Tag: CPA

ABC7

— COMMENT: Democrats say committee formed by Mayor Lightfoot recommends Chicago Columbus statues not return. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-Italian American.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-christopher-columbus-statue-mayor-lori-lightfoot-monuments-grant-park/12142855/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats say Lightfoot rips into Bailey for calling Chicago a ‘hellhole.’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-rips-into-bailey-for-calling-chicago-a-hellhole

WBBM
— COMMENT: Democrats say that people in Chicago disagree that city is a ‘hellhole.’ So why then are so many moving out of Chicago?
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/people-in-chicago-disagree-city-is-a-hellhole

WGN RADIO
— Kass: Is it time to dismantle the FBI? – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-is-it-time-to-dismantle-the-fbi/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sex-Ed bill, ‘progressive’ school curriculum the focus of DuPage County Republicans ahead of midterm elections – Zareen Syed
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/630475366-pekau-on-violent-crime-we-know-what-s-happening-in-chicago-and-it-s-bleeding-all-over
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Representative and candidate for House District 45, Deanne Mazzochi, spoke in suburban Glen Ellyn on Wednesday morning about her pledge to rescind “sensitive” curriculum standards in public schools and give parents a voice at the decision-making table. “We pledge support for better curriculum transparency, promoting educational excellence and a classroom environment that is educationally suitable, safe, age-appropriate, and which does not force students to violate their right of conscience or disparage their parents and communities’ values,” Mazzochi said to a crowd of less than 20 gathered at the Lake Ellyn Boathouse. During her remarks, the Elmhurst Republican called out DuPage County democratic legislators for voting to pass Senate Bill 818, which makes Illinois the first state in the U.S. to adopt the new National Sex Education Standards (NSES). . .On Wednesday, Mazzochi was joined on stage by representative Amy Grant of District 42 and Republican House candidates E. Dale Litney and Paul Leong, who reiterated the need for full curriculum transparency and parental involvement in what children are being taught. . .Mazzochi touched on a couple of other issues during her 30-minute speech, including “left-wing political ideologies” that she said are one of the root causes of Illinois’ teacher shortage. “Teachers are no longer certified based on how effectively they teach their student’s curriculum content, but rather how well they adhere to a progressive agenda,” she said. . .When asked about Illinois’ current open-arms approach to young girls and women seeking an abortion, Mazzochi continued: “If they’re 10 years old, I have a real concern with that because, to me, what we should be looking at is if any 10-year-old girl is crossing state lines to come into Illinois for an abortion, a crime has probably been committed somewhere.”)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say Lightfoot slams Bailey’s campaign as a ‘dumpster fire.’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2022/8/19/23313074/darren-bailey-hellhole-chicago-lori-lightfoot-governor-twitter
— COMMENT: Democrats say all-hands-on-deck time for Bailey if he wants to get his message out, that a candidate needs money to put images and zingers in TV ads and to amplify them throughout the online world, and that Darren Bailey still has no money to do that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/8/19/23313633/darren-bailey-pritzker-illinois-governor-race-campaign-finance
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Columbus statues should not return to Grant Park and Little Italy, mayor’s monument commission recommends. It is not clear if the city will follow the recommendations of the Chicago monuments project advisory committee. In May, Mayor Lori Lightfoot hinted strongly at ignoring them. – David Struett (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats dump Italian Americans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/8/19/23313228/columbus-statue-monument-commission

DAILY HERALD
— As switch to cashless bail approaches, advocates on both sides are watching courts – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220819/as-switch-to-cashless-bail-approaches-advocates-on-both-sides-are-watching-courts

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Slippery pols always looking for a hot button to push – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-slippery-pols-always-looking-for-a-hot-button-to-push/article_3ef51c47-6f7a-577b-bfdb-a35450bea8a7.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— GOP Senate candidate Kathy Salvi at the Illinois State Fair
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-gop-senate-candidate-kathy-salvi-at-the-illinois-state-fair/video_56ffc25f-30ef-5f7a-8f0d-7ab5c764abb0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Most Americans consider border crisis an ‘invasion,’ according to new poll – KAYLA GASKINS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/most-americans-consider-border-crisis-an-invasion-according-to-new-poll-southern-border-agents-mexico-texas-gov-greg-abbott-president-joe-biden-illegal-crossings-sanctuary-cities-us-customs-and-border-protection
— ‘They should do their job, not engage in ridiculous perks’, Andrzejewski says of Congress
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/they-should-do-their-job-not-engage-in-ridiculous-perks-watchdog-says-of-congress-waste-of-the-week-calm-app-meditation-relaxation-sleep-january-6-attack-openthebooks-adam-andrzejewski
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that Walmart encourages is employees to have abortions. What about encouraging employees to avoid unwanted pregnancies?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/walmart-expanding-abortion-access-for-employees-nations-largest-employer-supreme-court-ruling-scraps-nationwide-right-to-procedure-travel-support-health-care-plans

WGLT
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters encourage Cheney to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/2022-08-20/the-3-prongs-of-liz-cheneys-campaign-against-trump-will-they-work
— COMMENT: Democrats say that Cheney vows to thwart a 2nd Trump presidency and ask how strong is Trump’s grip on the GOP?
https://www.wglt.org/2022-08-19/cheney-vows-to-thwart-a-2nd-trump-presidency-how-strong-is-trumps-grip-on-the-gop

CITY OF WHEATON
— City Council to Discuss Redistricting Proposals at Aug. 22 Planning Session (COMMENT: Currently, about half of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 is in Wheaton’s West District and about half is in Wheaton’s East District. Before my critics/opponents gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, all of it was in the West District.)
https://wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=790

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pekau on violent crime: ‘We know what’s happening in Chicago, and it’s bleeding all over’ – Andy Nghiem
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/630475366-pekau-on-violent-crime-we-know-what-s-happening-in-chicago-and-it-s-bleeding-all-over

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— COMMENT: Many in southeast Illinois are moving to Indiana.
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/630505972-bailey-people-in-southeast-illinois-are-all-too-familiar-with-people-leaving-for-indiana

METRO EAST SUN
— Bailey: Businesses are ‘relocating in red states where the taxes are lower, and the business environment is better’ – Bree Gonzales
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/630501474-bailey-businesses-are-relocating-in-red-states-where-the-taxes-are-lower-and-the-business-environment-is-better

WIREPOINTS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois unemployment rate now 3rd-highest in country – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-u-s-labor-data-illinois-unemployment-rate-now-3rd-highest-in-country-wirepoints-quickpoint/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— DeVore to ILGOP: ‘The last two and a half years have given this party an opportunity to do something extraordinary’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/630506228-devore-to-ilgop-the-last-two-and-a-half-years-have-given-this-party-an-opportunity-to-do-something-extraordinary

WIREPOINTS
— Sexual assaults, car thefts and shootings: A growing new reality for Chicago’s lakefront communities – Matt Rosenberg (COMMENT: I lived on the downtown lakefront a) weekdays in my Outer Drive East (ODE) studio condo 1974-1976 and full-time in my ODE one bedroom condo 1976-1978. I worked for IRS in its Loop office all that time. I walked to/from graduate evening business classes at Loyola 1974-1976 and to/from graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul 1976-1978.)
https://wirepoints.org/sexual-assaults-car-thefts-and-shootings-a-growing-new-reality-for-chicagos-lakefront-communities-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE TOM DEVORE TALKS CONSTITUTION, CRIME AND CORRUPTION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/08/gop-attorney-general-candidate-tom-devore-talks-constitution-crime-and-corruption.html
— DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED ILLINOIS RANKS 17TH FROM LAST IN GETTING BACK TO WORK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/08/democrat-controlled-illinois-ranks-17th-from-last-in-getting-back-to-work.html
— ILLINOIS POLICY: LAWMAKERS SHOULD LET ILLINOISANS VOTE ON TAX HIKES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/08/illinois-policy-lawmakers-should-let-illinoisans-vote-on-tax-hikes-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Campaign notebook
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/19/campaign-notebook-105/
— Republican Day coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/19/republican-day-coverage-roundup-2/
— Organizer of J6 bus trip recruited poll watchers for Bailey during Republican Day event at the Illinois State Fair (COMMENT: Democrats always stress what they use against Republicans.)
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/19/organizer-of-j6-bus-trip-recruited-poll-watchers-for-bailey-during-republican-day-event-at-the-illinois-state-fair/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s disgraceful withdrawal from Afghanistan. Weakness led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/19/bidens-disgraceful-withdrawal-afghanistan/
— Threats to weaponize the IRS will not deter the Family Research Council. The left’s attempts to silence religious organizations, with whom they disagree, will not stop. – Tony Perkins (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors’ disallowing my education deductions (graduate business courses at Loyola and graduate accounting courses at DePaul) in 1978 did not stop me from a) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) transferring to GAO in 1980, c) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) etc. My Democrat IRS superiors argued that the courses did not relate to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/18/threats-to-weaponize-the-irs-will-not-deter-the-fa/
— IRS free-file will be horrible – Timothy P. Carney (COMMENT: I deducted my education expenses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997. If the Democrats who ran IRS back then had free-file and if I had used it, they would not have allowed me to take those deductions. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would have allowed me to take those deductions.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/irs-free-file-will-either-be-horrible-be-run-by-turbotax-or-both

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ is corporate welfare in disguise. – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/inflation-reduction-act-is-corporate-welfare-in-disguise
— Majority of people believe US is being invaded and want Trump’s border policy back – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/majority-people-believe-us-being-invaded-and-want-trumps-border-policy-back

NEW YORK POST
— McConnell plays down GOP Senate chances, warns ‘candidate quality’ matters – Kat Frederick (COMMENT: Should Republican organizations have the power to stop candidates from running as Republicans? If yes, what should the criteria be? If I ran for an office as a Republican, my critics/opponents would pull out all the stops to get the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to stop me. They would shout that I am unelectable. They would stress all the adverse actions that MTRO, DCRCC, IRP, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, etc. took against me. They would stress my terrible demographics: conservative, White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married since 1978, childless, pet-less, patriotic, American-nameplate vehicle owner, not interested in sports, non-drinker, non-gambler, non-pot user, non-poor, gun owner since high school, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, federal employee for almost 30 years, and federal retiree for almost 25 years. They would stress that I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform including its individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. They would stress that I oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, replacement theory, wokeness/wokeism), and age discrimination. They would stress that they cannot manipulate or dominate me, that I refuse to glorify and praise them, that I refuse to pander to them, that I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, that refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and that I refuse to give them money. They would stress what MTRO did to stop Wheaton from selecting me to fill its West District City Council vacancy in 2019. They wanted Wheaton to fill that vacancy with a LGBTQer which is what Wheaton did.)
https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/mcconnell-plays-down-gop-senate-chances/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current crop of Republican Senate candidates includes former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker, who has come under fire for his history of domestic violence against his former wife and the recent revelation that he fathered three children whose existence had never been publicly disclosed. Meanwhile, celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz is having a rough time in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, trailing Lt. Gov. John Fetterman by nearly nine points in a RealClearPolitics average of polls despite Fetterman barely appearing in public as he recovers from a stroke. Their struggles have some pundits comparing 2022 to elections in 2010 and 2012, when Republicans missed opportunities to regain Senate control by nominating candidates like self-professed witchcraft enthusiast Christine O’Donnell in Delaware. Perhaps the most notorious GOP misfire was Todd Akin, whose 2012 run to unseat then-Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was doomed after he suggested that “legitimate rape” could not lead to a conception of a child.)
— NY progressives have spawned a bloody war on the streets — and innocents are paying the price – Adam B. Coleman
https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/ny-progressives-have-spawned-a-bloody-war-on-the-streets-and-innocents-are-paying-the-price/
— San Francisco, Cleveland and Portland’s downtowns most deserted in US. . .Detroit and Chicago’s downtown areas did not fare much better in terms of activity, with just 42% and 43%, respectively. . .Other progressive cities on the list, including Portland and Chicago, likewise have seen rising crime rates, according to the latest data from their respective police departments. – Snejana Farberov
https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/san-franciscos-downtown-most-deserted-in-us/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A Blueprint for a Post-MAGA Republican Party – Richard J. Shinder (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform remains the blueprint for the Republican Party’s future. The Republican Party platform is conservative. To make Republican candidates lose, anti-conservatives want the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks to be stricken from the platform. Anti-conservatives are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs.)
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/19/a-blueprint-for-a-post-maga-republican-party/
— McConnell Not Interested in Taking Back the Senate – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/19/morning-greatness-mcconnell-not-interested-in-taking-back-the-senate/
— Where are these 87,000 IRS Agents Going to Come From? The IRS will be a bottom feeder for the industry, if they get that far. – Blaine Pardoe (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, IRS did not offer me a Revenue Agent position or a Special Agent position. IRS only offered me a GS-7 (currently $49,738/year) Revenue Officer position which I accepted a) because I was unemployed because Firestone Stores had recently and rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, but Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, b) because I had no other job offers, c) because I was living with and helping support my mother and brother because my father had died suddenly in October of 1969, and d) because if I accepted IRS’s offer, I would start with almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority that I had earned working only part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. IRS did not offer me a Revenue Agent or Special Agent position because I did not have enough accounting hours. My 1970 bachelor’s degree from NIU was in management, not in accounting. I did not have enough accounting hours to take the CPA examination until 1979 when I took the examination and passed it on my first attempt, something only about 20% of those who take the examination can say. The 150+ accounting hours came from accounting courses that I had taken at NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1972-1979, and the Becker CPA Review 1978-1979. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting at NIU and at Loyola and taken the CPA examination much sooner.)
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/19/where-are-these-87000-irs-agents-going-to-come-from/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Having worked for 25 years for one of the big three accounting firms, I am more than aware of the challenges the industry has in hiring qualified accounting staff. At one point my firm had set up a program at the University of Virginia to take liberal arts graduates and turn them into accountants over the course of an intense 18 month program . . . such is the difficulty of having enough staff. All three of the big three struggle to secure accounting and financial services staff. It is a highly competitive industry because fewer college graduates are entering that field. While the pay is excellent, the hours are long and travel can be extensive, making for a burn and churn work environment over time. While the top tier schools are targeted by the big three, graduates from lower profile schools have little problem securing work. It is rare to see accountants in the ranks of the unemployed. Candidates need to actually have accounting skills to make good agents and auditors. I spoke with my accountant this weekend and he relayed a number of stories of auditors and agents he had dealt with in the past who didn’t have the overall competency. Trust me, you need to know the law and accounting to be successful. Putting someone with a Women’s Gender Studies degree in as an auditor isn’t going to work. The problem that the IRS is going to face is simple—where are you going to get good qualified people to be agents? Why would someone take an entry-level position working for the government when the corporate sector is hiring? The salary differences could be as large as tens of thousands of dollars; Many will simply look past the IRS as an employer of anything other than the last resort. The IRS will be a bottom feeder for the industry, if they get that far. The IRS could potentially try and take people with more generic non-business degrees and teach them accounting, but that has challenges. The best case scenario is 18 months of learning to get them enough background to possibly start work. During such a training program, you are paying salaries, benefits, etc., and you are getting zero productivity. Not everyone will pass such a program either—you will have drop outs and outright failures. With government oversight, it is destined to collapse in on itself. Consider that many younger job seekers tend to be transient in their jobs. They change jobs and career directions often. How can a government agency possibly compete with the rest of the industry? In short, they can’t and won’t. So our tax dollars will be spent to give these people skills that they will simply carry with them to other, better paying jobs elsewhere. People with business degrees may more easily convert their skills to accounting, but recruitment will be a challenge. Accounting is a specialized industry that combines law, principles, math, and more than a dollop of common sense. Even if you could shave a month or two out of the training program, it won’t be enough. You can’t throw bodies at the problem either. Outsourcing won’t work, because the companies you are outsourcing to are already going to struggle on their own with recruiting. Like most government programs, this portion of the Inflation Reduction Act is fraught with unintended consequences. If the IRS could somehow become competitive in the market, it will put a pinch on the accounting firms and their ability to handle workloads. If the IRS finds a way to train people to be good agents/auditors, long-term retention is going to be a hurdle that few government agencies are nimble or intelligent enough to counter. While people focus on the staggering size of potential new agents or the fact that they will be armed, the reality is that it may be impossible for them to ever fill all of these positions to begin with.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mitch McConnell is unwilling to help floundering MAGA candidates – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/mitch_mcconnell_is_unwilling_to_help_floundering_maga_candidates.html
— Has Wokism Scared Black Students Away from College? – Jack Cashill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/08/has_wokism_scared_black_students_away_from_college.html

BREITBART
— Nearly 5 Million Illegal Immigrants Crossed Border During Biden Administration – SPENCER LINDQUIST
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2022/08/20/nearly-5-million-illegal-immigrants-crossed-border-during-biden-administration/

CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis: Democrats’ plan to hire 87,000 IRS agents a ‘middle finger to the American public’ Florida to focus on four legislative changes to fight back against IRS,’ protect small business owners. – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my having worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/desantis-democrats-plan-to-hire-87-000-irs-agents-a-middle-finger-to-the-american/article_b018d7d4-1fdb-11ed-9134-c3e54e1fb4f3.html

DAILY CALLER
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Bill To Make ‘Gender Affirming Care’ On Minors A Felony – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/19/marjorie-taylor-greene-transgender-operations-minors-felony/
— ‘Taking Down A Landscape Business Owner’: GOP Rep Sounds The Alarm On Viral IRS Training Video – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: I should a book about the types of individuals and companies that my Democrat IRS supervisors assigned me to collect delinquent taxes from 1971-1980. I would focus on the many “dog” cases that they assigned me, that is, cases that other Revenue Officers had not been able to close.)
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/19/massie-irs-video-twitter/
— Rep. Troy Nehls Introduces Bills Pushing Back On Biden’s ‘Catastrophic Border Crisis’ – MICHAEL GINSBERG AND HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/19/troy-nehls-immigration-bills-biden-administration-border-crisis/
— ‘Civil War Is Here’: MSNBC Host Says There’s ‘No Dealing’ With Conservatives – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of Republican organizations officially call for conservatives to be officially dumped, that is, for platform Republicans to be officially dumped, that is, for the base of the Republican Party to be officially dumped, that is, for the Republican Party to be officially dissolved?)
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/19/cross-msnbc-civil-war/

DAILY WIRE
— Diversity Training At Vanguard Tells White Men To Accept ‘Uncomfortable’ Criticism, Floats Holding Them ‘Accountable’ – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/diversity-training-at-vanguard-tells-white-men-to-accept-uncomfortable-criticism-floats-holding-them-accountable
— Majority Of Americans Say ‘Invasion’ Happening At Southern Border – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-majority-of-americans-say-invasion-happening-at-southern-border

EPOCH TIMES
— 54 Percent of Americans Say Illegal Immigration Crisis an ‘Invasion’ – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/54-percent-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-crisis-an-invasion-poll_4676017.html

FEDERALIST
— The Transgender Movement Is Not Just Intolerant. It’s Barbaric And Violent, And It’s Coming For Your Children – JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/19/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-intolerant-its-barbaric-and-violent-and-its-coming-for-your-children/
— Hailey Bieber’s Case For Marrying Before Your Life Is ‘Figured Out’ – ELLE REYNOLDS (COMMENT: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. When I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost  7 years, I worked in IRS’s Loop office as a Collection Division Special Procedures Advisor, my salary was $97,053/year in today’s dollars, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I was taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, I owned a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago, I owned and was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972, I owned a 1972 Corvette that I bought new in 1971, my daily driver was a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir that I had bought in 1971, and my future wife and I had been the subjects of a nasty 4-page article in Money Magazine’s February 1978 issue.)

FOX NEWS
— What defines the GOP’s ideology? (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform defines GOP ideology.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics
— Clarence Thomas unjustly attacked since Dobbs decision with shocking, violent language. The violent language used against Clarence Thomas since the Dobbs decision would never be tolerated if the Justice were a progressive. – Mark Paoletta
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/clarence-thomas-unjustly-attacked-dobbs-decision-shocking-violent-language
— Your priorities don’t matter to the government or media. – Greg Gutfeld (COMMENT: The mainstream media’s top priority is electing and reelecting Democrats.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-your-priorities-dont-matter-government-media
— Parents, here is your back-to-school checklist to combat wokeism at your child’s school. Three key tools for parents to combat wokeism as children go back to school. – Ian Prior
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-back-to-school-checklist-combat-wokeism-childs-school

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Mandating Racism Week In Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/mandating-racism-week-in-education/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Mike Pence Gets Wrong about the FBI – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/what-mike-pence-gets-wrong-about-the-fbi/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Ignore Poll Showing 62% of Americans Think U.S. Is in Recession for Over a Week – Joseph Vazquez
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2022/08/19/nets-ignore-poll-showing-62-americans-think-us-recession

PJ MEDIA
— Muhammad, Not Khomeini, Was First to Institutionalize the Slaughtering of His Critics – RAYMOND IBRAHIM
https://pjmedia.com/columns/raymond-ibrahim/2022/08/19/muhammad-not-khomeini-was-first-to-institutionalize-the-slaughtering-of-his-critics-n1622457
— Smith & Wesson Fires Back ‘In the Face of 2nd Amendment Attacks’ – GWENDOLYN SIMS
https://pjmedia.com/columns/gwendolynsims/2022/08/19/smith-wesson-fires-back-in-the-face-of-2nd-amendment-attacks-n1622507

TOWNHALL
— Enough With the Soft Conservatives – Kurt Schlichter (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy religious people, conservatives. And/or Republicans. Of course, I would focus on those who have taken adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and/or in Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2022/08/19/destroy-all-progressivism-n2612001
— The Democrats Have Become the Death Party – Craig Shirley
https://townhall.com/columnists/craigshirley/2022/08/20/the-democrats-have-become-the-death-party-with-apologies-to-cs-lewis-n2612018
— Democrats Hate Minorities They Can’t Control – Lavern Spicer (COMMENT: Who controls you? Who has controlled you? No one controls me. No one has controlled me.)
https://townhall.com/campaign-voices/lavernspicer/2022/08/20/democrats-hate-minorities-they-cant-control-n2612002

CNN
— America’s small businesses are running out of workers – Martha C. White (COMMENT: The big employers that I worked for were GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), Thrall Car (1966), and S.S. Kresge 1964-1966.)
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/19/economy/worker-shortage-small-business/index.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say that Mitch McConnell is right, that Senate Republicans have a candidate problem. Should Republican organizations have the power to stop candidates from running as Republicans? If yes, what should the criteria be? If I ran for an office as a Republican, my critics/opponents would pull out all the stops to get the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to stop me. They would shout that I am unelectable. They would stress all the adverse actions that MTRO, DCRCC, IRP, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, etc. took against me. They would stress my terrible demographics: conservative, White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married since 1978, childless, pet-less, patriotic, American-nameplate vehicle owner, not interested in sports, non-drinker, non-gambler, non-pot user, non-poor, gun owner since high school, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, federal employee for almost 30 years, and federal retiree for almost 25 years. They would stress that I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform including its individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. They would stress that I oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, replacement theory, wokeness/wokeism), and age discrimination. They would stress that they cannot manipulate or dominate me, that I refuse to glorify and praise them, that I refuse to pander to them, that I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, that refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and that I refuse to give them money. They would stress what MTRO did to stop Wheaton from selecting me to fill its West District City Council vacancy in 2019. They wanted Wheaton to fill that vacancy with a LGBTQer which is what Wheaton did.)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/politics/senate-midterm-election-mitch-mcconnell-facebook/index.html

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that donations are pouring in to abortion rights groups after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women and at the men who impregnate them that free, immediate, convenient, no-questions-asked abortions must be their top priority. What about avoiding unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/20/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-fundraising-abortion/7726282001/

COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
— Gov. Mike Parson signed HB 1878 into law Wednesday, putting a photo identification requirement into place for the Nov. 8 general election. – EMMET JAMIESON (COMMENT: A 2018 Yale study estimated that there are as many as 22 million illegal aliens in America. How many millions are illegally registered to vote in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct?)
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elections/governor-signs-photo-id-requirement-into-law/article_87ef7bf4-f7eb-11ec-99b1-efb3bf2e876c.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Is This the Moment for a Third Party? – Steve Chapman (COMMENT: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs are anti-conservative. They would love to see conservatives leave the Republican Party and form a new party, a conservative party.)
https://www.creators.com/read/steve-chapman/08/22/is-this-the-moment-for-a-third-party

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that Walmart encourages is employees to have abortions. What about encouraging employees to avoid unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-to-cover-medically-necessary-abortions-for-workers-11660931412
— It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child. A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on average, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, Brookings analysis finds. Rina Torchinsky (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for the last 40+ years because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-now-costs-300-000-to-raise-a-child-11660864334
— What $80 Billion More for the IRS Means for Your Taxes – Laura Saunders (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my having worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-80-billion-more-for-the-irs-means-for-your-taxes-11660901409
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, replacement theory, wokeness/wokeism), and age discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-training-firms-applaud-blocking-of-floridas-stop-woke-act-11660947400
— COMMENT: Anti-conservatives say that Viktor Orban is an improbable hero for the American right and that Hungary’s leader has won an enthusiastic following among conservatives for his opposition to immigration and LGBT rights and his pugnacious defiance of liberal critics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/viktor-orban-an-improbable-hero-for-the-american-right-11660844872
— This Is Your IRS at Work. Official audits show a record of incompetence. Democrats are still giving the tax agency an $80 billion raise. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-your-irs-at-work-tigta-report-treasury-inspector-general-for-tax-administration-audit-inflation-reduction-act-11660943317
— Woke Activism Is Flooding American Classrooms. Education Schools Have Long Been Mediocre. Now They’re Woke Too. University of Wisconsin campuses openly embrace a Marxist program called ‘critical pedagogy.’ – Daniel Buck
https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-schools-have-long-been-mediocre-now-theyre-woke-too-teachers-college-ideological-manipulation-propaganda-11660925293

INDEED
— 4 Simple Ways to Maintain Motivation for Career Success (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn my demographics. Because of that, if I was in my 20s, 30s, or 40s today, I question if could find the motivation a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree like I did when I was 21 in 1970, b) to earn job-related master’s degrees like I did when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) to earn job-related professional certifications like I did when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) to earn a job-related professional license like I did when I was 32.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-maintain-motivation

AXIOS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: San Francisco estimates up to 20,000 people will experience homelessness this year – Megan Rose Dickey (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, homeless people will ever-increasingly be roaming your county, roaming your county district, roaming your township, roaming your municipality, roaming your municipal district, roaming your precinct, roaming your neighborhood, and roaming your block. Expect that ever-increasingly, they will be illegal aliens.)
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2022/08/19/homelessness-20000-san-francisco