7:00 pm CDT. Pritzker would defeat Bailey by 12 points – a far cry from the 2-point margin that Proft was promoting just days before.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent border wall money – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/24/biden-sitting-on-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-i/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump consumes his news these days – Annabella Rosciglione (COMMENT: I hope that the Trump campaign monitors www.gopillinois.com for political and government news and commentary about Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/2977326/how-trump-consumes-his-news-these-days/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During his presidency, Trump was actively watching the media by keeping up with TV ratings and his cable news coverage. Now, he does the same but has widened his content to include more blog posts and scrolling on Truth Social.)
— Biden’s blasphemous blessing of abortion – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2977465/bidens-blasphemous-blessing-abortion/
— Biden blesses abortion with sign of the cross – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2977295/biden-blesses-abortion-sign-of-cross/
— Florida has rescued over 700 US residents from Haiti: DeSantis – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2978438/florida-rescued-700-us-residents-from-haiti/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden hands out U-visas to illegals flown to Martha’s Vineyard as ‘crime victims’ of Ron DeSantis – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/biden_hands_out_u_visas_to_illegals_flown_to_martha_s_vineyard_as_crime_victims_of_ron_desantis.html

BLAZE
— Oklahoma will become the latest state to criminalize illegal immigration — if Gov. Stitt gets on board – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/oklahoma-will-become-the-latest-state-to-criminalize-illegal-immigration-if-gov-stitt-gets-on-board
— ICE officials speak out about how ‘sanctuary’ policies protect criminals
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-investigates-ice-officials-speak-out-about-how-sanctuary-policies-protect-criminals

BREITBART
— Migrants Brawl Outside Hotel in New York, Swing Sticks, Bats, Belts – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/24/migrants-brawl-hotel-new-york-swing-sticks-bats-belts/

CATHOLIC VOTE
— ‘Marriage Fraud’: Critics Slam Biden’s Idea to Grant Parole to Migrants Married to U.S. Citizens
https://catholicvote.org/marriage-fraud-critics-slam-bidens-idea-to-grant-parole-to-migrants-married-to-u-s-citizens/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRARTION STUDIES
— ICE Leadership Furthers the Effort to ‘Abolish ICE’ – Andrew R. Arthur (COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of destroying it. Virtually all GAO employees have been Democrats. What if Gingrich had succeeded in requiring 1/3 of GAO employees to be Republicans?)
https://cis.org/Arthur/ICE-Leadership-Furthers-Effort-Abolish-ICE

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois grant funds DEI virtual reality training for nurses – BRENDAN MCDONALD
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-illinois-grant-funds-dei-virtual-reality-training-for-nurses/

DAILY CALLER
— GAO: Biden Admin Used Border Wall Funds On ‘Environmental Planning’ And Cleanup – NICK POPE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/24/biden-dhs-border-wall-funds-environmental-planning-report/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/24/how-bidens-paroles-of-migrants-could-prompt-illegal-voter-registration/
— How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/24/how-bidens-paroles-of-migrants-could-prompt-illegal-voter-registration/
— Antisemitic Protests on College Campuses Represent ‘Anti-Western and Anti-American Movement.” – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/25/anti-semitic-protests-college-campuses-represent-anti-western-anti-american-movement-professor-says/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Rubs Americans’ Noses In The Fact That He’s Done Nothing On The Border Crisis – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-rubs-americans-noses-in-the-fact-that-hes-done-nothing-on-the-border-crisis

EPOCH TIMES
— Arizona Grand Jury Indicts 18 Republican Trump ‘Fake Electors’ The court documents also identified a ‘prior U.S. president.’ – Caden Pearson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/arizona-grand-jury-indicts-18-republican-trump-fake-electors-5636828

FEDERALIST
— One Word In Your State Constitution Could Open Up Your Elections To Foreign Nationals. A majority of state constitutions declare that every citizen — not necessarily only a citizen — is an eligible voter. – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/24/one-word-in-your-state-constitution-could-open-up-your-elections-to-foreign-nationals/
— LGBT Activists And Accomplice Media Exploit Teen Deaths For Political Points – CHAD FELIX GREENE (COMMENT: Those in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who are LGBTQ activists or want to curry favor with LGBTQers have worked the hardest against me since 2000. I should write a book about them.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/24/lgbt-activists-media-exploit-teen-deaths-for-political-points/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Classified as Victims and Given Benefits
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/24/illegal-aliens-flown-marthas-vineyard-classified-victims-and-given-benefits

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Campus Tent Encampments “Similar to Occupy Wall Street Mixed in With Islamist Pro-Terror Groups” My appearance on Laura Ingraham Show: “This is a toxic situation with toxic ideologies. These are essentially an anti-American anti-Western anti-capitalist ideology, similar to Occupy Wall Street from a decade ago, mixed in with Islamist pro terror groups and mixed in with praise for Hamas and other terrorist groups. This is not really something that we’ve seen before and I’ve been covering these movements for over a decade. It’s worse now.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/campus-tent-encampments-similar-to-occupy-wall-street-mixed-in-with-islamist-pro-terror-groups/
— Stanford Will Not Investigate Mathematics Prof Accused of ‘Reckless Disregard for Accuracy’ – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/stanford-will-not-investigate-mathematics-prof-accused-of-reckless-disregard-for-accuracy/
— Thomas Jefferson High School Drops Out of Top Ten Nationwide After Adopting “Equity” Admissions Policy – James Nault (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to lower standards.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/thomas-jefferson-high-school-drops-out-of-top-ten-nationwide-after-adopting-equity-admissions-policy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Columbia Backs Down after Setting Midnight Deadline for Anti-Israel Protesters to Disperse – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/columbia-backs-down-after-setting-midnight-deadline-for-anti-israel-protesters-to-disperse/
— Princeton Students Prepare to Set Up Anti-Israel Protest Encampment – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/princeton-students-prepare-to-set-up-anti-israel-protest-encampment/

NEWSMAX
— Open Border Is for More Voters for Democrats, Not America – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/border-democrats-working/2024/04/24/id/1162188/
— Minorities Abandon Dems Amid Migrant, CRT Backlash – Peter Morici (COMMENT: Life is a zero-sum game. Preference given to members of one group is preference not given to members of another group. To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group. To get votes from them, Democrats give preference to minorities, females, younger people, veterans, unmarried people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals. That is, Democrats discriminate against Whites, males, older people, non-veterans, married people, heterosexuals, Protestants, Italian Americans, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, and conservatives.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/peter-morici/minorities-2024-election/2024/04/24/id/1162223/
— Why Is the Left Always So Miserable? – Bill Donohue (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were on the left, miserable, and blamed all their problems on Republicans.)
https://www.newsmax.com/billdonohue/left-study-woke/2024/04/24/id/1162269/

REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Meet the New Left, Who Think Hamas Is Good and Swastikas Are Woke – Ryan Zickgraf
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/04/24/investigative_issues_meet_the_new_left_who_think_hamas_is_good_and_swastikas_are_woke_

TOWNHALL
— Trump Not Sending His Best – Ann Coulter (COMMENT: While he was President, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2024/04/24/trump-not-sending-his-best-n2638215

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— ‘Wokeness’ is linked to unhappiness, anxiety and depression (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were woke, miserable, and blamed all their problems on Republicans.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/wokeness-is-linked-to-unhappiness-anxiety-and-depression-study-finds/ss-BB1kaNr0
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/the-nyt-suggests-tons-of-teens-will-regret-transitioning-genders-here-s-what-the-data-says/ss-AA1nwVva

YAHOO
— Gaslighting in Defense of Bigotry – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gaslighting-defense-bigotry-214941106.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Biden administration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workers – WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (COMMENT: While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and was a UIC and then NIU student, I worked all the overtime hours that I could.)
https://www.kwqc.com/2024/04/24/biden-administration-finalizes-rule-grant-overtime-millions-more-salaried-workers/

NBC NEWS
— United Methodist Church grapples with deep divides over LGBTQ issues. Membership is declining as more conservative congregations leave the fold. – Maura Barrett and Deon J. Hampton (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats and RINOs been promoting LGBTQ in your church?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-methodist-church-grapples-deep-divides-lgbtq-issues-rcna149220

CBS NEWS
— Harvard University students begin Pro-Palestinian protests, pitching tents on Harvard Yard – Neal Riley
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-students-protest-tents-yard/
— National Infertility Awareness Week: what options do affected couples have to start a family? (COMMENT: I should write a book about my DINK-hating Democrat IRS and GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. My DINK-hating Democrat IRS superiors a) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My DINK-hating Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/national-infertility-awareness-week-what-options-do-affected-couples-have-to-start-a-family/

WASHINGTON POST
— Police arrest 108 at Emerson College as antiwar student protests spread – Jennifer Hassan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/25/university-protests-gaza-arrests-emerson-usc/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/04/24/supreme-court-idaho-abortion-emergency-healthcare-emtala/73425094007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump to promote more hatred against Republican down ballot candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/24/biden-trump-high-stakes-pennsylvania-senate-race/73437170007/
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters ever-increasing use Rittenhouse to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/24/shooter-kyle-rittenhouse-student-gun-rights-college-speaker/73357458007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Counter-Revolt Finally Begins. Columbia, Yale and NYU camp out while the rest of the U.S. flees from wokeness. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-counter-revolt-finally-begins-colleges-israel-gaza-protests-dei-e907cdd9
— The ‘Senior’ Jobs That Require Little or No Experience. Many early-career jobs now come with inflated titles, and a loophole in the FTC’s new ban on noncompetes could lead to dubious promotions. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I got promoted to GS-12 (Senior) Revenue Officer in 1974 (currently $97,079/year) when I was 25 years old. I had worked at the GS-11, GS-9, and GS-7 levels for only one year each. In my defense, I had completed ten graduate evening business courses at Loyola and my performance on a major developmental assignment had been rated very highly. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-senior-jobs-that-require-little-or-no-experience-d22e9cf4
— FRONT PAGE: U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low. Fewer babies were born in the U.S. in 2023 than any year since 1979. – Jennifer Calfas and Anthony DeBarros (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and abortion, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/america-birth-rate-decline-a111d21b

WKRG
— Hundreds of migrants on trains arrive at El Paso-Juarez border – Julian Resendiz
https://www.wkrg.com/border-report-tour/hundreds-of-migrants-arrive-on-trains-at-el-paso-juarez-border/amp/

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM urged to commit to protecting IVF in federal health insurance – Molly Weisner (COMMENT: I should write a book about my DINK-hating Democrat IRS and GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. My DINK-hating Democrat IRS superiors a) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My DINK-hating Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/health-care/2024/04/24/opm-urged-to-commit-to-protecting-ivf-in-federal-health-insurance/

PEW RESEARCH
— In Tight Presidential Race, Voters Are Broadly Critical of Both Biden and Trump. About half of voters say that, if given the chance, they would replace both candidates on the ballot. (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ignore/dismiss/belittle what Trump did to defend/advance the Republican Party platform while he was President.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/24/in-tight-presidential-race-voters-are-broadly-critical-of-both-biden-and-trump/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Ohio: 70% Support E-Verify Legislation (COMMENT: What have Republican elected officials who represent you done to promote E-Verify?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/ohio_70_support_e_verify_legislation

April 23, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 5 Chicago elementary school students taken to hospitals for suspected cannabis overdose (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://abc7chicago.com/5-students-at-george-leland-elementary-school-in-chicago-taken-to-hospitals-for-overdose-symptoms-from-suspected-marijuana-edible/14716450/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/can-texas-ban-trans-teachers-what-is-school-choice-gender-nonconforming-educators-gov-greg-abbott/14715797/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WBEZ
— Toni Preckwinkle is unanimously re-elected head of the Cook County Democratic Party – Kristen Schorsch (COMMENT: When will the mainstream news media report that Jim Zay was re-elected DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/22/toni-preckwinkle-cook-county-democratic-party-chief-re-election
https://www.wbez.org/stories/toni-preckwinkle-is-unanimously-re-elected-head-of-the-cook-county-democratic-party/452bbdb3-4356-4ce8-8bfc-a60ccf23707b

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money trial – ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/key-takeaways-from-the-opening-statements-in-donald-trumps-hush-money-trial/
— Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia – NICK PERRY and MICHELLE L. PRICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-us-college-campuses-following-mass-arrests-at-columbia/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: LGBTQ+ students, parents frustrated about Prairie State College’s graduation venue – HANK SANDERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/22/lgbtq-students-parents-frustrated-about-prairie-state-colleges-graduation-venue/
— A historic wrong finally righted for the Prairie Band Potawatomi – Editorial (COMMEMT: If I would seek a political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southwest Crete Township in 1854. They would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I unfairly if not illegally directly benefitted from that and b) that I should pay reparations because of that. They would stress a) that great great grandfather sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of the center of Crete in 1864, b) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, c) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and d) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/23/editorial-prairie-band-potawatomi-illinois-land/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk won’t attend board meeting to discuss no-bid contracts – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240422/news/dupage-county-clerk-wont-attend-board-meeting-to-discuss-no-bid-contracts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: How renovations will help protect Danada House’s history while safeguarding its future – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240422/news/how-renovations-will-help-protect-danada-houses-history-while-safeguarding-its-future/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/23/abortion-could-dominate-the-2024-election-in-florida-will-that-help-democrats-flip-the-state/
— “Republicans” who promote LGBTQ have worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/22/melania-trump-announces-push-to-woo-gay-conservatives-during-mar-a-lago-fundraiser-organizer-says/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/signs-outside-dylan-mulvaney-talk-at-slu-god-help-us-and-bigotry-is-a-sin/article_6e496602-00e9-11ef-8d13-43b3a15fd1e2.html

WCIA
— Keicher gives update on Republican priorities heading into final month of session – Cole Henke
https://www.wcia.com/capitol-connection/capitol-connection-keicher-gives-update-on-republican-priorities-heading-into-final-month-of-session/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-274/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-75/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois’ Obscene Plan to Fund Education Based on Race – Jeanne Ives
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/04/22/illinois-obscene-plan-to-fund-education-based-on-race

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bill Would Allow Less Financial Accountability for Township Government: CPA Audit for Big Townships Every Only Two Years, Every Four Years for Small Townships
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/bills-would-give-less-financial-accountability-for-township-government-cpa-audit-for-big-townships-every-only-two-years-every-four-years-for-small-townships/
— Gunowners Rally in Springfield
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/gunowners-rally-in-springfield/
— Wilcox Reports on Strengthening Squatters Law
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/wilcox-reports-on-strenghtening-squatters-law/
— DeWitte Reports on Pending Notice of Pesticide Application
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/dewitte-reports-on-pending-notice-of-pesticide-application/
— Algonquin Township Board to Consider Drafting “Dereliction of Duty” Resolution for Township Clerk Maureen Huff, Plus Censure Resolution for Supervisor Randy Funk over General Assistance Funds
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/algonquin-township-board-to-consider-draftint-dereliction-of-duty-resolution-for-township-clerk-maureen-huff-plus-censure-resolution-for-supervisor-randy-funk-over-general-assistance-funds/
— Appeal of DCFS Firing of Acosta and Povolin Still Not Complete after almost Four and a Half Years
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/22/appeal-of-dcfs-firing-of-acosta-and-povolin-still-not-complete-after-almost-four-and-a-half-years/
— The Teachers Union Budget Busting Pension Bill with Committee Member Steve Reick’s Take
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/the-teachers-uniion-budget-busting-pension-bill-with-committee-member-steve-reicks-take/
— Slipping Through the SAFE-T Act Cracks in Cook County
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/slipping-through-the-safe-t-act-cracks-in-cook-county/
— Reminding Voters That Kelli Wegener Favors Allowing Minors to Obtain Taxpayer Birth Control without Parental Knowledge
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/23/reminding-voters-that-kelli-wegener-favors-allowing-minors-to-obtain-taxpayer-birth-control/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Steve Boulton Says he’s not Running for Chicago GOP Chairman After IR Exposes his Past Comments Comparing Trump to Hitler, Blames “Far Right” for his Downfall (COMMENT: I should write a book about those unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/breaking-steve-boulton-says-hes-not-running-for-chicago-gop-chairman-after-ir-exposes-his-past-comments-comparing-trump-to-hitler-blames-far-right-for-his-downfall.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jewish Yale student stabbed in the eye: Peers ‘joined the Nazi Party’ – Heather Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2974826/jewish-yale-student-stabbed-in-eye-flag-protest/
— ‘Elite’ colleges are molding a new generation of hateful people – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2974452/elite-colleges-molding-new-generation-hateful-people/
— Lawmakers decry U.S. military’s drift to DEI culture – Casey Harper
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2973858/lawmakers-decry-u-s-militarys-drift-to-dei-culture/

NEW YORK POST
— NYPD cops in riot gear arrest dozens of NYU students, faculty at anti-Israel encampment on campus – Allie Griffin
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/nypd-cops-in-riot-gear-arrest-dozens-of-nyu-students-faculty-at-anti-israel-encampment-on-campus/
— Jewish Columbia student says protesters burned his Israeli flag, hit him in face with rocks during campus chaos – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/jewish-columbia-student-says-protesters-burned-his-israeli-flag-hit-him-in-face-with-rocks/
— Google can’t stop at canning subversives – William A. Jacobson, Kemberlee Kaye (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government treated me like I was a subversive. Their top priority always was retaining and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/still-too-woke-google-can-t-stop-at-canning-subversives/ar-AA1nmhDC
— NY Home Depot hires guards, dogs to keep parking lot safe from thieves, aggressive migrants – Georgia Worrell and Tina Moore (COMMENT: New York today, your Home Depot tomorrow.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/us-news/home-depot-stores-look-to-security-to-keep-migrants-at-bay/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Israel: Terror Can Be Conquered Only With Greater Terror – Alexander G. Markovsky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/israel_terror_can_be_conquered_only_with_greater_terror.html
— The Truth About Israel – Alicia Colon
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_truth_about_israel.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New York town in legal battle to block migrants from local childcare center – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/22/new-york-town-in-legal-battle-to-block-migrants-from-local-childcare-center-1454208/

BREITBART
— Ron DeSantis: Foreign Students Engaging in Antisemitic Protests Should Have Visas Canceled – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/22/ron-desantis-foreign-students-engaging-antisemitic-protests-should-have-visas-canceled/
— Colorado Turns Schools into Welfare Agencies as Thousands of Needy Migrant Children Enroll – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/22/colorado-turns-schools-into-welfare-agencies-as-thousands-of-needy-migrant-children-enroll/
— Biden’s Title IX Rules Force Schools to Use Transgender Pronouns – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/04/22/bidens-title-ix-rules-force-schools-use-transgender-pronouns/

CAMPUS REFORM
— UMass campuses offering segregated Lavender Graduations for LGBTQ-identifying students – Brendan McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/umass-campuses-offering-segregated-lavender-graduations-lgbtq-identifying-students/25248

DAILY CALLER
— Fleeing To Red States Won’t Spare You From Wokeness – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/22/rooke-wokeness-montana-red-states-pride-drag/
— Biden Admin Mulling Plan To Give Legal Status To Illegal Alien Spouses – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/22/biden-plan-legal-status-spouses-illegals/

DAILY WIRE
— Criminal Prosecutions Of Illegal Immigrants Stopped When Coronavirus Hit. They Never Resumed. The Biden administration isn’t prosecuting illegal immigrants — treating crime of crossing border like a ‘traffic ticket’ – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/criminal-prosecutions-of-illegal-immigrants-stopped-when-coronavirus-hit-they-never-resumed

FEDERALIST
— By Media Standards, Joe Biden Is A Terrorist Sympathizer Until He Personally Condemns Antisemitism – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/22/by-media-standards-joe-biden-is-a-terrorist-sympathizer-until-he-personally-condemns-antisemitism/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— “Death to America” Chants in Michigan Point to Serious Problems With Mass Immigration – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/22/death-america-chants-michigan-point-serious-problems-mass-immigration

FIRST TV
— The Media is Banishing Anti-Woke Employees
https://www.thefirsttv.com/watch-the-media-is-banishing-anti-woke-employees/

FOX NEWS
— Agitator behind ‘Death to America’ chants in Chicago contributes to Iran state TV, Hezbollah-linked channel. Activist said to laughter, the Farsi term could either mean ‘death to, or down with’ – Beth Bailey
https://www.foxnews.com/us/agitator-behind-death-to-america-chants-chicago-contributes-iran-state-tv-hezbollah-linked-channel

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Migrants Accost Customers at NYC Home Depot, Store Brings in K-9 Security – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/biden-migrants-accost-customers-at-nyc-home-depot-store-brings-in-k-9-security/

NEWSMAX
— Transgender Issue on Direct Path to Supreme Court. Pending cases may force Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the definition of “woman,” impacting transgender rights and women’s athletics. – Carly Mayberry
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/transgender-woman-supreme-court/2024/04/22/id/1161908/
— Biden is Gutting Girls’ and Women’s Title IX Protections – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/joe-biden-title-ix-transgender/2024/04/22/id/1161935/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose – TIAH SHEPHERD (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have worked the hardest to defeat Republican candidates. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest against me.)
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://thehill.com/homenews/4613586-bannon-says-house-republicans-secretly-want-trump-to-lose/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Rise Over Pro-Palestinian Protests at U.S. Colleges. Students at Yale were arrested as administrators on more campuses moved to shut down demonstrations in response to scrutiny from Congress and growing concerns about the safety of Jewish students. – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/us/campus-protests-columbia-yale
— What Is Lost When Freshmen Choose Their Roommates – Pamela Paul (COMMENT: I should write about the impact that my roommates at NIU had on me in 1969 and 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/roommates-college-strangers.html

USA TODAY
— I should write a book about succumbing to pressure to retire early. The longer that you live, the bigger the impact that retiring early has on you. If I had worked another 6 years until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible to take regular retirement, everything would be different for me now. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA ILLINOIS Editor in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2003. My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings would much greater. The aforesaid continues to have a tremendous impact on me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/17/millennials-want-early-retirement/73324912007/

NBC NEWS & MSN & CNN & BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/iconic-san-francisco-lgbtq-bar-stud-reopens-new-location-rcna148861
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-people-are-more-at-risk-of-adverse-effects-of-climate-change/ar-AA1nsQdK
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-groups-band-together-to-challenge-school-district-over-don-t-say-gay-policies/ar-AA1lXef4
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-org-files-formal-complaint-against-michigan-wedding-venue-that-banned-lgbtq-couples/ar-BB1i5n5t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/28-immediate-bans-republicans-would-impose-if-given-the-chance/ss-BB1j7Kvq?ocid=NL_FRCA_A1_20181015_1_4
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/opinions/lesbian-visibility-week-lgbtq-rights-hope/index.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/lgbtq-friendly-banking

CNN
— Biden builds early advertising edge as Trump spends millions on legal fees – David Wright
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/politics/advertising-election-biden-trump/index.html

CNBC
— The Gen Z generation has been educated ‘to have resentment and a sense of denial’ – Frank Luntz (COMMENT: Should I write a book about those who blame and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problem, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjPGD9PBPM
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Frank Luntz, FIL Inc. pollster and political strategist, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss his focus group results with Gen Z voters, their view on capitalism vs. socialism, equality vs. meritocracy, their view on democracy, and more.)

CBS NEWS
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had the most success in getting their operatives and their dupes to do their dirty work. I would focus on those who a) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans in 2012, d) ended my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) ended my bid to serve as MTRO treasurer in 2004, and/or i) ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/defense-closing-at-guantanamo-detainees-ny-trial/

MSN
— 40% of migrants fail to establish ‘credible fear’ required for asylum
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/40-of-migrants-fail-to-establish-credible-fear-required-for-asylum-uscis-says/ar-BB1kwHP8
— Biden encourages illegals to marry U.S. citizens.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-weighs-immigration-relief-for-spouses-of-us-citizens/ar-AA1nt46B
— Massachusetts Urges Homeowners to Welcome Illegal Aliens – Jordan Andrews (COMMENT: Massachusetts today, Illinois tomorrow,)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/blue-state-urges-homeowners-to-welcome-illegal-aliens/ar-BB1hctna

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s Behind the Anti-Israel Protests. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others are grooming activists in the U.S. and across the West. – Steven Stalinsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-behind-the-anti-israel-protests-hamas-gaza-hezbollah-talking-points-d2f538ca

WFMJ
— AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE HIRING PROCESS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the age discrimination (I was born in 1948), political affiliation discrimination (I am Republican), reverse discrimination (I am a White male), religious discrimination (I am Protestant), and national origin discrimination (I am 100% German American) that I encountered when I sought a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license after I was forced into early retirement when I was 49 years old in 1997. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115-439-$150,075/year, almost 9 years experience working for IRS as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently 97,079-$110,020/year, three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examining, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Potential employers were clearly under tremendous pressure to hire those who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wfmj.com/clip/15465137/age-discrimination-in-the-hiring-process

FEATURED NEWS
— IRS Office Locked Down After Chaos Erupts
https://featurednews.com/irs-office-locked-down-after-chaos-erupts/

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1244381584/immigrants-border-mexico-asylum-illegal-immigration

ROLLING STONE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-far-right-maga-relationship-timeline-1234957784/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Sometimes the price of acceptance is too high – Juliana Breines Ph.D. (COMMENT: What do you refuse to do to get accepted by organizations? I refuse to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Actually, I oppose promotion of the aforesaid. Consequently, I am rejected by far too many leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-love-and-war/202309/how-the-need-to-belong-both-helps-and-hurts-us

WARREN LAW FIRM
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. They ever-increasingly encourage illegals a) to seek asylum, parole, and/or refugee status, b) to marry a U.S. citizen, c) to etc.
https://warrenlawfirm.net/how-to-get-legal-status-in-the-united-states-if-youre-an-undocumented-immigrant/

CATO
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have their illegals move to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to vote for Biden.
https://www.cato.org/blog/no-illegal-alien-voting-isnt-swaying-federal-elections

WIKIPEDIA
— American politicians who switched parties (COMMENT: I should write a book about “Republican” politicians in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they are and have always been Democrat plants or Libertarian plants.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_politicians_who_switched_parties_in_office

CRACKED
— 6 Jobs That Donald Trump and Joe Biden Are Too Old to Legally Hold – YudinEli Yudin (COMMENT: According to the Democrats who run the federal the federal government, constructively, if you are one of the following, you are too old to hold a federal job if you did not make Senior Executive Service ($191,900/year) by age 40: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Biden promoters stress that unlike Trump, Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.)
https://www.cracked.com/article_41881_6-jobs-that-donald-trump-and-joe-biden-are-too-old-to-legally-hold.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Airline Pilot. . .Air Traffic Controller. . .Park Ranger. . .Firefighter. . .Judge. . .Voting in the Papal Conclave)

April 20, 2024

Needless-to-say, Republican elected officials and party leaders, and especially the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), should issue critical/condemnatory press releases whenever Democrat elected officials in Illinois take major actions that promote the dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or the rest of the planks in the Democrat Party platform. IRP press releases should promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sees lowest presidential primary voter turnout in decades (COMMENT: 136 (37%) of the 368 registered Republican voters in my new DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast Republican primary ballots. To encourage Republican turnout, I hand-delivered to each of the 224 homes and 4 apartments my precinct that had at least one registered Republican voter a copy of the sample ballot and DuPage County Board District 4 write-in candidate Annette Corrigan’s letter. She received 55 write-in votes in my precinct. In addition, as March 19 approached, I contacted 14 registered Republican voters in my precinct who had not returned the mail-in ballots that they had requested. A copy of my precinct letter that I am in the process of hand-delivering to the homes from which at least one Republican ballot was cast is at the end of this newsletter.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/04/19/illinois-voter-turnout-2023-primary-lowest-since-1960-elections
— Hundreds protest in Global Climate Strike, demand that U.S. declare a climate emergency. Led by Fridays For Future, hundreds of environmental activists took to the streets to urge President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and call for investment in clean energy, sustainable transportation, resilient infrastructure, quality healthcare, clean air, safe water and nutritious food, according to youth speakers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2024/04/19/climate-protest-chicago-activism-emergency
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1.25B borrowing plan sails through City Council. With interest, the plan could cost the city $2.4 billion over 37 years, officials have said. Johnson’s team says that money will be more than recouped by property tax revenue flowing back to the city’s coffers from expiring TIF districts. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/19/brandon-johnson-borrowing-plan-chicago-city-council
— City Council OKs $70 million in extra funding for migrant crisis. By a 30-18 vote, the Council approved the latest round of funding for a crisis that has highlighted racial divisions in the city. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/19/chicago-migrant-funding-city-council-vote
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/taylorswift/2024/04/19/review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-is-great-sad-pop-meditative-theater
— Old age isn’t fun. Columnist Gene Lyons was out for a few weeks after he was diagnosed with several illnesses. Now that he’s back in the saddle, he writes about aging and what felt like a near-death experience. – Gene Lyons (COMMENT: What do you stress to defend your age? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/19/old-age-aging-doctors-visit-covid-near-death-experienve-gene-lyons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s young activists demand climate action, steps to ‘protect our planet’ at downtown rally – REBECCA JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/chicagos-young-activists-demand-climate-action-steps-to-protect-our-planet-at-downtown-rally/
— Dolton Village Hall hit with federal subpoenas amid ongoing probe into Mayor Tiffany Henyard – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/dolton-village-hall-hit-with-federal-subpoenas-amid-ongoing-probe-into-mayor-tiffany-henyard/
— Illinois now home to federally recognized tribal nation in historic Department of Interior decision. – KATE ARMANINI (COMMEMT: If I would seek a political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southwest Crete Township in 1854. They would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I unfairly if not illegally directly benefitted from that and b) that I should pay reparations because of that. They would stress a) that my ancestors sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of the center of Crete in 1864, b) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, c) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and d) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/illinois-now-home-to-federally-recognized-tribal-nation-in-historic-department-of-interior-decision/
— University of Chicago charter school to pay $125,000 after video showed teachers mock special education student, call him ‘dumb’ – STACY ST. CLAIR (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am dumb. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. In my defense, I earned three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/university-of-chicago-charter-school-to-pay-125000-after-video-showed-teachers-mock-special-education-student-call-him-dumb/
— Chicago Teachers Union asks for 9% annual raises as bargaining sessions are set to begin. – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/chicago-teachers-union-asks-for-9-annual-raises-as-bargaining-sessions-are-set-to-begin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Johnson’s ambitious $1.25B bond plan, $70M migrant proposal pass City Council – JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/johnsons-ambitious-1-25b-bond-plan-70m-migrant-proposal-pass-city-council/
— Steve Balich seeks to have uninitialed ballots thrown out in GOP race – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/balich-seeks-to-have-uninitialed-ballots-thrown-out-in-gop-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Homer Township Supervisor and Will County Board Republican Leader Steve Balich said he believes he will be victorious in a recount of the March 19 election for Republican precinct committeeperson after losing the race by one vote. Balich said up to five ballots were not initialed by the election judges so he challenged their validity and wants them thrown out. If they are tossed, he believes he will be declared the winner of the precinct committeeperson race, he said. The March 19 election was certified earlier this month with Homer Glen resident Tami O’Brien besting Balich, who was the leader of the Homer Township Republican Organization, by one vote. O’Brien received 115 votes to Balich’s 114. . .O’Brien ran as part of the Neighbors United for Homer Township slate whose goal was “to return civility and harmony to Homer Township.” Neighbors United won 11 of the 19 races for precinct committeeperson, including some races that were not contested, defeating Balich as well as Homer Glen Trustee Dan Fialko and Homer Township Assessor Carmen Maurella. The results bring new Republican leadership to the Homer Township Republican Organization. O’Brien said she was tired of the division that plagued the area as well as divisive social media posts. She ran to be a liaison to keep her neighborhood updated with village matters and end confusion.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Protesters appear at testy Chicago Police Board meeting to call for firing of officers involved in killing of Dexter Reed – Sam Charles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/protesters-appear-at-testy-chicago-police-board-meeting-to-call-for-firing-of-officers-involved-in-the-killing-of-dexter-reed/

ABC7
–Full jury of 12 people, 6 alternates seated in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-trial-updates-jury-selection-could-be-nearing-a-close-in-donald-trumps-hush-money-new-york-city/14693384/

NBC5
— Protesters want officers FIRED after shooting death of Dexter Reed in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtMBlP7h_UQ
— Multiple Dolton trustees react to FBI’s ‘court-ordered law enforcement activity’ near village hall – Natalie Martinez
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/multiple-dolton-trustees-react-to-fbis-court-ordered-law-enforcement-activity-near-village-hall/3415934/

CBS2
— Chicago City Council votes for millions of dollars in funding for migrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjF60qJm7g
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1.25 billion borrowing plan for affordable housing approved – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-borrowing-plan-affordable-housing-economic-development/
— Chicago City Council approves $70 million more in migrant funding – Todd Feurer, Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-council-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-funding-approved/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87QOZMQg-38
— City of Chicago warns of dozens of measles cases – John Odenthal
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-of-chicago-measles-cases-community/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-taylor-swift-fans-gather-to-celebrate-listen-to-her-newest-album/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/taylor-swift-chicago-fans-album-reax/
— Additional $70 million for Chicago’s migrant crisis approved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7DqkW1wVRM

FOX32
— Chicago’s City Colleges hosts job-application event as FAA faces shortage of air traffic controllers (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I passed the postal employment test in 1966. I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-city-colleges-job-application-event-faa-shortage-air-traffic-controllers
— Chicago City Council passes 2 major spending plans, including $70M for migrant mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-yhQA7E3co

WTTW
— City Council Votes 30-18 to Spend $70M More to Care for Migrants in Chicago – Heather Cherone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87QOZMQg-38

WBEZ
— Chicago’s City Council approves Mayor Johnson’s plans to borrow $1 billion and use $70 million in reserves to support migrants. The fiery debate exposed divisions within the City Council over the mayor’s first major development plan and the increasing cost of supporting migrants. – Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/city-council-approves-johnsons-1-billion-borrowing-plan/ea70409f-d209-491b-8056-60b396b10207
— Can Illinois provide work permits for migrants? The federal government regulates work permits but delays frustrate immigration advocates who want states to take charge. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/stories/work-permits-for-migrants-in-illinois/572ef920-c754-46f5-9cdf-222bbd9eaaba

STATELINE
— Illinois had the lowest voter turnout for a presidential primary in decades – Ryan Johnston
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-had-the-lowest-voter-turnout-for-a-presidential-primary-in-decades/

WSIL TV
— Surprisedly, Democrats acknowledge some of the many terrible negatives of pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/here-s-what-marijuana-researchers-have-to-say-about-420-or-weed-day/article_a2b4d5cf-2de4-54c0-ad60-46e1a6beeaf9.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But not everyone joins in on the 420 festivities. Some scientists who study weed have become increasingly concerned about the potential harm cannabis can do to the body, especially when smoked or vaped. “When you burn something, whether it is tobacco or cannabis, it creates toxic compounds, carcinogens, and particulate matter that are harmful to health,” Dr. Beth Cohen, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told CNN previously via email. Marijuana smoke may even be more harmful than tobacco because users hold the hot smoke in their lungs longer to maximize their high, Cohen said. A March 2021 study found teens were twice as likely to report “wheezing or whistling” in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes. “I’m in Colorado, and on 420 the smoke billows out of places where people gather to celebrate — it’s like a factory smokestack,” said Robert Page II, a professor of clinical pharmacy and physical medicine at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora. “I worry when people are in an enclosed space because new data is beginning to show that secondhand marijuana smoke may be just as dangerous as the primary smoke,” Page said. “Like tobacco, cannabis affects the central nervous system, and there are side effects which tend to primarily be cardiovascular in nature.” Any level of marijuana use raises the risk of stroke by 42% and heart attack by 25%, even if there is no prior history of heart disease and the person has never smoked or vaped tobacco, a recent study found. Weed has also been linked to cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation; myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle; spasms of the heart’s arteries and a higher risk of heart failure. It’s not. “If a person is in a closed space with marijuana smokers, they can test positive for cannabis in their urine. They can also get some of the other physical effects of marijuana, including an increased heart rate and feeling ‘high,’ ” Carol Boyd, founding director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, told CNN in an earlier interview. It’s not just your lungs that may be at risk. A January 2021 study found people who only smoked marijuana had higher blood and urine levels of several smoke-related toxins than nonsmokers. Those toxins are linked to anemia, liver and neurological damage, cancer and other health issues. There’s more: Weed users are nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization, according to a 2022 study, and overuse of marijuana can lead to complications when in surgery. Weed users have more heavy metal in their bodies. Serious traffic accidents are on the rise in areas where weed is legal, a 2023 study found. Potency of weed has skyrocketed, which can heighten health risks and is leading to a global rise in marijuana addiction as well as marijuana use disorder. “Approximately 3 in 10 people who use marijuana have marijuana use disorder,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say this condition comes with a higher risk of mental disorders, cognitive deficits, use of psychiatric services and violent behavior. Weed’s impact on babies and teens Using marijuana during pregnancy has been linked to low birth weight, one of the strongest predictors of a child’s long-term health. A lack of knowledge about weed Despite these health concerns, the majority of American adults still believe smoking or vaping marijuana smoke or breathing secondhand smoke from a joint is safer than tobacco smoke, even if children are present, according to an August 2023 study. Babies born to mothers who smoke pot or eat edibles to control nausea, for example, were twice as likely to be premature and 2.5 times as likely to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit, according to a 2023 study. Just as alarming: A 2020 study found children born to marijuana users had more psychotic-like behaviors and more attention, social and sleep problems as well as weaker cognitive abilities. It’s not good for older children, either. The growing use of weed by adolescents is extremely alarming, experts say, because marijuana is known to damage the developing brain. “The teen brain is actively developing and continues to develop until around age 25,” the CDC states on its website. Use during that time can have permanent effects such as damage to learning, memory, problem-solving skills and the ability to pay attention, the CDC said. “It’s disruptive to the teenage brain, so it needs to be used with extreme caution or not at all,” said Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston who authored “Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth About Marijuana.” Young people who use marijuana are more likely to develop long-lasting mental disorders, including depression, social anxiety and schizophrenia, and drop out of school, the CDC said. Studies show overuse of marijuana by youth with mood disorders leads to a rise in self-harm, suicide attempts and death. Daily use by adolescents and adults can result in another unpleasant side effect: uncontrollable vomiting, according to a 2021 study. “They vomit and then just continue to vomit whatever they have in their stomach, which can go on for hours,” study author Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist and toxicologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, told CNN previously. Despite these concerns, school-age kids were vaping twice as much weed in 2020 as they did in 2013. In fact, some parents told doctors they believed vaping marijuana was safer than tobacco, Boyd told CNN earlier via email. “You seem to believe that heating chemicals (including carcinogens) into a vapor and inhaling them is healthy? My answer is, ‘No, it is not a healthy behavior.’” In addition to harming the lung, vaping weed is associated with a dangerous, recently identified lung disease called EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping product use-associated lung injury. By early 2020, the CDC had recorded over 2,800 hospitalizations and 68 deaths due to this condition, according to Yale Medicine.)

WAND TV
— Melania Trump, long absent from campaign, will appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event in Mar-a-Lago – AP (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform big time. Those who promote LGBTQ have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/melania-trump-long-absent-from-campaign-will-appear-at-a-log-cabin-republicans-event-in/article_e6b14b2e-6a16-556e-ad84-021be5332993.html

WSIL TV & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/the-drug-war-devastated-black-and-other-minority-communities-is-marijuana-legalization-helping/article_1478964e-fd1a-52c5-8389-4651cebf61cf.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-drug-war-devastated-black-and-other-minority-communities-is-marijuana-legalization-helping/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Debate ignites as schools push DEI hiring practices amidst teacher shortage (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were DEI hires.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/debate-ignites-as-schools-push-dei-hiring-practices-amidst-teacher-shortage-parents-defending-education-diversity-equity-inclusion
— Trump trial lawyers searching social media history for potential juror bias. – AP (COMMENT: I should write about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-trial-lawyers-searching-social-media-history-chosen-alternate-jury-hush-money-stormy-daniels-court-selection-potential-juror-bias-criminal-new-york-ny-former-president-donald

25 NEWS NOW & WREX
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/04/20/sagging-cannabis-tax-revenue-seen-illinois-amid-call-more-pot-shops/
https://www.wrex.com/news/many-community-members-still-looking-to-get-their-records-expunged-due-to-cannabis-charges/article_b8741bc6-fe9d-11ee-be46-d37901e43c97.html

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— $1.32 billion approved for migrant aid, affordable housing in Chicago
https://www.courthousenews.com/1-32-billion-approved-for-migrant-aid-affordable-housing-in-chicago/

CHICAGO MAROON
— How Little Does Palestinian Life Matter to the University of Chicago? The University of Chicago’s rhetoric of ‘political neutrality’ is a lie. – Christopher Iacovetti
https://chicagomaroon.com/42119/viewpoints/op-ed/how-little-does-palestinian-life-matter-to-the-university-of-chicago/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-74/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— IGOLD Draws Huge Crowd at Capitol to Support Second Amendment
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/657882189-igold-draws-huge-crowd-at-capitol-to-support-second-amendment

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 2nd Amendment Supporters Dominate State Capitol During Annual Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day Rally
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/2nd-amendment-supporters-dominate-state-capitol-during-annual-illinois-gun-owner-lobby-day-rally.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson is willing to bankrupt Chicago for illegal immigrants – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2972327/brandon-johnson-willing-bankrupt-chicago-illegal-immigrants/
— Colorado schools get extra $24 million for migrant enrollment – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2972070/colorado-schools-24-million-migrant-enrollment/

NEW YORK POST
— Why the Trump campaign is chasing LGBT voters – David Christopher Kaufman (COMMENT: I have always promoted the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform big time. Those who promote LGBTQ have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/opinion/why-the-trump-campaign-is-chasing-lgbt-voters/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The term ‘cultural Marxism’ is now an ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/19/the-term-cultural-marxism-is-now-an-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-1453655/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We’re Done’: Chicago Resident Rips ‘Blue Haired Liberals’ After Being Told To Accept Illegal Immigrants In City. – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/19/chicago-resident-blue-haired-liberal-illegal-immigration/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Controversial Illegal Alien Parole Program Raises Alarms – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/19/bidens-controversial-illegal-alien-parole-program-raises-alarms-borderline/

FOX NEWS
— Black Chicago voters rip mayor on extra $70M for migrants as recall petition gathers steam. ‘We need that money in my neighborhood,’ railed one Black woman wearing a red ‘Make America Great Again’ cowboy hat. – Michael Dorgan, Garrett Tenney
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-chicago-voters-rip-mayor-extra-70m-migrants-recall-petition-gathers-steam
— Chicago voter confronts Mayor Johnson over ‘disrespectful’ migrant funding, says city united against him. Mayor Brandon Johnson faces backlash from residents over $70M for migrant crisis. – Bailee Hill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-voter-confronts-mayor-johnson-disrespectful-migrant-funding-city-united-against
— Vulnerable House Dems do a U-turn on illegal immigration after calling crisis ‘non-existent threat’ 3 vulnerable Democrats appear to have shifted their views on illegal immigration as they seek re-election to the House. – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vulnerable-house-dems-u-turn-illegal-immigration-calling-crisis-non-existent-threat

FOX NEWS RADIO
— LA Mayor Begs the Wealthy to Help Fund the Homeless Crisis (COMMENT: What do wealthy people think of you? I should write a book about those wealthy people in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/19/la-mayor-begs-the-wealthy-to-help-fund-the-homeless-crisis/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Chicago Woman in MAGA Hat Unleashes on Mayor Over Immigrant Spending Plan: ‘Use Our Tax Money for Our People!’ – Anthony Altomari
https://ijr.com/chicago-woman-maga-hat-unleashes-mayor-immigrant-spending-plan-use-tax-money-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Petition Seeks to Empower Chicago Voters to Recall Far-Left Mayor Brandon Johnson – RYAN MILLS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/petition-seeks-to-empower-chicago-voters-to-recall-far-left-mayor-brandon-johnson/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Black Chicago citizens blast Dem mayor for funneling another $70 MILLION to illegal immigrants, asks Trump to ‘please come see us in Chicago’ – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/black-chicago-citizens-blast-dem-mayor-for-funneling-another-70-million-to-illegal-immigrants-asks-trump-to-please-come-see-us-in-chicago

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Immigrants Find Creative Ways to Cross Over the Border In Arizona – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/19/illegal-immigrants-find-creative-ways-to-cross-over-the-border-in-arizona-n2638039

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Flyers Urging Illegals to Vote Biden Found in Mexican Resource Center. – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/damning-report-flyers-urging-illegals-vote-biden-found-mexican-resource-center/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents – MATT BROWN
https://www.wral.com/story/chicagos-response-to-migrant-influx-stirs-longstanding-frustrations-among-black-residents/21388423/

MSN
— NYPD confirms man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial has died from his injuries
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/matt-azzarello-nypd-confirms-man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-healing-has-died-from-his-injuries/ar-AA1nlzEA
— Multiple states seeking to poach Illinois police officers with bonuses – Blake Dietz (COMMENT: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Illinois, b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn police officers as being racists, and c) blame police officers for all the problems that minorities have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/multiple-states-seeking-to-poach-illinois-police-officers-with-bonuses/ar-AA1jUNoj
— Chicago’s Response to Migrant Influx Stirs Longstanding Frustrations Among Black Residents – AP
https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/chicago-s-response-to-migrant-influx-stirs-longstanding-frustrations-among-black-residents/ar-AA1njYu5

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Trump Trial, Old Social Posts Haunt the Proceedings. Over the past week, some potential jurors who were confronted with their old posts seemed sheepish, if not outright embarrassed. – Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/trump-trial-jurors-tweets-facebook.html
— As Press Reports Some Juror Details, Polarized Reactions Take Over. Journalists covering the trial face a tricky balancing act: inform the public while keeping its participants out of harm’s way. – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/business/media/trump-trial-jurors-press-reports.html
— A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up. On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave. – Emily Badger and Francesca Paris (COMMENT: I paid high mortgage rates 1972-1984. My wife and I paid high mortgage rates from 1978 until we paid our mortgage off.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/upshot/mortgage-rates-homes-stuck.html
— This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly. David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past tells a different story. – Katie Glueck (COMMENT: In Illinois, if you grew up on a farm, Democrats and RINOs hold that against you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html

JC POST
— Missouri Attorney General threatens legal action against Kansas City mayor after invite to illegal immigrants. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and/or b) to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://jcpost.com/posts/1f15c011-e42b-470a-9b7b-c70e4d3b36c6

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ to destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, to destroy the Republican Party, that is, to destroy America, that is, to destroy the world.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/the-marriage-equality-fight-couldnt-have-been-won-without-conservatives-12ab2417
— ‘Ascent to Power’ Review: Harry Truman’s Moment. With little preparation after FDR’s death, Truman found himself leading the nation with World War II still to be won. – Robert W. Merry
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/ascent-to-power-review-harry-trumans-moment-e5654cb0

FORTUNE
— The latest Supreme Court decision means HR departments must play by a whole new set of rules. Here’s what every CHRO needs to know. – Paige McGlauflin (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They had hinted that they might let me work another 6 years until I would have been eligible for regular retirement if I had happily accepted an adverse transfer.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-supreme-court-decision-means-122027504.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling making it easier for workers to sue employers for discrimination if they’re forced to transfer jobs within an organization.)

JANE NOLLER
— Understanding the Duty of Employees to Follow Lawful and Reasonable Directions (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, reluctantly, I fully understood and fully carried out their ever-increasing directives that I give more and more and more preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. But that was not enough. They a) wasted my career, b) took many adverse actions against me, c) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and d) gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had a) less job-related work experience than I had, b) less job-related education than I had, c) fewer job-related professional certifications than I had, and d) no job-related professional license like the one I had.)
https://jlnollerandco.com.au/understanding-the-duty-of-employees-to-follow-lawful-and-reasonable-directions/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Hundreds protesting Gaza genocide barricaded by Chicago police, as Mayor Johnson prepares crackdown on DNC protests
Andy Thompson
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/19/edvs-a19.html

CGTN AMERICA
— Chicago street vendors navigate informal economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgMNwn-GSrA

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents believe gives them license to take adverse actions against you? I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They have always known full-well that I could name them, their operatives, and their dupes  in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Maybe that is what they want me to do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

My critics/opponents believe the following gives them license to take adverse actions against me:

— I share many demographics with someone who they despise/hate, that is, with Trump. Both Trump and I are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft-avoider, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time;
— I supported a candidate in a Republican primary other than the candidate who they supported;
— Past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present conservative and religious leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— Past and present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that I have done lots to help elect and reelect not only have not come to my defense, they have taken many big adverse actions against me;
— I refuse to glorify or praise my critics/opponents, pander to them, be manipulated or dominated by them, serve as one or their operatives or dupes, cover up their wrong doing, or give them money;
— They reject one or more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving):
— They disapprove of/despise/hate one or more of the articles that I have included links to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000 including the almost 485,000 articles since 2004;
— They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000;
— They despise/hate federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and especially IRS employees like I was for almost 9 years;
— They despise/hate federal retirees like I have been for almost 27 years;
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and just about everyone talks and/or acts not only like they believe that I deserved it, but that I was grossly overpaid and promoted too fast;
— They despise/hate DINKs, that is, those like my wife and I who are married, who both have/income, and who did not have children, adopt, or become foster parents;
— They despise/hate one or more of my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, gun-owner, Protestant, German American and/or my ancestors have been in America since 1844;
— They despise/hate draft avoiders, I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971″
— They believe that their being a member of a church, that their attending church services, and/or that their giving money to a church gives them a license to sin;
— They know that my policy has always been to forgive those who trespass against me;
— They are envious of what I have;
— I have lived in DuPage County only since 1978; and/or
— I have sued them and/or one of their clients.

DIERSEN APRIL 2024 PRECINCT LETTER

David John Diersen

DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman

915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326 Phone: 630-653-0462

Email: diersen@aol.com Website: www.gopillinois.com

Dear fellow DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republicans:

March 19, 2024 DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Election Results

Registered Republican Voters – 368 Republican Ballots Cast – 136 (37%)

Votes Received:

Donald Trump, U.S. President – 91

Nikki Haley, U.S. President – 33

John Booras, U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District – 118

Amy Grant, Illinois Representative, 47th District – 118

Bob Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney, DuPage County – 121

Jaye Wang, DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court – 115

Bob Grogan, DuPage County Auditor -115

Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner – 120

Nicole Prater, DuPage County Recorder – 116

Annette Corrigan, DuPage County Board, District 4 – 60 (write-in)

Jeff Castle, DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner, District 4 – 117

Kenton Skarin, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 117

Jason Helland, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 114

John Costello, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 115

David John Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman – 114

Thank you for casting a Republican primary ballot. As your Republican Precinct Committeeman, my responsibilities for primary elections include encouraging Republican voter turnout. My responsibilities for general elections include encouraging votes for Republican candidates. Please contact me if you have questions and/or comments concerning the candidates. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, I have heard many of them speak at political events, including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, and Castle. As the November 5 general election approaches, please consider displaying yard signs for them.

Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman for the 3rd Congressional District Jeanne Ives has appointed me to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform which is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and/or resolutions introduced. The 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .


As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I put together and send out a newsletter each and every morning. Please visit www.gopillinois.com and consider subscribing. The newsletters contain links to articles of interest to Illinois Republicans posted during the previous 24 hours. They are free, contain no advertising or donation requests, and I do not share your email address with anyone. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 484,500 articles.

Sincerely,

Dave Diersen

April 19, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly, ever-outrageously, ever-disgustingly, and ever-tragically promote more and more and more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/i-doobie-weed-wedding-the-latest-sign-of-spread-of-cannabis-events/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/daywatch-celebrations-planned-to-mark-420-this-weekend/
— 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial – AP (COMMENT: One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-selection-2/
— Cook County reallocates $70M for migrants from health care to food service in Chicago – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/cook-county-reallocates-70m-for-migrants-from-health-care-to-food-service-in-chicago/
— Democratic Convention organizers leaning on locals to handle possible migrant surge in August – DAN PETRELLA and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/democratic-convention-organizers-leaning-on-locals-to-handle-possible-migrant-surge-in-august/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/celebrations-planned-in-chicago-and-beyond-to-mark-420-the-unofficial-cannabis-holiday/
— ‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of The Nation’ series premieres Thursday on WTTW, showing how segregation was built into foundation of real estate. – DARCEL ROCKETT (COMMENT: Democrats have always run Chicago. My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago in 1844 but left Chicago in 1854.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/shame-of-chicago-shame-of-the-nation-documentary-series/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Proposed referendum would strip DuPage County Forest Preserve Board of its autonomous authority. – GEORGE WIEBE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/proposed-referendum-would-strip-dupage-county-forest-preserve-board-of-its-autonomous-authority/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Teachers Union demanding 9% annual raises, won’t rule out a strike. Having former CTU organizer Brandon Johnson in the mayor’s office won’t keep the union from walking out if needed, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates told the Sun-Times, adding that, “We’re a labor union that understands the power of solidarity and the power of work stoppage.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/18/chicago-teachers-union-new-contract-ctu-strike-stacy-davis-gates-schools-cps-brandon-johnson
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/04/18/420-pot-marijuana-delta-8-weed-syndrome
— Measles case count reaches 63 in Chicago, but pace of new cases is subsiding. Another exposure location was reported at the Sam’s Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park, Cook County health officials said Thursday. – Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/04/18/measles-case-count-reaches-63-in-chicago-but-pace-of-new-cases-is-subsiding
— No cracks in Blue Wall? Top Democrats vow Chicago is ready for convention, despite party divisions. Democrats are deeply focused on Wisconsin and Michigan to help bolster President Joe Biden’s re-election chances — and officials, in town for meetings hosted by the Democratic National Convention Committee, say they plan on showing voters a deep party contrast. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/04/18/democratic-national-convention-chicago-party-divisions
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/04/18/pride-parade-chicago-will-now-allow-school-participants-after-previous-denials
— What’s your Chicago story? We want to hear it. – Mary Mitchell (COMMEMT: What is your Chicago story? My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated to Chicago from what is mow Germany in 1844, worked in a brick factory there for 10 years, and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. My Chicago Democrat IRS and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago offices 1971-1980 and then for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997. I lived in Chicago part-time in 1971 and 1974-1976 and then full-time 1976-1978. I took college courses in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1981, and 1992-1997. I earned master’s degrees in Chicago in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in Chicago in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in Chicago in 1981. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1973. I got married in Chicago in 1978. My wife and I were the subject of a nasty 4-page Money Magazine article in Chicago in February of 1978.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nextvoices/2024/04/18/chicago-next-voices-mary-mitchell-columnists-diverse
— To get more and more and more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to give women more and more and more preference over men.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/04/18/biden-2024-election-trump-legal-troubles-abortion-steven-roberts

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: DuPage County Board members want answers on county clerk’s election invoices. – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240418/news/dupage-county-board-members-want-answers-on-county-clerks-election-invoices/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/migrants-undocumented-residents-african-americans-can-be-supported-opinion

ABC7
— 12 jurors now seated, selection of alternates ongoing. Former President Trump is on trial in Day 3 of his criminal hush money case. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/jury-selection-in-donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-new-york-city-resumes-thursday-what-to-know/14687354/
— Here’s what we know about the jurors seated in Trump’s hush money criminal trial. – Peter Charalambous and Lucien Bruggeman
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money-trial-jurors-heres-what-we-know-about-first-7-jurors-seated-in-trumps-nyc-criminal/14676970/.
— Protesters take fury at Dexter Reed shooting to Chicago police board meeting – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-shooting-of-dexter-reed-prompts-protesters-to-take-their-fury-demands-inside-cpd-board-meeting/14691719/
— Midwest Democratic Party leaders meet in Chicago to discuss election strategy, DNC preparations. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/dnc-2024-chicago-midwest-states-democratic-party-leaders-election-strategy/14690149/

NBC5
— Illinois Tollway workers fight to save jobs amid proposed cuts
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-tollway-workers-fight-to-save-jobs-amid-proposed-cuts/3414654/

CBS2
— Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) seeks to make it a felony for protests to block major roads – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmaker-seeks-to-make-it-a-felony-for-protests-to-block-major-roads/
— Alderman seeks to punish “hate littering” in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hate-littering-could-result-in-1000-fine-under-proposed-chicago-ordinance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8D7w3TcLIg

WGN9
— Republican State Rep. from Geneva Dan Ugaste files bill to make it a felony to block major public roadways while protesting. – Michael Johnson
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/state-rep-from-geneva-files-bill-to-make-it-a-felony-to-block-major-public-roadways-while-protesting/

FOX32
— Chicago residents confront mayor: ‘You ain’t doing right by us’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaUindg95Vk
— Israel supporters protest in downtown Chicago, call for release of hostages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BcWTHzvnoA

WTTW
— Education Leaders Seek Added State Funding to Help Accommodate Influx of Migrant Students in Illinois – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/18/education-leaders-seek-added-state-funding-help-accommodate-influx-migrant-students
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/18/afghan-evacuees-resettlement-chicago-offers-lessons-caring-future-humanitarian-arrivals
— Democrats ever-increasingly, ever-outrageously, ever-disgustingly, and ever-tragically promote more and more and more pot.
https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2024/04/19/cannabis-infused-food-drink-all-grown-up

ST. LOUIS DISPATCH
— Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to speak at St. Louis University – Hannah Wyman (COMMENT: St. Louis University today, the schools near you tomorrow,)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/transgender-influencer-dylan-mulvaney-to-speak-at-st-louis-university/article_124fedda-fc02-11ee-89a4-87bab9442f3a.html

STATELINE
— 1K protest against Illinois abortion laws in Illinois Right to Life March – Ryan Johnston
https://www.mystateline.com/news/1k-protest-against-illinois-abortion-laws-in-illinois-right-to-life-march/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Should Madison County secede from Illinois? Voters will express their opinion in November – WILL BAUE (COMMENT: Collinsville is located mainly in Madison County.)
https://www.aol.com/news/madison-county-voters-symbolic-secession-200652062.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County Board avoids explaining support for Illinois, Chicago separation. Most board members in favor of the resolution didn’t speak about it Wednesday. – Scott Cousins (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the harder that Illinois Democrats work to get rid of you once and for all: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/chicago-illinois-seperation-madison-county-board-19409149.php

VERMILION COUNTY FIRST & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2024/04/18/seven-point-of-illinois-ready-to-rock-danville-on-special-cannabis-420-day/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-ap-explains-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Madison County referendum will ask voters about seceding from Illinois – Sean Crawford (COMMENT: Collinsville is located mainly in Madison County.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-18/madison-county-referendum-will-ask-voters-about-s-first-listen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations first for Blacks and then for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, younger people, unmarried people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/579962727

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-18/trumps-anti-abortion-views-helped-him-in-2016-that-may-not-be-the-case-this-time

ELMHURST PATCH
— Hedge Fund CEO Boosts Elmhurst Candidate. He runs a business that manages more than $75 billion in assets. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/hedge-fund-ceo-boosts-elmhurst-candidate
— Elmhurst Shop Sells Marijuana Illegally. An Elmhurst man was charged with selling psilocybin mushroom growing kits. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-shop-sells-marijuana-illegally-cops

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Top Democratic Party leaders visiting Chicago this week say it’s possible to preach party unity while also embracing a progressive wing that keeps poking at President Joe Biden’s policies. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/19/dems-say-two-things-can-be-true-00153286
— Sean Morrison, the Cook County Republican Party chair, was re-elected at the Cook County Republican Party’s County Convention on Wednesday in Edison Park. Morrison, who has held the chair post since 2016, won 81,422 weighted votes, or 87 percent over Committeeperson Eric Wallace of Rich Township, who got 12,180 weighted votes, or 13 percent. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/19/dems-say-two-things-can-be-true-00153286

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-272/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-73/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Here’s the game-changing Resolution to restore your vote in the Illinois GOP
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/04/18/heres-the-game-changing-resolution-to-restore-your-vote-in-the-illinois-gop/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Hundreds of gun owners rally at Illinois Statehouse – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4f701b2a-fdd0-11ee-b7e5-c38f6bfad676.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Former Downers Grove library trustee: Removal was ‘culmination of a two year long effort to exact revenge’ for opposition to Drag Queen Bingo event
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657789642-former-downers-grove-library-trustee-removal-was-culmination-of-a-two-year-long-effort-to-exact-revenge-for-opposition-to-drag-queen-bingo-event

WIREPOINTS
— Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingne
https://wirepoints.org/number-of-half-empty-chicago-public-schools-has-doubled-yet-lawmakers-want-to-extend-school-closing-moratorium-wirepoints/
— Property taxes pay for the government class (COMMENT: Federal income taxes paid my Post Office, IRS, and GAO salaries.)
https://wirepoints.org/your-property-taxes-pay-for-government-workers-guaranteed-salaries-benefits-and-pensions-while-you-get-no-such-guarantees-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WORST OF 5 LARGEST DISTRICTS – Hilary Gowins
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/editorial-chicago-public-schools-chronic-absenteeism-worst-of-5-largest-districts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feeling the pain of the illegal migrant invasion. Democrats’ sanctuary city policies cause quality-of-life issues for Americans. – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/feeling-pain-of-illegal-migrant-invasion/
— N.Y. court selects full jury of 12 for Trump trial, alternates to come. Counsel spars over names of witnesses. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/ny-court-selects-full-jury-of-12-for-donald-trump-/
— Trump jury shrinking as trial hits snags – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/donald-trump-jury-shrinking-trial-hits-snags/
— Joe Biden: A modern day Neville Chamberlain – Tim Constantine
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/17/joe-biden-modern-day-neville-chamberlain/
— Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting. Vote set on budget that is down 43% after thousands of U.S. congregations exit. – Mark A. Kellner (COMMENT: Because of what happened at the 2016 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention, I am extremely concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I represent the 3rd Congressional District on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville on May 24 and 25.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/outgoing-united-methodist-leader-predicts-fallout-/
— North Carolina teen slapped with three-day suspension for saying ‘illegal alien’ in class. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/christian-mcghee-gets-three-day-suspension-saying-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s job could be in trouble after $70 million request for immigrants. – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971191/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-job-trouble-70-million-request-immigrants/
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1359970/most-americans-think-trump-is-racist-poll/
— The don’t say illegal alien policy – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/2970995/the-dont-say-illegal-alien-policy/
— Trump looks to make inroads with LGBT voters before November – Christian Datoc (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who reject the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, my critics/opponents who promote LGBTQ, have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971471/trump-inroads-lgbtq-voters-november/
— NBC counts black players and not-black-enough players in baseball. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2970875/nbc-counts-black-players-and-not-black-enough-players-in-baseball/
— Abolish the college DEI graduation mandate – Max Eden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/2970559/abolish-college-dei-graduation-mandate/
— Kansas higher education board bans DEI statements for hiring and admissions – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2971015/kansas-higher-education-board-bans-dei-statements-hiring-admissions/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Congressional Spending Goes Full Weimar – Jeff Lukens
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/congressional_spending_goes_full_weimar.html

BLAZE
— The next generation of Marxists is marching through the institutions – KATHARINE GORKA
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-next-generation-of-marxists-is-marching-through-the-institutions

BREITBART
— Dershowitz: Columbia Hasn’t Addressed DEI, Which Causes Antisemitism and Will ‘Destroy’ Every School – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/18/dershowitz-columbia-hasnt-addressed-dei-which-causes-antisemitism-and-will-destroy-every-school/

CAMPUS REFORM
— The influence of woke ideology in corporate America. – Emily Sturge (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always painted themselves as being woke, that is, as being champions of those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/analysis-influence-woke-ideology-corporate-america/25247
— Yale offering DEI course for business leaders – Corey Walker
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-offering-dei-course-business-leaders-number-dei-jobs-falls/25225

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXyb5N4B4SY

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What We Know About The Twelve Jurors Selected For Trump’s Trial – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/18/heres-what-we-know-about-the-twelve-jurors-selected-for-trumps-trial/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Republicans Slam Democrats for Dismissing Mayorkas Impeachment Case – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/17/republicans-slam-democrats-dismissing-mayorkas-impeachment-case/

DAILY WIRE
— Planned Parenthood Performed More Abortions Despite Decrease In Patients, Latest Report Shows. Abortions are more than 97% of the abortion giant’s pregnancy resolution services. – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-performed-more-abortions-despite-decrease-in-patients-latest-report-shows

EPOCH TIMES
— Juror in ‘Hush-Money’ Trial Dismissed Citing Concerns Over Being Impartial, Identity Being Made Public. She was sworn in earlier in the week with six others. – Chase Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/juror-in-hush-money-trial-dismissed-citing-concerns-over-being-impartial-identity-being-made-public-5632198
— Full Jury Seated for Trump New York Trial. 12 jurors—7 men and 5 women—have been seated, and opening arguments are slated for Monday. 5 more alternates will be selected on Friday. – Catherine Yang, Michael Washburn
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/juror-changes-mind-in-trump-new-york-trial-after-being-identified-5632128

FEDERALIST
— Biden Won’t Condemn Hamas Supporters Because He Needs Them – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/18/biden-wont-condemn-hamas-supporters-because-he-needs-them/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— What Will Happen to Illegal Aliens Paroled into the U.S. When their Time Expires?
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/18/what-will-happen-illegal-aliens-paroled-us-when-their-time-expires
— New York City Sees Complaints, Demands from African Illegal Aliens – Michael McManus
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/18/new-york-city-sees-complaints-demands-african-illegal-aliens

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Illegal Immigrants DEMAND more in NYC!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/18/illegal-immigrants-demand-more-in-nyc/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago voters confront mayor on migrant spending. Fox News’ Garrett Tenney reports on Chicago residents’ efforts to oust Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson over the migrant crisis.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351166811112
— Illegal Immigrants DEMAND more in NYC!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/04/18/illegal-immigrants-demand-more-in-nyc/
— Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program. Bailey said Missouri is joining 19 other state AG’s who are suing Secretary Mayorkas over his ‘disastrous’ and illegal parole program. – Stepheny Price
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missouri-ag-slams-kansas-city-mayor-welcoming-mayorkas-illegal-immigrant-parole-program

HOT AIR
— Illegal Alien Kills Staffer Days Before Democrat Senator Calls Mayorkas Impeachment “Waste of Time” – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/04/18/illegal-alien-kills-staffer-days-before-democrat-senator-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-waste-of-time-n3786739#google_vignette

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Texas Border Operation Captures Half a Million Illegal Immigrants, Thousands of Felons
https://www.judicialwatch.org/texas-border-operation-2/

MRC TV
— Whites May Qualify for Reparations Via California’s Genealogy Office Proposal – BVAN POELLINGER
https://mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/whites-may-qualify-reparations-californias-genealogy-office-proposal

NUMBERS USA
— Free rent and a pool…but not for you. – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/free-rent-and-a-pool-but-not-for-you/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Spoiled Illegal Aliens In NYC – Andrew Giulian
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/spoiled-illegal-aliens-in-nyc/
— NYC: Illegal Immigrants At City Hall Demand Better Free Food, Long-Term Housing, More Accommodations – Brooke Mallory
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/nyc-illegal-immigrants-at-city-hall-demand-better-free-food-long-term-housing-more-accommodations/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why the Rise in Trans Shooters? – WILFRED REILLY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/why-the-rise-in-trans-shooters/

PJ MEDIA
— Native Tribal Leaders Ask Feds to Target Drug Cartels – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/04/18/native-tribal-leaders-ask-feds-to-target-drug-cartels-n4928320

TOWNHALL
— The Mainstream Media: American Democracy’s Greatest Threat. – Jeff Davidson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media serves as the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/04/19/the-mainstream-media-american-democracys-greatest-threat-n2638003
— NYC Councilwoman Has One Question for Foreign Nationals Complaining About Free Services – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/18/nyc-councilwoman-goes-off-on-illegal-immigrants-complaining-about-all-the-free-stuff-theyre-getting-n2637965
— New NPR CEO’s Take on the First Amendment Is What You’d Expect – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/19/new-npr-ceo-look-the-first-amendment-is-a-problem-n2637958
— Poll Shows Trump Ahead of Biden, Americans Believe Cost of Living Rising
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/18/cost-of-living-survey-emerson-n2637963

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Hundreds of New Yorkers protest shelter and illegal immigrants flooding city – Luke Gentile
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-shelter-and-illegal-immigrants-flooding-city/ar-AA1fzrLy
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-francis-vatican-chat-with-lgbtq-catholics-shows-his-acceptance-group-says/ar-AA1iwNwr
— Conservatives say send illegals to Boston after Mayor says illegals have the right to “seek shelter.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/conservatives-say-send-illegal-immigrants-to-boston-after-mayor-says-they-have-the-rights-to-seek-shelter/ar-AA1mlvwY
— Biden Deports 74% Fewer Criminal Illegals from U.S. Compared to Trump – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/joe-biden-deports-74-fewer-criminal-illegals-from-u-s-compared-to-trump/ar-AA1mfAA8
— NFL Goes ‘Woke,’ Makes A Massive Change Before Games – David Rufful
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-goes-woke-makes-a-massive-change-before-games/ar-AA1gN4nH
— No wonder boys are turning toward conservative beliefs — it’s rebellion against parents’ woke ideology. – Rikki Schlott
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/no-wonder-boys-are-turning-toward-conservative-beliefs-it-s-rebellion-against-parents-woke-ideology/ar-BB1j4dH4
— Elon Musk yet again pulls back the veil to reveal the machinery of the liberal censorship complex
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/elon-musk-yet-again-pulls-back-the-veil-to-reveal-the-machinery-of-the-liberal-censorship-complex/ar-AA1kjVUK
— Chicago Mayor on Increase in Most Violent Crime: ‘Reparations’ Money Will Help – Andrew Rodriguez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/chicago-mayor-on-increase-in-most-violent-crime-reparations-money-will-help/ar-AA1mk5C2?ocid=U348DHP
— Tucker Carlson Believes DEI Will Destroy America And Lead To Violence – Joseph Elli

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/tucker-carlson-believes-dei-will-destroy-america-and-lead-to-violence/ar-AA1mhLoY

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— As Chicago responds to an influx of migrants, underserved Black residents feel forgotten (COMMENT: Preference given to one group is preference not given to another group.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQn0ZuodyI

CNN
— Trump: “I’m supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but I’ve been here all day” – Aditi Sangal
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_3b5b586c667555f3dd9c022e512278b4
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_e81a76af7502a23a4799edc2967cc712
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_6f941b2e246ed8570c354b73b5e66eb4
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_7adec5dd7d25a5d45442df6c214ee0c6
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_1f58c7f5a0c63a7504107cedec7f1082
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_426023a6b27bbfb98848566651993d21

AOL
— The Biden administration is disrespecting the asylum system at the southern border
https://www.aol.com/borderline-illegal-biden-administration-disrespecting-080000010.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Jury of 12 Is Seated in Trump Criminal Trial
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/18/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial
— New Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too. Long-term undocumented immigrants — and their employers — are feeling left out by Biden administration policies allowing most who just crossed the border to work legally. – Miriam Jordan and Lydia DePillis (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If the employers that hired me in 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, and 1980 could have hired illegals instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/migrants-work-permits-undocumented.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/19/dei-supreme-court-muldrow/

KTRH
— Democrats Vote to Allow Illegals to be Counted in The Census – Ethan Buchanan
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-04-18-democrats-vote-to-allow-illegals-to-be-counted-in-the-census/

NEWSWEEK
— Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Asks Migrants to Move to His City: ‘All Are Welcome’ – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/kc-kansas-missouri-migrants-nyc-immigration-lucas-1891853

FORBES
— 7 Qualities Hiring Managers Seek In 2024 Candidates Looking For High-Paying Jobs – Bryan Robinson, Ph.D (COMMENT: What job qualifications do you have? The more job qualifications that I earned, the more that my Democrat superiors in the federal government ignored/dismissed/belittled them. I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years when I was 31. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years when I was 49. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2024/03/21/7-qualities-hiring-managers-seek-in-2024-candidates-looking-for-high-paying-jobs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Relevant skills: 65% of hiring managers would consider candidates with relevant skills over those with an extensive employment history or academic credentials—even if they lack work experience. . .4. Educational qualifications: 47% consider educational qualifications important—with 25% seeing these attributes as absolutely essential—although 43% don’t require a degree from a prestigious institution.)

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send millions of their illegals to battleground/swing state and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/04/24/with-its-noncitizen-voting-lies-gop-assumes-americans-are-uninformed

HUMAN RESOURCES & HR EXCHANGE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/the-5-dei-commitments-that-every-business-can-aspire-to-make
https://www.hrexchangenetwork.com/learning/articles/dei-skills-based-hiring

PBS
— The Role of National and State Parties (COMMENT: What are the following doing to help elect Republican candidates on November 3, 2024: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, and d) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I am in the process of hand-delivering March 19, 2024 Republican primary results to each of the homes in my precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/politics-july-dec03-parties_12-15

POLITICO
— Trump campaign says it will deploy thousands of election workers to monitor poll sites. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/trump-campaign-election-monitoring-00153217
— One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump can never get a fair trial.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/defense-wraps-questioning-00153149

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago residents in MAGA hats tear into Democrat mayor for allotting $70million to migrants: ‘We need the money more than they do!’ Chicagoans blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson during a meeting Wednesday. Johnson has proposed using $70million in taxpayer’s funds for migrant care. Angry citizens argued that he use it on them and threatened to recall him. – EMMA RICHTER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13324975/chicago-residents-blast-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-tax-funding.html

WIKIPEDIA
— Get out the vote (COMMENT: What are the following doing to help elect Republican candidates on November 3, 2024: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, and d) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I am in the process of hand-delivering March 19, 2024 Republican primary results to each of the homes in my precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_out_the_vote

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My precinct letter is below. I am in the process of hand-delivering it to each of the homes in my new precinct from which one or more Republican ballot was cast in the March 19, 2024 primary. A very powerful Republican DuPage County official who I have done lots to help elect and to help reelect for decades has rudely severely criticized my letter. This official rudely said this official threw it away. This official rudely complained that I have not given that official any money. This official reads my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I believe, to get information to use against me. This official’s many operatives and dupes have taken many/big adverse actions against me for decades including a) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, c) ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) ending my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and f) crushing my campaign for MTRO treasure in 2004. This official rejects the planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. This official paints me as being “too conservative” and blames me and my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. This official wants Republican candidates to run as anti-conservative, as Democrat Lite, and/or as anti-Republican. How would you react to this official if you were me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

David John Diersen
DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman
915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326 Phone: 630-653-0462
Email: diersen@aol.com Website: www.gopillinois.com

Dear fellow DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republicans:

March 19, 2024 DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Election Results


Registered Republican Voters – 368 Republican Ballots Cast – 136 (37%)

Votes Received:


Donald Trump, U.S. President – 91
Nikki Haley, U.S. President – 33
John Booras, U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District – 118
Amy Grant, Illinois Representative, 47th District – 118
Bob Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney, DuPage County – 121
Jaye Wang, DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court – 115
Bob Grogan, DuPage County Auditor -115
Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner – 120
Nicole Prater, DuPage County Recorder – 116
Annette Corrigan, DuPage County Board, District 4 – 60 (write-in)
Jeff Castle, DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner, District 4 – 117
Kenton Skarin, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 117
Jason Helland, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 114
John Costello, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 115
David John Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman – 114

Thank you for casting a Republican primary ballot. As your Republican Precinct Committeeman, my responsibilities for primary elections include encouraging Republican voter turnout. My responsibilities for general elections include encouraging votes for Republican candidates. Please contact me if you have questions and/or comments concerning the candidates. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, I have heard many of them speak at political events, including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, and Castle. As the November 5 general election approaches, please consider displaying yard signs for them.

Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman for the 3rd Congressional District Jeanne Ives has appointed me to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform which is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and/or resolutions introduced. The 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .

As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I put together and send out a newsletter each and every morning. Please visit www.gopillinois.com and consider subscribing. The newsletters contain links to articles of interest to Illinois Republicans posted during the previous 24 hours. They are free, contain no advertising or donation requests, and I do not share your email address with anyone. Since January 1, 2005, those newsletters have included links to more than 484,500 articles.

Sincerely,

Dave Diersen

April 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 40 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest blocks roadway near Chicago O’Hare airport. Another protest Monday afternoon blocked streets downtown Chicago. – Stephanie Wade, John Garcia, and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/ohare-airport-chicago-traffic-protest-kennedy-expressway-i90/14668476/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzioDYD1WQ
— Committee approves Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for $70M for migrant care. – Craig Wall (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://abc7chicago.com/city-council-budget-committee-approves-mayor-brandon-johnsons-request-for-70m-care-of-migrants-in-chicago/14671103/

NBC5
— At least 50 people arrested after protests disrupt traffic in Loop, near O’Hare Airport. Traffic was halted for around an hour near O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to abandon their taxis or rideshares and walk to the airport.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-50-people-arrested-after-protests-disrupt-traffic-in-downtown-chicago-near-ohare-airport/3411457/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4reD6D5Ms8
— Second measles case confirmed in suburban Cook County
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-wellness-science-news/second-measles-case-confirmed-in-suburban-cook-county/3411029/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters block road, cause delays near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport – Todd Feurer, Andrew Ramos, Kris Habermehl
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ohare-airport-protest-palestine-road-blocked/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTP-QPJdZNo
— Chicago City Council members debate $70 million ask for migrant funding
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-city-council-members-debate-70-million-ask-for-migrant-funding/
— Migrants moved out of Chicago Park District shelters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/migrants-moved-out-of-chicago-park-district-shelters/

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian protestors block O’Hare, downtown street in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-protestors-block-roads-in-downtown-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNZC9ItFoqQ
— Pritzker proposes plan to relieve $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hk1OerTHN4
— Trump’s historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked. – AP (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-trumps-history-making-hush-money-trial-starts-monday-with-jury-selection/

FOX32
— 40 protesters arrested outside O’Hare Airport for blocking traffic; forcing people to walk to terminals – Maggie Duly
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ohare-airport-protest-traffic
— Illinois State Police add more resources to combat Chicago-area carjackings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeIYyJtlGQ

WGN RADIO
— Future of Oberweis Dairy is uncertain after bankruptcy filing – Michael Piff, Steve Grzanich
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-minute-future-of-oberweis-dairy-is-uncertain-after-bankruptcy-filing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County has $20 million for the suburbs to help migrants. Most towns aren’t going for it. Some towns say they’re already overburdened. Nonprofit organizations working to help migrants say suburbs could pass the money to them. – Kristen Schorsch
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/04/15/cook-county-20-million-for-migrant-crisis-suburbs-declining
— Preckwinkle bends ears, twists arms to help Johnson deliver $70 million in migrant funding. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was among those calling recalcitrant City Council members, urging them to support the migrant funding the mayor promised months ago. After the last-minute lobbying by Preckwinkle and others, it passed 20-8, with full Council approval possible Wednesday. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/15/migrant-crisis-city-funding-mayor-johnson-city-council-preckwinkle-lobbying-black-caucus
— 40 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested in protest blocking expressway to O’Hare. The demonstration was part of a global ‘economic blockade to free Palestine,’ according to organizers. Protesters in California also shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and stalled a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 880 in Oakland. – Mary Norkol and Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2024/04/15/protest-blocks-traffic-i-90-blocks-traffic-ohare
— Democrats decry limitations on making students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/04/15/pride-parade-denies-almost-all-previous-years-school-participants

STATELINE
— Rockford says ‘no’ to marijuana bars – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-says-no-to-marijuana-bars/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Why has Illinois released hundreds of prison inmates earlier than expected?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article287598060.html

WTMJ TV
— 90 Days to Republican National Convention in Milwaukee: “I do sense an energy level.” – Charles Benson
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/90-days-to-republican-national-convention-in-milwaukee-i-do-sense-an-energy-level-mke-2024-host-cmte

WAND TV
— Pritzker breaks down $10 million statewide medical debt relief plan for Fiscal Year 2025 – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-breaks-down-10-million-statewide-medical-debt-relief-plan-for-fiscal-year-2025/article_c93c8bfa-fb64-11ee-a7bd-772f31d5d719.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-269/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-70/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Next month the Illinois GOP will decide if it wants to be relevant again. The only reason to attend the Illinois Republican State Convention next month is to restore direct elections for the Illinois Republican Party’s governing board: the state central committee. (COMMENT: The current system used to elect Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members has resulted in an IRP that fails/refuses to defend/advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/next-month-the-illinois-gop-will

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who are your peers? They are those who share your demographics: race, gender, age group, health, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, parents’ education/income/wealth, length of time your ancestors have been in America, veteran status, marital status, dependents, income/net worth range, owner/renter, past/present occupation, employment status, education, professional certifications/licenses, political affiliation, your hometown, etc. In my opinion, your most direct peers are those who share the most of the aforesaid with you and graduated with you from your high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinois House Republicans Express Concerns Over Diminished Public Safety and Rising Costs
https://sangamonsun.com/stories/657756890-illinois-house-republicans-express-concerns-over-diminished-public-safety-and-rising-costs

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Grafton Township GOP Seeks Broader Acceptance of Its Illegal Voters Resolution (COMMENT: What have the leaders of your township done to fight illegal immigration? Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/15/grafton-township-gop-seeks-broader-acceptance-of-its-illegal-voters-resolution/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Grafton Township Republican Party held on April 10th 2024 a resolution entitled **A RESOLUTION OPPOSING NON-CITIZEN VOTING** was adopted unanimously. The Grafton Township Republican Central Committee will be forwarding copies to the McHenry County Republican Central Committee as well as the Law and Governance Committee of the McHenry County Board in the hope that both bodies will adopt it.)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— ‘Death to America!’ Chicago Teamsters Local 786 hosts pro-Iran activist rally
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657747420-death-to-america-chicago-teamsters-local-786-hosts-pro-iran-activist-rally

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Majority of voters polled believe U.S. is being invaded at southern border. – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c48a12e2-fb7f-11ee-995c-4b13a414af29.html
— Pritzker hopes Chicago will spend more money on migrant crisis. – Catrina Petersen (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_246757e2-fb6c-11ee-b274-2b93614aa034.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives slams Chicago State Rep. who sponsored SAFE-T Act: ‘Your party has been in control of the city for over 90 years’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657747806-ives-slams-chicago-state-rep-who-sponsored-safe-t-act-your-party-has-been-in-control-of-the-city-for-over-90-years
— Downers Grove Village Council to consider removing pro-Pledge of Allegiance, anti -“drag queen bingo” library board member
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657747815-downers-grove-village-council-to-consider-removing-pro-pledge-of-allegiance-anti-drag-queen-bingo-library-board-member

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pot pushers push more pot.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-does-illinois-spend-millions-in-cannabis-cash/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Masked Anti-Israel Activists Learn to Chant “Death to America, Death to Israel” in Farsi During Chicago Meeting After Iran Launches Attack
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/masked-anti-israel-activists-learn-to-chant-death-to-america-death-to-israel-in-farsi-during-chicago-meeting-after-iran-launches-attack.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-war activists, fully masked, gathered in a room at the Teamsters Union headquarters in Chicago to discuss how to disrupt the Democratic National Convention in August – broke out in chants when they learned about Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel where 300 missiles and drones were launched over the weekend. Video that captured the moments in real time, recorded activists chanting “hands off Iran.” Videos also recorded the moment when activists were taught how to chant “Death to America, Death to Israel” in Farsi – the official language of Iran. The meeting has generated national attention and is leaving local and national Democrats with heartburn – apprehensive to show too much support for Israel, as anti-war and anti-Israeli protesters prepare to descend upon Chicago for the Democratic National Convention in August. In January, Chicago’s City Council passed a cease-fire resolution, angering the local Jewish community. And just recently, three elected officials that represent the Jewish community, declined an invitation to meet with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, writing, “The October 7 terrorist attack on Israel has ignited the most visceral epidemic of antisemitic hatred that we have witnessed in our lives, including right here in Chicago.”)
— Paying the Piper on Tax Day 2024 – JOHN F. DI LEO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/opinion-paying-the-piper-on-tax-day-2024.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Potential jurors stunned as they file into New York courtroom and see Trump on trial – Tom Howell Jr. (COMMENT: What are the most common demographics of potential jurors in your geographic area?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/potential-jurors-stunned-as-they-file-into-new-yor/
— Trump’s daughter-in-law says his poll numbers are rising amid trial – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/inside-beltway-trumps-daughter-law-says-his-poll-n/
— Our oppressive tax system can be analogized to Dracula – Cal Thomas (COMMENT: The U.S. Congress makes tax laws.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/15/our-oppressive-tax-system-can-be-analogized-to-dra/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago schools teach children to ‘decolonize’ and become anti-Western activists – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2964595/chicago-schools-decolonize-anti-western-activists/
— Biden parrots Trump in Iowa as he blasts him for white supremacy sympathies and gun control inaction. – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2207423/biden-parrots-trump-in-iowa-as-he-blasts-him-for-white-supremacy-sympathies-and-gun-control-inaction/

NEW YORK POST
— More proof ‘gender-affirming care’ is a monstrous lie — save the children NOW – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/opinion/cass-report-proves-gender-affirming-surgery-is-a-monstrous-lie/

AMAC
— Biden Pushes Welfare For Illegals – Sam Adolphsen (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/biden-pushes-welfare-for-illegals/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Elections have consequences … so does disregard of immigration law – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/04/15/elections-have-consequences-so-does-disregard-of-immigration-law/
— To city’s own detriment, ‘newcomers’ still welcome – Steve Jordahl (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/04/15/to-city-s-own-detriment-newcomers-still-welcome/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal immigration hurts the economy. (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/15/are-illegal-immigrants-helping-or-hurting-the-economy-1452699/

BREITBART
— Tax Day: Illegal Immigration Costs American Taxpayers over $150 Billion – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/15/tax-day-illegal-immigration-costs-american-taxpayers-over-150-billion/
— ‘America’s Worst Mayor’: Dolton Democrat Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault, Firing Victim. – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/04/15/americas-worst-mayor-illinois-democrat-accused-of-covering-up-sexual-assault-firing-victim/
— Californians Arming Up for Self-Defense as Illegals Flood into Cities – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect yourself? (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/04/15/californians-arming-up-self-defense-illegals-flood-into-cities/
— Tax Day Cometh – John Carney and Alex Marlow
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7kv5c6.1pad/a12d7036

CAMPUS REFORM
— National Science Foundation funds DEI-based ‘Math for All’ conference
https://www.campusreform.org/article/national-science-foundation-funds-dei-based-math-for-all-conference/25188

COLLEGE FIX
— Kent State honors LGBTQ, abortion activists with new ‘equity’ awards – ANDI NAPIER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/kent-state-honors-lgbtq-abortion-activists-with-new-equity-awards/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Group in Mexico Displays Flyers Urging Illegal Aliens to Vote for Biden – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/15/group-in-mexico-displays-flyers-urging-illegal-aliens-to-vote-for-biden/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Campaign To Hire DEI Director With Up To $120k Salary – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-to-hire-dei-director-with-up-to-120k-salary

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Health Care for Illegal Aliens Costs Florida $566 Million Each Year (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/health-care-illegal-aliens-costs-florida-566-million-each

FOX NEWS
— Jury selection to resume after possible jurors excused for saying they could not be impartial. – Brooke Singman, Maria Paronich
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-trial-jury-selection-resume-possible-jurors-excused-saying-they-could-not-be-impartial

NEWSMAX
— Senate Must Remove Unfit for Office Mayorkas – Sen. Marsha Blackburn (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.newsmax.com/senmarshablackburn/mayorkas-schumer-impeachment/2024/04/15/id/1161072/

PJ MEDIA
— IRS’s job is to implement the tax laws that Congress passes. Far too many of the complaints about IRS should be about Congress.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/04/15/lets-curb-stomp-the-irs-n4928183

TOWNHALL
— After Bombshell Revelations, Ted Cruz Demands NPR Funding Be Eliminated – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/04/14/ted-cruz-on-npr-n2637778
— America No More – Terry Paulson (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/04/16/america-no-moreis-it-time-for-insurrection-n2637789
— Your Hard Earned Dollars Shouldn’t Go to Leftist Media Outlets – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2024/04/15/your-hard-earned-dollars-shouldnt-go-to-leftist-media-outlets-n2637824

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— This will be a tough jury pool for Trump, former US attorney says – Maureen Chowdhury
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-15-24/h_2a909678d55da35a2d21b00e3949baba

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and key bridges in major US cities. – SOPHIA TAREEN
https://apnews.com/article/protests-chicago-ohare-palestinian-war-traffic-30da0602309a1645a5c59e10bce83b9c
— Teaching refugee women to drive goes beyond their destination – Sharon Johnson (COMMENT: Reasons why the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old included a) I had been driving for 2 years, b) I had a clean diving record, and c) I owned a 1966 Pontic Tempest Sprint that I could and would use to deliver mail with.)
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-04-13/teaching-refugee-women-to-drive-goes-beyond-their-destination

MSNBC
— ‘Jury pool is going to be essential’: Rep. Dan Goldman on ‘vital’ aspect of Trump trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7QmfZ4q5M
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegal to battleground/swing states and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-mike-johnson-election-voting-attack-americas-racist-past-rcna147875

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Voters Shift to Republican Party, Closing Gap With Democrats. The trend toward the Republican Party among white voters without a college degree has continued, and Democrats have lost ground among Hispanic voters, too. – Ruth Igielnik
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/elections/party-identification-democrats-republicans.html
— Bidens Report Earning $620,000 and Paying $181,000 in Taxes in 2023. The couple’s tax return showed a 7 percent jump in income from 2022, a result of higher taxable interest income this year. – Zach Montague
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/us/politics/biden-tax-returns.html
— No Jurors Picked on First Day of Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial. More than half of the first group of prospective jurors was dismissed almost immediately. – Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial
— What to Know About Jury Selection in Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Case – Kate Christobek
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-trial-jury-selection-ny.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/immigration-detention-prison.html
— To understand the state of men in this country, it’s necessary to know three things. First, millions of men are falling behind women academically and suffering from a lack of meaning and purpose. Second, there is no consensus whatsoever on whether there’s a problem, much less how to respond and pull millions of men back from the brink. Third, many men are filling the void themselves by turning to gurus to guide their lives. – David Brooks (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders give women more and more and more preference over men.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/men-virtue-tate-peterson-rogan.html

USA TODAY
— How do you find a jury with no biases when it comes to Donald Trump? What trial experts say. – Aysha Bagchi
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/14/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-selection/73179602007/
— Poll: More Florida Republicans view DeSantis favorably than Trump – Zac Anderson
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-more-florida-republicans-view-090013696.html

INDY STAR
— Why Democrats should vote Republican in Indiana’s May 7 primary – James Briggs (COMMENT: In your precinct, how many who cast a Republican ballot in the primary are going vote for Biden in the general election? How many of them a) voted for Haley, b) voted for Trump, and c) did not vote in the presidential race? I oppose crossover voting.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-briggs/2024/04/16/why-democrats-should-vote-republican-in-indianas-may-7-primary/73327234007/

ND TV
— “Unable To Be Fair”: 50 Possible Jurors In Trump’s Hush Money Trial Excused.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/unable-to-be-fair-50-possible-jurors-in-trumps-hush-money-trial-excused-5453179

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Obnoxious ‘Genocide Joe’ Protesters. Biden may be in for a rerun of 1968, with a ruinous Democratic Chicago convention. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-obnoxious-genocide-joe-protesters-2024-election-ed253565
— Donald Trump Faces Deep Blue Jury Pool as Hush-Money Case Begins – James Fanelli (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-hush-money-trial-jury-2bc58769

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republican, b) to not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelpeachman/2024/04/15/americas-best-employers-for-diversity-2024-methodology/
— America’s Top CPAs – STEEL ROSE (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would you have done sooner? I would have majored in accounting and passed the CPA examination and became a licensed CPA sooner. As it was, I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 years old and I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844), I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors made that crystal clear. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, they were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-cpas/

FAST COMPANY
— Why work has never been a meritocracy – KATHLEEN DAVIS (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91089542/why-hard-work-isnt-enough-to-get-promoted

GB NEWS
— Melting pot America: Will the US successfully ‘absorb’ the millions of illegals into society? (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2FB8Rq8vew

BBC
— Trump trial: Dozens of jurors rejected as they say they cannot be impartial – Madeline Halpert & Kayla Epstein (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in 2005. I should write a book about the jury pool that I faced. Overwhelming, its members disapproved of, despised, if not hated those who shared my demographics. I had been a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I had been an IRS employee 1971-1980. GAO had paid me $150,075/year in today’s dollars in 1997. I was getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $65,165/year in today’s dollars. The federal government was paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. My wife had a good job. We had no debts. We had no dependents. We had retirement savings. We owned a home in Wheaton built in 1984 and two collector cars. Further, I have always been a conservative Republican. Further, I am White, male, older (born in 1948), a draft-avoider, a gun-owner, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I had been an officer in an organization that fought reverse discrimination since 1999, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003.SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68671733
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say they could not be impartial after proceedings began on Monday. Jury selection continues on Tuesday, and could take up to two weeks. . .The dismissals were an indication of how challenging it could be to find a group of 12 impartial jurors for a case concerned with a high-profile sex scandal involving a former president running once again for the White House. . .The judge started by dismissing jurors who raised their hand to say they could not be impartial, leaving about 34 people. Those left were then grilled on 42 questions in the jury questionnaire, including on their news-reading habits, whether they had attended any Trump rallies or read any of the former president’s books.)

April 11, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, village trustee Andrew Holmes named in sexual assault lawsuit – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/dolton-il-mayor-tiffany-henyard-andrew-holmes-sexual-assault-lawsuit/14643440/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51zuFOA8IGA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-pride-parade-2024-downsized-lakeview-on-june-30/14643119/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14644103/
— More than 100 Chicago veterans board Honor Flight to D.C.
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14641348/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/organizers-announce-changes-to-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3406695/

CBS2
— Who should we fear more, China or Russia? Illinois Congressman Darrin LaHood says China a bigger threat – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/russia-china-congressman-darin-lahood/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2024-chicago-pride-parade-safety-concerns/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3y679H2e0
— Former student says Chicago Public Schools did not protect her from sexual abuse – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-student-chicago-public-schools-sexual-abuse/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkFrepKCOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKOSXqSa600
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2024-downsizing-210819544.html

FOX32
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson renews call for Gaza ceasefire at Eid celebration – David Struett
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-gaza-ceasefire-eid-celebration
— Trump says Arizona abortion law goes too far
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1439319
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-2024-pride-parade-will-be-scaled-back-this-year

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After balking earlier, Johnson to ask City Council to spend $70M on migrant services – ALICE YIN, DAN PETRELLA, and JAKE SHERIDAN (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/10/johnson-seeks-70-million-for-migrant-services/
— Record low turnout in Illinois primary bodes ill for democracy – Jim Nowlan (COMMENT: What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to increase Republican turnout? For my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, I hand-delivered a copy of the sample ballot and a copy of DuPage County Board District 4 candidate Annettee Corrigan’s letter to each of the 228 residences that had at least registered Republican voter. I contacted 14 voters who had requested mail-in ballots but had not yet returned them. Of the 370 registered Republican voters in my precinct 133 (36%) voted. Trump got 90 votes and Haley got 33 votes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/11/opinion-illinois-primary-turnout-democracy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor reverses course, will call for $70 million in funding for migrant care, key City Council member says. Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), says city officials are acting based on their expectation that busing will ramp up again as the Democratic National Convention nears. – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/10/chicago-migrant-crisis-city-funding-mayor-brandon-johnson-pritzker-preckwinkle
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump abandons anti-abortion folks” and asks “Will they stick with him?” and says “Former President Trump has kicked the abortion issue over to the states, which can rightly be seen as an act of political cowardice and expediency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/10/donald-trump-abandons-anti-abortion-crowd-will-they-stick-with-him-se-cupp
— Donald Trump’s abortion stance is politically convenient and sensible. The Constitution does not give Congress the authority to regulate abortion. It’s an issue for the states. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/10/donald-trump-abortion-stance-states-rights-politically-convenient-sensible-jacob-sullum
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/04/10/chicago-pride-parade-to-scale-down-due-to-citys-safety-and-logistics-concerns

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville police make weapons-related arrest at Topgolf – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240410/news/naperville-police-make-weapons-related-arrest-at-topgolf/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Opinion: The fight against government bloat needs more powerful allies – Robert Reed
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-government-consolidation-laws-are-longshots-opinion

JOURNAL GAZETTE NEWS COURIER
— State allocates additional $14M for grocery startups; considers coverage for genetic cancer screenings. – ALEX ABBEDUTO and COLE LONGCOR
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/state-allocates-additional-14m-for-grocery-startups-considers-coverage-for-genetic-cancer-screenings/article_bc155934-6cf7-5d5b-8dce-1f8a20a6b0e8.html

SOUTHERN
— Arizona Republicans block quick push to repeal near-total abortion ban, which hasn’t taken effect yet. – Rachel Scott and Isabella Murray
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/11/arizona-republicans-block-quick-push-to-repeal-near-total-abortion-ban-which-hasnt-taken-effect-yet/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/as-medical-perils-from-abortion-bans-grow-so-do-opportunities-for-democrats-in-a-post/article_5cfbe1f9-0cee-541c-ac05-e7fc4a93e159.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Can Belleville ban signs displaying the Confederate flag and swastikas?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article287501720.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/10/chicago-pride-parade-will-be-smaller-this-year-due-to-safety-and-logistical-concerns/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-266/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-67/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were in high school or college today, what would give you an advantage over your peers? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— comply with all laws, rules, and regulations,
— focus on studying and getting the best grades that you can,
— know your strengths, weaknesses, and interests and choose your best career path accordingly,
— take responsibility for yourself and not blame your shortcomings on discrimination or on anything else,
— not be sexually active or an LGBTQer, and
— not drink booze, use pot, or do anything else that harms your health.

My father often decried that he was passed over for promotions because he did not have a college degree. That motived me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. I did the aforesaid notwithstanding the fact that I was never viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I demonstrated no leadership potential, I could not run because I had bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I would have focused more on studying and getting the best grades that I could and I would have majored in accounting at UIC and NIU, passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did, and became a licensed CPA much soon than I did.

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jeanne Ives on PACE ‘Pride’ Bus controversy: ‘divisive sexual identity message‘ is ‘an abuse of taxpayer property’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657643588-jeanne-ives-on-pace-pride-bus-controversy-divisive-sexual-identity-message-is-an-abuse-of-taxpayer-property

WIREPOINTS
— We must focus on cutting the cost drivers of Illinois property taxes if we’re ever going to deliver relief to taxpayers
https://wirepoints.org/we-must-focus-on-cutting-the-cost-drivers-of-illinois-property-taxes-if-were-ever-going-to-bring-taxes-down-wirepoints-testifies-to-the-il-house-revenue-finance-committee-4-10-24/
— Pensions are the single biggest finance problem Chicago has…and it’s only getting worse
https://wirepoints.org/pensions-are-the-single-biggest-finance-problem-chicago-has-and-its-only-getting-worse-wirepoints-on-wls-890s-pm-chicago-show/

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Growing Costs of Non-Citizens Impact Illinois’ Budget
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/657655543-growing-costs-of-non-citizens-impact-illinois-budget

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 15% of House Bills Which Passed Committee Were Sponsored by Republicans of Which 10% Were Sponsored by Jeff Keicher
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/10/15-of-house-bills-which-passed-committee-were-sponsored-by-republicans-of-which-10-were-sponsored-by-jeff-keicher/
— The Pace” Pride” Bus
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/10/message-of-the-day-a-bus/
— Pritzker Putting State Government in the Grocery Business
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/09/pritzker-putting-state-government-in-the-grocery-business/
— Pritzker Gives State Senator Big Pay Hike
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/08/pritzker-gives-state-senator-big-pay-hike/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CONTRACT DEMANDS ABOUT POLITICS, BOSSES’ POWER – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-contract-demands-about-politics-bosses-power/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI mandates pervade colleges and universities – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2962061/dei-mandates-pervade-colleges-universities-survey/
— Biden announces largest expansion of gun background checks in decades – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/11/biden-announces-largest-gun-background-check-expan/
— Defendants not named ‘Trump’ usually go to trial years after indictment – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/defendants-not-named-trump-usually-go-to-trial-yea/
— Socialism is failing U.S. education system – JOE BOYETT (COMMENT: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That motivated me a) to take college preparatory courses in high school, b) to get an ACT score of 24, and c) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/letter-editor-socialism-failing-us-education-syste/
(FROM THE LETTER: Parents in 1776 had the same responsibility we have today: to prepare our children to be all they can be, whether in trades or in professions. It’s a responsibility that is foremost in the philosophy of individualism but notably absent in the philosophy of socialism.)
— Biden is making Christianity more invisible by supporting transgender ideology. Biden’s transgender proclamation isn’t about equality. – Ryan Bomberger
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/10/biden-transgenderism-and-making-christianity-more-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ program to court LGBTQ voters – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2960759/biden-campaign-launches-out-for-biden-harris-program-to-court-lgbtq-voters/
— Repeal the DEI tax – Vikram Mansharamani
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/2960892/repeal-the-dei-tax/
— No taxation without reparations: Texas Democrat leans into fresh idea breathing life back into the reparations movement. – Elaine Mallon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2961251/reparations-texas-democrat-calls-to-exempt-black-people-from-paying-taxes/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump orders ‘30 milkshakes’ for customers at Atlanta Chick-fil-A: ‘And also some chicken’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/trump-orders-30-milkshakes-for-customers-at-atlanta-chick-fil-a/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson rips ‘anti-Israel’ Biden for ‘placating the antisemitism in his base’ – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/mike-johnson-rips-president-joe-biden-as-anti-israel/
— Democratic congresswoman suggests black people be exempt from paying taxes as form of reparations
https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/democrat-congresswoman-suggests-black-people-be-exempt-from-paying-taxes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkEX-efcWY

AMAC
— Biden’s Border Invasion Stacking Congressional Deck Against Conservatives – Shane Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/society/bidens-border-invasion-stacking-congressional-deck-against-conservatives/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative action Scrabble to hit shelves soon – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/affirmative_action_scrabble_to_hit_shelves_soon.html
— College students try to cancel Jewish existence in Philadelphia – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/college_students_try_to_cancel_jewish_existence_in_philadelphia.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden makes desperate grab to seduce fleeing Latino voters – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/biden-makes-desperate-grab-to-seduce-fleeing-latino-voters-1451504/
— Johnson appears to backs off Mayorkas impeachment with surprise postponement – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/johnson-appears-to-backs-off-mayorkas-impeachment-with-surprise-postponement-1451390/
— Dem House member suggests blacks should be exempt from taxes – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/10/dem-house-member-suggests-blacks-should-be-exempt-from-taxes-1451394/

BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Black Americans Should Not Pay Taxes as a Form of Reparations – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/10/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-black-americans-should-not-pay-taxes-as-a-form-of-reparations/

DAILY CALLER
— Let’s Not Pretend The Woke Newsroom Breakdown Was Only At NPR – GAGE KLIPPER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/10/lets-not-pretend-the-woke-newsroom-breakdown-was-only-at-npr/
— Biden Admin’s Relentless DEI Push Continues Apace – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/biden-admins-relentless-dei-push-continues-apace/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Firefighters Union Revokes Endorsement After Rep. Jackson’s Allegations – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/chicago-firefighters-union-revokes-endorsement-after-rep-jacksons-allegations/
— LinkedIn’s Woke Content Moderation Hypocrisy – GianCarlo Canaparo / Daniel Cochrane
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/10/double-standard-linkedins-woke-content-moderation-hypocrisy/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Blasts Governor Whitmer For Paying People To Take Illegal Aliens Into Homes: ‘A Disgusting Insult’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-governor-whitmer-for-paying-people-to-take-illegal-aliens-into-homes-a-disgusting-insult
— Trouble At The Fed: Investigation Into Lisa Cook’s Academic Record Raises Questions – Luke Rosiak and Christopher F. Rufo (COMMENT: If I sought a government office, my critics/opponents would have to acknowledge that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, but they would stress that others who took the examinations got better scores than I did.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trouble-at-the-fed
— Texas Democrat Proposes Race-Based Tax Exemption As Reparations – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-democrat-proposes-race-based-tax-exemption-as-reparations

EPOCH TIMES
— Judge Orders Witness Names to Remain Secret in Trump Classified Docs Case. Judge Cannon also ruled that significant parts of the substantive witness statements to investigators may still be made public. – Katabella Roberts (COMMENT: Because of the demographics of the Chicago-area jury pool, if a jury had been seated in Diersen v. GAO, few would have shared my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, 100%German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time, federal employee for almost 30 years, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, a professional license, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-orders-witness-names-to-remain-secret-in-trump-classified-docs-case-5625895

FEDERALIST
— Racial Preferences in Economic Benefits: From Widely Accepted to Legally Indefensible – George R. La Noue (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and continue to use DEI big time to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
https://fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/racial-preferences-in-economic-benefits-from-widely-accepted-to-legally-indefensible
— Corporate Media Hate Anonymous Online Posts Because They Hate Free Speech – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: There is a huge price to pay to be “up front” about who you are and what you advocate. I should write a book about the price I have had to pay since 1966 for promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, that is, opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/10/corporate-media-hate-anonymous-online-posts-because-they-hate-free-speech/

FOX NEWS
— State Department mandates support for DEI ideology as prerequisite for promotions: ‘You are judged’ ‘You must be able to document what you are doing to support diversity, equity and inclusion and accessibility,’ previous DEI chief said. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/state-department-mandates-support-dei-ideology-prerequisite-promotions-judged
— State Dept stands by DEI chief who bemoaned White feminism, called America a ‘failed historic model’ Zakiya Carr Johnson was announced as the new chief diversity and inclusion officer last week. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/state-dept-stands-dei-chief-bemoaned-white-feminism-called-america-failed-historic-model

JUST THE NEWS
— Wisconsin GOP Chairman says ‘enthusiasm gap’ means Biden has to pander to his own base – Charlotte Hazard (COMMENT: I should write a book about a) older people who pander to younger people to curry favor with younger people b) Whites who pander to minorities to curry favor with minorities, and c) men who pander to women to curry favor with women. 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 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, sand Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/wisconsin-gop-chairman-says-biden-has-pander-his-own-base-he-cant-win

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Longtime NPR Senior Business Editor Exposes How DEI and Trump Derangement Ruined The Organization. – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/longtime-npr-senior-business-editor-exposes-how-dei-and-trump-derangement-ruined-the-organization/
— Hospitals Embracing Identity Politics in Selection of Outside Vendors. “balancing the cost and quality of life-saving services against the demographics of the firm providing them” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/hospitals-embracing-identity-politics-in-selection-of-outside-vendors/

NTD
— Speaker Johnson Says 16 Million Illegal Immigrants Entered America Under Biden’s Watch
https://www.ntd.com/speaker-johnson-says-16-million-illegal-immigrants-entered-america-under-bidens-watch_985262.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Is Poisoning American Medical Training – BRAD WENSTRUP (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, not citizens of America, not conservative, not Republican, unmarried, and/or LGBTQ.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/dei-is-poisoning-american-medical-training/
— Dem Congresswoman Suggests Black Americans Should Be Exempt from Taxes as Form of Reparations – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-congresswoman-suggests-black-americans-should-be-exempt-from-taxes-as-form-of-reparations/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Blasts Biden’s ‘Border Bloodbath’ – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/donald-trump-joe-biden-border/2024/04/10/id/1160447/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Dem rep suggests temporary tax breaks for black Americans as a form of reparations. Crockett claimed that more research for a reparations program needed to be done.
https://thepostmillennial.com/dem-rep-suggests-temporary-tax-breaks-for-black-americans-as-a-form-of-reparations

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden to Finally Take Executive Action on Border After Repeatedly Claiming There Was Nothing He Could Do – Samantha Chang
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-finally-take-executive-action-border-repeatedly-claiming-nothing-report/
— Congresswoman Suggests Black People Should be Exempt from Paying Taxes: ‘You Owe for the Labor That Was Stolen’ – Connor Cavanaugh
https://www.westernjournal.com/congresswoman-suggests-black-people-exempt-paying-taxes-owe-labor-stolen/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Biden campaign launches ‘Out for Biden-Harris’ program to court LGBTQ voters – Asher Notheis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-campaign-launches-out-for-biden-harris-program-to-court-lgbtq-voters/ar-BB1lpdln
— NY Governor Prioritizes Illegal Immigrants for State Jobs – Evelyn Thomas (COMMENT: Democrat politicians prioritize Democrats for government jobs and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superior promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ny-governor-prioritizes-illegal-immigrants-for-state-jobs/ar-BB1jwOkj?ocid=TSHDHP
— ‘Going woke, going broke’: Catholic Church losing members (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Christianity.)
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/going-woke-going-broke-catholic-church-losing-members-and-lacking-spirituality/ar-AA1dVMw9
— How long before the brave NPR editor exposing the woke broadcaster gets shown the door? – David Mastio
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-long-before-the-brave-npr-editor-exposing-the-woke-broadcaster-gets-shown-the-door/ar-BB1lmbYD
— How America’s aging hippies could save Biden – as election polls show president close or even AHEAD among senior voters amid shifting demographics – Will Potter
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/how-america-s-aging-hippies-could-save-biden-as-election-polls-show-president-close-or-even-ahead-among-senior-voters-amid-shifting-demographics/ar-BB1lbC1W
— ‘It’s All the Baby Boomers’ Fault’: Jesse Watters Blames Fox News Viewer Demographic for Student Debt Crisis – Charlie Nash (COMMENT: My father often decried that he was passed over for promotions because he did not have a college degree. That motived me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. I did the aforesaid notwithstanding the fact that I was never viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I demonstrated no leadership potential, I could not run because I had bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/it-s-all-the-baby-boomers-fault-jesse-watters-blames-fox-news-viewer-demographic-for-student-debt-crisis/ar-BB1lmgCa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News host Jesse Watters blamed “the boomers” for the student debt crisis on Tuesday, claiming it was all their fault for pushing their children to go to college and creating a surplus of white-collar workers. During a discussion on The Five about the Biden administration’s newly proposed student debt forgiveness plan, Watters said, “I figured out the reason why we’re in this situation. It’s all the baby boomers’ fault.” He explained: So, in the late 1960s, they’re the biggest generation ever and the only way you could get ahead was to go to college. You wanted to be a white-collar worker. You didn’t want to have to have a job in a factory. So when all of the baby boomers had families, all of the millennial generation, they were made to go to college, whether they wanted to are not. Little Johnny, let’s be honest, probably is not the greatest academic student, but he was forced to go to college, and even if the parents, the boomers, couldn’t afford to send him to college, he was forced to take out loans to go to college so he could be a liberal arts major and get a white-collar job.)

NEWSWEEK
— Founding Fathers Were ‘Illegal’ Immigrants, Democrat Says (COMMEMT: America was not a “country” when the Founding Fathers came.)
https://www.newsweek.com/raskin-census-immigrants-higgins-oversight-1889081

NEW YORK SUN
— Congresswoman Suggests Black Americans Should Not Have To Pay Taxes as Part of Reparations Push. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a freshman lawmaker from Texas who has made a name for herself as a fierce defender of the president from the Republicans’ impeachment inquiry.
https://www.nysun.com/article/congresswoman-suggests-black-americans-should-not-have-to-pay-taxes-as-part-of-reparations-push
— Biden Hints He Will Take Trump-Like Action on Border as Latino Voters Shift Toward the GOP. ‘For 3 years, Crooked Joe Biden has flooded our Country with tens of millions of Illegal Aliens,’ Mr. Trump is firing back. – MAGGIE HRONCICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-hints-he-will-take-trump-like-action-on-border-as-latino-voters-shift-toward-the-gop

FORBES
— DeSantis Signs Into Law Tougher Punishments For Child Groomers, Convicted Abusers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4VeoBusZo

PBS
— Trump says Jewish voters who back Biden ‘should have their head examined’ – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-jewish-voters-who-back-biden-should-have-their-head-examined

VOA NEWS
— Undocumented Indian migrants chart new path to US via Canada – Masood Farivar
https://www.voanews.com/a/undocumented-indian-migrants-chart-new-path-to-us-via-canada/7564143.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Yes, It’s an ‘Invasion,’ Voters Say of Border Crisis
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/yes_it_s_an_invasion_voters_say_of_border_crisis

April 10, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Burr Ridge Village Board approves resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire
https://abc7chicago.com/ceasefire-gaza-burr-ridge-il-israel-hamas-war/14635992/

NBC5
— Illinois towns say they face budget questions if Pritzker eliminates grocery tax. The state’s current one percent sales tax adds up to significant revenue for local municipalities. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-towns-say-they-face-budget-questions-if-pritzker-eliminates-grocery-tax/3405913/
— Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting. The proposal cleared the GOP-controlled chamber amid emotional chants and screams from protesters against the legislation. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/tennessee-senate-advances-bill-to-arm-teachers-a-year-after-deadly-nashville-school-shooting/3406175/
— Republican megadonor Jeff Yass, inner circle give millions to shape schools, courts – Brian Schwartz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/republican-megadonor-jeff-yass-inner-circle-give-millions-to-shape-schools-courts/3405754/

CBS2
— Civil liberties advocates take issue with Chicago Police mass arrest plans for Democratic Convention – Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/civil-liberties-chicago-police-mass-arrest-democratic-convention/

FOX32
— Chaos erupts outside Chicago police station after videos released of deadly officer-involved shooting – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dexter-reed-shooting-videos-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Evanston to continue exploring options for migrant shelter – ALEX HULVALCHICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/09/evanston-to-continue-exploring-options-for-migrant-shelter/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use abortion to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/10/clarence-page-trump-abortion-roe-states-ohio-arizona/
— Proposed master plan for former McDonald’s campus in Oak Brook recommends mixed-use district. – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/09/proposed-master-plan-for-former-mcdonalds-campus-in-oak-brook-recommends-mixed-use-district/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Watchdog chief questions whether Chicago cops lied about why they stopped Dexter Reed before killing him in exchange of gunfire. COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten raised “grave concerns” about the officers in a letter to police Supt. Larry Snelling last week, days before her agency released video it said showed the officers firing roughly 96 shots in just 41 seconds after Reed shot one of them during a traffic stop. – Tom Schuba, Frank Main, Andy Grimm, Kaitlin Washburn and David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2024/04/09/dexter-reed-fired-first-chicago-police-officers-100-shots-copa

DAILY HERALD
— RNC organizers see Midwest as a battleground, tout Milwaukee location for Trump nomination – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240408/nation-and-world-politics/rnc-organizers-see-midwest-as-a-battleground-tout-milwaukee-location-for-trump-nomination/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should DuPage County elected officials get a pay raise? – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240409/local-politics/should-dupage-county-elected-officials-get-a-pay-raise/
–Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting churches to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240409/submitted-content/aurora-churchs-progress-pride-flag-vandalized-join-hope-ucc-in-putting-up-ribbons-to-replace-the-f/

BELLVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Madison County Board will consider putting secession question to voters in November – Will Bauer
https://www.yahoo.com/news/madison-county-board-consider-putting-120000844.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Voter data released for nearly 30K Springfield residents by far right publication. Patrick M. Keck and Hope Gadson
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/04/10/29000-illinois-residents-have-personal-voting-data-released/73264279007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— RNC Host Committee says it has 2,000 volunteers for coming convention, needs 6,000 – Ricardo Torres
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2024/04/09/rnc-host-committee-has-2000-volunteers-for-milwaukee-convention-6000-needed/73251041007/

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Democrats push pot in Riverside.
https://www.rblandmark.com/2024/04/09/early-morning-pot/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City Council split on migrant housing shelter plan. Lacking a quorum and posing serious questions, members held off on voting for Davis Street building. – Bob Seidenberg
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/04/09/city-council-split-on-migrant-housing-shelter/

NORTH SHORE RECORD
— ‘Not something we would be able to manage’: More migrant buses are arriving in Wilmette and even more may be on the way. Village officials are considering new policy, while local volunteers continue supportive efforts. – Joe Coughlin
https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2024/04/08/not-something-we-would-be-able-to-manage-more-migrant-buses-are-arriving-in-wilmette-and-even-more-may-be-on-the-way/

CITIES 92.9
— Congress focuses on work requirements for federal welfare benefits with Illinois hearing – Kevin Bessler (COMMEMT: What did you do to avoid poverty? I focused on education, professional certifications, and a professional license. Even though virtually no one saw me as being “college material,” I nevertheless took college preparatory courses in high school, I got and ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, earned a bachelor’s degree in business, earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance. Given the extremely low opinion that my critics/opponents have of intelligence, ability, and judgment, one could argue that because I did the aforesaid, anyone could do the aforesaid.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/04/09/congress-focuses-on-work-requirements-for-federal-benefits-with-illinois-hearing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Congressional hearing held in Chicago Tuesday explored ways to lift people out of poverty with employment being the main theme. The U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held a field hearing Tuesday in Chicago to examine ways to help people get out of poverty through employment. The hearing was called the “Dignity of Work: Lifting Americans Out of Poverty.” “No amount of handouts or government assistance, no matter how well intentioned, can substitute for the intangible benefits and dignity that work brings to individuals and their families,” said Illinois U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, the chairman of the committee. Matt Paprocki, president of the Illinois Policy Institute, discussed strategies for reducing poverty that Congress could implement to uplift impoverished individuals, including instituting work requirements with welfare benefits. “Institute work requirements similar to the successful bipartisan reform that was passed in 1996 which lifted millions of people out of poverty,” said Paprocki. Paprocki said the federal government should end the benefits cliff because the system leaves people with impossible choices like providing for their family at a job or reducing work hours and receiving greater benefits from government assistance.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— NPR defends its journalism after senior editor says it has lost the public’s trust – David Folkenflik (COMMENT: The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-09/npr-defends-its-journalism-after-senior-editor-says-it-has-lost-the-publics-trust

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-gops-marjorie-taylor-greene-delivers-fresh-threats-of-ousting-speaker-johnson-in-scathing-rebuke/

WIFR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion in Rockford.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/04/10/surgical-abortion-clinic-rockford-need-staffing-before-it-opens-public/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasing promote LGBTQ and pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/09/sway-northalsteds-new-weed-dispensary-opens-friday/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-265/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-66/
— Pritzker refuses to criticize Mayor Johnson on migrant issue (COMMEMT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mor illegal immigration.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/09/pritzker-refuses-to-criticize-mayor-johnson-on-migrant-issue/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What woke Public Sector Bureaucrats Allow on Public Transit
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/10/message-of-the-day-a-bus/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pace bus seen in Naperville. Ives wrote the following to accompany the photo. I guess a White House Proclamation wasn’t enough visibility. This bus was seen in Naperville. PACE Suburban Bus is a public system serving suburban Chicago communities. It is heavily supported by taxpayers and less so fare-riders, so how they spend their money is important to everyone. It is unclear at this time if taxpayers paid for the very expensive wrapping on the bus or if they let the sexual identity-obsessed radicals pay for it as advertising. Either way, this messaging is selling sex and shouldn’t be allowed.)

WIREPOINTS
— All of the state’s top-down mandates are strangling cities like Danville, Peoria and Decatur
https://wirepoints.org/all-of-the-states-top-down-mandates-are-strangling-cities-like-danville-peoria-and-decatur-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Illinois is struggling to keep manufacturing jobs while other states are booming
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-struggling-to-keep-manufacturing-jobs-while-other-states-are-booming-wirepoints-on-the-steve-cochran-show/
— The CCP doesn’t run China and is no different than U.S. parties, says Gotion: Updates on its plans for Illinois and Michigan – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-ccp-doesnt-run-china-and-is-no-different-than-u-s-parties-says-gotion-that-and-more-updates-on-its-plans-for-illinois-and-michigan-wirepoints/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Coalition seeks to let IL voters deliver message on parents’ rights in November
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/657642702-coalition-seeks-to-let-il-voters-deliver-message-on-parents-rights-in-november

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— ‘They watch the building burn:’ U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson accuses Chicago firemen of racism, not fighting fires in black neighborhoods.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657643665-they-watch-the-building-burn-u-s-rep-jonathan-jackson-accuses-chicago-firemen-of-racism-not-fighting-fires-in-black-neighborhoods
— After comments calling Chicago Fire Department racist, U.S. Rep. Jackson loses firefighters union endorsement
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657643668-after-comments-calling-chicago-fire-department-racist-u-s-rep-jackson-loses-firefighters-union-endorsement

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois taxpayer costs for state workers’ ‘Cadillac’ health plans increase 16 percent – Catrina Petersen (COMMENT: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. Since 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_17c2197c-f69a-11ee-8063-234d44daa3dd.html

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— How much more does an administrator earn than teachers in Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned an MBA when I was 27, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, I earned professional certifications when I was 41, 45 47, and 48, and I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/657503655-how-much-more-does-an-administrator-earn-than-teachers-in-crete-monee-community-unit-school-district-201-u-in-2021-22-school-year

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Representative Amy Grant Seeks Community Input Through Surveys (COMMENT: Primaries are like surveys. Trump got 90 votes in my precinct while Haley got only 33.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657643925-state-representative-amy-grant-seeks-community-input-through-surveys

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden Needs Teleprompter During Small, Private Fundraiser in Downtown Chicago Home with Close Friends, Wealthy Supporters (COMMENT: What demonstrates your good health? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/biden-needs-teleprompter-during-small-private-fundraiser-in-downtown-chicago-home-with-close-friends-wealthy-supporters.html
— From Bad to Worse: Chicago’s Failed Leader Takes on Dolton’s Fiscal Debacle – THOMAS MCCULLAGH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/from-bad-to-worse-chicagos-failed-leader-takes-on-doltons-fiscal-debacle.html
— Chicago GOP Chair Steve Boulton Tries to Save Ward Committeeman Seat as Write-in Candidate, Secures Only 24 Votes in Humiliating Defeat Without an Opponent
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/chicago-gop-chair-steve-boulton-tries-to-save-ward-committeeman-seat-as-write-in-candidate-secures-only-24-votes-in-humiliating-defeat-without-an-opponent.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Threat from China is growing at our southern border – Matthew Tragesser
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/9/threat-from-china-is-growing-at-our-southern-borde/
— Democrats helping Mexican cartels up and down human pipeline. Nobody crosses without paying. – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/9/democrats-helping-mexican-cartels-up-and-down-huma/
— Bearing false witness: Journalists increasingly fail to obey the Ninth Commandment – Gerard Leval (COMMENT: The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/9/bearing-false-witness-journalists-increasingly-fai/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Voters agree: Illegal immigration is Biden’s secret to ‘permanent majority’ – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and/or are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2959294/voters-illegal-immigration-biden-secret-permanent-majority/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s insane asylum policy makes life easier for criminals moment they illegally enter US – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/opinion/joe-bidens-insane-asylum-policy-makes-life-easier-for-criminals-moment-they-illegally-enter-us/
— End the ‘sanctuary city’ protection for illegal-migrant repeat perps – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/opinion/end-the-sanctuary-city-protection-for-illegal-migrant-repeat-perps/
— Here’s why it’s so hard for ICE to deport migrants accused of a crime in NYC: ‘Big logistical headache’ – Jennie Taer, Craig McCarthy, and Steve Janoski
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/heres-why-its-so-hard-for-ice-to-deport-migrants-accused-of-a-crime-in-nyc-big-logistical-headache/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— No Taxes for ‘Black Folk,’ Says U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (COMMENT: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat and RINO politicians ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more preference.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/09/no-taxes-for-black-folk-says-u-s-rep-jasmine-crockett/

AMERICAN THINKER
— As recent illegals are handed work permits, previous illegals ask the obvious question: Why not us, too? – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Constructively, to give people work permits is to give them citizenship.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/as_recent_illegals_are_handed_work_permits_previous_illegals_ask_the_obvious_question_why_not_us_too.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal aliens reportedly get a collective pass from DC police for driving without license plates – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (COMMENT: DC today, Illinois tomorrow.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/09/illegal-aliens-reportedly-get-a-collective-pass-from-dc-police-for-driving-without-license-plates-1451197/

BLAZE
— Illegal aliens can’t vote, so they won’t impact the election, right? WRONG
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/illegal-aliens-cant-vote-so-they-wont-impact-the-election-right-wrong

BREITBART
— Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson Pushing Biden to Supply More Work Permits for Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: Constructively, to give people work permits is to give them citizenship.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/09/chicagos-mayor-brandon-johnson-pushing-biden-to-supply-more-work-permits-for-migrants/
— Biden Has Secretly Flown 33,000 Migrants into New York City, 326,000 into Florida, at Taxpayer Expense – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/09/joe-biden-secretly-flown-33000-migrants-new-york-city-326000-florida-taxpayer-expense/
— Gallup Poll Shows Growing Backlash Against Electric Vehicles – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/04/09/nolte-gallup-poll-shows-growing-backlash-against-electric-vehicles/
— 57% Believe Democrats Use Illegal Immigration to ‘Build Permanent Majority’ – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/09/nolte-57-believe-democrats-use-illegal-immigration-build-permanent-majority/

CHARLIE KIRK
— Mayor Adams Blames TX Governor Abbott for NYC Migrant Crisis, Fails to Mention Biden Flying In Illegals
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/mayor-adams-blames-tx-governor-abbott-for-nyc-migrant-crisis-fails-to-mention-biden-flying-in-illegals

DAILYCALLER
— 25-Year NPR Veteran Cops To All The Biased Coverage Outlet Pushed During Trump Years – JASON COHEN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/09/its-devastating-25-year-npr-veteran-cops-to-all-the-biased-coverage-outlet-pushed-during-trump-years/

FOX BUSINESS
— Insider says Boeing’s woes are symptom of ‘failure of our elites’ and DEI ‘ripping our society apart’ He argues modern business management pays tribute to ‘DEI gods or the ESG gods’ instead of actually leading. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/alleged-insider-says-boeings-woes-symptom-failure-elites-dei-ripping-society-apart

FOX NEWS
— NPR editor found registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans 87 to zero in newsroom. Editor Uri Berliner ‘eagerly’ voted against Trump, but criticized NPR’s lack of viewpoint diversity. – David Rutz (COMMENT: The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/npr-editor-found-registered-democrats-outnumbered-republicans-87-zero-newsroom
— Jimmy Failla Discusses Lori Lightfoot’s New Gig On ‘Fox & Friends’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/jimmy-discusses-lori-lightfoot-s-new-gig-on-fox-friends/vi-BB1lkQX4
— New State Department diversity chief believes US is a ‘failed historical model’ with a ‘colonizing past’ – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-state-department-diversity-chief-believes-us-failed-historical-model-colonizing-past
— NPR’s ‘obsession’ with DEI, diversity ‘tracking system’ scrutinized following veteran editor’s bombshell essay. Veteran editor Uri Berliner says diversity became NPR’s ‘North Star’ following the death of George Floyd. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nprs-obsession-dei-diversity-tracking-system-scrutinized-following-veteran-editors-bombshell-essay

JUST THE NEWS
— Arizona Supreme Court upholds law making abortion illegal in nearly all circumstances – Madeleine Hubbard
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/abortion/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-law-making-abortion-illegal-nearly-all
— Mike Johnson will delay transmission of Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate – Ben Whedon
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/mike-johnson-will-delay-transmission-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-senate

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘No more freeloading’: County tells buses they will be fined $1K per passenger if they try and drop off illegal immigrants. – Jenna Curren
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/colorado-illegal-immigrants

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden’s Illegal “Migrant” Flights Endanger National Security – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/print/bidens-illegal-migrant-flights-endanger-national-security/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to LGBTQ Youth: Biden Has Your Back, “You’re Not Alone” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/04/09/transportation_secretary_pete_buttigieg_to_lgbtq_youth_biden_has_your_back_youre_not_alone.html

TOWNHALL
— More Violence Breaks Out at NYC Shelter for Illegal Immigrants – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/09/fight-at-illegal-immigrant-shelter-randalls-island-n2637531
— Demonstrators Praised by Hezbollah’s Leader Shut Down Senate Cafeteria – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/04/09/hamas-sympathizers-shut-down-senate-cafeteria-n2637548

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Biden says Netanyahu is making a ‘mistake’ with his handling of the Israel-Hamas war – Megan Lebowitz
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-netanyahu-making-mistake-handling-israel-hamas-war-rcna147092

THE HILL
— Biden allies tie Arizona abortion ruling to Trump: ‘This is what leaving it to the states looks like.’ – BRETT SAMUELS (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Illinois are having great success in a) attracting to Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) driving out of Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Why do those who vote for Democrats have so many unwanted pregnancies? Not wanting to use birth control has to be the main answer.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4583281-biden-allies-tie-arizona-abortion-ruling-to-trump/

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Voters Shift to Republican Party, Closing Gap With Democrats – Ruth Igielnik
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/elections/party-identification-democrats-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE PICTURES: New York Times uses 75-year-old Dr. Bob Ross to promote more age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/biden-trump-age-health.html
— The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found. – Brad Plumer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/climate/electric-grid-more-power.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— More than half of foreign-born people in US live in just 4 states (California, Texas, Florida and New York) and half are naturalized citizens – MIKE SCHNEIDER (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? From what countries did they come from? How strong are their ties to their motherlands? What are their religions? Because of ever-increasing Democrat and RINO led illegal immigration, America is ever-increasingly less American. Ever-increasingly, poverty and crime increase. Ever-increasingly, newcomers have financial and/or health problems, want/need/demand government assistance, have strong ties to their motherlands, are less educated, have few or no job skills, and are non-Protestant. To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-half-foreign-born-people-194238773.html

MSN
— Daily illegal immigrant caravan invasion coming by the thousands, new reality for Americans? (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? From what countries did they come from? How strong are their ties to their motherlands? What are their religions? Because of ever-increasing Democrat and RINO led illegal immigration, America is ever-increasingly less American. Ever-increasingly, poverty and crime increase. Ever-increasingly, newcomers have financial and/or health problems, want/need/demand government assistance, have strong ties to their motherlands, are less educated, have few or no job skills, and are non-Protestant. To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/daily-illegal-immigrant-caravan-invasion-coming-by-the-thousands-new-reality-for-americans/ar-BB1huGIx

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Western Democracy’s Future Depends on Israel’s Victory. If the Jewish state can be bullied into letting Hamas survive, how can any free nation defend itself? – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/western-democracys-future-depends-on-israels-victory-gaza-hamas-iran-de7b1f73

DAILY JOURNAL
— Law firms reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and continue to promote DEI big time.
https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/377974-law-firms-are-rethinking-and-retooling-approach-to-dei

UNION LEADER
— Feds join ranks of employers with generous IVF benefits – Michelle Andrews (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about how my Democrat and RINO GAO superiors used IVF against me big time. They viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a DINK and as being a disgusting religious, conservative, Republican, and American hypocrite because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF and because we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about my and my wife’s efforts to have children. In my defense there were serious problems with my sperm and with my wife’s eggs. My Democrat GAO superiors knew that full-well. In my book, I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who had the most children, who complained the most about the cost of raising children, and/or who had adopted. I would focus on those whose spouses had little or no income.)
https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/feds-join-ranks-of-employers-with-generous-fertility-benefits/article_9927d3c0-f673-11ee-843d-878eecac77f2.html

PEW RESEARCH
— The changing demographic composition of voters and party coalitions (COMMENT: From what I see, those who vote for Democrats are increasingly minority, female, younger, rich, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Those who vote for Republicans are White, male, older, middle class, married, heterosexual, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-changing-demographic-composition-of-voters-and-party-coalitions/
— The partisanship and ideology of American voters (COMMENT: From what I see, those who vote for Democrats increasingly want socialism/communism/dictatorship, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Those who vote for Republicans want capitalism, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, conservative values, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving).)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-partisanship-and-ideology-of-american-voters/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Are Democrats Using Illegal Immigration to Build a ‘Permanent Majority’? (ANSWER: Yes. Ever-increasingly those who vote in America have demographics that vote for Democrats: a) have financial and/or health problems, b) want/need/demand government assistance, c) have strong ties to their motherlands, d) are less educated, e) have few or no job skills, and f) are non-Protestant.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/are_democrats_using_illegal_immigration_to_build_a_permanent_majority

QUORA
— Do you think you are the cause of all your problems? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all their problems, for all your problems, for all my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. According to them, I have caused all of my own problems. I admit that I should have tried harder to get better grades in grade school, high school, and college. I admit that I should have tried harder to get a better ACT score. I admit that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I admit that I should have majored in accounting instead of management. I admit that I should have earned the master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance that I did much sooner. I admit that I should have tried harder to get better scores on the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations and passed those examinations much sooner. I admit that I should have qualified myself to be a licensed CPA much sooner. I admit that I spent too much money on new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29. I admit that I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I admit that I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I admit that I have always promoted conservative principles. I admit that I have always promoted the Republican Party platform. I admit that I have never tried to hide the fact a) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, b) that I am 100% German American, c) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, d) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and e) that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. I admit that I suggested myself to Money Magazine to be the subject of one of its “One Person’s Finances” articles in 1977.)
https://www.quora.com/Do-you-think-you-are-the-cause-of-all-your-problems-and-that-no-other-human-causes-any-of-it

DAILY MAIL
— Texas Democrat calls for black people to be exempt from paying taxes during reparations talk… before saying poor ones don’t anyway. – STEPHEN M. LEPORE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13291213/Texas-Democrat-calls-black-people-exempt-paying-taxes-reparations.html

April 6, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 8 Chicago businesses robbed at gunpoint within 45 minutes
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14624110/
— Dolton trustees hope to hire Lori Lightfoot to investigate Mayor Tiffany Henyard
https://abc7chicago.com/dolton-illinois-mayor-tiffany-henyard-under-investigation-lori-lightfoot/14623244/

NBC5
— Dolton trustees appoint former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to lead investigation into sexual assault allegation. – Regina Waldroup
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/sources-dolton-trustees-appoint-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-lead-investigation-into-sexual-assault-allegation/3402800/

CBS2
— Chicago warns of possible measles exposures on public transit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_glTNzQAY
— An Indiana pastor tried to house a migrant family. Officials said it was dangerous. – Charlie De Mar (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hammond-pastor-migrants/
— Smash-and-grab thieves target three different Ulta stores outside Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ulta-stores-suburban-chicago-thieves/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOhfG6vnOIc
— Dolton village board plans to hire Lori Lightfoot to investigate Mayor Tiffany Henyard – Megan Hickey, Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dolton-village-board-lori-lightfoot-tiffany-henyard-investigation/

FOX32
— Dozens take part in Palestinian rally in downtown Chicago (COMMENT: What country(s) did your ancestors immigrate from? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany. Did your ancestors side with the country(s) that they immigrated from? Mine did not. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pro-palestinian-rally-planned-in-chicago-friday-amid-israel-hamas-tensions
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1437009
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1436942

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Evanston’s mayor wants to turn a vacant building into housing for migrants. The city is considering applying for a $20 million pot of money from Cook County meant to support suburbs to help migrants. – Kristen Schorsch (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/04/05/evanstons-mayor-daniel-biss-migrants-cook-county-funding

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New migrant shelter opening at Chicago’s St. Bartholomew Catholic Church – A.D. QUIG (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/05/new-migrant-shelter-opening-at-chicagos-st-bartholomew-catholic-church/
— State elections board asks AG’s office to look into publisher of fake newspapers for printing voter data – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are fake. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/05/state-elections-board-asks-ags-office-to-look-into-publisher-of-fake-newspapers-for-printing-voter-data/
— Dolton trustees set to hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to assist in probe of Tiffany Henyard – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/05/dolton-trustees-set-to-hire-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-assist-in-probe-of-tiffany-henyard/

DAILY HERALD
— Man charged with murdering wife in Carol Stream – Susan Sarkauskas (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240403/crime/man-charged-with-murdering-wife-in-carol-stream/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The petition stated that Perez-Estrada had been living in Mexico for several months but returned on March 11. He was charged by federal authorities with illegal entry and released.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/letters-editor/dei-initiatives-about-preparing-students-succeed-opinion

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A ‘political outsider’ wins GOP primary in attempt to represent Springfield – PATRICK M. KECK (COMMENT: Because I am a conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican, I have always been an “outsider” in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Those who dominate the aforesaid reject many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.aol.com/political-outsider-wins-gop-primary-085843711.html

SOUTHERN
— Republican Party pushing mail-in voting despite Trump’s opposition. – Kendall Ross, Lalee Ibssa, and Soo Rin Kim
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/05/republican-party-pushing-mail-in-voting-despite-trumps-opposition/
— In rare appearance, Melania Trump to headline Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for conservative LGBT group. – Soo Rin Kim, Lalee Ibssa, and Kendall Ross (COMMENT: To promote LGHTQ is to promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/05/in-rare-appearance-melania-trump-to-headline-mar-a-lago-fundraiser-for-conservative-lgbt-group/
— Judge in Trump hush money case quashes last-minute defense subpoena. – Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous (COMMENT: The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled against me many times. I should write about that. They succeeded in stopping me from bringing my evidence of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination to a jury.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/05/judge-in-trump-hush-money-case-quashes-last-minute-defense-subpoena/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Cannabis products may harbor fungal toxins harmful to human health, but safety regulations are uneven or nonexistent – KIMBERLY D. GWINN (COMMENT: To push pot is to push destruction.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/world/article287425810.html

STATELINE
— Illinois bill would require auto insurance rates to be determined by driving habits. – John Clark (COMMENT: I have been driving since 1964, but I have never caused an accident.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-bill-would-require-auto-insurance-rates-to-be-determined-by-driving-habits/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Delegates for RNC have their hotel assignments, marking ‘major milestone’ for planning of convention. – Ricardo Torres
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2024/04/05/delegates-for-rnc-have-their-hotel-assignments-in-lead-up-to-convention/73191988007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote those who have turned against Trump. Who has turned against you? I should write a book about those who have turned against me. I would focus on those a) who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/gallery/former-trump-officials-donald-white-house-president-defense-secretary-mark-esper-national-security-adviser-john-bolton-vice-mike-pence-sarah-matthews-2024-election

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump demands new judge with hush-money criminal trial less than 10 days away. – AP (COMMENT: The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ruled against me many times. I should write about that. They succeeded in stopping me from bringing my evidence of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination to a jury.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/trump-demands-new-judge-juan-merchan-hush-money-criminal-trial-less-than-10-days-away-new-york-former-president-donald-conflict-interest-daughter-democratic-political-consultant

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/1-in-5-women-have-a-personal-connection-to-abortion-restrictions-poll/

WCIA
— Democrats and RINOs want Trump’s power to be checked, but not Biden’s power.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-americans-think-a-presidents-power-should-be-checked-ap-norc-poll-finds-unless-their-side-wins/

WGLT
— Promoting legal pot promotes illegal pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-05/black-market-cannabis-thrives-in-california-despite-legalization

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-65/
— State Board of Elections asks Proft papers to take down personal data from websites
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/05/state-board-of-elections-asks-proft-papers-to-take-down-personal-data-from-websites/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House Super Minority Leader Complains About Democrat Control, Says She’ll “Keep Knocking on the Door Until They let me in”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/il-house-super-minority-leader-complains-about-democrat-control-says-shell-keep-knocking-on-the-door-until-they-let-me-in.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What should the new Illinois Republican Party platform do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

The new Illinois Republican Party platform should:

— Promote personal responsibility and oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promote traditional marriage and family and oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promote right to life and oppose the promotion of abortion,
— Promote legal immigration and oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Promote the avoidance of vice and oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promote Second Amendment rights and oppose diminishment of those rights, and
— Promote equal opportunity and oppose race and gender based preference giving.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wrong reasons to get involved in Republican politics – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.

Wrong reasons to get involved in Republican politics are to get the Republican Party to:

— Dump its personal responsibility plank and instead promote dependency on government and charity,
— Dump its traditional marriage and family plank and instead promote LGBTQ,
— Dump its right to life plank and instead promote abortion,
— Dump its immigration plank and instead promote mass/illegal immigration,
— Dump its illegal drugs plank and instead promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Dump its Second Amendment plank and instead promote gun control,
— Dump its equal opportunity plank and instead promote reverse discrimination and age discrimination,
— Get more preference for themselves and for those who share their demographics,
— Make money, and/or
— Get power to reward and destroy people, organizations, companies, etc.

Based on what I have seen as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, far too many in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have been and are involved in Republican politics for the aforesaid wrong reasons.

I should write a book about them.

I would focus on those who have done the most to make the Republican Party the “Democrat Lite” Party.

I would focus on those who proudly paint themselves as being RINOs, that is, as being anti-conservative and anti-Republican.

I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.

I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.

I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.

I would focus on those who have done the most to drive out of the Republican Party those who share my demographics.

I would focus on those who have demonstrated the most hatred against Trump.

I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic Party of abortion and drugs set its sights on Florida. Championing a race to the bottom. – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/5/democratic-party-of-abortion-and-drugs-set-its-sig/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The reality of migrant crime – Byron York
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/2954997/the-reality-of-migrant-crime/
— The Cost of Ignoring Wisconsin – Stephen F. Hayes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2220904/the-cost-of-ignoring-wisconsin/

NEW YORK POST
— Yes, Donald Trump & Co. SHOULD fight unfair anti-white racism – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and continue to promote DEI big time, that is, they continue to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination big time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/opinion/yes-donald-trump-amp-co-should-fight-unfair-anti-white-racism/
— Protect kids: Break the grip of transgender extremism – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/opinion/protect-kids-break-the-grip-of-transgender-extremism/
— Dolton asks ex-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to investigate ‘dictator’ Tiffany Henyard — for $400 an hour – Steven Vago and Patrick Reilly (COMMENT: How much an hour do you charge for your services? On what do you base that amount? I base my hourly rate on my work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I earned six job-related professional certifications and a professional license.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/us-news/dolton-asks-lori-lightfoot-to-investigate-mayor-tiffany-henyard/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Tuberculosis, Measles Break Out in Chicago Migrant Shelters – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/05/tuberculosis-measles-break-out-in-chicago-migrant-shelters/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Creeping amnesty: Biden hands 800,000 illegals an extra year and a half on their work permits. – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/creeping_amnesty_biden_hands_800_000_illegals_an_extra_year_and_a_half_on_their_work_permits.html
— A prestigious Boston hospital stops reporting maternal drug abuse because of ‘racism’ – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/a_prestigious_boston_hospital_stops_reporting_maternal_drug_abuse_because_of_racism.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden’s Border Bloodbath: Illegal alien in Carol Stream nearly decapitates wife in front of their kids – Chris Donaldson (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/05/bidens-border-bloodbath-illegal-alien-nearly-decapitates-wife-in-front-of-their-kids-1450274/

BLAZE
— Carol Stream man who arrived in America unlawfully allegedly murdered wife, ‘nearly decapitating her’: DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office – ALEX NITZBERG (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/perez-estrada-allegedly-murdered-wife
— Colorado county passes emergency measure to fine, seize buses dropping off migrants – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/colorado-county-passes-emergency-measure-to-fine-seize-buses-dropping-off-migrants
— The race to play victim – DELANO SQUIRES (COMMENT: My critics/opponents accuse me of playing victim. They side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. They side with past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and the many big adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/crybullies-and-commentators-the-race-to-play-victim-in-modern-media

BREITBART
— Carol Stream Illegal Alien Accused of ‘Nearly Decapitating’ Wife in Gruesome Murder – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/05/illinois-murder-illegal-alien-nearly-decapitating-wife/
— A voter registration advantage of one million is “within reach” in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said, following reports that Republicans are nearing 900,000 more registered voters in the Sunshine State than Democrats. – HANNAH KNUDSEN (COMMENT: What percent of the voters in your precinct, school district, municipality, township, and county are Republican, Democrat, and Independent? What are the trends? What are the reasons for those trends? A higher and higher and higher precent of the voters in my precinct, school district, municipality, township, and county are Democrat. I should a book about the reasons for that.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/05/ron-desantis-one-million-republican-registration-advantage-is-within-reach-in-florida/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Aim To Make Draining The Swamp Impossible – George Rasley (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/democrats-aim-to-make-draining-the-swamp-impossible

DAILY CALLER
— White House’s Reported Ill-Advised Green-Card Giveaway Would Exacerbate Illegal Immigration Crisis – WILL DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/05/will-davis-white-house-green-card-giveaway-exacerbate-illegal-immigration-crisis/

DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Illegal Alien Charged With Murdering Wife: ‘Nearly Decapitated Her’ In Front Of Children in Carol Stream – Ryan Saavedra (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-illegal-alien-charged-with-murdering-wife-nearly-decapitated-her-in-front-of-children

EPOCH TIMES
— Millions of New Illegal Immigrants Mask True State of US Economy. ‘That’s a big problem. What we’re interested in is how the economy is working for American citizens,’ says an economist. – Emel Akan, Andrew Moran
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-hidden-reality-behind-high-job-numbers-us-born-workers-see-decline-5621989

FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant charged with five counts of first-degree murder in Carol Stream (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350382494112

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Chronic absenteeism: Are we watching the increasing collapse of the US public education system? – Eddie Killian
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/redefining-education-tackling-absenteeism-and-overcoming-systemic-failures-for-a-brighter-future
— “What are they planning?” Illegal Chinese migration surges at the southern U.S. border. – Eddie Killian
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-chinese-migration-surges-at-the-southern-u-s-border

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Study Challenges Claim That Business Benefits From “Diversity” – Terrance Kible (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote diversity, that is, they promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination big time.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/study-challenges-claim-that-business-benefits-from-diversity/

PJ MEDIA
— The Left Doesn’t Want Your Kids to Grow Out of LGBTQ Confusion – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/04/05/the-left-doesnt-want-your-kids-to-grow-out-of-lgbtq-confusion-n4927934

POST MILLENNIAL
— Melania Trump joins campaign trail, to host fundraiser with Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago. The fundraiser marks the first major appearance of the year regarding her husband’s presidential campaign. – Hayden Cunningham
https://thepostmillennial.com/just-in-melania-trump-joins-campaign-trail-to-host-fundraiser-with-log-cabin-republicans-at-mar-a-lago

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Alien in Carol Stream Charged With Murder Nearly Decapitated His Wife in Front of Their Two Children – Madeline Leesman (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/04/05/illegal-immigrant-decapitated-wife-in-front-of-children-n2637435
— Elderly Woman Convicted for Praying In Capitol On J6, But Illegal Aliens Can Break Into the U.S. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/05/elderly-woman-convicted-for-praying-in-capitol-on-j6-but-illegal-aliens-can-break-into-the-us-n2637443
— Gov. Abbott Warns of Possible 9/11-Like Terrorist Attack Amid Joe Biden’s Open Border. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/05/abbott-warns-of-possible-911-like-terrorist-attack-amid-joe-bidens-open-border-n2637411

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Immigrant Charged with Killing His Wife in Carol Stream in ‘Extremely Violent’ Manner 2 Weeks After Entering US – George C. Upper III (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-immigrant-charged-killing-wife-extremely-violent-manner-2-weeks-entering-us/

ZERO HEDGE
— Behind Today’s Stellar Jobs Print: It Was Literally ALL Part-Time Jobs (And Illegals) – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. And if not that, my pay would have been less because illegals drive wages down.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/behind-todays-stellar-jobs-print-it-was-literally-all-part-time-jobs-and-illegals

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNBC
— 26-year-old is one of first Gen Z women to hold public office in the U.S., works at Google and is getting her MBA—how she balances it all. – Morgan Smith
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/30/meet-bushra-amiwala-one-of-the-first-gen-z-women-to-hold-public-office-in-the-us.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bushra Amiwala lost her first race for political office when she was 20 years old. Six months later, she ran again and won, becoming one of the first Gen Z elected officials in the U.S. — all while being a full-time college student. When Amiwala, then 21, was elected to the Skokie School District Board of Education in Skokie, Illinois in 2019, she also became one of the youngest Muslim elected officials in the U.S. Her first race, which she lost in 2018, was to become a Cook County commissioner, a part of the local legislative body for the county that includes Chicago. Amiwala, who grew up and attended school in Skokie, thought a local school board might be a better fit for her interests and experience after losing her first race. But she didn’t see working in local politics as a calling, or the start of a long career in government that could lead her to the White House – two reasons, Amiwala says, why people often assume she got involved in politics at such a young age. Amiwala studied business at DePaul University and planned to work for a large tech or financial firm as soon as she graduated. Instead, Amiwala viewed serving in public office as a meaningful way to spend her free time and an opportunity to peek behind the curtain of American politics. As a first-generation child of Pakistani immigrants, Amiwala says she’s always had a vested interest in supporting underrepresented communities. That passion intensified during the 2016 presidential election when hate crimes against Muslims spiked.)

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Faces MAGA Fury After Migrant Nearly Decapitates Wife in Carol Stream (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-murder-illegal-immigration-1887380

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing encourage Taylor Swift to officially endorse Biden. What do Taylor Swift fans think of you? What do Taylor Swift fans think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/business/media/taylor-swift-fox-trump.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden continues to use student loan forgiveness to get more votes.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-to-make-second-attempt-at-large-scale-student-loan-forgiveness-ef1da5fe
— Why Immigration Is Now the No. 1 Issue for Voters. The topic—a weak spot for Biden—ranks as more important than inflation and the economy. – Tarini Parti
and Michelle Hackman (COMMENT: Sooner or later, you will be a victim of migrant crime and/or you will lose your job and/or opportunities to migrants. Further, you will be forced to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-2024-immigration-issue-voters-84916a17
— China Is Targeting U.S. Voters and Taiwan With AI-Powered Disinformation. – Dustin Volz (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote Communist China.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/china-is-targeting-u-s-voters-and-taiwan-with-ai-powered-disinformation-34f59e21

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Meet the typical Swiftie: A white suburban millennial woman who may have spent $1,300 to go to the Eras Tour. Swifties skew female, Democratic, millennial, and likely live in the suburbs. – Juliana Kaplan
https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-swifties-white-millennial-suburban-democrat-50k-eras-tour-2023-11
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Swifties lean female and white, make under $50,000, and are suburban millennials. Just under three-quarters of self-identifying avid Swift fans are white, while 13% are Black and 9% are Asian, according to Morning Consult’s survey. Additionally, while Swift fans skew female, 48% of those Swift fans are male. Similarly, avid Swift fans are concentrated in the suburbs, with 55% living in suburban communities, and a fairly even split among urban and rural areas; 26% are city dwellers, while 21% are rural. And, in line with Swift’s own political proclamations, 55% of avid Swift fans are Democrats. The remainder of the fans are equally split among identifying as Republicans and independents. What’s more, even as many Swift fans are spending thousands on the Eras Tour, most are not high-earners. Just about half of Swift fans make under $50,000, while 25% make between $50,000 and $100,000, and the other quarter make $100,000 or more. That’s a fairly stark figure when compared to the $1,300 that Swifties spend on average to attend the Eras Tour, per research company QuestionPro. However, while some Swifties that Business Insider previously spoke to said they were spending several thousand dollars to attend the Eras Tour, some were able to keep their costs in the hundreds. Swifties also lean millennial, with that generation making up 45% of self-proclaimed avid fans. Additionally, 23% of those fans are baby boomers, and 21% are Gen X. Meanwhile, just 11% of that fan group are Gen Z. However, Briggs noted that the survey only took the pulse of Americans 18 or older — meaning that the younger Gen Z contingent is not necessarily reflected. “Millennials are in their peak spending years in a lot of ways,” Toplin said. “They’re in the workforce. They own homes, they’re earning money, they have income to spend.” And Briggs noted that TikTok has been a big driver of the culture of the Eras Tour, from friendship bracelets to showing off outfits. That may mean that Swift has cultivated more of a Gen Z fanbase since the time of the survey. “​​It’s a perfect storm of cultural happenings to keep the conversation going,” Briggs said. “I think Gen Z, if we ran this survey again right now, it would be definitely a higher share.”)

April 5, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee.  If you are a Republican and not a RINO, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, or Independent plant and if you are not involved in Republican politics to get more preference for yourself and/or for those who share your demographics, please consider being a delegate to the Illinois Republican Party State Convention at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville May 24 and 25 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

I have been a delegate to all the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Conventions since 2000. I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee at the 2008 convention and I will serve again on that committee this year representing the 3rd Congressional District.

Illinois counties are allowed one delegate for every 500 Republican ballots cast in the preceding primary. Approximately 50,000 Republican ballots were cast in the March 19 primary in DuPage County, so approximately 100 can be delegates from DuPage County. If you are interested in being a delegate, contact the chairman of your Republican county party organization as soon as possible. Statutes call for delegates to be approved at County Conventions. The DuPage County Republican County Convention will be held on April 17 at the DuPage County Auditorium.

Registration for the convention is $75 and that covers training sessions on Friday and Saturday, welcome reception Friday evening, attendance at the General Session, and other events that are being scheduled. The registration form is at: https://rcca.gop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IRSC-Registration-Form.pdf A convention volunteer sign up form is at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuK6xKCAxz-a7cUkUn_TSaQbbV48UvBTbeXUBzzlzJlWFiVQ/viewform Hotel information is at: https://rcca.gop/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IRSC-Hotel-Sheet.pdf  GOPUSA ILLINOIS will have a table in the vendor hall.

Delegates will vote on various resolutions brought to the convention floor. The full schedule for the convention is currently being finalized and will be published once complete. At the convention, delegates play a crucial role in shaping party decisions and policies. The convention is an unparalleled opportunity to network with fellow activists and right-thinking people.

Delegate responsibilities include:

— Representation: Delegates represent their local communities or districts. They participate in discussions, vote on party matters, and advocate for their constituents’ interests.

— Selecting Candidates: Delegates help choose party candidates for various offices such as National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, and delegates to the Republican National Convention.
— Platform Development: Delegates influence the party’s platform, and ultimately approve the party’s platform. The platform outlines the party’s stance on critical issues.

— Networking and Advocacy: Delegates interact with fellow party members, build connection, and advocate for specific policies or candidates.

Attending the convention is a great way to get involved in the Republican Party and network with like-minded conservatives.


FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-advocates-want-work-permits-for-all-undocumented-immigrants-and-daca-applicants-not-just-migrants/14618278/

CBS2
— Woman randomly attacked while walking in Chicago, mirroring disturbing trend in New York – Marybel Gonzalez, Ali Bauman, Jesse Zanger, Lisa Rozner
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-randomly-attacked-walking-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brandon-johnson-joe-biden-work-permits-undocumented-immigrants/
— Biden warns Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/biden-warns-israel-over-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza/

WGN9
— Chicago Health warns of possible measles exposure on CTA buses, city schools
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-health-warns-of-possible-measles-exposure-on-cta-city-schools/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAOuXJN8RU
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-health-warns-possible-measles-233606412.html

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-urges-biden-extend-work-permits-undocumented-workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0jRbg0voU

WTTW
— Chicago Sees Uptick in Shootings, Homicides Through Month of March – Matt Masterson
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/04/chicago-sees-uptick-shootings-homicides-through-month-march-police
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge police with racism.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/04/chicago-police-continued-target-black-latino-drivers-flood-traffic-stops-2023-report
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/04/venezuelan-migrant-depicts-his-journey-chicago-series-paintings
— Chicago, Federal Agencies Ramp Up Security Training Ahead of August’s Democratic National Convention – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/04/chicago-federal-agencies-ramp-security-training-ahead-august-s-democratic-national

WGN RADIO
— Because employees who are the following get the most preference, they should be the most satisfied and happy: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/job-satisfaction-identify-causes-of-job-dissatisfaction/

WBEZ
— Chicago-area voters protest Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza at the ballot box. Southwest suburban precincts with large Palestinian populations logged the highest rates of Democratic ballots with no votes for president. – Amy Qin
https://www.wbez.org/stories/gaza-protest-vote-in-chicago-area-in-2024-primary/5168bc4b-29e5-468f-8982-3da4291c77aa

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Don’t listen to the naysayers. Republicans support IVF. – Collin Corbett:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/05/opinion-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-republican-support/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Officials confirm migrant TB cases. – KATE ARMANINI, NELL SALZMAN, and LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/05/5-year-old-girl-at-migrant-shelter-recovering-from-tuberculosis-her-father-says-as-city-officials-confirm-a-small-number-of-cases-in-migrant-shelters-but-offer-few-details/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/04/mayor-johnson-to-biden-let-chicagos-long-term-immigrants-work/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/04/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-joe-biden-work-permits-immigrants-asylum-seekers

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk certifies March 19 election results; thanks voters and election workers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240403/submitted-content/kane-county-clerk-certifies-march-19-election-results-thanks-voters-and-election-workers/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown office vacancy tops 25% with new supply, weak demand. – Danny Ecker
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-chicago-office-vacancy-reaches-record-high

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Numbers don’t lie: It’s true, Kane County has shifted blue. Democrats now dominate county offices in former Republican stronghold. – Brenda Schory (COMMENT: How much has your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct moved to the left, that is, how many Democrats and RINOs have moved in and how many Republicans have died or moved away, that is, how much has poverty and crime increased?)
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/04/02/numbers-dont-lie-its-true-kane-county-has-shifted-blue/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— NAACP National President Urges Black Athletes to Boycott States that Eliminate DEI (COMMENT: Who boycotts you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI big time.)
https://chicagodefender.com/naacp-national-president-urges-black-athletes-to-boycott-states-that-eliminate-dei/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Those who represent illegals ever-increasingly call you a racist and a bigot if you do not promote illegal immigration. Who represents the illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/new-york-immigrant-advocate-on-texas-gov-abbott-a-racist-bigot/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Black market cannabis thrives in California despite legalization – Martin Kaste (COMMENT: Promoting legal pot promotes illegal pot.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-05/black-market-cannabis-thrives-in-california-despite-legalization

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden’s tax policy may cost citizens: ‘More Americans aren’t pay income taxes’ (COMMENT: Because I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and because I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want/demand that I pay more federal income tax.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/bidens-tax-policy-may-cost-citizens-more-americans-arent-pay-income-taxes-irs-internal-revenue-service-1040-department-of-treasury-economy-stimulus-payments-pandemic

WCIA
— Voters in Madison County pushing for vote to separate from Chicago, form new state – John Clark
https://www.wcia.com/news/voters-in-one-il-county-pushing-for-vote-to-separate-from-chicago-form-new-state/
— New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-new-rule-strengthening-federal-job-protections-could-counter-trump-promises-to-remake-the-government/

WGLT
— The IRS has a free digital tax filing system. Here’s what users are saying. – Scott Horsley (COMMENT: I have used TurboTax for many years.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-04/the-irs-has-a-free-digital-tax-filing-system-heres-what-users-are-saying

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/05/campus/anti-lgbtq-group-sparks-tensions-with-nu-students-at-the-arch/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Is Trapped in the Jaws of an Ideologue Mayor – JACK LUCEY
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-trapped-ideologue-mayor

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-262/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-64/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— U of Illinois gives ‘highest standards in public service’ award to…wait for it…Anthony Fauci – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/u-of-illinois-gives-highest-standards-in-public-service-award-to-wait-for-it-anthony-fauci-wirepoints/
— If you forget just how much Illinois is taxing gasoline, you’ll remember quick when you fill up out of state
https://wirepoints.org/if-you-forget-just-how-much-illinois-is-taxing-gasoline-youll-remember-quick-when-you-fill-up-out-of-state-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
– Fury and Fiasco: Dolton Residents Take a Stand Against Corrupt Mayor – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/fury-and-fiasco-dolton-residents-take-a-stand-against-corrupt-mayor.html
— Cashless Bail Leads to Rockford Man’s Murder, Rep. Sorensen Silent, Fearful to Offend Political Allies of Dangerous, Pro-Criminal Policy
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/cashless-bail-leads-to-rockford-mans-murder-rep-sorensen-silent-fearful-to-offend-political-allies-of-dangerous-pro-criminal-policy.html
— Zuckerbucks’ No More: How Wisconsin Voters Took Back Their Elections – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/zuckerbucks-no-more-how-wisconsin-voters-took-back-their-elections.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS renews work permits for hundreds of thousands of migrants – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/dhs-renews-work-permits-for-hundreds-of-thousands-/
— Biden moves to block Trump, future presidents from firing bureaucrats – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/biden-moves-to-block-trump-future-presidents-from-/
— Democratic senator says Justice Sotomayor should consider retiring (COMMENT: I became eligible to take early retirement when I was 45 years old in 1993. My Democrat GAO superiors misled me into believing that they nevertheless were going to let me work until I was eligible to take regular retirement when I would be 55 years old in 2003. But when was 49 years old in September of 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997. They would have let me work until I was eligible to take early retirement if I had not became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I would not have become an active member in that lawsuit if they had not outrageously a) forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) given me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and d) thrown me off audits of IRS in 1988. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/richard-blumenthal-says-sonia-sotomayor-should-con/
— Truckers fume over Biden’s EV mandate for big rigs – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/truckers-fume-over-joe-bidens-ev-mandate-for-big-r/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats should be jittery about Pennsylvania voter registration trends – Salena Zito
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2954573/democrats-should-be-jittery-about-pennsylvania-voter-registration-trends/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you are a longtime resident of Pennsylvania, it still is a bit of a jolt to the senses to drive through what was once coal country and see an oversized, cheery, red billboard sitting along U.S. 30 reading “VOTE REPUBLICAN.” However, it is a reminder of how much the people who live in these old industrial and coal-rich counties have shed the local Democratic politics of their upbringing. Voter registration numbers, as we shall see, show as much. Important to note: These voters have not changed personally, but their parties have done so. Democrats have abandoned their working-class voters for college-educated elites who rarely call the middle of somewhere home. Officials in both parties in Washington — whether they are lawmakers on Capitol Hill or strategists working for one of the alphabet soup campaign arms of the House, Senate, or state legislatures, or a staffer for any of them — often struggle with how to appeal to these citizens.)
— On NATO’s 75th birthday, let’s celebrate this boon to all mankind – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2954180/on-natos-75th-birthday-lets-celebrate-this-boon-to-all-mankind/
— Biden’s highly damaging call for an immediate Gaza ceasefire. – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2953937/bidens-highly-damaging-call-for-immediate-ceasefire/
— Social contagion: Study shows that children grow out of the LGBT craze – Parker Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2953873/social-contagion-study-shows-that-children-grow-out-of-the-lgbt-craze/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Children are being coerced into surgically destroying themselves when they would otherwise move on from their angsty LGBT phases. A long-term study done in the Netherlands showed that over time, children grow out of their gender confusion. The study was conducted over 25 years using 2,772 11-year-olds from the general population. They were asked periodically to respond to the statement, “I wish to be the opposite sex.”)
— Joe Biden doesn’t ‘look’ weak. He is weak. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2953421/joe-biden-doesnt-look-weak-he-is-weak/
— Colorado county distances from Denver ‘sanctuary city’ policies by threatening busing companies. – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2954716/colorado-county-distances-from-denver-sanctuary-city-policies-by-threatening-busing-companies/
— The DEI elites have no clothes – Editorial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI big time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2952982/the-dei-elites-have-no-clothes/
— If the Senate needs evidence of Mayorkas’ impeachable offenses, look no further than his abuse of parole. – Rep. Dale Strong
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/2953580/if-the-senate-needs-evidence-of-mayorkas-impeachable-offenses-look-no-further-than-his-abuse-of-parole/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas Gov. Abbott vows to continue busing migrants to sanctuary cities ‘until we get a new president’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/04/04/us-news/texas-gov-abbott-will-keep-busing-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-until-we-get-a-new-president/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals now collecting more in welfare payments than disabled U.S. veterans. – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/illegals_now_collecting_more_in_welfare_payments_than_disabled_u_s_veterans_report.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Tucker Carlson asks if Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘being blackmailed’ to do the bidding of the left – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/04/tucker-asks-if-speaker-mike-johnson-is-being-blackmailed-to-do-the-bidding-of-the-left-1450000/
— State senator ditches Democrat Party after 40 YEARS to become a Republican – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/04/state-senator-ditches-democrat-party-after-40-years-to-become-a-republican-1450136/
— Illegal aliens takeover high school tennis courts after being booted from nearby hotel – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/04/illegal-aliens-reportedly-takeover-high-school-tennis-courts-after-being-booted-from-nearby-hotel-1450185/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Empty Executive Suite’: Boeing Insider Lays Out Company’s Descent Into Diversity Obsession – WILL KESSLER (COMMENT: I should write a book about the ever-growing DEI obsession in GAO, IRS, Post Office, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/04/empty-executive-suite-boeing-insider-lays-companys-diversity/

EPOCH TIMES
— Behind EV Push, a Wealth Transfer From Red to Blue Regions. Federal electric vehicle mandates are being criticized as ‘class warfare’ with far reaching implications for certain parts of America. – Kevin Stocklin
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-ev-push-a-wealth-transfer-from-red-to-blue-regions-5618119

FEDERALIST
— Madison Wisconsin Diverted $700,000 In Taxpayer Covid Relief To Illegal Aliens – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/05/madison-diverted-700000-in-taxpayer-covid-relief-to-illegal-aliens/
— Can The Recent Run Of Non-Woke Blockbusters Pull Hollywood Out Of Its Slump? – TYLER HUMMEL (COMMENT: I use my time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out instead of watching TV and movies.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/05/can-the-recent-run-of-non-woke-blockbusters-pull-hollywood-out-of-its-slump/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Philadelphia Prides Itself on Being a Sanctuary City, but Migrants Complain the City is Letting Them Down – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/04/philadelphia-prides-itself-being-sanctuary-city-migrants-complain-city-letting-them

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor urges Biden to grant work permits to half million illegal immigrants. Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago ‘will never turn its back’ on illegal migrants. – Jamie Joseph (COMMENT: How many illegals are in your county, township, municipality, and school district? How many have jobs because their employers got rid of citizens of America? How many are using their false identifications to vote?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-urges-biden-grant-work-permits-half-million-illegal-immigrants
— Biden’s economic boom is not for Americans, but for illegal immigrants. Last year, New York Gov. Hochul announced 18,000 jobs for asylum seekers as city’s migrant influx exceeded 125,000 people. – JESSE WATTERS
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-biden-economic-boom-americans-illegal-immigrants
— Some cities spending billions on benefits for illegal migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350285981112
— Media hit DeSantis for migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard, mum on influx to Florida under Biden parole. More than 386,000 migrants have traveled into the US via the CHNV program. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/media-hit-desantis-migrant-flights-marthas-vineyard-mum-influx-florida-under-biden-parole

GOPUSA
— Trump To Rake In $43 Million At Fundraiser, Dwarfing Biden’s Record $26 Million Haul
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-to-rake-in-43-million-at-fundraiser-dwarfing-bidens-record-26-million-haul/
— Teach Migrant Children English — Bilingual Ed Is A Scam
https://www.gopusa.com/teach-migrant-children-english-bilingual-ed-is-a-scam/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Measles Cases Rise as Illegal Aliens Show Up With Tuberculosis. Measles are popping up in the suburbs. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/chicago-measles-cases-rise-as-illegal-aliens-show-up-with-tuberculosis/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Harvard University to Offer Segregated Graduation Ceremonies Based on Race, Class, Sexuality – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/harvard-university-to-offer-segregated-graduation-ceremonies-based-on-race-class-sexuality/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Dumping Airborne Illegals Into Florida, Texas, to Wreck Red States – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/biden-dumping-airborne-illegals-into-florida-texas-to-wreck-red-states/

PJ MEDIA
— The Illegals Might Be in Control Before the Election – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2024/04/05/the-morning-briefing-n4927898#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— DeSantis Responds After Biden Flew 300,000 Illegal Immigrants to Florida. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/04/desantis-responds-after-biden-flew-300000-illegal-immigrants-to-florida-n2637350
— Illegal Immigrants Using Schools to Set up Encampments, Evade Arrest – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/04/illegal-immigrants-using-schools-to-set-up-encampments-evade-arrest-n2637360

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Sanctuary City Paradise: Tuberculosis Found in Chicago ‘Migrant Shelters’ – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/sanctuary-city-paradise-tuberculosis-found-chicago-migrant-shelters/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/biden-baltimore-family-visit/index.html

MSN
— Chicago alderman says tuberculosis, measles ‘crisis’ in migrant shelters may push away Black and Latino voters – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-alderman-says-tuberculosis-measles-crisis-in-migrant-shelters-may-push-away-black-and-latino-voters/ar-BB1l4Nrs
— GAO: Millions of older workers are nearing retirement with nothing saved – Aimee Picchi (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious a) that I began earning full-time credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, b) that I became eligible for early CSRS retirement in 1993 when I was 45 years old, and c) that my wife and I were able to save more for our retirement because she had a good job and because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/millions-of-older-workers-are-nearing-retirement-with-nothing-saved/ar-AA1eKOUh
— Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses leftists of blackmailing Mike Johnson into doing their bidding. – Alex Bollinger
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-accuses-leftists-of-blackmailing-mike-johnson-into-doing-their-bidding/ar-BB1l4A8V

NEWSWEEK
— The State Department Should Dump DEI – Paul du Quenoy (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government and since the 1960s, they have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans, b) to waste the careers of Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.newsweek.com/state-department-should-dump-dei-opinion-1887033

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/400-lawmakers-activists-actors-sign-letter-calling-biden-support-bills-racial-equity/story?id=108819577

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What Are We Told About the Health of Biden and Trump? They Decide. President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump are the oldest people ever to seek the presidency, challenging norms about what the public should know about candidates’ health. President Biden is 81 and his rival, Donald J. Trump, is 77, and many voters believe both men are too old for another term. – Michael D. Shear (COMMENT: The issue should be heath, not age. What do you stress in defense of your health? I stress the GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I put together and send out each and every morning.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/us/politics/biden-trump-health.html?searchResultPosition=1
— Judge Orders Timely Housing for Migrant Children Waiting at Border – Emily Baumgaertner
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/health/migrant-children-border-housing.html
— Ford Slows Its Push Into Electric Vehicles. The automaker said it would delay new battery-powered models and shift its focus to hybrid cars, sales of which are rising fast. – Neal E. Boudette
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/business/ford-delays-electric-vehicles.html
— FRONT PAGE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child a sexually active LGBTQer who is anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-parent, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/nyregion/nyc-schools-israel-lgbtq-black-history.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Border Patrol must care for migrant children who wait in camps for processing, a judge says – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/04/border-patrol-migrant-children-immigration/b693490a-f2a2-11ee-a4c9-88e569a98b58_story.html

USA TODAY
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders a) run America and b) shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/04/03/martin-luther-king-assassination-us-abandoned-black-leader/73169507007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Eric Adams welcomes Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to NYC with offer to sleep at a migrant shelter – MICHAEL GARTLAND (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) blame Republicans for the terrible problems their illegals cause.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/04/eric-adams-welcomes-texas-gov-greg-abbott-to-nyc-with-offer-to-sleep-at-a-migrant-shelter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mayor Adams offered a sarcastic helping hand to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during his New York City stay, saying Thursday that the Republican could sleep in a migrant shelter “so he can see what he has created.” Abbott, who has helped feed the migrant crisis in the city through a policy of busing thousands of migrants from Texas since 2022, was expected to be in New York for an annual Republican fundraiser. His sojourn to the Big Apple is widely viewed as a window into the GOP’s strategic thinking as the presidential contest and national congressional races heat up. Asked about the governor’s visit, Adams suggested Abbott lodge in one of the many Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs, that the city has set up to accommodate the more than 180,000 migrants who’ve flooded in during Adams’ term in City Hall. “I’m going to offer him a stay in one of the HERRCs, so he can see what he has created and understand how we are treating people with the dignity and respect that he should have shown,” Adams said during a press conference in City Hall. “I’m not quite sure why he’s here and what he’s doing while here,” the mayor continued. “But he’s going to see how you can manage the crisis with coordination.” Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to an email and declined to comment over the phone. For months, Adams has lambasted Abbott for failing to coordinate with the city in his response to the migrant situation and has blamed him for pawning off the crisis on cities around the U.S. He has also criticized President Biden over national immigration policy. The mayor, as well, has weathered his own criticisms, with advocates pouncing on him for seeking to diminish the city’s right to shelter law and for the waits for shelter some migrants have experienced. Adams has contended that his administration has been successful in encouraging migrants to find housing elsewhere by limiting shelter stays to 30 or 60 days. In January, he and the city’s top lawyer announced the city was suing 17 charter bus companies responsible for transporting migrants to New York. On Thursday night, Abbott addressed his policy of sending migrants to New York City, drawing a rebuke from an Adams spokesman. The Texas governor attempted to place blame for the policy on Adams, claiming he only started sending migrants to New York City after coming under criticism from the mayor. “After a while I figured, gosh, if I’m gonna get the criticism, I want to get the credit and thus began the busing of illegal migrants to the sanctuary city of New York,” he said at the state GOP’s annual gala at the Hilton in Midtown. The mayor’s office disputed that account. “Remember that [Abbott] lied in 2022 about this and falsely claimed we never reached out when we found he was bussing migrants to NYC before he finally admitted to doing so,” tweeted Adams spokesman Fabien Levy.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Welcome to Chicago, Democrats. Windy City progressives want to cancel the August Convention in their city. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-democratic-national-convention-byron-sigcho-lopez-brandon-johnson-joe-biden-50098275
— We’re Old, Retired—and Apparently Invisible. In recent years, it seems that young people don’t even see us. Are we imagining things? – Karen Kreider Yoder and Stephen Kreider Yoder (COMMENT: How old are you? I am 75. I should write a book about how older people are ever-increasingly dumped and especially those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, married, gun-owner, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time..)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-personal-story-invisible-8b22986d

INC.
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/new-attacks-on-affirmative-action-dei-likely-after-court-opens-minority-agency-to-whites.html

POLITICO
— Illinois GOP presidential election results. All 64 GOP delegates have been awarded in Illinois. Illinois’ GOP delegates in context
https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/illinois/#

PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-asylum-seekers-face-at-the-u-s-border-after-a-grueling-journey-through-mexico

DAILY MAIL
— Tuberculosis outbreak at Chicago migrant shelters sparks urgent contact tracing as officials say a FIFTH of Latin American arrivals carry the disease. The Chicago Department of Public Health said ‘a small number of cases’ were reported ‘in a few different shelters’ around the city. Health officials confirmed a fifth of Latin American arrivals carry TB, but it usually latent, not contagious, and asymptomatic. The TB cases come after 55 measles cases were detected in the city, the majority originating from the Pilsen migrant shelter. – ALEXA CIMINO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13272759/tuberculosis-outbreak-chicago-migrant-shelters-urgent-contact-tracing.html

April 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Some tuberculosis cases confirmed among migrants in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-what-is-tb-tuberculosis-symptoms-test/14608832/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14608935/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-can-receive-free-group-therapy-daily-necessities-from-southwest-collective-and-cps-parent-university-in-pilsen/14607707/
— CPD getting 3 new helicopters: 1 ahead of DNC for $11M, 2 with help from DHS. As of October, CPD only had 3 helicopters; it was not clear if new choppers would add to fleet or replace old aircraft.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-department-helicopter-democratic-national-convention-dhs/14607057/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. What percent of those who are struggling have used pot? I have never used pot and I never will. What might have you NOT accomplished if you had used pot? If I had used pot, I doubt that I would have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC in 1966, b) work my way through college, c) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, d) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, e) get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and by GAO in 1986, f) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, g) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, h) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, i) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, j) earn professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, or k) earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. If I had used pot, I doubt that I would have been able to a) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc. b) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, c) get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, d) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, f) etc.
https://www.aol.com/illinois-marijuana-law-aims-undo-205302473.html

NBC5
— Memories abound at Stratford Square Mall as closure looms
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/memories-abound-at-stratford-square-mall-as-closure-looms/3399800/

CBS2
— Another hike in Chicago budget for migrant crisis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/another-hike-in-chicago-budget-for-migrant-crisis/
— City of Chicago has spent $235 million on health care staffing firm tasked with helping migrants – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrant-health-care-staffing-firm-spending/
— Illinois bill would require schools to remove Native American images and names (COIMMENT: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. It is the “Home of the Warriors.”)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-bill-would-require-remove-native-american-images/

WGN9
— Illinois Republicans propose overhaul for Gov. Pritzker’s ‘anti-victim’ parole board after stabbing – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-republicans-propose-overhaul-for-gov-pritzkers-anti-victim-parole-board-after-stabbing/

FOX32
— ‘Migrant crime’: Trump attacks Biden over border policies. Former President Trump talked immigration and the border during a swing through the Midwest.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1435004

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans. To promote DEI is to lower standards.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/03/clarence-page-dei-corporations-conservatives-heritage-foundation/
— Naperville police make back-to-back loaded gun arrests in Topgolf parking lot – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/02/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-related-arrests/
— House speaker’s top lawyer leaves post after being behind ban on lawmakers answering Tribune questions. – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have done the most to stop me from asking Republican candidates questions at their press conferences. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/02/house-speakers-top-lawyer-leaves-post-after-being-behind-ban-on-lawmakers-answering-tribune-questions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Look for Chicago’s pension mess to become worse. That’s a bad sign for taxpayers. The city took in big tax revenues from federal COVID-19 bailouts, but Chicago’s pension shortfall still grew by $10 billion over the last five years. The warnings about a pension crisis will get worse as the COVID money runs dry. – Ted Dabrowski, Joshua Bandoch, Dennis LaComb and Ed Bachrach
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/04/02/chicago-pensions-shortfall-tax-hike-inequity-taxpayer-alliance-ted-dambrowski-bandoch-lacomb-bachrach
— To run Chicago better, Mayor Johnson needs to hire better. He should take the advice of Warren Buffett when it comes to hiring the people who will execute his plans: ‘Always associate yourself with people who are better than you.’- Terry Takash, Western Springs (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/04/02/mayor-johnson-city-hall-better-hires-interest-rate-cap-payday-lenders-states-attorney-letters

DAILY HERALD
— The former Trump aides who would rather not see him on the ballot. – Mariana Alfaro (COIMMENT: According to hate-filled, Trump-hating, Trump-haters, Trump fires people only for the wrong reasons. According to my critics/opponents, they take adverse actions against me only for the right reasons.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240402/nation-and-world-politics/the-former-trump-aides-who-would-rather-not-see-him-on-the-ballot/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Walgreens hit with $2.7 billion tax bill after IRS audit – Jon Asplund (COMMENT: IRS hired me in 1971 to be a Revenue Officer, not a Revenue Agent, because I had not majored in accounting. Back then, if not still today, IRS Revenue Agents looked down on IRS Revenue Officers. I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in 1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, it was too late because of up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination )
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/walgreens-hit-tax-bill-after-irs-audit
— Democrats and RINOs promote Durkin.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/jim-durkin-lands-croke-fairchild-duarte-beres
— Johnson to greenlight four Loop office-to-residential conversions – Danny Ecker (COMMENT: In 1974 I bought an studio apartment to condo conversion in the Outer Drive East building at 400 East Randolph. In 1976, I traded it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo. In 1978, I sold it for a $10,000 ($47,600 in today’s dollars) profit.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/loop-office-residential-conversions-moving-forward

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford state rep: $165 million available to communities willing to help asylum seekers – Chris Green (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasingly pressure from the Democrats and the RINOs who run your municipality to seek such money for their illegals.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/04/03/rockford-state-rep-165m-available-to-help-migrants/73178822007/

SOUTHERN & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use abortion to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/02/biden-campaign-argues-abortion-rights-ballot-measure-makes-it-easier-to-flip-florida-from-trump/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-hope-an-abortion-ballot-measure-could-make-florida-competitive/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors used IVF to promote hatred against me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-02/new-ad-campaign-from-democrats-targets-vulnerable-republicans-over-ivf
— Democrat leaders want minorities to vote because minorities vote for Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-02/why-theres-a-long-standing-voter-registration-gap-for-latinos-and-asian-americans

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/john-sinclair-marijuana-activist-immortalized-in-john-lennon-song-dies-detroit-receiving-hospital-guitar-world-flint-michigan-leni-sinclair-patricia-brown

WSIU
— Poll: Americans overwhelmingly reject criminalizing abortion, divided on other issues. – Steve Inskeep, Domenico Montanaro (COMMENT: I have always opposed promoting abortion.)
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-04-03/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-reject-criminalizing-abortion-divided-on-other-issues

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-260/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-62/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Hundreds of new sexual abuse and misconduct cases occur in CPS every year because the district never implemented real reforms.
https://wirepoints.org/hundreds-of-new-sexual-abuse-and-misconduct-occur-in-cps-every-year-because-the-district-never-implemented-real-reforms-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Suppose they held an election and nobody showed up? In Illinois, we’re getting there. – Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti (COMMENT: Because Pritzker ever-increasingly destroys Republicans in Illinois, it takes more and more and more courage to cast a Republican primary ballot in Illinois. Outstandingly, 133 had the courage to cast a Republican primary ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Of course, I will do everything that I can to protect them from Pritzker. I should write a book about what I did to protect the “controversial” Robert Sandberg, a Republican voter in my precinct, from nasty/vicious Democrats and RINOs. SEE: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/robert-sandberg-obituary?id=2825735 and https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/23/2-beaten-in-wheaton-store/ and https://www.dailyherald.com/20200716/news/downtown-wheaton-shopkeeper-remembered-for-doing-things-his-own-way/ and https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/09/14/fight-goes-to-the-heart-of-wheaton/ and https://www.dailyherald.com/20230213/news/its-in-good-hands-sandberg-building-sold-in-downtown-wheaton/ and https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sign-at-former-vietnamese-restaurant-spark-wheaton-protest/ )
https://wirepoints.org/suppose-they-held-an-election-and-nobody-showed-up-in-illinois-were-getting-there-wirepoints/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois Eighth Congressional District candidate: ‘this corrupt administration has and continues to allow deadly fentanyl and other illicit dangerous drugs to pour into our communities’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657516473-illinois-eighth-congressional-district-candidate-this-corrupt-administration-has-and-continues-to-allow-deadly-fentanyl-and-other-illicit-dangerous-drugs-to-pour-into-our-communities

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP National Committeeman Race Heats Up, Includes a Former State Party Chairman and a Wisconsin Voter (COMMENT: In 2008, as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, I organized and moderated a candidate forum for Illinois Republican Party National Committeeman.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/il-gop-national-committeeman-race-heats-up-includes-a-former-state-party-chairman-and-a-wisconsin-voter.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— RNC launches website highlighting Biden’s ‘bloodbath’ border crisis – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/2/rnc-launches-website-highlighting-joe-bidens-blood/
— Trump presses advantage on immigration issue, rails against ‘Biden Border Bloodbath’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/2/donald-trump-presses-advantage-on-immigration-issu/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump blasts Biden and Whitmer in Michigan over border crisis: ‘Stealing your money’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2950334/trump-biden-whitmer-michigan-over-border-crisis/
— Harvard professor calls to end mandatory DEI statements – Breccan F. Thies (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders a) require their followers to promote DEI and b) destroy those who do not promote DEI.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2950400/harvard-professor-calls-to-end-mandatory-dei-statements/
— Oregon recriminalizes drugs after state’s ‘huge mistake’ – Annabella Rosciglione
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2948968/oregon-recriminalizes-drugs-states-mistake/

NEW YORK POST
— Critics rage against NY’s proposed ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ they say curbs parents rights over kids’ transgender surgery. – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-news/ny-proposed-era-curbs-parents-rights-over-kids-transgender-surgery-opponents/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Farewell, Columbus Drive – Doug MacGregor
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/farewell_columbus_drive.html
— Resigning RINOs Threaten Trump and America – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/resigning_rinos_threaten_trump_and_america.html

BLAZE
— Walter Cronkite journalism school won’t let prospective propagandists graduate without taking radical DEI course – JOSEPH MACKINNON (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that I do not have a degree in journalism. But what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. I was a GAO Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,078/year.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/walter-cronkite-journalism-school-wont-let-prospective-propagandists-graduate-without-taking-radical-dei-course

BREITBART
— Michigan Poll Shows Trump Leading Biden as Voters Express Support for Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens – NICK GILBERTSON
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/02/michigan-poll-shows-trump-leading-biden-as-voters-express-support-for-mass-deportation-of-illegal-aliens/
— Alleged Financial Benefits of Diversity Vanish Under Scrutiny, Study Shows – SEAN MORAN (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to lower standards.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/02/alleged-financial-benefits-diversity-vanish-under-scrutiny-study-shows/

CENTER SQUARE
— GAO reports about $2.7 trillion in improper payments in two decades – Casey Harper (COMMENT: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e0f897fc-f137-11ee-811d-5b4aa35ab139.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Skyrocketing DEI certification programs create army of ‘political commissars.’ – LISA SCHIFFREN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders a) require their followers to promote DEI and b) destroy those who do not promote DEI.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/skyrocketing-dei-certification-programs-create-army-of-political-commissars-group-warns/

CHRISTIAN POST
— America has become a grooming culture – David Kubal (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly celebrate their success in making everyone sexually active LGBTQers.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/america-has-become-a-grooming-culture.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Communist China’s Contempt for America – Laurence F. Sanford (COMMENT: Of course, those who promote Communist China oppose me.)
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/communist-china-s-contempt-for-america

DAILY WIRE
— Over One Million Illegal Migrants Encountered At Southern Border In First Six Months Of Fiscal Year 2024 – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: How many of them are going to vote for Biden?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024
— ‘Every State Is Now A Border State’: Trump Visits Michigan To Address Illegal Immigrant’s Alleged Murder Of 25-Year-Old Woman – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-state-is-now-a-border-state-trump-visits-michigan-to-address-illegal-immigrants-alleged-murder-of-25-year-old-woman
— Florida Top Destination Of Migrants Flying To U.S. Under Biden Parole Program – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-top-destination-of-migrants-flying-to-u-s-under-biden-parole-program
— Corporate Giants Are Colluding To Demonetize Conservative Platforms. Advertising industry’s anti-conservative blacklist campaign could violate antitrust laws. – Rep. Jim Jordan
https://www.dailywire.com/news/docs-show-corporate-giants-are-colluding-to-demonetize-conservative-platforms-judiciary-committee-says

FEDERALIST
— Democrat Media Are Horrified At Trump’s Plan To End Federal Racial Discrimination – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: From what I see, virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are also minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/02/democrat-media-are-horrified-at-trumps-plan-to-end-federal-racial-discrimination/
— Four Years Later, Conservative Voters Haven’t Forgotten How Covid Tyrants Acted In Crisis – CHRISTINE WHITMORE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/03/four-years-later-conservative-voters-have-not-forgotten-how-covid-tyrants-acted-in-a-time-of-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— Migrant squatters found in NYC apartment with child face gun, drug charges – Michael Dorgan (COMMENT: NYC today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/suspected-migrant-squatters-found-nyc-222724395.html

MRC TV
— Analyzing Biden’s Prioritization of Transgender Issues Over Easter Holidays- TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/tierin-rose-mandelburg/bidens-trans-easter-chestfeeding-lizzo-mrctvs-tierin-rose-mandelburg

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Stolen-Election Litmus Tests Could Blacklist Competent Conservatives from Serving Trump – DAN MCLAUGHLIN (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals in America used their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stolen-election-litmus-tests-could-blacklist-competent-conservatives-from-serving-trump/

NEWSMAX
— RNC’s New Website Focuses on Biden’s Border ‘Bloodbath’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rnc-trump-biden/2024/04/02/id/1159527/

POST MILLENNIAL
— 90% of illegal immigrants entering US in Biden’s program allowing scheduled surrender arrive in Texas and Florida. The program lists 40 locations, but the two largest hubs are home to two of Biden’s most vocal state opponents on immigration. – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/90-of-illegal-immigrants-entering-us-in-bidens-program-allowing-scheduled-surrender-arrive-in-texas-and-florida

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Resident STUNS ENTIRE ROOM With FIERY SPEECH SLAMMING Illegal Immigrant Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuwzriP4R2s
— Pete Buttigieg Really Said These Remarks About Electric Cars – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/02/pete-buttigieg-is-the-worst-car-salesman-n2637284
— Here’s How Many ‘Known Gotaways’ Slipped Into the U.S. Last Week – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/04/02/number-of-known-gotaways-illegally-entering-the-us-continues-to-spike-n2637267

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump says Election Day will be referred to as ‘Christian Visibility Day’ after attacks over transgender holiday – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4571038-trump-election-day-will-be-christian-visibility-day-after-attacks-over-transgender-holiday/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4570571-lgbtq-americans-twice-likely-experience-discrimination-health-care-poll/

MSN
— Because workers who were killed in the bridge collapse were migrants filling potholes, Democrats call pothole filling dangerous work.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/advocates-call-for-immigrant-protection-after-workers-killed-in-bridge-collapse/ar-BB1kY659
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/advocates-immigrant-protection-workers-killed-key-bridge-collapse/60373970

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Durkin.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/growing-chicago-firm-hires-former-leading-republican-state-lawmaker-2024-04-02/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-lgbt-activists-celebrate-vote-that-brings-marriage-equality-closer-2024-04-02/

CNN & MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/health/lgbt-health-care-discrimination-kff-survey/index.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/best-cities-for-lgbtq-people-to-raise-a-family/ar-BB1kXLZD

AOL
— Rhode Island GOP party goes ‘all volunteer’ after executive director steps down. What that means. – PATRICK ANDERSON (COMMENT: Who is the conservative outreach/volunteer coordinator for the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.aol.com/ri-gop-party-goes-volunteer-191219620.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Rhode Island Republican Party’s executive director has stepped down and, at least in the short term, will not be replaced. Jesus Solorio, who was hired as state GOP executive director in March 2022, announced Monday that he had left the party to form his own political consultancy. “It’s been an honor serving as the Rhode Island GOP executive director for the past two years,” Solorio wrote in a news release, which described the specialty of his new firm, Homan Street Strategies, as “empowering candidates with the precise tools and strategies needed to turn blue seats red.” During his time at the Rhode Island Republican Party, Solorio saw very few blue seats turn red in Rhode Island as Democrats maintained their grip on statewide offices and most city halls and commanding majorities in the General Assembly. State party Chairman Joe Powers Monday said the organization had “not put in a plan to fill the position straight away” and would be returning to the all-volunteer arrangement that was in place from 2018 until Solorio’s hiring in 2022. Solorio came to Rhode Island from Illinois, where he had been the Latino outreach/volunteer coordinator for then-candidate and future one-term governor Bruce Rauner before launching his own unsuccessful campaign for Congress. Solorio was alerted to the Rhode Island job by Ashley Kalus, a fellow Rauner campaign alum who won the Republican nomination for governor of Rhode Island in 2022, but lost to Gov. Dan McKee. More recently, Solorio came under pressure in January when the party struggled to collect the necessary signatures to get all Republican presidential candidates on the state primary ballot. The four Republicans challenging presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump did ultimately qualify for the primary ballot.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois Republicans propose overhaul for Gov. Pritzker’s ‘anti-victim’ parole board after stabbing. – AP
https://wtop.com/national/2024/04/illinois-republicans-propose-overhaul-for-gov-pritzkers-anti-victim-parole-board-after-stabbing/

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Installs New Anti-Climb Fence at Border
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-installs-new-anti-climb-fence-border-1886199
— Donald Trump Warns ‘Housewives’ That Migrants Will Crawl in Their Windows
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-migrants-border-speech-michigan-1886238

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINOS leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/politics/legal-pathway-refugees-election.html
— Tesla’s Sales Drop, a Sign That Its Grip on the E.V. Market Is Slipping. Sales of the company’s electric cars dropped in the first three months of the year, even as other automakers sold more battery-powered vehicles. – Jack Ewing and Neal E. Boudette
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/business/tesla-auto-sales-first-quarter.html

USA TODAY
— The amount of money Americans think they need to retire comfortably hits record high – Medora Lee (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System pension and my retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2024/04/02/retirement-magic-number-study/73170172007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/03/27/immigration-lawyers-court-deportation-fairness-freedom-act/73029742007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States, WSJ Poll Finds. Incumbent trails in most battlegrounds that decided 2016 and 2020 elections. – Aaron Zitner (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will flood these swing states with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-biden-poll-swing-states-ad594acb
— The New Magic Number for Retirement Is $1.46 Million. Here’s What It Tells Us. There is no single formula for how much you need to save in your 401(k). – Anne Tergesen (COMMENT: My retirement savings are significantly less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-savings-needed-increased-2024-9f7c01e0
— Gen Z is determined to be richer than their parents, so they’ll return to the office and ditch their social life if it means getting a pay rise. – Eleanor Pringle (COMMENT: What did you do to “be richer?” I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. But my critics/opponents stress that with all that, I still never made more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/gen-z-is-determined-to-be-richer-than-their-parents-so-they-ll-return-to-the-office-and-ditch-their-social-life-if-it-means-getting-a-pay-rise/ar-BB1jOPWb
— IRS’s Most Wanted: The $200,000 Man. Sixty-three percent of new audits last year were aimed at middle-class filers. – Editorial (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 when I was a 29 year old $106,785/year (in today’s dollars) Revenue Officer mainly because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, but also because I had avoided the draft and because I was a White male and that did not help them meet their Affirmative Action quotas. They outrageously and falsely argued that the graduate Loyola business and DePaul accounting courses I deducted were not related to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, qualified me for a new trade or business, and were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. They outrageously and falsely ignored/dismissed/belittled that fact that the employee manual they gave me encouraged me to take the courses, the content of my position descriptions, and the reasons I gave for my taking the courses in my Loyola and DePaul applications. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-tax-collectors-audit-middle-class-tigta-5071d622