FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— New Orleans attack latest: Police probe suspect motive, possible accomplices
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-attack-latest-police-probe-suspect-motive-possible-accomplices/15739812/
— New Orleans attack: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead. The suspect in the New Orleans vehicle ramming attack is Shamsud Din Jabbar.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-10-dead-mass-casualty-event-after-car-intentionally-plows-crowd-bourbon-street-new-orleans-police-say/15736735/
— What we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect from Houston, Texas in the New Orleans attack
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack/15737645/
— Truck driven in deadly New Orleans attack rented from Texas. 15 killed, dozens injured in what local officials calling ‘terrorist attack’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-car-driven-crowd-bourbon-street-rented-turo-app-houston-texas-sources-confirm/15737640/
— Chicago-area Notre Dame fans in New Orleans for Sugar Bowl during deadly attack. At least 15 killed in Bourbon Street vehicle ramming attack, ABC News sources say. Sugar Bowl football game postponed to Thursday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-truck-attack-indiana-officials-notre-dame-football-louisiana-sugar-bowl-during-deadly-bourbon-street/15738198/
— Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-is-planning-attend-jimmy-carters-funeral/15735931/
— Person believed to have rented Cybertruck before Las Vegas blast identified
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/
NBC5
— CPD increases patrols outside Trump Tower Chicago after Las Vegas truck explosion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-increases-patrols-outside-trump-tower-chicago-after-las-vegas-truck-explosion/3636009/
— Notre Dame vs. Georgia: Postponed Sugar Bowl gets new start time Thursday. The Superdome, set to host the quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame Wednesday night, had been on lockdown for security sweeps after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/sugar-bowl-game-between-notre-dame-georgia-postponed-after-new-orleans-attack/3635832/
— Authorities don’t believe driver in New Year’s attack in New Orleans acted alone.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/authorities-dont-believe-driver-in-new-years-attack-in-new-orleans-acted-alone/3635887/
— Tesla truck explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel being investigated as possible terror attack. Authorities confirmed the person killed was in the truck, while the seven people injured were located nearby.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-las-vegas-hotel-tesla-truck-explosion/3635909/
CBS2
— 2 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year’s Day party in Kankakee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kankakee-mass-shooting-new-years-day-party/
FOX32
— Jimmy Carter funeral plans, schedule of events announced
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jimmy-carter-funeral-plans-announced
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To process tragic New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, Chicagoans cancel events and focus on aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-reaction/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/chicago-immigration-deportation-fears-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 2 killed, 17 wounded in New Year’s shootings in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/01/1-killed-13-shot-night-on-new-years-eve
DAILY HERALD
— Welcome, 2025: We’re happy to celebrate another new year; let’s prepare to make a difference in it (COMMENT: I will continue to a) put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning and b) help elect Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct notwithstanding ever-increasing efforts by my critics/opponents to stop from doing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250101/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-welcome-2025-were-happy-to-celebrate-another-new-year-lets-prepare-to-mak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Promise and peril for Pritzker as 2025 begins
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/greg-hinz-promise-and-peril-jb-pritzker-2025-opens
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/protections-for-reproductive-health-decisionmaking-take-effect-january-1-78433.cfm
ALTON PATCH
— Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/biden-is-giving-the-second-highest-civilian-award-20010852.php
WGLT
— 1 dead, 7 injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-01/1-dead-7-injured-after-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
WSIL TV
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message. Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-doubles-down-on-abortion-in-new/article_fb4ef342-a282-5646-9525-f5297fc29573.html
NPR ILLINOIS & WSIL TV
— Firework mortars, gas canisters inside Tesla that exploded by Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-01/firework-mortars-gas-canisters-inside-tesla-that-exploded-by-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-vegas-investigated-as-a-possible-terrorist-act-law/article_ff98aa33-8e2f-57c6-9753-1fee4ad0c873.html
CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— 2 Killed, 5 Injured In Mass Shooting At NYE Party In Kankakee. A suspect is being held for questioning, police said. Mayor Chris Curtis called the shooting tragic and urged witnesses to come forward.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/j3309/2-killed-5-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-nye-party-in-kankakee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Nation’s highest real estate taxes: Six Illinois cities are in nation’s top 20, including the top two
https://wirepoints.org/nations-highest-real-estate-taxes-six-illinois-cities-are-in-nations-top-20-including-the-top-two-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Not Enough Potheads?”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/not-enough-potheads/
— Illinois Venezuelan Gang Penetration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-venezuelan-gang-penetration/
— New Health Insurance Mandates/Benefits Will Increase Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-health-insurance-mandates-benefits-will-increase-cost/
— Hope for Federal Tax Deduction for Those Having Real Estate Bills over $10,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/hope-for-federal-tax-deduction-for-those-having-real-estate-bills-over-10000/
— Argument That Gerrymandering Did Not Give GOP Control of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/arugment-that-gerrymandering-did-not-give-gop-control-of-congress/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Parade Entry Features Ferris Bueher Playing Hookey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-parade-entry-features-forest-buehler-playing-hookey/
— New Year’s Day Funny
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-years-day-funny/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican come out of their closets and make it clear that they have always been moderate, liberal, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Man behind deadly New Orleans attack made videos discussing ISIS allegiance, desire to kill family
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/man-behind-deadly-new-orleans-attack-made-videos-d/
— The politics of creating — or killing — a government website
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/politics-creating-killing-government-website/
— Trump and Musk are right: Legal immigrants a boon to U.S. economy. Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurial foreigners give America an edge. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/trump-musk-right-legal-immigrants-boon-u-economy/
— Musk is not your friend. Expanding H-1B visa program is not ‘America First.’ (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/elon-musk-friend/
NEW YORK POST
— ISIS flag-carrying terrorist driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar seen in first photo after he mowed down dozens of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/shamsud-din-jabbar-identified-as-killer-driver-who-mowed-down-dozens-of-new-years-revelers-in-new-orleans/
— New Orleans terror attack live updates: Terrorist made videos where he confessed to planning to murder his family, claimed he joined ISIS
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/attack-on-bourbon-street-in-new-orleans-live-updates-photos/
— Trump hotel Tesla Cybertruck explosion probed as possible terror act as vehicle was rented with same app as truck from New Orleans massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-potential-act-of-terror-report/
— Vote totals show GOP faces major hurdle to woo black voters. (COMMENT: Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/opinion/gops-major-hurdle-to-woo-black-voters-the-selma-effect/
— American Psychological Association claims ‘hiring the most qualified candidate’ could be ‘unfair’ (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-hiring-the-most-qualified-candidate-could-be-unfair-in-study/ar-BB1hGIHP
— Driver of Tesla Cybertruck killed in explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel is ID’d as Army vet Matthew Livelsberger
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/las-vegas-trump-hotel-tesla-cybertruck-driver-idd-as-army-vet-matthew-livelsberger/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to the New Normal
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/welcome_to_the_new_normal.html
— So it begins: a new year, a new presidency, and, for America, a new lease on life. Yet it feels as if we’ve been here before, doesn’t it? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/back_to_the_beginning.html
— False moral equivalencies facilitate jihadist attacks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/false_moral_equivalencies_facilitate_jihadist_attacks.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems push Biden to seal the deal for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/dems-push-biden-to-seal-the-deal-for-illegals-1513219/
— Amid reports that the Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers to the United States to assist illegal immigrants who may face deportation under President-elect Donald J. Trump, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) shared an interesting question. Lee asked in a post on X, “If Mexico is sending hundreds of lawyers to help illegal aliens remain in the U.S., why are we letting them in?” (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/sen-mike-lee-asks-a-great-question-about-mexico-sending-lawyers-to-us-1513247/
BREITBART
— New Orleans Ramming Suspect Identified as ‘Shamsud Din Jabbar’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/01/report-new-orleans-ramming-suspect-identified-shamsud-din-jabbar/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Overlooked Power to Enlist Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement. A tool that needs some polishing — and updating.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Overlooked-Power-Enlist-Local-Cops-Immigration-Enforcement
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Value-Destroying And Costly’: Is Corporate America’s Love Affair With DEI Finally Coming To An End?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/01/value-destroying-and-costly-is-corporate-americas-love-affair-with-dei-finally-coming-to-an-end/
FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.aol.com/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-190410549.html
— Three of the biggest challenges Trump will face trying to fix Biden’s mistakes. Americans will need to have patience as good policy tries to fix the Biden administration’s mistakes.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/three-biggest-challenges-trump-face-trying-fix-bidens-mistakesthree-of-the-biggest-challenges-trump-will-face-trying-to-fix-bidens-mistakes
NEW AMERICAN
— Mexico Prepares Legal War Against Deportations With Lawyers, Smartphone App to Notify Consulates (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mexico-prepares-legal-war-against-deportations-with-lawyers-smartphone-app-to-notify-consulates/
JUST THE NEWS
— No matter how MAGA debate ends, H-1B visas have an undeniable fraud problem (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/thuno-matter-how-maga-debate-ends-h-1b-visas-have-undeniable
— Feds warned a year ago that U.S. ill-prepared for attacks on ‘soft targets and crowded places’
https://justthenews.com/government/security/feds-warned-year-ago-us-ill-prepared-attacks-soft-targets-and-crowded-places
PJ MEDIA
— What’s Worse Than Wokeism? Greg Gutfeld Explains.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/01/greg-gutfeld-explains-whats-worse-than-wokeism-n4935575
TOWNHALL
— Former Newsweek Editor: Hispanics Are Becoming Like White People
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/01/former-newsweek-editor-hispanics-are-becoming-like-white-people-n2649792
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Progressives face an existential crisis under Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5055327-progressives-fear-trump-administration/
CNN
— Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/tiktok-supreme-court-trump-biden-briefs/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one of the most significant pending cases before the Supreme Court, the justices must weigh whether the TikTok ban Congress approved in April violates the First Amendment.)
REUTERS
— Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/free-speech-advocates-tell-supreme-court-us-tiktok-law-reminiscent-dictatorships-2024-12-27/
MSN
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-the-islamic-state-group-and-what-attacks-has-it-inspired-by-offshoots-and-lone-wolves/ar-AA1wP5fA
NEWSWEEK
— Mexico is Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to US to Help Migrants (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-lawyers-united-states-help-migrants-what-we-know-2008309
— Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Local Mosque Responds to New Orleans Terror Attack
https://www.newsweek.com/shamsud-din-jabbars-local-mosque-responds-new-orleans-terror-attack-2008437
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Masjid Bilal said in its Instagram story: “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond. If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH. It is crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”)
CBS NEWS
— Trump to hold D.C. rally on Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-hold-dc-rally-jan-19-inauguration/
— House to vote on rule making it harder to oust speaker (COMMENT: Have you been ousted? I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes oust me a) as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee this year, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, and d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-rules-package-motion-to-vacate-speaker/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using the Same App. Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/turo-new-orleans-attack-vegas-explosion.html
— New Orleans Attacker Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS, Biden Says
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash
— As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot. Scientists want to create breathalyzers that show how recently a driver used marijuana. Researchers also are studying how cannabis impairs motor skills and reflexes for habitual and occasional users. (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/marijuana-driving-impairment.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Biden says New Orleans attacker appeared to be inspired by ISIS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/02/new-orleans-truck-attack-investigation-updates/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-01/column-business-leaders-bow-to-anti-dei-activists-except-at-costco
USA TODAY
— Suspect in New Orleans attack served in Army, deployed to Afghanistan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-suspect-army-veteran/77388200007/
— Turns out Trump is OK with immigrants – if they help his billionaire friends (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
WOAI
— Bad Neighbor: Mexico Launches App to Help Illegals (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-31-bad-neighbor-mexico-launches-app-to-help-illegals/
GAMBLING NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage women and minorities to be gamblers.
https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/ballys-chicago-opens-investment-to-women-and-minority-investors/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Green Electricity Costs a Bundle. The data make clear: The notion that solar and wind power save money is an environmentalist lie.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/green-electricity-costs-a-bundle-wind-solar-data-analysis-power-prices-259344f4
— The House’s Unfinished Gender Business. Another chance to undo Pelosi’s ugly linguistic handiwork.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-houses-unfinished-gender-business-inclusivity-pronouns-53921b16
— Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It. Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown. (COMMENT: I am thankful that I have enough money, time, experience, ability, good health, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/advertisers-keep-avoiding-news-sites-and-publishers-have-had-enough-of-it-e9e4ab83
— Buying Greenland Isn’t a New Idea. Denmark wanted to sell it a century ago. The U.S. didn’t bite but did acquire the Virgin Islands.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/buying-greenland-isnt-a-new-idea-denmark-sovereignty-2a003c35
— The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80. There is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/financial-advice-regrets-seniors-a18aa5cb
FORBES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/01/01/top-10-inclusion-pivots-for-leaders/
FAST COMPANY
— Calls for Costco boycott mount after board upholds DEI commitment (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91253805/calls-for-costco-boycott-mount-after-board-upholds-dei-commitment
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Trump Can Transform Immigration to Strengthen America (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/02/trump_can_transform_immigration_to_strengthen_america_1082001.html
GOING CONCERN
— So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out? (COMMENT: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.goingconcern.com/so-how-did-your-2024-predictions-for-the-accounting-profession-work-out/
BUSINESS INSURANCE
— Jury ordered Walmart to pay $34.7M in defamation case (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors defamed me. Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.businessinsurance.com/9-jury-ordered-walmart-to-pay-34-7m-in-defamation-case/
PRO PUBLICA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on foreigner labor.
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump
GOOGLE
— “Do it over again” in the context of a career (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, notwithstanding the fact that my demographics are terrible, I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=career+%22do+it+over+again%22
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Have High Hopes for 2025 (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/americans_have_high_hopes_for_2025
DAILY BEAST
— New Orleans Attacker’s Descent From Six-Figure Job to ISIS-Inspired Terror (COMMENT: The accounting profession (including Deloitte, Accenture, and Ernst & Young) had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-orleans-terror-attacker-shamsud-din-jabbar-descent-from-six-figure-job-to-isis-inspired-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Army vet suspected of killing 15 people in a terror attack in New Orleans worked as a senior consultant at Deloitte making six figures, the Wall Street Journal reported. After a 10-year stint with the U.S. Army, Texas native Shamsud-Din Jabbar climbed the corporate ladder at Accenture and Ernst & Young, where he worked as a cloud consulting manager. In 2021, he was hired at Deloitte as a “senior solutions specialist” making about $125,000 per year, according to court records cited by the Journal. He worked there until at least the past fall.)
POLITICO
— Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/02/migrants-democrats-new-york-illinois-massachusetts-00196167
ECONOMIST
— An attack in New Orleans raises fears about Islamic State. The rampage on Bourbon Street appears to be part of a worrisome trend.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/02/an-attack-in-new-orleans-raises-fears-about-islamic-state
INDIA TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I did not a) earn a master’s degree in business until I was 27, b) pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a Licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/trumps-immigration-overhaul-is-fraught-with-hurdles-from-courts-to-states/articleshow/116872828.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Steve Bannon says H1-B visa program is a scam of the highest order, asks Donald Trump to revisit the law that was enacted in 1990 (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-says-h1-b-visa-program-is-a-scam-of-the-highest-order-asks-donald-trump-to-revisit-the-law-that-was-enacted-in-1990/ar-AA1wL7Lo
INDEPENDENT
— Musk’s estranged trans daughter says she doesn’t ‘see a future’ in the US after Trump’s win (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-estranged-trans-daughter-173456640.html
Tag: gambling
January 1, 2025
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster? My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax? Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)
ABC7
— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america
December 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Two Thornton Township trustees say they won’t attend special board meeting, continuing stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-illinois-trustees-carmen-carlisle-christopher-gonzalez-say-attend-meeting/15724950/
CBS2
— Former President Jimmy Carter visited Chicago before, during, and after time in office
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-president-jimmy-carter-visited-041100523.html
— Remembering former President Jimmy Carter and his impact on Chicago (COMMENT: What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/remembering-former-president-jimmy-carter-chicago/
FOX32
— 2 Thornton Township trustees will skip Monday meeting amid tensions with Supervisor Tiffany Henyard
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/thornton-township-trustees-to-boycott-monday-meeting-amid-dispute-with-tiffany-henyard
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jimmy Carter’s 1979 visit to Thornridge recalled
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/29/jimmy-carters-1979-visit-to-thornridge-recalled-as-the-former-president-turns-100/
— AUGUST 10, 2021 FLASHBACK: Heated DuPage Assessment Battles Loom
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/04/27/heated-du-page-assessment-battles-loom/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dave Diersen was among those fighting the tax assessor long before it became popular. He had a winning streak going, too, until this year, when Du Page County wouldn`t lower his assessment. Seven thousand Du Page County property owners challenged the value placed on their homes by township assessment procedures, and in the process tried to get their property tax bill lowered. It was a record-setting number, and because 1,000 have chosen to appeal losing on the county level, Du Page officials have asked for more time to get their cases together for the appeal hearing. When those hearings begin, Diersen will be ready to resume a battle that dates back to 1984, when his Wheaton home was built. ”We`re talking about a lot of money,” Diersen said. ”If it were just some little amount it probably wouldn`t be worth it.” His past battles haven`t been in vain. In 1987, for example, he convinced the county`s Board of (Tax) Review to reduce by $4,390, the assessment on which his tax bill was calculated. In Du Page, the assessment is supposed to equal a third of the estimated market value of a piece of property. Diersen`s argument has been this: There are some drainage and foundation problems with the house that would make it less valuable if he wanted to sell it. But he doesn`t want to sell, and pretty much likes his house the way it is. In any event, for seven years running, county review board members have agreed with his contention that the house was worth less than the assessment- which generally hovered around the $55,000 mark-claimed by the Milton Township Assessor`s office. But this year, Diersen, for the first time, was among those signing up to appeal their cases before a state panel, after the county review board refused to reduce his current assessment of $78,000.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jimmy Carter in Chicago — a look back in photos. The nation’s 39th president, who died Sunday at 100, was in Chicago many times over the years, as he rose from relative obscurity to capture the White House in 1976.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dies-chicago-photos-presidential-campaign
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/year-in-review-2024/2024/12/29/immigration-canada-toronto-democracy-solutions-project-chicago-asylum-migrants-refugees
LANSING JOURNAL
— Understanding Thornton Township — some context for the conflict (COMMENT: I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/29/video-understanding-thornton-township-some-context-for-the-conflict/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and Russia against America.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/29/sen-cardin-says-trumps-tough-talk-on-panama-canal-could-push-allies-to-china-russia/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Carter’s single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-29/carters-single-white-house-term-still-stirs-controversy-after-more-than-40-years
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump on Jimmy Carter’s passing: ‘He was a truly good man’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-on-jimmy-carters-passing-he-was-a-truly-good-man
CITY OF WHEATON
— JUNE 7, 2021 FLASHBACK: MEETING MINUTES: Mr. Dave Diersen, 915 Cove Ct., asked the City Council to direct the Wheaton Park District to return to their policy of accepting sponsorships for the 4th of July parade. (COMMENT: At this meeting, Milton Township Supervisor and fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman John Monino profusely praised Wheaton Park District Executive Director and registered Republican voter in my precinct Mike Bernard who had just ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06072021-1679
CWB CHICAGO
— At least 5 are robbed, carjacked during 45-minute crime spree in the West Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/12/at-least-5-are-robbed-carjacked-during-45-minute-crime-spree-in-the-west-loop.html
ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Board Tosses Challenge In Orland Township, Candidates Kept On Ballot. American flags on nominating petitions were at the center of the challenge, with the objection likening the flags to slogans or messaging.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How involved are you with your township and its officials? I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— He was the real thing: A personal memory and a few surprises about Jimmy Carter
https://wirepoints.org/he-was-the-real-thing-a-personal-memory-and-a-few-surprises-about-jimmy-carter/
— It’s a bad deal to exchange long-time residents for illegal immigrants, yet that’s what Illinois is doing.
https://wirepoints.org/its-a-bad-deal-to-exchange-taxpaying-residents-for-illegal-immigrants-yet-thats-what-illinois-is-doing-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Chicago’s Southland residents keep getting hit with more debt and taxes while their politicians do nothing about it.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-southland-residents-keep-getting-hit-with-more-debt-and-taxes-while-their-politicians-do-nothing-about-it-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-ladonna-raeh/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
— The Naughty Politician List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/the-naughty-politician-list/
— New Rules for Drivers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/new-rules-for-drivers/
— Illinois Democrats Continue Push for Abortion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/illinois-democrats-continue-push-for-abortion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls H1-B visas ‘great’ amid feud between MAGA supporters and DOGE duo
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/29/donald-trump-calls-h1-b-visas-great-amid-feud-maga/
— Who is really to blame for the ills of society? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/26/really-blame-ills-society/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gavin Newsom’s deportation defiance will ‘incur great cost’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3271754/pat-fallon-gavin-newsom-deportation-defiance-great-cost/
NEW YORK POST
— Save the H1-B debate for later — first, fully end the border crisis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/ramaswamy-got-the-h1-b-debate-wrongbut-so-did-his-critics/
— Donald Trump reacts to Jimmy Carter’s death with heartfelt statement: ‘We all owe him a debt of gratitude’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/donald-trump-reacts-to-jimmy-carters-death-with-heartfelt-statement/
— DC’s transportation agency scrambling to remove city ads likening MAGA supporters to garbage after uproar
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/dc-scrambling-to-remove-city-transit-ads-likening-maga-supporters-to-garbage-after-uproar/
— Why Trump’s second-term start is vastly better than his first-term launch
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/trumps-victory-spells-success-without-2016s-headwinds/
— We should fight for a color-blind society — not one separated by race
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/we-should-fight-for-a-color-blind-society-not-one-separated-by-race/ar-AA1mAGRU
AMAC
— What Elon and Vivek Get Wrong About The H-1B Visa Debate
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/what-elon-and-vivek-get-wrong-about-the-h-1b-visa-debate/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Our woke military
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/our_woke_military.html
— Oregon tweaks Trump’s nose
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/oregon_tweaks_trump_s_nose.html
— Brooklyn transit police chief says cop who walked by burning woman in subway case responded ‘perfectly’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have no problem with how the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me, in fact, they applaud it.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/brooklyn_transit_police_chief_says_cop_who_stood_by_in_subway_burning_case_responded_perfectly.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He didn’t help her. What happened to standard person-on-fire measures, taught by emergency first responders to every school kid — stop, drop, and roll. Why didn’t he throw his coat on her to try to save her life? Based on the disturbing video, the cop just let her burn as the illegal who set her on fire literally fanned the flames. Nothing to see here, move along. (Which was what one cop pretty much told the illegal, unaware that he was the arsonist who set the woman on fire, and the illegal almost got away.) And according to the New York authorities, all was fine and dandy, as both the transit cop chief and the district attorney defended the police response.)
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— ‘Straight white guy spotted in an ad!’
https://americanwirenews.com/straight-white-guy-spotted-in-an-ad/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump expresses support for specialty visas at heart of Maga v. Musk tiff
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/29/trump-expresses-support-for-specialty-visas-at-heart-of-maga-v-musk-tiff-1512658/
BREITBART
— J.K. Rowling: There Is No Such Thing as a Transgender Kid
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/29/j-k-rowling-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-transgender-kid/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump faces federal employee unions in government efficiency battle (COMMENT: The National Treasury Employees Union came to my defense in IRS v. Diersen. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 )
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f88d556e-c1a8-11ef-a585-174c14793c48.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Indiana University students required to ‘reflect’ on how their privilege oppresses ‘subordinate groups’ (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/indiana-u-students-required-to-reflect-on-how-their-privilege-oppresses-subordinate-groups/
FEDERALIST
— Deporting Illegal Alien Criminals Will Save Taxpayers More Than It Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/30/contrary-to-media-claims-deporting-illegal-aliens-will-save-taxpayers-more-than-it-costs/
FOX NEWS
— Biden takes jab at Trump while applauding Jimmy Carter’s decency
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-takes-jab-trump-while-applauding-jimmy-carters-decency-shares-fondest-memory-late-president
PJ MEDIA
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Is Antisemitic
https://pjmedia.com/philip-carl-salzman/2024/12/29/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-is-antisemitic-n4935513
— Could Michelle Obama Be More Insulting and Out of Touch?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/28/could-michelle-obama-be-more-insulting-and-out-of-touch-n4935486
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Is Alerting Citizens About To Be Detained In U.S. Through an App (COMMENT: One could argue that citizens of Mexico who are in America are agents of the Mexican government.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/29/mexico-is-alerting-citizens-about-to-be-detained-in-us-n2649723
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President-elect Trump pays tribute to Jimmy Carter
https://thehill.com/homenews/5059381-president-elect-trump-praises-former-president-carter/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5057951-trump-old-age-old-policy/
CNN
— Trump’s siding with Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the president-elect favoring powerful elements in his new MAGA coalition over his base’s anti-immigrant DNA that he twice tapped in his rise to power. (COMMENT: Trump’s base is against illegal immigration, not legal immigration.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics/trump-musk-h1b-visa-analysis/index.html
MSNBC
— Trump offers condolences to family of Jimmy Carter
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-offers-condolences-to-family-of-jimmy-carter-228106309918
MSN
— Illinois certifies slate of electors for 2024 election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-certifies-slate-of-electors-for-2024-election/ar-AA1w3lUS
— ‘All-out MAGA civil war’: How Trump’s 2024 coalition is ‘shattering before our very eyes’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/all-out-maga-civil-war-how-trump-s-2024-coalition-is-shattering-before-our-very-eyes/ar-AA1wAAoN
NEWSWEEK
— Jimmy Carter’s Judicial Legacy Reveals How He Reshaped America. He developed an affirmative action plan for the trial courts and courts of appeals.
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-carters-judicial-legacy-reveals-how-he-reshaped-america-opinion-2007220
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s statements on Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-death-donald-trump-statement/
— Trump reacts to news of Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reacts-to-news-of-jimmy-carters-death/
NEW YORK TIMES
— What’s the Matter With Chicago?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/opinion/chicago-illinois-pensions-debt.html
USA TODAY
— Is a six-figure salary enough to make anyone feel wealthy these days? How about a $500,000 salary? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/20/salary-money-americans-earn-to-feel-rich/77065514007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In this inflationary era, benchmarks of wealth are moving targets. Everything seems to cost more. Cumulative inflation has raised prices by 22% since early 2020, according to an analysis by the personal finance site Bankrate. Viewed another way, you would need to spend about $1,220 in late 2024 to leverage the same buying power that $1,000 got you in January 2020. The average American earns a little less than $60,000 a year, according to federal data. But most of us think you need two or three times that much to achieve financial security, let alone wealth. . .The best-paying jobs now deliver salaries in the $400,000 range. But a $400,000 salary won’t put you in the highest federal income tax bracket in 2025. Here are seven salaries that illustrate how American wealth looks at the close of 2024. . .$270,214 That is the average annual salary it takes “to be financially successful,” according to a Secret to Success survey by the financial services company Empower in September. . .The survey’s definition of success varied widely by age. The average Baby Boomer said a salary of $99,874 a year bespeaks success. For members of Gen Z, the figure was $587,797. “Younger generations are doing the math,” said Rebecca Rickert, head of communication for Empower. “They foresee a world in which they’ll need a big cushion in order to make it.”)
MIAMI HERALD
— Carter’s foreign policy toward Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti left huge marks on South Florida
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article272569966.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-anti-woke-backlash/B839430F-799B-4C3C-B5D4-F39AD39121A1
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-right-on-h-1b-visas-immigration-work-jobs-e3e9ec71
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded American with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/the-staggering-cost-needed-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan/B4B447AE-E653-4225-8E5B-4B59B1D8508D
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Those who are anti-White and/or want cheap labor want more H-1B.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/29/think-dei-is-dead-enter-the-h-1b-visa-and-elon-musks-war/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/12/30/the-h-1b-visa-controversy-cheap-labor-racism-and-the-american-divide/
POLITICO
— How Donald Trump transformed mass culture
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/culture-wars-trump-woke-democrats-00195424
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— With Jimmy Carter’s passing, Donald Trump is now the oldest living ex-US President
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/with-jimmy-carters-passing-donald-trump-is-now-the-oldest-living-us-president-101735530697682.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/america-a-meritocracy-musk-reiterates-stance-on-h-1b-visa-debate/articleshow/116788957.cms
December 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk, Ramaswamy spar with Trump supporters over H-1B work visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-are-1b-visas-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-spar-donald-trump-supporters-work/15715514/
— 4 Lincoln Park businesses hit by smash-and-grab burglar (COMMENT: How vulnerable are businesses in your municipality to smash-and-grab burglary?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-4-lincoln-park-businesses-hit-smash-grab-burglar-including-old-pueblo-cantina-sweet-mandy-bs/15716989/
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard threatens Thornton Township government shutdown. Henyard’s allies successfully got some of her challengers kicked off the April 1 general election ballot earlier Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-allies-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-get-challengers-kicked-off-ballot/15668759/
— Harvey family’s home ransacked by burglars during holiday vacation: ‘Scared and traumatized’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-family-returns-holiday-vacation-find-home-ransacked-burglars-mother-ceminya-winters-says/15716144/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/states-abortion-ban-social-services-often-fail-families/3633018/
WTTW
— Judge Won’t Allow Chicagoans Who Sued CPD for Targeting Black, Latino Drivers to Intervene in Consent Decree Court Case
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/27/judge-won-t-allow-chicagoans-who-sued-cpd-targeting-black-latino-drivers-intervene
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 3 candidates for Thornton Township supervisor knocked off 2025 ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/3-candidates-for-thornton-township-supervisor-knocked-off-2025-ballot/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2024/12/27/internet-gambling-illinois-igaming-casino-app
DAILY HERALD
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FEBRUARY 27, 2024 FLASHBACK: Democratic Party of Milton Township names Precinct Committee Person of the Year (COMMENT: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I should write about those past and present MTRO leaders who have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240227/submitted-content/democratic-party-of-milton-township-names-precinct-committee-person-of-the-year/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Schumer’s last hope:’ Dem leader reveals plan to disrupt MAGA revolution (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that because Trump won, Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/schumers-last-hope-dem-leader-reveals-plan-to-disrupt-maga-revolution
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump’s political coalition (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-an-online-debate-over-foreign-workers-in-tech-shows-tensions-in-trumps-political-coalition/
— Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-and-maga-are-fighting-over-h-1b-visas-how-do-they-work/
ORLAND TOWNSHIP PATCH
— An electoral board in Orland Township voted to dismiss a challenge that contended American flags on township candidates’ nominating petitions violated election rules.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
LYONS PATCH
— Paula Struwing, a Lyons Township High School board member, has been removed from the ballot for the April 1 school board election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lyons-township-high-hopeful-kicked-off-ballot/ar-AA1weLjW
WSIL TV
— Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/costco-is-pushing-back-hard-against-the-anti-dei-movement/article_06ce3c31-802b-5bbd-8b58-cd098d49da88.html
— Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel. (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/abortions-are-up-in-the-us-its-a-complicated-picture-as-women-turn-to-pills/article_b43b2214-a3f2-5003-9c62-bad9ff1f2546.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There is no such thing as nonpartisan. In the final analysis, all individuals, all companies, all organizations, all etc. in America are either Democrat or Republican, that is, they are either liberal or conservative. The mainstream news media falsely claims to be nonpartisan. The mainstream news media is Democrat, that is, the mainstream news media is liberal. Because I refuse to falsely claim to be nonpartisan like the mainstream news media does, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a legitimate reporter or journalist. Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com like it is a news website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Politics is nasty/vicious. George Ryan ran Corinne Wood in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary to defeat Pat O’Malley and to elect Jim Ryan. I supported O’Malley in that primary. Jim Ryan won the primary but lost to Blagojevich in the general election. Ever since then, George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have done everything that they could to destroy me. They ignored/dismissed/belittled what I did to help Jim Ryan win the general election. I should write about them and what they continue to do to destroy me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
https://miltongop.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN TEAM
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=milton%20township%20republican%20team
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As sheriff pushes to end electronic monitoring, some critical of no-cash bail
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/as-sheriff-pushes-to-end-electronic-monitoring-some-critical-of-no-cash-bail/ar-AA1wAfuc
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nunda Township Assessor Mark Dzemske Rejects Township Board’s Offer to Be Paid $250 Extra for Each Meeting Appearance, Says That Guarantees He Will Attend No Meetings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/27/nunda-township-assessor-mark-dzemske-rejects-township-boards-offer-to-be-paid-extra-for-each-meeting-appearance/
— The Son of a Man Whose Mother Was Born in Bethlehem Reflects on Heritage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/26/the-son-of-a-man-whose-mother-lived-in-bethlehem-reflects-on-heritage/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s victory marks the return of masculinity. Who needs men? Women and children do.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/trump-victory-marks-return-masculinity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— People can’t flee blue states fast enough. The top five population losers were all Democrat controlled, including the biggest loser, California, followed by New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3270450/people-cant-flee-blue-states-fast-enough/
— Has the tide really turned on ‘wokeness’? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, men were expected to protect women and children, to get married, and to raise children.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3270683/has-tide-turned-wokeness/
NEW YORK POST
— Pro-Luigi Mangione punks vandalize Jeffrey Epstein’s former NYC mansion with message found on alleged assassin’s bullets
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/pro-luigi-mangione-punks-vandalize-jeffrey-epsteins-former-nyc-mansion-deny-defend-depose/
AMAC
— GENDER INDOCTRINATION: 16 States That Force Transgender Lessons on Kids (COMMENT: Illinois is one of them. That is a big reason to leave Illinois.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/gender-indoctrination-16-states-that-force-transgender-lessons-on-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The coming showdown between Trump’s government and Democrat governors
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_coming_showdown_between_trump_s_government_and_democrat_governors.html
— An easier way to show illegals the door.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/an_easier_way_to_show_illegals_the_door.html
BLAZE
— Illegal aliens in Michigan likely won’t get driver’s licenses as Democratic ‘trifecta’ nears end
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-aliens-in-michigan-likely-won-t-get-driver-s-licenses-as-democratic-trifecta-nears-end
— Guatemala ready to receive deported illegal aliens from other countries
https://www.theblaze.com/news/guatemala-ready-to-receive-deported-illegal-aliens-from-other-countries-report
— Woke Oregon AG does her best to help illegal aliens dodge ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/woke-oregon-ag-does-her-best-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-ice
BREITBART
— Democrat Governors Compete to Lead ‘Resistance’ to Trump’s Popular Immigration Reforms (COPMMENT: Will Pritzker win?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/27/democrat-governors-compete-to-lead-resistance-to-trumps-popular-immigration-reforms/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Threats Are Already Yielding Results In The Fight Against Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-threats-are-already-yielding-results-in-the-fight-against-cartels
— How One Of America’s Largest School Districts Became A Pipeline For A Trans Youth Clinic. “I hope you count us as partners in service to our trans youth,” a middle school administrator declared to a trans youth clinic.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-one-of-americas-largest-school-districts-became-a-pipeline-for-a-trans-youth-clinic
FOX NEWS
— US homelessness up double digits, rising numbers of asylum seekers, affordability crisis among causes. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-homelessness-up-double-digits-rising-numbers-asylum-seekers-affordability-crisis-among-causes
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Gender Studies Program at Princeton University Offering Course on ‘Sex Work’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/gender-studies-program-at-princeton-university-offering-course-on-sex-work/amp/
— California Lawmakers Push College Admissions Priority for Descendants of Slavery (COMMENT: What about priority for students whose parents do not have college degrees? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/california-lawmakers-push-college-admissions-priority-for-descendants-of-slavery/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— U.S. Homelessness up 18 Percent to Record High This Year Due to Migrant Influx, Housing Crisis
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-homelessness-up-18-percent-to-record-high-this-year-due-to-migrant-influx-housing-crisis/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5048978-democrats-brace-trump-inauguration/
REUTERS
— US homelessness rose by record 18% in latest annual data (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-homelessness-rose-by-record-18-latest-annual-data-2024-12-27/
MSN
— ‘Sounds Good’: Canadians React To Trump’s ‘Offer’ Of Canada Becoming 51st US State
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/sounds-good-canadians-react-to-trump-s-offer-of-canada-becoming-51st-us-state/ar-AA1wxLRX
— Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. America has spent many trillions of dollars on AA and DEI.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-unpaid-debt-the-case-for-reparations-to-black-descendants-of-slavery/ss-AA1pFTM2
— Trump calls public support for accused healthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione ‘a sickness’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-calls-public-support-for-accused-healthcare-ceo-shooter-luigi-mangione-a-sickness/ss-AA1w0LuW
NEWSWEEK
— Discontent over political issues among co-workers can play out in less public but equally damaging ways in all kinds of workplaces nationwide. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. As Gingrich ever-increasing destroyed GAO, they ever-increasingly destroyed me.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2024/12/20/rules-tips-discussing-politics-workplace-after-2024-election-1996122.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/workplace-diversity-ranking-highlights-companies-that-invest-people-2005166
CBS NEWS
— Capitol Hill lawmakers experience surge of swatting calls, bomb threats in wake of November election
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/congress-lawmakers-surge-swatting-calls-bomb-threats-following-november-election/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Backers Battle Online Over Skilled Immigrants. A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Asians are ever-increasingly viewed as being superior to Whites. Ever-increasingly, Whites smoke pot and otherwise destroy themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/technology/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa.html
— The number of people experiencing homelessness topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html
— A Retirement Expert Is Giving Her Notice (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/business/retirement-alicia-munnell-boston-college.html
— Will the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President? (COMMENT: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/us/politics/will-the-us-ever-be-ready-for-a-female-president.html
NEWSWEEK
–Costco Denies Shareholder Demand to Back Down From DEI Hiring (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/costco-board-shareholder-dei-hiring-2006717
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Border Czar Says Military Bases Could Aid Deportation Effort. Homan said he views the military as a ‘force multiplier’ to build infrastructure such as certain detention facilities.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-deportation-plan-78fd3c2d
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-the-booster-seat-that-provides-equality-2f80cace
— The Graying of America (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the older that you get, the more that you will be discriminated against because of your age, and especially if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/golden-years-review-the-graying-of-america-af2218a5
— Massachusetts Puts Its Education Excellence at Risk. Voters nixed an exam that helped enhance the state’s reputation. Lawmakers may correct this mistake. (COMMENT: Of the many examinations that I have passes, my critics/opponents are most furious a) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and b) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/massachusetts-puts-its-education-excellence-at-risk-mcas-testing-70224ad7
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247655/this-is-how-dei-will-change-in-2025
WEEK
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://theweek.com/politics/instant-opinion-deportation-students-eye-contact-gaming-plane-crash-azerbaijan
BILLBOARD
— Examining the Phenomenon of the Accused Shooter-Turned-Antihero Through Mexican Music. Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, some social media users are immortalizing Mangione in corridors that reflect societal tumult over corporate ethics.
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/luigi-mangione-corridos-antihero-songs-1235865770/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better Lawyer. (COMMENT: Since 1964, I have worked with, I have supervised, and I have been supervised by far more minorities than my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, collected delinquent taxes in Harvey, 63rd & Halsted area, Joliet, and downtown Chicago 1971-1980, lived in University Park 1972-1976, and audited federal agencies in downtown Chicago 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/28/cohen-harvard-law-diversity/
INDEPENDENT
— Luigi Mangione’s sweater sells out at Nordstrom one day after court appearance
https://www.aol.com/news/luigi-mangione-sweater-sells-nordstrom-211815173.html
December 21, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson launches unified shelter system as migrant shelter population wanes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/mayor-brandon-johnson-unified-shelter-system/
— Standoff continues between Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, trustees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/standoff-continues-between-thornton-township-supervisor-tiffany-henyard-trustees/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton polling shows she may have her sights set on a different office. A source with knowledge of Stratton’s poll and the thinking behind it told Rich Miller she is “keeping her options open” as Gov. JB Pritzker decides if he will seek reelection.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/20/lt-gov-juliana-stratton-poll-popularity-black-woman-attorney-jb-pritzker-dick-durbin-rich-miller
CBS2
— Judge permanently blocks Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s appointments to key village posts
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-blocks-tiffany-henyard-appointments-dolton/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Editorial: Mr. Mayor, if you truly care about Chicago, you should step aside. (COMMENT: Who should he be replaced with?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/editorial/brandon-johnson-should-step-aside-after-martinez-editorial
ABC7
— Thornton Township’s government remains shut down, without crucial insurance after chaotic meeting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-townships-government-remains-shut-down-crucial-insurance-after-chaotic-meeting/15683333/
NBC5
— Biden forgives $4.28 billion in student debt for 54,900 borrowers. Biden has forgiven more student debt than any other president. (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. Far too often, instead of studying, I worked all the part-times that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-forgives-4-28-billion-in-student-debt-for-54900-borrowers/3629422/
WGN9
— More student loans canceled in final round of forgiveness before Biden leaves office (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. Far too often, instead of studying, I worked all the part-times that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969.)
https://wgntv.com/news/more-student-loans-canceled-in-final-round-of-forgiveness-before-biden-leaves-office/
FOX32
— Chicago ends migrant shelter mission, merges housing system for all in need
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ends-migrant-shelter-mission-merges-housing-system-all-need
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump set to take office with tighter grip on GOP (COMMENT: Who represents and speaks for Trump in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/president-elect-donald-trump-set-to-take-office-with-tighter-grip-on-gop-and-less-resistance-white-house-second-term-congress-republican-majority
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-20/trumps-mass-deportation-would-hurt-everyone-not-just-undocumented-workers-prof-says
WIFR
— Illinois adds new requirements to job posting (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. They forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they would have given me a promotion to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $118,439/year) to transfer. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels (currently $97-079-$110,020/year). I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used my having to take a downgrade to transfer against me big time. They used that downgrade a) to keep me off audits of IRS until 1986, b) to delay my promotions, and c) to not promote me to GS-13 until 1986. They did that even though a) I earned that master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, GAO would have promoted into its Senior Executive Service (currently $191,900/year) before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9wDQ556Uak
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-221/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker was and remains part of the coverup of Biden’s mental decline
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-was-and-remains-part-of-the-coverup-of-bidens-mental-decline-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State immigration advocates plot strategy for Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8d18c736-befc-11ef-865f-eb36d769b00f.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Librarian Gets Two Years for Stealing $770,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/19/librarian-gets-two-years-for-stealing-770000/
— When Will an Illinois Legislator Introduce a No Tax on Tips Bill?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/19/when-will-an-illinois-legislator-introduce-a-no-tax-on-tips-bill/
— Report Shows Wildly Inaccurate Crystal Lake Tax Increment Financial Projections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/report-shows-wildly-inaccurate-crystal-lake-tax-increment-financial-projections/
— Health Department Reports First Death of Young Child from Respiratory Syncytial Virus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/health-department-reports-death-of-young-child-from-respiratory-syncytial-virus/
— Trump Wins Budget Battle, Christmas Tree Bill Chopped Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/trump-wins-budget-battle/
— Slot Machine Thieves Arrested
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/20/slot-machine-thieves-arrested/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a conservative who is not in the process of leaving Illinois, what should you do to defend yourself? One thing is to help elect the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct. Another thing is to get appointed to serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain. Another thing is to attend the January 11, 2025 Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee meeting. – Dave Diersen
http://
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election. From what I see, the more that Republican leaders do to deport illegals, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders will do a) to keep their illegals here and b) to bring their deported illegals back in. What can/should be done about that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you do and why do you do it? I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning. I do that to promote conservative principles, that is, I do that to promote the Republican Party platform. I credit all my accomplishments in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) earn a professional license when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., e) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, and 74, f) get married when I was 29, g) etc. – Dave Diersen
http”//www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are in-kind donations. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth $1,000/year, if not $5,000/year, if not $10,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out each and every morning free of charge and with no advertising or donation requests. I spend about 15 hours a day putting the newsletters together and sending them out. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, internet expenses, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker, a Licensed Attorney, Could Face State Disciplinary Action for Falsely Stating Trump is a “Rapist,” Says Blagojevich
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/pritzker-a-licensed-attorney-could-face-state-disciplinary-action-for-falsely-stating-trump-is-a-rapist-says-blagojevich.html
— Biden Rushes Back to DC as Harris Cancels Holiday Trip, Sparking 25th Amendment Rumors After Explosive Report Reveals Extensive Health Coverup Scheme
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/biden-rushes-back-to-dc-as-harris-cancels-holiday-trip-sparking-25th-amendment-rumors-after-explosive-report-reveals-extensive-health-coverup-scheme.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published an explosive story that detailed a four-year coverup by the White House to hide the president’s deteriorating mental health condition and how top aides protected the ailing president from the public, his staff and even the cabinet. The White House hired a vocal coach to assist with his diminishing voice, sent surrogates to meetings that he should have been attending and canceled Oval Office meetings at the last minute when he wasn’t feeling well. Aides even instructed him on simple details like where to stand, where to look, how to get on and off stage and included note cards with pictures so he wouldn’t forget places or names. Press aides were even told to leave out negative press clippings seen by the president to further shield him from reality.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI is dangerous. It stokes hostility, not goodwill. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote DEI. DEI turns those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time,)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/network-contagion-research-institute-rutgers-study/
— 7.6 million known illegal immigrants at large in U.S.; number doubled under Biden (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/7-6-million-known-illegal-immigrants-large-u-numbe/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elton John is right, marijuana legalization was a ‘great mistake’ (COMMENT: If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, or a) earn a professional license.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3266882/elton-john-right-marijuana-legalization-great-mistake/
NEW YORK POST
— Over 271K migrants were deported from the US in 2024 — a paltry 9% of the 2.9M encountered at borders (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/us-news/just-9-of-migrants-deported-in-2024-ice-data/
— Progressives care more about illegal-immigrant rapists than their child victims
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/opinion/progressives-care-more-about-illegal-immigrant-rapists-than-child-victims/
— Illinois cops bust Canadians who crossed border with 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million
https://www.aol.com/illinois-cops-bust-2-canadians-174029707.html
AMERICAN MILTARY NEWS
— Up to 1,200 DEI employees may be hired by feds before Trump’s inauguration
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/12/up-to-1200-dei-employees-may-be-hired-by-feds-before-trumps-inauguration-report/#google_vignette
BREITBART
— The Wages of Wokeness: Google Slashes Management Roles by 10% (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone to websites a) that promote the Democrat Party platform and Democrat candidates and elected officials and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and Republican candidates and elected officials.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/12/20/the-wages-of-wokeness-google-slashes-management-roles-by-10/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Pats Itself On Back For Deporting Thousands Of Illegal Migrant Criminals After Rolling Out Welcome Mat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/biden-admin-pats-itself-on-back-for-deporting-thousands-of-illegal-migrant-criminals-after-rolling-out-welcome-mat/ar-AA1wfczL
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Border Legacy Is More Crime, Strained Cities
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/20/bidens-border-legacy-is-more-crime-strained-cities-borderline/
EPOCH TIMES
— House Passes Funding Plan, Sends Bill to Senate Hours Before Shutdown Deadline
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-to-vote-on-plan-c-funding-plan-as-shutdown-looms-5779746
FOX BUSINESS
— Biden admin looks to hire up to 1,200 DEI employees in last-minute ‘woke’ push
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/biden-admin-looks-to-hire-up-to-1200-dei-employees-in-last-minute-woke-push/vi-AA1weVPn
FOX NEWS
— Embattled Illinois mayor Tiffany Henyard declares ‘I am your Rosa Parks’ amid leadership feud. ‘Somebody has to say never never ever give up,’ Henyard said.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/embattled-illinois-mayor-declares-i-am-your-rosa-parks-amid-leadership-feud
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Obama Clings to Relevance—and to Racial Division
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/obama-clings-relevance-and-racial-division
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Democratic Chicago mayor faces irate citizens sick of illegal immigration onslaught in town hall
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/leftist-chicago-mayor-faces-irate-citizens-sick-of-illegal-immigration-onslaught-in-town-hall
MRC TV
— ‘Chicago Flips Red’: Local Group Repeatedly Scolds Mayor Over Job Performance, Ignoring the Constitution
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/chicago-flips-red-local-group-repeatedly-scolds-mayor-over-job-performance
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Nicknames, Mockery Trickle Out for Chicago’s Mayor
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/19/nicknames_mockery_trickle_out_for_chicagos_mayor_637606.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Senile Biden Frees 100+ Illegals Who Rioted at Border Because They’re Not ‘Border Security Risks’ Under His Policy
https://www.westernjournal.com/senile-biden-frees-100-illegals-rioted-border-not-border-security-risks-policy-report/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do whatever they believe is necessary to destroy Trump including destroying America.
https://www.timescall.com/2024/12/20/donald-trump-economy-federal-reserve-bipartisan-budget-deal/amp/
MSN
— Starbucks provided in-kind donation to GOP convention host committee (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth $1,000/year, if not $5,000/year, if not $10,000/year. But I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out each and every morning free of charge and with no advertising or donation requests. I spend about 15 hours a day putting the newsletters together and sending them out. I spend thousands of dollars each year for newspaper subscriptions, internet expenses, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/starbucks-provides-in-kind-donation-to-gop-convention-host-committee/ar-BB1qaMuz
— New Bill Would Strip Federal Funding To Groups Supporting Illegal Immigrants (COMMENT: How strongly are groups in your county, township, municipality, and school district working to attract and keep illegals?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-bill-would-strip-federal-funding-to-groups-supporting-illegal-immigrants/ss-AA1rZmdi
— Migrants Are Using Private Jet Charters To Enter The US
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/migrants-are-using-private-jet-charters-to-enter-the-us/ar-AA1wggnS
— 80% of women in Tijuana’s migrant shelters are from Mexico
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/80-of-women-in-tijuana-s-migrant-shelters-are-from-mexico/ar-AA1wbJmK
NEW YORK TIMES
— How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize a) illegals with runaway slaves and b) Republicans and Confederates.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/books/review/andrew-delbanco-war-before-the-war.html
WASHINGTON POST
— 8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/musk-trump-children-health-debt/
— To promote more hatred against Republicans, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats because Democrats fought for slavery in the Civil War.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/20/reparations-black-trump/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater crow that “Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/trump-presidential-power-congress-legislature/
NEW YORK SUN
— D.C. City Council Stealthily Passes Bill To Create a ‘Reparations Task Force’ To Explore Giving Money to Black Residents. Council members at Washington are hoping their sneakily named bill will avoid scrutiny from Republicans in Congress.
https://www.nysun.com/article/d-c-stealthily-passes-create-reparations-explore-money-black-residents
BALTIMORE SUN
— Equality and equity are not the same (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if X% of those who apply for something are minority or female, that same X% should be accepted. Because of that, to accept minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly dramatically lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. Because of that, because I am a White male, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license ever-increasingly became worthless.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/20/equality-and-equity-are-not-the-same-reader-commentary/
WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. By coming into America illegally and/or by staying In America illegally, illegals demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America. My their inviting illegals into America and by their keeping them in America, Democrat and RINO leaders demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/12/20/immigration-drives-nations-population-growth/
13 NEWS NOW
— Government shutdown could cause millions of federal workers to be furloughed. (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.13newsnow.com/video/money/government-shutdown-could-cause-millions-of-federal-workers-to-be-furloughed/291-a2378a98-58dd-4470-b844-3f77354b7963
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Colleges and Universities Get Around State DEI Bans. They hide behind vague demands from accreditors. Congress should deprive them of this excuse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-colleges-and-universities-get-around-state-dei-bans-discrimination-iowa-65732dfb
— For Many People in This Small Town, Deportations Can’t Come Soon Enough. In Seymour, Ind., immigration became a focal point in 2024. Some residents hope 2025 brings changes. (COMMENT: Seymour today, your municipality tomorrow. What are the Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality doing to invite illegals?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/for-many-people-in-this-small-town-deportations-cant-come-soon-enough-fee9a193
BLOOMBERG
— The Wrath of DOGE Is Coming for Federal Workers (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. They despised/hated Republicans. They especially despised/hated Republican elected officials. I should write a book about how they took their hatred against Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. Bush, and Gingrich out on me. It is called political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-20/the-wrath-of-doge-is-coming-for-federal-workers
— Corporate America Hired More Black Workers. Then It Stopped. Black workers are losing share at big US public companies as conservatives amp up their anti-diversity push ahead of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. (COMMENT: Under Republicans Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. Bush, and Gingrich, the federal government gave tremendous preference to its Black employees. All my Black coworkers who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. Under Republican Gingrich, GAO forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-anti-dei-corporate-america-stalls-black-workers-gains/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Immigration and Employment of Foreign Nationals: A Look Ahead (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers do not want any immigration laws let alone enforcement of those laws.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/immigration-and-employment-foreign-nationals-look-ahead
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A quarter of FDIC survey respondents say harassment is common in the workplace. The new survey, from the FDIC inspector general, comes as part of the ongoing investigation into long-standing workplace culture concerns. (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued a) that it had never discriminated against any of its employees for any reason and b) that it had treated me and all its employees exactly like Congress wanted it to, that is, to meet Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI quotas, goals, and targets, that is, to use AA, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/a-quarter-of-fdic-survey-respondents-say-harassment-is-common-in-the-workplace/
FED SMITH
— Cato’s Recommendations to DOGE for Slashing Federal Employee Pay, Benefits (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always shouted a) that I was grossly overpaid and that my employee benefits were much too generous, b) that young minorities and young females should have had the jobs that I had, and c) that I should be fired. While I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, my critics/opponents have always shouted that my retiree benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I became a federal employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 because of EEOC. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died. Because of that I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/20/catos-recommendations-to-doge-for-slashing-federal-employee-pay-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cut Overall Compensation for Federal Employees by 10%. . .Cut the Total Number of Federal Employees by 10%. . .Limit Federal Employee Unions. . .Making It Easier to Fire Poorly Performing Federal Employees. . .Reinstate Schedule F. . .End Affirmative Action in Federal Hiring and Contracting. . .Privatizing Federal Operations
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— More! on the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset. Many Civil Service Retirement System retirees are hoping for an early Christmas present from Congress. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2024/12/more-windfall-elimination-provision-and-government-pension-offset/401798/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, federal retirees who retired under the Civil Service Retirement System, current CSRS employees and a multitude of other state and local public service employees who receive pensions from work not covered by Social Security, applauded when the Senate voted on a motion to invoke cloture. The agreement to invoke cloture was on the motion to proceed to H.R. 82. (a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provisions). The motion was agreed to with 73 years and 27 nays which could mean higher Social Security benefits for CSRS retirees if passed before Congress leaves this week.)
— IRS workforce is more diverse than the national civilian labor force. So why is GAO criticizing the tax agency’s DEI programs? A new GAO report ( https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105785 ) found that women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and persons with disabilities were underrepresented in senior levels at the agency. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. They did everything that they could to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, they discriminated against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/09/irs-workforce-more-diverse-national-civilian-labor-force-so-why-gao-criticizing-tax-agencys-dei-programs/399446/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The IRS’ workforce in 2022 was more diverse than the federal workforce as a whole as well as the national civilian labor force in terms of representation of women and individuals from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups. However a Government Accountability Office report published on Monday found disparities in diverse representation at more senior levels and argued current IRS plans to address the gaps have significant shortcomings. GAO reported that IRS’ workforce — which consists of approximately 90,000 employees, and is expected to grow because of an infusion of funds from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — generally became more diverse between fiscal years 2013 and 2022. But that progress didn’t persist across ranks. “In general, the more senior the level, the lower the representation of women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and persons with disabilities in each of the 10 fiscal years we reviewed,” investigators wrote. For example, 71.9% of IRS employees in grades [general schedule]-10 and below were women in fiscal 2022 compared to 45.6% of individuals at the executive level. Other noteworthy findings include: The decreasing representation at senior levels for Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino employees was largely tied to fewer women of those backgrounds serving in those roles. In contrast, the increasing representation at senior levels of white employees was driven largely by there being more white men in those positions. Women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and individuals with disabilities were generally less likely to be promoted across multiple GS grades. IRS employees who are women earned 17% less than men and workers from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups earned 6% less than their white counterparts. Investigators wrote that salary disparities existed even after controlling for GS grade level and occupation. Over the review period, IRS did identify certain causes for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility setbacks. Between fiscal years 2017 and 2022, for instance, the agency noted that there was low participation by Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Black or African American employees in an executive readiness development program. GAO criticized IRS’ plans to resolve those setbacks, in particular that they are spread out among three different strategies. “With multiple plans articulating differing DEIA goals, IRS’s DEIA efforts are neither clear nor transparent, hindering decision-makers’ ability to set priorities, allocate resources and restructure efforts, as needed, to ensure effective DEIA advancement,” investigators wrote. They also found the agency conducted limited stakeholder consultation and that staffing issues in IRS’ Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion contributed to the issue. GAO made eight recommendations, including that IRS create a unified DEIA strategic plan and set performance measures for goals in the strategy. IRS agreed with each of the recommendations. Congressional Republicans in June introduced legislation that would bar federal funds from being used toward DEI efforts.)
GUARDIAN
— Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege. Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump
DAILY MAIL
— ‘Am I Racist?’ star Matt Walsh blasts the Academy Awards for snubbing documentary exposing DEI (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and even worse things.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14212167/Am-Racist-star-Matt-Walsh-blasts-Academy-Awards-snubbing-documentary-exposing-DEI.html
— Ruthless migrant thugs are entering the US legally through Biden-approved loophole app
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-14212499/Ruthless-migrant-thugs-entering-legally-Biden-approved-loophole-app.html
WORKERS WORLD
— Protesters to Biden: ‘Dismantle the Deportation Machine’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. By coming into America illegally and/or by staying In America illegally, illegals demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America. By their inviting illegals into America and by their keeping them in America, Democrat and RINO leaders demonstrate their gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.)
https://www.workers.org/2024/12/82757/
December 16, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 16 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago shootings this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-15-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15659574/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cannabis-industry-illinois/15652693/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
— Woman charged in alleged anti-Palestinian hate crime inside Downers Grove Panera due in court
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexandra-szustakiewicz-due-court-hate-crime-charges-alleged-ant-palestinian-incident-downers-grove-panera/15662572/
FOX32
— Threats against members of Congress surge after murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Threats against members of Congress are surging, including fake bomb calls targeting their homes after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1562490
— More than 100 former patients file major lawsuit against Universal Health Services for alleged abuse
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawsuit-universal-health-services
— UnitedHealthcare lawsuit: Physicians allege delay, deny, underpay practices
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/unitedhealthcare-physicians-lawsuit
WGN9
— DuPage County Sheriff to suspend evictions during portion of the holiday season
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dupage-county-sheriff-to-suspend-evictions-during-portion-of-the-holiday-season/ar-AA1vHgTi
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: November election numbers tell a cautionary tale for both Democrats and GOP (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/illinois-presidential-election-breakdown/
— The real cost of the anti-college narrative (COMMENT: My father often decried that he did not get promotions because he did not have a college degree. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/opinion-anti-college-narrative-black-students-elitism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current anti-college narrative, while seemingly populist and anti-elitist, is built on a false premise: that just because you can be successful without college, you shouldn’t have to pursue it. Worse, it perpetuates a harmful message for historically marginalized groups. This line of thinking implies that students from lower-income backgrounds or marginalized communities — those often unable to afford college outright — should simply opt out, limiting their potential opportunities. This ultimately reinforces racist and classist ideas that say if you aren’t already poised to access other forms of opportunity, then those opportunities aren’t for you.)
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/wrapping-our-arms-around-the-community-the-outreach-house-helps-with-food-clothing-utilities/
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/a-resilient-nation-leaders-stress-importance-of-community-at-mlk-dinner/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Other states must be saying, ‘Thanks, Santa, for what you send us from Illinois
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/the-gifts-illinois-sends-states-mark-glennon-19980840.php
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does that job pay? Salary transparency one of many new Illinois laws in 2025. (COMMENT: Federal employee salaries are extremely transparent. My IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates saw that my Democrat superiors were paying me less than my coworkers who had less work experience that I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They especially saw that I had to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article296931194.html
CENTRALL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders were less successful than they thought they be in getting their illegals to vote.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-gop-stoked-fears-of-noncitizens-voting-cases-in-ohio-show-how-rhetoric-and-reality-diverge/
WCIA
— Romney: ‘You can’t complain’ if Trump does what he says he would do (COMMENT: I should write about the Romney promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who continue to blame Romney’s defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who continue to punish me for Romney’s defeats.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/
WAND TV
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration/article_4f8a72ac-939c-5c42-8bf4-d9117554b666.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-424/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Settlement with ABC and Stephanopoulos indicates Trump has an actionable defamation claim against Gov. Pritzker
https://wirepoints.org/settlement-with-abc-and-stephanopolous-indicates-trump-has-an-actionable-defamation-claim-against-pritzker-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois pension debts hit $144 billion in 2024, make a mockery of politicians’ decades of ‘balanced budgets’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-pension-debts-at-144-billion-in-2024-makes-mockery-of-politicians-decades-of-balanced-budgets-wirepoints/
— Chicago aldermen have told Mayor Johnson they don’t want to impose yet another property tax hike on Chicagoans. He should listen.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-aldermen-have-told-mayor-johnson-they-dont-want-to-impose-yet-another-tax-hike-on-chicagoans-he-should-listen-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— Pritzker takes credit for ending the grocery tax, but won’t mention the gas tax hike or property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-takes-credit-for-ending-the-grocery-tax-but-wont-mention-the-gas-tax-hike-or-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the mainstream news media and Google and their ever-increasing promotion of the Democrat Party platform, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat candidates and their ever-increasing demonization, denigration, and condemnation of the Republican Party platform, Republican elected officials, and Republican candidates. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly makes its anti-conservative anti-Republican anti-Trump editorials look like news articles. I should write a book about that.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton township, and Wheaton and how they have been taken over by anti-conservatives and by anti-Republicans. I would use as examples the adverse actions that leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they have used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Johnson runs from budget debacle
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1867683008511152167
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Let ‘sanctuary’ cities keep millions of illegal aliens, without federal funding. Time to give ‘the resistance’ what they want. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run sanctuary cities will a) run up debt, b) take money away from any remaining Republicans in the city, and/or c) ship their illegals to the suburbs.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/let-sanctuary-cities-keep-millions-illegal-aliens-/
— Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/mitt-romney-predicts-vice-president-elect-j-d-vanc/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Fixing deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/fixing_deportation.html
— Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/anchor_babies_with_birthright_citizenship_is_an_idiotic_policy_that_encourages_migrants_to_come_to_the_u_s_illegally.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Party of the working class’: Trump critic Mitt Romney credits Trump for reshaping GOP as he exits politics (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class for 33 years, that is, I was a wage earner for 33 years.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/15/party-of-the-working-class-trump-critic-mitt-romney-credits-trump-for-reshaping-gop-as-he-exits-politics-1509812/
CENTER SQUARE
— Military may be ground zero for the war on woke (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d1e584e-b9a7-11ef-8c1a-774323955d0c.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s ‘Prime’ Time to Discuss Transgender Medicine as a Nation of Parents, Not Partisans (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in medicine will be Democrat, libera/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/15/its-prime-time-discuss-transgender-medicine-nation-parents-not-partisans/
FOX NEWS
— Clinton says Democrats have bad habit of ‘giving up’ on certain groups because of demographics (COMMENT: Democrat plant political consultants in Illinois advise Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to get votes from those in Illinois who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to dump voters in Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365866530112
— ‘Going to be painful’: Venezuelan expert sounds alarm about what’s next if sanctuary city policies continue. A former Venezuelan army officer told Fox News Digital that the ‘next step’ of violent gang is ‘targeted assassinations.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/painful-venezuelan-expert-sounds-alarm-about-whats-next-sanctuary-city-policies-continue
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Thieves of Words: DEI and Other Misleading Terms. Totalitarian ideologues have perfected the art of deception by using benign terminology and injecting it with oppressive meaning.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-thieves-of-words-dei-and-other-misleading-terms/
— Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/diversity-conference-for-elite-private-schools-devolves-into-festival-of-jew-hatred/amp/
REASON
— Federal Government Has ‘Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,’ Warns Former GAO Boss David Walker. This week’s House Budget Committee hearing showed bipartisan agreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems. (COMMENT: Walker led GAO 1998-2008. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The Democrats who run GAO do not want GAO to have any Republican employees. They used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republicans.)
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/federal-government-has-grown-too-big-promised-too-much-subsidized-too-many-warns-former-gao-boss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is likely to face a debt crisis within the next five years unless Congress undertakes serious fiscal reforms, says a former comptroller general who is urging lawmakers to treat the budget and deficit with the seriousness it deserves. “The federal government has grown too big, promised too much, subsidized too many, undercut states’ rights, and lost control of the budget,” David Walker, who led the Government Accountability Office from 1998 until 2008, told members of the House Budget Committee on Wednesday. Unless Congress puts the country on a different fiscal course, Walker believes there is a 70 percent chance of a serious debt crisis before the end of the decade. That crisis would have “serious adverse economic security, national security, diplomatic, and domestic tranquility consequences,” he warned, adding that the middle class would “be affected the most on a relative basis” if standards of living are suddenly hit with a debt-induced shockwave. This week’s hearing was intended to highlight bipartisan agreement on the seriousness of the federal government’s fiscal problems, said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R–Texas), the committee’s chairman. “We’ve got major fiscal problems and a completely unsustainable fiscal trajectory. I haven’t heard anyone, Democrat or Republican, witness or member, that [sic] doesn’t accept that fact,” he said. “We won’t know when the dominoes fall on us in a sovereign debt crisis, it’s going to be difficult to put the pieces back together and maintain our global leadership.” Those remarks echo warnings issued in recent years by governmental entities like the GAO and the Congressional Budget Office, as well as outside groups like the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Since 2015 the gross national debt has doubled, from $18 trillion to over $36 trillion. Debt held by the public, which most economists consider the more significant measure, sits at more than $28 trillion, or 99 percent of GDP. Deficits of nearly $2 trillion are expected for the foreseeable future. Douglas Elmendorf, the economist and dean of the school of government at Harvard University, who was invited to speak at the hearing by Democrats, also stressed the need for immediate action. “Although we are not in a crisis now, delaying action has significant costs,” Elmendorf said. “The accumulation of debt crowds out capital investment, which holds down wages and pushes up interest rates relative to what would happen otherwise. In addition, the accumulation of debt limits the government’s ability to borrow when truly needed to respond to problems in the future.” While there is little disagreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems, the committee hearing also inadvertently highlighted the immense difficulty of solving them. During his testimony, Walker proposed what he called a “fiscal responsibility amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, which would bind Congress’ ability to borrow recklessly. This could take several different forms. Germany, for example, has a so-called “debt brake” rule—which it hasn’t followed in recent years—that says the government’s annual budget deficit cannot exceed 0.35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). By contrast, the U.S. federal government ran a deficit of $1.8 trillion last year, which is about 6 percent of America’s current GDP of about $29.3 trillion. Another example is on the books in Colorado, where the growth of government spending is limited by a formula that takes into account population growth and inflation. Those are good models to follow, but imposing those restrictions via a constitutional amendment seems like a nearly impossible lift. Amendments must be passed by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and subsequently ratified by three-quarters of the states, and no amendment has successfully navigated the process since 1992. Of course, lawmakers don’t need a constitutional constraint to prevent them from borrowing too much. They could simply pass a budget that doesn’t depend on trillions of dollars in annual borrowing. Yes, yes, it’s okay to laugh. But that is the thing that must happen. New constitutional amendments or other mechanisms like debt commissions—a solution favored by Cato Institute budget expert Romina Boccia, who also testified at this week’s hearing—are fine ideas worth pursuing. Embedded in both those ideas, however, is the admission that our elected leaders are somehow unable to do their most fundamental jobs without artificial constraints. And that may very well be true: Available evidence certainly points to that conclusion. But the biggest budgetary constraint of all is the one Walker (and plenty of others) believe is looming just over the horizon. Congress cannot ignore it any longer.)
STARS AND STRIPES
— Why the Naval Academy gets to keep affirmative action (COMMENT: To use Affirmative Action and DEI is to a) lower hiring, retention, and promotion standards for minorities and for females and a) to raise hiring, retention, and promotion standards for Whites and for men. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or female. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. Because I am not a minority or female, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my job-related bachelor’s degree and my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-12-15/naval-academy-affirmative-action-admissions-16171778.html
TOWNHALL
— The End of the ‘Free’ Rides. A new sheriff is coming to town. The free gravy train for the irresponsible and illegals is going to be over. “Free” is giving way to personal responsibility and earning the rewards you seek. “Free” is on the way out in Trump’s Washington.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/12/16/the-end-of-the-free-rides-n2648995
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vows-to-hire-american-his-businesses-keep-hiring-foreign-guest-workers/ar-AA1vW5JM
YAHOO
— Shock as Trump Adviser Collapses on Stage at New York Young Republican Gala
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shock-trump-adviser-collapses-stage-053308177.html
ABC NEWS
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/journalists-anticipate-renewed-hostility-work-incoming-trump-administration-116818030
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-threatens-mass-deportations-central-america-braces-influx-116816385
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/this-is-how-much-weed-you-should-smoke-if-you-re-trying-to-relieve-stress/ss-AA1uCQzC
— ‘Promoting Meritocracy’: Elon Musk’s Super PAC Drops $10,000,000 (COMMENT: (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their giving preference to those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/promoting-meritocracy-elon-musk-s-super-pac-drops-10-000-000/ss-AA1sk2K7?ocid=HPCDHP
NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Democrats Skipping Donald Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: The list includes Casten and Ramirez.)
https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-donald-trumps-inauguration-2001234
— Blagojevich: Weaponization of Justice ‘Started With Me’
https://www.newsweek.com/rod-blagojevich-justice-department-lawfare-trump-biden-2000399
— Celebrities Who Tried to Stop Donald Trump Fall Silent
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-celebrities-debra-messing-martin-sheen-video-2000481
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ But He Also Wants to Wield Its Power. (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/deep-state-trump-administrative.html
— Opposition Research Goes Hyperlocal. The liberal group American Bridge is launching a new project to collect information for campaigns against Republicans running for state and local offices. (COMMENT: If you were me, what would you do? I spend a tremendous amount of time and money putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning. Far too many of those who read my newsletters do so for opposition research. They a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) read my newsletters to get information to use against me, and/or c) have taken adverse actions against me. Should I start naming the aforesaid and writing about them? I would start with those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. The only legitimate reason to read my newsletters is to get information to defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform and to help elect Republican candidates who can and will do the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/us/politics/opposition-research-goes-hyperlocal.html
— Why Democrats Lost More Seats in Vermont Than Any Other State (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/vermont-election-democrats-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Musk put $277 million into the election. He’s $200 billion richer this year. The tech mogul made a big bet on Trump. By one measure, it has paid off handsomely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/15/elon-musk-trump-election-wealth/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/15/honduras-trump-mass-deportations-central-america-immigration/b5f4eb26-bb64-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy (COMMENT: Biden’s legacy is massive increases in dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
— FRONT PAGE: Illegals drive up health care costs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/12/15/why-americans-pay-more-for-health-care/76900978007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Allies Fear Watered Down Deportation Efforts. President-elect’s team is committed to pursuing immigrants who crossed illegally, but is wary about logistical challenges and setting expectations. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-deportation-promises-worried-allies-6b78418d
— Untangling America’s Love-Hate Relationship With Corporate Power. Assassination of health-insurance executive reveals frustration with big business weeks after a business leader was elected president.
https://www.wsj.com/business/untangling-americas-love-hate-relationship-with-corporate-power-6d415af4
— When ‘Middle Age’ Arrives in Your 20s. Stress is making young people feel older, with mounting concerns about job security, debt, child-care costs and caregiving. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees. In 1974 when I was 25 years old, they wrote me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I transferred to GAO in 1980. After I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and became a licensed CPA in 1981, they finally promoted me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/middle-age-young-stress-aging-4965bdc7
— The Economics of Media Bias. In a polarized country and crowded market, partisan coverage allows outlets to differentiate themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-media-bias-journalism-politics-polarization-markets-e723fe18
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5
FORBES
— Mitch McConnell Criticizes ‘Right-Wing Isolationists’—Says Trump Must Embrace U.S. ‘Hard Power’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/16/mitch-mcconnell-criticizes-right-wing-isolationists-says-trump-must-embrace-us-hard-power/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2024/12/15/how-the-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-is-responding-to-attacks-on-dei/
SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy/ar-AA1vLckQ
NPR
— Biden took his election as being a mandate to not only destroy the Republican Party, but to destroy America.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-presidents
LADDERS
— 5 reasons your boss wants you to succeed (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat bosses absolutely did not want me to succeed. My Democrat GAO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 18 years. My Democrat IRS bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 9 years. My Democrat Firestone Store boss was furious that I survived his efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My Democrat Post Office bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my chairmanship for almost 7 years. My Milton Township Republican Organization RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of my webmaster service for 6 years. My Illinois Center Right Coalition RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as an officer for 4 years. My American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Democrat and RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as a board member for 3 years. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-reasons-your-boss-wants-you-to-succeed
— It’s not in your head — 10 signs your boss is setting you up to fail (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals and b) assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/its-not-in-your-head-10-signs-your-boss-is-setting-you-up-to-fail
ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Signs People Believe In You and Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/10-signs-people-believe-in-you-and-want-you-to-succeed/345386
— Surround Yourself With People Who Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I was not able recruit offices and directors who wanted me to succeed.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/surround-yourself-with-people-who-want-you-to-succeed/337493
MEDIUM
— How to Deal With People Who Want You to Fail (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors wanted me to fail. To deal with that, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-deal-with-people-who-want-you-to-fail-7a86ffc64b46
— People Want You to Stay in Your Limits. (COMMENT: What limited your advancement? My demographics are terrible. Further, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I had to work my way through college.)
https://medium.com/the-ascent/people-want-you-to-stay-in-your-limits-e46d486f9519
— “I just want you to succeed” — the back-handed compliment (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/@uzhussain/i-just-want-you-to-succeed-d53ca40e84a4
— Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/the-understanding-project/why-the-world-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed-and-what-to-do-about-it-cf2854b505b9
FORBES
— Five Signs Your Boss Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/13/five-signs-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed/
IVY EXE
— Set Up to Fail? Here’s What to Do (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://ivyexec.com/career-advice/2017/set-up-to-fail/
LINKED IN
— People Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-want-you-succeed-mike-kaeding
— When Your Manager Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-your-manager-doesnt-want-you-succeed-liz-ryan
— How to Rise Above Friends Who Secretly Want You to Fail (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-rise-above-friends-who-secretly-want-you-fail-reza-naqvi-ghmve
— Why Society Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-society-doesnt-want-you-succeed-ayodeji-awosika
SELF-PUBLISHING
— How to Write a Book (COMMENT: If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid took against me and the pretexts they used.)
https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-write-a-book/
INDEPENDENT
— ABC’s $15m settlement in Trump ‘rape’ defamation case was met with surprise and outrage. Here’s why. Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos defamed him when he said a jury found him ‘liable for rape.’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49, but they hold back from publicly hinting/implying/arguing/shouting why GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49. Under the table, they hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO must have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 because I am a White supremist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things even though a) I had a CPA license, b) I had professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, and e) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. My critics/opponents know that I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abc-news-defamation-settlement-george-stephanopoulos-b2664857.html
December 8, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-macron-paris-zelenskyy/3618711/?os=fuzzscanazstr%26ref%3Dapp&ref=app
— At least 8 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
— Chicago’s ‘do not hire’ policy puts employees at risk for political payback. The current version of the city’s “do not hire” policy can hurt the careers of good employees who are put on the list for political retribution. City Council members are rightly calling for changes to fix that. (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors put me on their do not hire lists with the adverse actions that they took against me. That hurt my career tremendously. Constructively, they rendered worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and my three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, c) my professional license, and d) the experience that I gained working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years. Employers do not want to hire people who were forced into early retirement, who were passed over for promotions, who had always been ranked in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, who had been forced to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to make an internal transfer, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/07/do-not-hire-chicago-scott-waguespack-gilbert-villegas-ronnie-reese-editorial
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/indian-prairie-school-district-204-seeing-rapid-growth-in-students-who-need-language-help-officials-say/
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/donna-vickroy-wheaton-teens-dedicated-to-helping-refugees-resettle-in-chicago-area/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that Muslims have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-muslim-voters-presidential-election/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241207/gambling/how-illinois-generated-2-billion-in-tax-revenue-from-gamblers-in-the-last-fiscal-year/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
WAND TV
— Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-isnt-back-in-office-but-hes-already-pushing-his-agenda-and-negotiating-with-world/article_ac36e915-dbbd-5e3a-9415-43c08159e2f4.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Schools react to loss of state funding for after-school programs (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always used my mother being able to stay home and raise my brother and me to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my father as being filthy rich. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, most commonly, playing music, working in a fast food restaurant, and delivering eggs. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/schools-react-to-loss-of-state-funding-for-after-school-programs#
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election UNOFFICIAL Candidate List
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad6d36c8-b40e-11ef-89b4-4bdd8c2c70dd.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— Republicans Nominate McHenry Township Candidates at Caucus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/republicans-nominate-mchenry-township-candidates-at-caucus/
— Out of Office, But Kenneally Still Sought as Chicago Media Source, This Time on Faulty Pot Testing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/07/out-of-office-but-kenneally-still-sought-as-chicago-media-source-this-time-on-faulty-pot-testing/
— Crystal Lake Doc Makes Tribune Front Page in Story about State’s Attorney Offices’ Reporting Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/06/crystal-lake-doc-makes-tribune-front-page-in-story-about-states-attorney-offices-reporting-duty/
— New State’s Attorney Randi Freese Follows in Modest and Self-Confident Footsteps of Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe and Robb Tadelman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/new-states-attorney-randi-freese-follows-in-modest-and-self-confident-footsteps-of-circuit-clerk-kathy-keefe/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In what ways are you a minority? I am a minority in the following political jurisdictions because I voted for Trump: a) my precinct because 478 voted for Harris but only 373 voted for Trump, b) DuPage County because 251,000 voted for Harris and only 191,00 voted for Trump, and c) Illinois because 3 million voted for Harris and only 2.4 million voted for Trump. Further, I am a minority in the following organizations because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Further, I am ever-increasingly becoming a minority if not one already because of my demographics: White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly take adverse actions against me to make me leave, but I am not going to leave. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/world-news/syria-civil-war-live-updates-syrian-army-announces-assads-rule-has-ended/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— With Trump’s Victory, America’s Long National Nightmare is Over. On January 20, 2025, our long national nightmare will finally be over—unburdened by what has been.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/08/with-trumps-victory-americas-long-national-nightmare-is-over/
BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Chicago Citizens Need to Vote on Sanctuary Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/07/dem-rep-jonathan-jackson-chicago-citizens-need-to-vote-on-sanctuary-policy/
CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0465f06e-b4b9-11ef-8801-9bb09b81883e.html
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— We want your opinion on where President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should start slashing wasteful federal spending as it gets up and running. (COMMENT: I hope that DOGE focuses on cutting federal spending that promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://citizens-against-government-waste.revv.co/doge-survey
FOX NEWS
— Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony in ‘presidential’ fashion. This was Trump’s his first international trip since winning the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion
— Conservative group compiles list of ‘woke’ senior officers they want Pete Hegseth to fire. The American Accountability Foundation says the ‘woke takeover’ of the military is a major threat to our national security. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire
— Congress eyes 14.5% pay hike for junior troops, limits on transgender treatment in $895B defense bill. The 1,800-page bill also includes anti-DEI and anti-CRT measures.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-pay-hike-junior-troops-limits-transgender-treatment-895-2b-defense-bill.amp
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’
https://www.aol.com/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-205030946.html
MRC TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/287072/print
NEWSMAX
— US Colleges Dismantling DEI Initiatives (COMMENT: UIC accepted me when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24 notwithstanding my not being a minority or a female.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/colleges-dei-programs/2024/12/07/id/1190750/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Opposition to Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/08/opposition_to_woke_progressivism_energizes_trump_coalition_152061.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Young Democrats of America host first DNC chairman race candidates forum (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about my critic/opponents who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that period.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5028484-young-democrats-of-america-host-first-dnc-chairman-race-candidates-forum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The four candidates running are Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. and Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley (D), and New York State Senator James Skoufis (D).)
NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Boasts of ‘Border Security Blueprint’ for US
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-operation-lone-star-blueprint-immigration-1997139
— Prince William’s Reaction to Meeting Donald Trump Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-reaction-donald-trump-meeting-viral-1997282
REUTERS
— Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-trump-call-ukraine-peace-120527821.html
MSN
— Woke Policies Drive Customers Away
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/have-woke-policies-driven-customers-away/ss-AA1voi1d
NBC NEWS
— Texas aims to become key part of Trump’s immigration plans. Already the state has offered up a ranch on the Rio Grande as a potential site for detention facilities, and it is ready to share its playbook for muscling through immigration policy changes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-aims-become-key-part-trumps-immigration-plans-rcna182852
NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/university-of-michigan-dei-diversity-statemements.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge. Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors purged me when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was one of their last Republican employees in their office. They would have succeeded sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/
USA TODAY
— This anti-‘woke’ investor is fighting DEI in the S&P 500. His first target: Starbucks
https://www.aol.com/anti-woke-investor-wooing-trump-182347747.html
— Want a VIP invitation to Donald Trump’s inauguration? That’ll cost you — a lot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/vip-invitation-donald-trump-inauguration/76822535007/
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Zelenskyy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/08/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-russia-zelenskyy/76849858007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s election helped him with his criminal cases” and ask “What about the civil lawsuits he faces?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/donald-trump-election-victory-civil-cases-lawsuit/76261850007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s private club is ground zero for a disruption-themed second term: Inside Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, a Mediterranean-styled estate a cereal heiress a half-century ago envisioned as a presidential retreat, is today the heady and giddy center of the American political universe.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/trump-mar-a-lago-elon-musk-rfk/76708006007/
— ‘He knows his generation’: Melania Trump praises Barron’s role in 2024 White House race.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/melania-barron-trump-2024-election/76819492007/
— Bahamas ‘firmly rejected’ Trump proposal to deport immigrants from other countries there (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/bahamas-trump-deportation-repatriation/76821076007/
UNION BULLETIN
— University of Michigan will no longer use diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, tenure. (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/university-of-michigan-will-no-longer-use-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-promotion-tenure/article_517527cf-53d6-5c24-a7fe-0d5b64528392.html
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 year old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. That same year, I became a licensed CPA. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Subsequently, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam Guide: What You Need to Know
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/
ARKANSAS BUSINESS
— CPA Licensing: The Path, the Test and the Numbers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arkansas-cpa-licensing-reforms-120-hour-pathway/
FOX23
— Southwest Airlines agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had quotas to fill, that is, they always had to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://fox23maine.com/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-battle-0900a291
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “If You Want UnitedHealthcare To Cover Everything, Talk To Trump Or Your Employer.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/12/08/if-you-want-unitedhealthcare-to-cover-everything-talk-to-trump-or-your-employer/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/12/03/how-to-boost-the-number-of-women-in-leadership-in-2025/
DEADLINE
— Trump Sits Down With “Big Man” Prince William In Paris And Shares Memories Of Queen
https://deadline.com/2024/12/donald-trump-big-man-prince-william-paris-macron-zelensky-1236197559/
AXIOS DC
— Biden wants to raise the pay of civilian federal employees by an average of 2% — and workers say that ain’t cutting it. Why it matters: The White House’s proposal is much less than the 7.4% pay boost sought by Democrats in Congress. A 2% raise is essentially a pay cut for federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/09/federal-worker-pay-raise-biden
INDEPENDENT
— Can you pass the Trump test? Prospective administration members asked to prove their loyalty. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pass-trump-test-prospective-administration-042027918.html
December 5, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Massive fire tears through Elgin encampment for people experiencing homelessness
https://abc7chicago.com/post/metra-milwaukee-district-west-trains-affected-elgin-fire-north-state-street-residents-asked-avoid-area/15623068/
— Supporters cry foul after Tiffany Henyard denied place on Thornton Township supervisor ballot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-supporters-cry-foul-after-thornton-township-supervisor-denies-dolton-mayor-spot-democratic-party-ballot/15622553/
— Person of interest in custody in connection to Wheaton man’s Lincoln Park shooting death
https://abc7chicago.com/post/person-interest-custody-connection-deadly-chicago-shooting-alexander-nesteruk-wheaton-lincoln-park-cpd-says/15623197/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzer4xTyx8o
NBC5
— ‘Egregious coronation:’ Henyard attorney blasts Thornton Township caucus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/egregious-coronation-henyard-attorney-blasts-thornton-township-caucus/3615803/
— Illinois and Cook County’s $15/hour minimum wage set to increase in January 2025. (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School. In today’s dollars, that minimum wage was $12.41/hour. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-and-cook-countys-minimum-wage-set-to-increase-in-january-2025/3615438/
CBS2
— Fire rips through homeless encampment in Elgin, Illinois, snags Metra trains
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fire-homeless-encampment-elgin-illinois/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DSqn7e2QyaCg
— Tiffany Henyard off Thornton Township ballot after caucus
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/tiffany-henyard-off-thornton-township-ballot-after-caucus/
— Democrats ask “What factors define an assault weapon under the Illinois ban?”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/what-factors-define-an-assault-weapon-under-the-illinois-ban/
WGN9 & JOURNAL COURIER & WGN RADIO & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-19959295.php
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-us-military-takes-pride-in-religious-diversity-would-things-change-if-pete-hegseth-takes-charge/
FOX32
— ‘He is a coward’: Henyard rips Harris as Thornton Township caucus dispute sparks legal battle
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-napoleon-harris-thornton-township-caucus-dispute-legal-battle
— Durbin, other lawmakers push for student loan forgiveness (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. Instead of studying, I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1557343
WTTW
— Democrats say “Why There is a Movement in Some Downstate Counties to Split From Illinois.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/04/why-there-movement-some-downstate-counties-split-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park police dispersed crowd at political caucus
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/afternoon-briefing-orland-park-police-dispersed-crowd-at-political-caucus/
— We must amend the Safe-T-Act and train judges on the importance of protecting the public from violent offenders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/opinion-amend-safe-t-act-illinois/
— Six-figure pensions are throttling Chicago’s ability to provide critical services (COMMENT: My $65,165/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is a) only 43% of what my $150,075/year GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less that what my $66,942/year IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars. If I was still working, that is, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, a) I would not have gotten $1.8 million in CSRS pension payments since 1997 in today’s dollars and b) I would have paid into CSRS $286,262 in today’s dollar.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/opinion-chicago-budget-brandon-johnson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 140,000 state and local workers collect six-figure salaries or pensions. The median CPS teacher salary is $95,000, among the nation’s highest; the Chicago Teachers Union is seeking four years of 9% raises. This despite a Tribune Editorial Board investigation showing 40% of CTU teachers are “chronically absent.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/chicago-homeless-advocates-ask-city-to-rethink-closure-of-humboldt-park-tent-city/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Hall braces for Trump assault on its minority set-aside program. City Council members are concerned about an assault from the incoming Trump administration on Chicago’s coveted minority set-aside program, and are wondering what the city can do to insulate that program from attack. (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/12/04/chicago-city-council-trump-administration-assault-minority-set-aside-program
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Biden to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/04/joe-biden-selfishnes-donald-trump-hunter-pardon-one-term-policies-kamala-harris-s-e-cupp
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Maine Dem Caucus Picks Kim Jones To Run For Supervisor; GOP Taps 4 Candidates
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/maine-dem-caucus-picks-kim-jones-to-run-for-supervisor-gop-taps-4-candidates/
SOUTHERN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his cabinet picks.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/04/trumps-controversial-cabinet-picks-raise-questions-about-lower-ethical-standards/
HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— There are Republicans in Thornton Township; they held the other caucus Tuesday night
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2024/12/04/there-are-republicans-in-thornton-township-they-held-the-other-caucus-tuesday-night/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. To promote reparations, AA, and/or DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older people, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/12/04/reparations-symposium-evanston-firstrepair/
NORTHERN STAR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://northernstar.info/121314/opinion/giving-birth-must-be-a-choice/
WSIL TV
— One shelter says they are at full capacity ahead of cold weather
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/one-shelter-says-they-are-at-full-capacity-ahead-of-cold-weather/article_fdd0931a-b2a3-11ef-b029-bfa9890e4f92.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Peter Navarro served prison time related to Jan. 6. Now Trump is bringing him back as an adviser
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-hires-peter-navarro-as-white-house-adviser-as-he-continues-building-administration/
WHEATON PATCH
— 7 Candidates In Race For District 200 Board
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/7-candidates-in-race-for-district-200-board/ar-AA1vi4ko
DEMOCRATS OF MILTON
— The Milton Township Officers Selected for the April 1, 2025 Election
https://www.democratsofmilton.com/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-417/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-209/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— Caucus Press Release
https://miltongop.org/
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s grocery tax shuffle
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-grocery-tax-shuffle-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Board Finance Committee To Be Dominated by Those Who Have Voted for Higher Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/mchenry-county-board-finance-committee-to-be-dominated-by-those-who-have-voted-for-higher-taxes/
— Conservation District Upping Tax Levy by 19%, 44.5% Hike in Operating Fund Sought
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/conservation-district-upping-tax-levy-by-19-44-5-hike-in-operating-fund-sought/
— Marlowe Middle School Child Researches “How to Shoot Up a School” on School Computer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/03/marlowe-middle-school-child-researches-how-to-shoot-up-a-school-on-school-computer/
— Self-Storage Owners Address Crystal Lake City Council on Tonight’s Planned Tax Imposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/03/self-storage-owners-address-crystal-lake-city-council-on-tonights-planned-tax-imposition/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DOGE sets sights first on ‘low-hanging fruit’ of government waste, fraud and abuse (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, GAO was low hanging fruit. Republican legislators cut GAO’s budget first in relative terms and then in absolute terms big time. My Democrat GAO superiors took that out against me, one of their few remaining Republican employees.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/4/doge-sets-sights-first-low-hanging-fruit-governmen/
— Some Democrat and RINO employers say that they are finally giving DEI the pink slip. Do not believe it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/4/corporations-finally-giving-dei-pink-slip/
— GOP accuses Biden’s citizenship director of ‘dereliction of duty’
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/dec/4/gop-accuses-joe-biden-citizenship-director-ur-jadd/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to run for office again
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3249577/tiffany-henyard-denied-place-ballot-run-office-again/
— Chicago antisemitic hate crime suspect was an illegal immigrant
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3247954/chicago-antisemitic-hate-crime-suspect-was-illegal-immigrant/
— Hispanic Democrats call for protecting illegal immigrants as part of ‘Trump-proofing’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3249574/hispanic-democrats-protecting-illegal-immigrants-trump-proofing/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump announces pick for IRS
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/trump-announces-picks-for-irs-sec-nasa-and-a-new-hostage-affairs-envoy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) was announced as Trump’s pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service. Long, a 69-year-old certified auctioneer, represented Missouri’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. He has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving office, assisting small businesses “navigate the complexities of complying with the IRS Rules and Regulations.” “Billy brings 32 years of experience running his own businesses in Real Estate and, as one of the premier Auctioneers in the Country,” Trump said of the incoming IRS commissioner. “Taxpayers and the wonderful employees of the IRS will love having Billy at the helm,” the president-elect added. “He is the consummate ‘people person,’ well respected on both sides of the aisle.”)
— Will Democrats learn the lesson of 2024 — identity politics are a loser?
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/opinion/will-democrats-learn-the-lesson-of-2024-identity-politics-are-a-loser/
— Democratic senator calls on Trump to support fertility care for troops after dubbing himself ‘father of IVF’ (COMMENT: If I had run against Duckworth, she would have stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF even though IVF was covered by our insurance.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/democratic-senator-calls-on-trump-to-support-fertility-care-for-troops-after-dubbing-himself-father-of-ivf/
— How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/aclu-lawyer-defends-trans-procedures-for-minors-despite-acknowledging-its-not-the-kids-who-are-consenting/
— Conservative watchdog compiles list of ‘woke ideologues’ in military for Pete Hegseth to purge
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/conservative-watchdog-compiles-list-of-woke-ideologues-in-military-for-pete-hegseth-to-purge/
AMAC
— End The Sanctuary-For-Migrants Madness
https://amac.us/newsline/society/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘This is DISGUSTING’: Biden gives $1B to Africa as NC residents sleep in tents
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/04/this-is-disgusting-biden-gives-1b-to-africa-as-nc-residents-sleep-in-tents-1507226/
BLAZE
— DOGE reveals staggering cost of Biden’s immigration crisis
https://www.theblaze.com/news/doge-reveals-staggering-cost-of-biden-s-immigration-crisis
— Trump’s DEA pick withdraws amid backlash for woke past (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-s-dea-pick-withdraws-amid-backlash-for-woke-past
BREITBART
— Biden’s Legacy Is Stagnant Wages for Americans Thanks to ‘Illegal Chain Migration on Steroids’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/04/tom-mcclintock-joe-bidens-legacy-is-stagnant-wages-for-americans-thanks-to-illegal-chain-migration-on-steroids/
DAILY CALLER
— Daily Caller Documentary Exposes Dangers Of Online Grooming And The Creeps Who Want To Trans Your Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/04/daily-caller-doc-groomed-scotus-case-child-sex-changes/
DAILY SIGNAL
— These 2 Laws Allow the President to Use Troops for Immigration Enforcement
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/yes-president-can-deploy-troops-enforce-immigration-law/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident rips migrant funding: ‘We’re not going to work to pay for illegals’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365522480112
— Trump’s election was blow to wokeism: Rejection of ‘hedonistic, power mad progressives’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365538719112
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Case for Mass Deportation
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/commentary/the-case-mass-deportation
HUMAN EVENTS
— Exclude hostile media from the White House briefing room (COMMENT: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections and who have along with their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers a) blamed me the most for their defeats and b) demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being “hostile media.” I would focus on those a) who I have done the most to help elect and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://humanevents.com/2024/12/03/rod-thomson-exclude-hostile-media-from-the-white-house-briefing-room
NEW AMERICAN
— 60K Illegal-alien Criminals Run Loose in New York City. Even Dems Fed Up
https://thenewamerican.com/features/60k-illegal-alien-criminals-run-loose-in-new-york-city-even-dems-fed-up/
NEWSMAX
— Duckworth to Trump: Expand IVF for Military (COMMENT: If I had run against Duckworth, she would have stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF even though IVF was covered by our insurance.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ivf-military-tammy-duckworth/2024/12/04/id/1190323/
PJ MEDIA
— DOGE: Feds Waste Billions on Illegals, Race Studies
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/04/doge-feds-waste-billions-on-illegals-race-studies-n4934826
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/04/white_students_wrongly_blame_affirmative_action_1076454.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke Cost Democrats the Election (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/04/what_if_woke_didnt_cost_dems_the_election_636794.html
— Five Tactics to End Corporate Wokeness
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/12/04/five_tactics_to_end_corporate_wokeness_1076525.html
TOWNHALL
— Homan Ups the Ante in Verbal War With Sanctuary City Mayors
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2648608
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Golden Age: NYC Mayor Adams Begins War on Criminal Illegals, Tells Media ‘Cancel Me’
https://www.westernjournal.com/golden-age-nyc-mayor-adams-begins-war-criminal-illegals-tells-media-cancel/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in sinking Hegseth.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5023165-hegseth-nomination-senate/
CNN
— Bezos says he will try to talk Trump out of idea that the news media is an ‘enemy’
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/media/jeff-bezos-donald-trump-media-enemy/index.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago’s Suburbs and the Blue Shift in Illinois. A once proudly Republican state, Illinois is now solidly blue as Chicago’s “collar counties” move to the left. (COMMENT: To move to the left is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. To move to the left is to promote more poverty and crime.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2024-09-05/chicagos-suburbs-turn-illinois-solidly-blue
CBS NEWS
— Romney warns of those who “tear at our unity” in Senate farewell speech (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton who have blamed me the most for Romney’s defeats and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitt-romney-senate-farewell-speech/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Most Americans think life was better 50 years ago. That’s ridiculous (COMMENT: When were your good old days? Mine include 1971-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) to GS-12 (currently $97,079/year). During that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette, a new town home, and a studio condo and I completed 12 graduate business courses at Loyola. Also 1976-1981 when I earned an MBA from Loyola, bought a one bedroom condo, got married and bought a home in Wheaton, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA. Also, 1986-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year). When were your bad old days? Mine include 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and 1978 when then they disallowed my education deductions and after 1974 when they refused to promote me to GS-13. They include 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $22,996/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They include 1980-1985 when they refused to assign me to audits of IRS, delayed my promotions, and refused to promote me to GS-13. They include 1989-1997 when they kept me off audits of IRS, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-20/americans-nostalgia-1970s-public-opinion
USA TODAY
— Homeowners have nearly 40x the wealth of renters. But what’s causing the wealth gap? (COMMENT: I have been a homeowner since I was 24 years old in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/02/renter-wealth-gap-homeowners-why/76701474007/
DESERET NEWS
— Democrats move to the left on social issues (COMMENT: To move to the left is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. To move to the left is to promote more poverty and crime.)
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/06/19/are-democrats-more-liberal/
FOX 17
— Southwest agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://fox17.com/amp/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pete Hegseth: I’ve Faced Fire Before. I Won’t Back Down. I look forward to an honest confirmation hearing, not a press show trial based on anonymous accusations.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ive-faced-fire-before-i-wont-back-down-writes-pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-19433fa4
— FRONT PAGE: Working-Class Blacks Make Gains While Whites Fall Back (COMMENT: Since 1962, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Blacks should have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/income-gap-white-black-working-class-13b8a286
— The Number of Americans Wanting to Switch Jobs Hits a 10-Year High (COMMENT: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. I should write about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-satisfaction-low-gallup-data-detachment-17bc183c
FORBES
— Critical race theory has taken over our schools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyKG-7OGXJCQ
— Mitch McConnell Celebrates Mitt Romney’s ‘Long And Honorable Career’ Ahead Of His Retirement (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton who have blamed me the most for Romney’s defeats and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D5KjsvMgrNAM
— Are You Ready For A Career Disruption? (COMMENT: What disrupted your career? My being viewed as being draft bait stopped me from getting a job that required a bachelor’s degree for 10 months after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer in 1971 that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because my Democrat IRS superiors concluded in 1974 that I would never become a Democrat, they did everything that they could after that to get rid of me. Because my Democrat GAO superiors concluded in 1988 that I would never become a Democrat, they did everything that they could after that to get rid of me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/06/22/are-you-ready-for-a-career-disruption/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/05/dei-is-experiencing-fabricated-chaos-what-to-do-about-it/
LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as protectors of those who have demographics that vote for Democrats from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://lamag.com/news/la-city-council-move-to-protect-immigrants-before-president-trump-takes-the-white-house
December 3, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 8 shot, 3 fatally, at large gathering in Chicago Lawn home
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-lawn-shooting-6-shot-2-fatally-west-59th-street-cfd-says-live/15615283/
— Alexander Nesteruk of Wheaton killed in a Chicago shooting near Clark, Fullerton in Lincoln Park
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexander-nesteruk-wheaton-illinois-killed-chicago-shooting-clark-fullerton-lincoln-park-officials-say/15618329/
NBC5
— Republicans fume after President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republicans-fume-after-president-joe-biden-pardons-his-son-hunter/3613120/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-once-touted-by-walmart-and-others-became-a-conservative-target/3613473/
FOX32
— Trump warns of “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Israeli hostages are not released
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-israeli-hostages-ultimatum
— Homeless man sentenced for 2018 sexual assault near Wheaton trail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/homeless-man-sentenced-2018-sexual-assault-wheaton-trail
WTTW
— Illinois Board of Elections Certifies Election Results Showing Decline in Turnout (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/02/illinois-board-elections-certifies-election-results-showing-decline-turnout
WBEZ
— Former Chicago Mayor’s Office staffers are removed from the city’s do-not-hire list amid press office fallout (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors put me on a universal do-not-hire list.)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/12/02/former-chicago-mayors-office-staffers-are-removed-from-the-citys-do-not-hire-list-amid-press-office-fallout
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County Board elects Democratic speaker, replaces Steve Balich as Republican leader
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/will-county-board-democratic-speaker-replaces-steve-balich-republican-leader/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol
— The definition of bipartisanship is Republicans caving in to Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/02/bipartisanship-should-not-be-dirty-word-democrats-republicans-donald-trump-environment-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/news/illinois-planned-parenthood-teams-with-hey-jane-to-expand-abortion-access/
— Wheaton resident dead after Thanksgiving Day shooting in Chicago
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/crime/wheaton-resident-dead-after-thanksgiving-day-shooting-in-chicago/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County swears in officials, GOP holds all offices. New chairman Chris Slusser envisions a new era for Madison County. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee doing to elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-officials-swearing-in-illinois-19954254.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Thornton Township election preview: Tuesday is Caucus Day; candidates so far (COMMENT: It would be great if all township governments would issue press releases that would provide such detail.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/02/thornton-township-election-preview-tuesday-is-caucus-day-candidates-so-far/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In preparation for what could be the most contested Thornton Township election in recent history, major political parties will each hold a caucus Tuesday, Dec. 3, to select candidates for supervisor, clerk, assessor, highway commissioner, and four trustee seats. Voters will go to the polls on April 1, 2025, to make their selections in the Consolidated Election, and the caucuses determine which candidates they will see on their ballots. A source familiar with Thornton Township politics said these are the first caucuses held in many years. . .Residents of Thornton Township may participate in either the Democratic or Republican Party caucuses, nominating a candidate and voting on their party’s nominees. By participating in the caucus, a resident is becoming affiliated with that political party. Caucus proceedings When entering the caucus room, participants will be asked to sign an affidavit stating they are registered to vote in Thornton Township and are affiliated with the established political party conducting the caucus — that they are a registered Democrat or registered Republican. The chair of the proceedings will call the caucus to order. They will introduce the caucus judges of election and announce the offices for which nominees will be selected. Then the chair calls for nominations, which can come from anyone in the caucus. The procedure continues until there are no more nominations. Participants then vote on their preferred nominees. The highest vote-getters in each race are selected as the nominee. Independent and other candidates Candidates running under non-major political parties have already filed their candidacy for Thornton Township, and do not participate in the caucus process. Four Independent Party candidates are looking to unseat Henyard: Nate Fields Jr., LaShunte’ Lollis-Walton, Stafford Owens, and Sidney Moore. Harvey Mayor Chris Clark is also a candidate for supervisor, leading a Reform Thornton Township Party ticket that includes four candidates for trustee: Harvey city administrator Corean Davis, Harvey fifth ward alderperson Dominique Randle-El, Rachel Jones, and Jacinta J. Gholston. Also running for trustee are Democrat Mary Ann Thornton and Independent Felesa Melvin. Running for highway commissioner is Independent Kenny Williams. The township Clerk’s office reported no filings for clerk or assessor. It is not clear whether other incumbents on the Thornton Township Board of Trustees, all Democrats, are seeking nominations to retain their seats.)
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Former Lauzen employee slams his expertise, treatment of her
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/11/30/former-lauzen-employee-slams-his-expertise-treatment-of-her/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an email, Lauzen wrote that he fired Cain on Friday, Nov. 22. “It is now obvious to me that I made a mistake when I hired her,” Lauzen’s email stated. When there were concerns about her work, he said, he gave her a written six-month performance improvement plan. . .In his email, Lauzen denied saying he had “given up” on her, spoke to her with contempt, and justified that he wanted her log in ID and password because he is “ultimately responsible for everything that occurs in the Treasurer’s Office, both good and bad, I need to know what is going on around me.” As to his lack of computer skills, Lauzen said he depends on his staff and the IT department to assist. “There is no conceit on my part that my data processing skills are in any way exemplary,” Lauzen wrote. “I’m not shy to ask for help.” Lauzen also wrote that the Treasurer’s Office does not have to follow Government Accounting Standard Board rules regarding revenue. It also does not have statutory responsibility or authority to produce or present the county’s financial statements. “The Accounting Department does. Therefore, we have nothing to do with the applicability of any GASB regulations,” Lauzen wrote.)
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-its-been-taboo-to-discuss-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-far-too-long/20241203070000/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Why Trump’s HUD Pick Is a Red Flag for Housing Advocates (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, University Park got a $30 million HUD loan to build University Park to help Blacks. Because I bought a new town home there in 1972, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I improperly took advantage of that HUD loan, that my buying that town home stopped a Black from buying it.)
https://chicagodefender.com/why-trumps-hud-pick-is-a-red-flag-for-housing-advocates/
WCIA
— 70% of Illinois registered voters cast ballots in 2024 (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/70-of-illinois-registered-voters-cast-ballots-in-2024-state-board-of-elections/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump falls just below 50% in popular vote, but gets more than in past elections
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-03/trump-falls-just-below-50-in-popular-vote-but-gets-more-than-in-past-elections
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats’ outgoing chair says Trump’s win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-outgoing-chair-says-trumps-win-forces-party-to-reassess-how-it-reaches-voters/
WHEATON PATCH
— Coroner Jorgensen Thanks Community In Farewell Message
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/coroner-jorgensen-thanks-community-farewell-message
ELMHURST PATCH
— Forgeries On Elmhurst Politician’s Petition? Residents told Patch they did not sign Mark Mulliner’s mayoral petition. His rival said there was an “obvious impropriety.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/forgeries-elmhurst-politicians-petition
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— “It sets a terrible precedent for presidents in the future to blanket pardon, not just family members, but anyone,” said former Congressman Rodney Davis after attending an Illinois Chamber of Commerce event in Oak Brook on Monday. “Voters who said the No. 1 issue was a threat to democracy because in their minds Donald Trump was going to upset the norms of government, how do they reconcile this?” said Davis, a Republican who is now head of government affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/03/chicago-budget-gets-the-old-college-try-00192301
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-415/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-207/
— Illinois voter turnout was 70.42 percent, but registered voters were down a quarter million from peak four years ago (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/illinois-voter-turnout-was-7042-percent-but-registered-voters-were-down-a-quarter-million-from-peak-four-years-ago/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-414/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago ranks among the top in WalletHub’s “Most Sinful Cities in America” survey. A Republican state representative said it’s another example of its crumbling moral foundation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote abortion, LGBTQ, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_30df7fee-b0df-11ef-9f32-4f580e68965b.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/republican-legislator-laments-chicago-s-poor-ranking-in-sin-city-survey/ar-AA1v8WJn
— Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s black hole: Pension debts jump even though taxpayers pour billions into city funds
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-black-hole-pension-debts-jump-even-though-taxpayers-pour-billions-into-city-funds-wirepoints/
— Only half of Chicago Public Schools’ $10 billion in yearly spending makes it to the classroom
https://wirepoints.org/only-half-of-chicago-public-schools-10-billion-in-yearly-spending-makes-it-to-the-classroom-wirepoints/
— Chicago has lost control of its budget. We need furloughs and layoffs, not tax hikes.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-has-lost-control-of-its-budget-we-need-furloughs-and-layoffs-not-tax-hikes-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— The legislators who don’t support pension reform ought to be fired.
https://wirepoints.org/the-legislators-who-dont-support-pension-reform-ought-to-be-fired-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my www.gopillinois.com website drive lots of traffic to websites. It would be great if those websites would reciprocate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rolling Back the Gender Insanity
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/rolling-back-the-gender-insanity/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s pardon of Hunter hands leverage to Republicans on tax cuts, gun laws
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/biden-pardon-hunter-hands-leverage-republicans-tax/
— Hunter Biden’s sweeping pardon covers a decade of potential criminal charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/hunter-biden-pardon-covers-decade-potential-crimin/
— California seeks $25 million in special session to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/california-seeks-25-million-special-session-trump-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California lawmaker pushes proposal to give descendants of slaves admission priority at colleges
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3247324/california-lawmaker-proposal-descendants-slaves-admission-priority-college/
— The legacy media enabled Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3247707/the-legacy-media-enabled-joe-biden-pardon-hunter/
NEW YORK POST
— Domino’s manager fired for complaining about pizza shop’s owner hiring illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2024/12/02/business/dominos-manager-fired-for-complaining-about-hiring-of-illegal-migrants-suit/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Cartels Demand Higher Border Crossing Fees After Trump Victory
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/cartels-demand-higher-border-crossing-fees-after-trump-victory/
— Sanctuary City Spends $8000 Per Illegal Alien
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/sanctuary-city-spends-8000-per-illegal-alien/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Attestation: A bizarre way to run elections (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/attestation_a_bizarre_way_to_run_elections.html
— The ‘Woke’ Awakening
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/the_woke_awakening.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Hide Support for Illegals by Sudden Shift to Deporting Criminal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/02/democrats-hide-support-illegals-sudden-shift-deporting-criminal-migrants/
— Sanctuary State California May Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations by Giving Lawyers to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/02/california-fight-trumps-mass-deportations-giving-lawyers-illegal-aliens/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last. Americans deserve a full-scale investigation into what happened in Chicago and how to prevent the next open-borders-enabled attack on U.S. soil.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Oped-Without-Reckoning-First-US-Terror-Attack-Caused-Open-Borders-Wont-Be-Last
DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Republican Jow Walsh Admits Biden’s Pardon Makes It Tougher To Convince Middle America Trump Is ‘A Unique Threat’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/joe-walsh-biden-pardon-convince-middle-voters-trump-threat/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Challenging Trump, California to Pay for Illegal Immigrant Deportation Defense
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/02/challenging-trump-california-pay-illegal-immigrant-deportation-defense/
DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Suspected Migrant Gang Members Roaming NYC, ICE Says. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in the city.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-suspected-migrant-gang-members-roaming-nyc-ice-says
FEDERALIST
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/without-a-reckoning-the-first-u-s-terror-attack-caused-by-open-borders-wont-be-the-last/
— How Trump’s Victory Affects The Civil War In Evangelicalism
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/how-trumps-victory-affects-the-civil-war-in-evangelicalism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Ramaswamy shreds NYC $220M migrant hotel deal paying Pakistan ‘to house illegals in our own country’ DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy torches NYC over Roosevelt Hotel migrant deal.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ramaswamy-shreds-nyc-220m-migrant-hotel-deal-paying-pakistan-house-illegals-own-country
— There’s no constitutional obligation for Congress to appropriate funding to sanctuary cities
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365433711112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago teachers union slams newspaper that called them out for their members’ chronic absence. ‘It’s time for the Tribune to reflect the facts,’ the Chicago Teachers Union said in response to an editorial. (COMMENT: Virtually all my Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government took many more sick days than I did. While I worked part-time for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my Democrat coworkers took many sick days.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-slams-newspaper-called-them-out-members-chronic-absence
— NYC home to nearly 60k ‘criminal’ migrants. More than 750k illegal migrants currently live in New York City.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-home-nearly-60k-criminal-migrants-report
— ICE report reveals extent of migrant crime crisis in New York City
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365411253112
— Roosevelt Hotel of HORRORS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/02/roosevelt-hotel-of-horrors/
— Biden admin ‘let Americans die’ at hands of illegal immigrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365427541112
— Anti-trafficking activist exposes how ‘slave ledger’ is being used by smugglers to control migrants. Immigration and border security are top election issues for voters. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-trafficking-activist-exposes-slave-ledger-being-used-by-smugglers-control-migrants
— Trump suggests Canada become 51st state
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-suggests-canada-become-51st-state-after-trudeau-said-tariff-would-kill-economy-sources
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump seeks to expand program that would deputize US sheriffs to assist ICE in deportation efforts
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-expand-program-that-would-deputize-us-sheriffs-to-assist-ice-in-deportation-efforts
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Yes, the President Can Deploy Troops To Enforce Immigration Law
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/12/03/yes_the_president_can_deploy_troops_to_enforce_immigration_law_1075917.html
NEWSMAX
— Booting Migrants Is Crucial
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tomhoman-deportation-illegalimmigrants/2024/12/02/id/1190042/
TOWNHALL
— ‘Sanctuary’ Leaders Vow to Resist Immigration Enforcement. This Time They Have Few Followers.
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2024/12/03/sanctuary-leaders-vow-to-resist-immigration-enforcement-this-time-they-have-few-followers-n2648511
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Redefining diversity in Trump’s second administration (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory signals a turning point for our nation. As America grapples with the consequences of unchecked diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI policies, the second Trump administration has a clear mandate to restore fairness and meritocracy in employment law. . .At its core, DEI as currently practiced is antithetical to the principles of fairness and equality. Instead of leveling the playing field, it tilts it steeply in favor of select groups, creating a workplace culture where hiring and promotions are often dictated by identity rather than merit. DEI practices, though often cloaked in the language of equity, are nothing more than reverse discrimination, punishing individuals for their race or gender while undermining the very concept of merit-based achievement. . .Second, Trump can promote merit-based hiring and advancement. Meritocracy is the cornerstone of a thriving economy. Employment decisions should be based on skills, qualifications and performance — not identity. The Trump administration must make it clear that federally regulated industries and contractors will face penalties for using quotas or “diversity scorecards” as hiring criteria. Transparency in hiring and promotion processes should also be mandated to ensure fairness. . .America’s workplaces must remain places of opportunity and collaboration, not battlegrounds for ideological warfare. DEI, as it currently stands, has created an environment of division, resentment and legal uncertainty. By focusing on merit, fairness and individual rights, the Trump administration can undo the damage wrought by years of identity politics and restore a culture of excellence and mutual respect.)
— Multiple Democrats slam Biden pardon of Hunter
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5018269-biden-pardons-hunter-democrats-criticism/
CNBC
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly crowed about their success in promoting Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, their success in promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-became-a-conservative-target.html
NBC NEWS
— Senate approves promotion for general involved in Afghanistan exit after a Republican blocked it (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government initially delayed and blocked my promotions because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Then they delayed and blocked my promotions because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12 and my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-approves-promotion-general-involved-afghanistan-exit-republican-rcna182544
— Republican senators brush aside Pete Hegseth misconduct allegations after meeting with him. Hegseth, who is Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, has faced sexual assault and alcohol abuse allegations. He has denied any wrongdoing. (COMMENT: Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pete-hegseth-meeting-republican-senators-brush-misconduct-allegations-rcna182569
NEW YORK TIMES
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
— In Pardoning His Son, Biden Echoes Some of Trump’s Complaints
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-hunter-pardon-politics.html
USA TODAY
— ‘Heinously terrible’: 3 killed, 5 injured in mass shooting at Chicago home; no arrests made
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/02/mass-shooting-chicago/76711684007/
— Is it possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone? (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/23/can-you-retire-social-security-income-seniors/76135159007/
WOAI
— Construction Companies Have Been Abusing Illegal Alien Workers
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-02-construction-companies-have-been-abusing-illegal-alien-workers/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Woke Cost the Democrats the Presidential Election. My critics/opponents have always promoted woke and they continue to promote woke. To promote wok is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-2024-election-woke.html
PBS
— Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Fewer 18-Year-Olds Enrolled in College This Fall (COMMENT: I enrolled in UIC when I was 18 in 1966. Because of that, I was able to graduate from NIU when I was 21. Because I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft, I could not have done that if I had not gotten student draft deferments. My critics/opponents have always used my getting student draft deferments against me big time. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not gotten those deferments, in addition to my not graduating when I was 21, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, or d) get married when I was 29.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/12/03/fewer-18-year-olds-enrolled-college-fall
DAILY KOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/12/2/2287433/-12-02-Open-Thread-International-Day-for-the-Abolition-of-Slavery
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 53% Now View Trump Favorably (COMMENT: 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/53_now_view_trump_favorably
December 2, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gop-sen-mike-rounds-praises-fbi-director-christopher-wray-donald-trump-names-kash-patel-departments-top-job/15609838/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-names-loyalist-kash-patel-serve-fbi-director/15607640/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-director-pick-donald-trump-reaction/
— 3 killed, 19 wounded in shootings during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-nov-27-to-dec-2/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s picks
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/can-kash-patel-get-confirmed-senate
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges, despite previous promises that he would not do so
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/joe-biden-pardons-hunter/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/biden-aids-memorial-quilt-world-aids-day/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241201/news/helping-where-they-can-elgins-centro-de-informacion-assists-newcomers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-recreational-weed-market-slowdown
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bloomington/Normal
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/lgbtq-bloomington-normal-politics-equity-representation/article_ce153366-ae15-11ef-bab5-c71677fc34de.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Hate-filled White-hating White-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/real-talk-private-vigilante-state-violence-part-of-single-strategy/article_4262a9fc-ad25-11ef-b6c5-437148692781.html
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Could St. Clair County flip red like Madison County? The GOP is optimistic. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee doing to make DuPage County flip red?)
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2024-12-02/illinois-elections-st-clair-county-republican-shift
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-still-dont-agree-on-the-seriousness-of-their-political-problem-after-election-defeat/
CHICAGO MAROON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicagomaroon.com/44707/grey-city/grassroots-legal-aid-clinic-for-asylum-seekers-receiving-constant-influx-of-new-cases/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Sanctuary showdown looms
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/02/sanctuary-showdown-looms-00192110
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Don’t Believe Anything Leftists Say About DEI
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2024/11/29/dont-believe-anything-leftists-say-about-dei
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What will Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do to elect a Democrat President in 2028? ANSWER: Ever-increasingly a) flood America with money illegals, b) replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, and c) get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— NRCC releases ‘Dear President Trump’ letter for all to sign
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/1/inside-beltway-nrcc-releases-dear-president-trump-/
— ‘America First patriot’: Kash Patel’s nomination wins support from House Speaker Johnson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/1/mike-johnson-supports-kash-patel-america-first-pat/
— Joe Biden lied and whoosh, Hunter’s sins are disappeared
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/joe-biden-lied-whoosh-hunters-sins-disappeared/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s deportation plan — Will it work and how will America react?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3242582/the-debrief-trump-deportation-plan-will-it-work-how-will-america-react/
— Trump can axe entrenched DEI frameworks his first week back in the White House
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3240591/trump-axe-dei-frameworks-first-week-in-office/
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois cops bust Canadians who crossed border with 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/illinois-cops-bust-2-canadians-who-crossed-border-with-1100-pounds-of-cocaine-worth-40-million/
— NYC pols demand crackdown after revelation about ‘criminal’ migrant population approaching 60K (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/nyc-pols-demand-crackdown-after-revelation-about-criminal-migrant-population-approaching-60k/
— When Trump critics resist his illegal-migrant crackdown, remember the nightmares he’s trying to end
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/opinion/abandoned-10-year-old-boy-is-another-border-tragedy-caused-by-harris-biden/
— Sanctuary city Denver has spent almost $8,000 for each of the 45,000 migrants that have come to the city — and now the mayor says he’ll risk jail to stop them being deported
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/denver-spent-356-million-taxpayers-money-on-illegal-migrants/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Coming Immigration Showdown. Blue states are preparing to confront the federal government over enforcing American immigration laws.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-coming-immigration-showdown/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is about to put police officers and U.S. citizens at risk over illegal immigrants – and it’s a horrible mistake
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/02/denver-mayor-mike-johnston-is-about-to-put-police-officers-and-u-s-citizens-at-risk-over-illegal-immigrants-and-its-a-horrible-mistake-1506588/
BREITBART
— 535K DACA Recipients’ Futures Uncertain After Donald Trump’s Election Victory
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/12/01/535k-daca-recipients-future-uncertain-after-donald-trumps-election-victory/
— Over 58,000 Illegal Migrants in NYC Are Felons or Facing Criminal Charges
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/12/01/ice-data-over-58000-illegal-migrants-nyc-are-felons-facing-criminal-charges/
— Brandon Johnson’s Chicago: 16 Shot by Saturday Afternoon on Thanksgiving Weekend
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/12/01/brandon-johnsons-chicago-16-shot-by-saturday-afternoon-on-thanksgiving-weekend/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Woke Isn’t Dead. The Battle to Root It Out Is Only Just Beginning
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/01/woke-not-dead/
DAILY WIRE
— California Won’t Help ICE Deport Illegals (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans; illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-padilla-california-wont-help-ice-deport-illegals
FEDERALIST
— Joe Biden Tries To Justify Hunter Pardon By Peddling Another Round Of Lies
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/joe-biden-tries-to-justify-hunter-pardon-by-peddling-another-round-of-lies/
FOX NEWS
— Biden admin has ‘completely abused’ the US’s asylum laws
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365386915112
NEWSMAX
— Jonathan Turley Calls Out Biden’s Campaign Lie on Hunter Pardon
https://www.newsmax.com/us/pardon-hunter-biden-jonathan-turley/2024/12/02/id/1189999/
— Trump Blasts Hunter Pardon: Nothing for ‘J-6 Hostages?’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/pardon-jan-6-hostages/2024/12/02/id/1190002/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DEI Trainings Make People See Racism Even if It Isn’t There (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against whose who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-study-dei-trainings-make-people-see-racism-even-if-it-isn-t-there/ar-AA1v4WEk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mexico’s growing flirtation with China poses challenges for Trump 2.0
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5014974-mexico-dilemma-trump-china/
— Democrat and RINO leaders will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/
CNN
— Law enforcement is one of America’s hottest jobs right now (COMMENT: IRS enforces federal tax laws. I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/business/job-market-law-enforcement/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police departments and sheriff’s offices across are clamoring for new recruits after grappling with a sharp drop in applicants and a wave of retirements after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 caused many to be wary of working for a police force, recruiters told CNN. . .The average salary of a police officer climbed more than 37% in the first eight months of this year compared to the same time last year, according to ZipRecruiter data provided to CNN. That’s a recent sign of strong demand for police officers, because from 2022 to 2023 the average salary for policing jobs rose by roughly 8%. “Police departments are trying hard to make the role more attractive after suffering a recruitment and retention crisis,” said ZipRecruiter Chief Economist Julia Pollak. She added that there’s also been a huge spike in job postings on ZipRecruiter listing “law enforcement” as a desired skill. While a police officer may be a steady job, it’s important to note that it usually requires a months-long training process (typically paid), as well as an extensive background check.)
MSN
— NYC Pays $220 Million To Rent Hotel Owned by Pakistan
https://www.msn.com/en-in/travel/news/nyc-pays-220-million-to-rent-hotel-owned-by-pakistan-vivek-ramaswamy-calls-it-nuts/ar-AA1v3U6P
— 22% of all illegal US-Canada border crossings by Indians
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/22-of-all-illegal-us-canada-border-crossings-by-indians/ar-AA1v5pWv
— Musk accused of doxxing federal employees (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that pay, benefits, and pensions for federal employees are far too generous. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/sowing-terror-and-fear-world-s-richest-man-accused-of-doxxing-federal-employees/ar-AA1uViVp
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conservative-backed-group-is-creating-a-list-of-federal-workers-it-suspects-could-resist-trump-plans/ar-BB1oLfIf
NEWSWEEK
— Wisconsin Leader Enters Race for DNC Chair: Who Else Is Running, Rumored? (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about that. I would focus on those who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/wisconsin-leader-ben-wikler-enters-race-dnc-chair-who-else-running-rumored-1993777
NBC NEWS
— Trump nominates loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director (COMMENT: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform. I am a platform Republican. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-nominates-loyalist-kash-patel-to-serve-as-fbi-director-225871941620
USA TODAY
— Democrats lost working-class voters
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/30/democrats-trump-working-class-massachusetts-voters/76431138007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Barely Won the House. Factionalism in 2025 would waste a majority that could be fleeting.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-barely-won-the-house-9d5e1bb5
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dalton-georgia-trump-jobs-deportations-1d293804
— Texas Offers Trump a Blueprint for Illegal-Immigration Crackdown. State responsible for $11 billion ‘Operation Lone Star’ effort is looking to aid the president-elect’s proposed border restrictions.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-texas-border-immigration-operation-lone-star-e57144d4
— The White-Collar Hiring Rut Is Here. That’s Bad News for Young College Grads. (COMMENT: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was my being 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous from Democrat leaders to hire those who did not share my demographics. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I spent far too many hours working my way through college.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-college-educated-workers-jobs-c594c29a
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/01/barely-legal-5-hard-truths–a-blueprint-for-your-dei-plan-in-2025/
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things? (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
BANKRATE
— Hidden costs of home ownership. Average annual price to maintain property rises to all-time high. (COMMENT: To lower home maintenance costs, I continue to mow and fertilize the lawn, trim the bushes, rake and mulch the leaves, service the underground lawn sprinkler system, shovel the snow, etc.)
https://www.bankrate.com/homeownership/most-common-home-maintenance-costs/
SEACOAST
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/12/01/commentary-firing-non-partisan-federal-employees-will-hurt-our-nation/76615933007/
MSN
— 14 Jobs That Pay Decent, But Most People Think They Are Too Good For (COMMENT: As more and more and more Americans refuse to take bad jobs, pressure builds to let citizens foreign countries take those jobs legally. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for taking bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/14-jobs-that-pay-decent-but-most-people-think-they-are-too-good-for/ss-AA1thK5x
PEW RESEARCH
— Views of DEI have become more negative among U.S. workers (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/19/views-of-dei-have-become-slightly-more-negative-among-us-workers/
BBC
— Who are the millions of Britons not working, and why? (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early, I have not worked since I was 49 years old in 1997. I gave up searching for jobs appropriate for someone with my work experience, professional certifications, and professional license long ago because potential employers were turned off by the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors had taken against me. In addition to forcing me to retire early, they had a) delayed my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Further they were turned off by my bad demographics, my having complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my having sued my GAO superiors for the aforesaid. Thankfully, my wife and I could afford the $84,910/year loss in income in today’s dollars that I suffered a) because of my wife’s income, b) because of my $65,165/year federal pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government pays 72% of our health insurance premiums, and d) because we have no debts or dependents.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52660591
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/1/2289482/-Weeping-in-America-and-for-America
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Rep. Delia Ramirez to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/1/2288843/-For-Rep-Delia-Ramirez-Trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-is-personal