May 8, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— There are 17 members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, one from each congressional district. I was a member of that committee representing the 3rd Congressional District, but before the committee’s first meeting, a pretext was used to remove me. I was never given the names of the other committee members. Who have I been replaced with? Who are the 17 members of the committee? How can Republicans in each of the 17 districts contact them? At the May 24-25 IRP State Convention in Collinsville, which members of committee are going to vote for the resolution that calls for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members? Which members of the committee are going to vote for adding E-Verify to the immigration plank in the IRP platform? Which committee members are going to vote to strengthen the individual planks in the platform or weaken them? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who are the candidates for Illinois Republican Party National Committeeman and National Committeewoman? The deadline for applying was Friday, May 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I am considering issuing cease and desist letters to those involved in removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee for what they have said and written to “justify” their removing me. Further, I am considering suing them for defamation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee asked you for your input like I asked each of those who cast a Republican primary ballot in my precinct, what input would you provide? If/when I am provided with the name and contact information of my representative on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, I would urge him/her to promote the following in the platform:


— Personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion,
— E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discouragement of vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MAY 20, 2016 FLASHBACK: Illinois Republicans divided on same-sex marriage, abortion at party convention – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, I will sue anyone who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I provided Pearson with any information let alone “inside” information for this article.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/05/20/illinois-republicans-divided-on-same-sex-marriage-abortion-at-party-convention/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tensions were on display between social moderates and conservatives Friday as the state GOP convention opened and Republicans sought to assemble a new platform. Along a hallway at the Peoria Civic Center, a vendor sold hats, shirts, buttons and signs featuring the phrase “Make America Great Again,” along with images of the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, real estate baron and former reality TV star Donald Trump. Inside a cramped meeting hall, however, tensions were on display between social moderates and conservatives over same-sex marriage and abortion as they sought to put together a new platform.)
— Proposal aimed at quieting anti-abortion protests outside Chicago clinic moves forward in City Council – JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/noise-abortion-protests-chicago-clinic/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat and RINO Naperville leaders promote DEI. To promote DEI is to promote discrimination again Republicans who are heterosexual, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/naperville-diversity-equity-inclusion-city-training-request/
— University of Chicago protest encampment cleared by police
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/photos-university-of-chicago-protest-encampment-cleared-by-police/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/08/column-dei-programs-change-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CTU’s credibility questioned in Springfield as their biggest ally, Mayor Brandon Johnson, heads to state Capitol – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/08/ctus-credibility-questioned-in-springfield-as-their-biggest-ally-mayor-brandon-johnson-heads-to-capitol/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: U. of C. police clear protest encampment early Tuesday, days after president announces intention to intervene
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/u-of-c-police-clear-protest-encampment-early-tuesday-days-after-president-announces-intention-to-intervene/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— MAY 21, 2016 FLASHBACK: Illinois Republican Party takes stance on marriage – Chris Kaergard (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, I will sue anyone who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I provided Kaergard with any information let alone “inside” information for this article.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2016/05/21/illinois-republican-party-takes-stance/29174372007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PEORIA — Illinois Republicans will remain the party of “marriage between one man and one woman.” Meeting in Peoria, delegates to the state GOP convention voted overwhelmingly to retain a plank in their platform of guiding principles calling for that stance instead of a proposed change that touted the benefits of the traditional, nuclear family and First Amendment religious freedoms while declaring that diverse opinions were welcomed and “that non-traditional families are worthy of the same respect and legal protections as traditional families.” Though that proposed language change cleared the party’s platform committee 11-7 after a lengthy meeting Friday, opponents successfully sought a floor debate and vote on an issue by the full contingent of delegates at what was billed as the highest-attendance GOP convention in state history with 968 credentialed attendees. Supporters of the traditional-marriage status quo position argued their position represented a consensus of the party at its last convention in 2012, but also insisted that enshrining that position was critical to the party’s success at the ballot box. “Our platform distinguishes ourselves from the Democrats,” state Rep. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, said in arguing that downstate members of the GOP needed such language to compete against the conservative Democrats they often face in elections. “We have to hold those seats and we have to pick up seats.” State Rep. Peter Breen, R-Lombard, also told the audience that there was little support among rank-and-file Republicans for adjusting the language in the platform. “There’s no groundswell out there amongst Republicans to change the definition of marriage,” he said. “It’s a core Republican principle across the country.” Party chairman Tim Schneider had to twice call for calm and a respectful exchange of ideas as proponents of newer language were interrupted by jeers, boos and shouts of, “Go home!” however. But Ryan Higgins, the state’s central committeeman from the suburban 8th Congressional District, said that rejecting the proposed newer language also gutted the most requested addition to the platform, which would have emphasized the need for protections for religious liberty, and said that the recommended alterations were being misinterpreted. Elisha French of Galesburg agreed, noting that the issues in the debate over marriage have changed since 2012. He told the convention that, “The (battle) line has been moved while we have been talking.” Demetra DeMonte, the longtime Tazewell County GOP volunteer who was re-elected as one of two Illinois representatives to the Republican National Committee, applauded the final result. “I was very happy to vote for the amendment,” she said. “I thought it was necessary, and I’m pleased that it won overwhelming and is now part of our party platform.” The process the proposals for a marriage plank went through satisfied Mike Bigger, the Stark County resident who chaired the platform committee and serves as the state party’s secretary. “I thought (with) an issue that was that divisive, it was critical that it come to the floor and let the delegates actually vote,” he said. “I’ve never at a convention before seen that happen. The majority spoke and it was clear and resounding. We passed the right platform — the platform the party wanted — and I’m totally happy with it.” Schneider and a host of others throughout the afternoon in the Peoria Civic Center ballroom urged the crowd to unify behind GOP candidates in the fall — regardless of any intra-party disagreements — for the betterment of the party. “United, the possible is possible. Divided, the possible is impossible,” Schneider said. Other speakers during the convention’s general assembly portion for all delegates included Gov. Bruce Rauner, state Comptroller Leslie Munger and U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, though all stuck to familiar themes they’ve invoked at other public appearances, often word for word. Many early speakers avoided referencing GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump by name, until DeMonte predicted his victory in the fall and drew cheers, chants and waving signs from some members of the crowd.)
— Teacher salaries in Illinois among best in the nation – Hope Gadson
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2024/05/07/illinois-teacher-salaries-among-best-in-nation-according-to-new-report/73557067007/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Biden, Harris step up drive to win battleground Wisconsin while taking sidetrips to fundraise in Illinois. President Joe Biden hits Chicago Wednesday for a fundraiser after a stop in Racine, where his visit will spotlight one of President Donald Trump’s economic flops, the failed Foxconn plant, which never employed the promised 13,000 workers. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/07/biden-harris-step-up-drive-to-win-battleground-wisconsin-while-taking-sidetrips-to-fundraise-in-illinois
— University of Chicago pro-Palestinian encampment cleared by police. Around daybreak Tuesday, campus officers surrounded the university’s main quadrangle and kept students from entering, according to reports from the scene. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/07/pro-palestinian-encampment-university-of-chicago-tear-down
— Chicago police actions at pro-Palestinian protest near Art Institute under investigation. The People’s Art Institute accused law enforcement of yanking people’s hair, strangling and hitting people with batons and metal fences at the Saturday protest. – Violet Miller and Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/07/copa-cpd-excessive-force-complaint-pro-palestine-demonstration-art-institute
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in destroying the Boy Scouts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/07/boy-scouts-of-america-changing-name-to-scouting-america-more-inclusive

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ramrod questionable election bill in midst of ongoing campaign – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240508/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-democrats-ramrod-questionable-election-bill-in-midst-of-ongoing-campaign/
— Carol Stream ordinance prohibits synthetic marijuana – Dave Oberhelman
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240507/news/carol-stream-ordinance-prohibits-synthetic-marijuana/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Legalizing video gambling in Chicago could come with a major hitch – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/legalizing-video-gaming-chicago-could-upend-ballys-casino-contract

ABC7
— Police clear University of Chicago pro-Palestinian encampment. Mayor’s office said Chicago police declined to participate in pre-dawn effort; Supt. Snelling says CPD was on standby. – Stephanie Wade, Jessica D’Onofrio, and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-chicago-police-begin-clearing-pro-palestinian-protest-encampment-on-campus/14777881/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE8-LaWr4So

CBS2
— Some activists angry after University of Chicago police clear encampment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBA25o1-J6E
— Police dismantle protest encampment at University of Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_X_5rQPek

WGN9
— University of Chicago police clear out encampments protesting war on Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INZ1v6o7D8

FOX32
— University of Chicago encampment removed over mounting safety concerns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOk0veR_i0

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/town-hall-how-high-are-cannabis-experts-on-planned-reclassification/article_1923f8c2-21b2-58c2-9e3c-023d9dd1d2e6.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-semi-automatic-gun-ban-nixed-in-colorados-democratic-controlled-statehouse-after-historic-progress/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success making young people sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/62-percent-of-young-adults-wouldnt-live-in-state-with-abortion-ban-survey/
— Haley nabs 128,000 votes in Indiana GOP primary months after ending campaign – Tara Suter
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/haley-nabs-128000-votes-in-indiana-gop-primary-months-after-ending-campaign/

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS commissioner warns of worse customer service, lower tax collection if budget is cut – AUSTIN DENEAN (COMMENT: When I was 25 years old in 1974, because of my performance on a major IRS customer service developmental assignment, an IRS manager promoted me to GS-12, currently $97,079/year. But my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of him to get rid of me. He had promoted me in 1973 and 1972. To justify their not promoting me to GS-13, they ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul, and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. Consequently, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. They must have played a big role in GAO’s forcing me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. GAO audits IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They especially do not want Republicans to audit IRS who complained like I did about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988 and they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/irs-commissioner-warns-of-worse-customer-service-lower-tax-collection-if-budget-is-cut-daniel-werfel-treasury-department-inflation-reduction-act-tax-gap-audits
— GOP lawmakers slam Boy Scouts’ gender-neutral name change: ‘Wokeness destroys everything’ – RAY LEWIS
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-lawmakers-slam-boy-scouts-of-americas-name-change-wokeness-destroys-everything-dei-republican-congressmembers-criticized-the-boy-scouts-of-america-ted-cruz-andrew-clyde

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Johnson calls on Springfield – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/08/johnson-calls-on-springfield-00156766

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-285/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-85/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Former Trump official tells Illinois to get out of way of deportations – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b90b1cde-0cb6-11ef-b2f4-df3b8ceca8a9.amp.html
— Pritzker dismisses reports his family is funding pro-Palestine groups. – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0ef726d6-0cb9-11ef-a303-a33834cf9ea2.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Thousands of youths at risk of losing access to after-school programs – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: While I was a junior and senior in high school and the summer in between, my after-school program was washing dishes for the minimum wage.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/thousands-of-youths-at-risk-of-losing-access-to-after-school-programs

WIREPOINTS
— Gov. Pritzker’s ‘ethics reform’ eliminates competitive elections and choice for voters
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-ethics-reforms-eliminates-competitive-elections-and-choice-for-voters-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Nick Binotti and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-teachers-union-contract-demands-totally-divorced-from-reality-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Blago Rat Is Back
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/07/the-blago-rat-is-back/
— County’s Assessed Valuation Finally Tops That of the Beginning of the Great Recession, School Tax Bills Up 40%
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/07/countys-assessed-valuation-finally-tops-that-of-the-beginning-of-the-great-recession-school-tax-bills-up-40/
— McHenry County Taxes – Cardiac Arrest Time
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/08/mchenry-county-taxes-cardiac-arrest-time/
— Keicher Expresses Concern Over (Third) RTA Reorganization Plan
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/08/keicher-expresses-concern-over-third-rta-reorganization-plan/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stormy Daniels takes stand, dishes tawdry testimony in Trump trial. Defense loses bid for mistrial over her level of detail. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/7/stormy-daniels-takes-stand-dishes-juicy-testimony-/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A wake-up call for American Jews and moderate Democrats – Lewis Dovland
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/a_wake_up_call_for_american_jews_and_moderate_democrats.html

BLAZE
— Red-state governor talks tough on immigration, saves cheap labor – DANIEL HOROWITZ (COMMENT: I was cheap labor. I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, and g) pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/red-state-governor-talks-tough-on-immigration-saves-cheap-labor

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Calls Illegal Aliens ‘Model Citizens’ While Promoting Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/07/joe-biden-calls-illegal-aliens-model-citizens-while-promoting-amnesty/
— Almost 1-in-10 New Jersey Residents Are Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/07/blue-state-outlook-almost-1-in-10-new-jersey-residents-are-illegal-aliens/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Under 1% of Catholics agree with denomination’s teaching on sanctity of life issues – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/under-1-of-catholics-agree-with-sanctity-of-life-teachings-data.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Pro-LGBT Vatican ambassador to keynote Catholic college in northwest Indiana graduation – MATT LAMB
https://www.thecollegefix.com/pro-lgbt-vatican-ambassador-to-keynote-catholic-college-graduation/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— College Takeovers Are CRT in Action – Victor Joecks
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/05/24/college-takeovers-are-crt-in-action

DAILY CALLER
— Parents Sue School Board After School Suspends Student For Saying ‘Illegal Aliens’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/07/davidson-county-board-education-lawsuit-suspension-christian-mcghee-illegal-aliens-liberty-justice-center/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘A 1968 Kind of Welcome’: Appeasing Pro-Hamas Chicago Protesters Spells Trouble for Democrats’ Convention – Tony Kinnett
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/07/a-1968-kind-of-welcome-appeasing-pro-hamas-chicago-protesters-spells-trouble-for-democrats-convention/

DAILY WIRE
— Anti-Israel Protesters Burn American Flag, Vandalize WWI Memorial – Zach Jewell (COMMEMT: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial

FEDERALIST
— To Appease Protestors, Universities Promise to Violate Civil Rights Laws – GianCarlo Canaparo
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/to-appease-protestors-universities-promise-to-violate-civil-rights-laws
— The Democrat Party’s Antisemitism Went Mainstream With Barack Obama – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/07/the-democrat-partys-antisemitism-went-mainstream-with-barack-obama/
— Biden HHS Redefines ‘Lawfully Present’ To Give ‘Free’ Health Care To Illegal Immigrants – CHRISTOPHER JACOBS
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/08/biden-hhs-redefines-lawfully-present-to-give-free-health-care-to-illegal-immigrants/
— How LGBT Activism Is Harming The Mental Health Of LGBT Youth – CHAD FELIX GREENE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/08/how-lgbt-activism-is-harming-the-mental-health-of-lgbt-youth/

FOX NEWS
— Police clear University of Chicago encampments
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352491143112
— Here’s how DEI in the control tower threatens airline safety. It’s no exaggeration to say the aviation industry is courting death and destruction. – William Trachman (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to a) not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/heres-how-control-tower-threatens-safety

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Biden’s Open Borders and Non-Enforcement Mean Americans Play “Recidivist Roulette” with Criminal Aliens – Simon Hankinson, Lora Ries and Matthew Kuckelman
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/report/bidens-open-borders-and-non-enforcement-mean-americans-play-recidivist-roulette

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— San Diego takes the top spot for illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States – Sarah Akey
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/san-diego-takes-the-top-spot-for-illegal-aliens-being-smuggled-into-the-united-states

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Supporters of DEI Policies Struggle to Rebrand Them. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/05/supporters-of-dei-policies-struggle-to-rebrand-them/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The University of Chicago Is Liberated from the ‘Liberators’ — for Now – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-university-of-chicago-is-liberated-from-the-liberators-for-now/
— California’s Predictably Disastrous Minimum-Wage Hikes – REBEKAH PAXTON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/californias-predictably-disastrous-minimum-wage-hikes/

NEWSMAX
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, KKK members, Nazis, racists, sexists, ageists, haters, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.newsmax.com/denniskneale/racism/2024/05/07/id/1163778/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— A Closer Look At Who The Woke Leftists Are – Nathaniel Mannor
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/a-closer-look-at-who-the-woke-leftists-are/

PJ MEDIA
— R.I.P. Boys Scouts of America – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/05/07/rip-boys-scouts-of-america-n4928832

RED STATE
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Plays ‘Hide the Illegals’ Ahead of DNC, Outraged Residents Have Other Ideas
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/05/06/brandon-johnson-plays-hide-the-illegals-ahead-of-the-dnc-outraged-chicago-residents-have-other-ideas-n2173841

TOWNHALL
— Minors Are Being Seduced by Transgenderism on Reddit. Those Who Oppose Get Banned. – Casey Ryan
https://townhall.com/columnists/caseyryan/2024/05/08/minors-are-being-seduced-by-transgenderism-on-reddit-those-who-oppose-get-banned-n2638735
— New Data Should Have Team Biden Sweating – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/07/new-data-biden-losing-ground-among-multiple-key-demographics-n2638696

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/latino/4649332-republicans-democrats-immigration-border-asylum-poll/
https://thehill.com/opinion/4649832-many-us-cities-are-eager-to-welcome-migrants-we-need-to-make-it-easier-for-them-to-do-so/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago Would Like Everyone to Stop Talking About 1968. As the city prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, it wants to shed memories of chaos from half a century ago even as protests are growing. – Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/chicago-dnc-1968-protests.html
— How many millions of illegals voted for Biden in 2020? How many will vote for Biden in 2024?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/trump-running-mate-election.html
— My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I have never owned a dog,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/books/review/kristi-noem-president-pet-dogs.html
— Trump, Who Has Celebrated Violent Protests, Cheers Campus Crackdowns – Jess Bidgood
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/politics/trump-college-protests-jan-6.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Libertarians picked Trump to headline their convention. Then an internal revolt erupted. Some national committee members have called on the party to rescind the invitation to former president Donald Trump. – Meryl Kornfield
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/07/trump-libertarian-national-convention/
— Police clear University of Chicago camp in latest move to quell protests. Officers arrived before dawn to dismantle tents on campus, but no arrests were reported. – Kim Bellware and Joanna Slater
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/05/07/campus-protests-university-of-chicago-encampment/

USA TODAY
— Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge’ of antisemitism – Liz Kreutz (COMMENT: Democrats shout at Jews that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Jews have had, are having and will have. I should write a book about the great success that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had shouting that at my many Jewish superiors and supervisors. They stressed that I am conservative, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.today.com/video/biden-condemns-ferocious-surge-of-antisemitism-across-us-210487365556
— What do say to Whites who promote anti-Whiteness to curry favor with non-Whites?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/01/donald-trump-anti-white-racism-dei/73528246007/

MSN
— American Psychological Association claims ‘hiring the most qualified candidate’ could be ‘unfair’ (COMMENT: The Democrats who 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. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I passed the postal employment examination in 1966. I earned a high school diploma in 1966.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-hiring-the-most-qualified-candidate-could-be-unfair-in-study/ar-BB1hGIHP
— States Urge White House to End Civilian Sales of Military-Grade AR-15 Ammo – Jacob Miller
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-urge-white-house-to-end-civilian-sales-of-military-grade-ar-15-ammo/ar-AA1mQHbG

KTRH
— The Left Is Intent On Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote In The U.S. – B.D. Hobbs
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-05-07-the-left-is-intent-on-allowing-non-citizens-to-vote-in-the-us/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why I Ended the University of Chicago Protest Encampment. Students demanded that we side against Israel, violating the core principle of institutional neutrality. – Paul Alivisatos
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-i-ended-the-university-of-chicago-protest-encampment-7bc59b46
— The Wolves of the FDIC. A scathing audit reveals how union rules preserved a culture of misconduct at the federal bank regulator. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fdic-audit-report-misconduct-chair-martin-gruenberg-dc84c522

HARVARD BUINESS REVIEW
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, unless you promote LGBTQ, a) no employer will hire you and b) if you are employed, you will be gotten rid of.
https://hbr.org/2024/05/why-companies-must-recommit-to-the-fight-for-lgbtq-rights

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249629647/immigration-border-asylum-parole-explained

MEDIUM
— Cars and great conversations (COMMENT: I have had many great conversations about cars, politics, government, etc. with my fellow Iron Gate Motor Condo owners. SEE: https://www.irongatemotorcondos.com/contact/ and https://www.igmca.com/home/ A major car show is scheduled there for May 11.)
https://medium.com/angle-audio/passionate-about-cars-and-great-conversations-meet-paul-a67715923037

May 7, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Judge again holds Donald Trump in contempt, threatens jail time as hush money trial enters 3rd week – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-trial-today-testimony-in-former-presidents-criminal-hush-money-enters-third-week/14773117/
— Group of University of Chicago faculty defend pro-Palestinian encampment – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-chicago-stops-negotiations-with-organizers-pro-palestinian-encampment-as-faculty-to-speak-in-support-protests/14772860/
— Mayor Johnson pulling proposal to open new Chicago migrant shelter on South Side. Mayor’s office wanted to move 900 migrants from Loop shelter to new location. – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-mayor-brandon-johnson-pulling-proposal-to-open-new-migrant-shelter-on-canal-street/14775496/

NBC5
— At least 27 arrested as ‘gang violence’ impacts Chicago’s Cinco De Mayo parade. Police said a decision had been made to cancel the parade, while a Chicago alderperson said the decision was made to “relocate” it.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-27-arrested-as-gang-violence-impacts-chicagos-cinco-de-mayo-parade/3429780/
— Chicago mayor wants to MOVE MIGRANTS from downtown shelter to South Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrL_MsHa3W4

CBS2
— Protesters facing police at University of Chicago. Protesters chanting and locking arms were facing officers wearing shields and heavy protective gear. Tents were seen being taken down and construction equipment was brought into the area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-facing-police-at-university-of-chicago/

WGN9
— Johnson headed to Springfield to lobby ‘on behalf of the people of Chicago’ – Tahman Bradley (COMMENT: Johnson lobbies only for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) illegals.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/johnson-headed-to-springfield-to-lobby-on-behalf-of-the-people-of-chicago/

FOX32
— University of Chicago police begin to clear protest encampment – Joanie Lum, Will Hager
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-of-chicago-palestine-protest-police
— Rising school violence sparks concern: Chicago agency links increase to mental health crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqdKlCZOYf4

WTTW
— Chicago’s First Chief Homelessness Officer Begins Work on Long-Term Plan, Immediate Problems – Shelby Hawkins (COMMENT: Who steered you away from homelessness? For me, they include my parents, my grandparents, and my teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, and Crete-Monee High School.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/06/chicago-s-first-chief-homelessness-officer-begins-work-long-term-plan-immediate-problems

WBEZ
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-the-1963-cps-boycott-over-segregation-shaped-chicago-protests-for-decades-to-come/a172ce2c-5ea0-4a81-b2e4-6019bdf6b8af

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Johnson reverses course on moving migrants from downtown to proposed shelter in 11th Ward after stiff opposition from alderman, property owners – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/johnson-pulls-plans-migrant-shelter-11th-ward/
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard vetoes hiring of former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-vetoes-hiring-of-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
— Giannoulias urges residents to get a Real ID as federal deadline is a year away – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: What does Giannoulias urge illegals to do?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/secretary-of-states-office-urges-residents-to-get-a-real-id-as-federal-deadline-is-a-year-away/
— U. of C. faculty members gather to support pro-Palestinian student protesters – AVANI KALRA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/uchicago-faculty-members-gather-to-support-pro-palestinian-student-protesters/
— Politics and government are nasty/vicious. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to get rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/opinion-illinois-allow-felons-run-for-office/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police begin clearing out pro-Palestinian encampment on campus of University of Chicago. The action began around daybreak Tuesday as campus police surrounded the university’s main quadrangle. According to live reports from the scene, the police were keeping students from entering the quad. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/07/pro-palestinian-encampment-university-of-chicago-tear-down
— University of Chicago faculty call on administration to resume negotiations with pro-Palestinian protesters – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/06/university-of-chicago-faculty-pro-palestinian-protesters-encampment
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to not hire Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/06/companies-rushing-to-end-diversity-programs-are-making-a-mistake

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Group says state Democrats blocked it from putting parental consent question before voters – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/parental-consent-question-blocked-illinois-ballot-group-says

WGN RADIO
— U of C assistant professor: Student demands reflect the importance of the moment – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/u-of-c-assistant-professor-student-demands-reflect-the-importance-of-the-moment/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Months after cash bail ended in Illinois, more changes could be coming. What to know. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/06/fixing-broken-system-advocates-stand-behind-cashless-bail-in-illinois/73473044007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Springfield.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/05/07/illinois-eagle-opens-brick-and-mortar-location-in-springfield/73069191007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly food America with their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-06/is-it-easy-for-migrants-to-enter-the-u-s-we-went-to-the-border-to-find-out

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump calls Biden weak on antisemitism – AP
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/trump-ignores-rhetoric-calls-biden-weak-antisemitism-donald-joe-former-president-jews-jewish-hate-speech-language-hitler-nazi-germany-response-israel-holocaust-yom-hashoah
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/maxine-waters-warns-trump-supporters-prepping-for-civil-war-if-he-loses-2024-election-rep-maxine-waters-d-calif-california-democrat-former-president-donald-trump-white-house-president-joe-biden-msnbc

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-06/is-it-easy-for-migrants-to-enter-the-u-s-we-went-to-the-border-to-find-out

WQAD
— University of Chicago faculty voice support for protest encampment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6Pfxp9Cak

EVANSTON NOW
— Bringing video gambling, that is, the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ to Evanston – Bill Smith (COMMENT: I helped lead the successful fight against video gambling in Wheaton. Those who want video gambling and other vices will never forgive me. They continue to take big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://evanstonnow.com/bringing-the-crack-cocaine-of-gambling-to-evanston/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Ninth Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/43133/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-ninth-day-on-quad/

CHALKBEAT
— Illinois’ legislative session is winding down. Here are seven education issues to watch in Springfield. – Samantha Smylie
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/05/06/illinois-legislative-session-close-to-end-education-bills/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Cop swapping for conventions – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/07/cop-swapping-for-conventions-00156455

CAPITOL FAX

— Morning briefing

https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-284

— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-84/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who push negatives and who target, freeze, personalize, and polarize people like me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When the going gets tough, do not hope/anticipate/expect that anyone will come to your defense. I should write a book about those who could/should have but did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents took big adverse actions against me. For example, when my critics/opponents a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. In my book, I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct have you done the most to help elect and reelect? I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who blamed what I did as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates your critics/opponents the most to blast you, to insult you, to defame/slander/liable you, to lie about you, to threaten you, and/or to take big adverse actions against you? For my critics/opponents it is my advocacy a) for direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, b) for personal responsibility, c) for traditional marriage and family, d) for right to life, e) for E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, f) for discouragement of vices, g) for Second Amendment rights, and/or h) for equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Most recently, they ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Politics is nasty/vicious. The more that you advocate conservative principles and/or the more that you advocate direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a hypocrite. My critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican stress a) that I avoided the draft, b) that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) that I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about those who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who have worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 496 illegal aliens arrive at Chicago airport during eight month span
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/658391269-496-illegal-aliens-arrive-at-chicago-airport-during-eight-month-span

WIREPOINTS
— Brazen election interference: Illinois Democrats retroactively change law to knock out Republican challengers. Surely, lawsuits must follow. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/brazen-election-interference-illinois-democrats-retroactively-change-law-to-knock-out-republican-challengers-surely-lawsuits-must-follow-wirepoints/
— Chicago needs more champions of literacy like Willie Wilson – Ted Dabrowski (COMMENT: What do you champion for? I champion for the Republican Party platform and for those who defend and advance that platform.)
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-needs-more-champions-of-literacy-like-willie-wilson-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville: Migrants attracted to Illinois’ health care, ‘soft-on-crime’ policies – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4cc4ff12-098d-11ef-bd89-67cb15dfc758.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pritzker family funding anti-Israel, anti-white college protests
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/658385491-report-pritzker-family-funding-anti-israel-anti-white-college-protests

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Blagojevich Joins Trump, Speaker Johnson and GOP Officials on Stage During RNC Retreat at Mar-a-Lago Over the Weekend
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/blagojevich-joins-trump-speaker-johnson-and-gop-officials-on-stage-during-rnc-retreat-at-mar-a-lago-over-the-weekend.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MIT drops DEI-pledge requirements in hiring – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/6/mit-drops-dei-pledge-requirements-hiring-after-con/

NEW YORK POST
— House GOP wants answers from FBI over diversity obsession – Miranda Devine (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were obsessed with promoting diversity, that is, they were obsessed with promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or non-Protestant.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/06/us-news/house-gop-wants-answers-from-fbi-over-diversity-obsession/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A DEI military cannot protect or defend America – M.B. Mathews
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/a_dei_military_cannot_protect_or_defend_america.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Inside Trump’s plan for ‘mass deportations’ of nearly 20 million illegals on ‘day one’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/06/inside-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations-of-nearly-20-million-illegals-on-day-one-1457430/

BREITBART
— Chicago Teachers Union Accused of Giving Official’s Mother Multimillion-Dollar Contracts – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/06/chicago-teachers-union-accused-of-giving-officials-mother-multimillion-dollar-contracts/
— RNC’s Establishment Election Integrity Lawyer Suddenly Resigns – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/06/great-news-rncs-establishment-election-integrity-lawyer-suddenly-resigns/
— Speaker Johnson ‘Misled’ Republicans to Believe They Are Powerless Against Biden – Thomas Massie
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/thomas-massie-speaker-johnson-misled-republicans-believe-powerless-against-biden/
— Joe Biden’s Obamacare for DACA Illegal Aliens to Cost Americans $300 Million Annually – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/06/joe-bidens-obamacare-for-daca-illegal-aliens-to-cost-americans-300-million-annually/
— Americans Protest Boston’s Housing Giveaway to Immigrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/americans-protest-bostons-housing-giveaway-to-immigrants/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— A Democrat Crack Up Is A Terrible Thing To Waste – Richard A. Viguerie
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/a-democrat-crack-up-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste

DAILY WIRE
— Terror Group Hezbollah Praises Protests On College Campuses: It’s Causing Biden To Cave On Israel
https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-group-hezbollah-praises-protests-on-college-campuses-its-causing-biden-to-cave-on-israel

FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Skew Elections By Inflating Certain States’ Electoral Power. This Bill Would Change That – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/06/illegal-aliens-skew-elections-by-inflating-certain-states-electoral-power-this-bill-would-change-that/

GOPUSA
— Trump Campaign Reports $76 Million Fundraising Haul In April
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-campaign-reports-76-million-fundraising-haul-in-april/
— NYPD Says Protesters Had Weapons, Gas Masks And ‘Death To America!’ Pamphlets
https://www.gopusa.com/nypd-says-protesters-had-weapons-gas-masks-and-death-to-america-pamphlets/
— Taxpayers Are Subsidizing College Extremism
https://www.gopusa.com/taxpayers-are-subsidizing-college-extremism/
— House Committees To Investigate NPR Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
https://www.gopusa.com/house-committees-to-investigate-npr-over-viewpoint-discrimination/

FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Skew Elections By Inflating Certain States’ Electoral Power. This Bill Would Change That. – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/06/illegal-aliens-skew-elections-by-inflating-certain-states-electoral-power-this-bill-would-change-that/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Mass Migration is Costly and Increases Inflation – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/economist-admits-mass-migration-costly-and-increases-inflation

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago teachers’ demands show why big cities are in deep trouble. Chicago is representative of the problems we see in virtually all big cities, Stuart Varney argues.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/stuart-varney-chicago-teachers-demands-big-cities-deep-trouble
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6352418689112

FOX NEWS
— MIT eliminates DEI hiring requirement – Teny Sahakian (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elite-university-eliminates-dei-hiring-requirement-work

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/dei-has-failed-its-time-for-something-better/

NEW AMERICAN
— NY Post: Immigration Experts Say Biden “Migrants” Are Likely Here Forever – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ny-post-immigration-experts-say-biden-migrants-are-likely-here-forever/

NEWSMAX
— Red States Last Walls of Defense Against Border Invasion – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/immigration-states/2024/05/06/id/1163619/

PJ MEDIA
— University Activists Were Raised in K-12 Wokeness – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/05/06/university-activists-were-raised-in-k-12-wokeness-n4928805

ZERO HEDGE
— Florida Bans ‘Indoctrination’ In Teacher-Training Programs – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/florida-bans-indoctrination-teacher-training-programs

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that making everyone a sexually active LGBTQer is their top priority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4647026-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-strut-stuff-on-national-mall/

NEW YORK TIMES
— UChicago Says Free Speech Is Sacred. Some Students See Hypocrisy. The president has allowed protest encampments. But they have also disrupted campus life, and he wants the tents down. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/university-of-chicago-protests-encampment.html
— Know Thine Enemy – Noam Cohen (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html
— M.I.T. Will No Longer Require Diversity Statements for Hiring Faculty – Anemona Hartocollis (COMMENT: To promote diversity to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/mit-diversity-statements-faculty-hiring.html

WASHINGTON POST

— I should write a book about those who have defamed me the most. Better yet, I should sue them. 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 their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/11/trump-carroll-comments-defamation/

USA TODAY
— 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. My qualifications included a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, and e) passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma in 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/02/employee-referral-programs-hurt-diversity/73532573007/

MSN
— Ken Griffin Lashes Out at Ivy League Protests – Janet Lorin
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ken-griffin-lashes-out-at-ivy-league-protests/ar-BB1lV7hb
— School board president trolls Moms for Liberty by getting sworn in on stack of banned books – John Russell (COMMENT: Democrat teachers ever-increasingly make their students sexually active LGBTQers.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/school-board-president-trolls-moms-for-liberty-by-getting-sworn-in-on-stack-of-banned-books/ar-AA1l6eJe
— To encourage those who are the following to be woke is to encourage them to be guilt-ridden: conservative, Republican, White, male. older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/research-suggests-being-woke-may-affect-your-mental-health/ss-BB1kXlsa

NEWSWEEK
— ‘Diversity’ Migrants Getting Citizenship Surges – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-visa-asylum-diversity-1897536

NBC BOSTON
— Boston protesters rally against state using $420M to ‘shelter illegals.’ – RAY LEWIS
https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/boston-protesters-rally-against-state-using-420m-to-shelter-illegals-report-says-massachusetts-governor-maura-healey-immigration-migrants-southern0-border-crisis-mayor-michelle-wu-emergency-shelter-system

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— In Atlanta, long lines of migrants downtown reflect surge at border – Lautaro Grinspan
https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/in-atlanta-long-lines-of-migrants-downtown-reflect-surge-at-border/537WXXOWN5CFDH6NDNOOEBUTWM/

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Cops Plan Job Swap With Milwaukee for Conventions. Chicago will host the Democratic National Convention in August. Security apparatus for the event is ‘extensive,’ governor says. – Miranda Davis and Kailey Leinz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/chicago-milwaukee-will-share-convention-police-pritzker-says

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Pension Suicide Pact.
A new union gambit could kill the state’s modest pension reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-worker-pensions-union-social-security-f8da91bb
— Who’s Happiest at Work? – Anne Marie Chaker (COMMENT: Democrat federal employees who are the following should be very happy because the Democrats who run the federal government give them tremendous preference: minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/whos-happiest-at-work-hint-its-not-women-47932465
— Colleges Have a New Source of Protest on Their Hands: Irate Parents. Frustrated parents are pushing back against university responses to the Gaza protests. – Clare Ansberry, Oyin Adedoyin, Katherine Hamilton
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-protests-parents-angry-e93bb2ef

FORBES
— What Is Gaslighting? Examples And How To Deal With It. – Marissa Conrad and Rufus Tony Spann (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest gaslighters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.)
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-gaslighting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that hinges on creating self-doubt. “I think of gaslighting as trying to associate someone with the label ‘crazy,’” says Paige Sweet, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan who studies gaslighting in relationships and in the workplace. “It’s making someone seem or feel unstable, irrational and not credible, making them feel like what they’re seeing or experiencing isn’t real, that they’re making it up, that no one else will believe them.” Gaslighting involves an imbalance of power between the abuser and the person they’re gaslighting. Abusers often exploit stereotypes or vulnerabilities related to gender, sexuality, race, nationality and/or class. “The most distinctive feature of gaslighting is that it’s not enough for the gaslighter simply to control his victim or have things go his way: It’s essential to him that the victim herself actually come to agree with him,” writes Andrew D. Spear, an associate professor of philosophy at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, in a 2019 paper on gaslighting in Inquiry.)
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2024/05/06/10-reasons-why-dei-is-important-for-businesses-and-how-its-evolving/

FORTUNE
— What is a callable CD? What to know about the risks. – TRINA PAUL (COMMENT: I learned yesterday from its printed monthly statement that JP Morgan called four of its brokered CDs on April 2 and 11, 2024 that were paying 5.65%, 5.75%, 5.75%, and 5.8%.)
https://fortune.com/recommends/banking/what-is-a-callable-cd/

SPECTATOR
— Chicago plans to keep the DNC migrant-free
https://thespectator.com/newsletter/chicago-plans-dnc-migrant-free-dc-diary-05-06-24/

POLITICO
— How the Right Learned to Love Saul Alinsky – JACK SHAFER (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/08/right-saul-alinsky-canada-truckers-00006903
— Right loves to hate, imitate Alinsky – KENNETH P. VOGEL (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/right-loves-to-hate-imitate-alinsky-034751

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% Want Disney to Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/may_2024/71_want_disney_to_return_to_family_friendly_entertainment

RAIR FOUNDATION
— The Great Replacement is Not a Theory – It’s Reality
https://rairfoundation.com/great-replacement-is-not-theory-its-reality-video/

DAILY MAIL
— Lawmakers pressure Biden administration to unveil the true number of migrants living in U.S. that experts estimate is at least 22 MILLION. Recent estimates claim around 11 million illegal immigrants are living in U.S. But Republican lawmakers claim the real number exceeds 20 million. – KATELYN CARALLE (COMMENT: How many millions of these millions are Democrats going to send to battleground/swing states to use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13388315/biden-administration-migrant-figures-american-neighborhood.html

May 5, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 68 people arrested at Pro-Palestinian protest outside Art Institute of Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/art-institute-of-chicago-protest-pro-palestinian-held-in-downtown-university-campus-encampment-continues/14766246/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQGCsWnW6Lw
— Future journalists at Learn South Chicago sharpen skills on school’s newscast (COMMENT: Much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. I was a GAO Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://abc7chicago.com/future-journalists-at-learn-south-chicago-sharpen-skills-on-schools-newscast/14757230/

NBC5
— Dozens arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstration on Art Institute of Chicago campus. According to police and museum officials, an estimated 50 people were arrested for criminal trespass to property after failing to disperse from the Art Institute’s downtown campus.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-arrested-at-pro-palestinian-demonstration-on-art-institute-of-chicago-campus/3428888/
— Mayor’s proposal to relocate migrants from downtown shelter to Chicago’s South Side faces opposition. Located just blocks away from Guaranteed Rate Field, the proposed shelter would be located in a building near Canal Street and Pershing Road in the city’s 11th Ward. – Vi Nguyen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-migrant-crisis-bridgeport-shelter-the-standard-club/3428799/

CBS2
— Chicago Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters outside Art Institute
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pro-palestinian-protesters-clash-with-police-in-downtown-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7UuamSJ_Bc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCaaj6Yh_dg
— Pro-Palestinian protesters face off with police at Art Institute in downtown Chicago – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-face-off-with-police-at-art-institute-in-downtown-chicago/
— Chicago high school sees 100% of its grads accepted to college (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material.” I was not.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chicago-high-school-sees-100-of-its-grads-accepted-to-college/

WGN9
— Dozens arrested after pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at Art Institute of Chicago
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/dozens-arrested-after-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-rally-outside-art-institute-of-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eHWw_A3mWo

FOX32
— Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside Art Institute of Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyZTFJjlaI

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— About 50 protesters arrested from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as campus unrest continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/04/about-50-protesters-arrested-from-the-school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-as-campus-unrest-continues/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/04/as-the-us-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-could-more-states-legalize-it/
— Blame for pension problem is pinned on the wrong people – Paul Breit, Tinley Park
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/05/letters-050524-pension-debt-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nearly 70 arrested as police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at Art Institute of Chicago. Police said the museum asked them to clear the encampment on Saturday, hours after organizers set up a number of tents in the Art Institute’s North Garden that they said was intended to pressure the school to disclose its investments, give amnesty to demonstrators and divest from those supporting the “occupation of Palestine.” – Violet Miller and Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2024/05/04/dozens-arrested-as-police-clear-pro-palestinian-encampment-at-school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame “extremists” for the problems that those who are the following have: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/05/03/no-extremism-chicago-police-ranks-we-need-more-convincing-superintendent-larry-snelling-editorial
— Is a tax on services in Illinois’ future? Pritzker no longer rules it out. Gov. J.B. Pritzker unexpectedly backed off his longstanding opposition to taxing services as lawmakers search for ways to fund and reform the Chicago region’s mass transit system. – Rich Miller (COMMENT: What qualifications do you have for the services that you provide? Mine include serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. They include what I learned working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. They include what I learned serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/03/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-no-longer-rules-out-taxing-services-mass-transit-fiscal-cliff-rich-miller

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois voters could be asked about IVF coverage, millionaire tax in November – ALEX DEGMAN
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article288290805.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-after-roe-the-network-of-people-who-help-others-get-abortions-see-themselves-as-the-underground/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/many-florida-women-cant-get-abortions-past-6-weeks-where-else-can-they-go/article_dcb1da72-f691-5229-b68e-2f692bc32db6.html

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Seventh Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/42984/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-sixth-day-on-quad-2/

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 is conservative. For your congressional district, who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee? Has the IRP and/or your IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member provided you with his/her contact information? The committee’s first meeting had been scheduled for April 29. I have been removed from that committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

The following are questions for the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee members and for the IRP SCC members who appointed them:

— Do you want direct election of IRP SCC members,
— Do you accept the personal responsibility plank, that is, do you oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Do you accept the traditional marriage and family plank, that is, do you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Do you accept the right to life plank, that is, do you oppose the promotion of abortion,
— Do you accept E-Verify and the enforcement of immigration law plank, that is, do you oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Do you accept the Second Amendment rights plank, that is, do you oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Do you accept the discouragement of vices plank, that is, do you oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Do you accept the equal opportunity plank, that is, do you oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Should I write about news organizations and other organizations that act like they do not want me to include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kenneally v. Illinois State Medical Society on DCFS’ Being Allowed Not to Notify State’s Attorneys of Drugged Mothers Who Give Birth
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/04/kenneally-v-illinois-state-medical-society-on-dcfs-being-allowed-not-to-notify-states-attorneys-of-drugged-mothers-who-give-birth/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Tortured Poets’ by Taylor Swift exposes troubling worldview for Christian listeners, parents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/3/christian-music-review-of-taylor-swift-tortured-po/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— From Idealism to Irresponsibility: Comparing College Protests Then and Now – Roger Kimball
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/05/from-idealism-to-irresponsibility-comparing-college-protests-then-and-now/

BREITBART
— Pro-Palestinian Encampment at University of Chicago Demands Reparations, Defunding Police – ELIZABETH WEIBEL
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/04/pro-palestinian-encampment-at-university-of-chicago-demands-reparations-defunding-police/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Texas college uses alumni group to organize LGBT graduation – Brendan McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/texas-college-uses-alumni-group-organize-lgbt-graduation/25336

DAILY WIRE
— Google Reverses Decision To Ban Trump Ad Targeting Biden On Inflation, Illegal Immigration – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-reverses-decision-to-ban-trump-ad-targeting-biden-on-inflation-illegal-immigration-report

FOX NEWS
— College campus chaos works in Republicans favor. Collegiate unrest and the war in the Middle East are dividing Democrats, and Republicans are making sure voters know ahead of the election. – Chad Pergram
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-believe-college-chaos-works-favor
— Anti-Israel protesters arrested after breaking into Chicago Art Institute building. At least 50 people were arrested Saturday after protesters barricaded a campus building, officials said.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352338990112
— Anti-Israel groups accuse Chicago, DNC of trying to ‘protect’ Biden from protests at 2024 Dem convention. A coalition of anti-Israel agitators hope to protest at the Democratic National Convention to take their message ‘directly’ to President Biden. – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-israel-groups-accuse-chicago-dnc-trying-protect-biden-protests-2024-dem-convention
— ‘Stop the invasion’: Migrant flights in battleground state ignite bipartisan backlash from lawmakers. A sheriff told Fox News Digital that Wednesday was just ‘one of many instances’ where migrants have come to Montana seeking asylum. – Aubrie Spady, Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stop-invasion-migrant-flights-battleground-state-ignite-bipartisan-backlash-lawmakers

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Another Government Agency Falls for DEI Quackery. – IAN KINGSBURY (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/another-government-agency-falls-for-dei-quackery/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services won’t let tragedy go to waste. A newly released report implicates “discrimination” in 70 percent of pregnancy-related deaths in the state and recommends a suite of leftist policies to remedy this alleged epidemic of hatred. Yet a quick diagnosis — free from political bias — reveals that the report and its conclusions are ideology masquerading as science.)

PJ MEDIA
— The Selfish Idiocy of Modern, Woke ‘Martyrs’ – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/05/04/the-selfish-idiocy-of-modern-woke-martyrs-n4928759

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Accused of ‘Deliberately’ Misleading Arizona House to Host Drag Story Hour at the Capitol – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/04/democrat-hosts-drag-story-hour-at-the-capitol-n2638563

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— MAGA Is Demoting the Anti-Abortion Forces It Once Coddled – Michelle Goldberg (COMMENT: What changes do Trump want to the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/opinion/kari-lake-abortion.html
— At Donor Retreat, Trump Calls Biden Administration the ‘Gestapo’ – Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/politics/trump-donors.html
— Chief Counsel at R.N.C. Pushed Out After Two Months on the Job. Charlie Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer, had been under attack since soon after he joined the Republican National Committee in March. – Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/spies-rnc-lawyer.html
— Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It. Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal. – Charles Homans (COMMENT: I am 75. I have ever-increasingly followed government and politics and especially since I became a postal employee when I was 18.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/politics/trump-biden-campaign-young-voters.html
— From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest. The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s. – Richard Fausset (COMMENT: Beyond overwhelmingly, my UIC and NIU classmates opposed the Vietnam War.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/college-protests-free-speech.html

AOL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/news/united-methodists-remove-anti-gay-194325883.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/decades-silent-protest-advocates-students-110225100.html

ABC NEWS
— College protests updates: Police arrest dozens at Art Institute of Chicago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/college-protests-israel-palestine-war/?id=109734946
— Trump will speak at the Libertarian National Convention as he woos independent voters – AP (COMMENT: Because I have always opposed pot, Libertarian plants in the following have always worked very hard against me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-speak-libertarian-national-convention-addressing-party-linked-109837995

MSN
— ‘No Bailouts for Campus’: Will Joe Biden block anti-Israel protesters from getting student loan forgiveness? – Shweta Kukreti
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/no-bailouts-for-campus-will-joe-biden-block-anti-israel-protesters-from-getting-student-loan-forgiveness/ar-AA1o87iy

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91118311/immigrants-us-cities-federal-government-funding

JILL ON MONEY
— What’s Your Retirement Number? (COMMENT: I should write a book about being forced into early retirement.)
https://www.jillonmoney.com/blog/whats-your-retirement-number
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What will it take for you to retire comfortably? For years, people would contact me to help them figure out their “NUMBER”, as if there were one magic number that anybody could use. A recent oft-quoted survey from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance tried to boil the results down to one number and (drumroll, please) it is $1.46 million, up “a whopping 53% from the $951,000 target Americans reported in 2020.” Obviously, the survey result number is much higher than the median ($86,900) or mean ($333,940) amount of money held in a retirement account, according to the Federal Reserve. It is unclear how respondents determined their numbers. My guess is that they had $1 million in their heads and then tried to factor in inflation and longer life expectancy to come up with some number that vaguely resembled their specific number.)

KIPLINGER
— Why So Many Men are Bad at Retirement. Older men today came of age amid the social upheavals of the 1960s and ’70s, but their formative years were deeply planted in the traditional world of segregation and sexual stereotyping. – DAWN FALLIK (COMMENT: I should write a book about being forced into early retirement.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/why-so-many-men-are-bad-at-retirement

GAO REVIEW
— Velma Butler motivated me to pass the CPA examination and to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.gao.gov/assets/GAO_REVIEW_1978_WINTER.pdf
(FROM THE 1978 REPORT: Velma Butler, auditor, spoke on “The Advantages of Being a CPA and the Opportunities Available to Young People in the Accounting Profession,” at the Archdiocese of Chicago Schools, Aug. 19.)

May, 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists sue Johnson administration over DNC protests, say city isn’t ready – NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/02/activists-sue-johnson-administration-over-dnc-protests-say-city-isnt-ready/
— Chicago aldermen and residents criticized Fire Department brass and officials from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration for not attending a Thursday meeting on a lack of diversity in the ranks of the Chicago Fire Department. – OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/02/leaders-miss-meeting-fire-department-hiring/
— Steve Balich wins tiebreaker to reclaim Homer Township Republican post – MICHELLE MULLINS (COMMENT: Based on how a certain leader of the Milton Township Republican Organization is treating me, he will get a registered Republican voter in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton to run against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2026.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/02/steve-balich-wins-tiebreaker-to-reclaim-homer-township-republican-post/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: AS NAPERVILLE EVER-INCREASINGLY MOVES TO THE LEFT: Tattoo studio proposed for Fort Hill Drive wins OK from Naperville planners – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/02/naperville-planning-commission-tattoo-studio-body-art/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Police won’t discipline nine officers who signed up for extremist group. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling had earlier vowed to rid the department of officers on the anti-government group Oath Keepers rolls. – Dan Mihalopoulos and Tom Schuba (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being an extremist. They stress that served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/02/chicago-police-no-discipline-officers-extremist-group
— Hiring, promotion of Black firefighters falling short, City Council committee told. Three city department heads, including Fire Commissioner Annette Holt, stayed away from Thursday’s hearing at the direction of Mayor Brandon Johnson. That infuriated members of the Council’s Police and Fire Committee. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in retaining and promoting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger, that is, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, and/or older.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/05/02/chicago-fire-department-black-hispanic-hiring-discrimination-mayor-johnson
— Petition seeks to stop Johnson’s Chicago male strip club from opening in former Berlin Nightclub space. More than 1,200 people have signed a petition to stop Johnson’s Chicago, a Florida-based male strip club, from opening at 954 W. Belmont Ave. – Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/02/petition-johnsons-chicago-male-strip-club-berlin-nightclub
— If you promote certain activities, for example, if you promote LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, and pot, it should be presumed that you partake of those activities.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/1/25/18485260/dems-promote-pot-legalization-plan-during-north-side-town-hall-this-is-coming

ABC7
— Abortion rights groups sue Chicago over permit to protest outside United Center during DNC – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/dnc-2024-abortion-rights-groups-file-lawsuit-against-chicago-to-protest-outside-united-center-during-democratic-national-convention/14757039/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14757221/
— Chicago-area college protest organizers push back against accusations of antisemitism. Quiet day Thursday at University of Chicago encampment on quad. – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/student-protest-today-chicago-area-organizers-push-back-against-accusations-of-antisemitism-at-northwestern-biden-speaks-out/14757015/

NBC5
— Richest person in Illinois revealed in new Forbes Magazine ranking. The former richest person in Illinois, Citadel founder Ken Griffin, moved to Florida in 2023.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/richest-person-illinois-forbes-magazine-walmart/3427037/
— IRS aims to more than double its audit rate for wealthiest taxpayers in strategic plan update – Kate Dore (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/irs-aims-to-more-than-double-its-audit-rate-for-wealthiest-taxpayers-in-strategic-plan-update/3427067/

CBS2
— Meetings held as Pro-Palestinian protests continue at DePaul, University of Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/meetings-held-as-pro-palestinian-protests-continue-at-depaul-university-of-chicago/
— Pro-Palestinian protests continue at several Chicago universities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yba7mJ4n1KM
— ACLU and reproductive rights groups sue Chicago after permit for DNC protest denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8n3lGFjArc
— Lawsuit accuses Northwestern University of enabling harassment at pro-Palestinian encampment. – Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lawsuit-northwestern-university-harassment-pro-palestinian-encampment/
— 93 Chicago city employees made over $100,000 in overtime in 2023 – Suzanne Le Mignot, Carol Thompson (COMMENT: While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked all the overtime hours that I could.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/93-chicago-city-employees-over-100000-overtime-2023/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dozens-of-chicago-city-employees-made-over-100000-in-overtime-last-year/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaSOflUewNY

WGN9
— ACLU sues Chicago over DNC march denial – Christine Flores
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/chicago-dnc-aclu-lawsuit/

FOX32
— Chicago rejects ACLU march request for 2024 DNC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-rejects-aclu-march-request-for-2024-dnc
— Jewish United Fund slams Northwestern’s response to campus protests – Terrence Lee
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jewish-united-fund-slams-northwesterns-response-to-campus-protests

JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions. – Jerry Nowicki, Hannah Meisel, Peter Hancock
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-ballot-access-amendment-introduced-19435696.php

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— College commencements mark the beginning of new opportunities for graduates – Janet Gooch (COMMENT: What was your situation when you earned your bachelor’s degree? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970, I was debt-free and I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I had accepted the only job offer that I had gotten, to be the Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. I lived with and helped support my mother and brother in Crete. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/05/03/your-turn-college-commencements-mark-new-opportunities-for-graduates/73529080007/

WCIA
— The IRS is overhauling how it audits. Here’s who is a target – Alix Martichoux (COMMENT: I should write a book about why the Democrats who ran IRS in 1978 disallowed my education deductions.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/the-irs-is-overhauling-how-it-audits-heres-who-is-a-target/

DAILY ILLINI
— Encampment continues to day 5 on Main Quad
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/2024/05/02/encampment-day-5-main-quad/

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— LGBTQ advocacy group sues Chicago over protest permit denial
https://www.courthousenews.com/lgbtq-advocacy-group-sues-chicago-over-protest-permit-denial/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-282/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-82/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Read the Chicago Tribune’s reporting on the 1986 Illinois GOP convention that robbed your vote
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/05/02/read-the-chicago-tribunes-reporting-on-the-1986-illinois-gop-convention-that-robbed-your-vote/
(FROM THE 1986 ARTICLE: Critics of electing state central committeeman, including State Senate Minority Leader James “Pate” Philip (R., Wood Dale), long have argued that the unpaid office–which in effect is a seat on the party’s board of directors — ought to be taken off the ballot. They successfully supported a plan adopted last year by the state legislature which allowed political parties to choose whether to popularly elect or to have party committeemen pick the state central committee members. . .The opponents charged the decision abolishing the election ballot procedure was aimed at Mary Jo Arndt of Lombard, who is the Republican state central committeeman for the 6th Congressional District. Arndt, the only woman on the 22-member state central committee, embarrassed Philip in 1982 by defeating his choice for the post. “The decision was regrettable,” said Arndt, declining to comment further about the decision. But Philip argued that Arndt has as good a chance of being re-elected as she does now. “We’re talking about three years from now,” he said. “Who can say what will happen between now and then?”)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Since 1986, continuing to stop direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members has been the top priority of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). Nevertheless, I have promoted direct election of IRP SCC members big time since I became an elected a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I should write a book about what I have done to promote direct election and the many big adverse actions that past and present IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me because of that. In 2004, they rudely ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer. In 2004 and 2010, they rudely ended my service as MTRO webmaster. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Last week, they rudely ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee. The procedure used to elect IRP SCC members since 1986 has resulted in the IRP becoming ever-increasingly anti-conservative if not anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages your Republican Precinct Committeeman from attending meetings of Republican organizations? For me it includes my vivid memories of the many big adverse actions that leaders of those organizations, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me before, during, and after those meetings since 1999. I should write a book about those leaders, their operatives, and their dupes and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me before, during, and after those meetings since 1999. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were asked what things have you done politically that your critics/opponents have used against you the most, how would you respond? I would respond that:


— I have strongly supported direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members since 2000 and especially as an IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2008 and this year,
— I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000,
— I supported Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary,
— I supported Jim Oberweis in Republican primaries in 2002, 2004, and 2006,
— I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007,
— I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004,
— I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012,
— I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019,
— I supported Alan Bolds for Wheaton Mayor in 2007,
— I successfully led efforts to stop video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton,
— I supported Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 general elections,
— I sought to be appointed to a vacant Wheaton City Council West District position in 2019,
— I have always promoted personal responsibility, that is, I have always opposed the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— I have always promoted traditional marriage and family, that is, I have always opposed the promotion of LGBTQ,
— I have always promoted right to life, that is, I have always opposed the promotion of abortion,
— I have always promoted E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, I have always opposed the promotion of illegal immigration,
— I have always promoted Second Amendment rights, that is, I have always opposed diminishment of those rights,
— I have always promoted conservative values, that is, I have always opposed the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and
— I have always promoted equal opportunity, that is, I have always opposed race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant Statement on HB2412
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/658220574-rep-grant-statement-on-hb2412
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Representative Amy Grant recently made a statement regarding the House Republican Caucus’s decision to place a unified “present” vote on the last-minute Election Omnibus bill (HB2412) brought forward by Illinois Democrats. Grant expressed her concerns about the bill, stating, “I voted present on HB2412 because it is another example of the abuse Illinois politicians bring to our sacred legislative process within the Statehouse. The majority party should be ashamed of filing last-minute legislation that completely lacks transparency and wreaks of self-serving political corruption.” She further emphasized the need for legislative priorities to focus on keeping families healthy, neighborhoods safe, and taxes low, rather than serving partisan political agendas. The statement comes in response to the controversial bill and highlights Grant’s stance on the importance of transparency and accountability in the legislative process.)

COOK COUNTY REPORT
— Lawsuit says Northwestern failed Jewish students by ‘coddling’ pro-Hamas, ‘terror-supporting’ encampment
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/658218091-lawsuit-says-northwestern-failed-jewish-students-by-coddling-pro-hamas-terror-supporting-encampment

JOHN KASS
— Chicago Mayor Panics, Runs From Reporters Asking About Slain Cop’s Funeral
https://johnkassnews.com/politics-and-police-funerals/

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker doubles down with $827 million of taxpayer money for expansion by troubled electric vehicle maker, Rivian – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-doubles-down-with-827-million-of-taxpayer-money-for-expansion-by-troubled-electric-vehicle-maker-rivian-wirepoints/
— To tell media students to “advocate for emotions, not the facts” is dangerous for society
https://wirepoints.org/for-media-to-advocate-for-emotions-not-the-facts-is-dangerous-for-society-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dems Putting Three Referendum Questions on the Ballot to Prevent Citizen Initiatives
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/dems-putting-three-referendum-questions-on-the-ballot-to-prevent-citizen-initiatives/
— McHenry County GOP Convention Nominates Randi Freese for State’s Attorney in Unanimous Vote
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/mchenry-county-gop-convention-nominates-randi-freese-for-states-attorney-in-unanimous-vote/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Student protesters should be arrested, charged and expelled. Break the rules, face the consequences. – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/student-protesters-should-be-arrested-charged-and-/
— Biden again reads speaking instructions in North Carolina remarks – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/joe-biden-again-reads-speaking-instructions-in-nor/
— Muslim group blasts Biden speech addressing chaos on college campus – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/muslim-group-blasts-joe-biden-speech-addressing-ch/
— IRS says it will need more money soon – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/irs-says-it-will-need-more-money-soon/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/united-methodists-winnowed-conservative-exodus-emb/
— Biden grants DACA migrants access to Obamacare money
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/3/joe-biden-grants-daca-migrants-access-to-obamacare/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Denver mayor promotes how to deal with migrants ‘playbook’ – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2988482/denver-mayor-promotes-deal-migrants-playbook/
— DeSantis keeps DEI out of teacher training in new Florida law – Jenny Goldsberry (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors required their employees to take lots of DEI training. Democrats use DEI to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2988449/desantis-keeps-dei-out-of-teacher-training/
— When the woke begin to hate – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-lead-stories/2987946/when-the-woke-begin-to-hate/
— Republicans raise national security threat concerns over admitting Gazan refugees – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/2988947/republicans-raise-security-threats-admitting-gazan-refugees/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden Admin Funneled $1.3 Million to Taliban – Adam Kredo
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-admin-funneled-1-3-million-to-taliban-audit-finds/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump suggests when he might make VP pick as these four contenders reportedly emerge – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2024/05/02/us-news/trump-suggests-when-he-might-make-vp-pick-as-these-four-contenders-reportedly-emerge/
— College idiots calling for ‘Intifada’ have no idea how many innocents have died from that word – Douglas Murray
https://nypost.com/2024/05/02/opinion/college-idiots-calling-for-intifada-have-no-idea-how-many-innocents-have-died-from-that-word/

AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s immigration nightmare: The economic and social fallout – Joseph Ford Cotto
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/america_s_immigration_nightmare_the_economic_and_social_fallout.html

BLAZE
— 13 House Democrats vote for resolution that condemns ‘the Biden administration’s open-borders policies’ – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/13-democrats-biden-border-resolution

DAILY CALLER
— House Republicans Demand DHS Update Report On Number Of Illegal Aliens In US
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/02/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-dhs-update-report-on-number-of-illegal-aliens-in-the-us/
— Northern Border Patrol Sector Sets New Record In Migrant Encounters
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/02/norhtern-border-swanton-sector-record/

DAILY WIRE
— Dems Worried About College Protests Galvanizing Americans To Vote For Trump – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-worried-about-college-protests-galvanizing-americans-to-vote-for-trump-report

FEDERALIST
— ‘$50 Billion’ Chicago Teachers Union Contract Demands Higher Pay And Lower Expectations – ANGELA MORABITO (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered WORTHLESS my job-related a) bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) professional license.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/03/50-billion-chicago-teachers-union-contract-demands-higher-pay-and-lower-expectations/

HOT AIR
— AP/NORC Poll: Only 14% of Americans Trust the Media – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/05/02/apnorc-poll-only-14-of-americans-trust-the-media-n3787626

MRC TV
— Dems Urge For Biden Orders On Reparations To Boost Black Vote – ERIC SCHEINER (COMMENT: Reparations for Black voters today, reparations tomorrow for voters who are the following: liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/dems-urge-biden-orders-reparations-boost-black-vote
— People are simply ignorant of what journalists do, and that they’re their friends and neighbors, according to an Associated Press (AP) article attempting to explain away results of a new survey showing that more than half of Americans greatly trust the election news they’re being fed. – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/ap-people-dont-trust-media-because-they-dont-know-what-journalists-do-theyre
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The national poll of adults by the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted March 21-25, reveals that Americans do, indeed, distrust the media’s election coverage. The AP article fails to report that the survey results show that more than four of five – 83% – of adults say they’re at least “somewhat” concerned about the accuracy of what the media’s reporting about the upcoming election. Still, the article does disclose that more than half of adults have even more serious concerns about the integrity of what the media’s telling them: 53% are “extremely“ or “very“ concerned that news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation during the election. 52% have little, or no confidence at all, in the information they receive from national news organizations regarding the 2024 elections. 53% have little or no confidence in the information they receive from local news organizations regarding the 2024 elections. Americans also say they’re either extremely or very concerned that news organizations’ election coverage will: “Focus too much on divisions or controversies” (48%), “Report information that has not been confirmed or verified.” (47%), and
“Report factual information that favors one side of an issue.” (44%) In an effort to absolve the media from blame for the results, AP cited the reaction of one of the survey’s sponsors, American Press Institute CEO Michael Bolden. Bolden blamed the Americans’ distrust, not on media bias or inaccuracy, but on the public’s ignorance and politicians: “Years of suspicion about journalists, much of it sown by politicians, is partly responsible, he said. People are also less familiar with how journalism works.” … “There may have been a time when people knew a journalist because one lived on their block…that’s much less likely today.” Americans’ ignorance has caused their “disconnect” from the media, so news outlets need to educate them, especially about “what journalists do” and how they’re actually their “friends and neighbors,” Bolden advised: “There’s a growing disconnect between news organizations and communities that the outlets need to address, by helping to let people know what journalists do and how people reporting news are their friends and neighbors, he said. “Outlets should lean into a convenor role, bringing people together for newsworthy events, he said.” Thus, the people and politicians are really the ones to blame for the public’s growing distrust of the news they’re getting, the AP article suggests.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Don’t Bring Gaza to America – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/dont-bring-gaza-to-america/

NEWSMAX
— Ariz. Dems Slammed for Drag Story Hour at Capitol – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/arizona-democrats-drag-story-hour/2024/05/02/id/1163300/
— Rep. Tiffany to Newsmax: Gaza Refugees Won’t Be Vetted ‘Properly’ – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-tiffany-palestinians-gaza/2024/05/02/id/1163321/

PJ MEDIA
— Wait Until You See How Many Venezuelans Were Arrested in Chicago This Year – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/05/02/wait-until-you-see-how-many-venezuelans-were-arrested-in-chicago-this-year-n4928711

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Unity on Border Crisis Showing Signs of Cracking – Jenny Beth Martin
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2024/05/03/democrat-unity-on-border-crisis-showing-signs-of-cracking-n2638572

WORLD
— Well, that didn’t take long. The United Methodists quickly abandon Biblical Christianity. – R. Albert Mohler
https://wng.org/opinions/well-that-didnt-take-long-1714647569

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS addresses disparity in audit rates of Black taxpayers – Fatima Hussein (COMMENT: I should write a book about why the Democrats who ran IRS in 1978 disallowed my education deductions.)
https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/irs-acts-to-address-disparity-in-audit-rates-between-black-taxpayers-others-20240502

AOL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making young people sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.aol.com/nearly-twice-many-gen-z-193815159.html

MSN
— Nearly 3-in-5 Illegal Alien Households Are on Taxpayer-Funded Welfare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-find-nearly-3-in-5-illegal-alien-households-are-on-taxpayer-funded-welfare/ar-AA1lS2Zh?ocid=FinanceShimLayer

NEW YORK TIMES
— Universities Face an Urgent Question: What Makes a Protest Antisemitic? Pro-Palestinian student activists say their movement is anti-Zionist but not antisemitic. It is not a distinction that everyone accepts. – Katherine Rosman (COMMENT: My Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had a hard time demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me as being antisemitic because in 1990, I volunteered to work for the office’s only GS-15 (currently $160,458-$191,900/year) group leader who was Jewish. Further, while I worked for her 1990-1997, I succeeded in getting IIT to appoint her to its board of advisers for its master’s program in financial markets and trading. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic and did not want to work with her or for her. But nevertheless, in 1997, she led the successful effort to force me to take GAO’s early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/nyregion/college-protests-columbia-campus.html
— Biden Calls Japan and India ‘Xenophobic’ in Defending U.S. Immigration. President Biden also referred to Russia and China, saying they “don’t want immigrants.” A spokesman said the president was trying to make a comment about America’s immigrant “DNA,” not insult other countries. – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/politics/biden-japan-india-immigration.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at women and at everyone else that giving women free immediate no-questions-asked abortions should be everyone’s top priority. How successful have Democrats been doing that in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/politics/abortion-ballot-measures-2024.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/02/united-method-church-gay-clergy-same-sex-marriages/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rules for Campus Radicals, 2024 A website reveals the planning and strategy behind the current college mayhem. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-protests-crimethinc-reports-palestine-israel-f5a8054c
— Why It’s Hard to Get Hired Despite Glowing Jobs Reports – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the harder that it will be to get hired: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/us-job-market-white-collar-workers-f453f0b5
— A strong preretirement plan helps you enjoy post-work years. – Stephen Kreider Yoder and Karen Kreider Yoder (COMMENT: When I was 48 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors misled me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible for regular retirement. But when I was 49 years old in September of 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/retirement-lessons-california-finances-42cb49ed

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/05/02/trumps-plan-to-deport-11-million-undocumented-immigrants–impossible/
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gradsoflife/2024/05/02/two-essentials-for-authentic–sustainable-dei-work/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/05/02/trumps-plan-to-deport-11-million-undocumented-immigrants–impossible/

USA TODAY
— ACLU, abortion rights group sue Chicago over right to protest during Democratic National Convention – Michael Loria
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/03/abortion-rights-group-sues-chicago-for-right-to-protest-during-dnc/73546430007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow over their ever-increasing success in getting religion to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/01/umc-united-methodist-church-general-conference-lifts-40-year-ban-on-lgbtq-clergy-historic-inclusion/73532576007/

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Student journalists assaulted, others arrested as protests on college campuses turn violent
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/student-journalists-assaulted-others-arrested-as-protests-on-college-campuses-turn-violent,249556

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— Civil War 2? Many Voters Think It’s Likely (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/civil_war_2_many_voters_think_it_s_likely

DAILY MAIL
— Moment boatload of migrants sprint off a YACHT after sneaking into America via sea. About 20 migrants arrived by boat at a marina in Newport Beach, California. Sprinted across the jetty and into the city to be picked up by accomplices. Migrants last month used a speedboat to zoom up to a beach near San Diego. – NIC WHITE and MARYANN MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13378195/Newport-Beach-California-migrant-arrival-boat-dodge-border.html

May 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Former President Trump focuses on economy, immigration at Waukesha, Wisconsin rally. Trump campaigns on Wednesdays, when his hush money trial in New York is not in session. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-news-today-former-president-visiting-battleground-states-wisconsin-michigan-wednesday-as-part-of-2024-campaign/14752392/
— Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson. Her plan seems doomed to fail as Democrats said they would help save Johnson. – Alexandra Hutzler, Lauren Peller, Elizabeth Schulze, and John Parkinson
https://abc7chicago.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shes-moving-ahead-with-motion-to-vacate-oust-speaker-mike-johnson-next-week/14750691/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-marijuana-rescheduling-from-schedule-1-to-3-would-mean-for-illinois-tax-changes-pharmaceutical-studies/14752483/
— Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk. Once signed, the legislation won’t take effect for several months. – Libby Cathey, Isabella Murray, and Chris Boccia
https://abc7chicago.com/arizona-abortion-ban-senate-passes-repeal-of-1864-ban-sending-it-to-governors-desk/14752122/

NBC5
— Arizona Senate passes bill to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban. The near-total ban, which predates Arizona’s statehood, permits abortions only to save the patient’s life — and provides no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/arizona-senate-vote-repeal-19th-century-abortion-ban/3425864/
— House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war. It all comes at a time when college campuses and the federal government are struggling to define exactly where political speech crosses into antisemitism. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-passes-bill-to-expand-definition-of-antisemitism-amid-growing-campus-protests-over-gaza-war/3426156/
— Illinois bill would combat catalytic converter thefts, lawmaker says. Replacement catalytic converters can cost up to $3,500, officials say. (COMMENT: Sadly, my 2018 Chevy Cruze is one of the most popular vehicles to have its catalytic converters stolen.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-bill-would-combat-catalytic-converter-thefts-lawmaker-says/3426351/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters at University of Chicago, DePaul meet with school administrations – Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-university-of-chicago-depaul-administrations/
— Another carnival called off in Chicago’s northwest suburbs; safety concerns cited – Ellie Coatar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/another-carnival-called-off-chicago-northwest-suburbs/
— Trump holds rally in Wisconsin, as polls show state is still a toss-up – John Dodge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-returns-to-campaign-with-rally-in-waukesha-wisconsin/
— Chicago Public Schools students hold sit-in to support pro-Palestinian demonstrations – Noel Brennan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cps-sit-ins/
— Muslim activists plan rally in Springfield to call for cease-fire in Gaza – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/springfield-rally-gaza-ceasefire-muslim-action-day-illinois-state-capitol/
— DNC protest organizer says pro-Palestinian marches won’t stop until “Palestine is truly free” – Tara Molina, Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/democratic-national-convention-protests-gaza-palestine-protest-demands/

WGN9
— Arizona will repeal its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump – AP
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-arizona-will-repeal-its-1864-abortion-ban-democrats-are-still-planning-to-use-it-against-trump/

WGN RADIO
— Rick Pearson on closed-door meeting between Dan Proft and Darren Bailey – Brian Althimer
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/rick-pearson-on-closed-door-meeting-between-dan-proft-darren-bailey/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Democrats advance November ballot questions aimed at driving party turnout – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/house-democrats-advance-november-ballot-questions-aimed-at-driving-party-turnout/
— Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order – SCOTT BAUER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/trump-5/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: As pro-Palestinian protests at some U.S. colleges devolve into violence, Chicago campuses remain peaceful – REBECCA JOHNSON, ZAREEN SYED, SARAH MACARAEG, JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/as-pro-palestinian-protests-at-some-u-s-colleges-devolve-into-violence-chicago-campuses-remain-peaceful/
— Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza – JAKE OFFENHARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/ucla-pro-palestinian-protestor-columbia-university/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Chicago Jewish community calls for increased action against antisemitic speech amid campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza – KATE ARMANINI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/chicago-jewish-community-calls-for-increased-action-against-antisemitic-speech-amid-campus-protests-against-the-israel-hamas-war-in-gaza/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban, with Gov. Katie Hobbs expected to sign – ANITA SNOW
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/arizonas-democratic-leaders-get-enough-votes-to-repeal-19th-century-abortion-ban/
— Homer Township Republican committeeperson race to be decided by lot following judge’s order – MICHELLE MULLINS (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents in Milton Township and in DuPage County will lead a major effort starting in in 2025 to replace me as the DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman. Of course, I will draw attention big time to those who lead that effort as well as to their operatives and dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/homer-township-republican-committeeperson-race-to-be-decided-by-lot-following-judges-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Will County judge ruled in favor of Homer Township Supervisor Steve Balich’s request to get a ballot for his opponent tossed out, which results in a tie for the position of Republican precinct committeeperson that will be decided by lot. Judge John Anderson wrote in his opinion that one ballot cast for Homer Glen resident Tami O’Brien was not initialed by an election judge and could not be counted. A handful of ballots that were initialed in the wrong spot were not considered in this case and were counted. O’Brien was declared the winner of the March 19 race for Precinct 6 committeeperson in Homer Township by one vote, but Balich, who is also the Will County Board Republican Leader, filed for a recount. Anderson wrote he was sympathetic to O’Brien’s position that not counting the ballot would disenfranchise the voter who cast it. “Rather than this case being called a recount, the process may as well be called a discount because it entails efforts to make a vote not count — even when the vote was otherwise properly cast by a voter who most assuredly had no idea their voice would be ignored,” Anderson wrote. But the judge wrote the law is clear that all ballots need to be endorsed or initialed by an election judge and that the Illinois Supreme Court has considered this a requirement for 125 years. “No matter how sympathetic the Court may be to Ms. O’Brien’s position, it is not for a trial court judge to ignore plain statutory language nor directives from the Illinois Supreme Court,” Anderson wrote. O’Brien beat Balich in the March 19 election by 115 votes to 114. With the one vote tossed out, the result ends in a tie and a winner will be determined at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the clerk’s office. The clerk’s office has determined that numbered balls representing the candidates will be drawn from a container to break the tie.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CPS students protest Gaza war, march to University of Chicago encampment. Anti-war protests have swept college campuses in recent weeks as students support Palestinians in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, decry what they call censorship from their universities and call on institutions to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies supporting Israel. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/05/01/cps-students-to-protest-gaza-war-march-to-university-of-chicago-depaul-encampments
— Students at Chicago’s college Gaza encampments hope police, threats stay away. Tensions were higher Tuesday when hundreds of New York police officers raided Columbia University and City College of New York while a group of counter-protesters attacked a student encampment at UCLA. – Nader Issa, Cindy Hernandez and Jessica Ma
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/01/students-at-chicagos-college-gaza-encampments-hope-police-threats-stay-away
— What to know about the pro-Palestinian protests in Chicago and beyond. Protesters’ demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza. – Ellery Jones
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/01/protest-camps-northwestern-university-chicago-depaul-explainer
— Suspect in slaying of Officer Luis Huesca arrested in Glendale Heights — with Huesca’s own handcuffs. Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, was taken into custody without incident shortly after 7 p.m. following a “multi-state investigation” that involved the Chicago Police Department and “many other” law enforcement agencies. – Kade Heather and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/01/suspect-killing-police-officer-luis-huesca-arrested-glendale-heights-handcuffs

DAILY HERALD
— Bill nixing senior driving test hits House roadblock, Senate version still going – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240501/illinois-state-politics/bill-nixing-senior-driving-test-hits-house-roadblock-senate-version-still-going/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Students sue Northwestern over alleged antisemitism at encampment – Duncan Agnew
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/05/01/students-sue-northwestern-over-alleged-antisemitism-at-encampment/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Peoria’s response to racial inequities – Sandra Chapman (COMMENT: My father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me. My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953. My critics/opponents have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents as being filthy rich. But my father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/the-citys-response-to-racial-inequities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2022, it was reported that kindergarten readiness amongst Black families was 17.7% and Hispanic families was 19.7%. However, White families had a significantly larger measure of development at 35.3%.)
— Black lawmakers reintroduce bill to ban hair discrimination – Cheyanne M. Daniels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/black-lawmakers-reintroduce-bill-to-ban-hair-discrimination/

WGLT
— Illinois voters could be asked about IVF coverage, millionaire tax in November – Alex Degman (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-05-01/illinois-voters-could-be-asked-about-ivf-coverage-millionaire-tax-in-november

WAND TV
— Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order. Returning briefly to the campaign trail, Donald Trump has called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after being held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-calls-judge-crooked-after-facing-a-warning-of-jail-time-if-he-violates-a/article_d848fd60-a19c-53ba-bfee-26ee60167e94.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Peoria students learn career skills from local mentors – Skylar Collins (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who a) arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986, and c) promoted me in 1986.)
Showing what success can look like before entering the workforce.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/01/peoria-students-learn-career-skills-local-mentors/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Third Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/42443/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-third-day-on-quad/

BOLTS
— Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release. Proposed legislation would expand community-based programs for people released from jail to improve their odds of success. Supporters call it a critical next step after abolishing bail. – Pascal Sabino
https://boltsmag.org/illinois-pretrial-success-act/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump takes usual swipe at Chicago – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/02/trump-gets-in-digs-at-chicago-00155662
— SURPRISE MOVE: Illinois House Democrats introduced and passed legislation Wednesday that would put three non-binding questions on the November ballot and make a tweak existing election law. Sly move: The ballot questions are on subject that could generate interest to get Democrats to the polls, focusing on in-vitro fertilization, protecting election workers and targeting high-end homeowners with a property tax. The wide-ranging measure also calls for preventing political party committees from appointing challengers to fill out legislative ballots if the party doesn’t field a candidate in the primary. The bill drew outrage from House Republicans, who walked out of the chamber to complain about the Democrats’ quick move. House Minority Leader Tony McCombie criticized the bill for not allowing Republican input. Video of her comments here ( https://twitter.com/BlueRoomStream/status/1785778003009470802 ) Heading to the Senate: Senate Republican Leader John Curran says changing the rules in the middle of an election cycle is unfair to potential candidates who are operating under existing rules. But in the Democratic-controlled Senate, the complaint is likely to be ignored. – Shia Kapos (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/02/trump-gets-in-digs-at-chicago-00155662

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-281/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-81/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election:
Should government:
— Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion,
— Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Who will represent the Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee? In my opinion, the next IRP platform should promote the following:
— Personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion,
— E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discouragement of vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
I served on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. But this year, powerful high-profile Republican public figures have falsely charged me with making a false statement in one of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, specifically, the following: “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” They have demanded that I remove my statement from www.gopillinois.com . They have hinted/implied that I made the statement with “actual malice” against them. First, I stand by my statement. Second, my statement is an expression of opinion and not a statement of fact. Third, because I have been a professional journalist since 2000, that charge against me is especially serious. They used that charge as pretext to remove me from this year’s IRP State Platform and Resolutions Committee. Short of suing them for defamation, what should I do, for example, should I send them a cease and desist letter? SEE: Defamation, Libel and Slander: What Do They Mean and How Do They Differ? at https://law.usnews.com/law-firms/advice/articles/what-is-defamation-libel-and-slander – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Candidates who run as Republicans should be required to affirm that if elected, they can and they will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOP Convention Nominates Randi Freese for State’s Attorney in Unanimous Vote
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/mchenry-county-gop-convention-nominates-randi-freese-for-states-attorney-in-unanimous-vote/
— Of Electric Smart Meters and Monopolies
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/of-electric-smart-meters-and-monopolies/
— Dems Putting Three Referendum Questions on the Ballot to Prevent Citizen Initiatives
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/dems-putting-three-referendum-questions-on-the-ballot-to-prevent-citizen-initiatives/

METRO EAST SUN
— Rep. Schmidt Co-Sponsors Bill to End Illinois’ Sanctuary State Status
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/658200789-rep-schmidt-co-sponsors-bill-to-end-illinois-sanctuary-state-status

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republican negotiator State Sen. Donald DeWitte, R-St. Charles responds to Pritzker’s ‘balanced budget’ claim – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1265e5b4-0804-11ef-ba99-2310453191c8.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions – JERRY NOWICKI, HANNAH MEISEL, & PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/democrats-muscle-through-changes-to-ballot-access-advisory-questions

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biden Flies Four Times More Migrants to Florida Than Texas Bused to Chicago
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/biden-flies-four-times-more-migrants-to-florida-than-texas-bused-to-chicago/
— Universal Fare Surfaces 50 Years after RTA Referendum Passes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/universal-fare-surfaces-50-years-after-rta-referendum-passes/
— Robert Hanlon Resigns as Shelby County State’s Attorney
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/robert-hanlon-resigns-as-shelby-county-states-attorney/
— Kenneally Speaking on Dangers of Marijuana in Lake County Saturday, May 4th
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/kenneally-speaking-on-dangers-of-marijuana-in-lake-county-saturday-may-4th/
— Ranked Choice Voting Eliminates Minority Candidates
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/30/ranked-choice-voting-eliminate-minority-candidates/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Capping THC Levels in Pot – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/capping-thc-levels-in-pot/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CTU DEMANDS PARTISAN RALLIES SO IT CAN ELECTIONEER STUDENTS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-demands-partisan-rallies-so-it-can-electioneer-students/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Showcases New Phrase: ‘Biden Inflation Tax,’ Says it’s ‘Draining Families’, Promises to Replace ‘Bidenomics’ with ‘Maganomics’ as Thousands Attend Rally in WI
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/trump-showcases-new-phrase-biden-inflation-tax-says-its-draining-families-promises-to-replace-bidenomics-with-maganomics.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegals are totally destroying America’s health system – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/illegals-are-totally-destroying-americas-health-sy/
— Immigration named top U.S. problem for third straight month in Gallup poll
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/immigration-named-top-us-problem-for-third-straigh/
— Biden’s open borders endanger U.S. – John McGuire
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/bidens-open-borders-endanger-us/
— Biden could welcome Palestinians with refugee program, inside track on U.S. citizenship – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/biden-could-welcome-palestinians-refugee-program/
— Driven by Hamas: Campus protests led by groups backing Hamas terrorists – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/driven-by-hamas-campus-protests-led-by-groups-back/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s plan to bring Gaza refugees to the US should be rejected outright – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2986965/bidens-plan-bring-gaza-refugees-to-us-should-be-rejected/
— Illegal immigrants hiking miles into California in search of police as Border Patrol is stretched thin – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2987252/illegal-immigrants-hiking-miles-into-california/
— Cost of the migrant crisis: Why Denver’s neighbors have had enough – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2987282/cost-of-migrant-crisis-denver-neighbors-had-enough/

NEW YORK POST
— 400,000 migrants flown to US under Biden parole program ‘likely staying here forever’: experts – Jennie Taer (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that they will vote for Democrats forever.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/400k-migrants-under-parole-program-likely-staying-forever-experts/
— If I was still working for the Democrats who run GAO, IRS, or the Post Office, I would in big trouble a) because many, most, and at times, virtually all my superiors were Jewish, b) because Democrats blame Republicans for antisemitism, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, and c) I am all of the aforesaid.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/dei-is-failing-jewish-workers-facing-rising-antisemitism/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Citizen-Only Voting Is Winning in 2024. Election integrity advocates are working in 15 states to preserve American citizens’ right to vote—and that’s just the start of this new crusade that’s showing the path to victory. – Hayden Ludwig
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/citizen-only-voting-is-winning-in-2024/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Parole Program Reveals that Illegals Have Flown to Over 45 Cities – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/dhs-data-biden-parole-program-reveals-that-illegals-have-flown-to-over-45-cities/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The United States of California – Robin M. Itzler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/the_united_states_of_california.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Lays Out Plan for Second Term in TIME Interview. President Trump said on day one of his second term he would take aggressive action over illegal immigration. – Chase Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-lays-out-plan-for-second-term-in-time-interview-5640720

FEDERALIST
— A Man Killed Four Cops And Broke ‘Gun Control’ Laws, But Media Aren’t Invested In The Story For Some Reason. Terry Clark Hughes is black, which isn’t convenient for the media’s perpetual campaign against gun rights and law enforcement.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/01/a-man-killed-four-cops-and-broke-gun-control-laws-but-media-arent-invested-in-the-story-for-some-reason/

FOX NEWS
— Student demands at University of Chicago encampment include defunding police, reparations, cutting emissions. Among the chants heard at the rally include ‘Long live the intifada!’ and ‘Smash the settler Zionist state!’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/student-demands-university-chicago-encampment-include-defunding-police-reparations-cutting-emissions
— Sanctuary city police arrest over 1K migrants from this country as residents rage against Dem leaders. Residents have protested additional funding for the care of migrants. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanctuary-city-police-arrest-over-1k-migrants-from-this-country-residents-rage-against-dem-leaders
— Biden just quietly finalized transgender mandate attacking people of faith. Christian health sharing ministries provide an ethical alternative to traditional health insurance. – Chris Faddis
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-just-quietly-finalized-transgender-mandate-attacking-people-faith

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Get Around Parole Program for Inadmissible Migrants Flies Them Into 50 Cities – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/05/01/bidens-get-around-parole-program-for-inadmissible-migrants-flies-them-into-50-cities-n3787523

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Will the Summer of Anti-Israel Protests Be Enough to Split Biden’s Delicate Coalition? – AUDREY FAHLBERG and BRITTANY BERNSTEIN (COMMENT: The Democrat Party is a coalition of those who are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, that is, anti-traditional marriage and family, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/will-the-summer-of-anti-israel-protests-be-enough-to-split-bidens-delicate-coalition/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Illegals Given Voter Registration Forms In South Carolina – Harrison Smith
https://www.oann.com/video/in-focus-video/report-illegals-given-voter-registration-forms-in-south-carolina/

POWER LINE
— POISONING AMERICAN CAMPUSES – SCOTT JOHNSON
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/poisoning-american-campuses.php

TOWNHALL
— EEOC Commissioner Blasts New Federal Workplace Guidelines for Erasing Women’s Rights – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/05/01/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-n2638447

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Chicago Mayor Blames ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ for City’s Problems – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/chicago-mayor-blames-right-wing-extremists-for-city-s-problems/ar-AA1kOa24?ocid=DELLDHP
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/jill-biden-assails-trump-ahead-of-november-elections-dubs-him-bully-and-dangerous-to-lgbtq-community/ar-BB1lxgR8

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to push more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/methodist-church-gay-ban-lgbtq.html
— Trump’s Trial Can Right a Wrong From 50 Years Ago – Kevin Boyle (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious at Nixon 50 years ago. They took their fury out on me because I was of the extremely few Republican employees in the office and I shared many demographics with Nixon: conservative, White, male, Protestant, and our ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opinion/trump-nixon-trial-america.html
— SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 FLASHBACK: Full Disclosure on Candidates’ Health – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/opinion/full-disclosure-on-candidates-health.html

FLORIDA TODAY
— 80% Of Illegal Aliens Flown Into U.S. By Biden Administration Landed In Florida
https://www.floridadaily.com/80-of-illegal-aliens-flown-into-u-s-by-biden-administration-landed-in-florida/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New Math of Driving Your Car Till the Wheels Fall Off. Drivers rethink the optimum number of years to hold on to a car as the costs of ownership increase. – Joe Pinsker (COMMENT: I keep vehicle ownership cost down by not driving them. I have owned my 1972 Corvette for almost 53 years, my 1996 Thunderbird LX for almost 29 years, and my 2005 Corvette for almost 19 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-new-math-of-driving-your-car-till-the-wheels-fall-off-9c23b7bc

VOA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.voanews.com/a/advocates-seek-work-permits-for-long-term-undocumented-immigrants-in-us/7594041.html

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Gaza campus protests spread to Chicago high schools, alarming Jewish students. Half a dozen high schools allow hundreds of students to briefly skip class for sit-ins, with many then marching to encampments at nearby universities where they are embraced. – Jacob Magid
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-campus-protests-spread-to-chicago-high-schools-alarming-jewish-students/

May 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Encampment opposing war in Gaza at DePaul launches, as university leaders meet with Foxx on response to student protests – SARAH MACARAEG and MEGAN CREPEAU
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/depaul-gaza-encampment-kim-foxx/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/us-marijuana-reclassification-what-to-know/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/us-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/illinois-pot-businesses-could-gain-tax-benefits-easier-loan-access-under-dea-reclassification/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/johnson-to-shift-80m-in-arpa-spending-restart-guaranteed-income-program/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/lgbtq-community-members-call-on-mayor-brandon-johnson-to-rescind-plan-to-scale-back-pride-parade/
— Northwestern deserves credit for ending an encampment without resorting to force – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/editorial-northwestern-university-deering-meadow-gaza-protests/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Taking the fight South? Pritzker’s nonprofit spends $500K in Florida — battling DeSantis and GOP over abortion rights. Florida is the fourth ballot initiative Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nonprofit Think Big America is supporting this year. Pritzker’s group is also supporting efforts in Nevada, Arizona and Montana. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/30/abortion-rights-ballot-initiatives-pritzker-non-profit-think-big-america-florida
— DePaul students pitch tents on campus, join pro-Palestinian protests. The campus joins hundreds nationwide in calling on their universities to divest from companies supporting Israel. – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/04/30/depaul-university-protest-encampment-gaza-israel-hamas
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/04/29/migrant-crisis-chicago-finances-beale-taliaferro-black-community-disinvestment-editorial
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/04/30/ap-marijuana-reclassify-dea-cannabis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/04/30/local-cannabis-industry-leaders-say-move-to-reclassify-weed-will-benefit-businesses-customers
— What happened before Mayor Brandon Johnson finally agreed to stay away from slain officer’s funeral? – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/30/huesca-funeral-governor-mayor-not-attending-chicago-police-union-fop-catanzara

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240430/marijuana/u-s-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Proft and Bailey feud underlined illegal campaign coordination, lawyers argue – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/proft-super-pac-comes-under-fire-attorneys
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-stocks-surge-report-dea-will-reschedule

ABC7
— DePaul University pro-Palestinian encampment spurs counter-protesters – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/depaul-university-pro-palestinian-encampment-brings-counter-protesters-to-lincoln-park-campus/14749744/
— Pro-Palestinian protesters take down U.S. flag replace it with Palestine flag on UNC quad
https://abc7chicago.com/unc-palestine-protest-after-arrests-pro-palestinian-us-flag/14745104/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/organizers-push-back-against-plan-to-downsize-the-chicago-pride-parade-2024-in-lakeview-on-june-30-agree-start-an-hour-earlier/14745889/

NBC5
— DePaul joins nationwide pro-Palestinian college protests as encampment continues at University of Chicago. A second day of protests continued at University of Chicago, even with threats of discipline from the administration. – Kate Chappell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/depaul-joins-nationwide-pro-palestinian-college-protests-encampment-continues-university-chicago/3424943/
— Suburban carnival canceled due to ‘safety concerns’ after similar cancellation over weekend
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-carnival-canceled-due-to-safety-concerns-after-similar-cancellation-over-weekend/3424925/
— According to city ranking site Livability, Naperville, Evanston, Bloomington, Peoria and Champaign all were named among the best places to live in the country.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/5-illinois-cities-named-among-top-100-best-places-to-live-in-u-s/3424506/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-administration-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift/3424612/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/with-us-poised-reclassify-cannabis-federal-level-heres-how-businesses-individuals-may-be-affected/3425221/
— Did you get a student loan? I did not. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. Ever since I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979, my critics/opponents who also passed the 4-part examination on their first attempt have stressed that they got better scores than I did.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-forgiveness-deadline-what-to-know-about-loan-consolidation-eligibility-and-more/3424214/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian tent encampments expand at University of Chicago, DePaul – Marybel Gonzalez, Adam Harrington, Katie Houlis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-tent-encampments-university-of-chicago-depaul/
— DePaul University students set up pro-Palestinian tent encampment – Todd Feurer, Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-palestinian-tent-encampment-protest-israel-gaza/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/marijuana-reclassified-drug-enforcement-administration-shift/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dispensary-operators-plan-reclassify-marijuana/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/advisory-council-reversal-scaling-down-chicago-pride-parade/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYPzxtDZbKM
— Rev. Jesse Jackson visits pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/rev-jesse-jackson-visits-pro-palestinian-encampment-at-university-of-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8Q560jXHY

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-covid-funds-universal-basic-income-ubi/

FOX32
— Chicago college students establish campus encampments in protest of Gaza conflict. DePaul University students are the latest to take a stand against the war in Gaza, joining protesters at universities nationwide.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1448875
— Chaos erupts as college campus protesters across US arrested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnbwhvr5Cdc
— DePaul students set up encampments on campus to protest war in Gaza – Maggie Duly
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-college-protests-encampments-war-gaza
— All Southland College Prep graduating seniors accepted to college, garnering $50M in scholarships – Dane Placko (COMMENT: Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. Ever since I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979, my critics/opponents who also passed the 4-part examination on their first attempt have stressed that they got better scores than I did.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/southland-college-prep-graduating-seniors-accepted-college

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/30/us-poised-ease-restrictions-marijuana-historic-shift-it-ll-remain-controlled-substance
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/30/asian-american-advocates-call-illinois-lawmakers-address-immigration-and-language

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-relaunching-a-guaranteed-basic-income-program/3aea8543-52a6-4ab6-a684-dc2968b42536

WGN RADIO
— New poll shows Trump ahead of Biden in seven key swing states – Jeremy Tanner
https://wgnradio.com/news/new-poll-shows-trump-ahead-of-biden-in-seven-key-swing-states/
— Should students walk out of class to protest war in Gaza? – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-war-in-gaza/#/questions

SOUTHERN
— Trump begins to remove posts after being held in contempt (COMMENT: Should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinions from www.gopillinois.com ? For example, should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinion that “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” Those who made that demand succeeded in having me removed from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/30/trump-trial-live-updates-michael-cohens-banker-to-return-to-the-stand/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/our-turn-illinois-must-recruit-and-retain-teachers-to-support-english-learners/article_e94037d1-f938-5326-b6bf-a67818b04e0d.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Lawsuit filed against metro-east state rep for allegedly blocking Facebook comments – MIKE KOZIATEK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article288134235.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit filed by an attorney who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general alleges state Rep. Charlie Meier violated the First Amendment rights of free speech of four citizens by blocking their critical comments on his Facebook page. The suit was filed in Madison County court by attorney Tom DeVore on behalf of Jared Poettker of New Baden, Donald Moore of Troy, Sharon Williams of Belleville and Roger Respondek of Clinton. Meier, a Republican from Okawville, could not be reached for comment Monday night.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump wonders if Columbia protesters will get ‘same kind of treatment’ as Jan. 6 rioters – Brett Samuels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-wonders-if-columbia-protesters-will-get-same-kind-of-treatment-as-jan-6-rioters/

WCIA
— Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-says-hell-use-national-guard-to-deport-migrants-doubling-down-on-anti-immigration-rhetoric/

WGLT
— Trump may get another chance to be president. He’s planning an aggressive second term – Stephen Fowler (COMMENT: What changes to the Republican Party platform do Trump want?)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-30/trump-may-get-another-chance-to-be-president-hes-planning-an-aggressive-second-term

WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more abortion.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-04-30/6-out-of-10-catholics-support-abortion-rights-despite-churchs-stance-study-shows

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats use their illegals to reshape election maps.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-01/republicans-in-congress-are-trying-to-reshape-election-maps-by-excluding-noncitizens

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— In sprawling ‘Time’ magazine interview, Trump lays out plans for second term – Noah Caldwell, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Mary Louise Kelly (COMMENT: What changes to the Republican Party platform do Trump want?)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-30/in-sprawling-time-magazine-interview-trump-lays-out-plans-for-second-term

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & HERALD WHIG & STATELINE & NPR ILLINOIS & FOX ILLINOIS & WSIL TV & WJOL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WGLT & WIFR & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/04/30/these-5-illinois-cities-among-worst-to-get-high-in-across-us-report-says/73470014007/
https://www.whig.com/ap/business/new-era-for-pot-regulation-leaves-old-problem-many-cannabis-companies-cant-find-a-bank/article_4ce025c1-7bf1-55e5-aa5f-d119708077f0.html
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/5-illinois-cities-ranked-as-the-worst-to-get-stoned-in-the-u-s/
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/ap-us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2024-04-30/classes-to-prepare-for-a-career-in-the-cannabis-industry
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/marijuana-reclassify-us-drug-control-agency-historic-shift-weed-cigarettes-edibles-gummies-dea-cannabis-thc-cbd-delta-8-delta-9
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/dea-plans-to-moves-to-reschedule-marijuana-as-a-lower-risk-drug/article_561e9790-9307-514a-a907-594a298b7e10.html
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/justice-dept-plans-to-reschedule-marijuana-as-a-lower-risk-drug/article_561e9790-9307-514a-a907-594a298b7e10.html
https://www.wjol.com/us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/marijuana-could-be-rescheduled-would-that-make-it-legal-nationwide/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-new-era-for-pot-regulation-leaves-old-problem-many-cannabis-companies-cant-find-a-bank/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-bidens-historic-marijuana-shift-is-his-latest-election-year-move-for-young-voters/
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-30/the-biden-administration-is-moving-to-reclassify-marijuana-heres-what-that-means
https://www.wifr.com/video/2024/05/01/drug-reclassification-could-make-things-easier-rockford-cannabis-based-businesses/
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-30/the-doj-is-expected-to-recommend-marijuana-be-reclassified-as-less-dangerous
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/01/can-a-new-weed-rule-be-trump-proofed-00155400?nname=illinois-playbook&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nrid=00000150-705d-d7de-afdb-7d7f3ea90001&nlid=639163

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-280/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-80/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

Now that my critics/opponents have succeeded in removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee, what should I do promote the following in the new platform:


— Personal responsibility, that is, to oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Traditional marriage and family, that is, to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Right to life, that is, to oppose the promotion of abortion,
— E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, to oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Second Amendment rights, that is, to oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discouragement of vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Equal opportunity, that is, to oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Trump has begun to remove his posts after being held in contempt. Should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinions from www.gopillinois.com ? For example, should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinion that “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” Those who made that demand succeeded in having me removed from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
If you were me, what would you do? I want to help elect the candidates who won the March 19, 2024 Republican primary in my precinct to win on November 5, 2024. But since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who won primaries in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the more votes that they will lose. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am much too conservative and even worse things, and that because of that, the more that I do to help elect a candidate the more evidence that candidate is “too conservative” and even worse things. Further, they stress the many big adverse actions that they got past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken against me. They will certainly stress to the candidates who won the March 19, 2024 Republican primary in my precinct including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Wang, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, Castle, Skarin, Hellad, and Costello that they succeeded in getting Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member Jeanne Ives to remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they succeeded in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Biden Administration has let far more undocumented migrants fly to Florida cities than Texas has bused to Chicago – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/biden-administration-has-let-far-more-undocumented-migrants-fly-to-florida-cities-than-texas-has-bused-to-chicago-wirepoints/
— The potential positive economic impact of the Bears stadium is grossly overstated
https://wirepoints.org/the-potential-positive-economic-impact-of-the-bears-stadium-is-grossly-overstated-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— OUTSTANDING: Kenneally Speaking on Dangers of Marijuana in Lake County Saturday, May 4th
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/enneally-speaking-on-dangers-of-marijuana-in-lake-county-saturday-may-4th/

JOHN KASS
— Coming Soon to Your State: Californication – David Bittinger (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that your county, township, municipality, and school district will be ever-increasingly flooded with benefit-dependent people.)
https://johnkassnews.com/coming-soon-to-your-state-californication/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California has become a bad movie. It’s a big-budget turkey produced by the state’s Democrat rulers for the two audiences they care about: the prosperous and fabulous in elite enclaves, the benefit-dependent most everywhere else.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress reveals Biden’s secret list of destination airports for illegal immigrants – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/congress-reveals-joe-bidens-secret-list-of-destina/
— Methodists move to undo LGBTQ restrictions, embrace liberalized views on sexual practices – Mark A. Kellner (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been getting your church to promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/30/methodists-move-undo-lgbtq-restrictions-embrace-li/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s not MAGA Republicans or Christian nationalists causing violence nationwide – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2984713/its-not-maga-republicans-or-christian-nationalists-causing-violence-nationwide

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Police Sweep Columbia’s Campus, Arrest Students Who Seized University Building – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/police-sweep-columbias-campus-arrest-students-who-seized-university-building/
— Northwestern Professors Encourage Students To Skip Class To Join Anti-Israel Encampment – Alana Goodman
https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-professors-encourage-students-to-skip-class-to-join-anti-israel-encampment/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump vows to address ‘definite anti-white feeling in this country’: ‘Can’t be allowed’ – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/donald-trump-bemoans-anti-white-feeling-in-the-country/
— Biden administration considers accepting Gazan refugees from Israel-Hamas war – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/biden-administration-mulls-accepting-gazan-refugees-report/
— Most migrants paroled under Biden administration are flying to Florida – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/most-migrants-paroled-under-biden-administration-are-flying-to-this-state-subpoenaed-docs-show/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The DEI Jihad. Anti-Semitism on campus and DEI evangelism are cut from the same cloth. – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/the-dei-jihad/
— DEA to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Serious Drug – Liz Sheld (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/morning-greatness-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-serious-drug/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kamala defends DEI because, of course she would – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/30/kamala-defends-dei-because-of-course-she-would-1456047/

BREITBART
— Biden’s Deputies Force Transgenderism into Workplaces – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/joe-bidens-deputies-force-transgenderism-into-workplaces/
— Judge Merchan Holds Donald Trump in Criminal Contempt for Gag Order Violations, Threatens Jail Time – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/justice-juan-merchan-fines-donald-trump-9k-for-alleged-gag-order-violations/
— Illegal Immigrants Cause $566 Million in Unpaid Healthcare Burden on Florida – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/30/illegal-immigrants-cause-566-million-in-unpaid-healthcare-burden-on-florida/
— Republicans Move Ahead with Outlawing Sanctuary Cities in North Carolina – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/republicans-move-ahead-with-outlawing-sanctuary-cities-in-north-carolina/
— Whoopi Goldberg to Donald Trump: There Is No Anti-White Feeling in the U.S. – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/30/whoopi-goldberg-to-donald-trump-there-is-no-anti-white-feeling-in-the-u-s/
— 1.6 Million Foreign Nationals Awaiting Entry to U.S. through Biden’s Parole Pipeline – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/feds-1-6-million-foreign-nationals-awaiting-entry-to-u-s-through-bidens-parole-pipeline/

CAMPUS REFORM
— $100 million Harvard reparations pledge is not enough for 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/100-million-harvard-reparations-pledge-not-enough-1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones/25331

COLLEGE FIX
— Congressional Republicans’ bill seeks to crack down on DEI in med schools – GIOVANNA JOHNSON
https://www.thecollegefix.com/congressional-republicans-bill-seeks-to-crack-down-on-dei-in-med-schools/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Hatching Plan To Bring Gaza Refugees To US
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/30/biden-admin-gaza-refugees-united-states/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Looking To Bring In Palestinians To The U.S. As Refugees – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-looking-to-bring-in-palestinians-to-the-u-s-as-refugees-report

DISPATCH
— How Competitive High Schools Get Away With Race-Based Admissions – Alison Somin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/competitive-high-schools-away-race-064500750.html

FOX NEWS
— White House considers accepting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees amid Israel-Hamas war. People from Gaza who pass a series of eligibility, medical and security screenings would qualify to fly to the US with refugee status. – Landon Mion
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-considers-accepting-palestinians-gaza-refugees-amid-israel-hamas-war

HUMAN EVENTS
— Democrats are terrified that their own convention will help elect Trump – Monica Crowley
https://humanevents.com/2024/04/30/monica-crowley-democrats-are-terrified-that-their-own-convention-will-help-elect-trump

JUST THE NEWS
— Trump claims there is ‘a definite anti-white feeling’ in the US – Misty Severi
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-claims-there-definite-anti-white-feeling-us
— Homeland data on Biden parole program reveals illegal aliens flown to more than 45 cities. Florida received the bulk of the newcomers, with 80% of the migrants flown into airports in four Florida cities. New York, California, Georgia, Texas, and Nevada also received migrant flights. – Misty Severi
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/dhs-report-reveals-45-cities-paroled-migrants-were-flown

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NYPD Retakes Columbia University From Illegal Occupiers. The occupation of a key administrative building was more than even the weak Columbia administration was willing to tolerate. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/live-nypd-begins-to-retake-columbia-university-from-illegal-occupiers/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern Cuts Deal with Encampment Organizers, Establishes Full-Ride Scholarship for Palestinian Students – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-cuts-deal-with-encampment-organizers-establishes-full-ride-scholarship-for-palestinian-students/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Left Needs Therapy & After This, You Might Too – Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2024/04/30/left-needs-therapy-after-you-might-too

NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin. Mulling Asylum for Certain Gazans – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-refugees-palestinians/2024/04/30/id/1163012/

ONE AMERICAN NEWS
— Open Borders Part Of Democrats Plan To Import New Voters – Pearson Sharp
https://www.oann.com/video/pearsonsharpreports/open-borders-part-of-democrats-plan-to-import-new-voters//

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump to Time Magazine: ‘There is a definite anti-white feeling in the country, and that can’t be allowed either’ An advisor to Trump told the reporters at Time that he plans on rescinding Biden’s Executive Orders related to DEI, which many have called into question for being anti-white.
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-time-magazine-there-is-a-definite-anti-white-feeling-in-the-country-and-that-cant-be-allowed-either
— Biden’s DHS admits hundreds of thousands of immigrants flying into US under ‘parole’ program are ‘inadmissible’ – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-dhs-admits-hundreds-of-thousands-of-immigrants-flying-into-us-under-parole-program-are-inadmissible

TOWNHALL
— Biden White House Considers Bringing Palestinians to United States As ‘Refugees’ – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/04/30/palestinian-refugees-n2638483

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Anti-Israel protests could help elect Trump, warns prof involved in ’68 Columbia takeover
https://thehill.com/video/anti-israel-protests-could-help-elect-trump-warns-prof-involved-in-68-columbia-takeover/9652192/

YAHOO
— Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-awarded-36-million-more-140100955.html

MSN
— Trump says he won’t stand for ‘definite anti-white feeling’ in US
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-won-t-stand-for-definite-anti-white-feeling-in-us/ss-AA1nYtbL
— Add physical fitness section to the SAT, Ramaswamy says – Julia Mueller (COMMENT: I have not been able to run since grade school because I have a bone disease. My vision has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/add-physical-fitness-section-to-the-sat-ramaswamy-says/ar-AA1fWnyx

NEW YORK TIMES
— Police Clear Building at Columbia and Arrest Dozens of Protesters. Officers in riot gear removed demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/columbia-protests-college
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are overjoyed that “Biden is aiming increasingly personal and sarcastic jabs at Trump. From his rival’s hair to his maturity level, the president is no longer determined to stay above the fray.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/01/biden-personal-sarcastic-jabs-trump/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/04/30/marijuana-legalization-biden-trump-swing-states-election/73441091007/

NEWSWEEK
— UCLA Campus Protests Erupt Into Chaos
https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-campus-protests-erupt-chaos-lapd-palestinian-israel-1895913
— Videos Of Columbia University Raid Show NYPD Arrest Protesters
https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-nypd-police-raid-arrests-1895879
— US Gives 100,000 Migrants Citizenship (COMMENT: Democrats control immigration. Democrats shout at migrants and everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.newsweek.com/citizens-migrants-naturalizations-asylum-refugee-1895749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Refugees and asylees accounted for about one-ninth of all new U.S. citizens in fiscal 2023. A total of just over 100,000 migrants—71,100 asylees and 29,000 refugees—were part of the approximate total of 878,500 individuals who were naturalized and became U.S. citizens, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Naturalization ceremonies in fiscal 2022 and 2023 comprised 24 percent of all naturalizations over the past decade, according to the data.)
— Where Is Barron Trump Going to College? Everything We Know
https://www.newsweek.com/barron-trump-college-plans-1896027

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illegal Votes Are Stolen From Citizens. Liberals are intent on preventing states from verifying eligibility. – Brad Raffensperger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illegal-votes-are-stolen-from-citizens-id-verification-georgia-b9adafa9
— Biden, Democrats Under Growing Pressure as College Protests Intensify. Headed into 2024 elections, Republicans see opening to paint Democrats as party of chaos and dysfunction. – Sabrina Siddiqui and Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/biden-democrats-under-growing-pressure-as-college-protests-intensify-6561a2e9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-administration-wants-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug-d6735b23
— America’s New Mob Rule. As on today’s college campuses, the left increasingly resorts to fomenting disorder to get its way. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-protests-mob-rule-columbia-palestine-israel-fe9be21d

NPR
— More Chinese asylum seekers are crossing the U.S. southern border
https://www.wypr.org/2024-04-30/more-chinese-asylum-seekers-are-crossing-the-u-s-southern-border

April 30, 2024

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 is conservative.

Since the 1980s, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have always a) vehemently opposed direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members and b) rejected many, if not most, if not virtually all conservative principles.

The first meeting of the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee has been cancelled and I have been removed from the committee. It will be interesting to see who I am replaced with.

I was never provided with an agenda for the meeting and I was never provided with the names or phone numbers of the other 16 members. I was never provided with any rules or procedures that the committee would operate under.

When I am asked why I was removed from the committee, I will respond that it was because I advocate for direct election of IRP SCC members and because I advocate for conservative principles including E-Verify. Please let know what my critics/opponents say the reasons are.

Yesterday, those who have always vehemently opposed direct election of IRP SCC members had their operatives and their dupes rudely remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions committee by charging me with making a false statement in my April 25, 2024 GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter concerning that committee in 2016 (see below) and that I intended to “leak” inside committee information. That is a pretext. The real reason was that they knew that I have always advocated for direct election of IRP SCC members and that I would continue to advocate and vote for that.

In 2008, they removed Ron Smith from the IRP SCC because he had appointed me to the 2008 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions committee and because I advocated for and voted for direct election of IRP SCC members in 2008.

Further, they knew that I believe that the new IRP platform should focus on:

— Promoting personal responsibility, that is, opposing the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promoting traditional marriage and family, that is, opposing the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promoting right to life, that is, opposing the promotion of abortion,
— Promoting legal immigration, that is, opposing the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Promoting Second Amendment rights, that is, opposing diminishment of those rights,
— Promoting the avoidance of vice, that is, opposing the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and
— Promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

Their charging me with making a false statement in one of my newsletters is extremely serious. it is slanderous. They demand that I remove the following from www.gopillinois.com : “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” The aforesaid is my opinion and I stand by it. They falsely use my aforesaid opinion to falsely charge me with charging the 2024 committee members with being operatives/dupes for Pat Brady and/or Ryan Higgins.

Previously, those who have always vehemently opposed direct election of IRP SCC members had their operatives and their dupes:

— Try to stop me from attending DeSantis’ press conference in Elmhurst in 2023,
— End my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021,
— Gerrymander my precinct in 2015,
— End my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012,
— End my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011,
— End my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004,
— End my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007,
— Try to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006,
— End my bid to serve as MTRO treasurer in 2004, and
— End my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004.

If you were me, what would you do concerning the aforesaid? Should I write a book about those who oppose direct election the most? I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who destroy those like me a) who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one or their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse or give them money. I would focus on those who reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.

Again, when I am asked why I was removed from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions committee, I will respond that it was because I advocate for direct election of IRP SCC members and because I advocate for conservative principles including E-Verify. Again, please let know what my critics/opponents say the reasons are. – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

IBENDAHL ON POLITCS
— Party Pooh-Bahs owe Republicans an answer on State Convention rigging
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/04/29/party-pooh-bahs-owe-republicans-an-answer-on-state-convention-rigging/

WIREPOINTS
— Northwestern journalism prof Steven Thrasher tells pro-Palestinian demonstrators to reject objective reporting – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/death-to-facts-northwestern-journalism-prof-steven-thrasher-speaks-at-pro-palestinian-demonstration-rejecting-objective-reporting-wirepoints/
— Violent crime is up in Chicago…and released repeat offenders are likely involved
https://wirepoints.org/violent-crime-is-up-in-chicago-and-released-repeat-offenders-are-likely-involved-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois one of the top states for gambling addiction – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8a37826c-0653-11ef-aad8-97bec1a984dd.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Gaza-Supporting Students Targeting Biden
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/29/gaza-supporting-students-targeting-biden/
— Pace Pays $19,000 to Wrap Bus
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/29/pace-pays-19000-to-wrap-bus/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER RELIGIOUS PRACTICES KEPT SECRET FROM PARENTS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-religious-practices-kept-secret-from-parents/
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION DEMANDS INCLUDE 45 DAYS OFF, 9 NEW WAYS TO TAKE OFF – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-demands-include-45-days-off-9-new-ways-to-take-off/
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER RELIGIOUS PRACTICES KEPT SECRET FROM PARENTS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-religious-practices-kept-secret-from-parents/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Florida-based Chicago Radio Host Dan Proft Calls Trump a “Tyrant” and “Dictator” in Bizarre Podcast Rant
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/florida-based-chicago-radio-host-dan-proft-calls-trump-a-tyrant-and-dictator-in-bizarre-podcast-rant.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: At secret meeting, right-wing radio host Dan Proft dangled $20 million to Darren Bailey’s governor run. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/at-secret-meeting-right-wing-radio-host-dangled-20-million-to-darren-baileys-governor-run/
— Students at University of Chicago set up protest encampment in solidarity with Gaza as movement grows – ZAREEN SYED, ALYSA GUFFEY, OLIVIA OLANDER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/university-of-chicago-gaza-encampment/
— Northwestern University reaches agreement with protesters – STACY ST. CLAIR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/northwestern-university-reaches-agreement-with-protesters/
— At the funeral of a fallen officer such as Luis Huesca, his family sets the rules. Politicians have no standing. – Editorial
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-funeral-fallen-officer-luis-201500118.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— University of Chicago students set up pro-Palestinian encampment on campus as protests spread. Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians. – Jessica Ma and Isabel Funk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/04/29/university-of-chicago-protest-camp-palestine-israel-hamas
— Northwestern protests, encampments bring back dizzying memories. Déjà vu is a heck of a thing. Whether it’s 1970 or 2024, war weighs heavily on campuses — and on athletes. – Rick Telander (COMMENT: I remember the Vietnam War protests at NIU while I was a student there in 1969 and 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/30/northwestern-protests-encampments-israel-gaza-university
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Abruptly, I was carried back to the spring of 1970. The same spot. I was a junior football player, and the Vietnam War raged. Deering Meadow — make that all of campus, up and down Sheridan Road, from the Chicago Avenue intersection on the south to Lincoln Avenue on the north — had been taken over by student anti-war demonstrators.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Proft and Bailey feud underlined illegal campaign coordination, lawyers argue – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/proft-super-pac-comes-under-fire-attorneys#/

ABC7
— Family of fallen Chicago police officer asked mayor not to attend his funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDKSkyMcPgs
— Deadline passes for protestors to leave Columbia University encampment or face suspension
https://abc7chicago.com/columbia-university-protests-president-says-school-will-not-divest-from-israel–demonstrators-face-suspension/14742800/

NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson not attending funeral for Officer Luis Huesca
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-not-attending-funeral-for-officer-luis-huesca/3423177/

CBS2
— Northwestern University announces agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters – Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-university-agreement-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Pro-Palestinian tent encampment comes to University of Chicago – Andrew Ramos, Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-tent-encampment-university-of-chicago/
— Proposed Illinois law would do away with RTA, merge transit agencies. A unified public transit system, state lawmakers and other stakeholders said Monday, would be more sustainable, reliable and safe. – Tara Molina
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/proposed-illinois-law-would-do-away-with-rta-merge-transit-agencies/
— DuPage County State’s Attorney pledges to fix system after suburban murder-suicide
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dupage-county-states-attorney-pledges-to-fix-system-after-suburban-murder-suicide/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y_JmhNOcyg

FOX32
— Chicago parents express concern over planned student walkouts to protest Gaza war – PARIS SCHUTZ
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-student-walkouts-protest-gaza-war
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1448489
https://www.aol.com/news/chicago-parents-express-concern-over-022510172.html
— ‘Antisemitism is everywhere’: Chicago student walkouts over Gaza war spark parental concerns (COMMENT: Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office coworkers were antisemites. Because they did not want to work for the Jewish leader of the group that audited federal financial regulars, I was able to get assigned to that group.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKTFYakBY4

WTTW
— Efforts to Add Abortion Protections to the Illinois Constitution Cool as Election-Year Focus Turns to Other States – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/29/efforts-add-abortion-protections-illinois-constitution-cool-election-year-focus-turns
— Illinois Election Officials to Decide If Darren Bailey and GOP Operative Dan Proft Illegally Coordinated During 2022 Campaign – Andrew Adams
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/29/illinois-election-officials-decide-if-darren-bailey-and-gop-operative-dan-proft-illegally

WBEZ
— University of Chicago students set up pro-Palestinian encampment on campus as protests spread. Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians. – Jessica Ma
https://www.wbez.org/stories/university-of-chicago-students-set-up-pro-palestinian-encampment-on-campus-as-protests-spread/25063181-4e57-49af-8878-1a35b5711b79
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/best-chicago-gay-bars-queer-clubs/0aab0862-bed7-440a-93c8-e374885155d8

WGN RADIO
— Housing affordability is ever changing – Michael DeLeonardis, Ashley Bihun (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, in September of 1972, when I was single and 24 years old, my $66,942/year IRS salary in today’s dollars and my part-time Firestone Store salary enabled me to buy a new town home in University Park. In October of 1971, my $54,728/year IRS salary in today’s dollars and my part-time Firestone salary enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette. In addition, starting in January of 1972, my IRS salary enabled me to pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://wgnradio.com/home-sweet-home-chicago/video-home-sweet-home-chicago/housing-afforddability-is-ever-changing/

CHICAGO MAROON
— LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment on Quad. Follow along as events unfold during UChicago United for Palestine’s encampment on the quad.
https://chicagomaroon.com/42199/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-on-quad/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Dan Brady announces candidacy for Bloomington mayor
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/dan-brady-announces-candidacy-for-bloomington-mayor/article_ec491c62-0640-11ef-bf35-2fc59a5771bc.html

WGLT
— Former state Rep. Dan Brady to run for Bloomington mayor – Lyndsay Jones, Charlie Schlenker
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-04-29/former-state-rep-dan-brady-to-run-for-bloomington-mayor

WCIA
— Illinois Race Weekend pushes forward while protests continue at U of I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=118be_BDMfg

WSIU
— IRS considers its free Direct File test program a success (COMMENT: What if Direct File had been available in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978 and I had used it? I fully expect that IRS would have allowed my education deductions each of those years. But even without Direct File, IRS knew that I had deducted my education expenses each of those years. But in 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed all those deductions.)
https://www.wsiu.org/2024-04-30/the-irs-considers-its-free-direct-file-test-program-a-success

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump ahead of Biden in seven key swing states – Jeremy Tanner
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/new-poll-shows-trump-ahead-of-biden-in-seven-key-swing-states/
— Trump and DeSantis meet to make peace and discuss fundraising for the former president’s campaign – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-and-desantis-meet-to-bury-the-hatchet/
— How successful has your church been promoting LGBTQ?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-united-methodists-prepare-for-votes-on-lifting-lgbtq-bans-and-other-issues-at-general-conference/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers returning to Springfield – Michelle Eccles
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2024-04-30/illinois-lawmakers-returning-to-springfield
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nprillinois.org/health-harvest/2024-04-29/immigrant-advocates-tout-new-report-showing-benefits-of-state-funded-health-plans

DARIEN PATCH
— ‘Racist Nazi!’: Outburst At Hinsdale D86 Meeting. It was the only such moment during an unusually tense three-hour school board meeting. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/racist-nazi-outburst-hinsdale-d86-meeting

WHEATON PATCH
— U.S. News & World Report recently unveiled its 2024 roundup of the Best High Schools in Illinois, with Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South both making the list. Of the 724 high schools in Illinois that were evaluated, Wheaton North ranked 46th and Wheaton Warrenville South ranked 65th. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-schools-rank-among-states-best-u-s-news-world-report

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-279/
— Isabel’s afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-79/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden campaign believes Haley fans open to its overtures – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be Republican will come out as Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/29/inside-beltway-biden-campaign-believes-nikki-haley/
— Americans say Biden’s border chaos is an invasion; federal judges say it’s not – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/29/americans-say-joe-bidens-border-chaos-is-invasion-/
— Lawless confederates against Trump. The real threat to democracy. – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/29/lawless-confederates-against-trump/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Pro-Palestine’ college protesters are the epitome of entitlement. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2983378/pro-palestine-college-protesters-are-the-epitome-of-entitlement/
— George Washington University students topple barricades in action police call ‘egregious violation’ of trust – Annabella Rosciglione
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2982739/george-washington-university-students-topple-barricades-police-violation-trust/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Columbia Students Storm University Building and Hoist Banner Calling for ‘Intifada’ President Shafik shuts down campus ‘effective immediately,’ with only those who live in campus buildings allowed to enter. – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada/

NEW YORK POST
— Four out of five Americans favor Israel over Hamas – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/29/us-news/four-out-of-five-americans-favor-israel-over-hamas-most-back-rafah-operation-poll/
— Anti-Israel college students want to spew hate with ‘amnesty’ – David Harsanyi
https://nypost.com/2024/04/29/opinion/anti-israel-college-students-want-to-spew-hate-with-amnesty/
— How the left’s disdain for nationalism is fueling its hostility toward Israel – Daniel McCarthy
https://nypost.com/2024/04/29/opinion/how-the-lefts-disdain-for-nationalism-is-fueling-its-hostility-toward-israel/

AMAC
— Legalizing Illegal Voting – Low-Integrity Democrats – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/legalizing-illegal-voting-low-integrity-democrats/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DEI Was Never About Profitability – Christopher Brunet
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dei-was-never-about-profitability/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— LGBTQ crowd wants city council to break state law – Charlie Butts
https://afn.net/medical-health/2024/04/29/lgbtq-crowd-wants-city-council-to-break-state-law/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals fly free–and secretly – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/illegals_fly_free_and_secretly.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems’ ‘free pass’ to minorities is over, brace for the BIG SHIFT says Black DEI-denouncing lawmaker – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/29/dems-free-pass-to-minorities-is-over-brace-for-the-big-shift-says-black-dei-denouncing-lawmaker-1455828/

BLAZE
— NYC converts boutique hotel into emergency shelter for illegal migrants – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-converts-boutique-hotel-into-emergency-shelter-for-illegal-migrants

BREITBART
— Experts Urge Congress to Stop Joe Biden from Allowing ‘Unvetted’ Migrants to Board U.S. Flights – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: How soon will America suffer another 9/11?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/29/experts-urge-congress-to-stop-joe-biden-from-allowing-unvetted-migrants-to-board-u-s-flights/
— Sanctuary City Chicago: Police Made More Than 1,000 Arrests of Venezuelan Migrants in 2024 So Far – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/29/sanctuary-city-chicago-police-made-more-than-1000-arrests-of-venezuelan-migrants-in-2024-so-far/

DAILY CALLER
— Most Americans Support Using The Military To Conduct Mass Deportations Of Illegal Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/29/americans-support-military-deportations/
— Pentagon Says It Can’t Calculate Diversity Training Costs Because Congress Defunded DEI Offices
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/29/exclusive-pentagon-says-it-cant-calculate-diversity-training-costs-because-congress-defunded-dei-offices/

FEDERALIST
— Republican Weakness Taught Democrats Power Works Better Than Persuasion – NATHANAEL BLAKE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/30/republican-weakness-taught-democrats-power-works-better-than-persuasion/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Being Overwhelmed by Illegal Immigration is a Choice – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/being-overwhelmed-illegal-immigration-choice
— Kansas City Mayor Invites Illegal Aliens to Fill Jobs – Hannah Davis
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/kansas-city-mayor-invites-illegal-aliens-fill-jobs
— Biden Looks to use Parole-in-Place to Grant Backdoor Amnesty to More than a Million Illegal Aliens – Joe Chatham
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/biden-looks-use-parole-place-grant-backdoor-amnesty-more-million-illegal-aliens

FOX NEWS
— Immigration changes pushed by Democrats have irrevocably changed America. Top Democrats like Bill Clinton became more supportive of immigration changes when they saw how America was impacted. – Jeremy Carl
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/immigration-changes-pushed-democrats-have-irrevocably-changed-america

NATIONAL REVIEW
— There’s Boundless Cruelty to the Antisemitic College Encampments – KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/theres-boundless-cruelty-to-the-antisemitic-college-encampments/
— Princeton Faculty Demand University Reinstate Arrested Anti-Israel Grad Students – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/princeton-faculty-demand-university-reinstate-arrested-anti-israel-grad-students/

NEW AMERICAN
— The Dishonest War on the Term ‘Illegal Alien’ – Dale Wilcox
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/the-dishonest-war-on-the-term-illegal-alien/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump is suing ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation. Here’s what to know about his claim. – Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman (COMMENT I should sue for defamation my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have made false statements of fact in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-suing-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-defamation/

WASHINGTON POST
— Columbia students occupy university building as tensions rise on campuses – Niha Masih
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/30/columbia-university-protests-palestine-news/

USA TODAY
— The claim: Wisconsin offers a free ID card that ‘lets illegals vote’ – Nate Trela
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/29/wisconsin-voter-id-undocumented-immigrants-fact-check/73418812007/
— Most student loan borrowers have delayed major life events due to debt – Gabe Hauari (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, because I worked my way through college, I was able to a) graduate debt-free from NIU in when I was 21 in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971, c) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola starting in January of 1972 and for graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul starting in 1976, d) buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972, e) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in July of 1974, f) trade that condo into the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo in July of 1976, g) get married in April of 1978, h) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in April of 1978, i) etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/18/student-loan-debt-life-event-gallup-poll/73367030007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Nikki Haley’s Supporters Mean for Trump’s Chances in November. Haley primary voters could play outsize role in swing-state contests. – Anthony DeBarros, Danny Dougherty, and John McCormick (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in your congressional district, your county, your township, and your municipality?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-primary-voters-donald-trump-support-election-82666934?page=1
— The ‘Genocide Joe’ Protesters and the Democratic National Convention. Biden may be in for a rerun of 1968, with a ruinous Democratic Chicago convention.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/main-street-mcgurn/wsj-opinion-the-genocide-joe-protesters-and-the-democratic-national-convention/9E0D29F8-50FA-455D-9876-A99B2843FF61
— California’s Reparations Would Be Unconstitutional. Under Supreme Court precedent, racial handouts are strictly limited. – Hans Bader, Arlington, Va.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-reparations-slavery-unconstitutional-3aee362e

FORBES
— Are We Taking Illegals Into Our Military?’: Tuberville Questions Army Secretary Christine Wormuth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9hNpwG7z9I

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasing use DEI to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2024/04/29/affirming-your-commitment-to-dei-amid-a-backlash/

April 25, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Republican Party Has Scheduled its First Meeting of its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles.

Jeanne Ives, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman (SCC) has appointed me to represent the 3rd Congressional District (CD) on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in Collinsville May 24 and 25. Each of the 17 IRP SCC members has appointed a member on the committee. The committee will hold its first meeting on April 29. If you are in the 3rd CD, please contact me if you would like to see changes to the current platform or have resolutions to be considered.

The platform is at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf and the 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf .

In 2008, I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee representing the 6th Congressional District. The platform was changed little in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Now, 16 years later, I am serving on that committee.

Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).

In my opinion, the new IRP platform should focus on:

— Promoting personal responsibility, that is, opposing the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promoting traditional marriage and family, that is, opposing the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promoting right to life, that is, opposing the promotion of abortion,
— Promoting legal immigration, that is, opposing the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Promoting Second Amendment rights, that is, opposing diminishment of those rights,
— Promoting the avoidance of vice, that is, opposing the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and
— Promoting equal opportunity, that is, opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

KILLEEN DAILY HERALD
— Texas Republican voters say ‘Yes’ to all 13 party propositions on the primary ballot (ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS: The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.)
https://kdhnews.com/news/texas/texas-voters-say-yes-to-all-13-props-on-the-ballot/article_0514c5a0-6537-5d50-a759-f1050f5f1863.html

(THE PROPOSITIONS:
1.
Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.
2. Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
3. The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.
4. The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
5. Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.
6. The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
7. The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.
8 The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.
9. The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican Primary to only registered Republicans.
10. The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.
11. Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
12. The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.
13. Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
LIST SOURCE: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/republican-primary-voters-asked-to-weigh-in-on-13-party-propositions/3478787/ )

TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH
— Texas voters say ‘Yes’ to all 13 props on the ballot (COMMENT: Proposition #12 got 96% YES, #13 95% YES, #8 92% YES, #10 90% YES, etc.)
https://tylerpaper.com/news/texas/texas-voters-say-yes-to-all-13-props-on-the-ballot/article_2310fd7a-c9f7-5d30-a6f6-823fdf394d72.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Voters in the Republican party across Texas headed to the polls on Tuesday to weigh in on 13 propositions on the GOP ballot. Each one got a solid thumbs up. They ranged from questions on issues of immigration to taxation and more. But they’re not policy referendums and aren’t intended to become constitutional amendments. They’re more like a poll for the Republican party to gauge the opinions of voters on issues. GOP voters were asked whether they support the following propositions. The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’ for each one.)

NEWS 4
— Georgia 2024 Republican Party ballot questions (ONE OF THE QUESTIONS: Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be held responsible for crimes committed by illegal aliens?)
https://www.news4jax.com/voters-guide/2024/04/24/georgia-2024-voters-guide-republican-party-ballot-questions/

(THE QUESTIONS:
1.
For future elections, do you want hand marked paper ballots, scanned and verified by hand count on live stream video?
2. Should the legislature enact the FairTax replacing the state income tax and state sales tax with a consumption tax equal to current state funding and taxing no legal citizen or family up to the poverty level of spending?
3. Should the legislature ban registered lobbyists from serving on the State Elections Board?
4. Should the Georgia Republican Primary have a closed primary, meaning that only registered Republicans would be allowed to vote in the Republican Primary?
5. Should public officials who allow illegal migration to occur be held responsible for crimes committed by illegal aliens?
6. Would you support a statewide vote to allow gaming in Georgia so the voters can decide this issue instead of politicians in Atlanta?
7. Currently, hundreds of thousands of hours and dollars are spent every year cleaning up voter rolls. Would you support an amendment to the National Voting Rights Act that would require registered voters to renew their registration every four years?
8. Do you believe unelected and unaccountable international bureaucrats, like the UN controlled World Health Organization (WHO), should have complete control over management of future pandemics in the United States and authority to regulate your healthcare and personal health choices?)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County GOP chair has tricky job finding candidates in Trump era – CHARLES SELLE (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/column-lake-county-gop-chair-has-tricky-job-finding-candidates-in-trump-era/
— DuPage County Board ponders legal action after clerk’s refusal to answer questions over no-bid contracts – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/23/dupage-county-board-ponders-legal-action-after-clerks-refusal-to-answer-questions-over-no-bid-contracts/
— DuPage County clerk says county board has no right to question her no-bid contracts – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/dupage-county-clerk-says-county-board-has-no-right-to-question-her-no-bid-contracts/
— Prairie State College to sever ties with Matteson church hosting its graduation – HANK SANDERS (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/24/prairie-state-college-to-sever-ties-with-matteson-church-hosting-its-graduation/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters continue to use Columbine to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/25/columbine-gun-violence-nra-gun-safety-legislation-marc-morial

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: ‘We are at a standstill’: DuPage County Board and County Clerk at odds over clerk’s authority – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240424/news/we-are-at-a-standstill-dupage-county-board-and-county-clerk-at-odds-over-clerks-authority/
— Drug deaths down in DuPage County, coroner says – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240424/news/drug-deaths-down-in-dupage-county-coroner-says/

ABC7
— Arizona House votes to repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban, with help of 3 Republicans. The legislation could be taken up by the state Senate next week. – Libby Cathey, Isabella Murray, and Mike Pappano
https://abc7chicago.com/arizona-abortion-ban-house-votes-to-repeal-controversial-1864-ban-with-help-of-3-republicans/14728532/
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, police clash during protest at USC
https://abc7chicago.com/usc-protest-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-police-clash-during-rally-at-alumni-park-university-of-southern-california-campus/14728289/

NBC5
— New report reveals top 25 high schools in Illinois (COMMENT: If the high school rankings in your school district have dropped, why is that? What percent of the students a) are not from traditional families and b) are not citizens of America?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/top-high-schools-in-illinois-new-list-us-news-and-world-report-chicago-suburbs/3419208/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago college gets state grant to drive more students towards EV-centric careers – Jim Williams (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 it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-college-ev-careers/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/24/arizona-democrats-vote-to-repeal-controversial-1864-abortion-ban-with-help-of-3-republicans/

WSIL TV
— Some Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump – AP (COMMENT: For general elections, I have always helped elect candidates who won Republican primary elections.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/some-nikki-haley-voters-are-hanging-on-to-her-candidacy-and-like-her-refuse-to/article_3caa6f8a-b6fb-58c2-baaf-776c5d679da5.html

WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that encouraging women to get abortions should be everyone’s top priority. How much pressure was your mother under from Democrats to have abortions? My outstanding mother was not under any such pressure. She was born in 1924, raised on a farm, married my father in 1945, and raised me and my brother.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/us-abortion-battle-rages-on-with-moves-to-repeal-arizona-ban-and-a-supreme-court/article_13d85c56-4170-5020-ad2c-ff7bd9cc0a8b.html

WCIA
— Hundreds of UIUC students participate in pro-Palestine rally – Danny Connolly, Will Simmons
https://www.wcia.com/news/hundreds-of-uiuc-students-participate-in-pro-palestine-rally/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump leads Biden in 6 battleground states, Bloomberg poll shows – RAY LEWIS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-leads-biden-in-6-battleground-states-bloomberg-poll-shows-donald-trump-president-joe-biden-2024-election-morning-consult-pennsylvania-wisconsin-georgia-north-carolina-nevada-arizona-michigan-voters

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-key-moments-in-the-u-s-supreme-courts-latest-abortion-case-that-could-change-how-women-get-care/
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-04-24/heated-arguments-at-the-supreme-court-in-newest-abortion-case

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Congressman Jesus Chuy García led a letter rejecting attempts to increase pilot retirement age. More than 100 House Democrats signed on. The letter calls for rejecting any changes to language in the House-passed FAA bill, H.R. 3935 (118), that would raise the retirement age from 65 to 67. – Shia Kapos (COMMENT: Constructively, the retirement age for federal employees who are under the Civil Service Retirement System and who are White, male, and/or non-veteran is 55 if they have 30 years of federal service.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/25/bear-down-devil-in-the-details-00154286

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-276/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-77/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Criminal Industrial Complex Denies the People Their Right to Safety – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote poverty and crime.)
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-criminal-industrial-complex-denies-the-people-their-right-to-safety/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville: Pritzker ‘gaslighting’ Illinoisans he says engage in migrant ‘hysteria’ – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest gaslighters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who target conservatives.)
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/state-senator-pritzker-gaslighting-illinoisans-he-says-engage-in-migrant-hysteria/article_137e56d6-0abc-57dd-a9e1-3dcdada42218.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Party Nominates Randi Freese as Candidate for State’s Attorney
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/republican-party-nominates-randi-freese-as-candidate-for-states-attorney/
— Arizona’s Kari Lake Fundraising in St. Charles Sunday
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/arizonas-kari-lake-fundraising-in-st-charles-sunday/
— $60,000 of Enterprise Zone $78,800 Expenses Are for Salaries
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/25/60000-of-enterprise-zone-78800-expenses-are-for-salaries/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION WANTS TAXPAYERS TO HAND $2K TO EACH ASYLUM-SEEKING STUDENT – Jerry Barmore
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-wants-taxpayers-to-hand-2k-to-each-asylum-seeking-student/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Naples-based Chicago Radio Host Dan Proft Posts Comment Fantasizing About Dying in Shootout with Chicago Police, Despite Living Full-Time in Florida (COMMENT: What does Proft think of you? I should write about what Proft thinks of me. Proft grew up in Wheaton. I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. I worked for him to elect Pat O’Malley for Illinois Governor in 2002 (during the primary) and to elect Jack Ryan in 2004 (after he won the primary) and to elect Alan Keyes in 2004 (after he was selected to fill the Jack Ryan vacancy) for U.S. Senate. I served with Proft on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2006.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/naples-based-chicago-radio-host-dan-proft-posts-comment-fantasizing-about-dying-in-shootout-with-chicago-police-despite-living-full-time-in-florida.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In addition to hosting a Chicago radio show from Florida, Proft has amassed a fortune running Illinois political campaigns as a consultant – but sadly, an overwhelming majority of those candidates that he’s advised have lost. But Republican political consulting is a lucrative business in Illinois, regardless of one’s winning record. Last April, this publication revealed that the Richard Uihlein-funded People Who Play By The Rules PAC, in quarterly disclosures, paid three political consultants $142,000 while spending just $3,700 to support conservative school board candidates during the April elections. Unfortunately, the candidates lost, but the real winners were the consultants who paid themselves generously. The founder, president and treasurer of the PAC – Naples’ Dan Proft – received the majority of the consulting fees, totaling $75,000 while the rest went to two other consulting firms closely aligned with Proft. During the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial campaign, Uihlein donated $42 million to Proft’s PAC. And just weeks before the election, the Illinois political consulting class, including the PAC, were out promoting a single poll that showed Republican nominee Darren Bailey within “striking” distance and only two points behind Pritzker during the final stretch of the campaign. But on election night, the governor’s race was called at the exact moment the polls closed, with the Associated Press declaring Gov. Pritzker the winner at 7:00 pm CDT. Pritzker would defeat Bailey by 12 points – a far cry from the 2-point margin that Proft was promoting just days before.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent border wall money – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/24/biden-sitting-on-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-i/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump consumes his news these days – Annabella Rosciglione (COMMENT: I hope that the Trump campaign monitors www.gopillinois.com for political and government news and commentary about Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/2977326/how-trump-consumes-his-news-these-days/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During his presidency, Trump was actively watching the media by keeping up with TV ratings and his cable news coverage. Now, he does the same but has widened his content to include more blog posts and scrolling on Truth Social.)
— Biden’s blasphemous blessing of abortion – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2977465/bidens-blasphemous-blessing-abortion/
— Biden blesses abortion with sign of the cross – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2977295/biden-blesses-abortion-sign-of-cross/
— Florida has rescued over 700 US residents from Haiti: DeSantis – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2978438/florida-rescued-700-us-residents-from-haiti/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden hands out U-visas to illegals flown to Martha’s Vineyard as ‘crime victims’ of Ron DeSantis – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/biden_hands_out_u_visas_to_illegals_flown_to_martha_s_vineyard_as_crime_victims_of_ron_desantis.html

BLAZE
— Oklahoma will become the latest state to criminalize illegal immigration — if Gov. Stitt gets on board – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/oklahoma-will-become-the-latest-state-to-criminalize-illegal-immigration-if-gov-stitt-gets-on-board
— ICE officials speak out about how ‘sanctuary’ policies protect criminals
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-investigates-ice-officials-speak-out-about-how-sanctuary-policies-protect-criminals

BREITBART
— Migrants Brawl Outside Hotel in New York, Swing Sticks, Bats, Belts – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/24/migrants-brawl-hotel-new-york-swing-sticks-bats-belts/

CATHOLIC VOTE
— ‘Marriage Fraud’: Critics Slam Biden’s Idea to Grant Parole to Migrants Married to U.S. Citizens
https://catholicvote.org/marriage-fraud-critics-slam-bidens-idea-to-grant-parole-to-migrants-married-to-u-s-citizens/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRARTION STUDIES
— ICE Leadership Furthers the Effort to ‘Abolish ICE’ – Andrew R. Arthur (COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of destroying it. Virtually all GAO employees have been Democrats. What if Gingrich had succeeded in requiring 1/3 of GAO employees to be Republicans?)
https://cis.org/Arthur/ICE-Leadership-Furthers-Effort-Abolish-ICE

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois grant funds DEI virtual reality training for nurses – BRENDAN MCDONALD
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-illinois-grant-funds-dei-virtual-reality-training-for-nurses/

DAILY CALLER
— GAO: Biden Admin Used Border Wall Funds On ‘Environmental Planning’ And Cleanup – NICK POPE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/24/biden-dhs-border-wall-funds-environmental-planning-report/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/24/how-bidens-paroles-of-migrants-could-prompt-illegal-voter-registration/
— How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/24/how-bidens-paroles-of-migrants-could-prompt-illegal-voter-registration/
— Antisemitic Protests on College Campuses Represent ‘Anti-Western and Anti-American Movement.” – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/25/anti-semitic-protests-college-campuses-represent-anti-western-anti-american-movement-professor-says/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Rubs Americans’ Noses In The Fact That He’s Done Nothing On The Border Crisis – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-rubs-americans-noses-in-the-fact-that-hes-done-nothing-on-the-border-crisis

EPOCH TIMES
— Arizona Grand Jury Indicts 18 Republican Trump ‘Fake Electors’ The court documents also identified a ‘prior U.S. president.’ – Caden Pearson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/arizona-grand-jury-indicts-18-republican-trump-fake-electors-5636828

FEDERALIST
— One Word In Your State Constitution Could Open Up Your Elections To Foreign Nationals. A majority of state constitutions declare that every citizen — not necessarily only a citizen — is an eligible voter. – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/24/one-word-in-your-state-constitution-could-open-up-your-elections-to-foreign-nationals/
— LGBT Activists And Accomplice Media Exploit Teen Deaths For Political Points – CHAD FELIX GREENE (COMMENT: Those in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who are LGBTQ activists or want to curry favor with LGBTQers have worked the hardest against me since 2000. I should write a book about them.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/24/lgbt-activists-media-exploit-teen-deaths-for-political-points/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Classified as Victims and Given Benefits
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/24/illegal-aliens-flown-marthas-vineyard-classified-victims-and-given-benefits

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Campus Tent Encampments “Similar to Occupy Wall Street Mixed in With Islamist Pro-Terror Groups” My appearance on Laura Ingraham Show: “This is a toxic situation with toxic ideologies. These are essentially an anti-American anti-Western anti-capitalist ideology, similar to Occupy Wall Street from a decade ago, mixed in with Islamist pro terror groups and mixed in with praise for Hamas and other terrorist groups. This is not really something that we’ve seen before and I’ve been covering these movements for over a decade. It’s worse now.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/campus-tent-encampments-similar-to-occupy-wall-street-mixed-in-with-islamist-pro-terror-groups/
— Stanford Will Not Investigate Mathematics Prof Accused of ‘Reckless Disregard for Accuracy’ – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/stanford-will-not-investigate-mathematics-prof-accused-of-reckless-disregard-for-accuracy/
— Thomas Jefferson High School Drops Out of Top Ten Nationwide After Adopting “Equity” Admissions Policy – James Nault (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to lower standards.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/thomas-jefferson-high-school-drops-out-of-top-ten-nationwide-after-adopting-equity-admissions-policy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Columbia Backs Down after Setting Midnight Deadline for Anti-Israel Protesters to Disperse – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/columbia-backs-down-after-setting-midnight-deadline-for-anti-israel-protesters-to-disperse/
— Princeton Students Prepare to Set Up Anti-Israel Protest Encampment – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/princeton-students-prepare-to-set-up-anti-israel-protest-encampment/

NEWSMAX
— Open Border Is for More Voters for Democrats, Not America – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/border-democrats-working/2024/04/24/id/1162188/
— Minorities Abandon Dems Amid Migrant, CRT Backlash – Peter Morici (COMMENT: Life is a zero-sum game. Preference given to members of one group is preference not given to members of another group. To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group. To get votes from them, Democrats give preference to minorities, females, younger people, veterans, unmarried people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals. That is, Democrats discriminate against Whites, males, older people, non-veterans, married people, heterosexuals, Protestants, Italian Americans, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, and conservatives.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/peter-morici/minorities-2024-election/2024/04/24/id/1162223/
— Why Is the Left Always So Miserable? – Bill Donohue (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were on the left, miserable, and blamed all their problems on Republicans.)
https://www.newsmax.com/billdonohue/left-study-woke/2024/04/24/id/1162269/

REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Meet the New Left, Who Think Hamas Is Good and Swastikas Are Woke – Ryan Zickgraf
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/04/24/investigative_issues_meet_the_new_left_who_think_hamas_is_good_and_swastikas_are_woke_

TOWNHALL
— Trump Not Sending His Best – Ann Coulter (COMMENT: While he was President, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2024/04/24/trump-not-sending-his-best-n2638215

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— ‘Wokeness’ is linked to unhappiness, anxiety and depression (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were woke, miserable, and blamed all their problems on Republicans.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/wokeness-is-linked-to-unhappiness-anxiety-and-depression-study-finds/ss-BB1kaNr0
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/the-nyt-suggests-tons-of-teens-will-regret-transitioning-genders-here-s-what-the-data-says/ss-AA1nwVva

YAHOO
— Gaslighting in Defense of Bigotry – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gaslighting-defense-bigotry-214941106.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Biden administration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workers – WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (COMMENT: While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and was a UIC and then NIU student, I worked all the overtime hours that I could.)
https://www.kwqc.com/2024/04/24/biden-administration-finalizes-rule-grant-overtime-millions-more-salaried-workers/

NBC NEWS
— United Methodist Church grapples with deep divides over LGBTQ issues. Membership is declining as more conservative congregations leave the fold. – Maura Barrett and Deon J. Hampton (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats and RINOs been promoting LGBTQ in your church?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-methodist-church-grapples-deep-divides-lgbtq-issues-rcna149220

CBS NEWS
— Harvard University students begin Pro-Palestinian protests, pitching tents on Harvard Yard – Neal Riley
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-students-protest-tents-yard/
— National Infertility Awareness Week: what options do affected couples have to start a family? (COMMENT: I should write a book about my DINK-hating Democrat IRS and GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. My DINK-hating Democrat IRS superiors a) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My DINK-hating Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/national-infertility-awareness-week-what-options-do-affected-couples-have-to-start-a-family/

WASHINGTON POST
— Police arrest 108 at Emerson College as antiwar student protests spread – Jennifer Hassan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/25/university-protests-gaza-arrests-emerson-usc/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/04/24/supreme-court-idaho-abortion-emergency-healthcare-emtala/73425094007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump to promote more hatred against Republican down ballot candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/24/biden-trump-high-stakes-pennsylvania-senate-race/73437170007/
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters ever-increasing use Rittenhouse to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/24/shooter-kyle-rittenhouse-student-gun-rights-college-speaker/73357458007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Counter-Revolt Finally Begins. Columbia, Yale and NYU camp out while the rest of the U.S. flees from wokeness. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-counter-revolt-finally-begins-colleges-israel-gaza-protests-dei-e907cdd9
— The ‘Senior’ Jobs That Require Little or No Experience. Many early-career jobs now come with inflated titles, and a loophole in the FTC’s new ban on noncompetes could lead to dubious promotions. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I got promoted to GS-12 (Senior) Revenue Officer in 1974 (currently $97,079/year) when I was 25 years old. I had worked at the GS-11, GS-9, and GS-7 levels for only one year each. In my defense, I had completed ten graduate evening business courses at Loyola and my performance on a major developmental assignment had been rated very highly. 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 and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-senior-jobs-that-require-little-or-no-experience-d22e9cf4
— FRONT PAGE: U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low. Fewer babies were born in the U.S. in 2023 than any year since 1979. – Jennifer Calfas and Anthony DeBarros (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and abortion, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote the destruction of traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/america-birth-rate-decline-a111d21b

WKRG
— Hundreds of migrants on trains arrive at El Paso-Juarez border – Julian Resendiz
https://www.wkrg.com/border-report-tour/hundreds-of-migrants-arrive-on-trains-at-el-paso-juarez-border/amp/

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM urged to commit to protecting IVF in federal health insurance – Molly Weisner (COMMENT: I should write a book about my DINK-hating Democrat IRS and GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. My DINK-hating Democrat IRS superiors a) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My DINK-hating Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/health-care/2024/04/24/opm-urged-to-commit-to-protecting-ivf-in-federal-health-insurance/

PEW RESEARCH
— In Tight Presidential Race, Voters Are Broadly Critical of Both Biden and Trump. About half of voters say that, if given the chance, they would replace both candidates on the ballot. (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ignore/dismiss/belittle what Trump did to defend/advance the Republican Party platform while he was President.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/24/in-tight-presidential-race-voters-are-broadly-critical-of-both-biden-and-trump/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Ohio: 70% Support E-Verify Legislation (COMMENT: What have Republican elected officials who represent you done to promote E-Verify?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/ohio_70_support_e_verify_legislation

April 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Brandon Johnson asks Chicago City Council for $70M to help house migrants. Shuttered St. Bartholomew School in Portage Park will become latest shelter for asylum-seekers. – Stephanie Wade (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis-city-council/14653130/
— Chicago Jewish leaders refuse meeting with Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-antisemitism-city-council-israel-hamas-war/14653825/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZbGdeMQjXo
— Congressman Jonathan Jackson under fire for comments made about Chicago Fire Department
https://abc7chicago.com/us-rep-congressman-jonathan-jackson-criticism-chicago-fire-department/14653293/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNeAQIFWBg

NBC5
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-unveil-new-strategy-to-prevent-robberies-ahead-of-summer/3409191/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-collaborative-strategy-for-chicago-neighborhood-safety/3409008/
— Police release new details on what happened after dog attacks in McHenry left multiple people injured
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-release-new-details-on-what-happened-after-dog-attacks-in-mchenry-left-multiple-people-injured/3409066/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders want minorities to be pot smoking LGBTQers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sway-cannabis-dispensary-lgbtq-minority-owned/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNI-hDamwc
— Chicago, suburbs work to fight robberies, burglaries, fencing operations – Marybel Gonzalez (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-suburbs-robberies-burglaries-fencing-operations/
— Arab American Heritage Month celebrated by suburban Chicago students – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/arab-american-heritage-month-celebrated-by-suburban-chicago-students/
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-mayor-johnson-to-announce-strategy-to-address-and-prevent-robberies-in-chicago/3408596/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-officials-chicago-burglaries-robberies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHmfhFyJJU
— Search continues for 1 of 5 dogs in attack in Chicago’s northwest suburbs – Ashley Schiedenhelm
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/search-continues-dog-attack-chicago-northwest-suburbs/

FOX32
— ‘No longer holding you back’: Biden cancels more student loan debt. For the second time this week, the Biden administration announced it’s wiping out more student loans. (COMMENT: What has held you back? Because I worked as many hours that I could to pay for my college expenses instead of studying, my GPA was lower. That has always held me back.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1440405
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1UpcFK979I
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnjjjHWxDMQ
— Nearly $300M spent on Chicago migrants aid since 2022 (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-cost-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gw_4jF2yU

WTTW
— Advocates Push for Expanded Work Permits for Long-Term Undocumented Immigrants – Sean Keenehan (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/12/advocates-push-expanded-work-permits-long-term-undocumented-immigrants

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago and Illinois to receive $19M from feds to help with migrant crisis – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/12/chicago-and-illinois-to-receive-19-million-from-feds-to-help-with-migrant-crisis/
— Illinois Senate passes legislation that would strip medical debt from credit reports – JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? For me, it has been my always having health insurance. Because always having health insurance has always been a top priority for me, I have taken and kept many bad jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/12/illinois-senate-passes-legislation-that-would-strip-medical-debt-from-credit-reports/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Three Jewish lawmakers reject Mayor Johnson’s invite to discuss antisemitism. Chicago Ald. Deborah Silverstein, state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, and state Rep. Bob Morgan said Brandon Johnson’s support of a cease-fire resolution showed “disrespect” for the Jewish community. – Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-antisemitism-discussion-lawmakers-reject-invitation-gaza-ceasefire-vote
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Christie.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/12/chris-christie-dan-webb-third-party-no-labels-president-biden-trump-2024
— Some Chicagoans have mixed feelings about new student debt relief proposed by Biden. “I just feel like I’m going to die paying off my student loans,” said one high school counselor in Southeast Chicago this week after the president introduced a plan to aid nearly 25 million more student loan borrowers. – Lisa Philip (COMMENT: What did you to reduce your college expenses? I lived with my parents in Crete a) while I commuted to/from classes at UIC 1966-1968, b)weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 to keep my part-time job at the Park Forest Post Office, and c) the summer of 1969. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/04/12/some-chicagoans-have-mixed-feelings-about-new-student-debt-relief-proposed-by-biden
— Democrat leaders use reports of threats against minority politicians to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/04/12/violent-rhetoric-politics-people-of-color-survey-democracy-uic-alexandra-filindra
— To vote for Democrats is to promote poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/12/robberies-larry-snelling-car-thefts-citywide

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling and other vices.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/gambling/ballys-chicago-casino-revenue-numbers
— Big move-outs push suburban office vacancy to another record high – Danny Ecker
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/big-move-outs-push-suburban-office-vacancy-another-record-high

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Illinois could become first in the nation to provide mental wellness days for college students – KELLIE FOY (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they did everything that they could to get rid of me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/illinois-could-become-first-in-the-nation-to-provide-mental-wellness-days-for-college-students/article_60ebc4b9-b247-5a82-b48b-36791e97bf89.html

WGLT
— Would you qualify for the jury on a Trump trial? Find out in the quiz – Holly J. Morris (COMMENT: Democrat leaders focus on making those who are the following hate Trump: liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-12/would-you-qualify-for-the-jury-on-a-trump-trial-find-out-in-the-quiz
— Anticipate/expect Democrat leaders will have their illegals go to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-12/republicans-aim-to-stop-noncitizen-voting-in-federal-elections-its-already-illegal

WSIL TV
— The future is ever-increasingly bleak for those at SIU who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are the aforesaid as being oppressors, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/siu-system-receives-national-award-for-advancing-anti-racism-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/article_cc81066e-f93a-11ee-a8f6-078cfb28656c.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Arizona attorney general says she won’t enforce a 164-year-old abortion law (COMMENT: Democrats run America. Democrats do not comply with laws or enforce laws that are designed to prevent discrimination against people who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, or German American. There is no “justice for all” in America for those who are the aforesaid. I should write a book about that. I would focus on how my Democrat superiors in the federal government discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, or German American.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-12/arizona-attorney-general-says-she-wont-enforce-a-164-year-old-abortion-law

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-69/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Slates Campaigning to Lead McHenry County Republican Party (COMMENT: In your county and in your township, what future do you see for Republican Precinct Committeemen who are conservative like me, that is, who are platform Republicans like me?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/two-slates-campaigning-to-lead-mchenry-county-republican-party/
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Says Over Half of Shoplifters Don’t Show in Court Due to No Bail under SAFE-T Act
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/kenneally-says-over-half-of-shoplifters-dont-show-in-court-due-to-no-bail-under-safe-t-act/
— LaHood Hearing on Work and Welfare
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/lahood-hearing-on-work-and-welfare/
— McLaughlin Targeted by Have an Abortion at Any Time for Any Reason Personal PAC
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/12/mclaughlin-targeted-by-have-an-abortion-at-any-time-for-any-reason-personal-pac/

WIREPOINTS
— One tricky way Illinois politicians are hiking your taxes – Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/one-tricky-way-illinois-politicians-are-hiking-your-taxes/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALL ILLINOIS PARENTS DESERVE SCHOOL CHOICE BECAUSE IT WORKS – Paul Vallas (COMMENT: Even though I was never viewed as being college material, my attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 put me on track to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. My critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents could sent me to Trinity and Hope because they were filthy rich. In fact, my father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-all-illinois-parents-deserve-school-choice-because-it-works/
— HOW CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CAN PREPARE SO WORKERS DON’T BECOME OBSOLETE – Ravi Mishra (COMMENT: What have you done to avoid becoming obsolete? Because my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. Because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business and accounting courses, I started taking graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola in 1972 and I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. Further, on my first attempt, I passed the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. Further, I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Virtually none of my IRS and GAO coworkers did anything close to what I did.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-chicago-illinois-can-prepare-so-workers-dont-become-obsolete/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Patrick Sheehan Selected to Fill Seat Vacated by Political Ally and Former State Rep. Tim Ozinga
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/patrick-sheehan-selected-to-fill-seat-vacated-by-political-ally-and-former-state-rep-tim-ozinga.html
— Progressive Downers Grove Library Board Exhibits Third World Politics, Harasses, Targets Fiscally Conservative Board Member, Exploring his Removal
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/progressive-downers-grove-library-board-exhibits-third-world-politics-harasses-targets-fiscally-conservative-board-member-exploring-his-removal.html
— Another Year of Bidenflation, Another Year of Errant Democrat Policy – JOHN F. DI LEO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/opinion-another-year-of-bidenflation-another-year-of-errant-democrat-policy.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Johnson link arms in a move to require proof of citizenship to vote – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/12/donald-trump-mike-johnson-link-arms-in-move-to-req/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden campaign team looks to hire $120,000 DEI director – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2964411/biden-campaign-team-looks-to-hire-120000-dei-director/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 89)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-89/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Chicago Teachers Union’s demands are a microcosm of Democrats’ worst policies – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/the_chicago_teachers_union_s_demands_are_a_microcosm_of_democrats_worst_policies.html
— Mayorkas assures Congress that replacement theory is ‘preposterous’ – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly relace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/mayorkas_assures_congress_that_replacement_theory_is_preposterous.html
— Vote Out the IRS – Jeffrey Folks (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used my working for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980) against me the most.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/vote_out_the_irs.html
— Biden, It Was YOU! – Shari Goodman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/biden_it_was_you.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— State Department spox defends new anti-America DEI hire – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/12/state-department-spox-defends-new-anti-america-dei-hire-1451961/

BLAZE
— Denver to cut police budget to help fund services for illegal aliens – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/denver-to-cut-police-budget-to-help-fund-services-for-illegal-aliens

BREITBART
— Biden Campaign on the Hunt for a DEI Director – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/12/biden-campaign-on-the-hunt-for-a-dei-director/
— Biden’s Deputies Let Migrants Walk Away from Court Hearings, Deportations – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/12/bidens-deputies-let-migrants-walk-away-from-court-hearings-deportations/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard will again require SAT or ACT, reversing promise of test-optional admissions through class of 2030
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-will-require-sat-act-reversing-promise-test-optional-admissions-class-2030/25195

DAILY CALLER
— DEI Isn’t Going Away. Here’s What Republicans Can Do About It – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/dei-isnt-going-away-heres-what-republicans-can-do-about-it/
— Biden Is Building A Military Based On DEI And Wokeness — We Need Merit And Preparedness – WILL THIBEAU
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/will-thibeau-biden-is-building-a-military-based-on-dei-and-wokeness-we-need-merit-and-preparedness/
— More Universities Are Finding Key Loophole To Skirt State Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Bans – KATE ANDERSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/universitieskey-loophole-skirt-state-diversity-equity-inclusion-bans/
— Biden Admin Has Flown Over 400,000 Migrants To Airports Across US – JAKE SMITH (COMMENT: How many has Biden flown to the airport nearest you?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/12/biden-admin-flown-400000-migrants-year/

DAILY SIGNAL
— This Bill Would Prevent Illegal Immigrants From Swaying Congressional Representation – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: To come into a country and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Of course, Democrat leaders will have their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden, and especially in battleground/swing states. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly relace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/12/this-bill-would-prevent-illegal-immigrants-from-swaying-congressional-representation/
— DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/12/dei-cronyism-woke-grifters/

DAILY WIRE
— Sen. Kennedy Grills DHS Secretary Mayorkas On Electoral Impact Of Illegal Immigration – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-kennedy-grills-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-on-electoral-impact-of-illegal-immigration

EPOCH TIMES
— A Reliable Voting Bloc for Decades, Minorities Now Look for Alternatives to Democrats – Lawrence Wilson (COMMENT: To get votes from those who are minority, female, younger, have less money, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrats have always promised to give them preference over those who are White, male, older, have more money, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
Democrats, at first reluctant to see the problem, are seeking solutions. Their efforts could be too little, too late.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/a-reliable-voting-bloc-for-decades-minorities-now-look-for-alternatives-to-democrats-5622767

FOX BUSINESS
— Only thing DEI has done is ‘indoctrinate our children’ – Rep. Wesley Hunt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6350791947112

FOX NEWS
— Dr. Phil shuts down DEI guest advocating ‘equality of outcome:’ ‘Been tried, didn’t work, called Marxism’ ‘Your argument proves that we do need meritocracy,’ another guest told the DEI specialist. – Alexander Hall (COMMEMT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote equality of outcome big time, that is, they promote Marxism, big time. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Those who do not share my demographics are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veterans, parents, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. 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.foxnews.com/media/dr-phil-shuts-down-dei-guest-advocating-equality-outcome-tried-didnt-work-called-marxism
— What happens when you elect woke ideologues – Julie Hamill
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350824321112

HOT AIR
— DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/04/12/dei-cronyism-and-woke-grifters-n3786406

LIFE NEWS
— Abortion is Not Just a State Issue, It Can’t be Wrong to Kill Babies in One State But Okay in Another – Jared Bridges
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/04/12/abortion-is-not-just-a-state-issue-it-cant-be-wrong-to-kill-babies-in-one-state-but-okay-in-another/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Danger of Self-Induced National-Security Crises Intensifies – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-danger-of-self-induced-national-security-crises-intensifies/amp/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Campaign Seeks DEI Director – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/joe-biden-campaign-dei/2024/04/12/id/1160827/

PJ MEDIA
— Joe Biden has been losing ground with black, Hispanic, and young voters, and that is threatening his chances in November. But those aren’t the only demographics he’s losing ground with. Another traditionally reliable voting bloc for Democratic presidential candidates has been women, and Biden is seeing his gender gap with Trump get smaller with them as well. – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/04/12/trump-is-closing-the-gender-gap-can-you-guess-how-n4928123

POWERLINE
— FLY ‘EM IN, JOE! – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/04/fly-em-in-joe.php

TOWNHALL
— Why Speaker Johnson’s Meeting With Trump Is Crucial for the Integrity of the 2024 Election – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/12/trump-mike-johnston-n2637724
— Dem Denver Mayor: ‘We Want to Be a Welcoming City’ for Illegal Immigrants -Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/12/denver-mayor-we-want-to-be-a-welcoming-city-for-illegal-immigrants-n2637721

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/economy/immigrants-maine-lobster-aging-workforce.html
— Few College Students Pay Full ‘Sticker Price’ – Ann Carrns (COMMEMT: I paid full sticker price for the courses that I took at UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/your-money/college-tuition-cost-.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Pense to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/13/mike-pence-trump-conservative-movement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mike Pence became vice president by bearing witness to Donald Trump — the thrice-married, six-times bankrupt, once “very pro-choice” real estate promoter — as “a good man” who would “make a great president” for religious and conservative voters. “I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order,” Pence said at his first appearance with his running mate in New York in 2016, driving home the gravity of his judgment. Eight years later, Pence is asking the conservatives who followed his lead to turn away from Trump’s policy prescriptions — becoming the most prominent exile of the former president’s inner circle to speak out in an election season. When Trump suggested he would not push for a federal limit on abortion Monday, Pence called it a “slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him.” When Trump sent mixed signals on continued Chinese ownership of the social network TikTok, Pence launched a $2 million ad campaign through a nonprofit he founded demanding a Senate vote to force a sale or shutdown of the service.)
— Trump’s influence looms large over congressional Republicans – Patrick Svitek and Mariana Alfaro (COMMENT: What changes do Trump want in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/donald-trump-congress-republicans-mike-johnson-fisa-ukraine-abortion/
— To come into a country and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Of course, Democrat leaders will have their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden, and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/12/dishonest-noncitizen-voting-issue-melds-trumps-two-favorite-things/

REUTERS
— US Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault rifle ban – ANDREW CHUNG
https://www.aol.com/us-supreme-court-declines-block-190844526.html

MSN
— Duke University Has Officially Ended Its Full-Ride Scholarship For Black Students In Need Of Financial Assistance. – Shanique Yates (COMMENT: Because UIC and NIU costs were relatively low, I was able to attend UIC and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 by working all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-university-has-officially-ended-its-full-ride-scholarship-for-black-students-in-need-of-financial-assistance/ar-BB1lwXjY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/metrics-that-matter-know-how-diversity-equity-inclusion-help-ceos-make-their-firm-more-productive-and-profitable-from-marching-sheep/ar-BB1lxamb
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Trump to promote abortion.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-risks-losing-suburban-women-over-abortion/ar-BB1lxFvw

CBS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-helping-migrants-asylum-seekers/

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-mike-johnson-promote-great-222624801.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Makes Most of ‘Veepstakes’ Intrigue in Search for Running Mate. He enjoys the speculation—and his list of potential partners is growing. – Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-vice-president-search-a3ea9521
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use abortion against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/abortion-poll-trump-swing-state-voters-2024-election-3e12f57c
— FRONT PAGE: New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom. After internal upheaval over coverage of sensitive topics like the Israel-Gaza war, management renews emphasis on independence and neutrality. – Alexandra Bruell
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/new-york-times-reporters-rebellion-a6951d91

FORBES
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Accuses Abbott Of ‘Tirade Against This Country’ For Busing Migrants To Chicago (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWoKF1d5b8

NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-and-johnson-promote-redundant-ban-on-noncitizen-voting.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Who’s the Trump VP Pick? Latest Odds for Every Shortlist Candidate. – Margaret Hartmann
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-vp-pick-2024-candidates-odds.html

PEW RESEARCH
— 9 facts about U.S. Catholics – JUSTIN NORTEY, PATRICIA TEVINGTON AND GREGORY A. SMITH (COMMENT: My wife is Catholic and we have been married for 46 years.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/12/9-facts-about-us-catholics/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Iowa: 73% Support E-Verify Legislation (COMMENT: The RNC platform and all the Republican state party platforms should call for E-Verify.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/iowa_73_support_e_verify_legislation

AUTOWEEK
— Would You Buy A Used EV … From Anybody? Used prices have come down dramatically, but a wholesaler and a new car dealer remain optimistic about the market. – TODD LASSA
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60481752/optimism-new-used-ev-sales/

March 31, 2024

How successful have Democrats been getting your church to promote LGBTQ?

FOX NEWS
— Trump demands Biden to issue apology over ‘blasphemous’ Trans Visibility Day on Easter Sunday: ‘Appalling’ The Trump campaign said that this is part of the Biden administration’s ‘years-long assault on the Christian faith’ – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-demands-biden-issue-apology-over-blasphemous-trans-visibility-day-easter-sunday-appalling
— Liberal churches celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter this year: ‘DRAG ME TO CHURCH’ The Biden White House also declared Easter Sunday Transgender Day of Visibility. – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/churches-lgbtq-groups-celebrate-transgender-day-visibility-easter-sunday-drag-me-to-church
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker ‘plays politics with everything’ – Jason Plummer
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6349993348112
— Biden campaign reaches out to Nikki Haley voters in new ad: ‘Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote’ Trump reached out to the former South Carolina governor’s supporters after Super Tuesday earlier this month. – Brie Stimson (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in Illinois and in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? Is it the Haley delegates and alternate delegates? What do they want/demand from Trump?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campiagn-nikki-haley-voters-new-ad-donald-trump-doesnt-want-your-vote
— San Fran reparations effort stalling due to money, legal issues, experts grill city for apology: ‘Not enough’ ‘Saying sorry or apologizing is not enough,’ one legal scholar told The Post. – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: How much reparations have you paid? Because Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations, I have paid a tremendous amount of reparations. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA and DEI to take many big adverse actions against me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-fran-reparations-stalling-due-money-legal-issues-experts-grill-city-apology-not-enough
— US voters want more border patrol agents, less asylum seekers allowed. Construction of a border wall was the least popular policy solution, though it remains popular with Republicans specifically. – Timothy H.J. Nerozzi (COMMENT: Democrat and RINOs want cheap labor. Requiring use of E-Verify would dramatically reduce illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-voters-want-more-border-patrol-agents-less-asylum-seekers-allowed-poll

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP leaders slam Biden for embracing Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2946328/gop-leaders-slam-biden-transgender-day-of-visibility-easter/

NEW YORK POST
— Critics rip Biden proclamation that Easter Sunday is ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/us-news/biden-declares-easter-sunday-as-transgender-day-of-visibility/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8FpB6-Qo0Q
— Once-coveted Harvard degrees have been cheapened — no wonder applications are down. – Rikki Schlott (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are the opposites of meritocracy.)
https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/us-news/harvard-applications-plummet-as-school-degree-loses-luster/
— The Biden DEI avalanche keeps rolling — vote him out before it buries us all – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about high-profile RINOs in Illinois who continue to use DEI to get rid of Republicans. They use DEI to curry favor with minorities and with females.)
https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/opinion/the-biden-dei-avalanche-keeps-rolling-vote-him-out-before-it-buries-us-all/

BREITBART
— Florida GOP Blasts Biden for Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/30/florida-gop-blasts-biden-declaring-easter-sunday-transgender-day-visibility/
— White House Doubles Down After Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ – BRADLEY JAYE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/30/white-house-doubles-down-after-declaring-easter-sunday-transgender-day-of-visibility/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Proclaims Easter Sunday To Be ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/30/biden-easter-sunday-transgender-day-visibility-proclamation/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Assault On The Christian Faith’: Trump Campaign Blasts Biden Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/assault-on-the-christian-faith-trump-campaign-blasts-biden-declaring-easter-sunday-transgender-day-of-visibility
— ‘Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil’: Internet Erupts Over Biden Declaring Easter ‘Trans Day Of Visibility’ “This is the left’s new religion. They want people worshiping the trans flag instead of God. They must be stopped.” – Amanda Prestigiacomo
https://www.dailywire.com/news/speak-out-loudly-against-this-evil-internet-erupts-over-biden-declaring-easter-trans-day-of-visibility
— Biden Declares Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-declares-easter-sunday-transgender-day-of-visibility
— Biden Campaign Releases Ad Targeting Nikki Haley Voters: ‘Donald Trump Doesn’t Want Your Vote’ – Zach Jewell (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in Illinois and in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? Is it the Haley delegates and alternate delegates? What do they want/demand from Trump?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-releases-ad-targeting-nikki-haley-voters-donald-trump-doesnt-want-your-vote

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Demands Biden Apologize for Proclaiming Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’- Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-proclaims-this-easter-sunday-as-transgender-day-of-visibility-sparking-backlash-5618641

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Assault on Christianity: Biden declares Resurrection Sunday a day of “transgender visibility” – Sarah Akey
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/biden-declares-resurrection-sunday-a-day-of-transgender-visibility-a-direct-assault-on-christianity

PJ MEDIA
— Blasphemy, Thy Name Is Joe Biden – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/30/blasphemy-thy-name-is-joe-biden-n4927791
— Migrant Influencer Leonel Moreno Arrested by ICE in Ohio – GRAYSON BAKICH
https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/29/migrant-influencer-leonel-moreno-arrested-by-ice-in-ohio-n4927776

TOWNHALL
— Biden Make Easter Sunday a Transgender Holiday – Todd Starnes
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2024/03/31/biden-make-easter-sunday-a-transgender-holiday-n2637181
— Illegal Immigrants Given 7 Times More Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Than Military Families – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/30/illegals-given-7-times-more-taxpayer-funded-assistance-than-suffering-military-families-n2637066
— Not Sure Democrats Could Be Any More Evil – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/03/31/not-sure-democrats-could-be-any-more-evil-n2637174
— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) is facing heat after suggesting a program that would give illegal immigrants $500 per month in rental assistance. Whitmer offered Michigan landlords a “newcomer rental subsidy” to house illegal aliens who are facing deportation. The Democrat governor is also facing backlash for referring to illegal immigrants as “newcomers.” – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/30/illegal-immigrants-in-this-state-get-500-in-rental-assistance-per-month-n2637178

NBC5
— Trans teen explains importance of Transgender Day of Visibility (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMCMMEoaqs
— Migrants start moving out of two Chicago Park District emergency shelters. The city of Chicago previously announced plans to decompress the remaining park facilities in the coming weeks. – Vi Nguyen and Matt Stefanski (COMMENT: How many of these illegals will end up in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/migrants-start-moving-out-of-two-chicago-park-district-emergency-shelters/3397415/

WGN9
— LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps. – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to promote more LGBTQ.)
https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-lgbtq-inclusive-church-in-cuba-welcomes-all-in-a-country-that-once-sent-gay-people-to-labor-camps/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden’s ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ falling on Easter Sunday sparks reaction. – JAMEL VALENCIA (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/kyc/18th-congressional/president-joe-bidens-transgender-day-of-visibility-falling-on-easter-sunday-sparks-reaction-donald-trump-demands-apology-fury-slammed-on-social-media-on-saturday-march-30-2024

NEWSWEEK
— Biden Sparks Fury by Touting Transgender Visibility Day on Easter – Rachel Dobkin
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-sparks-fury-proclaiming-easter-transgender-visibility-day-1885302

MSN
— Biden making Trans Day of Visibility official for Easter Sunday ‘blasphemous’ – Lisa Boothe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/biden-making-trans-day-of-visibility-official-for-easter-sunday-blasphemous-lisa-boothe/vi-BB1kOkga?ocid=weather-verthp-feeds
— Six in 10 voters say it is appropriate to use ‘illegals’ to describe border crossers and more than half say Biden was wrong to backtrack after using it in the State of the Union address. – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/six-in-10-voters-say-it-is-appropriate-to-use-illegals-to-describe-border-crossers-and-more-than-half-say-biden-was-wrong-to-backtrack-after-using-it-in-the-state-of-the-union-address/ar-BB1kNsnw
— People who have woke opinions blame others for their problems.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/health-news/people-who-have-woke-opinions-are-more-likely-to-be-depressed-and-anxious-study-suggests/ar-BB1k7oSH
— ‘Sizeable majority’ of Republicans want Ron DeSantis as vice president
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/sizeable-majority-of-republicans-want-ron-desantis-as-vice-president/ar-BB1kOnvU

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump campaign criticizes Biden for declaring Transgender Day of Visibility, because it is also Easter. – JOSH BOAK
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-30/trump-campaign-criticizes-biden-for-declaring-march-31-easter-sunday-as-transgender-day-of-visibility

FORBES
— Trump Campaign Blasts Biden For Recognizing ‘Transgender Day Of Visibility’ On Easter Sunday. – James Farrell
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/03/30/trump-campaign-blasts-biden-for-recognizing-transgender-day-of-visibility-on-easter-sunday-but-visibility-day-always-falls-on-march-31/
— Trump Blames NY Election Loss On MAGA Supporters ‘Staying Home’ – Alison Durkee (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about that. The book would have a chapter for each losing candidate and it would focus on those who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for those losses. The biggest chapters would be on Jim Ryan, Bill Brady, and Peter Roskam.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/02/14/trump-blames-ny-election-loss-on-maga-supporters-staying-home-but-voters-say-theyre-sick-of-house-infighting/

DAILY MAIL
— Trump slams Biden’s ‘blasphemous’ move to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday, with ban on decorating eggs with religious imagery stoking further fury. Trump slammed Biden for his ‘years-long assault on the Christian faith’ and said his Easter tradition-busting decisions are ‘appalling and insulting’ The White House banned any children’s Easter Egg Roll design entries with ‘questionable content,’ including religious symbols and political statements. Biden’s decision to make this Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ brought widespread backlash among conservatives. – WILL POTTER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13255715/Trump-SLAMS-Biden-Easter-Sunday-Transgender-Day-Visibility-outrage.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— City begins moving migrants from Chicago Park District shelters to new housing locations – Michelle Gallardo (COMMENT: How many of these illegals will end up in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-piotrowski-park-district-migrant-crisis/14595163/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14596383/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXyJEAGA9U
— Chicago considers pilot program to clear snow from city sidewalks (COMMENT: My wife and I walked to/from the College Avenue train station in Wheaton 1978-1984 and then the Wheaton train station 1984-1997. We always greatly appreciated those homeowners and businesses that shoveled their sidewalks.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-snow-shoveling-pilot-program-elderly/14584416/

CBS2
— Chicago begins relocation of migrants staying in park district facilities. – Noel Brennan (COMMENT: How many of these illegals will end up in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-relocation-migrants-park-district-field-houses/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-begins-moving-migrants-from-field-houses-to-make-way-for-programming/

FOX32
— Chicago plans to move migrants to other shelters, reopen park buildings for the summer. (COMMENT: How many of these illegals will end up in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbtDERshOkA
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1433717

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elite schools are starting to require SAT scores again. Good. – David Blobaum (COMMENT: I was able to get an ACT score of 24 thanks to my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I was able to get that score even though instead of studying, I washed dishes for the minimum wage ($12.41/hour in today’s dollars) in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights evenings and Saturdays during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee and full-time during the summer of 1965. I used the money that I earned and saved to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966 to commute to/from classes at UIC.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/29/opinion-sat-act-scores-college-requirement/
— Because non-Whites vote for Democrats, Democrats are overjoyed by the demise of Whites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/31/clarence-page-census-bill-maher-race-class/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use reports of rapes to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/31/illinois-rape-crisis-centers-voca-cuts/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Migrants begin moving out of five Chicago Park District shelters. More than 730 asylum seekers are expected to be moved from five Chicago Park District locations in the coming weeks: Brands Park, Gage Park, Leone Beach Boathouse, Broadway Armory Park and Piotrowski Park. – Violet Miller (COMMENT: How many of these illegals will end up in your county, township, municipality, and school district? If there had been as many immigrants when I was young, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got, and if not that, my pay would have been less because immigrants drive wages down.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/03/30/migrants-move-chicago-park-district
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Torres said the only reason they’re still relying on city shelters is because he hasn’t received federal authorization to work — a process that can drag on for months. “We need a work permit for everyone to be able to become independent from the shelters,” Torres told a reporter through a translator. “We are all in the shelters because we do not have a work permit to be able to depend on ourselves.” When asked what work he would like to do, he replied simply: “Anything.”)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Filmmakers document Chicago as historic epicenter of racist housing practices – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/documentary-series-looks-chicagos-racist-housing-practices#

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois must fix shattered confidence in elections – Mark Glennon
https://qctimes.com/opinion/column/mark-glennon-illinois-must-fix-shattered-confidence-in-elections/article_1371f064-ed20-11ee-ab98-4735cd610791.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— California fast-food workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting Monday – Vanessa Romo, Alina Selyukh (COMMENT: In today’s dollars. I earned $12.41 an hour washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965. With the money that I earned and saved doing that, in May of 1966, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO. With $20 an hour, I could have easily worked less hours and bought a loaded GTO.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-03-30/california-fast-food-workers-will-get-20-minimum-wage-starting-monday

WSIL TV
— SIU Aviation announces inclusive partnership – Carrington Brignac (COMMENT: I wanted to be a pilot. But my vision not being correctable to 20/20 and my partial red/green color blindness ended all that.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/siu-aviation-announces-inclusive-parternship/article_fb43a3be-eed4-11ee-b706-6316761f45c9.html

WCIA
— Abortion rights and anti-abortion advocates rallied in Illinois Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving mifepristone, an abortion pill.
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/illinois-abortion-rights-anti-abortion-advocates-rally-as-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-abortion-pill-case/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFU27m_ZkQ

WAND TV
— State law enforcement board asks for funding to implement SAFE-T Act training, add more instructors – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/state-law-enforcement-board-asks-for-funding-to-implement-safe-t-act-training-add-more/article_380d4b90-ee05-11ee-85a9-b708ecb02944.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Illinois 80th House District candidate: ‘This is another instance that proves the SAFE-T Act does not have sufficient safeguards’
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/657359783-illinois-80th-house-district-candidate-this-is-another-instance-that-proves-the-safe-t-act-does-not-have-sufficient-safeguards

LIVING IN INDIANA
— Why You Should Pack Your Bags And Head To Indiana (COMMENT: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois those who are the following: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpCXgEAzcU

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nikki Haley voters at a general election crossroads – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in Illinois and in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? Is it the Haley delegates and alternate delegates? What do they want/demand from Trump?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/30/nikki-haley-voters-at-general-election-crossroads/
— Epic media failures and hissy fits are ominous signs for 2024 election coverage. Journalists are in the tank for the left and don’t care who knows. – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/28/epic-media-failures-and-hissyfits-are-ominous-sign/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Understanding the Democrats’ immigration strategy – Amil Imani
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/understanding_the_democrats_immigration_strategy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democrats’ unrelenting focus on immigration, particularly the issue of uncontrolled immigration, is cause for concern that goes beyond mere debate and speculation. Beneath the surface, posturing lies a deception that extends beyond the mere games of representation and power in the United States. The Democrats’ emphasis on immigration is not a mere coincidence or a short-term political maneuver. Rather, it is deeply rooted in their long-term vision of reshaping the demographic and political landscape of the United States. By advocating for more inclusive immigration policies, the Democrats aim to solidify their support base and gain a strategic advantage in future elections.)
— The Democrat party is a Potemkin village – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/the_democrat_party_is_a_potemkin_village.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago residents fill City Council Chambers with refreshing chants – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/30/something-is-happening-in-chicago-residents-fill-city-council-chambers-with-refreshing-chants-1449017/
— Illegal alien TikTok influencer who promoted squatting gets nabbed by feds – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/30/illegal-alien-tiktok-influencer-who-promoted-squatting-gets-nabbed-by-feds-1449039/
— NYC mayor accuses Gov. Abbott of trying to turn cities against their black mayors using migrants. – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/30/nyc-mayor-accuses-gov-abbott-of-trying-to-turn-cities-against-their-black-mayors-using-migrants-1449051/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Dem California lawmaker proposes ‘reparations’ tax on cotton, tobacco, other goods linked to slave trade. This includes cotton, gold, tobacco, wine, olives, rice, coffee beans, cane sugar, and any other products connected to the transatlantic slave trade. – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/dem-california-lawmaker-proposes-reparations-tax-on-cotton-tobacco-other-goods-linked-to-slave-trade
— Washington Post takes aim at ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ writer Francis Scott Key after namesake Baltimore bridge collapse. Because of his mixed record on racial issues, monuments to Key have been defaced, and critics have called for institutions named after him to be renamed. – Madeline Martin
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-post-takes-aim-at-star-spangled-banner-writer-francis-scott-key-after-namesake-baltimore-bridge-collapse
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, however, the Washington Post decided that there was a more important discussion to be had. You see the bridge collapse and the deaths and the horror and thee economic impact don’t translate to racial injustice, inclusivity or reparations and that simply would not suffice for the newspaper darling of the leftist gestapo. And so it followed that the Washington Post frankensteined together their own special contribution to the annals of history that will one day recount the tragedy. The issue here was the man who the bridge was named after, one Francis Key Scott. This was the real meat of the story, the rest just gristle and unsavory bits to be butchered out by WaPo the Woke. And so by Wednesday, the Washington Post’s London correspondent Annabelle Timsit had penned an article titled “Who was Francis Scott Key, controversial poet the bridge is named after?” Francis Scott Key is best known for writing the poem that became America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” He wrote the lyrics the morning after an 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, which is right by the collapsed bridge. “As The Washington Post previously reported, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ did not become the national anthem until more than a century after it was written because of controversy, partly over Key’s racist views,” the Post wrote. “One section of the poem’s third verse, in particular, has come under scrutiny from those who say it was intended to mock or threaten African Americans who escaped slavery to join the British forces, after being promised land in exchange for their service,” the paper continued. The verse in question reads, “No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And The Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” The Post also reminded readers that Key was a slave owner who opposed abolition and made racist remarks about black people. However, the paper also acknowledged that critics have pointed out that as a lawyer, Key defended several slaves, and he freed several of his own slaves. Because of his mixed record on racial issues, monuments to Key have been defaced, and critics have called for institutions named after him to be renamed. In 2017, vandals defaced the Francis Scott Key Monument in Baltimore with red paint and spray-painted “Racist Anthem” and “blood on his hands.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pompeo slams Biden for ‘deeply dangerous’ border policies – LAUREN IRWIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4565452-pompeo-slams-biden-for-deeply-dangerous-border-policies/
— Haley faces questions about 2024 role with Trump as GOP nominee – JULIA MANCHESTER (COMMENT: Have the Haley delegates and alternat delegates on the ballot in your precinct endorsed Trump? If not, why not? Do they want Biden to win to punish Trump?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4550686-haley-faces-questions-about-2024-role-with-trump-as-gop-nominee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nikki Haley is facing questions about what role she will play in the 2024 presidential election after her refusal to endorse the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, former President Trump, following her exit from the race earlier this month. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) quickly endorsed Trump after dropping out of the race, but Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has so far only called on Trump to convince her supporters to join him.)
— More Americans say they are worried about illegal immigration, terrorism in 2024. – THERESA MAHER
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4564228-more-americans-say-worried-illegal-immigration-terrorism-2024-survey/

NBC NEWS
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski signals openness to leaving the GOP – SUMMER CONCEPCION AND ALI VITALI (COMMENT: To work against Trump is to elect Biden.)
https://www.aol.com/sen-lisa-murkowski-signals-openness-151217496.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Murkowski and fellow Trump critic Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, had endorsed Trump challenger Nikki Haley ahead of Super Tuesday. But Haley dropped her bid after losing every primary contest except Vermont and Washington, D.C. Before Haley ended her campaign, Murkowski told NBC News that she wasn’t sure how she’d approach the presidential election if Haley dropped out — and signaled she wasn’t alone in her uncertainty. “Lisa Murkowski is not the only one in this camp right now,” she said. Murkowski is among the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and became a target for Trump and his allies.)

ABC NEWS
— Nearly half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden. The extent of intraparty challenges may matter in November. – Gary Langer, Christine Filer, and David Sichinava (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in Illinois and in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? Is it the Haley delegates and alternate delegates? What do they want/demand from Trump?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/half-haley-voters-ohio-back-biden/story?id=108290136

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GOP leans toward Trump’s agenda – LISA MASCARO (COMMENT: I am on the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee. What changes do Trump want to the Republican Party platform?)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-riot-pardons-deportation-republicans-congress-c8e5398b3c2c8ce43149e32cd0805865
— Micro-apartments are back after nearly a century, as need for affordable housing soars. – HALLIE GOLDEN AND CLAIRE RUSH (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, in 1974, when I was 25 years old, I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago immediately after IRS promoted me to a $97,079/year (in today’s dollars) Revenue Officer job in the Loop. I continued to own a townhome in University Park that that I had bought new in 1972 because I was unable to sell it at a fair price. In 1976, I traded that studio into the Building’s developer for a one bedroom condo.)
https://apnews.com/article/micro-apartments-affordable-housing-homelessness-716346460edde132dd3701f8eda74331

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Democrats says “Trump Is Financially Ruining the Republican Party.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/opinion/trump-fundraising.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/opinion/trump-god-religion-easter.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/opinion/abortion-drug-supreme-court.html
— The Case for Saying ‘I Do’ – NICHOLAS KRISTOF (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, if had not gotten married in 1978, I would not have a) passed the CPA Examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) earned more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, or f) earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/opinion/marriage-wealth-happiness.html

USA TODAY
— As homeless crisis grows, states and cities are turning to voters for affordable housing – Claire Thornton (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/29/homeless-solution-california-chicago-affordable-housing-elections/73041555007/

FAST COMPANY
— Essential advice for landing your dream job – KATHLEEN DAVIS (COMMENT: When you graduated from college, what frustrated you job search? For me, it was my being viewed by potential employers as being draft bait because they did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Also, my GPA was not that great because I had worked far too many hours for the Park Forest Post Office to have money to buy cars and pay for my college expenses instead of studying.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91051134/essential-advice-for-landing-your-dream-job

INC.
— How to Coach Teens for Success in a Way That Will Actually Work – JESSICA STILLMAN (COMMENT: With the coaching that I received, I was able to a) get an ACT score of 24 and graduate in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, and 1968, c) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, d) work my way through college, and e) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970.)
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/how-coach-teens-success-theyll-actually-listen-bestselling-ya-author.html

POLITICO
— Top Biden officials to donors: We can win over Haley voters – ELENA SCHNEIDER and LAUREN EGAN (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in Illinois and in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? Is it the Haley delegates and alternate delegates? What do they want/demand from Trump?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/29/top-biden-officials-to-donors-we-can-win-over-haley-voters-00149824

LGBTQ NATION
— Pritzker declares Illinois a sanctuary state for IVF services. Illinois has long been considered one of the best states in which to undergo IVF, and the governor is making sure that stays true. – Molly Sprayregen (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors in the 1980s used my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/gov-jb-pritzker-declares-illinois-a-sanctuary-state-for-ivf-services/