FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Green Beret who died in Las Vegas Cybertruck shot himself in the head before explosion
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly work to unify those who are the following against Trump: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/majority-americans-think-trump-control-illegal-immigration-not-unify-country-poll
WGN9
— CTU says it’s pushing for district to address ‘systemic’ racial inequities in schools
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ctu-cps-bargaining-update-01022025/
WTTW
— Chicago Police Increasing Patrols Near Trump Tower After Explosion Outside Las Vegas Hotel
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/chicago-police-increasing-patrols-near-trump-tower-after-explosion-outside-las-vegas
— Highly Decorated US Soldier Shot Self Before Cybertruck Exploded Outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/man-who-died-tesla-cybertruck-explosion-front-trump-s-las-vegas-hotel-was-active-duty-us
— New Law Requires Many Illinois Companies to List Salary Range in Job Postings (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would have offered me a pay increase to transfer from IRS instead of a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/new-law-requires-many-illinois-companies-list-salary-range-job-postings
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne named new DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/naperville-city-council-dupage-county-republicans-election-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage Republicans, though, are actively rebuilding, Coyne says, and shaping up to “run better campaigns and turn things around.” A part of that rebuilding process is defeating “this narrative out there that we are a deep-blue, progressive county,” he said. “We clearly are not. We have Republican mayors in virtually every notable city in DuPage, even after these terrible November elections. … If you’re truly a progressive county, you don’t have Republicans getting elected at anything.” Another focus will be “finding good people that are willing to give their time and energy to the cause here” despite the party facing strong headwinds “outside of our control,” Coyne said. He pointed, for instance, to Republicans being outspent at the state level. As chairman of DuPage Republicans, Coyne is tasked with working with township leaders across the county to execute “really well-done campaigns in November cycles,” he said. To that end, he says the party needs to modernize and “improve everywhere.” “The Republican Party for many, many, many decades in DuPage County really didn’t have competitive November races to worry about. This whole blue wave thing came about fairly fast,” he said. “I don’t think the campaign infrastructure, whether it be in everything from social media to email distribution to small donor bases and all these kind of grassroots and nuts and bolts campaign considerations, has been effectuated to the degree that they should.” Revamping how Republican candidates run and execute campaigns will be the priority, Coyne said. As the party rebuilds, changes will likely entail a larger presence on social media and a more aggressive approach to events and outreach, he said. Now’s an opportune time to rebuild, with Republicans taking back the White House and Senate in November, he added. “(There’s) a lot of national momentum that we’ve got to figure out how we capture and bring home here,” he said.)
— Porter County Indiana’s Republican officials take oath of office after party sweep of November elections
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/porter-countys-republican-officials-take-oath-of-office-after-party-sweep-of-november-elections/
— Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Donald Trump’s support (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them and those who could and should have come to my defense but failed/refused to do so.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/mike-johnsons/
— FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/new-orleans-attack-army-veteran-islamic-state/
DAILY HERALD
— Mayoral candidate back on Aurora primary ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250102/news/mayoral-candidate-back-on-aurora-primary-ballot/
— Plan for car condos in South Barrington up for public review (COMMENT: I own a unit in Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville ( https://www.irongatemotorcondos.com/ ). If you share my interest in cars I own, please let me know. I own a 1972 and 2005 Corvette, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. I am interested in the 2025 Charger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241230/business/plan-for-car-condos-in-south-barrington-up-for-public-review/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Surgeon General calls for cancer warnings on alcohol labels (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/cancer-warnings-alcohol-labels?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter-BreakingNews-20250103
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, who represents parts of Bloomington-Normal, says DOGE has ‘no validity’ to enforce budget cuts. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would not have survived for almost 18 years at GAO if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-02/rep-eric-sorensen-doge-has-no-validity-to-enforce-budget-cuts
— Trump points to Gilded Age (1870 to 1910) to push tariffs (COMMENT: During the Gilded Age, my ancestors on my father’s side ran Crete’s only hardware store. In 1902, they had the 4,030 sq. ft. 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). My ancestors on my mother’s side bought a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-01-02/trump-points-to-gilded-age-to-push-tariffs-experts-say-its-a-misreading-of-history
WAND TV
— The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside a Trump hotel was a member of the Army’s elite Green Berets
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-man-who-died-in-a-tesla-cybertruck-explosion-outside-a-trump-hotel-was-a/article_cd951d94-8055-571d-bcfe-bceb6723d2ad.html
ELMHURST PATCH
— Pension Plus Raise: Bensenville Leader May See $229K Yearly. Patch took a look at Frank DeSimone’s pension from the police department where he retired. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are furious that I get a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance.)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/pension-plus-raise-bensenville-leader-may-see-229k-yearly
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— The Democratic Exodus Movement is a grassroots initiative spearheaded by community stakeholders and residents of Thornton Township, driven by a collective frustration with useless career politicians and the longstanding neglect of underserved Township communities.
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/the-newly-formed-league-of-independence-sparks-democratic-exodus-movement/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— No Restaurant Inspection Stories in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/no-restaurant-inspection-stories-in-mchenry-county/
— Intensive Efforts Mandated to Identify and Rectify High Infant Lead Concentrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/intensive-efforts-mandated-to-identify-and-rectify-high-infant-lead-concentrations/
— Lincoln Way High School Marches in Rose Bowl Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/lincoln-way-high-school-marches-in-rose-bowl-parade/
— Dorr Township Officials’ Salaries and Fringe Benefits for the Upcoming Term”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/dorr-township-officials-salaries-and-fringe-benefits-for-the-upcoming-term/
— Health Department Offers Virus Tests in Woodstock by Appointment Only
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/health-department-offers-virus-tests-in-woodstock-by-appointment-only/
Catalina Lauf Promoted to Replace Congressman Byron Daniels Should He Run for Florida Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/catalina-lauf-promoted-to-replace-congressman-byron-daniels-should-he-run-for-florida-governor/
— “Bad” Things Democrats Banned
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/bad-things-democrats-banned/
— Jimmy Carter’s Post-Presidential Snuffing Out of Democracy in Venezuela
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/jimmy-carters-post-presidential-snuffing-out-of-democracy-in-venezuela/
— Sheriff Seeking Deputies Who Start at $78,872, Plus Normal Fringes and Take-Home Squad Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/sheriff-seeking-deputies-who-start-at-78872-plus-normal-fringes-and-take-home-squad-car/
— Wirepoints Takes Aim at Excessive Number of Illinois Local Governments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/wirepoints-takes-aim-at-excessive-number-of-illinois-local-governments/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ab-Au
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/project-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ab-au/
— No Restaurant Inspection Stories in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/no-restaurant-inspection-stories-in-mchenry-county/
— Intensive Efforts Mandated to Identify and Rectify High Infant Lead Concentrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/intensive-efforts-mandated-to-identify-and-rectify-high-infant-lead-concentrations/
— Lincoln Way High School Marches in Rose Bowl Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/lincoln-way-high-school-marches-in-rose-bowl-parade/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanctuary cities see increased defiance for Trump’s second term (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats who run Chicago defy Trump?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/sanctuary-cities-see-increased-defiance-trump-seco/
— Republican ‘Revolution’ under way in new field — voter registration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/inside-beltway-republican-revolution-way-new-field/
— Cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline will be his legacy (COMMENT: What shows your cognitive status? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/cover-biden-cognitive-decline-legacy/
— Bury wokeness: If leftist identity politics are dying, conservatives should act like it. (COMMENT: Will the extreme giving of preference to those who are the following diminish: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3273102/if-leftist-identity-politics-dying-conservatives-should-act-like-it/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— One-third of illegal migrants are no-shows at deportation hearings under Biden (COMMENT: Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3273001/one-third-illegal-migrants-no-shows-deportation-hearings-biden/
— Biden Justice Department spent over $100 million on DEI-related grants for K-12 (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3274755/biden-justice-department-100-million-dei-grants-parents-defending-education/
— Fixing Biden’s homelessness crisis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3274568/fixing-biden-homeless-crisis/
AMERICAN THINKER
— So-Called Transgenderism Is A Leftist Malady
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/so_called_transgenderism_is_an_imaginary_condition.html
— Jim Crow Education Comes to New York City
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/jim_crow_education_comes_to_new_york_city.html?ref=redicate.com
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ spent over $100M on DEI education programs over last four years (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/doj-spent-over-100-million-on-dei-programs-over-last-4-years/
— Boss put on leave for hiring based on merit (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 arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, who assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://nypost.com/2024/10/14/us-news/top-oregon-official-put-on-leave-for-allegedly-prioritizing-qualified-job-candidates-over-gender-identity/
BLAZE
— Allstate’s wokeness under fire after CEO uses New Orleans massacre to lecture Americans about ‘divisiveness’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/allstates-wokeness-under-fire-after-ceo-used-new-orleans-massacre-to-lecture-americans-about-divisiveness
BREITBART
— Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born in 2024, Exceeding Population of New Orleans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/02/analysis-nearly-400k-anchor-babies-born-in-2024-exceeding-population-of-new-orleans/
DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigrants Are Scrambling To Lawyer Up Ahead Of Trump’s Swearing In
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/02/illegals-call-hotline-as-trump-returns/
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr
— New Orleans’ FBI Office, Police Department Are Chock Full Of DEI Nonsense (COMMENT: The federal government is chock full of DEI nonsense. I should write about those Republican governments and political organizations in Illinois that are chock full of DEI nonsense.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/02/new-orleans-police-department-fbi-office-dei-diversity-terrorist-attack-15-jabbar-new-years/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Resistance or Assistance? State and Local Governments Stake Out Positions as Trump Prepares to Take Office (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district defy Trump?)
https://www.fairus.org/resistance-or-assistance-state-and-local-governments-stake-out-positions-trump-prepares-take-office
FOX NEWS
— FLASHBACK: Biden downplays ISIS threat to US, repeatedly says White supremacy ‘most lethal’ danger. ‘Not ISIS, not al Qaeda — White supremacists,’ Biden said in 2021 of the primary terror threats to the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-biden-downplays-isis-threat-us-repeatedly-says-white-supremacy-most-lethal-danger
— Abuse of H-1B visa program, Americans ‘shouldn’t train their foreign replacements’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-schmitt-blasts-abuse-of-h-1b-visa-program-says-americans-shouldn-t-train-their-foreign-replacements/ar-AA1wF8OZ
— Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against each other.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lawmakers-indiana-home-ncaa-hq-look-expand-transgender-sports-ban-include-college-programs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— When They Say ‘Globalize The Intifada’ They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder. “The left loves to talk about intersectionality. Well talk about the intersectionality of violence and threats to our society that come from the pro-Palestinian movement.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/when-they-say-globalize-the-intifada-they-mean-like-the-new-orleans-terrorist-mass-murder/
— Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is “Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused” They were all complicit in a massive fraud against the American electorate.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/lie-of-the-year-joe-biden-is-sharp-intensely-probing-detail-oriented-and-focused/
— Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem “war machine” to stop Republicans. While he didn’t threaten to use nukes, like Eric Swalwell once did, the military imagery and war-like rhetoric were no mistake. It’s a continuation of the type of rhetoric that almost got Brett Kavanaugh killed.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/sheldon-whitehouse-d-ri-calls-for-creating-dem-war-machine-to-stop-republicans/
— Chief Justice John Roberts Warns Against Defying Supreme Court Rulings, Politico Makes Story About Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the Supreme Court’s abortion and affirmative action rulings.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/chief-justice-john-roberts-warns-against-defying-supreme-court-rulings-politico-makes-story-about-trump/
NEW AMERICAN
— H-1B Blues: Dividing MAGA, Americans From Their Jobs — and America From Americanism
https://thenewamerican.com/us/h-1b-blues-dividing-maga-americans-from-their-jobs-and-america-from-americanism/
PJ MEDIA
— They Can’t Blame the GOP for the Record Rise in Homelessness
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/01/02/they-cant-blame-the-gop-for-the-record-rise-in-homelessness-n4935604
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump’s Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/03/trumps_secret_weapon_for_mass_deportations_e-verify_152153.html
TOWNHALL
— Bourbon Street Massacre Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2025/01/03/bourbon-street-massacre-is-what-globalize-the-intifada-looks-like-n2649925
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— How ISIS inspired the deadly truck attack in New Orleans
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/how-isis-may-have-inspired-the-deadly-truck-attack-in-new-orleans/ar-AA1wTwFT
— 20 Reasons Americans No Longer Believe In Retiring at 65 (COMMENT: Democrats forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/retirement-doubts-20-reasons-americans-no-longer-believe-in-retiring-at-65/ss-AA1vjMNO
— California state lawmaker vows to get cash reparations for 1,800 families displaced when the LA Dodgers Stadium was built during the 1950s. (COIMMENT: What about reparations for descendants of soldiers in the Union Army?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-state-lawmaker-vows-to-get-cash-reparations-for-1-800-families-displaced-when-the-la-dodgers-stadium-was-built-during-the-1950s/ar-BB1kLCk8
NEWSWEEK
— Honduras Threatens US Military Bases Over Trump’s Mass Deportations (COMMENT: In WWIII, will Honduras side against America? Most countries, if not virtually all countries, want America to be the dumping ground for their problematic citizens.)
https://www.newsweek.com/honduras-threatens-shut-down-us-military-bases-mass-deportations-2009110
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them and those who could and should have come to my defense but failed/refused to do so.)
https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mike-johnson-trump-mccarthy-0e0b5613f1d39f4e1405a475fdfea8ea
CBS NEWS
— New Orleans attacker posted videos declaring support for ISIS shortly before rampage
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-truck-attack-motive-possible-accomplices/
USA TODAY
— Notre Dame pounds Georgia in College Football Playoff Sugar Bowl for long-awaited glory
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/01/02/notre-dame-georgia-score-sugar-bowl-college-football-playoff/77319281007/
SEATTLE TIMES
— Alarming new car prices (COMMENT: What new cars are you interested in? I am interest in the new Dodge Charger. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T collector car 1994-2005. I currently own a 2013 Charger R/T Max .)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/alarming-new-car-prices-push-buyers-toward-used-vehicles-but-theyre-pricey-too/
KLTV
— Harrison County GOP threatens Rep. Jay Dean with censure in push for conservative Speaker (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “too conservative.”
https://www.kltv.com/2025/01/02/harrison-county-gop-threatens-rep-jay-dean-with-censure-push-conservative-speaker/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Speaker Johnson’s Foe Representative Massie Sees Little to Lose (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and g) ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/thomas-massie-needs-backup-to-take-out-mike-johnson-e5db12df
FORBES
— What You Need To Know To Edge Out The Internal Candidate
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/11/05/executive-hiring-what-you-need-to-know-to-edge-out-the-internal-candidate/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Bernie Sanders says Elon Musk is wrong about H-1B visas: ‘Low-wage indentured servants’ (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted me a being a bad external candidate to work on audits of IRS.)
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-elon-musk-213741641.html
PBS
— Most countries, if not virtually all countries, want America to be the dumping ground for their problematic citizens.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-calls-the-u-s-a-garbage-can-for-the-world-at-campaign-event-in-austin-texas
AUTOMATION
— Enhancing Power Grid Resiliency (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. My 20KW Generac failed and it will be replaced with a 24KW tomorrow.)
https://www.automation.com/en-us/articles/january-2025/enhancing-power-grid-resiliency
LADDERS
— How to deal with super-competitive people at work (COMMENT: What did your coworkers do to get promoted over you? My Democrat coworkers a) badmouthed my job-related work experience, b) badmouthed my job-related college degrees, c) badmouthed my professional certifications, d) badmouthed my professional license and/or e) stressed that they were Democrat, 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.theladders.com/career-advice/competitive-people-work
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— Nearly half of companies say they plan to eliminate bachelor’s degree requirements in 2024. Many employers are dropping degree requirements to create a more diverse workforce and increase job candidate numbers. (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote young Democrat and RINO employees, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly lower requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970), three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and professional license (1981).)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/nearly-half-of-companies-plan-to-eliminate-bachelors-degree-requirements/702277/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Reasons Why Most Companies Won’t Hire Older People. Ending ageism in the workplace is an uphill battle. (COMMENT: I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I eventually did get promoted to GS-13 in 1986, but not until a) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I transferred from IRS to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/boomers-30/202110/the-5-reasons-why-most-companies-wont-hire-older-people
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many companies are resistant to hiring older people. Discriminating against older workers is unethical and illegal. There are compelling reasons why discrimination against older workers exists.)
Ending ageism in the workplace represents a major challenge.
DON MOYNIHAN
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and who despise/hate Trump and despise/hate those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/will-the-federal-government-become
Tag: employee
December 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Two Thornton Township trustees say they won’t attend special board meeting, continuing stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-illinois-trustees-carmen-carlisle-christopher-gonzalez-say-attend-meeting/15724950/
CBS2
— Former President Jimmy Carter visited Chicago before, during, and after time in office
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-president-jimmy-carter-visited-041100523.html
— Remembering former President Jimmy Carter and his impact on Chicago (COMMENT: What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/remembering-former-president-jimmy-carter-chicago/
FOX32
— 2 Thornton Township trustees will skip Monday meeting amid tensions with Supervisor Tiffany Henyard
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/thornton-township-trustees-to-boycott-monday-meeting-amid-dispute-with-tiffany-henyard
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jimmy Carter’s 1979 visit to Thornridge recalled
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/29/jimmy-carters-1979-visit-to-thornridge-recalled-as-the-former-president-turns-100/
— AUGUST 10, 2021 FLASHBACK: Heated DuPage Assessment Battles Loom
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/04/27/heated-du-page-assessment-battles-loom/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dave Diersen was among those fighting the tax assessor long before it became popular. He had a winning streak going, too, until this year, when Du Page County wouldn`t lower his assessment. Seven thousand Du Page County property owners challenged the value placed on their homes by township assessment procedures, and in the process tried to get their property tax bill lowered. It was a record-setting number, and because 1,000 have chosen to appeal losing on the county level, Du Page officials have asked for more time to get their cases together for the appeal hearing. When those hearings begin, Diersen will be ready to resume a battle that dates back to 1984, when his Wheaton home was built. ”We`re talking about a lot of money,” Diersen said. ”If it were just some little amount it probably wouldn`t be worth it.” His past battles haven`t been in vain. In 1987, for example, he convinced the county`s Board of (Tax) Review to reduce by $4,390, the assessment on which his tax bill was calculated. In Du Page, the assessment is supposed to equal a third of the estimated market value of a piece of property. Diersen`s argument has been this: There are some drainage and foundation problems with the house that would make it less valuable if he wanted to sell it. But he doesn`t want to sell, and pretty much likes his house the way it is. In any event, for seven years running, county review board members have agreed with his contention that the house was worth less than the assessment- which generally hovered around the $55,000 mark-claimed by the Milton Township Assessor`s office. But this year, Diersen, for the first time, was among those signing up to appeal their cases before a state panel, after the county review board refused to reduce his current assessment of $78,000.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jimmy Carter in Chicago — a look back in photos. The nation’s 39th president, who died Sunday at 100, was in Chicago many times over the years, as he rose from relative obscurity to capture the White House in 1976.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dies-chicago-photos-presidential-campaign
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/year-in-review-2024/2024/12/29/immigration-canada-toronto-democracy-solutions-project-chicago-asylum-migrants-refugees
LANSING JOURNAL
— Understanding Thornton Township — some context for the conflict (COMMENT: I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/29/video-understanding-thornton-township-some-context-for-the-conflict/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and Russia against America.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/29/sen-cardin-says-trumps-tough-talk-on-panama-canal-could-push-allies-to-china-russia/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Carter’s single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-29/carters-single-white-house-term-still-stirs-controversy-after-more-than-40-years
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump on Jimmy Carter’s passing: ‘He was a truly good man’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-on-jimmy-carters-passing-he-was-a-truly-good-man
CITY OF WHEATON
— JUNE 7, 2021 FLASHBACK: MEETING MINUTES: Mr. Dave Diersen, 915 Cove Ct., asked the City Council to direct the Wheaton Park District to return to their policy of accepting sponsorships for the 4th of July parade. (COMMENT: At this meeting, Milton Township Supervisor and fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman John Monino profusely praised Wheaton Park District Executive Director and registered Republican voter in my precinct Mike Bernard who had just ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06072021-1679
CWB CHICAGO
— At least 5 are robbed, carjacked during 45-minute crime spree in the West Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/12/at-least-5-are-robbed-carjacked-during-45-minute-crime-spree-in-the-west-loop.html
ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Board Tosses Challenge In Orland Township, Candidates Kept On Ballot. American flags on nominating petitions were at the center of the challenge, with the objection likening the flags to slogans or messaging.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How involved are you with your township and its officials? I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— He was the real thing: A personal memory and a few surprises about Jimmy Carter
https://wirepoints.org/he-was-the-real-thing-a-personal-memory-and-a-few-surprises-about-jimmy-carter/
— It’s a bad deal to exchange long-time residents for illegal immigrants, yet that’s what Illinois is doing.
https://wirepoints.org/its-a-bad-deal-to-exchange-taxpaying-residents-for-illegal-immigrants-yet-thats-what-illinois-is-doing-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Chicago’s Southland residents keep getting hit with more debt and taxes while their politicians do nothing about it.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-southland-residents-keep-getting-hit-with-more-debt-and-taxes-while-their-politicians-do-nothing-about-it-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-ladonna-raeh/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
— The Naughty Politician List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/the-naughty-politician-list/
— New Rules for Drivers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/new-rules-for-drivers/
— Illinois Democrats Continue Push for Abortion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/illinois-democrats-continue-push-for-abortion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls H1-B visas ‘great’ amid feud between MAGA supporters and DOGE duo
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/29/donald-trump-calls-h1-b-visas-great-amid-feud-maga/
— Who is really to blame for the ills of society? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/26/really-blame-ills-society/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gavin Newsom’s deportation defiance will ‘incur great cost’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3271754/pat-fallon-gavin-newsom-deportation-defiance-great-cost/
NEW YORK POST
— Save the H1-B debate for later — first, fully end the border crisis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/ramaswamy-got-the-h1-b-debate-wrongbut-so-did-his-critics/
— Donald Trump reacts to Jimmy Carter’s death with heartfelt statement: ‘We all owe him a debt of gratitude’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/donald-trump-reacts-to-jimmy-carters-death-with-heartfelt-statement/
— DC’s transportation agency scrambling to remove city ads likening MAGA supporters to garbage after uproar
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/dc-scrambling-to-remove-city-transit-ads-likening-maga-supporters-to-garbage-after-uproar/
— Why Trump’s second-term start is vastly better than his first-term launch
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/trumps-victory-spells-success-without-2016s-headwinds/
— We should fight for a color-blind society — not one separated by race
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/we-should-fight-for-a-color-blind-society-not-one-separated-by-race/ar-AA1mAGRU
AMAC
— What Elon and Vivek Get Wrong About The H-1B Visa Debate
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/what-elon-and-vivek-get-wrong-about-the-h-1b-visa-debate/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Our woke military
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/our_woke_military.html
— Oregon tweaks Trump’s nose
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/oregon_tweaks_trump_s_nose.html
— Brooklyn transit police chief says cop who walked by burning woman in subway case responded ‘perfectly’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have no problem with how the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me, in fact, they applaud it.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/brooklyn_transit_police_chief_says_cop_who_stood_by_in_subway_burning_case_responded_perfectly.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He didn’t help her. What happened to standard person-on-fire measures, taught by emergency first responders to every school kid — stop, drop, and roll. Why didn’t he throw his coat on her to try to save her life? Based on the disturbing video, the cop just let her burn as the illegal who set her on fire literally fanned the flames. Nothing to see here, move along. (Which was what one cop pretty much told the illegal, unaware that he was the arsonist who set the woman on fire, and the illegal almost got away.) And according to the New York authorities, all was fine and dandy, as both the transit cop chief and the district attorney defended the police response.)
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— ‘Straight white guy spotted in an ad!’
https://americanwirenews.com/straight-white-guy-spotted-in-an-ad/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump expresses support for specialty visas at heart of Maga v. Musk tiff
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/29/trump-expresses-support-for-specialty-visas-at-heart-of-maga-v-musk-tiff-1512658/
BREITBART
— J.K. Rowling: There Is No Such Thing as a Transgender Kid
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/29/j-k-rowling-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-transgender-kid/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump faces federal employee unions in government efficiency battle (COMMENT: The National Treasury Employees Union came to my defense in IRS v. Diersen. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 )
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f88d556e-c1a8-11ef-a585-174c14793c48.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Indiana University students required to ‘reflect’ on how their privilege oppresses ‘subordinate groups’ (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/indiana-u-students-required-to-reflect-on-how-their-privilege-oppresses-subordinate-groups/
FEDERALIST
— Deporting Illegal Alien Criminals Will Save Taxpayers More Than It Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/30/contrary-to-media-claims-deporting-illegal-aliens-will-save-taxpayers-more-than-it-costs/
FOX NEWS
— Biden takes jab at Trump while applauding Jimmy Carter’s decency
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-takes-jab-trump-while-applauding-jimmy-carters-decency-shares-fondest-memory-late-president
PJ MEDIA
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Is Antisemitic
https://pjmedia.com/philip-carl-salzman/2024/12/29/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-is-antisemitic-n4935513
— Could Michelle Obama Be More Insulting and Out of Touch?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/28/could-michelle-obama-be-more-insulting-and-out-of-touch-n4935486
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Is Alerting Citizens About To Be Detained In U.S. Through an App (COMMENT: One could argue that citizens of Mexico who are in America are agents of the Mexican government.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/29/mexico-is-alerting-citizens-about-to-be-detained-in-us-n2649723
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President-elect Trump pays tribute to Jimmy Carter
https://thehill.com/homenews/5059381-president-elect-trump-praises-former-president-carter/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5057951-trump-old-age-old-policy/
CNN
— Trump’s siding with Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the president-elect favoring powerful elements in his new MAGA coalition over his base’s anti-immigrant DNA that he twice tapped in his rise to power. (COMMENT: Trump’s base is against illegal immigration, not legal immigration.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics/trump-musk-h1b-visa-analysis/index.html
MSNBC
— Trump offers condolences to family of Jimmy Carter
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-offers-condolences-to-family-of-jimmy-carter-228106309918
MSN
— Illinois certifies slate of electors for 2024 election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-certifies-slate-of-electors-for-2024-election/ar-AA1w3lUS
— ‘All-out MAGA civil war’: How Trump’s 2024 coalition is ‘shattering before our very eyes’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/all-out-maga-civil-war-how-trump-s-2024-coalition-is-shattering-before-our-very-eyes/ar-AA1wAAoN
NEWSWEEK
— Jimmy Carter’s Judicial Legacy Reveals How He Reshaped America. He developed an affirmative action plan for the trial courts and courts of appeals.
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-carters-judicial-legacy-reveals-how-he-reshaped-america-opinion-2007220
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s statements on Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-death-donald-trump-statement/
— Trump reacts to news of Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reacts-to-news-of-jimmy-carters-death/
NEW YORK TIMES
— What’s the Matter With Chicago?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/opinion/chicago-illinois-pensions-debt.html
USA TODAY
— Is a six-figure salary enough to make anyone feel wealthy these days? How about a $500,000 salary? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/20/salary-money-americans-earn-to-feel-rich/77065514007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In this inflationary era, benchmarks of wealth are moving targets. Everything seems to cost more. Cumulative inflation has raised prices by 22% since early 2020, according to an analysis by the personal finance site Bankrate. Viewed another way, you would need to spend about $1,220 in late 2024 to leverage the same buying power that $1,000 got you in January 2020. The average American earns a little less than $60,000 a year, according to federal data. But most of us think you need two or three times that much to achieve financial security, let alone wealth. . .The best-paying jobs now deliver salaries in the $400,000 range. But a $400,000 salary won’t put you in the highest federal income tax bracket in 2025. Here are seven salaries that illustrate how American wealth looks at the close of 2024. . .$270,214 That is the average annual salary it takes “to be financially successful,” according to a Secret to Success survey by the financial services company Empower in September. . .The survey’s definition of success varied widely by age. The average Baby Boomer said a salary of $99,874 a year bespeaks success. For members of Gen Z, the figure was $587,797. “Younger generations are doing the math,” said Rebecca Rickert, head of communication for Empower. “They foresee a world in which they’ll need a big cushion in order to make it.”)
MIAMI HERALD
— Carter’s foreign policy toward Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti left huge marks on South Florida
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article272569966.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-anti-woke-backlash/B839430F-799B-4C3C-B5D4-F39AD39121A1
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-right-on-h-1b-visas-immigration-work-jobs-e3e9ec71
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded American with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/the-staggering-cost-needed-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan/B4B447AE-E653-4225-8E5B-4B59B1D8508D
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Those who are anti-White and/or want cheap labor want more H-1B.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/29/think-dei-is-dead-enter-the-h-1b-visa-and-elon-musks-war/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/12/30/the-h-1b-visa-controversy-cheap-labor-racism-and-the-american-divide/
POLITICO
— How Donald Trump transformed mass culture
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/culture-wars-trump-woke-democrats-00195424
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— With Jimmy Carter’s passing, Donald Trump is now the oldest living ex-US President
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/with-jimmy-carters-passing-donald-trump-is-now-the-oldest-living-us-president-101735530697682.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/america-a-meritocracy-musk-reiterates-stance-on-h-1b-visa-debate/articleshow/116788957.cms
December 26, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/st-sabina-christmas-chicago-2024
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Electric school buses take off in Illinois, with over 200 on the road: A ‘phenomenal climb’ (COMMENT: The only time that I rode a school bus was October 1961-May 1962 between Crete and Park Forest when I attended Hope Lutheran Grade School.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/26/illinois-electric-school-bus/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/12/25/mayor-johnson-creates-group-to-study-stop-killing-of-trans-women
— Nearly 300 Illinois laws taking effect in 2025 include digital driver’s licenses, AI rules, health reform (COMMENT: Because Democrats run the federal government, everything that they say and do promotes the Democrat Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/23/new-illinois-laws-2025-health-insurance-minimum-wage-ai
(COMMENT: Politics and religion at work Employees can’t be required to sit through work meetings discussing religion or politics starting Jan. 1. Senate Bill 3649, an initiative of the Illinois AFL-CIO, creates new protections for employees who skip out on such meetings and prevents employers from retaliating against them. The law does not prohibit discussing religion or politics at work, but employees are not required to participate in the discussions if such activities are not part of their job. The law excludes nonprofit and advocacy groups, where politics or religion may be part of job.)
DAILY HERALD
— Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241225/nation-and-world/fate-of-trumps-cabinet-picks-unclear-as-republicans-prepare-to-take-power-in-senate/
— FRONT PAGE: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241225/news/journeys-clearing-a-pathway-to-hope-for-the-homeless-and-near-homeless/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241226/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-plans-to-clear-homeless-encampment-in-elgin-must-address-what-comes-next/
SHAW LOCAL
— Pritzker and Stratton polls for popularity point to potential future runs (COMMENT: Which Republican do you hope/wish/want to be the next Governor of Illinois?)
https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2024/12/24/rich-miller-pritzker-and-stratton-polls-for-popularity-point-to-potential-future-runs/
QUAD CITIES
— Up and Coming Neighborhoods in the Quad Cities That You May Want to Move to (COMMENT: When a Republican home goes on the market in my neighborhood, four out of five times it is bought by a Democrat.)
https://www.quadcities.com/other-news-of-interest/up-and-coming-neighborhoods-in-the-quad-cities-that-you-may-want-to-move-to/
CITIES 92.9
— Pritzker touts rising minimum wage as Illinois’ unemployment rate has increased (COMMENT: During the 1960s, I worked for 18 months at the minimum wage which was $12.41/hour in today’s dollars. If I had to be paid $15/hour in today’s dollars, I might not have been hired.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/25/pritzker-touts-rising-minimum-wage-as-illinois-unemployment-rate-has-increased/
WSIL TV
— Turkey’s soaring costs are creating a ‘lost generation’ of kids forced to help their families get by. (COMMENT: Because my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, I helped support my mother, who had never worked outside of the home, and my brother.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/turkeys-soaring-costs-are-creating-a-lost-generation-of-kids-forced-to-help-their-families/article_40b1af90-3094-5656-9002-9155ed15bc27.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders are going fight deportation of their illegals tooth and nail.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-faces-roadblocks-to-ambitious-border-crackdown/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker: Defender of Illegal Aliens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/26/pritzker-defender-of-illegal-aliens/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, illegals take the bad jobs that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take. But how many illegals will take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Where on Chicago Transit Authority are you most likely to be crime victim?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/where-on-chicago-transit-authority-are-you-most-likely-to-be-crime-victim/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Elon Musk slams outdated tech plaguing federal government. America’s new IT consultant: Musk slams outdated tech plaguing federal government. (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO during the early 1990s, because GAO did not provide me with a computer system that I could use in my office, I bought one and I used it in my office.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/25/musk-m-america-new-consultant/
— Google lets you review members of Congress, and the appraisals are brutal (COMMENT: If Google let Illinois Republicans review Republican political and government news and commentary aggregators like me, what kind of reviews would I get? How many would complain that I am too conservative?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/24/google-lets-review-members-congress-appraisals-bru/
— Shelters to be opened in Mexico to prepare for Trump deportations (COMMENT: From what I see, most, if not virtually all will immediately return.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/25/shelters-opened-mexico-prepare-donald-trump-deport/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The fight against illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, and what lies in store for Homan (COMMENT: It is one thing to deport illegals, it is another to stop them from coming back in.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3267306/fight-against-illegal-immigration-sanctuary-cities-tom-homan/
— A nation of childless scrooges (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) earn professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, b) earn master’s degrees in 1980 and 1997, c) earn a professional license in 1981, d) have a home built in 1984, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, f) etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3269383/nation-of-childless-scrooges/
— Biden’s sickly distorted lens on crime and non-punishment
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3269543/biden-sickly-distorted-lens-crime-non-punishment/
— Having learned nothing from the elections, Democrats turn left again
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3262165/having-learned-nothing-from-elections-democrats-turn-left-again/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s horrific commutations are a grotesque abuse of the US justice system
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/opinion/bidens-commutations-a-grotesque-abuse-of-us-justice-system/
— NYC ICE director declares ‘it would take a lifetime’ to deport the city’s migrant criminals (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.aol.com/nyc-ice-director-declares-lifetime-173618778.html
— Democrats finds party’s woes run much deeper than 2024 election disaster (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/troubling-research-dems-finds-party-222154865.html
— Musk urges supporters not to donate to Wikipedia after it spent $50M on DEI: ‘Wokepedia’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/25/business/elon-musk-urges-supporters-not-to-donate-to-wikipedia-over-dei/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— What Was So Different This Time About Trump’s Election? (COMMENT: Under Biden, voters saw that the Democrat Party platform destroys America.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/26/what-was-so-different-this-time-about-trumps-election/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Leftists think like communists
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/nate_silver_shows_how_leftists_think_like_communists_not_like_human_beings.html
— The dirty little secret of California’s ‘rebounding’ population (COMMENT: What percent of those in California are in America illegally?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_dirty_little_secret_of_california_s_rebounding_population.html
— Rand Paul’s annual Festivus report reveals an orgy of government waste (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1997, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/rand_paul_s_annual_festivus_report_reveals_an_orgy_of_government_waste.html
— America’s Unsolvable Spending Crisis: Brace for Impact
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/america_s_unsolvable_spending_crisis_brace_for_impact.html
— Contrary to today’s leftists, early Christians knew Christ was from Judea, not ‘Palestine’ Jesus was not a refugee but a resident of Nazareth whose family was required to go to Bethlehem for a census.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/contrary_to_today_s_leftists_early_christians_knew_christ_was_from_judea_not_palestine.html
BREITBART
— Rand Paul: ‘I Have a Lot of Problems with Big Spenders in Both Parties’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/24/rand-paul-i-have-a-lot-of-problems-with-big-spenders-in-both-parties/
DAILY CALLER
— There Should Be No Price Tag For Border Security
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/25/will-davis-tom-homan-price-tag-border-security/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How To Get Trump’s Agenda Through Congress
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/26/how-get-trumps-agenda-through-congress/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Issues Christmas Message to Trudeau, Greenland, China, Panama. ‘If Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60 percent, their businesses would immediately double in size,’ Trump said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-issues-christmas-message-to-trudeau-greenland-chinese-soldiers-in-panama-5781852
FOX NEWS
— Oregon AG creates sanctuary ‘toolkit’ ahead of likely Trump-Homan illegal immigration crackdown. Oregon became the first ‘sanctuary state’ in 1987. (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats who run Illinois going to fight Trump? Trump got 2.4 million votes in Illinois.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oregon-ag-creates-sanctuary-toolkit-ahead-likely-trump-homan-illegal-immigration-crackdown
— These are Trump’s three priorities for Homan
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366437715112
— Newsom draws up plans to help illegal immigrants dodge Trump deportation plan
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366451494112
POST MILLENNIAL
— Wikipedia spends $50 MILLION in 2023-24 on DEI
https://thepostmillennial.com/wikipedia-spends-50-million-annually-on-dei
TOWNHALL
— Since When Did We Republicans Start Being Against Punishing Criminals? (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/12/26/since-when-did-we-republicans-start-being-against-punishing-criminals-n2649448
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a lot of nice Republicans out there who think that we should just let bygones be bygones. They want us not to deport, prosecute, or otherwise sanction the illegal aliens who haven’t been yet caught committing any crimes after they committed the crime of being here illegally, those who imprisoned us for being their political opponents, and those who abused us with censorship and COVID decrees. We’re supposed to give them all a pass for some reason.)
— Legal Group Puts Sanctuary Jurisdictions on Notice Ahead of Trump’s Mass Deportation Operation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/25/america-first-legal-sanctuary-jurisdictions-n2649531
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump tells 37 people with sentences commuted by Biden to ‘go to hell’ in lengthy Christmas post
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5056113-trump-sentences-commuted-christmas-post/
— Of those illegals who are employed, what percent are “off the books,” that is, what percent are paid with cash under the table?
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5055305-undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their-fair-share-of-taxes/
— Missing congresswoman’s case shows Congress needs new rules on attendance
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-missing-congresswoman-s-case-shows-congress-needs-new-rules-on-attendance/ar-AA1wtiiv
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have you ever heard of Kay Granger? Probably not. She’s a Republican congresswoman from Texas who has been in office almost 30 years. But that’s not why I’m writing about her. I’m writing about her because she hadn’t been in her office or even seen for six months. She was just gone — poof. And there wasn’t really anything the House was able or willing to do about it. That has to change. If you stopped showing up to work, what would happen? After a series of unanswered phone calls and emails, you’d be fired. In Congress, though, there is no boss to fire anyone. There is a Speaker of the House, who can call for a vote for expel members who violate their oaths of office or for egregious violations of Congressional ethics, but that happens only rarely. In 1983, Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) admitted to having sex with an underage House page and “made sexual advances” toward two other kids. He was censured, and he turned his back on the chamber as it voted. Then he was reelected, repeatedly, until 1997. If contempt in the face of your exposure for molesting pages can’t get you booted from the House, almost nothing can. More recently, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was actually expelled, but it took a federal indictment to make Congress act. In that context, a mere poor attendance record is not going to get you removed. We know this because Granger was AWOL for half the year, for crying out loud. She didn’t run for reelection, but probably only because she would have had to offer proof of life to the voters at some point. Granger was recently discovered living in a $4,000 per month nursing home that specializes in treating dementia patients. Certainly no one would wish that on anyone, but Granger should not have clung to her job if she was not capable of doing it. As matters stand, her constituents have had no representation in the House for a very long time.)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Americans tune out of the news ahead of Trump’s return (COMMENT: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor does not tune out. The December 25, 2024 GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter had links to 69 articles, the December 24 to 96, the December 23 to 84, the December 22 to 59, the December 21 to 72, the December 20 to 78, etc.)
https://au.news.yahoo.com/americans-tune-news-ahead-trumps-133746491.html
MSN
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, a) it is futile to deport any of them and b) America will soon be a Hispanic nation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ
— Trump launches foul-mouthed attack on ‘woke’ in America (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always been woke and they are ever-increasingly woke. To be woke is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-launches-foul-mouthed-attack-on-woke-in-america/ss-AA1wnv1U
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/donald-trump-slams-woke-culture-earns-elon-musks-support-at-americafest-rally/ar-AA1wlsMO
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump slammed the ‘woke’ liberal mindset as ‘bulls**t’ in a fired-up speech to the conservative faithful on Sunday. ‘Woke has to stop, because along with everything else, it is destroying our country,’ he said in his keynote address at Turning Point’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona.)
— US judge upholds Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts upheld Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, the courts upheld race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The decision strongly discourages those who are the following from working for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Potential GAO employees can see how GAO treats those who share my demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-judge-upholds-naval-academys-race-conscious-admissions-policies/ar-AA1voO4g
— Lockland, Ohio ‘overwhelmed’ by 3,000 African migrants living tax-free. (COMMENT: Lockland today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tiny-ohio-town-overwhelmed-by-3-000-african-migrants-living-tax-free/ss-AA1t3Y5p?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who rejects the concept of nations and wants open borders, that is, that Jesus is not only anti-Trump, but anti-America.
https://www.newsweek.com/petition-donald-trump-immigration-christian-2005973
NEW YORK TIMES
— Assist or Resist: Local Officials Debate Trump’s Mass Deportation Threat (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the Democrat and the RINO leaders of America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will fight deportation tooth and nail. Democrat and RINO leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and illegals are their soldiers in their army.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/us/trump-deportations-migrants-san-diego.html
— Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics (COMMENT: From what I see, Trump’s re-election motivates Democrat and RINO leaders to do even more to get rid of Republicans once and for all who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/upshot/trump-era-republicans-democrats.html
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/judges-trump-rule-of-law.html
WASHINGTON POST
— After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always had more income than I have had. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have the most income.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/26/trump-voters-federal-benefits-food/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/editorial-immigrants-are-californias-lifeblood-they-need-support-now-more-than-ever/ar-AA1wtw2P
— Trump’s deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abcarian-trump-s-deportations-are-on-a-collision-course-with-a-california-economy-built-on-hypocrisy/ar-AA1womlD
— How press freedoms could fare under the second Trump administration (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-26/journalist-leak-investigations-donald-trump
USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/12/26/trump-mass-deportation-los-angeles-sanctuary-city/76890251007/
— Rebuild worker attendance accountability (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I took far fewer sick days than my coworkers and subordinates.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/17/how-enforce-attendance-policies-hr/77007333007/
CUBAEN MIAMI
— The United States received more than half a million Cubans in just two years
https://www.cubaenmiami.com/en/The-United-States-received-more-than-half-a-million-Cubans-in-just-two-years/
TUCSON
— Trump’s early endorsement in AZ governor’s race riles conservatives (COMMENT: Which Republicans do Trump want to run for offices in Illinois?)
https://tucson.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/elections/president-elect-donald-trump-endorses-karrin-taylor-robson-2024-arizona-governor-race-riling-conservatives/article_5946740a-c15c-11ef-87be-d31440a858f0.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Price of Rivian’s $6 Billion Rescue. The company vows not to oppose the UAW at its Illinois factory.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rivian-automotive-uaw-unions-biden-administration-subsidies-electric-vehicles-f96e93be
— Trump Can Pull the Plug on EV Mandates
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-pull-the-plug-on-ev-mandates-emissions-standards-policy-california-0c197138
— Inside the Plan to Halt U.S.-Bound Migrants at the Treacherous Darién Gap. The U.S. ‘border is actually here,’ Panama’s president says, describing jungle route many take on their way to America.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-immigration-policy-panama-darien-gap-05c2861e
— Ballooning Costs Rewrite the Math of Owning a Home
https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/home-insurance-property-tax-vs-mortgage-cost-43ab76ed
— Hunger for Electricity Seen Keeping Renewable-Power Investment Flowing Under Trump. Private-equity managers expect electricity demand to drive the incoming president’s energy policy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunger-for-electricity-seen-keeping-renewable-power-investment-flowing-under-trump-b7e7c616
BUSINESS TODAY
— ‘Right wing civil war will be over Indians,’ says US political commentator; triggers debate. “High-skilled Indians is the one group where racism is the only explanation for wanting to restrict numbers,” said US political commentator Richard Hanania. (COMMENT: From what I see, Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of India over citizens of America.)
https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/right-wing-civil-war-will-be-over-indians-says-us-political-commentator-triggers-debate-458476-2024-12-25
NEW REPUBLIC
— What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised—and the People Don’t Care? (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to waste the careers of and to get rid of Republican employees. If Trump had been President earlier and had stopped AA and DEI earlier, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 years old in 1988. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/189233/trump-2025-second-term-agenda-democracy
GOTHAMIST
— Suspect in subway fire death was deported 6 years ago, only to find his way to NYC (COMMENT: What percent of deported illegals return?)
https://gothamist.com/news/suspect-in-subway-fire-death-was-deported-6-years-ago-only-to-find-his-way-to-nyc
PHYS
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-businesses-caving-political-pressure-abandoning.html
December 24, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Police warn of dangerous takeovers in Villa Park after weekend incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/police-warn-dangerous-takeovers-villa-park-illinois-after-chase-north-avenue/15697155/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It comes after a high-speed crash and serious accident Friday night along North Avenue. On Saturday, police say crowds and vehicles took over private business lots near North and Villa avenues. At one point, a crowd formed to block an arrest, according to police. There was also an unsubstantiated claim of a few people with guns, police said. Offenders face a $900 fee and risk getting their tires spiked.)
— Suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder and terror charges in CEO killing. Luigi Mangione attorney claims police, mayor using him as ‘political fodder.’ (COMMENT: How strong is the support for Mangione in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/luigi-mangione-arraigned-new-york-state-charges-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson/15695430/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-12/23/2024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About two dozen women, who waited in line in the frigid cold for public seats in the courtroom gallery, said they were there to support Mangione. Most of the women wore face masks and a few appeared visibly emotional as Mangione entered the courtroom. “This is a grave injustice, and that’s why people are here,” one of the women, who said she arrived at the courthouse at 5 a.m., told ABC News.)
— President-elect suggests US should own and control Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-greenland-sale-president-elect-donald-trump-suggests-us-should-own-control-country/15698603/
NBC5
— ‘Come get me:’ Trump border czar nominee blasts Pritzker, Johnson on immigration. The Trump administration has promised a massive deportation effort in 2025, but could hit a variety of roadblocks.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/come-get-me-trump-border-czar-nominee-blasts-pritzker-johnson-on-immigration/3631105/
— President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/president-elect-trump-wants-to-again-rename-north-americas-tallest-peak/3631311/
— Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-ethics-committee-releases-report-on-matt-gaetz-sex-drug-allegations/3631001/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reparations-evanston-il-transforming-lives-black-residents-rcna173534
WGN9
— Illinois political heavyweights, including Durbin and Pritzker, set stage for intriguing 2025 (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you hope/wish/want to run for U.S. Senate and for Illinois statewide offices in 2026?)
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-political-heavyweights-including-durbin-and-pritzker-set-stage-for-intriguing-2025/
— Safety concerns force migrants from South Shore apartment building days before Christmas
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/safety-concerns-force-migrants-from-south-shore-apartment-building-days-before-christmas/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two Illinois convicts among 37 whose death sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden (COMMENT: Of course, George Ryan and his supporters are overjoyed. Biden follows in George Ryan’s footsteps. George Ryan supporters have taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/two-illinois-commuted-sentences-biden/
— More than 1 million people in U.S. earn $500,000 or more (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. But I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I have three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA). My critics/opponents use my having the aforesaid qualifications and my earning the aforesaid low salary to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person if not worse things.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/more-than-1-million-people-in-u-s-earn-500000-or-more/
— Donald Trump wants mass deportations. For the agents removing immigrants, it’s a painstaking process (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, that it is futile to deport any of them. Further, anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/trump-mass-deportations-immigrants/
— Waukegan ready to buck Trump deportation efforts (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats and RINOs who run your municipality going to buck Trump deportation efforts, that is, how strongly do they reject Trump’s election?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/column-waukegan-ready-to-buck-trump-deportation-efforts/
— Americans have much to be thankful for (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for not being thankful enough. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/24/opinion-holidays-americans-gratitude/
— MAY 16, 2019 FLASHBACK: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne criticizes DuPage GOP, announces run for county board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/04/03/naperville-city-councilman-kevin-coyne-criticizes-dupage-gop-announces-run-for-county-board/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne used a Facebook post early Wednesday to blast the DuPage County Republican Party and announce his bid to run for the DuPage County Board in District 5. Posting after Tuesday’s election votes had been counted, Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne wrote the DuPage County Republican organization did not do enough to get GOP candidates elected and said his county board candidacy should be seen as an effort to “stand up for conservative principals.” “I would say I think the Republican party right now is really struggling locally, and I hope to add a new voice for GOP voters,” Coyne said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I hope to be able to offer that voice on the DuPage County Board.” Coyne said he plans to run in the 2020 county election, pursuing the seat currently held by James Healy, a Naperville resident who has been on the county board since 1996. Seats held by District 5 board members Sadia Covert and Dawn DeSart are not up for election until 2022. In his post on his Naperville City Councilman Facebook page, Coyne said the DuPage GOP had “another embarrassing showing” in the most recent election cycle. “While the DuPage Democrats’ local leadership organize candidate forums, canvassing drives and social media initiatives throughout DuPage County, our DuPage GOP does what it usually does … nothing,” Coyne wrote. “Our once great DuPage GOP organization has become a shell of its former self. “The DuPage GOP has successfully handed both our County and the City of Naperville over to the Illinois’ Democratic Party. I am unwilling to let this stand!” Coyne repeated the criticism Wednesday. “The party around here was in power for a very long time and I don’t think ever adapted to the way in which politics has changed. The results for GOP folks have been very damaging.” Coyne said he made the post on his official Naperville City Council page because he thought it important to let people who follow local politics know of his plans to run for the county board. The post had drawn more than 50 comments as of Wednesday morning, many criticizing Coyne for talking about partisan politics when the council is elected as a nonpartisan body. “I will present a platform focused on reducing the size of government, reducing real estate tax levies and protecting LIFE … both as a supporter of pro-life initiatives and as a supporter of our constitutional right to bear arms,” Coyne wrote in the Facebook post. “I look forward to keeping my supporters abreast of my platform and to fighting for pro-life and small government reforms in DuPage County,” the post said. “We are better than what we have shown in recent elections. Republican voters in DuPage County need someone that will stand up for conservative principals! I ask conservative voters in DuPage County’s District 5 to give me the chance to be their voice. Much more to come….” Coyne, an attorney, was elected to Naperville City Council in 2015 and won re-election in 2017. He served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission from 2011 to 2015. Coyne’s current city council term expires in 2021. In February, Coyne caused a stir when he called for state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, to resign after saying her comments about the city of Naperville having white supremacist policies were a new low for “ugly rhetoric.” Stava-Murray posted her comments in response to message left on her Facebook page from someone who called Naperville people “bullies” and “horrible people.” Stava-Murray responded by saying she has wanted to leave the city herself because of Naperville’s “history of white supremacist policies.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inside Gaetz report: trove of new details alleging drug use, payments for sex (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/12/23/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-report-details
— Democrats say “Musk co-opts the presidency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/24/elon-musk-co-opts-presidency-donald-trump-threatens-primaries-against-republicans-government
— Illinois’ new salary transparency law is all about closing gender, racial wage gaps. Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits information upfront. It should help expose and prevent pay inequities. (COMMENT: Federal salaries are extremely transparent. Everyone can see that the federal government pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time more than its comparably-qualified employees who are not aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/23/illinois-equal-pay-law-men-women-salary-wages-benefits-job-postings-transparency-becca-herman
DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s disgusting’: Casten who pushed for Gaetz report’s release reacts to its accusations (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/us-congress-politics/its-disgusting-suburban-congressman-who-pushed-for-gaetz-reports-release-reacts-to-its-accusati/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: Glendale Heights village president tossed from ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/news/glendale-heights-mayor-tossed-from-ballot/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241224/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-coming-together-dupage-groups-should-be-applauded-for-uniting-to-house-homele/
— OCTOBER 13, 2020 FLASHBACK: Kevin Coyne: Candidate profile, DuPage County Board District 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/20201013/news/kevin-coyne-candidate-profile-dupage-county-board-district-5/
WGN RADIO
— Ethics releases Matt Gaetz report: 5 takeaways (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://wgnradio.com/news/ethics-releases-matt-gaetz-report-5-takeaways/amp/
WBEZ & NPR ILLINOIS
— More Illinois universities are covering tuition for low-income households but issues with cost remain. Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge. In September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never worked outside of the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/12/23/illinois-universities-free-tuition-programs-roosevelt-university
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-23/more-illinois-universities-are-covering-tuition-for-low-income-households-but-issues-with-cost-remains
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman says voters picked Trump to ‘protect’ American ‘way of life’ (COMMENT: The American way of life enabled me to do the following even though 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 only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and my ACT score was only 24: I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-says-americans-picked-trump-to-protect-american-way-of-life-john-fetterman-democrat-donald-president-election-white-house-republicans-democrats-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-new-right-celebrates-trump-at-a-conservative-conference-and-sidesteps-inconsistencies/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SAFE SUBURBS USA
— Safe Suburbs USA is a Political Action Committee founded to promote public safety and the welfare of suburban residents throughout the USA. We advocate and educate on issues relating to crime and its effect on suburban families. We recommend agencies, candidates and programs which promote public safety.
https://safesuburbsusa.com/
(FROM THE WEBSITE: Kevin Coyne Founder and Chair, Safe Suburbs USA, Naperville Public Library Board Trustee, Chamber630 Board of Directors, Past Naperville City Councilman and Graduate of Naperville Citizen’s Police Academy)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Kevin Coyne will be the chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee starting January 1, 2025. Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents continue to blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since that time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you have children? If so, would you let them have the bad jobs that I had? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY CONTY BLOG
— How to Request a Ticket to Trump Inauguration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/how-to-request-a-ticket-to-trump-inauguration/
— Christmas Eve Present for Federal Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/christmas-eve-present-for-federal-employees/
— State’s Attorney Finds No Document in Which Permission Was Given Algonquin Township Supervisor to Pay Bills Without Board Permission
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/states-attorney-finds-no-document-in-which-permission-was-given-algonquin-township-supervisor-to-pay-bills-without-board-permission/
— Prediction 0f 2032 Congressional Reapportionment & Electoral College
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/22/prediction-0f-2032-congressional-reapportionment/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Flip Flop: Safe Suburbs PAC Founder Kevin Coyne Endorses Pro-SAFE-T Act Chicago Democrat Despite Calling the Law “Dangerous” and “Emboldening Law Breakers”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/flip-flop-safe-suburbs-pac-founder-kevin-coyne-endorses-pro-safe-t-act-chicago-democrat-despite-calling-the-law-dangerous-and-emboldening-law-breakers.html
— Safe Suburbs USA PAC’s Kevin Coyne Calls Trump “Poison,” “Disaster,” Says Most GOP Voters Don’t Identify as Pro-2nd Amendment
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/safe-suburbs-pacs-kevin-coyne-calls-trump-poison-disaster-says-most-gop-voters-dont-identify-as-pro-2nd-amendment.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts for decades, ethics investigation finds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/senate-democrats-release-supreme-court-ethics-repo/
— ‘Ride it out’: Trump resisters urged to stay in federal government (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I resisted my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/ride-trump-resisters-urged-stay-federal-government/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-Trump federal government lawyers are being begged to “ride it out” in the new administration, with activists encouraging them to act as a bulwark against the incoming president’s policies and actions. Those who feel they cannot remain on the inside, meanwhile, are being urged to look for jobs in Democrat-led state governments where they can find other perches to battle against Mr. Trump. The legal specialists doled out the advice on an American Constitution Society webinar last week, titled “Should I stay or should I go,” which pondered the decisions facing federal employees who aren’t thrilled to be working for Mr. Trump.)
— DEI is dangerous, diversity training materials stoke hostility, not goodwill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/network-contagion-research-institute-rutgers-study/
— Speaker Johnson’s next job is tamping down a bubbling GOP revolt against him
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/mike-johnson-next-job-tamping-bubbling-gop-revolt/
— Christmas’ gifts from Congress are choking America’s future. Rushed spending spree before the holidays proves Washington’s addiction to pork hasn’t changed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/christmas-gifts-congress-choking-america-future/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigration is breaking America. It’s time for consequences
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3267755/illegal-immigration-is-breaking-america-its-time-for-consequences/
— Biden administration doled out millions to give LGBT migrants legal services, job training, and mental health support
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3262317/biden-gave-millions-lgbt-migrants-legal-services/
— San Francisco prepares to fight Trump on immigration, vaccinations, and climate change
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3269347/san-francisco-prepares-fight-trump-immigration-vaccinations-climate-change/
NEW YORK POST
— Critics blast bystanders who stood by while illegal migrant allegedly burned woman to death on NYC subway: ‘Daniel Penny effect’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/critics-say-bystanders-stood-by-while-illegal-migrant-burned-woman-to-death-on-nyc-subway-daniel-penny-effect/
— Troubling new research for Dems finds party’s woes run much deeper than 2024 election disaster (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/troubling-new-research-for-dems-finds-partys-woes-run-much-deeper-than-2024-election-spanking/
— Historic migrant surge reverses years of population decline in New York and other sanctuary states (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/migrant-surge-snaps-new-yorks-years-long-streak-of-population-decline-census-bureau/
— Panama is violating its Canal Treaty by cozying up to China — risking US safety
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/opinion/panama-is-violating-its-canal-treaty-and-risking-us-safety/
AMAC
— Dems Face Internal Schism Over Border Crisis
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/dems-face-internal-schism-over-border-crisis/
— See How Easy Biden Made It for Cartels and Traffickers: My Trip to the Border in Pictures
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/see-how-easy-biden-made-it-for-cartels-and-traffickers-my-trip-to-the-border-in-pictures/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Academia first stop in Trump revamp
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/23/academia-first-stop-in-trump-revamp-1511518/
BLAZE
— Male who allegedly burned woman to death on subway train is illegal alien deported under Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-burn-subway
— ‘Several’ countries lined up to accept deported Venezuelan gang members, Homan says
https://www.theblaze.com/news/several-countries-lined-up-to-accept-deported-venezuelan-gang-members-homan-says
BREITBART
— Illegal Alien Burning NYC Woman to Death Is the Kind of Thing That Turns a Blue State Red
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/23/john-nolte-illegal-alien-burning-nyc-woman-to-death-is-the-kind-of-thing-that-turns-a-blue-state-red/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New report shows how much DEI ideology dominates Ivy League. The report accuses the Ivy League universities of trying to ‘side-step’ the Supreme Court’s ruling in affirmative action. It also details the spread of DEI and CRT throughout the Ivy League.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-report-shows-much-dei-ideology-dominates-ivy-league-/27199
DAILY CALLER
— Murderers, Rapists And Robbers: Biden Goes On Commutation Spree For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/23/joe-biden-commutations-sentences-death-row-christmas-week-victms-rape/
FEDERALIST
— 3 Million ‘Temporary’ Migrants Could Sway Congressional Seats Thanks To Census Bureau Change
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/23/3-million-temporary-migrants-will-now-sway-congressional-seats-thanks-to-census-bureau-change/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— In Waning Days, the Biden Administration Pushes Through Immigration Regulations
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/waning-days-biden-administration-pushes-through-immigration-regulations
— Chicagoans Revolt Over City Spending on Illegal Migrants
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/chicagoans-revolt-over-city-spending-illegal-migrants
— An Immigration Reform Agenda for the 119th Congress
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/congress/immigration-reform-agenda-119th-congress
FOX NEWS
— Why is Greenland geopolitically important for Trump?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS90nWg-IbM
— Trump will be ‘very active on the campaign trail’ in 2026 midterms, Republican Party chair predicts. RNC chair Whatley predicts Trump will play a ‘significant’ role to defend the party’s majorities in Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-active-campaign-trail-midterms-chair-predicts
HOT AIR
— Floating the Unthinkable Considering What’s Happened – Blanket Pardoning Illegals
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/23/floating-the-unthinkable-considering-whats-happened-blanket-pardoning-illegals-n3798181
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ACLU executive director vows to help defy mass deportation of illegals, has no interest in protecting liberty of American citizens
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/aclu-executive-director-vows-to-help-defy-mass-deportation-of-illegals-has-no-interest-in-protecting-liberty-of-american-citizens
NEWSMAX
— Liberalism Is a ‘Mental Disorder’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-savage-liberalism-donald-trump/2024/12/23/id/1192730/
— Sen. Cruz Vows Crackdown on Border, Migrant Criminals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ted-cruz-crackdown-illegal-criminals/2024/12/23/id/1192680/
RED LION
— Denver Public Schools creates documentary to promote transgenderism to children
https://readlion.com/denver-public-schools-creates-documentary-to-promote-transgenderism-to-children/
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Fate Of Illinois FOID Card Rests With Appeals Court (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/fate-of-illinois-foid-card-rests-with-appeals-court/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 5 things to know about Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5054342-trump-proposes-taking-control-panama-canal/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.newsweek.com/immigrants-issued-advice-mass-deportations-2005240
— Donald Trump Comes to Matt Gaetz’s Defense, Says Ethics Report ‘Very Unfair’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-comes-matt-gaetz-defense-says-ethics-report-very-unfair-ag-2005537
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-speech-turning-point-arizona.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/nyregion/nyc-migrant-shelters.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/economy/trump-tech-h1b-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and other drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opinion/is-everyone-high.html
— Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-callista-gingrich-ambassador-switzerland.html
WASHINGTON POST
— For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/24/trump-latino-voters-prosperity-gospel-pennsylvania/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/23/lgbtq-aging-alone-trauma/
— Trump is threatening to take over the Panama Canal, which Panama owns outright
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/23/trump-panama-canal-ownership-history-explained/
— Who controls Greenland, and why does Trump want to buy it? The Arctic island is not for sale, its own government and that of Denmark continue to emphasize.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/23/greenland-trump-buy-denmark/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s State Department pick opposes mass/illegal immigration and reverse discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/23/trump-michael-anton-state-department-immigrants/77049505007/
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
— The wrath of DOGE is coming for federal workers (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about how I have been viewed/treated because of that. (COMMENT: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from IRS because I was unemployed. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died. When I was 16 years old in 1966, I accepted a job offer from the Post Office because I needed a job to pay for my college expenses.)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2024/12/22/opinion-the-wrath-of-doge-is-coming-for-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America has elected a president who has empowered two businessmen with no experience in public service or governing to effectively rule over the federal government, in part by promising to “delete” assorted agencies as part of a plan to cut spending by $2 trillion. Both have an affinity for mass layoffs, Elon Musk at his various companies and Vivek Ramaswamy of federal employees as part of a campaign promise. Whether these men, who will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will have any actual authority remains to be seen. If nothing else, their impossible-to-fill promises to slash spending and fire workers has put a spotlight on government employees in terms of who they are, the functions they perform and their motivations for working in the public sector. Although we don’t yet know DOGE has in store, an improvement in job quality, wages and working conditions is unlikely. Just this past week, Trump threatened to fire federal employees who don’t come back to the office and said he would go to court to challenge a Biden administration labor contract that locked in remote work arrangements for thousands of them. So, if you are a federal worker, should you quit and avoid the (potential) wrath of DOGE? In some ways, the answer reveals what is wrong with government. Paul Volcker was a lifelong advocate for improving public service. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve who is credited with breaking inflation in the early 1980s spearheaded the first National Commission on Public Service report in 1989 and the follow-up in 2003. He liked to point out that the casual bashing of federal employees that politicians love to do was destructive. The more public service is denigrated, the less appreciated civil servants are and the harder it is to recruit high-quality employees. Both commissions concluded that biggest problems with public service was not the workers, but how they were led and organized. The first report emphasized that civil servants report to political appointees and that the number of appointees had swelled. They now total about 4,000, helping to choke off promotion and career advancement. In other words, at some point, success based on performance ends and political connections take over. The second report made the same point but focused on the organizational structure of the government, an outdated holdover with duplicative responsibilities under rules that carry the power of law. It concluded that the agencies needed to be made anew based on tasks and mission. (To their credit, the commission guessed that such a task would take a decade.) It was as if the system was designed to discourage workers. But which workers? Let’s go back to original question. Should you, as a federal employee, quit? Say the answer is yes. If Trump — your boss’s boss — does not appreciate the work of government employees and agrees that many, if not most, should be laid off, then quitting is a way to signal your dissatisfaction in a manner Volcker would have predicted as well as signal that a lack of respect is costing America valuable civil servants. But quitting can be interpreted as a political statement. Trump has long claimed that federal employees comprise a “deep state” that he’s vowed to dismantle. Quit just as he is reelected plays into his belief that public employees are politically motivated. Say the answer is no. After all, from the perspective of civil servants, politicians and their appointees are like short-lived mayflies. Staying sends a powerful signal that whatever the political noise, civil servants are above it. Your job is to serve the people and the people elect new bosses every four years. But staying the course has its own risks, namely by perpetuating the perception that civil servants don’t have the skills for private-sector jobs, and if they could leave, they would. Whatever they do, federal workers risk either being viewed as political or incompetent — or both. Quiet technocrats drawn to the mission of public service will choose to stay every time. That’s not to say that they never quit, get frustrated nor leave to go to the private sector (or never come back, for that matter). But politics don’t dictate what they do, and they serve both parties equally. And that’s the real problem. The people best poised to punish politicians for their poor leadership, mismanagement or byzantine organizational structure are inclined to stay quiet. Aside from quitting, there’s not much civil servants can do in protest. The Hatch Act strictly limits what political behavior is allowed. They can’t endorse a candidate, a policy or a commission’s recommendations, and they can’t make political donations or campaign for a person or party. Civil servants are a convenient punching bag to distract from the failures of leadership promulgated by successive administrations to improve the structure or performance of the federal government. The solutions offered in 1989 and again in 2003 make just as much sense now as they did then.)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— What makes you a contributing member of society? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters each and every morning. But according to my critics/opponents, my newsletters are not only worthless, they are destructive. According to them, my newsletters have cause all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/advice/philip-chard/2018/11/30/idle-reflections-value-doing-nothing/2123705002/
KFOX14
— Texas claims 87% drop in illegal crossings, credits Operation Lone Star for success (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://kfoxtv.com/news/immigration/texas-claims-87-drop-in-illegal-crossings-credits-operation-lone-star-for-success-tx-governor-greg-abbott-national-guard-rio-grande-billion-trump-administration
LOS ANGELES PRESS & REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.losangelespress.org/english-edition/the-land-of-immigrants-to-deport-thousands-of-refugees-20241224-10568.html
https://reason.com/2024/12/23/asylum-isnt-as-crazy-as-trump-claims/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pensions Give Retirees Greater Peace of Mind’ (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. I started earning credits toward that pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-pension-finances-america-977d3033
— Asians ever-increasingly outperform other races.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/merit-and-the-case-for-immigration-education-scholarships-texas-finis-welch-a1dd1c1f
— The Trump Legal Effort to Deport Illegal Aliens. The President-elect could do a lot worse than bringing Alan Dershowitz into the fold.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-trump-legal-effort-to-deport-illegal-aliens-dershowitz-80adc7b4
— ‘Dreamers’ Make Emergency Plans as Trump Vows to Deport Millions. Students lacking permanent legal status are scrambling to prepare in case an immigration crackdown hits campuses.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dreamers-make-emergency-plans-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-1e279f87
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://fortune.com/well/2024/12/23/fleeing-the-country-rationing-testosterone-transgender-americans-new-reality-under-trump-presidency/
FORBES
— ‘Trump Wants America To Win’: Ben Shapiro Argues As To Why Trump Foreign Policy Isn’t ‘Isolationism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpcKR3smS98
BLOOMBERG
— Musk Makes ‘Overstaffed’ Federal Reserve a Target in Quest for Efficiency (COMMENT: Gingrich made “overstaffed” GAO a target in the 1990s. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees including me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-23/elon-musk-makes-overstaffed-fed-target-in-quest-for-efficiency
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— Bullying in the Legal Profession. Study Finds Bullying Disproportionately Impacts Lawyers from Underrepresented Groups.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/news/bullying-in-profession/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The topic of bullying is personal to Erika Harold, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (“the Commission”). “I experienced pervasive racial and sexual harassment in high school that went unresolved by school administrators. I ultimately had to transfer schools,” she said. Harold added, “In a diary I kept at the time, I vowed to make an impact on the culture of bullying if I ever had the opportunity.” That opportunity came when she was crowned Miss America 2003. Traveling across the U.S., she spoke to more than 100,000 young people about bullying in schools to “shift people’s perceptions and motivate leaders to take this issue more seriously.” After graduating from Harvard Law School, Harold was dismayed to discover that bullying seemed “normalized and even sometimes celebrated in the legal profession.” Yet, “there was a lack of data and discussion about it,” she said. A second opportunity presented itself when she became Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Under her leadership, the Commission launched one of the first large-scale studies in the U.S. on bullying in the legal profession. They partnered with The Red Bee Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm with experience conducting wide-scale surveys for other legal organizations, including the ABA. The report’s authors and principals from The Red Bee Group, Stephanie A. Scharf and Roberta D. Liebenberg, define bullying as “inappropriate behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate, or control the actions of another person, including verbal, nonverbal, or physical acts.” The resulting report found that nearly a quarter of the 6,000 Illinois lawyers surveyed had experienced workplace bullying during a one-year period. Particularly noteworthy, the rates of bullying were highest among attorneys aged 25 to 35, female attorneys, and attorneys with disabilities. Thirty-nine percent of attorneys aged 25 to 35 reported having experienced bullying compared to 12% of attorneys aged 66 to 75. Thirty-eight percent of female attorneys said they experienced bullying, compared to 15% of male lawyers. Similarly, 38% of attorneys with disabilities said they experienced bullying, compared to 23% of lawyers without a disability. Also bullied were 36% of Middle Eastern/North African lawyers, 35% of Black/African American lawyers, 34% of Hispanic lawyers, 32% of multiracial lawyers, and 28% of Asian American lawyers, compared to 23% of white lawyers who reported being bullied. In addition, 29% of lawyers who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual were the target of verbal bullying related to their sexual orientation, while 3% of heterosexual lawyers were verbally bullied related to their sexual orientation. Wendy Shiba, Chair of the ABA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center (DEI Center) and a principal of The Red Bee Group, pointed out that the groups identified in the report as being disproportionately impacted by bullying are the same groups represented by the ABA’s DEI Center “in furtherance of Goal III, to eliminate bias and enhance diversity in the legal profession.” Based on her work, Shiba added, “Intersectionality compounds the phenomenon, with attorneys having two or more of the underrepresented characteristics being especially vulnerable.”)
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Civil Servants Ready Lawsuits to Refute Trump’s Vow to Fire Them (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my attorney Walter T. Charlton ( https://www.lawyer.com/walter-charlton.html ) filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington DC in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The suit was transferred to Chicago in 2000.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/civil-servants-ready-lawsuits-to-refute-trumps-vow-to-fire-them
POLITICO
— Conservatives hope to enlist Trump in their spending war. It won’t be that easy. Hardliners openly admit they felt they lost every funding fight this year. They’re hoping the incoming president turns that around.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/24/conservatives-trump-spending-war-wont-be-easy-00195951
FED SMITH
— WEP and GPO Bill Passes in Congress. Legislation repealing the WEP and GPO passed Congress and now goes to the president to sign.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/21/wep-and-gpo-bill-passes-in-congress/
INDEPENDENT
— Piers Morgan slams ‘disgusting’ SNL audience for cheering Luigi Mangione. Morgan slammed the applause for Luigi Mangione ‘shameful.’
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/piers-morgan-snl-luigi-mangione-joke-b2669105.html
December 21, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson launches unified shelter system as migrant shelter population wanes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/mayor-brandon-johnson-unified-shelter-system/
— Standoff continues between Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, trustees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/standoff-continues-between-thornton-township-supervisor-tiffany-henyard-trustees/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton polling shows she may have her sights set on a different office. A source with knowledge of Stratton’s poll and the thinking behind it told Rich Miller she is “keeping her options open” as Gov. JB Pritzker decides if he will seek reelection.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/20/lt-gov-juliana-stratton-poll-popularity-black-woman-attorney-jb-pritzker-dick-durbin-rich-miller
CBS2
— Judge permanently blocks Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s appointments to key village posts
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-blocks-tiffany-henyard-appointments-dolton/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Editorial: Mr. Mayor, if you truly care about Chicago, you should step aside. (COMMENT: Who should he be replaced with?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/editorial/brandon-johnson-should-step-aside-after-martinez-editorial
ABC7
— Thornton Township’s government remains shut down, without crucial insurance after chaotic meeting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-townships-government-remains-shut-down-crucial-insurance-after-chaotic-meeting/15683333/
NBC5
— Biden forgives $4.28 billion in student debt for 54,900 borrowers. Biden has forgiven more student debt than any other president. (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. Far too often, instead of studying, I worked all the part-times that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-forgives-4-28-billion-in-student-debt-for-54900-borrowers/3629422/
WGN9
— More student loans canceled in final round of forgiveness before Biden leaves office (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. Far too often, instead of studying, I worked all the part-times that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969.)
https://wgntv.com/news/more-student-loans-canceled-in-final-round-of-forgiveness-before-biden-leaves-office/
FOX32
— Chicago ends migrant shelter mission, merges housing system for all in need
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ends-migrant-shelter-mission-merges-housing-system-all-need
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump set to take office with tighter grip on GOP (COMMENT: Who represents and speaks for Trump in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/president-elect-donald-trump-set-to-take-office-with-tighter-grip-on-gop-and-less-resistance-white-house-second-term-congress-republican-majority
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-20/trumps-mass-deportation-would-hurt-everyone-not-just-undocumented-workers-prof-says
WIFR
— Illinois adds new requirements to job posting (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. They forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they would have given me a promotion to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $118,439/year) to transfer. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels (currently $97-079-$110,020/year). I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used my having to take a downgrade to transfer against me big time. They used that downgrade a) to keep me off audits of IRS until 1986, b) to delay my promotions, and c) to not promote me to GS-13 until 1986. They did that even though a) I earned that master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, GAO would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service (currently $191,900/year) before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9wDQ556Uak
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-221/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker was and remains part of the coverup of Biden’s mental decline
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-was-and-remains-part-of-the-coverup-of-bidens-mental-decline-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State immigration advocates plot strategy for Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8d18c736-befc-11ef-865f-eb36d769b00f.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Librarian Gets Two Years for Stealing $770,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/19/librarian-gets-two-years-for-stealing-770000/
— When Will an Illinois Legislator Introduce a No Tax on Tips Bill?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/19/when-will-an-illinois-legislator-introduce-a-no-tax-on-tips-bill/
— Report Shows Wildly Inaccurate Crystal Lake Tax Increment Financial Projections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/report-shows-wildly-inaccurate-crystal-lake-tax-increment-financial-projections/
— Health Department Reports First Death of Young Child from Respiratory Syncytial Virus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/health-department-reports-death-of-young-child-from-respiratory-syncytial-virus/
— Trump Wins Budget Battle, Christmas Tree Bill Chopped Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/trump-wins-budget-battle/
— Slot Machine Thieves Arrested
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/slot-machine-thieves-arrested/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a conservative who is not in the process of leaving Illinois, what should you do to defend yourself? One thing is to help elect the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct. Another thing is to get appointed to serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain. Another thing is to attend the January 11, 2025 Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee meeting. – Dave Diersen
http://
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election. From what I see, the more that Republican leaders do to deport illegals, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders will do a) to keep their illegals here and b) to bring their deported illegals back in. What can/should be done about that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you do and why do you do it? I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning. I do that to promote conservative principles, that is, I do that to promote the Republican Party platform. I credit all my accomplishments in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) earn a professional license when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., e) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, and 74, f) get married when I was 29, g) etc. – Dave Diersen
http”//www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are in-kind donations. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth $1,000/year, if not $5,000/year, if not $10,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out each and every morning free of charge and with no advertising or donation requests. I spend about 15 hours a day putting the newsletters together and sending them out. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, internet expenses, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker, a Licensed Attorney, Could Face State Disciplinary Action for Falsely Stating Trump is a “Rapist,” Says Blagojevich
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/pritzker-a-licensed-attorney-could-face-state-disciplinary-action-for-falsely-stating-trump-is-a-rapist-says-blagojevich.html
— Biden Rushes Back to DC as Harris Cancels Holiday Trip, Sparking 25th Amendment Rumors After Explosive Report Reveals Extensive Health Coverup Scheme
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/biden-rushes-back-to-dc-as-harris-cancels-holiday-trip-sparking-25th-amendment-rumors-after-explosive-report-reveals-extensive-health-coverup-scheme.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published an explosive story that detailed a four-year coverup by the White House to hide the president’s deteriorating mental health condition and how top aides protected the ailing president from the public, his staff and even the cabinet. The White House hired a vocal coach to assist with his diminishing voice, sent surrogates to meetings that he should have been attending and canceled Oval Office meetings at the last minute when he wasn’t feeling well. Aides even instructed him on simple details like where to stand, where to look, how to get on and off stage and included note cards with pictures so he wouldn’t forget places or names. Press aides were even told to leave out negative press clippings seen by the president to further shield him from reality.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI is dangerous. It stokes hostility, not goodwill. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote DEI. DEI turns those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time,)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/network-contagion-research-institute-rutgers-study/
— 7.6 million known illegal immigrants at large in U.S.; number doubled under Biden (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/7-6-million-known-illegal-immigrants-large-u-numbe/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elton John is right, marijuana legalization was a ‘great mistake’ (COMMENT: If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, or a) earn a professional license.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3266882/elton-john-right-marijuana-legalization-great-mistake/
NEW YORK POST
— Over 271K migrants were deported from the US in 2024 — a paltry 9% of the 2.9M encountered at borders (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/us-news/just-9-of-migrants-deported-in-2024-ice-data/
— Progressives care more about illegal-immigrant rapists than their child victims
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/opinion/progressives-care-more-about-illegal-immigrant-rapists-than-child-victims/
— Illinois cops bust Canadians who crossed border with 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million
https://www.aol.com/illinois-cops-bust-2-canadians-174029707.html
AMERICAN MILTARY NEWS
— Up to 1,200 DEI employees may be hired by feds before Trump’s inauguration
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/12/up-to-1200-dei-employees-may-be-hired-by-feds-before-trumps-inauguration-report/#google_vignette
BREITBART
— The Wages of Wokeness: Google Slashes Management Roles by 10% (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone to websites a) that promote the Democrat Party platform and Democrat candidates and elected officials and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and Republican candidates and elected officials.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/12/20/the-wages-of-wokeness-google-slashes-management-roles-by-10/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Pats Itself On Back For Deporting Thousands Of Illegal Migrant Criminals After Rolling Out Welcome Mat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/biden-admin-pats-itself-on-back-for-deporting-thousands-of-illegal-migrant-criminals-after-rolling-out-welcome-mat/ar-AA1wfczL
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Border Legacy Is More Crime, Strained Cities
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/20/bidens-border-legacy-is-more-crime-strained-cities-borderline/
EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes Funding Plan, Sends Bill to Senate Hours Before Shutdown Deadline
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-plan-c-funding-plan-as-shutdown-looms-5779746
FOX BUSINESS
— Biden admin looks to hire up to 1,200 DEI employees in last-minute ‘woke’ push
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/biden-admin-looks-to-hire-up-to-1200-dei-employees-in-last-minute-woke-push/vi-AA1weVPn
FOX NEWS
— Embattled Illinois mayor Tiffany Henyard declares ‘I am your Rosa Parks’ amid leadership feud. ‘Somebody has to say never never ever give up,’ Henyard said.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/embattled-illinois-mayor-declares-i-am-your-rosa-parks-amid-leadership-feud
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Obama Clings to Relevance—and to Racial Division
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/obama-clings-relevance-and-racial-division
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Democratic Chicago mayor faces irate citizens sick of illegal immigration onslaught in town hall
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/leftist-chicago-mayor-faces-irate-citizens-sick-of-illegal-immigration-onslaught-in-town-hall
MRC TV
— ‘Chicago Flips Red’: Local Group Repeatedly Scolds Mayor Over Job Performance, Ignoring the Constitution
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/chicago-flips-red-local-group-repeatedly-scolds-mayor-over-job-performance
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Nicknames, Mockery Trickle Out for Chicago’s Mayor
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/19/nicknames_mockery_trickle_out_for_chicagos_mayor_637606.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Senile Biden Frees 100+ Illegals Who Rioted at Border Because They’re Not ‘Border Security Risks’ Under His Policy
https://www.westernjournal.com/senile-biden-frees-100-illegals-rioted-border-not-border-security-risks-policy-report/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do whatever they believe is necessary to destroy Trump including destroying America.
https://www.timescall.com/2024/12/20/donald-trump-economy-federal-reserve-bipartisan-budget-deal/amp/
MSN
— Starbucks provided in-kind donation to GOP convention host committee (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth $1,000/year, if not $5,000/year, if not $10,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out each and every morning free of charge and with no advertising or donation requests. I spend about 15 hours a day putting the newsletters together and sending them out. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, internet expenses, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/starbucks-provides-in-kind-donation-to-gop-convention-host-committee/ar-BB1qaMuz
— New Bill Would Strip Federal Funding To Groups Supporting Illegal Immigrants (COMMENT: How strongly are groups in your county, township, municipality, and school district working to attract and keep illegals?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-bill-would-strip-federal-funding-to-groups-supporting-illegal-immigrants/ss-AA1rZmdi
— Migrants Are Using Private Jet Charters To Enter The US
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/migrants-are-using-private-jet-charters-to-enter-the-us/ar-AA1wggnS
— 80% of women in Tijuana’s migrant shelters are from Mexico
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/80-of-women-in-tijuana-s-migrant-shelters-are-from-mexico/ar-AA1wbJmK
NEW YORK TIMES
— How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize a) illegals with runaway slaves and b) Republicans and Confederates.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/books/review/andrew-delbanco-war-before-the-war.html
WASHINGTON POST
— 8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/musk-trump-children-health-debt/
— To promote more hatred against Republicans, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats because Democrats fought for slavery in the Civil War.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/20/reparations-black-trump/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater crow that “Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/trump-presidential-power-congress-legislature/
NEW YORK SUN
— D.C. City Council Stealthily Passes Bill To Create a ‘Reparations Task Force’ To Explore Giving Money to Black Residents. Council members at Washington are hoping their sneakily named bill will avoid scrutiny from Republicans in Congress.
https://www.nysun.com/article/d-c-stealthily-passes-create-reparations-explore-money-black-residents
BALTIMORE SUN
— Equality and equity are not the same (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if X% of those who apply for something are minority or female, that same X% should be accepted. Because of that, to accept minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly dramatically lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. Because of that, because I am a White male, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license ever-increasingly became worthless.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/20/equality-and-equity-are-not-the-same-reader-commentary/
WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. By coming into America illegally and/or by staying In America illegally, illegals demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America. My their inviting illegals into America and by their keeping them in America, Democrat and RINO leaders demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/12/20/immigration-drives-nations-population-growth/
13 NEWS NOW
— Government shutdown could cause millions of federal workers to be furloughed. (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.13newsnow.com/video/money/government-shutdown-could-cause-millions-of-federal-workers-to-be-furloughed/291-a2378a98-58dd-4470-b844-3f77354b7963
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Colleges and Universities Get Around State DEI Bans. They hide behind vague demands from accreditors. Congress should deprive them of this excuse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-colleges-and-universities-get-around-state-dei-bans-discrimination-iowa-65732dfb
— For Many People in This Small Town, Deportations Can’t Come Soon Enough. In Seymour, Ind., immigration became a focal point in 2024. Some residents hope 2025 brings changes. (COMMENT: Seymour today, your municipality tomorrow. What are the Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality doing to invite illegals?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/for-many-people-in-this-small-town-deportations-cant-come-soon-enough-fee9a193
BLOOMBERG
— The Wrath of DOGE Is Coming for Federal Workers (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. They despised/hated Republicans. They especially despised/hated Republican elected officials. I should write a book about how they took their hatred against Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. Bush, and Gingrich out on me. It is called political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-20/the-wrath-of-doge-is-coming-for-federal-workers
— Corporate America Hired More Black Workers. Then It Stopped. Black workers are losing share at big US public companies as conservatives amp up their anti-diversity push ahead of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. (COMMENT: Under Republicans Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. Bush, and Gingrich, the federal government gave tremendous preference to its Black employees. All my Black coworkers who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. Under Republican Gingrich, GAO forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-anti-dei-corporate-america-stalls-black-workers-gains/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Immigration and Employment of Foreign Nationals: A Look Ahead (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers do not want any immigration laws let alone enforcement of those laws.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/immigration-and-employment-foreign-nationals-look-ahead
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A quarter of FDIC survey respondents say harassment is common in the workplace. The new survey, from the FDIC inspector general, comes as part of the ongoing investigation into long-standing workplace culture concerns. (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued a) that it had never discriminated against any of its employees for any reason and b) that it had treated me and all its employees exactly like Congress wanted it to, that is, to meet Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI quotas, goals, and targets, that is, to use AA, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/a-quarter-of-fdic-survey-respondents-say-harassment-is-common-in-the-workplace/
FED SMITH
— Cato’s Recommendations to DOGE for Slashing Federal Employee Pay, Benefits (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always shouted a) that I was grossly overpaid and that my employee benefits were much too generous, b) that young minorities and young females should have had the jobs that I had, and c) that I should be fired. While I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, my critics/opponents have always shouted that my retiree benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I became a federal employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 because of EEOC. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died. Because of that I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/20/catos-recommendations-to-doge-for-slashing-federal-employee-pay-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cut Overall Compensation for Federal Employees by 10%. . .Cut the Total Number of Federal Employees by 10%. . .Limit Federal Employee Unions. . .Making It Easier to Fire Poorly Performing Federal Employees. . .Reinstate Schedule F. . .End Affirmative Action in Federal Hiring and Contracting. . .Privatizing Federal Operations
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— More! on the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset. Many Civil Service Retirement System retirees are hoping for an early Christmas present from Congress. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2024/12/more-windfall-elimination-provision-and-government-pension-offset/401798/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, federal retirees who retired under the Civil Service Retirement System, current CSRS employees and a multitude of other state and local public service employees who receive pensions from work not covered by Social Security, applauded when the Senate voted on a motion to invoke cloture. The agreement to invoke cloture was on the motion to proceed to H.R. 82. (a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provisions). The motion was agreed to with 73 years and 27 nays which could mean higher Social Security benefits for CSRS retirees if passed before Congress leaves this week.)
— IRS workforce is more diverse than the national civilian labor force. So why is GAO criticizing the tax agency’s DEI programs? A new GAO report ( https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105785 ) found that women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and persons with disabilities were underrepresented in senior levels at the agency. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. They did everything that they could to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, they discriminated against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/09/irs-workforce-more-diverse-national-civilian-labor-force-so-why-gao-criticizing-tax-agencys-dei-programs/399446/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The IRS’ workforce in 2022 was more diverse than the federal workforce as a whole as well as the national civilian labor force in terms of representation of women and individuals from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups. However a Government Accountability Office report published on Monday found disparities in diverse representation at more senior levels and argued current IRS plans to address the gaps have significant shortcomings. GAO reported that IRS’ workforce — which consists of approximately 90,000 employees, and is expected to grow because of an infusion of funds from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — generally became more diverse between fiscal years 2013 and 2022. But that progress didn’t persist across ranks. “In general, the more senior the level, the lower the representation of women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and persons with disabilities in each of the 10 fiscal years we reviewed,” investigators wrote. For example, 71.9% of IRS employees in grades [general schedule]-10 and below were women in fiscal 2022 compared to 45.6% of individuals at the executive level. Other noteworthy findings include: The decreasing representation at senior levels for Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino employees was largely tied to fewer women of those backgrounds serving in those roles. In contrast, the increasing representation at senior levels of white employees was driven largely by there being more white men in those positions. Women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and individuals with disabilities were generally less likely to be promoted across multiple GS grades. IRS employees who are women earned 17% less than men and workers from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups earned 6% less than their white counterparts. Investigators wrote that salary disparities existed even after controlling for GS grade level and occupation. Over the review period, IRS did identify certain causes for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility setbacks. Between fiscal years 2017 and 2022, for instance, the agency noted that there was low participation by Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Black or African American employees in an executive readiness development program. GAO criticized IRS’ plans to resolve those setbacks, in particular that they are spread out among three different strategies. “With multiple plans articulating differing DEIA goals, IRS’s DEIA efforts are neither clear nor transparent, hindering decision-makers’ ability to set priorities, allocate resources and restructure efforts, as needed, to ensure effective DEIA advancement,” investigators wrote. They also found the agency conducted limited stakeholder consultation and that staffing issues in IRS’ Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion contributed to the issue. GAO made eight recommendations, including that IRS create a unified DEIA strategic plan and set performance measures for goals in the strategy. IRS agreed with each of the recommendations. Congressional Republicans in June introduced legislation that would bar federal funds from being used toward DEI efforts.)
GUARDIAN
— Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege. Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump
DAILY MAIL
— ‘Am I Racist?’ star Matt Walsh blasts the Academy Awards for snubbing documentary exposing DEI (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and even worse things.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14212167/Am-Racist-star-Matt-Walsh-blasts-Academy-Awards-snubbing-documentary-exposing-DEI.html
— Ruthless migrant thugs are entering the US legally through Biden-approved loophole app
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-14212499/Ruthless-migrant-thugs-entering-legally-Biden-approved-loophole-app.html
WORKERS WORLD
— Protesters to Biden: ‘Dismantle the Deportation Machine’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. By coming into America illegally and/or by staying In America illegally, illegals demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America. By their inviting illegals into America and by their keeping them in America, Democrat and RINO leaders demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.)
https://www.workers.org/2024/12/82757/
December 19, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk comes out against Speaker Johnson going forward with a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday, saying, “This bill should not pass.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/will-2024-december-us-federal-government-shutdown-congress-unveils-funding-bill-musk-voices-opposition/15671840/
— Thornton Township building closed after Supervisor Tiffany Henyard warns of shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-warns-shutdown-could-start-wednesday/15671055/
NBC5
— Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP’s government funding bill
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-joins-elon-musk-in-opposing-house-gops-government-funding-bill/3627853/
— Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/government-funding-plan-collapses-as-trump-makes-new-demands/3627865/
— Democrats promote Democrat Oak Park.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-named-as-one-of-50-best-places-to-travel-to-in-2025-in-recent-list/3628121/
CBS2
— Elgin may move homeless encampment residents into hotel after 2 fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g9JV55ztPc
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-familys-handwritten-card-campaign-delivers-connection-lgbtq-community
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRNT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/jan-6-house-gop-liz-cheney/
— Homer Glen Village Board race finalized with 9 candidates for 3 trustee positions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/18/homer-glen-village-board-candidates/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/12/18/brandie-knazze-chicago-dfss-commissioner-stepping-down-migrant-issues
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters defame, slander, and libel Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/19/news-media-press-stand-against-donald-trumps-bullying-lawsuits-abc-disney-stephanopoulos-se-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A big, bold undertaking’: Elgin plans to move ‘Tent City’ residents to hotel, tear down encampment. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241218/news/a-home-for-the-winter-elgin-approves-plan-to-move-tent-city-residents-to-a-hotel-tear-down-encam/
— Wheaton City Council approves 2025 budget. Wheaton is one of only 21 municipalities in the state with an “AAA” rating — the highest possible — from Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241217/news/wheaton-city-council-approves-2025-budget/
— 22 apply for DuPage judge position
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241218/news/22-apply-for-dupage-judge-position/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are haters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241219/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-standing-against-hate-towns-organizations-individuals-who-join-the-fight-ad/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois sees most significant wage drop in the country since 1935
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/12/19/illinois-sees-the-most-significant-wage-drop-in-us-new-data-shows/77047171007/
SOUTHERN
— Trump backs House GOP accusation Liz Cheney tampered with Jan. 6 committee witness
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/19/trump-backs-house-gop-accusation-liz-cheney-tampered-with-jan-6-committee-witness/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/18/brandie-knazze-chicago-dfss-commissioner-stepping-down-migrant-issues
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump rejects plan to avert government shutdown, prompting Congress scramble
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/senate-and-house-gop-leaders-plan-to-push-presidentelect-donald-trumps-policies-via-reconciliation#
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump allies work to sink government spending bill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-allies-work-to-sink-government-spending-bill/
— Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk’s help
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-brings-chaos-back-to-washington-by-attempting-to-kill-bipartisan-budget-deal/
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/19/how-has-rockford-changed-nearly-5-years-since-legalization-cannabis/
— Christmas decorations featuring Donald Trump spark controversy at community center
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/19/christmas-decorations-featuring-donald-trump-spark-controversy-community-center/
WSIL TV
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois-colleges-team-up-to-help-feed-the-needy-during-the-holidays/article_181100c2-bdb5-11ef-9643-cb0ee299282e.html
KFVS
— Carbondale City Council member calls for Illinois to secede from United States
https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/12/18/carbondale-city-council-member-calls-illinois-secede-united-states/
WVIK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have health, financial, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the aforesaid are marginalized by Republicans.
https://www.wvik.org/2024-12-18/neighbors-protecting-neighbors-worried-marginalized-communities-prep-for-trump-term
ELMHURST PATCH
— Booze, Cigars On Elmhurst D205 Credit Card. An official who was arrested put $47,000 in personal items on his public credit card. The district said he paid it back.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/booze-cigars-elmhurst-d205-credit-card
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-427/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-219/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Blagojevich Urges Trump Legal Team to File Massive Defamation Suit Against Billionaire Pritzker After ABC News Agrees to $15M Settlement (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/blagojevich-urges-trump-legal-team-to-file-massive-defamation-suit-against-billionaire-pritzker-after-abc-news-agrees-to-15m-settlement.html
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois lawmakers shouldn’t burden taxpayers with Tier 2 pension “fixes” until they know what they’re doing
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-shouldnt-burden-taxpayers-with-tier-2-pension-fixes-until-they-know-what-theyre-doing-wirepoints/
— Chicago’s $300 million in ‘operational efficiencies’ isn’t a budget cut, it’s a budget coverup
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-300-million-in-operational-efficiencies-isnt-a-budget-cut-its-a-budget-coverup-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Winfield Township voters will have a chance to impact Illinois’ pension crisis in the April 1 election. They won’t directly change any laws, but voters can send a strong signal to state lawmakers about pensions causing Illinois’ property tax pain.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/suburban-chicago-voters-to-tell-state-leaders-about-pension-reform-need/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Maybe he’s not joking? Trump revives 51st state talk about Canada.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/18/donald-trump-revives-talk-making-canada-51st-u-sta/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Almost 8 Million Illegal Aliens Live in American ‘Sanctuary Cities’
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/18/report-almost-8-million-illegal-aliens-live-in-american-sanctuary-cities/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Many Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Jurisdictions? 530,000 (3.8%) reside in Illinois
https://cis.org/Richwine/How-Many-Illegal-Aliens-Reside-Sanctuary-Jurisdictions
CENTER SQUARE
— Pork-filled stopgap incites revolt from House Republicans
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f86669c0-bd72-11ef-8ec1-6b8ff665afb6.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Education Department spent at least $1 billion on DEI under Biden admin
https://www.thecollegefix.com/education-department-spent-at-least-1-billion-on-dei-under-biden-admin-report/
BREITBART
— Securing Southern Border Will Drive up Wages for Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/18/tom-homan-securing-southern-border-will-drive-up-wages-americans/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump, GOP-led Congress need to ‘cut off the spigot’ for illegal immigration funding
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6366203901112
FOX NEWS
— The continuing resolution is ‘woke garbage’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366208952112
— ‘Evil terrorists’: House GOP border hawks rally around Trump’s deportation plan targeting ‘cartel thugs’ Republican leaders said Congress needs to sanction sanctuary jurisdictions that are protecting criminal illegal immigrants from deportation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/evil-terrorists-house-gop-border-hawks-rally-around-trumps-deportation-plan-targeting-cartel-thugs
— Trump says Mike Johnson will ‘easily remain speaker’ if he acts ‘decisively and tough’ on spending bill. Trump told Fox News Digital anyone who supports a bill that doesn’t take care of debt ceiling should be ‘primaried and disposed of’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-mike-johnson-easily-remain-speaker-he-acts-decisively-tough-spending-bill
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— The Constitution Does Not Grant Birthright Citizenship to the Children of Illegal Immigrants
https://heartland.org/opinion/the-constitution-does-not-grant-birthright-citizenship-to-the-children-of-illegal-immigrants/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Over 500,000 migrant children are missing inside the U.S. (COMMENT: How many migrant children have Democrat and RINO leaders put in your school district?)
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/big-apple-mayor-adams-over-500000-migrant-children-are-missing-inside-the-u-s
NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich to Newsmax: Pritzker Should Stop Defaming Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-j-b-pritzker-donald-trump/2024/12/18/id/1192198/
PJ MEDIA
— You’re Not Going to Believe How Many Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Cities
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/18/youre-not-going-to-believe-how-many-illegal-aliens-reside-in-sanctuary-cities-n4935234
POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden-Harris admin seeks to hire up to 1,200 DEI staffers prior to Trump’s second term
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-harris-admin-seeks-to-hire-up-to-1200-dei-staffers-prior-to-trumps-second-term-report
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump and Musk unleash a new kind of chaos on Washington
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/trump-musk-capitol-chaos-analysis/index.html
MSNBC
— Democrats watch as ‘co-president’ Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/democrats-watch-as-co-president-musk-leads-trump-in-destroying-johnson-on-spending-bill-227447365846
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/knit-the-rainbow-homeless-lgbtq-youth-winter-garments-rcna184566
NEW YORK TIMES & MIAMI TIMES & DESERET NEWS & BUSINESS INSIDER & PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the American Dream, that is, meritocracy, that is, advancement based on merit, is ever-increasingly fading for those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time. To stop the aforesaid is why Trump got elected and reelected. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/learning/what-students-are-saying-about-the-american-dream-mindfulness-in-schools-and-how-to-define-family.html
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/my-identity-shouldnt-prevent-me-from-living-my-american-dream/article_4529576a-bd4e-11ef-92e1-d36fb7bfd623.html
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/12/18/housing-crisis-utah-govenor-cox-starter-homes-american-dream/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-dream-fading-gov-cox-024257726.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-shrinking-smaller-homes-fewer-kids-vacation-time-commutes-2024-12
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-yesterday/201610/the-psychology-the-american-dream
WASHINGTON POST
— Mexico praises its own migrants with a hymn, while abuses continue against those from other nations. Mexico’s president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States, even as migrants from other countries continue to suffer abuses, delays and hostility in Mexico. (COMMENT: In WWIII, will Mexico side against America or with America?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/18/mexico-migrants-hymn-song-caravan/76294580-bd78-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html
— Musk, Ramaswamy fuel online campaign that leads to Republicans rejecting spending bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/18/trump-administration-transition/
— Federal employee groups prepare to fend off attacks by Trump and allies. The efforts are aimed at resisting what is expected to be a severe assault on public servants beyond the intimidation many federal employees felt during Donald Trump’s first term. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, GAO’s annual budget requests were always attacked by Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly punished me for that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/18/federal-employees-trump-schedule-f/
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailynews.com/2024/12/18/hundreds-rally-for-undocumented-immigrants-in-los-angeles/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s Cabinet picks are generating controversy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/17/trump-cabinet-picks-reaction/76741244007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Trump Can Do About ‘Sanctuary Cities’ The Supremacy Clause is clear. Local officials pledging to resist his policy will lose in court.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-trump-can-do-about-sanctuary-cities-supremacy-clause-border-security-709c805f
BARRON’S
— Trump Jokes Canada Becoming 51st US State ‘A Great Idea’
https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-jokes-canada-becoming-51st-us-state-a-great-idea-ed5c760f
FORBES
— Companies use AI for hiring. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/11/04/how-companies-are-hiring-and-firing-with-ai/
HARVARD GAZETTE
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/12/are-reparations-the-answer/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— What to Do When Your Boss Is Blocking Your Career Growth (COMMENT: I should write about my career blockers at GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 years old, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS, forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, etc. I would focus on my Democrat IRS superiors who disallowed my education deductions and my travel vouchers and never promoted me beyond GS-12. I would focus on my Democrat Firestone Store boss who disapproved of my demographics and demotivated me. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
https://hbr.org/2022/08/what-to-do-when-your-boss-is-blocking-your-career-growth
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A career blocker is someone with positional authority, power, or influence at work, who is preventing you from achieving a goal that you’ve already earned. How can you confront them, and pursue your goals, despite their blocking behaviors?)
— The Pros and Cons of Competition Among Employees (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat GAO coworkers and what they did to keep their jobs and to get promoted. I would focus on those who did the most to discredit me, to demotivate me, to demoralize me, to denigrate me, to condemn me, to destroy me, and to get rid of me. Of course, they always stressed my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestor have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, etc.)
https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-pros-and-cons-of-competition-among-employees
BROOKINGS
— Which places would be most affected by the Trump administration’s immigrant deportation proposals?
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/which-places-would-be-most-affected-by-the-trump-administrations-immigrant-deportation-proposals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California and Texas each have more than 2 million unauthorized immigrants, while Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York are home to between 400,000 and 600,000 each. . .The metro areas with the most DACA recipients—Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Houston, and Chicago—parallel recipients’ state locations. These five metro areas collectively account for 31% of all DACA recipients nationwide (versus 12% of the U.S. population). . .Unauthorized immigrants by state: Illinois: 420,000.)
BUSINESS INSIDER
— The American dream is shrinking (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, during 1960s and 1970s, I was able to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, c) graduate from college debt-free owning a 1-year-old car, d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, e) earn an MBA when I was 27, f) get married when I was 29, g) pass the CPA examination when I was 30, h) etc.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-shrinking-smaller-homes-fewer-kids-vacation-time-commutes-2024-12
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American dream — like a beloved pair of pants you left in the dryer too long — is shrinking. The idealized image of American life we know today was crystallized in the country’s collective imagination in the 1930s. Since then, the idea that anyone can obtain a life that has the house with the white picket fence, 2.5 children, a lucrative career at an office that’s a reasonable distance away, and the occasional trip to an enviable vacation spot has loomed large in nearly every facet of cultural and political life. There’s just one problem: The once expansive vision is getting smaller. Not only is it harder to grab a piece of it, like a bag of chips or a roll of toilet paper that has less substance every time you buy it, but even nominally achieving the dream is leaving people unsatisfied. Americans are having fewer kids, their houses are getting smaller, they’re schlepping further to work, and they’re spending less time on vacation. Americans are taking notice of the diminishing returns. Among the 8,709 US adults surveyed by the Pew Research Center from April 8 to 14, 41% said that achieving the American dream was once possible but no longer. That’s particularly true for younger Americans; 18- to 29-year-olds were the most likely to say that the American dream was never possible, and only 39% said that it’s still possible. Their millennial counterparts felt similarly, though they were slightly more bullish on the possibility of the American dream. . .he central element of the American dream is owning a house. Having a roof over your head is the cornerstone of security and stability; research has found homeowners are less stressed than their renter counterparts, and beyond having a place that they can call their own, they have growing equity. But nowadays, the homes that many Americans live in rarely have enough room for a big dog — much less a picket fence.)
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Republicans signal easier firing as priority in the next Congress. Lawmakers are looking ahead toward legislation that will bring changes to the federal workforce. (COMMENT: To force an employee to retire is to fire that employee. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire for political reasons in 1997 when I was 49 for political reasons, that is, they fired me for political reasons in 1997 when I was 49.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/12/republicans-signal-targeted-federal-hiring-surge-and-easier-firing-priorities-next-congress/401772/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comer said Trump will “bring the bureaucracy to heel” by implementing Schedule F via executive order, a policy that would enable agencies to treat federal workers as at-will employees and quickly fire them for political reasons.”
POLITICO
— Trump allies suggest Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be sued for calling Trump a ‘rapist’ The call comes on the heels of a major settlement with ABC News for using similar language. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/trump-v-pritzker-00195152
— DOGE Can’t Do It All. Here’s What It Can Do. The Elon Musk-led cost-cutting initiative will be constrained by congressional politics, Trump’s preferences and a lack of legal authority.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/19/doge-cant-do-it-all-heres-what-it-can-do-00195190
— Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car. His agencies are leveraging California’s vast market power to prod the auto industry to ramp up production of battery-powered vehicles — regardless of what Trump wants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/biden-california-electric-cars-trump-00195143
PHYS
— When I was young, I believed that I could advance based on merit. That motivated me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. But if I was young today, I doubt that I could find that motivation a) because of my bad demographics and b) because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-western-meritocracy-people-emotions-envy.html
December 16, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 16 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago shootings this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-15-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15659574/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cannabis-industry-illinois/15652693/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
— Woman charged in alleged anti-Palestinian hate crime inside Downers Grove Panera due in court
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexandra-szustakiewicz-due-court-hate-crime-charges-alleged-ant-palestinian-incident-downers-grove-panera/15662572/
FOX32
— Threats against members of Congress surge after murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Threats against members of Congress are surging, including fake bomb calls targeting their homes after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1562490
— More than 100 former patients file major lawsuit against Universal Health Services for alleged abuse
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawsuit-universal-health-services
— UnitedHealthcare lawsuit: Physicians allege delay, deny, underpay practices
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/unitedhealthcare-physicians-lawsuit
WGN9
— DuPage County Sheriff to suspend evictions during portion of the holiday season
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dupage-county-sheriff-to-suspend-evictions-during-portion-of-the-holiday-season/ar-AA1vHgTi
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: November election numbers tell a cautionary tale for both Democrats and GOP (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/illinois-presidential-election-breakdown/
— The real cost of the anti-college narrative (COMMENT: My father often decried that he did not get promotions because he did not have a college degree. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/opinion-anti-college-narrative-black-students-elitism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current anti-college narrative, while seemingly populist and anti-elitist, is built on a false premise: that just because you can be successful without college, you shouldn’t have to pursue it. Worse, it perpetuates a harmful message for historically marginalized groups. This line of thinking implies that students from lower-income backgrounds or marginalized communities — those often unable to afford college outright — should simply opt out, limiting their potential opportunities. This ultimately reinforces racist and classist ideas that say if you aren’t already poised to access other forms of opportunity, then those opportunities aren’t for you.)
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/wrapping-our-arms-around-the-community-the-outreach-house-helps-with-food-clothing-utilities/
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/a-resilient-nation-leaders-stress-importance-of-community-at-mlk-dinner/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Other states must be saying, ‘Thanks, Santa, for what you send us from Illinois
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/the-gifts-illinois-sends-states-mark-glennon-19980840.php
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does that job pay? Salary transparency one of many new Illinois laws in 2025. (COMMENT: Federal employee salaries are extremely transparent. My IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates saw that my Democrat superiors were paying me less than my coworkers who had less work experience that I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They especially saw that I had to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article296931194.html
CENTRALL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders were less successful than they thought they be in getting their illegals to vote.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-gop-stoked-fears-of-noncitizens-voting-cases-in-ohio-show-how-rhetoric-and-reality-diverge/
WCIA
— Romney: ‘You can’t complain’ if Trump does what he says he would do (COMMENT: I should write about the Romney promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who continue to blame Romney’s defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who continue to punish me for Romney’s defeats.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/
WAND TV
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration/article_4f8a72ac-939c-5c42-8bf4-d9117554b666.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-424/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Settlement with ABC and Stephanopoulos indicates Trump has an actionable defamation claim against Gov. Pritzker
https://wirepoints.org/settlement-with-abc-and-stephanopolous-indicates-trump-has-an-actionable-defamation-claim-against-pritzker-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois pension debts hit $144 billion in 2024, make a mockery of politicians’ decades of ‘balanced budgets’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-pension-debts-at-144-billion-in-2024-makes-mockery-of-politicians-decades-of-balanced-budgets-wirepoints/
— Chicago aldermen have told Mayor Johnson they don’t want to impose yet another property tax hike on Chicagoans. He should listen.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-aldermen-have-told-mayor-johnson-they-dont-want-to-impose-yet-another-tax-hike-on-chicagoans-he-should-listen-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— Pritzker takes credit for ending the grocery tax, but won’t mention the gas tax hike or property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-takes-credit-for-ending-the-grocery-tax-but-wont-mention-the-gas-tax-hike-or-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the mainstream news media and Google and their ever-increasing promotion of the Democrat Party platform, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat candidates and their ever-increasing demonization, denigration, and condemnation of the Republican Party platform, Republican elected officials, and Republican candidates. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly makes its anti-conservative anti-Republican anti-Trump editorials look like news articles. I should write a book about that.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton township, and Wheaton and how they have been taken over by anti-conservatives and by anti-Republicans. I would use as examples the adverse actions that leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they have used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Johnson runs from budget debacle
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1867683008511152167
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Let ‘sanctuary’ cities keep millions of illegal aliens, without federal funding. Time to give ‘the resistance’ what they want. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run sanctuary cities will a) run up debt, b) take money away from any remaining Republicans in the city, and/or c) ship their illegals to the suburbs.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/let-sanctuary-cities-keep-millions-illegal-aliens-/
— Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/mitt-romney-predicts-vice-president-elect-j-d-vanc/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Fixing deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/fixing_deportation.html
— Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/anchor_babies_with_birthright_citizenship_is_an_idiotic_policy_that_encourages_migrants_to_come_to_the_u_s_illegally.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Party of the working class’: Trump critic Mitt Romney credits Trump for reshaping GOP as he exits politics (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class for 33 years, that is, I was a wage earner for 33 years.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/15/party-of-the-working-class-trump-critic-mitt-romney-credits-trump-for-reshaping-gop-as-he-exits-politics-1509812/
CENTER SQUARE
— Military may be ground zero for the war on woke (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d1e584e-b9a7-11ef-8c1a-774323955d0c.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s ‘Prime’ Time to Discuss Transgender Medicine as a Nation of Parents, Not Partisans (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in medicine will be Democrat, libera/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/15/its-prime-time-discuss-transgender-medicine-nation-parents-not-partisans/
FOX NEWS
— Clinton says Democrats have bad habit of ‘giving up’ on certain groups because of demographics (COMMENT: Democrat plant political consultants in Illinois advise Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to get votes from those in Illinois who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to dump voters in Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365866530112
— ‘Going to be painful’: Venezuelan expert sounds alarm about what’s next if sanctuary city policies continue. A former Venezuelan army officer told Fox News Digital that the ‘next step’ of violent gang is ‘targeted assassinations.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/painful-venezuelan-expert-sounds-alarm-about-whats-next-sanctuary-city-policies-continue
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Thieves of Words: DEI and Other Misleading Terms. Totalitarian ideologues have perfected the art of deception by using benign terminology and injecting it with oppressive meaning.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-thieves-of-words-dei-and-other-misleading-terms/
— Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/diversity-conference-for-elite-private-schools-devolves-into-festival-of-jew-hatred/amp/
REASON
— Federal Government Has ‘Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,’ Warns Former GAO Boss David Walker. This week’s House Budget Committee hearing showed bipartisan agreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems. (COMMENT: Walker led GAO 1998-2008. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The Democrats who run GAO do not want GAO to have any Republican employees. They used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republicans.)
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/federal-government-has-grown-too-big-promised-too-much-subsidized-too-many-warns-former-gao-boss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is likely to face a debt crisis within the next five years unless Congress undertakes serious fiscal reforms, says a former comptroller general who is urging lawmakers to treat the budget and deficit with the seriousness it deserves. “The federal government has grown too big, promised too much, subsidized too many, undercut states’ rights, and lost control of the budget,” David Walker, who led the Government Accountability Office from 1998 until 2008, told members of the House Budget Committee on Wednesday. Unless Congress puts the country on a different fiscal course, Walker believes there is a 70 percent chance of a serious debt crisis before the end of the decade. That crisis would have “serious adverse economic security, national security, diplomatic, and domestic tranquility consequences,” he warned, adding that the middle class would “be affected the most on a relative basis” if standards of living are suddenly hit with a debt-induced shockwave. This week’s hearing was intended to highlight bipartisan agreement on the seriousness of the federal government’s fiscal problems, said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R–Texas), the committee’s chairman. “We’ve got major fiscal problems and a completely unsustainable fiscal trajectory. I haven’t heard anyone, Democrat or Republican, witness or member, that [sic] doesn’t accept that fact,” he said. “We won’t know when the dominoes fall on us in a sovereign debt crisis, it’s going to be difficult to put the pieces back together and maintain our global leadership.” Those remarks echo warnings issued in recent years by governmental entities like the GAO and the Congressional Budget Office, as well as outside groups like the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Since 2015 the gross national debt has doubled, from $18 trillion to over $36 trillion. Debt held by the public, which most economists consider the more significant measure, sits at more than $28 trillion, or 99 percent of GDP. Deficits of nearly $2 trillion are expected for the foreseeable future. Douglas Elmendorf, the economist and dean of the school of government at Harvard University, who was invited to speak at the hearing by Democrats, also stressed the need for immediate action. “Although we are not in a crisis now, delaying action has significant costs,” Elmendorf said. “The accumulation of debt crowds out capital investment, which holds down wages and pushes up interest rates relative to what would happen otherwise. In addition, the accumulation of debt limits the government’s ability to borrow when truly needed to respond to problems in the future.” While there is little disagreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems, the committee hearing also inadvertently highlighted the immense difficulty of solving them. During his testimony, Walker proposed what he called a “fiscal responsibility amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, which would bind Congress’ ability to borrow recklessly. This could take several different forms. Germany, for example, has a so-called “debt brake” rule—which it hasn’t followed in recent years—that says the government’s annual budget deficit cannot exceed 0.35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). By contrast, the U.S. federal government ran a deficit of $1.8 trillion last year, which is about 6 percent of America’s current GDP of about $29.3 trillion. Another example is on the books in Colorado, where the growth of government spending is limited by a formula that takes into account population growth and inflation. Those are good models to follow, but imposing those restrictions via a constitutional amendment seems like a nearly impossible lift. Amendments must be passed by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and subsequently ratified by three-quarters of the states, and no amendment has successfully navigated the process since 1992. Of course, lawmakers don’t need a constitutional constraint to prevent them from borrowing too much. They could simply pass a budget that doesn’t depend on trillions of dollars in annual borrowing. Yes, yes, it’s okay to laugh. But that is the thing that must happen. New constitutional amendments or other mechanisms like debt commissions—a solution favored by Cato Institute budget expert Romina Boccia, who also testified at this week’s hearing—are fine ideas worth pursuing. Embedded in both those ideas, however, is the admission that our elected leaders are somehow unable to do their most fundamental jobs without artificial constraints. And that may very well be true: Available evidence certainly points to that conclusion. But the biggest budgetary constraint of all is the one Walker (and plenty of others) believe is looming just over the horizon. Congress cannot ignore it any longer.)
STARS AND STRIPES
— Why the Naval Academy gets to keep affirmative action (COMMENT: To use Affirmative Action and DEI is to a) lower hiring, retention, and promotion standards for minorities and for females and a) to raise hiring, retention, and promotion standards for Whites and for men. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or female. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. Because I am not a minority or female, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my job-related bachelor’s degree and my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-12-15/naval-academy-affirmative-action-admissions-16171778.html
TOWNHALL
— The End of the ‘Free’ Rides. A new sheriff is coming to town. The free gravy train for the irresponsible and illegals is going to be over. “Free” is giving way to personal responsibility and earning the rewards you seek. “Free” is on the way out in Trump’s Washington.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/12/16/the-end-of-the-free-rides-n2648995
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vows-to-hire-american-his-businesses-keep-hiring-foreign-guest-workers/ar-AA1vW5JM
YAHOO
— Shock as Trump Adviser Collapses on Stage at New York Young Republican Gala
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shock-trump-adviser-collapses-stage-053308177.html
ABC NEWS
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/journalists-anticipate-renewed-hostility-work-incoming-trump-administration-116818030
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-threatens-mass-deportations-central-america-braces-influx-116816385
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/this-is-how-much-weed-you-should-smoke-if-you-re-trying-to-relieve-stress/ss-AA1uCQzC
— ‘Promoting Meritocracy’: Elon Musk’s Super PAC Drops $10,000,000 (COMMENT: (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their giving preference to those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/promoting-meritocracy-elon-musk-s-super-pac-drops-10-000-000/ss-AA1sk2K7?ocid=HPCDHP
NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Democrats Skipping Donald Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: The list includes Casten and Ramirez.)
https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-donald-trumps-inauguration-2001234
— Blagojevich: Weaponization of Justice ‘Started With Me’
https://www.newsweek.com/rod-blagojevich-justice-department-lawfare-trump-biden-2000399
— Celebrities Who Tried to Stop Donald Trump Fall Silent
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-celebrities-debra-messing-martin-sheen-video-2000481
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ But He Also Wants to Wield Its Power. (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/deep-state-trump-administrative.html
— Opposition Research Goes Hyperlocal. The liberal group American Bridge is launching a new project to collect information for campaigns against Republicans running for state and local offices. (COMMENT: If you were me, what would you do? I spend a tremendous amount of time and money putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning. Far too many of those who read my newsletters do so for opposition research. They a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) read my newsletters to get information to use against me, and/or c) have taken adverse actions against me. Should I start naming the aforesaid and writing about them? I would start with those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. The only legitimate reason to read my newsletters is to get information to defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform and to help elect Republican candidates who can and will do the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/us/politics/opposition-research-goes-hyperlocal.html
— Why Democrats Lost More Seats in Vermont Than Any Other State (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/vermont-election-democrats-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Musk put $277 million into the election. He’s $200 billion richer this year. The tech mogul made a big bet on Trump. By one measure, it has paid off handsomely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/15/elon-musk-trump-election-wealth/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/15/honduras-trump-mass-deportations-central-america-immigration/b5f4eb26-bb64-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy (COMMENT: Biden’s legacy is massive increases in dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
— FRONT PAGE: Illegals drive up health care costs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/12/15/why-americans-pay-more-for-health-care/76900978007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Allies Fear Watered Down Deportation Efforts. President-elect’s team is committed to pursuing immigrants who crossed illegally, but is wary about logistical challenges and setting expectations. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-deportation-promises-worried-allies-6b78418d
— Untangling America’s Love-Hate Relationship With Corporate Power. Assassination of health-insurance executive reveals frustration with big business weeks after a business leader was elected president.
https://www.wsj.com/business/untangling-americas-love-hate-relationship-with-corporate-power-6d415af4
— When ‘Middle Age’ Arrives in Your 20s. Stress is making young people feel older, with mounting concerns about job security, debt, child-care costs and caregiving. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees. In 1974 when I was 25 years old, they wrote me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I transferred to GAO in 1980. After I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and became a licensed CPA in 1981, they finally promoted me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/middle-age-young-stress-aging-4965bdc7
— The Economics of Media Bias. In a polarized country and crowded market, partisan coverage allows outlets to differentiate themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-media-bias-journalism-politics-polarization-markets-e723fe18
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5
FORBES
— Mitch McConnell Criticizes ‘Right-Wing Isolationists’—Says Trump Must Embrace U.S. ‘Hard Power’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/16/mitch-mcconnell-criticizes-right-wing-isolationists-says-trump-must-embrace-us-hard-power/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2024/12/15/how-the-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-is-responding-to-attacks-on-dei/
SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy/ar-AA1vLckQ
NPR
— Biden took his election as being a mandate to not only destroy the Republican Party, but to destroy America.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-presidents
LADDERS
— 5 reasons your boss wants you to succeed (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat bosses absolutely did not want me to succeed. My Democrat GAO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 18 years. My Democrat IRS bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 9 years. My Democrat Firestone Store boss was furious that I survived his efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My Democrat Post Office bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my chairmanship for almost 7 years. My Milton Township Republican Organization RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of my webmaster service for 6 years. My Illinois Center Right Coalition RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as an officer for 4 years. My American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Democrat and RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as a board member for 3 years. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-reasons-your-boss-wants-you-to-succeed
— It’s not in your head — 10 signs your boss is setting you up to fail (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals and b) assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/its-not-in-your-head-10-signs-your-boss-is-setting-you-up-to-fail
ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Signs People Believe In You and Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/10-signs-people-believe-in-you-and-want-you-to-succeed/345386
— Surround Yourself With People Who Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I was not able recruit offices and directors who wanted me to succeed.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/surround-yourself-with-people-who-want-you-to-succeed/337493
MEDIUM
— How to Deal With People Who Want You to Fail (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors wanted me to fail. To deal with that, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-deal-with-people-who-want-you-to-fail-7a86ffc64b46
— People Want You to Stay in Your Limits. (COMMENT: What limited your advancement? My demographics are terrible. Further, 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. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I had to work my way through college.)
https://medium.com/the-ascent/people-want-you-to-stay-in-your-limits-e46d486f9519
— “I just want you to succeed” — the back-handed compliment (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/@uzhussain/i-just-want-you-to-succeed-d53ca40e84a4
— Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/the-understanding-project/why-the-world-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed-and-what-to-do-about-it-cf2854b505b9
FORBES
— Five Signs Your Boss Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/13/five-signs-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed/
IVY EXE
— Set Up to Fail? Here’s What to Do (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://ivyexec.com/career-advice/2017/set-up-to-fail/
LINKED IN
— People Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-want-you-succeed-mike-kaeding
— When Your Manager Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-your-manager-doesnt-want-you-succeed-liz-ryan
— How to Rise Above Friends Who Secretly Want You to Fail (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-rise-above-friends-who-secretly-want-you-fail-reza-naqvi-ghmve
— Why Society Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-society-doesnt-want-you-succeed-ayodeji-awosika
SELF-PUBLISHING
— How to Write a Book (COMMENT: If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid took against me and the pretexts they used.)
https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-write-a-book/
INDEPENDENT
— ABC’s $15m settlement in Trump ‘rape’ defamation case was met with surprise and outrage. Here’s why. Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos defamed him when he said a jury found him ‘liable for rape.’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49, but they hold back from publicly hinting/implying/arguing/shouting why GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49. Under the table, they hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO must have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 because I am a White supremist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things even though a) I had a CPA license, b) I had professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, and e) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. My critics/opponents know that I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abc-news-defamation-settlement-george-stephanopoulos-b2664857.html
December 10, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan swings hard at Illinois Dems
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/10/homan-jabs-illinois-democrats-at-gop-event-in-chicago-00193434
(FROM THE ARTICLE: MAKING A SPLASH: Tom Homan took the stage in Chicago on Monday to George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone.” The incoming “border czar” then crassly attacked Illinois Democratic leaders on immigration. And as he made his exit, Homan posed for selfies and took a slug from a bottle of beer. Stirring the pot: “Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks,” Homan said on stage for a Chicago GOP event. He was referring to Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — both of whom have spoken out against President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. On immigration, Homan said he would “welcome” Illinois Democratic leaders to “come to the table. … Help us protect you,” he said. “Please. But if you don’t, get the hell out of the way.” The crowd ate it up: The holiday event was organized by Chicago’s Northside Republicans and the Law & Order PAC and held at Biagio Events space in the city. Pritzker gives an eye-roll: “It’s no secret that Illinois will face countless, baseless attacks over the next four years from the Trump Administration,” Matt Hill, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement. “Rather than responding to every ridiculous boast from Trump lackeys, Gov. Pritzker is focused on what he was focused on during the first Trump term: leading our state with competence instead of chaos.” More from POLITICO’s home page: ( https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416 ) Homan says children born in the U.S. to non-citizens would be part of the deportation effort. Giving the brushoff: Though Homan took time earlier in the day to visit Chicago pastors, he didn’t make the first move to call the governor or mayor. “They need to reach out to me,” Homan told your Playbook host. The Illinois Democratic leaders need to “come to the table” the way New York Mayor Eric Adams did to talk about how to work with ICE, Homan said. Some background: Pritzker and Johnson have condemned plans for mass deportations. The Illinois Trust Act and the Chicago welcoming city ordinance prevent local law enforcement from taking part in immigration and customs enforcement, and state lawmakers are looking at other ways to make sure state law can’t be circumvented. On Illinois’ rules about working with ICE: “Change the law,” Homan told your Playbook host. The mayor’s hopes Trump takes advantage of the power he has to “actually pass substantive immigration reform policy,” Johnson said at an unrelated event earlier in the day. Chicago Alderman Nicholas Sposato, one of the very few Trump supporters on the 50-member City Council, said he liked what he heard from Homan and doesn’t believe Illinois or Chicago sanctuary city status should prevent ICE from coming to town. “It means law enforcement just has to stay out of the way,” Sposato said. Also in the room: Dr. Dave Nayak, a Democrat-turned-Republican who introduced Homan, Ald. Raymond Lopez, Commissioner Sean Morrison, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, pollster Matt Podgorski, former state’s attorney candidate Bob Fioretti, political consultant Shando Valdez and retired Chicago Police Sergeant and former political candidate John Garrido.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar Tom Homan tells Illinois Republicans. President-elect Donald Trump’s designated “border czar.” Homan started his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP “holiday party” with some light ribbing: “Chicago’s in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.” But he also warned Johnson about his deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2024/12/09/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration
ABC7
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan promises mass deportation: ‘Going to start right here in Chicago’ (COMMENT: Homan spoke at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club. As the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I recruited speakers for TAPROOT’s monthly breakfast meetings and its annual picnic and Christmas party. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited as being “too conservative.” I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-mass-deportation-says-hell-start-chicago-migrants/15633535/
— Chicago police investigating after ‘Kill your CEO’ graffiti spray-painted on North Side businesses
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kill-ceo-graffiti-emerges-andersonville-uptown-ravenswood-businesses-after-nyc-shooting-chicago-police-say/15632606/
— Community leaders urge IL lawmakers to pass bill requiring officer training on hate crime incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-laws-community-leaders-urge-state-house-senate-members-pass-bill-requiring-hate-crime-training-police-officers/15632314/
CBS2
— Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s border czar, says deportation plan will start in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-chicago/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tom-homan-president-elect-trump-s-border-czar-says-deportation-plan-will-start-in-chicago/ar-AA1vzy9r
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan has tough words for Chicago. Homan was a guest at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-has-tough-words-for-chicago/
WGN RADIO
— Can Trump’s DOGE-machine permanently remake govt? (COMMENT: If GAO had been remade and expanded during the 1980s and 1990s instead of being destroyed, there would be no need for DODGE. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They used Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, f) earning a job-related professional license, and g) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-can-trumps-doge-machine-permanently-remake-govt/
NBC5
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates who promote the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly charge Trump with promoting hate crimes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/civil-rights-groups-demand-hate-crime-training-for-illinois-law-enforcement/3620199/
— Questions surround aide of Mayor Brandon Johnson. Residency rules require city of Chicago employees to live in the city. So, why did a senior advisor to Mayor Brandon Johnson vote last month in Texas?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/questions-surround-aide-of-mayor-brandon-johnson/3620289/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/09/supreme-court-skrmetti-transgender-gender-affirming-care
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Arlington Heights board inks deal to lower Bears’ tax bill until stadium construction begins (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241209/news/arlington-heights-board-inks-deal-to-lower-bears-tax-bill-until-stadium-construction-begins/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s property tax bill will be nearly $1.29 million (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/pritzkers-top-list-biggest-residential-property-tax-payers
(COMMENT: In the wake of their recent purchase of $19 million worth of Gold Coast condos, Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker can expect to receive property tax bills totaling almost $1.29 million in early 2025. This makes the Pritzkers the biggest residential property taxpayers in Cook County by far. The next-highest bill, according to Crain’s research, is the $635,620 total for Citadel chief Ken Griffin’s three yet-unsold downtown penthouses.)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his. Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer. (COPMMENT: What if Pritzker decided to get rid of you? Who would come to your defense?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-warns-republicans-against-standing-in-trumps-way-or-his/article_45a72206-989c-5be7-8029-c61531d79819.html
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Panic overdone about fate of social issues
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/panic-overdone-fate-social-issues-19962332.php
PEORIA JOUNAL STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run Chicago.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2024/12/09/new-report-names-chicago-illinois-among-best-cities-in-the-world/76863099007/
SOUTHERN
— How Trump has infused parts of Project 2025 into his administration
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/09/how-trump-has-infused-parts-of-project-2025-into-his-administration-2/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against police.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-09/illinois-law-requires-transparency-when-police-kill-people-many-cases-stay-in-the-dark
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-both-sides-in-abortion-debate-seek-clues-in-trumps-nominees-to-key-positions/
WSIL TV
— Republicans are feeling great about the economy again. Democrats are really worried
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/republicans-are-feeling-great-about-the-economy-again-democrats-are-really-worried/article_bcdac9b1-b7a6-5cbd-80ad-e443b2eeb60a.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-in-promising-to-shake-up-washington-trump-is-in-a-class-of-his-own/
— Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist (COMMENT: I should write about my past and present antagonists in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. The aforesaid antagonists are operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-adam-schiff-to-be-sworn-into-the-senate-where-he-wants-to-be-more-than-a-trump-antagonist/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-420/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-212/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What positions do the following have on Trump, Homan, and illegal immigration: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and the leaders your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in your area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in your area? I should write about the positions the following have: a) my representative on the IRP SCC and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) the Republican leaders of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in my area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in my area. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How much success have Democrat and RINO leaders had promoting Affirmative Action and DEI where you live, that is, how much success have they had promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination where you live? They have had tremendous success where I live. According to them, the more of the following that you are, the more that you owe your successes in life to your benefitting from discrimination against those who are moderate/liberal, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they have used to justify their actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do racists, sexists, and bigots do? ANSWER: They ascribe/foist negatives on others because of their demographics. That is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about those who ascribe/foist negatives on those who are the following because they have the following demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoider, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Report shows licensing burden on Illinois workers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, worked for IRS 1971-1980, and worked for GAO since 1980.)
https://www.aol.com/news/op-ed-report-shows-licensing-161500364.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s weak luxury real estate market goes beyond Ken Griffin
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-weak-real-estate-market-hurts-everyone-not-just-ken-griffin-wirepoints/
— Awful and worse: Illinois jobs and employment numbers badly lag the nation
https://wirepoints.org/awful-and-worse-illinois-jobs-and-employment-numbers-badly-lag-the-nation-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Alito scolds colleagues as Supreme Court ducks new affirmative action case (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/alito-scolds-colleagues-supreme-court-ducks-new-af/
— Party poopers: Palm Beach seeks to limit Trump’s Mar-a-Lago galas as residents seethe over traffic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/palm-beach-seeks-limit-donald-trump-mar-lago-galas/
— White House tells staff to spend as much money as possible ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/white-house-tells-staff-spend-much-money-possible-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Supreme Court rejects cases on admissions diversity, guns, and transgender policies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3254098/supreme-court-rejects-cases-admissions-diversity-guns-transgender-policies/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/dei-is-unconstitutional/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to appear in pro-transgender Broadway musical
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/justice_ketanji_brown_jackson_to_appear_in_pro_transgender_broadway_musical.html
BREITBART
— Trump Will Push Earlier DREAMers Plan, I Wouldn’t Do It Until Dems Agree on Border, Deporting Safety Threats
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/10/homan-trump-will-push-earlier-dreamers-plan-i-wouldnt-do-it-until-dems-agree-on-border-deporting-safety-threats/
— Colorado Democrats Launch Program to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/09/colorado-democrats-launch-program-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Racial Discrimination In Public School Admissions (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/09/supreme-court-refuses-hear-challenge-racial-discrimination-public-school-admissions/
DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s Next for the Woke Bureaucrats in the Administrative State? (COMMENT: All my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used wokeness/wokeism to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/09/whats-next-woke-bureaucrats-administrative-state/
DAILY WIRE
— Why Are We Celebrating Terrorists Taking Over Syria?
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1632
— Tom Homan Explains How Democrats Protecting Illegal Aliens In Sanctuary Cities, States Will Backfire. Homan said ICE agents will uphold their oath and follow the law.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-explains-how-democrats-protecting-illegal-aliens-in-sanctuary-cities-states-will-backfire
— College Tells International Students To Return Before Trump Takes Office, Offers To Shelter Illegals. Claremont McKenna College told students in the country illegally they could meet with ‘an immigration lawyer for a free initial consultation.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-college-to-connect-illegals-with-lawyers-urges-foreigners-to-return-before-inauguration
FEDERALIST
— Prosecuting Daniel Penny Was An Irreparable Miscarriage Of Justice. New York Owes Him A Massive Payout.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/prosecuting-daniel-penny-was-an-irreparable-miscarriage-of-justice-new-york-owes-him-a-massive-payout/
— Trump, Not Biden, Is The True Unifier-In-Chief
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/trump-not-biden-is-the-true-unifier-in-chief/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Open-Borders Advocates Demand Governor Newsom Pardon Convicted Criminals so they Won’t Be Deported
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/open-borders-advocates-demand-governor-newsom-pardon-convicted-criminals-so
FOX NEWS
— The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday to take up a case of Boston parents claiming an admissions policy had discriminated against White and Asian students. (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/supreme-court-rejects-boston-parents-appeal-claiming-racial-bias-admissions-policy
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois-Chicago Department of Art History: Too Many White Scholars is “Ethically Problematic” (COMMENT: This is racism. According to racists, Whites owe all their accomplishments to benefitting from discrimination against non-Whites.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/u-illinois-chicago-dept-of-art-history-too-many-white-scholars-is-ethically-problematic/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge Blocks Obamacare for Dreamers
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/judge-obamacare-illegals/2024/12/09/id/1191024/
— High Court Can Declare Transgenderism a Lie
https://www.newsmax.com/joshhammer/transgender-scotus/2024/12/09/id/1190925/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s border czar signals solution for Dreamers will be tied to border security
https://thehill.com/latino/5029991-trump-border-czar-dreamers/
NBC NEWS
— Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ironic-suspect-unitedhealthcare-slaying-played-video-game-killer-rcna183550
NEW YORK TIMES
— Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/elites-euro-social-media.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ascribe/foist bad judgement if not evil motive to past leaders of America who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/09/biden-designate-national-monument-former-indian-boarding-school/
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/16/teenager-new-hampshire-republican-event-ejected/
— Colleges ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/09/college-programs-trump-republicans-tensions/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/12/08/trump-immigration-college-students-fafsa/76737394007/
— Supreme Court won’t review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/09/supreme-court-diversity-school-admissions/75086029007/
— DEI promotes false perceptions of prejudice. ()COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/08/walmart-dei-university-michigan-diversity-statements-end/76708201007/
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly became more hostile against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/03/political-civility-in-the-workplace/76640409007/
— Minimum wage set to rise in 23 states next year as $15 an hour, and beyond, picks up steam. (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School. In today’s dollars, that minimum wage was $12.41/hour. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/09/minimum-wage-hikes-2025/76710608007/
— The housing crisis threatens the American dream. What’s next? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I was able to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/06/is-homeownership-still-american-dream-trump/76483339007/
NEWSWEEK
— BLM Calls for ‘Black Vigilantes’ to Target Oppressors After Daniel Penny Verdict
https://www.newsweek.com/blm-leader-reaction-daniel-penny-verdict-jordan-neely-1997953
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against men to curry favor with women.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophianelson/2024/12/09/women-in-business-can-survive-the-new-anti-dei-climate-in-washington/
POLITICO
— Homan tells Democrats to ‘get the hell out of the way’ on immigration. Incoming ‘border czar’ draws hard line on who should be able to stay in the country.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416
INSIDE STORY
— My critics/opponents attribute all their successes in life to meritocracy, but attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.
https://insidestory.org.au/the-fall-of-the-meritocracy/
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Biden Legacy on Immigration (COMMENT: Under Biden, anyone and everyone could come into America “legally” and/or stay in America “legally.”)
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/biden-legacy-immigration
GOOGLE
— Discrimination (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), constructively, GAO argued that its political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination against me was justified because that was what Congress wanted it to do.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=discrimination+justified
MONDAQ
— Handbook Season Arrives with a Flurry of Potential Policy Updates. 2024 produced a number of new laws and legal developments requiring changes to employer policies, including changes related to discrimination and harassment. (COMMENT: What did you do because your employee handbooks encouraged you to do that? I took graduate evening courses a) in business at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980 because my IRS employee handbook encouraged me to do that. Nevertheless, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses in 1978. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not related to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1555116/handbook-season-arrives-with-a-flurry-of-potential-policy-updates
ECONOMIC TIMES
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that county. But illegals hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrat and RINO leaders invited them to come into America and to stay in America..
https://m.economictimes.com/nri/migrate/trump-only-wants-perfect-immigrants-thats-almost-impossible/amp_articleshow/116159545.cms
December 3, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 8 shot, 3 fatally, at large gathering in Chicago Lawn home
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-lawn-shooting-6-shot-2-fatally-west-59th-street-cfd-says-live/15615283/
— Alexander Nesteruk of Wheaton killed in a Chicago shooting near Clark, Fullerton in Lincoln Park
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexander-nesteruk-wheaton-illinois-killed-chicago-shooting-clark-fullerton-lincoln-park-officials-say/15618329/
NBC5
— Republicans fume after President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republicans-fume-after-president-joe-biden-pardons-his-son-hunter/3613120/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-once-touted-by-walmart-and-others-became-a-conservative-target/3613473/
FOX32
— Trump warns of “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Israeli hostages are not released
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-israeli-hostages-ultimatum
— Homeless man sentenced for 2018 sexual assault near Wheaton trail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/homeless-man-sentenced-2018-sexual-assault-wheaton-trail
WTTW
— Illinois Board of Elections Certifies Election Results Showing Decline in Turnout (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/02/illinois-board-elections-certifies-election-results-showing-decline-turnout
WBEZ
— Former Chicago Mayor’s Office staffers are removed from the city’s do-not-hire list amid press office fallout (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors put me on a universal do-not-hire list.)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/12/02/former-chicago-mayors-office-staffers-are-removed-from-the-citys-do-not-hire-list-amid-press-office-fallout
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County Board elects Democratic speaker, replaces Steve Balich as Republican leader
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/will-county-board-democratic-speaker-replaces-steve-balich-republican-leader/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol
— The definition of bipartisanship is Republicans caving in to Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/02/bipartisanship-should-not-be-dirty-word-democrats-republicans-donald-trump-environment-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/news/illinois-planned-parenthood-teams-with-hey-jane-to-expand-abortion-access/
— Wheaton resident dead after Thanksgiving Day shooting in Chicago
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/crime/wheaton-resident-dead-after-thanksgiving-day-shooting-in-chicago/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County swears in officials, GOP holds all offices. New chairman Chris Slusser envisions a new era for Madison County. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee doing to elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-officials-swearing-in-illinois-19954254.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Thornton Township election preview: Tuesday is Caucus Day; candidates so far (COMMENT: It would be great if all township governments would issue press releases that would provide such detail.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/02/thornton-township-election-preview-tuesday-is-caucus-day-candidates-so-far/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In preparation for what could be the most contested Thornton Township election in recent history, major political parties will each hold a caucus Tuesday, Dec. 3, to select candidates for supervisor, clerk, assessor, highway commissioner, and four trustee seats. Voters will go to the polls on April 1, 2025, to make their selections in the Consolidated Election, and the caucuses determine which candidates they will see on their ballots. A source familiar with Thornton Township politics said these are the first caucuses held in many years. . .Residents of Thornton Township may participate in either the Democratic or Republican Party caucuses, nominating a candidate and voting on their party’s nominees. By participating in the caucus, a resident is becoming affiliated with that political party. Caucus proceedings When entering the caucus room, participants will be asked to sign an affidavit stating they are registered to vote in Thornton Township and are affiliated with the established political party conducting the caucus — that they are a registered Democrat or registered Republican. The chair of the proceedings will call the caucus to order. They will introduce the caucus judges of election and announce the offices for which nominees will be selected. Then the chair calls for nominations, which can come from anyone in the caucus. The procedure continues until there are no more nominations. Participants then vote on their preferred nominees. The highest vote-getters in each race are selected as the nominee. Independent and other candidates Candidates running under non-major political parties have already filed their candidacy for Thornton Township, and do not participate in the caucus process. Four Independent Party candidates are looking to unseat Henyard: Nate Fields Jr., LaShunte’ Lollis-Walton, Stafford Owens, and Sidney Moore. Harvey Mayor Chris Clark is also a candidate for supervisor, leading a Reform Thornton Township Party ticket that includes four candidates for trustee: Harvey city administrator Corean Davis, Harvey fifth ward alderperson Dominique Randle-El, Rachel Jones, and Jacinta J. Gholston. Also running for trustee are Democrat Mary Ann Thornton and Independent Felesa Melvin. Running for highway commissioner is Independent Kenny Williams. The township Clerk’s office reported no filings for clerk or assessor. It is not clear whether other incumbents on the Thornton Township Board of Trustees, all Democrats, are seeking nominations to retain their seats.)
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Former Lauzen employee slams his expertise, treatment of her
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/11/30/former-lauzen-employee-slams-his-expertise-treatment-of-her/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an email, Lauzen wrote that he fired Cain on Friday, Nov. 22. “It is now obvious to me that I made a mistake when I hired her,” Lauzen’s email stated. When there were concerns about her work, he said, he gave her a written six-month performance improvement plan. . .In his email, Lauzen denied saying he had “given up” on her, spoke to her with contempt, and justified that he wanted her log in ID and password because he is “ultimately responsible for everything that occurs in the Treasurer’s Office, both good and bad, I need to know what is going on around me.” As to his lack of computer skills, Lauzen said he depends on his staff and the IT department to assist. “There is no conceit on my part that my data processing skills are in any way exemplary,” Lauzen wrote. “I’m not shy to ask for help.” Lauzen also wrote that the Treasurer’s Office does not have to follow Government Accounting Standard Board rules regarding revenue. It also does not have statutory responsibility or authority to produce or present the county’s financial statements. “The Accounting Department does. Therefore, we have nothing to do with the applicability of any GASB regulations,” Lauzen wrote.)
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-its-been-taboo-to-discuss-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-far-too-long/20241203070000/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Why Trump’s HUD Pick Is a Red Flag for Housing Advocates (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, University Park got a $30 million HUD loan to build University Park to help Blacks. Because I bought a new town home there in 1972, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I improperly took advantage of that HUD loan, that my buying that town home stopped a Black from buying it.)
https://chicagodefender.com/why-trumps-hud-pick-is-a-red-flag-for-housing-advocates/
WCIA
— 70% of Illinois registered voters cast ballots in 2024 (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/70-of-illinois-registered-voters-cast-ballots-in-2024-state-board-of-elections/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump falls just below 50% in popular vote, but gets more than in past elections
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-03/trump-falls-just-below-50-in-popular-vote-but-gets-more-than-in-past-elections
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats’ outgoing chair says Trump’s win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-outgoing-chair-says-trumps-win-forces-party-to-reassess-how-it-reaches-voters/
WHEATON PATCH
— Coroner Jorgensen Thanks Community In Farewell Message
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/coroner-jorgensen-thanks-community-farewell-message
ELMHURST PATCH
— Forgeries On Elmhurst Politician’s Petition? Residents told Patch they did not sign Mark Mulliner’s mayoral petition. His rival said there was an “obvious impropriety.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/forgeries-elmhurst-politicians-petition
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— “It sets a terrible precedent for presidents in the future to blanket pardon, not just family members, but anyone,” said former Congressman Rodney Davis after attending an Illinois Chamber of Commerce event in Oak Brook on Monday. “Voters who said the No. 1 issue was a threat to democracy because in their minds Donald Trump was going to upset the norms of government, how do they reconcile this?” said Davis, a Republican who is now head of government affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/03/chicago-budget-gets-the-old-college-try-00192301
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-415/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-207/
— Illinois voter turnout was 70.42 percent, but registered voters were down a quarter million from peak four years ago (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/illinois-voter-turnout-was-7042-percent-but-registered-voters-were-down-a-quarter-million-from-peak-four-years-ago/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-414/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago ranks among the top in WalletHub’s “Most Sinful Cities in America” survey. A Republican state representative said it’s another example of its crumbling moral foundation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote abortion, LGBTQ, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_30df7fee-b0df-11ef-9f32-4f580e68965b.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/republican-legislator-laments-chicago-s-poor-ranking-in-sin-city-survey/ar-AA1v8WJn
— Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s black hole: Pension debts jump even though taxpayers pour billions into city funds
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-black-hole-pension-debts-jump-even-though-taxpayers-pour-billions-into-city-funds-wirepoints/
— Only half of Chicago Public Schools’ $10 billion in yearly spending makes it to the classroom
https://wirepoints.org/only-half-of-chicago-public-schools-10-billion-in-yearly-spending-makes-it-to-the-classroom-wirepoints/
— Chicago has lost control of its budget. We need furloughs and layoffs, not tax hikes.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-has-lost-control-of-its-budget-we-need-furloughs-and-layoffs-not-tax-hikes-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— The legislators who don’t support pension reform ought to be fired.
https://wirepoints.org/the-legislators-who-dont-support-pension-reform-ought-to-be-fired-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my www.gopillinois.com website drive lots of traffic to websites. It would be great if those websites would reciprocate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rolling Back the Gender Insanity
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/rolling-back-the-gender-insanity/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s pardon of Hunter hands leverage to Republicans on tax cuts, gun laws
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/biden-pardon-hunter-hands-leverage-republicans-tax/
— Hunter Biden’s sweeping pardon covers a decade of potential criminal charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/hunter-biden-pardon-covers-decade-potential-crimin/
— California seeks $25 million in special session to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/california-seeks-25-million-special-session-trump-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California lawmaker pushes proposal to give descendants of slaves admission priority at colleges
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3247324/california-lawmaker-proposal-descendants-slaves-admission-priority-college/
— The legacy media enabled Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3247707/the-legacy-media-enabled-joe-biden-pardon-hunter/
NEW YORK POST
— Domino’s manager fired for complaining about pizza shop’s owner hiring illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2024/12/02/business/dominos-manager-fired-for-complaining-about-hiring-of-illegal-migrants-suit/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Cartels Demand Higher Border Crossing Fees After Trump Victory
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/cartels-demand-higher-border-crossing-fees-after-trump-victory/
— Sanctuary City Spends $8000 Per Illegal Alien
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/sanctuary-city-spends-8000-per-illegal-alien/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Attestation: A bizarre way to run elections (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/attestation_a_bizarre_way_to_run_elections.html
— The ‘Woke’ Awakening
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/the_woke_awakening.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Hide Support for Illegals by Sudden Shift to Deporting Criminal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/02/democrats-hide-support-illegals-sudden-shift-deporting-criminal-migrants/
— Sanctuary State California May Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations by Giving Lawyers to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/02/california-fight-trumps-mass-deportations-giving-lawyers-illegal-aliens/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last. Americans deserve a full-scale investigation into what happened in Chicago and how to prevent the next open-borders-enabled attack on U.S. soil.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Oped-Without-Reckoning-First-US-Terror-Attack-Caused-Open-Borders-Wont-Be-Last
DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Republican Jow Walsh Admits Biden’s Pardon Makes It Tougher To Convince Middle America Trump Is ‘A Unique Threat’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/joe-walsh-biden-pardon-convince-middle-voters-trump-threat/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Challenging Trump, California to Pay for Illegal Immigrant Deportation Defense
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/02/challenging-trump-california-pay-illegal-immigrant-deportation-defense/
DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Suspected Migrant Gang Members Roaming NYC, ICE Says. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in the city.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-suspected-migrant-gang-members-roaming-nyc-ice-says
FEDERALIST
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/without-a-reckoning-the-first-u-s-terror-attack-caused-by-open-borders-wont-be-the-last/
— How Trump’s Victory Affects The Civil War In Evangelicalism
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/how-trumps-victory-affects-the-civil-war-in-evangelicalism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Ramaswamy shreds NYC $220M migrant hotel deal paying Pakistan ‘to house illegals in our own country’ DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy torches NYC over Roosevelt Hotel migrant deal.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ramaswamy-shreds-nyc-220m-migrant-hotel-deal-paying-pakistan-house-illegals-own-country
— There’s no constitutional obligation for Congress to appropriate funding to sanctuary cities
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365433711112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago teachers union slams newspaper that called them out for their members’ chronic absence. ‘It’s time for the Tribune to reflect the facts,’ the Chicago Teachers Union said in response to an editorial. (COMMENT: Virtually all my Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government took many more sick days than I did. While I worked part-time for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my Democrat coworkers took many sick days.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-slams-newspaper-called-them-out-members-chronic-absence
— NYC home to nearly 60k ‘criminal’ migrants. More than 750k illegal migrants currently live in New York City.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-home-nearly-60k-criminal-migrants-report
— ICE report reveals extent of migrant crime crisis in New York City
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365411253112
— Roosevelt Hotel of HORRORS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/02/roosevelt-hotel-of-horrors/
— Biden admin ‘let Americans die’ at hands of illegal immigrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365427541112
— Anti-trafficking activist exposes how ‘slave ledger’ is being used by smugglers to control migrants. Immigration and border security are top election issues for voters. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-trafficking-activist-exposes-slave-ledger-being-used-by-smugglers-control-migrants
— Trump suggests Canada become 51st state
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-suggests-canada-become-51st-state-after-trudeau-said-tariff-would-kill-economy-sources
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump seeks to expand program that would deputize US sheriffs to assist ICE in deportation efforts
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-expand-program-that-would-deputize-us-sheriffs-to-assist-ice-in-deportation-efforts
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Yes, the President Can Deploy Troops To Enforce Immigration Law
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/12/03/yes_the_president_can_deploy_troops_to_enforce_immigration_law_1075917.html
NEWSMAX
— Booting Migrants Is Crucial
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tomhoman-deportation-illegalimmigrants/2024/12/02/id/1190042/
TOWNHALL
— ‘Sanctuary’ Leaders Vow to Resist Immigration Enforcement. This Time They Have Few Followers.
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2024/12/03/sanctuary-leaders-vow-to-resist-immigration-enforcement-this-time-they-have-few-followers-n2648511
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Redefining diversity in Trump’s second administration (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory signals a turning point for our nation. As America grapples with the consequences of unchecked diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI policies, the second Trump administration has a clear mandate to restore fairness and meritocracy in employment law. . .At its core, DEI as currently practiced is antithetical to the principles of fairness and equality. Instead of leveling the playing field, it tilts it steeply in favor of select groups, creating a workplace culture where hiring and promotions are often dictated by identity rather than merit. DEI practices, though often cloaked in the language of equity, are nothing more than reverse discrimination, punishing individuals for their race or gender while undermining the very concept of merit-based achievement. . .Second, Trump can promote merit-based hiring and advancement. Meritocracy is the cornerstone of a thriving economy. Employment decisions should be based on skills, qualifications and performance — not identity. The Trump administration must make it clear that federally regulated industries and contractors will face penalties for using quotas or “diversity scorecards” as hiring criteria. Transparency in hiring and promotion processes should also be mandated to ensure fairness. . .America’s workplaces must remain places of opportunity and collaboration, not battlegrounds for ideological warfare. DEI, as it currently stands, has created an environment of division, resentment and legal uncertainty. By focusing on merit, fairness and individual rights, the Trump administration can undo the damage wrought by years of identity politics and restore a culture of excellence and mutual respect.)
— Multiple Democrats slam Biden pardon of Hunter
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5018269-biden-pardons-hunter-democrats-criticism/
CNBC
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly crowed about their success in promoting Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, their success in promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-became-a-conservative-target.html
NBC NEWS
— Senate approves promotion for general involved in Afghanistan exit after a Republican blocked it (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government initially delayed and blocked my promotions because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Then they delayed and blocked my promotions because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12 and my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-approves-promotion-general-involved-afghanistan-exit-republican-rcna182544
— Republican senators brush aside Pete Hegseth misconduct allegations after meeting with him. Hegseth, who is Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, has faced sexual assault and alcohol abuse allegations. He has denied any wrongdoing. (COMMENT: Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pete-hegseth-meeting-republican-senators-brush-misconduct-allegations-rcna182569
NEW YORK TIMES
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
— In Pardoning His Son, Biden Echoes Some of Trump’s Complaints
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-hunter-pardon-politics.html
USA TODAY
— ‘Heinously terrible’: 3 killed, 5 injured in mass shooting at Chicago home; no arrests made
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/02/mass-shooting-chicago/76711684007/
— Is it possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone? (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/23/can-you-retire-social-security-income-seniors/76135159007/
WOAI
— Construction Companies Have Been Abusing Illegal Alien Workers
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-02-construction-companies-have-been-abusing-illegal-alien-workers/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Woke Cost the Democrats the Presidential Election. My critics/opponents have always promoted woke and they continue to promote woke. To promote wok is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. Anticipate/expect that they will 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/democrats-2024-election-woke.html
PBS
— Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Fewer 18-Year-Olds Enrolled in College This Fall (COMMENT: I enrolled in UIC when I was 18 in 1966. Because of that, I was able to graduate from NIU when I was 21. Because I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft, I could not have done that if I had not gotten student draft deferments. My critics/opponents have always used my getting student draft deferments against me big time. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not gotten those deferments, in addition to my not graduating when I was 21, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, or d) get married when I was 29.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/12/03/fewer-18-year-olds-enrolled-college-fall
DAILY KOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/12/2/2287433/-12-02-Open-Thread-International-Day-for-the-Abolition-of-Slavery
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 53% Now View Trump Favorably (COMMENT: 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/53_now_view_trump_favorably
December 2, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gop-sen-mike-rounds-praises-fbi-director-christopher-wray-donald-trump-names-kash-patel-departments-top-job/15609838/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-names-loyalist-kash-patel-serve-fbi-director/15607640/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-director-pick-donald-trump-reaction/
— 3 killed, 19 wounded in shootings during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-nov-27-to-dec-2/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/can-kash-patel-get-confirmed-senate
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges, despite previous promises that he would not do so
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/joe-biden-pardons-hunter/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/biden-aids-memorial-quilt-world-aids-day/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241201/news/helping-where-they-can-elgins-centro-de-informacion-assists-newcomers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-recreational-weed-market-slowdown
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bloomington/Normal
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/lgbtq-bloomington-normal-politics-equity-representation/article_ce153366-ae15-11ef-bab5-c71677fc34de.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Hate-filled White-hating White-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/real-talk-private-vigilante-state-violence-part-of-single-strategy/article_4262a9fc-ad25-11ef-b6c5-437148692781.html
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Could St. Clair County flip red like Madison County? The GOP is optimistic. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee doing to make DuPage County flip red?)
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2024-12-02/illinois-elections-st-clair-county-republican-shift
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-still-dont-agree-on-the-seriousness-of-their-political-problem-after-election-defeat/
CHICAGO MAROON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicagomaroon.com/44707/grey-city/grassroots-legal-aid-clinic-for-asylum-seekers-receiving-constant-influx-of-new-cases/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Sanctuary showdown looms
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/02/sanctuary-showdown-looms-00192110
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Don’t Believe Anything Leftists Say About DEI
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/11/29/dont-believe-anything-leftists-say-about-dei
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What will Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do to elect a Democrat President in 2028? ANSWER: Ever-increasingly a) flood America with money illegals, b) replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, and c) get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— NRCC releases ‘Dear President Trump’ letter for all to sign
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/1/inside-beltway-nrcc-releases-dear-president-trump-/
— ‘America First patriot’: Kash Patel’s nomination wins support from House Speaker Johnson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/1/mike-johnson-supports-kash-patel-america-first-pat/
— Joe Biden lied and whoosh, Hunter’s sins are disappeared
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/joe-biden-lied-whoosh-hunters-sins-disappeared/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s deportation plan — Will it work and how will America react?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3242582/the-debrief-trump-deportation-plan-will-it-work-how-will-america-react/
— Trump can axe entrenched DEI frameworks his first week back in the White House
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3240591/trump-axe-dei-frameworks-first-week-in-office/
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois cops bust Canadians who crossed border with 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/illinois-cops-bust-2-canadians-who-crossed-border-with-1100-pounds-of-cocaine-worth-40-million/
— NYC pols demand crackdown after revelation about ‘criminal’ migrant population approaching 60K (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/nyc-pols-demand-crackdown-after-revelation-about-criminal-migrant-population-approaching-60k/
— When Trump critics resist his illegal-migrant crackdown, remember the nightmares he’s trying to end
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/opinion/abandoned-10-year-old-boy-is-another-border-tragedy-caused-by-harris-biden/
— Sanctuary city Denver has spent almost $8,000 for each of the 45,000 migrants that have come to the city — and now the mayor says he’ll risk jail to stop them being deported
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/denver-spent-356-million-taxpayers-money-on-illegal-migrants/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Coming Immigration Showdown. Blue states are preparing to confront the federal government over enforcing American immigration laws.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-coming-immigration-showdown/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is about to put police officers and U.S. citizens at risk over illegal immigrants – and it’s a horrible mistake
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/02/denver-mayor-mike-johnston-is-about-to-put-police-officers-and-u-s-citizens-at-risk-over-illegal-immigrants-and-its-a-horrible-mistake-1506588/
BREITBART
— 535K DACA Recipients’ Futures Uncertain After Donald Trump’s Election Victory
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/12/01/535k-daca-recipients-future-uncertain-after-donald-trumps-election-victory/
— Over 58,000 Illegal Migrants in NYC Are Felons or Facing Criminal Charges
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/12/01/ice-data-over-58000-illegal-migrants-nyc-are-felons-facing-criminal-charges/
— Brandon Johnson’s Chicago: 16 Shot by Saturday Afternoon on Thanksgiving Weekend
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/12/01/brandon-johnsons-chicago-16-shot-by-saturday-afternoon-on-thanksgiving-weekend/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Woke Isn’t Dead. The Battle to Root It Out Is Only Just Beginning
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/01/woke-not-dead/
DAILY WIRE
— California Won’t Help ICE Deport Illegals (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans; illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-padilla-california-wont-help-ice-deport-illegals
FEDERALIST
— Joe Biden Tries To Justify Hunter Pardon By Peddling Another Round Of Lies
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/joe-biden-tries-to-justify-hunter-pardon-by-peddling-another-round-of-lies/
FOX NEWS
— Biden admin has ‘completely abused’ the US’s asylum laws
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365386915112
NEWSMAX
— Jonathan Turley Calls Out Biden’s Campaign Lie on Hunter Pardon
https://www.newsmax.com/us/pardon-hunter-biden-jonathan-turley/2024/12/02/id/1189999/
— Trump Blasts Hunter Pardon: Nothing for ‘J-6 Hostages?’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/pardon-jan-6-hostages/2024/12/02/id/1190002/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DEI Trainings Make People See Racism Even if It Isn’t There (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against whose who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-study-dei-trainings-make-people-see-racism-even-if-it-isn-t-there/ar-AA1v4WEk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mexico’s growing flirtation with China poses challenges for Trump 2.0
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5014974-mexico-dilemma-trump-china/
— Democrat and RINO leaders will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/
CNN
— Law enforcement is one of America’s hottest jobs right now (COMMENT: IRS enforces federal tax laws. I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/business/job-market-law-enforcement/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police departments and sheriff’s offices across are clamoring for new recruits after grappling with a sharp drop in applicants and a wave of retirements after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 caused many to be wary of working for a police force, recruiters told CNN. . .The average salary of a police officer climbed more than 37% in the first eight months of this year compared to the same time last year, according to ZipRecruiter data provided to CNN. That’s a recent sign of strong demand for police officers, because from 2022 to 2023 the average salary for policing jobs rose by roughly 8%. “Police departments are trying hard to make the role more attractive after suffering a recruitment and retention crisis,” said ZipRecruiter Chief Economist Julia Pollak. She added that there’s also been a huge spike in job postings on ZipRecruiter listing “law enforcement” as a desired skill. While a police officer may be a steady job, it’s important to note that it usually requires a months-long training process (typically paid), as well as an extensive background check.)
MSN
— NYC Pays $220 Million To Rent Hotel Owned by Pakistan
https://www.msn.com/en-in/travel/news/nyc-pays-220-million-to-rent-hotel-owned-by-pakistan-vivek-ramaswamy-calls-it-nuts/ar-AA1v3U6P
— 22% of all illegal US-Canada border crossings by Indians
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/22-of-all-illegal-us-canada-border-crossings-by-indians/ar-AA1v5pWv
— Musk accused of doxxing federal employees (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that pay, benefits, and pensions for federal employees are far too generous. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/sowing-terror-and-fear-world-s-richest-man-accused-of-doxxing-federal-employees/ar-AA1uViVp
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conservative-backed-group-is-creating-a-list-of-federal-workers-it-suspects-could-resist-trump-plans/ar-BB1oLfIf
NEWSWEEK
— Wisconsin Leader Enters Race for DNC Chair: Who Else Is Running, Rumored? (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about that. I would focus on those who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/wisconsin-leader-ben-wikler-enters-race-dnc-chair-who-else-running-rumored-1993777
NBC NEWS
— Trump nominates loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director (COMMENT: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform. I am a platform Republican. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-nominates-loyalist-kash-patel-to-serve-as-fbi-director-225871941620
USA TODAY
— Democrats lost working-class voters
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/30/democrats-trump-working-class-massachusetts-voters/76431138007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Barely Won the House. Factionalism in 2025 would waste a majority that could be fleeting.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-barely-won-the-house-9d5e1bb5
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dalton-georgia-trump-jobs-deportations-1d293804
— Texas Offers Trump a Blueprint for Illegal-Immigration Crackdown. State responsible for $11 billion ‘Operation Lone Star’ effort is looking to aid the president-elect’s proposed border restrictions.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-texas-border-immigration-operation-lone-star-e57144d4
— The White-Collar Hiring Rut Is Here. That’s Bad News for Young College Grads. (COMMENT: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was my being 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous from Democrat leaders to hire those who did not share my demographics. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I spent far too many hours working my way through college.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-college-educated-workers-jobs-c594c29a
FORBES
— 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/dougmelville/2024/12/01/barely-legal-5-hard-truths–a-blueprint-for-your-dei-plan-in-2025/
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things? (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
BANKRATE
— Hidden costs of home ownership. Average annual price to maintain property rises to all-time high. (COMMENT: To lower home maintenance costs, I continue to mow and fertilize the lawn, trim the bushes, rake and mulch the leaves, service the underground lawn sprinkler system, shovel the snow, etc.)
https://www.bankrate.com/homeownership/most-common-home-maintenance-costs/
SEACOAST
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/12/01/commentary-firing-non-partisan-federal-employees-will-hurt-our-nation/76615933007/
MSN
— 14 Jobs That Pay Decent, But Most People Think They Are Too Good For (COMMENT: As more and more and more Americans refuse to take bad jobs, pressure builds to let citizens foreign countries take those jobs legally. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for taking bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/14-jobs-that-pay-decent-but-most-people-think-they-are-too-good-for/ss-AA1thK5x
PEW RESEARCH
— Views of DEI have become more negative among U.S. workers (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/19/views-of-dei-have-become-slightly-more-negative-among-us-workers/
BBC
— Who are the millions of Britons not working, and why? (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early, I have not worked since I was 49 years old in 1997. I gave up searching for jobs appropriate for someone with my work experience, professional certifications, and professional license long ago because potential employers were turned off by the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors had taken against me. In addition to forcing me to retire early, they had a) delayed my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Further they were turned off by my bad demographics, my having complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my having sued my GAO superiors for the aforesaid. Thankfully, my wife and I could afford the $84,910/year loss in income in today’s dollars that I suffered a) because of my wife’s income, b) because of my $65,165/year federal pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government pays 72% of our health insurance premiums, and d) because we have no debts or dependents.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52660591
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/1/2289482/-Weeping-in-America-and-for-America
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Rep. Delia Ramirez to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/1/2288843/-For-Rep-Delia-Ramirez-Trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-is-personal