March 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hostile staff, bad food, filth — that’s life in city’s shelters, migrants say. The 248 grievances obtained through a public records act request include many complaints about hostile treatment by the staff of the Kansas-based company the city hired to run the shelters. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/29/chicago-migrants-grievances-focus-mostly-on-treatment-by-shelter-staff
— It shouldn’t be so hard to become an educated voter. What’s really needed is to shore up local news. Voters say they don’t have access to clear, unbiased information on candidates amid a well-documented decline of local newspapers and news media. – Editorial (COMMENT: My having served 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, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, etc., have provided me with lots of information on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/03/01/election-2024-voting-polls-candidate-info-decline-news-media-democracy-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: State and federal agencies deny role in diaper shortage at Chicago’s migrant shelters – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/02/state-and-federal-agencies-deny-role-in-diaper-shortage-at-chicagos-migrant-shelters/
— Walgreens and CVS plan to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone soon – AP (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/cvs-and-walgreens-plan-to-start-dispensing-abortion-pill-mifepristone-soon/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/revitalizing-cannabis-retail-how-nuera-is-leading-the-charge-in-illinois/
— How would social media regulation affect Illinois?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/02/how-would-illinois-fare-if-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-gop-states-efforts-to-regulate-social-media-platforms/

NBC5
— Biden approves military airdrops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left more than 100 dead. The president announced the move after at least 115 Palestinians were killed Thursday when witnesses said nearby Israeli troops opened fire as huge crowds raced to pull goods off an aid convoy. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-approve-air-drops-aid-into-gaza/3370974/
— For lesbian couples in Alabama, court’s embryo ruling is chilling. “You can prepare for all the money for IVF; you cannot prepare for ‘Oh, my gosh, I need to get my embryos out of Alabama immediately,’” one prospective parent told NBC News. – Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Alexandra Chaidez and Madison Hahamy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/alabama-lesbian-couples-ivf-embryo-ruling-chilling/3371143/

CBS2
— Alabama legislature approves bills to protect IVF after state Supreme Court ruling – Melissa Quinn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alabama-ivf-bill-house-to-protect-ivf/

WGN9
— State Rep. Margaret Croke is introducing a bill to expand the number of rounds of IVF protected under insurance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvfgJ90Le7k

WGN RADIO
— Pastor Brooks on how D.E.I. policies are hurting his community – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-pastor-brooks-on-how-d-e-i-policies-are-hurting-his-community/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Walgreens to begin selling abortion pill this month – Katherine Davis (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/walgreens-cvs-will-begin-selling-abortion-pill
— A local medical association is the latest battleground in the fight over diversity programs – Kelsey Butler and Fiona Rutherford (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use diversity to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/american-academy-dermatology-rosemont-dei-battleground#/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker doesn’t call out critics, just calls them names – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-doesnt-call-out-critics-just-calls-them-names/article_7b1ab010-598d-5e3d-8ec3-c49ce2596c5e.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— More new studies show Illinois’ ‘equity’ obsession failing its own purpose – Mark Glennon
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/mark-glennon-more-new-studies-show-illinois-equity-obsession-failing-its-own-purpose/article_5d363302-d7ce-11ee-ab84-2fb8c788aa33.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois GOP legislators react to judge ordering Trump’s removal from ballot – Catrina Petersen
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/illinois-gop-legislators-react-to-judge-ordering-trumps-removal-from-ballot/article_3ede3840-d7f7-11ee-86c3-0b5ceb7fd983.html

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-redirecting-30m-of-marijuana-taxes-to-minority-communities/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans question affordability of Governor’s budget, call for tax reforms. – Marlena Lang
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-republicans-question-affordability-of-governors-budget-call-for-tax-reforms

WAND TV
— Pritzker, Democratic lawmakers stress IVF treatment protected in Illinois – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a disgusting rich selfish DINK (dual income, no kids) who did not want children, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents. Further, they strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had married earlier and had children like they did, I would not have been able to earn a) three job related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, or c) a job-related professional license. Further, they strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sued them.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-democratic-lawmakers-stress-ivf-treatment-protected-in-illinois/article_9c8d8fee-d816-11ee-856f-8f3d74fac5a0.html
https://www.wandtv.com/pritzker-democratic-lawmakers-stress-ivf-treatment-protected-in-illinois/video_d169a15c-47c6-5146-93d6-e7b7e2a58818.html

WGEM
— Poor People’s Campaign to march in Springfield, other state capitals Saturday – Max Cotton (COMMENT: My parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and teachers promoted personal responsibility. What did you do to avoid being poor? I a) took college preparatory courses in high school, b) got an ACT score of 24, c) graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class, d) worked my way through college, and e) earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were rich. Who bought them cars. Who paid for their college expenses. Who got them good jobs.)
https://www.wgem.com/2024/03/01/poor-peoples-campaign-march-springfield-other-state-capitals-saturday/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/bill-would-allow-lawsuits-over-unintended-pregnancies-create-public-abortion-fund

CBS MILWAUKEE
— Illinois among first states where women can pick up prescription abortion pill – Michele Fiore
https://www.cbs58.com/news/Illinois-among-first-states-where-women-can-pick-up-abortion-pill

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://chicagodefender.com/loan-applications-open-for-licensed-social-equity-cannabis-dispensaries/

AURORA PATCH
— Democrats push pot in Aurora.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/new-cannabis-dispensary-opens-aurora
— Plan For 4th Of July Fireworks In Aurora Announced – Emily Rosca (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect since 2000.)
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/plan-4th-july-fireworks-aurora-announced

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-45/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— South Carolina senator Tim Scott would be ideal running mate for Donald Trump – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/south-carolina-senator-tim-scott-would-be-ideal-ru/
— Trump ponders 15 or 16 weeks as abortion limit – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/trump-ponders-15-or-16-weeks-abortion-limit/
— Congresswoman announces bill to declare border ‘invasion’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/congresswoman-announces-bill-to-declare-border-inv/
— Nikki Haley says she’s not ‘anti-Trump,’ she’s just pro-America – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/nikki-haley-says-shes-not-anti-trump-shes-just-pro/
— House Majority Whip Emmer calls border ‘Joe Biden’s crime scene’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/tom-emmer-calls-border-joe-bidens-crime-scene/
— Lisa Murkowski first senator to endorse Nikki Haley’s presidential bid – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/lisa-murkowski-is-first-senator-to-endorse-nikki-h/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 13 states move forward with legislation that would determine embryos are people – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2899823/states-moving-forward-legislation-embryos-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 83)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-83/

NEW YORK POST
— Greg Abbott downplays Trump running mate interest: ‘I’m staying in Texas’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/gov-greg-abbott-downplays-trump-vp-interest-im-staying-in-texas/
— Biden twice refers to Gaza as ‘Ukraine’ when announcing US aid as concerns over president’s mental acuity mount – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/biden-twice-refers-to-gaza-as-ukraine-when-announcing-us-aid-drops/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Rise of illegals carries a hefty price tag in more ways than one – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/education/2024/03/01/rise-of-illegals-carries-a-hefty-price-tag-in-more-ways-than-one/
— Volkswagen Promotes the LGBTQ Lifestyle
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2024/03/volkswagen-promotes-the-lgbtq-lifestyle/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Orwell spins in his grave as Biden regime redefines illegal aliens as ‘newcomers’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended schools in DuPage County and I never was a member of a church in DuPage County.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/01/orwell-spins-in-his-grave-as-biden-regime-redefines-illegal-aliens-as-newcomers-1441544/

BREITBART
— American Psychological Association Policy Promotes K-12 Transgenderism – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/01/american-psychological-association-policy-promotes-k-12-transgenderism/
— Elon Musk ‘Ringing Alarm Bells’ over Biden Border Crisis ‘Crushing Country’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/03/01/elon-musk-ringing-alarm-bells-over-biden-border-crisis-crushing-country/

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— Catholic bishops object to Senate IVF bill, warn against deaths of preborn children – Tyler Arnold
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256977/catholic-bishops-object-to-senate-ivf-bill-warn-against-deaths-of-preborn-children

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Georgia Murder Case Highlights Problems with ‘Alternatives to Detention’ – Jon Feere
https://cis.org/Feere/Georgia-Murder-Case-Highlights-Problems-Alternatives-Detention

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fact-Checking 4 Big Claims Biden Made at the Border in Texas – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/29/fact-checking-4-biden-border-claims/
— Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Slams ADL Attack on CPAC Based on Contested ‘Neo-Nazi’ Claims – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/01/slanderous-orthodox-jewish-rabbi-slams-adl-attack-cpac-contested-neo-nazi-claims/
— American Paralysis and Decline – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/01/american-paralysis-and-decline/

DAILY WIRE
— Pope Francis Torches Leftist Gender Ideology: ‘The Ugliest Danger’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pope-francis-torches-leftist-gender-ideology-the-ugliest-danger
— More DEI/Medical School Garbage. This Time It’s UCLA. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-dei-medical-school-garbage-this-time-its-ucla

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— The Truth Behind the Alabama IVF Decision – Joel Vaughan (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/the-truth-behind-the-alabama-ivf-decision/

FOX BUSINESS
— Joe Biden is a hopeless open border man. Biden wants to call illegal aliens “newcomers.” – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/larry-kudlow-joe-biden-hopeless-open-border-man
— Google’s ‘echo chamber’ workplace clouding its impartiality: former employee. The former Google employee said he was fired for being outspoken on politics and his conservative views. – James DeRosa Jr.(COMMENT: Notwithstanding my bad demographics, if I had promoted the Democrat Party platform, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-echo-chamber-workplace-clouding-impartiality-former-employee

FOX NEWS
— Chicago activist decries handouts to ‘newcomers’ illegal migrants. Chicago community organizer Jessica Jackson blasts the ‘millions of dollars’ directed to illegal migrants amid the worsening border crisis on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6348046274112
— Biden’s reversal of Trump policies created border crisis, expert says: ‘intentionally unsecured it’ Polls show voters give President Biden low marks on immigration policy. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bidens-reversal-trump-policies-created-border-crisis-expert-says-intentionally-unsecured

GOPUSA
— Trump Calls Border Crisis ‘Biden Invasion’
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-calls-border-crisis-biden-invasion/
— Trump’s Fainthearted SCOTUS Picks Could Doom Him In DC Election Case
https://www.gopusa.com/trumps-fainthearted-scotus-picks-could-doom-him-in-dc-election-case/

HOT AIR
— NY Governor to Prioritize Illegal Migrants for State Jobs
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/03/01/ny-governor-to-prioritize-illegal-migrants-for-state-jobs-n3783858#google_vignette

NEW AMERICAN
— Arizona Advances Bill to Allow Property Owners to Use Deadly Force on Trespassing Illegal Immigrants – James Murphy
https://thenewamerican.com/us/arizona-advances-bill-to-allow-property-owners-to-use-deadly-force-on-trespassing-illegal-immigrants/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Open Borders Media Turn Riley’s Murder into ‘Republicans Pounce’ Story – Bill D’Agostino
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2024/03/01/open-borders-media-turn-rileys-murder-republicans-pounce-story

NEWSMAX
— Elon Musk ‘Ringing Alarm Bell’ on Illegal Immigrants – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/elon-musk-illegal-immigration-san-diego/2024/03/01/id/1155638/
— Va. Bill Would Allow Noncitizens to Serve in Law Enforcement – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/virginia-law-enforcement-daca/2024/03/01/id/1155582/

PJ MEDIA
— LGBTQ Group Promotes Event With 6-Year-Old Drag Queen – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/01/lgbtq-group-promotes-event-with-6-yr-old-drag-queen-n4926929

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Public Schools Will Be Even More Dangerous Without School Resource Officers – Chris Talgo
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2024/03/02/chicago-public-schools-will-be-even-more-dangerous-without-school-resource-officers-n2635982
— The White House Tries Out a New Term for Illegal Aliens – Spencer Brown (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended any schools in DuPage County, I have never raised children in DuPage County, and I never was a member of a church in DuPage County.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/03/01/the-white-house-tries-out-a-new-term-for-illegal-aliens-and-hoo-boy-n2635922
— Schools in This Blue City Are Struggling to Accommodate Illegal Immigrants – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/01/denver-schools-immigrants-n2635934
— Biden’s Open Border Nightmare
https://townhall.com/podcasts/townhallreview/2024/03/01/biden%E2%80%99s-open-border-nightmare

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans, and especially by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4501137-disparities-persist-60-years-after-passage-of-civil-rights-act-report-finds/
— House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Tuberville’s military holds – REBECCA BEITSCH (COMMENT: An IRS manager promoted me to GS-12 in 1974 when I was 25, but my Democrat IRS superiors soon got rid of him and blocked my promotion to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5. A GAO manager promoted me to GS-13 1986 but my Democrat GAO superiors soon got rid of him and blocked my promotion to GS-14.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4444473-tuberville-military-hold-house-oversight-democrats-investigation/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Michigan GOP expected to unite behind Trump despite internal strife at nominating convention – JOEY CAPPELLETTI (COMMENT: Will the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) unite behind Trump? Will the IRP invite Trump to speak at the IRP State Convention? Who are the candidates running to serve as IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman? Do they back Trump or Haley? Who do each of the IRP State Central Committee members back, Trump or Haley? What are their weighted votes?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-gop-expected-to-unite-behind-trump-despite-internal-strife-at-nominating-convention/ar-BB1jcBjZ
— Jill Biden casts Donald Trump as a threat to women as she opens a tour of battleground states – BILL BARROW (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always cast me as being a threat to minorities, women, and younger people because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, because I oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-women-voters-2024-election-kamala-trump-f631c7ea6f14baaee8a30470f033a94b

REUTERS
— Amid infighting, Michigan Republicans set to deliver Trump another win – Nathan Layne
https://srnnews.com/amid-infighting-michigan-republicans-set-to-deliver-trump-another-win/

EMEA TRIBUNE
— Michigan Republicans prepare for fraught delegate convention
https://emeatribune.com/michigan-republicans-prepare-for-fraught-delegate-convention/

CNBC
— NYC Eric Adams on migrant crisis: Most important thing we can do right now is allow them to work. (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lDFG1LhDYw

MSN
— Maine residents in uproar over $13million ‘Taj Mahal’ migrant housing complex where asylum seekers can stay RENT FREE in luxury apartments for two years – Bethany Saxton
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/maine-residents-in-uproar-over-13million-taj-mahal-migrant-housing-complex-where-asylum-seekers-can-stay-rent-free-in-luxury-apartments-for-two-years/ar-BB1jbnCr

YAHOO
— Duckworth’s doctor told her she was too old to have a baby. Now the mom of 2 is fighting to protect IVF access for others. – Maressa Brown (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sen-tammy-duckworths-doctor-told-her-she-was-too-old-to-have-a-baby-now-the-mom-of-2-is-fighting-to-protect-ivf-access-for-others-193920712.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans, and especially by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/black-americans-significant-economic-civil-rights-progress-threatened-107717198

CBS NEWS
— New law could end shelter stay limits for migrants in New York City – Jennifer Bisram
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-migrant-shelters-stay-limits-could-end-under-new-law/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Big Change Between the 2020 and 2024 Races: Biden Is Unpopular. Donald Trump has the largest national lead in an NYT poll since first running for president in 2015. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/upshot/poll-biden-trump-2024.html
— Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/politics/biden-trump-times-siena-poll.html
— Haley appears to want to have it both ways in the Republican primary: She’s running as the voice of Republicans looking for an alternative to Trump — but she doesn’t want to be labeled an anti-Trump Republican. – Jazmine Ulloa
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/01/us/trump-haley-biden-election
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/upshot/pregnancy-birth-timing-preference.html
— Biden Says U.S. Will Airdrop Aid Into Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/01/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news
— Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost? The analysis found that former students at most colleges had an annual income higher than high school graduates a decade after enrollment. – Ann Carrns (COMMENT: How much were you earning 10 years after you graduated from high school? I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. 10 years later, in 1976, I was earning $103,549/year in today’s dollars. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I owned a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago, a town home in University Park, a 1972 Corvette, and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. That put me ahead of my high school classmates who had not earned any college degrees. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I never would have been able to do the aforesaid if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/your-money/college-degree-graduate-income.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Law Gives Presidents Vast Powers To Protect the Border, and Trump Would Use Them. From Eagle Pass, Texas, Trump makes clear that he would use the powers that Congress and the Constitution give our president. – LAWRENCE KUDLOW
https://www.nysun.com/article/beyond-the-hoopla-the-law-gives-presidents-vast-powers-to-protect-the-border-and-trump-would-use-them

USA TODAY
— ‘No minimum age to start’: Illinois teen says investing young allowed her to buy Tesla. – Emilee Coblentz (COMMENT: Sophia Castiblanco certainly puts me to shame. I worked 18 months part-time washing dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time during the summer of 1965 to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/01/young-investor-sophia-castiblanco/72760552007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Almost Everything Is Going Trump’s Way—Except Financially. Presidential candidate scores political and legal wins but faces cash crunch. – Alex Leary (COMMENT: What cash crunches have you faced? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my income dropped by $84,910/year (57%) in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their retirement “offer.” In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my income dropped by $22,996/year (21%) in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/almost-everything-is-going-trumps-wayexcept-financially-3dcba082
— FRONT PAGE: Mitch McConnell Couldn’t Fend Off Trump’s Populist Takeover. Senate leader who stymied Democrats was ultimately a casualty of GOP’s antiestablishment turn. – Molly Ball
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/mitch-mcconnell-couldnt-fend-off-trumps-populist-takeover-4b8d2ecb

FORBES
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government (GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969), they gave preference big time to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those 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. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2024/03/01/would-gender-diversity-improve-if-we-selected-leaders-on-skills/
— Does Donald Trump Really Have $400 Million in Cash?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/03/02/heres-how-much-cash-donald-trump-has/

NPR
— Some politicians who supported legalizing marijuana now want to curb ‘potent pot’ – Martin Kaste
https://www.tspr.org/2024-03-01/some-politicians-who-supported-legalizing-marijuana-now-want-to-curb-potent-pot

PEW RESEARCH
— Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity – SCOTT KEETER, ANNA BROWN AND DANA POPKY (COMMEMT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who use their targets’ demographics against their targets the most. I would focus on those who target those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who target those who share their own demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2024/02/12/who-are-you-the-art-and-science-of-measuring-identity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our main religion question asks respondents to choose from 11 groups that encompass 97% of the U.S. public: eight religious groups and three categories of people who don’t affiliate with a religion. Other, less common faiths are measured by respondents writing in their answer. Our questions have evolved in response to a rise in the share of Americans who do not identify with any religion and to the growing diversity in the country’s population. (Chapter 1) Measuring income is challenging because it is both sensitive and sometimes difficult for respondents to estimate. We ask for a person’s “total family income” the previous calendar year from all sources before taxes, in part because that may correspond roughly to what a family computed for filing income taxes. To reduce the burden, we present ranges (e.g., “$30,000 to less than $40,000”) rather than asking for a specific number. (Chapter 2) We ask about political party affiliation using a two-part question. People who initially identify as an independent or “something else” (instead of as a Republican or Democrat) and those who refuse to answer receive a follow-up question asking whether they lean more to the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. In many of their attitudes and behaviors, those who only lean to a party greatly resemble those who identify with it. (Chapter 3) Our gender question tries to use terminology that is easily understood. It asks, “Do you describe yourself as a man, a woman or in some other way?” Amid national conversation on the subjects, gender and sexual orientation are topics on the cutting edge of survey measurement. (Chapter 4) In part because we use U.S. Census Bureau estimates to statistically adjust our data, we ask about race and Hispanic ethnicity separately, just as the census does. People can select all races that apply to them. In the future, the census may combine race and ethnicity into one question. (Chapter 5) A person’s age tells us both where they fall in the life span, indicating what social roles and responsibilities they may have, and what era or generation they belong to, which may tell us what events in history had an effect on their political or social thinking. We typically ask people to report just the year of their birth, which is less intrusive than their exact date of birth. (Chapter 6)

MS. MAGAZINE & NPR & WASHINGTON POST & VOA & NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & NEW YORKER
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://msmagazine.com/2022/10/21/men-responsible-unwanted-pregnancies-gabrielle-blair/
https://msmagazine.com/2022/05/26/impregnators-pa-bill-hold-fathers-liable-unwanted-pregnancies-wrongful-conception-abortion/
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130113865/book-by-mom-of-six-puts-onus-on-men-to-stop-unwanted-pregnancies
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/19/ejaculate-responsibly-book/
https://www.voanews.com/a/male-birth-control-shots-could-lower-unwanted-pregnancies-worldwide/3568828.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12636318
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/opinion/abortion-laws-men.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/planned-parenthood-means-fewer-abortions

MEDIAITE
— Haley Bashes Trump and Other Male Politicians for ‘Demonizing’ Issue of Abortion: ‘The Fellas Just Don’t Know How to Talk About This – Sarah Rumpf (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/haley-bashes-trump-and-other-male-politicians-for-demonizing-issue-of-abortion-the-fellas-just-dont-know-how-to-talk-about-this/

GUARDIAN
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/28/why-do-politicians-still-force-women-through-unwanted-pregnancies-dame-billie-miller-barbados

March 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Former President Trump’s campaign appeals ruling that he should be taken off Illinois ballot. Trump’s place on Illinois primary ballot effectively, but indirectly, up to Supreme Court. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-illinois-ballot-news/14479568/
— Biden and Trump deliver dueling remarks in visits at the Texas border – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/joe-biden-donald-trump-immigration-texas/14478880/
— Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/sb4-texas-law-immigration-judge-david-ezra-migrants/14479927/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-marijuana-dispensary-social-equity-near-me/14470718/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14481556/
— Chicago leaders watch Biden, Trump border visits closely with eye on migrant arrivals – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-joe-biden-donald-trump-us-mexico-border/14481418/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNL8YuKBFlA

NBC5
— Migrant families report lack of basic supplies at Chicago shelter – Randy Gyllenhaal
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/migrant-families-report-lack-of-basic-supplies-at-chicago-shelter/3370285/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-women-queer-and-non-binary-students-of-color-create-group-to-fight-prejudice-in-legal-field/3370124/

CBS2
— The Republican-led Alabama House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve legal protections to health care entities that provide in vitro fertilization services. – Melissa Quinn (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alabama-ivf-bill-house-to-protect-ivf/
— Migrants ration diapers, wipes amid citywide shortage at shelters. A mutual aid group is doing something about the problem. – Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/migrants-ration-diapers-wipes-amid-citywide-shortage-at-shelters/

WGN9
— Migrants report diaper, hygiene product shortage in Chicago shelters – Gaynor Hall
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/migrants-report-diaper-hygiene-product-shortage-in-chicago-shelters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVybU8DEyY

FOX32
— Migrants living in Chicago shelters seeing shortage of diapers, nutritious food – Tia Ewing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-in-chicago-seeing-shortage-diapers-nutritious-food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWvdOUCKMg8
— Frequent marijuana use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk – Daniel Miller (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/frequent-marijuana-use-heart-attack-stroke-risk
— ‘Time to act’: Biden, Trump battle at the border in Texas. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border on Thursday, and had some choice words.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1419027
— Chicago residents concerned after 8 armed robberies in 90 minutes. A wave of armed robberies occurred within an hour and half Thursday morning in the Logan Square neighborhood.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1419120
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/alabama-frozen-embryo-ivf-illinois-pritzker

WTTW
— New Law Would Ban Illinois Auto Insurers From Using Race, Gender in Setting Rates. – Amanda Vinicky (COMMENT: I have been driving since I was 16 years old in 1964 and I am proud to say that I have never caused an accident.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/29/new-law-would-ban-illinois-auto-insurers-using-race-gender-setting-rates

WBEZ
— Migrants move out of two Oak Park shelters. What’s next for them? The western suburb has housed 160 migrants since November. Two shelter sites closed this week, but local groups are working to fill the gap. – Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
https://www.wbez.org/stories/oak-park-migrants-move-out-of-shelters/05b066d1-7fb0-4261-900a-9ad35bb1d9aa
— Migrants in Chicago file complaints about hostile treatment across city shelters. From June 2023 to January 2024, migrants living in city-run shelters lodged 248 grievances, WBEZ found. Venezuelan migrant families, living at the Super 8 Motel in Rogers Park, walk their kids to Jordan Community School on the first day of the Chicago Public School year on August 21, 2023. A migrant living here accused a staffer of denying toiletries. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-migrant-shelter-complaints-about-racist-remarks/238e50c9-fb48-432b-a510-53ced3d5ca05

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: City and state quickly moves thousands of migrants from shelters into homes across the South and West sides. But will they stay? – Neil Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/city-and-state-quickly-moves-thousands-of-migrants-from-shelters-into-homes-across-the-south-and-west-sides-but-will-they-stay/
— Trump’s lawyers seek reversal of ruling that dropped former president from Illinois GOP primary ballot. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/29/donald-trumps-lawyers-seek-reversal-of-ruling-that-dropped-former-president-from-illinois-gop-primary-ballot/
— IRS turns to wealthy non-filers in push to get more tax dollars – BLOOMBERG (COMMENT: As an IRS Collection Division employee for almost 9 years, I worked many non-filer cases.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/29/irs-turns-to-wealthy-non-filers-in-push-to-get-more-tax-dollars/
— Migrants report reusing soiled diapers on babies amid essential goods shortages in Chicago shelters – NELL SALZMAN, LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA, and KATE ARMANINI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/29/migrants-report-reusing-soiled-diapers-on-babies-amid-essential-goods-shortages-in-chicago-shelters/
— FRONT PAGE: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/gov-j-b-pritzker-is-backing-abortion-rights-ballot-measures-across-nation-but-little-on-the-horizon-in-illinois/
— How many Chicago Democrats are for Nikki Haley? – Will Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/will-johnson-how-many-chicago-democrats-are-for-nikki-haley/
— We have a country to save – Nikki Haley
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/nikki-haley-we-have-a-country-to-save/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/29/alabama-embryo-ivf-gop-republican-anti-abortion-mona-charen
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/02/29/gov-pritzker-washington-abortion-ivf-joe-biden-harris-nevada-democrats-ohio-virginia-2024-election
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/29/afghanistan-refugees-immigration-green-card-application-legal-help-religious-persecution

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: County board Chair Corinne Pierog says Kane County is a sanctuary county because of state legislation approved in 2017 and signed by then Governor Bruce Rauner. – James Fuller (COMMENT: I have always supported the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform. I should write a book about Rauner promoters who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I support that plank.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240229/local-politics/pierog-sanctuary-status-for-kane-county-already-decided-by-state-law/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Trust Act made 102 counties in the state of Illinois what you would consider a sanctuary county,” Pierog told the raucous audience. “You are asking if I’m advocating Kane County be a sanctuary county? That was already done by a Republican governor. I cannot undo state law.”)
— Duckworth ever-increasingly uses IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240228/us-congress-politics/duckworth-says-shell-keep-working-to-preserve-ivf-despite-senate-setback/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO companies ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/anti-dei-lawsuits-take-toll-targeted-companies

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ask “Are the top candidates to replace McConnell MAGA enough?” To be MAGA is to defend and promote the Republican Party platform.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/29/are-the-top-candidates-to-replace-mcconnell-maga-enough/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hated against Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/business/briefs/2024/03/01/acknowledging-equality-of-men-and-women-benefits-everyone/72795129007/

HERALD WHIG
— IRS launches crackdown on 125,000 wealthy ‘non-filers.’ The IRS plans to go after 125,000 high-income earners who did not file tax returns going back to 2017. – AP (COMMENT: As an IRS Collection Division employee for almost 9 years, I worked many non-filer cases.)
https://www.whig.com/ap/business/irs-launches-crackdown-on-125-000-wealthy-non-filers/article_c5a8e71a-bf18-5838-9767-2090e390ef75.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use crimes against LGBTQers to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/03/01/campus/students-honor-transgender-nonbinary-teen-nex-benedict-at-vigil/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Ex-Elmhurst University music instructor sues, saying school discriminated against him because he is Jewish
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/02/28/ex-elmhurst-university-music-instructor-sues-saying-school-discriminated-against-him-because-he-is-jewish/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden campaign blasts ‘immigrant crime narrative’ as ‘racist’ despite recent cases – RAY LEWIS (COMMENT: To come into and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect a) for the rule of law and b) for that country and its citizens.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-campaign-blasts-immigrant-crime-narrative-as-racist-despite-recent-cases-rep-robert-garcia-d-calif-pritzker-georgia-illegal-migrant-southern-border-crisis-trump-

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— California governor pushes back against criticism of $20/hour fast food minimum wage law – AP (COMMENT: If I had earned $20/hour in today’s dollars while I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge’s in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, I would have bought a loaded new 1966 Pontiac GTO instead of a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a “poor man’s GTO,” to commute from my parents’ home in Crete to/from classes at UIC.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-republicans-criticize-californias-new-fast-food-law-that-appears-to-benefit-a-newsom-campaign-donor/
— GOP senators faces Trump civil war with McConnell retiring – Alexander Bolton
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/with-mcconnell-stepping-down-gop-faces-trump-civil-war/amp/

WEEK
— Republicans are calling Chicago Judge’s actions ‘voter suppression’
https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2024/03/01/republicans-are-calling-chicago-judges-actions-voter-suppression/

97X
— Illinois Is The Worst State For Poor People (COMMENT: What did you do to avoid being poor? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) three master’s degrees, c) six professional certifications, and d) a professional license.)
https://97x.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-bad-for-poor-people-chicago/

SOUTHSIDE WEEKLY
— Workers Allege Poor Treatment. In response to the Weekly’s reporting, a spokesperson said the Board is retaining a law firm to investigate the allegations. – Michelle Yang
https://southsideweekly.com/board-of-elections-warehouse-workers-allege-poor-treatment/

CHICAGO PATCH
— Elite universities follow Illinois’ free test prep program for college. IL first state in the nation to pass legislation to create a universal test and licensure preparation program for its public universities. – Travis Akin (COMMENT: I paid for study guides and courses that helped me pass the following tests: ACT, postal employment, Federal Service Entrance Examination, GMAT, CPA examination, Certified Internal Auditor examination, etc.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/elite-universities-follow-illinois-free-test-prep-program-college

ELMHURST PATCH
— Jesse White Revokes Pete DiCianni Endorsement. The former state official criticized the ex-mayor’s behavior at a pro-police rally in 2020. – David Giuliani (COMMENT: Supporting a candidate in a contested primary election is a very big decision. I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I supported Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary election. My having done everything that I could to help Ryan win the general election means nothing to them. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/jesse-white-revokes-elmhurst-politician-endorsement

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-243/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-44/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Cook County Judge Disgraced Court In Antidemocratic Ruling Kicking Trump Off Ballot – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/cook-county-judge-disgraced-court-in-antidemocratic-ruling-kicking-trump-off-ballot-wirepoints/
— Pritzker continues to spread his political wealth across the country – Nick Binotti (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more 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, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-continues-to-spread-his-political-wealth-across-the-country-wirepoints/

METRO EAST SUN
— Madison County GOP unites behind Slusser for Chairman (COMMENT: Which candidates are running to serve as officers of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations? I anxiously await those who are running to serve as officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization to announce their candidacies. I anxious await those who are running to serve as Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman to announce their candidacies. I anxiously await IRP State Central Committee members to announce their appointments to IRP State Convention Committees.)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/655441375-madison-county-gop-unites-behind-slusser-for-chairman

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION’S FLAWED DOGMA KICKED POLICE OUT OF SCHOOLS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-teachers-unions-flawed-dogma-kicked-police-out-of-schools/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says the border is ‘Joe Biden invasion’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/29/donald-trump-says-border-is-joe-biden-invasion/
— Biden’s media allies shield him from ramifications of his border policy – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/29/bidens-media-allies-shield-him-from-ramifications-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Adam Kinzinger never really cared about conservative values – Christopher Tremoglie (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ignore/dismiss/minimize/belittle what Trump did to defend and advance the Republican Party platform while he was President.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2896323/adam-kinzinger-never-really-cared-about-conservative-values/
— Trump appeals Illinois ballot removal as Supreme Court mulls Colorado case – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/2896521/trump-appeals-illinois-ballot-removal-supreme-court-mulls-colorado-case/
— Biden isn’t coming to save you, sanctuary cities – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2896354/biden-isnt-coming-to-save-you-sanctuary-cities/
— Alabama IVF protection bill passes both chambers – Gabrielle M. Etzel (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2896849/alabama-ivf-protection-bill-passes-both-chambers/
— Anna Paulina Luna was added to IVF protection bill without her consent – Brady Knox (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2895425/anna-paulina-luna-added-ivf-protection-bill-without-consent/
— DEI’s tipping point – Grant Addison
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/2895458/deis-tipping-point/

ACCUARCY IN MEDIA
— Despite constant renaming, DEI is still creating the same problems AIM has repeatedly uncovered – Tim Worstall
https://aim.org/2024/02/29/despite-constant-renaming-dei-is-still-creating-the-same-problems-aim-has-repeatedly-uncovered/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Have Blood on Their Hands. The death of Laken Riley was tragic; it was also avoidable. – Sen. Tommy Tuberville
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/biden-and-mayorkas-have-blood-on-their-hands/
— The Coming Clash Between Republicans vs. Hardliners On IVF. Behind the scenes, the battle lines are being drawn. Will it break the party? One TAC Contributing Editor shares her perspective. – Carmel Richardson (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-coming-clash-between-republicans-vs-hardliners-on-ivf/

BLAZE
— Far-left activists storm Seattle City Council meeting, demand more money for illegal aliens. – CORTNEY WEIL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/far-left-activists-storm-seattle-city-council-meeting-demand-more-money-for-illegal-aliens-i-physically-feel-threatened

BREITBART
— Trump lawyers appeal disqualification from Illinois ballot for insurrection
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-lawyers-appeal-disqualification-from-illinois-ballot-for-insurrection/
— Joe Biden’s White House Begins Referring to Illegal Aliens as ‘Newcomers’ – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended any schools in DuPage County and I never was a member any church in DuPage County.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/29/joe-bidens-white-house-begins-referring-to-illegal-aliens-as-newcomers/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Cato’s Brazenly False Claim About Our Illegal Immigrant Crime Research. – Jason Richwine
https://cis.org/Richwine/Catos-Brazenly-False-Claim-About-Our-Illegal-Immigrant-Crime-Research

DAILY CALLER
— Is American Pork Ending Up In The Bellies Of Chinese Soldiers? – PHILIP LENCZYCKI
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/01/american-pork-ending-up-bellies-chinese-soldiers/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rooting Out ‘Woke’: One Church Leader’s Mission to Rescue Christianity From Cultural Marxism – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/01/rooting-woke-one-church-leaders-mission-rescue-christianity-cultural-marxism/
— ‘It’s the UN Coming Across Our Border,’ San Diego Official Says. – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/29/single-adult-illegal-alien-men-flood-san-diego-streets-airport/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Refers To Millions Of Illegal Aliens Who Have Flooded Into U.S. As ‘Newcomers’ – Ryan Saavedra (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended any schools in DuPage County and I never was a member any church in DuPage County.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-refers-to-millions-of-illegal-aliens-who-have-flooded-into-u-s-as-newcomers
— Cruz: Media, Democrats Covering Up Illegal Alien Crimes Because Illegals Are Viewed As ‘Future Democrat Voters’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-media-democrats-covering-up-illegal-alien-crimes-because-illegals-are-viewed-as-future-democrat-voters
— Air Force Academy Highlights Transgender Officer At Leadership Summit. The Pentagon official helped lead an organization that pushed ‘transgender day of visibility’ in the military. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/air-force-academy-highlights-transgender-officer-at-leadership-summit
— Gavin Newsom Exempts Panera Bread From New Minimum Wage Law That Affects Owner Who Donated To Governor – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-exempts-panera-bread-from-new-minimum-wage-law-that-affects-owner-who-donated-to-governor-reports

FEDERALIST
— How Biden’s Lax Border Policies Enable Illegal Border-Crossers To Obtain REAL IDs – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/29/how-bidens-lax-border-policies-enable-illegal-border-crossers-to-obtain-real-ids/

FOX NEWS
— There is a migrant crime spree killing Americans. The left is protecting migrant reputation over American lives. – Jesse Watters
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-migrant-crime-spree-killing-americans

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— NFL Becomes “Woke,” Discriminatory, Anti-American Institution – Hans A. von Spakovsky and Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/nfl-becomes-woke-discriminatory-anti-american-institution

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democrat Mayor Of Athens, GA, Claims No Connection Between Illegal Aliens and Crime After Illegal Alien Allegedly Murders UGA Student in His City (COMMENT: To come into and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect a) for the rule of law and b) for that country and its citizens.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/democrat-mayor-of-athens-ga-claims-no-connection-between-illegal-aliens-and-crime-after-illegal-alien-allegedly-murders-uga-student-in-his-city/
— “You can endow whatever scholarship you want, except you can’t endow a scholarship that discriminates on the basis of race” – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, everything in America favors those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, that is, everything in America discriminates against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male. older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Backlash to the aforesaid preference giving and discrimination helped elect Trump in 2016.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/you-can-endow-whatever-scholarship-you-want-except-you-cant-endow-a-scholarship-that-discriminates-on-the-basis-of-race/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Keeps Mutating and Spreading – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dei-keeps-mutating-and-spreading/
— Removing the Police from Chicago Schools Puts Students at Risk – PAUL VALLAS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/removing-the-police-from-chicago-schools-puts-students-at-risk/
— Texas Law Allowing Police to Arrest, Deport Illegal Immigrants Blocked by Federal Judge – DAVID ZIMMERMANN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-law-allowing-police-to-arrest-deport-illegal-immigrants-blocked-by-federal-judge/

NEW AMERICAN
— Another Day, Another Biden “Migrant” Arrested: Honduran Illegal Accused of Raping Girl, Knifing 62-year-old. – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/another-day-another-biden-migrant-arrested-honduran-illegal-accused-of-raping-girl-knifing-62-year-old/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Shapiro on Woke Healthcare: ‘DEI is a Gun Pointed at the Heart of the Meritocracy’ – Tom Olohan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/02/29/shapiro-woke-healthcare-dei-gun-pointed-heart-meritocracy
— Daily Show Smears McConnell As Being Responsible For School Shootings – Alex Christy
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2024/02/29/daily-show-smears-mcconnell-being-responsible-school-shootings

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Administration Changes Course and Now Wants Sanctuary Cities to Cooperate With ICE – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/02/29/biden-administration-changes-course-and-now-wants-sanctuary-cities-to-cooperate-with-ice-n4926884

PARADISE
— Watch: Trump Slams Biden Border Invasion During Visit to Eagle Pass
https://inaslive.com/guooSvyEUW3O-Qa886uhnqgtfBJQZQLU5q6iiLLpZdo/?cid=359a05662fb8f4a3bed9e0d8aee0ddfc&sid=19766731

TOWNHALL
— Kathy Hochul Has the Green Light to Give State Jobs to Illegal Migrants – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/29/kathy-hochul-give-ny-jobs-to-illegal-migrants-over-us-citizens-n2635926

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling – AP (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/trump-strongly-supports-ivf-calls-alabama-lawmakers-protect-107495721

CBS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/restrictive-abortion-laws-disproportionately-impact-black-women-in-gop-led-states-democratic-memo/
— Chris Ager elected chair of New Hampshire Republican Party – AP (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct paint themselves as being Democrat lite.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/chris-ager-elected-chair-of-new-hampshire-republican-party/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ager, a Republican National Committee member, defeated another longtime GOP activist, Lou Gargiulo. He said he already has a six-year plan focused on fighting what he called “radical and extremist” Democrats. “We’re like the cavalry,” he said. “We’ve got to stop these people from destroying our country.” Republicans should stop trying to appeal to “people in the middle,” he argued. “We are not going to be Democrat-lite. That is no way to win,” he said.)

AOL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making younger people sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.aol.com/nearly-twice-many-gen-z-193815159.html

REUTERS
— Apple defeats lawsuit claiming it overpaid CEO Tim Cook, others – Jonathan Stempel (COMMENT: According to my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, I was promoted much too fast. They were furious when I got promoted to GS-9 (currently $66,942/year) in 1972 when I was 24, to GS-11 (currently $80,994/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) in 1974. I had completed only 3 graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I was promoted in 1972, 7 in 1973, and 11 in 1974. I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until 1979.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-defeats-lawsuit-claiming-it-overpaid-ceo-tim-cook-others-2024-02-07/

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Is Paying College Students to Register Voters Before Election – Khaleda Rahman
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-paying-college-students-register-voters-1874621

NEWSWEEK & MSNBC & ASSOCIATED PRESS & ABC & ATLANTIC JOURNAL CONSTITUTION & NEW YORK SUN & MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.newsweek.com/ivf-bill-blocked-cindy-hyde-smith-1874559
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pelosi-rips-gop-anti-ivf-bill-they-need-a-lesson-in-the-bird-and-the-bees-205236293634
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/patients-urge-alabama-lawmakers-to-restore-ivf-services-in-the-state/3351393/
https://www.news10.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-ramp-up-efforts-to-protect-ivf/amp/
https://www.ajc.com/politics/opinion-gop-still-flatfooted-on-abortion/AMCXHI5WDNFRZHZD76SPYXM2OI/
https://www.nysun.com/article/alabama-house-attempts-to-reverse-course-on-ivf-ruling-dogging-gop-lawmakers-across-the-country
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/gop-senator-hyde-smith-blocks-vote-on-ivf-protections-after-democrats-try-to-force-republicans-to-go-on-the-record-on-fertility-treatments-following-controversial-alabama-ruling/ar-BB1j4rEb

NEW YORK TIMES
— MAGA Thinks the Game Is Rigged. Will They Play? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will have many millions of their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates and especially in battleground/swig states.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/podcasts/trump-cpac-voting-election-denial.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/opinion/alabama-abortion-ivf.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/business/economy/immigrants-labor.html
— The Republican Party platform is conservative. Political Partys exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/opinion/donald-trump-republican-gop.html
— The Sputtering Effort to Persuade Migrants to Leave New York. A $25 million program aims to relocate migrants in other counties. But many don’t want to make the move. – James Barron
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/the-sputtering-effort-to-persuade-migrants-to-leave-new-york.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly cover up crimes committed by their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/29/trump-border-biden-migrant-crime/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/29/new-polls-spotlight-gops-ivf-dilemma/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/29/ivf-cancer-patients-alabama/
https://au.news.yahoo.com/senate-republican-blocks-bill-protect-141419316.html
— Why two Democratic Senate hopefuls are boosting Republican rivals in Calif. Rep. Adam Schiff and his allies are spending $11 million in the all-party primary to try to elevate a GOP candidate and box out Rep. Katie Porter from the general election. – Maeve Reston
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/02/29/adam-schiff-katie-porter-steve-garvey-california-senate-race/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Is Biden about to close the border in the name of election year politics? – KAREN MUSALO
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-29/immigration-crisis-border-migrants-united-states-mexico-election-biden-trump

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/28/will-alabama-ivf-ruling-affect-2024-election/72750659007/
— As states make it easier to become a teacher, are they reducing barriers or lowering the bar? – Emily Tate Sullivan (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger, my Democrat superiors in the federal government constantly lowered the bar for them.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/21/praxis-core-teacher-test-diversity/72634666007/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/28/san-francisco-reparations-apology-black-residents/72775247007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/border-crackdowns-wont-solve-americas-immigration-crisis-f21b0c4b
— Biden and Trump Make Dueling Border Visits Amid Migrant Crisis. In Texas towns 300 miles apart, the likely 2024 opponents trade blame on what voters call the most important issue in the country. – Tarini Parti, Adolfo Flores, and Annie Linskey
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-trump-border-visit-immigration-698bb50e
— Make $400,000 and Never Filed Your Taxes? The IRS Will Be in Touch. Agency is sending out 125,000 notices to non-filers who earned $400,000 or more. – Ashlea Ebeling and Richard Rubin (COMMENT: As an IRS Collection Division employee for almost 9 years, I worked many non-filer cases.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/irs-targets-high-earners-who-dont-file-tax-returns-3a984c1b
— You Think You’re Doing Fine in Life, Until You Hear a Friend Is Doing Better. We tend to measure our financial health based on our friends—and what they post on social media. – Julia Carpenter (COMMENT: My opposition to Democrat race and gender based preference giving increased every time my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors promoted over me their DEI hires a) who had less education than I had, b) who had less work experience 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. I earned job-related college degrees in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-surprising-effect-friends-have-on-our-finances-fe986ae5
— Alabama Senate, House Pass Bills to Protect IVF. Recent Alabama Supreme Court decision upended fertility treatments in the state. – Ginger Adams Otis and Talal Ansari (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/alabama-senate-house-pass-bills-to-protect-ivf-3e6b2431
— The Republican Party platform is conservative. Political Partys exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/waiting-for-a-republican-visionary-biden-election-opportunity-establishment-change-a73aef41

BLOOMBERG
— Biden Is Too Old But Trump Is Dangerous, Swing-State Poll Shows. Trump leads Biden in seven key states, with perceptions of an improving national economy failing to translate into a significant increase in support for the incumbent. – Gregory Korte
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-29/biden-age-worries-swing-state-voters-trump-seen-as-dangerous-poll-shows
— This Is Where New Migrants Are Going When They Reach the US – Elena Mejia and Lisa Beyer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-28/chicago-and-denver-are-growing-fast-as-migrant-destinations
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of migrants listing an address in Illinois for their immigration court cases jumped nine-fold in 2023 compared with just two years earlier.)

LAW 360
— Senate Confirms First Woman To Top IRS Attorney Post – David van den Berg (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years. Because IRS employees are despised/hated by so many, my Democrat IRS superiors had a very hard time recruiting and retaining women. Qualified women could always get a better job in the private sector. Consequently, my Democrat IRS superiors ever-increasingly gave their employees who were female more and more and more preference over their employees who were male.)
https://www.law360.com/tax/articles/1808268/senate-confirms-first-woman-to-top-irs-attorney-post

DEMOCRATS & NEW YORK MAGAZINE & NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.
https://democrats.org/news/mike-johnson-says-he-wants-to-protect-ivf-from-anti-choice-extremists-like-mike-johnson/
https://democrats.org/news/republicans-put-ivf-front-and-center-by-tapping-maga-extremist-katie-britt-for-gop-response-to-state-of-the-union/
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/republicans-wont-protect-ivf.html
https://newrepublic.com/post/179436/hypocrite-mike-johnson-ivf-protections-alabama

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/29/2226767/-The-Great-Replacement-Theory-the-Truth-the-Lies-how-to-make-it-work-for-the-Democrats-in-24

DAILY MAIL
— ‘Joe Biden created this illegal migrant invasion – and only I can stop it’: As BOTH 2024 frontrunners campaign at the border today, DONALD TRUMP gives Daily Mail his unflinching view of America’s No1 election issue. So where do YOU stand?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138389/Donald-Trump-border-migrant-crisis-Joe-Biden.html

February 27, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— White supremacist group’s anti-Semitic comments are cut off at Evanston City Council meeting – ALEX HULVALCHICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/26/white-supremacist-groups-anti-semitic-comments-are-cut-off-at-evanston-city-council-meeting/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot in Evanston.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/26/evanston-opens-second-dispensary-on-chicago-border/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders use very angle that they can against Republicans to promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/02/26/ivf-treatments-alabama-supreme-court-frozen-embryos-children-legal-protections-republicans-editorial
— How long do you need to save to buy a home in Chicago? 4 years, experts say. – Elvia Malagón (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, it took me only 25 months to earn and save enough to buy a new town home in University Park — 15 months working for IRS, 18 months working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, and 7 months working full-time for that store before that. During that time, I earned and saved enough to also buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2024/02/25/chicago-real-estate-homeowners-buy-down-payment-equity-disparties-realty-hop

DAILY HERALD
— GOP District 11 U.S. Congressional candidate Susan Hathaway-Altman of Geneva: Free Jan. 6 defendants – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240226/us-congress-politics/gop-house-candidate-free-jan-6-defendants/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago has one of the largest income inequality gaps in the country – Jack Grieve (COMMENT: To remedy that income inequality, in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and they gave my job to my Black subordinate. In today’s dollars, my annual income dropped by $84,910/year or 57%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $150,075/year. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $65,165/year or only 43% of what my GAO salary was. Further, to remedy that income inequality, in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars, my income dropped by $22,996/year or 21%. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $110,020/year. My GAO salary was only $87,024/year or only 79% of what my IRS salary was. According to Democrats and RINOs, I have always been overpaid.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-has-10th-highest-income-inequality-us
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A household in Chicago must bring home an annual salary of at least $149,219 to be among the city’s top 20% of earners. On the other hand, any household earning less than $27,255 is in the bottom quintile bracket. That means the city’s top one-fifth of earners make at least 5.47 times as much as the bottom one-fifth of earners.)
— It’s getting harder for towns to ignore their lack of affordable housing – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-tightens-affordable-housing-rules-towns

ABC7
— Cook County Special Victims Unit warning migrants about sex trafficking. – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green, and Adriana Aguilar (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-in-cook-county-sex-trafficking/14471350/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly want Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14470220/

NBC5
— Records reveal potential gaps in Johnson’s administration approach to health care for migrants. Documents obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show that the city was aware that a “lack of space” within Chicago’s migrant shelter system provided “increased challenges” with both placing people and providing “initial healthcare.” – Bennett Haeberle, Lisa Capitanini, Katy Smyser and Connor Dore (COMMENT: My outstanding parents provided me with healthcare. Because I am a federal retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/records-reveal-potential-gaps-in-johnsons-administration-approach-to-health-care-for-migrants/3366408/

CBS2
— Another migrant shelter closes in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/another-migrant-shelter-closes-in-chicago/
— Pritzker proposes $23M for birth equity (COMMENT: When I was born in 1948, my father was earning only about $40,000/year in today’s dollars working in the office of a nasty chemical plant on the east side of Chicago Heights. We lived in a 2-bedroom apartment above a hardware store on the northeast corner of Main & Exchange in Crete. My mother never attended high school. She did not work outside the home until after my father died suddenly in 1969.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/gov-pritzker-23-million-birth-equity/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/change-makers-mercy-sisters-dedicated-to-helping-chicagos-asylum-seekers/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady.
https://news.yahoo.com/big-loss-trump-south-carolina-164800646.html

WTTW
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/26/latino-voices-community-conversation-homelessness-chicago

WBEZ
— Students interview Black Evanston residents who are first in the nation to receive reparations. After Evanston became the first U.S. city to create a reparations program, an oral history project is collecting the stories of recipients. – Max Lubbers (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/students-interview-black-evanston-residents-first-in-the-nation-to-receive-reparations/50321efa-919a-4c73-8421-36794c8d899b

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders use very angle that they can against Republicans to promote abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/26/pritzker-takes-abortion-rights-campaign-to-las-vegas/72690377007/

SPRINGFIELD HERALD NEWS
— Gov. Pritzker announces ten state-designated cultural districts (COMMENT: One could argue that Crete was a German American Lutheran cultural district through the 1960s.)
https://springfieldherald.news/gov-pritzker-announces-ten-statedesignated-cultural-districts-p24748-192.htm

SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois lawmaker to join Bolingbrook event on abolition of cash bail
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/02/24/illinois-lawmaker-to-join-bolingbrook-event-on-abolition-of-cash-bail/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illegal immigrants could get professional licenses under Washington State bill – JACKSON WALKER (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my becoming a licensed CPA a 1981 when I was 32 years old. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO since 1980. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/illegal-immigrants-could-get-professional-licenses-under-washington-state-bill-migrants-border-crisis-immigration-asylum-seekers-washington-state-legislature-amy-walen-social-security-taxpayer-identification-number

WGEM
— Organization files federal civil rights complaint against WIU, alleging discriminatory scholarships. The complaint states the scholarships “either restrict eligibility to students who are ‘African American,’ ‘Black Women,’ ‘Latino,’ or students who identify as ‘LGBTQI+’ or give preference to such students.”
https://www.wgem.com/2024/02/26/organization-files-federal-civil-rights-complaint-against-wiu-alleging-discriminatory-scholarships/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders push pot in the South Loop.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/02/26/sparkd-cannabis-opens-pot-shop-in-south-loop/

CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW
— Women and Minorities Are Charged More for Car Loans – Dylan Walsh (COMMENT: In 1971, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were furious when I got a car loan to buy a new 1972 Corvette, a car that I still own. I would not have bought that car if my 1969 Dodge Charger SE had not been stolen. I had worked for IRS for only 4 months. My salary was $54,728/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights part-time for 7 months and full-time for 7 months before that.)
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/women-minorities-are-charged-more-car-loans

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-240/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-41/
— Democrat leaders use very angle that they can against Republicans to promote abortion.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/26/so-far-illinois-republican-congressional-delegation-is-silent-on-ivf/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURMAL
— McBroom: Busses of illegal immigrants stopped after suggestion ‘about affluent suburban communities possibly housing migrants’ (COMMENT: How affluent is your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, your precinct, and your neighborhood? How many large homes with empty bedrooms do the aforesaid have?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/655139722-mcbroom-busses-of-illegal-immigrants-stopped-after-suggestion-about-affluent-suburban-communities-possibly-housing-migrants

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION PUSHING SCHOOL MODEL WHERE KIDS PERFORM POORLY – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-pushing-school-model-where-kids-perform-poorly/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RNC Chair Ronna Romney-McDaniel Stepping Down on March 8, Weeks After Trump Endorses Michael Whatley for Top GOP Post (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a Republican organization is a thankless job. They are blamed for all the losses that Republicans suffer during and after they are chairmen. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write a book about those who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered since 2005. I would focus on the candidates who suffered losses and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. I would focus on conservative and religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/breaking-rnc-chair-ronna-romney-mcdaniel-stepping-down-on-march-8-weeks-after-trump-endorses-michael-whatley-for-top-gop-post.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WAHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Scott Perry says House GOP should cancel Biden’s State of the Union – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/26/scott-perry-says-house-gop-should-cancel-joe-biden/
— ‘No longer fit’: GOP congressman asks VP Harris, Cabinet to invoke 25th Amendment against Biden – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/26/rep-ken-buck-asks-kamala-harris-cabinet-invoke-25t/
— Once-important CPAC now welcomes Trump supporters only – David Keene (COMMENT: Do Trump supporters consider me to be a Trump-supporter? I have not contributed any money to the Trump campaign.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/26/once-important-cpac-now-welcomes-trump-supporters-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal media should stop acting like the ‘enemy of the people’ – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2885629/liberal-media-should-stop-acting-like-enemy-of-people/
— Christianity is incompatible with the Democratic Party – Parker Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2885507/christianity-incompatible-with-democratic-party/
— Biden brings racial division to the nation’s airwaves – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2872446/biden-brings-racial-division-to-airwaves/

NEW YORK POST
— Most Americans support southern border wall — as 61% call illegal immigration ‘very serious problem’ – Josh Christenson
https://nypost.com/2024/02/26/us-news/majority-of-americans-support-southern-border-wall-as-61-see-illegal-immigration-as-very-serious-problem-poll/
— Nearly half of Dems want to boot Biden off ticket — with Michelle Obama his leading favorite replacement – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/02/26/us-news/nearly-half-of-dems-want-to-boot-biden-off-ticket-with-michelle-obama-his-leading-favorite-replacement-poll/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Future voters pouring over border – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/02/26/future-voters-pouring-over-border-but-november-election-comes-first/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Coming attractions: border violator immunity from prosecution? – Richard J. Douglas
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/coming_attractions_border_violator_immunity_from_prosecution.html
— Trump haters spin Nikki Haley’s SC loss as a victory, but her backers know the truth – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/trump_haters_spin_nikki_haleys_sc_loss_as_a_victory_but_her_backers_know_the_truth.html

BLAZE
— Migrant meal madness: Taxpayers foot $64 daily tab for illegal aliens – PAUL CRANEY
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/migrant-meal-madness-taxpayers-foot-64-daily-tab-for-illegal-aliens
— Democrats’ illegal immigration gambit paves the way for one-party rule – PAUL GOTTFRIED
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/democrats-illegal-immigration-gambit-paves-the-way-for-one-party-rule

BREITBART
— Migrants Handed Spacious Apartments for Free as New Yorkers Left Paying Thousands for Tiny Rooms – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/26/migrants-handed-spacious-apartments-free-new-yorkers-left-paying-thousands-tiny-rooms/

DAILY CALLER
— Majority Of Americans Support Building Border Wall For First Time – BENJAMIN SZWEDIUK
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/26/majority-american-support-building-border-wall-first-time-monmouth-poll-history/

DAILY WIRE
— DEI Could Get You Killed In The Operating Room – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-could-get-you-killed-in-the-operating-room
— ‘DEI Puts The Lives Of Your Loved Ones At Risk’: Elon Musk, Other Prominent Voices Respond To Ben Shapiro Investigation Into DEI In Medicine. – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-puts-the-lives-of-your-loved-ones-at-risk-elon-musk-other-prominent-voices-respond-to-ben-shapiro-investigation-into-dei-in-medicine

EPOCH TIMES
— The Biden Policies That Transformed America’s Borders. As the 2024 election approaches, the border has come into sharp focus for many voters, who are wanting to see the problems fixed. – Emel Akan, Lawrence Wilson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/bidens-key-policy-changes-that-transformed-americas-borders-5594744

FEDERALIST
— Gallup Poll: Biden’s Border Invasion Is Americans’ No. 1 Worry – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/27/gallup-poll-bidens-border-invasion-is-americans-no-1-worry/

FOX NEWS
— Sheriffs fighting migrant crime in communities across US as border surge continues: ‘The last line’ of defense
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347672799112
— Migrant crisis: ‘No end in sight’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347724035112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Most people don’t realize how bad the situation is in medical schools, worse than in general higher ed. We’ve been sounding the alarm for several years. Ben Shapiro: “DEI Could Get You Killed In the Operating Room” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/most-people-dont-realize-how-bad-the-situation-is-in-medical-schools-worse-than-in-general-higher-ed/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Wants to Modify Sanctuary City Law to Allow Turning Over Illegals Who Commit Felonies to ICE. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-wants-to-modify-sanctuary-city-law-to-allow-turning-over-illegals-who-commit-crimes-to-ice/

NEWSMAX
— Poll: 84% Say Illegals Serious Problem – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/monmouth-university-poll-illegal-immigration/2024/02/26/id/1155010/

PJ MEDIA
— It Won’t Be Long Until They’re Not Asking. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) made news recently when her administration asked residents to volunteer to house illegal aliens — or “undocumented migrants” in the Orwellian newspeak — through the U.S. Department of State’s “Welcome Corps” initiative. – DARRELL FROST (COMMENT: How affluent is your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, your precinct, and your neighborhood? How many large homes with empty bedrooms do the aforesaid have?)
https://pjmedia.com/darrellfrost/2024/02/26/it-wont-be-long-until-theyre-not-asking-n4926759
— Blue States Advance From Slow-Motion Suicide to Fast-Action – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/02/26/blue-states-advance-from-slow-motion-suicide-to-fast-action-n4926779

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Primary apathy in Michigan: Democrats, GOP struggle as supporters mull whether to even vote. – JOEY CAPPELLETTI (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter. I am going to hand-deliver to those residences a letter from Annette Corrigan that encourages them to vote for her as a DuPage County Board District 4 write-in candidate.)
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-primary-apathy-voters-a92790de4fd55639a55ea0f18af988c6

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly run America and use “democracy” to take opportunities away from Republicans, and especially from Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to take opportunities away from Republicans who are the aforesaid. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took opportunities away from me big time. They never promoted me beyond GS-13 and they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/pro-trump-cpac-speaker-pledges-end-of-democracy-204921925518

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders falsely argue that their illegals boost the economy. Because illegals drive wages down, the Democrats and RINOs who hire them make more money at the expense of citizens of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/27/economy-immigration-border-biden/
— Democrats say Eisenhower’s mass deportation operation in 1954 was “inhumane” and a “racial terror campaign.” If Eisenhower had not mass deported illegals, illegals would have gotten the jobs that I did a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, e) delivering mail 1966-1969, f) working on an automobile assembly line in 1970, g) etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/02/26/trump-immigration-deportation-eisenhower-operation/

BOSTON GLOBE
— In building a case for local reparations, Embrace Boston report aims to connect past to present – Tiana Woodard (COMMENT: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. In my defense, I stress that my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/26/metro/boston-massachusetts-reparations-study-report/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s the RINO Now? Trump has redefined the term to mean someone who isn’t loyal enough to him. – William McGurn (COMMENT: A RINO is someone who claims to be Republican, but fails/refuses to defend/advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-the-rino-now-republican-in-name-only-trump-haley-primary-15e8eea2
— Will Haley’s Voters Save the Day for Biden? Don’t Bet on It. – Gerard Baker (COMMEMT: In your precinct, in your school district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, how many voters, what percent, and why will they vote for Haley?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-haleys-voters-save-the-day-for-biden-dont-bet-on-it-2024-presidential-election-3aea46d6

FORBES
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who ancestors have not been America for a long time. But to give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are the aforesaid is to discriminate against those who are not the aforesaid. I am not any of the aforesaid.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lenwoodvlongsr/2024/02/26/at-stake-this-election-economic-inclusion–racial-equity/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/02/26/inclusion-is-for-everyone-understanding-the-essence-of-deib/
— I should write a book about the following who have done the most to make me feel like I do not belong: a) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, b) past and present leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative leaders and activists, d) religious leaders and activists, and e) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/biancabarratt/2024/02/27/why-feeling-a-sense-of-belonging-at-work-matters-and-how-to-cultivate-it/

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/corporate-social-justice-guide-bsr/

STEVEN FARRON
— Affirmative Action (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amazon.com/Affirmative-Action-Hoax-Steven-Farron/dp/0965638383

LINDQUIST VON HASEN & JOYCE
— Your Accounting Career Plan (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would have overcome my fear of not being able to pass the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I would have majored in accounting instead of management at UIC, NIU, and Loyola and I would have done things much sooner than I did. As it was, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, because of my bad demographics, I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. I did not take more than one graduate evening course at a time at Loyola and DePaul because of financial limitations and time limitations. IRS did not offer me a job until I was 22 and it was as a “Revenue Officer” job instead of a “Revenue Agent” job because I had not taken enough accounting courses.)
https://lvhj.com/your-accounting-career-plan/

DAILY BEAST
— ‘White’ Chicago Cop Sues Department to Change His Race. Officer Muhammed Yusuf says racial identity is fluid and being incorrectly designated Caucasian has hampered his career. – Justin Rohrlich (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to retain and promote their Democrat employees, and especially those 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.thedailybeast.com/white-chicago-cop-muhammed-yusuf-sues-police-department-to-change-his-race

February 23, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard accused of corruption, trustees approve call for federal investigation – Michelle Gallardo and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-illinois-fbi-investigation/14458356/
— Robberies in which criminals demand access to bank, payment apps to steal money are rising – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-armed-robbery-stolen-money-app-chase-bank/14457765/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-church-helps-migrant-families-secure-work-permits/3363589/
— Chicago-area suburbs warn of 911 call problems amid AT&T outage. A spokesperson for the Lake County sheriff’s office said many residents have been unable to reach emergency services. – Francie Swidler, Ashlee Hill and Nora Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-suburbs-warn-of-911-call-problems-amid-att-outage/3363106/

CBS2
— Palestinian Chicago residents push calls for cease-fire in Gaza, rethink support for Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utfgwi3xRc

WTTW
— US Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Chicago Public Schools, Area Universities Over Gaza Protests – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/22/us-department-education-opens-civil-rights-investigation-chicago-public-schools-area
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness, that is, it promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/homeless/without-a-home-in-chicago-homelessness-in-2024-and-whats-to-come

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who to vote for? Too often, it’s about who’s first on the ballot. Many voters told the Sun-Times they would feel more assured in their picks — and, experts say, a significant share of non-voters might be more inclined to join the process — if they had better access to clear, unbiased information to help them make choices. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/02/22/illinois-voters-legwork-on-candidates-elections-democracy-solutions-project
— Chicago is not the City that Bumbles. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s zipped lip makes him putty in the media’s hands. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/22/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-media-relationship-image-communication-issues

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Venezuelan migrants charged with burglary and retail theft from Oak Brook stores

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/venezuelan-migrants-charged-with-burglary-and-retail-theft-from-oak-brook-stores/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/today-in-history-mississippi-grand-jury-declines-new-charges-in-emmett-till-killing/
— Wife, son of Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones made six figures working with city – HANK SANDERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/wife-son-of-calumet-city-mayor-thaddeus-jones-made-six-figures/
— Democrats aren’t just celebrating Black history. We’re making it. – Carol Moseley Braun (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office, they had my Black subordinate lead the office’s big annual Black History Month events. In September of 1997, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/opinion-black-history-month-importance-moseley-braun/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: FBI investigating Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard while Illinois attorney general orders her charity to stop soliciting donations. – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/illinois-attorney-general-orders-dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-charity/

DAILY HERALD
— 11th District GOP congressional candidates complain of ‘moral decline’ in U.S. – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240222/us-congress-politics/11th-district-gop-congressional-candidates-complain-of-moral-decline-in-u-s/

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame gun violence on guns instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/walter-jacobsons-perspective/walter-jacobsons-perspective-2-22-24-we-need-tougher-gun-control-laws/

SOUTHERN
— Authorities plan for threats to Republican, Democratic presidential conventions – Josh Margolin and Sasha Pezenik
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/23/authorities-plan-for-threats-to-republican-democratic-presidential-conventions/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Governors State awarded $500K grant for addictions studies scholarships. (COMMENT: My outstanding parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, and Crete-Monee High School steered me away from vices.)
https://daily-journal.com/news/governors-state-awarded-500k-grant-for-addictions-studies-scholarships/article_4537c4b6-d03d-11ee-90aa-f3da4a643cbc.html

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Celebrating Black History Month itself has become an act of resistance – Antonio French (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office, they had my Black subordinate lead the office’s big annual Black History Month events. In September of 1997, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/column/antonio-french/opinion-celebrating-black-history-month-itself-has-become-an-act-of-resistance/article_3f4d8322-d0ee-11ee-b0d3-97e42e02bd6f.html

STATELINE
— Rockford parent group wants parental consent for children’s abortion, gender-affirming procedures – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-parent-group-wants-parental-consent-for-childrens-abortion-gender-affirming-procedures/

WGLT
— It’s been 2 years since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine (COMMENT: Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump had been President.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-02-22/its-been-2-years-since-russia-launched-its-invasion-of-ukraine
— Democrats ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-02-22/new-york-rolls-out-a-social-justice-oriented-weed-legalization-program

WSIL TV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/dei-supporters-see-echoes-of-america-s-fraught-racial-history-in-attacks-on-diversity-efforts/article_e09fdc94-b0f4-5e4c-8875-bdadad22ca4f.html

WREX
— Rockford’s NAACP Black History Month celebration sheds light on challenges in black community – Samantha Soto (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office, they had my Black subordinate lead the office’s big annual Black History Month events. In September of 1997, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockfords-naacp-black-history-month-celebration-sheds-light-on-challenges-in-black-community/article_fe5e885a-d202-11ee-bd80-4bbb97f433b6.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Dueling pro-Trump factions in Michigan throw the swing state’s Republicans into disarray – AP (COIMMENT: The conservative faction in the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee is virtually nonexistent.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-a-fight-between-pro-trump-factions-in-michigan-undercuts-republicans-in-a-key-2024-state/
— 48 percent in new poll say they would support 16-week abortion ban – Lauren Sforza
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/48-percent-in-new-poll-say-they-would-support-16-week-abortion-ban/

NPR ILLINOIS
— What GOP infighting in South Carolina can (and can’t) tell us about 2024 – Stephen Fowler (COIMMENT: The conservative faction in the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee is virtually nonexistent.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-22/what-gop-infighting-in-south-carolina-can-and-cant-tell-us-about-2024
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote “Principle First summit.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-22/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump

WAND TV
— Native Americans hope Illinois lawmakers can transfer stolen land, ban racist school mascots – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: I should write a book about my GAO coworker for almost 18 years 1980-1997 who shared many demographics with me. We both were DuPage County residents, Republicans, CPAs, White, male, married, non-veteran, Protestant, and our ancestors had been in America for a long time. But he was a Native America. He filled the office’s Native American quota. I would focus on the many ways in which our GAO superiors gave him preference over me. Unlike me, they let him work until he was eligible for regular retirement. We were both very active in the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter. He differed from me in that he was younger than me, he had started his career with GAO, his wife had little or no income, and he had children.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/native-americans-hope-illinois-lawmakers-can-transfer-stolen-land-ban-racist-school-mascots/article_31803dee-d1ce-11ee-b345-ef2d9a063a7e.html

CHICAGO READER
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/high-focus-media-cannabis-community-builders/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-238/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-39/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WEST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Pritzker’s Budget Proposal Criticized by Illinois House Republican Caucus
https://westcentralreporter.com/stories/655015773-gov-pritzker-s-budget-proposal-criticized-by-illinois-house-republican-caucus

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s 2025 budget is designed for politicians, not people
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-2025-budget-is-designed-for-politicians-not-people-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— Pritzker’s 2025 budget address and the kitchen table issues that actually matter – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-2025-budget-address-and-the-kitchen-table-issues-that-actually-matter-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State appeals court revives challenge to Cook County’s gun, ammo tax – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f703eeae-d1d2-11ee-b5cb-67dadc2024c6.html
— Special interest groups and Democrats push to enhance pension benefits – Catrina Petersen (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I paid 7% of my salary into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). My CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Further, my Social Security is dramatically less because I get a CSRS pension. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my CSRS pension as being much too generous.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bd62dcb8-d1d3-11ee-b51a-5b9cdd23f2d7.html
— Measure would allow Illinois schools ability to deny polling places – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b321e5d8-d10a-11ee-bee7-33442fa83da8.html

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Illinois Republican Party State Convention May 24 & 25 in Collinsville (COMMENT: Who will the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members invite to speak at the convention? How many IRP SCC members support Trump? What is their weighted vote? Who wants to serve as IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman? How many IRP SCC members support them? What is their weighted vote? Who have the IRP SCC members appointed to serve on IRP State Convention Committees? I have asked to serve on the Platform and Resolutions Committee like I did in 2008.)
https://rcca.gop/event/ilgop-state-convention-24/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Candidate Spotlight: Jerry Evans for Illinois Congressional District 11 – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/candidate-spotlight-jerry-evans-for-illinois-congressional-district-11.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Principles First Summit looks to replace CPAC as ‘intellectual’ heart of conservative movement – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the extent to which each of them promote the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. CPAC’s declining emphasis on the aforesaid planks discourages me from attending CPACs.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/22/principles-first-summit-looks-to-replace-cpac-as-i/
— Trump has always put America first, so let him finish the job – Mike Huckabee
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/22/trump-has-always-put-america-first-so-let-him-fini/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— CPAC? More like ‘sleep’ PAC – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: What has discouraged you from attending CPACs? For me, it is CPAC’s declining emphasis on the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2868255/cpac-more-like-sleep-pac/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— California Reparations Bill Would Require State Licensing Boards To Favor Black Applicants – Charles Hilu
https://freebeacon.com/california/california-reparations-bill-would-require-state-licensing-boards-to-favor-black-applicants/

NEW YORK POST
— Google pauses ‘absurdly woke’ Gemini AI chatbot’s image tool after backlash over historically inaccurate pictures. – Thomas Barrabi
https://nypost.com/2024/02/22/business/google-pauses-absurdly-woke-gemini-ai-chatbots-image-tool-after-backlash-over-historically-inaccurate-pictures/
— BLM movement’s social justice politics and ‘queer, trans-affirming’ lessons delivered to kids as young as 5 in NYC school. Aneeta Bhole, Susan Edelman, Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2024/02/22/us-news/nyc-school-gives-kids-woke-blm-coloring-book-with-queer-trans-affirming-lessons/

AMAC
— 64 Times The Biden Administration Intentionally Undermined Border Security
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/64-times-the-biden-administration-intentionally-undermined-border-security/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Don’t Need a New GOP. We Need the Old One. – Alicia Colon (COMMENT: The old GOP did much more to defend and advance the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/we_dont_need_a_new_gop_we_need_the_old_one.html

BLAZE
— Warning: Come November 2024, illegal immigration might ‘end the Democratic system as we know it’ (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/warning-come-november-2024-illegal-immigration-might-end-the-democratic-system-as-we-know-it
— Alito warns of a ‘virus’ in affirmative action ruling: ‘Wipe it off the books’ – DANIEL HOROWITZ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about those RINOs who have had the most success in using AA and DEI to get rid of me: a) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) major Republican donors, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/alito-warns-of-a-virus-in-affirmative-action-ruling-wipe-it-off-the-books

BREITBART
— FBI Probing Illinois Democrat Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard Who Met President Biden at the White House – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2024/02/22/report-fbi-probing-illinois-democrat-mayor-who-met-president-biden-white-house/
— NY City Council Calls for Investigation into Mayor Eric Adams’ Plan to Hand Illegals $10K Pre-Paid Debit Cards – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/22/ny-city-council-calls-investigation-into-mayor-eric-adams-plan-to-hand-illegals-10k-pre-paid-debit-cards/
— Biden Oversees 7.2M Illegal Aliens at Southern Border, Equivalent to 2 Years of U.S. Births – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/22/joe-biden-oversees-7-2m-illegal-aliens-at-southern-border-equivalent-to-2-years-of-u-s-births/
— Climate Change Alarmist Taylor Swift Called Out for Sending Private Jet from Sydney to Hawaii to Bring Travis Kelce Back to Australia – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/02/22/climate-change-alarmist-taylor-swift-called-out-for-sending-private-jet-from-sydney-to-hawaii-to-bring-travis-kelce-back-to-australia/
— Google AI Lead’s Social Media Posts Expose Woke Bigotry – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/02/22/white-privilege-is-fcking-real-google-ai-leads-social-media-posts-expose-woke-bigotry/
— Speaker Johnson Dismisses White House Promise of New Border Curbs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/02/22/speaker-johnson-dismisses-white-house-promise-of-new-border-curbs/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Illinois Bill Labels Parents as Child Abusers for Objections to Abortion, Child Sex Changes – Milton Quintanilla
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/illinois-bill-labels-parents-as-child-abusers-for-objections-to-abortion-child-sex-changes.html

DAILY WIRE
— Google’s AI Caught Red-Handed With Woke Agenda – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/googles-ai-caught-red-handed-with-woke-agenda

EPOCH TIMES
— The Money Machine Behind Progressive Election Efforts. The left’s equivalent of the Koch network, Arabella Advisors, is a powerhouse distributor of mega money to progressive PACs and Democrat campaigns. – Austin Alonzo
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-money-machine-behind-progressive-election-efforts-5579254

FEDERALIST
— Biden’s Border Invasion Puts The Whole Country At Risk, Not Just Texas – RICH CROMWELL
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/23/by-refusing-to-stand-with-texas-biden-is-putting-the-whole-country-at-risk/
— Transgender Funeral At New York Cathedral Was A ‘Vicious’ Anti-Catholic Hate Crime – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/23/transgender-funeral-at-new-york-cathedral-was-likely-a-vicious-anti-catholic-hate-crime/

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago mayor sues oil and gas companies over ‘climate dangers’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZsrbjdYTPA
— ‘OUTRAGEOUS’: Kansas AG slams FAA’s DEI hiring practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbyQ8mURYOc

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents ‘turn their backs’ on Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCmhJRFuz0U
— Chicago resident defends Texas Gov. Abbott over migrant influx, says she’ll vote Republican for first time. Residents outraged with state, local officials as Democrat Gov. Pritzker points finger at Texas for migrant surge. – Madeline Coggins
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-resident-defends-texas-gov-abbott-migrant-influx-shell-vote-republican-first-time
— Elon Musk: The woke mind virus is killing Western Civilization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZ4s7e2pDU

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— What laws? Mexican Authorities establish checkpoint near ‘San Judas Break’ border wall gap – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/mexican-authorities-establish-checkpoint-near-san-judas-break-border-wall-gap

MRC TV
— NY School Passes Out BLM ‘Trans Affirming’ Activity Book to Kids – TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/tierin-rose-mandelburg/ny-school-passes-out-blm-trans-affirming-activity-book-kids

NEWS BUSTERS
— Google AI Gemini Raked Over Coals for Anti-White and Pro-CCP Bias – Catherine Salgado
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/catherine-salgado/2024/02/22/dont-be-evil-google-ai-gemini-raked-over-coals-anti
— Warner Bros DEI Chief Officer Endorses Pushing Out Non-Woke Employees – Tom Olohan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/02/22/first-mrc-warner-bros-dei-chief-officer-endorses-pushing-out

PJ MEDIA
— The Illegal Immigration Invasion Isn’t Due to ‘Incompetence.’ It’s the Plan. – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/02/22/san-diego-county-invasion-mayor-wonders-n4926667
— Show Me the Way to Go Home: Are Some Illegals Trying To Get Deported? – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2024/02/22/show-me-the-way-to-go-home-are-some-illegal-trying-to-get-deported-n4926679

POST MILLENNIAL
— Google pauses ‘woke’ Gemini’s AI after it shows white historical figures as ‘racially diverse’ Elon Musk called Google’s AI software “woke” and “racist.” – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/google-pauses-woke-geminis-ai-after-it-shows-white-historical-figures-as-racially-diverse

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— CPAC is denying press passes to ‘left-wing’ journalists – DOMINICK MASTRANGELO (COMMENT: I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative. I attended many CPACs, although not recently, and I reported on them as a journalist for GOPUSA. According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, you are not a “real” journalist unless you claim to be nonpartisan. RINOs are anti-conservative. I should write a book about high-profile RINO event organizers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who have barred me from attending their events and/or who have had me thrown out of their events since 2000.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4482821-cpac-denying-press-passes-journalists-2024/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many believe the founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now. — Peter Smith (COMMENT: I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I should write a book about those who have used that against me the most.)
https://apnews.com/article/american-founders-christian-nation-conservative-beliefs-4ea388e8d80c54016a6a4460cbef9b82
— It’s an election year, and Biden’s team is signaling a more aggressive posture toward the press. – David Bauder
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/election-year-bidens-team-signaling-aggressive-posture-press-107401292

CNN
— Democrats ask “CPAC or TPAC?” and say “This year’s conservative gathering is all about Trump.” (COMMENT: What has discouraged you from attending CPACs? For me, it is CPAC’s declining emphasis on the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/politics/cpac-trump-republican-president-election/index.html

MSNBC
— The hate-filled Trump-hating former RNC chairman Michael Steele says “Trump’s takeover of the RNC will destroy it from within. His hand-picked candidates to lead the party don’t show an understanding of what the job actually entails, and the GOP will pay the price.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-lara-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-chair-rcna139993

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be LGBTQers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lgbtq-folks-helped-lead-the-civil-rights-movement-homophobia-buried-their-stories/ar-BB1iIG6I

NEW YORK TIMES
— Inside the G.O.P.’s State Party Problem. Financial woes and other issues in state parties in crucial swing states such as Arizona and Michigan have caused deepening concern among top Republican officials. – Shane Goldmacher and Nick Corasaniti
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/politics/gop-state-party-dysfunction.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/nyregion/st-patricks-day-parade-lgbtq.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Illegal immigration just fine with progressives – Editorial
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/02/23/editorial-illegal-immigration-just-fine-with-progressives/

USA TODAY
— ‘Who is the real Nikki Haley?’: South Carolina voters criticize mixed messages on racism – Savannah Kuchar and Deborah Barfield Berry
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/23/nikki-haley-south-carolina-confederate-flag/72553596007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/23/transgender-national-survey-myths-misinformation/72640839007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH CHART: Meet the ‘Beatlemania boomers.’ They face a looming retirement crisis. – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: I am an early boomer. My retirement income and 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/2024/02/21/late-boomers-401k-ira-retirement-wealth/72668356007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden, Trump and American Vanity. The old WASP elites often had terrible judgment, but we should miss their ideals of leadership and service. – Lance Morrow (COMMENT: I am a WASP. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-trump-and-american-vanity-we-should-miss-old-elites-ideals-of-leadership-service-90f2d0e4
— Biden Executive Actions on Border Would Face Steep Legal, Political Hurdles. White House considers ways to act unilaterally to stem flow of migrants, but courts already have blocked some options. – Michelle Hackman and Tarini Parti (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-executive-actions-on-border-would-face-steep-legal-political-hurdles-d8a5cc4d
— Black Lives Matter, Now at Home Depot. A ruling will force employers to permit political sloganeering. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-depot-nlrb-black-lives-matter-antonio-morales-49657800
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders encourage/force teachers to stress that “slavery’s legacy lingers.”
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/most-teachers-say-schools-should-teach-that-the-legacy-of-slavery-persists-37a756ca

NPR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote “Principle First summit.” (COMMENT: Which past and present leaders of your municipality, school district, park district, chamber of commerce, township, and county have demonstrated their hatred against Trump the strongest? I should write a book about those past and present leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, and DuPage County who have demonstrated their hatred against Trump the strongest. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233089965/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump

LAWYER MONTHLY
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, there is no such thing as illegal immigration.
https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2024/02/what-counts-as-illegal-immigration/

PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat leaders want students to be sexually active LGBTQers who hate Republicans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/02/22/race-and-lgbtq-issues-in-the-classroom/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/02/22/what-teens-want-to-learn-in-school-about-race-and-lgbtq-issues/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in painting Jesus as being a typical Democrat who hates Republicans, and especially hates Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or has ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/02/23/whom-would-jesus-cancel-opinion

HECHINGER REPORT
— Did your college application essay mention race? Talk to us about it. (COMMENT: In my 1971 Loyola and 1976 DePaul applications, I stressed that I was an IRS Revenue Officer and that my employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business and accounting courses and that I wanted to take those courses to maintain and improve my job skills as an IRS employee. But in 1978, to get rid of me, my IRS superiors disallowed the courses that I had taken ignoring/rejecting what I had stated in my applications and falsely arguing that I the courses a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a “new trade or business.” They would not have done that nor would they have disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and gotten rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would not have complained about the aforesaid discrimination if my Democrat IRS superiors had not taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://hechingerreport.org/did-your-college-application-essay-mention-race-talk-to-us-about-it/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Anything seems obvious, after the fact. – Angela Duckworth Ph.D. (COMMENT: What have you spent lots of your time, effort, and/or money on? In retrospect and with benefit of hindsight, what did you learn? Would you have done those things if you knew then what you know now? If so, what would you have done differently? I should write a book about that. I would focus on my serving as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, and d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I did the aforesaid. I would focus on those 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. 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 wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/actionable-advice-to-help-kids-thrive/202401/hindsight-bias

February 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago closes 4 migrant shelters amid lull in new arrivals – Michael Loria
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-shelters-closed-migrant-crisis/14454797/
— Pritzker delivers State of the State address to discuss budget, asylum seeker funding – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-state-of-the-budget-where-to-watch/14452394/
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Chicago police as being racists.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-traffic-stops-racial-profiling-black-driver/14454575/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14454636/

NBC5
— Pritzker’s full 2024 State of the State address for Illinois. Illinois faces a steep budget shortfall of nearly $900 million for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/read-gov-pritzkers-full-2024-state-of-the-state-address-for-illinois/3362205/

CBS2
— Chicago alderman accuses colleague of assaulting him
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-alderman-accuses-colleague-of-assaulting-him/

WGN9
— Illinois Attorney General tells Dolton mayor’s charity to stop soliciting money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHqbEnszrBk

FOX32
— Trump reveals VP shortlist including DeSantis, Scott, Ramaswamy, Noem, Donalds, Gabbard – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-vp-list-includes-desantis-scott-ramaswamy
— President Biden announces more student loan debt being forgiven. More than 100,000 student loan borrowers are getting some good news. Another $1 billion of student loan debt has been forgiven. (COMMENT: Not that I could have gotten a student loan, but because I worked my way through college, I was able to a) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, b) buy a new Corvette after my Charger was stolen 14 months after I graduated, c) buy a new town home in University Park 25 months after I graduated, d) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago 48 months I graduated, e) buy a one bedroom condo there 72 months after I graduated, and f) buy a home in Wheaton with my wife 92 months after I graduated. In addition, I was able to pay for graduate evening courses in business at Loyola 1972-1976 and in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $54,728/year in 1971 to $110,020/year in 1979. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1414764
— Chicago Mayor Johnson abruptly ends meeting with newspaper after refusing to speak on the record. Chicago Sun-Times reports City Hall reporters are ‘openly frustrated’ with Brandon Johnson. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-johnson-abruptly-ends-meeting-newspaper-refusing-speak-on-record

WTTW
— Pritzker’s $52.7B Budget Proposal Funds Migrant Care and Early Childhood Education, Angers Business Community – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/21/pritzker-lays-out-plan-tackle-projected-budget-shortfall-state-state-address

CHICAGO TRIBUNE


— FRONT PAGE: State picks up travel tab for migrants who want to leave Chicago – NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/state-picks-up-travel-tab-for-migrants-who-want-to-leave-chicago/
— Who pays when migrants leave Chicago?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/daywatch-who-pays-when-migrants-leave-chicago/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal includes $800 million in tax increases, largely for corporations, sportsbooks – DAN PETRELLA, JEREMY GORNER, and OLIVIA OLANDER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/21/gov-j-b-pritzkers-budget-proposal-includes-800-million-in-tax-increases-largely-for-corporations-sportsbooks/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes plan to borrow $1.25 billion for housing, development and climate goals – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/21/mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-plan-to-borrow-1-25-billion-for-housing-development-and-climate-goals/
— Conservatives are targeting IVF. Women deserve a choice. – MICHAEL FRERICHS (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. In the late-1980s, my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. Our doctors told us that because we both had serious fertility problems, success would have been very unlikely. We did not adopt or become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. They falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted not only that I lied about trying to have children, but that we were disgusting selfish DINKs (dual income, no kids) who never wanted to have children. They used that slander to punish me severely in 1989. They did the aforesaid because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in late 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/opinion-ivf-reproductive-health-care-abortion-legislation/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s budget to include plan to erase $1 billion in medical debt. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will include the $10 million ask in his budget proposal for the next fiscal year to erase $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents — and the investment would mark the first in a multi-year plan. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/02/20/pritzker-budget-elimination-1-billion-medical-debt
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘more austere’ $52.7 billion budget plan turns to big business, sportsbooks for tax increases. There will undoubtedly be sticking points for some of the governor’s priorities, including about $182 million in funding for newly arriving migrants and more than $600 million in health care costs for the undocumented. – Tina Sfondeles and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/02/21/jb-pritzker-budget-proposal-pension-crisis-general-assembly
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25B for housing and development. Johnson’s signature plan would rely on letting dozens of the city’s tax increment financing districts expire, using that money to repay the debt. – Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2024/02/21/mayor-brandon-johnson-development-plan-borrowing-1-billion-tif-money
— Getting rid of school choice and police in schools is about politics, not what’s best for kids and families. The Chicago Board of Education’s potential vote to dismantle school choice and get rid of police, even in schools that want them, imposes a blanket approach that strips families of a say in their children’s education and safety, eight elected officials write. – Michelle Harris, Marty Quinn, Matt O’Shea, Monique Scott, Felix Cardona, Samantha Nugent, Mike Kelly and Angie Guerrero-Cuellar
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/02/21/school-choice-police-in-schools-politics-education-safety-kids
— It’s the public who loses the most when Mayor Johnson avoids the press. The former teacher and union organizer considers himself a man of the people, but to reach the people, a big-city mayor has to be ready every day to take tough questions from journalists. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/02/21/mayor-johnson-media-relationship-questions-accountabilty-city-hall-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Bartlett regulates unscheduled bus drop-offs – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/news/bartlett-regulates-unscheduled-bus-drop-offs/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Kane County dismisses bipartisan push for statement on migrant busing – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/news/kane-county-dismisses-bipartisan-push-for-statement-on-migrant-busing/
— Should Naperville adopt a resolution backing a cease-fire in Gaza? – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/article/should-naperville-adopt-a-resolution-backing-a-cease-fire-in-gaza/

CWB CHICAGO
— Cook County dropped charges after Chicago cops saw him stealing a catalytic converter. He wasn’t so lucky in DuPage County. – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/02/chicago-dupage-county-catalytic-converter-theft-charges-hit-different.html

SOUTHERN
— Trump team insists RNC funds wouldn’t cover his legal bills, as party leadership change looms – Lalee Ibssa , Isabella Murray and Soo Rin Kim
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/22/trump-team-insists-rnc-funds-wouldnt-cover-his-legal-bills-as-party-leadership-change-looms/
— Two Black GM workers share their experiences in the automotive industry – Morgan Korn (COMMENT: My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended when I was 22-year-old Firestone Store Retail Sales Manager in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/two-black-gm-workers-share-their-experiences-in-the-automotive-industry/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump set for coronation as conservatives descend on CPAC – Caroline Vakil, Brett Samuels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-set-for-coronation-as-conservatives-descend-on-cpac/

WSIU
— Principle First summit draws Republicans who don’t support frontrunner Trump
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-02-22/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump

WSIL TV
— Home Depot broke labor law by firing an employee with ‘BLM’ on apron, NLRB rules – Ramishah Maruf
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/home-depot-broke-labor-law-by-firing-an-employee-with-blm-on-apron-nlrb-rules/article_e57117b4-5d3f-5ace-abe3-d217bb09a3f5.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding schools with illegals.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-02-22/dekalb-high-school-sees-an-uptick-in-newcomer-students-that-likely-includes-asylum-seekers
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who are not Biden fans ever-increasingly use Haley to promote more hatred against those who share both Trump’s and Biden’s demographics. Both Trump and Biden are White, male, older, wealthy, draft-avoiders, Christian, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is called killing two birds with one stone.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-22/nikki-haley-says-biden-is-more-dangerous-than-trump-but-neither-is-fit-for-the-job

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst conservative activist on Tuesday accused the Elmhurst School District 205 board of backing an ideological agenda on teaching children about gender. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-activist-fights-gender-concepts
— Laughing Men Steal From Oak Brook Stores. The suspects took more than $2,000 worth of merchandise. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/laughing-men-steal-oak-brook-stores-cops

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Five Venezuelan Migrants Charged with Burglary at Oak Brook Stores
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1141.php

CITY OF WHEATON
— City Council Passes Resolution Regarding Local Impacts of National Immigration Policies
https://www.wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1053

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-237/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-236/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN: What have you done and what will you do to encourage the registered Republican voters in our precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 19, 2024 Republican primary? Which of your fellow township and county elected Republican Precinct Committeemen are running to serve as officers of our township and county Republican party organizations? Who is running to serve as the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman? When and where is the next IRP State Central Committee meeting? Which IRP State Convention Committees have you asked to be appointed to?
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the demographics of your county? How have those demographics changed? As more and more and more voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats move into DuPage County, Democrat candidates get more and more and more votes in DuPage County. Those who have the following demographics vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How have the leaders of your Republican county and township party organizations responded to demographic changes? I should write a book about how the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the Milton Township Republican Organization have responded to demographic changes since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(According to Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois#Demographics ), in DuPage County, 63.4% are White, 12.8% are Asian, 4.7% are Black, 0.1% are Native American, 3.2% are two or more races, 0.4% are some other race, and 15.5% are Hispanic of any race. DuPage County has become more diverse. The population of foreign-born residents increased from about 71,300 in 1990 to 171,000 by 2009 estimates. There were 325,601 households, out of which 37.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.00% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.27. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64 and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females, age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $98,441 and the median income for a family was $113,086. Males had a median income of $60,909 versus $41,346 for females. The mean or average income for a family in DuPage County is $121,009, according to the 2005 census. The per capita income for the county was $38,458. About 2.40% of families and 3.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.90% of those under age 18 and 4.30% of those age 65 or over. Religion The First Church of Lombard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. DuPage County has several hundred Christian churches, and especially around Wheaton is a Bible Belt, with Wheaton College and various other evangelical Christian colleges, and publishing houses including InterVarsity Press, Crossway, Tyndale House, Christianity Today and other smaller ones in the area.)

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Statement on Governor’s State of the State Address
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-statement-on-governors-state-of-the-state-address/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHERE ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET SHOT IN CHICAGO? – Patrick Andriesen (COMMENT: Where are you most likely to get shot in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? As Democrats move in, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/where-are-you-most-likely-to-get-shot-in-chicago/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker’s Illinois Agenda: State of the State Unveils Big Spending & Taxes – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/pritzkers-illinois-agenda-state-of-the-state-unveils-big-spending-taxes.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Less than 1% of illegal immigrants deported in key border ‘parole’ test case – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/22/less-than-1-of-illegal-immigrants-deported-in-key-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Yes, Mayorkas is intentionally choosing not to enforce immigration law – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2867099/yes-mayorkas-intentionally-immigration-law/
— Black Harvard alumnae demand DEI pledge for hiring and admissions – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2866964/black-harvard-alumnae-demand-dei-pledge-hiring-admissions/
— Unions have changed their tune on illegal immigration – Rebecca Friedrichs and Roger Ruvolo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2866129/unions-have-changed-tune-on-illegal-immigration/
— Trump delivers blow to former Illinois ally (Bailey) in competitive House GOP primary – Rachel Schilke (COMMENT: In the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, Bailey won in all but 17 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2866410/trump-delivers-blow-former-illinois-ally-house-gop-primary/
— The Supreme Court protects racial discrimination in Fairfax County – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2864287/supreme-court-protects-racial-discrimination-fairfax-county/
— NYPD dance team captain says members are not looking to be ‘professional dancers’ amid online pushback – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2866072/nypd-dance-team-captain-says-members-not-looking-professional-dancers-amid-online-pushback/
— Maine government steers children to transgender activist groups – Breccan F. Thies (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856987/maine-government-steers-children-transgender-activist-groups/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Guess who’s the top pick for Trump’s vice president among the GOP faithful? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/guess_whos_the_top_pick_for_trumps_vice_president_among_the_gop_faithful.html
— New York to hand out $10,000 cards to illegals, no I.D. required, what could go wrong? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/new_york_to_hand_out_10000_cards_to_illegals_no_id_required_what_could_go_wrong.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— More outrage as NYC prepaid card program could give migrants $15K a year as US taxpayers pony up – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/21/more-outrage-as-nyc-prepaid-card-program-could-give-migrants-15k-a-year-as-us-taxpayers-pony-up-1438827/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— An Immigration Crisis Beyond Imagining – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Oped/Immigration-Crisis-Beyond-Imagining
— The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Oped/Dont-believe-lies-UN-paying-illegals-using-US-taxpayer-cash

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Time to Cancel CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Laurence F. Sanford
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/time-to-cancel-cair-the-council-on-american-islamic-relations

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We’re Getting Pushed Out’: Chicago Residents Blast City Officials Over Migrant Crisis – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/21/chicago-residents-blast-city-migrant-crisis/
— Biden Admin Is Relaxing Illegal Immigration Enforcement – GABRIEL OGUNJOBI
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/21/new-data-sheds-light-biden-admin-relaxing-illegal-immigration-enforcement/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Bill Changes Definition Of ‘Abused Child’ To Include Kids Whose Parents Object To Abortion, Transgender Hormones And Surgeries – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-bill-changes-definition-of-abused-child-to-include-kids-whose-parents-object-to-abortion-transgender-hormones-and-surgeries
— Hochul: New York ‘Absolutely Overwhelmed’ By Illegals, ‘We Need A Break.’ It’s Republicans’ Fault.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hochul-new-york-absolutely-overwhelmed-by-illegals-we-need-a-break-its-republicans-fault

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Reveals Vice President Shortlist – Joseph Lord
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-confirms-several-vice-president-shortlisters-5591500
— Rise in Mail-in-Voting: A Convenience or Pathway to Fraud? ‘The ballot is cast outside the public eye, and thus the opportunities for coercion and voter impersonation are greater,’ the MIT Election Lab states. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that virtually all mail-in ballots will be counted as being votes for Democrats.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/rise-in-mail-in-voting-a-convenience-or-pathway-to-fraud-5591936

FEDERALIST
— Congress Is Too Busy Bankrolling Ukraine To Stop The VA From Processing Illegals’ Health Care Costs – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/21/congress-is-too-busy-bankrolling-ukraine-to-stop-the-va-from-processing-illegals-health-care-costs/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary City Tactic: The Longer You’re Here the More Likely You Get to Stay
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/02/21/sanctuary-city-tactic-longer-youre-here-more-likely-you-get-stay

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents speak out against migrants welcomed by city: ‘Junking up our country’ Residents voiced their displeasure with the Chicago City Council over the illegal immigrant crisis. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-residents-speak-out-against-migrants-welcomed-city-junking-up-our-country
— Colorado town unanimously declares non-sanctuary status as nearby Denver grapples with migrants: ‘No room’ Mayor Mitch LaKind said the goal is to ensure Denver knows the town will not accept ‘busloads’ of migrants. – Taylor Penle (COMMENT: What is the likelihood that your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district will declare the same thing?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-town-unanimously-declares-non-sanctuary-status-nearby-denver-grapples-migrants-no-room
— Dem states, cities overrun by migrants funneled millions in federal COVID-19 aid to support illegals. Biden admin ‘directly subsidized “undocumented” immigration under the guise of COVID-19 pandemic relief,’ report states. – Thomas Catenacci
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-states-cities-overrun-migrants-funneled-millions-federal-covid-19-aid-support-illegals
— Thousands of ‘special interest aliens’ illegally entered US via San Diego since October, CBP data shows. Citizens from ‘special interest countries’ are supposed to received additional vetting. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-special-interest-aliens-illegally-entered-us-via-san-diego-october-cbp-data-shows

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Illegals Would Make the 14th Largest State – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/21/bidens-illegals-would-make-the-14th-largest-state-n3783325

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Far too many join churches to give themselves a license to sin. I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and who have stressed the most that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and/or that they give money to a church. I would focus on those who I have sued.
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2024/02/22/how-jesus-dealt-with-sin/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Democrat Wants Parents Who Refuse Abortion, “Gender-Affirming” Care for Kids Charged With Abuse – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/illinois-democrat-wants-parents-who-refuse-abortion-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-charged-with-abuse/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois GOP Slams Gov. Pritzker Over Migrant Funding – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-gop-jb-pritzker/2024/02/21/id/1154496/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker, during his State of the State address on Wednesday, called for a budget proposal of $182 million to be directed toward the healthcare costs of illegal migrants in his state, the Center Square reported. Framing the issue as one of a broken immigration system as opposed to an open-border policy constructed by the Biden administration, the governor said: “I will not join the chorus of people in this country or in this chamber who eagerly look to slam shut an immigration door that was once open to our ancestors.” Pritzker then blamed Republicans in the United States Senate for not agreeing to what was nominally dubbed a border bill that tied more funding to Ukraine than the border and was negotiated in secret apart from Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. “Why did every single Republican run away from something that they claimed they desperately wanted,” Pritzker asked a crowd of Illinois politicians. “Because Donald Trump told them to, and they’re afraid of him.” The Illinois governor also blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for transporting migrants to Chicago and other sanctuary cities. But local conservative politicians say Pritzker is to blame for his state’s migrant crisis. “You can’t literally invite people to come here with this insane sanctuary state policy and then complain that we don’t have the resources when they arrive,” state Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, said after the governor’s address. Pritzker also outlined that part of the proposed funding would go to transitioning illegal migrants from temporary shelters to permanent housing. State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, however, said there are better uses for the state’s budget. He said that “$2.8 billion dollars of state of Illinois spending” is going to “undocumented immigrant healthcare or migrant assistance. It is a gigantic sum of money that is crowding out other spending priorities that I think are worthwhile.” Newsmax could not verify the figure but has contacted Spain for comment. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, has called for a statewide moratorium on accepting migrants, citing high expenses.)
— CPAC Enforces New Rule Barring Left-Wing Journalists – Jim Thomas (COMMENT: I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative. I attended many CPACs, although not recently, and reported on them as a journalist for GOPUSA. According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, you are not a “real” journalist unless you claim to be nonpartisan. RINOs are anti-conservative. I should write a book about high-profile RINO event organizers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who have barred me from attending their events and/or have had me thrown out of their events since 2000.)
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/politics/cpac-rule-gop/2024/02/21/id/1154466/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), chaired by Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union, has implemented a significant policy change, disallowing credentials for left-wing journalists, reported Mediaite. Schlapp stated, “CPAC has a new rule. If you’re a propagandist, you can buy a ticket, like everyone else, but you’re not in the media, and we’re not going to credential you by saying you’re in the media.” He criticized certain media outlets for their alleged anti-Trump and anti-conservative stance, asserting that such bias undermines the credibility of journalism. Schlapp announced this decision as the conference commenced near Washington, D.C., igniting reactions and discussions about media access and bias. In a conversation with Schlapp, Steve Bannon articulated concerns about what he perceives as biased reporting, accusing some journalists of engaging in “information warfare.” In response, Schlapp highlighted a perceived trend of targeting conservatives with unfavorable coverage, emphasizing a need for increased discernment in media accreditation. Acknowledging the existence of left-wing journalists who provide balanced coverage, Schlapp maintained that CPAC’s decision aims to address what he sees as pervasive bias within the media landscape. He cited instances where journalists selectively target conservatives, contributing to what he described as a hostile environment for those with differing viewpoints. Responding to questions regarding CPAC’s evolving identity and criticism of its increasingly MAGA-centric focus, Schlapp defended the conference’s trajectory. He dismissed concerns over relevance and emphasized a commitment to principles aligned with the conservative movement. Additionally, Schlapp shared an exchange between his wife and a Huffington Post reporter who was denied credentials, expressing satisfaction with what he described as a reaction from “leftist propagandists” who expected preferential treatment as a “real” journalist. “But as we know what’s happened to these corporate media entities is they’re 100%. If you listen to MSNBC, it’s 100% anti-Trump, anti-American, anti-conservative every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything,” Schlapp said.)
— Illinois Bill Seeks to Change Definition of ‘Abused Child’ – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illinois-child-abuse-transgender/2024/02/21/id/1154450/
— Quality of Life Ebbs as Tide of Migrants Rises – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.newsmax.com/mccaughey/migrants-new-york-eric-adams/2024/02/21/id/1154474/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Residents Fed Up By Illegals Getting Free Stuff – Scott LoBaido
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/residents-fed-up-by-illegals-getting-free-stuff/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Dr. Phil Blasts Woke Mutilation on Children – Rachel M. Emmanuel
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.westernjournal.com/dr-phil-blasts-woke-mutilation-children-time-joe-rogan-just-given-pressure/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— McConnell on GOP migrant transports: ‘well-to-do blue enclaves’ finally facing border reality – JULIA MUELLER
https://www.aol.com/mcconnell-gop-migrant-transports-well-154021773.html

UPI
— To get more votes from younger voters, anticipate/expect Biden to ever-increasingly give younger voters more preference over older voters.
https://www.upi.com/Voices/2024/02/22/Joe-Biden-young-people-election/4491708607018/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite – Judson Phillips (COMMENT: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are ever-increasingly painting themselves as being Democrat-Lite.)
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite

NEW YORK TIMES
— Yale to Require Standardized Test Scores for Admissions – Stephanie Saul (COMMENT: UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and because I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/yale-standardized-testing-sat-act.html

USA TODAY
— Rejections have piled up since disclosing my disability on job applications. ADA fails us. – Samuel Adams (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their Democrat employees who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, unmarried. non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/o who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/02/05/americans-with-disabilities-act-failing-employees-work/72414700007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/21/trump-nikki-haley-donor-threat/72525819007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Texas Seeks To Clamp Down on Federally Funded Catholic Group Helping Migrants Cross Border and Seek Asylum – JORDAN ESRIG
https://www.nysun.com/article/texas-seeks-to-clamp-down-on-federally-funded-catholic-group-helping-migrants-cross-border-and-seek-asylum

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Ken Paxton moves to shut down Catholic nonprofit that helps migrants
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-border-nonprofit-18679847.php

DESERET NEWS
— A closer look at which states best represent America — and which fall short. Survey says Utah is furthest from the overall representation of the U.S., while Illinois is closest. – Emma Pitts (COMENT: Those who have the following demographics vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because voters who have the aforesaid demographics vote for Democrats and because Illinois voters overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Illinois voters must overwhelmingly have the aforesaid demographics. Those who vote for Democrats overwhelmingly 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, and age discrimination and that is exactly what Democrat Illinois elected official promote. If you backed out Chicago voters, and especially if you backed out Collar County voters too, Illinois would be to the right of Utah. In the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican Bailey won in all but 17 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://www.deseret.com/2024/2/21/24079255/united-states-represent-electoral-presidential-candidates-caucuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No single state can perfectly represent the United States in all aspects due to the country’s vast diversity, but Illinois had a “94% similarity when all demographics are averaged.” “It’s most similar in terms of gender, age, the share of residents born in the U.S. and the unemployment rate, with more than 99% similarity for each of those metrics,” according to the survey. Regarding representation, Utah ranked last place in the following categories, making it an atypical representation of the country: Religious composition of adults. Wealth gap. Age characteristics. However, every state contributes uniquely to the nation’s fabric, and the concept of being the “worst” or “best” representative is largely subjective and dependent on the measures used for comparison.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Time to Seize Russia’s Reserves, Ukraine needs the money. What is Biden waiting for? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-sovereign-asset-seizure-vladimir-putin-ukraine-biden-administration-7e5fdc70
— DEI Invades Community Colleges Too. A ‘glossary’ disdains merit and misdefines ‘white supremacy.’ – Santi Tafarella
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-invades-community-colleges-too-los-angeles-county-free-inquiry-indoctrination-19058b34

BLOOMBERG
— Republicans Shouldn’t Be Democrats-Lite. – Amity Shlaes and Matthew Denhart (COMMENT: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are ever-increasingly painting themselves as being Democrat-Lite.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-04/republican-minimum-wage-and-welfare-plans-are-democrat-lite

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— More Than Half of Recent 4-Year College Grads Underemployed. A new report found that many recent graduates don’t land jobs that require a degree. – Sara Weissman (COMMENT: I did not get a job that really required a bachelor’s degree in business until 10 months after I graduated from NIU in 1970 because I was viewed as being draft bait and because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844). The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) Revenue Officer because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, or someone whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time who would take the job. They would never have hired me if I had not taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2024/02/22/more-half-recent-four-year-college-grads-underemployed

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations for Blacks. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will promote reparations for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, poor people, veterans, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and members of other oppressed groups.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/nearly_a_third_of_voters_favor_reparations_for_slavery

DAILY MAIL
— Black Chicagoans slam Mayor Johnson for ‘replacing’ them with migrants, demanding ‘REPARATIONS’ carve-out on $6,000-a-year property taxes that whites, Asians and Hispanics would still have to pay. Chicago activists want city to exempt black residents from property tax. Flush with handouts, migrants are pricing them out of black areas, they say. – JAMES REINL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13108985/Black-Chicago-Mayor-Johnson-replace-migrant-REPARATIONS-property-tax-white-Asian-Hispanic.html

February 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump backs U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in blow to Darren Bailey in downstate GOP battle for Congress – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/20/trump-backs-u-s-rep-mike-bost-in-blow-to-darren-bailey-in-downstate-gop-battle-for-congress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump endorses U.S. Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in downstate Congressional battle. Rep. Mike Bost called Trump’s endorsement “a tremendous honor” and vowed to help Trump win back the White House. And while Darren Bailey’s campaign downplayed the endorsement as an example of the former president’s support of GOP incumbents, the campaign reiterated Bailey “proudly stands” with the former president. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/02/20/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-downstate-congressional-primary
— Chicago closes 4 migrant shelters amid lull in arrivals. The four shelters, holding around 400 people, were located downtown, in North Lawndale and on the North Side. They closed amid a seasonal drop in border crossings. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/20/chicago-closes-4-migrant-shelters-amid-lull-in-arrivals
— South Side alderperson accuses Ald. Greg Mitchell of attacking him. In a letter to the City Council’s Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Coleman, Ald. Desmon Yancy alleged that he was the “victim of an unprovoked assault” by Mitchell after a Council hearing last week. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/chicago-city-council-member-accused-assault-greg-mitchell-gentrification-housing-obama-center
— Chicago sues five giant oil companies, accusing them of climate change destruction, fraud. The suit says BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell have hurt the city by discrediting science even as their products lead to “catastrophic consequences,” including strong storms, flooding, severe heat and shoreline erosion. – Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/bp-chevron-conocophillips-exxonmobil-chicago-lawsuit-climate-change-damage

DAILY HERALD
— LaPlante, Maes vying for Democratic nod in DuPage County Board District 4 – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Annette Corrigan is running as a write-in candidate.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/laplante-maes-vying-for-democratic-nod-in-dupage-county-board-district-4/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should recorder’s office be eliminated in DuPage County? Candidates weigh in. – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Nicole Prater is running for the office.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/should-recorders-office-be-eliminated-in-dupage-county-candidates-weigh-in/
— Don’t sit out the March 19 primary — too much is at stake – Editorial (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-dont-sit-out-the-march-19-primary-too-much-is-at-stake/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Migrant crisis stirs tension in Oak Park, but village mounts a supportive response – Judith Crown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/migrant-crisis-arrived-oak-park-cold-night
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Scaman says Cook County is reimbursing the village for monthly expenses of more than $300,000. “At this point, we’re going to see all the money we invested,” she said. At its Jan. 23 meeting, Oak Park trustees authorized staff to pursue a grant of $1.9 million through the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The village received notice the following week that grant was approved. The funding will be used to provide aid to asylum-seekers through June 30. That will enable the village to continue helping migrants in a different shelter because asylum-seekers staying at the Carleton and West Cook YMCA must leave by the end of February.)
— After altercation, City Council member calls on colleague to resign leadership posts – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/after-altercation-yancy-calls-mitchell-resign-city-council-leadership
— Supreme Court leaves elite school’s diversity policy intact – Greg Stohr
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/supreme-court-leaves-university-diversity-policy-intact

ABC7
— Letitia James says she’s prepared to seize Donald Trump’s buildings if he can’t pay his $354M fine. The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News. – Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-case-trial-president/14450327/

NBC5
— Trump endorses Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in 12th district race
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-endorses-rep-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-in-12th-district-race/3361111/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago volunteers aim to open another shelter for migrant families – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-park-migrant-shelter-volunteers/
— Far Southwest Side Chicago neighbors appalled by street takeover involving ring of fire – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/far-southwest-side-chicago-street-takeover-ring-fire/
— Chicago voters to decide on increase in real estate tax to combat homelessness
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bring-chicago-home-tax-vote/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lUM1t4FAU

FOX32
— Illinois Republicans challenge Pritzker to put citizens first on eve of budget address
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republicans-challenge-pritzker-put-citizens-first-budget-address
— Illinois launches website to track state spending on asylum seekers – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-launches-website-track-spending-asylum-seekers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVaOWXa68o
— President Pritzker? Political analysts speculate on Illinois gov’s future amid Biden’s uncertainty – Scott Schneider
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/political-analysts-speculate-pritzker-future-biden-uncertainty

WBEZ
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25 billion for housing and development. Johnson says his signature development plan would rely on letting dozens of the city’s controversial TIF districts expire, and that money would be used to pay back the debt. – Mariah Woelfel, Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/johnson-pitches-125-billion-borrowing-plan/3b300404-a57d-43f4-8eb3-9b2140541460

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— The uncomfortable truth – Jonathan Panton
https://www.oakpark.com/2024/02/20/the-uncomfortable-truth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some may live in denial, but entering the United States illegally is a crime. The village of Oak Park has continually used the term “asylum-seeker” to hide the truth. First, the term “asylum-seeker” is misleading. Applicants seeking asylum protection have the burden of (1) proving that they suffered past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution; (2) the applicant is a member of a protected ground (race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, political opinion); (3) there is a connection between the harm the applicant suffered and their protected ground; and (4) the applicant either fears harm from the home country’s government or the home country is unable or unwilling to control a private person. INA§101(a)(42)(A). Asylum is designed to protect those who meet these four elements. In the fiscal year of 2023, asylum relief was denied in the majority of cases. While some individuals are genuinely escaping persecution, there are many others who unlawfully enter the United States for economic opportunities. This does not warrant asylum protection. The primary job of a government is to keep its citizens safe. In 2023, Customs and Border Patrol had 3,201,144 encounters with illegal immigrants. A serious concern is the lack of vetting of illegal immigrants in the United States. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens stated on X (Twitter) that his agents arrested an average of 47 individuals every day in 2023 who had “serious criminal histories.” Moreover, those figures only included individuals who have been apprehended. In 2023, 860,000 “gotaways” unlawfully entered the United States. These individuals pose safety concerns since their criminal backgrounds and whereabouts are unknown to law enforcement agencies. Oak Park’s Village Board broke its duty to residents by approving a $1.9 million grant providing various services for immigrants, some of whom may be illegal. The $360,000 allocated toward giving illegal immigrants various legal services is wasteful. The role of the government is to provide public services like police, fire, roads, schools. I don’t recall the village paying for residents’ legal services spent appealing their outrageous property tax bills. Yet Oak Park has no issue doling out money for legal representation to individuals whose first act in the United States may have been a crime.)

SOUTHERN
— Nikki Haley says deployed husband ‘stepped up to defend our nation’s freedom’ – Hannah Demissie and Nicholas Kerr
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-says-deployed-husband-stepped-up-to-defend-our-nations-freedom/
— Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case – Peter Charalambous
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-owes-87k-in-interest-per-day-until-he-pays-the-fine-in-his-civil-fraud-case/
— Trump brings in more than $6.8 million from Greenville fundraiser – Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-brings-in-more-than-6-8-million-from-greenville-fundraiser/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— In Last Correspondences Before Death Navalny Wrote That Second Trump Term Would Be ‘Really Scary’
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/in-last-correspondences-before-death-navalny-wrote-that-second-trump-term-would-be-really-scary/video_bda3fbc4-63dc-5864-bb15-83ffc3510657.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push magic mushrooms.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/20/lawmaker-says-legalizing-magic-mushrooms-will-help-mental-health/72604573007/

WCIA
— Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin’s top rival. – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-donald-trump-again-compares-his-criminal-indictments-to-imprisonment-and-death-of-putins-top-rival/

WAND TV
— Illinois Senate GOP say Pritzker should prioritize Illinois families over migrants – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-senate-gop-say-pritzker-should-prioritize-illinois-families-over-migrants/article_042a04e0-d045-11ee-bdbf-e78a80ce141f.html

WSPY
— Resolution for non-sanctuary migrant status for Sandwich offered; DeKalb County Board considering its own proposal. – Mark Harrington
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/resolution-for-non-sanctuary-migrant-status-for-sandwich-offered-dekalb-county-board-considering-its-own/article_2d6f004e-cff0-11ee-af00-7b6746df26d3.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Comptroller provides portal to track migrant-related spending – Sean Crawford
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-02-20/illinois-comptroller-provides-portal-to-track-migrant-related-spending

CITIES 92.9
— Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/02/20/legislator-reacts-to-illinois-near-bottom-ranking-in-social-mobility/

Q98.5
— Illinois Named Most Hated State in America
https://q985online.com/illinois-named-americas-most-hated-state/

OAK LAWN PATCH
— Migrant Funding Top Of Mind Ahead Of Pritzker’s Budget Address. The current budget that ends June 30 budgeted $550 million for non-citizen health care, but projections have pushed that number higher.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/migrant-funding-top-mind-ahead-pritzkers-budget-address

SMILE POLITELY
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.smilepolitely.com/food-drink/a-step-by-step-guide-to-buying-legal-cannabis/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-38/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislator reacts to Illinois’ near bottom ranking in social mobility – Glenn Minnis (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_110133f8-d006-11ee-8992-1fedfb7130a2.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— California Emissions Standards Coming To Illinois? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/02/california-emissions-standards-coming-to-illinois/

CHICAGO CTY WIRE
— ‘We built this city;’ west side pro-slavery reparations group says blacks shouldn’t have to pay property taxes in Chicago. (COMMENT: How much property tax have you paid? I have paid property tax since I was 24 years old in 1972.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654972559-we-built-this-city-west-side-pro-slavery-reparations-group-says-blacks-shouldn-t-have-to-pay-property-taxes-in-chicago
— O’Hare Respite Center: Illegal migrants ‘crowding out and reducing movement space’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654973448-o-hare-respite-center-illegal-migrants-crowding-out-and-reducing-movement-space

WIREPOINTS
— City Club of Chicago plays host to education officials’ latest excuse for dismal student outcomes: The covid pandemic – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-education-officials-latest-failed-excuse-for-dismal-student-outcomes-the-covid-pandemic-wirepoints/
— We’re trumpeting about Illinois’ failing schools to force education officials to finally focus on literacy
https://wirepoints.org/were-trumpeting-about-illinois-failing-schools-to-force-education-officials-to-finally-focus-on-literacy-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UPWARD MOBILITY TOUGHER IN ILLINOIS THAN IN REST OF MIDWEST, MOST OF U.S. – Joe Tabor (COMMENT: In terms of education, how successful have you been compared to your parents? 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. Nevertheless, thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a professional license when I was 32. In terms of buying new cars, how successful have you been compared to your parents? My father did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door 6-cylinder 1967 Chevrolet. Thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, and a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/upward-mobility-tougher-in-illinois-than-in-rest-of-midwest-most-of-u-s/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden under pressure to take cognitive test amid dementia concerns – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/joe-biden-under-pressure-to-take-cognitive-test-am/
— Biden’s betrayal of Israel – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/bidens-betrayal-israel/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden ‘releasing everyone’ at border in latest secret move – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2864556/biden-releasing-everyone-at-border-in-latest-secret-move/
— Denver schools face federal civil rights complaint over ‘black excellence’ pledge – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2864412/denver-schools-federal-civil-rights-complaint-black-excellence-pledge/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC migrant families could make up to $15K per year under controversial $53M pre-paid credit card program. – Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/nyc-migrant-families-could-make-up-to-15k-per-year-under-controversial-53m-pre-paid-credit-card-program/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Boston Removes Residents from Community Center to Make Room for Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/20/boston-removes-residents-from-community-center-to-make-room-for-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— ‘Extortion Attempt:’ Joe Biden Hopes to Cut Deportations amid Migrant Crime Wave – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/20/extortion-attempt-biden-hopes-to-cut-deportations-amid-migrant-crime-wave/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Biden gave up on ridding us of criminal aliens — putting us in danger – Jon Feere (COMMENT: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you vote for Democrats: criminal, in America illegally, boozer, gambler, stoner, socialist, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, union member, LGBTQ, unmarried, have health problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://cis.org/Oped/How-Biden-gave-ridding-us-criminal-aliens-putting-us-danger

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrat’s Open Border Trickery — Gaming the Census – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/02/24/dems-open-border-trickery-gaming-the-census

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Civil War Deepens As Senators Claim McConnell Threw Party’s Voters ‘Under The Bus’ On Ukraine, Border
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/20/republican-senate-mitch-mcconnell-border-deal-ukraine-aid-funding-vote-mike-lee-ron-johnson-rick-scott/

DAILY WIRE
— Mandatory IRS Diversity Training Includes Material From Trans Academic Who Called For ‘Death Of Whiteness’ The dogmas of a far-left transgender academic made their way into official IRS training materials for criminal investigators. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mandatory-irs-diversity-training-includes-material-from-trans-academic-who-called-for-death-of-whiteness

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112

FOX NEWS
— Nikki Haley staying in the race hurts the Republican Party – Jesse Watters (COMMENT: Haley promoters would rather see Biden elected than Trump.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347285226112
— 7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount greater than population of 36 states. The total number of illegal immigrants who have entered the US under President Biden is larger than almost every American city. – Chris Pandolfo (COMMENT: How many millions will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-biden-admin-amount-greater-population-36-states
— Chinese illegal immigration on pace to break records at US southern border. Officials, lawmakers raise national security concerns about spike in Chinese nationals. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-illegal-immigration-pace-break-records-us-southern-border

NEWSMAX
— Texas: Migrant Nonprofit Engaged in Smuggling
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/texas-ken-paxton-nonprofit/2024/02/20/id/1154334/

TOWNHALL
— Democrat State Asks for Volunteers to House Illegal Immigrants – Madeline Leesman (COMMENT: Should such volunteers be required to get permission from the voters in their neighborhood, precinct, school district, municipality, township, and/or county?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/20/michigan-state-immigrants-n2635450
— Here’s What Happened When Harlem Residents Learned Luxury Building Will Be Turned Into Migrant Shelter – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/20/watch-harlem-residents-give-democrats-an-earful-over-migrant-crisis-in-their-backyard-n2635426

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Michigan Tries to Convince Residents to Pick Immigrants Up at Airport, Help Them Find Housing and Jobs – Allison Anton
https://www.westernjournal.com/michigan-tries-to-convince-residents-to-pick-immigrants-up-at-airport-help-them-find-housing-and-jobs/

ZERO HEDGE
— A Stunning 10 Million Illegals Have Entered The US Under Biden; Tucker Warns They Are “Destroying” The Country – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect of the rule of law and of that country.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/stunning-10-million-illegals-have-entered-us-under-biden-tucker-country-being-destroyed

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Why is Biden letting in millions of illegal border crossers? – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4478371-why-is-biden-letting-in-millions-of-illegal-border-crossers/

ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows what critics call ‘racial balancing’ at elite public school. The court’s majority did not explain its decision; Thomas and Alito dissented. – Devin Dwyer (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-elite-high-school-adopt-admissions/story?id=107367410

CBS NEWS
— Michigan Republicans plan dueling presidential nominating conventions as turmoil over state party continues – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-republicans-plan-dueling-conventions-for-presidential-nomination-as-turmoil-continues/

MSN
— America’s Most Racist States in 2024 Ranked – Conor Jameson (COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 43rd.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-most-racist-states-in-2024-ranked/ss-BB1iBbS8

WASHINGTON POST
— Haley’s nearly all-White high school lacked lessons of racism, some say. Haley left her hometown’s integrated public school system and attended a high school newly created from the merger of two “segregation academies.” – Michael Kranish (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats and RINOs are nasty/vicious. To demonize me as being not only a racist, but as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents have always stressed that none of my classmates, teachers, or school administrators were minorities while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-high-school-racism-education/

NEW YORK SUN
— Gay Activists in Seattle Declare ‘Homosexual Intifada’ in Support of Palestinians
https://www.nysun.com/article/gay-activists-in-seattle-declare-homosexual-intifada-in-support-of-palestinians

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Marijuana Users, Even Legalization Doesn’t Guarantee Safety. Mold, pesticides and heavy metals can contaminate pot products, threatening to sicken users. – Stephanie Armour
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/for-marijuana-users-even-legalization-doesnt-guarantee-safety-ef1660a5?page=1
— Biden Rewrites ‘An American Tragedy’ He pledged to unify the nation but squandered his opportunity, dividing and weakening the country. – Arthur Herman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-tragedy-biden-edition-instead-of-unifying-has-divided-weakened-america-52172de3
— Dave Ramsey Tells Millions What to Do With Their Money. People Under 40 Say He’s Wrong. Young adults are rejecting the finance guru’s advice to live frugally while getting out of debt. – Julie Jargon and Ann-Marie Alcántara
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/dave-ramsey-tells-millions-what-to-do-with-their-money-people-under-40-say-hes-wrong-56733630

FORBES
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/02/21/elon-musk-fans-conspiracy-that-biden-wants-to-legalize-undocumented-migrants-for-their-vote/

BARRON’S
— Does the 4% Withdrawal Rule for Retirees Still Make Sense? – Elizabeth O’Brien
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-savings-withdrawal-calculation-interest-rates-baec2da9?refsec=financial-planning&mod=topics_financial-planning

DAILY SENTINEL
— Mesa County Commissioners couldn’t have been clearer: The county is most definitely not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. – CHARLES ASHBY (COMMENT: What messages are the leaders of the following sending to illegals: a) your county, b) your township, c) your municipality, and d) your school district?)
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/commissioners-ok-non-sanctuary-resolution/article_b414bf38-d01f-11ee-8b4b-a711d9d75630.html

KTRH
— Biden Orders That Illegals be Counted in The Census. – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: That diminishes Texas Republican power and increases Illinois Democrat power.)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-02-20-biden-orders-that-illegals-be-counted-in-the-census/

WFDD
— Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country – Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
https://www.wfdd.org/story/texas-has-spent-over-148-million-busing-migrants-other-parts-country

KERA
— From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the less welcome that you are in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Actually, the more of the aforesaid planks that you support, the more that RINO leaders of the aforesaid try to get rid of you.)
https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-02-21/theyre-conservatives-and-even-lifelong-republicans-is-there-a-place-for-them-in-the-texas-gop

U.S. CONGRESS & U.S. SENATE
— H.R. 3115 & S. 1496: Public Service Reform Act (COMMENT: Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3115/text?s=1&r=77
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1496/text?s=1&r=54
(THE BILL: AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES)
— H.R. 159 and S 59: Chance to Compete Act (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who are minority and/or female, Democrats ever-increasingly lower hiring, retention, and promotion requirements.)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr159ih
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/59
(THE BILL: To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring, and for other purposes.)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
— Examining the role of White Guilt and White Shame – Galgay, Corinne (COMMENT: Democrats are ever-increasingly succeeding in convincing Americans like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time that we have unfairly benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because I benefitted tremendously from the aforesaid discrimination: a) get accepted by UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) graduate from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, d) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, e) get hired by IRS in 1971 and promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, f) get hired by GAO and promoted in 1986, g) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, i) earn professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, j) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., k) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, l) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, m) get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, n) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, o) etc.)
https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D80S168D

POWER NATION
— Which States Drive The Most American-Made Vehicles?
(COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 24th.)
https://www.powernationtv.com/post/states-with-most-american-made

KELLY BLUE BOOK
— Presidential Candidate Preference Related to Car-Owner Brands, Segments (COMMENT: What cars are owned by the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://mediaroom.kbb.com/press-releases?item=105633

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Missouri Governor deploys highway patrol officers near Texas border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGu_o_TyxcU

February 18, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party Platform are conservative. The following are questions to ask the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

What have you done and what will you do if elected on November 5, 2024 to:
— Promote individual responsibility and oppose promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promote traditional marriage and family and oppose promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promote right to life and oppose promotion of abortion,
— Promote enforcement of immigration laws and oppose promotion of mass/illegal immigration,
— Promote enforcement of vice laws and oppose promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promote enforcement of gun laws and oppose diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and
— Promote equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) and oppose promotion of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform are conservative. The Republican Party Platform is at: https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Resolution_Platform.pdf and the IRP platform is at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf . Those who reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks want to water down if not strike the aforesaid planks. I have asked to be appointed to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I served on that committee at the 2008 IRP State Convention. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is running to serve as your Republican Precinct Committeeman? I am running to serve as the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Who is running to serve as officers of your Republican township and county party organizations? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For President, who do you predict will get more votes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in your congressional district – Trump or Haley? In the 3rd Congressional District, a) Trump delegates include Gordon Kinzler, b) Haley delegates include Elizabeth Roskam, and c) the only Haley alternate delegate is Peter Roskam. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS2
— Chicago pastor calls for White House response to American violence following Kansas City parade shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pastor-calls-for-white-house-response-to-american-violence-following-kansas-city-parade-shooting/

NBC5
— Robbers targeting patrons at suburban banks. Wheeling police are urging residents to be aware of their surroundings, especially when visiting and leaving banks or ATMs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/robbers-targeting-patrons-at-suburban-banks-police-say/3359278/
— Chicago’s mayor issues statement after medical examiner reveals migrant boy’s cause of death. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report said the 5-year-old died of sepsis from Strep A, COVID-19 and other viruses.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-issues-statement-after-medical-examiner-reveals-migrant-boys-cause-of-death/3359239/

WGN9
— Chicago police offer warning to Northwest Side businesses amid rash of robberies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-N2lTVPgWE

FOX32
— Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García speaks out on migrant boy’s death in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Rx9hIJrdo
— Street vendors demand more police patrols after being targeted by robbers on Northwest Side – Nate Rodger
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwest-side-armed-robbery-spree-chicago-police-looking-for-2-5-suspects

WBBM
— Controversial plans for another homeless shelter in Uptown rejected
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/plans-for-another-homeless-shelter-in-uptown-rejected

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park trustees approve community partners for new migrant shelter – JESSE WRIGHT (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/oak-park-trustees-approve-community-partners-for-new-migrant-shelter/
— 5-year-old migrant who fell sick in shelter died of sepsis – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/five-year-old-migrant-who-fell-sick-in-shelter-died-of-sepsis-medical-examiner-says/
— Trump’s legal debts top a half-billion dollars. How much will he have to pay? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/trumps-legal-debts-top-a-half-billion-dollars-will-he-have-to-pay/
— Today in History: Donald Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich – Ap
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/18/today-in-history-donald-trump-commutes-sentence-of-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bothered by pro-Palestinian activists? Most Americans didn’t like civil rights, Vietnam War protests either. Americans tend to quickly praise demonstrators engaging in “good trouble” overseas but bristle at dissent in their own backyard. – Rummana Hussain (COMMENT: Conservatives protest against Democrat and RINO promotion of the Democrat Party platform, that is, conservatives protest against the promotion of 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/16/protests-palestinian-activists-civil-rights-vietnam-war-social-justice-rummana-hussain

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Uihleins spent more than $1 million on DeSantis’ presidential campaign in fall — will they now back Trump? – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240218/news/uihleins-spent-more-than-1-million-on-desantis-presidential-campaign-in-fall-will-they-now-back/
— What to do if you’re concerned you might be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job – ADRIANA MORGA (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO purposely misled me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and could take regular retirement. But in September of 1997, they suddenly succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240218/business/what-to-do-if-youre-concerned-you-might-be-laid-off-or-if-youve-lost-your-job/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois, Cook County seeking more than $250M for migrant crisis – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/18/pritzker-asks-for-182-million-to-take-on-migrant-crisis/72605532007/

TRISTATES PUBLIC RADIO
— In wake of mass shootings, some parents hesitate bringing their kids to big events – Diba Mohtasham
https://www.tspr.org/npr-news/2024-02-17/in-wake-of-mass-shootings-some-parents-hesitate-bringing-their-kids-to-big-events

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois considers making assisted suicide legal for the terminally ill – Drea Barone
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-considers-making-assisted-suicide-legal-for-the-terminally-ill/

CWB CHICAGO
— Gun, drugs, cash recovered during sting operation at West Loop homeless camp
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/02/two-arrested-gun-drugs-cash-recovered-west-loop-homeless-camp.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s border blackmail – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2860246/bidens-border-blackmail/
— Michigan GOP’s ‘descent into chaos’ at the center of DNC’s strategy to hold pivotal swing state – Naomi Lim (COMMENT: When Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and/or RINOs dominate Republican organizations, those organizations do little or nothing to defend or advance the Republican Party platform. One could argue that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization do little or nothing to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2860101/michigan-gops-chaos-center-dnc-strategy-pivotal-swing-state/
— As Texas resistance grows, illegal entries increase in Arizona, California, New Mexico – Bethany Blankley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2860143/as-texas-resistance-grows-illegal-entries-increase-in-arizona-california-new-mexico/

NEW YORK POST
— How America’s medical system has become totally woke – Kevin Bass
https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/opinion/americas-medical-system-has-become-totally-woke/
— Democrat elites shouldn’t be laughing at Trump’s civil trial outcome — they just made him a political martyr – Post Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/opinion/dem-elites-shouldnt-be-laughing-at-trumps-civil-trial-outcome-they-just-made-him-a-political-martyr/
— St. Patrick’s Cathedral says it was tricked into hosting ‘sacrilegious’ transgender activist’s wild funeral – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/us-news/st-patricks-cathedral-said-it-was-tricked-into-hosting-transgender-activists-funeral/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Feminization of America – Rick McDowell
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/the_feminization_of_america.html
— Under the Democrats’ Rule, America Has Become A Failed State – Vince Coyner
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/under_the_democrats_rule_america_has_become_a_failed_state.html
— The New York judge’s non-legal, hyper-partisan ruling will only make Trump stronger – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_new_york_judges_nonlegal_hyperpartisan_ruling_will_only_make_trump_stronger.html
— The DEI Road Leads to Gaza – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/the_die_road_leads_to_gaza.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Residents air laundry list of complaints against Illinois (Dolton) mayor who reportedly ‘dressed like Nino Brown’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/17/insider-residents-air-laundry-list-of-complaints-against-illinois-mayor-who-reportedly-dressed-like-nino-brown-1437946/

FOX NEWS
— Facing community pushback, NYC mayor reverses plan to house migrants in luxury building. The building was first advertised as luxury housing with a swimming pool and was expected to be converted into a temporary shelter for illegal migrants. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/facing-community-pushback-nyc-mayor-reverses-plan-to-house-migrants-in-luxury-building
— Haley: Trump should not use RNC as ‘piggy bank’ for legal woes. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley warned that former President Trump is poised to use the RNC to pay his legal bills. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-trump-should-not-use-rnc-piggy-bank-legal-woes
— Archdiocese of New York condemns ‘scandalous,’ ‘sacrilegious’ behavior following trans activist funeral. Following the outcry, the church said it would begin a ‘Mass of Reparation’ – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-archdiocese-condemns-scandalous-sacrilegious-behavior-following-trans-activist-funeral

HOT AIR
— The US’s northern border saw a record number of illegal crossings last year, as migrants found it easier to enter through Canada, new US Customs and Border.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/17/us-sees-highest-influx-of-illegals-ever-from-canada-cuz-easier-n3783128

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago Mayor Extends Contract on Anti-Crime Program That He Campaigned Against As Racist
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/17/chicago-mayor-extends-contract-on-anti-crime-program-that-he-campaigned-against-as-racist/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Eight non-government organizations are funneling illegal immigrants into America, using taxpayer dollars – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/eight-non-govt-organizations-are-funneling-illegal-immigrants-into-america-the-house-gop-is-fighting-to-defund-them
— Burn an American flag? No problem. Do a burnout on a ‘pride mural’ painted on the road? Get the book thrown at you. – Noah Webster
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/burn-an-american-flag-no-problem-do-a-burnout-on-a-pride-mural-painted-on-a-roadway-you-get-the-book-thrown-at-you

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NYC Mayor Assures Harlem Residents That Empty Luxury Apartment Building Won’t House Illegal Migrants. “The development has sat empty for the past decade, until this week when neighbors noticed boxes of bunk beds being loaded in.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/nyc-mayor-assures-harlem-residents-that-empty-luxury-apartment-building-wont-house-illegal-migrants/
— School District in Minnesota Allows Parents to Opt-Out of LGBT Curriculum After Muslim Families Object. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/school-district-in-minnesota-allows-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum-after-muslim-families-object/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS: Catholic Church Declining…Because It’s Not LGBTQ-Affirming and Surrogacy-Supporting – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/02/17/cbs-catholic-church-decliningbecause-its-not-lgbtq-affirming-and

NEWSMAX
— Mayorkas Cannot Hide Behind Biden – Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss. (COMMENT: GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Charles Bowsher served as an operative/dupe for the congressmen who destroyed GAO 1981-1996. Bowsher cannot hide behind those congressmen. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alexandro-mayorkas-dhs-secretary/2024/02/17/id/1153982/
— San Francisco Names Noncitizen to Elections Board – Nick Koutsobinas (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will noncitizens run your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/san-francisco-chinese-election-board/2024/02/17/id/1154009

PJ MEDIA
— Give Me Your Ungrateful, Your Criminal, Your Anti-Western Masses Yearning To Loiter Free – CHRISTOPHER SKEET (COMMENT: I am proud to say that all my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago for 10 years and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://pjmedia.com/christopherskeet/2024/02/17/give-me-your-ungrateful-your-criminal-your-anti-western-masses-yearning-to-loiter-free-n4926522
— Illinois and Cook County to Pump $250 Million Into Chicago’s Migrant Crisis – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/02/17/illinois-and-cook-county-to-pump-250-million-into-chicagos-migrant-crisis-n4926528

TOWNHALL
— Famous NYC Catholic Church Holds Funeral for Atheist Transgender Activist – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/17/famous-nyc-catholic-church-holds-funeral-for-atheist-transgender-activist-n2635382

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Lara Trump steps into political spotlight with RNC role – JULIA MANCHESTER (COMMENT: Leading a political organization is a thankless job. Your critics/opponents blame you for the defeats that your party’s candidates suffer. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. I served as the webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Organization 2008-2010 and 2000-2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4473118-lara-trump-steps-into-political-spotlight-with-rnc-role/

NEW YORK TIMES
— CPAC Straw Poll, Slighting Haley, Will Ask About Trump’s Ideal Running Mate. The poll question at the prominent gathering of conservatives points to his front-runner status — and just how much he controls the political right. – Michael C. Bender (COMMENT: I attended many CPACs, but not recently. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have held my attending CPACs against me the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/trump-running-mate-cpac.html
— What a Reported Trump Plan on Restricting Abortion Would Mean. The idea, a federal ban after 16 weeks, is not very popular — nor would it stop very many abortions. – Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. I should write a book about past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have promoted abortion the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/upshot/trump-16-week-abortion-ban.html
— N.Y. Archdiocese Condemns Funeral of Transgender Activist at Cathedral. In a statement, the pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan said the church was not aware of Ms. Gentili’s background, or her avowed atheism, when it agreed to host the Thursday service. – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/nyregion/cecilia-gentili-st-patricks-cathedral.html
— Haley Says She Is Going the Distance Against Trump. Here’s Her Plan. The former South Carolina governor is expected to lose big in her home state. Beyond that, it’s an even steeper climb. – Jazmine Ulloa
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/haley-trump-gop.html
— How Trump Turns His Courtroom Losses Into Wins – Andrea Bernstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/opinion/trump-civil-trial-losses.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Seeing Haley’s attacks on Trump, some claim her as a member of the resistance. But the former S.C. governor rejects the label, saying her campaign ‘is not an anti-Trump movement’ – Ashley Parker and Dylan Wells
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/haley-trump-resistance-gop-primary/

CNN
— Nikki Haley slams Trump after death of Alexey Navalny
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/18/exp-nikki-haley-navalny-trump-sot-021804aseg1-cnni-u-s-politics.cnn

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Could Regret Joining United States, Republican Suggests – James Bickerton (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO army.)
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-could-regret-joining-united-states-republican-1870931

MSN
— 63% of Democrats would choose another candidate over Biden – Stephanie Raymond
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/63-of-democrats-would-choose-another-candidate-over-biden/ar-AA1jlkY4
— Joe Biden ‘breaking records’ for vacation days and ‘illegal immigration’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/joe-biden-breaking-records-for-vacation-days-and-illegal-immigration/ar-BB1irHe0

NBC BOSTON
— Group calls for Boston to pay $15B in cash as slavery reparations
https://www.nbcboston.com/on-air/as-seen-on/group-calls-for-boston-to-pay-15b-in-cash-as-slavery-reparations/3283151/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfOHre4wYhE

USA TODAY
— What happens if Biden, Trump drop 2024 presidential bids? Here’s how it could play out – Rachel Looker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/15/what-happens-trump-biden-drop-out-2024/72352522007/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— Black Americans need more success stories, not victimhood (COMMENT: Democrats can stress their success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and giving my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article285583607.html

BOSTON HERALD
— What you should know about disability rights (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their Democrat employees who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, who had ancestors who had not been America for a long time, who had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/18/what-you-should-know-about-disability-rights/

FORBES
— Glenn Grothman Sounds The Alarm On The Consequences Of Biden’s ‘Massive Catch & Release Campaign’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpNSf2uYadU
— ‘Ushered In A New Era Of Mass Illegal Immigration’: Beth Van Duyne Hammers Biden Over The Border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tstqjdyagyQ

BARRON’S
— What If Biden Or Trump Leaves The Race? – Camille CAMDESSUS and Aurelia END
https://www.barrons.com/news/us-election-what-if-biden-or-trump-leaves-the-race-2e3e336a

FAST COMPANY
— My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to them, those promotions should have been given to 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.fastcompany.com/91022464/4-things-to-do-when-you-get-a-promotion-and-avoid-sabotaging-your-success

February 15, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Chiefs’ full statement after shooting at Super Bowl celebration
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nbcsports/read-the-chiefs-full-statement-after-shooting-at-super-bowl-celebration/3356579/
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly a) promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ and BLM.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oak-park-neighbors-spread-love-amid-chronic-vandalism-to-flags-outside-home/3356780/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago woman arrested for human trafficking of Mexican migrants – John Dodge, Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-woman-arrested-for-human-trafficking-of-mexican-migrants/

WBEZ
— How much do religious dating apps really help? Connecting with someone who shares your deepest values is tough to do. How much do religious dating apps narrow down the dating pool? – Adora Namigadde (COMMENT: I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. We both worked in the Loop. I worked for IRS and she working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-religious-dating-apps-help-singles-if-at-all/19bf0981-0073-416f-9f7e-a895b50ba595

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois assault weapons ban penalizes lawful gun owners. Simply passing an assault weapons ban that is ignored by criminals who get their guns illegally, yet places new mandates on lawful gun owners, is not the answer, state Sen. Craig Wilcox writes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/02/14/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-handguns-noncitizens-voting-school-board-lead-pipes-letters
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Highland Park woman charged with trafficking immigrants from Mexico, forcing them into labor. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/02/14/highland-park-gladys-olea-trafficking-mexico-labor-onwentsia
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/14/democrats-should-take-note-of-george-santos-replacement-if-they-want-to-win-in-november
— Syphilis cases in Chicago babies more than doubled in two years, study shows. While syphilis, a curable sexually transmitted infection, is most often mild in adults, the infection in infants, passed from their mothers in the womb, can be severe, disabling and sometimes life-threatening. – Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/02/14/syphilis-cases-in-chicago-babies-more-than-doubled-in-two-years-study-shows

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge hears arguments in Johnson homelessness referendum lawsuit – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/johnson-homelessness-referendum-lawsuit/
— HUD awards $2 million in Chicago area for program aimed at helping low-income families achieve financial independence – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: Since I was 24 years old in 1972 and bought a new town home in University Park, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I unfairly if not improperly if not unethically took advantage of a HUD program that was aimed at helping Blacks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/hud-awards-2-million-in-chicago-area-for-program-aimed-at-helping-low-income-families-achieve-financial-independence/
— We must close the digital divide in America – Meka Egwuekwe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/opinion-digital-access-us-literacy/
— What responsibility do parents have for their kids? Plenty, when there is a gun involved. Handing a weapon to a disturbed teen is inexcusable. Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/michigan-shooting-jennifer-crumbley-ethan-crumbley/
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICE HEADLINE: Trump wants RNC leaders ousted – AP (COMMENT: Who has wanted you ousted? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who succeeded in ousting me as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, c) a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, f) a member of the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors, g) GAO employee, h) etc. I would focus on my critics/opponents who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://apnews.com/article/republican-national-committee-ronna-mcdaniel-trump-whatley-51c1cf029cd0a5901082f475abc81673

DAILY HERALD
— Four people rescued as Highland Park woman charged with multiple counts of human trafficking – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240214/news/four-people-rescued-as-highland-park-woman-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-human-trafficking/
— How to boost your professionalism at work – Mary Lynn Fayoumi (COMMENT: To get promoted, I earned job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license. To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time destroyed their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who did not share their demographics. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240214/human-resources/how-to-boost-your-professionalism-at-work/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For airlines, the DEI wars are just beginning – John Pletz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/dei-policies-airlines-united-political-social-media-pressure

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Biden’s abortion rhetoric riles progressives for not going far enough – Alex Gangitano, Nathaniel Weixel
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/bidens-abortion-rhetoric-riles-progressives-for-not-going-far-enough/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & SOUTHERN
— Will Democrat and RINO leaders reduce their promotion of illegal immigration because of ever-increasing backlash from voters?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/democrats-embrace-tougher-border-enforcement-seeing-trumps-demolition-of-deal-as-a-gift/article_4654e1d2-603d-50d3-8e06-7c520ae601e3.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-embrace-tougher-border-enforcement-seeing-trumps-demolition-of-deal-as-a-gift/

SOUTHERN
— Investigators search for answers in deadly mass shooting at Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration – Morgan Winsor
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/15/investigators-search-for-answers-in-deadly-mass-shooting-at-kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-celebration/
— Trump calls Putin’s comment that he prefers Biden over Trump a ‘great compliment’ – Soo Rin Kim, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Lalee Ibssa
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/15/trump-calls-putins-comment-that-he-prefers-biden-over-trump-a-great-compliment/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Republicans challenge Illinois’ judicial policies on female, minority attorneys – Joey Schneider
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/republicans-challenge-illinois-judicial-policies-on-female-minority-attorneys/

RIVERFRONT TIMES
— Democrats push pot in Collinsville.
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/weed/revolution-dispensary-to-open-new-location-in-collinsville-41873705

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Rules for Illinois’ Paid Leave for All Workers Act on hold amid concerns – Greg Bishop
https://chicagocrusader.com/rules-for-illinois-paid-leave-for-all-workers-act-on-hold-amid-concerns/

WCIA
— Illinois State Rifle Association officially files appeal to SCOTUS on assault weapon ban – Cole Henke
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-state-rifle-association-officially-files-appeal-to-scotus-on-assault-weapon-ban/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Independent voters leaning toward voting for Trump – AUSTIN DENEAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/independent-voters-leaning-toward-voting-for-former-president-donald-trump-focus-group-finds-president-joe-biden-2024-election-republicans-democrats

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-233/
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-35/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Measure would make parents abusers for denying children sex changes – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3957638-cb84-11ee-9f0e-c79ea099b4d9.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden is lying to the public about the border. President has express authority to enforce immigration law. – Tom Homan and Matt O’Brien
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/biden-is-lying-to-public-about-border/
— The 25th Amendment and a disabled president – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/25th-amendment-and-disabled-president/
— DHS gave out 3.5 million work permits to immigrants in 2023 – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders claim that “helped U.S. economy avoid recession.”)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/border-upside-surge-of-illegal-immigrants-helped-u/
— Republicans dismiss influence of Democrat Suozzi’s New York House seat win – Mallory Wilson and Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/republicans-dismiss-mazi-pilips-loss-of-new-york-h/
— Biden, Schumer and Romney’s foreign aid budget buster adds $1,200 per household to our crushing debt – Stephen Moore
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/biden-schumer-and-romneys-foreign-aid-budget-buste/
— It’s expensive for Trump to defend himself, and conservatives. Battle is about more than self-preservation. – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/its-expensive-for-trump-to-defend-himself-and-cons/
— Progressives don’t deserve the Jewish vote. Leftists’ abandonment of Israel is a betrayal. – Adam Milstein
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/13/democrats-dont-deserve-jewish-vote/
— Watchlisted: You’re probably already on a government extremism list. We’re all presumed guilty until proven innocent. – John & Nisha Whitehead (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more of an extremist that you are.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/6/governments-definition-of-domestic-extremists-incl/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE circulates plan to release thousands of detainees to ease deficit – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856568/ice-circulates-plan-to-release-thousands-of-detainees-to-ease-deficit/
— America’s dysfunctional overclass – Michael Barone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2856471/americas-dysfunctional-overclass/
— Eric Adams says people will soon be ‘on the streets’ due to immigrant influx – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856333/eric-adams-says-people-will-be-on-streets-due-immigrant-influx/
— Obama is just like Santa and ‘gives something to each American whether they’ve been naughty or nice’ – Melissa Quinn
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/1939203/watch-toure-obama-is-just-like-santa-and-gives-something-to-each-american-whether-theyve-been-naughty-or-nice/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Palestinian Authority Security Forces Behind Dozens of Recent Attacks on Israelis – Andrew Tobin
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/palestinian-authority-forces-attack-israelis/

NEW YORK POST
— George Santos trolls NY Republicans after Mazi Pilip loses special election – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/george-santos-skewers-ny-republicans-after-tom-suozzi-victory-you-fing-idiots/
— Lisa Lopez-Galvan, Kansas City Chiefs superfan and mom of 2, killed in Super Bowl parade shooting: ‘Most wonderful, beautiful person’ – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/lisa-lopez-galvan-killed-in-kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting-report/
— NYC migrants must be deported to halt crime spree – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/opinion/nyc-migrants-must-be-deported-to-halt-crime-spree/
— Slave descendants say they’re owed $74B in reparations from St. Louis University – Jesse O’Neill
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/slave-descendants-demand-70b-in-reparations-from-missouri-university/

AERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— DEI over public safety – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/culture/2024/02/14/dei-over-public-safety/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Crisis on Southern Border Intensifying
https://americanfreepress.net/crisis-on-southern-border-intensifying/
— Gov. Sarah Sanders Battling Against Cultural Bolshevism in Arkansas
https://americanfreepress.net/gov-sarah-sanders-battling-against-cultural-bolshevism-in-arkansas/
— UN, NGOs Facilitate Migrant Caravans
https://americanfreepress.net/pair-of-courageous-filmmakers-prove-un-ngos-facilitate-migrant-caravans/
— It’s Time to End America’s Global Occupation
https://americanfreepress.net/its-time-to-end-americas-global-occupation/
— Civil War Brewing. GOP states send troops to stop Biden’s illegal invasion.
https://americanfreepress.net/Issue_5_6_AFP_2024_FP.pdf

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Biden giving veteran healthcare resources to illegal immigrants – TIMOTHY FRUDD
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/02/biden-giving-veteran-healthcare-resources-to-illegal-immigrants/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The people taking illegal aliens into their homes—saints, predators, or fools? – Andrea Widburg (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasingly pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders on homeowners to house their illegals and to provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_people_taking_illegal_aliens_into_their_homes_saints_predators_or_fools.html
— Leftwing ‘experts’ tout the illegal invasion as a ‘$7 trillion gift’ to the economy – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/leftwing_experts_tout_the_illegal_invasion_as_a_7_trillion_gift_to_the_economy.html
— Well done, GOP: Mayorkas finally gets impeached – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/well_done_gop_mayorkas_finally_gets_impeached.html

BLAZE
— Illegal immigration puts America’s kids last – IRENE ARMENDARIZ-JACKSON
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/illegal-immigration-puts-americas-kids-last

BREITBART
— Mexico Repays Biden by Slashing Migration in 2024 Campaign Year – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/15/mexico-helps-biden-slashes-migration-in-2024-campaign-year/
— Biden’s DHS Drafts Plan to ‘Mass Release’ Illegal Aliens into U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/14/report-joe-bidens-dhs-drafts-plan-to-mass-release-illegal-aliens-into-u-s/

CENTER SQUARE
— Oversight committee opens investigation into IRS for selective enforcement. House members claim that agency is not applying tax-exempt rules against left-leaning nonprofits. – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0cc60a38-cc06-11ee-871e-d7f8a4ed2229.html

COLLEGE FIX
— California bill could pave way for free tuition for black students – JENNIFER KABBANY (COMMENT: How much money did you paid for your college degree(s)? I paid lots of money to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. All that money came from what I earned working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/calif-bill-could-pave-way-for-free-tuition-for-black-students/
— LGBTQ nursing course called out for prioritizing activism over healthcare
https://www.thecollegefix.com/total-disgrace-lgbtq-nursing-course-called-out-for-prioritizing-activism-over-healthcare/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Venezuelan Narco State Threatens American National Security – Laurence F. Sanford
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-venezuelan-narco-state-threatens-american-national-security

DAILY CALLER
— Climate Protesters Throw Pink Powder On Case Holding US Constitution – OLIVIA HICKEY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/video-shows-climate-protesters-throwing-pink-powder-on-case-holding-us-constitution/
— Rank-And-File DHS Officials Applaud Impeachment Of Secretary Mayorkas – JENNIE TAER (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time applauded Charles Bowsher’s success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/mayorkas-impeachment-dhs-officials-border-patrol/
— Ben Crump, MSNBC Contributor Suggests Re-Defining Crime To Accommodate ‘Black Culture’ – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/ben-crump-msnbc-contributor-suggests-re-defining-crime-accommodate-black-culture/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden Administration’s Plan to Impose DEI on Pentagon-Run Schools – Micaela Burrow
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/14/internal-documents-shed-light-on-biden-administrations-plan-to-impose-dei-on-pentagon-run-schools/

DAILY WIRE
— Border Congressman: Mexican Drug Cartels Dialing It Back Before Election To Help Biden
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden
— Eric Adams Says New York City Is Handcuffed By Sanctuary City Laws Amid Migrant Crisis – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-says-new-york-city-is-handcuffed-by-sanctuary-city-laws-amid-migrant-crisis

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Denies Biden Is ‘Too Old’ to Be President – Jack Phillips (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-denies-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-5587189

FEDERALIST
— Chinese Nationals Are Surging Over The Border — This Isn’t A Crisis, It’s An Invasion. – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/14/chinese-nationals-are-surging-over-the-border-this-isnt-a-crisis-its-an-invasion/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— One Sure Prediction: Mass-Immigration Special Interests will be Dependably Wrong
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/02/14/one-sure-prediction-mass-immigration-special-interests-will-be-dependably-wrong

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago’s mayor is ending gunshot alert system because it ‘targets minorities’?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqO7DLNwCjo

FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigration could have major impact on House seats, Electoral College. Illegal immigration ‘distorts the mechanics of democratic government.’ – Thomas Catenacci
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigration-major-impact-house-seats-electoral-college-experts
— DEI training suspended after telling firefighters that White staff have caused ‘racial harm.’ The DEI training included quizzes on anti-racist thought. – Jeffrey Clark (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dei-training-suspended-after-telling-firefighters-white-staff-caused-racial-harm-report

HOT AIR
— Southern Border Chinese Invasion Update
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/14/southern-border-chinese-invasion-update-n3782901

LIFE NEWS
— Democrat Wants to Give Abortionists Tax Credits to Move to Illinois to Kill Babies – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/02/14/democrat-wants-to-give-abortionists-tax-credits-to-move-to-illinois-to-kill-babies/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Knows Exactly How Much of a Hypocrite He Is on Crime – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-knows-exactly-how-much-of-a-hypocrite-he-is-on-crime/
— Haley Pins GOP Loss in N.Y. Special Election on Trump, Urges Party to ‘Wake Up’ – JAMES LYNCH (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/haley-pins-gop-loss-n-y-special-election-trump-urges-party-wake-up/
— What Biden Should Do at the Border – DANIEL DI MARTINO
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/what-biden-should-do-at-the-border/
— Hur Report on Joe Biden: Unfit to Stand – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/unfit-to-stand/
— White House Spokesman Asks Media to Soften Coverage of Damning Special-Counsel Report – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/white-house-spokesman-asks-media-to-soften-coverage-of-damning-special-counsel-report/

NEWSMAX
— Biden, Dems Gaslighting Americans on Border – Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/dan-meuser-newsmax-border/2024/02/14/id/1153608/

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Have Another Dirty Trick to Play on Illegal Immigration – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/02/14/democrats-have-another-dirty-trick-to-play-on-illegal-immigration-n4926422

RON PAUL INSTITUTE
— Heading For the ‘Texit’?
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/heading-for-the-texit/

TOWNHALL
— FBI Warns of Gang Members Teaming Up With Illegal Venezuelans In the U.S. Thanks to Biden’s Open Border – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/14/fbi-warns-of-violent-gang-members-in-the-us-thanks-to-bidens-open-border-n2635251
— Colorado Town Residents Urge Officials to Not Help Denver With Illegal Immigrant Influx – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/14/residents-urge-colorado-town-to-not-help-denver-with-ongoing-illegal-immigrant-crisis-n2635182
— KJP’s Desperate Attempt to Convince America Biden Is Mentally and Physically Fit Isn’t Working – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/14/kjp-lets-face-it-this-president-does-more-in-one-hour-than-most-people-do-in-a-day-n2635177

ZERO HEDGE
— Let The Illegals ‘Serve’? – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/let-illegals-serve

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden critics list immigration as top reason for opposition – MIRANDA NAZZARO (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. The more of the aforesaid planks that they reject, the more that they oppose me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4467263-biden-critics-list-immigration-as-top-reason-for-opposition-gallup/

NEWSWEEK
— Anticipate/expect ever-increasing efforts by Democrat and RINO leaders to sell their illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect them to ever-increasingly say that that there is a “workforce crisis” in America, that is, that there are many unfilled jobs in America. But in reality, Democrat leaders just want more Democrat voters. But in reality, RINO leaders just want more cheap labor, that is, they just want to drive wages down.
https://www.newsweek.com/america-facing-workforce-crisis-immigration-answer-opinion-1870062

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-ice-release-migrants-funding-congress/

AOL
— Seattle students told it’s ‘white supremacy’ to love reading, writing – Jason Rantz
https://www.aol.com/m/4a8b138a-53c0-39d9-b0b0-96758956b6ab/rantz-seattle-students-told.html

YAHOO
— Michigan House promotes more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-house-passes-resolution-condemning-023240865.html

MSN
— Descendants of slaves who built St Louis University demand $74B
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/descendants-of-slaves-who-built-st-louis-university-demand-74b/ss-BB1igi9y?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Shields Palestinians in the U.S. From Deportation. The president, who is facing mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel, used an authority that exempts people from deportation if their homeland is in crisis. – Hamed Aleaziz (COMMENT: What percent of those Palestinians despise/hate Jews? What percent despise/hate Republicans?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/politics/biden-palestinians-deportation.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/trans-visibility-legislative-rights.html
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/us/politics/republicans-racist-language.html
— I.R.S. Commissioner Aims to Show Progress Amid Threats of Budget Cuts. Daniel Werfel will try to persuade skeptical Republicans on Thursday that funding the tax agency is a good investment. – Alan Rappeport (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 year, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year. I should write a book about those who wasted my knowledge of IRS the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/politics/irs-budget-congressional-hearing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/15/trans-adults-bathroom-medical-identity/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/06/anti-trans-bills-grow-2024/72353716007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/13/border-security-rhetoric-affects-communities/72401347007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Migrant Crime Turning America’s Cities Into War Zones. Gang members recruit migrants from shelters and as they come off buses from Texas, putting them to work in retail theft rings or worse. – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://www.nysun.com/article/migrant-crime-turning-americas-cities-into-war-zones

SEATTLE TIMES
— Biden shields Palestinians in the U.S. from deportation – Hamed Aleaziz (COMMENT: What percent of those Palestinians despise/hate Jews? What percent despise/hate Republicans?)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/biden-shields-palestinians-in-the-u-s-from-deportation/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Lesson in Wokeness. Of course this is a story about California, but it can happen anywhere. – JJames Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-in-wokeness-d55ce9de
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/congress-isnt-going-to-fix-the-border-can-biden-8e819275
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-suozzi-wins-new-york-house-seat-mazi-pilip-gop-border-bill-donald-trump-51e36a38
— Biden Can’t Win Without Help From Trump. The Hur report only reinforced that voters have decided the president isn’t up to a second term. But he keeps on running. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-cant-win-without-help-from-trump-hur-report-voters-age-disqualify-5e64c2e2
— The Real Reason Biden Won’t Quit. If you enjoyed the perks and trappings of the presidency, would you drop out? – Kenneth L. Khachigian
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-reason-biden-wont-quit-2024-presidential-election-30c01808

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/02/14/dei-is-not-being-cancelled-its-just-getting-started/

ACLU
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), a) virtually none of my superiors and supervisors were Republican and b) fewer and fewer and fewer of my coworkers and subordinates were Republican. While I have served as a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, fewer and fewer and fewer of my fellow Precinct Committeemen are conservative, that is, fewer and fewer and fewer are platform Republicans.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/there-was-no-one-that-looked-like-me-why-diversity-matters-in-the-military
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/anti-dei-efforts-are-the-latest-attack-on-racial-equity-and-free-speech

LINKEDIN
— Top Tips for Career Advancement in Accounting – Lisa Ingram (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would have overcome my fear of not being able to pass the CPA examination much sooner. I would have majored in accounting instead of management at UIC, NIU, and Loyola and I would have done things much sooner than I did. As it was, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, because of my bad demographics, I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. I did not take more than one graduate evening course at a time at Loyola and DePaul because of financial limitations and time limitations. IRS did not offer me a job until I was 22 and it was as a “Revenue Officer” job instead of a “Revenue Agent” job because I had not taken enough accounting courses.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-tips-career-advancement-accounting-finance-lisa-ingram-bsc/

DAILY MAIL
Majority of side effects suffered by trans people taking hormone drugs are ‘serious’ and potentially life threatening – CASSIDY MORRISON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13083339/Majority-effects-suffered-trans-people-taking-hormone-drugs-potentially-life-threatening-according-striking-analysis-official-data.html

February 11, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Biden calls Israel’s military operations in Gaza ‘over the top;’ White House downplays comments – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/joe-biden-israel-war-hamas-gaza/14409151/

NBC5
— Migrants in Chicago are on edge as evictions from temporary shelters loom. More than 13,000 people are under pressure to find homes and work before they are mass-evicted from city-operated shelters. – Daniella Silva (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasing pressure on your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district from Democrat and RINO leaders to house their illegals and to provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/migrants-housing-crisis-chicago-eviction-process-rcna135688
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/super-bowl-2024/taylor-swift-lands-lax-super-bowl/3352877/

CBS2
— Chicago Auto Show draws car fanatics, shoppers in buyer’s market – Noel Brennan (COMMENT: I have attended many Chicago Auto Shows since the 1960s. But the shows are of increasingly less interest to me a) because fewer and fewer and fewer of the cars are American nameplate, b) because fewer and fewer and fewer of the cars appeal to those who share my demographics, and c) because more and more and more of the cars are electric.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-auto-show-kicks-off-mccormick-place/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvUm7F57v8

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats flexed muscles in passing out pork in Springfield – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/11/democrats-flexed-muscles-in-passing-out-pork-in-springfield/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/11/clarence-page-nikki-haley-donald-trump-republicans/
— On her way out, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel urges crowd in Rosemont to vote early – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: Serving as a chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/10/on-her-way-out-rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-urges-crowd-in-rosemont-to-vote-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel used an Illinois GOP fundraiser Friday night to deliver a valedictory address of sorts as she prepares for her ouster from the party post later this month under pressure from former President Donald Trump. Appearing at an event aimed at encouraging Republicans to vote early and by mail, a “Bank Your Vote” program she initiated despite criticism from Trump and other GOP leaders that the practice Democrats have used successfully has been littered with fraud, McDaniel made no mention of the former president or her imminent departure as RNC chair. She exhorted a crowd of more than 700 people in a ballroom at the Westin O’Hare hotel in Rosemont to pledge to vote early, avoid an Election Day vote deficit and save the party from the expense of pushing them to vote in the campaign’s final days. “Why bank your vote? We in the party must start utilizing mail-in and early voting,” she said. “Please raise your hand and you will pledge to vote early this election. Everybody, we got to do it.”)
— Hundreds protest Chicago Tribune editorial they say spread anti-Palestinian racism – REBECCA JOHNSON (COMMENT: Taking positions on issues is a thankless job. I have served as the GOPUSA Editor since 2000. I have always promoted the Republican Party platform in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and especially the platform’s individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/10/hundreds-protest-chicago-tribune-editorial-they-say-spread-anti-palestinian-racism/
— As the Republican primary looms, Haley challenges Trump on her home turf – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/10/haley-challenges-trump-on-her-home-turf-in-south-carolina-as-the-republican-primary-looms/
— Biden and his allies push back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/09/how-biden-and-his-allies-are-pushing-back-against-a-special-counsels-claims-about-his-memory/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/11/chicago-migrants-immigration-papers/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Auto Show ‘childhood dream come true’ for some, window shopping opportunity for others. The 116th rendition of the Auto Show has brought a growing share of electric vehicles, with Lucid and Tesla making their debuts at the iconic showcase. – Violet Miller (COMMENT: I have attended many Chicago Auto Shows since the 1960s. But the shows are of increasingly less interest to me a) because fewer and fewer and fewer of the cars are American nameplate, b) because fewer and fewer and fewer of the cars appeal to those who share my demographics, and c) because more and more and more of the cars are electric.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/10/24068811/chicago-auto-show-opens

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Underwood outpacing GOP rivals in fundraising for 14th Congressional race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240211/local-politics/underwood-outpacing-gop-rivals-in-fundraising-for-14th-congressional-race/
— Former Naperville council candidate Nag Jaiswal quits human rights and fair housing commission – Alicia Fabbre
https://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois GOP lawmakers lay out spring session priorities – Andrew Hensel (COMMENT: What about stopping Democrat promotion of 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? What about promoting individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, limits on vices, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)?)
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-gop-lawmakers-lay-out-spring-session-priorities/article_d42f3aac-c762-11ee-8002-1b355aa5878e.html

WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-republican-lawmakers-are-backing-dozens-of-bills-targeting-diversity-efforts-on-campus-and-elsewhere/

DAILY ILLINI
— Immigration bill shows cracks in the Democratic Party machine – Grayson Hodson
https://dailyillini.com/opinions-stories/2024/02/10/opinion-immigration-democratic-party/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— President Non Compos Mentis
https://johnkassnews.com/president-non-compos-mentis/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: Democrats should ‘shun’ Benet Academy grad Anna Stava-Murray for ‘evil’ bill that ‘designates parents as abusive for refusing to allow gender change or an abortion’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654687604-ives-democrats-should-shun-benet-academy-grad-anna-stava-murray-for-her-bill-to-label-parents-as-abusive-who-refuse-abortion-chemical-castration-for-their-children

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— North Side State Rep. Cassidy proposes income tax cut for Illinois abortion, child mutilation providers, school porn teachers.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654682225-north-side-state-rep-cassidy-proposes-income-tax-cut-for-illinois-abortion-child-mutilation-providers-school-porn-teachers

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Leaders Embrace a Losing Record Under Chair Don Tracy as he Bankrolls the State Party (COMMENT: From what I see, conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, feel ever-increasingly unwelcome in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that past and present leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/il-gop-leaders-embrace-a-losing-record-under-chair-don-tracy-as-he-bankrolls-the-state-party-recent-filings-reveal.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Double standard seen in kid-glove treatment for Biden versus full-bore legal assault on Trump – Alex Swoyer and Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/10/double-standard-seen-in-kid-glove-treatment-for-jo/
— White House memo balks at attacks on Biden’s memory, suggests that GOP are ‘afraid’ of him – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/10/white-house-memo-balks-attacks-bidens-memory-sugge/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump blasts Biden’s fitness to run for president if special counsel says he’s ‘not fit to charge’ – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2849380/trump-blasts-bidens-fitness-to-run-for-president-if-special-counsel-says-hes-not-fit-to-charge/
— White House Report Card: Biden repeatedly shows he’s losing it – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2849150/white-house-report-card-biden-repeatedly-shows-hes-losing-it/
— Unfunded cost of retirement benefits reaches $1.14 trillion ($103.1 billion in Illinois) – Tom Gantert (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have used my getting a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension against me the most. In my defense, I stress that I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS for almost 30 years.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2847102/unfunded-cost-of-retirement-benefits-reaches-1-14-trillion-report/
— What’s behind Trump’s Bud Light rehabilitation effort? – Kimberly Ross
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2848192/whats-behind-trumps-bud-light-rehabilitation/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 80) Special ‘Elderly Man With a Poor Memory’ Edition
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-80/

NEW YORK POST
— Thousands of migrants in NY quietly collecting ‘welfare’ through Hochul rule change – Rich Calder
https://nypost.com/2024/02/10/metro/thousands-of-migrants-get-cash-aid-through-hochul-policy-change/
— Trump questions whereabouts of Nikki Haley’s husband Michael, who is serving in military. – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/02/10/news/trump-questions-whereabouts-of-nikki-haleys-husband-michael-who-is-deployed-overseas/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ‘We Are in The Thick of an Invasion’: More than 12,000 Illegal Aliens from 48 Countries Apprehended in Tucson Sector Alone This Week.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/10/we-are-in-the-thick-of-an-invasion-more-than-12000-illegal-aliens-from-48-countries-apprehended-in-tucson-sector-alone-this-week/
— ‘Heroic’: Democrats Praise Illinois Bill to Provide Tax Credits to Abortionists, Child Mutilators, Porn Teachers
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/10/heroic-democrats-praise-il-bill-to-provide-tax-credits-to-abortionists-child-mutilators-porn-teachers/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Elon Musk slams Biden, says he opened border to keep Democrats in power – TIMOTHY FRUDD
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/02/elon-musk-slams-biden-says-he-opened-border-to-keep-democrats-in-power/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Another day, another Venezuelan thug in New York: Here come the Caracas slums – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/another_day_another_venezuelan_thug_in_new_york_here_come_the_caracas_slums.html
— Keep an eye on the Biden crowd – Richard Berkowitz
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/keep_an_eye_on_the_biden_crowd.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Replacement theory? ‘The View’ floats names of Dems who could take Biden’s spot after special counsel’s tough report
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/10/replacement-theory-the-view-floats-names-of-dems-who-could-take-bidens-spot-after-special-counsels-tough-report-1435729/
— NY GOP lawmakers excoriate city’s sanctuary policies after second migrant attack in two weeks – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/10/ny-gop-lawmakers-excoriate-citys-sanctuary-policies-after-second-migrant-attack-in-two-weeks-1435679/

BLAZE
— Florida transgender activists stage die-in demonstrations at DMVs over new driver’s license rule – COLLIN JONES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fl-transgender-activists-stage-die-in-demonstrations-at-dmvs-over-new-driver-s-license-rule

BREITBART
— 64 Ways Joe Biden Opened America’s Borders to the World’s Migrants – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/10/the-list-64-ways-joe-biden-opened-americas-borders-to-the-worlds-migrants/
— Immigration Should Be ‘Centerpiece’ of 2024 Election, Biden ‘Unilaterally’ Opened Border – Rep. Ashley Hinson
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/10/exclusive-rep-ashley-hinson-immigration-should-be-centerpiece-of-2024-election-biden-unilaterally-opened-border/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Will Taylor Swift Be the Next Bud Light? Many in the media are saying Taylor may soon announce her endorsement of President Joe Biden. – Wayne Allyn Root (COMMENT: To endorse Biden is to promote more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. What percent of voters share Trump’s demographics?)
http://eks.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root

EPOCH TIMES
— Florida Republican Party Endorses Trump for President – Tom Ozimek (COMMENT: From what I see, the majority of the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization oppose Trump. In the March 19 Republican primary in your county and in your township/ward, what percent of the votes will Trump get and what percent will Haley get?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/florida-republican-party-endorses-trump-for-president-5584718

FOX NEWS
— Denver mayor blames Republicans and Trump for $5M cuts to pay for migrant crisis. Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, has announced that he is cutting $5 million from public services to pay for the city’s illegal immigration crisis. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/denver-mayor-blames-republicans-and-trump-for-5m-cuts-to-pay-for-migrant-crisis
— Anti-racism and social justice jargon is hurting future doctors. Former Harvard Medical School dean Jeffrey Flier worried that ‘ideological outcome’ could have negative impacts on medicine and healthcare. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-harvard-medical-school-dean-anti-racism-social-justice-jargon-hurting-future-doctors
— Congressional committee chair slams TikTok’s role in aiding Chinese migrant surge at southern border. Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher called on Biden to reverse open-border policies. – Peter Aitken
https://www.foxnews.com/world/congressional-committee-chair-slams-tiktoks-role-aiding-chinese-migrant-surge-southern-border
— Migrants are flowing to the areas of least resistance: California Mayor Bill Wells
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346646012112

GOPUSA
— Sen. Hawley Says AG Garland Should ‘Either Charge’ Biden Or Invoke 25th Amendment
https://www.gopusa.com/sen-hawley-says-ag-garland-should-either-charge-biden-or-invoke-25th-amendment/
— Biden Must Be Hidden From An Apathetic Press
https://www.gopusa.com/biden-must-be-hidden-from-an-apathetic-press/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Policy matters: Illegal immigrant traffic to Texas drops, shifts to Arizona, California – Matthew Holloway
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-immigrants-traffic-to-texas-drops-shifts-to-arizona-california

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “It’s going be a free-for-all in the country if they allow Colorado to get away with” keeping Trump off the ballot. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/its-going-be-a-free-for-all-in-the-country-if-they-allow-colorado-to-get-away-with-keeping-trump-off-the-ballot/
— California Teacher Who Exposed “Woke Kindergarten” Program Placed On Indefinite Leave (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because they wanted to retaliate against me by giving my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office which is exactly what they did.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/california-teacher-who-exposed-woke-kindergarten-program-placed-on-indefinite-leave/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Demands ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Biden-Admin Officials Who Refuse to Enforce Immigration Law – KAYLA BARTSCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-demands-criminal-penalties-for-biden-admin-officials-who-refuse-to-enforce-immigration-law/
— Affirmative Action Has No Place at Military-Service Academies – DAN LENNINGTON and SKYLAR CROY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/affirmative-action-has-no-place-at-military-service-academies/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘We Crushed Crooked Joe Biden’s Disastrous Open Borders Bill’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-south-carolina-primary/2024/02/10/id/1153095/

PJ MEDIA
— Denver Deprives Citizens to Fund Illegals, Mayor Blames Congress – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/02/10/denver-deprives-citizens-to-fund-illegals-mayor-blames-congress-n4926328
— What Next? Woke State Now Coming After Car Tires – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2024/02/10/what-next-woke-state-now-coming-after-car-tires-n4926318
— Cities Forced to Cut Services to Deal With Migrant Crisis – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/02/10/cities-forced-to-cut-services-to-deal-with-migrant-crisis-n4926326

PARADISE
— Propaganda Wars Begin: Illegal Immigration Will Boost US GDP By $7 Trillion. How is it not the biggest political talking point right now that since October 2019, native-born US workers have lost 1.4 million jobs, while over the same period foreign-born workers have gained 3 million jobs. (COMMENT: If those who hired me 1964-1980 could have hired illegals, they would have hired foreign-born workers instead of me and they would have paid them much less. I should write a book about my biggest critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money, bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them good jobs, etc.)
https://theparadise.ng/24322/propaganda-wars-begin-illegal-immigration-will-boost-us-gdp-by-7-trillion/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DeSantis: If Republicans Are Not Willing To Fight Over The Border Then What Issue Are They Going To Fight For? – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/10/desantis_if_republicans_are_not_willing_to_fight_over_the_border_then_what_issue_are_you_going_to_be.html

TOWNHALL
— Even Liberals Admit Trump Will Be Re-Elected As Voters Are Sick of Biden’s Migrant Policies – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/10/stephen-a-smith-on-democrats-migrant-policies-thats-why-trump-will-be-re-elected-n2634984

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Liberal Mayor Blames Republicans as He Cuts City Services to Fund Programs for Illegal Aliens – George C. Upper III
https://www.westernjournal.com/liberal-mayor-blames-republicans-cuts-city-services-fund-programs-illegal-aliens/
— Test Scores Plummet After School Rolls Out ‘Woke Kindergarten’ – Anthony Altomari
https://www.westernjournal.com/test-scores-plummet-school-rolls-woke-kindergarten/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump argues he should ‘not be charged’ in classified docs case if Biden isn’t – LAUREN IRWIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4460164-trump-argues-should-not-be-charged-classified-docs-case-biden-is-not/

MSN
— New York’s Immigration Debate Intensifies as Protests Erupt, With Some Calling for Stricter Policies
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/new-york-s-immigration-debate-intensifies-as-protests-erupt-with-some-calling-for-stricter-policies/ar-BB1i4OQB

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why the Age Issue Is Hurting Biden So Much More Than Trump. – Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Both Donald J. Trump and President Biden are over 75. But voters are much less likely to worry that Mr. Trump is too old to serve.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/politics/biden-trump-aging.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/nyregion/migrants-canada-northern-border.html
— Inside Biden’s Protective White House. The White House’s cloistered nature reflects the concern of aides who worry that even small mistakes will be amplified. Lately, the president has burst through that bubble, with mixed results. – Katie Rogers and Lisa Lerer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/politics/biden-white-house-aides.html
— Other 80-Somethings Have Thoughts About Age and the Presidency. President Biden’s age has once again become a talking point in national politics. Many older Americans agree that it’s an issue; others feel it’s insulting. – Jack Healy, Julie Bosman, Audra D. S. Burch and Jenna Russell
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/biden-age-report-reactions.html

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/02/world/migrant-crossing-california-cnnphotos/

CNBC
— This is what happens if you don’t pay your taxes on time. Late fees and interest are only the beginning. – Megan DeMatteo and Kelsey Neubauer (COMMENT: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.cnbc.com/select/what-happens-when-you-dont-pay-taxes-on-time/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Levies and liens Within a few months, you should expect to receive letters from the IRS indicating how much you owe. These may be followed by collection notices or phone calls. Eventually, you may receive a Notice of Intent to Levy, a letter indicating the IRS is prepared to seize your assets to cover the amount due. It can claim your home, car, bank accounts or even a portion of your paycheck. After receiving the Notice of Intent, you have 30 days to pay your balance, appeal the levy or reach an agreement with the IRS before further action is taken. If you don’t pay within 10 days of receiving the notice, the failure-to-pay penalty increases to 1% per month. If you owe the IRS $10,000 or more, a lien may be placed on your home. According to the IRS website, “a lien is a legal claim against your property to secure payment of your tax debt, while a levy actually takes the property to satisfy the tax debt.” The IRS will file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien “to alert creditors that the government has a legal right to your property.” This may limit your ability to get credit, including refinancing your mortgage. If you sell your home, the IRS may claim a portion or all of the proceeds. Even declaring bankruptcy may not remove a tax lien. Other consequences for not paying taxes If you still have not settled your account, the State Department may eventually refuse to issue or renew your passport. If you have a “seriously delinquent tax debt” (considered $62,000 or more) your passport may even be revoked. The IRS has 10 years to collect unpaid taxes. While tax evasion and tax fraud are jailable offenses, you won’t go to prison for not having enough money to pay your tax bill. That’s why filing a return, even if you don’t include full payment, is important. How to pay your taxes over time If you’re concerned your tax bill may be steep, you can set up an installment plan with the IRS. These payment plans include interest and a non-payment penalty of up to 25% of the balance due. You can also apply for an offer in compromise (OIC), which is a request for the IRS to settle your tax bill for less than the amount that you owe. They’re not commonly approved — only about a third of OICs were accepted in 2022 — but the IRS will consider your income, expenses and other factors when reviewing your request.)

NEWSWEEK
— The ongoing migrant crisis makes 44 percent of Texans either more likely or significantly more likely to support the state becoming a fully independent country – James Bickerton
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-migrant-crisis-boosting-independence-campaign-poll-1868788
— ALL OF THE FRONT COVER: Americans Being Priced Out of Their Love Affair With Cars – GIULIA CARBONARO (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, a) I bought (paid for in full) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 when I was 17 years old with the money that I had earned the previous 18 months working part-time for the minimum wage washing dishes and I got for selling my 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, b) I bought (paid for in full) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967 with the money that I had earned the previous 13 months working part-time delivering mail and I got for my selling my Pontiac, and c) I bought (paid for in full) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in December of 1968 with the money that I had earned the previous 12 months working part-time delivering mail and I got for selling my Oldsmobile. Granted, my parents provided with room and board all that time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2024/02/16/americans-being-priced-out-their-love-affair-cars-1866374.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, car ownership has been a trademark of the American lifestyle, with vehicles becoming symbols of freedom, independence and even rebellion, as well as a necessity. . .Just 10 percent of new car listings are currently priced below $30,000, according to CoPilot. Things are not much better in the used car market, where only 28 percent of listings are currently priced below $20,000. According to an October report by Market Watch, Americans needed an annual income of at least $100,000 to afford a car, at least if they’re following standard budgeting advice, which says you shouldn’t spend more than 10 percent of your monthly income on car-related expenses. That means that more than 60 percent of American households cannot afford to buy a new car, based on Census data. For individuals, the numbers are even worse, with 82 percent of people below the $100,000 line.)

FOX AUSTIN
— Republican Party of Texas censures Speaker Dade Phelan – RONNIE MARLEY (COMMENT: Far too many Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO elected officials and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton not only reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, but they have taken far too many big adverse actions against me because I support those planks. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.aol.com/news/republican-party-texas-censures-speaker-232924174.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party of Texas has announced they’ve officially censured Representative Dade Phelan on Saturday, according to a release. Officials said they will be “imposing the full set of penalties allowed by the rules, for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities.” According to a release, rule 44 of the Republican Party of Texas allows the party to censure elected officials who violate Republican Party of Texas principles and priorities three times or more in a given biennium. The censure of Phelan details five such instances on issues such as the impeachment of Ken Paxton, Democrat Committee Chairs, border security, and educational freedom. The release stated that the original censure resolution was passed by the Jasper County Republican Party with at least two-thirds support and required a three-fifths vote to pass the 64-member State Republican Executive Committee. The final vote was 55 in favor, four opposed, and four abstentions. . .Phelan is now the four elected official in the history of the Republican Party of Texas to be censured utilizing the Rule 44 censure option.)

TAHOE DAILY TRIBUNE
— Only fifth of Washoe County voters turnout – Brenna O’Boyle (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done so far to increase Republican voter turnout for the March 19, 2024 Republican primary? So far, for my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample ballot along with all the campaign literature that I have received (only from Jeff Castle so far) to each of the 228 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter. I did it in 4 batches with each batch taking about 2 hours to deliver.)
https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/only-fifth-of-washoe-county-voters-turnout/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican leaders for problems caused by illegal immigration caused by Democrat and RINO leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/denver-colorado-immigration-bill-border-62766163

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanharmeling/2024/02/10/dei-must-be-about-fostering-understanding-not-identifying-enemies/

BLOOMBERG
— Taylor Swift Wows Chinese Women Tired of Xi’s Conservative Era. Fans praise pop star for raising gender issues, empowerment. China promotes traditional role for women to boost birth rates. (COMMENT: Republicans promote traditional marriage and family. Democrats and RINOs promote LGBTQ and destroy traditional marriage and family. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my unfairly benefitting from being raised in a traditional family. According to Democrats and RINOs, traditional families discriminate against women.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-10/taylor-swift-wows-chinese-women-tired-of-xi-s-conservative-era
— Wealthy Parents Are Spending $750,000 to Get Kids Into Harvard, Yale – Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. Their parents bought them cars. Their parents paid their college expenses. Their parents got them jobs. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/wealthy-parents-are-spending-750-000-to-get-kids-into-harvard-yale

KIPLINGER
— These Four Traits Lead to More Retirement Savings. Only 10% of workers that have the traits that lead to more retirement savings. Are you one of them? – JACOB SCHROEDER (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates grew ever-increasingly furious that my wife and I could and did save lots of money for our retirement.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/these-traits-lead-to-more-retirement-savings

FAST COMPANY
— What to do when your counteroffer is better than your new job offer. Some experts say that you should never accept a counteroffer. But what happens when the terms are just too good? – ANISA PURBASARI HORTON (COMMENT: In 1980, when I was a 31-year-old IRS employee, of course, when the Democrats who ran GAO offered me a transfer, the Democrats who ran IRS did not make me a counteroffer. But my IRS supervisor did decry the president that the transfer established. I had to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. Constructively, a) that rendered my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at GS-12 Step1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year in today’s dollars WORTHLESS, b) that rendered my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 WORTHLESS, and c) that rendered my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 WORTHLESS.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91016414/what-to-do-when-counteroffer-better-than-new-job-offer

ACCREDITED LANGUAGE SERVICES
— Defining Levels of Language Proficiency Avoids Confusion (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, those who answer toll-free calls are not proficient in English.)
https://www.accreditedlanguage.com/interpreting/defining-levels-of-language-proficiency-avoids-confusion/

DAILY KOS
— What is a conservative? Understanding how the term works in American politics. (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Conservatives defend and advance the Republican Party platform. There are far too few conservatives in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, but I am one of them.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/10/2222477/-What-is-a-conservative-Understanding-how-the-term-works-in-American-politics

DAILY MAIL
— ‘We cannot vet them all’: Border Patrol chief warned Homeland Security committee about influx of Chinese migrants ‘with links to CCP’ in closed-door meeting LAST YEAR. More than 24,000 Chinese migrants crossed US borders illegally in 2023, compared to just 342 in 2021 – making them the fastest growing illegal entries. DailyMail.com can now reveal that border chiefs warned the homeland security committee last year that they were concerned they could be letting in CCP spies. Meanwhile, startling data has revealed that more illegal Chinese migrants are granted asylum than any other nationality, raising concerns that more will follow. – MILES DILWORTH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062971/Chinese-illegal-migrants-asylum-border-crossings.html

February 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park given $1.9M more to aid migrants, plans new single-site shelter at former Catholic school building (COMMENT: How many tax dollars that you have paid and will pay has Pritzker offered/given to your municipality to provide his illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/02/oak-park-given-mayors-caucus-grant-for-migrants/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/02/biden-is-left-with-few-choices-as-immigration-takes-center-stage-in-american-politics/
— Why Taylor Swift’s globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/02/taylor-swift-private-jet/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In state House race, Republican Dennis Reboletti leans into moderate stance on abortion, rare for today’s GOP. Reboletti, of Elmhurst, is once again trying to make his way back to the General Assembly, challenging Marti Deuter, a pro-abortion Democrat from Elmhurst, for the open seat. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/2/2/24059880/state-house-race-republican-dennis-reboletti-leans-moderate-abortion-marti-deuter-rich-miller
— Pfleger demands DNC fund homes for Chicago’s unhoused before Democratic National Convention — or stay home. The legendary peace priest plans to lead a protest Feb. 15 demanding the Democratic National Committee set aside funds to house Chicago’s homeless. “Our message is simple: “No money put aside for the homeless: No convention,” said Pfleger. – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/2/2/24059946/father-pfleger-dnc-fund-unhoused-democratic-national-convention-august-host-sabina

DAILY HERALD
— Controversial West Chicago trash site halted by state board – Brett Chase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240202/news/controversial-west-chicago-trash-site-halted-by-state-board/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision by the Illinois Pollution Control Board delays but doesn’t kill the project, which was opposed by some Latino residents who called the plan racist. Opponents said that their community would be a landing place for garbage hauled from white communities, including Naperville and Wheaton.)

ABC7
— Registration now open for ‘After School Matters’ spring programs for Chicago teens (COMMENT: To earn money to buy a new car that I would use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage four evenings a week and Saturdays in the basement of the SS Kresge’s in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 in between.)
https://abc7chicago.com/after-school-matters-chicago-youth-program-spring-registration-for-teens-educational-programs/14383234/

NBC5
— With Chicago Auto Show set to open next weekend, here’s what to know. Take a look at the vehicles that will be on display and what activities you can do at the event. – Kiersten Riedford
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/with-chicago-auto-show-set-to-open-next-weekend-heres-what-to-know/3345532/

CBS2
— Oak Park receives nearly $2 million to run shelter for migrants (COMMENT: How many tax dollars that you have paid and will pay has Pritzker offered/given to your municipality to provide his illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-suburb-migrant-grant/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dRrG7tbhE8

FOX32
— US border protests planned amid migrant surge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-z3XnMxPk
— Faith leaders urge investments in Chicago suburbs following Dolton mass shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuOwv0Bvrc

WTTW
— Officials and Organizers Weigh in on Chicago’s 60-Day Shelter Limit for Migrants, Discuss Long-Term Housing – Acacia Hernandez
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/02/officials-and-organizers-weigh-chicago-s-60-day-shelter-limit-migrants-discuss-long-term

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The RNC chairwoman calls for unity as the party faces a cash crunch and attacks by some Trump allies – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-rnc-chairwoman-calls-for-unity-as-the-party-faces-a-cash-crunch-and-attacks-by-some-trump-allies/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-28/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Glen Ellyn leaders consider permanently housing Illegal Migrants for an $11 Million Dollar Grant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnwP-20Fjo
— Wheaton College Is in the News–Again – Laurie Higgins
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/wheaton-college-is-in-the-news-again

WIREPOINTS
— Eleven Illinois U.S. Reps Vote Against Bill Allowing Deportation of Non-Citizens who Commit Social Security Fraud
https://wirepoints.org/eleven-illinois-u-s-reps-vote-against-bill-allowing-deportation-of-non-citizens-who-commit-social-security-fraud-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Lincoln Day Dinner February 17th Features Unleashed Prosperity Newsletter Publisher Stephen Moore
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/02/02/mchenry-county-lincoln-day-dinner-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-2/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Village of Roselle Mayor David Pileski has clarified that the community has not received any requests from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson or Governor Pritzker regarding the city’s illegal immigration crisis. Pileski also highlighted a crucial aspect of Roselle’s position – as a non-home rule municipality, the village believes it lacks the legal authority to approve ordinances that impose certain restrictions or regulations related to the migrant issue.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654036977-pileski-the-village-has-not-received-any-requests-from-chicago-mayor-johnson-or-governor-pritzker
— Village of Wayne Mayor Phipps: ‘We do not currently have any ordinances in place as we have no available resources to house migrants’ Wayne has no plans to accept illegal immigrants, as stated by Mayor Eileen Phipps. In an interview with DuPage Policy Journal, Phipps explained that the village lacks the necessary facilities to accommodate illegal immigrants.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653981542-village-of-wayne-mayor-phipps-we-do-not-currently-have-any-ordinances-in-place-as-we-have-no-available-resources-to-house-migrants

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas is defending U.S. against a southern border invasion. I stand with Gov. Abbott. – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/texas-defending-nation/
— Democrats deserve zero police protection – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/democrats-deserve-zero-police-protection/
— Mike Johnson questions if Biden is the one making decisions on the border – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/mike-johnson-questions-if-joe-biden-is-one-making-/
— Senate Republicans lukewarm at best on House GOP plan to impeach Mayorkas – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/senate-republicans-lukewarm-at-best-on-house-gop-p/
— Sarah Sanders skeptical Biden loves U.S.: ‘If he did, he certainly wouldn’t be trying to destroy it’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/sarah-sanders-skeptical-biden-loves-us-if-he-did-h/
— Trump rips UAW as ‘hopeless case’ for refusing to back him – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/trump-rips-uaw-hopeless-case-refusing-back-him/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrats introduce gun violence prevention program – Andrew Hensel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2833194/illinois-democrats-introduce-gun-violence-prevention-program/
— Chicago students watch Black Panther to learn ‘Afrofuturism’ and activism – Matt Lamb
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2833340/chicago-students-watch-black-panther-to-learn-afrofuturism-and-activism/
— New York Democrats embarrass themselves on crime and immigration – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2834158/new-york-democrats-embarrass-themselves-crime-immigration/
— Would the Senate border deal ‘legalize’ 2 million immigrants a year? – David Sivak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2832813/would-senate-border-deal-legalize-2-million-migrants/
— Republicans skeptical the ‘case has been made’ to push Biden impeachment into reality – Jack Birle (COMMENT: Since at least the 1980s, the Republican Party has been dominated by RINOs who want cheap labor, that is, by those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2835311/republicans-skeptical-case-made-push-biden-impeachment-into-reality/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 79)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-79/

NEW YORK POST
— NY’s soft-on-crime madness peaks with migrants beating cops, getting let go, and fleeing the state – Bob McManus
https://nypost.com/2024/02/02/opinion/nys-soft-on-crime-madness-peaks-with-migrants-beating-cops-getting-let-go-and-fleeing-the-state/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— What they mean when they say ‘normalize gender inclusivity’ – Robert Thornton
https://afn.net/education/2024/02/02/what-they-mean-when-they-say-normalize-gender-inclusivity/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Happy Black History Month: Boston officials take away black people’s rec center to house illegals – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/happy_black_history_month_boston_officials_take_away_black_peoples_rec_center_to_house_illegals.html
— According to news reports, Denver is overwhelmed – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/get_out_of_denver_baby_go_go.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Democrat defends bill that would ban police from conducting most traffic stops – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/02/illinois-dem-defends-bill-that-would-ban-police-from-conducting-most-traffic-stops-1433371/
— House PASSES bill to deport illegal migrants arrested for driving drunk after 150 Dems vote NO – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/02/house-passes-bill-to-deport-illegal-migrants-arrested-for-driving-drunk-after-150-dems-vote-no-1433170/

BLAZE
— California court hosts ‘gender identity’ training for judges, featuring DEI speaker – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-court-hosts-gender-identity-training-for-judges-featuring-dei-speaker-report

BREITBART
— Trump to Break Reagan’s Record with 14th CPAC Appearance – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/02/donald-trump-break-reagans-record-14th-cpac-appearance/
— Illegal Aliens Accused of Attacking NYC Cops May Have Fled to CA After Soros DA Alvin Bragg Helped Free Them from Jail – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/02/illegal-aliens-accused-attacking-nyc-cops-may-have-fled-ca-after-soros-da-alvin-bragg-helped-free-them-jail/
— New York Times Shows the Teens Victimized by Transgenderism – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/02/new-york-times-shows-teens-victimized-transgenderism/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Blue State blues over migrant crisis is a self-inflicted wound – Ken Tashjy
https://www.campusreform.org/article/tashjy-blue-state-blues-over-migrant-crisis-is-a-self-inflicted-wound/24776

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Massive Spike in Immigration Court ‘No-Shows’ Undermining the credibility of our immigration system; they may not care, but you should. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Massive-Spike-Immigration-Court-NoShows

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democrats in Austin, San Antonio flying ‘guests’ from border to cities nationwide – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_934738a6-c20c-11ee-81b9-7b0362d4fd59.html

CITY JOURNAL
— A Border Crisis By Design. It is unequivocally the intended result of Biden administration policy. – Jeffrey H. Anderson
https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-border-crisis-by-design
— Bring Back the SAT. By rejecting standardized tests, colleges are creating a perverse incentive for students to seek out less challenging high schools. – Dave Seminara
https://www.city-journal.org/article/bring-back-the-sat

DAILY CALLER
— Migrants Know They Won’t Be ‘Held Accountable’ – Border Patrol Council Pres Brandon Judd
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/02/brandon-judd-rips-biden-officials-migrants-know-wont-be-held-accountable/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Inside Shelby Park: Texas Built a Wall, Placed Guards at Border and Illegal Aliens Stopped Crossing – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/02/inside-shelby-park-texas-built-wall-placed-guards-border-illegal-aliens-stopped-crossing/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Courageously Defend The Rights Of Illegal Immigrant Drunk Drivers – Matt Walsh
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-courageously-defend-the-rights-of-illegal-immigrant-drunk-drivers

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Americans Deserve a Say in Mass Migrant Resettlement
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/02/02/americans-deserve-say-mass-migrant-resettlement

FOX BUSINESS
— Elon Musk criticized DEI; now Tesla is ditching that language. Tesla has stripped DEI references from its filings after CEO Elon Musk called for an end to the programs. – Breck Dumas
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-criticized-dei-tesla-ditching-language

FOX NEWS
— Illinois offering towns grants to help cover costs of migrants. Glen Ellyn Village President Mark Senak on his town declining a $11 million offer to house migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346079893112
— Musk says Biden opened border floodgates so Democrats can stay in power. Musk said Biden wants to get as many illegals immigrants into the country and legalize them so Democrats can create a permanent one-party state. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/musk-biden-opened-border-floodgates-democrats-can-stay-power
— Illegals who caught bus out of NYC after attack on police may have gotten free ride from US taxpayers. At least 4 migrants are believed to have ditched town on a bus to Calexico, California. – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegals-who-caught-bus-out-nyc-after-attack-police-may-have-gotten-free-ride-us-taxpayers-sources
— ‘Merit-based hiring’ might be ‘unfair’: American Psychological Association. A study claimed that inequality and merit-based decisions are ‘intertwined’ – Lindsay Kornick (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestor have not been in America for a long time and b) that the aforesaid victims should have gotten the jobs and the promotions that I got. In my defense, I stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, and d) that my mother never attended high school. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their college expenses, and/or d) got them jobs.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/merit-based-hiring-unfair-american-psychological-association

MRC TV
— NYC Launches $53M Program To Give Illegals Pre-Paid Credit Cards – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/nyc-launches-53m-program-give-illegals-pre-paid-credit-cards
— NYPD Says 4 of the Criminal Invaders Who Beat Up Cops have Fled to California – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/nypd-says-4-criminal-invaders-who-beat-cops-have-fled-california

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Squad’ Member Supports Drunk Drivers on House Floor, and Her Antics May Have Just Broken MADD – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/02/02/wash-communist-congresswoman-dont-call-illegal-alien-drunk-drivers-illegal-n4926088
— Yet Another Video Surfaces, Making Ilhan Omar’s Real Allegiance Even Clearer – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/02/02/watch-yet-another-video-surfaces-making-ilhan-omars-real-allegiance-even-clearer-n4926069

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s Border Catastrophe Is About Much More Than Illegal Immigration – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2024/02/02/bidens-border-catastrophe-is-about-much-more-than-illegal-immigration-n2634706
— Bubble Media Shocked by Reality of Why Criminal Illegal Aliens Thrive in New York – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/02/02/bubble-media-shocked-by-reality-of-criminal-illegal-aliens-in-new-york-n2634707
— Why NYC’s Mayor Can No Longer Complain About the Illegal Immigration Crisis – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/02/02/after-this-nyc-proposal-for-migrant-families-mayor-adams-cant-whine-about-the-illegal-alien-invasion-n2634718
— Dozens of Illegal Migrants Land on the Swanky Beaches of San Diego – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/02/illegal-migrants-land-boat-on-san-diego-n2634511

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Dem ‘Squad’ Member Pushes Whopping $14 Trillion Slavery Reparations Plan Gaining Traction
https://www.westernjournal.com/dem-squad-member-pushes-whopping-14-trillion-slavery-reparations-plan-gaining-traction-need-know/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— RNC chairwoman calls for unity as the party faces a cash crunch and attacks by some Trump allies – THOMAS BEAUMONT and BRIAN SLODYSKO
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-rnc-chairwoman-calls-for-unity-as-the-party-faces-a-cash-crunch-and-attacks-by-some-trump-allies/
— Trump spent $76 million over last two years on attorneys as legal troubles mount ahead of election – RICHARD LARDNER and AARON KESSLER (COMMENT: I spent lots of money on tuition and books to earn master’s degrees in a) finance from IIT in 1997, b) accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) business from Loyola in 1976. That helped me become a licensed CPA in 1981. That helped me pass on my first attempt a) the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981 and b) the CPA examination in 1979.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-spent-76-million-over-last-two-years-on-attorneys-as-legal-troubles-mount-ahead-of-election/

NEWSWEEK
— How Much Do Illegal Immigrants Cost the U.S.? – Alexander Fabino
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigration-costs-us-billions-biden-administration-policy-impact-taxpayer-burden-1866555

NEW YORK TIMES
— At R.N.C. Meeting, Talk Is of Coming Trump Merger and Chairwoman’s Fate. Donald Trump has long worked closely with Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee. In private, he has begun to question its direction under her leadership. – Shane Goldmacher (COMMENT: When will my critics/opponents who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans in 2012 come out of their closets and state publicly why they had their operatives and dupes do that? I want a chance to respond.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/us/politics/trump-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/opinion/border-deal-senate-biden.html
— U.S. Quietly Resumes Deportation Flights Deep Into Mexico – Hamed Aleaziz
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/us/politics/deportation-flights-mexico-immigration.html
— Germany Has Finally Woken Up – Anna Sauerbrey (COMMENT: German is one of the worst national origins to have. What if I had successfully pretended to be Swedish?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/opinion/germany-protests-far-right.html
— With House Seat at Stake, Republicans Court Jewish Voters Rattled by War. To fill George Santos’s seat, Republicans nominated Mazi Pilip, an Israeli military veteran, in the Feb. 13 special election in New York. – Nicholas Fandos (COMMENT: My ancestors did not immigrate to America to turn America into their motherland. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/nyregion/mazi-pilip-israel-suozzi.html

WASHINGTON POST
— RNC resolution reflects divisions over efforts to overturn 2020 election. – Marianne LeVine, Patrick Marley and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/02/rnc-electors-resolution-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican National Committee members approved a resolution Friday promising to continue to “vocally” support those who “lawfully” served as Donald Trump’s electors in 2020 in states that President Biden won — a compromise intended to placate Trump supporters who had unsuccessfully pushed for help covering the legal bills for those who challenged the result and now face criminal charges. . .Richard Porter, a Republican national committeeman from Illinois who chairs the RNC’s resolutions committee, said that “taking steps to preserve a remedy during ongoing litigation on the advice of counsel is and always should be lawful” and called the resolution “an open and obvious action taken as a contingency in the event litigation was successful.)
— Most Republicans aren’t aware of Trump’s various legal issues – Philip Bump (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government assured that all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew all about the many/big adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/02/most-republicans-arent-aware-trumps-various-legal-issues/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Both Parties Have Shifted Right on Immigration—and Still Can’t Agree. Senate is set to vote on border restrictions and aid for Ukraine, with Republican support seen as shaky. – Michelle Hackman and Aaron Zitner (COMMENT: Since at least the 1980s, the Republican Party has been dominated by RINOs who want cheap labor, that is, by RINOs who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/senate-border-vote-immigration-policies-trump-19977804
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Democrat and RINO leaders against Texas.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rio-grande-eagle-pass-migrants-texas-national-guard-border-patrol-greg-abbott-joe-biden-3cbbe7db
— Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital. Imams and politicians in the Michigan city side with Hamas against Israel and the Iran against the U.S. – Steven Stalinsky (COMMENT: My ancestors did not immigrate to America to turn America into their motherland. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/welcome-to-dearborn-americas-jihad-capital-pro-hamas-michigan-counterterrorism-a99dba38

FORBES
— ‘Failure To Fulfill His Oath Of Office’: Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) Calls For DHS Sec. Mayorkas’s Impeachment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owFaV9nDn4I
— ‘No More Safe Havens’: Nikki Haley Promises To Defund Sanctuary Cities If Elected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__r5CutF94
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/02/02/dei-shaping-the-future-of-vibrant-workforces/

WASHINGTON INFORMER
— Biden-Harris Admin Reaffirms Commitment to Addressing Racial Wage Gap. New Measures Tackle Gender and Racial Inequality. – Stacy M. Brown (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestor have not been in America for a long time and b) that the aforesaid should have gotten the jobs and the promotions that I got. In my defense, I stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, and d) that my mother never attended high school. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their college expenses, and/or d) got them jobs.)
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/black-women-wage-gap-biden-harris/

DESERET NEWS
— Haley’s newest pitch: Trump, Biden are ‘grumpy old men’ – Samuel Benson (COMMENT: I should write a book about reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
https://www.deseret.com/2024/2/2/24058349/haleys-trump-biden-grumpy-old-men

DENVER GAZETTE
— Nikki Haley ramps up attacks against ‘confused’ Trump
https://gazette.com/news/wex/nikki-haley-ramps-up-attacks-against-confused-trump/image_24e13658-7a1e-5468-81f6-f65eeef1f573.html
— News of migrants’ arrival in Colorado Springs brings terse response from officials: ‘we will not be designated as a sanctuary county’ – Savannah Eller (COMMENT: When Pritzker dumps more and more and more his illegals on your county, on your township, on your municipality, and on your school district, how will the leaders of the aforesaid respond?)
https://gazette.com/news/local/news-of-migrants-arrival-in-colorado-springs-brings-terse-response-from-officials-we-will-not/article_251447b4-c079-11ee-9eb3-8f49900b6113.html

DAILY JOURNAL
— Parties should encourage, not discourage, candidates (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have discouraged me the most from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for a) their problems, b) your problems, c) my problems, and d) everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailyjournal.net/2024/01/30/editorial-parties-should-encourage-not-discourage-candidates/

FLORIDA POLITICS
— Ron DeSantis rips undocumented immigrants’ sense of ‘entitlement’ – A.G. Gancarski
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/656789-desantis-entitlement/

PBS
— ‘I am not going anywhere.’ How Haley staying in GOP race could spell problems for Trump
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/haley-staying-in-gop-race-a-distraction-a-drain-on-resources-and-a-source-of-frustration-for-trump