August 24, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Only 27% of survey respondents said they believe that Chicago is safe.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-chicago-ranked-on-list-of-cities-deemed-safe-by-americans-in-new-poll/3213549/

— Extreme heat causes power outages in Chicago area
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/extreme-heat-causes-power-outages-in-chicago-area/3213612/
— Thousands without power in Wisconsin, Illinois amid staggering heat wave.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/thousands-without-power-in-wisconsin-illinois-amid-staggering-heat-wave/3213534/

CBS2
— Democrats say “Volunteer-run migrant shelter in Pilsen forced to close.”  Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/volunteer-run-migrant-shelter-in-pilsen-forced-to-close/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The unique shelter for newly arrived migrants has been operating for four nearly four months, funded entirely by donations and staffed by volunteers – with no government subsidies or staffing. Now it must shut its doors for good. “Part of that is around our volunteer capacity, part of that is around our ability to fundraise,” said volunteer Anna DiStefano. . .Insurance issues with the property, lack of funding and staff – many of whom are educators and had to go back to the classrooms with the new school year – all contributed to its closing.)

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “Over $100M spent: Chicago’s plea to Biden for relief in housing asylum seekers.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/over-100m-spent-chicagos-plea-to-biden-for-relief-in-housing-asylum-seekers
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more booze.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1268761

WGN9
— Democrats say “Republican debate could be audition for Trump’s running mate.”
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/republican-debate-could-be-audition-for-trumps-running-mate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats acknowledge that “An estimated 68,440 Chicagoans experienced homelessness in 2021.” The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-biz-homelessness-increase-coalition-report-20230824-jrn6esi3m5eo7ixke3l4o2woti-story.html
— High taxes and business surcharges are hurting Illinois residents – Willie Wilson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-high-taxes-business-surcharges-covid-illinois-chicago-20230824-ar5xbofdw5d3dkfrx4bijujjm4-story.html
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-corporation-diversity-dei-inequality-performative-practices-20230823-vuzpvemgcbdorgdjamnarhvexe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Trumpless GOP debate still offers plenty of drama and fireworks as eight do battle in frontrunner’s absence.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/8/23/23843736/debate-republican-fox-trump-desantis-haley-scott-pence-burgum-christie-hutchinson-ramaswamy
— Democrats promote Nikki Haley.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/23/23843906/takeaways-from-the-first-republican-presidential-debate
— Democrats say “Orland Park minister indicted in Trump election case to surrender Friday in Georgia — but lawyer calls bond ‘excessive’ Stephen Lee, a 70-year-old Lutheran minister, was charged for his alleged involvement in a scheme to pressure an election worker in 2020. His bond was set at $75,000.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/23/23843104/suburban-minister-stephen-lee-indicted-trump-georgia-election-fraud-case-surrendern-friday
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/23/23842939/chicago-casino-opening-september-medinah-temple-ballys
— Problems in CPS go far beyond a lack of air conditioning. The problem with the Chicago Public Schools is simple: It fails to educate students well. That is why families have voted with their feet and left. – William Choslovsky
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/23/23843061/chicago-public-schools-problems-air-conditioning-enrollment-first-day-classes-letters
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/24/23843537/humanitarian-migrant-asylum-seekers-crisis-more-help-needed-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— RibFest gets a $25,000 boost from DuPage County Board – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230823/ribfest-gets-a-25000-boost-from-dupage-county-board
— As more and more and more Democrats move into DuPage County, poverty and crime increases.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230823/dupage-county-sets-aside-1-million-to-address-long-haul-needs-for-food-pantries

JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/jacksonville-s-first-cannabis-dispensary-18303241.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump praises Jan. 6 crowd, repeats election lies in online interview while skipping GOP debate.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-attacks-rivals-in-online-interview-with-tucker-carlson-while-skipping-presidential-debate/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-bans-on-diverse-board-books-young-kids-need-to-see-their-families-represented-experts-say/

FOX ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about those Romney promoters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for Romney’s problems and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. In my defense, after Romney won the presidential primary in 2012, I did lots to help him win the general election.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/utah-senator-mitt-romney-republican-presidential-debate-wisconsin-desantis-scott-haley-pence-ramaswamy-christie-burgum-hutchinson

Q98.5
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Smokes More Weed Than 47 Other States
https://q985online.com/ixp/722/p/illinois-smokes-more-weed-than-47-other-states-how-high-is-high/

CHALKBEAT
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/8/23/23842869/chicago-migrant-student-enrollment-first-person

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Feeling the heat, without Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/24/feeling-the-heat-without-trump-00112719
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois was criticized for having a low credit rating — even below Chris Christie’s New Jersey. Sen. Tim Scott attacked Illinois, California and New York for allowing late-term abortions. Crime in Chicago came up a few times, including during a discussion about lockdowns during the pandemic. And Ramaswamy twice mentioned the South Side, saying instead of funding Ukraine, the government should help the Chicago neighborhood. Ramaswamy even described himself as “a skinny kid with a funny name.” Hey, that’s Barack Obama’s line! Christie would use the line to attack Ramaswamy on Obama-era policies. Gov. JB Pritzker responded to one of the attacks this way: “Pretty sure a vast majority of voters would be just fine if abortion policy was left up to Illinois,” he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. A few take-aways from Illinoisans seated in the arena: Sue Rezin, the Illinois state senator, liked Ron DeSantis’ “common-sense approach” to government, saying, “it demonstrates that he’s able to comprehend and tackle the important issues that are crushing hard-working families and threatening our national security.” Ashvin Lad, an entrepreneur, was “surprised at how little” the other candidates went after DeSantis, instead focusing their attacks on Ramaswamy. (Us, too, Ashvin.) Pat Brady, the former Illinois GOP leader saw Nikki Haley as “the clear choice,” adding, “Trump lite isn’t going to carry the day.” It was a reference to Ramaswamy and DeSantis. And Jim Durkin, the former Illinois House Republican leader: “Christie said what had to be said about Trump — calling him out for saying Putin is a genius and savvy for the invasion.” It prompted boos from the crowd, a reminder that Trump is still an integral part of the GOP, whether he’s on the stage or not. . .Some Chicago Republicans gathered at the Billy Goat Inn on Madison Avenue in Chicago Wednesday night to watch the Republican presidential debate. They took a straw poll. The winner: Vivek Ramaswamy with 57.5 percent of the vote, followed by Ron DeSantis at 22.5 percent; Mike Pence at (?) percent; Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Doug Burgum and Chris Christie, all at 2.5 percent; and Asa Hutchinson, zip. Some of the notables in the room: Chicago Republican Chair and Ward Committeeman Steve Boulton (32nd), former mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti and Nicki Fioretti, ward committee leaders Brian Kasal (43rd), Laura Kotelman (44th), Barry Bebart (39th), Steve Graves (19th), Wayland Johnson (9th), Chris Myers (28th), Evan Kasal (25th), Chicago Young Republicans President Lenny Sklaney, Surus LLC’s Barrett Davie and Chicago GOP Executive Director Jeff Fiedler.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-134/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/23/afternoon-roundup-148/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Johnson approves progressive ‘mansion tax’: Hits Chicagoans, businesses when they’re down – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/johnson-approves-progressive-mansion-tax-hits-chicagoans-businesses-when-theyre-down-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— COMMENT: Which Republican presidential candidate has the best chance of defeating Biden? Democrats ever-increasingly act like they believe that Trump will defeat Biden.
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/23/awfulhorror/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pence rivals back his Jan. 6 actions, distance themselves from Trump’s rigged election claims – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/23/mike-pence-rivals-back-his-jan-6-actions-distance-/
— TRAGIC: Poll shows popularity of tattooing across all ages, groups.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/23/inside-beltway-poll-shows-popularity-tattooing-acr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson proposes tax hikes on high-end Chicago homes to fight homelessness – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/brandon-johnson-new-tax-system-chicago-fighting-homelessness
— Majority of likely voters think ‘cheating’ won Georgia for Biden in 2020 – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/majority-of-likely-voters-think-cheating-won-georgia-for-biden-in-2020

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Law School Administrators Huddle To Circumvent Affirmative Action Ban
https://free-beacon.livejournal.com/7028358.html
— Major Law Firms Sued for ‘Discriminatory’ DEI Programs Amid Affirmative Action Reckoning (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/major-law-firms-sued-for-discriminatory-dei-programs-amid-affirmative-action-reckoning/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Reparations are unconstitutional – Jeremy Meister
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/reparations_are_unconstitutional.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘We just walked in’: illegals shocked how easy it is to come over border – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/23/we-just-walked-in-illegals-shocked-how-easy-it-is-to-come-over-border-1389384/

BREITBART
— Biden Approves Migrant Camp at NYC Airfield Despite Residents’ Opposition – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/23/biden-approves-migrant-camp-at-nyc-airfield-despite-residents-opposition/
— Democrat-Run NYC Loses $1 Trillion as Wall Street Firms Flee – JOHN NOLTE (COMMENT: As Democrats and RINOs destroy your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district, where do you plan to flee to?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/23/nolte-democrat-run-nyc-loses-trillion-wall-street-firms-flee/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Big-City Officials Demanding Migrant ‘Solutions’ that Will Make Their Problems Worse – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/BigCity-Officials-Demanding-Migrant-Solutions-Will-Make-Their-Problems-Worse

CENTER SQUARE
— Candidates pledge to support, pardon Trump ahead of his arrest – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_194fd3dc-422d-11ee-a1bb-339b4dccfdd1.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois colleges accused of ‘conspiracy’ to favor foreign workers – NICHOLAS KELLEY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-colleges-accused-of-conspiracy-to-favor-foreign-workers/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Mayor Promises Children Pizza Party on First Day of School, Hands Them Frozen Pizzas
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/22/chicago-brandon-johnson-pizza-party-frozen/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 6 Highlights of Trump’s Debate-Disrupting Interview With Tucker Carlson – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/23/takeaways-from-trumps-interview-with-tucker-carlson/
— Media Giant Gannett Sued for Discriminating Against White Employees – Katelynn Richardson (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. If you read GAO’s fillings in Diersen v. GAO, you will conclude that GAO successfully argued that it treated me exactly like Congress wanted it to, that is, to give preference to its employees who were liberal, moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, that is, to discriminate against its employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/23/media-giant-gannett-sued-allegedly-discriminating-against-white-employees/
— Joe Biden Is a Narcissist, Not an Empath – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/23/joe-biden-is-narcissist-empath/

FEDERALIST
— If Biden Wants A ‘Secure’ Border, Why Is He Auctioning Off The Wall? – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/23/if-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall/
— Why China’s Decline And Biden’s Incompetence Could Push Xi Jinping To War – CHUCK DEVORE
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/23/why-chinas-decline-and-bidens-incompetence-could-push-xi-jinping-to-war/

FOX NEWS
— Republican candidates agree Pence ‘did the right thing’ on Jan. 6 – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-candidates-agree-pence-did-right-thing-jan-6
— Post-debate analysis from Fox News’ spin room talks night’s top moments
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/republican-presidential-debate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fast Facts Crime, China, Ukraine, fentanyl, education and more topics questioned at the first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential race. Vivek Ramaswamy was attacked from all sides with former Vice President Mike Pence calling him a “rookie,” and suggesting he was “too young” to be president. When questioned about supporting Ukraine, Ramaswamy and Gov. Ron DeSantis said they would prioritize the U.S. southern border. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson did not raise his hand when asked if he would support Trump if he is convicted on criminal charges and becomes the Republican presidential nominee. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appeared to raise his hand, then later clarified that he would not support Trump as a nominee if he were convicted.)
— Man forcibly removed from school board meeting by security while reading from LGBTQ book: ‘Unconstitutional’ Security repeatedly grabbed and shoved the man before escorting him out of the building. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/man-forcibly-removed-school-board-meeting-security-reading-lgbtq-book-unconstitutional
— Seven of eight Republican candidates raise hands to say they’d support Trump as nominee even if convicted. Trump was indicted four times and is the first former president to face criminal charges. – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seven-of-eight-republican-candidates-raise-hands-to-say-theyd-support-trump-as-nominee-even-if-convicted

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Air Force Colonel in Line for Promotion Preaches DEI Agenda, Endorses CRT Book – Robert B. Bluey (COMMENT: Of course, all those who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me promoted Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, they promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/air-force-colonel-line-promotion-preaches-dei-agenda-endorses-crt-book

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Number of illegal immigrants being arrested sneaking into America absolutely SKYROCKETS – Mitchell McKinley
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/border-sees-slight-reprieve-before-explosive-increase-in-apprehensions-of-illegals

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Activist Behind Harvard Affirmative Action Case Now Suing Law Firms. “Excluding students from these esteemed fellowships because they are the wrong race is unfair, polarizing and illegal. Law firms that have racially-exclusive programs should immediately make them available to all applicants, regardless of their race.” – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/activist-behind-harvard-affirmative-action-case-now-suing-law-firms/
— Law School Administrators Supposedly Advised Schools on How to Circumvent Ban on Affirmative Action. “stressed the need for plausible deniability” – M Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/law-school-administrators-supposedly-advised-schools-on-how-to-circumvent-ban-on-affirmative-action/

MRC TV
— Back To Indoctrination With The Left’s Pro-LGBTQ ‘Teachers’ – TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/back-indoctrination-lefts-pro-lgbtq-teachers

NEWSMAX
— Gannett Lawsuit Charges Anti-White Discrimination – Lee Barney (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/gannett-discrimination-lawsuit-diversity/2023/08/23/id/1131739/
— Activist Behind SCOTUS Affirmative Action Case Sues Law Firms – Solange Reyner (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/law-firms-supreme-court-activist/2023/08/23/id/1131796/

PJ MEDIA
— Lawsuit Reveals Racism at the Country’s Biggest Newspaper Publisher – MICHAEL CANTRELL (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/michaelcantrell/2023/08/23/lawsuit-reveals-racism-at-the-countrys-biggest-newspaper-publisher-n1721493

TOWNHALL
— We Need Immigration, Not Trump, at the Debate – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2023/08/23/we-need-immigration-not-trump-at-the-debate-n2627435

ZERO HEDGE
— Biden Admin ‘Welds Open Floodgates’ At Arizona Border, Allowing Illegals To Pour Into US – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-regime-welds-open-floodgates-arizona-border-allowing-illegal-aliens-pour-us
— Chicago Official Suggests “Purge” Style Ordinance For Gun Violence Prevention – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chicago-official-suggests-purge-style-ordinance-gun-violence-prevention

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Meet the organization that is replacing workplace merit with DEI groupthink – ANDREW HALE
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4158389-meet-the-organization-that-is-replacing-workplace-merit-with-dei-groupthink/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4164817-lgbtq-dems-gear-up-for-round-two/

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ.
https://news.yahoo.com/gender-affirming-surgeries-almost-tripled-184201629.html

MSN
— Democrats say “DeSantis Disappears, Vivek Rises and Woke Wanes: Seven Takeaways from the GOP Debate.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-disappears-vivek-rises-and-woke-wanes-seven-takeaways-from-the-gop-debate/ar-AA1fHu86

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of crimes against LGBTQ promoters to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/opinions/lgbtq-california-pride-flag-shooting-lauri-carleton-hope/index.html
— Democrats say “Conservative activist who took down affirmative action is now going after law firms’ diversity programs.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/economy/lawsuit-law-firms-diversity-fellowships/index.html

ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7news.com/silicon-valley-pride-flag-raising-ceremony-san-jose-lgbtq/13687666/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/killing-pride-flag-follows-far-rights-years-criticism-lgbtq-symbol-rcna101478
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pride-flag-suspect-twitter-rules-rcna101492

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump Voters Can See Right Through DeSantis.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/trump-desantis-republican-party.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/transgender-surgery.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America, b) force LGBTQ on everyone, and c) use reports of crimes against LGBTQ promoters against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/08/23/travis-ikeguchi-online-posts-before-pride-flag-shooting/70654706007/

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/national-coming-out-day-philadelphia-returning-2023-20230823.html

DENVER GAZETTE
— Democrats acknowledge that “15,000 immigrants from US-Mexico border cost Denver $23 million so far.”
https://denvergazette.com/news/denver-arrivals-15000-immigrants-us-mexico-border-23-million/article_db9a17cc-41e7-11ee-95d4-7bb33d262559.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove crows that “Trump Looks Beatable in Early States. Majorities in Iowa and New Hampshire don’t back him. More defections may come.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-looks-beatable-in-early-states-iowa-nh-polls-indictment-baaa4070?mod=opinion_lead_pos9
— GOP Presidential Hopefuls Inflict Damage on Each Other, Sparing Trump – Alex Leary and John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-will-loom-over-gop-debate-he-skips-8f27fe1b
— To hire, to retain, and to promote more and more and more minorities and females, employers ever-increasingly lower their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, because I am not a minority or a female, my four job-related college degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, my job-related professional license, and my job-related work experience became more and more and more worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-disparate-impact-theory-constitutional-equal-protection-degrees-harvard-b5ea1afa

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats say “Conservative Attacks on Diversity Efforts in Corporate America Keep Coming.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. Further, they have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/us-conservatives-attack-corporate-dei-after-affirmative-action-decision#xj4y7vzkg
— Democrats say “Ramaswamy Slammed as Republican Candidates Avoid Talking Trump.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2023-08-23/republican-party-presidential-debate

FORBES
— What are you most thankful about concerning your career? For me, it is my not having been born any later than I was. I was born in 1948. Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, employers have used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, and to get rid of those who share my demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am especially thankful for the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of him. I am especially thankful for the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me in 1986. But my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of him.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2019/11/24/ten-people-to-be-thankful-for-in-your-career/

POLITICO
— Democrats, libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs ever-increasingly use false polling to push their agendas.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/23/gops-anti-woke-campaigns-have-voters-hitting-snooze-00112097

August 23, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Ahead of first GOP presidential debate, Illinois Republicans tread carefully.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/22/23842012/gop-presidential-debate-illinois-republicans-trump-edgar-darren-bailey
— Democrats say “8 things to know ahead of the first Republican presidential debate.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/8/22/23842198/8-things-to-know-ahead-of-the-first-republican-presidential-debate
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-082223-20230822-n5vfeofljfez3cdbhxbaqy3kle-story.html
— Democrats say “Johnson plan to help the homeless would lower, raise and really raise tax on different home sales. Compromise cuts transfer tax rate for properties sold under $1 million, progressively raises it for sales above $1 million.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/8/22/23841506/real-estate-transfer-tax-increase-compromise-reached-chicago-city-council-johnson-homelessness
— With more investment, we can make public transit better for everyone – Kirk Dillard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/22/23840168/public-transit-ridership-up-covid-19-money-kirk-dillard-rta-swim-club-ranked-choice-voting-letters
— Democrats ever-increasingly since the Civil War, a) run America and b) shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/23/23841948/march-on-washington-60-years-2023-1963-king-racism-economic-justice-marc-morial-column
— Democrats crow that “Illinois lands $1.3M federal grant to promote more women in construction industry.” While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, for IRS 1971-1980, and for the Post Office 1966-1969, the agencies were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrat women, and especially Democrat women who were minority and/or younger.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/23/23841872/women-construction-jobs-grant-federal-illinois-labor
— Democrats say “Highland Park High parents say students are evading weapons detection systems, call for enhanced security measures.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/8/22/23842282/highland-park-high-parents-say-students-evading-weapons-detection-systems-call-for-enhanced-security

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Evangelicals continue to support Trump because while he was President, he did more to defend and to advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-donald-trump-russell-moore-evangelicals-page-20230823-auihkofk3rg5lmfxhqduti76ue-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “The mansion tax gets Johnson’s blessing — with a few nips and tucks.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-agrees-graduated-mansion-tax

CBS2
— Democrats say “ComEd prepares power grid for excessive heat expected in Chicago area.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/comed-power-grid-extreme-heat/
— Democrats say “Chicago’s southern suburbs are closer to getting an airport.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicagos-southern-suburbs-airport/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Salary information coming to Illinois job postings under new law.” Federal employee salaries have always been transparent. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office offered me only $82,720/year (GS-9 Step 10) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars, that was a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut; my GS-12 Step 5 IRS salary was $104,583/year. GAO audits IRS. I was an IRS Special Procedures Staff Advisor. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would be doing for GAO as an Analyst. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, GAO would have offered me a promotion at least to GS-13, currently $109,732/year, to transfer. GAO did not promote me to GS-13 until 1986. Since 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates and the rest of my critics/opponents have used the aforesaid pay cut against me big time.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/salary-information-coming-to-illinois-job-postings-under-new-law/3212703/

WGN9
— Democrats say “South Suburban Airport closer to reality.”
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/south-suburban-airport-proposals-to-be-accepted/

WBEZ
— Democrats glorify and praise Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-spent-first-100-days-building-consensus-expanding-base/5b3547a1-c8ac-4be3-ae47-3d2a76283e3a

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Freedom Caucus Member Rep. Adam Niemerg on the Illinois Republican Party in 2023 – Christine Hatfield
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/illinois-freedom-caucus-rep-adam-niemerg-on-reshaping-the-illinois-republican-party
— Democrats say “From majority to minority: unraveling the Illinois Republican Party’s Journey.”
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/from-dominance-to-super-minority-unraveling-the-illinois-republican-partys-journey

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-who-takes-advantage-of-donald-trumps-absence-and-other-things-to-watch-in-the-republican-debate/
— Democrats say “How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-ron-desantis-used-florida-schools-to-become-a-culture-warrior/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats use reports of bomb threats against libraries to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2023-08-22/secretary-of-state-condemns-rash-of-bomb-threats-at-libraries
— Democrats say “5 questions ahead of the first GOP primary debate of the 2024 election cycle.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-23/5-questions-ahead-of-the-first-gop-primary-debate-of-the-2024-election-cycle

WGLT
— Democrats ever-increasingly clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.wglt.org/2023-08-22/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-jobs-under-economic-political-pressure

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Illinois R’s with a stake in the debate.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/23/illinois-rs-with-a-stake-in-the-debate-00112406
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has Illinois support, too, including from Richard Porter, the Illinois committeeman for the Republican National Committee. Former Republican Attorney General Candidate Tom DeVore will be attending the debate as Porter’s guest. Joan McCarthy Lasonde, who represents the 9th Congressional District on the Illinois Republican Central Committee, will be there, too. And Lisa Wagner, a national fundraiser based in Illinois, is also on team DeSantis. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor, has Bill Strong, a notable name in Chicago business and civic circles, in her court. And former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be cheered on by Ron Gidwitz, another Chicago businessman.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-133/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/22/afternoon-roundup-147/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— When everybody at Chicago Public Schools is agreeing that everything’s okay, that’s when you should worry about your wallet and kids.
https://wirepoints.org/when-everybody-at-chicago-public-schools-is-agreeing-that-everythings-okay-thats-when-you-should-worry-about-your-wallet-and-kids-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

JOHN KASS
— Will Joe Biden Ever Stop Lying?
https://johnkassnews.com/will-joe-biden-ever-stop-lying/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— DeWitte Opines on Constitutionality of Democrats’ Laws
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/dewitte-opines-on-gun-control/
— GOP Debate Watch Party in Crystal Lake
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/gop-debate-watch-party-in-crystal-lake/
— Another Octogenarian Seeks Reelection in 2024
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/another-octogenarian-seeks-reelection-in-2024/
— Reick Running for Fifth Term
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/reick-running-for-fifth-term/
— When Bill Cellini Made Backdoor Offer to Help Develop Property Where Crystal Lake Allocated $14 Million to Developer
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/when-bill-cellini-made-backdoor-offer-to-develop-property-where-crystal-lake-allocated-14-million-to-developer/
— Canterbury Grade School Closed, Parent Says No Air Conditioning
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/23/canterbury-grade-school-closed-parent-says-no-air-conditioning/
— Pritzker on His Veto of Lifting of Ban on Nuclear Electric Plants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/23/206154/
— Appeal of 2019 AJ Freund’s Death-Inspired Dismissals of Carlos Acosta and Andrew Polovin Still Pending
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/23/appeal-of-2019-aj-freunds-death-inspired-dismissals-of-carlos-acosta-and-andrew-polovin-still-pending/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AFTER 100 DAYS, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF JOHNSON’S PLANS FOR CHICAGO – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-after-100-days-trying-to-make-sense-of-johnsons-plans-for-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump repeats election claims, says he will be ‘proudly’ arrested in Georgia – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/23/donald-trump-repeats-election-claims-says-he-will-/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Law School Administrators Huddle To Circumvent Affirmative Action Ban – Aaron Sibarium
https://freebeacon.com/campus/law-school-administrators-huddle-to-circumvent-affirmative-action-ban/

AMERICAN WIRE
— Residents of affluent San Francisco neighborhood protest migrant relocation scheme at rowdy city council meeting – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://americanwirenews.com/residents-of-affluent-san-fran-neighborhood-protest-migrant-relocation-scheme-at-rowdy-city-council-meeting/

BREITBART
— Democrats Complain About Cost of Illegal Immigration Under Biden: ‘It’s Just too Many People’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/22/democrats-complain-about-cost-of-illegal-immigration-under-biden-its-just-too-many-people/
— 2024 GOP Candidate Immigration Questionnaire: Hopefuls Explain Vision for Migration Policy Ahead of Debate – MATTHEW BOYLE and NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/22/exclusive-2024-gop-candidate-immigration-questionnaire-hopefuls-explain-vision-for-migration-policy-ahead-of-debate/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Chicago community leaders urge daytime ceasefire amid increasing gang violence. – Samantha Kamman
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chicago-lawmaker-urges-daytime-gun-ceasefire-amid-rising-gang-violence.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Climate Brainwashing – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey

DAILY CALLER
— Pro-Trump PAC Trolls GOP Rivals With ‘Vice Presidential Debate’ Website
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/22/trump-pac-trolls-gop-rivals-website/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden Pushes These 4 Woke Military Officers for Promotion as Sen. Tuberville Holds Firm – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/22/biden-pushes-these-4-woke-military-officers-for-promotion-as-sen-tuberville-holds-firm/

FEDERALIST
— Pritzker Welcomes Hostile Foreign Spies Into Illinois’ Police Force – MICHAEL LUCCI
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/22/gov-j-b-pritzker-welcomes-hostile-foreign-spies-into-illinois-police-force/

FOX NEWS
— Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C teacher fired after parents erupt over social media posts featuring ‘Satan worship,’ ‘psychosis.’ The Illinois grade school art teacher said on social media he’d been ‘violent’ during ‘psychosis and mania’ episodes. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-area-teacher-fired-parents-erupt-social-media-posts-featuring-satan-worship-psychosis

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Here’s How Biden Administration Is Evading SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action Ban – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/heres-how-biden-admin-evading-scotus-affirmative-action-ban

MRC TV
— Encounters With Chinese Illegal Aliens Up 826% At the Southwest Border – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/encounters-chinese-illegal-aliens-826-southwest-border

NEW AMERICAN
— Impeach Biden on His Immigration Policies – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/print/impeach-biden-on-his-immigration-policies/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Declares Border Crisis ‘Out of Control,’ Hurting ‘Big Cities’ Now – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/08/22/cbs-declares-border-crisis-out-control-hurting-big-cities

TOWNHALL
— Majority of New Yorkers Disapprove of Illegal Immigrant Influx and Democrats’ Response – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/08/22/migrant-crisis-poll-n2627347

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “Trump, Tucker Carlson to release interview as debate begins on Fox News.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4166135-trump-tucker-carlson-interview-debate-begins-fox-news/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Biden administration is turning a lower percentage of border-crossing migrants back into Mexico.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-lower-percentage-border-crossing-migrants-mexico-rcna100966

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/who-are-the-people-behind-leave-our-kids-alone-and-why-do-they-want-to-limit-lgbtq-education/

NEWSWEEK
— ‘Systemic Racism’ Isn’t Holding Black People Back. Fatherlessness Is – LARRY ELDER
https://www.newsweek.com/larry-elder-systemic-racism-isnt-holding-black-people-back-fatherlessness-opinion-1821714
— Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/former-republican-congresswoman-gop-needs-lgbtq-1821713

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats say Kinzinger says Trump is skipping Wednesday’s GOP primary debate in part because he’s afraid of going up against Christie.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/adam-kinzinger-names-gop-rival-115113816.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats ask “With Their Odds for ’24 Slim, Why Run?” and answer “Consolation Prizes.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/us/politics/republican-2024-longshots-debate.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats say “Minimum Wage Isn’t Enough to Lure Workers.” I worked for the minimum wage 1964-1966. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that only losers work for the minimum wage.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Adams resumes demand that Biden expedite migrant work permits, points to Israel as an example.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-mayor-adams-israel-trip-migrants-work-authorization-biden-20230822-rm2e5tiokvdcnhafxceml54jry-story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats say “‘Loyalty pledge’ for Republican debate has candidates vowing fealty to a criminal defendant.” Republican precinct committeemen/captains are required to support in general elections those candidates who win Republican primary elections.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/08/22/republican-debate-candidates-sign-loyalty-pledge-trump-insult-voters/70645358007/

WASHINGTON PRESS
— Democrats ask “How many Republicans have gone Never-Trump?” Who are the biggest Never-Trumps in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? I should write a book about the biggest Never-Trumps in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. I would focus on a) those who almost succeeded in stopping me from reporting on the recent DeSantis event in Elmhurst and b) who ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://washingtonpress.com/2023/07/31/poll-problems-how-many-republicans-have-gone-never-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Activist Behind Supreme Court Affirmative Action Cases Is Now Suing Law Firms. Ed Blum’s organization accuses firms offering fellowships for diverse candidates of racial discrimination against straight, white men. – Douglas Belkin and Erin Mulvaney
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/edward-blum-lawsuits-affirmativeaction-law-firms-b8871ab1

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90935178/dei-work-is-not-done-heres-how-leaders-can-adapt-their-strategies-post-affirmative-action

GOVERNING
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago School Lacks Language Support, Turns Migrant Children Away.” Democrats ever-increasingly encourage more illegal immigration.
https://www.governing.com/education/chicago-school-lacks-language-support-turns-migrant-children-away

August 22, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats acknowledge that “Migrants staying at police station turned away from school: They didn’t have people who spoke Spanish.” Democrats ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-migrant-students-turned-away-chicago-public-schools-20230822-zjf2zvqjr5c33j65rp2dccauli-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago’s migrant crisis will intensify as Democratic National Convention draws near.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/8/21/23840411/migrant-crisis-chicago-mayor-johnson-democratic-national-convention-2024-republican-governors
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/21/23837605/asylum-seekers-migrants-mayor-johnson-gov-pritzker-president-biden-intervention-stephanie-willding
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/21/23840607/cps-disputes-claim-that-migrant-children-from-police-station-were-turned-away-at-school
— Law to end cash bail was forced on Illinoisans. This wasn’t on the ballot. Not many in Illinois had their voice heard in the matter. – Tony LaMantia, Logan Square
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/21/23840102/law-ending-cash-bail-forced-illinoisans-air-water-show-tim-mapes-trial-letters
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago in the top 20 for costliest commutes for drivers nationwide.” While I worked in the Loop 1973-1997, I saved lots of time and money by taking public transportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/21/23839887/chicago-top-20-costliest-commutes
— Democrats say “How to watch the first Republican presidential debate.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/21/23840742/how-to-watch-the-first-republican-presidential-debate

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH A PHOTO OF MCLAUGHLIN: Democrats say “Arlington Heights hires lobbyists on Bears tax-break bill.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the more votes that those candidates lose. McGlaughlin ran Roskam’s campaign against Duckworth 2006. My critics/opponents shouted at McGlaughlin that what I was doing a) as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, b) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman since 2005, c) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member since 2003, and d) as a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 was causing Roskam to lose. According to my critics/opponents, I painted Roskam as being far more conservative than they wanted him to be painted. They cringed that I got 25 homeowners in my precinct to display signs for Roskam. Of course. my critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s defeat in 2018.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230822/its-come-to-kind-of-a-critical-point-arlington-heights-hires-lobbyists-on-bears-tax-break-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The $10,000-per-month retainer with Mac Strategies Group — as outlined in a consultant agreement approved 8-0 by the village board — gives village hall a seat at the increasingly crowded suburban stadium bargaining table involving other lobbyists, politicians and attorneys. . .The firm is led by Ryan McLaughlin, a political and media operative who launched the business in 2008 and has counted Elk Grove Village and Rosemont among his municipal clients. Former Palatine Republican state Sen. Matt Murphy joined the firm as a senior consultant in 2016.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Most Americans view Chicago as unsafe.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/most-americans-think-chicago-unsafe-poll
— Democrats say “Despite years of affirmative action, Black student enrollment percentages remain low at local universities.” According to my critics/opponents, UIC should have admitted a Black instead of me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. They stressed that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class and that my ACT score was only 24. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ignored, dismissed, belittled, demonized, denigrated, and condemned the job-related degrees that I earned in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997.  In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate which is exactly what they did.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/affirmative-action-chicago-area-universities-black-student-enrollment

FOX32
— DuPage County prepared to aid in school crises with new DuSMART effort
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1267625

WGN9
— Democrats say “Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing.”
https://wgntv.com/news/roe-v-wade-overturned/indianas-near-total-abortion-ban-set-to-take-effect-as-state-supreme-court-denies-rehearing/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-non-profit-ctu-members-help-register-migrant-children-for-school/

WTTW
— Democrats acknowledge that “Motor Vehicle Thefts in Chicago Have Jumped by 139% in 3 Years, While Only 4% Are Solved.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/21/motor-vehicle-thefts-chicago-have-jumped-139-3-years-while-only-4-are-solved
— Democrats acknowledge that “Retail Theft Costing Illinois Businesses Billions as Efforts to Steal Become More Organized.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/21/retail-theft-costing-illinois-businesses-billions-efforts-steal-become-more-organized

WBEZ
— JULY 16, 2016 FLASHBACK: Illinois GOP Chairman Urges Trump Supporters To Get Involved
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-gop-chairman-urges-trump-supporters-to-get-involved/63425fd9-bd8a-4c80-a0b3-6b3610b3a8a5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/crisis-pregnancy-centers-outnumber-abortion-clinics/8a973ba6-2a89-45c2-aa04-5043d4d2804d

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats crow that “Binge Drinking and Marijuana Use at Record Levels Among Middle-Aged Adults.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more booze, more gambling, and more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/wellness/binge-drinking-and-marijuana-use-at-record-levels-among-middle-aged-adults-study-finds/video_3d87a873-ef4e-5564-aeca-150348eec399.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/news/nation-world/half-of-americans-have-tried-marijuana-at-least-once-before/video_0cafb567-5b38-532c-9551-e1f33d65793a.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republican governors tour Texas border, voice support for ‘Operation Lone Star’ – YAMI VIRGIN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/republican-governors-tour-texas-border-voice-support-for-operation-lone-star

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-21/a-border-strategy-that-gives-more-migrants-a-legal-pathway-to-the-u-s-to-go-on-trial

WQAD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/community/migrant-crowding-at-chicago-police-stations-awaiting-spaces-in-city-shelters/526-6b6dd52c-e9ef-42e1-a138-d4aca403ce89

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-132/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/21/afternoon-roundup-146/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— 204 Chicago homicides in Mayor Johnson’s first 100 days – including four teenagers killed last weekend – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/204-chicago-homicides-in-mayor-johnsons-first-100-days-including-four-teenagers-killed-last-weekend-wirepoints/
— Governor Pritzker, put up or pipe down on false claims about ‘carnival barkers’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/governor-pritzker-should-put-up-or-pipe-down-on-false-claims-about-carnival-barkers-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois health professionals soon to be required to take annual cultural training – Andrew Hensel (COMMENT: Democrats a) run the federal government and b) require federal employees to take lots of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training. That training promotes hatred against federal employees who are Republican. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I should write a book about how that training promoted hatred against me.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_577c7e8e-4071-11ee-89f0-7fc59e1123b6.html

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems Score Against Freedom Again with a Big, Fat GOP Assist – Laurie Higgins
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/illinois-dems-score-against-freedom-again-with-a-big-fat-gop-assist

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Teachers Union Complains about Crystal Lake Grade School’s Outsourcing Hiring Paraprofessionals
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/teachers-union-complains-about-crystal-lake-grade-schools-outsourcing-hiring-paraprofessionals/
— Memories Spurred by Woodstock’s New Roundabout
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/22/memories-spurred-by-woodstocks-roundabout/
— New Iowa Caucus Polls Show Trump Lead Far Below National Polling Averages
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/ia082123poll/
— Why Are Kids in School During the Hottest Week of the Year?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/why-are-kids-in-school-during-the-hottest-week-of-the-year/
— Breaking the Law Now Leads to Dictatorship Later
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/breaking-the-law/
— State Goes After Medicaid Fraud
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/state-goes-after-medicaid-fraud/
— Carolyn Schofield Returns to McHenry County Government with Mental Health Board Appointment
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/schofield/
— Grand Jury Subpoenas Threatened Because Lakewood Attorney Scott Puma Has Failed to Respond to State’s Attorney’s December Request Concerning Use of Developer Impact Fees to Finance RedTail Clubhouse
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/21/grand-jury-subpoenas-threatened-because-lakewood-attorney-scott-puma-has-failed-to-respond-to-states-attorneys-december-request-concerning-use-of-developer-impact-fees-to-finance-redtail-clubhouse/
— Restaurant Inspections in McHenry County Available, But Not Publicized as in Kentucky and Florida
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/20/reataurant-inspections-in-mchenry-county-available-but-not-publicized-as-in-kentucky-and-florida/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Throw out illegal aliens, beckon the H-1Bs Make America great again by welcoming the right migrants. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/21/throw-out-illegal-aliens-beckon-h-1bs/
— Stolen, rigged and illegitimate: Democrats’ long history of objecting to election results – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/21/stolen-rigged-and-illegitimate-democrats-long-hist/
— Stop the slaughter: We need to focus on drug use prevention, not mitigation – Seth Leibsohn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/21/stop-slaughter-we-need-to-focus-on-drug-use-preven/
— Questions I would ask the GOP presidential candidates – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/21/questions-i-would-ask-gop-presidential-candidates/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois health professionals soon to be required to take annual cultural training – Andrew Hensel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-health-professionals-cultural-training-required
— Hundreds of New Yorkers protest new shelter as illegal immigrants flood city – Luke Gentile
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hundreds-new-york-protest-shelter-illegal-immigrants-flooding-city

NEW YORK POST
— Migrant thanks White House for $20M-a-month NYC shelter: ‘Gracias, presidente’ – Kevin Sheehan and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/migrant-thanks-white-house-for-20m-a-month-nyc-shelter-gracias-presidente/
— Open floodgates at Arizona border allow thousands of migrants to walk into the country – MaryAnn Martinez and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/arizona-borders-open-floodgates-allow-thousands-into-us/

AMERICAN THINKER
— You’ll never guess where resistance to woke math is coming from – W.A. Eliot
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/youll_never_guess_where_resistance_to_woke_math_is_coming_from.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— More than 200 protest proposed NYC migrant shelter; Guardian Angels founder among those arrested. – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/21/more-than-200-protest-proposed-nyc-migrant-shelter-guardian-angels-founder-among-those-arrested-1388764/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Former NY governor says cities could ‘revolt’ against federal gov’t over immigration crisis – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/21/former-ny-governor-says-cities-could-revolt-against-federal-govt-over-immigration-crisis-1388689/

BREITBART
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Opens Migrant Mega-Camp, Costing New Yorkers $20M Every Month – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/21/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-opens-migrant-mega-camp-costing-new-yorkers-20m-month/
— Biden’s DHS Sends over $770M in Taxpayer Money to NGOs, Sanctuary Cities Facilitating Illegal Immigration – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/21/biden-dhs-770m-ngos-sanctuary-cities-illegal-immigration/
— Lowering the Bar: U.S. Military Weighs Allowing Calculators for Entrance Test as Applicants Struggle – AMY FURR (COMMENT: IRS offered me a job in 1971 because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. IRS would have offered me a job much sooner if I had been a veteran. The Post Office offered me a job in 1966 because I had passed the postal employment examination earlier that year.)
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2023/08/21/lowering-the-bar-u-s-military-weighs-allowing-calculators-for-entrance-test-as-applicants-struggle/

DAILY CALLER
— Some Blue States Aim To Bolster Sagging Police Numbers By Hiring Non-Citizens – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/21/blue-cities-non-citizens-police-illegal-immigrants/
— Catholic School System Requires Students To Use Name, Pronouns That Correspond With Biological Sex
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/21/catholic-school-system-students-lgbtq-biological-sex/

FEDERALIST
— How Racial And Sexual Ideology Rapidly Infiltrated Southern Methodist University – LOGAN WASHBURN
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/22/how-racial-and-sexual-ideology-rapidly-infiltrated-southern-methodist-university/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Yet More Incentives for Illegal Aliens: Mixed Messages on ICE/CBP Websites
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/21/yet-more-incentives-illegal-aliens-mixed-messages-icecbp-websites
— Immigration is Just a Game for Cato Institute
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/21/immigration-just-game-cato-institute
— Former New York Governor Warns of Coming “Revolt” Over Biden Migration Crisis – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/21/former-new-york-governor-warns-coming-revolt-over-biden-migration-crisis

FOX BUSINESS
— Conservative group challenges Kellogg’s workplace diversity programs. Kellogg’s is facing a discrimination complaint filed by America First Legal regarding its workplace diversity programs. – Eric Revell (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969, it would have been great if my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives had challenged my Democrat superiors’ discrimination against their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those who ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/conservative-group-challenges-kelloggs-workplace-diversity-programs

HANNITY
— Migrant Encounters Spike 33% in July, Phone App Encouraging Smugglers
https://hannity.com/media-room/what-border-migrant-encounters-spike-33-in-july-phone-app-encouraging-smugglers/

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Yet More Incentives for Illegal Aliens: Mixed Messages on ICE/CBP Websites
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2023/08/21/yet-more-incentives-for-illegal-aliens-mixed-messages-on-ice-cbp-websites/

PJ MEDIA
— Is ‘Climate Change’ the New ‘Race Card’? – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/08/21/is-climate-change-the-new-race-card-n1720819
— Is Wokeness Taking Over and Worsening the Medical Industry? – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/culture/catherinesalgado/2023/08/21/is-wokeness-taking-over-and-worsening-the-medical-industry-n1720871

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— How Much of Today’s ‘Racism’ Is Manufactured? – Roger Kimbal (COMMENT: To get even more votes from minorities, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at minorities a) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities have, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/21/how_much_of_todays_racism_is_manufactured_149650.html

TOWNHALL
— NYC Residents Tell City Leaders: No Migrant Shelters Here! – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/08/21/nyc-residents-are-telling-city-leaders-no-migrant-shelters-here-n2627295

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Prominent NYU Doctor Sounds Alarm on Illegals Bringing Deadly, Drug-Resistant Diseases to US: ‘Porous Border Is Health Emergency’ – Randy DeSoto
https://www.westernjournal.com/prominent-nyu-doctor-sounds-alarm-illegals-bringing-deadly-drug-resistant-diseases-us-porous-border-health-emergency/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/migrants-nyc-fight-american-dream-amid-struggle-stability/story?id=102338806

NBC NEWS
— Democrats use reports of crimes against those who promote LGBTQ to promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/suspect-named-fatal-shooting-california-store-owner-pride-flag-rcna101085

ABC NEW YORK
— Democrats say “Floyd Bennett Field to be used to house asylum seekers in Brooklyn.” Where will Democrats and RINOs house illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-migrants-asylum-seekers-floyd-bennett-field/13680120/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “DeSantis Now Targets The Elites Who Gave Him a Leg Up. Candidate Exploits Ivy League Experiences in Service to a Culture War Agenda.”
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000006202466/desantis-florida-governor-victory-speech.html
— Democrats say “Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Transgender Rights.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/21/us/politics/republican-candidates-2024-transgender-rights.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/alabama-transgender-care-ban.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of threats against poll workers to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/21/donald-trump-2020-indictment-bipartisan-officials/70533610007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tucker Carlson’s Trump Interview Showcases Potential of Tie-Up With Elon Musk’s X Former Fox News host plans to stream pretaped conversation with former president on X during Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate. – Keach Hagey, Amol Sharma, and Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/donald-trump-tucker-carlson-x-twitter-gop-debate-15a14ab5
— The Electric-Vehicle Bubble Starts to Deflate. Biden is imitating China just as its industrial policy starts to crack. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-vehicles-china-biden-administration-industrial-policy-754e1937

BLOOMBERG
— American Workers Want Almost $79,000 Salary to Start a New Job – Alexandre Tanzi (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary was $52,022 in 1971. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. In today’s dollars, my GAO starting salary was $82,720 in 1980.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-21/american-workers-want-almost-79-000-salary-to-start-a-new-job?srnd=work-shift#xj4y7vzkg

KTRH
— Biden’s desire to build illegal immigrant housing a slap to America’s face – Andre Perrard
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2023-08-20-bidens-desire-to-build-illegal-immigrant-housing-a-slap-to-americas-face/

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats a) dominate social media and b) acknowledge that “social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other.”
https://news.yahoo.com/social-media-algorithms-warp-people-122501836.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.creators.com/read/raffel-ticket

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly get rid of those who do not promote woke.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90941357/how-to-deal-with-an-anti-woke-coworker

HR BREW
— Survey finds 54% of Black employees have experienced discrimination at work – Kristen Parisi (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they a) assigned me to supervise virtually all their hires who were minority, female, veteran, and/or disabled, b) demanded that I give them preference, and c) did everything that they could to turn them against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2023/02/22/indeed-survey-finds-54-of-black-employees-have-experienced-discrimination-at-work

JD SURPA
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/biden-administration-provides-guidance-2509563/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Ever-increasingly, those who are the following demonize, denigrate, and condemn meritocracy: Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQer, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and citizens of foreign countries. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid blame their problems on those who are not the aforesaid and demand more and more and more government assistance and preference.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-from-a-neuroscience-perspective/202308/the-myth-of-the-self-made-person

August 21, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why not make better reproductive health decisions so unwanted pregnancies don’t happen? – Melody Vestuto, Elmhurst
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-082023-20230820-gbw6vc3byjamvdfoyvmicrnzfq-story.html
— Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-asylum-seekers-immigration-senator-dick-durbin-greg-abbott-20230821-hybnedc7pzdntk4yzilkj4ymbu-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Many schools face a teacher shortage” and ask “How did teaching become an unattractive occupation?” Ever-increasingly, Democrats force teachers to crank out good little Democrats who are sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-teacher-shortage-schools-respect-pay-20230821-xnkiuftql5eahfkrxw3kzbhg5q-story.html

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago shootings: 40 shot, 7 fatally, in weekend shootings across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-weekend-shootings-violence-auburn-gresham-fatal-man-killed/13678978/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 16 teens shot in Chicago over weekend, some fatally.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-teen-shootings/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Illinois to eliminate cash bail next month. Here’s what to expect.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-to-eliminate-cash-bail-next-month-heres-what-to-expect/3211278/

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “Shootings claim lives of Chicago teens” and “community calls for end to violence.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-deadly-shootings-teens

WGN RADIO
— I should write a book about the tremendous preference that my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave their Democrat employees who were female. I would focus on those female employees who they promoted over me a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had or had none at all.
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/gender-bias-in-the-workplace-today/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— With government help, tech platforms distort minds and elections in Illinois – Mark Glennon
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/glennon-with-government-help-tech-platforms-distort-minds-and-elections-in-illinois/article_09a7ba50-3dda-11ee-a9d8-2fb4139b2bbc.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Republican presidential candidates avoid speaking on Trump at a party conference.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-20/republican-presidential-candidates-avoid-speaking-on-trump-at-a-party-conference

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/after-supreme-court-ruling-on-affirmative-action-university-of-illinois-in-urbana-champaign-plans-to-use-socioeconomics-geography-instead-of-race-in-admissions/

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-131/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Democratic alderman challenges ‘far-left extremism that’s taking over city politics’ – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-democratic-alderman-challenges-far-left-extremism-thats-taking-over-city-politics-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— States look to hire illegal immigrants to fatten struggling police departments – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: IRS Revenue Officer is a law enforcement job. I was an IRS Revenue Office for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. To get that job, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management and I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/21/states-look-to-hire-illegal-immigrants-to-fatten-s/
— Violence-plagued schools hit reverse on post-George Floyd decisions to kick police off campuses – Matt Delaney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/20/violence-plagued-schools-hit-reverse-post-george-f/
— Gun owners describe to Pew survey why they own their weapons – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/20/inside-beltway-gun-owners-describe-why-they-own-th/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A sign of the times, perhaps: Gun owners in the United States continue to cite “protection” as the major reason they have a gun, according to a new Pew Research Center poll which reveals that 32% of Americans say they personally own a gun. Political persuasion plays a role. “About half of conservative Republicans (51%) say they own a gun. That compares with 38% of moderate and liberal Republicans, 24% of conservative and moderate Democrats, and 16% of liberal Democrats,” an analysis of the findings said. “While a sizable majority of gun owners (71%) say they enjoy having a gun, an even larger share (81%) say they feel safer owning a gun,” the analysis noted. The survey found that 72% of owners advise that “protection” is their major motivation — and it surpasses the shares of gun owners who cite other reasons for gun ownership — such as use in hunting, fishing, sports shooting or to satisfy a job requirement. “Gun ownership is far more common among residents of rural areas (47%) than among people living in suburbs (30%) or urban areas (20%). Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (45%) are far more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners (20%) to report owning a gun,” the findings continued. Meanwhile, just 12% of the gun owners said they were worried about having a gun in the home.)
— What GOP voters say they want to hear from primary candidates at first presidential debate – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/20/what-gop-voters-say-they-want-hear-primary-candida/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Larry Elder is the only GOP candidate fighting against claims the country is systemically racist – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/larry-elder-is-the-only-gop-candidate-fighting-against-claims-the-country-is-systemically-racist
— As student scores plummet, teachers unions play politics and make them worse – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/as-student-scores-plummet-teachers-unions-play-politics-and-make-them-worse

NEW YORK POST
— Randall’s Island $20M-per-month migrant shelter takes in first asylum seekers as capacity expands to 3,000 – Khristina Narizhnaya and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/randalls-island-migrant-shelter-built-on-youth-soccer-fields-already-massively-expanded-gets-first-asylum-seekers/
— Hundreds protest potential new migrant site at former NYC senior citizen home – Jared Downing and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/hundreds-protest-potential-new-migrant-site-at-former-nyc-senior-citizen-home/
— Far too many Republican candidates “appeal to independents” by dumping conservative voters, that is, by dumping platform Republicans, that is, by dumping the base of the Republican Party.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-says-republican-candidates-need-to-appeal-to-independents-in-2024/
— Every parent should fight back vs. the left’s war on merit – Karol Markowicz (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe none of my accomplishments in life to merit, but that I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against Democrats, minorities, females, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they owe their accomplishments in life to.)
https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/every-parent-should-fight-back-vs-the-lefts-war-on-merit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It used to be obvious that merit is part of achieving the American dream. But like it’s doing to so many self-evident things, the left is attempting to destroy this idea as it pursues a Sovietesque system of “equity.” Parents might not see merit’s decline as a more pressing concern than their children being told they can be any gender they choose from day to day. Most kids are academically average. Why fight over merit when there are so many other ideological fights to be had? Parents have to see merit as part and parcel of the left’s push to impose its ridiculous concepts on our kids. The idea that everyone can have an equal outcome has been tried again and again in failed socialist countries. When the left succeeds in ending merit in a school, you can be sure the rest of the woke ideas parents abhor have already taken over the curriculum. Beyond that, our schools’ loss of rigor has dumbed down our country, and the retreat from pursuing merit has slowed success for so many kids.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— New whimsical playground exhibit opens in Chicago and the guests are exactly who you’d expect (hint: they’re not toddlers) – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/new_whimsical_playground_exhibit_opens_in_chicago_and_the_guests_are_exactly_who_youd_expect_hint_theyre_not_toddlers.html
— The Squad spends hundreds of thousands on personal security – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/the_squad_spends_hundreds_of_millions_on_personal_security.html

BREITBART
— At Least 29 Shot Friday into Sunday Morning Across Mayor Johnson’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/08/20/at-least-29-shot-friday-into-sunday-morning-across-mayor-johnsons-chicago/
— Biden’s Migrant Mobile App Frees 200K Foreign Nationals into U.S. — Exceeding Population of Springfield, Missouri – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/20/bidens-migrant-mobile-app-frees-200k-foreign-nationals-u-s/
— Woke Theatre Organizations Facing Financial Catastrophe as Audiences Flee, Donations Plunge – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/20/woke-performing-arts-organizations-facing-financial-catastrophe-as-audiences-flee-donations-plunge/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 1,000 school districts adopt policies to hide students’ chosen gender identities from parents – Anugrah Kumar (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in your school district making students sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/1000-school-districts-hide-kids-trans-identities-from-parents.html

DAILY CALLER
— Our Upside-Down Immigration System Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Illegals While Booting Skilled Workers – DEROY MURDOCK
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/20/our-upside-down-immigration-system-rolls-the-red-carpet-illegals-while-booting-skilled-workers-deroy-murdock/

DAILY SIGNAL
— US Aid to Ukraine Amounts to $900 Per American Household – Samantha Aschieris
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/09/us-aid-to-ukraine-amounts-to-900-per-american-household-economist-says/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago weekend shootings kill 7, including teens ahead of new school year; over 3 dozen people wounded. At least 38 people were shot, 7 of them fatally, across Chicago. – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-weekend-shootings-kill-7-including-teens-new-school-year-3-dozen-people-wounded
— Chicago’s crime crisis is ‘rapid and unharnessed’: Corey Brooks Project H.O.O.D. Executive Director Pastor Corey Brooks discusses Chicago’s crime crisis as one advocacy group makes a push for gangs to stop shooting from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to protect kids.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6334810742112
— Think Biden has the liberal media in his pocket? You won’t believe how closely they are tied together. The never-ending media spin cycle means staffers move from White House into news organizations. – Tim Graham
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/think-biden-liberal-media-pocket-wont-believe-closely-they-tied-together
— First GOP presidential debate is ‘enormously important’ as candidates seek ‘breakout moments’ Fox News is hosting the first 2024 Republican presidential nomination debate Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Milwaukee – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-gop-presidential-debates-enormously-important-candidates-seek-breakout-moments

HOT AIR
— Rogan on why woke won’t fly in rural areas
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/08/20/rogan-on-why-woke-wont-fly-in-rural-areas-n572295

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Maui Wildfires Can Be Classified as First Woke-Caused Disaster. The response to the wildfires on Maui will likely be studied for years as an example of what not to do. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/maui-wildfires-can-be-classified-as-first-woke-caused-disaster/
— Massachusetts to Fund Tuition Assistance for Illegal Immigrants – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/massachusetts-to-fund-tuition-assistance-for-illegal-immigrants/

PJ MEDIA
— Ron DeSantis Is Right About ‘Listless Vessels’ – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/08/20/ron-desantis-is-right-about-listless-vessels-n1720660

POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden’s ATF revokes licenses for hundreds of gun dealers in new crackdown. “This policy is designed to be a backdoor violation of the Second Amendment.” – Sara Higdon
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-atf-revokes-licenses-for-hundreds-of-gun-dealers-in-new-crackdown

REASON
— Which Groups Have Received Racial Preferences in Higher Education Over the Years? – DAVID BERNSTEIN
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/08/20/which-groups-have-received-racial-preferences-in-higher-education-over-the-years/
— Most Republican Voters Aren’t Loyal Trumpists – ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN
https://reason.com/2023/08/21/most-republican-voters-arent-loyal-trumpists-suggests-survey/

TOWNHALL
— Eric Adams Complains Problems With Migrants Have ‘Unjustly’ Fallen Into NYC’s Lap – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/08/20/eric-adams-complains-problems-with-migrants-have-unjustly-fallen-into-nycs-lap-n2627235
— Reality Resistant Voters – Alan Joseph Bauer
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2023/08/21/column-n2627270

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats say “A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US.”
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-lawsuit-threatens-biden-immigration-040519737.html

CNN
— Democrats say “Biden wades into GOP primary with $25 million ad blitz, starting with economy focus.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/politics/joe-biden-2024-republican-primary/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrats say “CBS News poll finds Trump’s big lead grows, as GOP voters dismiss indictments.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-poll-indictments-2023-08-20/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats crow that “Republicans Furious as Biden Sells Unused Trump Border Wall for Millions.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-furious-biden-sells-unused-trump-border-wall-millions-1821115

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump Dominates in New Iowa Poll.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/trump-poll-rating.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Republicans to “narrow the field.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/opinion/if-republicans-narrow-the-field-we-will-beat-trump.html
— Democrats say “Ramaswamy’s Faith Singled Out in DeSantis Super PAC Memo. An opposition research memo suggests that Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been gaining on Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in some polls, “was very much ingrained in India’s caste system.” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe none of my accomplishments in life to merit, but that I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting from discrimination against Democrats, minorities, females, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they owe their accomplishments in life to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-desantis-documents.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The document’s first paragraph, addressing Mr. Ramaswamy’s past support for inheritance taxes, draws a link between that policy position and his Hindu upbringing as the son of Indian immigrants. “Ramaswamy — a Hindu who grew up visiting relatives in India and was very much ingrained in India’s caste system — supports this as a mechanism to preserve a meritocracy in America and ensure everyone starts on a level playing field,” the document states. . .Asked to comment on the reason for highlighting Mr. Ramaswamy’s religion and background, the super PAC’S chief executive, Chris Jankowski, said in a statement: “We are highlighting that his philosophy of government is a direct reflection of his life experience. When his parents moved here from India, they had an 85 percent inheritance tax. In fact, his support of the inheritance tax is connected to the argument he makes in his book against meritocracy.”)
— Democrats say “Courts Need to Protect Press Freedoms.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have shouted at the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) that because I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, they have the power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, they have the power to dictate what I include and what I do not include in those newsletters. I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken and continue to take against me since 2000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/opinion/kansas-press-freedom.html
— Democrats say “The 6 Kinds of Republican Voters.” If you are a Republican, what kind are you? I am a “Traditional Conservative,” but my critics/opponents to the left of me demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “Right Wing.” Since at least at least the 1970s, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican have ever-increasingly been “Moderate Establishment.” They reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform. They ever-increasingly focus on driving out of the Republican Party Traditional Conservatives and Right Wingers out of the Republican Party. I should write a book about the aforesaid. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/17/upshot/six-kinds-of-republican-voters.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Moderate Establishment (14%). Highly educated, affluent, socially moderate or even liberal and often outright Never Trump. The Traditional Conservatives (26%). Old-fashioned economic and social conservatives who oppose abortion and prefer corporate tax cuts to new tariffs. They don’t love Mr. Trump, but they do support him. The Right Wing (26%). They watch Fox News and Newsmax. They’re “very conservative.” They’re disproportionately evangelical. They believe America is on the brink of catastrophe. And they love Mr. Trump more than any other group. The Blue Collar Populists (12%). They’re mostly Northern, socially moderate, economic populists who hold deeply conservative views on race and immigration. Not only do they back Mr. Trump, but he himself probably counted as one a decade ago. The Libertarian Conservatives (14%). These disproportionately Western and Midwestern conservatives value small government. They’re relatively socially moderate and isolationist, and they’re on the lower end of Trump support compared with other groups. The Newcomers (8%). They don’t look like Republicans. They’re young, diverse and moderate. But these disaffected voters like Democrats and the “woke” left even less.)
— How electable are you? Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters shout that if you are a Republican, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the less electable that you are. I share the following demographics with Trump: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, our ancestors have been in America for a long time, married, non-poor, draft-avoider, and gun-owner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/us/politics/biden-trump-republican-primary.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/20/asylum-seekers-not-gaming-system/

USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he has met the donor threshold to participate in the first GOP primary debate.” I should write about what discourages and encourages me to donate to Republican candidates and to Republican organizations.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/20/asa-hutchinson-hits-donor-threshold-says-hell-make-gop-debate-stage/70633317007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates promote more hatred against not only Trump, but against all Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/08/18/desantis-debate-strategy-pits-awkward-candidate-trump-ramaswamy/70610386007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “From Nazi propaganda to Holocaust denial, social media is pushing hate on users.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/08/17/antisemitism-on-social-media-rising/70605213007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Plan to Boost GOP Primary Turnout. Americans for Prosperity hopes to block Trump and get better Senate nominees by getting out 10% to 15% more Republican voters. – Kyle Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-republican-primary-turnout-trump-desantis-christie-biden-iowa-caucus-undecided-9676eda0
— How the Student-Loan Payment Pause Hurt Borrowers. Many used the long Trump-Biden moratorium to pile on credit-card, mortgage and other debt. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-student-loan-payment-pause-hurt-borrowers-personal-finance-politics-4b07b360

C-SPAN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525904-1/say-thing-talk-identity-diversity-justice

HIGHLAND COUNTY PRESS
— Illinois joins California in offering law enforcement jobs to noncitizens – Joe Guzzardi (COMMENT: IRS Revenue Officer is a law enforcement job. I was an IRS Revenue Office for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. To get that job, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management and I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination.)
https://highlandcountypress.com/illinois-joins-california-offering-law-enforcement-jobs-noncitizens

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “DeSantis Targeting Ramaswamy in Debate a Sure Sign He’s Losing.” Who targets you? I should write a book about those who target me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. 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://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/desantis-advised-to-stick-with-losing-strategy-in-debate.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action (AA) decision. I should write a book about the following who also reject the AA decision: Hate-filled Trump-hating Republican a) activists, b) elected officials, c) party leaders, d) candidates and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, g) etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/21/biden-harris-affirmative-action-letter-offers-hope-opinion

JD SUPRA
— California Considers Banning Caste Discrimination (COMMENT: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have always treated me like I am low class. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have demonstrated the most hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/as-california-considers-banning-caste-7246725/

ATTORNEY JOHN P. MAHONEY
— What Is the Difference Between a Disciplinary Action and an Adverse Action? (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and the adverse actions that they took against me. Of course, my critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors against me. My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and/or they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to curry favor with those who are liberal, moderate, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.attorneymahoney.com/blog/2023/august/what-is-the-difference-between-a-disciplinary-ac/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An adverse action is a more severe form of discipline that affects an employee’s permanent record. Examples of adverse actions include: Demotions, Suspensions of more than 15 days, Removals from federal service)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal Employees Could Be Fired at Any Time for Any Reason, Under a Bill That Was Just Reintroduced – ERICH WAGNER (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Beyond obviously, Roy and Scott have no problem with those Democrats wasting the careers of and getting rid of federal employees who are Republican and conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/05/feds-could-be-fired-any-time-any-reason-under-bill-was-just-reintroduced/386258/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., are the lead sponsors of the Public Service Reform Act (H.R. 3115), which would make career federal workers at-will employees and get rid of most of the avenues currently available to appeal adverse personnel decisions. It also would abolish the Merit Systems Protection Board.”)

August 20, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 24 shot, 5 killed, in weekend shootings across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-weekend-shootings-violence-auburn-gresham-fatal-man-killed/13672560/

WTTW
— Democrats acknowledge that “Black Students Face Continuing Challenges in Chicago Public Schools.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/19/black-students-face-continuing-challenges-chicago-public-schools

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/lots-of-questions-few-answers-for-black-and-brown-high-schoolers-applying-to-college/3dfdab32-94a7-4708-a124-c094ce792f24

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) run America and especially Illinois and b) blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-climate-st-0820-20230818-ez43ducdtzbxxb3xvpuv6uew5u-story.html
— JANUARY 6, 2017 FLASHBACK: Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville lets auto fanatics mingle, entertain, store collections in luxury. – Suzanne Baker (COMMENT: I recently bought a larger car condo in Iron Gate. If you share my interest in Chargers, Corvettes, Thunderbirds, and/or Mustangs, please let me know. Iron Gate is hosting a friends and family event today. Iron Gate is on Ferry Road just west of Route 59. If you might be interesting in attending, please phone me at 630-414-6079.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-iron-gate-condos-st-0108-20170106-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-migrants-asylum-seekers-illinois-children-deaths-pediatric-care-20230820-uwlj3n4lara3zahixnvaufypba-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-asylum-sekeer-migrant-children-back-to-chicago-public-schools-mental-health-20230819-bgxtrw6x4zglpkrxw66732v6ky-story.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-donald-trump-election-fraud-rudy-giuliani-ruby-freeman-page-20230820-eidbmaxhsjbvlojlgixwsaqpwi-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-fani-willis-gop-renounce-donald-trump-2024-20230820-fyjs3qrpqvb3npe2jxdmisbtqq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/8/20/23837103/cps-migrant-bilingual-students-public-schools
— Democrats say “Diving dispute: Park district says it floated permit requirement by Friday Morning Swim Club. Organizers of the hugely popular club that attracts thousands to Montrose Harbor every Friday previously said they hadn’t heard anything from the park district.” I should write a book about all the opposition that I had to overcome to organize Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and 2005. I should write a book about all the opposition that I had to overcome to serve as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/19/23837782/friday-morning-swim-club-chicago-park-district-permit

DAILY HERALD
— Authoritarian policies on pregnancy centers – Kenneth Novak, Glen Ellyn
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230819/authoritarian-policies-on-pregnancy-centers
— Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense.” Since 2000, hate-filled Diersen-hating Diersen-haters have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I fill my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters with links to articles that are full of lies. I should write a book about Diersen-haters. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230819/trumps-lies-tested-limits-of-the-bully-pulpit-his-right-to-say-them-is-at-core-of-criminal-defense

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats ask “Will 500,000+ new GOP voters embrace mail-in ballots?”
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/opinion/columns/2023/08/19/eye-on-illinois-will-500000-new-gop-voters-embrace-mail-in-ballots/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://herald-review.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/technology/more-diversity-thanks-to-ai-generated-models/video_4729e16f-6904-53dc-93a4-dff490d3a1b4.html

SOUTHERN
— In 2020, how many illegals in Georgia used their false identifications to vote for Biden?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/08/19/trumps-false-claims-about-georgias-2020-election-long-debunked/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Political and racial discrimination in hiring practices of K-12 teachers – KAYLA GASKINS (COMMEMT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had taken graduate accounting courses at DePaul since 1976. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had worked for IRS since 1971 and at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, since 1974. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I had earned a high school diploma and I had passed the postal employment examination in 1966.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/new-report-highlights-possible-political-and-racial-discrimination-in-hiring-practices-of-k-12-teachers-political-social-views-woke-public-education-gender-identity-politics-parents-rights-oppression-inequity-racial-equity-conservative-backlash

WSIL TV
— Democrats say “Legal scholars increasingly raise constitutional argument that Trump should be barred from presidency.”
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/legal-scholars-increasingly-raise-constitutional-argument-that-trump-should-be-barred-from-presidency/article_4b9e5b70-4799-5231-a538-e9e06d176134.html

WTHI TV
— Indiana Republican Chairman Kyle Hupfer announces resignation after 6.5 years at helm (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) with the Indiana Republican Party. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. But my critics/opponents have never blamed the leaders of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Organization, or Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are/were leaders or the aforesaid organizations, b) who are and/or were dominated by the aforesaid leaders, c) who do and/or did glorify and praise the aforesaid leaders, d) who do and/or did pander to the aforesaid leaders, e) who do and/or did serve as operatives or dupes for the aforesaid leaders, f) who do and/or did cover up the wrong doing of the aforesaid leaders, and/or g) who give and/or gave lots of money to the aforesaid leaders. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wthitv.com/news/indiana-republican-chairman-kyle-hupfer-announces-resignation-after-6-5-years-at-helm/article_fa386840-9b2d-5510-9960-e154dfb0ead9.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It comes as the party controls both of Indiana’s U.S. Senate seats, seven of the state’s nine congressional districts, has supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly and holds more than 90% of county-elected offices across the state. It also controls the governor’s office, and numerous Republicans are vying for the nomination to replace GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb, who cannot run again because of term limits. In 2019, 19 mayoral offices in Indiana flipped to Republicans, including in many Democratic strongholds such as Kokomo and Muncie. “The Indiana Republican Party is strong. And I believe that if we continue to deliver results that matter, Hoosiers will continue to place their trust in us and elect and reelect Republicans long into the future,” Hupfer said.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats crow that “DeSantis rivals sharpen knives for first debate.” If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents use against you? Mine would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that constructively, I have run Trump’s campaign in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2015. b) stress the many bad demographics that I share with Trump, and c) stress the success that they had rudely ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, rudely ending my bid to be selected to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, rudely gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, rudely ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, rudely ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, rudely ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, rudely ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, rudely ending my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasure in 2004, and rudely ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They would love it.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/desantis-rivals-sharpen-knives-for-first-debate/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrats say “Tracking Chicago’s migrant busing crisis, a year later.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/08/17/chicago-migrant-buses-texas-denver

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee Meets without Drama of No Confidence Vote Against Chairman Don Tracy – John Lopez
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/19/ilrscc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Thursday, August 17, Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair took place. The various festivities by the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee (SCC), the governing body for Illinois Republicans under the leadership of Chairman Don Tracy included the August meeting of the SCC, where Tracy met with the 17 Republican state central committeepersons, the governing body of the Illinois Republican Party, plus various elected and appointed Republican officials. But unlike the last SCC meeting in April, when a “no confidence” vote on Chairman Don Tracy was called for and taken in executive session, and written up in several publications including McHenry County Blog, no such action was taken at the August SCC meeting, the first time the SCC met since April. Indeed, in the run-up to Thursday’s SCC meeting, there wasn’t even talk about a no confidence vote against Chairman Tracy, given the results of last November’s general election and the results of the April 4 elections went against conservative/grassroots candidates (with the exception of McHenry County-based School District 158). So has the grassroots conservatives given up on replacing Chairman Tracy? Or was all this talk of a grassroots conservative rebellion against Chairman Tracy just that, talk with a signal boost from Illinois Review? Or is it something else? It’s definitely something else going on, and here is what I’ve been able to piece together. As was written elsewhere, SCC Chairman Tracy formed a “Grassroots Task Force” of the SCC and tapped 14th Congressional District SCC Member Larry Smith, who’s the LaSalle County Republican Party chairman to lead the Grassroots Task Force. 8th Congressional District SCC Member Dean White of St. Charles was appointed as a co-chair/vice-chair, but the leader is Smith. From mid spring to late July, grassroots activists have been meeting with Smith and White to organize this SCC Grassroots Task Force into something productive, and not be a failed “outreach” effort as so many SCC initiatives became in the past. Political consultant Mr. Val Ojeda, who also publishes a blog he launched last December called The Illinois Republican, took a leading role to help Grassroots Task Force Chairman Smith organize the SCC Grassroots Task Force, including naming its members from among the grassroots. Ojeda stressed how it was important all sections of Illinois be represented on the Grassroots Task Force, meaning members from Chicago, Chicagoland suburbs/exurbs and downstate. In a July 27 op-ed on The Illinois Republican, Ojeda published three appointments to the Illinois Republican Party’s Grassroots Task Force, the first being the Illinois Freedom Alliance, which is based out of Moline and includes activists Annette Parchert, Nancy Hayes, Jennifer Luebbers, George Weckbacher and others. So the Moline-based Illinois Freedom Alliance represents downstate. Representing the city of Chicago is Christine Shanahan McGovern (R, Mt. Greenwood), who unsuccessfully ran for the state senate last fall, losing a close race to 5-term incumbent state Senator Bill Cunningham (D, Beverly).)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border chaos rises, undercutting Mayorkas’ claims of progress – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/18/border-chaos-rises-undercutting-mayorkas-claims-pr/
— Why send your kids to debauched universities? Understand exactly what they’re being taught. – Everett Piper (COMMENT: While I earned my four college degrees (IIT, MS, 1992; DePaul, MS, 1980; Loyola, MBA, 1976; and NIU, BS, 1970), I avoided Democrat, Libertarian, and Green propaganda by majoring in finance, accounting, business, and management.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/19/why-send-your-kids-to-debauched-universities/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California GOP seeks to reverse party platform on abortion and same-sex marriage – Cami Mondeaux (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Anticipate/expect that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) will do everything that they can at the IRP State Convention next year to water down if not strike the following planks in the IRP platform: law and order, individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, Republicans should demand in the strongest terms that their IRP State Central Committee member stop the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/california-gop-reverse-party-platform-abortion-same-sex-marriage

NEW YORK POST
— Biden quietly sells off border wall parts to thwart GOP push to use them – Mary Kay Linge, Matthew Sedacca and Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/biden-sells-border-wall-parts-to-thwart-gop-push-to-use-them/

AMERICAN THINKER
— No, Ron DeSantis did not launch a missile at all Trump supporters – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/no_ron_desantis_did_not_launch_a_missile_at_all_trump_supporters.html
— Woke white air force colonel who claimed other white colonels were racists gets promoted to brigadier general – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. All those who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had no professional certifications or licenses or had fewer than I had. They all promoted Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, they all promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/woke_white_air_force_colonel_who_declared_other_white_colonels_racists_gets_promoted_to_brigadier_general.html
— Rioting, arson, and property theft may be viewed the same as violence to lawful voting rules: both are considered by the political left as a form of “reparations.” – Matthew G. Andersson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/stealing_elections_is_a_form_of_reparations.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Family forced to move as aggressive homeless men living in nearby shelter harass teen girls – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/19/family-forced-to-move-as-aggressive-homeless-men-living-in-nearby-shelter-harass-teen-girls-1388329/

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor: We Have ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ with Migrants, ‘We’re Committed’ to Being a Sanctuary City – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/19/chicago-mayor-we-have-humanitarian-crisis-with-migrants-were-committed-to-being-a-sanctuary-city/
— Larry Elder Details Joe Biden’s Long History of Racism – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/19/watch-larry-elder-detailing-joe-bidens-long-history-of-racism-leaves-charlamagne-tha-god-speechless/
— Biden’s Deputies Welcomed 250,000 Border Migrants in July – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/08/20/bidens-deputies-welcomed-250000-border-migrants-july/

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Senator’s Hold On Pentagon Nominees Is Keeping Out Left-Wing ‘Diversity’ Advocates – JAKE SMITH
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/19/pentagon-gop-diversity-nominees/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Vivek Ramaswamy Says Biden Is ‘Not Really the Person Running the Country,’ and He’s Taking on the People Who Are – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/19/vivek-ramaswamy-says-joe-biden-is-not-really-person-running-country-hes-taking-people-who-are/

DAILY WIRE
— DeSantis Rips Trump’s ‘Listless Vessels’ In Congress, Trades Barbs With Team Trump – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Indictments Meant to Demoralize and Provoke Americans – James Lindsay (COMMENT: Adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me have motivated me. Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me motivated me a) to earn four job-related college degrees, b) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and c) to become a licensed CPA. Adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me have motivated me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Adverse actions that they took against me motived me to serve as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, d) a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, f) and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions that they have taken against me. They would love it.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/trump-indictments-meant-to-demoralize-and-provoke-americans-james-lindsay-on-atl-now-5474967

FOX NEWS
— The shoplifting crisis is a nightmare. Here are 5 things this ex-NYPD inspector wants you to know. Terrifying spike in thefts like shoplifting has Americans wondering if this is the new normal. – Paul Mauro
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/shoplifting-crisis-nightmare-here-5-things-ex-nypd-inspector-wants-know
— NY Governor must ‘step up to the plate’ as migrants flood to NYC – Republican New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6334655155112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard’s End-Run Around Affirmative Action Could Backfire – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/harvards-end-run-around-affirmative-action-could-backfire/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas to Disassociate with American Library Association over Alleged Marxism, Gender Ideology – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-to-disassociate-with-american-library-association-over-alleged-marxism-gender-ideology/

PJ MEDIA
— Why Are So Many Republicans Cowering in the Face of Opposition? – LINCOLN BROWN (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Republican elected officials and party leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its law and order, 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. Far too many Republican elected officials and party leaders are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, or RINOs.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2023/08/18/if-republicans-are-going-to-cower-in-the-face-of-opposition-they-dont-stand-a-chance-in-2024-n1720347
— This Is Why Conservatives Must Get on Local School Boards – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/08/19/this-is-why-conservatives-must-get-on-local-school-boards-n1720478

TOWNHALL
— Biden Tries to Sink Gov. Abbott’s Border Buoys – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/08/19/biden-tries-to-sink-gov-abbotts-border-buoys-n2627257

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Christie. I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating Republican a) activists, b) elected officials, c) party leaders, d) candidates and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, g) etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/politics/chris-christie-florida-debate-republican/index.html

MSN
— Woke university sacks lecturer for refusing to ‘indoctrinate students’ with trans policy
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/woke-university-sacks-lecturer-for-refusing-to-indoctrinate-students-with-trans-policy/ar-AA1ftNUg
— Democrats say “5 Cities Becoming Popular With Millennials.” Chicago has always been run by Democrats. I worked for Chicago Democrats 1973-1997. Chicago Democrats a) do not want to hire Republicans and b) waste the careers of Republicans and get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/5-cities-becoming-popular-with-millennials-are-they-right-for-you/ar-AA1fu8RG

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push student loans. Not that I could have ever gotten a student loan, if I had gotten one, I would not have been able to buy a new 1972 Corvette 14 months after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I would not have been able to buy a new townhome in University Park 25 months after I graduated.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/what-to-know-about-student-debt-18297719.php

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/bisexual-men-lgbtq-amazon-netflix-heartstopper-1820898

NEW YORK TIMES
— To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More Than Career – David Brooks
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/opinion/marriage-happiness-career.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Trump to release taped interview with Tucker Carlson, skipping GOP debate.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/19/trump-gop-debate-tucker-carlson/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Mexico sets up large tent shelter for hundreds of migrants in border city of Matamoros.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/08/19/mexico-tent-shelter-migrants-matamoros-brownsville/5462d994-3eb6-11ee-aefd-40c039a855ba_story.html
— Democrats say “Student loan borrowers approach payment restart with apprehension, confusion.” Not that I could have ever gotten a student loan, if I had gotten one, I would not have been able to buy a new 1972 Corvette 14 months after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I would not have been able to buy a new town home in University Park 25 months after I graduated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/16/student-loan-payment-restart-confusions/

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayarichard-craven/2023/08/19/chief-dei-officers-say-this-is-how-to-diversify-your-company/

KIPLINGER
— How Much Money Do You Need to Be Rich? Survey Reveals Wealth Goals. A new survey sets a financial threshold for being considered rich, while also questioning the very concept of “wealth.” – BEN DEMERS
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/how-much-money-do-you-need-to-be-rich-survey-reveals-wealth-goals
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Respondents concluded that an average net worth of $2.2 million would be considered wealthy in 2023. This is unchanged from the $2.2 million mark recorded in Schwab’s 2022 survey, but still well below the high mark of $2.6 million recorded in its pre-pandemic 2020 survey. Schwab’s latest survey also reveals that roughly half of respondents say they already feel wealthy today, despite having an average net worth of only $560,000. This total represents only a quarter of the consensus threshold of being rich in America. So, what’s going on here?)

INC.
— Want to Live 20 Years Longer? A Massive New Study of 719,147 People Says Follow These 8 Habits  Actually, it’s 21 years of predicted extra lifespan for women and 24 years for men. – Bill Murphy Jr. (COMMENT: My putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning dramatically reduces my predicted lifespan. It reduces my “having positive social relationships,” it causes me lots of stress, it costs me lots of sleep, and it reduces my opportunities to exercise.)
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/want-to-live-20-years-longer-a-massive-new-study-of-719147-people-says-follow-these-8-habits.html

FOX EL PASO
— Democrats say “El Paso plans dual-purpose shelter for asylum seekers and animals in proactive migrant strategy.”
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-plans-dual-purpose-shelter-for-asylum-seekers-and-animals-in-proactive-migrant-strategy

POWER NATION TV
— The Top 10 U.S. States with The Most Muscle Cars (COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 10th with 3.8%.)
https://www.powernationtv.com/post/u-s-state-has-the-most-muscle-cars
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One percent of all pre-owned vehicle sales in Texas were Ford Mustang models, which is near twice that of the number of Mustangs being purchased in Florida. . .In eight of the top 10 states, the Ford Mustang was ranked the most popular muscle car regarding pre-owned sales.)

August 18, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Republican leaders talk mail-in voting push, gaining suburban votes at Illinois State Fair.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Republican candidates and party leaders should stress the Republican Party platform including its law enforcement, 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. They should stress the tremendous damage caused by the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms including crime, poverty, dependency on government and charity, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They should stress that while Trump was President, he did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-state-fair-2023-springfield-republicans/13664332/
— Democrats say “Mayor Johnson’s deputy chief of staff is working on solutions for city’s migrant crisis.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnsn-christina-pacione-zayas-migrant-shelters/13664453/

NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago Alderman addresses migrant concerns. Ald. Brian Hopkins, who represents Chicago’s 12th Ward, told NBC 5 that the migrant crisis has brought an increase in crime, drugs and panhandling near a temporary shelter in his ward.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/chicago-alderman-addresses-migrant-concerns/3210106/

WGN9
— Democrats say “GOP leaders turn focus away from Trump at State Fair.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/lets-talk-about-illinois-gop-leaders-turn-focus-away-from-trump-at-state-fair/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Republican Day at Illinois State Fair focuses on campaign fundraising and voter registration, not Trump.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-day-illinois-state-fair-campaign-fundraising-voter-registration-trump

WBBM
— 10 cars, valued at nearly $750K, stolen from South Side Ford plant
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/10-cars-worth-nearly-usd750k-stolen-from-south-side-ford-plant

WLS AM
— Democrats say “Republican Day Promotes a Red Wave at the Illinois State Fair.”
https://www.wlsam.com/2023/08/17/republican-day-promotes-a-red-wave-at-the-illinois-state-fair/

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats and RINOs say “Illinois GOP hopes for unity — not Trump — during State Fair Republican Day.” Why didn’t all the Republican presidential candidates converge on Springfield yesterday? Illinois will sent 64 of the 2,467 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention on a winner take-all basis. 1,234 votes are needed to win. 64 is 5% (1 in 20) of 1,234. Are the no-shows because polling shows that Trump is going to win those 64 delegates no matter what happens?
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2023-08-18/illinois-gop-hopes-for-unity-not-trump-during-state-fair-republican-day

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “State GOP mostly steers clear of Trump, vows to rebuild after big losses. Illinois Republicans on Thursday vowed they are rebuilding and trying to gear up support in the suburbs ahead of next year’s elections — and most are steering clear of delving into the effects of former President Donald Trump’s fourth criminal indictment.” Trump? Who’s he? GOP focuses on rebuilding at State Fair — not party’s indicted presidential frontrunner. Most Illinois Republicans didn’t mention the party’s indicted presidential frontrunner by name. “Why is it always about Donald Trump?” Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked reporters. “Here we are in Illinois. Let’s talk about Illinois.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/17/23835722/illinois-gop-donald-trump-indictments-rebuilding-2024-elections
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote crime and criminals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/17/23835002/cash-bail-ends-sept-18-pretrial-fairness-act-illinois-aclu-benjamin-ruddell-op-ed
— What do you say to those who give hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ammunition to use against Trump?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/8/17/23836761/authorities-investigating-threats-to-grand-jurors-who-indicted-trump-in-georgia

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats say “Illinois Republicans try to sidestep Trump factor at state fair while acknowledging strategy shift needed on abortion.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-state-fair-20230817-pycxzdra4jez7itg27nktvhv6m-story.html
— Democrats say “Despite assault-gun ban, Highland Park suffers another hurt.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-column-st-0817-20230816-ecozxgn5obfgzp5opygpsp56ii-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Petition packets for spring primary now available at Kane County Clerk’s office
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20230817/petition-packets-for-spring-primary-now-available-at-kane-county-clerks-office
— Glendale Heights board asks village president to resign in wake of criminal charges – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230817/glendale-heights-board-asks-village-president-to-resign-in-wake-of-criminal-charges

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly drive those who share Trump’s demographics out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicagoans-leaving-city-pre-pandemic-rate
— Sean Casten’s parents selling historic Hinsdale house – Dennis Rodkin (COIMMENT: How much money do/did your parents have? One could argue that the more money that your parents have/had, the more opportunities that you have/had to be successful. Should everyone in politics and government be required to disclose how much money their parents have/had?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/it-hits-market/sean-castens-parents-selling-historic-hinsdale-house

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “Last year, the Republican challenger for governor Darren Bailey rode into the Illinois State Fair on a John Deere tractor. This year, political signs for the now congressional candidate are scant on the fairgrounds.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/08/17/darren-bailey-candidate-for-congress-stomps-for-votes-at-state-fair/70613302007/
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans back early voting and mostly skirt discussing Trump at state fair.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/08/17/red-wave-attempt-illinois-gop-promotes-2024-strategy-at-state-fair/70609436007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats say “Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals converge on Atlanta just days after his latest indictment.’ Why didn’t all the Republican presidential candidates converge on Springfield yesterday? Illinois will send 64 of the 2,467 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention on a winner take-all basis. 1,234 votes are needed to win. 64 is 5% (1 in 20) of 1,234. Are the no-shows because polling shows that Trump is going to win those 64 delegates no matter what happens?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-2024-gop-rivals-converge-on-atlanta-just-days-after-his-latest-indictment/article_505e2e03-6a88-5eed-948d-ec5eb9f67ebe.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans vow to become relevant again, deflect on Trump.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-republicans-vow-to-become-relevant-again-deflect-on-trump/article_9d9720a2-3d35-11ee-baf1-77ee4d2125b5.html
— Democrats say “LaHood discusses 2024 presidential field.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/rep-darin-lahood-discusses-2024-presidential-field/video_68117c55-d1f3-5513-ae7a-c1c946cc00be.html

STATELINE
— Illinois woman charged with threatening to kill Trump, son Barron – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-woman-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-trump-son-barron/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats acknowledge that “Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking hit historic highs.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote vice.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/marijuana-and-hallucinogen-use-binge-drinking-hit-historic-highs/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/as-abortion-pills-near-supreme-court-advocates-are-once-burned-twice-shy/

WAND TV
— Democrats say “Illinois Republicans bash Pritzker, push for conservative family values in state politics.”
https://www.wandtv.com/community/illinois-republicans-bash-pritzker-push-for-conservative-family-values-in-state-politics/article_c1190014-3d4d-11ee-85c6-27165119629d.html

WREX
— Democrats say “Unity – not Trump – is the message at Illinois State Fair Republican Day. Former president present on signage, rarely in speeches.”
https://www.wrex.com/news/politics/unity-not-trump-is-the-message-at-illinois-state-fair-republican-day/article_4cc44e04-3d51-11ee-a058-2b9b7fe3c41f.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats say “Migrant Families Living At Church Pay It Forward With Meals For Asylum Seekers At Police Station. After being taken in by a Lincoln Square church, three migrant families are cooking for asylum seekers still living in police station lobbies.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/08/17/migrant-families-living-at-church-pay-it-forward-with-meals-for-asylum-seekers-at-police-station/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP tiptoes around Trump.” – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/18/illinois-gop-leaders-arent-talking-trump-00111809
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rethinking tactics on abortion: “We Republicans must put Democrats on the defensive on abortion,” said Republican National Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte, pointing to the successes Biden’s party had in galvanizing support over the end of Roe v. Wade.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Republican Day roundup: Corruption, abortion, Trump and Bailey.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/18/republican-day-roundup-corruption-abortion-trump-and-bailey/
— Democrats say “Morning roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-130/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/17/afternoon-roundup-144/
— Democrats say “National Committeeman Richard Porter and Illinois State GOP Chairman Don Tracy took flips into pool symbolizing flipping the state Red.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/17/who-wore-it-better/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Kick Loyal Black Voters to Back of the Bus on Immigration, School Overcrowding and Crime (COMMENT: Democrats certainly did not kick my Black subordinate to the back of the bus. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that they could give him my job and my preferred corner office, and that is exactly what they did. They would not have done that if I had was a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They would not have done that if I had not been an active member since 1988 in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://johnkassnews.com/years-after-jim-crow-democrat-party-bosses-kick-loyal-black-voters-to-back-of-the-bus/

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Miller: ‘The left’s goal is to criminalize the exercise of your First Amendment right to free speech’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/648798280-miller-the-left-s-goal-is-to-criminalize-the-exercise-of-your-first-amendment-right-to-free-speech
— Miller on Biden’s hasty exit from Afghanistan: ‘We will never forget’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/648801471-miller-on-biden-s-hasty-exit-from-afghanistan-we-will-never-forget

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Statistics show increase in crime during Brandon Johnson’s first 90 days – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_14832d30-3d2e-11ee-aa14-5b1be1c39e74.html#new_tab
— Illinois Democrats, Republicans volley presidential politics – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21ef979e-3d40-11ee-9ab8-7fc419e1c2cd.html
— Illinois Republicans rally at state fair, discuss next year’s election plan – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_59c9edbe-3d44-11ee-b1f3-ebacc24b8441.html

WIREPOINTS
— State politicians would rather Illinoisans stay on Medicaid rather than be independent and earning money without government help
https://wirepoints.org/state-politicians-would-rather-illinoisans-stay-on-medicaid-rather-than-be-independent-and-earning-money-without-government-help-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Portable Traffic Signals Used by IDOT
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/17/message-of-the-day-portable/
— Kids Given Right to Sue Parents
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/17/kids-given-right-to-sue-parents/
— Removing Lead Paint from Bridges
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/17/removing-lead-paint-from-bridges/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Court lets abortion pill stay on market, but not in mail; FDA’s relaxed rules exceed comfort level – Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/16/court-rules-abortion-pill-can-remain-market-restri/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Teachers unions spent summer scheming how to bring liberal ideas into classrooms – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/teacher-unions-summer-training-liberal-ideas-classroom
— Group behind Harvard affirmative action case targets military academy admissions next. – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have not stooped to hint/imply/argue/shout that UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and/or IIT in 1992 because I was White, male, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, or because my ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/affirmative-action-target-military-academies-admissions
— Top Republican slams DeSantis debate strategy, predicting Trump will ‘steamroll the field’ – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/top-republican-slams-desantis-debate-strategy

NEW YORK POST
— Rapper Young Capone dead at 35 after going missing in Chicago – Erin Keller
https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/rapper-young-capone-dead-at-35-after-going-missing-in-chicago/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The problem with crossing that line. – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/the_problem_with_crossing_that_line.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Back in the last week of the Clinton presidency, there were concerns about the legal status of President Clinton once he left Washington. Could he have been indicted by, say Arkansas, for lying in a courtroom? In the end the issue was resolved and Clinton admitted wrongdoing, paid a fine and lost his law license. Maybe you remember the headline: In a Deal, Clinton Avoids Indictment. Today, the Democrats have thrown the DoJ and now a Georgia DA at President Trump. Could this be a case of “be careful what you wish for”?)

BREITBART
— Racism in America Today: A Real or Manufactured Problem? – THOMAS KLINGENSTEIN (COMMERNT: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrats shout even louder at Blacks a) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, and racists who have caused all the problems that Blacks have had and b) that if elected, Democrats will use government give Blacks even more preference.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/17/racism-in-america-today-a-real-or-manufactured-problem/
— NYC Considers Housing Migrants in Old Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/17/report-nyc-considers-housing-migrants-in-old-jail-where-jeffrey-epstein-died/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Parents can’t sue school district for hiding students’ gender transitions: 4th Circuit – Ryan Fole
https://www.christianpost.com/news/parents-cant-sue-school-for-hiding-students-gender-transitions.html

DAILY CALLER
— Eric Adams Complains Migrants Were ‘Unjustly Dropped’ In NYC After Touting Sanctuary City Status
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/17/eric-adams-migrants-unjustly-dropped-sanctuary-city-new-york-city/
— Larry Elder Blasts Democrats’ ‘Everything Is Racist’ Strategy That’s ‘Getting People Killed’
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/17/larry-elder-blasts-democrats-everything-racist-strategy/
— CNN Pushes Kamala’s False Claim About Florida Curriculum, Immediately Issues ‘Clarification’
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/17/cnn-kamala-harris-florida-curriculum-black-history/
— ‘Americans Before Illegals’: Curtis Sliwa Slams Surge Of Migrants In New York City
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/18/curtis-sliwa-nyc-migrants-hannity/
— California’s Plan To Lock Up Conservative Parents
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/16/californias-plan-to-lock-up-conservative-parents/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Woman Charged For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Trump, Youngest Son – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-woman-charged-for-allegedly-threatening-to-kill-trump-youngest-son

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Admin Working to Bring Racial Equity to Towns, Suburbs. HUD says local communities must take action to ‘affirmatively further’ diversity. – Kevin Stocklin (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the higher the percentage of Whites who are in your state, county, township, municipality, and/or school district, the higher the percentage of Republicans are there who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Since 1978, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have stressed that while I lived in Crete 1948-1972, a) no Blacks lived there, b) it was overwhelmingly Protestant, and c) it was overwhelmingly German American. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/analysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs-5471333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Actions by the Biden administration to expand racial equity are making their way into America’s suburbs and towns. The Department of Housing and Development (HUD) is implementing a new program that would compel any town, city, or county that accepts federal housing grants to “proactively take meaningful actions to overcome patterns of segregation, promote fair housing choice, eliminate disparities in opportunities, and foster inclusive communities free from discrimination.” The program, called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), is a reinstatement of HUD’s 2015 AFFH Rule, originally introduced by the Obama administration but repealed in 2020 by the Trump administration, which criticized the policy’s “onerous burden on localities and federal overreach into local housing policy.” Under the Biden policy, “in order to qualify for community development block grant funds, [communities] have to prepare and submit a plan to demonstrate that they are ‘affirmatively furthering fair housing,’” Howard Husock, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “The Poor Side of Town,” a critique of American housing policies, told The Epoch Times. “They will have to pass muster with regulators at HUD, who will review the steps they’re taking and decide whether they measure up.” Among the things that HUD will look for, Mr. Husock said, is if low-income housing “is being built in ‘high-opportunity neighborhoods’; is it being built close to high-performing schools; is close to libraries or supermarkets; with public facilities being located in ways that best serve those of a low income.” According to a statement by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, “Hardworking families are blocked from purchasing homes because of the color of their skin.”)

FOX BUSINESS
— Vivek Ramaswamy could go from Trump’s rival to running mate. Watch Ramaswamy makes waves at the first GOP primary debate on Fox, Varney says.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/stuart-varney-vivek-ramaswamy-trumps-rival-running-mate

FOX NEWS
— Long Island leader refuses to let NYC move migrants into former NHL arena. No migrants will be housed at Nassau Coliseum or anywhere else in Nassau County, official says. – Danielle Wallace (COMMENT: In which buildings in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district will Democrats and RINOs house illegals?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/long-island-leader-refuses-let-nyc-move-migrants-former-nhl-arena-anywhere-else-nassau

TOWNHALL
— The Post-Title 42 Wave of Illegal Immigrants Is Here and It’s Wreaking Havoc – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/08/17/the-post-title-42-wave-of-illegal-immigrants-are-here-n2627166

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4157736-midwestern-cities-transgender-health-sanctuaries/

REUTERS
— Democrats say “Biden campaign plans first big push – skewer the Republican debate.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-campaign-plans-first-big-push-skewer-republican-debate-2023-08-17/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Majority of Americans Say Trump Charges Have Merit, but His G.O.P. Grip Grows.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/politics/trump-indictments-polls.html
— Democrats say “Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/politics/desantis-debate-strategy.html
— Democrats say “Ramaswamy Rides Wave of Support, but Rivals Are Eager to Pounce.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-ron-desantis-republican-primary.html

— What It Means to Call Prostitution ‘Sex Work’ – Pamela Paul
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/opinion/prostitution-sex-work.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What the Bible Says About Reparations for Slavery. The fathers’ iniquities are visited on the children, but only for a limited time. – Gerard Leval
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bible-reparations-fairness-equality-equity-anti-racism-slavery-california-american-history-c5510c47
— Meet the New IRS, Same as the Old IRS. Even with $80 billion in new funding and 87,000 new agents, the agency is as dysfunctional as ever. – J.D. Vance
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-new-funding-covid-pandemic-federal-policy-law-ppp-werfel-erc-employee-retention-credit-3eef45b2

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrats say “Biden’s Age Might Not Be a Problem.”
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen/08/23/bidens-age-might-not-be-a-problem

August 16, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez calls out Biden for not addressing migrant crisis.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ray-lopez-joe-biden-immigration-crisis

ABC7
— Democrats decry that National Shooting Sports Foundation challenges new firearms marketing restrictions in Illinois claiming the law is unconstitutional and conflicts with federal law.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-gun-laws-law-jb-pritzker-governor/13653092/
— Democrats say “Cook County Democrats meet on state’s attorney candidate endorsements.” I should write a book about those candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who the leaders of the following endorsed in primaries: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). I would focus on those candidates who lost general elections. I would focus on how IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA newsletters for those losses.
https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-states-attorney-eileen-oneil-burke-clayton-harris-iii/13654249/
— Democrats say “DeSantis takes a different tone on Disney fight: Moved on.”
https://abc7chicago.com/desantis-takes-a-different-tone-on-disney-fight-moved-on/13654212/
— To discredit Trump, Democrats stress that “Georgia’s Republican governor pushes back on Trump.”
https://abc7chicago.com/georgias-republican-governor-pushes-back-on-trump-and-more-campai/13654719/

WGN9
— Politics taking main stage at Illinois State Fair – Peter Curi, Mike Lowe
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/politics-taking-main-stage-at-illinois-state-fair/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The more that you promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/15/23833655/trump-2024-gop-presidential-primaries-durkin-illinois-republican-party
— Migrants who slept in tents after being kicked out of shelter have a new home. Eight members of the Leon and Castro families had lived outdoors after being locked out of a shelter Saturday. The city has moved them to the Inn of Chicago in Streeterville. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/15/23833427/new-home-migrants-booted-from-chicago-shelter
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/10/23813982/venezuelan-migrants-matriarch-search-housing
— Democrats acknowledge that “Arwady decries her abrupt firing — and warns it could hurt search for Chicago’s next health chief.” Of course, to discourage those who share my demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time) from applying, the Democrats who run GAO’s Chicago office would stress Diersen v. GAO (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) and how they treat those who share my demographics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/14/23832336/arwady-says-her-abrupt-firing-was-unnecessarily-destabilizing-to-the-citys-public-health-department
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago Democrats stress “2 Chicago-area people indicted with Trump, accused of trying to overturn Georgia election results.” Of course Chicago Democrats hint/imply that these 2 are guilty and typical Trump supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/15/23832765/trevian-kutti-stephen-lee-indicted-trump-overturn-georgia-election-results

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County ‘absolutely prepared’ after amendments added to state cash bail law – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-illinois-safe-t-act-pretrial-amendment-dupage-tl-0814-20230815-g7m764qs6rczxpzexjr27magxe-story.html
— Democrats say “Amid party loyalty questions, Cook County Democrats endorse for state’s attorney and go against incumbent for court clerk.” I should write a book about those candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who the leaders of the following endorsed in primaries: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). I would focus on those candidates who lost general elections. I would focus on how IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA newsletters for those losses.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-cook-county-democrats-slating-20230815-pntk37atjfdahhpttofpk4xqoa-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-maui-wildfires-climate-change-human-health-20230816-b4guxccyojf5pgpmrit4zko7ya-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Cook County Dems pick their favorite (Clayton Harris III) to replace Kim Foxx.” I should write a book about those candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who the leaders of the following endorsed in primaries: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). I would focus on those candidates who lost general elections. I would focus on how IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA newsletters for those losses.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/clayton-harris-iii-endorsed-states-attorney-democrats

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ready, set, go! Politicians gearing up for 2024 races descend on Illinois State Fair – Patrick Keck (COMMENT: I have always been conservative. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I started attending Republican Days and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee meetings, and Illinois Republican County Chairman’s Association meetings at State Fairs and reporting on them in 2000. I started attending IRP State Conventions as a delegate in 2000. I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. But because conservatives are ever-increasingly unwelcome at Republican Days, I have stopped attending them.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/08/16/dems-gop-look-to-sparkle-2024-excitement-at-illinois-state-fair/70594450007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The next two days at the Illinois State Fair will feature political rallies led by both political parties as the countdown to next year’s election season marches forward. Democrats will kick off action on Wednesday with Governor’s Day and Republicans follow on Thursday. Outside of the fair, the parties will hold meetings in downtown Springfield including the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch at the Bank of Springfield Center. There, Illinois Democrats will be joined by guest speaker U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, starting at 9 a.m. before heading to the fairgrounds. Republican’s time on the Director’s Lawn will be preceded with several events, among them the Republican County Chairs’ Association president reception on Wednesday before a joint meeting with RCCA and the State Central Committee Thursday morning at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel. For Democrats and Republicans alike, the fair days and meetings provide opportunities to build up its campaign finance war chests heading into 2024. No statewide candidates will be featured in next year’s election, but votes for president, U.S. Congress, the Illinois House of Representatives and a handful of state Senate seats among other local races will take place. The political days fall just more than seven months away from the March primary, but also less than three weeks from when candidates can begin circulating nomination papers. Congressional, state legislature and other local candidates begin this process on Sept. 5. Presidential candidates start on Oct. 27. All candidates have until Dec. 4 to file the papers with the Illinois State Board of Elections. . .Illinois Republicans have their work cut out for them, not holding power in any of the state’s three branches of government in addition to a smaller pool of political backers for major campaign funding. The state fair represents an opportunity for the party to make up ground in the funding battle and later support its candidates come election time. Who the party chooses to back for the White House has not been clear at this point, but it could have to put its weight behind a familiar name. National polls indicate if the presidential election were to take place today, it would be a 2020 rematch of Biden and former President Donald Trump. Already not a popular figure in Illinois, losing the state by more than 15 points in both 2016 and 2020, Trump is coming off his fourth indictment this time for allegedly tinkering with 2020 election results in Georgia. The indictments of the former commander-in-chief have prompted varying responses from GOP lawmakers in the state, some of which have pledged continued support to Trump and others to say move on. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, has claimed investigations led by the U.S. Department of Justice into Trump have been politically motivated. “The American people will not tolerate this attack from Biden’s DOJ on our electoral process or our system of justice, where justice is supposed to be blind,” she said in a statement earlier this month. The party’s 2022 gubernatorial candidate, Darren Bailey, rose in prominence among Republicans before the primary thanks in part to an endorsement from the former president. Still, he and other candidates speaking at last year’s fair were mum on Trump and instead focused on what they described as failures by Democrats to control crime and spending. That backing from Trump, in the end, proved in some ways to bite Bailey in the general election where Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker won a second term with comfortable margins.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/half-of-americans-say-theyve-tried-marijuana-cannabis-drug-use-polling-public-opinion-gallup-survey

WSIL TV
— Democrats ask “Could Donald Trump serve as president if convicted?”
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/could-donald-trump-serve-as-president-if-convicted/article_4cdbda15-afe7-546d-bb89-522d55d52636.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-enjoys-strong-support-among-republicans-the-general-election-could-be-a-different-story/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “North Korea says a U.S. soldier crossed its border because of the racism in America.” According to Democrats, how racist is a) your county, b) your township, c) your municipality, and d) your school district?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-16/north-korea-says-a-u-s-soldier-crossed-its-border-because-of-the-racism-in-america

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville among eight most beautiful cities in Illinois says WorldAtlas (COMMENT: Do you live in Naperville? My wife and I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. I should write a book about how our lives might have been different if we had lived in Naperville since 1978. I would focus those in Wheaton who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout since 1978 and a) who continue to treat me like I am a newcomer and/or b) who have demonstrated their disapproval of my being conservative, my being Republican, my being a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, my efforts to promote Republican participation in and sponsorship of Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2019, my efforts to help elect Republican candidates, my efforts to discourage Democrats from sending their homeless to Wheaton, my efforts to stop video gambling in Wheaton, my efforts to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having lived in Crete 1948-1972, my avoiding the draft, my having sued them and/or Wheaton, my being a gun owner, my having been a union member for almost 12 years, my having been a federal employee for almost 30 years, and/or my being a federal retiree for almost 26 years. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-among-eight-most-beautiful-cities-in-illinois-says-worldatlas/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/8/16/23833661/chicago-public-schools-migrant-students-bilingual-resources-2023

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-128/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/15/afternoon-roundup-142/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Some Peoria schools have reached ‘equity’… students of all races are failing equally
https://wirepoints.org/some-peoria-schools-have-reached-equity-students-of-all-races-are-failing-equally-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor floats idea of sending migrants to suburbs – Andrew Hensel (COMMENT: How many illegals and how fast do the Democrats and RINOs who run the following want: a) in your county, b) in your township, c) in your municipality, and d) in your school district?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6ef303e8-3bae-11ee-bef2-c7eca3b66375.html

ILLINOIS VALEY TIMES
— Marter to Pritzker: ‘We the People will not abide by your unlawful usurping of our Second Amendment right!’
https://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/648639588-marter-to-pritzker-we-the-people-will-not-abide-by-your-unlawful-usurping-of-our-second-amendment-right

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Conforti: ‘America is losing its allies’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648711554-conforti-america-is-losing-its-allies

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Windhorst: “A firearms ban will do nothing to stop criminals bent on committing mass shootings or other acts of violence.”
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/648642516-windhorst-a-firearms-ban-will-do-nothing-to-stop-criminals-bent-on-committing-mass-shootings-or-other-acts-of-violence

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Father Who Torched Peoria Parenthood Abortion, a.k.a., “Health” Center Sentenced to Ten Years and $1.45 Million in Restitution
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/father-who-torched-peoria-parenthood-abortion-a-k-a-health-center-sentenced-to-ten-years-and-1-45-million-in-restitution/
— The Role of the Kane County State’s Attorney, Shaw Publications and Members of the Kane County Bar in the Suicide of a Public Figure
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/the-role-of-the-kane-county-states-attorney-shaw-publications-and-members-of-the-kane-county-bar-in-the-suicide-of-a-public-figure/
— Suicides Peak in United States
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/suicides-peak-in-united-states/
— Pritzker Criticized for Veto of Nuclear Power Plant OK
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/pritzker-criticized-for-veto-of-nuclear-power-plant-ok/
— Ideas for a New State Flag
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/ideas-for-a-new-state-flag/
— County’s Addiction Recovery Program, Most Have Problems with Alcohol
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/countys-addiction-recovery-program-most-have-problems-with-alcohol/
— Comparing Success of National Covid Polices
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/15/comparing-success-of-national-covid-polices/
— Making It Easier to Get on Disability
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWtMgBMjFwKkFlVtZrdQbgzJvMwcVTJvBdblhCFZlCBcQBnbklDtnzqRcwnNCCRvBmNHwtpqg
— GASLIGHT ALERT: 2024 Presidential Polling with Significant Internet Polling More Prone to Push Poll (Desired Outcome) Results
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/14/internetpolls/
— Ever Wanted to Call the Police for Help with a Recalcitrant Kid?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/14/ever-wanted-to-call-the-police-for-help-with-a-recalcitrant-kid/
— Syverson Reports on $5.2 Billion of Unemployment Comp Fraud
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/14/syverson-reports-on-5-2-billion-of-unemployment-comp-fraud/
— Jeeps-a-Plenty at Closed Belvidere Auto Plant (COMMENT: I worked in that plant part-time in early 1970 while I was an NIU student.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/16/jeeps-a-plenty-at-closed-belvidere-auto-plant/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER SIGNS CHARTER NEUTRALITY BILL, CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FIGHTS TO WEAKEN CHARTER SCHOOLS – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-signs-charter-neutrality-bill-chicago-teachers-union-fights-to-weaken-charter-schools/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-abortion group (Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America) vows to withhold influential endorsement unless GOP backs 15-week ban – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/sba-vows-withhold-endorsement-gop-15-week-ban
— Affirmative Action reemerges as Biden reelection campaign issue – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/affirmative-action-biden-reelection-campaign

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Historic NYC restaurants close as famous hotel is turned into migrant shelter – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/16/historic-nyc-restaurants-close-as-famous-hotel-is-turned-into-migrant-shelter-1387166/

BREITBART
— Americans Last: Homeless Population Grows at Record Pace as Joe Biden Seeks Millions to House Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/15/americans-last-homeless-population-grows-at-record-pace-as-joe-biden-seeks-millions-to-house-illegal-aliens/
— Black Democrats Hide from Voters Angry at Biden’s Migration – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/15/black-democrats-hide-voters-angry-bidens-migration/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Democrats have made it harder to crack down on illegal child labor – Jon Feere
https://cis.org/Feere/Democrats-have-made-it-harder-crack-down-illegal-child-labor

COLLEGE FIX
— Teachers favor girls, but ‘racism’ is bigger issue – MATT LAMB (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer White men earn college degrees. I should write a book about that. When I was young, overcoming race and gender based preference giving was easier then than it is now, that is, overcoming discrimination against those who are the following was easier then than it is now: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time. UIC admitted me in 1966 when I was 18, NIU in 1969 when I was 20, Loyola in 1972 when was 23, DePaul in 1976 when I was 27, and IIT in 1992 when I was 43; but because of my many aforesaid bad demographics, they would not admit me today if I was 18, 20, 23, or 43. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. I avoided the draft.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/study-teachers-favor-girls-but-racism-is-bigger-issue/

COLLEGE REFORM
— American Psychological Association calls for ‘adversity scales’ in admissions after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling – Haika Mrema (COMMENT: What adversities did you overcome? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I never had any adversities to overcome. In my defense, 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. My eyesight could never be corrected to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. Since grade school I have not been able to run because a bone disease. Because my parents lacked money, I had to work my way through college.)
https://campusreform.org/article?id=23804

EPOCH TIMES
— Georgia Trump Indictment Struggles to Back Criminal Intention Claims – Petr Svab
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/analysis-georgia-trump-indictment-struggles-to-back-criminal-intention-claims-5467749

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Sends a Request to Congress for Blank Check to Fund Border Crisis
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/15/president-biden-sends-request-congress-blank-check-fund-border-crisis

FOX NEWS
— Ramaswamy goes viral following exchange with LGBTQ activist: ‘I respect that you have a different opinion’ 2024 GOP hopeful knocks the ‘tyranny of the minority’ when asked about LGBTQ issues. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ramaswamy-goes-viral-following-exchange-lgbtq-activist-respect-different-opinion
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams demands 100K asylum seekers be allowed to legally work. New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned the federal government for not allowing some 100,000 migrants to legally work in the United States, arguing there’s nothing more “anti-American.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6333680418112
— Biden found a way to ‘delegitimize’ the Supreme Court
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-found-way-delegitimize-supreme-182442720.html

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois’ Latest Anti-gun Law Immediately Challenged in Court – Bob Adelmann
https://thenewamerican.com/us/illinois-latest-anti-gun-law-immediately-challenged-in-court/

NEWSMAX
— Top Colleges Continuing Diversity Drives – Peter Malbin
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/harvard-amherst-scotus/2023/08/15/id/1130817/

TOWNHALL
— Parents’ Guide to Countering Woke School Indoctrination – Jonathan Emord
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanemord/2023/08/16/parents-guide-to-countering-woke-school-indoctrination-n2627052

TURNING POINT USA
— DOJ, DOE Release Guidance on Diversifying Colleges after SCOTUS Struck Down Affirmative Action – Stephen Davis
https://www.tpusa.com/live/dept-of-justice-dept-of-education-release-guidance-on-diversifying-colleges-after-scotus-ruling-against-affirmative-action

ZERO HEDGE
— New York’s ‘Right To Shelter’ Law Now Has Mayor Adams Saying “Go Away” – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-yorks-right-shelter-law-now-has-mayor-adams-saying-go-away

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://news.yahoo.com/parenting-pride-aims-conservative-moms-211800724.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Those on the left have always argued that those who are in the majority discriminate against those who are in the minority. Ever-increasingly, a) those on the left are the majority and b) they discriminate against those on the right. Ever-increasingly, those on the left are liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have more money than others, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those on the right are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, have less money than others, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about a) those who are on the left in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) who discriminate against those on the right in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus in those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/opinion/us-census-majority-minority.html
— When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I could not run because I had a bone disease. I washed dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years and the summer in between.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/theater/body-positivity-theater-camp.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/08/15/georgia-indictment-republican-candidates-debate-trump/70594181007/

DIVERSE EDUCATION
— In what ways are you a minority? What are the most underrepresented minorities in the leadership of a) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, and c) your county, township, municipality, and school district? I am a conservative Republican. Conservative Republicans are underrepresented in the leadership of a) the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization and b) Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.diverseeducation.com/reports-data/article/15544357/uc-system-admits-most-underrepresented-minorities-ever

DAILY MAIL
— Harvard, UMass and Tufts are among top colleges to try to skirt around SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling – AP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12408901/Harvard-UMass-Tufts-colleges-skirt-SCOTUS-affirmative-action-ruling.html

August 8, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— We should require citizenship before giving someone a badge and gun. While HB 3751 was presented as an “option” for law enforcement departments, it’s actually a mandate to hire non-citizens as police officers. – John Curran
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/7/23822944/non-citizens-police-officers-legislature-pritzker-republican-opposition-john-curran-op-ed
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2023/8/7/23822821/weed-sales-illinois-july-cannabis-marijuana-dispensaries
— State, feds must help south suburbs fix water problems – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/7/23823466/state-feds-must-help-south-suburbs-fix-water-problems
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising guns to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/7/23822769/illinois-gun-advertising-ban-kids-militants
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 6 killed, 23 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/8/7/23822356/at-least-6-killed-23-wounded-in-weekend-shootings-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-cannabis-sales-july-20230807-pblpurq24vbnjefkhb43x6weeq-story.html
— Democrats say “Suburbs, cities facing high costs try new tack: hiring federal lobbyists to pry dollars out of Washington.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/ct-nhs-municipal-lobbying-tl-0803-20230807-g7yj2x63rngrpcitadspsjkckq-story.html
— How school choice plays a part in the student debt crisis – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-student-loan-forgiveness-school-choice-20230807-4lab5qbvfbfyzamlo3yr3jsdbe-story.html
— How do we change the Chicago Way? The city needs a municipal constitution. – Joe Ferguson and Seth Limmer
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-israel-constitution-governance-20230807-slwtxida3fhzvfkk3obswjbkce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Palatine OKs housing for human trafficking victims.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230808/nothing-like-this-in-the-state-palatine-oks-housing-for-human-trafficking-victims

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Uihleins have apparently chosen the 2024 candidate they’re backing — for now – Marcus Gilmer
https://link.chicagobusiness.com/view/5f4c31d7c90d524d84713f01j8spr.j6j/ac23fe83

FOX32
— Democrats say “Migrants bused to big cities like Chicago trigger funding controversy.” Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-bused-big-cities-chicago-funding-controversy

ABC7
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-church-near-me-us-immigration-news/13613954/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Chicago philanthropist launches jobs program to deter crime, teen trends.” How many of today’s teens would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. The money that earned doing the aforesaid bad jobs enabled me a) to buy a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) to pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and g) to graduate from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-philanthropist-launches-jobs-program-to-deter-crime-teen-trends/3202517/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago officials refuse to disclose how they spent more than $120 million in tax money.” How much money have the following spent so far on illegals: Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and the hospitals in your area?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-wont-disclose-120-million-spending/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: City of Chicago officials have failed to turn over records detailing how they spent more than $100 million to care for new arrivals. The Chicago Office of Budget & Management denied CBS 2’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for spending records. The city also ignored requests from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.)

WGN RADIO
— Chicago Way w/John Kass: A manifesto on baby Capones and Christopher Columbus – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-a-manifesto-on-baby-capones-and-christopher-columbus/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats analogize Trump to unsuccessful candidates William Jennings Bryan, Thomas Dewey, and Adlai Stevenson. If you ran for an office, who would your critics/opponents analogize you to? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they would analogize me to if I ran for an office. I would focus on my critics/opponents who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) when sought to be selected to fill the vacant Wheaton City Council West District office in 2019 and/or b) when I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004. I would focus on my critics/opponents a) who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me both times and b) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County.
https://news.yahoo.com/tom-kacich-nominated-trump-could-145300442.html

STATELINE
— Democrats say “40-50 migrants came to Chicago almost every day in July. Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/40-50-migrants-came-to-chicago-almost-every-day-in-july/
— Democrats say “Pritzker signs Racism Free Schools Act into law.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-signs-racism-free-schools-act-into-law/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Americans growing further apart on key issues of society, politics – CORY SMITH
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/americans-growing-further-apart-on-key-issues-of-society-politics-republicans-democrats-morality-federal-government-global-warming-police-gun-reform-abortion-immigration-race-relations-health-care-access

WAND TV
— Pritzker signs racism-free schools plan into law – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-signs-racism-free-schools-plan-into-law/article_c2b97a3e-3564-11ee-a653-4be8381ff21f.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/pritzker-signs-bills-expanding-reproductive-healthcare-protections/video_4b26e3a4-445f-5ff7-9c18-4e40ae6cb752.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more drug abuse.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/louies-law-illinois-overdose-education-standards-bill-signed-by-pritzker/article_14e4d092-3187-11ee-ae7c-9b0c035528a0.html

WJBD
— Congressman Mike Bost calls indictments against Donald Trump a ‘clear witch hunt’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/08/07/congressman-mike-bost-calls-indictments-against-donald-trump-a-clear-witch-hunt/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “A judge tossed out Trump’s countersuit to E. Jean Carroll” and ask “What does this mean?” (COMMENT: In 1998, I sued the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They never succeeded in having my lawsuit the dismissed. However, Democrat justices granted GAO summary judgment in 2005.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-07/a-judge-tossed-out-trumps-countersuit-to-e-jean-carroll-what-does-this-mean
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kaplan said “there is no merit to Mr. Trump’s argument.”)

CITIES 92.9
— New Illinois law closes loophole to prevent sexual grooming of students – Kevin Bessler
https://www.cities929.com/2023/08/07/new-illinois-law-closes-loophole-to-prevent-sexual-grooming-of-students/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon told the nation he was resigning.” What were doing 49 years ago? I was a) working for IRS in the Loop as a GS-12 Step 1 (currently $92,279/year) Revenue Officer, b) taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, c) living weekdays in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building, d) living weekends in my University Park town home, and e) driving my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air and my 1971 Corvette.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/08/d-c-insider-and-chicago-native-will-head-dem-convention-00110236

CAPITOL FAX

— Democrats say “Curran explains why most Senate Republicans voted against allowing non-citizens to serve as law enforcement officers.”

https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/08/curran-explains-why-most-senate-republicans-voted-against-allowing-non-citizens-to-serve-as-law-enforcement-officers/

— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”

https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-122/

— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/07/afternoon-roundup-136/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP fundraising sinks to $26.48 in second quarter of 2023. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) leaders will officially blame conservative Republicans for DCRCC’s fundraising and other problems, and especially blame conservative Republicans like me a) who support the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/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 and/or b) who share lots of Trump’s demographics including heterosexual, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for DCRCC’s problems and/or who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155694-dupage-gop-fundraising-sinks-to-26-48-in-second-quarter-of-2023
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County Republican Central Committee has had virtually no funds donated to it in the second quarter of 2023. According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. “The June 2023 Quarterly Report must include all committee activity from April 1, 2023, up to and including June 30, 2023,” the Illinois State Board of Elections stated on its website. “This Quarterly Report must be filed by all active political committees, regardless of whether the committee had any activity during that period of time.” The lack of fundraising comes amid Republican in-fighting over donations to the Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni, was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. DuPage GOP Chair Jim Zay explained away the donations to Conroy in a letter to the county’s GOP faithful. Zay has steadfastly refused to criticize fellow Republicans who financially and materially supported Democrats in the once-Republican stronghold as GOP hopes and funds have plummeted. In a letter to the DuPage GOP, Zay emphasized the need for unity within the party and calls for an end to public criticism of fellow Republicans, stating that it only weakens the party and hinders its ability to expand its base. The statement came after Tornatore and Puchalski were outed by the DuPage Policy Journal for making campaign donations to Conroy, drawing attention and controversy within the party. Now, activists have turned their sights on Zay himself, who oversaw the paltry fundraising effort. In an appearance at the Downers Grove Republican Township Organization, Zay and Tornatore explained away the material support for party opponents. “Chairman Zay’s remarks focused on coming together as Republicans and not dwell in the past,” Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican Committeeman, told DuPage Policy Journal after the July 10 meeting. “Both justified their actions as efforts necessary to protect the budgets of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. “However, what struck me was the level of indignance both Commissioner Tornatore and Chairman Zay demonstrated in their explanations. Specifically, their justifications were peppered with comments such as, ‘I didn’t have to be here tonight.’ In addition, questions and comments raised by committeemen regarding the lack of support in recent elections, and contributions to Democrat events were simply dismissed or ignored. In fact, there was no effort to demonstrate any humility or contriteness regarding these matters.”)
— The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level. – Noel Manley (COMMENT: I should write a book about DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my leadership of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois the most.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155698-manley-the-fact-that-the-dupage-gop-raised-only-25-00-in-q2-reflects-the-quality-of-leadership-at-the-county-level
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican committeeman, has expressed strong criticism of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s fundraising efforts for the second quarter of 2023. The committee reported raising only $25.00 during the three-month period, leading Manley to question the quality of leadership within the county’s GOP. “The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level,” Manley told the DuPage Policy Journal. “The job of DuPage GOP leadership is to serve as the number one booster for raising money, recruiting quality candidates, and setting a vision for future Republican efforts at the county, state, and federal levels. Sadly, $25.00 is not going to get the job done.” According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. Manley is one of several critics of DuPage GOP Chairman Jim Zay who refused to denounce fellow Republicans amid revelations that key members of the DuPage County Republican leadership have been funding the campaigns of Democrats. In response, Zay said he identifies as a “Reagan Republican,” and believes in the principle of being a “Big Tent” Party, accommodating all Republicans regardless of their varying views on certain issues noting “true leadership is bringing people together.” Zay’s comments run counter to his performance over a disastrous three years in which local Republicans have lost several elections. “Finger-pointing and fighting is not the answer and that path will only continue to election losses,” Zay said in a letter addressing criticism of three high-ranking officials who donated to Democrats, DuPage Policy Journal previously reported. “I am not saying that anyone should change their principles but telling others to change theirs doesn’t work either. If we don’t come together as a Party then we will be destined to be the minority party for years to come.” Zay’s comments came after DuPage Policy Journal revealed donations to Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. Tornatore also provided $250 to “activist prosecutor” Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s election efforts. Puchalski, who was a board member at the time, chipped in $500 to the week prior to Foxx’s election in 2016. Since Foxx assumed that role, Chicago has become crime-ridden as a direct result of her soft-on-crime policies that have encouraged not prosecuting or incarcerating known serial criminals responsible for even the worst crimes, such as murder.)
— Safe Suburbs USA on Chicago shifting immigrant crisis to suburbs: ‘Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?’ (COMMENT: Do you live in DuPage County? How many of the 32,000+ illegals who already live in DuPage County live your DuPage County District, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your school district, and in your precinct? How many illegals are Democrat and RINO officials sending there?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155692-safe-suburbs-usa-on-chicago-shifting-immigrant-crisis-to-suburbs-is-your-community-one-that-is-agreeing-to-do-this
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Safe Suburbs USA is questioning which suburban communities Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is planning on partnering with to punt the city’s illegal immigrant population. As of 2023, Chicago’s sanctuary status has attracted over 800,000 undocumented residents. “Mayor Johnson says he’s been in dialogue with suburban cities to help share the migrant burden,” Safe Suburbs USA said on Twitter. “Johnson says he sees suburban support on the horizon. Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?” Johnson noted in a recent press conference that he had been in discussions with suburban governments to accept the border crossers. “We see some real support on the horizon,” Johnson said at the press conference, Chicago City Wire reported. The Migration Policy Institute reports DuPage County, where Safe Suburbs USA, is based is already home to over 32,000 illegal immigrants, which is over three times the 10,000 reported in each of the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will in 2014 by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The bulk of the undocumented population comprises those aged 35 to 44. But that figure pales in comparison to Chicago’s staggering population of 829,000, according to NBC News, which also reports Chicago’s open arms policies have given illegal immigrants a soft landing spot. The city has taken to setting up temporary shelters, sometimes in police stations where allegations of sexual impropriety have arisen, and committing millions of taxpayer dollars to provide for those in the country illegally. While former mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke welcoming words to those incoming she later changed her tune when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began sending border crosses to Chicago and other Democrat-controlled sanctuary cities by the busload. Johnson has similarly toed a line between welcoming the undocumented to the city – where there is no longer room – while condemning the politics of those seeking to put an end to illegal border crossings. Thus, Johnson’s move to push the undocumented to the suburbs.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Record Illinois spending, nearly double since 2018, is unsustainable, senator Dave Syverson says – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-illinois-spending-nearly-double-since-2018-is-unsustainable-senator-says
— It’s not racism, people just don’t like Kamala Harris – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-not-racism-people-just-dont-like-kamala-harris

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Media Prematurely Spike Football on Biden Border Crisis – Drew Holden
https://freebeacon.com/media/media-prematurely-spike-football-on-biden-border-crisis/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blames wokeness for US women’s soccer team loss, trolls Megan Rapinoe: ‘USA is going to Hell!’ – Snejana Farberov
https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/trump-blames-wokeness-megan-rapinoe-for-us-world-cup-loss/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Let Them Eat Woke. Some stay and enjoy. Others can go elsewhere. – James P. Pinkerton
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/let-them-eat-woke/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Remaking of America. Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization. It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath. The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago. Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought. . .Race, Not Class. Racial inequality and lack of parity are due to “whiteness.” Racial quotas, segregated dorms, graduations, workshops, and safe spaces are exempt from civil rights statutes given they are necessary to achieve equity. Integration and assimilation are the opiates of the masses. Apartheid and segregation are misunderstood modalities, and thus, if enlightened, sometimes necessary corrective measures. Reparations are to supersede ineffective affirmative action. Wokeness liberates us to see how race explains everything in America, past and present. At universities and in popular culture “proportional representation” of various ethnicities and races is no longer sufficient remedy. Instead reparatory hiring and admissions are required to atone for prior generations of discrimination. It is taboo to suggest that cultural conditions not just race accounts for inequality. Everything from meritocracy to promptness to physical fitness is racist in nature, requiring DEI experts to expose and inform about the systemic nature of American racism.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Large numbers of Chinese illegal aliens are showing up in America – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/large_numbers_of_chinese_illegal_aliens_are_showing_up_in_america.html
— End birthright citizenship now – William Davis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/end_birthright_citizenship_now.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— America’s White majority ends with GenZ, census data reveals – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time .)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/americas-white-majority-ends-with-genz-census-data-reveals-1384493/
— Castle owner says Mayor Adams ignores his plea to bed 180 as NYC struggles to house illegal aliens – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/castle-owner-says-he-can-bed-180-but-mayor-adams-ignores-him-as-nyc-struggles-to-house-illegal-aliens-1384440/

BREITBART
— Biden Out of Step with Non-White Working Class as Democrats Champion Upper-Class Liberal Values – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/biden-out-of-step-with-non-white-working-class-democrats-champion-upper-class-liberal-values/
— Legal Immigrants Protest Migrant Camp at Brooklyn Park: ‘This is Not Fair’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/legal-immigrants-protest-migrant-camp-at-brooklyn-park-this-is-not-fair/
— New York Officials to Transform Staten Island Assisted Living Facility into Migrant Shelter – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/07/new-york-officials-transform-staten-island-assisted-living-facility-migrant-shelter/

COLLEGE FIX
— Northwestern U. scholars unanimous: Trump indictment is a good thing
https://www.thecollegefix.com/northwestern-u-scholars-unanimous-trump-indictment-is-a-good-thing/

DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Americans Give Up Hope They’ll Ever Be Able To Retire, Poll Finds – Joseph Curl (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/millions-of-americans-give-up-hope-theyll-ever-be-able-to-retire-poll-finds

EPOCH TIMES
— Mega Donor Threatens to Cut Off Funding If DeSantis Doesn’t Go Moderate – Allen Zhong (COMMENT: I should write a book about mega donors in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the greatest success since 2000 in getting Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to “go moderate.” I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/mega-donor-threatens-to-cut-off-funding-if-desantis-doesnt-go-moderate-5446880

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Network News Erects Wall of Disinformation at the Border
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/07/network-news-erects-wall-disinformation-border-study-says

FOX BUSINESS
— Think tanks file suit to block Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39B in student loans. New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit in Michigan Friday on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute. – Landon Mion (COMMENT: If I had gotten a student loan to pay for my 1bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would have paid it off quickly with the money that I earned working for Firestone Stores 1970-1972 and for IRS 1971-1980. Further, my grades would have been much better and I would gotten much better paying jobs. But as it was, I worked my way through college and still had enough money to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile in 1967, to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger. Granted, tuition was much less back then, but I avoided room and board costs by living with my parents in Crete while I a) took classes at UIC 1966-1968, b) worked for the Park Forest Post Office weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/think-tanks-file-suit-block-biden-administrations-plan-cancel-39b-student-loans

FOX NEWS
— Chicago took in a busload of 40-50 migrants almost every day in July, official says – ‘We’re a welcoming city,’ official says – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-busload-migrants-almost-every-day-july-official-says

GUNS
— BIDENOMICS: BILL WOULD ADD $5,000 FEDERAL TAX TO $500 AR-15 – Chris Eger
https://www.guns.com/news/2023/08/07/bidenomics-bill-would-add-5-000-federal-tax-to-500-ar-15

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Pritzker’s Truth Police: How the Illinois Governor Made the Case Against the Trump Indictment.
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/08/08/pritzkers-truth-police-how-the-illinois-governor-made-the-case-against-the-trump-indictment/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Harvard’s Cynical Move to Get Around the Affirmative-Action Decision – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/harvards-cynical-move-to-get-around-affirmative-action-decision/

NUMBERS USA
— Court Finds Biden Asylum Rule is “Substantively and Procedurally Invalid” – Jared Culver
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/court-finds-biden-asylum-rule-substantively-and-procedurally-invalid

PJ MEDIA
— Law and Disorder: Legal Migrants Protest Illegal Aliens Living in Brooklyn Park – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/08/07/law-and-disorder-legal-migrants-protest-illegal-aliens-living-in-brooklyn-park-n1717034

WESTERN JOURNAL
— There Goes Central Park – NYC’s Illegal Aliens May Get Tents to Solve Overwhelming Housing Crisis – Richard Moorhead
https://www.westernjournal.com/goes-central-park-nycs-illegal-aliens-may-get-tents-solve-overwhelming-housing-crisis/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-illinois-to-ban-advertising-for-guns-allegedly-marketed-to-kids-and-militants/
— Democrats say “America’s White majority is aging out.” Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-white-majority-aging-100000247.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Lawyers say DOJ wants to ‘censor’ Trump.”
https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/6230d8bab246d104952d7f0bj8w4x.a1h/f089790f

CBS NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Crossings along U.S.-Mexico border jump as migrants defy extreme heat and asylum restrictions.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-mexico-border-crossings-migrants-yuma-tucson-arizona/

MSNBC
— Democrats crow that “Illinois fights gun lobby to ban marketing guns to little kids.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/illinois-fights-gun-lobby-to-ban-marketing-guns-to-little-kids-190317637765

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/opinion/climate-is-now-a-culture-war-issue.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats want everyone to attack Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/08/07/desantis-trump-indictment-attack-fbi/70541629007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Vivek Ramaswamy’s Rise in 2024 Field Brings Scrutiny Beyond Anti-Woke Record. GOP presidential hopeful has contributed to Democrats, didn’t vote Republican until 2020. – John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vivek-ramaswamys-rise-in-2024-field-brings-scrutiny-beyond-anti-woke-record-88a5b635
— While Trump was President, he defended and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-turned-the-gop-into-the-party-of-wishful-thinking-2024-indictment-jack-smith-7c849bfa
— The White House’s Gender Pay Gap. An analysis says women working for Biden earn 80 cents on the dollar. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-white-houses-gender-pay-gap-d5959dd4
— The Legal Assault on Corporate Diversity Efforts Has Begun. Conservative groups challenge Amazon, Comcast and others using many of the same tools that helped kill affirmative-action programs in colleges. – Theo Francis and Lauren Weber
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-equity-dei-companies-blum-2040b173

YAHOO FINANCE
— Democrats say “Advancing Black Wealth Tour Coming to Oakland & Chicago in August.” Why do you have the wealth that you have? According to my critics/opponents, my wealth came from my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to, and I did, work my way through college.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advancing-black-wealth-tour-coming-181700900.html

SUBURBS 101
— 13 Most Affordable Chicago Suburbs for Commuters 2023 (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. Commuting from Crete to Chicago has never been good. Nevertheless, I commuted from Crete to Chicago a) 1966-1968 while I took classes at UIC, b) in 1970 while I took graduate business classes at UIC, c) in 1971 while I worked for IRS in the Loop, d) in 1972 while I took graduate business classes at Loyola.)
https://suburbs101.com/most-affordable-chicago-suburbs-for-commuters/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-ban-advertising-guns-allegedly-marketed-kids-militants-102069765

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION & INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-overreaching-response-affirmative-action-ban
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/08/08/data-show-admissions-gap-between-white-and-asian-applicants

PBS
— Democrats say “Why New York City’s migrant housing crisis is reaching a breaking point.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-new-york-citys-migrant-housing-crisis-is-reaching-a-breaking-point

KEVIN MD
— How to handle a toxic person – BETHANY SILVERMAN (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on 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. I would focus on those who have blamed me and have blamed 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 have painted me as being Trump’s representative in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 2015. I would focus on those who demonstrate more hatred against those the more demographics that they share with Trump. Both Trump and I are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft-avoiders, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.)
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/08/how-to-handle-a-toxic-person.html

August 5, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “A Jan. 6 attendee’s (Daniel Butler) election speaks to Illinois GOP’s last stand in Will County.” One could compare and contrast Will County with DuPage County. Butler represents Crete, Park Forest, and University Park. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. I worked in Park Forest 1966-1969. I lived in University Park 1972-1976.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-will-county-jan-6-daniel-butler-20230805-2h7cxzbwhjg5rnkdpydne6uooi-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When the Will County Board decided to send four of its members to the National Association of Counties’ legislative conference in Washington this past February, the contingent included new Republican board member Daniel Butler of Frankfort. The taxpayer-funded trip for the conference, which featured panels on federal policy headlined by a speech from President Joe Biden, wasn’t Butler’s first time to the nation’s capital. Little more than two years earlier, prior to being elected to office, Butler was in Washington attending then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally. Butler joined the march to the U.S. Capitol but he was not charged and he said he did not enter the building as insurgents staged a deadly insurrection in a failed attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes that made Biden the nation’s president. Displaying a long history on social media of propagating elaborate and widely debunked conspiracy theories — ranging from pandemic vaccines linked with computer chip technology to a QAnon-backed tale contending Italian satellites were used in 2020 to switch votes from Trump to Biden — Butler won a seat on the Will County Board on Nov. 8. Butler’s election was assisted by more than $3,300 worth of campaign mailings paid by the Illinois Republican Party, campaign records show. The Illinois GOP did not respond to a request for comment. Butler, a Republican precinct committeeman who owns a general contractor business, a martial arts studio and a cabinet distributorship, also chairs the conservative Lincoln-Way Area Freedom Coalition. He listed his campaign priorities as “freedom of speech, 2nd Amendment, Constitutionalist, Fiscal conservatism and Right to Life.” He won the second of two seats in the newly drawn 3rd County Board district with 9,623 votes, representing Frankfort, Crete, Monee, Park Forest, Steger and University Park. Even after his election, Butler expressed fears about the security of mail-in ballots being counted post-Election Day, telling a right-wing, faux newspaper publication, “I’d like to think that after they get this count done, that I won’t lose.” Butler, 58, was one of at least 57 people across the country who were involved in events at the U.S. Capitol that day and who later campaigned for elected office, according to a count by Politico.)
— Democrats acknowledge that “Federal judge temporarily blocks law aimed at deterring deceptive anti-abortion practices, calling it both stupid and very likely unconstitutional.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-abortion-deception-law-blocked-20230804-6r2v3l5le5fqfdyn5lzgmtxjt4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago police union boss blasts mayor for calling teen looting a ‘trend’: ‘That means, do whatever the hell you want, apparently’ “Nobody is renaming anybody little mini-Al Capones. But they certainly, in many cases, had the same, terrorizing effect that Al Capone had 100 years ago,” John Catanzara said.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/4/23820756/john-catanzara-brandon-johnson-teen-looting-south-loop-teen-trend-al-capones
— Democrats acknowledge that “Court blocks Illinois law penalizing anti-abortion pregnancy centers” and say that “The law, signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week, bans the use of misinformation to interfere with abortion or emergency contraception access and imposes fines up to $50,000.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters were full of misinformation. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/4/23820551/abortion-illinois-court-blocks-law-fines-pregnancy-centers

DAILY HERALD
— To get elected, Bidem falsely painted himself as being a centrist, a moderate.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230804/play-it-again-joe-biden-bets-that-repeating-himself-is-smart-politics
— Democrats say “Glendale Heights village president (Chodri Ma Khokhar) charged with filing false police reports.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230804/glendale-heights-village-president-charged-with-filing-false-police-reports
— MARCH 21, 2021 FLASHBACK: Chodri Ma Khokhar: 2021 candidate for Glendale Heights Village president
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210312/chodri-ma-khokhar-2021-candidate-for-glendale-heights-village-president

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What mayors say matters. In more ways than one. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/brandon-johnsons-remarks-mob-action-speak-volumes-editorial

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Federal judge halts law targeting crisis pregnancy centers” and say that “Pritzker responds.”
https://abc7chicago.com/abortion-in-illinois-is-legal-crisis-pregnancy-center-clinic/13598482/
— Democrats say “Glendale Heights village president (Chodri Ma Khokhar) charged with disorderly conduct.”
https://abc7chicago.com/village-of-glendale-heights-il-news-chodri-khokhar/13600147/

NBC5
— Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton ranked the best in Illinois – again. The oldest 18-hole course in America still ranks as Illinois’ best with one of the country’s most exclusive memberships. – Fiona Hurless (COMMENT: The course is immediately south of my precinct. All the homes on Golf Lane and Golf Circle are in my precinct.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-chicago-golf-course-ranked-the-best-in-illinois-again/3200585/

WTTW
— Democrats crow that “40 to 50 Migrants Arrive to Chicago by Bus Daily.” Migrants vote for Democrats. Democrats will continue to import migrants until Democrats have defeated the last Republican in America. But by then, America will be such an unmitigated disaster that migrants will not come here anymore.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/04/40-50-migrants-arrive-chicago-bus-daily-officials-say

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ask “Trying to tune out the news these days?” and say “you’re not alone.” I should write a book about those who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They would love it.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-04/trying-to-tune-out-the-news-these-days-new-study-shows-youre-not-alone

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Trump continues to push election fraud claims day after arrest over said claims.” In 2020, how many of the many millions in America illegally used their false identifications to vote for Biden and to vote for the rest of the Democrat candidates?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/former-president-donald-trump-continues-to-push-election-fraud-claims-day-after-arrest-over-said-claims-bill-barr-election-interference-january-6-attempted-coup-insurrection-conspiracy-to-defraud-alabama-gop-summer-jack-smith

CHICAGO BLOCK CLUB
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/08/04/is-weed-legal-chicago-illinois-can-you-smoke-in-public-all-your-marijuana-questions-answered/

CITIES 92.9
— New Illinois law will require school districts to address student trauma – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: How much trauma did you experience when you were a child? I experienced very little thanks to my outstanding parents, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and my Trinity Lutheran Grade School, Hope Lutheran Grade School, and Crete-Monee High School teachers.)
https://www.cities929.com/2023/08/04/new-illinois-law-will-require-school-districts-to-address-student-trauma/

WHEATON PATCH
— Death Of Wheaton Man (on the 2000 block of West Roosevelt Road) In 2021 Prompts Drug-Induced Homicide Charges. Markwon Wilson, 21, is being held in DuPage County Jail on $500,000 bond in connection with the March 2021 death of Raul Torres, 62. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/death-wheaton-man-2021-prompts-drug-induced-homicide-charges

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/04/afternoon-roundup-135/
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-120/
— Democrats say “Governor vetoes E-Verify bill at request of sponsors and advocates, signs 92 others.” Use of E-Verify discourages illegal immigration.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/04/governor-vetoes-e-verify-bill-at-request-of-sponsors-and-advocates-signs-92-others/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Of 95 bills acted upon Friday, Pritzker vetoes one – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9ce10fe4-3310-11ee-aa5c-7fbcaa3cf532.html

TRUTH IN ACCOUNTING
— Illinois in Decline: What Do the Numbers Say? – Sheila Weinberg
https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/illinois-in-decline-what-do-the-numbers-say

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois’ disturbing war on pro-life pregnancy centers – Hudson Crozier
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/illinois-disturbing-war-on-pro-life-pregnancy-centers
— Mexican cartels exploit US government’s CBP One app – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/mexican-cartels-exploit-cbp-one-app
— Minnesota sends ‘social equity’ marijuana money to communities as ‘form of reparations’ – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/minnesota-sends-social-equity-marijuana-money-communities-reparations
— White House Report Card: Even on vacation, crushing American traditions – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-even-on-vacation-crushing-american-traditions
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Biden is “outpacing every single one of his modern predecessors in vacation. Over two full terms, (Barack Obama) spent 328 days (11.2%), (George W.) Bush 43 spent 1,020 days (34.9%), (Bill) Clinton spent 345 days (11.8%), and (Ronald) Reagan spent 335 days (11.5%) on vacation. Over a single term, (Donald) Trump spent 381 days (26%), (George H.W.) Bush 41 spent 533 days (36.5%), and (Jimmy) Carter spent 79 days (5.4%) on vacation.” What’s more, after his week at the beach, he took a vacation from his vacation at his Wilmington, Del. home. But that doesn’t mean he and his team aren’t doing anything. His administration took several moves this week to hit American traditions including archery classes in schools, incandescent light bulbs and muscle cars.)

NEW YORK POST
— Still no endgame for city’s unending migrant crisis – Editorial (COMMENT: Citizens of foreign countries vote for Democrats. Democrats will continue to import citizens of foreign countries until Democrats have defeated the last Republican in America. But by then, America will be such an unmitigated disaster that citizens of foreign countries will not come here anymore.)
https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/still-no-endgame-for-citys-unending-migrant-crisis/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A Country Descending into Madness – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/08/a_country_descending_into_madness.html

BREITBART
— Trump Leads Republican Competitors in Iowa by Double Digits – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/poll-trump-leads-republican-competitors-iowa-double-digits/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Considers Opening Migrant Camp in Central Park – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: In which parks will Democrats an RINOs put migrant camps in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Of course, they want to put one in the Prairie Parth Park in my precinct.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-considers-opening-migrant-camp-central-park/
— Libraries Told to Hide ‘Offensive’ Books Critical of Transgenderism – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/libraries-told-to-hide-offensive-books-critical-of-transgenderism/
— Donald Trump Speaks at Alabama GOP Dinner – NOAH DULIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/watch-live-donald-trump-speaks-at-alabama-gop-dinner/
— Trump: Republicans Could Learn from Democrat Unanimity – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/exclusive-video-trump-republicans-could-learn-from-democrat-unanimity/
— Trump January 6 Charges Very Difficult Case to Prove – Jonathan Turley
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/04/turley-trump-january-6-charges-very-difficult-case-to-prove/
— Trump Campaign Ad Torches Prosecutors Pursuing Charges Against Him as Biden’s ‘Fraud Squad’ – NICK GILBERTSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/04/watch-trump-campaign-ad-torches-prosecutors-pursuing-charges-against-him-as-bidens-fraud-squad/
— Pritzker: People Dislike Biden’s Handling of Economy Because of ‘False Rhetoric’ from GOP, How Trump Handled COVID – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/04/pritzker-people-dislike-bidens-handling-of-economy-because-of-false-rhetoric-from-gop-how-trump-handled-covid/

CAMPUS REFORM
— The battle over affirmative action is just beginning – John Rigolizzo (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling. They have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They a) want more preference for minorities and/or for females and/or b) want more votes from minorities and/or females. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://campusreform.org/article?id=23645

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Outrage Over the Outrage in Illinois. Are U.S. citizens bigoted for wanting to be policed only by other U.S. citizens? – George Fishman
https://cis.org/Fishman/Outrage-Over-Outrage-Illinois

CHRISTIAN POST
— Breast cancer patient dropped by Oregan clinic after complaint about ‘transgenderism banner hanging like a Nazi flag’ (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will everyone working in health care will be most if not virtually all on the following: liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/breast-cancer-patient-dropped-by-clinic-after-trans-flag-complaint.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Two Crucial Elements In Trump’s Defense – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/two-crucial-elements-in-trump-s-defense

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Snow White’ Goes Snow Woke – Elise McCue
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/04/snow-white-goes-snow-woke/

DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Stays Focused On Policing Speech, Not The Streets – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-stays-focused-on-policing-speech-not-the-streets

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Mayor Adams Finally Says It: “We Need To Control The Border” – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-immigration-legislation-policies/border-security/mayor-adams-finally-says-it-we
— More Illegal Aliens Secure Safe Space at College, at a Discount
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/04/more-illegal-aliens-secure-safe-space-college-discount
— House Member Introduces Bill to Codify Trump Public Charge Rule (COMMENT: What percent of illegals are public charges – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/08/04/house-member-introduces-bill-codify-trump-public-charge-rule

FOX NEWS
— West Point, Naval Academy may be next battleground for affirmative action fight: ‘Unfair and unconstitutional’ Students for Fair Admissions is looking into affirmative action usage at West Point and other top military academies. – Jeffrey Clark (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling. They have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They a) want more preference for minorities and/or for females and/or b) want more votes from minorities and/or females. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. If there had been as much Affirmative Action pressure on graduate programs when I was young as there is now, instead of me, Loyola would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran in 1972 for its graduate business program, DePaul in 1976 for its graduate accounting program, and IIT in 1992 for its graduate finance program. My taking graduate business courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My taking graduate accounting courses helped me pass on my first attempt the CPA examination on in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. My taking graduate finance courses frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ ever-increasing efforts to force me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/west-point-naval-academy-next-battleground-affirmative-action-fight-unfair-and-unconstitutional

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden administration yanks over 1,000 troops from border – despite massive surge illegally entering America – Greg Hoyt
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/biden-administration-pull-over-1000-troops-from-border-amid-surge-of-illegal-alien-encounters

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms are extremely anti-religious. How much success have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs had in infiltrating, infesting, and destroying your church?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/people-dont-want-a-superficial-faith/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “Border security and immigration: How the GOP’s ‘Old Faithfuls’ can win 2024.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4135579-border-security-and-immigration-how-the-gops-old-faithfuls-can-win-2024/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats say “Anti-Trump Republican candidates say they see donor bumps when they attack him. Polls show primary voters don’t seem to be rallying to them.” I should write a book about Republican candidates in ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have acted the most like major donors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois promised to give them lots of money, sign locations, etc. if they took adverse actions against me. I should write a book about those major donors. I would focus on those who I have sued and their attorneys..
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-trump-republican-candidates-donor-bumps-attack/story?id=101986716

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/florida-bans-ap-psychology-course-due-to-its-lgbtq-content-190052933853

NEW YORK TIMES
— The more illegals that there are in America, the more that wages paid for bad jobs are driven down. Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want illegals because they want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that citizens of America ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take low paying jobs, that is, they ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. The more illegals that there are in America, the more that wages paid for bad jobs are driven down. In the 1960s and 1970s, with wages paid for bad jobs, I was able to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, e) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, f) buy a new town home in 1972, g) etc. With wages paid for bad jobs today, I would never be able to do that today.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/florida-immigration-law-businesses.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Graduate admissions deserve the same scrutiny – Richard D. Brecht, Washington (COMMENT: If there had been as much Affirmative Action pressure on graduate programs when I was young as there is now, instead of me, Loyola would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran in 1972 for its graduate business program, DePaul in 1976 for its graduate accounting program, and IIT in 1992 for its graduate finance program. My taking graduate business courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My taking graduate accounting courses helped me pass on my first attempt the CPA examination on in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. My taking graduate finance courses frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ ever-increasing efforts to force me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/04/puzzle-college-admissions/

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats acknowledge that “New Illinois Law Allowing Non-Citizens To Join Police Force Is Denounced as Madness.”
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-illinois-law-allowing-non-citizens-to-join-police-force-is-denounced-as-madness

USA TODAY
— Democrats decry that “DeSantis-controlled Disney World oversight district slashes diversity, equity initiatives.” Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/03/florida-ron-desantis-disney-world-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/70518285007/

WTVB AM
— Migrants waiting at US-Mexico border blow off steam with soccer – Jose Luis Gonzalez
https://wtvbam.com/2023/08/04/migrants-waiting-at-us-mexico-border-blow-off-steam-with-soccer/

WEAA
— Critical Race Theory Summer School
https://www.weaa.org/show/today-with-dr-kaye/2023-08-04/day-6-critical-race-theory-summer-school

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Want a Trump O.J. Simpson Trial. Adam Schiff wants TV cameras in court. Why would he want that? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-trial-cameras-courtroom-roslynn-mauskopf-adam-schiff-democrats-b24375e2
— Christie Prosecutes the Political Case Against Trump. The former President ‘can’t win’ the 2024 election, the former New Jersey governor says. ‘He will probably be out on bail in four different jurisdictions.’ – Kyle Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/prosecuting-the-political-case-against-trump-indictment-hunter-biden-president-campign-2024-debate-40d77b38
— We Need Asylums—by Any Other Name. Psychiatric hospitals were effective in getting patients to be able to live in their communities.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mentally-ill-asylum-psychiatric-hospital-treatment-c658e319
— H-2A Guest Workers Can Pick Florida’s Crops. Farmers complain about the state’s illegal-immigration law, but there is an alternative. – Dave Seminara
https://www.wsj.com/articles/h-2a-guest-workers-can-pick-floridas-crops-agriculture-farmer-immigration-desantis-363fdf22

MESSENGER
— Can the Mustang and Other Muscle Cars Survive the Switch to an Electric World? The guttural roar of a high-powered gas engine — one hallmark of muscle and sports cars — is hard to replicate in electric versions. – Paul Eisenstein
https://themessenger.com/business/can-the-mustang-and-other-muscle-cars-survive-the-switch-to-an-electric-world

PBS
— Democrats say “Deputy Mayor on Challenges of Housing Migrants in Chicago.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.pbs.org/video/meet-the-deputy-mayor-overseeing-immigrant-rights-in-chicago/
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-tonight-latino-voices-aug-4-2023-full-show-xqmqvk/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Hundreds of asylum seekers forced to sleep on New York City’s sidewalks for days – Sandy English
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/04/pxzt-a04.html
— Wall Street moves to profit from mass layoffs as Yellow prepares to file for bankruptcy – Alex Findijs (COMMENT: During 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of thousands 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 and b) did nothing to help them find jobs. After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they did everything that they could to stop me from getting another job. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/05/yell-a05.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Are you employed by Yellow? Tell us what you think by filling out the form below. All submissions will remain anonymous.)

LA PRENSA LATINA
— Mexico’s president calls Texas officials “bad Christians” (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will officially join with countries that declare war on America.)
https://www.laprensalatina.com/mexicos-president-calls-texas-officials-bad-christians/

August 4, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote electric vehicles.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/joliet-electric-vehicle-charging-station/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Chicago police release crime statistics for July.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-crime-statistics-july
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-weed-shops-lollapalooza-prices-sky-high
— Democrats say “Chicago teens showcase anti-violence social media campaigns in summer competition.” What did you do during your summers? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes in 1965, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, and delivered mail 1967-1969.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-teens-anti-violence-social-media-campaigns-summer-competition

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ask “Is it okay to use ‘mob’ to describe youth gatherings?”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-is-it-okay-to-use-mob-to-describe-youth-gatherings/#/questions

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cannabis-sales-lollapalooza-20230803-dnnw5ovznve5xjx75sv3c57dli-story.html
— The Chicago police union’s unchecked power props up misconduct – Michael Collins and David Shapiro (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors were beyond furious when the National Treasury Employees Union came to my defense in 1974. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 )
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-police-union-power-misconduct-20230804-ozwemrjbmvay7cypgdggmgiik4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Black Northwestern players forced into watermelon-eating contests, new hazing lawsuit alleges. One lawsuit also alleges the former Northwestern University football player had his Afro cut off by upperclassmen players at the team’s camp in Kenosha, Wisconsin.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/3/23818950/northwestern-university-hazing-lawsuit-watermelon
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s not guilty plea in election cases boosts strength with GOP base. Trump’s three not-guilty pleas appeals to his supporters — and enhances his martyr status as he leads rivals seeking the 2024 Republican Party nomination for president.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/3/23819499/takeaways-donald-trumps-not-guilty-plea-in-2020-election-boosts-strength-with-gop-base
— Democrats say “Democratic leaders seek $837 million in federal funding to revamp Chicago’s Union Station.” I used the Union Station extensively 1992-1997 while I a) worked for GAO in the Loop, b) I took graduate evening finance classes at IIT right next to the Union Station, and c) my wife worked in Berwyn.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/3/23818863/pritzker-durbin-duckworth-brandon-johnson-seek-federal-grant-to-revamp-chicagos-union-station
— Democrats acknowledge that “In some city wards, residents vote on how tax money is spent.” and ask “Should all Chicagoans get a seat at the budget table?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/3/23819111/chicago-vote-tax-money-spent-wards-participatory-budgeting-democracy-solutions-project

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230803/legal-weed-at-outdoor-concert-mundelein-prepares-for-purportedly-states-first-to-allow-it

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OUTSTANDING: Judge freezes Illinois law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-law-targeting-anti-abortion-pregnancy-center-halted
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Free speech won today in the Land of Lincoln — pro-life advocates across Illinois can breathe a sigh of relief they won’t be pursued for ‘misinformation’ by Attorney General Kwame Raoul,” Peter Breen, executive vice president and head of litigation for the Thomas More Society, said in the statement. “Across the nation, pregnancy help ministries are being discriminated against by laws that target their life-affirming work,” Breen said. “The injunction granted today sends a strong, clear message to the country that the First Amendment protects pro-life speech.”)
— Democrats ask “Are taxpayers getting their money’s worth on pensions?” Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, when I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, my critics/opponents have been furious. They got even more furious in 1997, when I was 49 years old, and starting getting a CSRS pension, currently $63,144/year. In my defense, I paid in 7% of my GAO salary 1980-1997, of my IRS salary 1971-1980, and of my Post Office salary 1966-1969. In my defense, my CSRS pension would be much more if my Democrat superiors had not wasted my career and forced me to retire 6 years early. I my defense, a) I earned job-related degrees in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-pensions-do-taxpayers-get-moneys-worth-greg-hinz-analysis

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “Injunction halts Illinois’ new law aimed at ending pregnancy center deceptive practices.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/08/04/anti-abortionists-celebrate-halting-of-illinois-pregnancy-centers-law/70525909007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/chicago-cannabis-stores-gear-up-for-big-off-site-lollapalooza-sales/article_3fdcbcf4-322e-11ee-87ad-a3d1d7ecf615.html

STATELINE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-holds-emergency-federal-hearing-over-illinois-abortion-law/

WAND TV
— Democrats say “Illinois law calls for trauma-informed training for teachers, children’s adversity index.” How much adversity did you experience when you were a child? I experienced very little thanks to my outstanding parents, grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and my Trinity Lutheran Grade School, Hope Lutheran Grade School, and Crete-Monee High School teachers.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-law-calls-for-trauma-informed-training-for-teachers-childrens-adversity-index/article_277b6154-3249-11ee-b7b4-737d3e124383.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Multi-tasking is bad for you.” When did you multi-task the most. During 2005, 2006, and 2007, I concurrently served a) as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, and f) a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I focused on my lawsuit against GAO 1998-2004. During 1992-1997, I concurrently a) worked full-time for GAO and b) took graduate finance courses at IIT. During 1981, I concurrently a) worked full-time for GAO and b) studied to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination. During 1980, I concurrently a) worked full-time for GAO and b) took graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. During 1979, I concurrently a) worked full-time for IRS and b) studied to pass the CPA examination. During 1976-1979 I concurrently a) worked full-time for IRS and took graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. During 1972-1976 I concurrently a) worked full-time for IRS and took graduate evening business courses at Loyola. During 1972, I concurrently a) worked full-time for IRS, b) worked part-time for Firestone Stores, and c) took graduate evening business classes at Loyola. During 1971, I currently a) worked full-time for Firestone Stores and b) took graduate business classes at UIC. During 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969, I concurrently a) worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and b) took classes at UIC and NIU.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-08-03/multi-tasking-is-bad-for-you-heres-what-to-do-to-stop-it

WJPF
— Democrats say “INTERVIEW WITH TONY MCCOMBIE.” Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they want illegals because they want cheap labor and bad jobs are going unfilled. Illegal immigration drives down salaries and especially for bad jobs. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always been overpaid because the jobs I took were paid more because they were bad jobs and therefore, more had to be paid to fill them. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, for Firestone Stores as a gasoline-pumper 1971-1972, for Firestone Stores as a Retail Sales Manager 1970-1971, for the Post Office as a carrier/clerk 1966-1969, and for SS Kresge as a dish-washer 1964-1966.
https://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-tony-mccombie-august-2-2023/
(Democrats say: McCombie adds context: House Republican Leader Tony McCombie put perspective on a new law that allows DACA residents to become police officers. At a time when police departments are having a hard time recruiting officers, McCombie said the new law allows “DACA folks who were born here, who have been here for 30 years… who have the legal ability to purchase and possess a firearm” to apply to become police officers. “So, these folks are not the folks that are coming here illegally,” she told Tom Miller on WJPF, adding that’s why “every single Republican” voted for the bill.

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker says he’s laser focused on getting President Joe Biden re-elected, but “it’s lost on no one that if Biden were to step aside and Kamala Harris were to falter, Pritzker would be without peer in his ability to fund a last-second campaign,” according to a New York magazine story.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/03/afternoon-roundup-134/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Posturing and double-talk on Illinois’ new authorization for undocumented immigrants to become police – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/posturing-and-double-talk-on-illinois-new-authorization-for-undocumented-immigrants-to-become-police-wirepoints/
— Not ‘mob action…they are not baby Al Capones’ says Chicago Mayor Johnson about latest youth violence
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-mayor-johnson-latest-violence-not-mob-actionthey-are-not-baby-al-capones-wirepoints/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— OUTSTANDING: Judge blocks Raoul from enforcing Illinois abortion ‘misinformation’ law – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/648155621-judge-blocks-raoul-from-enforcing-illinois-abortion-misinformation-law

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Johnson: Chicago will send illegal aliens to the suburbs (COMMENT: How many illegals will Johnson send to your county, to your township, to your municipality, and to your school district?)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/648155463-johnson-chicago-will-send-illegal-aliens-to-the-suburbs

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Mayor downplays youth crime; reaffirms Chicago’s migrant ‘sanctuary’ status – Andrew Hensel (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_988aab2c-322e-11ee-b290-a71e9d7c2b14.html
— Mayor pushes back on ‘mob’ moniker
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9fbc8de4-3214-11ee-9583-93b6ccb42332.html

BISHOP ON AIR
— Bishop talks with William Kelly, a reporter out of Chicago, with his reaction to Illinois law now allowing noncitizens to apply to be police in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5yQAPEbXPc

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pro-Life Action League Wins Temporary Injunction in Rockford Court Battle against Democrats’ Attempt to Shut Down Crisis Pregnancy Centers
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/03/pro-life-action-league-wins-temorary-injunction-in-rockford-court-battle-against-democrats-attempt-to-shut-down-crisis-pregnancy-centers/
— Jack Franks’ Campaign Committee Dormant
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/03/jack-franks-campaign-committee-dormant/
— Local Government Consolidation Proposal
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/03/local-government-consolidation-proposal/
— “Why Are Kids My Age in First Grade?” Pritzker Signs Bill for Mandatory Full-Day Kindergarten
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/03/why-are-kids-my-age-in-first-grade/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump pleads not guilty in Jan. 6 case – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/3/donald-trump-pleads-not-guilty-jan-6-case/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson makes excuses for looting teens … again – Jack Elbaum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-makes-excuses-for-looting-teens-again
— Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs – Bethany Blankley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arrests-of-noncitizens-with-criminal-convictions-at-border-at-record-highs
— GOP lawmakers introduce bill allowing federal officials to be sued for censorship – Samantha-Jo Roth (COMMENT: I should sue those who since 2000 have done the most to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the many/big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/bill-sue-offiicals-censorship-social-media

NEW YORK POST
— NYC leaders blast silence on White House’s promised liaison to assist migrant crisis – Bernadette Hogan, MaryAnn Martinez and Jesse O’Neill
https://nypost.com/2023/08/03/nyc-leaders-blast-silence-on-white-houses-promised-migrant-liaison/

AMAC
— A new Gallup poll released last week has further exposed a shocking collapse in patriotism – and is yet another reflection on the sorry state of American education. – Neil Banerji (COMMENT: What makes you patriotic? For me, the many reasons include my being able to earn four college degrees, pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, and become a licensed CPA even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and c) my mother never attended high school.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/gallup-poll-on-national-pride-highlights-failures-of-american-education-system/

BLAZE
— Chicago’s new liberal mayor scolds reporter for using ‘mob’ to describe hundreds of teens looting and trashing store – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-mayor-mob-teens-reporter

BREITBART
— Illinois Dumps More than $23M to Draw Out-of-State Abortion Seekers – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/03/illinois-dumps-more-23m-draw-out-state-abortion-seekers/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Be Very Careful’: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Defends Teen Looters From ‘Mob Action’ Allegations. Brandon Johnson defends teen looters. – COREY WALKER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/03/brandon-johnson-chicago-teen-looters/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Federal Judge Vacates Biden’s Asylum Rule; Americans Get the Worst of Both Worlds – Michael Capuano
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/biden-immigration-border-policy/border-security/federal-judge-vacates-bidens-asylum

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Mayor: ‘Mob action’ not an appropriate term. During a press conference, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warned a local reporter on Wednesday that using the term “mob action” to describe looters was not “appropriate.” (COMMENT: How soon will Chicago teen mobs destroy things in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332390577112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-mob-action-not-an-appropriate-term/vi-AA1eLip0
— Washington Post reports LGBTQ crackdowns in the Middle East are ‘mirroring efforts by American conservatives’ The article drew comparisons to ‘backlash faced by Bud Light’ – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-reports-lgbtq-crackdowns-middle-east-mirroring-efforts-american-conservatives
— LGBTQ summer camp for kids ages 5-13 showered with praise on NBC News: ‘Love that whole idea’ The New Country Pride Camp was described as a ‘welcoming, open-tent community of LGBTQ+ young people’ – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/lgbtq-summer-camp-kids-ages-5-13-showered-praise-nbc-news-love-whole-idea
— We’re more focused on ‘wokeness’ than military readiness – Robert Charles
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332420381112

GOPUSA
— Republican National Committee Raises Bar For Second GOP Primary Debate
https://www.gopusa.com/republican-national-committee-raises-bar-for-second-gop-primary-debate/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Open Borders Creating Bidenvilles of Homelessness. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/open-borders-creating-bidenvilles-homelessness-who-saw-coming

HOT AIR
— NY mayor to move 80 illegal alien adults to a popular family-friendly park in Brooklyn – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/08/04/ny-mayor-to-move-80-illegal-alien-adults-to-a-popular-family-friendly-park-in-brooklyn-n569122

MRC TV
— Chicago Mayor Claims Term ‘Mob Action’ Is ‘Not Appropriate’ For Over 40 Looters – EMMA CAMPBELL
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/chicago-mayor-claims-term-mob-action-not-appropriate-over-40-looters

NEW AMERICAN
— Capacity Reached, Throngs of Migrants Sleeping on the Streets in New York – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/capacity-reached-throngs-of-migrants-sleeping-on-the-streets-in-new-york/
— Proposed Bill Would Abolish U.S. Agency That’s Exporting Wokeism – Paul Dragu
https://thenewamerican.com/proposed-bill-would-abolish-u-s-agency-thats-exporting-wokeism/

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities – Robert Cherry
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/08/04/the_racial_wealth_gap_myths_and_realities_970633.html

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Had the Dumbest Defense for Kids Looting Stores – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/08/03/chicagos-mayor-might-have-had-the-dumbest-defense-for-kids-looting-stores-n2626584
— Two Sets of Laws for Two Americas – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2023/08/04/two-sets-of-laws-for-two-americas-n2626596

ZERO HEDGE
— “We’re Going To Take Over”: Chicago Residents Threaten To “Deal With” Influx Of Disruptive Illegals – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/were-going-take-over-chicago-residents-threaten-deal-influx-disruptive-illegals

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as ‘props’ in bid for federal money (COMMENT: How many millions of taxpayer dollars will Democrats send states, counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts for each illegal that they take care of?)
https://mynorthwest.com/3916298/advocates-accuse-new-york-city-of-using-migrants-as-props-in-bid-for-federal-money/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Woman killed, toddler son among 3 others shot standing on sidewalk on Chicago’s South Side
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woman-killed-toddler-son-3-shot-standing-sidewalk-101971069.”

MSN
— Bud Light ‘prioritized left-wing ideology,’ says CEO helping laid-off workers get jobs. Public Sq. and RedBalloon have received resumes from laid off Bud Light employees after the conservative companies offered to help them find new jobs. (COMMENT: During 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of thousands 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 and b) did nothing to help them find jobs. After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they did everything that they could to stop me from getting another job. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bud-light-prioritized-left-wing-ideology-says-ceo-helping-laid-off-workers-get-jobs/vi-AA1eLeVs?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Mayor Adams Turns His Back on Immigrants and New York’s Legacy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/opinion/editorials/new-york-city-immigrant-shelters.html
— Democrats say “The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point. Students for Fair Admissions won its Supreme Court case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Now, it’s focusing on a possible new target: the military academies.” (COMMENT: If there had been more Affirmative Action pressure than there was when I was young, instead of me, UIC would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/us/affirmative-action-military-academies.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Military academies are next target for affirmative action opponents. Leading critic of race-conscious admissions eyes policies at West Point, Annapolis and Colorado Springs.” (COMMENT: If there had been more Affirmative Action pressure than there was, UIC would have admitted a minority, female, and/or veteran instead of me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/03/military-service-academies-affirmative-action/

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats acknowledge that “New York City Officials Again Float Idea of Tent Cities at Central Park To Cope With Influx of Migrants. ‘Everyone needs to speak loud and clear that New Yorkers will not tolerate their city being used as one giant homeless shelter for Central America,’ one New York City council member says.” How soon will Democrats make your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district one giant homeless shelter?
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-york-city-officials-again-float-idea-of-tent-cities-at-central-park-to-cope-with-influx-of-migrants

USA TODAY
— Indicting Trump for ‘knowingly false statements’ about election sets US on dangerous path. Prosecutors will seek to criminalize false political claims. To bag Trump, they will have to bulldoze through the First Amendment and a line of Supreme Court cases. – Jonathan Turley
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-2020-election-jan-6-not-legally-sound/70509753007/

WCBM
— The streets of New York City have now become one giant homeless camp for illegal immigrants. How soon will Democrats make your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district one giant homeless camp?
https://www.wcbm.com/2023/08/03/streets-of-new-york-city-have-now-become-giant-homeless-camp-for-illegals-video/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson minimizes mass looting over the weekend. He scolds a reporter for using the term “mob” and says we should instead call them “large gatherings.”
https://www.wcbm.com/2023/08/03/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-minimizes-mass-looting-over-the-weekend-he-scolds-a-reporter-for-using-the-term-mob-and-says-we-should-instead-call-them-large-gatherings/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and the Trump Indictment Spectacle. They want the election to be all about the former President, all the time. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-democrats-arraignment-2024-election-fd490e8
— Republicans Return to the SALT Mines. Eight Members want to subsidize high taxes in Democratic states. – Editorial (COMMENT: SALT limitations discourage homeownership.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-republicans-tax-bill-salt-tax-gop-congress-d4b6bc6f

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats crow that “Pritzker Is a New Democratic Power Broker. He is rich and powerful, making him both an ally to Joe Biden and his own center of influence.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-democratic-party.html

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Florida GOP swiftly comes to Trump’s defense.” The following do not come to Trump’s defense: a) those who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its 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 and/or b) those who disapprove of/despise/hate Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, draft-avoider, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2023/08/02/florida-gop-swiftly-comes-to-trumps-defense-00109350
— Democrats acknowledge that “Democrat fear grows over massive grassroots fundraising hit. The decline is a major warning sign as the presidential campaign heats up.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/biden-dems-grassroots-donations-00109766

GOVERNING
— Democrats say “America’s Colleges Are Also Facing a Housing Crisis.” I could afford to pay for 3 semesters at the University Plaza dormitory in DeKalb in 1969 and 1970 and for shared apartment rent in DeKalb during the summer of 1970 because I lived with my parents in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC during 1966, 1967, and 1968.
https://www.governing.com/education/americas-colleges-are-also-facing-a-housing-crisis

VOA
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrant Crisis Swells in NYC as Asylum Seekers Camp Outside.” How soon, if not already, will illegals camp outside police stations, schools, hotels, etc. in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.voanews.com/a/migrant-crisis-swells-in-nyc-as-asylum-seekers-camp-outside/7210609.html

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s woke new mayor Brandon Johnson scolds reporters for using phrase ‘mob action’ to describe rabble of ‘400’ youngsters who trashed 7-Eleven in Windy City – KAMAL SULTAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12370701/Chicagos-woke-new-mayor-Brandon-Johnson-scolds-reporters-using-phrase-mob-action-rabble-400-youngsters-trashed-7-Eleven-Windy-City.html