December 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Towering concerns arise regarding air traffic control staffing, effect on travel at Chicago airports (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of air traffic control staffing in the 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/towering-concerns-arise-aurora-air-traffic-control-center-staffing-effect-travel-chicago-airports-after-hearing/15648283/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Government Accountability report says things are getting worse, not better. “This is completely unacceptable. Air traffic facilities and radars need improvements,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz said. “Based on FAA data, the reliability of the FAA’s radar fleet is declining. The United States should be a leader in aviation technology. Sadly, this is often not the case.” “The modernization of existing air traffic management infrastructure in the United States continues to fall behind peer countries and is straining from the continued operations and growth of conventional airspace users,” said Marc Scribner, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Reason Foundation. “There is no easy answer or quick fix. A snap of Iron Man’s fingers cannot fix this,” said Kevin Walsh with the Government Accountability Office. “This will be the work of many years and billions of dollars.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/

WGN9
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/the-impact-of-an-illinois-law-barring-police-from-working-with-immigration-agents/

FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1561622

WTTW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/cps-planning-all-hands-deck-approach-protecting-students-families-mass-deportations
— Chicago Alderpeople React to Claims City Will Be Ground Zero for Mass Deportations.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/chicago-alderpeople-react-claims-city-will-be-ground-zero-mass-deportations

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-crundwell/
— Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/senate-social-security-expansion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden.)
— Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/fbi-intelligence-capitol-riot-watchdog-report/
— In Illinois, anticipate/expect that Pritzker will destroy individuals, companies, organizations, etc. that support Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/trump-veteran-senator/

DAILY HERALD
— Rarely formed panel to determine Elk Grove trustee candidate’s eligibility (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/rarely-formed-panel-to-determine-elk-grove-trustee-candidates-eligibility/
— Algonquin trustee candidate knocked off ballot for spring election (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/algonquin-trustee-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-for-spring-election/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled tens of millions, Northbrook financial exec granted clemency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-rita-crundwell-and-eric-bloom

STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://stateline.org/2024/12/12/despite-trumps-claim-deportations-likely-wouldnt-ease-housing-crisis-most-experts-say/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Trump when he retakes the White House in the new year. (COMMENT: Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I should write about those Romney supporters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romneys-senate-exit-may-create-a-vacuum-of-vocal-conservative-trump-critics/
— Trump says he won’t restrict abortion pill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-wont-restrict-abortion-pill/
— IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-recovers-4-7-billion-in-back-taxes-and-braces-for-cuts-with-trump-and-gop-in-power/

WGLT
— Dixon State Rep. Bradley Fritts expresses outrage after President Biden commutes the sentence of former City Comptroller Rita Crundwell
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-12-12/dixon-state-rep-expresses-outrage-after-biden-commutes-the-sentence-of-former-city-comptroller-rita-crundwell

WSIL TV
— Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-president-elect-donald-trump-s-inauguration/article_36facd10-ca89-57d1-9bae-8e4b9a6c0946.html

DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/73487/news/illinois-reproductive-health-care-clinics-double-down-on-reproductive-rights-in-response-to-2024-election-shifts/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-423/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-215/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ pension debt grows
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/12/illinois-pension-debt-grows/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has shaped the attitudes that people have toward you the most? The following have shaped the attitudes that people have toward me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists, and e) those who I have sued and their attorneys. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 things wrong with how Illinois leaders want to change public schooling
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-things-wrong-with-how-illinois-leaders-want-to-change-public-schooling/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Luigi Mangione: Touch of Evil. The murder of CEO Brian Thompson is a test of moral clarity.
https://freebeacon.com/columns/luigi-mangione-touch-of-evil/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he won’t ‘do business’ with countries that refuse to take back migrants: ‘I want them out’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-wont-do-business-with-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-migrants-i-want-them-out/
— NYC Mayor Adams eyeing executive order to ‘unravel’ sanctuary city policy following sitdown with Trump border czar pick Tom Homan
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/adams-sits-down-with-trumps-border-czar-pick-tom-homan-to-talk-migrant-crisis/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Attempts to Protect 1 Million Illegal Aliens from Deportation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/12/biden-attempts-to-protect-1-million-illegal-aliens-from-deportation/

BLAZE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport ‘violent’ criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-agrees-to-deport-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-meet-with-trump-admin
— Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dei-court-sec-nasdaq-boards

BREITBART
— Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/report-nearly-38000-chinese-illegals-still-in-u-s-despite-deportation-orders/
— Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Meets with NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Discuss Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-meets-with-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-discuss-deportations/
— Republican Governors Give Lukewarm Support for Trump’s Deportation Promises (COMMENT: What percent of Republican governors reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/rrepublican-governors-give-lukewarm-support-for-trumps-deportation-promises/
— Allowing Children to Spend Hours on Smartphones a ‘Deliberate Social Experiment’ (COMMENT: Search engines and websites ever-increasingly steer everyone to the left.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/12/allowing-children-to-spend-hours-on-smartphones-a-deliberate-social-experiment-warns-leading-trans-medicine-critic/

CENTER SQUARE
— Greatest number of foreign nationals on docket for deportation under Biden. More than 6.2 million in a single year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_58fa04fa-b8b3-11ef-8844-8f92dfdf7e28.html

DAILY CALLER
— Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/pete-hegseth-propublica-west-point-admission/

DAILY WIRE
— Eric Adams, Tom Homan Agree On Plan To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The mayor admits that NYC has “made terrible mistakes” by allowing violent illegal immigrants to remain on the street.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-tom-homan-agree-on-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Republican Governors Pledge To Support Trump’s Deportation Agenda. The governors added that they stood ready to use police and the National Guard to assist in the deportation efforts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governors-pledge-to-support-trumps-deportation-agenda
— Tom Homan To Use 1,400-Acre Site For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan. “Having this from the state of Texas is great.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-to-use-1400-acre-site-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan
— Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’  Trump’s remarks echoed remarks made several weeks ago by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that those who are deported will immediately return.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-deportations-well-send-the-whole-family-very-humanely-back-wont-be-separated

FEDERALIST
— As Americans’ Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, The Left’s Appetite For Violence Only Grows
Please send me the details for the next SCC meeting
— U.S. Has No Excuse For Failing To Protect Kids From The Dangers Of Radical Gender Ideology (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students sexually active LGBTQers? Anticipate/expect that the percentage of students who report that they are LGBTQ will ever-increasingly increase. This is a big reason why parents should take their children and leave Illinois.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/12/the-u-s-has-no-excuse-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-the-dangers-of-radical-gender-ideology/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— On the High Costs of Illegal Immigration, DOGE Gets It
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/12/high-costs-illegal-immigration-doge-gets-it
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/11/floridas-impressive-effort-stop-illegal-immigration-still-has-one-item-fix

FOX BUSINESS
— More Dem leaders get behind Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365924306112

FOX NEWS
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’
https://www.aol.com/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-100018360.html
— Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure. One GOP senator told Fox News Digital no Republicans seemed to be a ‘hard no’ on confirming Hegseth as defense secretary.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tide-turns-favor-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth-after-matt-gaetz-failure
— ‘Incompetence’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school apologizes for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t accepted. Rep Jim Banks accused West Point ‘bureaucrats’ of ‘sabotage.’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me and why they took those adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incompetence-rep-banks-rips-west-point-school-apologizes-error-saying-hegseth-wasnt-accepted
— ‘Politically motivated’ FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray’s watch: whistleblower. ‘We want the government to be accountable to the freaking Bill of Rights,’ says FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politically-motivated-fbi-treated-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists-wrays-watch-whistleblower
— American Accountability Foundation (AAF) lists ‘woke radical leftists’ it wants fired from DOJ under Pam Bondi. AAF says those on the list have pushed transgenderism and worked for George Soros-linked organizations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-lists-woke-radical-leftists-wants-fired-from-doj-under-pam-bondi

HANNITY
— ProPublica’s Botched Hegseth Smear Proves the Need to Purge the Military of Partisanship. (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors were Democrat partisans. All of them focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that.)
https://hannity.com/media-room/post-op-ed-propublicas-botched-pete-hegseth-smear-proves-the-need-to-purge-the-military-of-partisanship/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Education Department Has Spent More Than $1 Billion on DEI Grants Since 2021
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/biden-education-department-has-spent-more-than-1-billion-on-dei-grants-since-2021/
— West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy. West Point falsely tells left-wing website that Pete Hegseth never applied to nor was accepted to West Point – twice. Was the error inadvertent or intentional?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/west-point-lied-twice-about-pete-hegseth-applying-to-the-academy/

MRC TV
— AOC Says Insurance Companies Denying Health Care Claims Is an ‘Act of Violence’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-says-insurance-companies-denying-health-care-claims-act-violence

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Whatever Happened at West Point, It’s Not Good  (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Based on how my Democrat GAO superiors treated me, my Democrat IRS superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. Of course, they stressed that they had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-at-west-point-its-not-good/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, not only didn’t get in to West Point but never “even applied there.” Those options are that West Point lied or that West Point is incompetent. Neither is good. I find it hard to believe that West Point would deliberately lie about such a thing. I also find it hard to believe that its staff would be so lazy or inept as to screw something like this up by mistake. This was not some random inquiry; it was connected to an extremely consequential political decision, and related to the reputation of a high-profile figure who, if he is accepted by the Senate, will soon occupy one of the most important jobs in the United States. That being so, how is it possible that West Point did not make one hundred percent sure that it was correct in its denial? Frankly, I’d be somewhat surprised if at least someone at West Point hadn’t preemptively looked into this after the nomination was made public. If I worked there, I think I would have. At the very least, a higher-up ought to have instructed all staff to make absolutely sure they were correct when dealing with inquiries of this sort. In all likelihood, we’ll never know what happened. What we can say, however, is that this incident has probably helped Hegseth’s chances of being confirmed.)

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden administration has failed to deport almost 1.5 million illegals with deportation orders, which is hardly shocking news given the mass invasion of penniless, Third Word illegals that Biden not only invited but unlawfully aided and abetted.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/1-4-illegals-with-deportation-orders-nyt-admits-biden-invited-invasion-of-migrants/

NEWSMAX
— Americans Increasingly Less Welcoming of Illegals (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-illegals-deportation/2024/12/12/id/1191368/
— Speaker Johnson Hails Defense Bill, Targets Woke, NewsGuard
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-defense-bill-woke/2024/12/12/id/1191380/

TOWNHALL
— Support for Mass Deportations Is Quite Healthy In New York state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/siena-poll-ny-voters-support-mass-deportations-n2648919

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://thehill.com/latino/5035619-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-mixed-status-families-southern-border/
https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/

CBS NEWS
— Trump reiterates plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reiterates-plan-to-conduct-mass-deportations-of-undocumented-migrants/

CNN
— Rep. Crenshaw on why he’s supporting Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not. They stress Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect and to reelect.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/video/the-lead-crenshaw-pete-hegseth-trump-cabinet-veteran-support-jake-tapper

NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.newsweek.com/map-immigrants-mass-deportation-ice-custody-nationalities-1999925
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-tom-homan-roadblock-1999902

NEW YORK TIMES
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/business/dealbook/women-workplace-advancement.html
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: What enabled you to earn a bachelor’s degree? For me it was my taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working my way through college.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Appeals court overturns Nasdaq requirement for diversity on boards. In a 51-page opinion, nine of 17 judges on the full 5th Circuit found that the rule violates the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/12/nasdaq-diversity-rule-overturned/
— Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else. The message: “Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here, because we will primary you.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-cabinet-picks-republican-senators/

MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article296993254.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ

ABC6
— Dozens of GOP governors pledge support for Trump’s mass deportations plan
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/dozens-of-gop-governors-pledge-support-for-trumps-mass-deportations-plan-trump-tom-homan-border-czar-illegal-immigration-ron-desantis-kristi-noem-glenn-youngkin

SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of bank regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $126,984-$150,075/year. During that time, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc

FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/12/hegseth-cabinet-nomination-less-than-20-of-us-adults-approve-of-trumps-defense-secretary-pick-poll-finds/
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethpearson/2024/12/12/how-women-can-advocate-for-themselves-in-a-polarized-workplace/
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/

BARRON’S
— Home Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Stopping Millennials From Buying Real Estate. What’s Really Worrying Them. This generation sees homeownership as a speculative asset with wild price swings. It’s not their parents’ housing market. (COMMENT: The real estate market crashed soon after I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-real-estate-housing-market-crash-millennials-d2ae4529

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using religious leaders as their operative and dupes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/migration/sisters-catholic-groups-support-immigrants-vulnerable-potential-mass-deportations
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-sanctuary-trump-reportedly-plans-reverse-policy-permit-ice-arrests-churches

AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Holcomb pledges support for Trump deportations
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/12/12/holcomb-support-trump-mass-deportations

ATLANTIC
— My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, members of the working class, that is, wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/political-parties-populist-policies/680951/

MEDIA MATTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Newsmax’s Greg Kelly says Pete Hegseth is “unqualified” to be secretary of defense.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents go far beyond calling me unqualified, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my judgement and my motives are extremely bad. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/newsmaxs-greg-kelly-says-pete-hegseth-unqualified-be-secretary-defense

PEW RESEARCH
— Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/

December 12, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Pritzker pushes back on Trump ‘border czar’s’ promises of mass deportations (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-pushes-back-on-trump-border-czars-promises-of-mass-deportations/3622500/
— Tesla shares close at record high, boosted by 69% pop since Trump election victory
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/tesla-shares-climb-to-record-boosted-by-64-pop-since-trump-election-victory/3621974/

WGN9
— Pritzker vows to follow law, protect asylum seekers and immigrants in state legally (COMMENT: Under Biden, all those who come into America are in America legally. What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/pritzker-tom-homan-undocumented-immigrants-deportations/

FOX32
— Battle brewing over deportation threats in Chicago (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/battle-brewing-deportation-threats-chicago
— Duckworth says “Hegseth ‘Should Scare All Of Us.’ She calls him “dangerously unqualified.”  In 2006, Michael J. Fox spoke at a Duckworth press conference in Wheaton. She had me rudely thrown out of that press conference to punish Roskam.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-hegseth-meeting

WGN RADIO
— Mace, activist dispute handshake that resulted in arrest
https://wgnradio.com/news/mace-activist-dispute-handshake-that-resulted-in-arrest/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell as he’s named Time’s Person of the Year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/11/trump-time-person-of-the-year/
— Pritzker promises to protect immigrants, but says those convicted of violent crimes need to go  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/11/gov-jb-pritzker-promises-to-protect-immigrants-but-says-those-convicted-of-violent-crimes-need-to-go/
— Judge to appoint special prosecutor to represent Republicans in lawsuit against Will County executive (COMMENT: When will the news media start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/11/judge-to-appoint-special-prosecutor-to-represent-republicans-in-lawsuit-against-will-county-executive/
— James McIntyre, 33, of Chicago, who has been accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol, pleads not guilty to assault charge
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/11/nancy-mace-capitol/
— Candidates for Oak Park and River Forest School Board challenged (COMMENT: When will the news media start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is challenging those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/oak-park-river-forest-candidates/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/editorial-tom-homan-immigration-christmas-party/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicagoan held in ‘violently shaking’ of anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace’s hand, Capitol. James McIntyre, 33, an East Rogers Park advocate for foster youth, pleaded not guilty to charges he assaulted the GOP congresswoman in Washington. Nancy Mace posted on X that she was assaulted by a “pro-tr*ns man” and used the incident to solicit campaign funds.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2024/12/11/illinois-man-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-south-carolina-rep-nancy-mace
— Chicago and Illinois have sanctuary laws. What does that actually mean?  Advocates hope local and state sanctuary laws can help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation in coming years. But will they? (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/11/chicago-illinois-sanctuary-laws-explainer
— Those who run Sun-Time claim that they are “fighting for you.” They are not only not fighting for me, they are fighting against me and against those who share my demographics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/support-cst

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-taps-immigration-hard-liner-kari-lake-as-head-of-voice-of-america/

WCBM
— Tom Homan Holds Closed-Door Meetings With Chicago Democrats, Union Members, and Law Enforcement Including Alderman Raymond Lopez in Direct Defiance of Governor Pritzker
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/exclusive-tom-homan-holds-closed-door-meetings-with-chicago-democrats-union-members-and-law-enforcement-including-alderman-raymond-lopez-in-direct-defiance-of-governor-pritzker/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Hopeful’s Petition Investigated. The state’s attorney is looking into the signatures on Mark Mulliner’s petition. They are believed to be forgeries.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-hopefuls-petition-investigated

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-422/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-214/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker willing to sit down with incoming border czar. Governor says violent foreign nationals should be deported, but he will protect others. (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9e8886a0-b80d-11ef-a102-2be2d42c883b.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly Urges Federal Probe into Illinois’ $1 Billion Expenditure on Illegal Immigration
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Reporter-William-J–Kelly-urges-federal-congressional-probe-into-Illinois–Chicago-s-billion-dollar-migrant-spending.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— New State Flag Contest Top Ten Finalists
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/11/new-state-flag-contest-top-ten-finalists/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden is Stoking the Flames of War in Middle East
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/opinion-biden-is-stoking-the-flames-of-war-in-middle-east.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left wing sees a silver lining in accused assassin’s actions (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate me the most because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. In my defense, I worked for the Democrats who run the federal government for almost 30 years to get that benefit.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/11/left-wing-sees-silver-lining-accused-assassin-luig/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Images of the man accused of killing the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company are splashed across T-shirts, coffee cups and other merchandise being hawked online and on the streets of New York City. Meanwhile, a group born out of Sen. Bernard Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign is walking a tightrope of sympathy after the high-profile execution in Manhattan, suggesting, in this instance, that vigilante justice has a silver lining. . .“Half a million families go bankrupt each year from medical debt, and millions are harmed because their care is delayed or denied,” said the email, which included the subject headline “What Luigi Mangione means for Our Revolution.” The group has been a chief advocate for Medicare for All, taxing the wealthy and kneecapping corporations it accuses of putting “profits over people.”)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Analysis: Democrats’ Campaign To Win Back Normal Americans Going as Poorly as Expected (COMMENT: Democrat leaders a) despise/hate normal Americans and b) glorify and praise those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn normal Americans. They especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn normal Americans like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/democrats/analysis-democrats-campaign-to-win-back-normal-americans-going-as-poorly-as-expected/

NEW YORK POST
— US immigration surge under Biden administration is biggest in US history — outpacing the days of Ellis Island (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always decried the German immigration surge during the 1840s and 1850s. All my ancestors immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s. My critics/opponents have always a) stressed that I am 100% German national origin and b) have foisted negative German stereotypes on me. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Germans  In my defense, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/us-immigration-surge-under-biden-administration-is-biggest-in-us-history/
(FROM WIKIPEDIA: For Germany perpetrating the Holocaust and starting World War II, Germans are often stereotyped as Nazis. This stereotype, while now rare, persists to this day. After the war, the German people were often viewed with contempt because they were blamed by other Europeans for Nazi crimes. Germans visiting abroad, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, attracted insults from locals, and from foreigners who may have lost their families or friends in the atrocities. Today in Europe and worldwide (particularly in countries that fought against the Axis), Germans may be scorned by elderly people who were alive to experience the atrocities committed by Nazi Germans or by veterans who had fought against the Nazis during World War II. This resulted in a feeling of controversy for many Germans, causing numerous discussions and rows among scholars and politicians in Post-War West Germany (for example, the “Historikerstreit” [historians’ argument] in the 1980s) and after Reunification. Here, the discussion was mainly about the role that the unified Germany should play in the world and in Europe. Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader concerns how post-war Germans dealt with the issue.)

AMAC
— Legal Showdown Looms Over Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/legal-showdown-looms-over-trumps-plan-to-end-birthright-citizenship/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Inauguration Day means the DoJ gets back in the business of justice
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/inauguration_day_means_the_doj_gets_back_in_the_business_of_justice.html
— Castrating Boys Symbolizes the Castration of America
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/castrating_boys_symbolizes_the_castration_of_america.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Member of violent Tren de Aragua gang arrested in Palm Beach, Trump’s backyard
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/11/member-of-violent-tren-de-aragua-gang-arrested-in-palm-beach-trumps-backyard-1508857/
— San Diego County Sheriff will not adhere to Board of Supervisors ‘super sanctuary’ policy (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/11/san-diego-county-sheriff-will-not-adhere-to-board-of-supervisors-super-sanctuary-policy-1509004/

BREITBART
— The Biden Legacy: Over 1 Million Migrants Shielded from Deportation through Quasi-Amnesty Program  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/11/the-biden-legacy-over-1-million-migrants-shielded-from-deportation-th/
— Democrat Plan Is Amnesty for 13M Illegals to Flood Workforce  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/11/josh-hawley-democrat-plan-is-amnesty-for-13m-illegals-to-flood-workforce/
— Poll Shows Majority of New Yorkers Support Trump on Deportation (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/11/poll-shows-majority-of-new-yorkers-support-trump-on-deportationpoll-shows-majority-of-new-yorkers-support-trump-on-deportation/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— A Brief History of Military Assistance in Immigration Enforcement. Logistical support — and detention.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Brief-History-Military-Assistance-Immigration-Enforcement

DAILY SIGNAL
— Legacy Media Pretend There’s No Cost to Biden’s Mass Importation of Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/11/legacy-media-pretend-theres-no-cost-bidens-mass-importation-illegal-immigrants/
— Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Who Says Flooding Job Market With Illegal Aliens Helps Americans
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/11/josh-hawley-confronts-witness-says-flooding-job-market-illegal-aliens-helps-americans/
— The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Made-Up Job Numbers
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/11/made-up-job-numbers/?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_content=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&amp

DAILY WIRE
— San Diego County Board Of Supervisors Votes To Protect Violent Illegals. Sheriff Fires Back. “The Board of Supervisors does not set policy for the Sheriff’s Office” (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-votes-to-protect-violent-illegals-sheriff-fires-back
— Biden Caused Largest Surge Of Illegal Immigration In U.S. History. The majority of Americans support mass deportations of illegal aliens.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-caused-largest-surge-of-illegal-immigration-in-u-s-history-nyt
— New Google Christmas Ad Features Dude Dressed Like A Lady. Google pulls a Bud Light.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-google-christmas-ad-features-dude-dressed-like-a-lady
— Google Trashed For Holiday Shopping Ad Featuring Man Dressed Like A Woman. The tech giant issued a statement regarding the ad.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-trashed-for-holiday-shopping-ad-featuring-man-dressed-like-a-woman

FEDERALIST
— California County Votes To Stop Turning Violent Illegal Immigrant Criminals Over To Feds  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/11/california-county-votes-to-stop-turning-violent-illegal-immigrant-criminals-over-to-feds/

FOX BUSINESS
— Google accused of ‘woke’ new Christmas ad with ‘nonbinary’ beauty influencer. Google is the latest company to face online backlash for putting out a ‘woke’ ad. (COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/google-accused-woke-new-christmas-ad-nonbinary-beauty-influencer

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents slam the ‘stupidity’ of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s liberal policies during city council meeting. Residents wore ‘Chicago flips red’ shirts and accused the Democratic mayor of lack of transparency when it comes to using taxpayer funds to take care of illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-residents-slam-stupidity-mayor-brandon-johnsons-liberal-policies-during-city-council-meeting
— How Trump will conquer Dem resistance with immigration mandate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-house-candidate-reveals-trump-conquer-dem-resistance-immigration-mandate
— Border sheriff ignores county’s new policy that blocks cooperation with ICE immigration enforcement. (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-sheriff-ignores-countys-new-policy-blocks-cooperation-ice-immigration-enforcement
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’  One lawmaker argued that Penny’s acquittal is a green light for attacks against ‘unarmed Black Americans’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-daniel-pennys-acquittal-this-evil-white-supremacy

HOT AIR
— Will the Woke Left Doom Democrats for Years to Come? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/12/11/will-the-woke-left-doom-democrats-for-years-to-come-n3797813

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Learning nothing from Trump’s landslide, CA AG vows to defy his mass deportation of illegal aliens (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/learning-nothing-from-trumps-landslide-california-ag-vows-to-defy-his-mass-deportation-of-illegal-aliens

NEWS BUSTERS
— George Orwell had it right. We’ve somehow allowed a mob of degenerates guilt trip an entire society into a dystopia that rejects all morals in the name of morality. War is peace, ignorance is strength… Men are Women. “Affirming” the mentally ill is “life saving healthcare,” and with that, refusing to pay for someone’s “essential health care” is akin to murder. A cowardly thug murdering an innocent father in cold blood is therefore justified resistance. That’s who our leftist politicians, mainstream media and pop culture have celebrated for the past week. A wannabe vigilante jumping out of the dark to shoot a self-made CEO from an Iowa farm town was somehow presented as a win for the common man against the corporate empire. Except their Marxist hero, the identified suspect, turns out to be the product of privilege and money, cut from the same cloth as the Ivy League “revolutionaries” cheering him on.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/justine-brooke-murray/2024/12/11/woke-weak-losers-are-dangerous-murder-not-hip

NEWSMAX
— Fewer asylum requests, especially from Latinos, are being granted as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to crack down on immigration.  (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-approved-migrants/2024/12/11/id/1191287/

PJ MEDIA
— Total net migration — the number of people coming to the country minus the number leaving — will likely exceed eight million people over the past four years. (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/11/you-arent-going-to-believe-the-number-of-illegal-aliens-who-have-entered-the-us-since-2021-n4935019#google_vignette
— West Point Caught Lying About Hegseth’s Acceptance There
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/11/west-point-lied-about-hegseths-acceptance-n4935033

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Duckworth says “Hegseth ‘Should Scare All Of Us.’ She calls him “dangerously unqualified.” In 2006, Michael J. Fox spoke at a Duckworth press conference in Wheaton. She had me rudely thrown out of that press conference to punish Roskam.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/12/12/hegseth_should_scare_all_of_us_duckworth_says_1078085.html

TOWNHALL
— California County Voted to Become a ‘Super’ Sanctuary for Illegals. Here’s How the Sheriff Responded. (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/12/11/san-diego-sanctuary-n2648884

WESTERN JOURNAL
— First ‘Super Sanctuary’ Created in San Diego, Would Literally Protect Jailed Rapists from Deportation
https://www.westernjournal.com/first-super-sanctuary-created-san-diego-literally-protect-jailed-rapists-deportation/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump says he’ll pardon Jan. 6 defendants in first hour back in White House
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5036670-donald-trump-jan-6-pardons-time-magazine/

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-lgbtq-americans-preparing-another-trump-term/

CNN
— Democratic governors quietly prep extensive plans to counter Trump
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/11/politics/democratic-governors-counter-trump

MSN
— Radical California county introduces extreme new ‘sanctuary’ laws (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/radical-california-county-introduces-extreme-new-sanctuary-laws/ar-AA1vHin2
— DOJ v. DEI: Trump’s Justice Department likely to target diversity programs (COMMENT: DOJ represented GAO In Diersen v. GAO. My critics/opponents sided with GAO and with DOJ, that is, they promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-v-dei-trumps-justice-department-likely-to-target-diversity-programs/ar-AA1vAJM0

NEW YORK TIMES
— Donald Trump Is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/trump-time-person-year.html
— Biden Is Pardoning Nearly 1,500 Americans (COMMENT: Should I seek pardons from Trump? My Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/biden-pardons-commutes-1500.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Standards for Public Service Have Gone to Pot, Once a bit of marijuana smoke was enough to scuttle an appointment. How far we’ve come. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-standards-for-public-service-have-gone-to-pot-ginsburg-marijuana-moral-244aef86
— FRONT PAGE: No Pay for an 80-Hour Workweek? DOGE Applicants Say Bring It On. Hopefuls line up for Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency (COMMENT: Just kidding, but should I apply? My qualifications include a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), f) earning a professional license (CPA), and g) earning a bachelor’s degree (management) and three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-doge-government-efficiency-trump-ramaswamy-c9e7207d

POLITICO
— Pritzker questions whether Trump’s border czar has the ‘authority’ to implement massive immigration changes. The Illinois governor was responding to a visit from Tom Homan, who Trump has selected for a high-level position in his administration. (COMMENT: What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/jb-pritzker-tom-homan-00193864

FAST COMPANY
— I’ve been a super commuter for more than a decade. Here’s why. Every week I commute from Chicago to Nashville for work, and I’m not planning on moving anytime soon. (COMMENT: In Diersen v. IRS ( https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 ), my Democrat Chicago office IRS superiors had super commuters testify against me. In my defense, I testified that I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building so that I could walk to/from my IRS job in the Loop.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91244164/ive-been-a-super-commuter-for-more-than-a-decade-heres-why

GOVERNING
— Trump Admin Will Target Sanctuary Cities, His Border Czar Says. Tom Homan, who will lead Trump’s deportation effort, said that sanctuary policies can shield dangerous criminals. Harboring or concealing undocumented immigrants, he said, is a federal crime.
https://www.governing.com/politics/trump-admin-will-target-sanctuary-cities-his-border-czar-says

HR DRIVE
— Workers say DEI initiatives aren’t that important to them personally (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post office superiors insulated their Democrat employees from Affirmative Action and DEI negatives.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/workers-say-dei-initiatives-arent-important/735247/

FED SMITH
— The DOGE Acts and Impact on the Federal Workforce. The second Trump administration is taking shape much faster than the first. DOGE is one example. Here is how the federal workforce may be impacted.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/09/doge-acts-impact-on-federal-workforce/

HUFFINGTON POST
— What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-trump-really-means-when-he-threatens-to-deport-americans_n_675a0209e4b04fd5c3670754

RAW STORY
— McConnell takes another swipe at Trump and warns even his slogan echoes the 1930s (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump as being an isolationist. What if America had declared war on Germany, Japan, and Italy during the 1930s?)
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2670438975/
— GOP senators reveal Fox News staff have launched lobbying blitz for Hegseth (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that the following did not lobby for me when adverse actions were taken against me: a) my representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) the Republican leaders of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in my area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in my area.)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/pete-hegseth-fox-news/

DEMOCRACY NOW
— Rep. Delia Ramirez: Trump’s Immigration Plans Are “Un-American, Unconstitutional & Undemocratic”
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/11/delia_ramirez_birthright_citizenship

December 11, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Pritzker brushes off Trump ‘border czar’ promise to start deportations in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/pritzker-johnson-tom-homan-mass-deportations-chicago-12102024/

FOX32
— Duckworth calls Hegseth dangerously unqualified (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-hegseth-meeting

WGN RADIO
— The more that you promote LGBTQ, the more that Democrats leaders promote you.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/gop-armed-services-chair-criticizes-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-in-ndaa/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/elon-musk-3/
— Chicago homicides in 2024: 544 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years. (COMMENT: How many have been killed so far this year in your municipality and why?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/
— Evanston celebrates five years of reparations as 212 people helped with $25,000 payments, home repairs. Leaders of reparations efforts around the nation gave updates. (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/evanston-celebrates-five-years-of-reparations-as-212-people-helped-with-25000-payments-home-repairs/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The harder that you fight illegal immigration, the harder that Democrat and RINO leaders fight you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/10/tom-homan-donald-trump-border-czar-chicago-undocumented-immigrants-mass-deportation-editorials

DAILY HEARLD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks had, have, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241210/news/so-much-to-be-done-arlington-heights-pastor-90-reflects-on-decades-of-fighting-for-civil-rights/

WBEZ
— Chicago will be ground zero for mass deportations. Homan tells Pritzker that if he does not want to help, he should “get the hell out of the way.” What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/10/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration
— Chicago and Illinois have sanctuary laws. What does that actually mean?  Advocates hope local sanctuary laws can help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation in coming years. But will they?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/11/chicago-and-illinois-have-sanctuary-laws-what-does-that-actually-mean

WIRF
— American Civil Liberties Union sets up plan to fight Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/
— Illinois civil rights group sets plan ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/

KSDK
— An Illinois mayoral candidate didn’t staple her documents together; now she can’t run. Paperwork snags and water bill battles fuel grassroots political rebellion.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/granite-city-mayoral-hopefuls-booted-from-ballot-over-technicalities/63-34d984a7-6663-41f9-aafa-f2589f4d77c7

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-421/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-213/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates your critics/opponents to work against you the most? For me, it is my promoting the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, my fighting against race and gender based preference giving, that is, my fighting against reverse discrimination and age discrimination. My critics/opponents benefit from that discrimination, want to benefit from that discrimination, and/or want to curry favor with those who benefit from that discrimination or want to benefit from it. They blame me for the problems that minorities and females have and have had. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed me for the problems that my many subordinates had who were minority and/or female. RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois blame me for the problems that minority and female Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have and have had since 2000. They attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females. 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, and I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, an/or who got them jobs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cutting Off the Head of the Syrian Snake Is Bringing People Home; Could Trump Attack Venezuelan Illegal Alien Problem by Getting Rid of Nicolás Maduro?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/11/cutting-off-the-head-of-the-syrian-snake-is-bringing-people-home-could-trump-attack-venezuelan-illegal-alien-problem-by-getting-rid-of-nicolas-maduro/
— Lakewood Spends $30,000 on Grant Writers and Receives $29,002
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/lakewood-spends-30000-on-grant-writers-and-receives-29002/
— Road Commissioner Contest in Nunda Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/road-commissioner-contest-in-nunda-township/
— Illinois Employment Looks Dismal Compared to the Rest of America
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/illinois-employment-looks-dismal-compared-to-the-rest-of-america/

WIREPOINTS
— Politicians are making immoral promises on government pensions…and they hike property taxes to continue to pay for them
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-are-making-immoral-promises-on-government-pensions-and-they-hike-property-taxes-to-continue-to-pay-for-them-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bold & Blunt: Joe Biden’s legacy of crimes of illegals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/bold-blunt-joe-biden-legacy-crimes-illegals/
— Maybe it’s not the economy, stupid. Cultural issues may have won the day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/26/maybe-economy-stupid/
— Lawmakers must continue to fight anonymous litigation funding. ‘Tort tax’ equals $3,621 per household. (COMMENT: I have been in lots of civil litigation as a plaintiff. My critics/opponents despise/hate plaintiffs in civil litigation. I should write about the civil litigation I have been in. I would focus on those defendants and their attorneys who continue to punish me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/lawmakers-must-continue-fight-anonymous-litigation/
— Law enforcement bulletin provides insight into possible motive in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate me the most because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. In my defense, I worked for the Democrats who run the federal government for almost 30 years to get that benefit.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-law-enforcement-bulletin-provides-i/
(COMMENT: The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said. Luigi Nicholas Mangione wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of his hand-written notes and social media posts. Prosecutors were beginning to take steps to bring the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family back to New York to face a murder charge while new details emerged about his life and how he was captured.)
— Journalist releases full text of Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-text-released-ken-kl/
— DHS has power to revoke visas for sham marriages, Supreme Court rules
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/dhs-power-revoke-visas-sham-marriages-supreme-cour/
— Democrats beg Biden to expand amnesty for illegal immigrants before Trump takes office
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/democrats-beg-joe-biden-expand-amnesty-illegal-imm/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How to fix the government-created health insurance disaster  (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/3255722/how-to-fix-the-government-created-health-insurance-disaster/
— New foundation launched to end ‘Marxist’ takeover of ethnic studies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3254113/thinc-foundation-launched-end-marxist-takeover-ethnic-studies/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Colorado Democrats Pass Law to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/10/colorado-democrats-pass-law-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— AOC suggests people like Daniel Penny should be locked up to prevent more ‘violence’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/10/aoc-suggests-people-like-daniel-penny-should-be-locked-up-to-prevent-more-violence-1508691/

BLAZE
— ‘Help or get out of the way’: Border czar nominee Tom Homan tells Chicago crowd deportations will ‘start right here’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tom-homan-chicago-illegal-immigrants

CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida senator files bill to prevent illegal aliens from receiving in-state tuition
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-senator-files-bill-prevent-illegal-aliens-receiving-in-state-tuition/27029
— Texas report shows lower academic success for black students despite prevalence of DEI programs
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments

CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Lawless:’ Border crisis leading to rise in gang violence, endangering police
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/border/article_d8a44f8a-b728-11ef-95a3-131d28bfbe42.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— A Major Constitutional Problem for Reparations (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/10/a-major-constitutional-problem-for-reparations/

DAILY WIRE
— How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mount-rushmore-of-dei-how-a-major-academic-association-is-destroying-medicine

FOX NEWS
— Chicago locals frustrated with Democratic mayor as funds go to migrants instead of homeless crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365831729112
— Democrats in this blue state double down on protecting criminal migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-blue-state-double-down-protecting-criminal-migrants-silly-reason
— ‘Dear White People:’ Squad member posts screed about ‘evil of White supremacy’ after Penny acquittal. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said he wanted to ‘call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all’ after the death of Jordan Neely.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dear-white-people-squad-member-posts-screed-about-evil-white-supremacy-after-penny-acquittal

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Supreme Court Refuses to Review Anti-Asian Boston School Case – Justices Alito and Thomas Blast Decision
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/supreme-court-refuses-to-review-anti-asian-boston-school-case-justices-alito-and-thomas-blast-decision/

NATIONAL REVIEWS
— The Affirmative Action Fight Comes to High Schools ICOMMENT: I was not viewed as being college material. In my defense, I have always had to stress that I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966 ( https://cretemoneehighschool.org/class-of-1966.html ).)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/the-affirmative-action-fight-comes-to-high-schools/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case against Boston’s School Committee. But the underlying issue will not be going away. Like many major cities, Boston runs special high schools for high-ability students, known there as “exam schools.” And like their counterparts elsewhere, Boston’s education officials have grown increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that Asian and white kids disproportionately test into these schools while black and Hispanic children are underrepresented.)

REASON
— Nuclear Energy Prevents Air Pollution and Saves Lives
https://reason.com/2024/11/29/nuclear-power-saves-lives/

TOWNHALL
— Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, said the nation’s largest mass deportation operation will begin in Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/11/tom-homan-chicago-n2648843
— We Are Running Out the Clock on the Tyranny of Wokeness
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/12/11/we-are-running-out-the-clock-on-the-tyranny-of-wokeness-n2648804

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Good luck reforming the Department of Defense (COMMENT: From the beginning, virtually all GAO employees have been Democrats. It would have been great if Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s rather than destroying it with budget cuts. What if he had forced GAO a) to have equal number of Democrat and Republican employees and b) to assign an equal number of Democrat and Republican employees to audit teams?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5030148-pentagon-defense-reform-history/

CBS NEWS
— As anger at UnitedHealthcare boils over, Americans pay more than ever for health insurance (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-insurance-costs-inflation-denials-luigi-mangione-united-healthcare/

NBC NEWS
— Top Republicans split over strategy to move Trump’s 2025 agenda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/top-republicans-split-strategy-move-trumps-2025-agenda-rcna183692
— Trump goes to bat for Tulsi Gabbard amid scrutiny for top intelligence post (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have destroyed those who have gone to bat for me.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tulsi-gabbard-scrutiny-top-intelligence-post-rcna183530

NEW YORK TIMES
— Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History. Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. Those jobs enabled me to a) buy used cars in 1964 and 1971, b)  buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. c) pay for my college expenses, d) buy real state in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978 and have a home built in 1984, e) get married in 1978, f) etc. Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have never had to compete against cheap immigrant labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/briefing/recent-immigration-surge-has-been-largest-in-us-history.html
— How Old Is Too Old to Be President? Democrats Still Don’t Want to Say. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They have make GS-13 ($115,439/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($136,414/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($160,458/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/president-age-democrats.html
— Amid Rumors of a Breakup, Kimberly Guilfoyle Is Appointed Ambassador to Greece. The announcement came as Donald Trump Jr. has been seen with the socialite Bettina Anderson in Florida.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/style/kimberly-guilfoyle-trump-greece-ambassador.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Head down, burrow in: How federal workers beat Trump’s cuts. A lesson from the civil servants pushed out of D.C. (sort of) by the first Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/11/federal-workers-survive-trump/

CITY NEWS
— DEI training increases prejudice (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly required all their employees to take more DEI training. That ever-increasingly made my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate ever-increasing despise/hate the few remaining Republican employees.)
https://www.citynewsokc.com/business/study-finds-dei-training-increases-prejudice/article_bdef6c3c-b634-11ef-b954-03761db3b860.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s past time to fix the onerous CPA licensing process. (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, worked for IRS 1971-1980, and worked for GAO since 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-dying-language-of-accounting-cpa-licensing-fede2e74?mod=commentary_article_pos2

FORBES
— Duckworth Says Hegseth Chosen For Defense Secretary Only Because Trump Thinks He Looks Good On TV. (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2024/12/10/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-only-chosen-for-defense-secretary-because-trump-thinks-he-looks-good-on-tv/

MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use the Daniel Penny verdict to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://manhattan.institute/article/americas-verdict

AXIOS
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters invest in hate-filled Republican-hating companies.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments

DAILY MAIL
— Trans activist arrested after assaulting GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace at U.S. Capitol building
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14180865/Trans-activist-arrested-assaulting-Congresswoman-Nancy-Mace.html
— Don Jr. breaks silence on Kimberly Guilfoyle split and her move to Greece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14181647/donald-trump-jr-breaks-silence-kimberly-guilfoyle-split.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Hours after pics emerged of Donald Trump Jr. holding hands with Betty Anderson, his father picks fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador of Greece
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/hours-after-pics-emerged-of-donald-trump-jr-holding-hands-with-betty-anderson-his-father-picks-fiance-kimberly-guilfoyle-as-ambassador-of-greece/articleshow/116218064.cms

December 10, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan swings hard at Illinois Dems
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/10/homan-jabs-illinois-democrats-at-gop-event-in-chicago-00193434
(FROM THE ARTICLE: MAKING A SPLASH: Tom Homan took the stage in Chicago on Monday to George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone.” The incoming “border czar” then crassly attacked Illinois Democratic leaders on immigration. And as he made his exit, Homan posed for selfies and took a slug from a bottle of beer. Stirring the pot: “Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks,” Homan said on stage for a Chicago GOP event. He was referring to Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — both of whom have spoken out against President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. On immigration, Homan said he would “welcome” Illinois Democratic leaders to “come to the table. … Help us protect you,” he said. “Please. But if you don’t, get the hell out of the way.” The crowd ate it up: The holiday event was organized by Chicago’s Northside Republicans and the Law & Order PAC and held at Biagio Events space in the city. Pritzker gives an eye-roll: “It’s no secret that Illinois will face countless, baseless attacks over the next four years from the Trump Administration,” Matt Hill, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement. “Rather than responding to every ridiculous boast from Trump lackeys, Gov. Pritzker is focused on what he was focused on during the first Trump term: leading our state with competence instead of chaos.” More from POLITICO’s home page:  ( https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416 ) Homan says children born in the U.S. to non-citizens would be part of the deportation effort. Giving the brushoff: Though Homan took time earlier in the day to visit Chicago pastors, he didn’t make the first move to call the governor or mayor. “They need to reach out to me,” Homan told your Playbook host. The Illinois Democratic leaders need to “come to the table” the way New York Mayor Eric Adams did to talk about how to work with ICE, Homan said. Some background: Pritzker and Johnson have condemned plans for mass deportations. The Illinois Trust Act and the Chicago welcoming city ordinance prevent local law enforcement from taking part in immigration and customs enforcement, and state lawmakers are looking at other ways to make sure state law can’t be circumvented. On Illinois’ rules about working with ICE: “Change the law,” Homan told your Playbook host. The mayor’s hopes Trump takes advantage of the power he has to “actually pass substantive immigration reform policy,” Johnson said at an unrelated event earlier in the day. Chicago Alderman Nicholas Sposato, one of the very few Trump supporters on the 50-member City Council, said he liked what he heard from Homan and doesn’t believe Illinois or Chicago sanctuary city status should prevent ICE from coming to town. “It means law enforcement just has to stay out of the way,” Sposato said. Also in the room: Dr. Dave Nayak, a Democrat-turned-Republican who introduced Homan, Ald. Raymond Lopez, Commissioner Sean Morrison, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, pollster Matt Podgorski, former state’s attorney candidate Bob Fioretti, political consultant Shando Valdez and retired Chicago Police Sergeant and former political candidate John Garrido.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar Tom Homan tells Illinois Republicans. President-elect Donald Trump’s designated “border czar.” Homan started his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP “holiday party” with some light ribbing: “Chicago’s in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.” But he also warned Johnson about his deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2024/12/09/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration

ABC7
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan promises mass deportation: ‘Going to start right here in Chicago’ (COMMENT: Homan​ spoke at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club. As the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I recruited speakers for TAPROOT’s monthly breakfast meetings and its annual picnic and Christmas party. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited as being “too conservative.” I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to 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 recently.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-mass-deportation-says-hell-start-chicago-migrants/15633535/
— Chicago police investigating after ‘Kill your CEO’ graffiti spray-painted on North Side businesses
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kill-ceo-graffiti-emerges-andersonville-uptown-ravenswood-businesses-after-nyc-shooting-chicago-police-say/15632606/
— Community leaders urge IL lawmakers to pass bill requiring officer training on hate crime incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-laws-community-leaders-urge-state-house-senate-members-pass-bill-requiring-hate-crime-training-police-officers/15632314/

CBS2
— Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s border czar, says deportation plan will start in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-chicago/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tom-homan-president-elect-trump-s-border-czar-says-deportation-plan-will-start-in-chicago/ar-AA1vzy9r
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan has tough words for Chicago. Homan​ was a guest at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-has-tough-words-for-chicago/

WGN RADIO
— Can Trump’s DOGE-machine permanently remake govt? (COMMENT: If GAO had been remade and expanded during the 1980s and 1990s instead of being destroyed, there would be no need for DODGE. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They used Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, f) earning a job-related professional license, and g) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-can-trumps-doge-machine-permanently-remake-govt/

NBC5
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates who promote the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly charge Trump with promoting hate crimes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/civil-rights-groups-demand-hate-crime-training-for-illinois-law-enforcement/3620199/
— Questions surround aide of Mayor Brandon Johnson. Residency rules require city of Chicago employees to live in the city. So, why did a senior advisor to Mayor Brandon Johnson vote last month in Texas?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/questions-surround-aide-of-mayor-brandon-johnson/3620289/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/09/supreme-court-skrmetti-transgender-gender-affirming-care

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Arlington Heights board inks deal to lower Bears’ tax bill until stadium construction begins (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241209/news/arlington-heights-board-inks-deal-to-lower-bears-tax-bill-until-stadium-construction-begins/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s property tax bill will be nearly $1.29 million  (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/pritzkers-top-list-biggest-residential-property-tax-payers
(COMMENT: In the wake of their recent purchase of $19 million worth of Gold Coast condos, Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker can expect to receive property tax bills totaling almost $1.29 million in early 2025. This makes the Pritzkers the biggest residential property taxpayers in Cook County by far. The next-highest bill, according to Crain’s research, is the $635,620 total for Citadel chief Ken Griffin’s three yet-unsold downtown penthouses.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his. Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer. (COPMMENT: What if Pritzker decided to get rid of you? Who would come to your defense?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-warns-republicans-against-standing-in-trumps-way-or-his/article_45a72206-989c-5be7-8029-c61531d79819.html

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Panic overdone about fate of social issues
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/panic-overdone-fate-social-issues-19962332.php

PEORIA JOUNAL STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run Chicago.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2024/12/09/new-report-names-chicago-illinois-among-best-cities-in-the-world/76863099007/

SOUTHERN
— How Trump has infused parts of Project 2025 into his administration
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/09/how-trump-has-infused-parts-of-project-2025-into-his-administration-2/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against police.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-09/illinois-law-requires-transparency-when-police-kill-people-many-cases-stay-in-the-dark

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-both-sides-in-abortion-debate-seek-clues-in-trumps-nominees-to-key-positions/

WSIL TV
— Republicans are feeling great about the economy again. Democrats are really worried
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/republicans-are-feeling-great-about-the-economy-again-democrats-are-really-worried/article_bcdac9b1-b7a6-5cbd-80ad-e443b2eeb60a.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-in-promising-to-shake-up-washington-trump-is-in-a-class-of-his-own/
— Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist (COMMENT: I should write about my past and present antagonists in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. The aforesaid antagonists are operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-adam-schiff-to-be-sworn-into-the-senate-where-he-wants-to-be-more-than-a-trump-antagonist/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-420/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-212/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What positions do the following have on Trump, Homan, and illegal immigration: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and the leaders your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in your area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in your area? I should write about the positions the following have: a) my representative on the IRP SCC and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) the Republican leaders of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in my area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in my area. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How much success have Democrat and RINO leaders had promoting Affirmative Action and DEI where you live, that is, how much success have they had promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination where you live? They have had tremendous success where I live. According to them, the more of the following that you are, the more that you owe your successes in life to your benefitting from discrimination against those who are moderate/liberal, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they have used to justify their actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do racists, sexists, and bigots do? ANSWER: They ascribe/foist negatives on others because of their demographics. That is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about those who ascribe/foist negatives on those who are the following because they have the following demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoider, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Report shows licensing burden on Illinois workers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, worked for IRS 1971-1980, and worked for GAO since 1980.)
https://www.aol.com/news/op-ed-report-shows-licensing-161500364.html

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s weak luxury real estate market goes beyond Ken Griffin
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-weak-real-estate-market-hurts-everyone-not-just-ken-griffin-wirepoints/
— Awful and worse: Illinois jobs and employment numbers badly lag the nation
https://wirepoints.org/awful-and-worse-illinois-jobs-and-employment-numbers-badly-lag-the-nation-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Alito scolds colleagues as Supreme Court ducks new affirmative action case (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/alito-scolds-colleagues-supreme-court-ducks-new-af/
— Party poopers: Palm Beach seeks to limit Trump’s Mar-a-Lago galas as residents seethe over traffic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/palm-beach-seeks-limit-donald-trump-mar-lago-galas/
— White House tells staff to spend as much money as possible ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/white-house-tells-staff-spend-much-money-possible-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Supreme Court rejects cases on admissions diversity, guns, and transgender policies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3254098/supreme-court-rejects-cases-admissions-diversity-guns-transgender-policies/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/dei-is-unconstitutional/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to appear in pro-transgender Broadway musical
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/justice_ketanji_brown_jackson_to_appear_in_pro_transgender_broadway_musical.html

BREITBART
— Trump Will Push Earlier DREAMers Plan, I Wouldn’t Do It Until Dems Agree on Border, Deporting Safety Threats
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/10/homan-trump-will-push-earlier-dreamers-plan-i-wouldnt-do-it-until-dems-agree-on-border-deporting-safety-threats/
— Colorado Democrats Launch Program to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/09/colorado-democrats-launch-program-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Racial Discrimination In Public School Admissions (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/09/supreme-court-refuses-hear-challenge-racial-discrimination-public-school-admissions/

DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s Next for the Woke Bureaucrats in the Administrative State? (COMMENT: All my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used wokeness/wokeism to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/09/whats-next-woke-bureaucrats-administrative-state/

DAILY WIRE
— Why Are We Celebrating Terrorists Taking Over Syria?
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1632
— Tom Homan Explains How Democrats Protecting Illegal Aliens In Sanctuary Cities, States Will Backfire. Homan said ICE agents will uphold their oath and follow the law.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-explains-how-democrats-protecting-illegal-aliens-in-sanctuary-cities-states-will-backfire
— College Tells International Students To Return Before Trump Takes Office, Offers To Shelter Illegals. Claremont McKenna College told students in the country illegally they could meet with ‘an immigration lawyer for a free initial consultation.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-college-to-connect-illegals-with-lawyers-urges-foreigners-to-return-before-inauguration

FEDERALIST
— Prosecuting Daniel Penny Was An Irreparable Miscarriage Of Justice. New York Owes Him A Massive Payout.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/prosecuting-daniel-penny-was-an-irreparable-miscarriage-of-justice-new-york-owes-him-a-massive-payout/
— Trump, Not Biden, Is The True Unifier-In-Chief
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/trump-not-biden-is-the-true-unifier-in-chief/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Open-Borders Advocates Demand Governor Newsom Pardon Convicted Criminals so they Won’t Be Deported
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/open-borders-advocates-demand-governor-newsom-pardon-convicted-criminals-so

FOX NEWS
— The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday to take up a case of Boston parents claiming an admissions policy had discriminated against White and Asian students. (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/supreme-court-rejects-boston-parents-appeal-claiming-racial-bias-admissions-policy

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of  Illinois-Chicago Department of Art History: Too Many White Scholars is “Ethically Problematic” (COMMENT: This is racism. According to racists, Whites owe all their accomplishments to benefitting from discrimination against non-Whites.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/u-illinois-chicago-dept-of-art-history-too-many-white-scholars-is-ethically-problematic/amp/

NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge Blocks Obamacare for Dreamers
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/judge-obamacare-illegals/2024/12/09/id/1191024/
— High Court Can Declare Transgenderism a Lie
https://www.newsmax.com/joshhammer/transgender-scotus/2024/12/09/id/1190925/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump’s border czar signals solution for Dreamers will be tied to border security
https://thehill.com/latino/5029991-trump-border-czar-dreamers/

NBC NEWS
— Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ironic-suspect-unitedhealthcare-slaying-played-video-game-killer-rcna183550

NEW YORK TIMES
— Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/elites-euro-social-media.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ascribe/foist bad judgement if not evil motive to past leaders of America who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/09/biden-designate-national-monument-former-indian-boarding-school/
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/16/teenager-new-hampshire-republican-event-ejected/
— Colleges ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/09/college-programs-trump-republicans-tensions/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/12/08/trump-immigration-college-students-fafsa/76737394007/
— Supreme Court won’t review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans  (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/09/supreme-court-diversity-school-admissions/75086029007/
— DEI promotes false perceptions of prejudice. ()COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/08/walmart-dei-university-michigan-diversity-statements-end/76708201007/
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly became more hostile against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/03/political-civility-in-the-workplace/76640409007/
— Minimum wage set to rise in 23 states next year as $15 an hour, and beyond, picks up steam. (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School. In today’s dollars, that minimum wage was $12.41/hour. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/09/minimum-wage-hikes-2025/76710608007/
— The housing crisis threatens the American dream. What’s next? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I was able to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/06/is-homeownership-still-american-dream-trump/76483339007/

NEWSWEEK
— BLM Calls for ‘Black Vigilantes’ to Target Oppressors After Daniel Penny Verdict
https://www.newsweek.com/blm-leader-reaction-daniel-penny-verdict-jordan-neely-1997953

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against men to curry favor with women.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophianelson/2024/12/09/women-in-business-can-survive-the-new-anti-dei-climate-in-washington/

POLITICO
— Homan tells Democrats to ‘get the hell out of the way’ on immigration. Incoming ‘border czar’ draws hard line on who should be able to stay in the country.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416

INSIDE STORY
— My critics/opponents attribute all their successes in life to meritocracy, but attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.
https://insidestory.org.au/the-fall-of-the-meritocracy/

MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Biden Legacy on Immigration (COMMENT: Under Biden, anyone and everyone could come into America “legally” and/or stay in America “legally.”)
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/biden-legacy-immigration

GOOGLE
— Discrimination (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), constructively, GAO argued that its political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination against me was justified because that was what Congress wanted it to do.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=discrimination+justified

MONDAQ
— Handbook Season Arrives with a Flurry of Potential Policy Updates. 2024 produced a number of new laws and legal developments requiring changes to employer policies, including changes related to discrimination and harassment. (COMMENT: What did you do because your employee handbooks encouraged you to do that? I took graduate evening courses a) in business at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980 because my IRS employee handbook encouraged me to do that. Nevertheless, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses in 1978. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not related to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1555116/handbook-season-arrives-with-a-flurry-of-potential-policy-updates

ECONOMIC TIMES
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that county. But illegals hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrat and RINO leaders invited them to come into America and to stay in America..
https://m.economictimes.com/nri/migrate/trump-only-wants-perfect-immigrants-thats-almost-impossible/amp_articleshow/116159545.cms

December 9, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 14 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
— Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise US prices and promises swift immigration action
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-tariffs-president-elect-says-he-cant-guarantee-raise-us-prices-promises-swift-immigration-action/15627946/
— Syrian-Americans in Chicago celebrate downfall of Assad regime: ‘My country is back’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/syrian-americans-chicago-celebrate-bashar-al-assads-resignation-downfall-assad-regime-dictatorship-government-syria/15628197/
— Illinois Legislative Black Caucus holding policy summit (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-black-caucus-holding-policy-summit/15630464/

NBC5
— Trump aims to end birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-aims-to-end-birthright-citizenship-says-american-citizens-with-family-here-illegally-may-be-deported/3619250/
— Lara Trump says she’s stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair. President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lara-trump-stepping-down-republican-national-committe-rcna183394
— Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-is-stacking-his-white-house-roster-with-uber-rich-backers/3618956/

WGN9
— Trump’s new coalition puts female nominees at forefront
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/trumps-new-coalition-puts-female-nominees-at-forefront/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/opinion-donald-trump-exploit-alien-enemies-act-immigration/
— State anti-book-ban law leads some school districts to forsake grants to maintain local control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-grants-book-bans/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin will decide if he will seek another term after the first of the year. The biggest political guessing game in Illinois is whether Durbin will seek a sixth term in 2026.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/12/08/dick-durbin-seek-another-term-decision-2025
— Slaying of UnitedHealthcare executive is the wrong path for a nation with a broken medical care system. Social media celebrated the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. That’s understandable, but wrong. (COMMENT: It is not “understandable.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/08/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-killing-manhattan-health-insurance

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) discourage women from seeking traditional marriage and family and b) discourage men from making themselves eligible bachelors.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241208/news/wings-helps-women-kids-escape-domestic-violence/

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/lara-trump-steps-down-as-rnc-co-chair-and-addresses-speculation-about-florida-senate-seat/article_f3250f04-7c97-58c8-8781-ac71b5bb89ab.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Whipping up Illinois Republicans  (COMMENT: I used to attend and report on such Republican political events. I should write about the following who have ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA UILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/09/whipping-up-illinois-republicans-00193243
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Incoming Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno stopped in Illinois for a Republican holiday gathering and gave some insight about Donald Trump 2.0, immigration and his beef with the Inflation Reduction Act. “We’re going to resolve immigration in the first 40 to 60 days,” Moreno told the Republican-centric crowd over a lunch of chicken Milanese and whipped potatoes at Gibson’s in Oak Brook on Friday. Speaking to the choir: “This election was ultimately about two issues at the end of the day: open borders and high prices,” Moreno told the group. Immigration “is the easiest thing to fix intellectually. It’s the hardest thing to fix emotionally, and I hope to play a role in making that happen.” Moreno will be Ohio’s first Latino senator after ousting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown last month in the most expensive Senate race ever at $441 million. The who’s who of Illinois Republicans were in a celebratory mood in spite of their tough spot as the state’s underdog party. The event was hosted by businessman Jay Bergman, Superior Ambulance Service CEO David B. Hill III and Kirkland & Ellis’ Sandy Perl and Richard Porter, who sported “Let’s Go Brandon” socks (a hat tip to the anti-Biden meme), and organized by Victoria Login and Sara Karlovics of LW&Co. The new name in the crowd was Dave Nayak, who earlier this year ran as a Democrat for state Senate and has since pivoted to be a Republican. “Switching parties was an easy decision,” he told your Playbook host. “I’m honored and proud to be part of the Republican Party.” What’s next for Nayak: He hasn’t decided about whether he’s running for office again, but he is co-hosting an event tonight featuring Tom Homan, who’s been picked by Trump as border czar. Republicans don’t hold any statewide office, and they didn’t make headway in state legislative races — though they didn’t lose ground, either. They hope having Republicans in control of Washington will have a trickle-down effect in Illinois in future elections. Moreno’s big win gives them hope. The Ohio Republican was well received, though he did make one comment that fell flat with the crowd. He criticized the Inflation Reduction Act because it gives $7,500 incentives to those who buy electric vehicles. “So Ken Griffin can lease an electric Rolls Royce that costs $600 grand and get $7,500 in tax subsidies. Do you think he needs it?” There was a nervous buzz in the room from the 250-plus crowd that still pines for Griffin, a billionaire who for years opened his wallet to Illinois Republicans before he moved to Florida. SPOTTED: Illinois Republican Chair Kathy Salvi, Former Ambassador Ron Gidwitz, former Congressman Bob Dold, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow, Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, former Illinois comptroller Leslie Munger, Illinois Chamber Senior Legislative Affairs Adviser Keith Wheeler, Lee County development leader Tom Demmer, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, Will County Board Member Raquel Mitchell, Metra Board Chair Joe McMahon, Palatine Committeeman Aaron del Mar and DuPage County Board candidate Greg Hart. Also in the room: former state lawmakers Jeanne Ives, Jack Schaffer, David Welter, Patricia Bellock, Bob Biggins and Tim Ozinga, former congressional candidates Esther Joy King and Jim Carris, businessman Eli Boufis, attorney Tom DeVore, philanthropist Eleni Bousis, former hospital exec Robert Christie, Strategia Chief Strategy Officer Brian Bernardoni and LW&Co.’s Lisa Wagner.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-419/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— To Move Forward, Democrats Must Oust Obama
https://johnkassnews.com/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— RTA Makes Pitch for Higher Taxes, Elimination of Required User Fees to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/rta-makes-pitch-for-higher-taxes-elimination-of-required-user-fees-to-county-board/
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— GOP Seeks Petition Signatures on “No More Taxes” Petition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/gop-seeks-petition-signatures-on-no-more-taxes-petition/
— Metra’s Presentation to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/metras-presentation-to-county-board/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago property taxes rise 3.5 times faster than inflation in last decade
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-property-taxes-rise-3-5-times-faster-than-inflation-in-last-decade-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and who are the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations? Who have they encourage to run for government and party offices and why?  I should write a book about a) my IRP SCC members and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000 and b) those who they have encouraged to run for government and party offices since 2000. None of the aforesaid have encouraged me to run for a government or party office. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he wants deal for DACA amnesty. ‘I will work with the Democrats on a plan,’ president-elect claims.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/8/donald-trump-says-wants-deal-daca-amnesty/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Eric Adams wisely works with Trump on deportations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3251411/eric-adams-wisely-works-with-trump-deportations/
— Kinzinger predicts Trump won’t jail critics in Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3253990/adam-kinzinger-predicts-trump-wont-jail-critics-congress/#google_vignette

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/us-news/chicago-removes-largest-homeless-encampment-relocates-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters-report/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Education Priorities for Trump: Yes to Excellence and Accountability, No to Ideology and Business as Usual
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/09/education-priorities-for-trump-yes-to-excellence-and-accountability-no-to-ideology-and-business-as-usual/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary cities need to listen to their citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/sanctuary_cities_need_to_listen_to_their_citizens.html
— How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/how_to_destroy_your_country_in_10_easy_steps.html
— Tennessee protects its children from transgender madness (COMMENT: What are the Republican leaders of your school district doing to stop transgender madness?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/tennessee_protects_its_children_from_transgender_madness.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— ‘Social justice’ is injustice by another name
https://www.campusreform.org/article/prof-jenkins-social-justice-injustice-another-name/26989

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Reveals Plans For Mass Deportation, Dealing With Illegal Immigration. Trump said he had “no choice” but to conduct mass deportations after millions of illegal aliens entered the U.S. under Biden.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-plans-for-mass-deportation-dealing-with-illegal-immigration

FEDERALIST
— Tough Talk On Illegal Immigration Does Not Make Eric Adams a Republican
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-eric-adams-tough-talk-on-illegal-immigration-doesnt-make-him-republican/
— Justice And Accountability Are Not ‘Retribution’
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-justice-and-accountability-are-not-retribution/
— DOGE Will Fulfill Jefferson’s Wishes About Small Government
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-doge-will-fulfill-jeffersons-wishes-about-small-government/
— From Abortion To Transgenderism, Democrat Media Caused America’s ‘Misinformation Crisis’
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/from-abortion-to-transgenderism-democrat-media-caused-americas-misinformation-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— A tale of two cities: Sanctuary city Dems must choose between Americans or illegal immigrants. New York City and Chicago highlight massive Democrat division on illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tale-two-cities-sanctuary-city-dems-must-choose-between-americans-illegal-immigrants
— Trump border czar Tom Homan sends ‘clear message’ to sanctuary cities: ‘You don’t want’ this. Multiple blue cities and states have pushed back against mass deportation plans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-sends-clear-message-sanctuary-cities-you-dont-want
— Nearly all Fortune 500 companies still maintain corporate DEI commitments (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-all-fortune-500-companies-still-maintain-corporate-dei-commitments-report/ar-AA1vtjLl
— Huckabee Sanders says Trump’s message of unity shouldn’t come as a surprise
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365758051112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Puts Foot Down on Immigration: ‘We Have to Get Criminals Out of Our Country’  Trump also spoke about his economic and foreign policy agendas, not backing down from using tariffs as a negotiating tool.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/trump-puts-foot-down-on-immigration-we-have-to-get-criminals-out-of-our-country/

NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS Promotes Pro-Pedophilia ‘Pioneer’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/12/08/pbs-promotes-pro-pedophilia-pioneer-conservative-opponents-offer

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Deportation ‘Complicated,’ but Criminals Out First
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-illegals-deportation/2024/12/08/id/1190814/

PJ MEDIA
— Bidenomics: A Million Fewer Native-Born U.S. Workers Since Last Year
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/08/bidenomics-a-million-fewer-native-born-us-workers-since-last-year-n4934951
— The Marxism in Front of You That You Can’t Unsee
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/12/08/look-at-the-marxism-in-front-of-you-that-you-cant-unsee-n4934939
— The Hypocrisy Behind Criticizing Trump’s ‘Loyalists’
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/the-hypocrisy-behind-criticizing-trumps-loyalists-n4934949
— Trump’s Notre Dame Appearance Was Way More Significant Than You Think
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/trumps-notre-dame-appearance-was-way-more-significant-than-you-think-n4934946

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Border Czar Tom Homan: Tren De Aragua And MS-13 Will Be Top Priorities; “So, January 20, Game On”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/08/trump_border_czar_tom_homan_tren_de_aragua_and_ms-13_will_be_top_priorities_so_january_20_game_on.html

TOWNHALL
— Voter Turnout Was High, and Even Higher Participation Would Have Increased Trump’s Victory Margin (COMMENT: What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do increase Republican turnout? I hand-delivered campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/12/04/voter-turnout-was-high-and-even-higher-participation-would-have-increased-trumps-victory-margin-n2648465
— We Would Have Been Better Off If Trump Had Won In 2020 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hate Trump. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021 and b) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2024/12/09/would-we-have-been-better-off-if-trump-had-won-in-2020-n2648764
— Here’s the List of People a Research Group Wants Pete Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/08/heres-the-list-of-people-a-research-group-wants-pete-hegseth-to-fire-n2648751

TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Canada Bans 324 More Types Of Firearms, Plans To Give The Guns To Ukraine
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/canada-bans-324-more-types-of-firearms-and-plans-to-donate-confiscated-guns-to-ukraine/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Crazed Man With Chainsaw Burst Into St. Charles Nursing Home, Dropped in His Tracks by Good Guy with Gun
https://www.westernjournal.com/crazed-man-chainsaw-burst-nursing-home-dropped-tracks-good-guy-gun/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.newsweek.com/dei-unconstitutional-opinion-1997453

REUTERS
— Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally (COMMENT: Of course, Democrat and RINO leaders argue that no one is in America illegally, that Biden made them all legal.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-aims-deport-all-immigrants-us-illegally-2024-12-08/

MSN
— Elite rich Americans often overlook factors that are key to their success (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have/had parents a) who had way more money than my parents had and b) who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about them.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/moneyball-and-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-elite-rich-americans-often-overlook-these-factors-that-are-key-to-their-success/ar-AA1v8F5R

NBC NEWS
— Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak to Assad regime (COMMENT: I should sue those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leaked confidential Roskam campaign information to Duckworth in 2006.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/democrats-republicans-congress-worried-gabbard-might-leak-information-rcna181316
— Soon, if not already, all of those in healthcare will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/more-dei-bans-will-have-dire-side-effects-for-public-health/ar-AA1vgZT5

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/trump-administration-loyalty-test.html
— HARDCOY BUSINESS SECTION: How China Became a Carmaking Juggernaut (COMMENT: China, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and South Korea export more cars than the United States.)
https://www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/trump-january-6-biden-jack-smith/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use LGBTQers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/09/lgbtq-trump-reactions-preparations/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents. (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7

POLITICO
— Democrats inch toward the anger phase of their election loss  (COMMENT: What about down ballot Republican candidates who lost because voters punished them to punish Trump?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/07/democrat-chairs-post-election-anger-exhaustion-00193120

DESERT NEWS
— I should write about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who claim to be conservative and/or Republican to give themselves standing to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/08/how-anti-trump-conservatives-will-cover-the-trump-white-house/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-re-conservatives-who-oppose-trump-what-do-they-do-now/ar-AA1vvdFG

DAILY VOICE
— Sharp Drop In College Enrollment Raises Alarm  (COMMENT: If you were in high school today, would you have the motivation to earn a college degree? From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyvoice.com/ma/pittsfield/sharp-drop-in-college-enrollment-raises-alarm/

MILITARY
— Military Leaders are Rattled by a List of ‘Woke’ Officers That a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: I should write about my superiors in the federal government who used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican employees.  I should write about leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have used AA and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican members.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/08/military-leaders-are-rattled-list-of-woke-officers-group-urges-hegseth-fire.html

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Important Is a College Degree Compared to Experience? (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I learned earning four job-related college degrees, earning six job-related professional certifications, and earning a job-related professional license a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) was acquired my me to get a job in the private sector, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and/or e) was a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-important-is-a-college-degree-compared-to-experience

GOOGLE
— Work your way through college (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. Instead of studying, I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22work+your+way+through+college

GOOGLE
— When a father dies early (COMMENT: Needless to say, my father’s dying suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969 had a tremendous negative impact on me. My mother had never attended high school and she had stayed home and raised my brother and me. My brother was having problems in high school. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 and immediately took a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother was approved in February of 1971. I lived with and helped support them until my mother got a better paying job and I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22father+died+early%22+impact

GOOGLE
—  Eligible bachelor (COMMENT: If you are a man, what did you do to make yourself an eligible bachelor? I got married when I was 29 in 1978. I had taken college preparatory courses in high school, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, bought a new town home in 1972 and condos in 1974 and 1976, earned an MBA in 1976, and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses. By the time I got married, I had almost 10 years of federal seniority and I was earning $106,785/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22eligible+bachelor

INDEED
— What Is a Pay Cut and When Should You Take One? (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used it to hint/imply/argue/shout that what I had learned doing the following was worthless: a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning an MBA in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/taking-a-pay-cut

INVESTOPEDIA
— You May Not Plan To Retire Early, But Many Have To (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my critics/opponents continue to use it to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person or my superiors would not have thrown away what I had learned a) working for them for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.investopedia.com/you-might-not-plan-to-retire-early-here-s-what-to-know-about-savings-if-you-re-forced-to-8752713

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump’s immigration balancing act: Keep illegals out of US, let legals in (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Further, what percent of them are agents for countries that want to destroy America?)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/will-make-it-easier-for-people-to-come-in-legally-says-trump-insists-on-deporting-all-illegal-immigrants/articleshow/116119930.cms

HUFFINGTON POST
— Kinzinger Has Defiant 3-Word Response To Donald Trump’s Jail Threat
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-threat-response_n_6756c1e0e4b06b50ac934fbf

December 8, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-macron-paris-zelenskyy/3618711/?os=fuzzscanazstr%26ref%3Dapp&ref=app
— At least 8 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
— Chicago’s ‘do not hire’ policy puts employees at risk for political payback. The current version of the city’s “do not hire” policy can hurt the careers of good employees who are put on the list for political retribution. City Council members are rightly calling for changes to fix that. (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors put me on their do not hire lists with the adverse actions that they took against me. That hurt my career tremendously. Constructively, they rendered worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and my three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, c) my professional license, and d) the experience that I gained working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years. Employers do not want to hire people who were forced into early retirement, who were passed over for promotions, who had always been ranked in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, who had been forced to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to make an internal transfer, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/07/do-not-hire-chicago-scott-waguespack-gilbert-villegas-ronnie-reese-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/indian-prairie-school-district-204-seeing-rapid-growth-in-students-who-need-language-help-officials-say/
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/donna-vickroy-wheaton-teens-dedicated-to-helping-refugees-resettle-in-chicago-area/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that Muslims have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-muslim-voters-presidential-election/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241207/gambling/how-illinois-generated-2-billion-in-tax-revenue-from-gamblers-in-the-last-fiscal-year/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico

WAND TV
— Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-isnt-back-in-office-but-hes-already-pushing-his-agenda-and-negotiating-with-world/article_ac36e915-dbbd-5e3a-9415-43c08159e2f4.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Schools react to loss of state funding for after-school programs (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always used my mother being able to stay home and raise my brother and me to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my father as being filthy rich. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, most commonly, playing music, working in a fast food restaurant, and delivering eggs. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/schools-react-to-loss-of-state-funding-for-after-school-programs#

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election  UNOFFICIAL Candidate List
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad6d36c8-b40e-11ef-89b4-4bdd8c2c70dd.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— Republicans Nominate McHenry Township Candidates at Caucus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/republicans-nominate-mchenry-township-candidates-at-caucus/
— Out of Office, But Kenneally Still Sought as Chicago Media Source, This Time on Faulty Pot Testing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/07/out-of-office-but-kenneally-still-sought-as-chicago-media-source-this-time-on-faulty-pot-testing/
— Crystal Lake Doc Makes Tribune Front Page in Story about State’s Attorney Offices’ Reporting Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/06/crystal-lake-doc-makes-tribune-front-page-in-story-about-states-attorney-offices-reporting-duty/
— New State’s Attorney Randi Freese Follows in Modest and Self-Confident Footsteps of Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe and Robb Tadelman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/new-states-attorney-randi-freese-follows-in-modest-and-self-confident-footsteps-of-circuit-clerk-kathy-keefe/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In what ways are you a minority? I am a minority in the following political jurisdictions because I voted for Trump: a) my precinct because 478 voted for Harris but only 373 voted for Trump, b) DuPage County because 251,000 voted for Harris and only 191,00 voted for Trump, and c) Illinois because 3 million voted for Harris and only 2.4 million voted for Trump. Further, I am a minority in the following organizations because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Further, I am ever-increasingly becoming a minority if not one already because of my demographics: White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly take adverse actions against me to make me leave, but I am not going to leave. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/world-news/syria-civil-war-live-updates-syrian-army-announces-assads-rule-has-ended/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— With Trump’s Victory, America’s Long National Nightmare is Over. On January 20, 2025, our long national nightmare will finally be over—unburdened by what has been.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/08/with-trumps-victory-americas-long-national-nightmare-is-over/

BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Chicago Citizens Need to Vote on Sanctuary Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/07/dem-rep-jonathan-jackson-chicago-citizens-need-to-vote-on-sanctuary-policy/

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0465f06e-b4b9-11ef-8801-9bb09b81883e.html

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— We want your opinion on where President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should start slashing wasteful federal spending as it gets up and running. (COMMENT: I hope that DOGE focuses on cutting federal spending that promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://citizens-against-government-waste.revv.co/doge-survey

FOX NEWS
— Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony in ‘presidential’ fashion. This was Trump’s his first international trip since winning the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion
— Conservative group compiles list of ‘woke’ senior officers they want Pete Hegseth to fire. The American Accountability Foundation says the ‘woke takeover’ of the military is a major threat to our national security. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire
— Congress eyes 14.5% pay hike for junior troops, limits on transgender treatment in $895B defense bill. The 1,800-page bill also includes anti-DEI and anti-CRT measures.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-pay-hike-junior-troops-limits-transgender-treatment-895-2b-defense-bill.amp
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’
https://www.aol.com/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-205030946.html

MRC TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/287072/print

NEWSMAX
— US Colleges Dismantling DEI Initiatives (COMMENT: UIC accepted me when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24 notwithstanding my not being a minority or a female.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/colleges-dei-programs/2024/12/07/id/1190750/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Opposition to Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/08/opposition_to_woke_progressivism_energizes_trump_coalition_152061.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Young Democrats of America host first DNC chairman race candidates forum (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about my critic/opponents who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that period.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5028484-young-democrats-of-america-host-first-dnc-chairman-race-candidates-forum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The four candidates running are Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. and Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley (D), and New York State Senator James Skoufis (D).)

NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Boasts of ‘Border Security Blueprint’ for US
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-operation-lone-star-blueprint-immigration-1997139
— Prince William’s Reaction to Meeting Donald Trump Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-reaction-donald-trump-meeting-viral-1997282

REUTERS
— Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-trump-call-ukraine-peace-120527821.html

MSN
— Woke Policies Drive Customers Away
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/have-woke-policies-driven-customers-away/ss-AA1voi1d

NBC NEWS
— Texas aims to become key part of Trump’s immigration plans. Already the state has offered up a ranch on the Rio Grande as a potential site for detention facilities, and it is ready to share its playbook for muscling through immigration policy changes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-aims-become-key-part-trumps-immigration-plans-rcna182852

NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/university-of-michigan-dei-diversity-statemements.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge. Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors purged me when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was one of their last Republican employees in their office. They would have succeeded sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/

USA TODAY
— This anti-‘woke’ investor is fighting DEI in the S&P 500. His first target: Starbucks
https://www.aol.com/anti-woke-investor-wooing-trump-182347747.html
— Want a VIP invitation to Donald Trump’s inauguration? That’ll cost you — a lot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/vip-invitation-donald-trump-inauguration/76822535007/
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Zelenskyy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/08/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-russia-zelenskyy/76849858007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s election helped him with his criminal cases” and ask “What about the civil lawsuits he faces?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/donald-trump-election-victory-civil-cases-lawsuit/76261850007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s private club is ground zero for a disruption-themed second term: Inside Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, a Mediterranean-styled estate a cereal heiress a half-century ago envisioned as a presidential retreat, is today the heady and giddy center of the American political universe.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/trump-mar-a-lago-elon-musk-rfk/76708006007/
— ‘He knows his generation’: Melania Trump praises Barron’s role in 2024 White House race.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/melania-barron-trump-2024-election/76819492007/
— Bahamas ‘firmly rejected’ Trump proposal to deport immigrants from other countries there  (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/bahamas-trump-deportation-repatriation/76821076007/

UNION BULLETIN
— University of Michigan will no longer use diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, tenure. (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/university-of-michigan-will-no-longer-use-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-promotion-tenure/article_517527cf-53d6-5c24-a7fe-0d5b64528392.html

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 year old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. That same year, I became a licensed CPA. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Subsequently, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam Guide: What You Need to Know
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/

ARKANSAS BUSINESS
— CPA Licensing: The Path, the Test and the Numbers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arkansas-cpa-licensing-reforms-120-hour-pathway/

FOX23
— Southwest Airlines agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had quotas to fill, that is, they always had to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://fox23maine.com/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-battle-0900a291

FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “If You Want UnitedHealthcare To Cover Everything, Talk To Trump Or Your Employer.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/12/08/if-you-want-unitedhealthcare-to-cover-everything-talk-to-trump-or-your-employer/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/12/03/how-to-boost-the-number-of-women-in-leadership-in-2025/

DEADLINE
— Trump Sits Down With “Big Man” Prince William In Paris And Shares Memories Of Queen
https://deadline.com/2024/12/donald-trump-big-man-prince-william-paris-macron-zelensky-1236197559/

AXIOS DC
— Biden wants to raise the pay of civilian federal employees by an average of 2% — and workers say that ain’t cutting it. Why it matters: The White House’s proposal is much less than the 7.4% pay boost sought by Democrats in Congress. A 2% raise is essentially a pay cut for federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned six 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.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/09/federal-worker-pay-raise-biden

INDEPENDENT
— Can you pass the Trump test? Prospective administration members asked to prove their loyalty. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pass-trump-test-prospective-administration-042027918.html

December 7, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard attends Thornton Twp. electoral board meeting after losing caucus
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-attend-thornton-township-meeting-hear-objections-election-nominations/15625065/
— Controversial pundit Nick Fuentes charged with battery in Berwyn
https://abc7chicago.com/post/controversial-political-pundit-nick-fuentes-charged-battery-berwyn-cook-county-court-documents-show/15625971/

CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard says she’s confident she’ll be on the ballot for Thornton Township Supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor/

WBEZ
— Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and shelters. Officials say they’ve placed 39 households into apartments and are working to place 24 others. Others sleeping in Humboldt Park were offered shelter beds.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/06/chicago-closes-its-largest-tent-city-and-moves-most-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2024/12/06/chicago-and-illinois-have-sanctuary-laws-to-protect-undocumented-migrants
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5184156/trans-rights-trump-administration

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Far-right streamer Nick Fuentes charged with battery in alleged attack of Berwyn woman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/far-right-streamer-nick-fuentes-charged-with-battery-in-alleged-attack-of-berwyn-woman/
— City clears Humboldt Park homeless encampment as some residents still wait for housing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/city-clears-humboldt-park-homeless-encampment/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes charged with battery of Berwyn woman. Marla Rose previously said that Fuentes pepper sprayed her and pushed her down the front steps of his west suburban home. Now he’s facing a misdemeanor charge.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/12/06/nick-fuentes-charged-battery
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/07/donald-trump-presidency-stress-worries-black-latino-lgbtq-middle-east-radical-healing-helen-neville

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/12/06/reparations-town-hall-panelists-reflect-on-their-work-path-forward/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Election confidence among Republicans surges after Trump’s win (COMMENT: Do you anticipate/expect that more Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct will win?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-06/election-confidence-among-republicans-surges-after-trumps-win-a-new-poll-finds

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-211/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Some straight talk for Illinois Republicans. Trump and his team are going to put America back on track. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do the same with our Illinois Republican Party?
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/some-straight-talk-for-illinois-republicans

JOHN KASS
— Yes, They All Knew About Biden’s Corruption
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/06/yes_they_all_knew_about_bidens_corruption_636942.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have you done that your critics/opponents use to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. Since 2000, they have used against me a) my supporting candidates in primaries who they reject and b) my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Since the 1980s, they have used against me a) my opposition to things that Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials have wanted and b) my suing them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to 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 lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York and Chicago: A tale of two cities on immigration. NYC is home to 750,000 illegal aliens, 60,000 of whom have criminal convictions or pending charges.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/6/new-york-chicago-tale-two-cities-immigration/
— Transgender delusion needs to end
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/dec/6/transgender-delusion-needs-end/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Matt Walsh credits Elon Musk and X in spotlighting harm of transgender procedures
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3251430/matt-walsh-elon-musk-x-harm-transgender-procedures/
— Transgender illogic does harm to children
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3252117/transgender-illogic-does-harm-to-children/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Our congressional Republicans already fall down dead at the Dems’ bluster
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/our_congressional_republicans_already_fall_down_dead_at_the_dems_bluster.html

BLAZE
— Trump devises workaround to deport illegal aliens when home countries refuse to repatriate
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-devises-workaround-to-deport-illegal-aliens-when-home-countries-refuse-to-repatriate-report

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— $5 Trillion in Prime Waste-Cutting Recommendations (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, f) earning a job-related professional license, and g) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.cagw.org/media/press-releases/citizens-against-government-waste-releases-5-trillion-prime-waste-cutting
— The Proposed Musk Efficiency Commission Could Save Trillions
https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/proposed-musk-efficiency-commission-could-save-trillions

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Illegal Immigration Phone App Could Allow Millions of Gazans Into US
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/06/bidens-illegal-immigration-phone-app-could-allow-millions-gazans-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Wokeness Was Dealt A Huge Blow In 2024, But These Companies Still Tried To Push It. While conservatives rightly celebrate these massive victories, the fight isn’t over.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wokeness-was-dealt-a-huge-blow-in-2024-but-these-companies-still-tried-to-push-it

FEDERALIST
— Venezuelan Busted For Extorting Illegals In PA Exposes Evil Side Effect Of Biden’s Open Borders
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/venezuelan-busted-for-extorting-illegals-in-pa-exposes-evil-side-effect-of-bidens-open-borders/
— People Who Fought In Afghanistan Know Why Nation-Building Was Never Going To Work
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/people-who-fought-in-afghanistan-know-why-nation-building-was-never-going-to-work/
— Boston And New York Are A Tale Of Two Cities On Illegal Immigration
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-boston-and-new-york-are-a-tale-of-two-cities-on-illegal-immigration/
— Pete Hegseth Will Make The Pentagon Great Again
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/pete-hegseth-will-make-the-pentagon-great-again/
— Reining In Federal Spending Must Start With The Executive Branch
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/reining-in-federal-spending-must-start-with-the-executive-branch/
— Congress Is DOGE’s Biggest Obstacle To Success
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-congress-is-doges-biggest-obstacle-to-success/
— Preemptive Pardons Prove ‘Nobody Is Above The Law’ Is A Lie
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-preemptive-pardons-prove-nobody-is-above-the-law-is-a-lie/
— Trump Reaffirms ‘Strong’ Support For Pete Hegseth’s Defense Secretary Nomination
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/trump-reaffirms-strong-support-for-pete-hegseths-defense-secretary-nomination/

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden admin ‘cheapening’ what it means to be an American citizen
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365637671112

NEWSMAX
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://www.newsmax.com/paulfdelespinasse/trump-mandate-election/2024/12/06/id/1190681/
— Military Leaders Rattled by List of ‘Woke’ Officers a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hegseth-trump-diversity-pentagon-list/2024/12/06/id/1190693/
— DEI Was Always Racist
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/matteo-dei-diversity/2024/12/06/id/1190688/

TOWNHALL
— Why Are Politicians So Weak? (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 a) who I have done the most to help elect and b) who have nevertheless taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/12/07/why-are-politicians-so-weak-n2648737
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But, by and large, politicians are weak creatures because they are afraid of offending too many people.  And it is all because their first concern—every politician’s—is power.  They love it.  They worship it.  They lust for it.  They live for it. They’ll do anything they can to get it and hold onto it.  And if that means compromising justice, the law, and the well-being of the people, they’ll do it.  They are weak; they will sacrifice virtue and character for any disgusting cause, and they are rarely strong enough to stand up and defend what is truly noble, righteous, and virtuous.)

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump’s Plan for Illegals Whose Own Countries Won’t Take Them Back
https://www.westernjournal.com/pure-gold-trumps-plan-illegals-whose-countries-wont-take-back/

ZERO HEDGE
— Feds Accuse HelloFresh Of Employing Migrant Kids At Factory In Sanctuary State Illinois
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/feds-accuse-hellofresh-employing-migrant-kids-factory-sanctuary-state-illinois

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— 5 reasons Trump 47 will govern like no president in history (COMMENT: What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5024611-trump-mandate-domestic-problems/

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
— How the Trump Administration Plans to Steal Congress’s Power of the Purse (COMMENT: Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives used the power of the purse, that is, budget cuts, to destroy GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO Chicago Office superiors were beyond furious and they took their anger against Republicans out on me, one of their very few remaining Republican employees. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-how-trump-administration-plans-steal-congresss-power-purse

MSN
— Venezuelan Gang Tren De Aragua Active In Chicago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-active-in-chicago-police-records-show/ar-AA1vmqzo
— 19 Reasons Young People Are Choosing to Avoid Work  (COMMENT: From what I see, today’s youth view the jobs that I took as being bad jobs that they should not have to stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/no-thanks-19-real-reasons-young-people-are-choosing-to-avoid-work/ss-AA1uqvHX
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn baby boomers like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/15-defiant-reasons-baby-boomers-reject-woke-culture/ss-AA1ot8Iy
— Elite rich Americans often overlook these factors that are key to their success. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against whose who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/moneyball-and-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-elite-rich-americans-often-overlook-these-factors-that-are-key-to-their-success/ar-AA1v8F5R

CNN
— Trump has vowed to give green cards to college grads. (COMMENT: What do you say to employers that prefer employees who are not citizens of America?)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/politics/green-cards-college-graduates-trump-cec/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak information to Syria (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. To keep me off of audits of IRS, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors stressed the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they had disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they had never promoted me beyond GS-12. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of the aforesaid adverse actions, I could not be objective concerning IRS and that I would want to punish IRS. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the codes of professional conduct that I was under because of my six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997) and my professional license (CPA-1981). I always agreed that I should not be assigned to audits that directly involved my IRS superiors who took the aforesaid adverse actions against me. My Democrat and GAO superiors succeed in keeping me off audits of IRS until 1986. But then they again succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS after 1988. They wasted what I had learned about IRS by working for it for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/democrats-republicans-congress-worried-gabbard-might-leak-information-rcna181316

NEW YORK TIMES
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/elections/trump-tariffs-deportations-polls.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/special-series/refugees-migrants-crisis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Naval Academy can consider race in admissions (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors always considered political affiliation, race, gender, age, and veteran status, that is, they always gave preference to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/06/naval-academy-race-conscious-admissions-affirmative-action/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Not Just Ken Griffin. Rich Chicago Residents Are Losing Their Shirts on Real Estate.  Wealthy homeowners in the Windy City are selling at a loss—and looking for someone to blame. (COMMENT: In 1978, when I was 29 years old, I had a $10,000 gain when I sold my Outer Drive East one bedroom condo.)
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/its-not-just-ken-griffin-rich-chicago-residents-are-losing-their-shirts-on-real-estate-71fc4fe0
— Americans’ Cars Keep Getting Older—and Creakier. Drivers are skimping to save a few bucks. That could mean bigger bills down the road and a rebound for parts and service companies. (COMMENT: My oldest car is 53 years old, a 1972 Corvette. My second oldest car is 29 years old, a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. My third oldest car is 19 years old, a 2005 Corvette. They continue to run just fine.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-used-cars-age-repairs-c3fe7dca
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This should be the best of times for the people who help keep America’s cars running.  There have never been as many on the road—around 290 million light vehicles—and they have never been so old. One reason for that is good news: They are better made. Getting the odometer past 100,000 miles has gone from being noteworthy to normal. Thirty years ago the average passenger car was about 8.4 years old and today that is 13.6 years. Less good: Pinched by inflation, higher interest rates and supply-chain woes, Americans just haven’t been buying as many new vehicles lately. The four-year rolling average of annualized sales is about 15.5 million, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. On the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic it was 17.7 million.)

FORBES
— Past H-1B Visa Policies Predict Donald Trump’s Immigration Policy (COMMENT: What do you say to employers that prefer employees who are not citizens of America?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/11/10/past-h-1b-visa-policies-predict-donald-trumps-immigration-policy/

JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
— Naperville man who put swastikas on campaign signs appears for trial. The defendant is charged with two counts of hate crime and one count of property damage for the 2022 vandalism.
https://www.jns.org/illinois-man-who-put-swastikas-on-campaign-signs-appears-for-trial/

TALKING POINTS MEMO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dems-sound-the-alarm-on-gop-talk-of-cuts-to-federal-safety-net-programs

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/election-results-show-trump-has-lost-popular-vote-majority.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— I’m a Biased Journalist and I’m Okay With That (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, you cannot be a reporter or a journalist if you are conservative and/or Republican, but you can be a reporter or a journalist if you claim to be unbiased. I should write about reporters and journalists who falsely claim to be unbiased. I would provide many examples.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/07/09/im-a-biased-journalist-and-im-okay-with-that/

POLITICO
— What the end of DEI means for women  (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2024/12/06/what-the-end-of-dei-means-for-women-00192991

STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW
— The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards. Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color. (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997) and my professional license (CPA-1981) against me the most.)
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_bias_of_professionalism_standards

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Yes, Trump Has a Mandate, Most Voters Believe  (COMMENT: What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/yes_trump_has_a_mandate_most_voters_believe

December 6, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Biden weighs preemptive pardons for Milley, Cheney, Fauci
https://abc7chicago.com/post/biden-weighs-preemptive-pardons-milley-cheney-fauci-source/15624193/
— Tiffany Henyard to attend Thornton Twp. meeting to hear objections for election nominations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-attend-thornton-township-meeting-hear-objections-election-nominations/15625065/

WGN9
— Chicago faces shortage of affordable housing (COMMENT: What helped you afford housing? For me, it included my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, and working for IRS staring in 1971.)
https://www.aol.com/chicago-faces-shortage-affordable-housing-033612869.html

WTTW
— Democrats say “Why There is a Movement in Some Downstate Counties to Split From Illinois.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/04/why-there-movement-some-downstate-counties-split-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal appeals court ruling allows Illinois gun ban to remain in place
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/illinois-gun-ban-ruling/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Police may search a vehicle based on the smell of raw cannabis, Illinois Supreme Court rules
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/police-may-search-a-vehicle-based-on-the-smell-of-raw-cannabis-illinois-supreme-court-rules/
— Lame-duck Biden administration should not intentionally sabotage the new Trump crew
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/editorial-biden-trump-unions-musk-ramaswamy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Notwithstanding anything that they say, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly destroy Trump and destroy those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/05/barack-obama-foundation-democracy-speech
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/05/sullivan-high-school-rogers-park-immigrants-donald-trump-mass-deportation-plan

DAILY HERALD
— Fire at Elgin homeless encampment spurs donation drives by local businesses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/fire-at-elgin-homeless-encampment-spurs-donation-drives-by-local-businesses/
— Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: The Milton Township Republican Organization Caucus Press Release is at https://miltongop.org/ .)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: ‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveries (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 hired me for the Christmas rush because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/busier-and-busier-how-the-usps-makes-billions-of-holiday-deliveries/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Deportations will restore faith in management of immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/commentary-deportation-restore-faith-immigration-19946540.php
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/point-counterpoint-mass-deportations-unfeasible-19946539.php

SHAW LOCAL
— Raw marijuana smell enough for search, Illinois Supreme Court rules in Whiteside County case
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/12/05/raw-marijuana-smell-enough-for-search-illinois-supreme-court-rules-in-whiteside-county-case/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Higher Education Under Siege: Battling for Social Mobility and Equality in America (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. My great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ) in 1902. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ) in 1926. My father never had a home built.)
https://chicagodefender.com/higher-education-under-siege-battling-for-social-mobility-and-equality-in-america/

WGLT
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.  Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-12-04/religious-groups-work-to-help-as-many-refugees-as-possible-before-trump-takes-office

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS funding may be on chopping block as Trump, Republicans eye spending cuts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/irs-funding-may-be-on-chopping-block-as-trump-republicans-eye-spending-cuts-tax-season-refunds-file-returns-billy-long-trump-administration-budget-inflation-reduction-act-funds

WSIL TV
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/jeff-bezos-says-he-will-try-to-talk-trump-out-of-idea-that-the-news/article_f2baaa1c-2b58-5af9-8a1d-c5615cf14118.html

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago is NOT broke: millions on the table if wealthy pay their fair share (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always charged me with not paying enough taxes. According to them, I could have afforded to pay more taxes and should have paid more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS 1971-1980, c) because I itemized my tax deductions, and d) because I got married and never had children.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/chicago-is-not-broke-millions-on-the-table-if-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron del Mar is stepping down as co-chair of the Illinois Republican Party after the New Year. It’s not a surprise. After last month’s election, del Mar, who also is the Palatine Township Republican committeeman, told Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi in a letter that he’d be stepping back in 2025 in order “to explore other opportunities.” Might he make a run for governor in 2026? He wouldn’t tell us.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-418/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-210/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do to help elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025?  In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver campaign literature and a marked copy of the sample ballot to its 400 residences that have at least one Republican or Independent voter. Of the precinct’s 1,091 registered voters, 361 are R, 272 are D, and 458 are NA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Leaders of the Milton Township Democrat Organization stress the qualifications of their township candidates. Since 2000, extremely few of the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization have stressed my qualifications. In fact, many if not most, if not virtually all of them have ignored, dismissed, belittled, if not badmouthed my qualifications. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.  I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. I have four other job-related professional certifications (fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN KASS
— The Biden Crime Family and Democrats Laugh at America
https://johnkassnews.com/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly: Chicago Could Be National Test Case for President-Elect Trump’s Deportation Plan
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1864052077087055914
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1861832482137465163

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Job Growth Since Beginning of Covid Way Behind Nation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/illinois-job-growth-since-beginning-of-covid-way-behind-nation/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House speaker welcomes DOGE leaders to Capitol Hill, declares it a ‘new day in America’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/house-speaker-welcomes-doge-leaders-capitol-hill-d/
— Musk-led DOGE sparks ‘new day in America’ energy on Capitol Hill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/elon-musk-led-doge-sparks-new-day-america-energy-c/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Parents demand the right to opt their children out of sexually charged materials
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3250840/parents-demand-right-opt-children-out-of-sexually-charged-materials/
— Chicago teachers want to teach Israel a lesson, not teach students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3248802/chicago-teachers-want-teach-israel-lesson/
— Trump’s first day back on the job should overwhelm the Left
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3249881/donald-trump-first-day-overwhelm-left/

NEW YORK POST
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/  According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/business/starbucks-targeted-by-pro-trump-anti-woke-investment-firm/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ICE Deports Illegal Alien for 7th Time (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/05/ice-deports-illegal-alien-for-7th-time/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats know they have to lie to the public about their policies to win elections
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/democrats_know_they_have_to_lie_to_the_public_about_their_policies_to_win_elections.html
— America’s Tipping Point
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/america_s_tipping_point.html

BLAZE
— Boston City Council votes unanimously to reaffirm sanctuary city policies and defy Trump mass deportation plan (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/boston-council-sanctuary-city-trump

BREITBART
— Democrats Tell Biden to Get as Many Migrants Possible into U.S. Before Leaving Office (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/democrats-tell-biden-to-get-as-many-migrants-possible-into-u-s-before-leaving-office/
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/06/adams-i-dont-want-to-deport-people-who-steal-an-apple-its-surrender-if-we-lock-up-toothpaste/
— Trump Administration May Deport Migrants Even if Home Countries Refuse Them (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/report-trump-administration-may-deport-migrants-even-if-home-countries-refuse-them/

CHRISTIAN POST
— DEI is exposed as dangerous and counterproductive
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/dei-is-exposed-as-dangerous-and-counterproductive.html

DAILY CITIZEN
— Abortion is the Taking of a Human Life
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/brit-hume-lets-be-honest-abortion-is-the-taking-of-a-human-life/

FOX BUSINESS
— Left ‘overplayed their hand with the wokeism’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365592606112

FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-program-this-program-rife-fraud
— Trump continues round of appointments with 3 new picks to top homeland security, immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-continues-fill-his-cabinet-naming-3-ambitious-nominees-top-homeland-security-immigration

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Boston City Council Votes Unanimously to Retain Sanctuary Status, ‘Braces’ for Trump’s Immigration Policies  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/boston-city-council-votes-unanimously-to-retain-sanctuary-status-braces-for-trumps-immigration-policies/

NEW AMERICAN
— Boston Vows Rebellion Against Trump’s Mass Deportation. Border Czar Homan: The Mayor Better Read Federal Law.  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/boston-vows-rebellion-against-trumps-mass-deportation-border-czar-homan-the-mayor-better-read-federal-law/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Miserable Cost of an Open Border  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/06/the_miserable_cost_of_an_open_border_152049.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted By Trump’s Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1864819577323991534

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— How will Trump handle immigrants carrying communicable diseases?  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5020252-immigration-medical-screening/

MSN
— To be woke is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/how-the-word-woke-became-a-weapon-of-the-global-right-wing/ss-AA15j9Nx
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-urges-pluralism-not-only-for-the-woke-but-also-for-the-waking/vi-AA1vmr9M
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites to get more votes from non-Whites.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/career/15-things-white-people-say-that-highlight-their-privilege/ss-BB1p0S55

NEW YORK TIMES
— Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump (COMMENT: How much did wealthy donors spend to help elect Harris?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html
— Biden Team Considers Blanket Pardons Before Trump’s Promised ‘Retribution’  White House officials believe President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selection of partisan warriors for top law enforcement jobs indicates that he will pursue revenge against his perceived enemies. (COMMENT: Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and subsequently sued them for the aforesaid include: a) disallowing my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) forcing me to resign in 1969, c) disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, d) disallowing my education deductions in 1978, e) forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, f) never promoting me beyond GS-13, g) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and h) forcing me to retire in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/biden-trump-pardons.html
— He Promised Huge Tax Refunds. Now Trump Wants Him to Lead the I.R.S.  Since leaving Congress in 2023, Billy Long has peddled a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned is a magnet for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/billy-long-trump-irs-tax-credit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris’s loss (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/05/centrist-progressive-democrats-election-recriminations-blame/

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— Mexico’s president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-s-president-will-ask-trump-to-deport-non-mexican-migrants-directly-to-their-home-countries/ar-AA1vlwFR

NEW YORK SUN
— So-Called ‘Sanctuary City’ Policies, All Too Often, Shield Criminal Migrants From Justice. More than 58,000 known criminal migrants have come to New York City alone, including 1,000 known members of South American gangs, like Tren de Aragua.  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/sanctuary-city-policies-all-too-often-shield-criminal-migrants-from-justice

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject the rule or law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/12/06/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants/76764820007/
— OUTRAGEOUS: AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who stands to lose?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/04/att-eliminate-traditional-landline-copper-phone-service-2029/76765766007/
— Living paycheck to paycheck is more common than you think (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I have lived on just one of our paychecks. First, in anticipation of our having children and then to save for our retirement.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/05/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-debt/76733415007/

TIMES HERALD
— Mass deportation is an appropriate response to mass illegal immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/lowry-mass-deportation-is-an-appropriate-response-to-mass-illegal-immigration-lowry-11-25-24/article_44d502d0-acc0-11ef-a3dc-43e0f095d6f0.html

PRESS READER
— Democratic officials blame loss on outside factors (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-bergen-record/20241205/281608131008089

9 NEWS
— Trump administration looking for countries to send deported migrants (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3uN1brE0U

POLITICO MAGAZINE
— Under Trump, America will again be the leader of the free world.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/06/trump-ends-american-century-00192236

SCIENCE DIRECT
— Do voters prefer educated candidates? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my three master’s degrees, my six professional certifications, and my professional license.)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379423000185

HARVARD CRIMSON
— To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/6/freshman-survey-race-admissions/

NASDAQ
— Here Are the Net Worth and Income That Put You in the Top 5% of American Households by Age
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/here-are-net-worth-and-income-put-you-top-5-american-households-age

MOTLEY FOOL
— Here’s the Average Upper-Class American’s Retirement Savings. How Do You Compare?
https://www.fool.com/money/buying-stocks/articles/heres-the-average-upper-class-americans-retirement-savings-how-do-you-compare/

NERD WALLET
— Average Net Worth by Age: How Do You Compare? The average net worth for U.S. families is about $1.06 million. The median — a more representative measure — is $192,700.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/average-net-worth-by-age

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/  According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://www.ft.com/content/f19c34b2-2eb0-40f4-a799-f5221413e9b2

WORLD NET DAILY
— Trump reportedly has plan when countries refuse to take back their illegal aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.wnd.com/2024/12/trump-reportedly-has-plan-when-countries-refuse-to-take-back-their-illegal-aliens/

December 5, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Massive fire tears through Elgin encampment for people experiencing homelessness
https://abc7chicago.com/post/metra-milwaukee-district-west-trains-affected-elgin-fire-north-state-street-residents-asked-avoid-area/15623068/
— Supporters cry foul after Tiffany Henyard denied place on Thornton Township supervisor ballot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-supporters-cry-foul-after-thornton-township-supervisor-denies-dolton-mayor-spot-democratic-party-ballot/15622553/
— Person of interest in custody in connection to Wheaton man’s Lincoln Park shooting death
https://abc7chicago.com/post/person-interest-custody-connection-deadly-chicago-shooting-alexander-nesteruk-wheaton-lincoln-park-cpd-says/15623197/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzer4xTyx8o

NBC5
— ‘Egregious coronation:’ Henyard attorney blasts Thornton Township caucus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/egregious-coronation-henyard-attorney-blasts-thornton-township-caucus/3615803/
— Illinois and Cook County’s $15/hour minimum wage set to increase in January 2025. (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School. In today’s dollars, that minimum wage was $12.41/hour. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-and-cook-countys-minimum-wage-set-to-increase-in-january-2025/3615438/

CBS2
— Fire rips through homeless encampment in Elgin, Illinois, snags Metra trains
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fire-homeless-encampment-elgin-illinois/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DSqn7e2QyaCg
— Tiffany Henyard off Thornton Township ballot after caucus
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/tiffany-henyard-off-thornton-township-ballot-after-caucus/
— Democrats ask “What factors define an assault weapon under the Illinois ban?”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/what-factors-define-an-assault-weapon-under-the-illinois-ban/

WGN9 & JOURNAL COURIER & WGN RADIO & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-19959295.php
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/

FOX32
— ‘He is a coward’: Henyard rips Harris as Thornton Township caucus dispute sparks legal battle
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-napoleon-harris-thornton-township-caucus-dispute-legal-battle
— Durbin, other lawmakers push for student loan forgiveness (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. Instead of studying, I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1557343

WTTW
— Democrats say “Why There is a Movement in Some Downstate Counties to Split From Illinois.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/04/why-there-movement-some-downstate-counties-split-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park police dispersed crowd at political caucus
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/afternoon-briefing-orland-park-police-dispersed-crowd-at-political-caucus/
— We must amend the Safe-T-Act and train judges on the importance of protecting the public from violent offenders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/opinion-amend-safe-t-act-illinois/
— Six-figure pensions are throttling Chicago’s ability to provide critical services (COMMENT: My $65,165/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is a) only 43% of what my $150,075/year GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less that what my $66,942/year IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars. If I was still working, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in CSRS pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into CSRS $286,262 in today’s dollar.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/opinion-chicago-budget-brandon-johnson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 140,000 state and local workers collect six-figure salaries or pensions. The median CPS teacher salary is $95,000, among the nation’s highest; the Chicago Teachers Union is seeking four years of 9% raises. This despite a Tribune Editorial Board investigation showing 40% of CTU teachers are “chronically absent.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/chicago-homeless-advocates-ask-city-to-rethink-closure-of-humboldt-park-tent-city/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Hall braces for Trump assault on its minority set-aside program. City Council members are concerned about an assault from the incoming Trump administration on Chicago’s coveted minority set-aside program, and are wondering what the city can do to insulate that program from attack. (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/12/04/chicago-city-council-trump-administration-assault-minority-set-aside-program
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Biden to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/04/joe-biden-selfishnes-donald-trump-hunter-pardon-one-term-policies-kamala-harris-s-e-cupp

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Maine Dem Caucus Picks Kim Jones To Run For Supervisor; GOP Taps 4 Candidates
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/maine-dem-caucus-picks-kim-jones-to-run-for-supervisor-gop-taps-4-candidates/

SOUTHERN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his cabinet picks.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/04/trumps-controversial-cabinet-picks-raise-questions-about-lower-ethical-standards/

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— There are Republicans in Thornton Township; they held the other caucus Tuesday night
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2024/12/04/there-are-republicans-in-thornton-township-they-held-the-other-caucus-tuesday-night/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. To promote reparations, AA, and/or DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older people, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/12/04/reparations-symposium-evanston-firstrepair/

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://northernstar.info/121314/opinion/giving-birth-must-be-a-choice/

WSIL TV
— One shelter says they are at full capacity ahead of cold weather
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/one-shelter-says-they-are-at-full-capacity-ahead-of-cold-weather/article_fdd0931a-b2a3-11ef-b029-bfa9890e4f92.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Peter Navarro served prison time related to Jan. 6. Now Trump is bringing him back as an adviser
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-hires-peter-navarro-as-white-house-adviser-as-he-continues-building-administration/

WHEATON PATCH
— 7 Candidates In Race For District 200 Board
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/7-candidates-in-race-for-district-200-board/ar-AA1vi4ko

DEMOCRATS OF MILTON
— The Milton Township Officers Selected for the April 1, 2025 Election
https://www.democratsofmilton.com/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-417/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-209/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— Caucus Press Release
https://miltongop.org/

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s grocery tax shuffle
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-grocery-tax-shuffle-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Board Finance Committee To Be Dominated by Those Who Have Voted for Higher Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/mchenry-county-board-finance-committee-to-be-dominated-by-those-who-have-voted-for-higher-taxes/
— Conservation District Upping Tax Levy by 19%, 44.5% Hike in Operating Fund Sought
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/conservation-district-upping-tax-levy-by-19-44-5-hike-in-operating-fund-sought/
— Marlowe Middle School Child Researches “How to Shoot Up a School” on School Computer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/03/marlowe-middle-school-child-researches-how-to-shoot-up-a-school-on-school-computer/
— Self-Storage Owners Address Crystal Lake City Council on Tonight’s Planned Tax Imposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/03/self-storage-owners-address-crystal-lake-city-council-on-tonights-planned-tax-imposition/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DOGE sets sights first on ‘low-hanging fruit’ of government waste, fraud and abuse (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, GAO was low hanging fruit. Republican legislators cut GAO’s budget first in relative terms and then in absolute terms big time.  My Democrat GAO superiors took that out against me, one of their few remaining Republican employees.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/4/doge-sets-sights-first-low-hanging-fruit-governmen/
— Some Democrat and RINO employers say that they are finally giving DEI the pink slip. Do not believe it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/4/corporations-finally-giving-dei-pink-slip/
— GOP accuses Biden’s citizenship director of ‘dereliction of duty’
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/dec/4/gop-accuses-joe-biden-citizenship-director-ur-jadd/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to run for office again
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3249577/tiffany-henyard-denied-place-ballot-run-office-again/
— Chicago antisemitic hate crime suspect was an illegal immigrant
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3247954/chicago-antisemitic-hate-crime-suspect-was-illegal-immigrant/
— Hispanic Democrats call for protecting illegal immigrants as part of ‘Trump-proofing’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3249574/hispanic-democrats-protecting-illegal-immigrants-trump-proofing/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump announces pick for IRS
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/trump-announces-picks-for-irs-sec-nasa-and-a-new-hostage-affairs-envoy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) was announced as Trump’s pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service. Long, a 69-year-old certified auctioneer, represented Missouri’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. He has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving office, assisting small businesses “navigate the complexities of complying with the IRS Rules and Regulations.” “Billy brings 32 years of experience running his own businesses in Real Estate and, as one of the premier Auctioneers in the Country,” Trump said of the incoming IRS commissioner. “Taxpayers and the wonderful employees of the IRS will love having Billy at the helm,” the president-elect added. “He is the consummate ‘people person,’ well respected on both sides of the aisle.”)
— Will Democrats learn the lesson of 2024 — identity politics are a loser?
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/opinion/will-democrats-learn-the-lesson-of-2024-identity-politics-are-a-loser/
— Democratic senator calls on Trump to support fertility care for troops after dubbing himself ‘father of IVF’ (COMMENT: If I had run against Duckworth, she would have stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF even though IVF was covered by our insurance.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/democratic-senator-calls-on-trump-to-support-fertility-care-for-troops-after-dubbing-himself-father-of-ivf/
— How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/aclu-lawyer-defends-trans-procedures-for-minors-despite-acknowledging-its-not-the-kids-who-are-consenting/
— Conservative watchdog compiles list of ‘woke ideologues’ in military for Pete Hegseth to purge
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/conservative-watchdog-compiles-list-of-woke-ideologues-in-military-for-pete-hegseth-to-purge/

AMAC
— End The Sanctuary-For-Migrants Madness
https://amac.us/newsline/society/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘This is DISGUSTING’: Biden gives $1B to Africa as NC residents sleep in tents
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/04/this-is-disgusting-biden-gives-1b-to-africa-as-nc-residents-sleep-in-tents-1507226/

BLAZE
— DOGE reveals staggering cost of Biden’s immigration crisis
https://www.theblaze.com/news/doge-reveals-staggering-cost-of-biden-s-immigration-crisis
— Trump’s DEA pick withdraws amid backlash for woke past (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-s-dea-pick-withdraws-amid-backlash-for-woke-past

BREITBART
— Biden’s Legacy Is Stagnant Wages for Americans Thanks to ‘Illegal Chain Migration on Steroids’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/04/tom-mcclintock-joe-bidens-legacy-is-stagnant-wages-for-americans-thanks-to-illegal-chain-migration-on-steroids/

DAILY CALLER
— Daily Caller Documentary Exposes Dangers Of Online Grooming And The Creeps Who Want To Trans Your Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/04/daily-caller-doc-groomed-scotus-case-child-sex-changes/

DAILY SIGNAL
— These 2 Laws Allow the President to Use Troops for Immigration Enforcement
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/yes-president-can-deploy-troops-enforce-immigration-law/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident rips migrant funding: ‘We’re not going to work to pay for illegals’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365522480112
— Trump’s election was blow to wokeism: Rejection of ‘hedonistic, power mad progressives’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365538719112

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Case for Mass Deportation
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/commentary/the-case-mass-deportation

HUMAN EVENTS
— Exclude hostile media from the White House briefing room (COMMENT: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections and who have along with their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers a) blamed me the most for their defeats and b) demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being “hostile media.” I would focus on those a) who I have done the most to help elect and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://humanevents.com/2024/12/03/rod-thomson-exclude-hostile-media-from-the-white-house-briefing-room

NEW AMERICAN
— 60K Illegal-alien Criminals Run Loose in New York City. Even Dems Fed Up
https://thenewamerican.com/features/60k-illegal-alien-criminals-run-loose-in-new-york-city-even-dems-fed-up/

NEWSMAX
— Duckworth to Trump: Expand IVF for Military (COMMENT: If I had run against Duckworth, she would have stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF even though IVF was covered by our insurance.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ivf-military-tammy-duckworth/2024/12/04/id/1190323/

PJ MEDIA
— DOGE: Feds Waste Billions on Illegals, Race Studies
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/04/doge-feds-waste-billions-on-illegals-race-studies-n4934826

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/04/white_students_wrongly_blame_affirmative_action_1076454.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke Cost Democrats the Election (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/04/what_if_woke_didnt_cost_dems_the_election_636794.html
— Five Tactics to End Corporate Wokeness
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/12/04/five_tactics_to_end_corporate_wokeness_1076525.html

TOWNHALL
— Homan Ups the Ante in Verbal War With Sanctuary City Mayors
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2648608

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Golden Age: NYC Mayor Adams Begins War on Criminal Illegals, Tells Media ‘Cancel Me’
https://www.westernjournal.com/golden-age-nyc-mayor-adams-begins-war-criminal-illegals-tells-media-cancel/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in sinking Hegseth.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5023165-hegseth-nomination-senate/

CNN
— Bezos says he will try to talk Trump out of idea that the news media is an ‘enemy’
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/media/jeff-bezos-donald-trump-media-enemy/index.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago’s Suburbs and the Blue Shift in Illinois. A once proudly Republican state, Illinois is now solidly blue as Chicago’s “collar counties” move to the left. (COMMENT: To move to the left is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. To move to the left is to promote more poverty and crime.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2024-09-05/chicagos-suburbs-turn-illinois-solidly-blue

CBS NEWS
— Romney warns of those who “tear at our unity” in Senate farewell speech (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton who have blamed me the most for Romney’s defeats and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitt-romney-senate-farewell-speech/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Most Americans think life was better 50 years ago. That’s ridiculous (COMMENT: When were your good old days? Mine include 1971-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) to GS-12 (currently $97,079/year). During that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette, a new town home, and a studio condo and I completed 12 graduate business courses at Loyola. Also 1976-1981 when I earned an MBA from Loyola, bought a one bedroom condo, got married and bought a home in Wheaton, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA. Also, 1986-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year). When were your bad old days? Mine include 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and 1978 when then they disallowed my education deductions and after 1974 when they refused to promote me to GS-13. They include 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $22,996/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They include 1980-1985 when they refused to assign me to audits of IRS, delayed my promotions, and refused to promote me to GS-13. They include 1989-1997 when they kept me off audits of IRS, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-20/americans-nostalgia-1970s-public-opinion

USA TODAY
— Homeowners have nearly 40x the wealth of renters. But what’s causing the wealth gap? (COMMENT: I have been a homeowner since I was 24 years old in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/02/renter-wealth-gap-homeowners-why/76701474007/

DESERET NEWS
— Democrats move to the left on social issues (COMMENT: To move to the left is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. To move to the left is to promote more poverty and crime.)
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/06/19/are-democrats-more-liberal/

FOX 17
— Southwest agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://fox17.com/amp/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pete Hegseth: I’ve Faced Fire Before. I Won’t Back Down. I look forward to an honest confirmation hearing, not a press show trial based on anonymous accusations.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ive-faced-fire-before-i-wont-back-down-writes-pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-19433fa4
— FRONT PAGE: Working-Class Blacks Make Gains While Whites Fall Back (COMMENT: Since 1962, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Blacks should have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/income-gap-white-black-working-class-13b8a286
— The Number of Americans Wanting to Switch Jobs Hits a 10-Year High (COMMENT: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. I should write about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-satisfaction-low-gallup-data-detachment-17bc183c

FORBES
— Critical race theory has taken over our schools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyKG-7OGXJCQ
— Mitch McConnell Celebrates Mitt Romney’s ‘Long And Honorable Career’ Ahead Of His Retirement (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton who have blamed me the most for Romney’s defeats and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D5KjsvMgrNAM
— Are You Ready For A Career Disruption? (COMMENT: What disrupted your career? My being viewed as being draft bait stopped me from getting a job that required a bachelor’s degree for 10 months after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer in 1971 that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because my Democrat IRS superiors concluded in 1974 that I would never become a Democrat, they did everything that they could after that to get rid of me. Because my Democrat GAO superiors concluded in 1988 that I would never become a Democrat, they did everything that they could after that to get rid of me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/06/22/are-you-ready-for-a-career-disruption/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/05/dei-is-experiencing-fabricated-chaos-what-to-do-about-it/

LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as protectors of those who have demographics that vote for Democrats from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://lamag.com/news/la-city-council-move-to-protect-immigrants-before-president-trump-takes-the-white-house

December 4, 2024

It would be great if all township political parties would issue press releases on their caucuses.

EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS
— Thornton Township Democrat Caucus Nominated Napoleon Harris’ Slate For Township Offices – Tiffany Henyard Shouted Down By Residents
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/12/thornton-township-democrat-caucus-nominated-napoleon-harris-slate-for-township-offices-tiffany-henyard-shouted-down-by-residents/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township supervisor
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-democratic-party-caucus-denies-dolton-mayor-place-ballot-stay-thornton-township-supervisor/15621781/

NBC5
— Tiffany Henyard loses nomination as Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/tiffany-henyard-loses-nomination-as-thornton-township-supervisor/3615125/
— Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Its employees who conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time were gotten rid of and replaced with employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-fbi-kash-patel-reshape-bureau/3614377/

CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-denied-ballot-thornton-township-illinois-supervisor/

WGN9
— “A raucous caucus” seeks to determine if Tiffany Henyard can seek re-election in Thornton Township
https://www.yahoo.com/news/raucous-caucus-seeks-determine-tiffany-232440595.html
— ‘They can’t beat me’: In rare caucus, Tiffany Henyard loses Thornton Township nomination
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/they-cant-beat-me-tiffany-henyard-loses-thornton-township-nomination-to-napoleon-harris/
— Chicago’s progressive mayor gets fiery in City Club visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGf-ol9kHlU

FOX32
— ‘You can’t do stuff like this’: Tiffany Henyard, her supporters claim they were cheated in caucus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-exclusive-fox-32-interview
https://www.aol.com/t-stuff-tiffany-henyard-her-235252100.html

LANSING JOURNAL
— Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/03/many-left-waiting-in-cold-for-democratic-caucus/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Sen. Napoleon Harris blocks Tiffany Henyard to claim Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/03/napoleon-harris-blocks-tiffany-henyard-to-claim-democratic-thornton-township/
— Jim Dodge’s challenge to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau heads to Cook County court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/jim-dodges-challenge-to-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau-heads-to-cook-county-court/
— Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, marginalized groups include those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/09/marginalized-groups-admit-fear-uncertainty-as-trump-secures-second-term/
— Paul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to public education in Chicago than Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders are a threat to everyone.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/opinion-public-education-chicago-risk-chicago-teachers-union/

DAILY HERALD
— 4 new McHenry County Board members sworn in as GOP majority grows
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241203/local-politics/4-new-mchenry-county-board-members-sworn-in-as-gop-majority-grows/

WBEZ
— Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/04/chicago-is-closing-its-biggest-tent-city-but-comes-up-short-on-promised-apartments

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate (COMMENT: If you were picked for a position, what would your critics/opponents throw against you? If I was picked for a position, my critics/opponents would stress the success that they had having their operatives and their dupes a) throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) end my GAO employment in 1997, l) etc.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/article_e4be4b32-f1c0-57db-a1f6-c41bf6740dd1.html

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/03/black-republicans-feel-left-out-of-trumps-second-term-picks/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/new-irs-funding-boosted-tax-enforcement-and-19955276.php

FOX NEWS
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary (COMMENT: Early on, hate-filled Trump-hating Republicans backed DeSantis for President. What do they have to say about this?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-for-defense-secretary-amid-allegations-florida-governor-secretary-of-defense-fox-friends-weekend-conservative-gop-primary

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles (COMMENT: I demonstrated my support for Israel in 1990 when I volunteered to be assigned to GAO’s only work group in Chicago that was headed by a Jewish person. Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5195102/trump-picks-staunch-israel-supporters-for-key-roles-worrying-arab-americans

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances (COMMENT: I had a security clearance when I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-03/trump-team-signs-an-agreement-with-the-doj-for-security-clearances

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-wsj/

WSIL TV
— Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of a ‘woke-free’ marketplace. Its stock is surging (COMMENT: Woke employers do not hire, retain, or promote conservatives like me. Woke employers get rid of their conservative employees like me. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/donald-trump-jr-is-set-to-join-the-board-of-a-woke-free-marketplace-its/article_5f2fc644-4567-5595-87e8-90a54957276c.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-416/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-208/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin Sworn In For Four More Years As DuPage County State’s Attorney
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-sworn-in-for-four-more-years-as-dupage-county-states-attorney

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— WBEZ Reports on “The Last Republican”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/wbez-reports-on-the-last-republican/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct lose elections, who blames who for that? Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered my Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I paint the candidates in my newsletters as being far more conservative than they are and that causes them to lose elections and b) that I include links to articles in my newsletters that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions do your critics/opponents take against you? Mine a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. If you were me, how would you respond to that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Rhetoric is easy. Facts are hard.
https://wirepoints.org/rhetoric-is-easy-facts-are-hard-wirepoints/
— CPS staffing grew 25% even as enrollment fell during COVID. No wonder it’s running deficits.
https://wirepoints.org/cps-staffing-grew-25-even-as-enrollment-fell-during-covid-no-wonder-its-running-deficits/
— You’re asking ordinary people to pay higher taxes so a local bureaucrat can enjoy a $9 million pension
https://wirepoints.org/youre-asking-ordinary-people-to-pay-higher-taxes-so-a-local-bureaucrat-can-enjoy-a-9-million-pension-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-bridgette-washington/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLIC PENSIONS TO BE WORTH $3.8M-$5.5M. THANKS, LOOPHOLES!
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-public-pensions-to-be-worth-3-8m-5-5m-thanks-loopholes/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/3/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-leader-calls-antitrump-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The FBI needs reform, not retribution (COMMENT: Republicans should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3247517/fbi-needs-reform-not-retribution/

NEW YORK POST
— With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/opinion/hey-eric-adams-kathy-hochul-dont-let-58k-criminal-migrants-use-new-york-as-a-sanctuary/
— Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/lifestyle/jaguars-pink-woke-electric-car-slammed-by-gen-z-what-on-earth-is-jaguar-thinking/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden unveils White House ‘clown show’ Christmas decor and the reviews are savage
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/03/jill-biden-unveils-white-house-clown-show-christmas-decor-and-the-reviews-are-savage-1506885/

BREITBART
— Homan Slams Chicago Democrat for ‘Threatening’ Violence Against ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/03/tom-homan-slams-chicago-democrat-threatening-violence-ice/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Blasts Joe Biden for Illegal Immigration, Vows to Work with Trump to Deport Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/eric-adams-blasts-joe-biden-illegal-immigration-vows-work-trump-deport-criminal-illegals/
— Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson ff He Tries to Block Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/watch-chicago-residents-tell-trump-to-arrest-mayor-brandon-johnson-ff-he-tries-to-block-deportations/
— Biden’s Mass Migration Legacy: Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/bidens-mass-migration-legacy-foreign-born-population-on-track-to-exceed-82-million-by-2040/

COLLEGE FIX
— Yale event explores role of ‘merit’ in higher education and hiring (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders put the following ahead of merit: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-event-explores-role-of-merit-in-higher-education-and-hiring/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— End the Sanctuary-for-Migrants Madness
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/12/24/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness

DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Harris Admin Opened Floodgates For Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes On Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/biden-harris-admin-taxpayer-funded-sex-changes-kids-cost/
— ‘Cutting Waste Is Not A Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support From Dem Lawmakers  (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/cutting-waste-not-partisan-idea-trump-doge-secures-support-dem-lawmakers/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shell-game-the-feds-said-anti-white-activists-dei-unit-was-disbanded-she-was-actually-promoted

FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Woke DEA Pick Arrested Christian Pastor, Released Criminals, Penalized Unvaccinated Employees
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/trumps-woke-dea-pick-arrested-christian-pastor-released-criminals-penalized-unvaccinated-employees/
— 9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/9th-circuit-local-authorities-in-washington-state-cant-block-feds-from-deporting-illegals/

FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE highlights how much illegal immigration costs US taxpayers. DOGE will be co-led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-highlights-how-much-illegal-immigration-costs-us-taxpayers
— Domino’s manager fired by franchisee for complaining owner hired illegal migrants
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dominos-manager-fired-franchisee-complaining-owner-hired-illegal-migrants-lawsuit-claims

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents explode at liberal mayor over city resources going to migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365481394112
— Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’  Musk says ‘scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-government-spending-illegal-immigrants-boggles-mind

JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove a Costly Option for Californians
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/03/newsoms-publicly-funded-war-chest-trump-proofing-california-could-prove-a-costly-option-for-californians/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-battle-to-end-wokeness-is-just-getting-started/

MRC TV
— Nearly HALF Of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent, Yet Union Demands Pay RAISE (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/p-gardner-goldsmith/nearly-half-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-yet-union-demands-pay

PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrah
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/12/04/sodom-and-gomorrica-vol-x-male-lactation-vs-transphobia-n4934820#google_vignette

POST MILLENNIAL
— US spent $151 BILLION on illegal immigration in 2023 alone
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-spent-151-billion-on-illegal-immigration-in-2023-alone-doge

TOWNHALL
— The Looming Resistance to Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/12/04/the-looming-resistance-to-donald-trumps-immigration-agenda-n2648570
— The Fall of DEI: How President Trump Ushers in a Merit-Based Future (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bob-rubin/2024/12/04/the-fall-of-dei-how-president-trump-ushers-in-a-merit-based-future-n2648601

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— A Democrats says “Patel picked to weaponize government against Trump enemies.”  Democrat and RINO leaders have weaponized government against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/

ABC NEWS
— Shares in ‘anti-woke’ online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board. President-elect Trump’s eldest son was appointed to the board of PublicSquare.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shares-anti-woke-online-marketplace-jump-after-donald/story?id=116424955

NBC NEWS
— The GOP’s post-election challenge: Turning Trump voters into full-fledged Republicans (COMMENT: I have always been a conservative, that is, a platform Republican, that is, a Republican. My Republican critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Republican-haters. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gop-post-election-challenge-trump-voters-politics-desk-rcna182707

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-political-problem-2024-election-0674765f082ba6116107e1e7cad4e536

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_6fybIx9s

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Constructively, Los Angeles is officially declaring war on America.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-council-to-finalize-and-adopt-sanctuary-city-ordinance/3573823/

NEWSWEEK
— As Hegseth Falters, Ron DeSantis May Get to Take ‘War on Woke’ to Military
https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-may-trumps-backup-plan-gop-senators-balk-pete-hegseth-1995231
— Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7 billion
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-150-billion-immigration-cost-1994609
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. According to all my Democrat employers, including GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, I was grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportation-court-ruling-favors-trump-wall-street-1995144
— Illegal Chinese Migrant Shipped Weapons to North Korea From US
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-shipping-weapons-north-korea-chinese-national-1994903

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/illinois-rep-john-davis-federal-forces-in-us-cities-are-an-intrusion

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will We Ever Hear the End of Slavery Reparations? (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following should pay reparations: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-we-ever-hear-the-end-of-slavery-reparations-racism-africa-5634f18a

BLOOMBERG
— DOD Must Face Worker’s Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination escalated big time when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/dod-must-face-workers-retaliation-claims-over-eeoc-complaints

FORBES
— Set Your Middle School Student On The Path To College Success (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2024/12/03/set-your-middle-school-student-on-the-path-to-college-success/

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/3/2289941/-Republicans-are-going-to-wind-up-regretting-Trump-s-deportation-scheme

LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/king-trump

BROOKINGS
— Less than half of adults from disadvantaged backgrounds attain decent wages by age 30 (COMMENT: When I was 30 years old in 1978, my IRS salary was $110,020/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had to work my way through college. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. 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.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-upward-mobility-diverging-pathways/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To identify adults who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescence, we assess whether they met any of the following criteria in their teens: Lived in a low-income family, Neither parent had a postsecondary degree, Mother was aged 19 years old or younger when her first child was born, Family received public assistance. Anyone who met at least one of the above criteria is included in the analysis.)