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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After decades of red, 2024 election shows DuPage County now ‘reliably blue’ (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have been deeply involved with Republican politics in DuPage County since 2000. At least since 2000, leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) have rejected some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Yes, Democrats have ever-increasing invaded the county. But DCRCC leaders have ever-increasingly become more Democrat Lite, more RINO, more anti-conservative, more anti-Trump, and more anti-Republican. They boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville this year and removed me from its Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about those past and present DCRCC leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/dupage-county-naperville-2024-election-democrat-republican-illinois-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier this month, 11 elected officials were sworn into DuPage County offices. Of those, nine were Democrats. In the wake of November’s general election, DuPage County — once a Republican stronghold — seems to have definitively shifted left, experts and observers say. “I think we have strong evidence suggesting that we can now say DuPage is reliably blue,” said Melissa Mouritsen, a political science professor at College of DuPage. From federal races to county contests, the 2024 election saw the Democratic Party come out strong across DuPage. Voters favored the Democratic candidates in four of five congressional races that reached into the county. Democrats also captured a larger share of the county’s vote in three of four state senator races and 12 of 16 state representative races. County-wide, three-term DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen was unseated by Democratic challenger Judith Lukas. Democratic incumbents prevailed in their reelection bids for circuit clerk and auditor while the Democratic candidate clinched a win in the race for recorder. On the DuPage County Board, a Democratic challenger unseated her Republican predecessor, while other Democratic incumbents held onto their seats, leaving the body with 12 Democrats, six Republicans and a Democratic chair. Eighteen years ago, not one Democrat sat on the board. Change in course  For more than a century, DuPage County was undeniably Republican. But over the past two decades — particularly the past six years — Democrats have incrementally loosened the GOP’s grip on the county. In 2006, the county had an entirely Republican 18-seat board. Over the next 10 years, Democrats grew to have a small presence on the body. But then the tide really started to change. In 2018 alone, the body added six Democrats to the mix. That same year, Jean Kaczmarek was elected clerk, making her the first Democrat to snag a county-wide office in DuPage since 1934. (BAR CHART) By 2020, Democrats picked up four more seats on the board, flipping the majority in their favor. Two years later, voters elected the board’s first Democratic chair in at least three-quarters of a century. It all pointed to a change in course. Still, even when Democrats took control of the board four years ago — something that hadn’t happened since the 1930s — questions loomed: was DuPage County really blue? Was it purple? Will it last? November’s election, though, dealt answers, observers say. That’s even despite Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket underperforming President Joe Biden by nearly three points. “I think it’s enduring change,” Mouritsen said. And it comes down to there being a greater shift in what the electorate is thinking, meaning residents “by and large more identify as Democrats,” she said. Mouritsen, in part, attributes the change to secular shift, including demographics and that “we’re seeing more people move to DuPage from Cook County, who bring their politics.” Another factor is mapmaking, Mouritsen said. Favorable political districts for Illinois Democrats starting in 2010 gave way to Democratic gerrymandering in DuPage, she said. A third component has been just work of the party itself. Mouritsen called the trio of factors “three legs of a table,” all contributing to Democrats’ ascendancy in DuPage. Then, six years ago, the change — already in the making — hastened with something Mouritsen dubbed the “Trump effect.” Repudiation  In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump received 39% of the county’s vote, nearly nine points less than Mitt Romney four years prior. Locally, there appeared to be an aversion to Trump, Mouritsen said. “(I would say) there was a strong contingent of Republicans in DuPage County who felt that way,” she said, adding that in turn helped to spur on the blue shift already taking root in the county. Former DuPage County Board Democrat Elizabeth “Liz” Chaplin says that she has likewise found that, “(With) what we’re hearing at the national level … a lot of people just don’t like this rhetoric (and) I think that really helped us resonate with the voters.” Chaplin was first elected to the board in 2012. She retained her seat for 12 more years before leaving to successfully run for county recorder this year. “I mean, from 12 years to where we are today, I never thought it would have turned this quickly,” she said. To her, Trump’s first term is the “prevailing factor” in propelling that flip, she said. Jennifer Zordani, who was the acting chair of the Democratic Party of DuPage County until mid-November, likewise thinks repudiation has played an important part in change, she says, though less so in direct response to Trump and more against extremist ideology in general. “I don’t know if it’s as much the repudiation of Trump … (as it is) a repudiation of extremists on issues,” she said. Where Zordani and Chaplin do align is their belief in where the past few years have landed DuPage today. “I believe it is solidly blue,” Zordani said. Chaplin echoed, “I do see (the county) as truly blue.” Across the aisle, though, observations diverge. ‘Green wave’ James Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999 and chairman of DuPage County Republicans, says he wouldn’t call recent change a blue wave but a “green wave.” “Democrats are outspending us probably 10 to one at least in all of these House and Senate races and on media on Chicago markets. … And you can’t tell me it doesn’t have an effect down ballot,” Zay said. Democrats had a hefty financial advantage in state legislative races, with the House Democrats’ campaign organization and the state party funneling millions of dollars to candidates facing potentially tough Republican competition. As far as other potential down-ballot effects, Zay dismissed the notion that Trump is a deterrent for local Republicans. There were more requests for Trump signs ahead of November’s election than he’s seen before, Zay said. Speaking to the GOP’s broader trajectory both in the years leading up to November and going forward, Zay did recognize there is work ahead for the party. Namely, building Republicans’ stronghold back from the ground up. DuPage Republicans in recent years have lost a once-strong pipeline for up-and-coming candidates, Zay said. Of late, the party hasn’t “done a good job of bringing people up from park district boards and municipal boards” for higher office, he said. It needs to build a farm system again, he noted. In Zay’s estimation, the county these days is more purple than firmly blue. “I would definitely say it’s a 60-40 (Democrats to Republicans) county right now,” he said. But that split, as the past few years have shown, is subject to change, he added. “It could turn at any time. I mean, who knows, you know?” A blue future? The durability of Democrats’ momentum in DuPage is hard to pinpoint, according to Stephen Maynard Caliendo, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Central College. Caliendo, who is also a professor of political science, expects the shift to persist for some time, though that doesn’t mean it will never swing back, he said. There are a few factors, again, playing to Democrats’ favor. One is incumbent advantage, Caliendo says. Another is the party’s power statewide, he said, especially when it comes to redistricting. “With a state that is always in control by Democrats, it’s very unlikely … that they’re going to” realign districts in a way that’s going to put them — candidates in DuPage included — at a disadvantage, he said. What could make a difference is the country’s larger political environment, Caliendo said. “The reason why I might be wrong,” he said, “is because we may be seeing a fundamental realignment of the parties … and what I mean by that is I don’t know if the Republican Party can survive Trump in the form that it had taken since 1980.” If that’s the case, Caliendo continued, “everything I said about redistricting and whatever is not going to make any difference because people who used to vote Democrat might vote Republican” and vice versa. For now, what DuPage Democrats can — and should do — is avoid complacency, Chaplin and Zordani advise. “We’re still growing. … We can’t rest on our laurels,” Chaplin said. “I think we have to continue to work to let people know who we are,” Zordani added, “(and) what we’re doing. … We are solidly blue, but it would never ever be something I would take for granted.”)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump won the November 5, 2024 presidential election. The voters have spoken. In light of that, what should Republican party leaders, elected officials, and candidates be doing to defend and advance Trump? What should the following be doing to defend and advance Trump: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republican elected officials in your area, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election and they ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. That hatred caused all but 2 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct to lose. How successful will Democrat and RINO leaders be in causing the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in my precinct to lose? I have 1,091 registered voters in my precinct. 458 (42%) are Independent. 361 (33%) are Republican. 272 (25%) are Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Allies of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard get some challengers kicked off ballot (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-allies-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-get-challengers-kicked-off-ballot/15668759/
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard warns Thornton Township shutdown could start Wednesday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-warns-shutdown-could-start-wednesday/15671055/
— ‘Total dumpster fire’: Republicans fume over speaker’s spending plan days from shutdown deadline. House Republicans stormed out of a GOP conference meeting, furious at Johnson.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republicans-fume-speaker-mike-johnsons-spending-plan-days-shutdown-deadline/15668588/

NBC5
— Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-chooses-herschel-walker-as-us-ambassador-to-bahamas/3627133/

WGN9
— Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/trump-sues-des-moines-register-pollster/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats push to accomplish a slew of last-minute goals as President Joe Biden’s era ends
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/18/illinois-congress-biden-goals/
— 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/
— Elgin City Council to vote on plan to move tent city residents to hotels, tear down encampment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/elgin-council-to-vote-on-plan-to-move-tent-city-residents-to-hotels-tear-down-encampment/
— 3 candidates for Thornton Township supervisor knocked off 2025 ballot (COMMENT: When will the Chicago Tribune start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/3-candidates-for-thornton-township-supervisor-knocked-off-2025-ballot/
— Americans end 2024 with grim economic outlook, but Republicans are optimistic for 2025
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/america-economy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Sheriff Tom Dart plans to scrap decades-old electronic monitoring program over safety concerns
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/12/17/sheriff-tom-dart-scrap-electronic-monitoring-safety-concerns
— Here’s hoping Trump doesn’t deliver on ideas to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. Taking the country’s troubled but constitutionally-enshrined mail and placing it on the hands of the private operators is a cure that’s far worse than the ailment. (COMMENT: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/18/donald-trump-privatize-u-s-postal-service-musk-ramaswamy-postmaster-louis-dejoy

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs reject Trump’s election.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-18/illinois-laws-create-roadblocks-but-dont-stop-deportations-expert-says

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote vices.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-most-us-teens-are-abstaining-from-drinking-smoking-and-marijuana-survey-says/

CITIES 92.9
— Appeals court hears challenge of Illinois teacher’s firing for Facebook posts (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because they do not like articles linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/17/appeals-court-hears-challenge-of-illinois-teachers-firing-for-facebook-posts/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-426/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-218/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS GOP
— Illinois’ No Good, Very Bad YEAR Under IL Democrats
https://illinois.gop/illinois-no-good-very-bad-year-under-il-democrats/

JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Desperate Mayor: el Brandito
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-desperate-mayor-black-lenin/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking at the Birthright Citizenship Debate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/17/looking-at-the-birthright-citizenship-debate/
— 71-Year Old Enbridge Pipeline That Appears to Run Through Western McHenry County Springs Leak in Wisconsin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/16/71-year-old-enbridge-pipeline-that-appears-to-run-through-western-mchenry-county-springs-leak-in-wisconsin/
— Ethics, Smethics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/15/ethics-smethics/
— Trump Puts Year-Round Daylight v. Standard Time Fight on Horizon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/15/trump-puts-year-round-daylight-v-standard-time-fight-on-horizon/
— From Now through January 2nd Local Police Have Federally-Financed Cars on Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/16/from-now-through-january-2nd-local-police-have-federally-financed-cars-on-duty/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago property taxes have doubled in 10 years, thanks to pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-property-taxes-have-doubled-in-10-years-thanks-to-pensions/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump is right about birthright citizenship. Farcical practice should have ended long ago.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/trump-right-birthright-citizenship/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
— End the weaponization of the IRS (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978. 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. They never promoted me beyond GS-12.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/end-weaponization-irs/
— Why transgender people shouldn’t serve in the military
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/transgender-people-shouldn-serve-military/
— Change needs to come to White House press briefing room (COMMENT: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor 2000. My DuPage County Republican critics/opponents did not want me to attend Henry Hyde’s press conference in 2005 ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-08-05-0508050305-story.html ) in which he endorsed Roskam. But when I attended anyway, they warned me to not ask any questions. Since 2005, they have used what happened with Jeff Gannon during a White House press briefing (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News ) to demonize me, denigrate, me, and condemn me as being a clone of Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with Democrat reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/change-needs-come-white-house-press-briefing-room/
— Trump poised to shake up America’s woke colleges and universities (COMMENT: The universities that I earned degrees from (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) are ever-increasingly more woke, that is, they ever-increasingly have no use for me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/donald-trump-poised-shake-america-woke-colleges-un/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Sanctuaries’ hiding nearly 60% of illegal immigrants from ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3263100/sanctuaries-hiding-60-percent-illegal-immigrants-ice/

NEW YORK POST
— Disney axes transgender storyline from upcoming ‘Win or Lose’ series
https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/entertainment/disney-axes-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-win-or-lose-series-report/

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— American Airlines Agrees to End Illegal Discrimination in Hiring, Recruiting, and Employment Practices Following AFL’s Civil Rights Complaint
https://aflegal.org/victory-american-airlines-agrees-to-end-illegal-discrimination-in-hiring-recruiting-and-employment-practices-following-afls-civil-rights-complaint/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat Party’s Fight for American Youth (COMMENT: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district been in making young people anti-Trump, that is, in making them anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/twitch_wokeism_and_the_democrat_party_s_fight_for_american_youth.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) says Hispanic Trump voters have a ‘slave mentality’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/17/jasmine-crockett-says-hispanic-trump-voters-have-a-slave-mentality-1510157/

BREITBART
— Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Removes Citizens from Meeting for Protesting Migrant Funding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/chicago-democrat-mayor-removes-citizens-meeting-protesting-migrant-funding/
— Nearly 8 Million Illegals Living in Sanctuary Cities Across U.S. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/analysis-nearly-8-million-illegals-living-sanctuary-cities-across-us/
— Trump’s Deportations May Force Meatpacking Industry to Raise Wages  (COMMENT: Illegals drive wages down. Back in good old days, that is, back in the 1960s, I was able to earn enough a) to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, b) to pay for all my college expenses, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/report-trumps-deportations-may-force-meatpacking-industry-raise-wages/
— Democrat Senators Defend Transgenderism in Pentagon’s K-12 Schools
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/democrat-senators-defend-transgenderism-pentagon-k-12-schools/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2024. Documenting the decades-long increase in the share of Americans not in the labor force, and its implications for immigration policy. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://cis.org/Report/WorkingAge-Not-Working-1960-2024

COLLEGE FIX
— Michael Knowles ‘creates unsafe’ campus for ‘LGBTQ+ students,’ University of Illinois complaint says
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michael-knowles-creates-unsafe-campus-for-lgbtq-students-u-illinois-complaint-says/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago City Hall Meeting Erupts Into Chaos As Residents Protest ‘Migrant Invasion,’ Mayor Calls In Police To Clear Them Out. https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/17/chicago-city-hall-meeting-chaos-residents-protest-migrant-funding/
— ‘Just Another Weaponized Institution’: Ramaswamy, Musk Slam SEC Following Diversity Policy Reversal (COMMENT: GAO audits SEC. Because my Democrat GAO had forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 1997, the Democrats who ran SEC had no interest in hiring me even though a) I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators including SEC for 9 years, b) I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, c) I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, d) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, e) I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I had become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, g) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and h) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. SEC would have hired me instantly if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/just-another-weaponized-institution-ramaswamy-musk-slam-sec-following-diversity-policy-reversal/ar-AA1vOxoj

DAILY WIRE
— 120+ Retired Generals, Admirals Sign Letter Backing Pete Hegseth For Defense Secretary. Trump said Hegseth has made “tremendous strides” over the last week toward being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/120-retired-generals-admirals-sign-letter-backing-pete-hegseth-for-defense-secretary
— Medical School To Host Course With Activist Who Said ‘White People Are Psychopaths’  The far-left activist said that whites are psychopaths because of their biology and ‘evolutionary history’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/medical-school-to-host-course-with-activist-who-said-white-people-are-psychopaths
— Feds Look To Hire Up To 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump Takes Office. Thirty-three DEI jobs were posted in the 10 days immediately following Trump’s election.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-look-to-hire-up-to-1200-new-dei-bureaucrats-before-trump-takes-office
— Major Medical Association Pushes For DEI ‘To Be Embedded In Everything’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-medical-association-pushes-for-dei-to-be-embedded-in-everything
— Disney Pulls Transgender Storyline From Upcoming Animated Series
https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-series

EPOCH TIMES
— Head of Russia’s Nuclear Defense Forces Killed by Scooter Bomb in Moscow. Earlier this week, Ukraine’s security services charged Igor Kirillov with the use of banned chemical weapons.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/head-of-russias-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-by-scooter-bomb-in-moscow-5777751

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— Department of Education Blew $1 Billion on DEI
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/department-of-education-blew-1-billion-on-dei-heres-why-it-matters/

FOX BUSINESS
— American Airlines ends DEI hiring practices after facing discrimination charges by conservative watchdog. The policy reversal comes after America First Legal filed a discrimination complaint against the airline.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/american-airlines-ends-dei-hiring-practices-after-facing-discrimination-charges-conservative-watchdog

FOX NEWS
— Chicago community activist Andre Smith sounds off on migrant crisis: ‘I welcome’ Trump border czar
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-community-activist-sounds-off-133540056.html
— Chicago mayor boots public from rowdy city meeting as residents object to migrant ‘invasion’  Mayor Johnson struggled to pass his budget plan for weeks. (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms low-paid employees and especially low-paid employees who are minority and/or female.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-boots-public-from-rowdy-city-meeting-residents-object-migrant-invasion
— Cheney Accused of ‘Potential’ Witness Tampering
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-cheney-accused-potential-witness-tampering
— Biden wants to make it difficult for Trump  (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors made things difficult for me after I got promoted to GS-11 in 1973. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. They never promoted me beyond GS-12.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366162026112
— Mike Lee looks to halt welfare for illegals going on under Biden with key budget process. The ‘America First Act’ would remove eligibility for a variety of benefits from noncitizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-lee-looks-halt-welfare-illegals-going-under-biden-key-budget-process
— Trump’s transition team eyes expansion of ankle monitors for illegal immigrants not in custody. Expanded GPS monitoring has been on Republicans’ agendas for years. (COMMENT: How many illegals are roaming around in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? 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.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-transition-team-eyes-expansion-ankle-monitors-illegal-immigrants-not-custody
— Black enrollment at Harvard Law tanks by more than half after affirmative action ruling. The president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, lamented the decline in enrollment as a ‘crushing loss.’ (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to waste my career and to get rid of me. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had one professional certification while I had six, and d) who was not a licensed CPA like I was.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-enrollment-harvard-law-tanks-more-than-half-after-affirmative-action-ruling
— Disney drops transgender storyline from upcoming animated Pixar show ‘Win or Lose’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/disney-drops-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-pixar-show-win-lose
— Biden sinks to all-time low, while Trump’s numbers rise, in new national poll
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-sinks-all-time-low-trump-hits-recent-high-new-national-poll

HANNITY
— Trump Says Hegseth Making ‘Tremendous Strides’ Towards Confirmation, 120+ Sign Letter in Support
https://hannity.com/media-room/in-his-defense-trump-says-hegseth-making-tremendous-strides-towards-confirmation-120-sign-letter-in-support/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Kicks Public Out of City Meeting After They Trash Him Over Illegal Aliens. “He wants to pull a $40 million line of credit and put the city in even more debt. It’s your fault, because you gave half of the money to illegals.” (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms low-paid employees and especially low-paid employees who are minority and/or female.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/chicago-mayor-kicks-public-out-of-city-meeting-after-they-trash-him-over-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— 120 Retired Generals, Admirals Sign Support for Hegseth
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/military-trump-cabinet/2024/12/17/id/1191979/

OPEN THE BOOKS
— NEW REPORT SHOWS DC STILL A GHOST TOWN AFTER COVID
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/wheres-waldo-new-report-shows-dc

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Boots Angry Residents From Meeting After Being Criticized for Prioritizing Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2024/12/17/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-kicks-people-out-of-meeting-who-were-angry-about-migrant-crisis-n2649188

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Are more migrants staying in Texas after crossing the border?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/are-more-migrants-staying-in-texas-after-crossing-the-border/ar-AA1w3aCM

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/undocumented-border-families-texas.html
— Suit Accuses Georgetown, Penn and M.I.T. of Admissions Based on Wealth. The schools were accused of giving special treatment to wealthy students who might not otherwise have been admitted. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. How wealthy were your parents when you were in high school and college? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/lawsuit-georgetown-wealthy-students-admissions.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Young Republicans Gather, Ready to Make America Vengeful Again. At a gala on Wall Street for the New York Young Republican Club, attendees were looking forward to retribution from the next Trump era, and musing on another run in 2028.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/young-republicans-gala.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election and ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/12/17/trump-mass-deportation-threats-nyc-principals-reminded-keep-ice-out-of-public-schools/

NEW YORK SUN
— House GOP Subcommittee Recommends Liz Cheney Face Criminal Charges for Witness Tampering. Congressman Barry Loudermilk says Ms. Cheney colluded with Cassidy Hutchinson and her attorney to give false testimony by telling salacious and untrue stories about the events of that day.
https://www.nysun.com/article/house-gop-subcommittee-recommends-liz-cheney-face-criminal-charges-for-witness-tampering

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/17/republicans-congress-all-male-house-committee-chair/77026435007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— All the News That’s Suddenly Fit to Print After the Election. New York Times readers finally learn that Biden policies spurred a wave of illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/all-the-news-thats-suddenly-fit-to-print-after-the-election-f4a0d624
— Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants. ‘Sure hope the wealthy raise a few more smart kids!’ wrote one college enrollment officer, according to the suit. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. How wealthy were your parents when you were in high school and college? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-financial-aid-lawsuit-rich-students-families-c1a3a41c

BEACON ONLINE NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is woke, that is, that Jesus is 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://beacononlinenews.com/2024/12/17/christ-and-woke-philosophy/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Makes Good on His Threat to Sue Iowa Pollster and The Des Moines Register
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-good-on-his-threat-to-sue-iowa-pollster-j-ann-selzer-and-de-moines-register/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Blacks cannot succeed unless they are given massive preference. My Democrat GAO superiors gave my Black subordinate massive preference. They forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had a professional certification, but I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/12/18/harvard-and-unc-enrolled-fewer-black-law-students-year

CARE
— 7 practical ways to pay for long-term care (COMMENT: How prepared are you to pay for long-term care? My outstanding aunt had saved more than $600,000 for her long-term care when she went into an assisted living facility in 2011. She died in 2022. She had never attended college. She never married. She worked as a key-punch operator. She lived frugally. She helped teach me how to drive a car.)
https://www.care.com/c/practical-ways-to-pay-for-long-term-care/

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
— Insulate Your Home — and Your Bank Account (COMMENT: When our home was built in 1984, my wife and I insulated the walls and attic of our attached 3-car garage. Subsequently, we replaced the garage doors with insulated ones. I am now adding additional insulation in the garage attic.)
https://www.energy.gov/articles/insulate-your-home-and-your-bank-account

INDEPENDENT
— Wisconsin shooting latest: Natalie Rupnow joined shooting range before school attack as police hunt motive. Natalie Rupnow, a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School, was photographed shooting skeet in the summer.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/natalie-rupnow-wisconsin-madison-school-shooting-motive-b2666321.html

DAILY MAIL
— Democrat sparks fury as she accuses Latino Trump voters of having a ‘slave mentality’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14202963/jasmine-crockett-maga-hispanic-voters-slave-mentality.html
— More than a million Venezuelans have been allowed into the US in the time President Joe Biden has been in office.  A staggering 1,022,409 citizens of the South American country have been encountered at the southern border or granted admission into the US through one of  Biden’s immigration programs, according to federal government statistics from 2021 through October of this year. This citizenship is particularly important because Venezuelans have largely fueled the crisis at the border for the last four years – from asylum-seekers fleeing the communist regime back home to the Tren de Aragua members who have unleashed a wave of crime in American cities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-14191311/venezuelan-migrant-numbers-biden-border.html