January 31, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Taxpayers foot bill for relocating migrants who want to leave Chicago – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-paying-for-migrant-crisis-texas/14373445/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s the secret side of Chicago’s migrant crisis. Some migrants who arrive here don’t want to stay. Some asylum-seekers coming to Chicago from the border, at a sizable cost to government agencies, are then going somewhere else. The ABC7 I-Team asked Illinois state officials for information on how many migrants are coming and going. An ABC7 data investigation reveals this double migration, the coming and going, is running up the tab for a crisis that already caught Illinois by surprise, and continues to stretch government resources and finances. . .The I-Team filed an open records request to find out how many migrants are leaving Illinois, what that costs and who’s paying? According to the Illinois Department of Human Services, migrant travel costs in the Chicago area, including people leaving by bus, plane and train, total more than $775,000. And when additional travel related expenses such as rideshares are factored in, it’s almost $850,000 of taxpayer money that has been spent on migrants moving out of Chicago. State officials say 4,327 migrants have now come and gone. That is more than 10% of the migrants sent to Chicago over the last year and a half. . .Catholic Charities has provided some of the logistical help in relocating migrants from Illinois. A spokesperson for Gov. JB Pritzker tells the I-Team that before leaving here, Illinois authorities make sure there is a friend or family member on the other end to receive the asylum-seekers, wherever they’re going. Records show many of the migrants leaving Illinois are going to New York, Florida and Georgia. And some are going back to Texas.)
— Trump 2024: IL election board decides former president will stay on primary ballot – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-news-chicago-2024/14372138/
— City council committee examines conditions at shelters for Chicago migrants. Meeting comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson extends eviction deadline. -Jessica D’Onofrio and Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-mayor-migrant-crisis/14371741/
— CPS high school students walk out of class to demand Gaza cease-fire – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-public-schools-cps-walkout-ceasefire-gaza-war/14373001/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-venezuelan-migrant-oak-park-st-edmund-parish/14373531/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZBYHC-0NQ

NBC5
— Mayor Johnson signs $79 million spending increase for Favorite Healthcare Staffing for migrant shelters – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-signs-79-million-spending-increase-for-favorite-healthcare-staffing-for-migrant-shelters/3342303/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago man says dashboard of his Tesla caught fire out of the blue – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-man-dashboard-tesla-fire/

WGN9
— 3 Chicago men charged with selling fraudulent IDs to migrants – Alonzo Small
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/3-chicago-men-charged-with-selling-fraudulent-ids-to-migrants/
— City council committee hearing focuses on living conditions at Chicago migrant shelters
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/mayors-office-handling-of-migrant-shelter-conditions-probed-by-chicago-committee/
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/city-council-committee-hearing-focuses-on-living-conditions-at-chicago-migrant-shelters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_CeUNK83do
— Political parties exist to defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders reject the aforesaid.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-some-republican-leaders-are-pushing-back-against-the-conservative-freedom-caucus-in-statehouses/

FOX32
— Chicago officials lay out next steps for migrants. In the last year-and-a-half, more than 35,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago from the southern border. On Tuesday morning, the heads of various city departments involved in the migrant mission met at City Hall to streamline the next steps.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1403633
— Chicago students stage walkout in support of Palestine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZgQaf8fyY
— Chicago committee discusses migrant resettlement, shelter oversight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp-rUM-C0uM

WTTW
— CPS Students Hold Walkouts in Support of Gaza Cease-Fire – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/30/cps-students-hold-walkouts-support-gaza-cease-fire

WBBM
— Activists say city is trying to muzzle them during DNC in Chicago – Andy Dahn
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/activists-city-trying-to-muzzle-them-during-dnc-in-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Niles, Lincolnwood, Norridge pass ordinances to curb unscheduled bus drop-offs of migrants – Richard Requena
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/niles/ct-nhs-migrant-bus-drop-off-tl-0205-20240130-scd7ss6tlravlbrgasoaitkax4-story.html
— Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money in Florida – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-biden-florida-20240130-cahqxflw3fbfxnbxfdvyw5nu5m-story.html
— Activists call on Chicago to reverse permit denial for march before Democratic National Convention – Rebecca Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dnc-protest-permit-0131-20240131-6ter4plpffh3veg3eiqgqpmnji-story.html
— Chicago aldermen focus on migrant work authorizations rather than shelter conditions – A.D. Quig and Olivia Stevens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrant-shelter-conditions-hearing-20240130-saelr45odzgeleogarw6xqmuqu-story.html
— Illinois elections board keeps Donald Trump on primary ballot. ‘I love Illinois,’ former president responds. – Rick Pearson and Olivia Stevens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-donald-trump-illinois-primary-ballot-20240130-she6cwlxi5fpnn4w7kpmm7aogq-story.html
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-taylor-swift-joe-biden-page-20240131-6rlvefqj7jga7lwww5cf54f4om-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Abortion rights, LGBTQ+ activists want delegates to see them during Democratic Convention protest. The city has denied a group’s permit to hold a demonstration at Jane M. Byrne Plaza during the Democratic National Convention in August. A judge this week will decide whether an alternate route is acceptable. – Audrey Hettleman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/30/24056307/lgbtq-organizers-appeal-denial-of-permit-to-march-during-democratic-convention
— CPS students walk out to support City Council’s Gaza cease-fire resolution. The Council is expected to debate the long-delayed resolution Wednesday after more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed. It also seeks the release of Israeli hostages taken by the militant group Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack. – Nader Issa, Phyllis Cha and Michael Puente
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/1/30/24055756/cps-students-walk-out-schools-support-gaza-ceasefire
— Election officials seek new incentives to recruit election judges for March primary. Finding enough election judges has become increasingly challenging. Officials have tried increasing pay and tapping groups such as veterans and high school students and more. – Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/30/24054701/election-judges-shortage-march-19-primary-illinois-recruitment-incentives
— My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/30/24055628/german-bund-chicago-daily-times-expose-pbs-series-american-experience-nazi-town-usa-world-war-ii

DAILY HERALD
— House GOP is moving quickly to impeach Mayorkas as border security becomes top election issue – AP (COMMENT: Mayorkas is an operative for Democrat and RINO leaders. Charles Bowsher was an operative for Democrat and RINO leaders while he ran GAO 1981-1996. Bowsher ever-increasingly destroyed GAO and especially under Clinton 1993-1996 and under Gingrich 1995-1996. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Bowsher used Democrat and RINO budget cuts, Affirmative Action, DEI, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination to get rid of GAO’s employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. He got rid of GAO employees who had accounting degrees, were CPAs, did not have Ivy League degrees, and/or who he had not promoted into his Senior Executive Service, currently $191,900/year, by age 40. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240130/nation-and-world-politics/house-gop-is-moving-quickly-to-impeach-mayorkas-as-border-security-becomes-top-election-issue/
— Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money on his home turf in Florida – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240130/nation-and-world-politics/biden-to-soak-up-sunshine-and-campaign-cash-in-florida-trip/
— GOP congressional candidates in 11th District differ on immigration, gun control – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240130/news/gop-congressional-candidates-differ-on-immigration-gun-control/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston considers proposal allowing documented residents to vote in municipal elections – Edward Simon Cruz
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/01/29/city/evanston-considers-proposal-allowing-documented-residents-to-vote-in-municipal-elections/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize helping Blacks to escape slavery with helping citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally..
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/history/2024/01/31/group-is-trying-to-bring-underground-railroad-voices-together-in-state/72267990007/

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Iowa GOP bill would block undocumented immigrants from accessing public assistance – Brianne Pfannenstiel
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/30/iowa-gop-bill-cracks-down-on-smuggling-of-undocumented-immigrants-public-assistance/72412766007/

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
— Bill would require use of ‘E-Verify’ to check workers’ immigration status – ROBIN OPSAHL
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/24/bill-would-require-use-of-e-verify-to-check-workers-immigration-status/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis demands ‘Squad’ member be expelled, deported over ‘Somalians first’ remarks – RAY LEWIS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/desantis-demands-squad-member-be-expelled-deported-over-somalians-first-remarks-ilhan-omar-somalia-somali-muslim-florida-congress

NEWS CHANNEL 20 & Q98.5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/springfield-officials-discuss-how-cannabis-revenue-is-being-used#
https://q985online.com/illinois-weed-infused-wing-sauce-for-super-bowl/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Voters under 30 hold polarized political views based on gender (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting younger people to hate Republicans.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-29/voters-under-30-hold-polarized-political-views-based-on-gender-data-shows
— IRS got $80B to. . .chase rich tax avoiders. Here’s how it’s going – Ari Shapiro, Megan Lim, Patrick Jarenwattananon (COMMENT: Because IRS is run by Democrats, IRS will use that money to chase Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They certainly will not chase Democrats who are major donors. I worked for Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-30/the-irs-got-80b-to-help-people-and-chase-rich-tax-avoiders-heres-how-its-going

SBB RESEARCH GROUP FOUNDATION
— Milton Township Food Pantry Receives the SBB Research Group Foundation Grant (COMMENT: What percent of the residents of your county, of your township, of your municipality, and of your school district are non-native English speakers?)
https://www.prweb.com/releases/milton-township-food-pantry-receives-the-sbb-research-group-foundation-grant-302048183.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recognizing the diversity of the population in Milton Township, where 39% of residents are non-native English speakers. The pantry has taken proactive steps to bridge language barriers. They utilize translation technology to better understand and fulfill the unique needs of their clients.)

CAPITOL FAX

— Morning briefing

https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-223/

— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-25/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The SAFE-T Act is making the detention of alleged criminals difficult
https://wirepoints.org/were-at-2-billion-spent-on-illegal-immigrants-so-far-and-were-no-closer-to-a-resolution-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago provides 300,000 meals a week to non-citizen migrants, among other services – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ec4ccd18-bf63-11ee-a769-0fe8de97a9ff.html#

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Illinois Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce New Gun Restriction Law
https://rockislandtoday.com/stories/653968871-illinois-sheriffs-refuse-to-enforce-new-gun-restriction-law

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— House Republican Members Request Illegal Immigration Crisis Public Hearings
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/653963308-house-republican-members-request-illegal-immigration-crisis-public-hearings

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House committee gives first approval to Mayorkas impeachment – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/31/house-committee-gives-first-approval-to-alejandro-/
— Bold & Blunt: DEI brainwashing is worse than you think – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/30/bold-blunt-dei-brainwashing-is-worse-than-you-thin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ly-kvKI3lI
— No immigration deal: Laws do not enforce themselves, and Biden isn’t trustworthy – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/30/no-immigration-deal-laws-do-not-enforce-themselves/
— House Republican committee reveals fundraising totals that ‘shattered’ record – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/30/inside-beltway-national-republican-congressional-c/
— Ron DeSantis calls for Ilhan Omar’s expulsion from Congress, deportation over ‘Somali first’ video – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/30/ron-desantis-calls-ilhan-omars-expulsion-congress-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House panel advances Mayorkas articles of impeachment – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2824106/house-panel-approves-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment/
— Trump survives Illinois Board of Elections vote determining his 2024 ballot status – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2826533/trump-survives-illinois-board-of-elections-vote-2024-ballot-status/
— Rick Scott accuses McConnell of ‘undermining’ GOP over Senate border deal – Emily Jacobs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/2827482/rick-scott-mcconnell-undermining-gop-op-ed/
— All hail the American royalty – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2825241/all-hail-the-american-royalty/
— Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2827690/biden-doj-says-keep-race-based-policies-at-west-point/

NEW YORK POST
— House panel approves impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – Josh Christe
https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/news/house-panel-approves-impeachment-articles-against-mayorkas/
— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is right: America is being invaded – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/opinion/texas-gov-greg-abbott-is-right-america-is-being-invaded/
— NY considering relaxing work qualifications for thousands of jobs to hire migrants – Vaughn Golden (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger, they ever-increasingly relaxed work qualifications. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/metro/ny-weighing-rule-change-to-hire-thousands-of-migrants/
— Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as election board declines to ban him over Capitol riot – AP
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/news/trump-stays-on-illinois-ballot-as-election-board-declines-to-ban-him-over-capitol-riot/
— Denver struggling to stay afloat, facing ‘pressing budgetary concern’ after arrival of 38,000 migrants – Isabel Keane
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/news/denver-inundated-by-arrival-of-40000-migrants/
— Speaker Johnson rips Biden for claim ‘I’ve done all I can’ to secure US-Mexico border: ‘Simply untrue’ – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/news/biden-says-ive-done-all-i-can-to-secure-border-johnson-says-simply-untrue/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Death of Citizenship – Steve McCann
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/the_death_of_citizenship.html
— A GOP Divided Cannot Stand – Jasmine Campos (COMMENT: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO elected officials and party leaders ever-increasingly drive conservatives out of the party, that is, they ever-increasingly drive platform Republicans out of the party, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy the party.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/a_gop_divided_cannot_stand.html
— Why hasn’t the CDC warned about all the diseases that could be brought in because of Joe Biden’s open borders? – Jack Hellner (COMMENT: Remember COVID-19.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/why_hasnt_the_cdc_warned_about_all_the_diseases_that_could_be_brought_in_because_of_joe_bidens_open_borders.html
— The border deal trap is out in the open, and desperate Democrats are lying to blame the GOP – D. Parker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/the_border_deal_trap_is_out_in_the_open_and_desperate_democrats_are_lying_to_blame_the_gop.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Gov. Abbott has message for sanctuary cities on migrant busing and they won’t like it – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/30/gov-abbott-has-message-for-sanctuary-cities-on-migrant-busing-and-they-wont-like-it-1432188/
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/30/averting-civil-war-should-be-first-priority-1432365/

BREITBART
— Biden DHS Celebrates Program Helping Illegals Finger ‘Bad Employers’ for Prosecution – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: Employers want illegals because employers want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/30/biden-dhs-celebrates-program-helping-illegals-finger-bad-employers-for-prosecution/
— Biden Could Have Resolved Border Crisis ‘Today, Yesterday, Three Years Ago’ – Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/30/gop-rep-steube-biden-could-have-resolved-border-crisis-today-yesterday-three-years-ago/

DAILY CALLER
— Donald Trump Will Remain On State Ballot After Board Of Elections Vote – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/30/donald-trump-illinois-ballot-14th-amendment/

DAILY WIRE
— Cruz: Biden’s Border Crisis Is So Bad He Makes Obama’s Border Crisis Seem ‘Minuscule’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-bidens-border-crisis-is-so-bad-he-makes-obamas-border-crisis-seem-minuscule

EPOCH TIMES
— A ‘Well-Funded Cabal’ Influenced the 2020 Election—What Lies Ahead in 2024? Republicans may be holding a losing hand this November as the Democratic Party uses the advantages it gained during and after the 2020 election cycle. – Kevin Stocklin
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/after-2020-election-efforts-by-well-funded-cabal-a-look-ahead-at-2024-post-5575531

FEDERALIST
— 20 Questions To Ask Republican Candidates In Your State – JOY PULLMANN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/31/20-questions-to-ask-republican-candidates-in-your-state/

FOX BUSINESS
— Mayorkas’ decisions are putting lives in danger – Chad Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1HJa2vVWI

FOX NEWS
— Mayorkas impeachment articles approved by committee, setting up full House vote. The Biden administration has called the allegations ‘baseless’ – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-impeachment-articles-approved-by-committee-setting-up-full-house-vote
— Migrant crime is a ‘problem that extends beyond the borders of Chicago’: Brian Strockis. Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis discusses how the migrant crisis is impacting his Chicago suburb on ‘America Reports.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345890251112
— Chicago Democrat goes off on city’s handling of migrant crisis: ‘It’s an invasion’ Andre Smith called out the Windy City for using funds to shelter migrants while Chicagoans struggle. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-democrat-citys-handling-migrant-crisis-invasion
— Democrats are so pro-migrant that it’s now Russian roulette with Americans’ safety. Pro-migrant Democrats don’t care about your safety. This is especially true at our nation’s airports. – Betsy McCaughey (COMMENT: Remember 9/11.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-pro-migrant-russian-roulette-americans-safety
— Denver becoming overwhelmed after 40,000 spike in migrant population. As Denver increases 5% in its population, the city struggles to support the influx of immigrants. – Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi (COMMENT: Denver today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-becoming-overwhelmed-40000-spike-migrant-population
— Mayorkas lashes out at ‘baseless’ GOP allegations ahead of key impeachment vote. Republicans have accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-lashes-out-baseless-gop-allegations-ahead-of-key-impeachment-vote
— The Southern Illinois University medical school is under fire after offering and promoting a race and sexual orientation-based scholarship, which some said is “discriminatory” and the “poster-child for what universities should not do.” “The discrimination operates at multiple levels, including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity,” William Jacobson, founder of EqualProtect.org and a Cornell University Law Professor, told Fox News Digital. “This discriminatory eligibility scheme is the poster-child for what universities should not do.” – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-university-medical-school-hit-013520405.html
— No wall, no deal. The Senate and House GOP must walk away from any immigration “compromise” that doesn’t begin with the completion of the Wall. – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-no-wall-no-deal

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Texas Can Keep Securing the Border. Supreme Court Didn’t Prevent It – Hans A. von Spakovsky
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/texas-can-keep-securing-the-border-supreme-court-didnt-prevent-it

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republicans Are Holding DHS Secretary Mayorkas Accountable
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=702

NEWSMAX
— House Will Impeach Mayorkas – Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lauren-boebert-alejandro-mayorkas-impeach/2024/01/30/id/1151640/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden’s Border War on Texas and the American People Continues – GREG BYRNES
https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2024/01/30/president-bidens-border-war-on-texas-and-the-american-people-continues-n4925955
— Venezuela, Like Iran, Plays Biden for a Fool and America Suffers for It – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/01/30/venezuela-like-iran-plays-biden-for-a-fool-and-american-suffers-for-it-n4925960

POST MILLENNIAL
— 15 actions Biden has taken to open the US border without Congressional approval. Biden used climate change as a reason to increase the number of refugees admitted to the US each year. – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/15-actions-biden-has-taken-to-open-the-us-border-without-congressional-approval

TOWNHALL
— Texas Rep Reveals How Many Known or Suspected Terrorists Have Entered Through the Southern Border. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/01/30/border-house-judiciary-hearing-n2634367

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4437811-republicans-have-a-serious-taylor-swift-problem/

MSNBC
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/maga-republicans-dial-up-the-conspiracy-theories-about-taylor-swift-203310661535

CBS NEWS
— Proposal allows asylum seekers in New York to get temporary government jobs (COMMENT: New York today, Illinois tomorrow. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/asylum-seeker-temporary-state-government-jobs-new-york/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/proposal-allows-asylum-seekers-in-new-york-to-get-temporary-government-jobs/

NEWSWEEK
— Anti-religious businesses ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/heres-how-businesses-can-true-lgbtq-allies-opinion-1865356
— Everything Taylor Swift Has Said About Joe Biden – Billie Schwab Dunn (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasingly efforts by hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to use Swift to promote more hatred against Trump. Will Haley get Swift to campaign for her?)
https://www.newsweek.com/everything-taylor-swift-said-about-president-joe-biden-1865185

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/politics/biden-border-crisis-immigration.html

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/politics/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-trump.html

USA TODAY
— Think you’ll work past 70? Good luck. Why most of us retire earlier. – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you will be encouraged/forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/01/24/most-americans-retire-earlier-than-expected-over-their-health-layoffs/72312011007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— WSJ represents employers who want cheap labor, so therefore, it ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-house-republicans-border-immigration-homeland-security-1a431a5d
— Republicans Move to Impeach Homeland Security Chief Mayorkas Over Border. Effort comes as Senate tries to wrap up bipartisan deal on immigration. – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/politics/republicans-move-to-impeach-homeland-security-chief-mayorkas-over-border-1ef82a62
— Job Quitting Fell 12% Last Year – Austen Hufford (COMMENT: I withstood very big efforts by my Democrat superiors to get me to quit while I worked for them for almost 18 years at GAO, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 3 years at the Post Office. They took many very big adverse actions against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/fewer-workers-are-quitting-heres-what-that-means-for-the-economy-82e6c55b

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say the no-strings-attached cash is helping them fight soaring housing costs – Eliza Relman
https://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-gbi-ubi-housing-rent-minneapolis-homeless-real-estate-2024-1

NPR
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/31/1227157119/for-chicagos-new-migrants-informal-support-groups-help-ease-the-pain-and-trauma

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— How meaningful work during college launches student careers – Melissa Ezarik (COMMENT: My working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 to pay for earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 did not help my career. Because of negative government employee stereotypes, in many ways, it harmed my career.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2023/11/08/how-meaningful-work-during-college-launches

January 26, 2024

Democrat and RINO leaders want America to officially stop enforcing its immigration laws, that is, to let all those who come into America stay in America forever if they claim asylum, refugee, parole, etc. status. That will elect Trump.

If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to officially make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I successfully led fights against video gambling and pot.

Wheaton is holding a special meeting on bus regulations Monday, January 29, 2024, 7:00 PM.

Deerfield’s bus ordnance is at: https://deerfield.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/3731/Ordinance-Amending-Chapter-22-of-The-Municipal-Code-of-the-Village-of-Deerfield-Illinois-1975-As-Amended-Regarding-Unscheduled-Bus-Stops

I ask that the following speak out against Democrat/RINO orchestrated illegal immigration: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the leaders of your county/township/ward Republican party organizations, d) your Republican congressman, state senator, and state representative, e) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, f) the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, g) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and h) religious leaders and activists in your area. Please write articles, post them on your website, and email the links to diersen@aol.com .

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Orland Park officially declares it is not a sanctuary city – Jeff Vorva
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2024/01/19/orland-park-officially-declares-it-is-not-a-sanctuary-city/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For years, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau has been saying the village is a non-sanctuary municipality. On January 15, the board of trustees made it official. The board voted 6-0, with Joni Radaszewski absent, on an ordinance declaring that the village will not be a sanctuary city. In past meetings, Pekau said that allowing migrants into the community was unfair to the residents of the community and unfair to the migrants themselves as Orland Park is not equipped to handle them. He added that sanctuary cities go against federal law even though it’s being encouraged on the state and county level. “We are clearly not a sanctuary city,” Pekau said. “We will not aid and abet the state, the county, or the city of Chicago in violating federal law. “And it’s really unfortunate that we have to pass something like this. We shouldn’t really have to say that we need to pass an ordinance saying we’re going to follow federal law. But it seems like in this current environment, we do.” On the problems caused by migrants and illegal immigrants, Pekau paraphrased former President Ronald Reagan. “The beauty of America is that if you come here from somewhere else you can become an American,” Pekau said. “No other country takes people in, and they become Americans like America does. “But it must be done legally and it seems absolutely nuts that we have to pass an ordinance that we will follow U.S. law. Now Chicago has reached out and asked us to help them violate federal law.” The mayor said that there is $450 billion being spend nationally on “non-citizens illegally crossing our borders” and that money can be better spent on the local level.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Naperville migrants: City scraps plan for residents to house new arrivals
https://abc7chicago.com/naperville-migrants-illinois-in-chicago-migrant-housing/14361376/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville is not moving forward with a plan to have residents house migrants in their homes. The city was considering putting together a list of residents willing to bring migrants into their homes. But city staff decided there are other state and federal agencies putting together lists of shelters to house migrants, so it’s not necessary for Naperville residents to pitch in. The decision came just one week from Chicago’s deadline for when migrants will start being evicted from shelters. The city said it’s continuously looking at that 60-day shelter stay policy, but no changes in the eviction date have been announced.)
— Migrant crisis: Chicago property owner (Chris Amatore) opens vacant buildings to house nearly 500 asylum seekers. – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-chris-amatore-migrant-crisis-housing/14360686/
— Tensions rise at Chicago City Council meeting during Holocaust Remembrance Day resolution – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/israel-hamas-war-chicago-city-council-holocaust-remembrance-day-resolution/14356984/

NBC5
— Members of feared Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua are in Chicago. This transnational criminal organization, which has managed to spread its terror very quickly throughout South America, is in the United States, according to intelligence reports from local agencies. – Mariana Reyes
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/members-of-feared-venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-are-in-chicago-authorities-say/3338210/
— Tense exchanges with few solutions offered as Chicago City Council debates migrant crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbOj46MTJL4
— Democrats ever-increasingly use shootings to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/congress-must-act-now-biden-releases-statement-on-gun-control-after-joliet-shootings-leave-8-dead/3337551/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-announces-new-food-agencies-picked-to-help-feed-influx-of-migrant-arrivals/3337478/

CBS2
— Volunteers concerned about Chicago migrant shelter evacuation deadline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEGYsq_3_VQ

WGN9
— Group of Chicago alderpeople urge mayor not to enforce migrant eviction policy – Jenna Barnes, Andrew Smith
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/group-of-chicago-alderpeople-urge-mayor-not-to-enforce-migrant-eviction-policy/
— Chicago conducts point in time homelessness count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60QBzygBcM

FOX32
— Aldermen call on Chicago mayor to end migrant shelter evictions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1QNO2Pdu5o
— Chicago officials conduct annual ‘Point in Time’ homelessness count
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-point-in-time-count-homelessness
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1401365

WBEZ
— Nearly a third of the Chicago City Council urged the mayor to rescind 60-day migrant shelter stay limits. The mayor has twice delayed the deadline to evict migrants, including once for below-zero temperatures. – Tessa Weinberg, Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-alderpeople-push-back-at-60-day-shelter-limit-for-migrants/fb263157-cd00-4979-94cc-e2d8f80bd2ac

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Naperville will not consider volunteer list for housing migrants – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240125/news/naperville-will-not-consider-volunteer-list-for-housing-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a memo to city council members Wednesday, Naperville City Manager Doug Krieger said the city received significant feedback following a Jan. 16 city council meeting where Councilman Josh McBroom suggested the idea. At that time, city staff was directed to look into the suggestion and report back to the council. “Based on initial staff research, migrant housing lists are currently being maintained by government agencies at the federal and state level, as well as through private charities,” Krieger writes in the memo. “As a result, it has been determined that it is not necessary for further city consideration and therefore this matter will not appear on a future city council agenda.” The message will be part of a “manager’s memorandum” expected to be posted to the city’s website, city spokeswoman Linda LaCloche said. At the Jan. 16 council meeting, McBroom floated the idea of a volunteer list of residents willing to house migrants and had the support of three council members – Nate Wilson, Jennifer Bruzan-Taylor and Paul Leong – to have staff look into the suggestion and report back to the council at a later date. Though McBroom said last week he was sincere in his proposal, he said Thursday the suggestion was a “polite challenge” to those who support an open border policy. “It was a sincere challenge because the city of Chicago clearly cannot handle this crisis anymore, and they’re putting pressure on the cities,” McBroom said. “The way I see it, we’ve got one of two options. Individuals can contact their state representatives to pressure them to get the border secure. Or, if you supported this policy and you believe an open border is a good policy, then are you willing to house a migrant family? There are a lot of them who are homeless right now in the dead of winter.” McBroom’s proposal quickly drew national attention, and McBroom on Thursday appeared on a Fox News program. It also sparked a flurry of emails to council members with reactions ranging from outrage from conservatives who blasted McBroom, a Republican, for suggesting people house new arrivals to a local church inquiring how families could help. McBroom brushed off some of the reaction from fellow conservatives, saying he could “take a few arrows” and said his challenge at least got people talking. Others, however, didn’t see his actions in the same light. “I don’t appreciate Naperville becoming a national laughing stock or just being used for political points,” Councilman Ian Holzhauer said. As the city faced increased scrutiny, Mayor Scott Wehrli said he had a discussion with McBroom late last week about his proposal. “I suggested to him if he had a change of heart, he should contact the city manager and let him know,” Wehrli said. McBroom on Thursday acknowledged he contacted Krieger about the proposal and asked to have it removed from future agendas. Wilson, who initially supported the measure, also requested the same. Krieger reached out to Taylor and Leong, who also supported ending further inquiry and removing it from the agenda. According to council policy, the support of three council members is needed to add an item to the agenda. To remove an item, two of those council members must support its removal. Wehrli, who said he did not support McBroom’s initial proposal, said the city will continue to ensure the safe passage of new arrivals to the landing zone in Chicago. Residents who want to help new arrivals are encouraged to visit chicago.gov.)
— Democratic congressional candidates differ on Gaza, health care in forum – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240124/news/democratic-congressional-candidates-differ-on-gaza-health-care-in-forum/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240125/news/kane-county-releases-draft-of-first-ever-climate-action-implementation-plan/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aldermen sign letter urging Johnson to scrap 60-day migrant shelter policy – Alice Yin, Jake Sheridan and A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-aldermen-allies-migrants-20240125-n7yqnpfvrbbznmcli5l3tqofzq-story.html
— Oak Park gets additional money to house migrants through February, extending its eviction deadline by a month
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-migrant-housing-program-extended-tl-0125-20240125-4ru7cwmkijffvcomvqrevl6ove-story.html
— Despite likely presidential election rematch, Lake County political leaders focused on local races; ‘We’re excited to take on the challenge’ – Chloe Hilles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-county-political-parties-election-st-0124-20240125-ih6z7cvwfrgtxkqg3qvqfltu3i-story.html
— Mayor Johnson’s posturing on Middle East conflict is alienating Jewish Chicago – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-brandon-johnson-gaza-resolution-20240125-dcpgx2ax3vb7plh47hlewt43yq-story.html
— Ethnicity, experience take center stage in first faceoff of Illinois Supreme Court candidates. – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-illinois-supreme-court-candidates-20240126-syujdx626nesjcvr2j4vkuho2q-story.html
— Illinois students aren’t taught life skills, but lawmakers might force lessons on unionization – Mailee Smith (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hate unions. They will never forgive me for my having been a Post Office union member 1966-1969 and an IRS union member 1971-1980. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the Post Office and IRS grossly overpaid me because I was a union member. My salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. And I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-students-performance-union-bill-20240126-wsrkyi26vbemxi6wvkcnks5a6a-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who do not promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/26/24043058/suburbs-leaders-city-councils-migrant-ordinances-no-bus-dropoffs-lee-goodman
— City Council members urge mayor to stop evicting migrants, citing threat to their health and safety. Over a dozen alderpersons from around the city signed their appeal in a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson. They’re also calling for better handling of the migrant influx. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/25/24041789/chicago-city-council-alderperson-mayor-brandon-johnson-nix-migrant-evictions-threat-health-safety
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s job performance rated fair to poor by majority of Chicago voters. About one-fifth of 500 registered voters polled earlier this month said they approve of how Chicago’s mayor is doing his job, while 70% rated his performance as fair or poor. The survey was conducted by Democratic pollster Tulchin Research. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/25/24050977/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-job-approval-poll-tulchin-research
— Wealthy donors influence elections with their wallets.- Joanna Zdanys (COMMENT: What do wealthy donors in your county, township, and municipality think of those who share your demographics? I should write a book about what wealthy donors in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton think of those who share my demographics.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/25/24042211/small-donor-public-financing-elections-voters-big-money-wealthy-donors-joanna-zdanys-brennan-center

WCIA
— Ford County proposes non-sanctuary status, cites limited resources – Will Simmons
https://www.wcia.com/news/ford-co-proposes-non-sanctuary-status-cites-limited-resources/

WREX
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and on charity.
https://www.wrex.com/news/northern-illinois-food-bank-completed-1700-orders-since-launching-pantry-express-program/article_41729e24-bbe2-11ee-8714-0788ccde6a46.html

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— McBroom’s Proposal For Signups To House Migrants Nixed In Naperville. The update comes after City Council Member Josh McBroom suggested residents should be able to sign up to house migrants in Naperville. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/mcbrooms-propoal-signups-house-migrants-nixed-naperville

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-220/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-22/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— City of Wheaton Special Meeting on Bus Regulations Monday, January 29, 2024, 7:00 PM
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois politicians are spending hundreds of millions on migrants…and they’re not even honest about it
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-politicians-are-spending-hundreds-of-millions-on-migrants-and-theyre-not-even-honest-about-it-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage Mayors and Managers Reception Focuses on Community Challenges and Collaboration (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push municipalities to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653890712-dupage-mayors-and-managers-reception-focuses-on-community-challenges-and-collaboration

WEST COOK NEWS
— Illegal aliens arrested after robbing Oak Brook Macy’s tell police they live in LaGrange Highlands
https://westcooknews.com/stories/653890219-illegal-aliens-arrested-after-robbing-oak-brook-macy-s-tell-police-they-live-in-lagrange-highlands

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— McBroom: ‘I haven’t had a single person’ in Naperville sign up to house illegal aliens
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653885165-mcbroom-i-haven-t-had-a-single-person-in-naperville-sign-up-to-house-illegal-aliens
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville City Council Member Josh McBroom said he hasn’t had any Naperville residents volunteer to house illegal aliens who have moved to the Chicagoland area. McBroom made the comments Thursday on AM 560’s Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson. “It’s weird. During the last presidential race, we had thousands of Biden signs in Naperville. We’ve got houses all over town that advertise support for this mass migration of illegals. They say ‘no human is illegal,” McBroom said. “Since I’ve proposed this, I’ve haven’t had a single person ask me, ‘Where’s the sign-up sheet. I want to sign the sign-up sheet, I’m ready to sign my house up for the signup sheet’ It’s shocking.” “These are the people that voted for this. We’ve got thousands of illegals coming into the area. And they’re homeless— in the middle of winter,” McBroom said. ”You voted for this. You sign up. Be the change. Open your house. At the Jan. 16 Naperville City Council Meeting, McBroom suggested the city create a “signup sheet” whereby residents who support illegal immigration to the Chicagoland area could volunteer to house now homeless illegal aliens to live with them. “We hear from people that we should do more,” McBroom said. “We do have a very affluent community, a lot of big homes.” McBroom earned his Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University. He and his wife Emily settled in Naperville in 2001. McBroom is a Financial Advisor and owner of McBroom Financial Group in Naperville. He was elected to the Naperville city council in 2023. His current council term ends in 2027.)

JOHN KASS
— Terrors of the Michelle Obama Prophecy
https://johnkassnews.com/will-the-terrifying-michelle-obama-prophecy-come-true/

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— IL Freedom Caucus formally requests legislative hearings on immigration
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.org/il-freedom-caucus-formally-requests-legislative-hearings-on-immigration/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— OUSTING CHICAGO POLICE FROM SCHOOLS COULD BOOST VIOLENCE – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-ousting-chicago-police-from-schools-could-boost-violence/
— HOW CHICAGO BECAME THE STOLEN MOTOR CITY – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/policy-shop/the-policy-shop-how-chicago-became-the-stolen-motor-city/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border crisis trumps the ‘wokeness’ crisis – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2814483/as-trump-bests-desantis-border-crisis-trumps-wokeness-crisis/
— RNC withdraws resolution to declare Trump nominee following backlash – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2819673/rnc-withdraws-resolution-declare-trump-nominee-backlash/
— Taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund biased, woke public broadcasting – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2815873/taxpayers-shouldnt-have-to-fund-biased-woke-public-broadcasting/
— It’s not just Harvard: Woke healthcare leaders are unfit to lead, too – Richard Bosshardt
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2815848/its-not-just-harvard-woke-healthcare-leaders-are-unfit-to-lead-too/
— RFK Jr. signals support for Abbott against Biden in border dispute – Brady Knox (COMMENT: What have the following done to signal support for Abbott: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the leaders of your county/township/ward Republican party organizations, d) your Republican congressman, state senator, and state representative, e) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, f) the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, g) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and h) religious leaders and activists in your area?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2819648/rfk-jr-signals-support-for-abbott-against-biden-in-border-dispute/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Senate Immigration Deal Would Allow Nearly 2 Million Illegal Border Crossings – Joseph Simonson
https://freebeacon.com/politics/senate-immigration-deal-would-allow-nearly-2-million-illegal-border-crossings-documents-show/

NEW YORK POST
— Half of US governors side with Texas in border dispute with Biden, say prez is leaving country ‘vulnerable’ to illegal immigration. – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/01/25/news/half-of-us-governors-side-with-texas-in-border-dispute-with-biden/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Remember Eagle Pass! Texas Rallies the Red States. Abbott spearheads a revival of federalism—and just in the nick of time. – James P. Pinkerton
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/abbott-texas-border-federalism/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Reparations resolution lists 130 reasons for handing out $14 trillion – Steve Jordahl
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/01/25/reparations-resolution-lists-130-reasons-for-handing-out-14-trillion/
(COMMENT: Reacting to the resolution, GianCarlo Canaparo of the Heritage Foundation says the resolution claims slavery created “lasting harm” on black Americans. Among the poorest Americans, he says, there was little difference between struggling blacks and whites through most of the 20th century until the 1960s. Echoing a view of many others, such as black economist Thomas Sowell, Canaparo says the structure of the black family changed for the worse when President Lyndon Johnson introduced his “war on poverty” in 1964. What was supposed to end dependence on government instead created what is now known was the “welfare state” that hurt black families the most. “It is the family, staying in the family above all else,” Canaparo says, “that determines your economic, educational success in America.” Bush, 47, fits that description herself. The daughter of a local politician, Errol Bush, she graduated from a private Catholic prep school then graduated from nursing school.)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Number of People Diagnosed as Transgender Exploded in Recent Years (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting transgenderism in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/25/number-of-people-diagnosed-as-transgender-exploded-in-recent-years/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Gutfeld: Woke Nikki Haley is running against her own party. – Frieda Powers (COMMENT: How negative will Haley and her supporters go against Trump and against Trump’s supporters in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/25/gutfeld-woke-nikki-haley-is-running-against-her-own-party-1430811/
— Mandatory training at Wisc. Law School teaches ‘there are no exceptional white people’ and more – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/25/mandatory-training-at-wisc-law-school-teaches-there-are-no-exceptional-white-people-and-more-1430853/

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ridiculed for Demanding ‘Ceasefire’ in Gaza as City Continues Violence Spiral – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/25/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-ridiculed-demanding-ceasefire-gaza-city-continues-violence-spiral/
— In Name of Party Unity Trump Advises RNC Not to Declare Him ‘Presumptive Nominee’ – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/25/in-name-of-party-unity-trump-advises-rnc-not-to-declare-him-presumptive-nominee/
— Rand Paul: ‘When Did We Become the Sugar Daddy of the World?’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/25/rand-paul-when-did-we-become-the-sugar-daddy-of-the-world/

CENTER SQUARE
— Republican governors back Abbott’s defense of the border – Kim Jarrett
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b29b38f8-bbc0-11ee-a7c1-3b41196ce51f.html
— Trump says Haley donors will be ‘permanently barred from the MAGA camp’ – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_26645b86-bbab-11ee-b9be-1f238d5d2298.html

CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis: No one would have ratified the constitution if protection for states was excluded – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_21cc6cca-bc4c-11ee-ad45-235f5e82ffe5.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Counseling journal wants papers on ‘white supremacy,’ ‘homophobia’ – MATT LAMB
https://www.thecollegefix.com/counseling-journal-send-in-papers-on-anti-blackness-liberation-and-homophobia/

DAILY CALLER
— ICE Chief Asks Congress To Pony Up More Cash For Detention Beds While Thousands Remain Empty – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/25/ice-chief-defends-asking-congress-detention-beds/
— FLASHBACK: Biden Says Sanctuary Cities Shouldn’t Exist, Fed Govt Should Enforce Law On Cities – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/25/joe-biden-2007-no-sanctuary-cities/
— How Come Nobody Is Willing To Say The Obvious About The Modern LGBT Community? – GAGE KLIPPER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/25/how-come-nobody-is-willing-to-say-the-obvious-about-the-modern-lgbt-community/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Republican Senators Hold Listening Session With Parents Fighting Indoctrination in Schools – Mary Margaret Olohan
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/25/republican-senators-hold-listening-session-parents-fighting-ideological-education/
— House Panel’s Welfare Expansion Fails American Families – Robert Rector
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/25/house-panels-welfare-expansion-fails-american-families/
— Trump Calls on Governors to Send ‘Guards to Texas’ After Supreme Court Allows Biden to Remove Razor Wire at Border – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/25/trump-calls-state-governors-send-guards-texas-after-supreme-court-grants-biden-administration-authority-remove-razor-wire-border/

DAILY WIRE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Slammed After Calling For Ceasefire In Israel-Hamas War: ‘Netanyahu Should Call For A Ceasefire In Chicago’ – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-slammed-after-calling-for-ceasefire-in-israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-should-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-chicago
— Migrants Now Sleeping At Airports In Chicago and Boston – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrants-now-sleeping-at-airports-in-two-major-u-s-cities
— Trump Backs Texas In Border Fight, Vows To ‘Work Hand In Hand’ With Border States To ‘Stop The Invasion’ – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backs-texas-in-border-fight-vows-to-work-hand-in-hand-with-border-states-to-stop-the-invasion

FEDERALIST
— Mitch McConnell Is Mad Trump And GOP Voters Won’t Let Him Pass An Open Borders Amnesty Bill For Biden – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/25/mitch-mcconnell-is-mad-trump-and-gop-voters-wont-let-him-pass-an-open-borders-amnesty-bill-for-biden/
— America’s ‘Weak’ Military Is Unable To Juggle Multiple Regional Conflicts At Once – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/25/report-americas-weak-military-is-unable-to-juggle-multiple-regional-conflicts-at-once/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Immigration Now a Zero-Sum Game (COMMENT: Everything is a zero-sum game. Everything given to members of one group is not given to members of another group. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/01/16/immigration-now-zero-sum-game
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sheer volumes of admissions now exceed national need, capacity, and manageability — a far cry from a rational, and limited, immigration approach designed to aggregate national purpose with mutual benefits. Instead, today’s immigration has often become a zero-sum game, the proposition that a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the other side…notably each and every American. Of course, it’s been evident for a long time; FAIR has been reporting regularly on the rising cost and impact of immigration. But while politicians have been able to conveniently ignore consequences and “kick the can” down the road for decades, the money is now running out, space is unavailable, and social resources are drained. The result has been a marked increase in the immediate shifting of resources and a displacement of Americans to accommodate surging migrant needs.)

FOX NEWS
— Senate Commerce Republicans probe Chicago’s migrant shelters at airports, warn of ‘illegal immigrant magnet’ The lawmakers note that Chicago is a ‘sanctuary city’ – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-commerce-republicans-probe-chicagos-migrant-shelters-at-airports-warn-of-illegal-immigrant-magnet
— Migrant crime a ‘real problem’ in Chicago suburb after six more charged in Macy’s retail thefts: police chief. Two Chilean, four Venezuelan migrants arrested in connection with retail thefts at Oak Brook Macy’s. – Stephen Sorace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/migrant-crime-real-problem-chicago-suburb-6-more-charged-macys-retail-thefts-police-chief
— Chicago mayor calls for Gaza cease-fire, but social media reminds him of violence gripping his own city. Johnson said ‘the killing has to stop,’ according to a PBS reporter. – Brian Flood, Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-calls-gaza-cease-fire-social-media-reminds-him-grippping-violence-own-city
— Sean Hannity: Biden has encouraged lawlessness and asylum abuse
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345597525112
— Chicago Democrat urges officials to remove sanctuary city status as residents suffer: ‘We are not happy’ Cata Truss warned Democrat voters are ‘jumping ship’ over the party’s handling of the migrant crisis. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-democrat-urges-officials-remove-sanctuary-city-status-residents-suffer-happy
— Naperville councilman Josh McBroom’s viral proposal of migrant housing ‘sign-up’ list challenges liberal Democrat residents to walk the talk. McBroom spoke with Fox News Digital about his viral comments. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/il-councilmans-viral-proposal-migrant-housing-sign-up-lists-challenges-dem-residents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345576210112
— Trump benefits by Haley staying in race, pundits say: Media will go ‘wall-to-wall’ on indictments once he wins. Haley is slamming Biden to part of the electorate ‘the Trump campaign isn’t talking to at all,’ the ‘Ruthless’ podcast argues. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-benefits-haley-staying-race-pundits-say-media-go-wall-wall-indictments-win
— Biden White House determined to let as many illegal aliens into the United States as possible. Gutfeld warns once illegal aliens get into the country, they can go just about anywhere they want. – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-biden-white-house-illegal-aliens-united-states

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It Is Not Texas That’s Defying the Law — It’s Biden – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-is-not-texas-thats-defying-the-law-its-biden/
— Brandon Johnson Focuses on What Matters – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/brandon-johnson-focuses-on-what-matters/
— Pro-Worker, Not Pro-Union – C. JARRETT DIETERLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/03/pro-worker-not-pro-union/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Over 1 in 4 Gen Z Americans adopt ‘queer’ identity. 28 percent of Gen Z adults between the ages of 18 and 25 identify as LGBTQ. – Katie Daviscourt (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats and RINOs been promoting LGBTQ in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://thepostmillennial.com/over-1-in-4-gen-z-americans-adopt-queer-identity

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Boston Mayor Announces Task Force for Slavery Reparations – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/01/25/boston-reparations-task-force-n2634161

TURNING POINT USA
— NFL Partners with LGBTQ Group to Host ‘A Night of Pride’ Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII – Anthony Watson
https://www.tpusa.com/live/nfl-partners-with-lgbtq-group-to-host-a-night-of-pride-ahead-of-super-bowl-lviii

ZERO HEDGE
— Cultural Replacement: Why The Immigration Crisis Is Being Deliberately Engineered – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/cultural-replacement-why-immigration-crisis-being-deliberately-engineered
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cultural Replacement Theory “Replacement Theory” is often denigrated by the media as a racist conspiracy held by white people who are “afraid to lose power.” This is nonsensical for a number of reasons, including the fact that if “white people” were a monolith and we had all the power, then we would simply snuff out any threats to that power and lock down our borders. There would be nothing anyone could do to stop us. The truth is, there is no white monolith, there is no patriarchy and there is no such thing as systemic racism. Do some leftist activists clamor for mass migration to replace white people in the US and Europe? Absolutely. They call it “decolonization.” Is this the real purpose of mass migration? Probably not. The replacement going on is not so much about replacing white people as it is about replacing western culture. The goal, I believe, is to open the floodgates to foreign elements because most of them come from more socialist systems that have no understanding of individual freedom. In this way, the establishment can dilute the American culture of independence and use the tyranny of the majority (democracy) to erase our values and principles forever. This is why you will hear Biden and his ilk constantly pontificate on “democracy” and the “defense of democracy’ and the conservative “threat to democracy.” This is very deliberate terminology. When they say “democracy”, they are talking about the rule of the mob; the tyranny of the majority. They are talking about collectivism, socialism and ultimately authoritarianism for the “sake of the greater good.” Migrants are being used to phase out the pillars of western civilization. This is why the borders must be secured now and illegals must be kicked out of the country with haste. No martial law, no FEMA detention facilities, no amnesty, no asylum, no welfare and no subsidies. They just need to be removed and sent back to where they came from and if they return illegally they should be severely punished. In order for this to happen it would appear that southern states will have to enforce their own border security. But how to do this without federal interference? The American public will have to step in and step up to help states like Texas. The movement will have to be so overwhelming that the federal government is afraid to intervene. The shape of this secure border action will require trial and error, but as long as Texas is willing to continue arresting illegals and shipping them out of the country, all that is needed is a contingent of deputized Americans to help watch the border and catch people trying to cross. There may also be a need for people to defend border walls and fences from federal sabotage. Some will argue that this constitutes a violation, a defiance of federal authorities, and I would say yes, it is, and that’s a good thing. The Biden Administration is in dereliction of its duty to keep the country safe from foreign invasion. Doing nothing and leaving borders undefended from mass immigration is no different from refusing to defend the border from a foreign military. If the current trend is allowed to continue, the stage will be set for a host of emergencies that will be exploited to give elites the excuse to erase what constitutional protections we have left. This cannot be tolerated. It’s time to end it.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/anti-lgbtq-bills-supreme-court-astroturfing-rcna135500

CBS NEWS
— Democrats say “Senate immigration talks continue as divisions among Republicans threaten to sink deal.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-immigration-deal-republicans-biden-border/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/us/politics/parole-immigration-biden-congress.html
— Liz Cheney encourages Nikki Haley to stay in the race. A Haley super PAC is raking in cash. – Chris Cameron
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/25/us/trump-haley-2024-election

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/01/25/immigration-parole-border-deal-ukraine-aid/
— Clerks for hire: The Supreme Court recruiting race. Supreme Court clerks are offered bonuses of up to $500,000 to join law firms. – Tobi Raji (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. GAO forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS in 1980 when I was 31 years old. Since then, my critics/opponents have used that against me viciously. They hint/imply/argue/shout that a) because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$100,020/year, b) because I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, c) because I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) because I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I must have been an extremely bad person, a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a sexist, a racist, a bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/25/supreme-court-clerks-bonuses-law-firms/

NEW YOR SUN
— The Divide Between Main Street Americans and the Elites Is Widening. Silicon Valley, Manhattan, and Washington have become bubbles that have lost contact with everyday Americans. – Stephen Moore (COMMENT: I should write a book about the elites in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on how they treat me and how they treat those who share my demographics.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-divide-between-main-street-americans-and-the-elites-is-widening

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A GOP Border Reckoning. We’ll soon know if the party really wants to solve the problem. – Editorial (COMMENT: The first step to solve the problem is mandating E-Verify.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-border-deal-mitch-mcconnell-mike-johnson-congress-president-biden-726b18e6
— Nascar fans are overwhelmingly Republican. Democrat and RINO leaders want to destroy Republicans. Democrat and RINO leaders want Nascar to promote DEI. Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nascar-targets-diverse-audiences-to-expand-viewership-despite-anti-dei-backlash-b6a0d14c
— The Trump-MAGA Purge. The former President wants to banish Haley’s donors and anyone else who doesn’t bow down before him. – Editorial (COMMENT: Jim Ryan supporters have purged me from all things Republican since 2002 because I supported Pat O’Malley against Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. They blame Ryan’s losing to Blagojevich on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-nikki-haley-republican-party-kari-lake-jeff-dewit-eb11df47

COMPLETE PAYROLL SOLUTIONS
— Overpaying Employees: What You Can Do As An Employer – David Polaski (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in when I was 21 years old in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.completepayrollsolutions.com/blog/overpaying-employees

MONEY WISE
— Prime-age workers (25 to 54) are participating in the labor market at levels ‘not seen since the early 2000s’ — will the jobs still be there in 2024? Even men are seeing improved prospects. – Serah Louis (COMMENT: When you were prime age, what did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I was prime age 1973-2002. 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. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://moneywise.com/employment/employment/theres-a-rising-tide-prime-age-workers-are-participating-in-the-labor-market-at-levels-not-seen-since-the-early-2000s-will-the-jobs-still-be-there-in-2024

CORVSPORT
— Are Corvette Owners Old? (COMMENT: I am 75 years old. I have owned my 1972 (C3) Corvette since I bought it new when I was 23 in 1971. I have owned my 2005 (C6) Corvette since I bought it new when I was in 56 in 2005.)
https://www.corvsport.com/are-corvette-owners-old/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many thought the revolutionary design of the C7 would help bring in the younger generation (and it did to some degree), but the average Corvette customer’s age in 2019 had still climbed to 61 years old. Heading into C8 production, individuals between 25 and 40 only accounted for 3% of sales.)

DAILY MAIL
— Oregon county officials dismantle $1 million-a-year diversity office and now say they want to focus on merit. – HARRIET ALEXANDER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote diversity, that is, they reject merit, that is, they reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13008097/clackamas-county-oregon-dei-equity-diversity-office.html
— Cops are called on dozens of migrants seen ‘breaking in’ to building undergoing renovations in Chicago to escape the cold – before owner tells officers to leave them alone. – NIC WHITE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13002177/Cops-called-dozens-migrants-seen-breaking-building-undergoing-renovations-Chicago-escape-cold-owner-tells-officers-leave-alone.html

January 25, 2024

How soon and where will Democrat leaders house their illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Mayor Johnson calls on state to build migrant shelters outside Chicago – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-migrants-shelter-20240124-x64wt7s5cbd4laf5phnrabfbay-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker on Monday said the Johnson administration had not told the state “where they would like us to put our resources” to build new shelters, “so we can’t help if they don’t identify those locations.” Johnson countered Wednesday that “the state has received a number of locations that they can build a shelter at.” He did not elaborate. But city officials said they have recommended to Pritzker’s administration potential sites outside Chicago, sometimes with specific buildings in mind, a notion the governor’s office disputes. “And you know, again, just keep in mind that the state of Illinois can build a shelter anywhere in the state of Illinois. So, the state does not have to build a shelter in Chicago,” he said.)
— Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for Gaza cease-fire ahead of heated resolution vote – Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-ceasefire-gaza-brandon-johnson-20240124-mnxruubc3nb3na2i6t4amdqkua-story.html
— Black Americans cannot wait hundreds of years for the wealth gap to close – Willie Wilson (COMMENT: Since 1962, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take, but nevertheless jobs that should have been given to Blacks. What does Willie Wilson say to my critics/opponents?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-black-history-month-wealth-gap-20240125-ipk36vtj35et3kshoowhonttry-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Racist sexist hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say that Haley is “pandering to GOP’s racial grievances.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/24/24048199/nikki-haley-presidential-primary-racism-republicans-far-right-pandering-marc-morial-column
— Illinois’ estimated education funding increase falls short of Chicago’s needs. Advocates had pushed for more spending as federal pandemic relief funding expires for school districts in September. CPS is projected to face a $391 million hole. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/1/24/24049610/illinois-estimated-education-funding-increase-falls-short-chicago-needs
— Democrats ever-increasingly use shootings to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/25/24049158/tinley-park-joliet-mass-shootings-domestic-gun-violence-maher-kassem-romeo-nance-editorial
— Advocates make emotional plea for passage of bill aimed at seizing guns from those accused in domestic violences cases. Karina’s Bill would authorize judges to issue search warrants with orders of protection to remove guns. Current law has no guidance on guns. We need to strengthen our domestic violence laws now.’ – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/24/24049584/domestic-violence-karinas-bill-legislation-springfield-guns-seizure-abuse-shooting-protection

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County hires new federal lobbyist – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240124/local-politics/dupage-county-hires-new-federal-lobbyist/
— Six people charged in Oak Brook Macy’s thefts – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240124/news/six-people-charged-in-oak-brook-macys-thefts/
— Millions in school projects, pool upgrades are on ballots in DuPage County – Alicia Fabbre and Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240123/local-politics/millions-in-school-projects-pool-upgrades-are-on-ballots-in-dupage-county/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson calls for state to open migrant shelters outside of Chicago – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/johnson-wants-state-put-migrant-shelters-outside-chicago
— With fundraising up, Illinois GOP may be turning a corner – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-gop-may-be-turning-corner#/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just in time for election season, the Illinois Republican Party is showing signs of life. A fundraiser set for next month not only is a sellout, with 740 tickets purchased for the Feb. 9 dinner at a Rosemont hotel, but has garnered more money than the party reported raising all of last year. Combined with an armistice of sorts between often feuding factions on the party’s central committee, the party appears to have taken at least initial steps to pull out of the funk it’s been in since former Gov. Bruce Rauner lost his re-election bid to Democrat J.B. Pritzker in November 2018. Rauner moved to Florida shortly after the 2018 vote, followed soon by Citadel chief Ken Griffin. Both men and a couple of others, such as shipping mogul Dick Uihlein, had almost personally kept the party funded, writing large personal checks. With them gone and Pritzker easily winning a new term in 2022, income dried up, with the Illinois Republican Party reporting income of only $230,000 in 2023, according to Illinois State Board of Elections records. That has changed. The upcoming Rosemont event featuring U.S. Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana already has grossed “more than $300,000,” says party Chairman Don Tracy, a Springfield lawyer who took office after Rauner left the state. And with three weeks to go, the party has added as many seats as it can to the Rosemont venue and sold them all. “That’s the biggest event I can remember in many years,” said Tracy in a phone interview. “There’s a lot energy.” “Seven hundred people and $300,000 — that’s quite an accomplishment,” said former party Chair Pat Brady. The event appears to be the largest fundraiser for the state party since a host of presidential candidates showed up at a 2011 Chicago event honoring Ronald Reagan’s birthday, according to Brady. In an odd twist that also indicates some change, Tracy said much of the proceeds from the event will be used to amplify the Illinois GOP’s early- and absentee-vote efforts. Ergo the dinner’s “bank the vote” theme. Former President Donald Trump famously ridiculed such efforts after his 2020 loss, repeatedly charging that any votes not cast in person on Election Day were subject to massive fraud. Many party professionals later concluded that relying strictly on in-person votes ceded too much ground to Democrats, and Tracy said efforts to get the GOP back into the early-vote game this year have the blessing of not just the Republican National Committee but Trump himself. Despite the new money, Illinois Republicans face a daunting task this election cycle. They hold no statewide offices, are in no super-minority positions in the Illinois House and Senate, and likely presidential nominee Trump lost the state by a wide margin to Democratic nominees in 2020 and 2016. Trump heading the 2024 ticket “could be a headwind,” particularly in Chicago, where the party needs to do much better, Tracy said. Tracy has remained neutral in this GOP contest, with Richard Porter, the GOP national committeeman from Illinois, having backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Regardless of who the party nominee is, “We’re going to be broad-based, on a wide range of issues. . . .We have a team,” Tracy said. Jeanne Ives, the former gubernatorial candidate and conservative who serves on the state party’s governing board, confirmed the group is more unified at the moment than it has been in recent years. “There’s a concerted team effort to turn the tide and make things better,” Ives said in a phone interview. Having a plan and the money to fund it “will help,” even in Illinois, she added.)

ABC7
— Johnson defends handling of Chicago migrant crisis – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrants-city-council-governor-jb-pritzker/14357392/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3_0DB1tiI
— Tensions rise at Chicago City Council meeting during Holocaust Remembrance Day resolution – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/israel-hamas-war-chicago-city-council-holocaust-remembrance-day-resolution/14356984/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpA6bXhnopA
— Meet the woman leading Chicago’s fight against pollution (COMMENT: What are your connections with pollution? My father worked in a nasty polluting chemical plant on the east side of Chicago Heights from 1941 until he died suddenly in 1969. That pollution adversely impacted his health.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-pollution-climate-change-angela-tovar-chief-sustainability-officer/14355854/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEmkpWJpdJo

NBC5
— Conflict exists in public statements between Pritzker, Johnson over migrant crisis – Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/conflict-exists-in-public-statements-between-pritzker-johnson-over-migrant-crisis/3337119/
— Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users. The update is the latest restriction Ring has made to police activity on the Neighbors app following concerns raised by privacy watchdogs about the company’s relationship with police departments. – AP (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly paint police as being racists.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ring-will-no-longer-allow-police-to-request-doorbell-camera-footage-from-users/3336827/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Critics have stressed the proliferation of these relationships – and users’ ability to report what they see as suspicious behavior – can change neighborhoods into a place of constant surveillance and lead to more instances of racial profiling.)

CBS2
— Protests erupt as Chicago City Council again delays vote on calling for cease-fire in Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35eGMkGNg1g

FOX32
— Venezuelan new arrivals join forces with Chicago nonprofit to tackle winter hunger
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/venezuelan-new-arrivals-join-forces-with-chicago-nonprofit-to-tackle-winter-hunger
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1400722
— Dallas woman who sought abortion invited to State of the Union address by Bidens
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kate-cox-abortion-state-of-the-union
— Chicago’s early voting hours, locations for 2024 Presidential Primary Election (COMMENT: In your precinct, municipality, township, and county, which Republican presidential delegate and alternat delegate candidates do you predict will get the most votes – Trump or Haley? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton and the 3rd Congressional District, a) Trump delegate candidates include Jay Kinzler, b) Haley delegate candidates include Elizabeth Roskam, and c) the Haley alternate delegate candidate is Peter Roskam.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagos-early-voting-hours-locations-for-2024-presidential-primary-election

WTTW
— Johnson Calls for Cease-Fire in Israel-Hamas War as Vote on Controversial Resolution Delayed – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/24/johnson-calls-cease-fire-israel-hamas-war-vote-controversial-resolution-delayed

WBEZ
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. Johnson appears to be the biggest city mayor now calling for a cease-fire. He does so as more than 25,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7. – Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-for-a-cease-fire-in-gaza/d0705fca-14c5-4c2a-ac04-884580a4a0d9

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch – AP (COMMENT: Of course, many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-leans-into-voter-fraud-playbook-preparing-to-cry-foul-if-he-loses-expected-biden-rematch/
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/trump-leans-into-voter-fraud-playbook-preparing-18626024.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Delegate tracker: Trump leads GOP presidential candidates on road to nomination – Hilary Fung, Domenico Montanaro, Jeongyoon Han
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-25/delegate-tracker-trump-leads-gop-presidential-candidates-on-road-to-nomination
— The UAW endorsed Biden — and panned Republican frontrunner Trump as a ‘scab’ – Deepa Shivaram, Andrea Hsu (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They hated unions. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, their success in taking adverse actions against me would have been frustrated if not prevented.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-24/the-uaw-endorsed-biden-and-panned-republican-frontrunner-trump-as-a-scab
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on getting those who are the following to hate Trump: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, those who have health, financial, and/or other problems, illegals, etc.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-24/primary-contests-move-on-to-states-that-are-more-diverse-than-new-hampshire
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-24/new-brennan-center-senior-advisor-warns-of-the-threat-that-trump-poses-to-democracy

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/nearly-65-000-pregnancies-from-rape-have-occurred-in-states-with-abortion-bans-study-estimates/article_a1594f37-4d39-5e52-8b25-42bcd5fe7674.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Residents Of Humboldt Park Tent Encampment Are Finding Homes, But More Help Is Needed. Fifty-six people have found permanent housing, and another 30 are finding new apartments or are in negotiations with providers. But the community still needs more affordable housing, leaders say. – Ariel Parrella-Aureli
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/24/humboldt-park-tent-encampment-neighbors-find-housing-but-more-help-is-needed/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Six Migrants Charged with Burglary from Oak Brook Macy’s in Two Unrelated Incidents
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1128.php

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
— Automotive Career Day (COMMENT: My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely filed me because I accepted that offer. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.chicagoautoshow.com/news/automotive-career-day/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Conflicts mount over Chicago’s looming migrant evictions – Monica Eng
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/01/24/migrant-shelter-evictions-deadline-february

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Paul Vallas has declined to take part in the Chicago GOP fundraiser that we wrote about Wednesday. “In the last week I was asked to speak at a community forum. Unbeknownst to me it was a GOP fundraiser, and my name and likeness was used without my permission to promote the event,” he posted on social media. “I will not be attending the event.” Different take from the GOP: “Mr. Vallas was invited as a policy expert who is affiliated with the Illinois Policy Institute, not a politician,” wrote Chicago Republican Party Chair Steve Boulton in a statement. “We have hosted other policy experts at past events. The nature of the event was fully explained to Mr. Vallas.” – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/01/25/mayors-transparency-twitch-00137770

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-219/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-21/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Annette Corrigan has filed to be a write-in candidate for DuPage County Board District 4 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-11: Susan Hathaway-Altman Wins McGOP Straw Poll
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/25/sha/

WIREPOINTS
— Loss of 225,000 students since 2010 helps confirm Illinois is losing people – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/loss-of-225000-students-since-2010-helps-confirm-what-gov-pritzker-denies-illinois-is-losing-people-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE THAN 2-IN-5 CHICAGO LOW-INCOME STUDENTS CHRONICALLY ABSENT – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-2-in-5-chicago-low-income-students-chronically-absent/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Will Remain Neutral in Presidential Primary While Disgraced Durkin Bashes Trump Despite Historic Primary Victories
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/il-gop-will-remain-neutral-in-presidential-primary-while-disgraced-durkin-bashes-trump-despite-historic-primary-victories.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago neighborhood residents complain about immigrants taking vital resources away from community – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2816608/chicago-neighborhood-residents-complain-immigrants-taking-vital-resources-community/
— New Hampshire prioritized immigration because northern border crossings are up 600% – Tiana Lowe Doescher
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2816208/new-hampshire-prioritized-immigration-because-northern-border-crossings-are-up/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas Gov. Abbott continues laying razor wire around migrant-engulfed border city despite recent Supreme Court ruling – Selim Alg
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-laying-razor-wire-despite-court-order/
— Migrant families set up camp in Boston airport as Bay State overwhelmed by arrivals: ‘We need DC to act’ – Melissa Koenig
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/news/dozens-of-migrant-families-camped-at-boston-airport/
— Average Americans are paying for illegal migrants to come here, not just after they land – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/opinion/average-americans-are-paying-for-illegal-migrants-to-come-here-not-just-after-they-land/
— DEI hires pushed onto the FBI are putting the country’s safety at risk for the sake of being ‘woke’ – Miranda Devine (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/opinion/dei-hires-are-making-the-fbi-more-woke-than-qualified/
— DEI machine grows stronger, critics target homeschooling parents – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/opinion/dei-machine-grows-stronger-critics-target-homeschooling-parents-and-other-commentary/
— Joliet: Career criminal accused of killing 8 was related to most victims — who were as young as 14 – Melissa Koenig
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/news/man-accused-of-killing-eight-people-in-illinois-was-relative-of-the-victims/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegal Aliens Camping Out in Boston Airport – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/25/illegal-aliens-camping-out-in-boston-airport/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The AR-15: a common and usual American choice – Mike McDaniel (COMMENT: On their way to abolishing the Second Amendment, Democrats leaders outlaw AR-15s, then all semiautomatics, then all revolvers and bolt actions, then all firearms.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/the_ar15_a_common_and_usual_american_choice.html
— ‘Europeans Will Succumb to Islam,’ Says Former Intelligence Chief – Raymond Ibrahim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/europeans_will_succumb_to_islam_says_former_intelligence_chief.html
— DEI: making college unaffordable – Mike McDaniel (COMMENT: The following damaged my career a lot: a) my taking 4 long years to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 years old, b) my taking 4 long years to earn job related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980 and 5 long years to earn a job-related master’s degree in 1997, c) my not earning job-related professional certifications until 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my not earning a job-related professional license until 1981.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/dei_making_college_unaffordable.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I graduated from college in the 1980s. I took my bachelor’s degree in 2.5 years by taking overloads—up to 22 credits–every semester, and full loads every summer and interim session, as well as a number of correspondence courses from another university when I had to have a class that wasn’t offered when I needed it. At that state college, my education cost a bit less than $10,000. I was an adult, paying my own freight, and needed to get back into the workforce as quickly as possible. I took out no student loans. Tuition then was a fraction of current college tuition. That was in part possible because the school had only the administrators it needed. There was one registrar, one President, and only necessary additional administrators. They all had full time jobs with at least eight hours of daily work. Deans were working professors, and virtually every English and music class—my disciplines–was taught by a full professor. Every teacher at that school taught a full class load. There was no such thing as DEI, CRT or wokeness in general. That’s not the way of things now.)

AMERICAN WIRE
— Boston’s Logan Airport serving as shelter for illegal aliens – Gov. Healy joins call for federal funding – Kevin Haggerty
https://americanwirenews.com/bostons-logan-airport-serving-as-shelter-for-illegal-aliens-gov-healy-joins-call-for-federal-funding/

BREITBART
— Boston, Chicago: Blue Cities Turning Major Airports into Migrant Shelters – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/24/boston-chicago-blue-cities-turning-major-airports-into-migrant-shelters/
— Senate Deal Expands Immigration as 860K Illegal Alien ‘Got-Aways’ Crossed Border Last Year – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/24/senate-deal-expand-immigration-860k-got-aways-2023/
— Senate Immigration Deal Allows 35,000 Illegals at Border Every Week – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/24/report-senate-immigration-deal-allows-35000-illegals-at-border-every-week/
— Big Apple Council Member Trolls Wealthy Brooklyn Liberals on Migrant Shelters – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/24/big-apple-council-member-trolls-wealthy-brooklyn-liberals-on-migrant-shelters/
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that it is impossible to slow down illegal immigration, let alone stop illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders vehemently oppose E-Verify.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/25/european-union-border-chief-backs-open-borders-declares-no-wall-no-fence-can-stop-illegals/
— Official: We’re Considering Expanding Asylum Opportunities to Deal with Influx of Venezuelan Migrants – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/25/official-were-considering-expanding-asylum-opportunities-to-deal-with-influx-of-venezuelan-migrants/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Don’t Believe the Hype — Securing the Border’s Not That Hard. Detention is key — so why isn’t anyone talking about it? – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Dont-Believe-Hype-Securing-Borders-Not-Hard

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— They Take Care From Peter and Give It To Paul – Editorials
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/01/24/they-take-care-from-peter-and-give-it-to-paul
— Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl — What Happens If a White Player Takes a Knee? – Larry Elder (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push national anthems for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, women, young people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/01/24/black-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-what-happens-if-a-white-player-takes-a-knee

DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Lawmakers Urge Biden To Seize Control Of Texas National Guard – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: Democrats have declared war on Texas.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/24/dem-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-seize-control-of-texas-national-guard/
— Senate Republicans Sound Off On Leaked Border Deal Proposals, Say They Will Absolutely Not Vote For Them – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/24/senate-republican-josh-hawley-mike-lee-ted-cruz-border-deal-leak-proposal/

DAILY WIRE
— Ted Cruz Blasts The Supreme Court For Siding With Biden On Texas Border
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-blasts-the-supreme-court-for-siding-with-biden-on-texas-border
— DeSantis Backs Texas As It Fights To Secure Its Border: ‘Upholding The Law While Biden Is Flouting It’ – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-backs-texas-as-it-fights-to-secure-its-border-upholding-the-law-while-biden-is-flouting-it
— Abbott: Texas Has Constitutional Right To Defend Its Borders From Invasion, Supersedes All Federal Law – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/abbott-texas-has-constitutional-right-to-defend-its-borders-from-invasion-supersedes-all-federal-law
— Poll Finds Majority Of Voters Oppose Race And Gender Identity-Based Hiring. Practices associated with DEI are unpopular with a wide swath of voters, survey concludes. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, they have always promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination big time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-poll-finds-majority-of-voters-oppose-race-and-gender-identity-based-hiring
— ADL Urged Counterterrorism Agency To Target Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, Other Alleged ‘Amplifiers Of LGBTQ+ Hate’ – Brent Scher
https://www.dailywire.com/news/adl-urged-counterterrorism-agency-to-target-daily-wires-matt-walsh-other-alleged-amplifiers-of-lgbtq-hate

EPOCH TIMES
— Wall Street Opposition to Trump Dropping, Investors Say. Multiple Wall Street investors appear to be conceding that former President Donald Trump will likely win the GOP primary. – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/wall-street-opposition-to-trump-dropping-investors-say-5573173
— Growing Concerns Over Links Between Transgenderism and Violence. An increase in mass shootings by gender-confused individuals is sparking worry over the ‘volatile cocktail’ of mental health issues and body-altering chemicals. – Darlene McCormick Sanchez
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/growing-concerns-over-links-between-transgenderism-and-violence-5566996

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Administration’s Border Crisis Spreading in the Interior
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/01/24/numbers-biden-administrations-border-crisis-spreading-interior

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago Democrat sues city over plans to turn community park into migrant shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Ymy88FIno

FOX RADIO
— Haley Falls Short, Trump Mocks Her Upbeat Speech, Press Says She’s Toast – Howard Kurtz (COMMEMT: Democrat and RINO leaders a) ever-increasingly glorify and praise voters who do not share Trump’s demographics: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/01/24/haley-falls-short-trump-mocks-her-upbeat-speech-press-says-shes-toast/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Democrat Andre Smith torches city leaders as clinics close, closed schools used to make way for migrants. Smith called for freshman Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson to face recall. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-democrat-torches-city-leaders-clinics-schools-closed-make-way-migrants
— Boston announces reparations task force that will study impact slavery had on residents: City ‘on trial’ Boston is the latest big city exploring reparations to its Black residents. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: What is your hometown? Diersens lived in Crete 1854-2022. My parents and all my ancestors were 100% German American and Missouri Synod Lutheran. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that while I lived in Crete 1948-1972, it was full of German American Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. In my defense, I have often had to stress that my grandfather fought the Germans in WWI, that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F, and that my wife of 46 years is Catholic. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/boston-announces-reparations-task-force-study-impact-slavery-had-residents-city-trial

GOPUSA
— The REAL Story Of The Two Americas
https://www.gopusa.com/the-real-story-of-the-two-americas/

MRC TV
— Groomer A-GoGo: Colorado ‘All-Ages Drag Brunch’ With Minors Performing Is Outed – MARYA DUNNING
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/marya-dunning/groomer-gogo-colorado-all-ages-drag-brunch-minors-performing-outed

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Blatant Discrimination to Achieve ‘Diversity’ Continues – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/blatant-discrimination-to-achieve-diversity-continues/
— The GOP Is Now the Trump Party – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/the-gop-is-now-the-trump-party/
— ‘The Treason of the Intellectuals,’ with Niall Ferguson – PETER ROBINSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-treason-of-the-intellectuals-with-niall-ferguson/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden admits more than 1 illegal immigrant for every 2 US births since taking office. “Net immigration increasingly drives population growth and accounts for all population growth beginning in 2040,” the CBO predicted. – Jarryd Jaeger (COMMENT: America was founded by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP), overwhelmingly former citizens of England, and became great because of WASPs. The faster that Democrats and RINOs replace them with anti-WASP and WASP-hating citizens of foreign countries, the faster that America will die.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-admits-more-than-1-illegal-immigrant-for-every-2-us-births-since-taking-office

TOWNHALL
— Supreme Court Allows the Invasion to Continue – Cal Thomas
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2024/01/25/supreme-court-allows-the-invasion-to-continue-n2634143
— NYC School Debacle Is About Politicians Who Don’t Care About Their Citizens – William Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/01/25/nyc-school-debacle-is-about-politicians-who-dont-care-about-their-citizens-n2634142
— Texas Dem Proposes an Insane Idea Regarding Illegal Immigration – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/01/24/insane-texas-democrat-says-biden-should-federalize-national-guard-to-permit-more-illegal-immigration-n2634146
— 7 Times the ‘Pro-Palestine’ Crowd Made Their Violent End-Game Abundantly Clear – Elise McCue
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elise-mccue/2024/01/24/xx-times-the-pro-palestine-crowd-made-their-vile-end-game-abundantly-clear-n2633791

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Encamped Immigrants Begin Overtaking Major Boston Airport: ‘We Need DC to Act’ – Rachel M. Emmanuel
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/encamped-immigrants-begin-overtaking-major-boston-airport-we-need-dc-to-act/ar-BB1hd8Gg

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— More GOP holdouts backing Trump as leaders seek ‘unity’ Democrats also expecting 2020 rematch, but Haley says she’ll stay in race. – Mary Ellen McIntire
https://rollcall.com/2024/01/24/more-gop-holdouts-backing-trump-as-leaders-seek-unity/

CNN
— Trials of Michigan school shooter’s parents set to test limits of who’s responsible for a mass shooting – Eric Levenson
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/james-jennifer-crumbley-school-shooting-trial/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In particular, prosecutors have accused the gunman’s parents of disregarding the risks when they bought a gun for their son four days before the shooting, even though he was struggling with his mental health and contemplating violence. They also say the parents did not mention the gun to school officials in a meeting to discuss Ethan’s disturbing drawings just hours before the fatal shooting.)

CBS NEWS
— New Hampshire voter exit polls show how Trump won the state’s 2024 Republican primary – Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus (COMMEMT: Democrat and RINO leaders a) ever-increasingly glorify and praise voters who do not share Trump’s demographics: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2024-new-hampshire-primary-voter-polls/

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Residents Reject Blaming Greg Abbott for Migrant Crisis – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-residents-reject-blaming-greg-abbott-migrant-crisis-1863204

NEW YORK TIMES
— Haley Can’t Beat Trump, but She Can Sting Him – CHARLES M. BLOW
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/nikki-haley-donald-trump.html
— Poor Nikki, Poor Us – GAIL COLLINS
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/nikki-haley-new-hampshire-trump-biden.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Biden Giving Migrants With No Identification a Free Pass, Raising Fears Over Air Travel Safety. This is our government kowtowing to the immigration lobby and putting Americans second, safety be damned. – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-giving-migrants-with-no-identification-a-free-pass-raising-fears-over-air-travel-safety

USA TODAY
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will ever-increasingly be minority, female, younger, non-conservative, non-Republican, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, citizens of foreign countries, and /or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/25/dei-bans-threaten-medical-training-health-care/72274787007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Nikki Haley’s Stand Gets Under Trump’s Skin. Candidate projects optimism despite steep odds, frustrating the front-runner. – Alex Leary and John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-trump-gop-2024-e67138bc
— Here’s Where Trump’s Support Grew the Most in New Hampshire – Max Rust and Randy Yeip (COMMEMT: Democrat and RINO leaders a) ever-increasingly glorify and praise voters who do not share Trump’s demographics: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/heres-where-trumps-support-grew-the-most-in-new-hampshire-c5831f6d

FORBES & FORTUNE & HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/2024/01/24/one-more-time-why-diversity-leads-to-better-team-performance/
https://fortune.com/2024/01/24/jpmorgan-jamie-dimon-dei-diversity-finance-banking-capitalism/
https://hbr.org/2024/01/why-dei-leaders-are-burning-out-and-how-organizations-can-help

January 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Sen. Tim Scott endorses Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire primary. Scott’s endorsement is a blow to fellow South Carolinian, Nikki Haley. – Gabriella Abdul-Hakim
https://abc7chicago.com/tim-scott-donald-trump-endorsement-nikki-haley/14340672/
— Texas spent over $370K on 2 flights to send migrants to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-plane-texas-cost-of-charter-flights/14342011/

WGN RADIO
— Where are incomes keeping up with inflation in Illinois? – Joey Schneider
https://wgnradio.com/news/where-are-incomes-keeping-up-with-inflation-in-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Chicago migrants, lacking work permits, are finding work so their families can get by. Many of the 34,000-plus migrants who’ve arrived since August 2022 could qualify for work permits, but, with a long wait to get them, some cook, wash windows, sell candy for cash. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad (COMMENT: Mass/illegal immigration promotes illegal off-the-books and under-the-table income. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s efforts to fight that 1986-1988. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/20/24043024/chicago-migrants-work-permits-jobs
— 4 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for allegedly trying to walk onto Stevenson Expressway. Husam Marajda, an organizer with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network of Chicago, said local and state police officers blocked a car caravan from driving onto the expressway and so a group of people got out of their cars and started to walk. – Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/1/20/24045491/4-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-walk-on-stevenson-expressway

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roe v. Wade anniversary: Two activist families fight contrasting abortion battles in Illinois, Indiana. -Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-roe-anniversary-dueling-local-activists-20240121-vaixjp6l5je7nfd6szf22panhm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Will Illinois’ primary give GOP voters a choice? Presidential delegates for Haley, DeSantis stack their candidates against Trump – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240120/local-politics/will-illinois-primary-give-gop-voters-a-choice-presidential-delegates-for-haley-desantis-stack-th/
— Who you can see at congressional candidate forum in Naperville – Russell Lissau (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many Republican candidate forums that I conducted as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I would focus on those candidates who lost elections and then blamed their loses on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240119/news/who-you-can-see-at-congressional-candidate-forum-in-naperville/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Legislators must act to address migrant crisis – State Sen. Andrew Chesney, R-Freeport
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/01/20/your-turn-legislators-must-act-to-address-migrant-crisis/72268455007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the last 18 months, Gov. JB Pritzker has issued consecutive 30-day disaster proclamations for the State of Illinois as it relates to the migrant crisis and the hordes of non-citizens making their way to Illinois from the U.S. southern border. These orders grant him massive power to bypass the Legislature, a co-equal branch of government, and move and spend budget dollars how he sees fit. Indeed, Governor Pritzker and I do not agree on much, but we agree that the flood of migrants into Illinois is a crisis. When these people arrive, they need shelter, food, and often healthcare. Children must be enrolled in schools, and because they are primarily non-English-speaking, they require additional resources to help them learn. These things cost money and resources that most communities cannot spare. Every tax dollar that is diverted to fund the needs of migrants is a dollar that is siphoned away from Illinois citizens who are hungry, Illinois veterans who need help, Illinois citizens living with disabilities, and lower-income Illinois citizens who rely on their state government for essential services, like food on their table and a warm house in the winter. Governor Pritzker and the Mayor of Chicago are pointing fingers at border state governors and begging President Biden for financial assistance when they should be taking some responsibility for a crisis that is mainly of their own making. Illinois has rolled out the welcome mat to migrants and illegal immigrants. When you loudly proclaim that Illinois welcomes migrants and illegal immigrants regardless of their status, you shouldn’t be too surprised when they show up. Illinois became a de-facto Sanctuary State when majority party Democrats passed Senate Bill 31 in the 100th General Assembly (2017-2018). This law, named the “Trust Act,” prohibits Illinois law enforcement personnel from coordinating with federal immigration officials to enforce immigration laws. Then, in the 101st General Assembly (2019-2020), Democrats enacted laws that provide free health insurance, first for senior illegal immigrants, then for illegal immigrants aged 55-64, and ultimately for all illegal immigrants aged 52+. During this time, they also extended college tuition grants to illegal immigrants and tweaked court system procedures so that an individual’s immigration status could not be used against them. In the 102nd General Assembly (2021-2022), Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants was expanded, and they became eligible for certain tax credits and state utility assistance programs. Both migrants and illegal immigrants were also provided with access to public defenders for immigration cases. In the current 103rd General Assembly, Democrats created a process for them to obtain driver’s licenses and housing assistance and provided a pathway for some migrants to become sworn police officers. Is it any wonder that Illinois is a premier destination state for the undocumented? I recently sent a survey to residents of the 45th District. It was sent with no regard to political affiliation. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all received it. On the issue of support or non-support of free healthcare for illegal immigrants, as of January 1, 2024, a resounding 81.5% of all respondents said they were opposed to the State of Illinois providing free healthcare to those in this country illegally. It is time to unwind the policies that have made this state a destination for the undocumented, beginning with a full repeal of the Trust Act. Illegal immigration is just that — illegal. Law enforcement should be able to work with federal officials to enforce our immigration laws. Secondly, I recommend the elimination of free healthcare for migrants and illegal immigrants. Over 80% of the survey respondents in my district want this, so it is legislation I will be proud to carry. And lastly, we need to roll back the host of other policies mentioned above that have made Illinois a de-facto Sanctuary State and a destination for migrants and illegal immigrants. In my opinion, this is the most important issue facing lawmakers during the 2024 session, and I am willing to work with any legislator who wants to unwind bad policies and place our state back on a better path.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn White evangelicals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-19/white-evangelical-voters-are-standing-by-their-man-donald-trump

WSIL TV & WAND TV & WSIU
— Haley questions Trump’s mental fitness after he confuses her with Nancy Pelosi – Ebony Davis
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/haley-questions-trump-s-mental-fitness-after-he-confuses-her-with-nancy-pelosi/article_106bb68a-c840-5818-9091-591741160267.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/nikki-haley-questions-trumps-mental-fitness-after-he-appears-to-confuse-her-for-nancy-pelosi/article_45e6c951-f785-5254-8a39-d6a5ebf31956.html
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-01-21/haley-questions-trumps-mental-fitness-as-he-seems-to-confuse-her-with-nancy-pelosi

CITIES 92.9
— Some worry Illinois spending priorities under pressure by ongoing migrant care. – Greg Bishop
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/20/some-worry-illinois-spending-priorities-under-pressure-by-ongoing-migrant-care/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “How do you look at the citizens of Illinois, the single moms that go to work every single day and have to pay for their health insurance and then you are told that people from other countries are just coming in and they’re getting free health care,” Coffey said. “That’s got to stop so that we can fund the priorities for the citizens of Illinois.”)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, that is, those who support the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-election-year-politics-threaten-senate-border-deal-as-trump-and-his-allies-rally-opposition/
— Trump mocks DeSantis after testy Fox interview over Iowa results – Lauren Irwin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-mocks-desantis-after-testy-fox-interview-over-iowa-results/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Can Trump be stopped?”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-can-trump-be-stopped-that-and-more-key-questions-heading-into-the-new-hampshire-primary/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rockford Area Legislators React to New Year’s Day Arrival of Plane Full of Migrants from Texas
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/20/rockford-area-legislators-react-to-new-years-day-arrival-of-plane-full-of-migrants-from-texas/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Number of White Hispanic individuals arrested grows in Q4
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653754467-number-of-white-hispanic-individuals-arrested-grows-in-q4

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Suicide by “Migration” – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/01/suicide-by-migration/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis says Mayorkas ‘should be impeached’ as House panel ends hearings – Alex Miller (COMMENT: Mayorkas is just an operative for Biden.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/20/ron-desantis-says-alejandro-mayorkas-should-be-imp/
— New group uses social media to disrupt immigration compromise – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/20/wooing-congress-new-group-uses-social-media-disrup/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Some worry Illinois spending priorities under pressure by ongoing migrant care – Lily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2808624/some-worry-illinois-spending-priorities-under-pressure-by-ongoing-migrant-care/

NEW YORK POST
— Group of newly arrived migrants allegedly behind string of burglaries plaguing Chicago suburb – Deirdre Bardolf
https://nypost.com/2024/01/20/news/group-of-newly-arrived-migrants-allegedly-behind-string-of-burglaries-plaguing-chicago-suburb-police/
— Haley rips Trump for confusing her with Nancy Pelosi, says she had to ‘sit down with him’ over Putin ‘bromance’ – Ryan King and Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2024/01/20/news/haley-claims-she-sat-trump-down-over-putin-bromance/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Has Biden’s Border Crisis Driven Chicago’s Mayor to the Hospital for Panic Attacks?
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/21/has-bidens-border-crisis-driven-chicagos-mayor-to-the-hospital-for-panic-attacks/
— You Won’t Believe How Few States Require US Citizenship to Vote
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/20/you-wont-believe-how-few-states-require-u-s-citizenship-to-vote/

AMERICAN THINKER
— CRT/DEI: Addition through division – Earick Ward (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I have inhibited their success: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Pary, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/crtdie_addition_through_division.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of us are familiar with the expression “addition through subtraction”: A phrase commonly used by coaches to mean that your team can get better not by adding more talent, but by shedding people or practices that are inhibiting your success.)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fetterman strikes again! Speaks out on border crisis, invasion of ‘300,000’ migrants. – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/fetterman-strikes-again-speaks-out-on-border-crisis-invasion-of-300000-migrants-1429604/
— ‘Raises significant security concerns’: Hawley hammers TSA over ‘special privileges to illegal immigrants’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/20/raises-significant-security-concerns-hawley-hammers-tsa-over-special-privileges-to-illegal-immigrants-1429391/

BREITBART
— Republican Senators Warn Against Immigration Deal – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/20/exclusive-republican-senators-warn-against-immigration-deal/
— 12K Migrants Apprehended in Arizona Border Sector in 7 Days – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/20/12k-migrant-apprehended-in-arizona-border-sector-in-7-days/
— Biden to Republicans: Stop ‘Weaponizing’ My Open Border – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/01/20/joe-biden-republicans-stop-weaponizing-open-border/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Texas State University library display promotes books that push sex and transgenderism on teens and kids. – Virginia King
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exclusive-photos-texas-state-university-library-display-promotes-books-that-push-sex-and-transgenderism-on-teens-and-kids-/24680

DAILY WIRE
— Fetterman: Illegal Aliens Pouring Into U.S. Are Threatening ‘The American Dream’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-illegal-aliens-pouring-into-u-s-are-threatening-the-american-dream

EPOCH TIMES
— Massive Influx of Illegal Immigrants Endangers American Dream – Fetterman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/massive-influx-of-illegal-immigrants-endangers-american-dream-democrat-senator-says-5570233

FEDERALIST
— Thousands Attend March For Life Hoping To Make Abortion ‘Unthinkable’ – THOMAS GRIFFIN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/20/thousands-of-pro-lifers-attend-march-for-life-hoping-to-make-abortion-unthinkable/
— Ballots Cast Without Proof Of Citizenship ‘Exploded’ After Lawfare Crippled Arizona Election Laws – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/19/ballots-cast-without-proof-of-citizenship-exploded-after-lawfare-crippled-arizona-election-laws/

FOX NEWS
— Illegal migrants get privileges ‘our own citizens don’t even have’ – Dave Rubin
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345283211112
— Fetterman says American dream is threatened by 300,000 illegal immigrants swarming southern border. ‘I honestly don’t understand why it’s controversial to say we need a secure border,’ the senator told CNN anchor Jake Tapper. – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fetterman-says-american-dream-threatened-300000-illegal-immigrants-swarming-southern-border

GOPUSA
— Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Biden’s Job As President, Survey Shows
https://www.gopusa.com/majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-bidens-job-as-president-survey-shows/
— Biden Takes Swipe At Gun Rights Advocates, Says ‘Need An F-16’ Not AR-15 To Take On Government
https://www.gopusa.com/biden-takes-swipe-at-gun-rights-advocates-says-need-an-f-16-not-ar-15-to-take-on-government/

HOT AIR
— College Essays: The Affirmative Action Workaround – JOHN SEXTON (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/01/20/college-essays-the-affirmative-action-workaround-n606296
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In short, students can still write essays about how race has factored into their lives but it has to be specific and not based on checking a box. Within days the Washington Post had published a story about how colleges were already planning to help educate prospective students about how to get around the new limitations on considering race directly in admissions. . .This of course assumed that students weren’t already well aware that the essays were the best chance they had to make race work for them. The NY Times had already published an account from a college professor who had spent his grad school years making side money by helping students with applications. He said the students already knew how the game worked. . .Students applying for top colleges aren’t dumb. And now that the rules have changed, they are still doing their best to work the system. . .This is exactly the sort of thing that everyone predicted would happen. College essays are now a back door for putting race front and center before admissions officers. The schools haven’t given up on race-conscious admissions, they are just doing their best to find a legal workaround that will allow them to generate the same outcome. Put another way, the same incentives and disincentives are still there depending on your race you just have to be a little more explicit about it to game the system these days.)

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden’s folly: Tens of thousands of Chinese illegals detained, released at the southern border – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/bidens-folly-tens-of-thousands-of-chinese-illegals-detained-released-at-the-southern-border

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Wisconsin Law School Forcing Students To Endure Racist DEI Reeducation. “This ‘DEI training’ is a form of indoctrination and demeans law students based on their race.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents talk and act like they agree with the University of Wisconsin Law School. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/univ-wisconsin-law-school-forcing-students-to-endure-racist-dei-reeducation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In preparation for the session, law students are asked to study a description of “racist” behaviors, including the false claim that non-discrimination is “racist” and a collection of other assertions about “whites” and “people of color” that actually are racist. It would be one thing if the law school proposed an academic debate about such matters. But no one believes for one moment that’s what this session is about. This “DEI training” is a form of indoctrination and demeans law students based on their race. WILL strongly condemns this meeting’s proposed subject matter and demands that any racially discriminatory instruction be removed. By pushing racist ideology on law students, the University is defying federal law, creating a racially hostile environment, and harming individual student dignity. . .The attachments assert a racist view of the world and propagate harmful racial stereotypes. The materials assert the following claims: Only white people can be racist. Advocating for a “colorblind” society is racist and “negates” the “experiences of people of color.” It is racist to attack affirmative action. All white people experience “privilege based on your white skin color. You benefit from this system of oppression and advantage no matter what your intentions are.” White people have a “fear of people of color and what would happen if they gained control.” White people all are infected with “whiteness,” “white guilt,” “denial,” “fear,” and “privilege.” Ridding white people of “racist conditioning” “will never happen.” “There are no exceptional white people” such that all are tainted by skin color. “All white people are the “beneficiaries of racism and white privilege.” White people should never talk about their “own story of hardship” because it “diminishes the experiences of people of color.” All white people “attempt to excuse, defend or cover up racist actions of other white people.”)

MRC TV
— CNN Pushes Gun Control After Justice Department Report on Uvalde Shooting – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2024/01/20/cnn-pushes-gun-control-after-justice-department-report-uvalde

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI: Distraction, Evasion, and Incompetence at the University of Illinois Springfield – Jared Gould
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/01/20/uis-what-is-it-good-for/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago mayor treated at hospital for panic attacks amid illegal immigrant crisis, reporter claims
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-treated-at-hospital-for-panic-attacks-amid-illegal-immigrant-crisis-reporter-claims

POWER LINE
— THE DEEP MEANING OF DEI – SCOTT JOHNSON
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/01/the-deep-meaning-of-dei.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College presidents, if they are not members of the Democratic Party, invariably come into office pledging to enlarge the diversity regime, which further cements the party–academic alliance. College faculties are overwhelmingly Democratic and progressive in their affiliations. College campuses are now a “base” of the Democratic Party. Academic administrators, of whom there are now many, are typically hired today to advance one or another aspect of the diversity regime. One will find few conservatives in faculty or administrative posts because they oppose the diversity regime, and so cannot be hired. It is hard to escape the conclusion that the DEI movement, in large part thanks to its alliance with the Democratic Party, has locked up control over America’s leading universities. The enterprise is especially influential not only because DEI is the official doctrine of the university, but also because it leans on powerful external allies in the Democratic Party. For that reason, it was shocking that a few outside critics should have been able to topple Ms. Gay while dishing out an embarrassing lesson to Harvard’s establishment. . .Ours is not the first country in which universities have fallen under control of political parties. The history of these kinds of relationships is far from benign. Nazi leaders in Germany targeted universities for control and used them to implement party policies and spread their malignant ideology. Many of these universities were among the finest in the world before the Nazis took over. Something similar happened in the Soviet Union, though there the universities were captured by Marxism–Leninism and the Communist Party. In neither country were speakers allowed to appear on university campuses to promote ideas in opposition to party dogmas. Authorities under those regimes did not appoint university heads on the basis of scholarly credentials but rather because of their loyalty to the party and its ideology. Everyone knows how those enterprises ended. Is it a good thing that American universities are controlled by the Democratic Party, and circulate its ideological dogmas? Obviously not—and for that reason universities and the diversity agenda will inevitably confront a political reckoning.)

TOWNHALL
— WH: ‘We Have to Do Something About Illegal Migration’ Then Brags About Taxpayer-Funded Services They Get – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/20/wh-we-have-to-do-something-about-illegal-migration-then-brags-about-taxpayer-funded-services-they-get-n2633911
— Biden Admits the U.S. Border Is Not Secure, But There’s a Catch – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/20/biden-admits-us-southern-border-is-not-secure-n2633922
— Texas Authorities Begin Arresting Illegal Immigrants at Southern Border – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/01/20/texas-authorities-begin-arresting-illegal-immigrants-at-southern-border-n2633881

TURNING POINT USA
— Illinois to Mandate Mental Health Screenings for Students (COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatism is a mental illness.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/illinois-to-mandate-mental-health-screenings-for-students
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This decision by Illinois may appear to be a good decision that can be a benefit for young students. But in a time where the legitimacy and neutrality of psychologists and social workers is in question, it is unclear whether or not this will be a viable solution to the ongoing mental health crisis sweeping our country.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— DeSantis joins House GOP calls for Mayorkas impeachment – TARA SUTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4419470-desantis-joins-house-gop-calls-mayorkas-impachment/

NEWSWEEK
— Republican Chip Roy Slams Donald Trump Over Border Failures
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-slams-donald-trump-over-border-failures-1862518

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs a) use DEI to get rid of Republicans; b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things; and c) focus on destroying Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/20/us/dei-woke-claremont-institute.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei.html

WASHINGTON POST
— When Reagan tried to undo affirmative action, corporations fought back. Now, amid political pushback against DEI initiatives, companies are once again holding onto their diversity practices. – Julian Mark (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Because they hated Reagan, they hated me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/01/21/ronald-reagan-affirmative-action-dei/

USA TODAY
— Nikki Haley says America was never racist. Her memoir tells a trickier story. Nikki Haley recalls in her 2012 book how staff at a fruit stand called the police on her turban-wearing father. It is one of several anecdotes that contradicts her GOP primary message on race. – Dan Morrison
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/20/nikki-haley-never-racist-book/72280548007/
— These Republicans want to punish conservative rebels as tensions erupt in the House – Ken Tran (COMMENT: I should write a book past and present leaders of the following who were/are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/17/house-gop-conservative-max-miller-bob-good-freedom-caucus/72261822007/

TAMPA BAY TIMES
— Trump said millions of migrants are signing up to vote illegally
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/01/21/trump-said-millions-migrants-are-signing-up-vote-illegally-fact-check/
— Build the wall? Here’s why immigrants will still come to US. – John Skey, Bradenton (COMMENT: What jobs have you taken that your critics/opponents would never have stooped 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 more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/01/19/build-wall-heres-why-immigrants-will-still-come-us-letters/
(FROM THE LETTER: You can build a wall, you can talk tough about immigrants “poisoning” our blood, but until you start going after American businesses, and their owners, for knowingly hiring millions of workers without documentation, not much will change. I’ve know many immigrants, documented and not, and every single one of them was here to work, and every single one of them found work. Illegal immigration will drop dramatically if E-Verify is required for every employer in the country, no wall needed. The flip side of this is we will then have a massive shortage of labor, as most Americans do not want to do the farm, hotel, restaurant and roofing/construction jobs that these immigrants do so well. Rarely do I hear politicians talk about the root causes of illegal immigration: terrible conditions in the immigrants’ country of origin combined with millions of available jobs here in the United States, happily given to them by American business owners. Any serious discussion of immigration must address these issues, with significant fines and/or jail time for hiring illegally, while simultaneously developing and expanding a robust guest worker visa program to accommodate, legally, the immigrants that will do the jobs Americans simply will not do.)

SEACOAST
— Kinzinger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/01/21/adam-kinzinger-vote-republican-nh-primary-democracy/72298906007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Legal Woes Splinter GOP Unity. Former president is on a glide path to the nomination, but a criminal conviction would cost him Republican votes in November. – Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trumps-legal-woes-splinter-gop-unity-1fd67987
— What Is Humanitarian Parole? How an Obscure Biden Immigration Policy Became So Controversial. Parole has been extended to Ukrainians, Afghans and migrants at southern border. – Michelle Hackman (COMMENT: Constructively, just about every citizen of every country in the world could claim “humanitarian parole” in America.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/humanitarian-parole-immigration-border-policy-controversy-eb4d63a9

BLOOMBERG
— RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-20/house-gop-threats-to-kill-immigration-deal-show-they-re-not-serious-about-border

FORBES
— 2024 Career And Job Search Trends And How These Will Affect You – Robin Ryan (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more difficult/impossible it will be to get a good job: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have 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/sites/robinryan/2024/01/16/2024-career-and-job-search-trends-you-need-to-know-about/
— Time To Escape The Vicious Cycle Of Low Pay And Bad Jobs – Roger Trapp (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2023/08/28/time-to-escape-the-vicious-cycle-of-low-pay-and-bad-jobs/
— The more memberships that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have in the following marginalized groups, the harder that they work against me: female, minority, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/01/17/its-not-too-late-to-start-employee-resource-groups/

VOA
— What Would Happen in US Election if Trump or Biden Dropped Out?
https://www.voanews.com/a/what-would-happen-in-us-election-if-trump-or-biden-dropped-out-/7444855.html

SALON
— Want to fix inequality, Democrats? The answer is wages, not education. Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There’s an easy solution. – J. PAUL LEIGH (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981)
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/21/want-to-fix-inequality-democrats-the-answer-is-wages-not-education/

MILITANT
— As immigration spikes, workers look to unify the working class – ALYSON KENNEDY (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My RINO critics/opponents a) want cheap labor and b) look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://themilitant.com/2024/01/20/as-immigration-spikes-workers-look-to-unify-the-working-class/

NATION WORLD
— ‘Humanitarian parole’, the last hurdle in the immigration deal between Biden and Republicans in Congress (COMMENT: Constructively, just about every citizen of every country in the world could claim “humanitarian parole” in America.)
https://nationworldnews.com/humanitarian-parole-the-last-hurdle-in-the-immigration-deal-between-biden-and-republicans-in-congress/

INDEPENDENT
— Working class Americans angry at Democrats saying they’re responsible for illegal migrant invasion, Republicans to win big in 2024? (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My RINO critics/opponents a) want cheap labor and b) look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://theindependent.sg/working-class-americans-angry-at-democrats-saying-theyre-responsible-for-illegal-migrant-invasion-republicans-to-win-big-in-2024/

January 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Constructively, by flooding America with illegals, Democrat leaders have declared war not only on Texas, not only on Republicans, but on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.
https://abc7chicago.com/texas-national-guard-blocking-border-patrol-from-stretch-of-border/14313347/
— Mayor Johnson addresses shelter plans for new arrivals amid winter storm
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-winter-storm-migrants-little-village-shelter/14316859/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPWtQatJa8M

NBC5
— Gov. Pritzker issues stern letter to Texas Gov. Abbott, pleading for halting of migrant bus arrivals in frigid temperatures
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-stern-letter-to-texas-gov-abbott-pleading-for-halting-of-migrant-bus-arrivals-in-frigid-temperatures/3326184/
— Chicago extends 60-day limit on migrant shelter stays ahead of dangerous wind chills. Johnson said that the city has not opened any new shelters since late December, and it’s adjusting rules on how long migrants can stay at such sites. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-extends-60-day-limit-on-migrant-shelter-stays-ahead-of-dangerous-wind-chills/3326331/
— Shovel your sidewalk or face a fine: What Chicago residents need to know. An important reminder for Chicago residents and business owners, to safely get outside and clear sidewalks- otherwise you could face fines of up to $500. – PJ Randhawa and Leigh Lesniak (COMMENT: What laws govern show shoveling in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/shovel-your-sidewalk-or-face-a-fine-what-chicago-residents-need-to-know/3326293/

CBS2
— Chicago delays migrant shelter limits; Gov. JB Pritzker asks Texas to stop sending migrants in dangerous winter weather – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-delay-migrant-shelter-limit-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-prizker-letter-greg-abbott/
— Cafe employs young adults with disabilities – Joe Donlon, Edie Kasten (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who they hired who were disabled, liberal, minority, female, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, had parents who were immigrants, had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of them.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wills-place-hidden-gems/

FOX32
— Chicago migrant shelter evictions delayed amid extreme cold
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-shelter-evictions-delayed-extreme-cold

WTTW
— As Migrants Sit for Hours on Buses at City Landing Zone, Volunteers Call for More Communication – Emily Soto
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/migrants-sit-hours-buses-city-landing-zone-volunteers-call-more-communication
— Proposal Calls for Expanding Voting by Mail in Illinois – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/proposal-calls-expanding-voting-mail-illinois
— Chicago Suspends 60-Day Limit on Shelter Stays for Migrants; Pritzker Appeals to Texas Gov.’s ‘Humanity’ to Stop the Buses Amid Extreme Weather – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/chicago-suspends-60-day-limit-shelter-stays-migrants-pritzker-appeals-texas-gov-s

WBEZ
— Amid snowstorm, Chicago delays its plan to force migrants to leave shelters after 60 days. The city’s delay comes days before the first migrants were to be forced out of shelters. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pleaded with Texas’ governor to halt migrant buses amid extreme cold. – Tessa Weinberg, Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-migrants-wont-be-forced-to-leave-shelters-in-extreme-cold/ca84aa2a-4a5b-48ac-b377-0bbde51f26c3
— With a March 19 primary election looming, Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield. Illinois lawmakers will be picking up where they left off on Tuesday. With an election looming, action might be slow to start. – Alex Degman
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-work/13b4e6f2-8ffc-41df-bfad-5a886c2b4975

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thousands more migrants in Chicago than previously reported, city officials say – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrant-census-uptick-planes-20240112-hhou5w37lrdonf2hln6j3tvr2q-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mayor Brandon Johnson will delay enforcing migrant shelter evictions policy, acknowledges pause on opening new sites – Alice Yin, Dan Petrella and Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-brandon-johnson-immigrant-shelters-20240112-cyquqgazznfelcf6sdwlqn2ehe-story.html
— No migrant should be kicked out of a shelter in this weather – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-migrants-brandon-johnson-20240112-oyi5aggnbvdiheybz6xte6lbvq-story.html
— Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader – Alex Hulvalchick and Pam DeFiglio
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racial-equity-activist-must-pay-at-least-38-000-after-judge-dismisses-her-lawsuit-alleging-harm-from-awake-illinois-leader/ar-AA1mSwj2

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City preparing to ‘right-size’ migrant shelters due to budget constraints. After ramping up the shelter system for months to get migrants off the floors of Chicago police stations and airports, Chicago has not opened a migrant shelter since late December. – Fran Spielman and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/1/12/24036509/chicago-migrant-crisis-rightsize-shelters-budget-constraints
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Pritzker urges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop migrant drop-offs in winter storm: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ With Chicago temperatures expected to dip to dangerous lows, Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants migrant drop-offs from Texas to stop. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/12/24036176/pritzker-urges-texas-gov-greg-abbott-to-stop-migrant-dropoffs-amid-winter-storm
— Migrants won’t get booted from shelters next week, city says, but migrants at ‘landing zone’ stuck on buses as snowstorm hits. The city has delayed shelter evictions that were set for Tuesday, but more than 140 migrants remain in buses at the city’s designated site for new arrivals. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/12/24036052/migrants-landing-zone-stuck-buses-blizzard-hits-chicago-shelter-evictions-delayed
— Biden rolls out new round of student debt cancellation, many Illinois borrowers are eligible. In Illinois, 244,700 residents with student loans are eligible to apply for the new debt forgiveness. – Lynn Sweet (COMMENT: Not that I could have gotten a student loan, but if I had, my GPA would have been higher as well as my FSEE and GMAT scores. Instead of studying, while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, I worked all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office. I skipped many classes on Mondays and Fridays.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/12/24035310/biden-announces-new-round-of-student-loan-cancellations-washington-education-money-schools
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/13/24036109/illinois-abortion-patients-numbers-rising-supreme-court-roe-wade-restrictions-editorial
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and his supporters.
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/gene-lyons-fool-us-twice-shame-on-us/article_c404a672-5545-51f3-ba2e-505d106eec2b.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: More suburbs preparing to restrict migrant transports from Texas – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240112/news/more-suburbs-preparing-to-restrict-migrant-transports-from-texas/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats push pot in Elgin.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240112/marijuana/elgin-may-finally-get-its-first-recreational-cannabis-dispensary/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker pleads with Texas governor to stop sending migrants to Chicago in the frigid cold – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/01/12/pritzker-to-abbott-stop-sending-asylum-seekers-to-chicago-in-the-cold/72209935007/

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— Village restricts buses transporting asylum seekers. Violators will be fined based on the number of passengers transported. – Igor Studenkov
https://www.forestparkreview.com/2024/01/12/village-restricts-buses-transporting-asylum-seekers/

WGLT
— Immigration advocate says dozens of bused migrants are already living in McLean County – Eric Stock (COMMENT: How many illegals are living in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-01-11/immigration-advocate-says-dozens-of-bused-migrants-are-already-living-in-mclean-county

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-meets-criteria-for-reclassification-as-lower-risk-drug-fda-scientific-review-finds/article_b686bce7-dffa-5733-aa3d-d9c6c5560b6e.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Isabel’s afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-15/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kane County GOP Announces First Lincoln Day Dinner (COMMENT: Is your Republican county party organization planning a Lincoln Day Dinner?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/13/kane-county-gop-announces-first-lincoln-day-dinner/
— Trump Campaign Seeking Phone Banking Help Leading Into Iowa Caucus
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/12/trump-campaign-seeking-phone-banking-help-leading-into-iowa-caucus/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Southern District of Illinois federal Judge Stephen McGlynn is expediting the case challenging Illinois’ gun ban, despite some plaintiffs wanting to delay a trial so they can attempt to have a hearing with the U.S. Supreme Court. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7012d5da-b194-11ee-a9c4-dfedd4af5ecc.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Michael Musson, chairman of WTRO: ‘DuPage County citizens are fortunate to have a State’s Attorney who is committed to ensuring our safety’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653663046-michael-musson-chairman-of-wtro-dupage-county-citizens-are-fortunate-to-have-a-state-s-attorney-who-is-committed-to-ensuring-our-safety

CHAMBANA SUN
— Champaign Designated as Certified Welcoming Place by Welcoming America (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more unwelcome that you will be: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Because Democrats and RINOs are ever-increasingly taking over, I feel ever-increasingly unwelcome in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/653653341-champaign-designated-as-certified-welcoming-place-by-welcoming-america

FORD COUNTY REGISTER
— Busloads of migrants abandoned in Ford County? ‘It would be a disaster’ – Will Brumleve
https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/busloads-of-migrants-abandoned-in-ford-county-it-would-be-a-disaster/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Chair Stephen Boulton is Officially Removed from Primary Ballot for “Insufficient Number of Valid Signatures”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/chicago-gop-chair-stephen-boulton-is-officially-removed-from-primary-ballot-for-insufficient-number-of-valid-signatures.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate border deal would allow 5,000 illegal immigrants a day. Leaked details of deal spark revolt within GOP. – Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party is dominated RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian Plants, Green plants, and Independent plants who reject many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/13/senate-border-deal-would-allow-5000-illegal-immigr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois becomes abortion destination in Midwest – Gabrielle M. Etzel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2791606/illinois-becomes-abortion-destination-midwest/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 76) – Thaleigha Rampersad
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-76/

NEW YORK POST
— Federal authorities escalate war with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over access to migrant-packed park – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/feds-escalate-war-with-texas-gov-greg-abbott-over-access-to-migrant-packed-park/
— Migrants scour trash for food as they live out of buses in Chicago – Chris Nesi
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/migrants-scour-trash-for-food-as-they-live-out-of-buses-in-chicago/
— Elon Musk is right about Alaska Airlines blowout — Boeing’s DEI push could literally kill people. – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/opinion/alaska-airlines-shows-elon-musk-is-right-boeing-dei-could-kill-people/
— Rand Paul wades into GOP primary race with ‘Never Nikki’ Haley initiative – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/rand-paul-wades-into-gop-primary-race-with-never-nikki-haley-initiative/

AMAC
— The Myth Of An Apolitical Military – Phillip Keuhlen and CAPT Brent Ramsey
https://amac.us/newsline/society/the-myth-of-an-apolitical-military/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Inside the Illegal Immigrant Situation at James Madison High School. State of the Union: America’s migrant problem is growing worse by the day. – Anastasia Kaliabakos (COMMENT: Sooner or later, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will destroy the students in your school district.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/migrants-at-james-madison/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— ‘How to invade America’ – packaged in living color, compliments of NGOs – J.M. Phelps
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/12/how-to-invade-america-packaged-in-living-color-compliments-of-ngos/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois’ Ethically Challenged Court. When state legislatures and local officials can strip people of their rights and force them to go through expensive and lengthy lawsuits to get those rights back, then freedom is at risk for everyone. – Dan Caulkins
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/13/illinois-ethically-challenged-court/
— Who’s Ready for Slavery Reparations? The far Left is pushing harder than ever for its latest terrible idea… and no one’s biting. – Hayden Ludwig (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Democrats and RINOs have always used AA and DEI to make Republicans who are the following pay reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/12/whos-ready-for-slavery-reparations/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Small Town, USA learns the hard way that welcoming lawbreakers has negative consequences – Olivia Murray (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is shout your disrespect for that country and your disrespect for the rule of law.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/small_town_usa_learns_the_hard_way_that_welcoming_lawbreakers_has_negative_consequences.html

BLAZE
— ‘Proud RINO’ Adam Kinzinger says he would vote for Biden over Trump and hopes Nikki Haley wins New Hampshire GOP primary – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/adam-kinzinger-vote-biden-over-trump
— Texas seizes riverfront park in Eagle Pass to curb onslaught of illegal aliens – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/texas-seizes-riverfront-park-in-eagle-pass-to-curb-onslaught-of-illegal-aliens
— House Democrat uses racist arguments to justify mass immigration that a Republican would never use: ‘Vegetables would rot’ – CHRIS ENLOE (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jerry-nadler-migrants-vegetables-rot

BREITBART
— Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Cutting Firefighter Funds, Offering College Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/12/massachusetts-gov-maura-healey-cutting-firefighter-funds-offering-college-financial-aid-to-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Border Patrol Agents Quietly Support Texas’ Move To Seize Area Of Border – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/border-patrol-agents-quietly-support-texas-move-seize-area-border/
— Fmr Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Offers Solution To ‘Shut’ Border Crisis Down – HAILEY GOMEZ (COMMENT E-Verify should be required for all hiring and for just about everything else.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/stephen-miller-southern-border-crisis-solution/
— Alejandro Mayorkas Is Finally Getting A Taste Of Accountability – JENNY BETH MARTIN (COMMENT: Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Bowsher escaped accountability. Because of Bowsher, GAO is just barely a shell of what it once was. Bowsher used Republican-led budget cuts to shrink the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. All the GAO employees who Bowsher got rid of were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or did not have a degree from an Ivy Leage university. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write a book about Bowsher. Bowsher made the following worthless: a) my three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola-business-1976, DePaul-accounting-1980, and IIT-finance-1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accountiong-1997), and c) my job-related professional license (accounting-1981).)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/opinion-alejandro-mayorkas-is-finally-getting-a-taste-of-accountability-jenny-beth-martin/

DAILY WIRE
— Texas National Guard Takes Control Of Border Park Amid Feud With Biden Over Border Crisis – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-national-guard-takes-control-of-border-park-amid-feud-with-biden-over-border-crisis
— AOC Pressed On NYC Placing Illegal Immigrants In High School: ‘Not In My District … Shouldn’t Be Long-Term Solution’ – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-brushes-off-question-about-nyc-placing-illegal-immigrants-in-high-school-its-not-in-my-district
— Democrat Jerry Nadler Slammed After Claiming ‘Many Illegal Immigrants’ Needed To Pick Vegetables (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-jerry-nadler-slammed-after-claiming-many-illegal-immigrants-needed-to-pick-vegetables

FEDERALIST
— White Men Don’t Want To Join An Army That Tells Them They Aren’t Wanted – SHAWN FLEETWOOD (COMMENT: Are/were you not wanted? 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. They did not want me and they wrongly gambled/hoped that I would become a Democrat.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/12/white-men-dont-want-to-join-an-army-that-tells-them-they-arent-wanted/

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Eric Adams insists NYC migrant crisis has nothing to do with sanctuary city status
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344787375112
— Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler says we need ‘many illegal immigrants’ in the country to pick vegetables. Nadler said illegal immigrants are needed to keep vegetables from rotting. – Joe Schoffstall (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-rep-jerry-nadler-says-we-need-many-illegal-immigrants-in-country-to-pick-vegetables
— Biden’s border crisis looks like the product of a military defeat – Stephen Miller (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrat Party soldiers include the following: illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, liberals, moderates, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who lack education and/or job skills, those who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344788722112

HOT AIR
— Democrats: We Need Illegals to Do Menial Tasks – DAVID STROM (COMMENT: Will illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? 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 more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/01/12/democrats-we-need-illegals-to-do-menial-tasks-n604608

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE data from 2023 shows there were only 142K deportations despite there being over 3.2 million KNOWN border encounters – Jenna Curren
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/deportations

MRC TV
— DHS Tells SCOTUS Border Patrol Forced to Bring Illegals into U.S. Under ‘Suboptimal Conditions’ Due to Texas Blockade – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dhs-tells-scotus-border-patrol-forced-bring-illegals-us-under-suboptimal
— Jerry Nadler: Vegetables Will Rot If Illegals Aren’t There to Pick Them Like Slaves – BRITTANY M. HUGHES (COMMENT: Will illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? 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 more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/jerry-nadler-vegetables-will-rot-if-illegals-arent-there-pick-them-slaves

NEW AMERICAN
— Woke Military Can’t Get White Recruits but Won’t Blame DEI, Sex Perverts in the Foxhole – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/woke-military-cant-get-white-recruits-but-wont-blame-dei-sex-perverts-in-the-foxhole/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois Gov. Begs Texas to Stop Busing Migrants to State – Michael Katz
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jb-pritzker-greg-abbott-texas/2024/01/12/id/1149412/
— Illegals are being prioritized over Americans – Lidia Curanaj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzwAoGNTxlc

POST MILLENNIAL
— Texas National Guard deploys armed soldiers to block Biden’s border patrol ‘access to the river’ in Eagle Pass. “Governor Abbott is not harming Border Patrol operations, he is enhancing them.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/texas-national-guard-takes-control-of-eagle-pass-park-to-curb-illegal-immigration

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Here’s How to Help First Generation Students – Scott Feller (COMMENT: I was a first generation student. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Consequently, I had to work to have money to buy cars (1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) and to pay for college expenses (UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970). I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents had college degrees, who had lots of money, who bought their children cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.)
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/01/11/heres_how_to_help_first_generation_students_1004487.html

TOWNHALL
— A Manifesto on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) – Jeff Utsch (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffutsch/2024/01/13/a-manifesto-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-n2633581
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Toe the line or face backlash. That, sadly, is the position in which “woke” companies, employees, universities and faculty now find themselves. It’s time to write those statements or pay a price. The statement must fall in line, too, in helping define what is acceptable within the limits of their ideological sphere. That sphere, unfortunately, is not very large. Acceptable statements must bow to how The Left wants its DEI initiatives interpreted. Look up any number of DEI statements from companies you know, and you will find much of the following: Diversity must mean diversity based on race, skin color, sexual identity, sexual preference, etc. Equity must mean equality of outcome, or something is inherently biased or oppressive. Inclusion must mean everyone is included that agrees with their ideological bent. Excluded are those holding different opinions; they are from the oppressive class, a term defined by them, of course).
— 16K Chinese Migrants Headed for U.S. Border, Detained – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/12/16k-chinese-migrants-headed-for-us-border-detained-n2633568
— A Country I Do Not Recognize – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/01/13/a-country-i-do-not-recognize-n2633585

TURNING POINT USA
— Border Battle Escalates: Texas Blocks Federal Agents from Southern Border Control
https://www.tpusa.com/live/border-battle-escalates-texas-blocks-federal-agents-from-southern-border-control

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Texas starts stopping Biden from flooding America with illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-blocks-federal-border-agents-processing-migrants-eagle-pass-shelby-park/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Republican candidates stop at John Wayne’s birthplace in Iowa (COMMENT: Since 1971, when I was 21, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I sought and got a financial hardship draft deferment. In my defense, John Wayne sought and got one too.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i26wfTeSE0I

MSN
— Wokeness blamed for White US army recruit decline over last five years (COMMENT: To promote wokeness/wokeism, is to promote hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wokeness-blamed-for-white-us-army-recruit-decline-over-last-five-years/ar-AA1mRyPX
— Outrage over Democrat-run Maine town’s luxury digs for migrants: Asylum seekers live rent-free in ‘palace’ apartments with balconies while hundreds of US-born homeless sleep rough – James Reinl
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/outrage-over-democrat-run-maine-town-s-luxury-digs-for-migrants-asylum-seekers-live-rent-free-in-palace-apartments-with-balconies-while-hundreds-of-us-born-homeless-sleep-rough/ar-AA1mSjR2

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago Warms New Migrants in Idling Buses as the Weather Turns Nasty – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/chicago-migrants-shelter-weather.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI a) to get rid of Republicans and b) curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, unmarried, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/business/dealbook/dei-goes-quiet.html
— DeSantis, Once a Darling of Conservative News Media, Now Rails Against It – Maggie Haberman (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for DeSantis’ problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/desantis-conservative-media-criticism.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For DeSantis, The Personal Stays Private – Nicholas Nehamas (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. Government is nasty/vicious. Democrats, Libertatians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are nasty/vicious. Liberals and moderates are nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have used Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article against me the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/ron-desantis-campaign.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/health/marijuana-fda-dea.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trump’s Hold on Rural America Is Key to His Resilience. Outsize support in places like Iowa’s Hancock County are helping propel the former president past legal woes and challengers. – John McCormick (COMMENT: What are your connections with rural America? During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-iowa-caucus-rural-voters-598fc324
— John Belushi Was Just Getting Started. What lingers is the energy, the libertine dazzle, the fool in motion. – Rich Cohen
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/john-belushi-was-just-getting-started-f229b18f

FORBES
— Virginia Foxx Accuses West Point Of Teaching Cadets Critical Race Theory’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QHgF_hhSiM

BUSINESS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://biz.crast.net/9-lgbtq-entrepreneurs-and-ceos-paving-the-way-for-future-generations/

NEW YORKER
— Planned Parenthood Means Fewer Abortions – Michael Specter (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Why aren’t women who have them doing more to avoid them? Why aren’t men who cause them doing more to avoid them? Since the 1980s, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me 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 should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/planned-parenthood-means-fewer-abortions

December 23, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Busloads of migrants dropped off in Chicago suburbs (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVn3RQ6-Uc0
— Aurora City Council passes emergency ordinance with rules for migrant bus drop-offs – Christian Piekos and Maher Kawash (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/venezuelan-migrants-migrant-crisis-chicago-aurora-illinois-bus-drop-offs/14214664/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzhbSxpFKTw
— Bus from Texas drops off migrants at Kankakee gas station. (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/venezuelan-migrants-texas-bus-migrant-crisis-chicago-kankakee-illinois/14216061/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. (COMMENT: To what extent is your municipality promoting illegal immigration?)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-in-oak-park-holiday-party/14217042/

NBC5
— Aurora residents demand accountability for bus drivers after dozens of migrants dropped off in western suburbs (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aurora-residents-demand-accountability-for-bus-drivers-after-dozens-of-migrants-dropped-off-in-western-suburbs/3309989/
— Buses dropping off asylum-seekers in suburbs after Chicago tightens rules for bus arrivals. Dozens of migrants were left abandoned at a gas station in Kankakee by a bus driver told them that they had arrived in Chicago, according to the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office. – Courtney Sisk and Matt Stefanski (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/buses-dropping-off-asylum-seekers-in-suburbs-after-chicago-tightens-rules-for-bus-arrivals/3310177/
— Aurora City Council holds special meeting after unplanned migrant buses arrive. As many as five buses arrived in the western suburb of Aurora this week. (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aurora-city-council-to-hold-special-meeting-after-unplanned-migrant-buses-arrive-in-suburb/3309608/
— Busload of migrants abandoned at Kankakee gas station, told they were in Chicago. Once there, officers discovered multiple groups of migrants, some of whom had started walking down the highway and expressway wrapped in blankets. (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/busload-of-migrants-abandoned-at-kankakee-gas-station-told-they-were-in-chicago/3309884/
— Man shot and killed during fight at suburban Wheaton bar. The bar’s owners said the argument started over leftover pizza between the victim — a regular — and three first-time customers. – Patrick Fazio and Matt Stefanski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/man-shot-and-killed-during-fight-at-suburban-wheaton-bar/3310090/
— Are you making a difference? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct too lose elections. What do you say to my critics/opponents? What do unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct say about that?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/making-a-difference/celebrating-those-making-a-difference-in-the-chicago-area/3309853/

CBS2
— Aurora restricts buses from dropping off migrants without notice – ASAL REZAEI, CHARLIE DE MAR, SABRINA FRANZA (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-aurora-migrant-buses/
— More buses carrying migrants coming to Chicago (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/more-buses-migrants-chicago/
— Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump immunity dispute in blow to special counsel – MELISSA QUINN, ROBERT LEGARE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/supreme-court-declines-to-fast-track-trump-immunity-dispute-in-blow-to-special-counsel/
— Fight leads to shooting that leaves man dead outside bar in Wheaton – SUZANNE LE MIGNOT, JERAMIE BIZZL
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rosie-o-reilly-bar-shooting-wheaton/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. (COMMENT: To what extent is your municipality promoting illegal immigration?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/suburban-chicago-church-hosts-holiday-party-for-migrants/

WGN9
— Push for federal help as more migrants arrive to Chicago (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/push-for-federal-help-as-more-migrants-arrive-to-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q67U5d6Kxmk

FOX32
— Buses leaving asylum seekers stranded on highways. Migrants have been left stranded at gas stations and highways in the Chicago suburbs in response to the city of Chicago’s announcement of harsher penalties for bus drivers who aren’t following guidelines. (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1385659
— Buses bypassing city, leaving asylum seekers in suburbs. As city officials turn up the heat and enforce new rules for buses coming in from the southern border, an increase in migrants are being dropped off in the suburbs. (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1385843
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALxPZq-wsyo
— Migrant buses from Texas left asylum seekers stranded in 3 suburbs – Kasey Chronis (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-bused-in-from-texas-left-stranded-on-suburban-highways
— Bus of migrants dropped off at Kankakee County gas station, driver told them they were in Chicago (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bus-migrants-dropped-off-kankakee-county-gas-station
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/biden-pardon-convicted-marijuana-charges-federal-lands-washington-dc
— Substitute teacher at Chicago Public Schools accused of making offensive comments to Palestinian student
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/substitute-teacher-chicago-public-schools-offensive-comments-palestinian-student

WTTW
— Advocates Concerned About Migrants’ Health Amid Reports of Illness, Overcrowding at Chicago Shelters – Emily Soto (COMMENT: To what extent is your municipality promoting illegal immigration?)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/22/advocates-concerned-about-migrants-health-amid-reports-illness-overcrowding-chicago

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Busload of migrants dropped off at gas station in Kankakee. Around 35 migrants were dropped off about 4:30 a.m. Thursday in Kankakee, but the bus driver told them they had arrived in Chicago. – Kade Heather (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/22/24012718/migrants-bus-kankakee-midway-airport-texas
— Here’s what could determine whether Trump is kicked off ballots in 2024. The Colorado Supreme Court kicked Trump off the ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to take up the case. The U.S. Constitution is clear on the matter, if the court rules that Trump engaged in insurrection. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/23/24012619/colorado-supreme-court-ballot-donald-trump-constitution-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-christmas-migrants-chicago-20231222-cfjm3belnzaolceqozqhkpa5cu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OD FOLD WITH PICTURE: Aurora passes ordinance restricting Texas buses carrying immigrants – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231222/news/aurora-passes-ordinance-restricting-texas-buses-carrying-immigrants/
— The Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231222/nation-and-world-politics/the-supreme-court-says-no-for-now-to-plea-to-rule-quickly-on-whether-trump-can-be-prosecuted/
— A 49-year-old man (Michael Freund of Aurora) has been charged with first-degree murder, accused of shooting a man (Dexter M. Perkins) after a dispute at a Wheaton-area business. – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231223/crime/man-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-after-shooting-at-bar/

WSIL TV
— Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington – AP (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington/article_6515cb43-bfbb-50eb-8853-6e8ed6b060f3.html

PATCH ILLINOIS
— Biden Pardons Thousands Of Pot Users: What It Means In IL. Recreational use of marijuana has been legal in Illinois in 2020 and Gov. J.B. Pritzker previously pardoned 900 low-level pot convictions. – Jeff Arnold (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/biden-pardons-thousands-marijuana-users-what-it-means-il

BLACK CHRONICLE
— The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, non-veteran, non-poor, gun-owner, married, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://blackchronicle.com/midwest/illinois/plan-to-pass-chicago-hate-incidents-ordinance-picks-up-steam/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform promotes legal immigration, but it opposes illegal immigration. Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. What are the following doing to fight illegal immigration, for example, demanding E-Verify: a) your Republican congressman, b) your Republican state senator and representative, c) your Republican county, township, municipal, and school district officials, d) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization, and e) candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that your municipality has, the more likely that more illegals will end up there: Democrat/RINO leadership, Democrat/RINO voters, big push for DEI, that is, for preference for those who are minority, female, and/or younger, lots of churches and welfare agencies, lots of limousine liberals who want cheap labor, demand for low/un-skilled workers, public transportation, empty buildings, a history of seeking/accepting refugees, county seat, growing hatred of Trump, conservatives, Republicans, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Manteno area residents sue to stop Gotion battery plant
https://wirepoints.org/manteno-area-residents-sue-to-stop-gotion-battery-plant-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Vowing to address merits, judge won’t block Jan. 1 gun registration deadline – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_97848166-a10b-11ee-9068-f35136859d93.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois High School Segregating Students by Skin Color – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-high-school-segregating-students-by-skin-color/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— How Unchecked Power Corrupts Government and Higher Education – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/opinion-how-unchecked-power-corrupts-government-and-higher-education.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/22/supreme-court-says-no-to-plea-to-rule-quickly-on-w/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican frustration mounts with Biden on sidelines of Senate border deal negotiations – Gabrielle M. Etzel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/republican-frustration-mounts-biden-sidelines-senate-border-deal-negotiations
— Florida leads nation as destination for residents moving from other states – David Beasley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/florida-leads-nation-as-destination-for-residents-moving-from-other-states
— Pro-Hamas graffiti smeared at Lincoln Memorial blamed on police cuts – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/pro-hamas-graffiti-smeared-at-lincoln-memorial-blamed-on-police-cuts
— House Republican: Mayorkas must be impeached over ‘devastating’ border disaster – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/mayorkas-biden-white-house-impeached-border-crisis
— Race to the White House: Key dates for debates, elections, and trials that will shape 2024 – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential-nomination-key-dates-2024

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants in mad dash to cross Texas border before state’s arrest law goes into effect: ‘We need to get to America fast’ – Jack Morphet and Allie Griffin
https://nypost.com/2023/12/22/news/migrants-rush-across-texas-border-before-arrest-law-goes-into-effect/
— Harvard drops its standards and chases woke cred by covering for Claudine Gay – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/22/opinion/woke-harvard-drops-standards-by-covering-for-claudine-gay/
— Migrants at NYC’s Floyd Bennett Field are begging for money, food at furious locals’ doorsteps: ‘Invasion’ – Georgett Roberts and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2023/12/22/metro/migrants-at-nycs-floyd-bennett-field-are-begging-nearby-residents-for-money-food/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mexicans know a stupid gringo when they see one: Here comes Feckless Joe – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/mexicans_know_a_stupid_gringo_when_they_see_one_here_comes_feckless_joe.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— ‘Dem Party is DONE in Chicago!’ Black voters decry treatment of homeless while migrants get the ‘welcome mat’ – Chris Donaldson
https://americanwirenews.com/dem-party-is-done-in-chicago-black-voters-decry-treatment-of-homeless-while-migrants-get-the-welcome-mat/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Dem Party is DONE in Chicago!’ Black voters decry treatment of homeless while migrants get the ‘welcome mat’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/22/dem-party-is-done-in-chicago-black-voters-decry-treatment-of-homeless-while-migrants-get-the-welcome-mat-1421979/

BLAZE
— Affirmative Action Still Alive in U.S. Here’s the ‘Flip Side’ Hardly Anyone Talks About – Clarence Walker
https://newsblaze.com/business/legal/affirmative-action-still-alive_194703/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States – Jessica M. Vaughan and Bryan Griffith
https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States

CENTER SQUARE
— GAO estimate of total fraud in federal government could come in February 2024 – Brett Rowland (COMMENT: GAO’s wasting my career and then forcing me to retire in 1997 so that it could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate was fraud. I became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned master’s degrees in finance in 1997, accounting in 1980, and business in 1976. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142-650/year. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,483/year.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f1bfcbfc-a103-11ee-bfa8-6b455d27aeff.html

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Abbott pushes back on Chicago narrative as first flight arrives from border. Johnson complains about 120 people as Texas border flooded with over 10,000. – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_a2cc712c-a10c-11ee-9f6c-cb332433b6e3.html

CITY JOURNAL
— “Equity” Reimagined in the Windy City. Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to close down Chicago’s nation-leading selective public schools. – Renu Mukherjee (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, and/or those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Some falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that I owe all my successes in life to my parents being filthy rich. They ignore the fact a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills and died suddenly when I was 21, d) that my mother never attended high school, and e) that I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/equity-reimagined-in-chicago-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two days before the 2020 presidential election, Kamala Harris shared a highly criticized campaign ad on X (then Twitter) about the difference between equality and equity. The ad featured two cartoon men—one white, one black—climbing a mountain. The white man started out closer to the top of the mountain than his black peer and subsequently finished the climb first; only when the black man got a “boost” was he able to reach the top, too. Harris served as the ad’s narrator: “Equality suggests, ‘Oh, everyone should get the same amount.’ The problem with that, not everybody’s starting out from the same place. . . . Equitable treatment means that we all end up at the same place.” The ad was poorly received by much of the American public, at least in part because the notion of equity—“we all end up at the same place”—is decidedly un-American. Yet the concept is not new. In a 1965 address at Howard University, President Lyndon B. Johnson used a similar analogy to justify affirmative action: “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.” For decades, Harris, LBJ, and other old school progressives have defined equity in policy terms to mean preferences for blacks, Latinos, and other marginalized groups in education and employment. The goal of equity, defined in this way, is to increase the representation of these groups in the upper echelon of American society—often at the cost of Asian Americans and whites. But “new school progressives” understand equity to mean the elimination of the upper echelon altogether. They don’t want anyone to have the opportunity to attend a selective public high school, and they loathe the prestige associated with an Ivy League education or a career in “Big Law” or on Wall Street. Their definition of equity amounts to universal mediocrity. Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson’s December 14 decision to eliminate the city’s 11 selective public high schools, which use standardized tests to determine student admissions, is the latest example of this new notion of equity at play.)

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Hands Jack Smith A Major Defeat In Trump 2020 Election Case. The Supreme Court declined special counsel Jack Smith’s request Friday for it to quickly consider a key question in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case without letting the lower court weigh in first. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/22/supreme-court-hands-jack-smith-a-major-defeat-in-trump-2020-election-case/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Texas Comes Out Swinging in Fight to Restore States’ Role in Curbing Illegal Immigration – Jack Fitzhenry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/22/texas-comes-out-swinging-in-fight-to-restore-states-role-in-curbing-illegal-immigration/
— Senator Blocks Air Force Colonel’s Military Promotion Over ‘Divisive DEI Policies’ – Rob Bluey (COMMENT: All my Democrat superiors in the federal government made divisive Affirmative Action and DEI policies and/or carried them out to get rid of their employees like me who were Republican.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/18/senator-blocks-air-force-colonels-military-promotion-over-divisive-dei-policies
— Cruz Demands Answers From Mayorkas Over Closure of Since-Reopened Railroad Crossings – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/22/exclusive-cruz-demands-answers-on-national-security-threat-over-closure-of-since-reopened-railroad-crossings/
— Progressives Bring You Crime and No Punishment – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/22/borderline-progressives-bring-you-crime-punishment/

FOX BUSINESS
— Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., says border crisis is ‘done on purpose.’ (COMMENT: Democrats illegally bring in illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs illegally bring in illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mr4NDeHB1E

FOX NEWS
— Chicago is a microcosm of what’s happening across the country: Corey Brooks. Pastor Corey Brooks discusses how Chicago residents are fed up with migrants flooding their city on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343760027112
— Chicago residents are ERUPTING over migrant crisis (COMMENT: What is your municipality doing/going to do with migrant bus drop-offs?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Wko1ax24Q
— Sen. Tim Scott blasts Chicago mayor for ‘devastating’ students with broken campaign pledge. The mayor’s school board announced a plan this week to move away from school choice. – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-tim-scott-blasts-chicago-mayor-devastating-students-broken-campaign-pledge
— Federal judge declines to temporarily block key portion of Illinois high-power semiautomatic weapons ban. Illinois residents with guns or accessories covered under the ban must register them with the state police by Jan. 1. – Adam Sabes (COMMENT: Democrats ban semiautomatic firearms today on their road to banning all firearms tomorrow.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-declines-temporarily-block-key-portion-illinois-high-power-semiautomatic-weapons-ban
— New Yorkers fleeing as city is overrun with crime, subway violence and unhoused migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343739049112
— New York governor’s reparations commission slammed as divisive: ‘Slap in the face’ State Sen. Rob Ortt, the Republican leader of the New York State Senate, said he expects the commission’s recommendations to be ‘unrealistic’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-governors-reparations-commission-slammed-divisive-slap-in-face

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Immigration Court Backlog Tops 3 Million! – Tomi Lahren
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/12/22/immigration-court-backlog-tops-3-million/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Gaetz Demands Answers From Delta after Passenger Accuses Airline of Transporting Illegal Immigrants – HALEY STRACK
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gaetz-demands-answers-from-delta-after-passenger-accuses-airline-of-transporting-illegal-immigrants/

PJ MEDIA
— Whole Foods Wins Case Against Employees Wearing BLM Apparel – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/22/whole-foods-wins-case-against-employees-wearing-black-lives-matter-apparel-n4924938
— TSA Accepting Arrest Warrants as ID for Illegal Immigrants – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2023/12/22/turn-out-the-lights-the-countrys-over-tsa-is-accepting-arrest-warrants-as-id-for-illegal-immigrants-n4924956

POST MELLINNIAL
— Illegal immigrants are able to use arrest warrants as ID for travel. Americans and legal travelers boarding aircraft in the United States must give state or federally-issued identification. – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/yes-illegal-immigrants-are-able-to-use-arrest-warrants-as-id-for-travel-tsa

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Residents Erupt During City Council Meeting Over Migrant Crisis: ‘Trump, Come Clean This Up’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/22/chicago-residents-erupt-during-city-council-meeting-over-migrant-crisis-trump-come-clean-this-up-n2632766

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEW YORK
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/the-end-of-affirmative-action-cbs-reports-documentary-premieres-tonight/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Just How Rich Were the McCallisters in ‘Home Alone’? Fans have been debating the McCallister family’s wealth for years. We asked the Federal Reserve for answers. – Amanda Holpuch (COMMENT: Many of the homes in the southern half of my new DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton are worth more than the McCallister home.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/movies/home-alone-mccallisters-wealth.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Working with the assumption that the McCallisters did not spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, the economists also determined the home would have been affordable to a household with an income of $305,000 in 1990 (about $665,000 in 2022). In the middle of 2022, a similar house would cost about $2.4 million, based on the Zillow estimate for the “Home Alone” house. A home of that value would be affordable to a household with income of $730,000, which would be in the top 1 percent of Chicago-area households, the economists said.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— For new refugees, finding work and housing is hard. Finding community is even harder – KAREN GARCIA
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-23/new-refugees-struggle-to-find-community-in-united-states

USA TODAY
— Who would Trump choose as vice president? Here’s a list of potential candidates – Sudiksha Kochi and David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/23/trump-choice-for-vice-president/71974799007/

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Haley said if she’s elected president she’ll institute policies that she enacted as South Carolina’s governor, like a national requirement that employers check the status of their employees in the “E-Verify” system. – Stephen Gruber-Miller
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/12/20/nikki-haley-iowa-says-donald-trump-comments-about-immigrants-poisoning-the-blood-are-not-helpful/71992314007/

NEWSWEEK
— Republicans Pull Trigger on Plan to Remove Joe Biden From Ballots – Rachel Dobkin
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-pull-trigger-plan-remove-joe-biden-ballots-1855042
— Cash-Strapped RNC Spent $250,000 on Limos in a Year
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-national-committee-finances-money-limos-1854842

PARADISE
— Rep. Matt Gaetz Calls On Delta CEO to Respond to Claims Company Shipping Illegals Throughout U.S.
https://theparadise.ng/14900/rep-matt-gaetz-calls-on-delta-ceo-to-respond-to-claims-company-shipping-illegals-throughout-u-s/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great Blue to Red State Migration Continues. The latest Census data finds that on present course six progressive states would lose 12 House seats in 2030 reapportionment. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/census-states-migration-population-california-new-york-c6553426
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/why-a-border-deal-might-not-fix-the-border-1dfedd1b
— Why Elon Musk Won’t Stop Talking About a ‘Woke Mind Virus’ The billionaire’s attacks against Disney are just the latest in a battle with what he sees as political correctness and overzealous progressive ideals. – Tim Higgins
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-woke-mind-virus-41576aa6
— The Trump Revolution Among U.S. Evangelicals. As evangelicalism becomes a ‘bottom-up’ religion, congregations are pressuring their pastors to offer a more hard-edged political message. – Francis X. Rocca and Kris Maher (COMMENT: I have owned real estate since I was 24 in 1972.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-trump-revolution-among-u-s-evangelicals-e89b2fb5
— The Rise of the Forever Renters. Americans who would traditionally be homeowners are instead renting. They’re sparking new kinds of neighborhoods, changing savings patterns. – Rachel Wolfe and Veronica Dagher
https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/the-rise-of-the-forever-renters-5538c249

BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more illegal immigration.
https://www.barrons.com/news/influx-of-migrants-at-us-mexico-border-poses-conundrum-for-biden-d4e97f14?refsec=topics_afp-news

FORBES
— You Go Woke, You Go Broke’: Republican Lawmakers Tee Off On ‘Wokeism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueLH75MS78I

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The most important career question: ‘What is success?’ – Henry Blodget (COMMENT: What harmed your career success? Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination harmed my career success big time. In today’s dollars, the most that I ever earned was only $142,650/year even though I earned a) a professional license when I was 32, b) professional certifications when I was 48, 47, 45, 41, 32, and 30, and c) master’s degrees when I was 48, 31, and 27.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-work-success-job-career-2023-12

JD SUPRA
— Chicago Employers Must Now Provide Sick Leave and PTO to Employees (COMMENT: Since 1966 when I was 16 years old and became a postal employee, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my benefitting from the federal government’s generous leave policies.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/chicago-employers-must-now-provide-sick-8667574/

POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/23/marijuana-legalization-inner-cities-00121185

DAILY KOS
— Taylor Swift is conservatism’s greatest foe
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/22/2213255/-Taylor-Swift-is-conservatism-s-greatest-foe

WRITERS COLLEGE
— Writing from Personal Experience (COMMENT: What personal experience do you write from? I write from the personal experience that I gained a) working as a GAO Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year, b) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, c) working as a Revenue Officer for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, d) earning a job-related professional license and six job-related professional certifications, e) earning three job-related master’s degrees, f) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, g) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, h) serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, i) serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, j) serving as a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, k) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, l) serving on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, and m) serving on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors 2001-2004. In addition, I write from the experience that I gained a) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, being a part-time postal employee for almost 3 years, being a union member for almost 12 years, being the subject of a 4-page Money Magazine article, being married since 1978, and filing lawsuits.)
https://www.thewriterscollege.com/writing-from-personal-experience-tips-and-techniques/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some articles have a greater impact and reader engagement if written from personal experience. Writing from your own perspective can engage readers and convey your story authentically.)

SUN
— Illegal migrants popping back home for Christmas must have their asylum claims instantly and permanently shredded. Most illegals are fleeing nothing, they are just economic migrants jumping the queue. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. None of them ever went back to Germany.)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25146621/sun-says-migrants-popping-home-christmas/

December 14, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago City Council to take up sanctuary city referendum Thursday – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-sanctuary-mayor-brandon-johnson/14181793/
— Chicago migrants bus impounded by city for first time
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-migrant-bus-arrival-impounded-city-council/14180552/
— Chicago spent nearly $1M on failed Brighton Park migrant base camp. State shuttered contaminated construction site due to environmental concerns. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-immigration-mayor-brandon-johnson/14178444/
— City Council meeting disrupted despite new rules – Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-city-council-meeting-news-police-department/14175991/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gluN5XygFo
— Unsolved hate crimes in Chicago surge, City Council votes to change reporting system. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrats and RINOs paint you as being a hater and even worse things. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German-American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-city-council-public-safety-committee-what-is-a-hate-crime-antisemitism/14179472/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Ideally, as a police administrator, as a citizen, you’d want to see the clearance rate to be more like 83%,” Kushner said. “But in reality, you need witnesses. You need hard, physical evidence to get these crimes cleared. And that’s not the case in these matters.”)

NBC5
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, criminals could care less about being caught on camera.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/caught-on-camera-burglars-target-several-businesses-in-chicagos-uptown-in-recent-days/3303018/

CBS2
— Mayor Johnson pivots to greater migrant crisis when asked if tent camp plan was mistake – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-migrant-asked-tent-camp-plan-mistake/
— GardaWorld to pay for costs of canceled Chicago migrant tent camp in Brighton Park – TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brighton-park-migrant-tent-camp-costs-gardaworld/

FOX32
— Pressure mounts on Chicago mayor as costs for failed Brighton Park migrant site reach nearly $1M
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pressure-mounts-chicago-mayor-costs-failed-brighton-park-migrant-site
— Chicago rejects arbitrator’s ruling, refusing officers the ability to bypass police board – Tia Ewing (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tension-peaks-as-chicago-city-council-approves-two-year-police-contract-extension-with-increased-pay
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1380989
— Hundreds try to attend Chicago City Council meeting. Crowds started lining up at City Hall on Wednesday to get a seat in the council chambers. Many were trying to get their voices heard about the Israel-Hamas War.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1380993

WTTW
— Chicago City Council Votes to Delay New Law That Will Require Workers to Get At Least 10 Days of Paid Time Off – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/13/chicago-city-council-votes-delay-new-law-would-require-workers-get-least-10-days-paid

WBEZ
— Chicago City Council rejects private arbitration for police firings and long suspensions. Stepping closer to a court fight, the council voted Wednesday against allowing cops to contest the most serious discipline behind closed doors. – Chip Mitchel (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-city-council-rejects-arbitration-for-police-firings/c26a50be-70b5-48db-836f-1060f4ea8005
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/migrants-in-chicago-mental-health-care-services/696bbb6e-8bd9-442e-8e4c-2173fd0271f7

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Beale to try again Thursday to push through advisory referendum on sanctuary city status. Beale tried briefly to suspend the rules Wednesday for immediate consideration of a new version stating: “Should the city of Chicago limit its designation as a sanctuary city by placing spending limits on its public funding?” -Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/13/24000487/chicago-migrant-crisis-sanctuary-city-ordinance-council-referendum-vote-anthony-beale

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park, which has been providing shelter for migrants, will require them to move out of hotel, YMCA by Jan. 31 – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-migrants-oak-park-turn-away-20231214-6c5vdcwsnnaytdpyuhzgjrzxw4-story.html
— Board of Ethics finds probable cause four lobbyists improperly donated to Johnson – A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-johnson-lobbyist-donations-board-of-ethics-20231213-mhgkijnbnnf2bfbuxnqerjq2ou-story.html
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends handling of environmental report at now-scrapped migrant camp – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-migrants-base-camps-20231214-qd4wtgrw7raftkk2tjmfc343ma-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: City Council sides with mayor on Chicago police contract: More money for cops but disciplinary provision rebuffed – Sam Charles, A.D. Quig and Alice Yin (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation ) since 1998.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-vote-fop-contract-arbitration-20231213-fka2txhzyba5lnth6ux5cbiwj4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 33-17 vote defeating the arbitration clause nixes a major part of a deal announced less than two months ago as a major political win by Johnson’s administration with the union representing most of Chicago’s police force. The council’s rejection, and its reasoning for it, will now head back to arbitrator Edwin Benn, who earlier this year voted for the arbitration clause and could send that same ruling back to aldermen within weeks. The battle could ultimately end up in circuit court. In an unusual move at Johnson’s request, the arbitration matter was voted on separately from the rest of the contract, including raises for rank-and-file officers totaling 20% over four years that was approved by the full council with no debate.)
— Be very afraid for Chicago’s stellar selective-enrollment schools – Editorial (COMMENT: How successful were you in high school? Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would stress their parents’ education and wealth.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-education-selective-enrollment-schools-ctu-20231213-743huxbg6fcwrkix2nhlv4vooa-story.html
— DuPage County District 4 Republican voters anxiously await the DuPage County Republican Central Committee to fill the DuPage County District 4 Board vacancy on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-05-26-0005260258-story.html
(FROM THE May 26, 2000 ARTICLE: Monday was the statutory deadline for established political parties to fill vacancies on the November ballot where no candidate sought the nomination in the March primaries. In addition to the two County Board candidates and two countywide candidates picked for the ballot a few weeks ago by the DuPage Democratic organization, the party has added Richard Hass of Elmhurst to run in County Board District 2 in east central DuPage. Also added to the ballot recently were investment consultant Thomas Mason of Downers Grove, who will challenge U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) in the 13th Congressional District, and Stephanie Downs Hughes of Naperville, who was picked by Kane and DuPage Democrats to oppose state Sen. Chris Lauzen (R-Aurora) in the 21st Senate District. As of Thursday, however, DuPage Democrats still were researching why the DuPage County Election Commission reached a conclusion Monday that appears to disqualify two of the party’s appointed nominees from having their names on the November ballot. According to a member of the party’s candidate search committee, organization Chairman James Walsh was notified this week that the unsuccessful attempts in March by Democrats Vernon Carter of Bartlett and Christina Beaird of Naperville to win write-in campaigns for circuit clerk and County Board disqualifies them from being appointed to fill the ballot vacancies. Carter was picked to run for circuit clerk and Beaird was selected to run for the County Board in District 5. They tried to win the Democratic nomination for those posts by mounting write-in campaigns but failed to receive enough votes. If Carter is disqualified from being appointed to the ballot, Fitzpatrick will be the only Democrat seeking countywide office in DuPage.)

DAILY HERAL:D
— TOP OF FOLD: Rosemont to crack down on Texas bus companies bringing migrants to town – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231213/news/rosemont-to-crack-down-on-texas-bus-companies-bringing-migrants-to-town/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oak Park helped Chicago house migrants. It can’t take any more. – Jack Grieve
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-suburb-oak-park-says-no-more-migrant-buses-texas
— City’s paid leave policy delayed by six months – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicagos-pto-policy-delayed-six-months

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Nomination objections filed against Coburn and Chiaro, Illinois House District 95 candidates – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/12/what-to-know-about-candidates-hit-with-objections-to-nomination-papers/71891933007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s bogus ‘misinformation’ law goes down in flames – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-states-bogus-misinformation-law-goes-down-in-flames/article_cc628713-f24e-5900-96c0-110bc0260b9b.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— DeSantis goes after Trump on abortion, COVID-19 and the border wall in an Iowa town hall – AP
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/desantis-goes-after-trump-on-abortion-covid-19-18550764.php

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— New ‘vetting manual’ by Missouri GOP activists sparks conflict among state Republicans – Jack Suntrup (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs are involved in Republican politics to get the party to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/new-vetting-manual-by-missouri-gop-activists-sparks-conflict-among-state-republicans/article_0006fb3a-99c6-11ee-a689-b34e2196d437.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “vetting manual” being floated in GOP circles has sparked conflict, in part because it seeks to block certain candidates from running as Republicans. The state party has warned the document would invite litigation. Efforts to institute the vetting plan are still playing out, and only a handful of county parties have adopted the system, according to a state party official. The movement bears similarities to the ongoing struggle between hard-line and main-line Republicans in the state Legislature, a conflict that is coming into focus as the Aug. 6 GOP primary approaches.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration – Jasmine Garsd
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-12-13/where-the-republican-presidential-candidates-stand-on-immigration

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Paying Well More Than Typical Rent For Migrant Shelter Buildings — And Keeping Details Secret. Aides to Mayor Brandon Johnson and building owners say no one is getting rich off the shelters. – Mick Dumke and Melody Mercado
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/13/city-paying-well-more-than-typical-rent-for-migrant-shelter-buildings-and-keeping-details-secret/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek Announces No Primary Candidate Petition Challenges Filed for 2024 Local Races
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1095.php

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
— Chicago Booth launches new Master in Finance Program. Degree will help recent college graduates jump-start their careers in the rapidly advancing field. (COMMENT: I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 when I was 43, and after I completing 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear to me that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because my University of Chicago MBA-holding GAO supervisor had made it clear to her employees that she wanted/demanded her employees to have such degrees. I succeed in getting her appointed to the program’s advisory committee. But in September of 1997, she flushed all that down her toilet. She played a very big role in forcing me to take GAO’s agency-wide early retirement “offer” that was expiring at the end of that month so that she could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had shunned the program. And that is exactly what she did. She ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) the fact that I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $$109,732-$142,650/year, and the last 8 years of which working for her, b) the fact that I had become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Frad Examiner in 1990, c) the fact that I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) the fact that I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) the fact that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year.)
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/chicago-booth-launches-new-master-finance-program

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/12/14/prodding-d-c-for-migrant-dollars-00131719

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-5/
— Pritzker says GardaWorld will eat the state’s costs of canceled Brighton Park tent city
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/pritzker-says-gardaworld-will-eat-the-states-costs-of-canceled-brighton-park-tent-city/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bergquam: ‘More than half of the shuttle terminal has been taken over at O’Hare International Airport to house illegals that Chicago can’t handle’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/652915809-bergquam-more-than-half-of-the-shuttle-terminal-has-been-taken-over-at-o-hare-international-airport-to-house-illegals-that-chicago-can-t-handle

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downstate legislators see Chicago crime impacting tourism – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a16fa31a-9916-11ee-ad5a-bbaa3e68b7dc.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ long slide in manufacturing jobs continues – Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-long-slide-in-manufacturing-jobs-continues-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Petition Objections Filed Against Precinct Committeeman Candidate – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/12/petition-objections-filed-against-precinct-committeeman-candidate/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW TO EMPOWER CHICAGO COMMUNITIES TO SAVE FAILING SCHOOLS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-how-to-empower-chicago-communities-to-save-failing-schools/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hispanics warn of political payback if Biden strikes border deal – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: To get more votes from Hispanics, Democrats and RINOs promise to give Hispanics more preference. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/slap-face-hispanics-warn-political-payback-if-joe-/
— House approves formal impeachment probe of President Biden’s involvement in family business deals – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/house-approves-formal-impeachment-probe-of-preside/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago-area suburbs reject busloads of immigrants arriving from Texas – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/chicago-area-suburbs-reject-migrants-from-texas
— Biden border crisis: 13 million illegal immigrants now in US – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: How many of those 13 million illegals are going to vote for Democrats in the November 5, 2024 election?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/biden-border-crisis-13-million-illegals-now-in-us
— Jewish protesters shut down LA freeway in call for Gaza ceasefire – Lily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jewish-protesters-la-freeway-gaza-cease-fire
— Congressional Republicans advance measure to exclude illegal immigrants from VA benefits – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/congressional-republicans-exclude-illegal-immigrants-va
— Union-backed changes to Chicago’s police discipline system rejected by City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/union-changes-chicagos-police-discipline-system-rejected-city-council-johnson

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— GAO report says billions of our tax dollars flowed to Big Abortion – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/pro-life/2023/12/13/gao-report-says-billions-of-our-tax-dollars-flowed-to-big-abortion/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The president of the Illinois NAACP called illegal aliens ‘savages’ – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_president_of_the_illinois_naacp_called_illegal_aliens_savages.html
— Mexico begins building its own northern border wall, doing the job Joe Biden won’t do – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/mexico_begins_building_a_northern_border_wall_doing_the_job_joe_biden_wont_do.html

BLAZE
— The border crisis is now an interior crisis. What will the GOP do? – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-border-crisis-is-now-an-interior-crisis-what-will-the-gop-do

BREITBART
— Illinois Elites Accuse NAACP Leader of ‘Racism’ for Comments About Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/13/illinois-elites-accuse-naacp-leader-of-racism-for-comments-about-migrants/
— House Votes on Opening Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/watch-live-house-votes-on-opening-impeachment-inquiry-into-joe-biden/
— Republicans Seek to Ban Biden from Using Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/13/republicans-seek-to-ban-biden-from-using-dept-of-veterans-affairs-to-give-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/

FOX NEWS
— Boston mayor sends holiday party invite meant only for ‘electeds of color.’ One outgoing councilmember said the move was ‘unfortunate and divisive.’ – Nikolas Lanum (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the less likely that you will be invited to events and the less welcome that you will be if you are invited and do attend. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German-American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/boston-mayor-sends-holiday-party-invite-meant-electeds-color-dividing-city-councilors
— Thousands of migrants wait a few hours from Eagle Pass, Texas, to catch trains headed for southern border. Droves of migrants are set to reach the US border within days. – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thousands-migrants-wait-few-hours-south-eagle-pass-texas-catch-trains-headed-southern-border
— Democrats are responsible for the slow death of urban America – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343004140112
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod says poll showing Biden at record low approval is ‘very, very dark’ The WSJ poll showed Trump leading Biden 47% to 43%. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-poll-showing-biden-record-low-approval-very-very-dark
— Haley grilled by debate opponents, social media over record on trans issues: ‘Will cave to big donors’ Haley told the debate audience her opponents were ‘jealous’ of her donors. – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-grilled-by-debate-opponents-social-media-over-record-trans-issues-big-donors
(FROPM THE ARTICLE: “Everyone knows Nikki was the conservative, outsider governor in South Carolina. She took on the establishment and Barack Obama—and won. She cracked down on illegal immigration, implemented E-Verify, opposed Wall Street bailouts, protected life, cut taxes, expanded Second Amendment rights, and signed the first anti-BDS bill in the country. The more Ron DeSantis loses, the more he lies.”)

FOX NEWS RADIO
— THOUSANDS of Illegals RELEASED EACH DAY! – Tomi Lahren
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/12/13/thousands-of-illegals-released-each-day-2/

HOT AIR
— San Francisco Puts out the Welcome Mat for Illegal Aliens in El Paso – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/13/san-francisco-puts-out-the-welcome-mat-for-illegal-aliens-in-el-paso-n598756

MRC TV
— Conservatives Wage Lawfare Against Discriminatory DEI Practices at Law Firms – EVAN POELLINGER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/conservatives-wage-lawfare-against-discriminatory-dei-practices-law-firms

PJ MEDIA
— Is Illinois Still Offering $9K to Illegals for Rent? – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/12/13/is-chicago-still-offering-9k-to-illegals-for-rent-n4924720

ZERO HEDGE
— Sanctuary City May Grant Voting Rights To Noncitizens For Local Elections – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/boston-boondoggle-sanctuary-city-may-grant-voting-rights-noncitizens-local-elections

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) crow about their success in getting rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4357594-majority-concerned-about-political-violence-threat-survey/

REUTERS
— To get more and more and more votes from those who have demographics who vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics include: minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-schools-embrace-lsat-alternatives-after-affirmative-action-ban-2023-12-13/

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-second-term-heritage-foundation-christian-nationalism-rcna129359

MSN
— Company paid $432M of taxpayer cash to feed NYC’s migrants after winning no-bid contract trashed 70,000 meals – worth $776,000 – in just one month as NYC Mayor Eric Adams is forced to slash billions from city budget. – Germania Rodriguez Poleo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/company-paid-432m-of-taxpayer-cash-to-feed-nyc-s-migrants-after-winning-no-bid-contract-trashed-70-000-meals-worth-776-000-in-just-one-month-as-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-is-forced-to-slash-billions-from-city-budget/ar-AA1lrVXn

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden ever-increasingly acts like he is a dictator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/opinion/trump-authoritarian.html
— My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. To keep their hands clean, they have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes, and their dirty work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-ruby-freeman.html

USA TODAY
— Poll: Most Asian Americans concerned. Majority worried nation going in wrong direction. – Matt Brown and Linley Sanders (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were Asian American and they did everything that they could to turn them against me. Further, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were minority, female, unmarried, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or who they wanted to get rid of and they did everything that they could to turn them against me.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20231214/281621015125464

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump isn’t conservative, has ‘moved left’ on issues – Katie Akin
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/12/13/ron-desantis-says-hes-more-conservative-than-donald-trump-iowa-caucuses-presidential-election-2024/71880946007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Are Cities Closing Shelters If Homelessness Is Rising? In Pittsburgh, people sleep outside the doors of a fully occupied facility. – Kris Maher and Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/why-are-cities-closing-shelters-if-homelessness-is-rising-c73cdbcd
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-checks-and-balances-wont-stop-trump-abuse-of-power-jan-6-second-term-219cc7b7
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Singes the GOP as He Blazes Ahead. He looks strong for the nomination but seems determined to divide his own party.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-singes-the-gop-as-he-blazes-ahead-2024-presidential-primary-bcd9f499
— Why Doesn’t Gen Z Want to Be All It Can Be? Young Americans’ are skeptical of the military. That’s a reason to worry about national security. – Mike Gallagher and Kevin Wallsten (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most since 1966. I would focus on those who continue to do that and why they continue to do that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-doesnt-gen-z-want-to-be-all-it-can-be-perception-of-military-spending-israel-23529a8b
— How to Brag About Work, Even if It’s Not Going Great. Questions about your career are as much a part of holiday gatherings as eggnog and ugly sweaters. Answering them is an art. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the many big adverse actions that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took against me. In my defense, I stress that notwithstanding those many big adverse actions, a) I survived at GAO for almost 18 years and my salary increased from $82,720/year to $142,650/year in today’s dollars, b) I survived at IRS for almost 9 years and my salary increased from $52,022/year to $104,583/year in today’s dollars, and c) I survived at the Post Office for almost 3 years and my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $19.25/hour in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-to-brag-about-work-even-if-its-not-going-great-4854d2b7

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Invasion: 20,000 illegals per day are crossing the U.S. southern border
https://www.worldtribune.com/invasion-20000-illegals-per-day-are-crossing-the-u-s-southern-border/

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218935981/republican-candidates-immigration

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrats Want Harsh Punishment for Trump (COMMENT: Who wants harsh punishment for you? Since 2000, far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers want harsh punishment for me because they lost elections. Since 2000, far too many leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization want harsh punishment for me because Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct lost elections. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government wanted harsh punishment for me a) because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors and supervisors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/democrats_want_harsh_punishment_for_trump

November 7, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House, state, city team up for pilot program to help migrants apply for work permits. Pilot clinic launching Thursday will serve about 150 migrants per day, allow applicants to apply for hundreds of dollars in fee waivers. – Lynn Sweet (COMMENT: Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/6/23949383/joe-biden-pilot-program-migrant-crisis-work-permits
— Father of Highland Park parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to reckless conduct, gets 60 days in jail. The plea deal requires Robert Crimo Jr. to serve 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service and surrender his weapons. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/6/23948799/highland-park-parade-shooting-robert-crimo-jr-guilty-plea
— Congressional Dems slam private school tax plan as state lawmakers return to Springfield for veto session battle. Private school tax credits, the lifting of a nuclear power plant moratorium and an elected school board map are among the most pressing issues facing lawmakers Tuesday. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/6/23949673/springfield-veto-session-battle-invest-in-kids-scholarships-nuclear-power-plant-moratorium

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Yorkville’s Dallas Ingemunson, longtime GOP stalwart, dies – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-dallas-ingemunson-obituary-20231106-4qsso67drfd35jdtep2rvqyl5q-story.html
— Calumet City drops citations against Daily Southtown reporter who called workers seeking comment – Gregory Royal Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-calumet-city-southtown-reporter-update-20231106-upz6kq5xdvhw3pbgcgurvyn5ga-story.html
— Exit Ald. Ramirez-Rosa, Johnson enforcer and aldermanic bully – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write about Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders since 2000 a) who did not want me to attend, ask questions at, or report on their events, b) who had their bullies stop me from attending their events, and/or c) who had me thrown out of their events.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-ramirez-rosa-brandon-johnson-20231106-pqz4bjdfhrd6pmjjujphgcog7a-story.html
— Nikki Haley is on the rise. Can she take on Donald Trump? – Laura Washington
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-nikki-haley-popularity-presidential-polls-2024-donald-trump-20231106-lunmandtljca5l5d2dbsobkabe-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Muslim community leaders call for immediate Gaza cease-fire – Madhu Krishnamurthy (COMMENT: To call for immediate Gaza cease-fire is to side with Hamas.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231106/muslim-community-leaders-call-for-immediate-gaza-cease-fire

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gun rights groups to seek Supreme Court ruling on assault weapons ban – Peter Hancock
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gun-rights-groups-seek-supreme-court-ruling-assault-weapons-ban

ABC7
— Trump lashes out from the witness stand at judge, NY attorney general as he testifies in fraud trial – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/former-president-donald-trump-civil-fraud-trial/14016890/

CBS2
— ‘I take full responsibility’: Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa stepping down over assault allegations – TODD FEURER, SABRINA FRANZA, ASAL REZAEI, DANA KOZLOV, ELYSSA KAUFMAN (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me to avoid having to take responsibility for those adverse actions. Those adverse actions include a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, c) ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, and d) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-carlos-ramirez-rosa-stepping-down-over-assault-allegations/
— Chicago political heavyweight David Axelrod questions wisdom of President Biden running again – MARYBEL GONZALEZ, MARCIA KRAMER (COMMENT: I remember in 2004 when Axelord referred to Alan Keyes as being “my candidate” when we spoke just before Keyes debated Obama.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/david-axelrod-questions-wisdom-president-biden-running-again/
— Apple Store in Naperville targeted in crash-and-grab burglary – ADAM HARRINGTON, ELLIE COATAR (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase. How soon, if not already, will criminals crash-and-grab stores near you?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/apple-store-west-chicago-suburb-targeted-crash-and-grab-burglary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville police said just before 6 a.m., thieves crashed into the Apple store at 120 W. Jefferson Ave. in downtown Naperville. The suspects took an undisclosed number of electronic devices, and fled in a different vehicle. Investigators said the vehicle driven into the store – a beige Hyundai Elantra – was believed to have been stolen out of Lisle. The getaway vehicle was described only as a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle.)
— Colleagues could move to censure alderman accused of threatening behavior (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who subsequently had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, b) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, and c) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/colleagues-could-move-to-censure-alderman-accused-of-threatening-behavior/

FOX32
— Englewood residents rally against migrant bus arrivals – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/englewood-residents-rally-against-migrant-bus-arrivals

WTTW
— Debate Continues Ahead of City Council Vote on Paid Leave Ordinance – Emily Soto (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s more generous leave policies.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/06/debate-continues-ahead-city-council-vote-paid-leave-ordinance
— Jury Selection Begins in Corruption Trial of Former Ald. Ed Burke – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: Burke is entitled to a jury of his peers, that is “a jury whose members are from the same community as the person on trial.” What defines Burke’s “community?” What percent of those in Burke’s community share his demographics?)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/06/jury-selection-begins-corruption-trial-former-ald-ed-burke

WBEZ
— Chicago-area Arab Americans, Muslims say Islamophobia has reached new highs (COMMENT: Democrats have always blamed Republicans for Islamophobia.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-area-arab-americans-muslims-say-islamophobia-has-reached-new-highs/bc4081ec-ef55-438d-af8d-c7535575b36b
— Father of Highland Park parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to reckless conduct, gets 60 days in jail. The plea deal requires Robert Crimo Jr. to serve 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service and surrender his weapons. – David Struett
https://www.wbez.org/stories/father-of-highland-park-parade-shooting-suspect-pleads-guilty-to-reckless-conduct-gets-60-days-in-jail/61be764e-daff-43a6-ba4c-e595f6fc2531

WIBQ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to get an ACT score of 24, b) to graduate in the upper 20% of my class, c) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, d) to earn six professional certifications, and e) to earn a professional license.
https://wibqam.com/2023/11/06/its-such-a-hot-button-issue-eiu-hosts-cannabis-symposium/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Students are losing interest in college – Michael Elsen-Rooney (COMMENT: Because of the ever-increasing preference being given in the workplace to those who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, LGBTQ, non-Protestant. non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time will be ever-increasingly discouraged from getting college degrees.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-11-06/students-are-losing-interest-in-college

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-180/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/06/afternoon-roundup-182/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WILLIAMS-KAMPP & LEGACY
— OBITUARY: Robert “Bob” Jacobsen
https://www.williams-kampp.com/obituaries/Robert-Bob-Jacobsen?obId=29813318#/obituaryInfo
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyherald/name/robert-jacobsen-obituary?id=53525908

MARY MILLER
— Today, I am announcing that I am running for re-election because our country stands at a crossroads, and only the America First movement can save us.
https://twitter.com/Miller_Congress/status/1721534340968890665

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A GOP Fundraising Pitch
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/06/a-gop-fundraising-pitch/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois per student spending jumps to nearly $24K, CPS at nearly $30K. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-per-student-spending-jumps-to-nearly-24k-cps-at-nearly-30k-wirepoints-quickpoint/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Nashville School Shooter’s Shocking Journal Entries Leaked – Laurie Higgins
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/nashville-school-shooter-s-shocking-journal-entries-leaked
— Illinois Taxpayers on the Hook for Massive UAW Pay Raises and More EV Subsidies! – Jeanne Ives
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/illinois-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-massive-uaw-pay-raises-and-more-ev-subsidies

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Questions surround millions meant for Joliet non-citizen care – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_48582416-7cf9-11ee-b120-ebe9188268c1.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illegals to empty schools? 291 CPS buildings under capacity by 160K.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/651394243-analysis-illegals-to-empty-schools-291-cps-buildings-under-capacity-by-160k
— Mosley on Jewel location for housing illegal immigrants: ‘Our community expressed multiple concerns about this shelter’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/651433356-mosley-on-jewel-location-for-housing-illegal-immigrants-our-community-expressed-multiple-concerns-about-this-shelter

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHAT POWER DO ILLINOIS, CHICAGO HAVE TO FIX MIGRANT CRISIS? – Joe Tabor (COMMENT: Illinois and Chicago can stop encouraging illegals to come to Illinois and Chicago. Illinois and Chicago can mandate E-Verify.)
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.illinoispolicy.org/what-power-do-illinois-chicago-have-to-fix-migrant-crisis/
— TEACHERS UNIONS HAND NEARLY $1.5 MILLION TO LAWMAKERS AHEAD OF INVEST IN KIDS VOTE – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/teachers-unions-hand-nearly-1-5-million-to-lawmakers-ahead-of-invest-in-kids-vote/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate GOP’s border security plan would restart border wall, restrict asylum claims – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: What about E-Verify?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/6/senate-gops-border-security-plan-would-restart-bor/
— Trump brings the 2024 campaign to the Manhattan courtroom. Judge loses patience: “This is not a political rally” – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/6/donald-trump-brings-2024-campaign-manhattan-courtr/
— Push to block Palestinian refugees, migrants intensifies – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/6/push-block-palestinian-refugees-migrants-intensifi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why are New York taxpayers forced to house unlimited illegal aliens? – Simon Hankinson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/why-are-new-york-taxpayers-forced-to-house-unlimited-illegal-aliens
— What Biden’s artificial intelligence executive order does on equity and diversity – Christopher Hutton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/what-bidens-artificial-intelligence-executive-order-does-on-equity-and-diversity
— DeWine rebuffs Pritzker’s ‘absurd’ claims Republicans want to take nation ‘backwards’ – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dewine-rebuffs-pritzkers-absurd-claims-nation-backwards
— A moral madness on campus – Donald Sweeting
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/a-moral-madness-on-campus

NEW YORK POST
— Highland Park shooting suspect’s father pleads guilty to helping son get gun license – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/news/robert-crimo-jr-pleads-guilty-to-helping-son-get-gun-license/
— Senate Republicans demand changes to ‘broken’ asylum system as part of Biden’s emergency spending request – Victor Nava (COMMENT: What about E-Verify?)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/news/senate-republicans-demand-asylum-changes-as-part-of-bidens-emergency-spending-request/
— The Democratic Party’s at war with itself — and the West – Daniel McCarthy
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/opinion/the-democratic-partys-at-war-with-itself-and-the-west/
— Election fraud is no myth – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/opinion/election-fraud-is-no-myth-and-video-evidence-proves-it/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Mike Johnson: MAGA champion or RINO? Right-wingers may wake up to find that the GOP is basically the same party as before. – Matthew Boose
https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/07/mike-johnson-maga-champion-or-rino/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ted Cruz’s Dem rival sent $1M in taxpayer funds to group pushing racial equity on preschoolers – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/06/ted-cruzs-dem-rival-sent-1m-in-taxpayer-funds-to-group-pushing-racial-equity-on-preschoolers-1410322/
— Nashville trans shooter’s manifesto leaked – ‘little cr*ckers’ with white privilege targeted – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/06/nashville-trans-shooters-manifesto-leaked-little-crckers-with-white-privilege-targeted-1410404/

BLAZE
— What the border invasion is doing to America’s cities – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/what-the-border-invasion-is-doing-to-americas-cities

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Loses Key City Council Ally in Black-on-Brown Migration Showdown – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/11/06/chicago-mayor-loses-key-city-council-ally-in-black-on-brown-migration-showdown/
— Abbott’s Migrant Busing Program Sends 63K Migrants to Sanctuary Cities – BOB PRICE (COMMENT: To be a sanctuary city is to encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/11/06/abbotts-migrant-busing-program-sends-63k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities/
— TN Bureau of Investigation Won’t Confirm Purported Leak of Covenant School Shooter’s Journal Sneering at Victims’ ‘White Privilege’ – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/11/06/tn-bureau-investigation-wont-confirm-purported-leak-covenant-school-shooters-journal-sneering-victims-white-privilege/
— Chamber of Commerce, Big Tech, Corporations Beg Congress to Pass Amnesty for DACA Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: Employers ever-increasingly want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly want to replace their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/06/chamber-of-commerce-big-tech-corporations-beg-congress-to-pass-amnesty-for-daca-illegal-aliens/
— The Senate’s establishment GOP leadership has endorsed valuable but limited reforms to immigration policy because of populist pressure from the House GOP amid the end-of-year budget negotiations. The draft changes endorsed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are valuable but are also inadequate to block inevitable evasions by President Joe Biden’s deputies, said Jon Feere, the director of investigations at the Center for Immigration Studies. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/11/07/senate-gop-offers-partial-immigration-reforms/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Resettled Refugees Do Not Necessarily Leave Their Beliefs and Biases Behind. – Nayla Rush (COMMENT: I am 100% German American. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. His wife decried to me that leading up to WWI, her and her future husband’s loyalty to America was questioned because they were 100% German American even though their ancestors had been in America for 60 years.)
https://cis.org/Rush/Resettled-Refugees-Do-Not-Necessarily-Leave-Their-Beliefs-and-Biases-Behind

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Answer The Question’: Sparks Fly As Trump Spars With Judge In NYC Fraud Case – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/06/not-a-political-rally-sparks-fly-as-trump-spars-with-judge-in-nyc-fraud-case/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 3 Absurd Claims About the Lewiston Shooting Made by Gun Control Activists – Amy Swearer
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/3-absurd-claims-about-the-lewiston-shooting-made-by-gun-control-activists/
— 6 Bizarre Examples of How Voter Registration Fraud Happens – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/6-bizarre-examples-voter-registration-fraud-happens/
— Police Won’t Confirm Authenticity of Alleged Manifesto of Nashville Shooter – Mary Margaret Olohan
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/police-nashville-shooter-audrey-hale-crowder/
— IRS Targets Conservative Group Exposing the Biden Admin – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed my education deductions a) because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I was conservative, Republican, White, male, old (29), draft avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, my wife and I had just bought a home in Wheaton, and I had lived in Crete 1948-1972. Previously, they had a) refused to promote me beyond GS-12, b) gotten rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/irs-targets-conservative-group-exposing-biden-admin/

DAILY WIRE
— California School District Starts Three-Year, Six-Figure Plan To Turn Students Into Critical Race Theory Activists – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-school-district-starts-three-year-six-figure-plan-to-turn-students-into-critical-race-theory-activists

EPOCH TIMES
— How the US Spent $4.1 Billion on Global LGBT Initiatives. The US government is pouring money into LGBT initiatives in US schools, as well as countries from Belarus to Nigeria to China. – Jackson Elliott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-the-us-spent-4-1-billion-on-global-lgbtq-initiatives-5524073

FEDERALIST
— Trans-Identifying Nashville Shooter Allegedly Targeted School Children For Their ‘White Privilege’ – EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/06/breaking-trans-identifying-nashville-shooter-allegedly-targeted-school-children-for-their-white-privilege/
— Biden’s AI Executive Order Accelerates Leftist Domination Of New Technology – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/07/bidens-ai-executive-order-accelerates-leftist-domination-of-new-technology/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— New York City Establishes “Re-Ticketing Center” to Fly Migrants Anywhere in the World – Hannah Davis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-immigration-legislation-policies/amnesty/new-york-city-establishes-re-ticketing

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Democrats are pushing agenda for non-citizens to vote (and here’s how they’re doing it) – Greg Hoyt
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/democrats-purportedly-pushing-agenda-for-non-citizens-to-vote

MRC TV
— Wokeness, Whiteness & Witless Dominate March For Palestine
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/mrctvstaff/wokeness-whiteness-witless-dominate-march-palestine

NEW AMERICAN
— Nashville Shooter Manifesto Released. “Trans Man” Hated Whites – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/nashville-shooter-manifesto-released-trans-man-hated-whites/

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: ‘Biden Fighting on Side of Cartels’ at Border – Charles Kim
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/cruz-texas-southern-border/2023/11/06/id/1141170/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Speaks At Freedom Summit In Florida – Cameron Breckenridge
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/pres-trump-speaks-at-freedom-summit-in-florida/

PJ MEDIA
— Did Joe Biden’s Rhetoric Inspire the Trans Shooter? – MATT MARGOLIS (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who promote the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2023/11/06/did-joe-bidens-rhetoric-on-white-supremacy-inspire-the-trans-shooter-n4923674
— Do We Finally Have a Glimpse at Trans Shooter’s Woke Manifesto? – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/11/06/do-we-finally-have-a-glimpse-at-trans-shooters-manifesto-n4923669

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Nashville Shooter Targeted Children with ‘White Privilege’ – Michael Schwarz
https://www.westernjournal.com/nashville-shooter-targeted-children-white-privilege/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Tim Scott is 2024’s only Black Republican candidate, and he wants America to focus less on race. A major speech he recently gave at a Black church faced tough questions. – Averi Harper and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on race big time. They a) present themselves as being champions for minorities, and especially for minorities who are female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) paint those who share my demographics as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tim-scott-2024s-black-republican-candidate-america-focus/story?id=104580684

CBS NEWS
— Senate Republicans seek drastic asylum limits in emergency funding package – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-republicans-asylum-limits-funding-bill/

NEWSWEEK
— The Republican Primary Is Over. It’s Trump. And It’s Time to Unite Behind Him – Monica Crowley
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-primary-over-its-trump-its-time-unite-behind-him-opinion-1841180
— Democrats say “Conservatives Have Never Been More United.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promoted division within and then destroyed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition. I should write a book about that.
https://www.newsweek.com/dont-believe-hype-conservatives-have-never-been-more-united-thanks-woke-capital-opinion-1841189
— Has Hamas Hastened the Demise of ‘Woke’? – Paul Bond
https://www.newsweek.com/has-hamas-hastened-demise-woke-1839378

MSN
— Biden election crisis: Obama aide suggests President should QUIT race as bombshell poll puts him behind Trump – Millie Cooke
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/biden-election-crisis-obama-aide-suggests-president-should-quit-race-as-bombshell-poll-puts-him-behind-trump/ar-AA1jtkjw

YAHOO
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Dolly Parton to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-candidly-shared-anti-220540458.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more and more and more hatred against Republicans and especially against Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opinion/columnists/united-states-right-social-change.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Across six battleground states, Trump leads President Biden 48 percent to 44 percent among registered voters. In the crucial swing states that Biden won last time, Trump is ahead in five — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania — while Biden leads only in Wisconsin. Biden is losing support from young voters, Hispanic voters, Black voters — constituencies Democrats have depended on for decades to overcome the longstanding Republican advantage among whites. Women voters favor Biden by eight percentage points, 50 percent to 42 percent, but men favor Trump by a far wider 18-point spread: 55 percent to 37 percent. (I guess that’s another definition for the term “manspreading.”) On the economy, voters prefer Trump over Biden by a 22-point margin. And a whopping 71 percent think Biden is too old to be president, as opposed to just 39 percent for Trump. – Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opinion/biden-trump-times-siena.html

USA TODAY
— New tent cities could pop up in NYC as mayor removes homeless migrants from shelters – Claire Thornton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/06/new-york-city-migrants-homelessness/71256086007/
— When just one job isn’t enough: Why are a growing number of Americans taking on multiple gigs? – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: Because I worked part-time pumping gasoline at the Firestone Store in Chicago Height 1971-1972 while I worked full-time for IRS, I was able a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/11/03/more-americans-working-multiple-jobs-under-inflation/71441008007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Trump Be Indicted Into Office? TV ads focused on his legal troubles backfired, so they never aired. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-trial-new-york-gop-2024-election-0d2175ea
— Obama, Hamas and ‘Complicity’ The former president seeks to shift the blame for the attack on Israel. He ought to look in the mirror. – Elliot Kaufman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-hamas-and-complicity-civilian-deaths-atrocity-22966cff
— The Democrats’ Hamas Caucus. Could the convention in Chicago turn out to be an ugly rerun of 1968? – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-hamas-caucus-israel-palestine-democrats-election-1357cde5

FORBES & FAST COMPANY
— To hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ, employers ever-increasingly a) lower hiring, retention, and promotion requirements and b) get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or heterosexual.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanharmeling/2023/11/06/balancing-diversity-and-meritocracy-the-gannett-dei-lawsuit/
https://www.fastcompany.com/90978300/biggest-diversity-derailer-in-most-companies
— 7 Strategies For Happier Employees. – Tony Nicolaidis (COMMENT: To make their employees happy who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/11/06/7-strategies-for-happier-employees/

24/7 WALL STREET
— Widespread Drops in State Birth Rates: Only 13 States Had More Births in 2022 Than 2021. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and abortion, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and destroy the traditional family.)
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/11/06/widespread-drops-states-more-births-2022-than-2021/

POLITICO
— 5 candidates (DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, Scott, and Christie) qualify for third GOP presidential primary debate – Steven Shepard and Zach Montellaro
https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-candidates-qualify-third-gop-012954415.html

HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY
— GAO: Agencies Can Better Monitor E-Verify Compliance in Federal Contracting (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs oppose E-Verify, that is, Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.hstoday.us/industry/industry-news/gao-agencies-can-better-monitor-e-verify-compliance-in-federal-contracting/

GOVERNING
— Chicago Police Stations Provide Shelter for Migrants, Homeless. Police stations have long served as entry points for Chicagoans in need of social services. As the city tries to maneuver the influx of thousands of migrants, some homeless residents are also using the city’s police stations as shelters. – Caroline Kubzansky (COMMENT: How many illegals and homeless can the police station(s) in your municipality accommodate?)
https://www.governing.com/community/chicago-police-stations-provide-shelter-for-migrants-homeless

POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Speaker Johnson to promote more hatred against conservatives. Johnson is nowhere near as conservative as Biden is liberal.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/07/dems-upside-johnson-conservative-funding-push-00125486

November 3, 2023

Democrat and RINO elected officials ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Sooner or later, illegal immigration will harm everyone in America big time. The lower that your income is, the sooner and more that you will be harmed. Illegal immigration will not slow down, let alone stop, until voters elect Republicans, that is, elect candidates who support the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and will require E-Verify for all employment.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago signs lease for Brighton Park migrant tent camp, Mayor Johnson’s office confirms – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-tent-camp-brighton-park/14007216/
— Chicago City Council meeting on sanctuary city referendum spirals into chaos – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-sanctuary-referendum/14002650/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson visits DC to ask for help with, funding for migrant crisis – Craig Wall and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-president-joe-biden-washington-dc/14003867/

NBC5
— Chaos reigns in Chicago City Council meeting over ‘sanctuary city’ status – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chaos-reigns-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-over-migrant-housing-issues/3267979/
— Chicago signs land use contract for $91K per month to house migrants in vacant lot in Brighton Park – Bennett Haeberle, Katy Smyser and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/chicago-signs-land-use-contract-for-91k-per-month-to-house-migrants-in-vacant-lot-in-brighton-park/3268094/
— Mayor Johnson discusses White House meeting on migrant crisis
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/chicago-today/interview-mayor-johnson-discusses-white-house-meeting-on-migrant-crisis/3267654/

CBS2
— Oak Park OKs emergency declaration after churches take in asylum seekers – MARYBEL GONZALEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburb-migrants-emergency/
— Chicago school launches winter supply drive for migrants in Rogers Park – ANDREW RAMOS
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-school-launches-winter-supply-drive-for-migrants-in-rogers-park/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-school-helping-asylum-seekers-in-rogers-park-stay-warm/
— Illinois assault-style weapons registration is open, but questions remain about enforcement, other issues – MEGAN HICKEY
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-style-weapons-registration-open-questions/

WGN9
— Chicago residents fed up with lack of communication on migrant housing locations – Dana Rebik
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-residents-fed-up-with-lack-of-communication-on-migrant-housing-locations/
— UPS announces ‘hiring blitz’ across Chicago area this Friday and Saturday – Alonzo Small (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 had to hire for the Christmas rush. They hired me a) because I had earned a high school diploma and had passed the postal employment examination and b) because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who would take the job.)
https://wgntv.com/jobs/ups-announces-hiring-blitz-across-chicago-area-this-friday-and-saturday/

FOX32
— Meeting on Chicago’s sanctuary status gets heated. The proposal for Chicago to remain a sanctuary city is off to a rocky start, and it remains unclear if voters will have a say in the matter.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1305619
— Johnson’s revised paid leave expansion faces crucial vote in Chicago City Council (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s more generous leave policies.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/johnsons-revised-paid-leave-expansion-crucial-vote-chicago-city-council
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1305786

WTTW
— Brandon Johnson, Other Big City Mayors Get Audience with Biden Administration Officials to Pitch Request for Help with Migrants – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/02/brandon-johnson-other-big-city-mayors-get-audience-biden-administration-officials-pitch
— As Temperatures Drop, Volunteers and Medical Professionals Work to Prepare Migrants for a Chicago Winter – Emily Soto
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/02/temperatures-drop-volunteers-and-medical-professionals-work-prepare-migrants-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson in Washington to ask for $5B in migrant funding – Alice Yin and A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-johnson-president-biden-migrant-meeting-20231102-d4zjml4s3zh2rgcqutprcpzami-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Calumet City officials ticket Daily Southtown reporter for ‘hampering’ city employees with questions – Gregory Royal Pratt (COMMEMT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that questions that I asked Republican candidates and elected officials at press conferences caused them to lose elections.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-calumet-city-tribune-reporter-citations-20231102-ts6ugr2t6vdahap72yw2s7gkoi-story.html
— Maine mass shooting puts spotlight on complex array of gun laws, series of massive failures – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-maine-gun-laws-20231102-iasdv6spwjhshekvej4egvhe4a-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In Washington, Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes for more federal help to deal with migrant crisis. Johnson said Congress should add $5 billion for migrant assistance. The Biden White House is asking for $1.4 billion. It may be an uphill challenge to get more from the GOP House. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/2/23944133/brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis-federal-help-joe-biden-congress
— ‘Common sense’ doesn’t explain City Council, so judge to allow Chicago ‘civics lesson’ for Burke jurors. Political science professor Constance Mixon’s testimony about government operations will be crucial to helping jury understand the racketeering case against former City Council member Ed Burke, prosecutors say. – Jon Seidel and Mariah Woelfel (COMMENT: Because of the jury pool in Chicago, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will lose: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. If you file a civil lawsuit, the more of the aforesaid that you are, anticipate/expect that your 7th Amendment rights will be denied and that your defendants will be granted summary judgment.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/2/23943604/professor-jurors-city-hall-civics-lesson-ed-burke-corruption-trial
— Food deserts plague Chicago neighborhoods. Could the city run its own grocery stores to fill in the gaps? – Mariah Rush and Michael Loria (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote socialism on their road to communism and dictatorship.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/2/23882682/mayor-brandon-johnson-city-owned-grocery-south-west-low-food-access-grocery-desert

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules – Peter Hancock
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gun-rights-advocates-question-proposed-assault-weapons-registration-rules
— As winter looms, migrants’ lack of reliable shelter could become a public health crisis – Katherine Davis
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/migrants-exposure-chicago-cold-could-spur-health-crisis
— Chaos at City Council as Ald. Lopez attempts to take over meeting after lights turned off – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/ald-ray-lopez-attempts-takeover-city-council-meeting
— Paid leave policy clears hurdle, set up for final City Council vote – Justin Laurence (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s more generous leave policies.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pto-policy-heads-chicago-city-council-final-vote

STATELINE
— Pritzker says White House should intervene to stop migrants from coming to Illinois this winter – John Clark (COMMENT: How will Democrat and RINO leaders deal with the illegal immigration Pandora’s box that they have opened? Needless-to-say, they should immediately a) stop everything that encourages illegal immigration and b) require E-Verify for all employment.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-says-white-house-should-intervene-to-stop-migrants-from-coming-to-illinois-this-winter/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Metro East county considers joining Missouri. Illinois AG says no. – Kurt Erickson
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/metro-east-county-considers-joining-missouri-illinois-ag-says-no/article_3fed5dda-799a-11ee-82bd-732ba68a1408.html

WJBC
— Hearing in Springfield discusses Illinois’ new assault weapons ban – Dave Dahl
https://www.wjbc.com/2023/11/02/hearing-in-springfield-discusses-illinois-new-assault-weapons-ban/

WGLT
— Illinois Republican Darin LaHood supports plan to aid Israel with repurposed IRS funding – Collin Schopp
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2023-11-01/illinois-republican-darin-lahood-supports-plan-to-aid-israel-with-repurposed-irs-funding

WGEM
— Marijuana edibles found in trick-or-treater’s candy (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.)
https://www.wgem.com/2023/11/02/marijuana-edibles-found-trick-or-treaters-candy-police-say/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-178/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/02/afternoon-roundup-180/
— Mayor Johnson promises base camps ‘before winter’
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/02/mayor-johnson-promises-base-camps-before-winter/
— How will Democrat and RINO leaders deal with the illegal immigration Pandora’s box that they have opened? Needless-to-say, they should immediately a) stop everything that encourages illegal immigration and b) require E-Verify for all employment.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/02/oak-park-actually-wants-to-help-asylum-seekers-so-give-it-the-money-joliet-refused/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— New 2022 Census data: Check out where Illinoisans are moving to – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (COMMENT: I should write a book about those RINOs who have had the most success since 2000 driving conservatives out of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Of course, I would focus on those RINOs who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://wirepoints.org/new-2022-census-data-check-out-where-illinoisans-are-moving-to-wirepoints/
— Too many schools in Illinois are no longer places of learning, they’re daycares
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-schools-in-illinois-are-no-longer-places-of-learning-theyre-daycares-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Chicago Republicans: The City Council Was Strong-armed to Block the Voice of the People on Sanctuary City Status!
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/chicago-republicans-the-city-council-was-strong-armed-to-block-the-voice-of-the-people-on-sanctuary-city-status/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FAILING LOW-INCOME, MINORITY STUDENTS MOST – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-failing-low-income-minority-students-most/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pro-life groups warn Senate Republicans will pay a price for breaking Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade – Ramsey Touchberry (COMMENT: I should write about conservative Republicans in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who are to the right of me on abortion and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/3/pro-life-groups-warn-senate-republicans-will-pay-p/
— Democrats to subpoena conservatives linked to Supreme Court justices next week – Alex Swoyer (COMMENT I should write a book about those major donors who have given the most money to those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who I have sued and their lawyers.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/2/democrats-subpoena-conservatives-linked-supreme-co/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Too close to call: Biden memo reveals how campaign thinks 2024 race will go – Julia Johnson (COMMENT: Because of that, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send more and more and more illegals and other Democrats to battleground/swing states to vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/biden-memo-campaign-2024-race

AMAC
— How Many Illegals Has Biden Admin Released Into US? Mayorkas Can’t (Or Won’t) Say.
https://amac.us/newsline/society/how-many-illegals-has-biden-admin-released-into-us-mayorkas-cant-or-wont-say/

AMERICAN THINKER
— They are not listening to Joe, Kamala, or Alejandro. Our leaders keep telling them to stay home or download the app. The illegals prefer to come the old-fashioned way, i.e. ride the train or just walk north. – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/they_are_not_listening_to_joe_kamala_or_alejandro.html
— Blue city mayors up their call to Joe Biden to $5 billion to finance illegals – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/blue_city_mayors_up_their_call_to_joe_biden_to_5_billion_to_finance_illegals.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden to Pay Foreign Countries to Control Inflow of Illegal Immigration to U.S. – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, foreign countries are successfully invading America. Which foreign country will eventually conquer America and when? If China decides to invade, China would quickly conquer America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/02/report-joe-biden-to-pay-foreign-countries-to-control-inflow-of-illegal-immigration-to-u-s/
— Sanctuary State Illinois: Another Pair of Illegal Aliens Charged with Stealing $3K Worth of Macy’s Merchandise – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/02/sanctuary-state-illinois-another-pair-illegal-aliens-charged-stealing-3k-macys-merchandise/
— GOP Senators Pressure Biden to Make Public Total Number of Illegal Aliens Released into U.S. Every Month – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/02/gop-senators-pressure-biden-make-public-total-number-illegal-aliens-released-u-s-every-month/

CENTER SQUARE
— Largest cities in US request $5 billion for ‘overwhelming’ migrant inflow – Kenneth Schrupp
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d818ef1a-79c3-11ee-9527-df1fcd0317d6.html

CENTER SQUARE CALIFORNIA
— Converting parking lots to homeless encampments brings mixed results – Kenneth Schrupp
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_b1beebde-79d8-11ee-9518-a71229944987.html

DAILY CALLER
— Border Patrol Encountered Nearly 200,000 Illegal Aliens in First Month of FY 2024 – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/02/exclusive-border-patrol-encountered-nearly-200000-illegal-aliens-in-first-month-of-fy-2024-preliminary-data-shows/
— Even Liberal Lunatics Admit America Was Better Under Trump Than Biden – GAGE KLIPPER (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, American is getting worse and worse and worse for those who are the following: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/02/inclusiveness-index-berkeley-racial-equality-118th/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New York’s ‘Right to Shelter’—a Socialist Blank Check Aliens From Around the World Are Cashing – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/02/borderline-new-yorks-right-shelter-socialist-blank-check-aliens-around-world-are-cashing/
— ‘He Sees All White People as Racist’: Military Assessment Criticizes Air Force Colonel’s Leadership. – Rob Bluey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/02/he-sees-all-white-people-as-racist-military-assessment-critiques-air-force-colonels-leadership/

DAILY WIRE
— The Dangers Of Gender-Affirming Care’ Takes Over X
https://www.dailywire.com/news/prageru-documentary-detrans-the-dangers-of-gender-affirming-care-takes-over-x

FEDERALIST
— How Wokeness Puts Its Defenders In A Chokehold — And How To Help Them Out – NOELLE MERING
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/03/how-leftists-find-themselves-manipulated-into-a-woke-chokehold/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago struggles to house waves of migrants as freezing temperatures hit city. ‘Layering clothing is a novel concept for most of the migrants who are used to warmer climates,’ the AP said as it covered the crisis. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-struggles-house-waves-migrants-freezing-temperatures-hit-city
— Nikki Haley says why she doesn’t embrace identity politics, despite minority status. She says she rejects ‘labels.’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes embrace identity politics big time. They give more and more and more preference to those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminate more and more and more against those who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikki-haley-tells-charlamagne-tha-god-why-she-doesnt-embrace-identity-politics-despite-minority-status
— High school students walk out of class in protest of transgender bathroom policy: ‘They ignore us’ About 50-100 students at the Loudoun County high school protested the district’s transgender policy. – Kendall Tietz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/loudoun-county-high-school-students-walk-protest-transgender-bathroom-policy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students at a high school in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) walked out in protest of the district’s gender policy that allows non-binary, gender-fluid and transgender students to use whichever school bathrooms and locker rooms they want based on their chosen gender.)
— Over 20 Democrats, one Republican vote against resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses. All but one member of the far-left ‘Squad’ voted against the resolution. – Brandon Gillespie, Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twenty-democrats-one-republican-vote-against-bill-condemn-antisemitism-college-campuses

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Sanctuary City Democrat Mayors Demanding Billions From Biden to Help With Migrants. A new caravan is on its way to the border. The organizer said that Latin American countries are conspiring against Biden because of his horrid border policies. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/11/sanctuary-city-democrat-mayors-demanding-billions-from-biden-to-help-with-migrants/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Fights — but for What? – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/11/trump-fights-but-for-what/
— Business Schools Cave to DEI Pressure – GEORGE LEEF (COMMENT: IIT (graduate finance program) accepted me when I was 43, DePaul (graduate accounting) when I was 27, Loyola (graduate business) when I was 23, NIU (undergraduate business) when I was 20, and UIC (undergraduate business) when I was 18. But because of my terrible demographics, if I was 43, 27, 23, 20, or 18 today, I doubt that they would accept me today.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/business-schools-cave-to-dei-pressure/

NEWSMAX
— Money President Joe Biden has allocated for the southern border in his $105 billion spending request is not intended to secure the border against illegal migrants. – Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-newsmax-joe-biden/2023/11/02/id/1140714/

PATRIOT POST
— NYC Is Paying Illegal Aliens to Leave the City. Because illegal aliens are demanding to stay at luxury hotels and refusing to leave, New York is offering to pay them to leave.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/101813-nyc-is-paying-illegal-aliens-to-leave-the-city-2023-11-02

TOWNHALL
— Senator Marshall’s New Bill Looks to Provide Justice for Those Victimized by Illegal Immigrants – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/11/02/senator-marshall-illegal-immigtation-bill-exclusive-n2630683
— American Media Ignores Hamas’ Vow to Annihilate Israel
https://townhallreview.com/podcast/details/commentaries
— Republicans Expose Democrats’ ‘Ethics’ Scheme to Remake the Supreme Court – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/11/02/republicans-push-back-on-lefts-supreme-court-ethics-reform-n2630692

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden campaign warns of ‘very close’ general election. – ALEX GANGITANO (COMMENT: Because of that, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send more and more and more illegals and other Democrats to battleground/swing states to vote for Democrats.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4291774-biden-campaign-warns-of-very-close-general-election/
— Oregon just dropped all graduation standards, failing all of its students in the name of ‘equity’ – AARON WITHE (COMMENT: To graduate more students who have demographics that vote for Democrats, schools ever-increasingly lower their graduation standards.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/

ROLL CALL
— Democrats ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Speaker Johnson.
https://rollcall.com/2023/11/02/does-speaker-johnson-realize-some-of-his-best-constituents-are-black/

ABC NEWS & MSNBC & HUFFINGTON POST & BILLBOARD & NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America, b) promote more LGBTQ, and c) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. .
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/companies-lgbtq-advertising-despite-risk-consumer-boycotts/story?id=104553157
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/house-speaker-mike-johnson-s-anti-lgbtq-record-discussed-by-rep-angie-craig-197000261538
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/target-ceo-brian-cornell-defends-target-pride-merch-removal_n_65442471e4b0cde80b8c5365
https://www.billboard.com/lists/stars-slam-anti-lgbtq-bills-hayley-williams-lizzo-ariana-grande/
https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/11/02/house-speaker-mike-johnson-blamed-homosexuals-fall-roman-empire/

CBS NEWS
— Nikki Haley gaining ground in 2024 Republican primary as she campaigns in New Hampshire
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nikki-haley-2024-republican-primary-new-hampshire/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled America-hating America-haters want citizens of foreign countries to invade, to infiltrate, to infest, to conquer, and to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/opinion/immigration-border-biden.html
— House Blocks Censure of Tlaib on Charge of Antisemitism. A solid bloc of Republicans joined Democrats in refusing to back a move to formally rebuke Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, a far-left Democrat, for her harsh criticism of Israel. – Robert Jimison (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, immigrant leaders put the interests of their motherland ahead of America’s interests, that is, ever-increasingly, immigrant leaders side with America’s enemies against America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/politics/house-republicans-democrats-expulsion-censure.html
— Holding national security hostage to help tax cheats. – PAUL KRUGMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/opinion/columnists/israel-irs-national-security-hostages.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tlaib is okay? Santos? The new speaker’s House is off to a bad start. – Jim Geraghty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/02/speaker-mike-johnson-tlaib-santos-votes/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/02/more-lgbtq-candidates-running-local-elections/71413371007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Chicago, a ‘Sanctuary City,’ Reaches Its Breaking Point – MAGGIE HRONCICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/chicago-a-sanctuary-city-reaches-its-breaking-point

FOX SAN DIEGO
— Migrant encounters in San Diego Sector reach 20-year high – Jaime Chambers
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/migrant-encounters-in-san-diego-sector-reach-20-year-high-cbp/

FORBES & MSN
— To admit more students who have demographics that vote for Democrats, colleges ever-increasingly lower their admission standards.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2023/11/02/hundreds-of-colleges-now-offer-automatic-admission-to-students/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/this-month-200-000-high-school-seniors-will-get-automatic-college-acceptance-letters-before-even-applying/ar-AA1jhRP6

BARRON’S
— For Biden In 2024, Is Age Really Just A Number? – Danny KEMP
https://www.barrons.com/news/for-biden-in-2024-is-age-really-just-a-number-dc0b5de5

AXIOS
— Democrats quietly move to succeed Biden – Alex Thompson (COMMENT: What do you say to those in Illinois who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who give Pritzker a big pass because they fear a) that he will be America’s next President and b) that he would destroy them?)
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/democrats-quiet-campaign-succeed-biden-2024-president-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and California Rep. Ro Khanna have traveled to New Hampshire in recent months — and Khanna returned this week to debate GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. . .Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Pritzker all recently launched national political groups — “Fight Like Hell PAC,” “Campaign for Democracy,” and “Think Big America,” respectively. Newsom’s group has focused on gun safety while Whitmer and Pritzker’s groups have honed in on abortion rights. . .In October, Pritzker, 58, launched Think Big America, a group that’s using his wealth to fund abortion rights ballot measures across the country. Pritzker, a billionaire businessman, personally gave $750,000 and Think Big America gave $250,000 to support Ohio’s Issue 1 amendment, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution and is on the ballot in next week’s election. Think Big America also donated $1 million to Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, which is behind an abortion-rights ballot measure, a Think Big spokesperson told Axios. Pritzker also landed the Democratic convention for Chicago; he and his allies are raising money for it.)

November 2, 2023

How will Democrat and RINO leaders deal with the illegal immigration Pandora’s box that they have opened? Needless-to-say, they should immediately a) stop everything that encourages illegal immigration and b) require E-Verify for all employment.


FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When immigration laws are not followed, we invite chaos and confusion. – Willie Wilson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-us-border-national-security-illegal-immigration-20231102-iboqkcpqlvcznkul24p5stntbq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to turn old Jewel-Osco into migrant shelter stalls, but he says ‘winter is not here yet’ – Alice Yin and A.D. Quig (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-migrants-20231101-34cdiptm2jedblrjuggcnzbphe-story.html
— The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants – Colleen Long (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/mayors-biden-cities-migrants-20231101-6ijnb2h3ljfkxoh5mzpkdbv7aq-story.html
— Oak Park opens police station, undisclosed shelter to dozens of migrant families housed outdoors in tents as temperatures drop
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-migrants-moved-to-oak-park-shelter-tl-1109-20231101-eweignpifbhkjnd23xxruhax3e-story.html
— Oak Park trustees move to match $150K grant so village can aid migrants housed in tents at Chicago border – Ryan Hudgins (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-village-board-migrant-crisis-task-force-tl-1102-20231101-owto47wn6jf5bbrxrgpbfupoeu-story.html
— Families of Hamas hostages gather in Lakeview to call for more action toward captives’ release – Caroline Kubzansky
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-hostage-release-vigil-20231101-20231102-d5utpe23vzhy5ojj5nzalmmiye-story.html
— State lawmakers propose new Chicago school board map days ahead of return to Springfield – Dan Petrella and Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-elected-chicago-school-board-maps-20231101-wbhaocvgsbbwlkd6zrn3md4t2i-story.html
— West Town community group, alderman, ask mayor and police leaders to give specifics on plan to confront rash of street robberies – Sam Charles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-west-town-public-safety-20231101-qofbfvumgngcnjruimhlpjjqsi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Civic Federation urges City Council to devise contingency plan for migrant funding. The $150 million in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion budget is only “half of the projected amount necessary to care for asylum seekers,” the Civic Federation noted in its annual review of the city budget. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/11/1/23942027/chicago-city-budget-migrant-crisis-funding-civic-federation-brandon-johnson
— Legislators should show some backbone and save Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships. This program is not broken. Invest in Kids is providing high-quality school choice for families, former Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin writes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/1/23940999/legislators-backbone-save-invest-kids-act-tax-credit-scholarships-illinois-jim-durkin

DAILY HERALD
— Mayors of Chicago, four other big cities seek Biden meeting over migrants – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231101/mayors-of-chicago-four-other-big-cities-seek-biden-meeting-over-migrants
— DuPage State’s Attorney Berlin to discuss crime trends, elimination of cash bail
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231101/dupage-states-attorney-berlin-to-discuss-crime-trends-elimination-of-cash-bail

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson and fellow big-city mayors are bringing migrant-crisis demands to D.C. – Justin Laurence, Leigh Giangreco (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/johnson-and-fellow-mayors-bringing-migrant-crisis-demands-dc

ABC7
— Mayor Johnson to visit DC as tensions rise over migrant crisis at Chicago City Council meeting. Brighton Park residents file suit in effort to stop plans to build base camp for migrants in Chicago. – Craig Wall, Cate Cauguiran (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-brighton-park-migrant-crisis-how-many/13999356/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/magnolia-bakery-edibles-weed-rise-dispensary-near-me/14000779/
— From the beginning, Democrat leaders have used Affirmative Action a) to get votes from minorities and from women and b) to get rid of Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/college-applications-early-action-admission-deadline-scotus-affirmative/13999967/
— West Town migrant shelter opening pushed back as unions protest construction work – Liz Nagy (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-in-west-town-migrant-shelter-union-carpenter-protest/14000536/
— Chicago City Council meeting to discuss sanctuary city referendum – Diane Pathieu (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/volunteer-medical-students-fill-health-care-gap-migrants-104566340
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-sanctuary-referendum/14002650/
— Chicago area vigils for local families with relatives held hostage by Hamas – Mark Rivera and Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/israel-hamas-war-hostages-update/14000336/

NBC5
— Chicago struggles to house migrants as winter weather slams the city. More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last year, largely under the direction of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/chicago-struggles-house-migrants-city-slammed-winter-weather-rcna123242
— Chicago City Council members want to put ‘sanctuary city’ status before voters (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-city-council-members-want-to-put-sanctuary-city-status-before-voters/3266940/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYoZW4N4wHY
— Johnson, Chicago City Council spar over plan to use site near Marina City for migrant housing (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/johnson-chicago-city-council-spar-over-plan-to-use-site-near-marina-city-for-migrant-housing/3266689/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-chicago-retiree-opens-home-to-7-migrants-it-was-an-easy-decision/3266723/
— Chicago organization tracks threats against Jewish communities as antisemitism reaches ‘historic levels’ More than 800 incidents of antisemitism happened in October, according to the Secure Community Network. – Patrick Fazio (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-organization-tracks-threats-against-jewish-communities-as-antisemitism-reaches-historic-levels/3266646/
— Victims of armed crimes call for new Chicago safety plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/victims-of-armed-crimes-call-for-new-chicago-safety-plan/3266643/
— Another ‘crash-and-grab’ attempt hits Chicago retailer amid string of crimes
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/another-crash-and-grab-attempt-hits-chicago-retailer-amid-string-of-crimes/3265709/

CBS2
— Heated exchanges in Chicago City Council over migrant crisis (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/heated-exchanges-in-chicago-city-council-over-migrant-crisis/
— Oak Park church takes in more than 100 migrants from outside Chicago Police station – MARYBEL GONZALEZ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-church-migrants-outside-chicago-police-station/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson mum on potential migrant shelter at shuttered downtown Chicago museum – SABRINA FRANZA, CHRIS TYE (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-considers-museum-broadcast-communications-migrant-shelter-river-north/
— Plan for Chicago migrant tent camp in Morgan Park stalls near finish line – TODD FEURER, CHRIS TYE, SABRINA FRANZA (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-council-delay-migrant-camp-morgan-park-115th-halsted/
— Vote on second migrant tent camp delayed. The Chicago City Council put off a vote on accepting donated land at 115th and Halsted that would be the site of a migrant tent camp. Also delayed was a vote on whether to put a binding referendum on the March ballot to raise the real estate transfer tax to fund programs to reduce homelessness. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/11/1/23942459/chicago-migrants-camps-tents-115-halsted-homeless-real-estate-tax-referendum
— Residents of West Town neighborhood plead with city to do more about crime – ADAM HARRINGTON, REBECCA MCCAN
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/residents-of-chicago-neighborhood-city-crime/
— Holidays bring surge in hiring for seasonal delivery jobs in Chicago area – LAUREN VICTORY (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 had to hire for the Christmas rush. They hired me a) because I had earned a high school diploma, b) because I had passed the postal employment examination, and c) because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/deliver-seasonal-work/
— Chicago students get trip to six college campuses for a glimpse into their future – SARA MACHI (COMMENT: In 1966, UIC was my only 4-year college opportunity. I could afford UIC 1966-1968 and then NIU 1969-1970 a) by commuting to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1968 and b) by working part-time jobs washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail . My working those part-time jobs 1964-1969 enabled me a) to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-students-college-campus-visit/
— Israelis gather in Chicago to call for release of all hostages held by Hamas – CHARLIE DE MAR
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/israelis-gather-chicago-call-release-hostages-hamas/https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/israelis-gather-in-chicago-to-plea-for-release-of-hostages-held-by-hamas/

FOX32
— Over 20,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since late last year. More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in the Windy City since Aug. 31, 2022, according to Office of Emergency Management and Communications. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1304920
— Chicago City Council to consider proposed migrant tent at former Jewel Osco this week (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrant-tent-former-jewel-osco-chicago
— Protesters fill Rep. Sean Casten’s office, forcing closure of office building – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-fill-rep-sean-castens-office-forcing-closure-of-office-building
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network were at Congressman Sean Casten’s Office Wednesday in Glen Ellyn, requesting to meet with the representative. Cell phone video shows members of the organization sitting in office chairs and calling on Casten to support a “ceasefire now” resolution that supports an end to violence in Israel and Gaza.)
— Family members of Hamas victims from Chicago area speak out – Gabriella Premus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/family-members-of-hamas-victims-from-chicago-area-speak-out
— Chicago store loses thousands in West Side smash-and-grab. The owners say they lost thousands after a pickup truck smashed into their business and stole merchandise.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1305154
— Smash-and-grabs on the rise in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1304919

WTTW
— Vote Blocked on Plan to Transform Former Jewel, Parking Lot on Far South Side Into Migrant Shelter – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/01/vote-blocked-plan-transform-former-jewel-parking-lot-far-south-side-migrant-shelter
— State Lawmakers Release Latest Chicago Elected School Board Map – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/01/state-lawmakers-release-latest-chicago-elected-school-board-map

WBEZ
— Chicago releases its first city racial equity report. Twenty-five city departments crafted racial equity plans to address everything from housing to tree trimming to policing community engagement. – Adora Namigadde
https://www.wbez.org/stories/city-of-chicago-racial-equity-report/1487f9cf-6176-4da0-9f05-a9990d17b1b3

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois test scores show massive education failure – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-illinois-test-scores-show-massive-education-failure/article_e41987c1-788e-5a55-b9b1-762d4bb8f749.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://qctimes.com/news/nation-world/the-mayors-of-five-big-cities-seek-a-meeting-with-biden-about-how-to-better/article_ee105ef1-099c-5206-bf7b-fee85d3d7c12.html

SOUTHERN
— Trump, who mocks Biden’s age and gaffes, deals with blunders of his own – Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/11/01/trump-who-mocks-bidens-age-and-gaffes-deals-with-blunders-of-his-own/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hearing to determine if Trump can be barred from office reaches far back in history for answers – AP (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trial-to-determine-if-trump-can-be-barred-from-offices-reaches-far-back-in-history-for-answers/

WSPY
— Illinois Republican Senate Leader says immigrant healthcare program is being mismanaged
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/illinois-republican-senate-leader-says-immigrant-healthcare-program-is-being-mismanaged/article_d68acb2e-78e1-11ee-97b3-eb8d26ba9d6b.html

WSIL TV
— Southern Illinois lawmakers looking to repeal Trust Act – Mike Mohundro
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/southern-illinois-lawmakers-looking-to-repeal-trust-act/article_10a883ae-783e-11ee-aba7-93e137fad04a.html

WAND TV
— Senate Republicans argue Pritzker should focus on Illinois problems instead of national politics – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/senate-republicans-argue-pritzker-should-focus-on-illinois-problems-instead-of-national-politics/article_0d0375fe-78fe-11ee-aac7-c78514fa62aa.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Text message reveals members of Lewiston shooter’s Army Reserve unit feared he could ‘snap and do a mass shooting’ – Dan Lampariello
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/text-message-reveals-members-lewiston-shooter-army-reserve-unit-feared-could-snap-mass-shooting-maine-robert-card-killed-tragic-gun-violence-just-in-time-recreation

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Two Granite City parents contacted FOX 2 after they said their children came home from school on Halloween with bags advertising cannabis edibles. They said their kids told them a district bus driver gave them the bags, which had candy inside. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/school-bus-driver-on-leave-after-halloween-candy-cannabis-scare/

JOLIET PATCH
— Salary For Joliet’s New City Manager From Chicago Revealed. Beth Beatty, who has worked for the past four mayors of Chicago, one of the world’s largest cities, will become Joliet’s new city manager. – John Ferak (COMMENT: City managers have tremendous power to reward and punish. I should write a book about that. I sued the City of Wheaton in 1986.)
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/salary-joliets-new-city-manager-nears-city-council-vote

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-177/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/01/afternoon-roundup-179/
— Senate Dems release new Chicago elected school board map proposal
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/01/senate-dems-release-new-chicago-elected-school-board-map-proposal/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Amid frigid temperatures, plans to warm unhoused migrants in Chicago criticized – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c06f06a0-78fc-11ee-a678-0f59645cc85b.html
— Chicago among worst areas of country for retail theft – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_049cd7bc-78e9-11ee-a7d2-0b941f7e3e34.html

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— State Rep. Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa): ‘House Bill 4187 repeals the Illinois TRUST Act, ending our status as a sanctuary state’
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/651158559-weber-house-bill-4187-repeals-the-illinois-trust-act-ending-our-status-as-a-sanctuary-state

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Just 0.1% of Legal Illinois Firearm Owners Have Registered their “Banned” Firearms
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/651158498-just-0-1-of-legal-illinois-firearm-owners-have-registered-their-banned-firearms

KANKAKEE TIMES
— For far too long Republicans have stood apart in their Conservative beliefs – District 79 House of Representatives candidate Bobb Switzer (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. I should write a book about them.)
https://kankakeetimes.com/stories/651151062-switzer-for-far-too-long-republicans-have-stood-apart-in-their-conservative-beliefs

WIREPOINTS
— Two new polls find broad voter opposition to Gotion project, the Chinese electric vehicle battery plant planned for Illinois – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/two-new-polls-find-broad-voter-opposition-to-gotion-project-the-chinese-electric-vehicle-battery-plant-planned-for-illinois-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW TO BOOST CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT STRENGTH, MORALE – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government boosted their Democrat employees 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 by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-how-to-boost-chicago-police-department-strength-morale/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate Republicans revolt against Tommy Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade in hours-long standoff – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/1/senate-republicans-revolt-against-tommy-tuberville/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois gun rights groups to testify at gun ban registry hearing – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-gun-rights-groups-to-testify-at-gun-ban-registry-hearing
— Is a Trump renomination really inevitable? – Michael Barone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/is-a-trump-renomination-really-inevitable
— MTG blasts House Republicans who voted to table Tlaib censure motion – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/mtg-republicans-failed-vote-tlaib-censure

NEW YORK POST
— Asylum seekers three times more likely to be approved in liberal New York or California than Texas or Florida – Dan Faucetta Jr.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/news/asylum-seekers-3x-more-likely-to-be-approved-in-new-york-or-california-than-texas-or-florida/
— Largest migrant caravan in year heading to US – as leader mocks Biden’s border policies – Snejana Farberov
https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/news/leader-of-largest-migrant-caravan-since-2022-mocks-joe-biden/
— Adams and other Dem mayors demand ‘urgent’ meeting with Biden on migrant crisis – Nolan Hicks and Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/metro/eric-adams-other-dem-mayors-demand-biden-meeting-on-migrant-crisis/
— Megyn Kelly blasts ‘grifters and liars’ who back Hamas: ‘We’re witnessing collapse of wokeism’ – Ariel Zilber
https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/media/megyn-kelly-blasts-grifters-and-liars-who-back-hamas/
— ‘Mao’s America’ author Xi Van Fleet reveals how US is on the verge of becoming a communist state like China – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2023/11/01/opinion/maos-america-author-xi-van-fleet-reveals-how-us-is-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-communist-state-like-china/
— SUNY, CUNY must enforce antisemitism training or lose funding, new GOP legislation proposes – Vaughn Golden
https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/metro/suny-cuny-must-enforce-antisemitism-training-or-lose-aid-proposal/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— The discrimination has to stop – Chris Woodward (COMMENT: My critics/opponents discriminate against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft-avoider, union member, federal employee, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://afn.net/legal-courts/2023/11/01/the-discrimination-has-to-stop/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals create huge new red-light district on Roosevelt Avenue in NYC – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/illegals_create_huge_new_redlight_district_on_roosevelt_avenue_in_nyc.html
— Dropping the ball on the GOP debates – Victoria White Berger
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/dropping_the_ball_on_the_gop_debates.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Migrants have eye-opening night as temps plunge in Chicago – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/10/31/requested-help-to-return-to-venezuela-migrants-have-eye-opening-night-as-temps-plunge-in-chicago-1408858/
— Massive caravan marches toward US border: ‘This is not a crisis. It’s an invasion’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/01/wow-massive-caravan-marches-toward-us-border-this-is-not-a-crisis-its-an-invasion-1409029/
— ‘Slander City!’ Liz Cheney and her posse tear into ‘dangerous’ speaker Mike Johnson – Frieda Powers (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the arguments/slander that they had their operatives and their dupes use against me a) to end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, c) to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, d) to twice end my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, e) to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership, f) to almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and g) to end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/02/slander-city-liz-cheney-and-her-posse-tear-into-dangerous-speaker-mike-johnson-1409304/

DAILY CALLER
— Florida Becomes Latest State To Break Ties With Left-Wing Library Association – SAMUEL SPENCER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/01/florida-breaks-ties-ala-marxist/
— Former Trump Official Rips Biden Admin Over ‘Sheer Volume’ Of Illegal Immigrants Crossing Border – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/01/they-dont-know-former-trump-official-rips-biden-admin-over-sheer-volume-of-illegal-immigrants-crossing-border/

EPOCH TIMES
— The Long Red Shadow Behind Islamic Terrorism. Decades of communist subversion by China underlie the terror currently witnessed in the Middle East. – Eva Fu
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-long-red-shadow-behind-islamic-terrorism-5520453

FOX BUSINESS
— Elon Musk weighs in on massive migrant caravan headed to US-Mexico border: ‘staggering’ Elon Musk reacts on X to massive flow of illegal immigrants toward US southern border. – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-weighs-massive-migrant-caravan-headed-us-mexico-border-staggering

FOX NEWS
— Dem mayors begging Biden for help with migrant surge reject $1.4 billion aid, want $5 billion instead. The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York have requested $5 billion to aid in the surge of migrants. – Lawrence Richard
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-mayors-begging-biden-help-with-migrant-surge-reject-aid-want-5-billion-instead

GOPUSA
— Kinzinger Rewarded For Denouncing The GOP ‘Terrorist Caucus’
https://www.gopusa.com/kinzinger-rewarded-for-denouncing-the-gop-terrorist-caucus/
— Trump Extends Lead In Iowa As DeSantis And Haley Scrap For 2nd: Poll
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-extends-lead-in-iowa-as-desantis-and-haley-scrap-for-2nd-poll/

HANNITY
— TRUMP MAKES 2024 PROMISE: ‘No Welfare for Illegal Aliens’
https://hannity.com/media-room/trump-makes-2024-promise-no-welfare-for-illegal-aliens-watch/

HOT AIR
— NYC Mayor Blames Rise in Prostitution on Biden Border Crisis – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/11/01/nyc-mayor-blames-rise-in-prostitution-on-biden-border-crisis-n589338

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why the Hatred for Israel on College Campuses? – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-the-hatred-for-israel-on-college-campuses/

THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— We Will Not Comply: Only .1% of Illinois Gun Owners Have Registered Their Newly Banned Guns So Far – John Boch
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/we-will-not-comply-only-1-of-illinois-gun-owners-have-registered-their-newly-banned-guns-so-far/

TOWNHALL
— Nightmare on Martha’s Vineyard – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2023/11/01/nightmare-on-marthas-vineyard-n2630662

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Largest Illegal Alien Caravan in Year Heading Our Way – Leader of It Blasts Biden – Michael Schwarz
https://www.westernjournal.com/largest-illegal-alien-caravan-year-heading-way-leader-blasts-biden/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits the city – AP
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-chicago-struggles-to-house-asylum-seekers-as-winter-weather-hits-the-city/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4288479-democrats-reject-spending-bills-anti-lgbtq-provisions/
— GOP senator says he’d take away Biden’s car keys if he were president’s son – MIRANDA NAZZARO
https://www.aol.com/gop-senator-says-d-away-191841768.html

ROLL CALL
— House passes Legislative Branch spending bill that cuts diversity office – Justin Papp (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used Diversity to get rid of Republicans.)
https://rollcall.com/2023/11/01/house-passes-legislative-branch-spending-bill-that-cuts-diversity-office/

UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/11/01/us-Biden-LGBTQ/1321698879599/

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-offer-economic-benefits-countries-hosting-migrants-shore-up-supply-chains-2023-11-02/

CBS NEWS
— Trump eyes radical immigration shift if elected in 2024, promising mass deportations and ideological screenings – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-proposals-2024-deportations/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where would the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) be today if their leaders had let me serve as their webmaster? In 2010 and in 2004, MTRO leaders rudely fired me as their webmaster. I should write a book about MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders since 2000. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. The leaders of TAPROOT Republican of Illinois rudely fired me as their webmaster in 2012. The leaders of Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely fired me as their webmaster in 2007.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/us/politics/don-huffines-greg-abbott-lgbtq.html
— I Grew Up in Mike Johnson’s District, Where Kindness Can Mask Cruelty – Charles Blow ( COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who paint themselves as being my supporters, but who have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/opinion/speaker-mike-johnson-louisiana.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/11/01/migrants-chicago-wintry-weather/8fc5e03a-78f4-11ee-97dd-7a173b1bd730_story.html
— Nikki Haley has a shot. But a really, really long one. – Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/02/nikki-haley-gop-primary-long-shot-desantis/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Have an Anti-Semitism Problem. The party never expected Jew-hatred to be a feature of its coalition. Now it is. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-have-an-anti-semitism-problem-jews-israel-hamas-gaza-palestine-aa6d4b48
— Islamophobia Is a Phony Diagnosis. Political cynics use the term to make normal human reactions to terror seem crazy or bigoted. – Matthew Hennessey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/islamophobia-is-a-phony-diagnosis-domestic-politics-israel-palestine-muslims-hamas-87a1c7fb

POLITICO
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Haley.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/02/mag-lowry-nikki-haley-00124866

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— What Do Universities Owe Their Donors? – Josh Moody (COMMENT: What does the college(s) that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid colleges’ opinion of me ever-increasingly decreases because I am a conservative Republican and because I therefore oppose the promotion of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, that is, because I oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2023/11/02/what-do-universities-owe-their-donors

DIVERSE EDUCATION
— In a Post-Affirmative Action Landscape, Community Colleges Can Play an Outsized Role (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees are worthless unless they are from Ivy League universities, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.).
https://www.diverseeducation.com/from-the-magazine/article/15636640/in-a-postaffirmative-action-landscape-community-colleges-can-play-an-outsized-role

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Chicago Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez is mocked for wearing ‘eat the rich’ t-shirt despite earning $130,000 – $70,000 more than average salary in Windy City – EMMA RICHTER (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been overpaid. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money. I would focus on those who despise/hate those who share my demographics including my religion and/or my national origin.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12697971/Rossana-Rodrigues-Sanchez-alderwoman-Chicago-eat-rich.html
— Migrant caravan headed north swells by a THOUSAND people in 24 hours to 7,000 people as Chinese influencers are showing migrants how to cross US southern border – GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12697997/Migrant-caravan-mexico-border-chinese.html