FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Towering concerns arise regarding air traffic control staffing, effect on travel at Chicago airports (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of air traffic control staffing in the 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/towering-concerns-arise-aurora-air-traffic-control-center-staffing-effect-travel-chicago-airports-after-hearing/15648283/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Government Accountability report says things are getting worse, not better. “This is completely unacceptable. Air traffic facilities and radars need improvements,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz said. “Based on FAA data, the reliability of the FAA’s radar fleet is declining. The United States should be a leader in aviation technology. Sadly, this is often not the case.” “The modernization of existing air traffic management infrastructure in the United States continues to fall behind peer countries and is straining from the continued operations and growth of conventional airspace users,” said Marc Scribner, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Reason Foundation. “There is no easy answer or quick fix. A snap of Iron Man’s fingers cannot fix this,” said Kevin Walsh with the Government Accountability Office. “This will be the work of many years and billions of dollars.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
WGN9
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/the-impact-of-an-illinois-law-barring-police-from-working-with-immigration-agents/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1561622
WTTW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/cps-planning-all-hands-deck-approach-protecting-students-families-mass-deportations
— Chicago Alderpeople React to Claims City Will Be Ground Zero for Mass Deportations.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/chicago-alderpeople-react-claims-city-will-be-ground-zero-mass-deportations
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-crundwell/
— Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people (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 automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/senate-social-security-expansion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden.)
— Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/fbi-intelligence-capitol-riot-watchdog-report/
— In Illinois, anticipate/expect that Pritzker will destroy individuals, companies, organizations, etc. that support Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/trump-veteran-senator/
DAILY HERALD
— Rarely formed panel to determine Elk Grove trustee candidate’s eligibility (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://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/rarely-formed-panel-to-determine-elk-grove-trustee-candidates-eligibility/
— Algonquin trustee candidate knocked off ballot for spring election (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://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/algonquin-trustee-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled tens of millions, Northbrook financial exec granted clemency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-rita-crundwell-and-eric-bloom
STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://stateline.org/2024/12/12/despite-trumps-claim-deportations-likely-wouldnt-ease-housing-crisis-most-experts-say/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Trump when he retakes the White House in the new year. (COMMENT: Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I should write about those Romney supporters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romneys-senate-exit-may-create-a-vacuum-of-vocal-conservative-trump-critics/
— Trump says he won’t restrict abortion pill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-wont-restrict-abortion-pill/
— IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-recovers-4-7-billion-in-back-taxes-and-braces-for-cuts-with-trump-and-gop-in-power/
WGLT
— Dixon State Rep. Bradley Fritts expresses outrage after President Biden commutes the sentence of former City Comptroller Rita Crundwell
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-12-12/dixon-state-rep-expresses-outrage-after-biden-commutes-the-sentence-of-former-city-comptroller-rita-crundwell
WSIL TV
— Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-president-elect-donald-trump-s-inauguration/article_36facd10-ca89-57d1-9bae-8e4b9a6c0946.html
DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/73487/news/illinois-reproductive-health-care-clinics-double-down-on-reproductive-rights-in-response-to-2024-election-shifts/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-423/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-215/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ pension debt grows
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/12/illinois-pension-debt-grows/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has shaped the attitudes that people have toward you the most? The following have shaped the attitudes that people have toward me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists, and e) those who I have sued and their attorneys. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 things wrong with how Illinois leaders want to change public schooling
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-things-wrong-with-how-illinois-leaders-want-to-change-public-schooling/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Luigi Mangione: Touch of Evil. The murder of CEO Brian Thompson is a test of moral clarity.
https://freebeacon.com/columns/luigi-mangione-touch-of-evil/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he won’t ‘do business’ with countries that refuse to take back migrants: ‘I want them out’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-wont-do-business-with-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-migrants-i-want-them-out/
— NYC Mayor Adams eyeing executive order to ‘unravel’ sanctuary city policy following sitdown with Trump border czar pick Tom Homan
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/adams-sits-down-with-trumps-border-czar-pick-tom-homan-to-talk-migrant-crisis/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Attempts to Protect 1 Million Illegal Aliens from Deportation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/12/biden-attempts-to-protect-1-million-illegal-aliens-from-deportation/
BLAZE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport ‘violent’ criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-agrees-to-deport-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-meet-with-trump-admin
— Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dei-court-sec-nasdaq-boards
BREITBART
— Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/report-nearly-38000-chinese-illegals-still-in-u-s-despite-deportation-orders/
— Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Meets with NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Discuss Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-meets-with-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-discuss-deportations/
— Republican Governors Give Lukewarm Support for Trump’s Deportation Promises (COMMENT: What percent of Republican governors reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/rrepublican-governors-give-lukewarm-support-for-trumps-deportation-promises/
— Allowing Children to Spend Hours on Smartphones a ‘Deliberate Social Experiment’ (COMMENT: Search engines and websites ever-increasingly steer everyone to the left.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/12/allowing-children-to-spend-hours-on-smartphones-a-deliberate-social-experiment-warns-leading-trans-medicine-critic/
CENTER SQUARE
— Greatest number of foreign nationals on docket for deportation under Biden. More than 6.2 million in a single year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_58fa04fa-b8b3-11ef-8844-8f92dfdf7e28.html
DAILY CALLER
— Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/pete-hegseth-propublica-west-point-admission/
DAILY WIRE
— Eric Adams, Tom Homan Agree On Plan To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The mayor admits that NYC has “made terrible mistakes” by allowing violent illegal immigrants to remain on the street.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-tom-homan-agree-on-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Republican Governors Pledge To Support Trump’s Deportation Agenda. The governors added that they stood ready to use police and the National Guard to assist in the deportation efforts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governors-pledge-to-support-trumps-deportation-agenda
— Tom Homan To Use 1,400-Acre Site For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan. “Having this from the state of Texas is great.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-to-use-1400-acre-site-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan
— Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’ Trump’s remarks echoed remarks made several weeks ago by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that those who are deported will immediately return.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-deportations-well-send-the-whole-family-very-humanely-back-wont-be-separated
FEDERALIST
— As Americans’ Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, The Left’s Appetite For Violence Only Grows
Please send me the details for the next SCC meeting
— U.S. Has No Excuse For Failing To Protect Kids From The Dangers Of Radical Gender Ideology (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students sexually active LGBTQers? Anticipate/expect that the percentage of students who report that they are LGBTQ will ever-increasingly increase. This is a big reason why parents should take their children and leave Illinois.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/12/the-u-s-has-no-excuse-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-the-dangers-of-radical-gender-ideology/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— On the High Costs of Illegal Immigration, DOGE Gets It
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/12/high-costs-illegal-immigration-doge-gets-it
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/11/floridas-impressive-effort-stop-illegal-immigration-still-has-one-item-fix
FOX BUSINESS
— More Dem leaders get behind Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365924306112
FOX NEWS
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’
https://www.aol.com/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-100018360.html
— Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure. One GOP senator told Fox News Digital no Republicans seemed to be a ‘hard no’ on confirming Hegseth as defense secretary.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tide-turns-favor-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth-after-matt-gaetz-failure
— ‘Incompetence’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school apologizes for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t accepted. Rep Jim Banks accused West Point ‘bureaucrats’ of ‘sabotage.’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me and why they took those adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incompetence-rep-banks-rips-west-point-school-apologizes-error-saying-hegseth-wasnt-accepted
— ‘Politically motivated’ FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray’s watch: whistleblower. ‘We want the government to be accountable to the freaking Bill of Rights,’ says FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politically-motivated-fbi-treated-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists-wrays-watch-whistleblower
— American Accountability Foundation (AAF) lists ‘woke radical leftists’ it wants fired from DOJ under Pam Bondi. AAF says those on the list have pushed transgenderism and worked for George Soros-linked organizations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-lists-woke-radical-leftists-wants-fired-from-doj-under-pam-bondi
HANNITY
— ProPublica’s Botched Hegseth Smear Proves the Need to Purge the Military of Partisanship. (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors were Democrat partisans. All of them focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that.)
https://hannity.com/media-room/post-op-ed-propublicas-botched-pete-hegseth-smear-proves-the-need-to-purge-the-military-of-partisanship/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Education Department Has Spent More Than $1 Billion on DEI Grants Since 2021
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/biden-education-department-has-spent-more-than-1-billion-on-dei-grants-since-2021/
— West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy. West Point falsely tells left-wing website that Pete Hegseth never applied to nor was accepted to West Point – twice. Was the error inadvertent or intentional?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/west-point-lied-twice-about-pete-hegseth-applying-to-the-academy/
MRC TV
— AOC Says Insurance Companies Denying Health Care Claims Is an ‘Act of Violence’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-says-insurance-companies-denying-health-care-claims-act-violence
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Whatever Happened at West Point, It’s Not Good (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Based on how my Democrat GAO superiors treated me, my Democrat IRS superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. Of course, they stressed that they had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-at-west-point-its-not-good/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, not only didn’t get in to West Point but never “even applied there.” Those options are that West Point lied or that West Point is incompetent. Neither is good. I find it hard to believe that West Point would deliberately lie about such a thing. I also find it hard to believe that its staff would be so lazy or inept as to screw something like this up by mistake. This was not some random inquiry; it was connected to an extremely consequential political decision, and related to the reputation of a high-profile figure who, if he is accepted by the Senate, will soon occupy one of the most important jobs in the United States. That being so, how is it possible that West Point did not make one hundred percent sure that it was correct in its denial? Frankly, I’d be somewhat surprised if at least someone at West Point hadn’t preemptively looked into this after the nomination was made public. If I worked there, I think I would have. At the very least, a higher-up ought to have instructed all staff to make absolutely sure they were correct when dealing with inquiries of this sort. In all likelihood, we’ll never know what happened. What we can say, however, is that this incident has probably helped Hegseth’s chances of being confirmed.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Biden administration has failed to deport almost 1.5 million illegals with deportation orders, which is hardly shocking news given the mass invasion of penniless, Third Word illegals that Biden not only invited but unlawfully aided and abetted.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/1-4-illegals-with-deportation-orders-nyt-admits-biden-invited-invasion-of-migrants/
NEWSMAX
— Americans Increasingly Less Welcoming of Illegals (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.newsmax.com/us/poll-illegals-deportation/2024/12/12/id/1191368/
— Speaker Johnson Hails Defense Bill, Targets Woke, NewsGuard
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-defense-bill-woke/2024/12/12/id/1191380/
TOWNHALL
— Support for Mass Deportations Is Quite Healthy In New York state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/siena-poll-ny-voters-support-mass-deportations-n2648919
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://thehill.com/latino/5035619-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-mixed-status-families-southern-border/
https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/
CBS NEWS
— Trump reiterates plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reiterates-plan-to-conduct-mass-deportations-of-undocumented-migrants/
CNN
— Rep. Crenshaw on why he’s supporting Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not. They stress Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect and to reelect.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/video/the-lead-crenshaw-pete-hegseth-trump-cabinet-veteran-support-jake-tapper
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.newsweek.com/map-immigrants-mass-deportation-ice-custody-nationalities-1999925
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-tom-homan-roadblock-1999902
NEW YORK TIMES
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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, 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.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/business/dealbook/women-workplace-advancement.html
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: What enabled you to earn a bachelor’s degree? For me it was my taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working my way through college.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Appeals court overturns Nasdaq requirement for diversity on boards. In a 51-page opinion, nine of 17 judges on the full 5th Circuit found that the rule violates the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/12/nasdaq-diversity-rule-overturned/
— Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else. The message: “Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here, because we will primary you.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-cabinet-picks-republican-senators/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article296993254.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ
ABC6
— Dozens of GOP governors pledge support for Trump’s mass deportations plan
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/dozens-of-gop-governors-pledge-support-for-trumps-mass-deportations-plan-trump-tom-homan-border-czar-illegal-immigration-ron-desantis-kristi-noem-glenn-youngkin
SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of bank regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $126,984-$150,075/year. During that time, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/12/hegseth-cabinet-nomination-less-than-20-of-us-adults-approve-of-trumps-defense-secretary-pick-poll-finds/
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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, 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.forbes.com/sites/elizabethpearson/2024/12/12/how-women-can-advocate-for-themselves-in-a-polarized-workplace/
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/
BARRON’S
— Home Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Stopping Millennials From Buying Real Estate. What’s Really Worrying Them. This generation sees homeownership as a speculative asset with wild price swings. It’s not their parents’ housing market. (COMMENT: The real estate market crashed soon after I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-real-estate-housing-market-crash-millennials-d2ae4529
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using religious leaders as their operative and dupes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/migration/sisters-catholic-groups-support-immigrants-vulnerable-potential-mass-deportations
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-sanctuary-trump-reportedly-plans-reverse-policy-permit-ice-arrests-churches
AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Holcomb pledges support for Trump deportations
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/12/12/holcomb-support-trump-mass-deportations
ATLANTIC
— My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, members of the working class, that is, wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/political-parties-populist-policies/680951/
MEDIA MATTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Newsmax’s Greg Kelly says Pete Hegseth is “unqualified” to be secretary of defense.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents go far beyond calling me unqualified, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my judgement and my motives are extremely bad. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/newsmaxs-greg-kelly-says-pete-hegseth-unqualified-be-secretary-defense
PEW RESEARCH
— Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
Tag: Family
December 11, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Pritzker brushes off Trump ‘border czar’ promise to start deportations in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/pritzker-johnson-tom-homan-mass-deportations-chicago-12102024/
FOX32
— Duckworth calls Hegseth dangerously unqualified (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-hegseth-meeting
WGN RADIO
— The more that you promote LGBTQ, the more that Democrats leaders promote you.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/gop-armed-services-chair-criticizes-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-in-ndaa/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/elon-musk-3/
— Chicago homicides in 2024: 544 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years. (COMMENT: How many have been killed so far this year in your municipality and why?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/
— Evanston celebrates five years of reparations as 212 people helped with $25,000 payments, home repairs. Leaders of reparations efforts around the nation gave updates. (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/evanston-celebrates-five-years-of-reparations-as-212-people-helped-with-25000-payments-home-repairs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The harder that you fight illegal immigration, the harder that Democrat and RINO leaders fight you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/10/tom-homan-donald-trump-border-czar-chicago-undocumented-immigrants-mass-deportation-editorials
DAILY HEARLD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks had, have, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241210/news/so-much-to-be-done-arlington-heights-pastor-90-reflects-on-decades-of-fighting-for-civil-rights/
WBEZ
— Chicago will be ground zero for mass deportations. Homan tells Pritzker that if he does not want to help, he should “get the hell out of the way.” What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/10/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration
— Chicago and Illinois have sanctuary laws. What does that actually mean? Advocates hope local sanctuary laws can help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation in coming years. But will they?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/11/chicago-and-illinois-have-sanctuary-laws-what-does-that-actually-mean
WIRF
— American Civil Liberties Union sets up plan to fight Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/
— Illinois civil rights group sets plan ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/
KSDK
— An Illinois mayoral candidate didn’t staple her documents together; now she can’t run. Paperwork snags and water bill battles fuel grassroots political rebellion.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/granite-city-mayoral-hopefuls-booted-from-ballot-over-technicalities/63-34d984a7-6663-41f9-aafa-f2589f4d77c7
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-421/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-213/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates your critics/opponents to work against you the most? For me, it is my promoting the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, my fighting against race and gender based preference giving, that is, my fighting against reverse discrimination and age discrimination. My critics/opponents benefit from that discrimination, want to benefit from that discrimination, and/or want to curry favor with those who benefit from that discrimination or want to benefit from it. They blame me for the problems that minorities and females have and have had. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed me for the problems that my many subordinates had who were minority and/or female. RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois blame me for the problems that minority and female Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have and have had since 2000. They attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college. 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, an/or who got them jobs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cutting Off the Head of the Syrian Snake Is Bringing People Home; Could Trump Attack Venezuelan Illegal Alien Problem by Getting Rid of Nicolás Maduro?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/11/cutting-off-the-head-of-the-syrian-snake-is-bringing-people-home-could-trump-attack-venezuelan-illegal-alien-problem-by-getting-rid-of-nicolas-maduro/
— Lakewood Spends $30,000 on Grant Writers and Receives $29,002
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/lakewood-spends-30000-on-grant-writers-and-receives-29002/
— Road Commissioner Contest in Nunda Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/road-commissioner-contest-in-nunda-township/
— Illinois Employment Looks Dismal Compared to the Rest of America
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/illinois-employment-looks-dismal-compared-to-the-rest-of-america/
WIREPOINTS
— Politicians are making immoral promises on government pensions…and they hike property taxes to continue to pay for them
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-are-making-immoral-promises-on-government-pensions-and-they-hike-property-taxes-to-continue-to-pay-for-them-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bold & Blunt: Joe Biden’s legacy of crimes of illegals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/bold-blunt-joe-biden-legacy-crimes-illegals/
— Maybe it’s not the economy, stupid. Cultural issues may have won the day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/26/maybe-economy-stupid/
— Lawmakers must continue to fight anonymous litigation funding. ‘Tort tax’ equals $3,621 per household. (COMMENT: I have been in lots of civil litigation as a plaintiff. My critics/opponents despise/hate plaintiffs in civil litigation. I should write about the civil litigation I have been in. I would focus on those defendants and their attorneys who continue to punish me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/lawmakers-must-continue-fight-anonymous-litigation/
— Law enforcement bulletin provides insight into possible motive in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate me the most because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. In my defense, I worked for the Democrats who run the federal government for almost 30 years to get that benefit.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-law-enforcement-bulletin-provides-i/
(COMMENT: The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said. Luigi Nicholas Mangione wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of his hand-written notes and social media posts. Prosecutors were beginning to take steps to bring the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family back to New York to face a murder charge while new details emerged about his life and how he was captured.)
— Journalist releases full text of Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-text-released-ken-kl/
— DHS has power to revoke visas for sham marriages, Supreme Court rules
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/dhs-power-revoke-visas-sham-marriages-supreme-cour/
— Democrats beg Biden to expand amnesty for illegal immigrants before Trump takes office
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/democrats-beg-joe-biden-expand-amnesty-illegal-imm/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How to fix the government-created health insurance disaster (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/3255722/how-to-fix-the-government-created-health-insurance-disaster/
— New foundation launched to end ‘Marxist’ takeover of ethnic studies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3254113/thinc-foundation-launched-end-marxist-takeover-ethnic-studies/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Colorado Democrats Pass Law to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/10/colorado-democrats-pass-law-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— AOC suggests people like Daniel Penny should be locked up to prevent more ‘violence’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/10/aoc-suggests-people-like-daniel-penny-should-be-locked-up-to-prevent-more-violence-1508691/
BLAZE
— ‘Help or get out of the way’: Border czar nominee Tom Homan tells Chicago crowd deportations will ‘start right here’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tom-homan-chicago-illegal-immigrants
CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida senator files bill to prevent illegal aliens from receiving in-state tuition
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-senator-files-bill-prevent-illegal-aliens-receiving-in-state-tuition/27029
— Texas report shows lower academic success for black students despite prevalence of DEI programs
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments
CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Lawless:’ Border crisis leading to rise in gang violence, endangering police
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/border/article_d8a44f8a-b728-11ef-95a3-131d28bfbe42.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— A Major Constitutional Problem for Reparations (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/10/a-major-constitutional-problem-for-reparations/
DAILY WIRE
— How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mount-rushmore-of-dei-how-a-major-academic-association-is-destroying-medicine
FOX NEWS
— Chicago locals frustrated with Democratic mayor as funds go to migrants instead of homeless crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365831729112
— Democrats in this blue state double down on protecting criminal migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-blue-state-double-down-protecting-criminal-migrants-silly-reason
— ‘Dear White People:’ Squad member posts screed about ‘evil of White supremacy’ after Penny acquittal. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said he wanted to ‘call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all’ after the death of Jordan Neely.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dear-white-people-squad-member-posts-screed-about-evil-white-supremacy-after-penny-acquittal
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Supreme Court Refuses to Review Anti-Asian Boston School Case – Justices Alito and Thomas Blast Decision
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/supreme-court-refuses-to-review-anti-asian-boston-school-case-justices-alito-and-thomas-blast-decision/
NATIONAL REVIEWS
— The Affirmative Action Fight Comes to High Schools ICOMMENT: I was not viewed as being college material. In my defense, I have always had to stress that I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966 ( https://cretemoneehighschool.org/class-of-1966.html ).)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/the-affirmative-action-fight-comes-to-high-schools/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case against Boston’s School Committee. But the underlying issue will not be going away. Like many major cities, Boston runs special high schools for high-ability students, known there as “exam schools.” And like their counterparts elsewhere, Boston’s education officials have grown increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that Asian and white kids disproportionately test into these schools while black and Hispanic children are underrepresented.)
REASON
— Nuclear Energy Prevents Air Pollution and Saves Lives
https://reason.com/2024/11/29/nuclear-power-saves-lives/
TOWNHALL
— Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, said the nation’s largest mass deportation operation will begin in Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/11/tom-homan-chicago-n2648843
— We Are Running Out the Clock on the Tyranny of Wokeness
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/12/11/we-are-running-out-the-clock-on-the-tyranny-of-wokeness-n2648804
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Good luck reforming the Department of Defense (COMMENT: From the beginning, virtually all GAO employees have been Democrats. It would have been great if Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s rather than destroying it with budget cuts. What if he had forced GAO a) to have equal number of Democrat and Republican employees and b) to assign an equal number of Democrat and Republican employees to audit teams?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5030148-pentagon-defense-reform-history/
CBS NEWS
— As anger at UnitedHealthcare boils over, Americans pay more than ever for health insurance (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-insurance-costs-inflation-denials-luigi-mangione-united-healthcare/
NBC NEWS
— Top Republicans split over strategy to move Trump’s 2025 agenda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/top-republicans-split-strategy-move-trumps-2025-agenda-rcna183692
— Trump goes to bat for Tulsi Gabbard amid scrutiny for top intelligence post (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have destroyed those who have gone to bat for me.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tulsi-gabbard-scrutiny-top-intelligence-post-rcna183530
NEW YORK TIMES
— Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History. Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows. (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. Those jobs enabled me to a) buy used cars in 1964 and 1971, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. c) pay for my college expenses, d) buy real state in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978 and have a home built in 1984, e) get married in 1978, f) etc. Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have never had to compete against cheap immigrant labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/briefing/recent-immigration-surge-has-been-largest-in-us-history.html
— How Old Is Too Old to Be President? Democrats Still Don’t Want to Say. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They have make GS-13 ($115,439/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($136,414/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($160,458/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/president-age-democrats.html
— Amid Rumors of a Breakup, Kimberly Guilfoyle Is Appointed Ambassador to Greece. The announcement came as Donald Trump Jr. has been seen with the socialite Bettina Anderson in Florida.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/style/kimberly-guilfoyle-trump-greece-ambassador.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Head down, burrow in: How federal workers beat Trump’s cuts. A lesson from the civil servants pushed out of D.C. (sort of) by the first Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/11/federal-workers-survive-trump/
CITY NEWS
— DEI training increases prejudice (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly required all their employees to take more DEI training. That ever-increasingly made my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate ever-increasing despise/hate the few remaining Republican employees.)
https://www.citynewsokc.com/business/study-finds-dei-training-increases-prejudice/article_bdef6c3c-b634-11ef-b954-03761db3b860.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s past time to fix the onerous CPA licensing process. (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.wsj.com/opinion/the-dying-language-of-accounting-cpa-licensing-fede2e74?mod=commentary_article_pos2
FORBES
— Duckworth Says Hegseth Chosen For Defense Secretary Only Because Trump Thinks He Looks Good On TV. (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2024/12/10/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-only-chosen-for-defense-secretary-because-trump-thinks-he-looks-good-on-tv/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use the Daniel Penny verdict to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://manhattan.institute/article/americas-verdict
AXIOS
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters invest in hate-filled Republican-hating companies.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments
DAILY MAIL
— Trans activist arrested after assaulting GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace at U.S. Capitol building
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14180865/Trans-activist-arrested-assaulting-Congresswoman-Nancy-Mace.html
— Don Jr. breaks silence on Kimberly Guilfoyle split and her move to Greece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14181647/donald-trump-jr-breaks-silence-kimberly-guilfoyle-split.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Hours after pics emerged of Donald Trump Jr. holding hands with Betty Anderson, his father picks fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador of Greece
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/hours-after-pics-emerged-of-donald-trump-jr-holding-hands-with-betty-anderson-his-father-picks-fiance-kimberly-guilfoyle-as-ambassador-of-greece/articleshow/116218064.cms
December 9, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 14 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
— Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise US prices and promises swift immigration action
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-tariffs-president-elect-says-he-cant-guarantee-raise-us-prices-promises-swift-immigration-action/15627946/
— Syrian-Americans in Chicago celebrate downfall of Assad regime: ‘My country is back’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/syrian-americans-chicago-celebrate-bashar-al-assads-resignation-downfall-assad-regime-dictatorship-government-syria/15628197/
— Illinois Legislative Black Caucus holding policy summit (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-black-caucus-holding-policy-summit/15630464/
NBC5
— Trump aims to end birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-aims-to-end-birthright-citizenship-says-american-citizens-with-family-here-illegally-may-be-deported/3619250/
— Lara Trump says she’s stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair. President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lara-trump-stepping-down-republican-national-committe-rcna183394
— Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-is-stacking-his-white-house-roster-with-uber-rich-backers/3618956/
WGN9
— Trump’s new coalition puts female nominees at forefront
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/trumps-new-coalition-puts-female-nominees-at-forefront/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/opinion-donald-trump-exploit-alien-enemies-act-immigration/
— State anti-book-ban law leads some school districts to forsake grants to maintain local control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-grants-book-bans/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin will decide if he will seek another term after the first of the year. The biggest political guessing game in Illinois is whether Durbin will seek a sixth term in 2026.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/12/08/dick-durbin-seek-another-term-decision-2025
— Slaying of UnitedHealthcare executive is the wrong path for a nation with a broken medical care system. Social media celebrated the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. That’s understandable, but wrong. (COMMENT: It is not “understandable.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/08/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-killing-manhattan-health-insurance
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) discourage women from seeking traditional marriage and family and b) discourage men from making themselves eligible bachelors.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241208/news/wings-helps-women-kids-escape-domestic-violence/
CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/lara-trump-steps-down-as-rnc-co-chair-and-addresses-speculation-about-florida-senate-seat/article_f3250f04-7c97-58c8-8781-ac71b5bb89ab.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Whipping up Illinois Republicans (COMMENT: I used to attend and report on such Republican political events. I should write about the following who have ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA UILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/09/whipping-up-illinois-republicans-00193243
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Incoming Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno stopped in Illinois for a Republican holiday gathering and gave some insight about Donald Trump 2.0, immigration and his beef with the Inflation Reduction Act. “We’re going to resolve immigration in the first 40 to 60 days,” Moreno told the Republican-centric crowd over a lunch of chicken Milanese and whipped potatoes at Gibson’s in Oak Brook on Friday. Speaking to the choir: “This election was ultimately about two issues at the end of the day: open borders and high prices,” Moreno told the group. Immigration “is the easiest thing to fix intellectually. It’s the hardest thing to fix emotionally, and I hope to play a role in making that happen.” Moreno will be Ohio’s first Latino senator after ousting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown last month in the most expensive Senate race ever at $441 million. The who’s who of Illinois Republicans were in a celebratory mood in spite of their tough spot as the state’s underdog party. The event was hosted by businessman Jay Bergman, Superior Ambulance Service CEO David B. Hill III and Kirkland & Ellis’ Sandy Perl and Richard Porter, who sported “Let’s Go Brandon” socks (a hat tip to the anti-Biden meme), and organized by Victoria Login and Sara Karlovics of LW&Co. The new name in the crowd was Dave Nayak, who earlier this year ran as a Democrat for state Senate and has since pivoted to be a Republican. “Switching parties was an easy decision,” he told your Playbook host. “I’m honored and proud to be part of the Republican Party.” What’s next for Nayak: He hasn’t decided about whether he’s running for office again, but he is co-hosting an event tonight featuring Tom Homan, who’s been picked by Trump as border czar. Republicans don’t hold any statewide office, and they didn’t make headway in state legislative races — though they didn’t lose ground, either. They hope having Republicans in control of Washington will have a trickle-down effect in Illinois in future elections. Moreno’s big win gives them hope. The Ohio Republican was well received, though he did make one comment that fell flat with the crowd. He criticized the Inflation Reduction Act because it gives $7,500 incentives to those who buy electric vehicles. “So Ken Griffin can lease an electric Rolls Royce that costs $600 grand and get $7,500 in tax subsidies. Do you think he needs it?” There was a nervous buzz in the room from the 250-plus crowd that still pines for Griffin, a billionaire who for years opened his wallet to Illinois Republicans before he moved to Florida. SPOTTED: Illinois Republican Chair Kathy Salvi, Former Ambassador Ron Gidwitz, former Congressman Bob Dold, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow, Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, former Illinois comptroller Leslie Munger, Illinois Chamber Senior Legislative Affairs Adviser Keith Wheeler, Lee County development leader Tom Demmer, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, Will County Board Member Raquel Mitchell, Metra Board Chair Joe McMahon, Palatine Committeeman Aaron del Mar and DuPage County Board candidate Greg Hart. Also in the room: former state lawmakers Jeanne Ives, Jack Schaffer, David Welter, Patricia Bellock, Bob Biggins and Tim Ozinga, former congressional candidates Esther Joy King and Jim Carris, businessman Eli Boufis, attorney Tom DeVore, philanthropist Eleni Bousis, former hospital exec Robert Christie, Strategia Chief Strategy Officer Brian Bernardoni and LW&Co.’s Lisa Wagner.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-419/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— To Move Forward, Democrats Must Oust Obama
https://johnkassnews.com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— RTA Makes Pitch for Higher Taxes, Elimination of Required User Fees to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/rta-makes-pitch-for-higher-taxes-elimination-of-required-user-fees-to-county-board/
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— GOP Seeks Petition Signatures on “No More Taxes” Petition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/gop-seeks-petition-signatures-on-no-more-taxes-petition/
— Metra’s Presentation to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/metras-presentation-to-county-board/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago property taxes rise 3.5 times faster than inflation in last decade
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-property-taxes-rise-3-5-times-faster-than-inflation-in-last-decade-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and who are the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations? Who have they encourage to run for government and party offices and why? I should write a book about a) my IRP SCC members and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000 and b) those who they have encouraged to run for government and party offices since 2000. None of the aforesaid have encouraged me to run for a government or party office. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he wants deal for DACA amnesty. ‘I will work with the Democrats on a plan,’ president-elect claims.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/8/donald-trump-says-wants-deal-daca-amnesty/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Eric Adams wisely works with Trump on deportations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3251411/eric-adams-wisely-works-with-trump-deportations/
— Kinzinger predicts Trump won’t jail critics in Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3253990/adam-kinzinger-predicts-trump-wont-jail-critics-congress/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/us-news/chicago-removes-largest-homeless-encampment-relocates-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters-report/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Education Priorities for Trump: Yes to Excellence and Accountability, No to Ideology and Business as Usual
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/09/education-priorities-for-trump-yes-to-excellence-and-accountability-no-to-ideology-and-business-as-usual/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary cities need to listen to their citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/sanctuary_cities_need_to_listen_to_their_citizens.html
— How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/how_to_destroy_your_country_in_10_easy_steps.html
— Tennessee protects its children from transgender madness (COMMENT: What are the Republican leaders of your school district doing to stop transgender madness?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/tennessee_protects_its_children_from_transgender_madness.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— ‘Social justice’ is injustice by another name
https://www.campusreform.org/article/prof-jenkins-social-justice-injustice-another-name/26989
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Reveals Plans For Mass Deportation, Dealing With Illegal Immigration. Trump said he had “no choice” but to conduct mass deportations after millions of illegal aliens entered the U.S. under Biden.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-plans-for-mass-deportation-dealing-with-illegal-immigration
FEDERALIST
— Tough Talk On Illegal Immigration Does Not Make Eric Adams a Republican
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-eric-adams-tough-talk-on-illegal-immigration-doesnt-make-him-republican/
— Justice And Accountability Are Not ‘Retribution’
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-justice-and-accountability-are-not-retribution/
— DOGE Will Fulfill Jefferson’s Wishes About Small Government
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-doge-will-fulfill-jeffersons-wishes-about-small-government/
— From Abortion To Transgenderism, Democrat Media Caused America’s ‘Misinformation Crisis’
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/from-abortion-to-transgenderism-democrat-media-caused-americas-misinformation-crisis/
FOX NEWS
— A tale of two cities: Sanctuary city Dems must choose between Americans or illegal immigrants. New York City and Chicago highlight massive Democrat division on illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tale-two-cities-sanctuary-city-dems-must-choose-between-americans-illegal-immigrants
— Trump border czar Tom Homan sends ‘clear message’ to sanctuary cities: ‘You don’t want’ this. Multiple blue cities and states have pushed back against mass deportation plans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-sends-clear-message-sanctuary-cities-you-dont-want
— Nearly all Fortune 500 companies still maintain corporate DEI commitments (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-all-fortune-500-companies-still-maintain-corporate-dei-commitments-report/ar-AA1vtjLl
— Huckabee Sanders says Trump’s message of unity shouldn’t come as a surprise
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365758051112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Puts Foot Down on Immigration: ‘We Have to Get Criminals Out of Our Country’ Trump also spoke about his economic and foreign policy agendas, not backing down from using tariffs as a negotiating tool.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/trump-puts-foot-down-on-immigration-we-have-to-get-criminals-out-of-our-country/
NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS Promotes Pro-Pedophilia ‘Pioneer’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/12/08/pbs-promotes-pro-pedophilia-pioneer-conservative-opponents-offer
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Deportation ‘Complicated,’ but Criminals Out First
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-illegals-deportation/2024/12/08/id/1190814/
PJ MEDIA
— Bidenomics: A Million Fewer Native-Born U.S. Workers Since Last Year
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/08/bidenomics-a-million-fewer-native-born-us-workers-since-last-year-n4934951
— The Marxism in Front of You That You Can’t Unsee
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/12/08/look-at-the-marxism-in-front-of-you-that-you-cant-unsee-n4934939
— The Hypocrisy Behind Criticizing Trump’s ‘Loyalists’
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/the-hypocrisy-behind-criticizing-trumps-loyalists-n4934949
— Trump’s Notre Dame Appearance Was Way More Significant Than You Think
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/trumps-notre-dame-appearance-was-way-more-significant-than-you-think-n4934946
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Border Czar Tom Homan: Tren De Aragua And MS-13 Will Be Top Priorities; “So, January 20, Game On”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/08/trump_border_czar_tom_homan_tren_de_aragua_and_ms-13_will_be_top_priorities_so_january_20_game_on.html
TOWNHALL
— Voter Turnout Was High, and Even Higher Participation Would Have Increased Trump’s Victory Margin (COMMENT: What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do increase Republican turnout? I hand-delivered campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/12/04/voter-turnout-was-high-and-even-higher-participation-would-have-increased-trumps-victory-margin-n2648465
— We Would Have Been Better Off If Trump Had Won In 2020 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hate Trump. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021 and b) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2024/12/09/would-we-have-been-better-off-if-trump-had-won-in-2020-n2648764
— Here’s the List of People a Research Group Wants Pete Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/08/heres-the-list-of-people-a-research-group-wants-pete-hegseth-to-fire-n2648751
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Canada Bans 324 More Types Of Firearms, Plans To Give The Guns To Ukraine
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/canada-bans-324-more-types-of-firearms-and-plans-to-donate-confiscated-guns-to-ukraine/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Crazed Man With Chainsaw Burst Into St. Charles Nursing Home, Dropped in His Tracks by Good Guy with Gun
https://www.westernjournal.com/crazed-man-chainsaw-burst-nursing-home-dropped-tracks-good-guy-gun/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.newsweek.com/dei-unconstitutional-opinion-1997453
REUTERS
— Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally (COMMENT: Of course, Democrat and RINO leaders argue that no one is in America illegally, that Biden made them all legal.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-aims-deport-all-immigrants-us-illegally-2024-12-08/
MSN
— Elite rich Americans often overlook factors that are key to their success (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have/had parents a) who had way more money than my parents had and b) who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about them.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/moneyball-and-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-elite-rich-americans-often-overlook-these-factors-that-are-key-to-their-success/ar-AA1v8F5R
NBC NEWS
— Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak to Assad regime (COMMENT: I should sue those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leaked confidential Roskam campaign information to Duckworth in 2006.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/democrats-republicans-congress-worried-gabbard-might-leak-information-rcna181316
— Soon, if not already, all of those in healthcare will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/more-dei-bans-will-have-dire-side-effects-for-public-health/ar-AA1vgZT5
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/trump-administration-loyalty-test.html
— HARDCOY BUSINESS SECTION: How China Became a Carmaking Juggernaut (COMMENT: China, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and South Korea export more cars than the United States.)
https://www.nytimes.com
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/trump-january-6-biden-jack-smith/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use LGBTQers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/09/lgbtq-trump-reactions-preparations/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents. (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7
POLITICO
— Democrats inch toward the anger phase of their election loss (COMMENT: What about down ballot Republican candidates who lost because voters punished them to punish Trump?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/07/democrat-chairs-post-election-anger-exhaustion-00193120
DESERT NEWS
— I should write about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who claim to be conservative and/or Republican to give themselves standing to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/08/how-anti-trump-conservatives-will-cover-the-trump-white-house/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-re-conservatives-who-oppose-trump-what-do-they-do-now/ar-AA1vvdFG
DAILY VOICE
— Sharp Drop In College Enrollment Raises Alarm (COMMENT: If you were in high school today, would you have the motivation to earn a college degree? From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyvoice.com/ma/pittsfield/sharp-drop-in-college-enrollment-raises-alarm/
MILITARY
— Military Leaders are Rattled by a List of ‘Woke’ Officers That a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: I should write about my superiors in the federal government who used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican employees. I should write about leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have used AA and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican members.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/08/military-leaders-are-rattled-list-of-woke-officers-group-urges-hegseth-fire.html
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Important Is a College Degree Compared to Experience? (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I learned earning four job-related college degrees, earning six job-related professional certifications, and earning a job-related professional license a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) was acquired my me to get a job in the private sector, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and/or e) was a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-important-is-a-college-degree-compared-to-experience
GOOGLE
— Work your way through college (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. Instead of studying, I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22work+your+way+through+college
GOOGLE
— When a father dies early (COMMENT: Needless to say, my father’s dying suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969 had a tremendous negative impact on me. My mother had never attended high school and she had stayed home and raised my brother and me. My brother was having problems in high school. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 and immediately took a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother was approved in February of 1971. I lived with and helped support them until my mother got a better paying job and I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22father+died+early%22+impact
GOOGLE
— Eligible bachelor (COMMENT: If you are a man, what did you do to make yourself an eligible bachelor? I got married when I was 29 in 1978. I had taken college preparatory courses in high school, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, bought a new town home in 1972 and condos in 1974 and 1976, earned an MBA in 1976, and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses. By the time I got married, I had almost 10 years of federal seniority and I was earning $106,785/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22eligible+bachelor
INDEED
— What Is a Pay Cut and When Should You Take One? (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used it to hint/imply/argue/shout that what I had learned doing the following was worthless: a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning an MBA in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/taking-a-pay-cut
INVESTOPEDIA
— You May Not Plan To Retire Early, But Many Have To (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my critics/opponents continue to use it to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person or my superiors would not have thrown away what I had learned a) working for them for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.investopedia.com/you-might-not-plan-to-retire-early-here-s-what-to-know-about-savings-if-you-re-forced-to-8752713
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump’s immigration balancing act: Keep illegals out of US, let legals in (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. Further, what percent of them are agents for countries that want to destroy America?)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/will-make-it-easier-for-people-to-come-in-legally-says-trump-insists-on-deporting-all-illegal-immigrants/articleshow/116119930.cms
HUFFINGTON POST
— Kinzinger Has Defiant 3-Word Response To Donald Trump’s Jail Threat
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-threat-response_n_6756c1e0e4b06b50ac934fbf
December 8, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-macron-paris-zelenskyy/3618711/?os=fuzzscanazstr%26ref%3Dapp&ref=app
— At least 8 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
— Chicago’s ‘do not hire’ policy puts employees at risk for political payback. The current version of the city’s “do not hire” policy can hurt the careers of good employees who are put on the list for political retribution. City Council members are rightly calling for changes to fix that. (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors put me on their do not hire lists with the adverse actions that they took against me. That hurt my career tremendously. Constructively, they rendered worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and my three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, c) my professional license, and d) the experience that I gained working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years. Employers do not want to hire people who were forced into early retirement, who were passed over for promotions, who had always been ranked in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, who had been forced to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to make an internal transfer, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/07/do-not-hire-chicago-scott-waguespack-gilbert-villegas-ronnie-reese-editorial
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/indian-prairie-school-district-204-seeing-rapid-growth-in-students-who-need-language-help-officials-say/
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/donna-vickroy-wheaton-teens-dedicated-to-helping-refugees-resettle-in-chicago-area/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that Muslims have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-muslim-voters-presidential-election/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241207/gambling/how-illinois-generated-2-billion-in-tax-revenue-from-gamblers-in-the-last-fiscal-year/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
WAND TV
— Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-isnt-back-in-office-but-hes-already-pushing-his-agenda-and-negotiating-with-world/article_ac36e915-dbbd-5e3a-9415-43c08159e2f4.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Schools react to loss of state funding for after-school programs (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always used my mother being able to stay home and raise my brother and me to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my father as being filthy rich. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, most commonly, playing music, working in a fast food restaurant, and delivering eggs. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/schools-react-to-loss-of-state-funding-for-after-school-programs#
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election UNOFFICIAL Candidate List
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad6d36c8-b40e-11ef-89b4-4bdd8c2c70dd.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— Republicans Nominate McHenry Township Candidates at Caucus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/republicans-nominate-mchenry-township-candidates-at-caucus/
— Out of Office, But Kenneally Still Sought as Chicago Media Source, This Time on Faulty Pot Testing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/07/out-of-office-but-kenneally-still-sought-as-chicago-media-source-this-time-on-faulty-pot-testing/
— Crystal Lake Doc Makes Tribune Front Page in Story about State’s Attorney Offices’ Reporting Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/06/crystal-lake-doc-makes-tribune-front-page-in-story-about-states-attorney-offices-reporting-duty/
— New State’s Attorney Randi Freese Follows in Modest and Self-Confident Footsteps of Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe and Robb Tadelman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/new-states-attorney-randi-freese-follows-in-modest-and-self-confident-footsteps-of-circuit-clerk-kathy-keefe/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In what ways are you a minority? I am a minority in the following political jurisdictions because I voted for Trump: a) my precinct because 478 voted for Harris but only 373 voted for Trump, b) DuPage County because 251,000 voted for Harris and only 191,00 voted for Trump, and c) Illinois because 3 million voted for Harris and only 2.4 million voted for Trump. Further, I am a minority in the following organizations because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Further, I am ever-increasingly becoming a minority if not one already because of my demographics: White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly take adverse actions against me to make me leave, but I am not going to leave. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/world-news/syria-civil-war-live-updates-syrian-army-announces-assads-rule-has-ended/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— With Trump’s Victory, America’s Long National Nightmare is Over. On January 20, 2025, our long national nightmare will finally be over—unburdened by what has been.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/08/with-trumps-victory-americas-long-national-nightmare-is-over/
BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Chicago Citizens Need to Vote on Sanctuary Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/07/dem-rep-jonathan-jackson-chicago-citizens-need-to-vote-on-sanctuary-policy/
CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0465f06e-b4b9-11ef-8801-9bb09b81883e.html
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— We want your opinion on where President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should start slashing wasteful federal spending as it gets up and running. (COMMENT: I hope that DOGE focuses on cutting federal spending that promotes 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.)
https://citizens-against-government-waste.revv.co/doge-survey
FOX NEWS
— Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony in ‘presidential’ fashion. This was Trump’s his first international trip since winning the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion
— Conservative group compiles list of ‘woke’ senior officers they want Pete Hegseth to fire. The American Accountability Foundation says the ‘woke takeover’ of the military is a major threat to our national security. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire
— Congress eyes 14.5% pay hike for junior troops, limits on transgender treatment in $895B defense bill. The 1,800-page bill also includes anti-DEI and anti-CRT measures.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-pay-hike-junior-troops-limits-transgender-treatment-895-2b-defense-bill.amp
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’
https://www.aol.com/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-205030946.html
MRC TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/287072/print
NEWSMAX
— US Colleges Dismantling DEI Initiatives (COMMENT: UIC accepted me when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24 notwithstanding my not being a minority or a female.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/colleges-dei-programs/2024/12/07/id/1190750/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Opposition to Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/08/opposition_to_woke_progressivism_energizes_trump_coalition_152061.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Young Democrats of America host first DNC chairman race candidates forum (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 my critic/opponents who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that period.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5028484-young-democrats-of-america-host-first-dnc-chairman-race-candidates-forum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The four candidates running are Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. and Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley (D), and New York State Senator James Skoufis (D).)
NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Boasts of ‘Border Security Blueprint’ for US
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-operation-lone-star-blueprint-immigration-1997139
— Prince William’s Reaction to Meeting Donald Trump Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-reaction-donald-trump-meeting-viral-1997282
REUTERS
— Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-trump-call-ukraine-peace-120527821.html
MSN
— Woke Policies Drive Customers Away
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/have-woke-policies-driven-customers-away/ss-AA1voi1d
NBC NEWS
— Texas aims to become key part of Trump’s immigration plans. Already the state has offered up a ranch on the Rio Grande as a potential site for detention facilities, and it is ready to share its playbook for muscling through immigration policy changes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-aims-become-key-part-trumps-immigration-plans-rcna182852
NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/university-of-michigan-dei-diversity-statemements.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge. Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors purged me when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was one of their last Republican employees in their office. They would have succeeded sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/
USA TODAY
— This anti-‘woke’ investor is fighting DEI in the S&P 500. His first target: Starbucks
https://www.aol.com/anti-woke-investor-wooing-trump-182347747.html
— Want a VIP invitation to Donald Trump’s inauguration? That’ll cost you — a lot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/vip-invitation-donald-trump-inauguration/76822535007/
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Zelenskyy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/08/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-russia-zelenskyy/76849858007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s election helped him with his criminal cases” and ask “What about the civil lawsuits he faces?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/donald-trump-election-victory-civil-cases-lawsuit/76261850007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s private club is ground zero for a disruption-themed second term: Inside Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, a Mediterranean-styled estate a cereal heiress a half-century ago envisioned as a presidential retreat, is today the heady and giddy center of the American political universe.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/trump-mar-a-lago-elon-musk-rfk/76708006007/
— ‘He knows his generation’: Melania Trump praises Barron’s role in 2024 White House race.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/melania-barron-trump-2024-election/76819492007/
— Bahamas ‘firmly rejected’ Trump proposal to deport immigrants from other countries there (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/bahamas-trump-deportation-repatriation/76821076007/
UNION BULLETIN
— University of Michigan will no longer use diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, tenure. (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/university-of-michigan-will-no-longer-use-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-promotion-tenure/article_517527cf-53d6-5c24-a7fe-0d5b64528392.html
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 year old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. That same year, I became a licensed CPA. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Subsequently, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam Guide: What You Need to Know
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/
ARKANSAS BUSINESS
— CPA Licensing: The Path, the Test and the Numbers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arkansas-cpa-licensing-reforms-120-hour-pathway/
FOX23
— Southwest Airlines agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had quotas to fill, that is, they always had 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.)
https://fox23maine.com/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-battle-0900a291
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “If You Want UnitedHealthcare To Cover Everything, Talk To Trump Or Your Employer.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/12/08/if-you-want-unitedhealthcare-to-cover-everything-talk-to-trump-or-your-employer/
— 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. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/12/03/how-to-boost-the-number-of-women-in-leadership-in-2025/
DEADLINE
— Trump Sits Down With “Big Man” Prince William In Paris And Shares Memories Of Queen
https://deadline.com/2024/12/donald-trump-big-man-prince-william-paris-macron-zelensky-1236197559/
AXIOS DC
— Biden wants to raise the pay of civilian federal employees by an average of 2% — and workers say that ain’t cutting it. Why it matters: The White House’s proposal is much less than the 7.4% pay boost sought by Democrats in Congress. A 2% raise is essentially a pay cut for federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/09/federal-worker-pay-raise-biden
INDEPENDENT
— Can you pass the Trump test? Prospective administration members asked to prove their loyalty. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pass-trump-test-prospective-administration-042027918.html
December 6, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Biden weighs preemptive pardons for Milley, Cheney, Fauci
https://abc7chicago.com/post/biden-weighs-preemptive-pardons-milley-cheney-fauci-source/15624193/
— Tiffany Henyard to attend Thornton Twp. meeting to hear objections for election nominations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-attend-thornton-township-meeting-hear-objections-election-nominations/15625065/
WGN9
— Chicago faces shortage of affordable housing (COMMENT: What helped you afford housing? For me, it included my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, and working for IRS staring in 1971.)
https://www.aol.com/chicago-faces-shortage-affordable-housing-033612869.html
WTTW
— Democrats say “Why There is a Movement in Some Downstate Counties to Split From Illinois.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/04/why-there-movement-some-downstate-counties-split-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal appeals court ruling allows Illinois gun ban to remain in place
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/illinois-gun-ban-ruling/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Police may search a vehicle based on the smell of raw cannabis, Illinois Supreme Court rules
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/police-may-search-a-vehicle-based-on-the-smell-of-raw-cannabis-illinois-supreme-court-rules/
— Lame-duck Biden administration should not intentionally sabotage the new Trump crew
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/editorial-biden-trump-unions-musk-ramaswamy/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Notwithstanding anything that they say, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly destroy Trump and destroy those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/05/barack-obama-foundation-democracy-speech
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/05/sullivan-high-school-rogers-park-immigrants-donald-trump-mass-deportation-plan
DAILY HERALD
— Fire at Elgin homeless encampment spurs donation drives by local businesses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/fire-at-elgin-homeless-encampment-spurs-donation-drives-by-local-businesses/
— Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: The Milton Township Republican Organization Caucus Press Release is at https://miltongop.org/ .)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: ‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveries (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 hired me for the Christmas rush because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/busier-and-busier-how-the-usps-makes-billions-of-holiday-deliveries/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Deportations will restore faith in management of immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/commentary-deportation-restore-faith-immigration-19946540.php
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/point-counterpoint-mass-deportations-unfeasible-19946539.php
SHAW LOCAL
— Raw marijuana smell enough for search, Illinois Supreme Court rules in Whiteside County case
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/12/05/raw-marijuana-smell-enough-for-search-illinois-supreme-court-rules-in-whiteside-county-case/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Higher Education Under Siege: Battling for Social Mobility and Equality in America (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. My great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ) in 1902. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ) in 1926. My father never had a home built.)
https://chicagodefender.com/higher-education-under-siege-battling-for-social-mobility-and-equality-in-america/
WGLT
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-12-04/religious-groups-work-to-help-as-many-refugees-as-possible-before-trump-takes-office
FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS funding may be on chopping block as Trump, Republicans eye spending cuts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/irs-funding-may-be-on-chopping-block-as-trump-republicans-eye-spending-cuts-tax-season-refunds-file-returns-billy-long-trump-administration-budget-inflation-reduction-act-funds
WSIL TV
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/jeff-bezos-says-he-will-try-to-talk-trump-out-of-idea-that-the-news/article_f2baaa1c-2b58-5af9-8a1d-c5615cf14118.html
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago is NOT broke: millions on the table if wealthy pay their fair share (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always charged me with not paying enough taxes. According to them, I could have afforded to pay more taxes and should have paid more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS 1971-1980, c) because I itemized my tax deductions, and d) because I got married and never had children.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/chicago-is-not-broke-millions-on-the-table-if-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron del Mar is stepping down as co-chair of the Illinois Republican Party after the New Year. It’s not a surprise. After last month’s election, del Mar, who also is the Palatine Township Republican committeeman, told Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi in a letter that he’d be stepping back in 2025 in order “to explore other opportunities.” Might he make a run for governor in 2026? He wouldn’t tell us.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-418/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-210/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do to help elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver campaign literature and a marked copy of the sample ballot to its 400 residences that have at least one Republican or Independent voter. Of the precinct’s 1,091 registered voters, 361 are R, 272 are D, and 458 are NA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Leaders of the Milton Township Democrat Organization stress the qualifications of their township candidates. Since 2000, extremely few of the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization have stressed my qualifications. In fact, many if not most, if not virtually all of them have ignored, dismissed, belittled, if not badmouthed my qualifications. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS as a 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. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. I have four other job-related professional certifications (fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— The Biden Crime Family and Democrats Laugh at America
https://johnkassnews.com/
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly: Chicago Could Be National Test Case for President-Elect Trump’s Deportation Plan
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1864052077087055914
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1861832482137465163
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Job Growth Since Beginning of Covid Way Behind Nation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/illinois-job-growth-since-beginning-of-covid-way-behind-nation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House speaker welcomes DOGE leaders to Capitol Hill, declares it a ‘new day in America’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/house-speaker-welcomes-doge-leaders-capitol-hill-d/
— Musk-led DOGE sparks ‘new day in America’ energy on Capitol Hill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/elon-musk-led-doge-sparks-new-day-america-energy-c/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Parents demand the right to opt their children out of sexually charged materials
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3250840/parents-demand-right-opt-children-out-of-sexually-charged-materials/
— Chicago teachers want to teach Israel a lesson, not teach students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3248802/chicago-teachers-want-teach-israel-lesson/
— Trump’s first day back on the job should overwhelm the Left
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3249881/donald-trump-first-day-overwhelm-left/
NEW YORK POST
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/ According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/business/starbucks-targeted-by-pro-trump-anti-woke-investment-firm/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ICE Deports Illegal Alien for 7th Time (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/05/ice-deports-illegal-alien-for-7th-time/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats know they have to lie to the public about their policies to win elections
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/democrats_know_they_have_to_lie_to_the_public_about_their_policies_to_win_elections.html
— America’s Tipping Point
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/america_s_tipping_point.html
BLAZE
— Boston City Council votes unanimously to reaffirm sanctuary city policies and defy Trump mass deportation plan (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/boston-council-sanctuary-city-trump
BREITBART
— Democrats Tell Biden to Get as Many Migrants Possible into U.S. Before Leaving Office (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/democrats-tell-biden-to-get-as-many-migrants-possible-into-u-s-before-leaving-office/
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/06/adams-i-dont-want-to-deport-people-who-steal-an-apple-its-surrender-if-we-lock-up-toothpaste/
— Trump Administration May Deport Migrants Even if Home Countries Refuse Them (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/report-trump-administration-may-deport-migrants-even-if-home-countries-refuse-them/
CHRISTIAN POST
— DEI is exposed as dangerous and counterproductive
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/dei-is-exposed-as-dangerous-and-counterproductive.html
DAILY CITIZEN
— Abortion is the Taking of a Human Life
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/brit-hume-lets-be-honest-abortion-is-the-taking-of-a-human-life/
FOX BUSINESS
— Left ‘overplayed their hand with the wokeism’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365592606112
FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-program-this-program-rife-fraud
— Trump continues round of appointments with 3 new picks to top homeland security, immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-continues-fill-his-cabinet-naming-3-ambitious-nominees-top-homeland-security-immigration
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Boston City Council Votes Unanimously to Retain Sanctuary Status, ‘Braces’ for Trump’s Immigration Policies (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/boston-city-council-votes-unanimously-to-retain-sanctuary-status-braces-for-trumps-immigration-policies/
NEW AMERICAN
— Boston Vows Rebellion Against Trump’s Mass Deportation. Border Czar Homan: The Mayor Better Read Federal Law. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/boston-vows-rebellion-against-trumps-mass-deportation-border-czar-homan-the-mayor-better-read-federal-law/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Miserable Cost of an Open Border (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/06/the_miserable_cost_of_an_open_border_152049.html
ZERO HEDGE
— Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted By Trump’s Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1864819577323991534
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How will Trump handle immigrants carrying communicable diseases? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5020252-immigration-medical-screening/
MSN
— To be woke is to get rid of 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.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/how-the-word-woke-became-a-weapon-of-the-global-right-wing/ss-AA15j9Nx
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-urges-pluralism-not-only-for-the-woke-but-also-for-the-waking/vi-AA1vmr9M
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites to get more votes from non-Whites.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/career/15-things-white-people-say-that-highlight-their-privilege/ss-BB1p0S55
NEW YORK TIMES
— Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump (COMMENT: How much did wealthy donors spend to help elect Harris?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html
— Biden Team Considers Blanket Pardons Before Trump’s Promised ‘Retribution’ White House officials believe President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selection of partisan warriors for top law enforcement jobs indicates that he will pursue revenge against his perceived enemies. (COMMENT: Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and subsequently sued them for the aforesaid include: a) disallowing my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) forcing me to resign in 1969, c) disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, d) disallowing my education deductions in 1978, e) forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, f) never promoting me beyond GS-13, g) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and h) forcing me to retire in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/biden-trump-pardons.html
— He Promised Huge Tax Refunds. Now Trump Wants Him to Lead the I.R.S. Since leaving Congress in 2023, Billy Long has peddled a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned is a magnet for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/billy-long-trump-irs-tax-credit.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris’s loss (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/05/centrist-progressive-democrats-election-recriminations-blame/
LOS ANGLES TIMES
— Mexico’s president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-s-president-will-ask-trump-to-deport-non-mexican-migrants-directly-to-their-home-countries/ar-AA1vlwFR
NEW YORK SUN
— So-Called ‘Sanctuary City’ Policies, All Too Often, Shield Criminal Migrants From Justice. More than 58,000 known criminal migrants have come to New York City alone, including 1,000 known members of South American gangs, like Tren de Aragua. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/sanctuary-city-policies-all-too-often-shield-criminal-migrants-from-justice
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject the rule or law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/12/06/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants/76764820007/
— OUTRAGEOUS: AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who stands to lose?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/04/att-eliminate-traditional-landline-copper-phone-service-2029/76765766007/
— Living paycheck to paycheck is more common than you think (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I have lived on just one of our paychecks. First, in anticipation of our having children and then to save for our retirement.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/05/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-debt/76733415007/
TIMES HERALD
— Mass deportation is an appropriate response to mass illegal immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/lowry-mass-deportation-is-an-appropriate-response-to-mass-illegal-immigration-lowry-11-25-24/article_44d502d0-acc0-11ef-a3dc-43e0f095d6f0.html
PRESS READER
— Democratic officials blame loss on outside factors (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-bergen-record/20241205/281608131008089
9 NEWS
— Trump administration looking for countries to send deported migrants (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3uN1brE0U
POLITICO MAGAZINE
— Under Trump, America will again be the leader of the free world.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/06/trump-ends-american-century-00192236
SCIENCE DIRECT
— Do voters prefer educated candidates? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my three master’s degrees, my six professional certifications, and my professional license.)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379423000185
HARVARD CRIMSON
— To promote diversity is to get rid of 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.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/6/freshman-survey-race-admissions/
NASDAQ
— Here Are the Net Worth and Income That Put You in the Top 5% of American Households by Age
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/here-are-net-worth-and-income-put-you-top-5-american-households-age
MOTLEY FOOL
— Here’s the Average Upper-Class American’s Retirement Savings. How Do You Compare?
https://www.fool.com/money/buying-stocks/articles/heres-the-average-upper-class-americans-retirement-savings-how-do-you-compare/
NERD WALLET
— Average Net Worth by Age: How Do You Compare? The average net worth for U.S. families is about $1.06 million. The median — a more representative measure — is $192,700.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/average-net-worth-by-age
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/ According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://www.ft.com/content/f19c34b2-2eb0-40f4-a799-f5221413e9b2
WORLD NET DAILY
— Trump reportedly has plan when countries refuse to take back their illegal aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.wnd.com/2024/12/trump-reportedly-has-plan-when-countries-refuse-to-take-back-their-illegal-aliens/
December 4, 2024
It would be great if all township political parties would issue press releases on their caucuses.
EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS
— Thornton Township Democrat Caucus Nominated Napoleon Harris’ Slate For Township Offices – Tiffany Henyard Shouted Down By Residents
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/12/thornton-township-democrat-caucus-nominated-napoleon-harris-slate-for-township-offices-tiffany-henyard-shouted-down-by-residents/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township supervisor
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-democratic-party-caucus-denies-dolton-mayor-place-ballot-stay-thornton-township-supervisor/15621781/
NBC5
— Tiffany Henyard loses nomination as Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/tiffany-henyard-loses-nomination-as-thornton-township-supervisor/3615125/
— Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Its employees who conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time were gotten rid of and replaced with employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-fbi-kash-patel-reshape-bureau/3614377/
CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-denied-ballot-thornton-township-illinois-supervisor/
WGN9
— “A raucous caucus” seeks to determine if Tiffany Henyard can seek re-election in Thornton Township
https://www.yahoo.com/news/raucous-caucus-seeks-determine-tiffany-232440595.html
— ‘They can’t beat me’: In rare caucus, Tiffany Henyard loses Thornton Township nomination
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/they-cant-beat-me-tiffany-henyard-loses-thornton-township-nomination-to-napoleon-harris/
— Chicago’s progressive mayor gets fiery in City Club visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGf-ol9kHlU
FOX32
— ‘You can’t do stuff like this’: Tiffany Henyard, her supporters claim they were cheated in caucus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-exclusive-fox-32-interview
https://www.aol.com/t-stuff-tiffany-henyard-her-235252100.html
LANSING JOURNAL
— Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/03/many-left-waiting-in-cold-for-democratic-caucus/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Sen. Napoleon Harris blocks Tiffany Henyard to claim Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/03/napoleon-harris-blocks-tiffany-henyard-to-claim-democratic-thornton-township/
— Jim Dodge’s challenge to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau heads to Cook County court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/jim-dodges-challenge-to-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau-heads-to-cook-county-court/
— Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, marginalized groups include those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/09/marginalized-groups-admit-fear-uncertainty-as-trump-secures-second-term/
— Paul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to public education in Chicago than Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders are a threat to everyone.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/opinion-public-education-chicago-risk-chicago-teachers-union/
DAILY HERALD
— 4 new McHenry County Board members sworn in as GOP majority grows
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241203/local-politics/4-new-mchenry-county-board-members-sworn-in-as-gop-majority-grows/
WBEZ
— Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/04/chicago-is-closing-its-biggest-tent-city-but-comes-up-short-on-promised-apartments
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate (COMMENT: If you were picked for a position, what would your critics/opponents throw against you? If I was picked for a position, my critics/opponents would stress the success that they had having their operatives and their dupes a) throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) end my GAO employment in 1997, l) etc.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/article_e4be4b32-f1c0-57db-a1f6-c41bf6740dd1.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/03/black-republicans-feel-left-out-of-trumps-second-term-picks/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/new-irs-funding-boosted-tax-enforcement-and-19955276.php
FOX NEWS
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary (COMMENT: Early on, hate-filled Trump-hating Republicans backed DeSantis for President. What do they have to say about this?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-for-defense-secretary-amid-allegations-florida-governor-secretary-of-defense-fox-friends-weekend-conservative-gop-primary
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles (COMMENT: I demonstrated my support for Israel in 1990 when I volunteered to be assigned to GAO’s only work group in Chicago that was headed by a Jewish person. Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5195102/trump-picks-staunch-israel-supporters-for-key-roles-worrying-arab-americans
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances (COMMENT: I had a security clearance when I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-03/trump-team-signs-an-agreement-with-the-doj-for-security-clearances
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-wsj/
WSIL TV
— Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of a ‘woke-free’ marketplace. Its stock is surging (COMMENT: Woke employers do not hire, retain, or promote conservatives like me. Woke employers get rid of their conservative employees like me. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/donald-trump-jr-is-set-to-join-the-board-of-a-woke-free-marketplace-its/article_5f2fc644-4567-5595-87e8-90a54957276c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-416/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-208/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin Sworn In For Four More Years As DuPage County State’s Attorney
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-sworn-in-for-four-more-years-as-dupage-county-states-attorney
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— WBEZ Reports on “The Last Republican”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/wbez-reports-on-the-last-republican/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct lose elections, who blames who for that? Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered my Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I paint the candidates in my newsletters as being far more conservative than they are and that causes them to lose elections and b) that I include links to articles in my newsletters that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions do your critics/opponents take against you? Mine a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. If you were me, how would you respond to that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Rhetoric is easy. Facts are hard.
https://wirepoints.org/rhetoric-is-easy-facts-are-hard-wirepoints/
— CPS staffing grew 25% even as enrollment fell during COVID. No wonder it’s running deficits.
https://wirepoints.org/cps-staffing-grew-25-even-as-enrollment-fell-during-covid-no-wonder-its-running-deficits/
— You’re asking ordinary people to pay higher taxes so a local bureaucrat can enjoy a $9 million pension
https://wirepoints.org/youre-asking-ordinary-people-to-pay-higher-taxes-so-a-local-bureaucrat-can-enjoy-a-9-million-pension-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-bridgette-washington/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLIC PENSIONS TO BE WORTH $3.8M-$5.5M. THANKS, LOOPHOLES!
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-public-pensions-to-be-worth-3-8m-5-5m-thanks-loopholes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/3/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-leader-calls-antitrump-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The FBI needs reform, not retribution (COMMENT: Republicans should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3247517/fbi-needs-reform-not-retribution/
NEW YORK POST
— With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/opinion/hey-eric-adams-kathy-hochul-dont-let-58k-criminal-migrants-use-new-york-as-a-sanctuary/
— Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/lifestyle/jaguars-pink-woke-electric-car-slammed-by-gen-z-what-on-earth-is-jaguar-thinking/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden unveils White House ‘clown show’ Christmas decor and the reviews are savage
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/03/jill-biden-unveils-white-house-clown-show-christmas-decor-and-the-reviews-are-savage-1506885/
BREITBART
— Homan Slams Chicago Democrat for ‘Threatening’ Violence Against ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/03/tom-homan-slams-chicago-democrat-threatening-violence-ice/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Blasts Joe Biden for Illegal Immigration, Vows to Work with Trump to Deport Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/eric-adams-blasts-joe-biden-illegal-immigration-vows-work-trump-deport-criminal-illegals/
— Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson ff He Tries to Block Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/watch-chicago-residents-tell-trump-to-arrest-mayor-brandon-johnson-ff-he-tries-to-block-deportations/
— Biden’s Mass Migration Legacy: Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/bidens-mass-migration-legacy-foreign-born-population-on-track-to-exceed-82-million-by-2040/
COLLEGE FIX
— Yale event explores role of ‘merit’ in higher education and hiring (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders put the following ahead of merit: 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.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-event-explores-role-of-merit-in-higher-education-and-hiring/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— End the Sanctuary-for-Migrants Madness
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/12/24/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness
DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Harris Admin Opened Floodgates For Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes On Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/biden-harris-admin-taxpayer-funded-sex-changes-kids-cost/
— ‘Cutting Waste Is Not A Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support From Dem Lawmakers (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/cutting-waste-not-partisan-idea-trump-doge-secures-support-dem-lawmakers/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shell-game-the-feds-said-anti-white-activists-dei-unit-was-disbanded-she-was-actually-promoted
FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Woke DEA Pick Arrested Christian Pastor, Released Criminals, Penalized Unvaccinated Employees
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/trumps-woke-dea-pick-arrested-christian-pastor-released-criminals-penalized-unvaccinated-employees/
— 9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/9th-circuit-local-authorities-in-washington-state-cant-block-feds-from-deporting-illegals/
FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE highlights how much illegal immigration costs US taxpayers. DOGE will be co-led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-highlights-how-much-illegal-immigration-costs-us-taxpayers
— Domino’s manager fired by franchisee for complaining owner hired illegal migrants
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dominos-manager-fired-franchisee-complaining-owner-hired-illegal-migrants-lawsuit-claims
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents explode at liberal mayor over city resources going to migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365481394112
— Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’ Musk says ‘scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-government-spending-illegal-immigrants-boggles-mind
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove a Costly Option for Californians
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/03/newsoms-publicly-funded-war-chest-trump-proofing-california-could-prove-a-costly-option-for-californians/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-battle-to-end-wokeness-is-just-getting-started/
MRC TV
— Nearly HALF Of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent, Yet Union Demands Pay RAISE (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/p-gardner-goldsmith/nearly-half-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-yet-union-demands-pay
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrah
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/12/04/sodom-and-gomorrica-vol-x-male-lactation-vs-transphobia-n4934820#google_vignette
POST MILLENNIAL
— US spent $151 BILLION on illegal immigration in 2023 alone
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-spent-151-billion-on-illegal-immigration-in-2023-alone-doge
TOWNHALL
— The Looming Resistance to Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/12/04/the-looming-resistance-to-donald-trumps-immigration-agenda-n2648570
— The Fall of DEI: How President Trump Ushers in a Merit-Based Future (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://townhall.com/columnists/bob-rubin/2024/12/04/the-fall-of-dei-how-president-trump-ushers-in-a-merit-based-future-n2648601
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— A Democrats says “Patel picked to weaponize government against Trump enemies.” Democrat and RINO leaders have weaponized government against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/
ABC NEWS
— Shares in ‘anti-woke’ online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board. President-elect Trump’s eldest son was appointed to the board of PublicSquare.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shares-anti-woke-online-marketplace-jump-after-donald/story?id=116424955
NBC NEWS
— The GOP’s post-election challenge: Turning Trump voters into full-fledged Republicans (COMMENT: I have always been a conservative, that is, a platform Republican, that is, a Republican. My Republican critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Republican-haters. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gop-post-election-challenge-trump-voters-politics-desk-rcna182707
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-political-problem-2024-election-0674765f082ba6116107e1e7cad4e536
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_6fybIx9s
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Constructively, Los Angeles is officially declaring war on America.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-council-to-finalize-and-adopt-sanctuary-city-ordinance/3573823/
NEWSWEEK
— As Hegseth Falters, Ron DeSantis May Get to Take ‘War on Woke’ to Military
https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-may-trumps-backup-plan-gop-senators-balk-pete-hegseth-1995231
— Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7 billion
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-150-billion-immigration-cost-1994609
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. According to all my Democrat employers, including GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, I was grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportation-court-ruling-favors-trump-wall-street-1995144
— Illegal Chinese Migrant Shipped Weapons to North Korea From US
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-shipping-weapons-north-korea-chinese-national-1994903
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/illinois-rep-john-davis-federal-forces-in-us-cities-are-an-intrusion
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will We Ever Hear the End of Slavery Reparations? (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following should pay reparations: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-we-ever-hear-the-end-of-slavery-reparations-racism-africa-5634f18a
BLOOMBERG
— DOD Must Face Worker’s Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination escalated big time when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/dod-must-face-workers-retaliation-claims-over-eeoc-complaints
FORBES
— Set Your Middle School Student On The Path To College Success (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.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2024/12/03/set-your-middle-school-student-on-the-path-to-college-success/
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/3/2289941/-Republicans-are-going-to-wind-up-regretting-Trump-s-deportation-scheme
LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/king-trump
BROOKINGS
— Less than half of adults from disadvantaged backgrounds attain decent wages by age 30 (COMMENT: When I was 30 years old in 1978, my IRS salary was $110,020/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had to work my way through college. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. 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.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-upward-mobility-diverging-pathways/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To identify adults who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescence, we assess whether they met any of the following criteria in their teens: Lived in a low-income family, Neither parent had a postsecondary degree, Mother was aged 19 years old or younger when her first child was born, Family received public assistance. Anyone who met at least one of the above criteria is included in the analysis.)
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
December 1, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “US Senate inquiry into Chicago ‘s housing of migrants at airports likely to heat up after Republican election wins.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/senate-inquiry-migrants-chicago-airports/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/what-does-the-trump-administration-have-in-store-for-chicago-families-many-are-concerned-about-child-care-costs-paid-family-leave/
— Young men swung to the right for Donald Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals (COMMENT: To get more votes from women and from LGBTQers, Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly anti-masculine.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/young-men-trump-campaign-masculine-appeals/
— Our neighbors’ marijuana usage is unbearable
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/asking-eric-marijuana-neighbors/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/transgender-affirming-care-trump-illinois/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/migrant-shelters-dcfs-investigations/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2024/11/29/chicago-murals-pilsen-henry-gonzalez-immigration-american-flag
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/11/30/rogers-park-resident-maggie-chan-500-hats-for-refugees
DAILY HERALD
— Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts (COMMENT: Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes a) because they believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that federal benefits and pensions are much too generous, b) because I was an IRS employee 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) because I avoided the draft, d) because of my wife’s income and our not having children, and e) because I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I 1978 paid less federal income tax until recently by itemizing our deductions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241130/nation-and-world-politics/trump-and-republicans-in-congress-eye-an-ambitious-100-day-agenda-starting-with-tax-cuts/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s election numbers — good and bad — are remarkably consistent
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-trumps-election-numbers-good-and-bad-are-remarkably-consistent/article_df59249c-ada3-11ef-8e46-cf5bc3678e01.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The final, official 2024 election returns are in, and boy, are they consistent. When it comes to the last three presidential elections, 2024 doesn’t look much different than 2016 or 2020 in our area. Let’s start with Champaign County, where Donald Trump’s losing percentage — a historically bad one for three consecutive elections — has barely budged. He got 36.52 percent in 2024, 36.92 percent in 2020 and 36.42 percent in 2016. No candidate has done that poorly in the county in a presidential election with just two major candidates since Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956 (34 and 33 percent, respectively). Poor Jimmy Carter got just 32.2 percent in 1980, but that was also had Illinois congressman and University of Illinois graduate John Anderson running as an independent, and he got 15 percent of the vote here.)
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pritzker not the first Illinois governor to defy the president’s wishes (COMMENT: With his rejection of federal immigration law, will Pritzker become the second George Wallace?)
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/mike-matejka-pritzker-not-the-first-illinois-governor-to-defy-the-presidents-wishes/article_44d9e65c-acfb-11ef-b915-ff26ea8a1225.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump’s Illinois gain a rejection of Democrat status quo, Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, says
https://www.cnhinews.com/exchange/states/illinois/article_96752bcc-f45e-58f8-b876-bea1aa8a50a5.html
JOHN KASS
— DOGE: Dreaming of a Better Government
https://johnkassnews.com/doge-america-yearns-for-a-return-to-small-government/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Democrat leaders, a) voters are fully aware of the Democrat Party platform, b) they support it, and c) that is why they vote for Democrat candidates. But how aware are they of the Democrat Party platform? The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, 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. The aforesaid promotes poverty and crime. My “Republican” critics/opponents are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. They fail/refuse to speak against the Democrat Party platform. They fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform. They focus on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They focus on stopping everyone from reading my newsletters. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, 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. The aforesaid promotes poverty and crime. QUESTION: Why are voters leaving Illinois? ANSWER: 3 million in Illinois voted for Harris, that is, for the Democrat Party platform, 251,000 in DuPage County, and 478 in my precinct. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to use Illinois government get rid of those who voted for Trump once and for all. Will Trump be able to save the 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct who voted for him? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Who is most responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? ANSWER: a) U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood, Mike Bost, and Mary Miller, b) Republican Illinois Senators and Representatives, c) Republican elected officials in your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, and e) leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
–Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members run the IRP. QUESTION: Why has the IRP ever-increasingly moved to the left, that is, why have Illinois Republican candidates ever-increasingly lost elections? ANSWER: IRP SCC members are not directly elected by Illinois Republicans. Those who control the IRP SCC election process are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. They reject some, many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. They despise if not hate Trump. They have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote direct election of IRP SCC members. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s proposed tariffs against Trump. My brother lost several jobs because his employers moved their operations to Mexico.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/29/justin-trudeau-trump-would-raise-prices-americans-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden administration bankrolled development of app to help transgender people deal with ‘voice dysphoria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3244465/biden-administration-money-development-app-transgender-people-voice-dysphoria/
NEW YORK POST
— NYC is now home to over 58K ‘criminal’ migrants — including more than 1,000 gang members
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-news/nyc-is-now-home-to-over-58k-criminal-migrants-including-over-1000-gang-members-ice/
— Jaguar’s woke ad shows just how out of touch companies are with consumers (COMMENT: To promote woke is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/business/jaguars-woke-ad-shows-just-how-out-of-touch-companies-are-with-consumers/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Nothing Cool About Democrats’ Woke Religion
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/nothing_cool_about_democrats_woke_religion.html
— Making mass deportation easier
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/making_mass_deportation_easier.html
— Where’s Antifa?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/where_s_antifa.html
BREITBART
— Cutting Block Needs to Come for Med Schools Promoting DEI
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/11/30/gop-rep-murphy-cutting-block-needs-to-come-for-med-schools-promoting-dei/
CENTER SQUARE
— Federal DEI spending explodes under Biden-Harris administration (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0085f3aa-ae78-11ef-a3aa-13045f2dab56.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Biden Education Department tries to force its woke agenda on Christian schools. Since 1953, my critics/opponents have used my attending Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools against me.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/biden-education-dept-accused-of-forcing-woke-agenda-on-christian-schools.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Haitian Immigrants ‘Self-Deporting’ Ahead of Trump Inauguration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/30/haitian-immigrants-self-deporting-ahead-trump-inauguration/
DAILY WIRE
— The Left Has A Wokeness Problem, That Is, The Left Has a Moral Condescension Problem
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-strategist-the-left-has-a-wokeness-moral-condescension-problem
— Here’s What Getting Rid Of The Education Department Could Look Like
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-getting-rid-of-the-education-department-could-look-like
FOX NEWS
— Democrat mayors fighting Trump’s deportations are playing with electoral fire. Voters have spoken, and they want an end to illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-democrat-mayors-fighting-trumps-deportations-playing-electoral-fire
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Toddler picked up at the southern border alone, tells police she came to U.S. to find her parents
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/toddler-picked-up-at-the-southern-border-alone-tells-police-she-came-to-u-s-to-find-her-parents
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Leftists Are Openly Promoting Terrorists Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/leftists-are-openly-promoting-terrorists-week-in-education/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— When DEI Indoctrination Is Anti-White Racism, Sue (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Of course, I got no support for my lawsuit from my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. That is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, the promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/when-dei-indoctrination-is-anti-white-racism-sue/
PJ MEDIA
— New York Has 58K Criminal Illegals. It’s Loosening Rules to Ensure That More Come In.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/30/ny-has-58k-criminal-illegals-its-loosening-rules-to-ensure-more-come-in-n4934744
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Point Fingers At Biden, Harris, Mayorkas for Costing Them the Election (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, 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.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/30/democrats-admit-they-dropped-the-ball-on-immigration-n2648444#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Surge in illegal immigration by Indians at US-Canada border, over 40,000 caught this year
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/surge-in-illegal-immigration-by-indians-at-us-canada-border-over-40-000-caught-this-year/ar-AA1v3ol3
— 1.4 million illegal immigrants in US have been ordered deported, but have yet to be removed
https://www.aol.com/1-4-million-illegal-immigrants-023343453.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stress that John Phelan who Trump wants to head the U.S. Navy has no military experience. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, Hastert, my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, their staff members, and candidates for those offices wasted my knowledge of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step-1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-john-phelan-trumps-mega-donor-with-no-military-experience-set-to-head-us-navy/ar-AA1uQOvf
— What arguments do your critics/opponents make to justify your paying reparations? Mine stress that I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors who have been in America since 1844.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/greek-leaders-tell-german-president-a-wwii-reparations-claim-is-very-much-alive/ar-AA1tdttW
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/trump-gay-marriage-fertility-treatments-inauguration-rcna181715
FORBES
— 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/dougmelville/2024/12/01/barely-legal-5-hard-truths–a-blueprint-for-your-dei-plan-in-2025/
— Never Change Careers Before Answering These 6 Questions First (COMMENT: Of course, I asked myself all these questions before I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. GAO audits IRS. However, my Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to make my transfer a failure. They forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my knowledge of IRS and that much of what I did at IRS was very similar to what I would do at GAO. They kept me off of audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2019/11/16/never-change-careers-before-answering-these-6-questions-first/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Do you want a new career, or do you really just want to get away from a stale job, a bad boss or bad culture?. . .2. What does success in the new job or career look like? Does this fit with reality?. . .3. What career capital can you leverage?. . .4. What skills and credentials do you need to compete for a new job or career?. . .5. Are you willing to do what it takes to develop new skills and earn new credentials?. . .6. Are you willing to start at a lower level and take a pay cut to enter a new career?)
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91236972/forget-dei-this-is-why-we-need-to-focus-on-fairness
November 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/what-does-the-trump-administration-have-in-store-for-chicago-families-many-are-concerned-about-child-care-costs-paid-family-leave/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic on Mag Mile to highlight continuing conflict in Gaza. The hourlong blockage of Michigan Avenue culminated in a chaotic scene at the Apple store on the Chicago River. Chicago police officers and store security spent several minutes removing a handful of protesters who entered the store and chanted inside. (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/11/29/black-friday-mag-mile-gaza-israel-protest
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/11/29/severe-pregnancy-complications-illinois-black-mothers
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2024/11/30/severe-pregnancy-complications-illinois-black-mothers
DAILY HERALD
— Inauguration set for new DuPage County officials
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241129/news/inauguration-set-for-new-dupage-county-officials/
WSPY
— The next school reform push in Illinois: testing and accountability (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, the tests I took enabled me to a) get hired by the Post Office (1966), IRS (1971), and GAO (1980), b) earn degrees from NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997), c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt (1979), and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt (1981).)
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/the-next-school-reform-push-in-illinois-testing-and-accountability/article_0cdb396a-ae48-11ef-bf4f-235257bd1396.html
WHEATON PATCH
— $2K In Cannabis Products Stolen During Home Burglary In Wheaton. An apartment in the Briarbrook complex was burglarized in mid-November.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/2k-cannabis-products-stolen-during-home-burglary-wheaton
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to drive out of Illinois all Republicans who voted for Trump and are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How soon, if not already will Pritzker officially a) stop schools from accepting students whose parents are Republican, b) stop schools from graduating Republicans, c) stop Republicans from getting professional certifications and licenses, d) stop employers hiring Republicans, e) force employers to fire their Republican employees, f) destroy businesses and organizations run my Republicans, g) stop Republicans from owning firearms, vehicles, real estate, etc., h) etc.? What are the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party doing about the aforesaid? Who will come to the defense of Republicans in Illinois? 2.4 million in Illinois voted for Trump, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct. Trump won all but 14 of Illinois’ 102 counties. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com
— With his rejection of federal immigration law, will Pritzker become the second George Wallace? SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents who have lots of political and/or government clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being very well informed about political and government and news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. Of course, they would deny that they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. If that is true, on what sources do they rely and why? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Illinois sanctuary law will hinder, but won’t stop ICE agents in potential deportation actions (COMMENT: How hard will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/666186855-illinois-sanctuary-law-will-hinder-but-won-t-stop-ice-agents-in-potential-deportation-actions
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberals pay political price for war on families (COMMENT: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/29/liberals-pay-political-price-war-families/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How the Left gins up a war on women (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy women.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3242044/handmaid-tales/
— Harris’s loss of support in major cities spells trouble for Democrats beyond Trump (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run the Chicago area. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. Ever-increasingly, anticipate/expect that if you are a Republican in the Chicago area, that Democrats will get rid of you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18 in 1966, IRS when I was 22, and GAO when I was 31 hired me, but if I was 18, 22, or 31 today, they would not hire me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3245661/harris-loss-support-major-cities-spells-trouble-democrats-beyond-trump/
— Group of 300 illegal immigrants breaches Texas border in final days of Biden administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3245639/group-illegal-immigrants-breaches-texas-border/
— The strategy behind negative campaigning (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are negative campaigners. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about their success in a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ending my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ending my bid to be the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) ending my GAO employment in 1997, m) etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3212863/harris-cries-fascist-strategy-negative-campaigning/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump plans to give local sheriffs more power to act as immigration agents amid mass deportation crackdown (COMMENT: How hard will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/29/us-news/trump-plans-to-give-local-sheriffs-more-power-to-help-with-the-migrant-crisis/
AMAC
— Crime Rate for Illegal Aliens Vastly Understated (COMMENT: 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://amac.us/newsline/national-security/crime-rate-for-illegal-aliens-vastly-understated-data-shows/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois Democrat Jonathan Jackson whines about Trump’s hyperfocus on ‘efficiency’ and debloating government (COMMENT: Yes, there was bloat in GAO during the 1980s and 1990s, but Republicans threw the baby out with the bathwater when the destroyed GAO.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/illinois_democrat_whines_about_trump_s_hyperfocus_on_efficiency_and_debloating_government.html
— Pete Hegseth on Women in Combat
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/11/pete_hegseth_on_women_in_combat.html
BREITBART
— Local Sheriffs Back Trump’s Deportation Plan: ‘People Are Tired of This’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/29/report-local-sheriffs-back-trumps-deportation-plan-people-are-tired-this/
CENTER SQUARE COLORADO
— Denver spends more than $350 million on migrants
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/article_af0c1b62-ae45-11ef-a45e-1335938bbf3e.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— To Get Rid of Woke, Understand How It Got Started (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always been woke and are ever-increasingly woke.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/29/get-rid-woke-understand-got-started/
EPOCH TIMES
— Biden to Attend Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-to-attend-trumps-inauguration-white-house-5766688
FOX NEWS
— Liberals call for ‘MAGA’ to ‘give thanks to undocumented immigrants’ on Thanksgiving. X users asked which migrants flooding Chicago and NYC harvested their turkeys.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/liberals-call-maga-give-thanks-undocumented-immigrants-thanksgiving
— ‘Party of wokeness’: Democratic strategist dissects reasons behind 2024 loss (COMMENT: To promote wokeness is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365337261112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Young Men Just Swung towards the GOP. Conservatives Have to Win Them. (COMMENT: If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) to earn master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, d) to earn a professional license when I was 32, e) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, and g) to get married when I was 29.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/young-men-just-swung-towards-the-gop-conservatives-have-to-win-them/
NEWSMAX
— Stop Attending, Supporting ‘Woke’ Colleges (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the four universities that I earned degrees from (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997 and their students ever-increasingly make it clear that they despise/hate Trump and those who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/bill-oreilly-woke-colleges/2024/11/29/id/1189808/
PJ MEDIA
— The Unreality of Leftist Ideology
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/29/washington-irving-and-the-unreality-of-leftist-ideology-n4934712
— Woke Marxists Not Only Reject Western Culture, but Remake It in Their Evil Image
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/30/woke-marxists-not-only-reject-western-culture-but-remake-it-in-their-evil-image-n4934725#google_vignette
PATRIOT POST
— DEI Training Makes You More Likely to Agree With … Literally Hitler. Hitler accused Jews of discriminating and conspiring to enrich themselves — much as DEI and radical theories accuse white people of doing today. (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/112447-study-dei-training-makes-you-more-likely-to-agree-with-dot-dot-dot-literally-hitler-2024-11-29
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Need To Stop Being The Party Of Wokeness and Moral Condescension
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/11/29/dem_strategist_julian_epstein_democrats_need_to_stop_being_the_party_of_wokeness_and_moral_condescension.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-migrants-mass-deportation-southern-border-illegals-1992681
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2024-11-30/emboldened-manosphere-accelerates-threats-and-demeaning-language-toward-women-after-us-election
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lgbtq-americans-voting-demographic-2024-election/
— How soon will Los Angeles officially declare war on America?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-braces-trump-mass-deportations-sanctuary-city/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, men are falling further and further and further behind women academically, career-wise, and financially. Will Trump stop that decline? All my female 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/opinion/dating-bro-culture-manosphere-trump-cinderella.html
JOURNAL NEWS
— The only thing the illegals are picking are hotel rooms in sanctuary cities.
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/journal-junction—december-1-2024/article_da2fbda8-2f3a-56fd-9148-555b2a4e476b.html
KTRH
— Blue Cities Are Planning To Defy Trump’s Deportation (COMMENT: How strongly will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district defy deportation?)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2024-11-29-blue-cities-are-planning-to-defy-trumps-deportation/
USA HERALD
— The State Bar of California Under Fire: Should Meritocracy Trump Diversity in Admitting New Lawyers? (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) 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.)
https://usaherald.com/the-state-bar-of-california-under-fire-should-meritocracy-trump-diversity-in-admitting-new-lawyers/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations (COMMENT: How strongly will law enforcement help Trump in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/county-sheriffs-trump-immigration-plan-deportations-64c522dd
— What the Top 1% Really Pays the IRS. They kick in 40.4% of income taxes, nearly double their income share. (COMMENT: Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes a) because they believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that federal benefits and pensions are much too generous, b) because I was an IRS employee 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) because I avoided the draft, d) because of my wife’s income and our not having children, and e) because I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I 1978 paid less federal income tax until recently by itemizing our deductions.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-top-1-really-pays-the-irs-57c4ad58
— Trump’s Rainbow Coalition. His biggest vote gains from 2020 came in states with the most immigrants. And he seems to have broken the Democratic monopoly on the black vote. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO political consultants will continue to if not increase advising Trump to dump those who have demographics that vote for Republicans to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trumps-rainbow-coalition-realignment-election-voters-minorities-race-ethnicity-e6867c3c
— America Has Much to Be Thankful For (COMMENT: QUESTION: Why do minority and/or female citizens of foreign countries ever-increasingly illegally come to America illegally and illegally stay in America illegally? ANSWER: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference over citizens of America who are White and/or male.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-has-much-to-be-thankful-for-452806fb
— 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
— Gavin Newsom Turns on Elon Musk (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are masters at turning people against people. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would use as examples the many who they have turned against me. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gavin-newsom-turns-on-elon-musk-12280bd7
— Employers ever-increasingly want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned a) $12.41/hour 1964-1966, b) $18.99-$20.25/hour 1966-1969, c) $54,728-$110,020/year 1971-1980, and d) $87,024-$150,075/year 1980-1997. In my defense, I earned a) a high school diploma in 1966, b) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, c) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they did to qualify themselves for better paying jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/trump-immigration-policy-job-growth-567fb3cd
FORBES
— Will Trump Nominees Face FBI Background Checks? (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/25/will-trump-nominees-face-fbi-background-checks-heres-what-to-know/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/11/29/deportation-plan-presents-a-daunting-challenge-for-america/
— 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/laurencoulman/2024/11/29/dei-rollbacks-or-revision-of-diversity-initiatives/
BLOOMBERG
— Checkr Triples Revenue as Background-Check Firm Courts Large Enterprise Clients (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/checkr-triples-revenue-courts-large-202451348.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/checkr-triples-revenue-as-background-check-firm-courts-large-enterprise-clients/ar-AA1uS9p2
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unlike traditional background check services that require manual work like gathering documents from various government and judicial systems about an individual’s history, Checkr maintains partnerships with governments so it can tap a large digital database of public records. . .More recently, Checkr has expanded its customer base to include non-tech sectors such as retail, manufacturing and hospitality. It also introduced a personal background-check product this year, letting individuals ensure the accuracy of their history before it’s seen by banks, landlords and potential employers.)
CENTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
— Background Checks and Security Clearances (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://presidentialtransition.org/appointee-resources/ready-to-serve-prospective-appointees/background-checks-and-security-clearances/
(FROM THE POSTING: Every person hired for a federal job must undergo a background investigation to ensure that they are “reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and loyal to the United States.” This is an important and lengthy part of the appointment process. Familiarize yourself with the forms
To initiate a background investigation, your sponsoring agency will ask you to complete one or more of these forms: the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF 86) ( https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf ) or the Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions (SF 85P) ( https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf85p.pdf ), depending on how your position may affect national security and other sensitive matters such as government finance and technology. The government is in the process of consolidating these forms into one Personnel Vetting Questionnaire. It may take weeks to gather your records and complete, and longer if you have significant foreign travel. Get started early!)
PEW RESEARCH
— Americans’ top sources of political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who have lots of political and/or government clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being very well informed about political and government and news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. Of course, they would deny that they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. If that is true, on what sources do they rely and why?)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/31/americans-top-sources-of-political-news-ahead-of-the-2024-election/
INDEPENDENT
— Black jobs are bad jobs that Whites refuse to take. 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. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Blacks should have gotten the jobs and promotions that I got. They were especially furious when IRS promoted me instead of Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me instead of a Black in 1986. They were overjoyed when GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/during-campaign-trump-talked-black-171602738.html