March 8, 2022

NOTE: Starting today, I am again putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning. If the newsletter does not appear in your inbox by noon, please visit http://www.gopillinois.com to view a copy of it. – Dave Diersen

ABC7
— 2022 Illinois election season kicks off as candidates file petitions Monday – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-election-governor-2022-ballot-petition/11630439/

FOX32
— Illinois candidates file for ballot spot in possibly the most expensive gubernatorial race in state history – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/election/illinois-candidates-file-for-ballot-spot-in-possibly-the-most-expensive-gubernatorial-race-in-state-history

WGN RADIO
— Filing Day 2022: The biggest topics candidates addressed – Mike Smith, Matt Sheehan
https://wgnradio.com/news/filing-day-2022-the-biggest-topics-candidates-addressed/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Campaign 2022 kicks off with ‘camaraderie,’ coffee and catcalls — as candidates line up to get on the ballot. It was the first day of the weeklong period for candidates to file their nominating petitions for federal, state and local offices on the June primary ballot. The office didn’t open until 8 a.m. But that didn’t stop a line of more than hundred candidates and staffers from gathering hours earlier despite snow and near freezing temperatures. – Taylor Avery
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/3/7/22966142/illinois-campaign-2022-petition-filing-first-governor-senate-pritzker-irvin-bailey-duckworth-hubbard
— Rudeness now seems to be the norm among elected leaders. The boorish behavior Americans saw last week exemplified how much blatant incivility has been normalized by some of those who hold public office. – Editorial
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the rudest people in government and/or politics that I have had to deal with since 2000.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/7/22961616/rudeness-shouldnt-be-requisite-trait-for-elected-leaders-editorial
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/3/7/22966492/anti-lynching-bill-named-for-murdered-chicago-youth-emmett-till-heads-to-president-biden-to-sign

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Candidates wait in snow and cold to file petitions and win chance for coveted top ballot spot – JEREMY GORNER and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-election-candidate-petitions-20220308-paa3kpuc2zhxtpulxg2iolpkvq-story.html
— Madigan’s ‘criminal enterprise’ shakes up campaigns across the state – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-madigan-st-0308-20220307-oyy7jncdvbcqjnwn4jvm4afqli-story.html
— Cash assistance program launched in Cook County, touted as one of the nation’s largest guaranteed income pilots – ALICE YIN
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-cash-assistance-guaranteed-income-preckwinkle-20220307-i2jazq2ttvekdmb7pjak7xhw6i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— GOP primary battle lines emerge in DuPage County – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/gop-primary-battle-lines-emerge-in-dupage-county
— And they’re off, primary candidates for governor, secretary of state make it official – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/and-theyre-off-primary-candidates-for-governor-secretary-of-state-make-it-official
— Duckworth, rivals and congressional hopefuls begin filing for June primary – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/duckworth-rivals-and-congressional-hopefuls-begin-filing-for-june-primary
— Candidates file for Kane County Board and countywide offices –
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/candidates-file-for-kane-county-board-and-countywide-offices
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen was among the first to file at the county clerk’s office Monday as he turned in paperwork to run for county treasurer. Democrat Jeffrey Pripusich also filed for treasurer. Lauzen, who served as county board chairman for eight years, said he wanted to be a “spending watchdog” for the county’s money. He pointed to several county expenditures he considered wasteful, including employing a lobbyist and the recent hiring of a public information officer. “If somebody is not satisfied with what’s going on in any level of government, rather than complain about it, do something about it,” said Lauzen, an accountant who also served in the Illinois Senate for 20 years.)
— Dozens of McHenry County candidates line up to file for 2022 election – James T. Norman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/dozens-of-mchenry-county-candidates-line-up-to-file-for-2022-election
— Primaries for sheriff, several county board seats on tap in Lake County – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220307/primaries-for-sheriff-several-county-board-seats-on-tap-in-lake-county

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Billionaire-backed group enlists citizens to hunt for voter fraud using discredited techniques. VoteRef, an initiative with connections to Richard Uihlein and Doug Truax, is an important indication of how some influential and well-funded Republicans across the country plan to encourage crowdsourcing of voter rolls, ProPublica reports. – MEGAN O’MATZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/voteref-enlists-citizens-hunt-voter-fraud-using-discredited-techniques
— Illinois voters in for crowded ballots in congressional races. An unusual number of districts are shaping up to be quite competitive thanks to a new congressional map and key retirements. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/illinois-voters-crowded-ballots-congressional-races

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hundreds of candidates in Illinois line up to try for the top spot on the ballot – Andrew Adams
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2022/03/07/candidates-2022-races-illinois-line-up-monday-morning/9412543002/

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Are things getting better in Springfield? – Rich Miller
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/opinion/2022/03/08/capitol-fax-asks-madigan-situation-making-things-better/9410281002/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Campaign season opens as candidates line up to file – Peter Hancock
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/campaign-season-opens-as-candidates-line-up-to-file/article_22da6ed3-375c-5b4b-b167-5e919e515c86.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Campaign season in Illinois opens as Democrat, Republican candidates line up to file – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article259156733.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Hundreds file for elected office as political season arrives – Jeff Kolkey
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2022/03/07/rockford-area-candidates-among-those-filing-public-office/9412179002/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— 2022 Illinois primary: Pantagraph election guide
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/2022-illinois-primary-pantagraph-election-guide/article_f251cfb1-8f00-5d10-9fb6-df0228ee9060.html
— Irvin ‘kicks off’ gubernatorial campaign downstate as Pritzker rallies supporters – BRENDEN MOORE
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-irvin-kicks-off-gubernatorial-campaign-downstate-as-pritzker-rallies-supporters/article_72b968f2-59b0-57d0-8d23-301fdd3e0a15.html
— Campaign 2022 kicks off as Illinois candidates file for June primary – BRENDEN MOORE
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/campaign-2022-kicks-off-as-illinois-candidates-file-for-june-primary/article_6a33181a-5df4-500d-89bd-2bf8f16d7818.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Here’s who is running for office in McHenry County so far
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2022/03/08/heres-who-is-running-for-office-in-mchenry-county-so-far/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Early filers for county elections aim for the top of ballot – Valerie Wells
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-early-filers-for-county-elections-aim-for-the-top-of-ballot/article_29f0d5ca-fde6-5448-9739-7544efd178d0.html

HERALD NEWS
— Will County candidates begin filing to get on the 2022 election ballot. Those running for Will County Board, countywide offices have to file at the county clerk’s office in Joliet this week. – Alex Ortiz
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/government/2022/03/07/will-county-candidates-begin-filing-to-get-on-the-2022-election-ballot/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Candidates begin filing for June primary – Scott Cousins,
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Candidates-begin-filing-for-June-primary-16984009.php

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— ‘A lot of tradition to it’: Campaign 2022 kicks off as Illinois hopefuls file for June primary – BRENDEN MOORE
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/a-lot-of-tradition-to-it-campaign-2022-kicks-off-as-illinois-hopefuls-file-for/article_2ca5a448-89a4-5676-a2e7-db47bd8bde81.html

WGEM
— Irvin, Bourne and Republican slate kick off 2022 election campaign in Springfield – Mike Miletich
https://www.wgem.com/2022/03/08/irvin-bourne-republican-slate-kickoff-2022-election-campaign-springfield/

WCMY
— Candidate filing begins: Congressional and state districts – Rick Koshko
https://1430wcmy.com/2022/03/07/candidate-filing-begins-congressional-and-state-districts/

WJBC
— First day to file petitions at Illinois State Board of Elections – Dave Dahl
https://www.wjbc.com/2022/03/07/first-day-to-file-petitions-at-illinois-state-board-of-elections/
— Candidates File Petitions In Illinois State Board Of Elections
https://www.wjol.com/candidates-file-petitions-in-illinois-state-board-of-elections/

WEEK
— Irvin, Bourne and Republican slate kick off 2022 election campaign in Springfield – Mike Miletich
https://www.week.com/2022/03/08/irvin-bourne-republican-slate-kickoff-2022-election-campaign-springfield/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Filing Day 2022: The biggest topics candidates addressed – Matt Sheehan, Mike Smith
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/your-local-election-hq/filing-day-2022-the-biggest-topics-local-candidates-addressed/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Campaign season opens as candidates line up to file – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/campaign-season-opens-as-candidates-line-up-to-file

DEPAULIA
— Chicago for Abortion Rights hosted a march for abortion rights on March 5 to celebrate International Women’s Day outside DePaul’s Quad. The march began at the LGBTQ Center at 3656 N. Halsted St. at noon. The march ended at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus in front of the quad. – Kiersten Riedford
https://depauliaonline.com/57247/news/fight-for-rights-pro-choice-groups-protest-over-weekend/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Reid Foltyniewicz files triple the number of signatures needed to run for DuPage County Board
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/621523350-reid-foltyniewicz-files-triple-the-number-of-signatures-needed-to-run-for-dupage-county-board

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lauzen Running for Kane County Treasurer
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/03/07/lauzen-running-for-kane-county-treasurer/
— Filings in Springfield on First Day of Filing
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/03/07/filings030722spfld/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— So far, for DuPage County Milton Township’s 130 precincts, 44 have filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman. SEE: https://dupageco.org/Election/Candidates_and_Campaigns/37053/ They are Ronald Almiron, Lori Carlson, Jeff Castle, Niki Conforti, Derrick Crenshaw, David Diersen, Ken Duffy, Drew Ellis, Mike Formento, Hannah Gates, Jay Gribauskas, Heidi Holan, Jeanne Ives, Steve Johnson, Jeffery Jourdan, Marty Keller, Robert Larsen, Chris Levan, Bryan Litfin, Carl Lofgren, Robert Margetts, Ronald McCafferty, Paula McGowen, Kevin McGrane, Daniel Milinko, Kim Misolnicky, Gregory Moffett, John Monino, Gary Muehlfelt, Nick Nathwani, Rita Neri, William Nickol, Patrick Novak, Abigail Oliver, Therese Scarlati, Jan Shaw, Chuck Smith, Joseph Soto, Sarah Starke, Kathryn Steinhiber, Russell Stock, Beth Tatro, Jan Vainisi, and John Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CAPITOL FAX
— Irvin to hold first avail in two months
https://capitolfax.com/2022/03/07/irvin-to-hold-first-avail-in-two-months/

PRECINCT STRATEGY
— ON FEBRUARY 27, 2022, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS ABOUT THE PRECINCT STRATEGY: “THE PRECINCT STRATEGY, AS EXPLAINED BY DAN SCHULTZ AT WWW.PRECINCTSTRATEGY.COM , IS A GREAT WAY TO RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC BY TRANSFORMING OUR PARTY CURRENTLY AT LESS THAN HALF-STRENGTH AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL INTO A FULL-STRENGTH GET OUT THE VOTE POWERHOUSE–AS IT SHOULD BE. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” You’re not in the [Republican] party unless you’re a Precinct Committeeman. Precinct Committeemen are the Party. – Daniel Schultz
https://precinctstrategy.com/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago-area mayor running for Congress rips Kim Foxx: ‘Putting rest of us at risk’ Orland Park mayor Keith Pekau says Kim Foxx allows violent offenders to go back and ‘terrorize’ neighborhoods – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-orland-park-mayor-kim-foxx-bail-reform

YAHOO NEWS
— Illinois’ Cook County launches program touted as one of the largest guaranteed income pilots in nation – Alice Yin
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government.)
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-cook-county-launches-program-035100095.html

CBS NEWS
— LGBTQ+ groups angered after again being told they can’t march with banners in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade
(COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative- haters can crow about their success a) in promoting LGBTQ big time in downtown Wheaton on 2020 and b) in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lgbtq-groups-express-dismay-after-again-being-told-they-cant-march-with-their-banners-in-staten-island-st-patricks-day-parade/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Employer Practices Limit Workers’ Choices and Wages, U.S. Study Argues – Eduardo Porter
(COMMENT: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/business/economy/treasury-competition-report.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My Friends Are Rethinking Their Lives. Should I?’ – J.J. McCorvey
(COMMENT: Everyone can always ask themselves is what they are doing with their lives worth the effort. I could ask myself a) is my being the GOPUSA Illinois Editor (since 2000) worth the effort and b) is my being a Republican Precinct Committeeman (since 1999) worth the effort. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say NO.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-millennial-friends-rethink-life-i-should-too-11646342194
— How to Tell News Fact from Fiction – Julie Jargon
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my http://www.gopillinois.com website were full of fiction. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-spot-fake-news-even-during-a-war-11646434626
— Artificial Intelligence Will Evaluate Your Job Application. Do You Still Want to Apply? – Lisa Ward
(COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: White, male, older, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-will-evaluate-your-job-application-do-you-still-want-to-apply-11646431306
— How Politicized Is the Federal Reserve? For every Republican economist the system employs, it has more than 10 Democrats. – Emre Kuvvet
(COMMENT: I have always been a conservative Republican. However, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-politicized-is-the-federal-reserve-democrats-republicans-climate-monetary-employment-11646687942

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Aspiring Black CPA Scholarship seeks applicants – Sean McCabe
(COMMENT: While I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, it was not until I was 30 years old in 1979. I should have taken and passed the examination much sooner. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/aspiring-black-cpa-scholarship-seeks-applicants

GENERAL INSURANCE
— When buying a new car may be the best option – Janell Darlene
(COMMENT: I should write a book about all my new car buying experiences. I bought the following cars new: 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier, 2019 Ford Escape Titanium, 2016 Ford Mustang, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1997 Chevy Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1994 Ford Thunderbird, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1978 Chevrolet Chevette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1972 Chevrolet Corvette, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. I am considering buying a new 2022 Chevrolet Trax LT to be our daily driver if our 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier LS daily driver is totaled.)
https://www.thegeneral.com/blog/buying-a-new-car/

January 9 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Chicago anti-abortion activists rally at Federal Plaza as Roe vs. Wade anniversary nears. Pro-choice counter protesters set up across street. – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/march-for-life-chicago-loop-supreme-court-abortion-planned-parenthood/11440734/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: New NYC law allows its 800,000 noncitizens and ‘Dreamers’ to vote. Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council to automatically become law.
(COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens, at Dreamers, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://abc7chicago.com/nyc-non-citizen-voting-new-york-noncitizen-vote-city-eric-adams/11445310/
— Is there school Monday for CPS? Mayor, CPS CEO reject latest Chicago Teachers Union proposal. ‘This is a solution to what we are experiencing in this moment,’ Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates says. – Tre Ward and Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/cps-ctu-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union/11444523/
— Plainfield school district cancels class Monday due to ‘spiking number of bus drivers with COVID’
https://abc7chicago.com/plainfield-school-district-202-covid-closures-bus-drivers/11446124/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Public Schools are still without a deal to reopen Monday; talks with teachers union ongoing – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-monday-classes-20220109-ljal2v564jc2jmqfqy4oumvgbq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Illinois legislature needs a new watchdog now. Once again, the post of legislative inspector general is vacant. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/9/22872700/illinois-legislative-inspector-general-ethics-commission-legislature-watchdog-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Top Kane County GOP official calls election precinct redraw ‘a farce’ – James Fuller
(COMMENT: What have the following told your Republican Precinct Committeeman about the redraw: a) the chairman of your Republican township party organization, b) the chairman of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP chairman?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220107/top-kane-county-gop-official-calls-election-precinct-redraw-a-farce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A behind-the-scenes process of redrawing election precincts in Kane County sparked concerns Friday about election integrity and what will be one of the shortest primary election campaign seasons in recent history. Recent state legislation approved in the wake of the decennial redistricting effort requires counties to redraw election precinct boundary lines by Jan. 15. The changes will affect every race on the 2022 ballot. New rules require precincts to sit within a single congressional and state legislative district whenever possible as well as a single county board district and municipal ward. Many counties regularly split or merge precincts to avoid them becoming too large or small for Democrat and Republican Party committeemen to properly represent constituents on partisan matters. Party committeemen are the foot soldiers of local political parties. The influence of those roles carries particular intrigue for local Republicans who are loyal to former President Donald Trump and continue to support the debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election. The 2022 elections bring an opportunity for Trump loyalists to take control of the local party. Which voters live in which precincts will be a factor in that GOP battle. Kane County hasn’t adjusted its 291 precincts in nearly 20 years. That’s created 28 precincts that contain far more registered voters than the 1,200-voter cap target suggested by state legislation. Multiple precincts contain fewer than the 500 registered voters state law suggests is too small for a stand-alone precinct. A self-appointed team of workers in the county clerk’s office, information technology department, graphics information system staff, lawyers in the state’s attorney’s office and the chairman of the county board’s public service committee have spent the past several weeks redrawing the precinct boundaries. Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog has also been involved. She serves as vice chair of the Kane County Democrats. Except for Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham, who is a Republican, all the elected officials involved so far are Democrats. The public will get a look at the redrawn precincts on Tuesday. There will be a final vote on the remap Friday, one day before the state deadline. That’s not enough review or involvement in the process for several GOP members of the county board. “It’s a farce to suggest this committee has had any role or involvement in this at all,” said Ken Shepro, a county board member and chairman of the Kane County Republican Party. “No member of this committee has been asked to participate in any of these meetings or give any guidance.” Fellow Republican Tom Koppie said the process and the tight deadlines mean the county board will be “forced to accept maps generated by the bureaucracy.” “I do not believe this is what the voting public anticipated or expects,” Koppie said. Anita Lewis, a Democrat on the board who tends to side with Republicans, questioned the process. “And I’m not going to be able to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything was done right,” Lewis said. “I just don’t have that comfort level.” Even if the county board approves the new precinct boundaries next Friday, the county staff said it may take up until the first week of February to have maps paired with voter rolls that will allow candidates to collect accurate petition signatures. Petition filing for candidates seeking the top ballot spots is March 7. Candidates normally have 90 days to circulate petitions. Both county board members and the clerk’s office staff said they expect more petition challenges to kick candidates off the ballot because of the tight window and an increased likelihood of signatures from people who find themselves in different precincts.)
— Almost half of patients at McHenry County’s Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19 – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220109/almost-half-of-patients-at-mchenry-countys-northwestern-medicine-hospitals-have-covid-19

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot on CTU: ‘They abandoned kids and their families’ Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the mayor called out the Chicago Teachers Union over the ongoing standoff while also signaling some compromise is possible on the issue of expanded COVID testing.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/lightfoot-chicago-schools-teachers-union-standoff-ctu-abandoned-kids

NPR ILLINOIS
— Toyota is the first non-U.S. company to be the country’s top seller – Ayesha Rascoe
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-09/toyota-is-the-first-non-u-s-company-to-be-the-countrys-top-seller

WIREPOINTS
— Six sources of Chicago Teachers Union power – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/six-sources-of-chicago-teachers-union-power/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jan. 6 committee member floats proposal to block Trump from a potential return to White House. Rep. Jamie Raskin cites Reconstruction-era law intended to bar Confederates from office. – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/9/jan-6-committee-member-floats-proposal-block-trump/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: NYC mayor says Dems need to become ‘radically practical’ as he clears way for noncitizens to vote – Ryan Lovelace
(COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/9/nyc-mayor-says-dems-need-become-radically-practica/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Joe Biden, the Divider in Chief, (unknowingly) kicks off the campaigns of the GOP and President Trump – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/joe_biden_the_divider_in_chief_unknowingly_kicks_off_the_campaigns_to_the_gop_and_president_trump.html

BLAZE
— Democrats quietly plot to use provision in Constitution to bar Trump from holding political office – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-constitution-14th-amendment-trump

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Indiana Moves to Bar Critical Race Theory From Being Taught in Public Universities. Senate Bill 167, which is sponsored by seven Republican lawmakers, states that no “state educational institution” can “engage in training, orientation, or therapy” that includes stereotypes on the basis of “sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, [and] political affiliation.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/indiana-moves-to-bar-critical-race-theory-from-being-taught-in-public-universities/

THE HILL
— Kinzinger says Jan. 6 panel already has ‘powerful and substantive narrative’ – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/588914-kinzinger-says-jan-6-panel-already-has-powerful-and-substantive

NBC NEWS
— Full Kinzinger: ‘There are people that live in a totally different reality’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-kinzinger-there-are-people-that-live-in-a-totally-different-reality-130457157993
— Kinzinger: Jan. 6 select committee ready to put out a ‘substantive narrative’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/kinzinger-jan-6-select-committee-ready-to-put-out-a-substantive-narrative-130458181941
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs illegally encourage illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/slowing-immigration-worsens-job-shortages-n1287219

NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Noncitizens’ Right to Vote Becomes Law in New York City. Starting next year, 800,000 legal permanent residents will be eligible to vote in municipal elections. – Grace Ashford
(COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/nyregion/noncitizens-voting-rights.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DECEMBER 14, 2021 FLASHBACK: What to know about midterm elections
(COMMENT: Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, and pollsters a) want Republican candidates to lose elections, b) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, c) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, d) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, and e) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who promote dependence on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/14/midterm-elections-what-to-know/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are putting a big effort into recruiting more women and minority candidates up and down the ballot to compete with Democrats, who generally have a bigger slate of minority candidates.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. to Spend $10 Billion to Boost Small Businesses. Part of the Treasury Department funding will target disadvantaged communities, but some Republicans say spending overlaps with money available in existing programs. – Amara Omeokwe
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-spend-10-billion-to-boost-small-businesses-11641637801
— Facebook’s Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media’s Impact on Politics. Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails. – Jeff Horwitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-former-elections-boss-now-questions-social-medias-impact-on-politics-11641648561

NEWSWEEK
— Congress Should Refer Trump for Prosecution Over Jan. 6, Say 41% of Americans in New Poll – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/congress-should-refer-trump-prosecution-over-jan-6-say-41-americans-new-poll-1667228

INDEPENDENT
— Capitol riot committee could present damning case against Trump even if it concluded today, says Kinzinger. Available evidence shows Trump delayed call for supporter to leave. – John Bowden
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kinzinger-capitol-riot-tomorrow-trump-b1989640.html

DAILY MAIL
— Kinzinger blames ‘profit-driven radio’ for turning Trump fans into ‘angry, fearful victimized group’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10384269/Kinzinger-blames-profit-driven-radio-turning-Trump-fans-angry-fearful-victimized-group.html
https://www.nation.lk/online/kinzinger-blames-profit-driven-radio-for-turning-trump-fans-into-angry-fearful-victimized-group-163441.html

CENTURY 21
— COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE: 520 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $349,900
https://commercial.century21.com/listing/520-west-roosevelt-road-wheaton-il-60187-REN016777498

January 9 Morning Edition

ABC7

— ‘It was frankly dumb’: Ted Cruz apologizes for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’ – Jill Col
https://abc7chicago.com/ted-cruz-tucker-carlson-jan-6-fox/11441420/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— When demotion threats replace steady leadership at CPD, something is very wrong – Bob Angone, retired Chicago Police lieutenant, Austin, Texas
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/9/22870575/chicago-police-lori-lightfoot-demotion-arrests-teachers-letters

FOX32
— Where do you think you got COVID? A lot of Illinois residents are answering ‘School’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/where-do-you-think-you-got-covid-a-lot-of-illinois-residents-are-answering-school

DAILY HERALD
— HOPE Fair Housing Center names Michael Chavarria as new executive director – Nafia Khan
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20220106/hope-fair-housing-center-names-michael-chavarria-as-new-executive-director
— Evil labels The trend toward dehumanizing adversaries avoids real debate – Editorial
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, extremists, right-wingers, and even worse things.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220108/editorial-the-rhetoric-of-good-and-evil

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis has advantage in primary vs. Miller despite Trump’s support, observers say – Dean Olsen
(COMMENT: Being a Republican Precinct Committeeman can be a thankless job and even worse things. I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 a) who I have circulated nominating petitions for in my precinct, b) who I have obtained yard sign locations for in my precinct, c) who I have distributed their campaign literature for in my precinct, and d) who I have otherwise helped elect WHO HAVE BLAMED ME FOR THEIR PROBLEMS. I would focus on those candidates who have lost elections. I would focus on those candidates who had standing to come to my defense, but did not, a) when my precinct was gerrymandered this year and in 2015, b) when I was stopped from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade in 2021, c) when I was dumped as TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) when I was dumped as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011, e) when I was dumped as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) when I was dumped as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) member in 2007, g) when ICRC SC members tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004. I would focus on those candidates a) who were on ballots in my precinct the most times since 2000, b) who live in Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County, and/or c) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/01/09/il-political-observers-davis-edge-over-miller-despite-trump-nod/9137108002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s unknown how Miller secured Trump’s endorsement over Davis, who was co-chair of Trump’s reelection campaign in Illinois and was closely aligned with many of Trump’s policies, including the attempted but ultimately unsuccessful repeal of the Affordable Care Act.)

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Jimmy Lee Tillman II Responds to President Biden’s January 7th Economic Report
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/jimmy-lee-tillman-ii-responds-to-president-bidens-january-7th-economic-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chavarria succeeds Evelyn Sanguinetti, who served as HOPE’s executive director from 2020-2022 and was the 47th Lt. Governor of the State of Illinois from 2015-2019.)

DUPAGE ELECTION DIVISION
— Precinct Committeeperson
(COMMENT: Being a Republican Precinct Committeeman can be a thankless job and even worse things. I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 a) who I have circulated nominating petitions for in my precinct, b) who I have obtained yard sign locations for in my precinct, c) who I have distributed their campaign literature for in my precinct, and d) who I have otherwise helped elect WHO HAVE BLAMED ME FOR THEIR PROBLEMS. I would focus on those candidates who have lost elections. I would focus on those candidates who had standing to come to my defense, but did not, a) when my precinct was gerrymandered this year and in 2015, b) when I was stopped from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade in 2021, c) when I was dumped as TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) when I was dumped as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011, e) when I was dumped as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) when I was dumped as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) member in 2007, g) when ICRC SC members tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004. I would focus on those candidates a) who were on ballots in my precinct the most times since 2000, b) who live in Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County, and/or c) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.dupageco.org/Election/Candidates_and_Campaigns/48691/

WIREPOINTS
— What Illinois didn’t tell you about its celebrated early payment of federal loan – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/what-illinois-didnt-tell-you-about-its-celebrated-early-payment-of-federal-loan-wirepoints/

THE HILL
— Pandemic pushes teachers unions to center stage ahead of midterms – JULIA MANCHESTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/588823-pandemic-pushes-teachers-unions-to-center-stage-ahead-of-midterms

NEW YORK POST
— New Twitter CEO has brought wave of high-profile bans in short tenure – Conor Skelding
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-has-brought-wave-of-high-profile-bans/
— Resident assistants at Western Carolina University slam school for ‘being hijacked by wokeness’ – Dana Kennedy
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/western-carolina-university-slammed-for-being-hijacked-by-wokeness/
— City moves to open COVID testing centers after Post report on race – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/nyc-moves-to-open-covid-testing-sites-after-post-report-on-race/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Woke Catholicism Is Inimical to Western Civilization – A.J. Rice
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/08/woke-catholicism-is-inimical-to-western-civilization/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media continue to warn that ‘democracy is in danger’ – here’s what they’re missing – John Ransom
(COMMENT: For Democrats, “democracy” is what Democrats use to take opportunities, income, assets, etc. away from Republicans.)
https://www.aim.org/uncategorized/media-continue-to-warn-that-democracy-is-in-danger-heres-what-theyre-missing/

BREITBART
— Pinkerton: NYC’s Woke District Attorney Is Creating the Real-Life Sequel to ‘Escape from New York’
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2022/01/08/pinkerton-nycs-woke-district-attorney-is-creating-the-real-life-sequel-to-escape-from-new-york/

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Pope Francis laments couples who choose pets over having children – Jennifer Lee
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.francis.laments.couples.who.choose.pets.over.having.children/138009.htm

DAILY WIRE
— Multiple States Prioritizing COVID Care Based On Race – Ashe Schow
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially give preference to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, moderates, liberals, Trump-haters, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-states-prioritizing-covid-care-based-on-race-thanks-to-the-fda

POST MILLENNIAL
— Fox News trumps CNN, MSNBC in viewership on Jan 6 anniversary – James Anthony
https://thepostmillennial.com/fox-news-trumps-cnn-msnbc-in-viewership-on-jan-6-anniversary

EPOCH TIMES
— Chinese Communist Party Advances Its Agenda to Weaken US Through Stealth Tactics – Ella Kietlinska and Joshua Philipp
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-communist-party-advances-its-agenda-to-weaken-us-through-stealth-tactics-expert_4200291.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Mass Formation Psychosis. The Madness of Crowds. And The End Of Progressive America. Hope in the midst of despair. But first, things will fall apart, so get ready. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/mass-formation-psychosis-the-madness-of-crowds-and-the-end-of-the-progressive-march-through-institutions/
— Ivy League Releases Statement in Support of Transgender Swimmer at Penn. “The Ivy League reaffirms its unwavering commitment to providing an inclusive environment for all student-athletes while condemning transphobia and discrimination in any form.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/ivy-league-releases-statement-in-support-of-transgender-swimmer-at-penn/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Chicago Teachers Are Teacher’s Pets – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.creators.com/read/debra-saunders/01/22/chicago-teachers-are-teachers-pets

NEW YORK TIMES
— Look Ahead to 2032, at the Very Least In this season for forecasts and resolutions, investors will be better off if they are able to think 10 or more years ahead, our columnist says. – Jeff Sommer
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/business/stock-market-bonds-forecast.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House – Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
(COMMENT: How do people respond when asked if they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that do not anyone to read my newsletters.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cable-cabinet/2022/01/09/96fac488-6fe6-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/watershed-moment-in-nyc-new-law-allows-noncitizens-to-vote/2022/01/09/85c1bf9c-7111-11ec-b1e2-0539da8f4451_story.html
— Washington Gov. Inslee moves to diversify state hiring, reviving affirmative action debate
(COMMENT: To promote Affirmative Action is to promote discrimination against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-gov-inslee-moves-to-diversify-state-hiring-reviving-affirmative-action-debate/2022/01/08/6eab670c-7032-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How the Trump Social-Media Ban Paid Off for Trump, Platforms. One year after being kicked off Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the former president is raking in campaign cash and planning his own social-media company. – Michael C. Bender and Georgia Wells
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-trump-social-media-ban-paid-off-for-trump-platforms-11641729604

INC.
— What It Means to Be a Mentor – HEATHER WILDE
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors a) who got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) who got rid of my GAO mentor who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.inc.com/heather-wilde/what-it-means-to-be-a-mentor.html

KING 5
— Inslee rescinds ban on affirmative Action in Washington
(COMMENT: To promote Affirmative Action is to promote discrimination against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/inslee-lifts-affirmative-action-ban-in-washington/281-f2b1bfc1-8b31-434c-8c11-809c6823d0f3

WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL
— Factions are inevitable, as is minority privilege – Byron Williams
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to give a) minorities privilege over Whites, b) women privilege over men. c) younger people privilege over older people, d) LGBTQers privilege over heterosexuals, e) non-Christians privilege over Christians, f) non-Protestants privilege over Protestants, g) non-Italian Americans privilege over Italian Americans, h) non-German Americans privilege over German Americans, i) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time privilege over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, j) those who have less money privilege over those who have more money, k) non-married people privilege over married people, l) renters privilege over home owners, m) moderates and liberals privilege over conservatives, n) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs privilege over Republicans, o) citizens of foreign countries privilege over citizens of America, p) Trump-haters privilege over those who do not hate Trump, q) criminals privilege over non-criminals, r) boozers privilege over non-drinkers, s) gamblers privilege over non-gamblers, and t) stoners privilege over non-pot users.)
https://journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/byron-williams-factions-are-inevitable-as-is-minority-privilege/article_b1b891e6-6fc9-11ec-bc51-8f142719320c.html

NBC AUGUSTA
— Augusta County seeks feedback as it adjusts voting precincts – Tara Todd
(COMMENT: This year, just like they did in 2015, my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes draw me into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nbc29.com/2022/01/08/augusta-county-seeks-feedback-it-adjusts-voting-precincts/

NEWSWEEK
— Republican Adam Kinzinger Describes GOP as ‘Unrecognizable,’ Says Trump ‘Basically Insane’ – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-describes-gop-unrecognizable-says-trump-basically-insane-1667218

DAILY KOS
— Gerrymandering and Cracking Allowed in Illinois
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 this year and in 2015.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/8/1997578/-Gerrymandering-and-Cracking-Allowed-in-Illinois

GUARDIAN
— Trump has birthed a dangerous new ‘Lost Cause’ myth. We must fight it – David Blight
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/08/trump-has-birthed-a-dangerous-new-lost-cause-myth-we-must-fight-it

January 8 Evening Edition

ABC7

— 2022 IL General Assembly session shorter due to COVID-19 surge; BGA lists bills to watch – Ramona Meadors
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-19-2022-illinois-general-assembly-session-surge-covid-legislators/11437500/

NBC5
— CTU Details Proposal as Negotiations with CPS Continue; Classes Canceled Monday. CPS has pushed back against CTU, saying that they have spent millions of dollars on safety, and a full return to remote learning is unnecessary.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/ctu-to-detail-proposal-as-negotiations-with-cps-continue-classes-canceled-monday/2724198/

WGN9
— Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/intel-reports-repeatedly-failed-to-forecast-capitol-riot/

FOX32
— CPS, Lightfoot respond to latest CTU proposals: ‘We will not relent’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cps-lightfoot-respond-to-latest-ctu-proposals-we-will-not-relent
— Why can CTU get away with telling members not to report to classrooms? – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/why-can-ctu-get-away-with-telling-members-not-to-report-to-classrooms

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Public Schools would go remote Wednesday under new CTU proposal, but mayor rejects it: ‘We will not relent’ – TRACY SWARTZ, ALICE YIN, PAIGE FRY and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-new-deal-proposal-20220108-vsbil4f5fvdqxcx6rnq3acxw4i-story.html
— COVID-19 school shutdowns across Chicago area pose steep hardships for families: ‘Parents are between a rock and a hard place’ – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-school-shutdowns-child-care-20220108-isu6tyvt4jdyvk43twfsexxw54-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools and Lightfoot should have seen school closures coming, not sought normalcy in abnormal times – REX HUPPKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-cps-chicago-schools-covid-closed-union-teachers-omicron-huppke-20220107-xrxj74m5vffyziqkbrrwrtoj3m-story.html
— Chicago courthouses and jails again buffeted as latest COVID wave sweeps city: ‘We will all get through these challenges’ – JASON MEISNER and MEGAN CREPEAU
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-federal-court-operations-omicron-covid-surge-20220107-7jrdb5srtfhp5f3kgudkpchi3m-story.html
— Latest sign of hospitals’ COVID crisis: Patients kept waiting in ERs for beds – JOE MAHR and LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-hospitals-boarding-emergency-rooms-20220107-7av65zhpp5gwriiqiiixxwfnhu-story.html
— Across the US, hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-covid-hospitalizations-kids-20220107-6wowxuw7o5es3ase5gqchg7y7a-story.html
— Chicago-area children’s hospitals see dramatic spikes in kids admitted with COVID-19, amid latest surge – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-children-hospitalized-covid-advocate-20220106-xij5tr7jv5ghnhch2sz4ske7aa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— U.S. Rep. Sean Casten in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Casten, 50, said he’s fully vaccinated and received a booster dose. He described his symptoms as ‘mild.’ – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2022/1/8/22873882/sean-casten-covid-illinois-congressman

FOX ILLINOIS
— Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/intel-reports-repeatedly-failed-to-forecast-capitol-riot

WSIL TV
— Chicago teachers back keeping kids remote until Jan. 18 – KATHLEEN FOODY
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/chicago-teachers-back-keeping-kids-remote-until-jan-18/article_747d9cdc-d1de-521f-ad46-c3c4c96d5cb6.html

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— James Marter for Congress (IL14) Releases Second Round of Endorsements
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/james-marter-for-congress-il14-releases-second-round-of-endorsements/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘The View’ struggles to find conservative co-host the others don’t hate – Dana Kennedy and Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/the-view-struggling-to-find-a-real-conservative-co-host/

BREITBART
— By denouncing Trump, old guard Republicans get a rebrand – AFP
(COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, “old guard Republicans” will not only denounce Trump, they will denounce conservatives, that is, they will denounce platform Republicans, that is, they will denounce Republicans, that is, they will denounce the Republican Party. I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have denounced me. I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce who have denounced me. I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating past and present candidates on ballots in my precinct, their campaign managers, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have denounced me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/news/by-denouncing-trump-old-guard-republicans-get-a-rebrand/
— James Lindsay: Critical Race Theory Activists’ Goal Is to Dismantle U.S., Establish Total Dictatorship – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/08/exclusive-james-lindsay-critical-race-theory-activists-goal-is-to-dismantle-u-s-establish-total-dictatorship/

TOWNHALL
— RINO Liz Cheney’s January 6 Fox News Interview Did Not Go How She Wanted – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/01/07/rino-liz-cheney-goes-after-jim-banks-during-interview-with-bret-baier-gets-her-own-title-on-committee-wrong-n2601534

PJ MEDIA
— A Pandemic of The Uneducated: COVID “Logic” From the left – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2022/01/08/a-pandemic-of-the-uneducated-covid-logic-from-the-left-n1547985

THE HILL
— Far-right extremists shift online strategies – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/588804-far-right-extremists-shift-online-strategies

MSNBC
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs despise conservatives, if not hate conservatives, and especially conservatives who are minority or White, female or male, younger or older, heterosexual or LGBTQ, Republican, patriotic, veteran or non-veteran, married or non-married, poor or non-poor, gun owner or non-gun owner, Christian or non-Christian, Protestant or non-Protestant, Italian American or non-Italian American, German American or non-German American, Trump supporters, law enforcement officers, and/or those whose ancestors have or have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msnbc.com/podcast/why-crowd-storming-capitol-january-6th-last-year-included-black-n1287204

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use the capitol riot to promote hatred against those who do not share their hatred against Trump. Last year, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/podcasts/america-decline-capitol-riot.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: The more that you oppose anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican policies, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs call you a “far-right extremist.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/01/08/far-right-school-boards/

January 8 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago anti-abortion rally expected to clash with pro-choice demonstrators in Loop (COMMENT: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, elected officials, party leaders, candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have done the most since 2000 to get rid of those like me who promote the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://abc7chicago.com/march-for-life-chicago-loop-supreme-court-abortion-planned-parenthood/11440734/
— Chicago pastor joins voting rights hunger strike on anniversary of Jan. 6 attack on Capitol. 25 faith leaders are participating nationwide
https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-insurrection-day-january-6-south-side-chicago/11436756/
— New Illinois law allows homeowners to remove racist language from home deeds – Will Jones
(COMMENT: Politics is nasty. Politics is vicious. When our mother died in 2016, my brother and I inherited her 40-by-100 foot lot near the Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete. She had inherited it from my father’s mother’s sister. The deed contains an offensive restrictive covenant. If I were to seek a political office again, including Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization would a) stress to the voters in my precinct that I own half interest in land that has an offensive restrictive covenant and b) demand that my brother and I have that covenant removed. They would use the aforesaid to paint me, paint my brother, paint my parents, paint my grandparents, paint my great grandparents, and paint the rest of my ancestors as being racists and even worse things.)
https://abc7chicago.com/new-illinois-law-home-deed-house-restrictive-covenant/11438834/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will Aurora Mayor Richard C. Irvin run for governor? Billionaire Ken Griffin might be willing to plunk down a sizable chunk of his fortune to back Irvin in the Republican primary. No one will go on record, but Illinois Democrats are taking Irvin seriously. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/8/22872628/aurora-mayor-richard-c-irvin-illinois-governor-bid-column-laura-washington
— Up, up and astray? If COVID-19 surge doesn’t peak soon, weary health care workers fear it ‘would be absolutely cataclysmic’ “We haven’t peaked yet. We’re filling up more and more beds,” said Dr. Sajal Tanna of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “Everybody is stretched incredibly thin. I honestly don’t know if there is much more room to stretch.” – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2022/1/7/22872602/illinois-coronavirus-peak-omicron-cases-deaths-vaccine-masks-hospitals-icu

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jan. 6 revealed how color-coded and racially charged language can be – CYRAINA JOHNSON-ROULLIER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-january-6-capitol-riot-language-race-20220107-j7z42yg6lvdfjmdc5jydd2ij2y-story.html

RIVER BENDER
— Officials Object To Bill Passed By General Assembly That Would Change Judicial Boundaries and Create Three Sub-Circuits
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/officials-object-to-bill-passed-by-general-assembly-that-would-change-judicial-boundaries-and-create-three-subcircuits-55852.cfm

HERALD & REVIEW
— Explaining the gamesmanship in Springfield – Rich Miller
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-explaining-the-gamesmanship-in-springfield/article_6a93f015-2797-5299-a310-b173e9f140c1.html

FOX ST. LOUIS
— 17% of people live near toxic release facilities—here’s how it breaks down in Illinois
(COMMENT: My father worked in a toxic release facility from 1941 until he died suddenly in 1969.)
https://fox2now.com/news/national/17-of-people-live-near-toxic-release-facilities-heres-how-it-breaks-down-in-illinois/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davis reports 2,115 constituent cases in 2021
(COMMENT: What have you asked your Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to do? I have asked my Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to defend and advance the rational marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race and gender based preference giving) planks. I have asked them to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination at GAO.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davis-reports-2-115-constituent-cases-in-2021-16757025.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top three issues addressed were related to taxes, international travel/immigration, and Illinois state agency performance. There were also a significant number of veterans, seniors, and individuals with disabilities assisted with benefit and healthcare programs. Davis’ office handled 510 travel and immigration cases, 460 IRS cases and 315 Illinois unemployment and Firearm Owners Identification card or Concealed Carry License cases. It also helped 187 seniors or people with disabilities with benefits and healthcare issues, 97 veterans with healthcare and service-connected disabilities, 55 mail customers who had delivery or service issues and 54 small business owners with loans and grants.)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Some Republicans critical of Democrats delayed actions on enhancing penalty for assaulting social workers – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/some-republicans-critical-of-democrats-delayed-actions-on-enhancing-penalty-for-assaulting-social-workers/article_731fe5b8-7002-11ec-99fb-7769c6a3ec7c.html

BOB BERLIN
— Juvenile Charged In Westmont Armed Hijacking Where Victim Was Shot
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/westmont-shooting-jan2022

WIREPOINTS
— “The CTU has gotten its way every time because their tactics work. They strike or walk out and the politicians end up giving the unions what they want” – Ted on Fox 32 with Mike Flannery
https://wirepoints.org/the-ctu-has-gotten-its-way-every-time-because-their-tactics-work-they-strike-or-walk-out-and-the-politicians-end-up-giving-the-unions-what-they-want-ted-on-fox-32-with-mik/
— Destroying democracy to save democracy, JB Pritzker-style – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/destroying-democracy-to-save-democracy-jb-pritzker-style-wirepoints-quickpoint/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Star105.5’s Joe Cicero Considering Running for the U.S. Senate as an Independent
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/08/star105-5s-joe-cicero-considering-running-for-the-u-s-senate/
— January 7, 2016, “Old School” “Violent Assault” on McHenry County Firm’s Nonunion Workers Results in Lawsuit Victory against Indiana Ironworkers Local 395 Union – Part 1
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/violent-january-7th-union-attack-on-mchenry-county-firms-workers-results-in-lawsuit-victory-against-indiana-ironworkers-local-395/
— January 7, 2016, “Old School” “Violent Assault” on McHenry County Firm’s Nonunion Workers Results in Lawsuit Victory against Indiana Ironworkers Local 395 Union – Part 2 – The Attack
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/08/january-7-2016-old-school-violant-assault-on-mchenry-county-firms-nonunion-workers-results-in-lawsuit-victory-against-indiana-ironworkers-local-395-union-part-2/
— Tax Fighter Jim Tobin, R.I.P.
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/tax-fighter-jim-tobin-r-i-p/
— A Characterization of Pritzker
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/message-of-the-day-a-characterization/

CAPITOL FAX
— Criminal justice trailer bill coverage roundup – Speaker Welch talks about 2022 anti-crime agenda – Feigenholtz backtracking on reform
https://capitolfax.com/2022/01/07/criminal-justice-trailer-bill-coverage-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Army reverses reprimand for ex-National Guard officer who attended Black Lives Matter protest – Mike Glenn
(DIERSEN: Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 Independence Day Parade with Jim Edgar. Dole spoke at a rally in Wheaton’s Memorial Park right after the parade. I camcorded his speech. That may have been the “last straw” for my Democrat GAO superiors. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/7/army-reverses-reprimand-ex-guard-officer-who-atten/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Minority privilege’ now more common amid the growing ‘war on whiteness’ – Rav Arora
(COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. How soon, if not already, will your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, the governments that you are under, etc. officially announce that they getting rid of Whites once and for all, except those Whites who help them get rid of Whites? Of course, the first Whites to be gotten rid of are Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about Whites who get rid of other Whites. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/minority-privilege-is-now-more-common-than-white-privilege/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left is furious about “white privilege.” And while it’s true white people have benefited from major advantages over time, it’s a concept that is rapidly fading — especially now, as the reverse is coming true. Minorities are increasingly becoming privileged while growing numbers of white people face discrimination. Diversity initiatives have been around for years, but over the past year and a half, innumerable companies and corporations have ramped up their efforts with the goal of “diversifying” their workforce. Tech giant Facebook, for example, has committed to half of its employees coming from “underrepresented communities” (i.e., black, Native American, and Hispanic) by 2023. Best Buy is hiring one person of color for every three new hires over the next five years. United Airlines has promised that at least half of the pilots they will train in the next decade will be women and “people of color” (currently, only 13 percent of pilots are people of color). In May, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suddenly declared she will only give interviews to “journalists of color” — something that would be an impeachable offense if the situation was reversed (only giving interviews to “white journalists”). The push to promote people of color has become so pervasive that the most objective scientific institutions have seemingly become captive to woke ideology. For example, the NIH and CDC use taxpayer dollars to incentivize biomedical research labs to hire ethnic minorities because “research shows that diverse teams working together and capitalizing on innovative ideas and distinct perspectives outperform homogenous teams” — without quoting or citing any actual research. Minorities are now even advantaged when seeking medical treatment. Last week, the New York City and state departments of health authorized life-saving antiviral treatment for COVID-19 for everyone belonging to a “non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity” regardless of risk factors, but for whites, only those with risk factors are allowed it. The DOH cites its rationale as: “longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.” Meanwhile, the rise of minority advantage has come with a parallel war on whiteness, especially in academia. In June, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association — “one of the world’s most respected publications in psychoanalysis” — printed a peer-reviewed paper entitled “On Having Whiteness.” The abstract of the paper describes “whiteness” as a “malignant, parasitic-like condition” requiring “effective treatment consist[ing] of a combination of psychic and social-historical interventions.” It adds, “there is not yet a permanent cure.” There are real, accredited university courses that instruct anti-white racism: “Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness” (Arizona State University) and “Abolition of Whiteness” (Hunter College). Institutionalized anti-white bigotry has escalated to genocidal rhetoric. As Bari Weiss revealed in her recent Substack piece, Yale University hosted a lecture by Dr. Aruna Khilanani this year about the “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” where the speaker revealed her fantasies to kill white people. Other than university administrators later saying the lecture was found to have “tone and content antithetical to the values of the school,” the backlash was tempered. While social media erupted and Khilanani’s Manhattan-based practice is now closed for unknown reasons, she still has her license. One can only imagine the riotous demonstrations that would have reverberated across the country had Yale hosted a talk about “The Psychopathic Problem of the Black Mind.” The upshot is that pro-minority bias is not only permitted but socially incentivized. Employers, professors and administrators are lauded for implementing radical diversity initiatives. As minorities are preferentially hired across the board and given a host of other benefits by way of their genetic lottery, we must fundamentally reframe our discourse surrounding race relations. While “white privilege” may still exist in some margins of society, it no longer reflects the progressive era we live in.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Political violence and Trump’s reactions on January 6, 2021 – Jonathan Cohen
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/political_violence_and_trumps_reactions_on_january_6_2021.html
— Krazy Kamala’s History Lesson – Civis Americanus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/krazy_kamalas_history_lesson.html
— Not even criminals deserve this level of abuse. – Anony Mee
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/not_even_criminals_deserve_this_level_of_abuse.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is NPR In The Grips Of White Supremacy? – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/is-npr-in-the-grips-of-white-supremacy/

BREITBART
— Study Ties January 6 Riot to Rejection of ‘Demographic Change’ – NEIL MUNRO
(COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace married people with non-married people, o) replace those who have more education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses with those who have less of the aforesaid, p) replace those who have more money with those who have less money, q) replace etc. with etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/01/07/study-january-6-riot-caused-by-fear-of-demographic-change/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Internet Accountability Project’s Davis: Big Tech Is ‘Threat to Conservative Movement’ – Catherine Salgado
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/catherine-salgado/2022/01/07/internet-accountability-projects-davis-big-tech

FEDERALIST
— One Year After Jan. 6, Elites Remind Us Their Lives Are More Valuable Than Yours – JENNA STOCKER
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/07/one-year-after-jan-6-elites-remind-us-their-lives-are-more-valuable-than-yours/

PJ MEDIA
— Zuckerberg’s ‘Report for America’ Is a Media Take Over Dressed Up as Philanthropy – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2022/01/08/zuckerbergs-report-for-america-is-a-media-take-over-dressed-up-as-philanthropy-n1545353

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Adding Missing Context to the Slavery Debate – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
(COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, my great great grandfather worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then he homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated a hardware store in Crete. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. On my mother’s side, my great great grandfather was a sharecropper on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated that farm. My mother was raised on that farm.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/adding-missing-context-to-the-slavery-debate/
— Where Critical Race Theory Comes From – DANIEL BUCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/where-critical-race-theory-comes-from/

SPECTATOR WORLD
— How Education Week controls the classroom. I didn’t know our teacher training was a form of brainwashing. – Marc Oestreich
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/education-week-edweek-controls-classroom/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Oklahoma Moving to Ban the ‘1619 Project’ From Being Taught in State-Funded Universities. “State-funded colleges and universities that fail to comply with the guidelines provided in the bill will be notified by the Attorney General.” – Mike LaChance
(COMMENT: What are the Republican leaders who you are under doing to ban CRT?)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/oklahoma-moving-to-ban-the-1619-project-from-being-taught-in-state-funded-universities/

THE HILL
— Chicago parents sue teachers union over canceled classes – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/588847-chicago-parents-sue-teachers-union-over-canceled-classes

YAHOO NEWS
— Google, Twitter employees flood Democrats with donations as companies are accused of censoring conservatives – Joe Schoffstall
(COMMENT: What motivates you to donate money to Republican organizations and candidates? For me, it is their defending and advancing the Republican Party platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://news.yahoo.com/google-twitter-employees-flood-democrats-184909782.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— With No School in Sight, Chicago Families Grit Their Teeth. While city officials clash with the teachers’ union over how to return to classrooms amid Omicron, families around Chicago reflect on the pandemic’s effects on their children. – Giulia Heyward
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/chicago-schools-families.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When All Your Employees Want to Leave – Dorie Clark
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted they to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act the Republican Precinct Committeemen under them who are Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-patriotic, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time want them to get rid of the Republican Precinct Committeemen under them who are non-Trump-haters, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, patriotic, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-all-your-employees-want-to-leave-11641567622

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2022/01/07/who-we-are-a-chronicle-of-racism-in-america-premieres-january-14th-at-film-forum/

CAPITOL NEWS
— Battle for Republican base to play out in Georgia General Assembly – Dave Williams
(COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers who have done the most to drive conservatives out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
http://capitol-beat.org/2022/01/battle-for-republican-base-to-play-out-in-general-assembly/

MILITARY
— Army Officer Relieved of Command, Facing Discharge over Racist Social Media Posts – Steve Beynon and Konstantin Toropin
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government; they get rid of federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/07/army-officer-relieved-of-command-facing-discharge-over-racist-social-media-posts.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Spillane’s lawyer, Sean Timmons, managing partner with Tully Rinckey’s Houston office, agrees his client’s posts are indeed offensive, the discharge status raises the stakes — any status that isn’t honorable can have dire consequences for a veteran. So-called “bad paper” discharges can exclude a veteran from benefits, mostly the GI Bill; hurt employment opportunities; and overall leave the veteran with a stigma that’s difficult to shake off. Because of that, Timmons wants the Army to allow Spillane to leave with an honorable discharge.)

NEWSWEEK
— 60 Percent of Voters Say Biden Is Failing on Economy, Why Are Economists Praising His Job? – ALEX J. ROUHANDEH
https://www.newsweek.com/60-percent-voters-say-biden-failing-economy-why-are-economists-praising-his-job-1666940

NATIONAL NEWS
— COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace married people with non-married people, o) replace those who have more education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses with those who have less of the aforesaid, p) replace those who have more money with those who have less money, q) replace etc. with etc.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/the-myth-of-the-great-replacement-how-white-nationalism-has-gone-mainstream-1.897074

TELEGRAPH
— When woke ideologies control cities, it means deterioration and destruction. If law and order gives way to political correctness, people on the street know that there won’t be any consequences for their behaviour. – MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/07/woke-ideologies-control-cities-means-deterioration-destruction/

January 6 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois legislators gather, slowly, in Springfield for third session marked by COVID-19 pandemic. – JEREMY GORNER and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-opening-day-20220106-ulvz5r5w6fdahe5hthbn7f2mqu-story.html
— US Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he’ll focus on GOP anti-Trump movement rather than run for statewide office – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-trump-20220106-6lm6rmlikvhefnah5p5y3pcgea-story.html
— ‘This is part of mainstream America’: Ordinariness of Illinois’ alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters shows growing threat of political violence – JOHN KEILMAN
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs flush ordinary people down the sewer, and especially ordinary people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-capitol-rioters-illinois-anniversary-jan-6-20220106-wtdjfrw5w5a55lh7wjtkz7gwiy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD leaders told to pump up arrests, solve more murders — or face demotion, sources say after private meeting with mayor, top cop. After Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter-century, Lori Lightfoot and Supt. David Brown pressed police brass in a closed-door meeting to increase flagging arrest numbers and get officers to engage more with city residents. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/1/5/22869450/police-cpd-lori-lightfoot-david-brown-arrest-increase-crime-quota-demotion-clearance-rate-murder
— The hard right in Illinois, one year after the Jan. 6 attack. “Jan. 6 was not the end,” David Goldenberg, the Midwest regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, has said of the continued extremism threat. “It was just the end of the beginning.” – Lynn Sweet, Tom Schuba, and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/1/5/22869605/jan-6-attack-insurrection-illinois-proud-boys

DAILY HERALD
— State legislature approves remap of judicial subcircuits – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220105/state-legislature-approves-remap-of-judicial-subcircuits

WGN9

— What’s next for Rep. Adam Kinzinger? Taking the fight to far-right extremism – Tahman Bradley (COMMENT: The more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO Trump-hating leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization hint/imply/argue/shout that you are far-right extremist, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be cancelled, blacklisted, and gotten rid of: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/whats-next-for-rep-adam-kinzinger-taking-the-fight-to-far-right-extremism/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois Democrats set sights on local judicial races – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-illinois-democrats-set-sights-on-local-judicial-races/article_06b287c7-01d9-50a3-82bf-bb16e8599968.html

SOUTHERN
— A year after controversy, Mary and Chris Miller look to hang on – BRENDEN MOORE
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-a-year-after-controversy-mary-and-chris-miller-look-to-hang-on/article_690bb7b3-9dd0-5918-86d5-029bd571f447.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Quad-Cities Republican chairs recall Jan. 6 insurrection differently, mirroring the divide in the party – Barb Ickes
https://qctimes.com/news/local/quad-cities-republican-chairs-recall-jan-6-insurrection-differently-mirroring-the-divide-in-the-party/article_1c4042a2-8d4e-55f8-baa1-04cb481fcc14.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Suit over St. Clair County Board districts now alleges ‘injustice to minority population’ – LEXI CORTES
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article257066997.html

WSIL TV
— Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection – AP
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/trump-maintains-grip-on-gop-despite-violent-insurrection/article_308b9bbe-d098-532e-90e2-e30abc1bd6a2.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— President Biden blasts Trump for ‘spreading a web of lies’ in a Jan. 6 speech – Brian Naylor
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-06/president-biden-blasts-trump-for-spreading-a-web-of-lies-in-a-jan-6-speech

WREX
— Rep. Kinzinger on Jan. 6 riots: ‘Let’s confront the anger, fear, and hopelessness that brought that dark day about’ – Andrew Carrigan
(COMMENT: I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who promote “anger, fear, and hopelessness.” I would focus on those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wrex.com/townnews/politics/rep-kinzinger-on-jan-6-riots-lets-confront-the-anger-fear-and-hopelessness-that-brought/article_8e8cedae-6e3c-11ec-a7ee-3bfb30935ddf.html

MCHENRY TIMES
— ‘Let the people speak’: Reick calls on Illinois General Assembly to stand against Pritzker’s ‘executive overreach’ – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/617928156-let-the-people-speak-reick-calls-on-illinois-general-assembly-to-stand-against-pritzker-s-executive-overreach

CHICAGO PATCH
— What Happened To The IL Residents Charged In Jan. 6 Capitol Riot? A year later, here’s a rundown of everyone from Illinois who has been charged in connection with the insurrection attempt. – J. Ryne Danielson
(COMMENT: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters encouraged the January 6 perpetrators/participants from Illinois?)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/what-happened-il-residents-charged-jan-6-capitol-riot

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ‘Legally Stolen’ Podcast Chronicles How Racist Housing Policies Harmed Black Communities In Chicago. “It was important to have this exhibit be immersive so that the people who interact with this project can feel so informed and enlightened that they too can become an advocate,” artist Tonika Johnson said. – Atavia Reed
https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/05/legally-stolen-podcast-chronicles-how-racist-housing-policies-harmed-black-communities-in-chicago/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Union League Club invites “1619 Project” founder, fabulist Nikole Hannah-Jones to speak at Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/617930241-union-league-club-invites-1619-project-founder-fabulist-nikole-hannah-jones-to-speak-at-martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Author and historian Thomas Sowell, who has written frequently on slavery, has pointed out that the United States was actually the first country in world history to ban the practice. “Slavery was just not an issue, not even among intellectuals, much less among political leaders, until the 18th century – and then it was an issue only in Western civilization,” Sowell wrote. “Among those who turned against slavery in the 18th century were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and other American leaders,” Sowell said. “You could research all of the 18th century Africa or Asia or the Middle East without finding any comparable rejection of slavery there. But who is singled out for scathing criticism today? American leaders of the 18th century.”)

WIREPOINTS
— Give in to the most militant teachers union in the country and this is what you get: Another walkout. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/give-in-to-the-most-militant-teachers-union-in-the-country-and-this-is-what-you-get-another-walkout-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PARENTS HAD 8 HOURS’ NOTICE OF TEACHERS UNION WALKOUT – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-parents-had-8-hours-notice-of-teachers-union-walkout/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not hate Trump.
https://capitolfax.com/2022/01/06/political-violence-is-now-coming-from-the-mainstream/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats putting anti-police policies ahead of public safety. Crime’s explosion thanks to politicized movements. – Jonathan Fahey
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/5/democrats-putting-anti-police-movements-ahead-of-p/
— Trump again defies expectations, invites 2024 speculation – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/5/donald-trump-again-defies-expectations-invites-202/
— New DHS data reveals border jumpers no longer predominantly Mexicans. Migrants arrested in fiscal year 2021 hailed from 106 different countries. –
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/5/new-dhs-data-reveals-border-no-longer-mexican-prob/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ted Cruz criticized for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’ – Emily Brooks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-januaray-6-terrorist-attack-criticism
— Conservatives have to secure Arizona’s border because Joe Biden doesn’t care – Rep. Andy Biggs and Matt Salmon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/conservatives-have-to-secure-arizonas-border-because-joe-biden-doesnt-care

NEW YORK POST
— WH says it wants schools open — but won’t blast Chi union for move to close – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2022/01/05/president-biden-doesnt-take-on-chicago-teachers-union/

FOX NEWS
— Voters fed up with Democrats’ obsession with race. Democrats have overplayed the race card while failing to deliver solutions. Liz Peek
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/voters-democrats-race-liz-peek
— Tucker: The world we live in cannot last
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-the-world-we-live-in-cannot-last

AMERICAN THINKER
— Coddling criminals is an assault on America – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/coddling_criminals_is_an_assault_on_america.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— AG Garland Vows to Capture J6 ‘Perpetrators, at Any Level’ – Liz Sheld
(COMMENT: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters encouraged the January 6 perpetrators/participants from Illinois?)
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/06/morning-greatness-ag-garland-vows-to-capture-j6-perpetrators-at-any-level/

NEW AMERICAN
— States Move to Prioritize Race in Distributing COVID Treatments – Veronika Kyrylenko
https://thenewamerican.com/states-move-to-prioritize-race-in-distributing-covid-treatments/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Pat Fallon: Biden’s ‘Wokeness, Weakness’ Is ‘Tragedy’ on Border – Charles Kim
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/fallon-biden-border-immigration/2022/01/05/id/1051210/

PJ MEDIA
— None of My Best Friends Are Black – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/culture/lincolnbrown/2022/01/05/none-of-my-best-friends-are-black-n1547308

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— ‘Give Us a King’: Lessons from the Capitol Sedition. Samuel’s message to Israel about unchecked power stands true today. We should listen. – BONNIE KRISTIAN
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/january-web-only/lessons-capitol-sedition-jan-6-anniversary-samuel-king.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: The System We Live In Is Disconnected From Nature And Cannot Last – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/01/05/tucker_carlson_the_world_we_live_in_cannot_last_but_thats_not_necessarily_a_tragedy.html

REASON MAGAZINE
— Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Conservative Professor’s Dismissal of Systemic Racism. “The editors found my views to be ‘hurtful’ and refused to publish them,” says Lawrence Alexander. – ROBBY SOAVE
https://reason.com/2022/01/05/emory-law-journal-lawrence-alexander-michael-perry-festschrift/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Student bullies cry victim, retaliate against ASU, reject punishment for racist attack on white kids – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/05/student-bullies-cry-victim-retaliate-against-asu-reject-punishment-for-racist-attack-on-white-kids-1184534/

THE HILL
— Benedictine monks separate from Catholic school after it hires lacrosse coach in same-sex marriage. “Events in recent months have been an occasion for the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey to examine their future relationship with Benet Academy,” the school’s chancellor and board chairman wrote in a letter. – Brooke Migdon
https://thehill.com/changing-america/588472-benedictine-monks-separate-from-catholic-school-after-it-hires-lacrosse

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Someone in Florida tells New Yorkers leave if ‘woke’
https://www.cbs42.com/regional/someone-in-florida-tells-new-yorkers-leave-if-woke/

NBC NEWS
— A year later, GOP accuses Democrats of ‘exploiting’ Capitol riot – Jonathan Allen
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/year-later-gop-accuses-democrats-exploiting-insurrection-n1287052

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Speaks at the Capitol, Holding Trump Responsible for Jan. 6 Attack. The president accused Mr. Trump of spinning a “web of lies” and imperiling democracy. Lawmakers will hold events to remember the attack by a mob trying to keep Mr. Trump in office.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/us/jan-6-capitol-riot
— The G.O.P. Is Making ‘Critical Race Theory’ the New ‘Shariah Law’ – CHARLES M. BLOW
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opinion/critical-race-theory-gop.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A Long, Hard Year for Republicans Who Voted to Impeach After Jan. 6. Ten House Republicans voted to charge President Donald J. Trump with inciting the Capitol attack. All of them are still struggling with the consequences. – Jonathan Weisman and Luke Broadwater
(COMMENT: Those, including me, who voted for direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members continue to be punished by those who voted against it. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/politics/republican-impeachment-votes-trump-jan-6.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Republicans became the party of Trump’s election lie after Jan. 6 – Ashley Parker, Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-jan-6-election-lie/2022/01/05/82f4cad4-6cb6-11ec-974b-d1c6de8b26b0_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How the insurrection’s ideology came straight out of 1990s California politics – JEAN GUERRERO
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace etc. with etc.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-05/jan-6-anniversary-immigration-great-replacement-theory

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Scandal of Chicago’s Teachers Union. Arizona shows the way to respond to unions that refuse to teach. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scandal-of-chicagos-teachers-union-doug-ducey-arizona-schools-students-covid-11641422073
— Democracy Isn’t Dying Jan. 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, and U.S. institutions held. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democracy-isnt-dying-capitol-riot-jan-6-donald-trump-election-11641421265
— Republicans’ Jan. 6 Responsibility. The GOP has a duty to condemn the riot and those who refuse to acknowledge it. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-jan-6-responsibility-anniversary-riot-storm-capitol-trump-protesters-investigation-11641417707

COURIER JOURNAL
— How Kentucky’s redistricting result is the definition of gerrymandering – Joshua A. Douglas
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. The DuPage County Election Division has provided me with its new township maps. As I anticipated, I am drawn into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives.)
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2022/01/05/how-kentuckys-redistricting-result-definition-gerrymander/9101088002/

CAROLINA JOURNAL
— N.
C. redistricting leaders defend map-drawing process (COMMENT: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. The DuPage County Election Division has provided me with its new township maps. As I anticipated, I am drawn into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives.)
https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/n-c-redistricting-leaders-defend-map-drawing-process/

TIMES HERALD
— Signs it’s time to replace your computer
https://www.washtimesherald.com/news/lifestyles/signs-its-time-to-replace-your-computer/article_257e57ac-6e5b-11ec-9196-9372c4dc7fcc.html

FORBES
— Should We Fire All The Racists? – Janice Gassam Asare
(COMMENT: To call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are the following are racists: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2022/01/05/should-we-fire-all-the-racists/
— If Corporate Leadership Doesn’t Immediately Take These Actions, They’ll Lose Their Best And Brightest Employees And Won’t Be Able To Attract And Recruit Top Talent – Jack Kelly
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Ever-increasingly, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization act like their members who are Trump-hates, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time want them to get rid of their members who are non-Trump haters, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/01/05/if-corporate-leadership-doesnt-immediately-take-these-actions-theyll-lose-their-best-and-brightest-employees-and-wont-be-able-to-attract-and-recruit-top-talent/

NPR
— After The Riot: The Extremism That Fueled The Capitol Insurrection
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070675200/after-the-riot-the-extremism-that-fueled-the-capitol-insurrection

EDUCATION WEEK
— COMMENT: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-u-s-capitol-insurrection-was-a-case-study-in-white-privilege-teach-it-that-way/2022/01

ENTREPRENEUR
— COMMENT: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/401824

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— COMMENT: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
(COMMENT: The more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO Trump-hating leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization hint/imply/argue/shout that you are far-right extremist, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be cancelled, blacklisted, and gotten rid of: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/white-backlash-is-a-type-of-racial-reckoning-too/

FOREIGN POLICY
— The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Aren’t Who You Think They Are. The people who stormed the U.S. Capitol weren’t poor, unemployed red-staters. Many were middle-class professionals motivated by the “great replacement” conspiracy theory. – Robert A. Pape
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace etc. with etc.)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/06/trump-capitol-insurrection-january-6-insurrectionists-great-replacement-white-nationalism/

LGBTQ NATION
— Pope Francis denounces “selfishness” of adopting dogs instead of kids. The Catholic Church fights in court to block LGBTQ people from adopting while its leader denounces people who don’t adopt. – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/pope-francis-denounces-selfishness-adopting-dogs-instead-kids/

DAILY MAIL
— Pope Francis hits out at ‘selfish’ couples who have pets instead of children as he calls for parents to have more offspring to solve the West’s ‘demographic winter.’ Pope Francis said couples who have pets not children show ‘form of selfishness.’ Not having children, he said, ‘takes away our humanity’ and denies motherhood. Said couples should have more children to address West’s ‘demographic winter.’ Francis has been photographed petting dogs as well as a tiger and baby panther. – LAUREN LEWIS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10371579/Pope-Francis-hits-selfish-couples-pets-instead-children.html

January 5 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago Public Schools cancels classes after CTU votes for remote learning. CPS cancels classes, after-school activities but take-home meals available for students. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/cps-chicago-public-schools-ctu-teachers-union/11427530/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS classes canceled Wednesday after CTU votes to refuse in-person work. The cancellation came despite a last-minute proposal from city leaders that introduced improved testing and safety measures. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/4/22867100/cps-ctu-classes-district-proposal-teachers-vote-remote-learning
— Three ICU beds left for 800,000 people? COVID-19 patients swamping Will, Kankakee Co. hospitals. Southern Illinois hospitals — which were overrun late last summer during the initial Delta variant wave — are also approaching capacity once again. – Mitchell Armentrout and Taylor Avery
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2022/1/4/22867608/illinois-coronavirus-hospitals-icu-filled-will-kankakee-county-covid-omicron-vaccinated

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At pop-up COVID testing sites, customers report improper masking and social distancing, lengthy waits for results: ‘It’s kind of the wild, Wild West.’ – NARA SCHOENBERG and LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-covid-pop-up-test-sites-complaints-20220105-2unkywjqd5ap7ftotxsj5bdc3i-story.html
— COVID forcing Waukegan council back to virtual meetings; alderman suggests using cannabis-sales revenue for reparations to African Americans – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-city-council-st-0105-20220104-cgrcgi732javdehr7ax555ftfm-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP taps candidate for secretary of state. A downstate lawyer and ex-prosecutor will seek the Republican nomination, while U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin endorses City Clerk Anna Valencia on the Democratic side. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/durbin-endorses-valencia-milhiser-enters-secretary-state-race
— CPS classes canceled after teachers vote to go remote. Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after Chicago Teachers Union members voted to refuse to work in person. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/chicago-public-schools-teachers-vote-remote-learning

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New judicial ‘subcircuits’ would create more diversity on bench in Sangamon, Democrats say – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2022/01/05/illinois-politics-senate-democrats-judicial-subcircuits-sangamon-county/9088707002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— NYC spending $730K to install vending machines that dispense naloxone, clean needles – ZACHARY ROGERS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nyc-spending-730k-to-install-vending-machines-that-dispense-naloxone-clean-needles-narcan-heroin-drug-overdose-new-york-city-public-health-phvm

NPR ILLINOIS
— House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News’ Sean Hannity about the Capitol riot – Alana Wise
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-04/house-jan-6-committee-seeks-to-question-fox-news-sean-hannity-about-the-capitol-riot

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘Our leaders now place the physical safety of our families in jeopardy through failed approaches to crime’ – Kevin Coyne:
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/617832319-coyne-our-leaders-now-place-the-physical-safety-of-our-families-in-jeopardy-through-failed-approaches-to-crime

NEW YORK POST
— If you’re the wrong race, the push for health-care ‘equity’ could kill you – Betsy McCaughey
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/if-youre-the-wrong-race-the-push-for-health-care-equity-could-kill-you/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans need to focus on an America that offers opportunity, not repression. Defanging the victimization and retribution state. – Peter Morici
(COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn my German American Missouri Synod Lutheran parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. My critics/opponents attribute my successes to my unfairly benefitting from the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/4/republicans-need-to-focus-on-an-america-that-offer/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Police chief says Capitol could withstand Jan. 6 attack today, rejecting union and Republican critics – Emily Brooks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/police-chief-says-capitol-could-withstand-jan-6-attack-today-rejecting-union-and-republican-critics

FOX NEWS
— Two Arizona State University students who were reprimanded after a viral video showed them confronting White students studying in a campus multicultural center last year have accused the school of “openly” discriminating against them. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/asu-students-reprimanded-white-students-multicultural-center-school-openly-discriminated

FOX BUSINESS
— Go woke, go broke. ‘This high tax, high spend, woke monstrosity is going nowhere’ says the FOX Business host – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-woke-broke-manchin-biden

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Great Conservative Exodus – ROD DREHER
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders have had since 2000 in driving conservatives out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, my precinct, etc.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-great-conservative-exodus/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wokeism Cannot Be Wished Away. Pronouncements on the impending death of the woke mania are premature. – Alexander Riley
(COMMENT: How much progress have the governments that you are under, the organizations that you are a member of, and your employer if you are still employed made in getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/04/wokeism-cannot-be-wished-away/

BREITBART
— 346 Police Officers Shot in Line of Duty During 2021 – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/346-police-officers-shot-line-duty-2021/
— Chicago Alderman Wants People to Blow Whistles, Run at Armed Robbers – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/chicago-alderman-wants-people-blow-whistles-run-armed-robbers/
— James Lindsay: Critical Race Theory is ‘Calling Everything Racist Until You Control It’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/exclusive-james-lindsay-critical-race-theory-is-calling-everything-racist-until-you-control-it/
— White House Boasts of Joe Biden’s First-Year Gun Controls as 12 Cities Broke Homicide Records – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/white-house-boasts-of-joe-bidens-first-year-gun-controls-as-12-cities-broke-homicide-records/

BLAZE
— NYC is funding vending machines that will dispense clean syringes for those ‘disproportionately burdened’ by overdoses – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-needle-vending-machine-overdose

TOWN HALL
— New York Institutes ‘Health Equity’ By Prioritizing Non-whites for Scarce COVID-19 Treatments – Chris Talgo
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2022/01/05/new-york-institutes-health-equity-by-prioritizing-nonwhites-for-scarce-covid19-treatments-n2601416

DAILY WIRE
— Schools Got $130B To Re-Open. Some Of It Went To CRT. Now Many Are Closed. Here’s how states actually spent money that was supposed to allow them to deal with COVID. – Luke Rosiak
(COMMENT: How much money has your school district spent promoting CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, and hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

FEDERALIST
— California’s Riverside School District Lies About Teaching Critical Race Theory – SPENCER LINDQUIST (COMMENT: What does your school district say about teaching CRT?)
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/05/californias-riverside-school-district-lies-about-teaching-critical-race-theory/

PJ MEDIA
— The Morning Briefing: ‘Democracy’ Is the Dems’ New Code Word for ‘Communism’ – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2022/01/05/the-morning-briefing-democracy-is-the-dems-new-code-word-for-communism-n1546830

COLLEGE FIX
— DEI takeover of STEM hinders ability ‘to produce the best science,’ say scientists – DANIEL NUCCIO
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government; their top priority is not producing the best federal employees; their top priority is producing Democrat employees, and especially Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, producing the best candidates is not the top priority for political parties; their top priority is producing candidates who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dei-takeover-of-stem-hinders-ability-to-produce-the-best-science-say-scientists/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Washington state prioritizes minority patients for COVID treatments – Ari Hoffman
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-state-prioritizes-minority-patients-for-covid-treatments

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Scholarly Article Challenging “Systemic Racism” Finding It “Hurtful and Unnecessarily Divisive” “We take issue with your conversation on systemic racism, finding your words hurtful and unnecessarily divisive,” wrote the Editors of Emory Law Journal to U. San Diego Law Professor Lawrence Alexander. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/emory-law-journal-refuses-to-publish-scholarly-article-challenging-systemic-racism-finding-it-hurtful-and-unnecessarily-divisive/

EPOCH TIMES
— Progressivism and the Chinese Regime – Bradley A. Thayer
https://www.theepochtimes.com/progressivism-and-the-chinese-regime_4187301.html

POLITICO
— GOP sees ‘huge red wave’ potential by targeting critical race theory. Republicans in state legislatures across the country are gearing up to push through dozens of anti-critical race theory bills this year. – LIZ CRAMPTON
(COMMENT: What are your Republican state, county, township, municipal, and school board officials doing to stop CRT?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/gop-red-wave-critical-race-theory-526523
— Sean Hannity repeatedly tried to scale back Donald Trump’s effort to use the Jan. 6 session of Congress to overturn the 2020 election results, according to text messages between the Fox News host and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows revealed publicly Tuesday. – KYLE CHENEY and NICHOLAS WU
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/04/sean-hannity-dissuade-trump-january-6-526508

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago cancels classes as teachers resist returning to school.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/04/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/trump-jan-6-democracy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump. How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially banish those who do not hate Trump?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/04/memorializing-anger-ignorance/
— With simulations and more information-sharing, Biden administration tries to prevent another Jan. 6 – Devlin Barrett, Ashley Parker and Aaron C. Davis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/white-house-jan-6-lessons/2022/01/04/10970c9c-6cd2-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html

FOX TAMPA BAY
— Fliers left on New York tourists’ cars in Palm Beach tell them to leave Florida if they are ‘woke’ – AP
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox13news.com/news/fliers-left-on-new-york-tourists-cars-in-palm-beach-tell-them-to-leave-florida-if-they-are-woke

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote hatred against Republicans, that is, if you do not promote systemic racism, CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2022/01/04/what-people-misunderstand-about-anti-racism-training/

NEWSWEEK
— Signs Placed on New York Cars in Florida Telling ‘Woke’ People to Leave: Police – ZOE STROZEWSKI
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/signs-placed-new-york-cars-florida-telling-woke-people-leave-police-1665527
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, corporations paint themselves as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/corporate-wokeism-drives-wedge-between-americas-c-suite-customers-opinion-1665462

FAST COMPANY
— How big philanthropists making big bets can keep their efforts compatible with democracy. Can philanthropy offer appropriate or meaningful solutions to vexing challenges—or does it just push the agenda of wealthy donors? – TED LECHTERMAN
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Republican political organizations and candidates in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton talk and/or act like they are taking lots of money from hate-filled conservative-hating Republican-hating Trump-hating Protestant-hating German American-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90710393/how-big-philanthropists-making-big-bets-can-keep-their-efforts-compatible-with-democracy

NORTHEASTERN
— WHY WOULD SOMEONE FAKE A HATE CRIME? – Hillary Chabot
(COMMENT: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Their top priority is demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/01/04/why-fake-a-hate-crime/

AXIOS
— How Trump’s endorsements are shaping a future GOP Congress – Andrew Solender
https://www.axios.com/trump-house-gop-endorsements-a87931da-980a-4bd6-9792-f8a76fd45892.html

GM AUTHORITY
— TRAGIC: General Motors Is No Longer The Number One Automaker In The U.S. – JONATHAN LOPEZ
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/01/general-motors-is-no-longer-the-number-one-automaker-in-the-u-s/

January 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— MOST OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021. Although the increase in murders slowed from 2020, last year was the deadliest since the mid-1990s. Mayor Lightfoot and her City Council critics are at odds about how to reduce the bloodshed going forward. – Andy Grimm and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/1/3/22858995/chicago-violence-dangerous-murders-per-capita-2021-2020-surge-garfield-park-police-lori-lightfoot
— FOP prez says he tested positive for COVID-19; claims he’s inoculated while slamming vaccines. John Catanzara has for months pushed back against Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate for city employees. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/covid-vaccine/2022/1/2/22864008/fop-prez-says-he-tested-positive-for-covid-19-claims-hes-inoculated-while-slamming-vaccines
— Mayor Lightfoot introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would ban Chicago restaurants from automatically offering pop or other sugared drinks to kids. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/2/22860447/fat-nag-health-weight-obesity-african-americans-laura-washington-column

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-liz-cheney-gop-democracy-defender-20220103-7z3h2lhlcfa3hj5nzddq7oumce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Mosaic: How we covered our diverse suburban communities in 2021, and what we have in store for 2022 – Madhu Krishnamurthy
(COMMENT: The biggest story in Wheaton in 2021 was the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters had in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220103/suburban-mosaic-how-we-covered-our-diverse-suburban-communities-in-2021-and-what-we-have-in-store-for-2022

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Riding the omicron wave: The week ahead in politics. With collective crossed fingers, Chicago returns to work and school on the first weekday of the new year, and no one quite knows what to expect. – Greg Hinz and A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juice/omicron-covid-wave-hangs-over-illinois-politics-crains-juice

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— School defends canning of ‘Jingle Bells’ over song’s history – AP
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/School-defends-canning-of-Jingle-Bells-over-16743478.php

WIREPOINTS
— Comptroller Mendoza claims Illinois paying its bills but needs more federal bailout to avoid a big one – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/comptroller-mendoza-claims-illinois-paying-its-bills-but-needs-more-federal-bailout-to-avoid-a-big-one-wirepoints-quickpoint/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NATION OF ISLAM GETS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/nation-of-islam-gets-preferential-treatment.html
— CHICAGO CHURCH HOSTING DRAG QUEEN PRAYER TIME FOR CHILDREN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/chicago-church-hosting-drag-queen-prayer-time-for-children.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deeper shades of purple: These counties show how American politics is changing – Kaelan Deese
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats move into DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. When Democrats move in, crime and poverty increase.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/deeper-shades-of-purple-these-counties-show-how-american-politics-is-changing

NEW YORK POST
— With more COVID deaths in 2021 than 2020, when does Trump get his apology? – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2022/01/02/with-more-covid-deaths-in-2021-when-does-trump-get-his-apology/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Jan. 6 Is the USA’s Own Tiananmen Square – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/jan_6_is_the_usas_own_tiananmen_square.html
— I wasn’t the only one tuning them out – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/i_wasnt_the_only_one_tuning_them_out.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Truths We Dared Not Speak in 2021. At the end of this terrible year, we are left only with ironies. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/02/the-truths-we-dared-not-speak-in-2021/

BLAZE
— Nearly two-thirds of Antarctica station researchers get COVID despite being fully vaccinated, passing multiple tests, quarantining, and living miles from civilization – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/covid-antarctica-station-vaccinated
— ‘She’s 13. Stop this’: Top Dallas newspaper ripped for ‘utterly classless’ story on Ted Cruz’s teenage daughter – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dallas-morning-news-ted-cruz-daughter

DAILY SIGNAL
— How to Transform a Massive Government Agency: Lessons From a Trump Appointee – Rob Bluey
(COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican-led budget cuts got rid of virtually all of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/03/how-to-transform-a-massive-government-agency-lessons-from-a-trump-appointee/

PJ MEDIA
— Get Ready for Even Higher Food Prices as Minimum Wage Increases in 26 States – A.J. KAUFMAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2022/01/02/minimum-wage-hikes-occur-in-more-than-half-of-states-n1546248

TOWNHALL
— 2022 the Year to Take Back Ground – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2022/01/03/2022-the-year-to-take-back-ground-n2601320
— Time Is On OUR Side, Not Theirs – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2022/01/03/time-is-on-our-side-not-theirs-n2601315
— The Tide Is Turning in Freedom’s Favor – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2022/01/03/the-tide-is-turning-in-freedoms-favor-n2601282

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Face a Brutal Reckoning With Hispanic Voters – A.B. Stoddard
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/03/democrats_face_a_brutal_reckoning_with_hispanic_voters_146975.html

WESTERN JOURNAL
— The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Taliban Is Finding a New Use for Abandoned American Equipment, Watchdog Warns – Andrew Jose
https://www.westernjournal.com/gift-keeps-giving-taliban-finding-new-use-abandoned-american-equipment-watchdog-warns/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Greene joins ranks with Trump after Twitter account ‘permanently’ suspended over ‘Covid misinformation’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/02/greene-joins-ranks-with-trump-after-twitter-account-permanently-suspended-over-covid-misinformation-1183475/
— ‘Stop listening to the pillow guy’: Retired general says ‘ignorant’ pro-Trump troops pose ‘threat within,’ must be removed – Vivek Saxena
(COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will remove Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/02/stop-listening-to-the-pillow-guy-retired-general-says-ignorant-pro-trump-troops-pose-threat-within-must-be-removed-1183291/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Big Tech Accelerates Politicized Purge. As the purge accelerates, be sure to sign up for the LI newsletter and to join us on alternative social media sites.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/big-tech-accelerates-politicized-purge/

EPOCH TIMES
— Statistics Show America’s Education System Is Failing: CRT and Lower Expectation Equals Fewer Literate Graduates, Expert Says. ‘Learning has been replaced by an aggressive political agenda designed to instill doubt, mental pain, and low expectations in students’ – Patricia Tolson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/statistics-show-americas-education-system-is-failing-crt-and-lower-expectation-equals-fewer-literate-graduates-expert-says_4179014.html
— CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship – Yue Shan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ccp-leader-xi-jinpings-new-year-speech-signals-backtracking-to-maos-dictatorship_4189402.html

THE HILL
— Majority condemns Jan. 6 attack, says Trump at least partially to blame – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/587901-majority-in-new-poll-condemns-jan-6-attack-says-trump-at-least
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587943-juan-williams-american-democracy-is-in-peril

WASHINGTON POST
— It’s 2022: An early look at the GOP hopefuls – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/02/2024-trump-gop-hopefuls/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/03/maga-faction-jan-6-race-democracy/
— Happy new year — of lowered expectations. Why 2021 disappointed — and why 2022 might surprise. – Daniel W. Drezner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/03/happy-new-year-lowered-expectations/
— Too many Republicans condone violence, and even more exonerate Trump – Jennifer Rubin
(COMMENT: My hate-filled Trump-hating critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. But failing that, they want me to include links in those newsletters only to articles that promote hatred against Trump. I should write a book about my hate-filled Trump-hating critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/03/republicans-under-authoritarian-grip/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tesla Opens Showroom in China’s Xinjiang, Region at Center of U.S. Genocide Allegations – Liza Lin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-opens-showroom-in-chinas-xinjiang-region-at-center-of-u-s-genocide-allegations-11641214630
— Millennials Are the Silencing Generation. Baby boomers were carefree and exuberant; our children are dour and anxious. – F.H. Buckley
(COMMENT: I am a baby boomer. I was never carefree or exuberant. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-are-the-silencing-generation-youth-movement-baby-boomers-jobs-generation-gen-zer-cancel-culture-woke-progressive-11641153923
— COMMENT: Diversity training is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-corporate-boards-pursue-diversity-director-training-programs-spring-up-11640946604
— The End of the GOP Gerrymander Panic – Editorial
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-the-gop-gerrymander-panic-marc-elias-redistricting-texas-california-new-york-new-jersey-florida-north-carolina-11641163075
— Decision Fatigue Is Real. Here’s How to Beat It This Year. – Rachel Feintzeig
(COMMENT: What big decisions have you made? Mine include earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/decision-fatigue-is-real-heres-how-to-beat-it-this-year-11641186063

USA TODAY
— Happy ‘woke’ 2022, Democrats. With democracy in the balance, time to reclaim your brand. – Jill Lawrence
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/01/03/2022-maga-republicans-attack-woke-democrats/8796540002/

PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER
— Hate crimes are soaring. White supremacists have a new recruitment tool: Video games. – David Gambacorta
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-researchers-combat-white-supremacists-extremism-philadelphia-20220103.html

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Donald Trump Is Clear Winner Of 2024 GOP Presidential Race, Recent Poll Shows – Danielle Ong
https://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-clear-winner-2024-gop-presidential-race-recent-poll-shows-3367364

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— A tool toward equity in graduate student career development – Jaye Sablan and Bill Mahoney
(COMMENT: I earned three job-related master’s degrees – an MBA from Loyola while I worked for IRS 1972-1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul while I worked for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT while I worked for GAO 1992-1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, d) were taken by me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” and e) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/01/03/tool-toward-equity-graduate-student-career-development-opinion

DAILY KOS
— The Purge Of Domestic Terrorists Needs to Happen. The Republican Party is nothing but a domestic terrorist criminal organization.
(COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will purge Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/2/2068114/-The-Purge-Of-Domestic-Terrorists-Needs-to-Happen

SALON
— It’s a new year — but time is broken in America. Can we recover from this? – CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
(COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will purge Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/03/its-a-new-year–but-time-is-broken-in-america-can-we-recover-from-this/

January 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Families march for Chicago’s homicide victims: ‘To us, it’s our world’ “The violence is a Chicago problem — not just a West Side or South Side problem, but a city problem,” the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/31/22861466/peace-walk-michael-pfleger-jesse-jackson-michigan-avenue

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-2021-review-20220101-6ltav5lghfba3awognltyrzs4m-story.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford has many successes to celebrate – Tom McNamara
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2022/01/01/rockford-has-many-successes-celebrate/9029043002/

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Worst in Media 2021 – FLORIAN SOHNKE
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicagos-worst-in-media-2021

NEW YORK POST
— Nasdaq’s diversity rule rankles GOP states – Thomas Barrabi
(COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, who promote reverse discrimination and who promote age discrimination. The more of the following that you are, the harder that the aforesaid work to get rid of you: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2021/12/31/nasdaqs-diversity-rule-rankles-republican-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of Republican-led states slammed Nasdaq’s implementation of a diversity disclosure rule for corporate boards this week, arguing in a court filing that the requirement is illegal and unconstitutional. The states outlined their position in a legal brief supporting a lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which seeks to block the rule. In the filing, the GOP administrations argued that Nasdaq rule “violates both the Constitution and exceeds the SEC and Nasdaq’s statutory authority.” “It is unconscionable to see discrimination so blatantly put on display by requiring these companies to hire employees based solely on race, sex, and sexuality,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “The SEC’s quotas violate the Constitution and federal civil rights laws by requiring that companies overlook a person’s relevant qualifications under the guise of promoting diversity,” he added. The rule requires companies listed on the exchange to publicly disclose diversity statistics for their boards of directors in a standardized format. The companies are urged to have at least two diverse directors, including one who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+ — and if not, they must explain why they did not meet the recommended standard.)

FOX NEWS
— MSNBC host complains about GOP fight on school boards: ‘New front in their war on education’ Nicolle Wallace previously fumed critical race theory ‘isn’t real’ – David Rutz
(COMMENT: What percent of those on your school board are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-nicolle-wallace-gop-fight-school-boards-war-education
— Rooftop Revelations: Chicago’s South Side is a failed experiment in the pursuit for equality of outcome. Pastor Corey Brooks says, ‘We must pursue the equality of opportunity with everything that we have’ – Eli Steele
(COMMENT: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examinations pass them on their first attempt. According to Democrats, if Republicans are more successful at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against Democrats. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was a 30 year old IRS employee and the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 year old GAO employee. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was successful because I had benefitted from discrimination against Democrats, and especially against Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, and those who had less money than I had.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rooftop-revelations-south-side-chicago-failed-experiment
— WSJ editorial cheers de Blasio exit from office: ‘Eight years of progressive failure’ ‘Everything in the city is worse than Mr. de Blasio found it,’ Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote. – Amy Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/wsj-editorial-cheers-de-blasio-exit-office-eight-years-of-progressive-failure
— 5 face-palm worthy questions the press posed in 2021 The press fawned over the Biden admin, posed agenda-driven questions about critical race theory, and more – Cortney O’Brien
(COMMENT: Candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) CRT, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) dependency on government, g) dependency on charity, h) abortion, i) mass/illegal immigration, j) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) more gun controls, l) patronage, m) political affiliation discrimination, n) reverse discrimination, and o) age discrimination?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/5-face-palm-worthy-questions-the-press-posed-in-2021
— MSNBC’s ‘Deadline: White House’ mentions Trump more than twice as often as Biden Nicolle Wallace fixates on ex-president, Capitol riot on daily MSNBC show – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-wallace-trump-biden-2021

AMERICAN THINKER
— White people with bad COVID in New York state are out of luck – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/white_people_with_bad_covid_in_new_york_state_are_out_of_luck.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Communists Won The Cold War. The old Soviet regime was not defeated; it is reestablishing itself in the United States. – Charles J. Urlacher
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/31/the-communists-won-the-cold-war/

BREITBART
— New York Prioritizing Antiviral Pills for ‘Non-White’ People – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/31/new-york-prioritizing-antiviral-pills-for-non-white-people/
— From Alec Baldwin to Jussie Smollett: 7 Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2021 – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/31/alec-baldwin-to-jussie-smollett-7-biggest-celebrity-scandals-of-2021/

DAILY CALLER
— NY Health Department Requires Healthcare Providers To Discriminate Based On Race When Administering Antiviral Treatment – AILAN EVANS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/31/ny-health-department-discriminate-race-covid-19/
— The Top 10 Moments Of Campus Insanity In 2021 – CHRISSY CLARK
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/31/top-10-moments-campus-insanity-2021/

FEDERALIST
— What Did Black Lives Matter Really Accomplish In 2021?
(COMMENT: In Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, the following succeeded in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs. I should write a book about the RINOs.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/31/what-did-black-lives-matter-really-accomplish-in-2021/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— In 2021, Media Did More to Erode Trust Than to Repair It – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/2021-media-did-more-erode-trust-repair-it

POST MILLENNIAL
— New York prioritizes ‘non-white’ people for COVID treatments to fight ‘inequity’ “Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.” – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/ny-covid-treatment-patients-systemic-inequity

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘BLM and CRT Movements Comprise a Gigantic Step Backward’: Leftist Professor of Media Studies – Enrico Trigoso Dec
https://www.theepochtimes.com/blm-and-crt-movements-comprise-a-gigantic-step-backward-leftist-professor-of-media-studies_4181683.html

NBC NEWS
— America ends 2021 with censorship surge. Will 2022’s new year be better? – Dennis Aftergut
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who work the hardest to censure me. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) past leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) past and present conservative and religious leaders, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and g) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who hint/imply/argue/shout that they disapprove of those who share my demographics.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/america-ends-2021-censorship-surge-will-2022-s-new-year-ncna1286798

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Missing Data in the Inflation Debate – Austan Goolsbee
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/opinion/inflation-economy-biden-inequality.html
— How We Make Sense of Time. January 2022 arrives as our methods of keeping time feel like they are breaking. Calendar pages turn, yet time feels lost. In this year of all years, what does it mean for a year to be new? – Elizabeth Dias
(COMMENT: To discourage me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress all the time that it takes me to do that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/us/new-years-time-sense.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Indepenents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/31/betty-white-arthur-duncan-racism/

BOSTON GLOBE
— COMMENT: During the Civil war, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that during the Civil War and ever since, Democrats fought against slavery and that Republicans fought for slavery.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/01/opinion/refusal-abide-by-results-elections-threatens-stability-us-more-than-any-time-since-1860/

JOURNAL NEWS
— Americans are struggling – Greg Marks Martinsburg
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/americans-are-struggling/article_c1ce2b8c-a89e-59a6-ba4f-8d0faea1ed42.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that older White Republican men are sexists and even worse things.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-01/violence-against-women-insults-god-pope-says-in-new-years-speech

BLOOMBERG
— U.S. Courts Handed Over Nine Big Wins for Equality in 2021. A series of high-profile cases brought justice for victims of racial inequality, sexual misconduct and abuse. – Ella Ceron
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-31/9-big-equality-wins-for-racism-discrimination-and-sexism-in-the-courts-in-2021

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Chief Justice Stresses Independence Amid Calls for Court Changes
(COMMENT: Your source of income and amount of debts demonstrate your independence. I have a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $58,092/year) for life and a federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for me and my wife (currently $16,710/yr.) for life. We have no debts.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/chief-justice-stresses-independence-amid-calls-for-court-changes

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— 4 Best Practices for New Employee Onboarding
(COMMENT: After I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates immediately did to destroy me. They stressed that I was Republican, conservative, draft avoider, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, Corvette owner since 1971, GAO had forced me to take a $20,901 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, IRS did not promote me beyond GS-12, IRS disallowed my education deductions in 1978, IRS got rid of my mentor in 1975, IRS disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974, the Post Office forced me to resign in 1969, the Post Office disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968, etc. They stressed that I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They stressed all the negative stereotypes that Money Magazine had foisted on me in its February, 1978 issue on me. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Their demonizing me, their denigrating me, and their condemning me motived me a) to complete the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) to serve on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996.)
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/media-center/whitepaper/21251378/right-networks-4-best-practices-for-new-employee-onboarding

DAILY MAIL
— Terrified Beverly Hills residents flock to buy guns from city’s only firearms store as LA crime soars thanks to woke DA’s policies – MELISSA KOENIG
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10359045/Beverly-Hills-residents-flocking-buy-guns-citys-firearms-store-LA-crime-soars.html

December 31 Morning Edition

ABC7

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago surpasses 800 homicides in 2021
https://abc7chicago.com/crime-rate-in-chicago-2021-murders-homicides-police/11408634/
— Illinois using SMART health card with personal vaccine QR code to prove you’re vaccinated – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-vaccine-qr-code-smart-health-card-vax-verify-vaccination/11407825/
— New York governor declares racism ‘public health emergency’ – KIARA ALFONSECA
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took far more sick days than I did. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had good health because I was privileged and that gave me an unfair advantage. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors who took the most adverse actions against me and who smoked the most cigarettes and who drank the most booze.)
https://abc7chicago.com/new-york-governor-declares-racism-public-health-emergency-/11407206/

CBS2
— Evanston Issues Proof Of Vaccination Mandate For Restaurants, Bars, Gyms, And Entertainment Venues Effective Jan. 10
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/30/evanston-proof-of-vaccination-mandate-january-10/
— New Chicago Rule Effective Jan. 1 Requires Anyone Hiring A Domestic Worker To Provide A Written Contract
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/29/chicago-domestic-workers-written-contracts/

FOX32
— Illinois COVID cases surpass 30,000 in new state daily record – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-cases-surpass-30000-in-new-state-daily-record
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago police warn North Side residents of men armed with semi-automatic guns committing robberies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-warn-north-side-residents-of-men-armed-with-semi-automatic-guns-committing-robberies

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s Latino population spreads out, Census Latinos are the second largest racial group in the city of Chicago, in Cook County, and in the State of Illinois. – Jackie Serrato
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2021/12/30/22860685/chicagos-latino-population-spreads-out-census
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being the champions of Blacks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/30/22860069/the-keys-to-building-interracial-trust
— As Chicago ends deadliest year in quarter of a century, top cop promises more detectives and more ‘positive interactions’ in neighborhoods. “We all know this has been a challenging year here in the city of Chicago,” Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference to discuss his goals for the new year. – Katie Anthony
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/30/22860486/deadliest-year-quarter-century-top-cop-promises-more-detectives-solve-crimes-officers-neighborhoods

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Hiring crisis worries police departments – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
(COMMENT: Democrats promote BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc.  They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that non-Democrats in law enforcement are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, b) that law enforcement jobs are bad, and c) that only unqualified bad people take law enforcement jobs. IRS Revenue Officers enforce federal tax laws. IRS hired me as a GS-7 Step 1 (currently $49,738/year) Revenue Officer in 1971 when I was 22 years old because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1980, when I was a GS-12 Step 5 (currently $88,229/year) Revenue Officer, I transferred to GAO. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors treated my knowledge of IRS as if it was worthless. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my IRS employment the most.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211231/the-evolving-crisis-that-has-law-enforcement-across-the-suburbs-and-country-worried

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Why not do this?’: Sandy Hamilton is Sangamon County GOP’s pick to replace Murphy – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/12/31/u-star-athlete-former-volleyball-coach-now-state-representative/9049567002/

COOK COUNTY RECORDER
— Judges say Dems’ partisan power grab in drawing new maps didn’t also violate Voting Rights Act – Jonathan Bilyk
(COMMENT: To get votes from minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, moderates, liberals, non-married people, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, etc., Democrats draw maps to give the aforesaid as much preference as possible.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/617676433-judges-say-dems-partisan-power-grab-in-drawing-new-maps-didn-t-also-violate-voting-rights-act

WIREPOINTS
— Lightfoot messages indicate how flippantly state government stuck Chicago with higher pension cost
https://wirepoints.org/lightfoot-messages-indicate-how-flippantly-state-government-stuck-chicago-with-higher-pension-cost-wirepoints-quicktake/

FOX NEWS
— 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones claims Americans are taught ‘the history of a country that does not exist’ Earlier this week, Hannah-Jones said she ‘doesn’t understand’ why parents should have say in kids’ education – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/1619-projects-nikole-hannah-jones-claims-americans-do-not-want-to-deal-with-the-anti-blackness-in-society
— Ocasio-Cortez staffer calls Israel a ‘racist European ethnostate’ that was built on ‘stolen land’ Ocasio-Cortez has previously called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ – Houston Keene
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-staffer-israel-ethnostate-stolen-land

PJ MEDIA
— 2021 Has Just Been an Intolerable, Mutated Variant of 2020 – STEPHEN KRUISER
(COMMENT: This year, in Wheaton, the biggest story was the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs had in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. Last year, it was their success in getting downtown Wheaton to promote LGBTQ big time.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/12/31/the-morning-briefing-2021-has-just-been-an-intolerable-mutated-variant-of-2020-n1545554

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Our Americanness is much more important than our blackness’: Professor Glenn Loury
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/our-americanness-is-much-more-important-than-our-blackness-professor-glenn-loury/

DAILY WIRE
— Leftist Kids vs. Conservative Parents – Will and Amala
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/leftist-kids-vs-conservative-parents-12-30-21

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Ungracious – And Their Demonization of the Past – Victor Davis Hanson
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/30/the_ungracious_-_and_their_demonization_of_the_past_146966.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Extra pay for non-White teachers is ‘racist,’ an attempt to return to ‘something dangerous’ – Robert Jonathan
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/30/extra-pay-for-non-white-teachers-is-racist-an-attempt-to-return-to-something-dangerous-1182040/
— The two mutually exclusive systems at war in America – Steve Hecht
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/30/the-two-mutually-exclusive-systems-at-war-in-america-1181977/

YAHOO NEWS
— What does ‘woke’ mean? – Kate Eagles
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.yahoo.com/what-does-woke-mean-155321566.html

MSNBC
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs paint Republicans as being racists.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/racism-and-the-road-to-restorative-justice-129877573565

NEW YORK TIMES
— As At-Home Tests Surge, Doubts Rise About Accuracy of Public Covid Counts. Most of the results of rapid tests are not reported. That’s magnifying questions about how best to measure the spread of the virus. – Sophie Kasakove
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/at-home-rapid-covid-tests-cases.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions? – Hannah Beech
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/world/asia/tesla-batteries-nickel-new-caledonia.html

ABC NEW YORK
— New York governor declares racism ‘public health emergency’ – KIARA ALFONSECA
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took far more sick days than I did. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had good health because I was privileged and that gave me an unfair advantage. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors who took the most adverse actions against me and who smoked the most cigarettes and who drank the most booze.)
https://abc7ny.com/new-york-governor-declares-racism-public-health-emergency-/11407206/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Chicago Teachers Union’s Priorities. Will the union let public schools reopen after the holidays? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chicago-teachers-unions-priorities-students-public-schools-strike-pedro-martinez-11640903743
— 10 Things to Love About America. An immigrant’s social media posts express love for the land to which he came. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/10-things-to-love-america-patriotism-liberty-immigrant-amjad-masad-tech-silicon-valley-woke-crt-11640902246
— No Facebook Funding for Elections. Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to districts that mostly elect Democrats. – Tarren Bragdon and Joe Horvath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-facebook-funds-elections-democrat-districts-voting-north-carolina-veto-cooper-2020-meddling-11640890835
— Gov. Kathy Hochul Will Tell You if You’re ‘Essential’ If it’s safe enough for a bartender to return to work after five days, it’s safe enough for anybody. – Eugene Kontorovich
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gov-kathy-hochul-new-york-essential-covid-quarantine-teacher-healthcare-frontline-omicron-11640875496
— So You Want to Run for the Senate? Good luck. Here are some questions you should ask yourself. – Merrie Spaeth
(COMMENT: Candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) CRT, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) dependency on government, g) dependency on charity, h) abortion, i) mass/illegal immigration, j) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) more gun controls, l) patronage, m) political affiliation discrimination, n) reverse discrimination, and o) age discrimination?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-you-want-to-run-senate-wealthy-campaign-fund-history-oppo-research-office-youngkin-11640890348
— Americans Diverge on Perils and Lessons of the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack. A year after the riot by Trump supporters, Democrats see the events as an attack on the government, while many Republicans disagree. – Alex Leary, Lindsay Wise, and Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-diverge-on-perils-and-lessons-of-the-jan-6-capitol-attack-11640860205

FORTUNE
— 6 ways to set yourself up for success amid uncertainty in 2022 – JENNIFER MIZGATA
(COMMENT: If you asked my critics/opponents what you should do to be successful, they would say that a) you should agree to manipulated and dominated by them, b) you should glorify and praise them, c) you should pander to them, d) you should serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) you should cover up their wrongdoing, and f) you should give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://fortune.com/2021/12/30/new-years-tips-for-success-in-2022/

FORBES
— How To Set Career Goals And Achieve Them – Caroline Castrillon
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted in the federal government, you have to a) be a Democrat and b) help your superiors get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2021/12/26/how-to-set-career-goals-and-achieve-them/
— The Three C’s Of Leadership – Greg Henderson
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who are/were leaders. I would focus on those who demand/demanded that I a) agree to manipulated and dominated by them, b) glorify and praise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) give them money. I would focus on present/past a) leaders of Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) leaders of conservative organizations, e) leaders of religious organizations, and f) leaders of political campaigns.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2021/12/30/the-three-cs-of-leadership/

KIPLINGER
— 4 Things to Consider When Planning for Year-End Charitable Giving – Lawson Bader
(COMMENT: What do you say to those who discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and discourage everyone from reading those newsletters, but nevertheless, hint/imply/argue/shout that I should give them money?)
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/charity/603993/4-things-to-consider-when-planning-for-year-end-charitable-giving

DAILY MAIL
— New York Governor Kathy Hochul declares racism a ‘public health emergency’ and specifically points to surge in Asian hate crimes – ANDREA BLANCO
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took far more sick days than I did. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had good health because I was privileged and that gave me an unfair advantage. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors who took the most adverse actions against me and who smoked the most cigarettes and who drank the most booze.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10357873/New-York-Governor-Kathy-Hochul-declares-racism-public-health-emergency.html
— ‘We’ve been taught the history of a country that does not exist’: The 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones sparks anger again by claiming American people will NOT ‘willfully’ work to confront ‘racism’ in society – HARRIET ALEXANDER
(COMMENT: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government were asked what they did to confront racism, and if they responded truthfully, they would say that they got rid of their Republican employees and gave their jobs to Blacks. My Democrat GAO superiors would crow that they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10357611/Weve-taught-history-country-does-not-exist-Nikole-Hannah-Jones-1619-Project.html