Tag: discrimination

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats promote Walz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/07/editorial-kamala-harris-tim-walz-vice-president-campaign/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-choice-of-tim-walz-leaves-gov-j-b-pritzker-pondering-his-political-future/
— FRONT PAGE: Protesters in Daley Plaza rally decry reelection of Venezuelan president, claim voter fraud. – NELL SALZMAN (COMMENT: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who claim voter fraud.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/increased-scrutiny-on-electoral-practices-in-venezuela-brings-crowds-to-chicago-loop/
— The nightmare is over: Chicago White Sox snap historic 21-game losing streak with 5-1 win against Oakland A’s. – LaMond Pope (COMMENT: What was your career’s longest losing streak? Mine was 1974-1986. I made GS-12 (currently $97,079) when I was 25 in 1974, but I did not make GS-13 (currently $115,439) until I was 38 in 1986. During that time, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I never made GS-14 (currently $136,414) even though I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me during that time were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/07/chicago-white-sox-snap-losing-streak-2/
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/06/migrant-day-laborers-sue-home-depot-cpd-and-city-of-chicago-alleging-abuse-and-harassment/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/08/06/migrant-day-laborers-chicago-police-department-lawsuit

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson under pressure as budget gap could reach nearly $1 billion. – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-facing-big-chicago-2025-budget-gap
— Mariano’s, Jewel parents pressured by investor group over abortion pills. – Jeff Green and Saijel Kishan
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/marianos-jewel-parents-pressured-over-abortion-pills

ABC7
— Chicago-area police departments celebrate National Night Out 2024 (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-night-2024-community-events-happening-suburbs-chicago-area/15150315/
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/day-laborers-abused-off-duty-chicago-police-officers-working-home-depot-security-guards-brighton-park-lawsuit/15151130/

CBS2
— National Night Out brings Chicago communities together against violence (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/police-communities-come-together-chicago-national-night-out/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wXop_eIwU
— Multiple stores held up at gunpoint on Chicago’s Northwest Side (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-men-robbed-stores-gunpoint-chicago-northwest-side/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybkgmXopS8I

WGN9
— Chicago no longer expecting huge influx of migrants ahead of Democratic convention. – BJ Lutz (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that there are illegals in Chicago only because Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused them there. So far, how many illegals have Chicago bused to your county, to your township, to your municipality, and to your school district?)
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/chicago-migrant-arrivals-dnc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As of Monday, Chicago has welcomed 45,881 migrants aboard nearly 950 buses to the city since August 2022. There were 5,567 people in 17 active shelters run by the city and state on Monday, according to a statement from the city.)

FOX32
— OUTSTANDING: Billionaire Ken Griffin fighting legal marijuana in Florida.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1496334
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-chicago-home-depot-mistreatment-migrants
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1497062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6-m3snf7M
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-lawsuit-claims-migrants-chicago-213716280.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump campaign: Harris VP pick Tim Walz is a ‘radical liberal’
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/former-president-donald-trump-campaign-tries-to-paint-vice-president-kamala-harris-vp-pick-tim-walz-as-radical-liberal-jd-vance-2024-election-politics-debates
— Former GOP governor Bobby Jindal warns of ‘radical liberal’ Harris ticket. – GARY COLLINS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/former-gop-governor-warns-of-radical-liberal-harris-ticket-former-louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-is-taking-aim-at-vice-president-kamala-harris-accusing-her-of-being-a-potential-trojan-horse-candidate-tim-walz-minnesota-progressives

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump campaign slams Harris VP pick Walz: ‘West Coast wannabe’ – Lauren Irwin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-campaign-slams-harris-vp-pick-walz-west-coast-wannabe/
— Walz goes on attack against Trump-Vance: ‘Weird as hell’ (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents call you? Officially, my critics/opponents call me “too conservative.” But unofficially, they call me a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/walz-goes-on-attack-against-trump-vance-weird-as-hell/

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortions. What percent of the aborted babies are White and/or male?
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/monthly-abortions-continue-to-trend-up-in-the-us-in-2024-new-report-shows/article_9a15b43f-f062-5d2c-9333-4dbf77fafc0f.html

BLOCK CLUB OF CHICAGO
— How much pressure are Democrat and RINO leaders putting on employers in your county, township, and municipality to hire illegals?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/06/they-grabbed-me-like-i-was-a-doll-day-laborers-say-they-are-being-beaten-harassed-and-targeted-outside-home-depot-by-off-duty-chicago-police-working-security/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican rift: The Illinois Freedom Caucus issued a statement criticizing four Republican leaders who are endorsing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. “Hating Donald Trump is one thing. We don’t agree with their assessment of the former president, but they’re entitled to their opinion. We do, however, question their judgment in publicly endorsing a far-left candidate like Kamala Harris,” they said in a statement about former Gov. Jim Edgar, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and former Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Joe Walsh. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/07/the-illinois-take-on-tim-walz-00173016

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-342/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-135/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Harris VP pick: “Another Radical Leftist”
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi responded this morning to the news that Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. See below for her statement: “Vice President Harris’s pick reflects the agenda she intends to bring to this nation: another radical leftist from a deep blue state who will continue the disastrous Bidenomics policies crippling the nation’s economy as we speak. At least Americans can breathe easy knowing that Illinois’s own out-of-touch leftist billionaire governor JB Pritzker won’t be a heartbeat away from the Presidency anytime soon. With leftists like these headlining the Democrat ticket, President Trump’s message of secure borders, safe streets, and prosperous communities will win in November.”)

WIREPOINTS
— To all those who say leave Illinois… your new home will be hit with the same bad policies unless it’s stopped here
https://wirepoints.org/to-all-those-who-say-leave-illinois-your-new-home-will-be-hit-with-the-same-bad-policies-unless-its-stopped-here-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Amy Grant praises House Republican Leader Tony McCombie’s leadership
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/662361307-rep-amy-grant-praises-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie-s-leadership

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois announces $9 million investment in new licensure process (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. That made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious because it further frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. Previously, they were frustrated by my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976. Subsequently, they were frustrated by my becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 and my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/662418963-illinois-announces-9-million-investment-in-new-digital-licensure-process

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Johnson labels Harris, Walz ‘radical’ – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/6/mike-johnson-labels-kamala-harris-tim-walz-radical/
— Trump team blasts Walz after VP announcement – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/6/donald-trump-team-blasts-tim-walz-after-vp-announc/
— Trump says Minnesota Gov. Walz is out of step with the country. Calls Harris’ running mate ‘shocking,’ thought Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be selected. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/7/donald-trump-says-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-is-out-of/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Harris’s vice presidential pitch goes wide left – Salena Zito
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3112776/harris-vice-presidential-pitch-goes-wide-left/
— Kamala Harris donated last year to defund police group backing DC ‘sanctuary city’ law. – Gabe Kaminsky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3111874/kamala-harris-defund-police-group-dc-sanctuary-city-law/

NEW YORK POST
— Tim Walz is a far-left progressive whom Harris, and the media, will lie to make a ‘moderate’ – Dan McLaughlin
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/opinion/tim-walz-is-a-far-left-progressive-whom-harris-and-the-media-will-lie-to-make-a-moderate/
— Biden-Harris’ illegal, fraud-filled effort to import hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians. – Andrew Arthur
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/opinion/biden-harris-fraud-filled-effort-to-import-hundreds-of-thousands-of-venezuelans-cubans-and-haitians/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Dems Outspending GOP Nearly 2x on Presidential Race. – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/07/morning-greatness-dems-outspending-gop-nearly-2x-on-presidential-race/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois legislative staffers want to unionize, Democrat bosses keep fighting back. – Jack Hellner (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors were vehemently anti-union. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. I had been a union member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I had been a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/illinois_legislative_staffers_want_to_unionize_democrat_bosses_keep_fighting_back.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Growing list of Tim Walz’s radical political moves is almost too shocking to believe. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/06/growing-list-of-tim-walzs-radical-political-moves-is-almost-too-shocking-to-believe-1477956/

BREITBART
— Gov. Tim Walz on Illegals: ‘This Country Owes Them a Debt of Gratitude’ – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/06/gov-tim-walz-on-illegals-this-country-owes-them-a-debt-of-gratitude/

CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis: Walz reflects ‘spirit of 2020 BLM riots’ – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_0b426232-5447-11ef-afee-0f330ecf60ea.html

CHARLIE KIRK
— Decades Of Data Prove Trump Right: Mass Illegal Migration Hurts ‘Black Jobs’
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/decades-of-data-prove-trump-right-mass-illegal-migration-hurts-black-jobs

DAILY CALLER
— Supporting Sanctuary Cities And Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegal Migrants: Tim Walz’s Record On Immigration. – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/06/tim-walz-supports-illegal-immigration-policies/
— Tim Walz’s First Executive Action As Governor Was Establishing ‘Diversity, Inclusion, And Equity’ Council. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/06/tim-walzs-first-executive-action-governor-stablishing-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-council/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Kamala Harris’ VP Pick Signed Bill Allowing Illegal Aliens to Get Driver’s Licenses in Minnesota. – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-vp-pick-signed-bill-allowing-illegal-aliens-receive-drivers-licenses-minnesota/

DAILY WIRE
— Tim Walz Created DEI Council That Said America Was Systemically Racist – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: All my Democrat coworkers who were minority and who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-created-dei-council-that-said-america-was-systemically-racist
— Tim Walz Pushed For Minnesota To Become Sanctuary State, Gave Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses. Kamala Harris’ running mate has a history of supporting far-left policies on illegal immigration. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-pushed-for-minnesota-to-become-sanctuary-state-gave-illegal-immigrants-drivers-licenses
— People Have Finally Had Enough Of The Illegal Immigration Takeover. – Matt Walsh (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders continue to flood America with their illegals.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-have-finally-had-enough-of-the-illegal-immigration-takeover
— Comer Announces Probe into Whether Harris Did ‘Anything’ To Address Border Crisis. – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-announces-probe-into-whether-harris-did-anything-to-address-border-crisis

FEDERALIST
— Harris’ Running Mate Said He Wanted To Invest In Ladders To Help Illegals Climb The Border Wall. – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/06/harris-running-mate-said-he-wanted-to-invest-in-ladders-to-help-illegals-climb-the-border-wall/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICANIMMIGRATION REFORM
— Countdown to Amnesty: Days until Parole-in-Place Application Period Opens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/countdown-amnesty-days-until-parole-place-application-period-opens

FOX NEWS
— Walz backed ‘sanctuary’ policies, services for illegal immigrants as governor: ‘Win for open borders’  Walz signed a law that grants driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in 2023. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-walz-hit-over-illegal-immigration-record-after-harris-pick-win-open-borders

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Who Can You Count On? – Tim Hetzner (COMMENT: Who has dumped you? I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2024/08/07/who-can-you-count-on/

MRC TV
— Cacklin’ Kamala: VP Bizarrely Laughs Uncontrollably While Saying ‘Everybody Needs to be Woke’ – Nick Kangadis (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are woke, that is, they all promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they all promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, 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.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/cacklin-kamala-vp-bizarrely-laughs-uncontrollably-while-saying-everybody-needs

NATIONAL REVIEW
— With Walz Pick, Kamala Harris Leans In — to the Left – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/with-walz-pick-kamala-harris-leans-in-to-the-left/

NEWSMAX
— Speaker Johnson: Harris-Walz ‘Most Radical Left-Wing Ticket’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/us/liberal-left-tim-walz/2024/08/06/id/1175443/

NUMBERS USA
— VP pick Tim Walz earned a career “D” immigration grade. – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/vp-pick-tim-walz-earned-a-career-d-immigration-grade/

POST MILLENNIAL
— House Oversight investigates Kamala’s actions as ‘border czar’ – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-house-oversight-investigates-kamalas-actions-as-border-czar#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Picking Tim Walz was Kamala Harris’s first campaign mistake. – Matt K. Lewis
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4814096-picking-tim-walz-was-harriss-first-campaign-mistake/
— Biden is an older White male. Now that Biden is out, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump because Trump is an older White male. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump because he is an older White male.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4813972-gen-z-civic-engagement-2024-election/

YAHOO
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in making America dependent on illegals.
https://www.aol.com/economic-risk-trumps-deportation-plan-132137860.html

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ask “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $65,165. In today’s dollars, a) that is less that what my salary was ($66,942) when I was 23 years old in 1973 and b) that is $84,910 less than what my salary was ($150,975) when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is because 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 learned earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. They wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/are-better-four-years-ago-s-can-murky-picture-many-rcna156611

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in making young people hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/06/anti-trump-conservative-candidate-election/74674335007/

NEBRASKA EXAMINER
— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has rural Nebraska roots. Dems say VP pick by Harris campaign could help connect campaign with rural voters. – Aaron Sanderford (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have no rural roots. My mother was born and raised on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. I spent many days there during the 1950s and early 1960s and many family gatherings there since then.)
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/08/06/minnesota-gov-tim-walz-has-rural-nebraska-roots/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What the Choice of Tim Walz Says About Kamala Harris. In her first presidential-level decision, the Vice President bends to progressive pressure. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president-2024-election-donald-trump-minnesota-josh-shapiro-02c3b85b
— J.D. Vance Is ‘Weird’? Have You Seen the Other Guys?  To find something more bizarre than the woke left, you’d have to delve into the works of Lewis Carroll. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/j-d-vance-is-weird-have-you-seen-the-other-guys-election-woke-left-f25a0547
— It’s Getting Harder for Companies to Keep Politics Out of the Workplace. Employers teach de-escalation techniques as divisive political discussions become almost impossible to avoid. – Chip Cutter and Lauren Weber (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, and especially while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates often asked me questions and then used my answers against me. Must commonly, they asked me questions to confirm that I opposed race and gender based preference giving and that I opposed the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/its-getting-harder-for-companies-to-keep-politics-out-of-the-workplace-5e34a14e

NEWS NATION
— JD Vance’s story an example of meritocracy. – Mike Huckabee (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.  In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I had to work my way through college, and neither me nor my parents, nor any of my ancestors were ever in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vances-story-meritocracy-mike-huckabee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, pushed back on this, saying he doesn’t think Vance “pretends anything,” citing his military and academic record. “When you work your way through Ohio State, summa cum laude, then go to Yale Law, work your way through that, how do you pretend that?” Huckabee asked on “NewsNation Now.” “You either do it or you don’t.” Huckabee noted that Vance grew up in poverty and wrote about his struggles in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” To Huckabee, “that’s meritocracy.” “I think a lot of Americans appreciate people who weren’t handed anything but hard luck and made something remarkable out of it,” he said.)

HARVARD LAW REVIEW
— Eventually, everyone’s motivations come out in the wash. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes are involved in politics and/or government to get more preference for themselves, for their wives, for their children, and/or for those who share their demographics. They all blame those who are following for their problems: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, childless, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-131/facts-values-justification-democracy/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts. Democrats say an appropriations bill with 10% spending cuts to covered agencies would leave no choice but to implement staff reductions to make ends meet. – Drew Friedman (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2024/06/democrats-warn-layoffs-ahead-as-house-gop-proposes-agency-spending-cuts/

POLITICO
— To promote DEI is to promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2024/08/06/dei-fight-reignites-00172812

POLITICO 7 & HR DRIVE
— Democrat and RINO employers and ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees. RINO organizations ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of their Republican leaders and members. Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, RINO organizations in Illinois a) will officially require their leaders to be moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) will officially get rid of their members like me who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game/2024/08/06/dei-fight-reignites-00172812
https://www.hrdive.com/news/6-types-of-workplace-resistance-to-dei/723348/

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Pipeline Report (COMMENT: Who do you know who has passed the CPA examination? I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take that examination pass it on their first attempt. Who do you know who has become a licensed CPA? I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Who do you know that passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination? I passed it on my first attempt in 1981. Only about 20% of those who take that examination pass it on their first attempt.)
https://www.icpas.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/information/professional-issues/re-decoding-the-decline—an-updated-cpa-pipeline-report.pdf