FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats say “US Reps Sean Casten, Chuy Garcia call for President Joe Biden to step aside from race.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-us-representative-sean-casten-calls-president/15071150/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s speech about assassination attempt hits home for Illinois delegates at RNC.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-rnc-2024-former-presidents-speech-rally/15072393/
— Democrats say “Thousands still without power days after Chicago-area storms.” I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my buying a whole house natural gas back up electric generator.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/power-outage-today-homewood-helped-surrounding-suburbs-many/15071824/
— Democrats say “Berwyn man charged in 2022 West Lawn road rage shooting death of 3-year-old boy.” My brother suffered serious injuries as a passenger in a car involved in a road rage incident.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/berwyn-man-giovanni-hernandez-charged-murder-mateo-zastro-court/15072376/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYjlrDENnU
NBC5
— Democrats say “Uncertainty over Biden’s candidacy persists ahead of Democratic National Convention in Chicago.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/uncertainty-over-bidens-candidacy-persists-ahead-of-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/3495884/
— Democrats ask “Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-could-replace-joe-biden-if-he-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495592/
— Democrats ask “What happens next if Joe Biden drops out of presidential race?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/what-happens-next-if-joe-biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race/3495741/
— Democrats say “Postal workers demand heightened safety measures after Chicago letter carrier shot and killed.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/postal-workers-demand-heightened-safety-measures-after-chicago-letter-carrier-shot-and-killed/3495988/
— Democrat say “Price plummets for Olympia Fields mansion previously home to Chicago celebrities. Listed for almost $3.5 million in January 2024, the asking price is now $1 million lower.” How much would this home be worth if it was in your municipality? I sold my childhood home 1286 Wood Street in Crete ( https://www.coldwellbanker.com/il/crete/1286-wood-street/lid-P00800000G69nqQ4d33ThxIbRs04xDo4lThe0OSV ) for $99,900 in December of 2022. What would it be worth if it was in Wheaton?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/price-plummets-olympia-fields-mansion-previously-home-chicago-celebrities/3495370/
WGN9
— Democrats say “Chicago man accused of supplying fatal dose of drugs to Naperville man.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-man-accused-of-supplying-fatal-dose-of-drugs-to-naperville-man/
FOX32
— Democrats say “A Chicago man will remain in custody pending his trial after allegedly supplying illegal narcotics to a Naperville man who overdosed and died in 2023. Prosecutors said the victim arranged to receive illegal narcotics from Christopher Hobson, 38, on Feb. 20, 2023.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-supplied-illegal-narcotics-killed-naperville-man
WGN RADIO
— Democrats ask “Is VP Harris a more viable candidate than President Biden?”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/is-vp-harris-a-more-viable-candidate-than-president-biden/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Illinois RNC delegates say Trump’s economic message should sway voters.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/leaving-milwaukee-illinois-rnc-delegates-say-trumps-economic-message-should-sway-voters/
— Democrats say “On-duty mail carrier fatally shot in West Pullman neighborhood, $250K reward announced.” I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/on-duty-mail-carrier-fatally-shot-in-west-pullman-neighborhood/
— Democrats say “Billionaire Ken Griffin lists Gold Coast condo for $11M.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/billionaire-ken-griffin-lists-gold-coast-condo-for-11m/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn minorities who marry Whites?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/jd-vance-usha-chilukuri-indian-interracial-marriage-racism-trump-white-supremacy-rummana-hussain
— Democrats say “Political violence and rhetoric is all too American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/political-violence-rhetoric-trump-assassination-attempt-gun-violence-history-natalie-moore
— Democrats say “Republican convention biblical banter rings a Paul Harvey bell.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/trump-speech-paul-harvey-so-god-made-a-farmer-biblical-banter-republican-convention-super-bowl-ad
— Democrats say “Editor’s note: Important changes to this weekend’s newspapers as printing plant disruption continues. There will be no early Sunday edition, also called the “3-star” or bulldog, this weekend, and the regular Sunday edition will be smaller than usual. We were unable to include news from Friday evening in Saturday’s paper.” To help make my daily GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters more timely and more comprehensive, I spend thousands of dollars every year for home delivery of and internet access for the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Crain’s Chicago Business, Naperville Sun, etc. I am an independent conservative Republican not-for-profit aggregator of political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I should write about how my direct competitors treat me and treat my newsletters. I would focus on those who reject one or more of the following planks in past and present Republican Party platforms: 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).
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editors-note-weekend-paper
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Remember all the times Trump used incendiary language to taunt Democrats?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/19/donald-trump-incendiary-inflammatory-language-against-democrats-joe-biden-gene-lyons
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Suburban Republicans leave convention energized and hopeful for November.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/news/suburban-republicans-leave-convention-energized-and-hopeful-for-november/
‘– Democrats say “It’s a different party’: Healing, division and questions about Trump’s coattails among RNC takeways.” The previous Illinois Republican Party used pretexts to remove me from its 2024 State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240719/illinois-state-politics/its-a-different-party-healing-division-and-questions-about-trumps-coattails-among-rnc-takeways/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ask “Who’s moving in and out of Chicago?” and say “Fed trackers reveal some surprises.” Democrat leaders of Chicago a) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-population-shifts-revealed-federal-reserve-report
HERALD & REVIEW
— Democrats say “Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi on future of state party.”
https://herald-review.com/illinois-gop-chair-kathy-salvi-on-future-of-state-party/video_5dd907e8-461f-11ef-80cc-ab8d8a8ef2cc.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrats use Trump shooting to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/political-divisions-stall-proposed-gun-policies-19584194.php
SOUTHERN
— Democrats ask “Are top Republicans shifting in favor of unions?” I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid because of that. My federal salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and d) I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/19/are-top-republicans-shifting-in-favor-of-unions-probably-not-experts-say/
WGLT
— Democrats say “Trump has promised deportations on an unprecedented scale.” Illegals drive wages down. They harm younger Americans the most a) whose parents are not wealthy, b) who have less education and/or c) who have fewer or no job skills. Because my parents were not wealthy, I had to work my way through college. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, illegals would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I earned would have been less. I did yard work 1962-1964, I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, I washed dishes 1964-1966, I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966, I pumped gasoline in 1966 and 1971-1972, and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-19/trump-has-promised-deportations-on-an-unprecedented-scale
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot in Bloomington-Normal.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-07-19/a-6th-marijuana-dispensary-opens-in-bloomington-normal
WAND TV
— Democrats say “What Usha Vance’s rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans.” All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saw all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. All the members of the following organizations saw all the adverse actions that the leaders of those organizations took against me: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Milton Township Republican Organization, d) Illinois, e) DuPage County, f) Milton Township, g) Wheaton, h) Wheaton Park District, i) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, j) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, k) Illinois Center Right Coalition, l) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, m) etc.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-usha-vances-rise-to-prominence-means-to-other-south-asian-and-hindu-americans/article_12fcdeb9-41d8-52c4-9051-19e392b41f9d.html
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats say “Miller critical of media in Trump coverage.”
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/miller-critical-of-media-in-trump-coverage/article_7e0b9446-4542-11ef-a462-ab24908fc471.html
MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and make it clear that they are going to use government to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Consequently, the aforesaid are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-richardson/normalizing-hate-how-republicans-have-increasingly-advocated-violence-as-a-way-to-gain-power/
CHICAGO BUSINESS JOUNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals with Blacks who fled slavery.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2024/07/19/neighborspace-land-grant-underground-railroad.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be stoners and LGBTQers.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/19/sway-lgbtq-owned-dispensary-aims-to-open-in-south-shore/
ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Democrats say Orland Park Violated the Open Meetings Act when its Mayor Keith Pekau and its Board of Trustees cleared the board room during a contentious meeting in February.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/chief-clear-room-orland-violated-open-meetings-act-ag-says
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-123/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Democrats in Disarray on Biden CHICAGO — After a week of unity in Milwaukee, Republicans in Illinois and across the country are ready to win in November. Democrats on the other hand don’t even know who will be at the top of the ticket yet. Joe Biden’s poll numbers keep getting worse and big name Democrats are calling it quits on the President. Sean Casten joined a growing chorus of Democrats calling for Biden to step down this morning, a chorus that includes Reps. Chuy Garcia, Mike Quigley, and Eric Sorenson. But former Biden/Pritzker staffer Nikki Budzinski and Senator Dick Durbin are #RidinWithBiden. And Governor Pritzker? He’s supporting the “Democratic nominee” who is “apparently” Joe Biden. Sounds like a full throated endorsement to us. With less than a month to go until Democrats descend on Chicago, their party here in Illinois and across the country is in complete and utter disarray. 31 days to go.
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president. – Jim Talamonti (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e055d80a-45e2-11ef-9999-9f8803279cfc.html
— Chicago mayor defends shutdown of homeless site. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_14348086-45f7-11ef-b216-17002c4b042f.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME TODAY – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-10-things-you-should-know-about-chicago-crime-today/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s RNC spreads emotional, big-tent MAGA message — a show lauded even by Democrats. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big-tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its 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. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big-tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/18/donald-trumps-rnc-spreads-emotional-big-tent-maga-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thirteen Democrats ask Biden to stand aside as dam begins to break. – Rachel Schilke
Who could replace Joe Biden if he drops out of presidential race?
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 103)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-103/
NEW YORK POST
— Lara Trump says she has full confidence in Secret Service — but says director Kimberly Cheatle must answer for ‘mistakes’ – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/lara-trump-says-has-full-confidence-in-secret-service/
AMERICAN THINKER
— University DEI plan says individualism, timeliness, part of white supremacy culture. – Eric Utter (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/university_dei_plan_says_individualism_timeliness_part_of_white_supremacy_culture.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Microsoft selectively scraps its DEI department. Don’t be fooled. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/microsoft-selectively-scraps-its-dei-department-dont-be-fooled-1473633/
— Illegal alien known for urging others to squat in US homes linked to Venezuela military intel. – Tom Tillison (COMMENT: How many vacant homes and apartments are there in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/19/illegal-alien-known-for-urging-others-to-squat-in-us-homes-linked-to-venezuela-military-intel-report-1473724/
BREITBART
— ‘Gang of Eight’ Advocates (Senators Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, and Chuck Schumer) Sought Amnesty for 35 Million Illegals. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/19/gang-of-eight-advocates-sought-amnesty-for-35-million-in-2013/
CENTER SQUARE
— New bill would change federal hiring practices on past cannabis use. – Brett Rowland (COMMENT: I have never used pot and I never will. Pot is a disqualifier. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Many of my critics/opponents act like they have used pot, are using pot, and/or want to use pot. They despise/hate me because I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_86460062-45f9-11ef-9fff-cb56c00c9e3b.html
DAILY CALLER
— Third Senate Democrat Calls For Biden Exit. – ROBERT MCGREEVY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/19/senate-dem-martin-heinrich-biden-campaign/
DAILY WIRE
— The Appalling Display Of Christian White Nationalism At The RNC. – Andrew Klavan
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-appalling-display-of-christian-white-nationalism-at-the-rnc
FEDERALIST
— Donald Trump Enters Fall Election With The Big Tent Republicans Failed To Build For Decades. – TRISTAN JUSTICE (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Unlike the Democrat Party, the Republican Party’s big tent policy lets people hold leadership positions who reject many if not most if not virtually all the planks in its platform. Most commonly, they reject its 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. Leaders of the following who reject the aforesaid planks use the Republican Party’s big tent policy to get rid of Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders, the planks that they reject, and the adverse actions that they took against me because I support those planks.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/19/donald-trump-enters-fall-election-with-the-big-tent-republicans-failed-to-build-for-decades/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Biden’s Border Crisis is Destroying Heartland America: A Look at Springfield, Ohio. – Joey Chester (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs: Springfield, Ohio today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-destroying-heartland-america-look-springfield-ohio
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2024/07/19/how-bidens-border-crisis-is-destroying-heartland-america-a-look-at-springfield-ohio/
FOX NEWS
— Number of Americans wanting reduced immigration skyrockets, most since 2001. – Adam Shaw
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-americans-wanting-reduced-immigration-194008334.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DEI Is Distracting Our Military From Its Primary Task. – Jim Fein (COMMENT: The primary task that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had was hiring, retaining. and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/dei-distracting-our-military-its-primary-task
MRC TV
— Democrats Don’t Care if Biden’s Too Demented to Control ICBMs. – Ted Cruz
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/ted-cruz-democrats-dont-care-if-bidens-too-demented-control-icbms
NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Bashes RNC: ‘Violent Rhetoric and Attacks on Undocumented Immigrants’ – Clay Waters
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/07/19/npr-bashes-rnc-violent-rhetoric-and-attacks-undocumented-immigrants
NUMBERS USA
— Trump while referring to illegal immigrants: They are taking the jobs from our Black population and our Hispanic population…
https://x.com/theatlantavoice/status/1814138971586261215
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ask “Too old to work?” and say “Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside.” What is Trump’s position on age discrimination? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-!3. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-older-elderly-voters-a6bcbdaf35c78a8aac04e8ad078456f2
— Firefighter killed at Trump rally honored with bagpipes and gun salute at funeral. (COMMENT: At my request, Wheaton used $1,000 a year of the money that I raised from Republicans for bagpipers in its Independence Day parades. My critics/opponents do not like bagpipers if not despise/hate bagpipers. They complain that they do not march fast enough.)
https://apnews.com/video/pennsylvania-corey-comperatore-funerals-and-memorial-services-donald-trump-national-eb06523d3956446688e4c08e55a8bedf
— Democrats say “Republicans say they will trust the election results as long as Trump wins. With many Trump supporters confident he will win in November, there was less talk of stolen elections at the Republican National Convention.” Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats on the ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/19/trump-election-results/
ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-calls-unity-ring-hollow-lgbtq-community/story?id=112096917
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “How Trump used the Republican convention to shift the party his way. Abortion and gun rights got little attention. Speakers included a union president, an OnlyFans model and disaffected Black and Latino Democrats angry about crime and immigration.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-used-republican-convention-shift-party-way-rcna162739
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Biden Plans to Resume Campaigning as More Democrats Urge Him to Quit.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/19/us/biden-election-news
— Democrats say “Bus by Bus, Texas’ Governor Changed Migration Across the U.S. In two years, Texas has bused more than 119,000 people to Democrat-led cities, shifting both migration patterns and the debate over immigration. The list of cities keeps expanding.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/abbott-texas-migrant-buses.html
— Democrats say “From Honor Student to the Gunman Who Tried to Kill Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/gunman-thomas-crooks-trump-shooting.html
— Democrats say “How to Rein In Rising Auto Insurance Rates.” To save on auto insurance, I have stopped driving five of my seven cars and my SUV and I have suspended insurance coverage on them except comprehensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/your-money/car-insurance-rates-inflation.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/donald-trump-speech.html
— Pro-Lifers Helped Bring Trump to Power. Why Has He Abandoned Us? – Patrick T. Brown
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/trump-abortion-pro-life.html
— Democrats say “Since the shooting at his rally, Mr. Trump has appeared more concerned about his legacy and how he may be remembered by his grandchildren.” I should write a book my critics/opponents and what I believe they will say about me when I die. I would focus on those who now say that I bring all my problems on myself, that is, that I cause all my own problems. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech-analysis.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment/abolishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/20/republican-convention-far-right-immigration-transgender/
USA TODAY
— Democrats ask “Can Elon Musk buy Trump the White House?” and say “Americans are about to find out.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/19/elon-musk-trump-super-pac-donation-election/74440973007/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders flood America with illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs flood America with illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-rnc-disturbing-anti-immigration-rhetoric-rcna162637
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/donald-trump-mtg-rnc-sent-message-trans-people-year-rcna162422
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— All the females who my GAO superiors promoted over me 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 CPA license that I had. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to all my many female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that I opposed gender based preference giving. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I caused all their problems.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dei-bullying-assumes-people-didn-110012913.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats say “Twelve More Democrats Join Chorus Calling on Biden to Exit Race. One day after Republican convention, Democrats intensify calls for president to step aside while Vice President Harris had a contentious call with donors.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/six-more-democrats-join-chorus-calling-on-biden-to-exit-95daf381
— Democrats say “The White-Collar Hiring Rut Is Here. That’s Bad News for Young College Grads.” When you graduated for college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was a) my being viewed as being draft bait, b) tremendous pressure on employers to hire minorities and females, c) my GPA not being that great, d) my not having demonstrated leadership potential, and e) my having been a postal employee for almost 3 years and then forced to resign.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-college-educated-workers-jobs-c594c29a
— California’s Minimum Wage Backfire. The $20 fast-food mandate is harming workers and business. – Editorial (COMMENT: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-minimum-wage-unemployment-fast-food-restaurants-gavin-newsom-fa91c381
FORBES
— Those who have/had wealthy parents say “OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing.” My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my working my way through college. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have/had wealthy parents. I would focus on those who crow that they got scholarships. My GPA suffered because instead of studying, I washed dishes 1964-1966 and I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Democrats say “12 Ways To Champion DEI With Pay Transparency In The Workplace.” Federal salaries have always been extremely transparent. All my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) knew that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $22,996/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and b) knew that they would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/07/19/12-ways-to-champion-dei-with-pay-transparency-in-the-workplace/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ask “Do Women Belong in the Secret Service?” and say “Former Agents Speak Out.” All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), there was tremendous increasing Democrat pressure on my superiors to hire, retain, and promote women. I should write a book about that. If I had been a woman, GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 a) because I earned master’s degrees in business in 1976 and in accounting in 1980, b) because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) because I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) because I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-18/why-are-women-in-the-secret-service
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats say “Millionaires list health, family, and financial security as their top priorities — in that order.” What are your top priorities in life? My top priorities include putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning. Because I have ever-increasingly spent so much time and money doing that since 2000, a) my health has suffered big time and b) my net worth is tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars less.
https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaires-share-their-top-priorities-2015-5
FED SMITH
— Democrats say “OPM Directs Agencies to Advance Pay Equity for Federal Employees. OPM is directing agencies to conduct independent pay gap analyses to advance pay equity throughout the federal workforce.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors always paid my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger more than they paid me. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/07/19/opm-directs-agencies-to-advance-pay-equity-for-federal-employees/
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Trump vows to end illegal immigration; supports expatriation
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/us-elections-trump-vows-to-end-illegal-immigration-supports-expatriation-124071901478_1.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Biden administration treats illegal immigrants better than our own citizens. – Mike Pompeo
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/biden-admin-treats-illegal-immigrants-better-than-our-own-citizens-mike-pompeo/videoshow/111862146.cms
TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Republicans oppose illegal immigration, not legal immigration.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/articleshow/111875648.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/why-is-usha-vance-being-accused-of-hypocrisy-after-her-rnc-speech/ar-BB1qj98j
INDEPENDENT
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-transgender-healthcare-tax-funding-b2582465.html
Tag: gambling
July 14, 2024
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Gunman who shot Trump opened fire from nearby rooftop, killed by agents
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/gunman-who-shot-trump-opened-fire-from-nearby-roof/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Authorities have not identified the gunman, but The New York Post identified him as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of the site of the campaign rally. The gunman had a rifle and opened fire from the roof of a building outside the campaign venue in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Agents returned fire, and photographs later showed law enforcement officers with the man’s body on the roof. At a midnight press conference, law enforcement authorities said the gunman was not carrying ID, and the FBI was still working to verify his identity. FBI agent Kevin Rojek said authorities do not yet have “an identified motive,” nor would he specify the type of gun used. Mr. Rojek also said authorities used “assets” to check “suspicious packages” near the shooter’s body after he was killed. State police said all three shooting victims at the rally were adult males. They did not provide identifications. A Trump supporter said he saw the man with a rifle crawling on top of the roof of a building behind the campaign rally stage. According to the eyewitness, as reported to the BBC, rally-goers outside the event spotted the man “bear crawling” across the roof, carrying a rifle. The witnesses frantically alerted law enforcement and were surprised when Mr. Trump was not immediately ushered from the stage. “We’re pointing at the guy, crawling up the roof,” the witness said. “He had a rifle, you could clearly see he had a rifle. I’m thinking to myself, why is Trump still speaking? Why have they not pulled him off the stage?” The witness said he alerted Secret Service on the roof to the crawling man with the rifle, but Mr. Trump was not removed from the stage. “The next thing you know, five shots rang out,” the witness said, adding he is “100%” certain the shots came from the rifle of the man crawling across the roof. Mr. Trump was struck on the right ear but survived and is reported to be “fine.” One rally attendee was killed and two others were critically injured, the Secret Service said.)
— Trump joins Roosevelt, Bush as former presidents who faced assassination attempts. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/trump-joins-roosevelt-bush-as-former-presidents-wh/
— Rep. Steve Scalise, shooting survivor, targets ‘incendiary rhetoric’ from left after Trump shooting. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/rep-steve-scalise-shooting-survivor-target-incendi/
— Congressional Democrats running a coup against sitting president and threatening justices. – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/congressional-democrats-running-coup-against-sitti/
FOX NEWS
— Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks? What we know about Trump’s attempted assassin. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and graduated from high school in 2022. – Scott McDonald
https://www.foxnews.com/us/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trumps-attempted-assassin
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He was one of nearly two dozen students from the school to earn a $500 “star award” from the National Math and Science Initiative. An online recording of his graduation ceremony shows him walking the stage to minimal applause and briefly posing with a school official, the New York Times reported. A search by Fox News Digital revealed Crooks would have turned 21 years old this September. He had no reported criminal or traffic citations and no reported bankruptcies, liens or foreclosures. Crooks was a registered Republican, according to voting records, but had only participated in the Nov. 8, 2022, state election due to his age.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump rally shooting blame game and calls for investigation begin. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said there would be hearings to determine what happened. – AP (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump brought it on himself, that is, that Trump causes all his own problems.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2024/07/14/trump-rally-shooting-blame-game-calls-investigation-begin
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, who has been identified as a potential vice presidential running mate for Trump, said on X that the violence was “not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”)
— The FBI early Sunday named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the shooting. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2024/07/13/donald-trump-whisked-off-stage-in-pennsylvania-after-loud-noises-rang-through-the-crowd
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Law enforcement recovered an AR-style rifle at the scene, according to a third person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. An AP analysis of more than a dozen videos and photos from the scene of the Trump rally, as well as satellite imagery of the site, shows the shooter was able to get astonishingly close to the stage where the former president was speaking. A video posted to social media and geolocated by the AP shows the body of a person wearing gray camouflage lying motionless on the roof of a building at AGR International Inc., a manufacturing plant just north of the Butler Farm Show grounds where Trump’s rally was held. The roof where the person lay was less than 150 meters (164 yards) from where Trump was speaking, a distance from which a decent marksman could reasonably hit a human-sized target. For reference, 150 meters is a distance at which U.S. Army recruits must hit a scaled human-sized silhouette to qualify with the M-16 rifle. The AR-15, like the shooter at the Trump rally had, is the semi-automatic civilian version of the military M-16. Asked at the press conference whether law enforcement did not know the shooter was on the roof until he began firing, Kevin Rojek, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, responded that “that is our assessment at this time” “It is surprising” that the gunman was able to open fire on the stage before the Secret Service killed him, he added. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department oversees the Secret Service, said officials were engaged with the Biden and Trump campaigns and “taking every possible measure to ensure their safety and security.”)
— ‘These are scary times.’ Illinois politicians react to Trump assassination attempt. “I think the hate for Trump is out of hand. It’s out of control. We have to settle down,” Illinois GOP National Committeeman Richard Porter said. Former President Barack Obama urged a pivot away from polarization. – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/07/13/illinois-politicians-react-trump-assassination-attempt-butler-pennsylvania-campaign-rally
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Echoing the sentiment that the shooter was likely politically motivated, Jeanne Ives, a former Illinois state representative and gubernatorial candidate, said, “These are scary times. No one knows the motive of the shooter, but this political violence likely stems from someone who felt threatened by the prospect of a Trump presidency, which is ridiculous,” Ives said. “The shooter is obviously deranged. But what does this mean? There’s no doubt people feel powerless against a powerful centralized government,” Ives said. . .“The deepening political divide is dangerous and any political violence is unacceptable,” McCombie said in a statement. “Gunshots cannot silence our collective need for change.)
— Chicago, Illinois politicians react to Trump assassination attempt: ‘Political violence is never acceptable.’ – Ellery Jones
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2024/07/13/chicago-illinois-trump-assassination-attempt-pennsylvania-reactions-rnc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Republicans of Illinois are united and stand with President Trump,” Illinois GOP Chairwoman-elect Kathy Salvi said in a statement. “We express our full support for President Trump and his family. We appreciate the prompt response by law enforcement and the Secret Service.” “We are shocked and saddened by the events at the rally in PA. Political violence has no place in our society,” the Illinois Democratic Party posted on X. “We pray for the safety of all attendees and condemn violence in the strongest terms. Thank you to the first responders and Secret Service for their swift response.”)
— Those high-profile people who have promoted the most hatred against trump are under the most pressure to condemn the shooting.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2024/07/13/biden-trump-shooting-attempt-says-everybody-must-condemn-attack
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Law enforcement recover AR-style rifle at scene of Trump rally shooting. – AP (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use the shooting to first outlaw all semiautomatic firearms and then to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/13/law-enforcement-recovered-ar-style-rifle-at-scene-of-trump-rally-shooting-ap-source-says/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: ‘This is unacceptable’: Suburban RNC delegates react to shooting at Trump rally. – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240713/article/this-is-unacceptable-suburban-rnc-delegates-react-to-shooting-at-trump-rally/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Republicans of Illinois are united and stand with President Trump,” Kathy Salvi, the chairwoman-elect of the Illinois Republican Party, said in a statement. “We express our full support for President Trump and his family. We appreciate the prompt response by law enforcement and the Secret Service.” . . . Joseph Folisi, another RNC delegate and Trump supporter, said “some people need to ratchet down the rhetoric.”)
FOX32
— Chicago reacts to shooting at Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania. – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-reacts-shooting-trump-campaign-rally-pennsylvania
— Trump rally shooting: Experts weigh in on potential impact on RNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39vnFwIvQJs
WGN9
— What happens if a presidential candidate is killed before an election? – Russell Falcon
https://wgntv.com/news/trending/what-happens-if-a-presidential-candidate-is-killed-before-an-election/
— Chicago, Illinois politicians react following deadly shooting at Pennsylvania Trump rally. – Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/chicago-illinois-politicians-react-following-deadly-shooting-at-pennsylvania-trump-rally/
THE HILL
— Shocking attempt on Trump’s life pitches America into fresh turmoil. – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4770829-trump-rally-shooting-election/
NBC NEWS
— Pennsylvania voter records listed a Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a registered Republican, though it was not clear from the records when that was put in place. (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stress that the shooter was a registered Republican. Since 1999, my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me have not only been registered Republicans, but a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. According to them, no one reads my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but nevertheless, my newsletters have caused all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-identified-20-080005738.html
YAHOO
— The FBI has named the man who shot Donald Trump as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old registered Republican from Pennsylvania. Crooks was reportedly wearing a t-shirt bearing the emblem of a pro-gun Youtube channel when he was killed on Saturday by a special forces sniper after firing three shots at the former US president. . .Reports said that heavily-armed US security agents have raided Crooks’ home in Bethel Park on the edge of Pittsburgh, roughly an hour’s drive south of Butler, the small and hard-up post-industrial town where he tried to kill Trump. The FBI said that Crooks was not carrying any identification when he made the assassination attempt and had to be identified using DNA samples. . .US security forces said that they had recovered an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle lying by Crook’s body. AR-15 semi-automatic rifles have been used in several mass shootings in the US and have become the focus of the gun debate. Photos also showed a member of the US security forces standing over Crooks’ body. Crooks was wearing beige cargo-style shorts and a grey T-shirt bearing the logo of a pro-gun Youtube channel called Demolition Ranch. A registered Republican Videos and photos on the internet showed Crooks to be a tall, slender, white man who wore glasses and had long sandy-brown hair. Voter-registration data showed that Crooks was a registered Republican voter but on Jan 20, 2021, two weeks after pro-Trump alt-right supporters stormed the White House, Crooks gave $15 to a grassroots Democratic group. Crooks didn’t have a criminal record. A video showed him graduating from a local school in 2022 and winning a prize for math and science.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-101639620.html
REUTERS
— Slain suspect identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who was registered as Republican.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-shooting-raises-questions-about-security-lapses-2024-07-14/
— Trump rally shooting: Focus on Secret Service. – Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer and Joseph Tanfani
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/possible-security-lapses-focus-after-trump-rally-shooting-2024-07-14/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican lawmakers said they would launch swift investigations into how a person managed to evade Secret Service agents and climb onto the roof of a building near where former U.S. President Donald Trump was speaking at an election rally and fire multiple shots before being killed. Mike Johnson, speaker of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, said panels in the chamber will call officials from the Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI for hearings soon. The House oversight panel called Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on July 22. While information about the incident was still sparse, early media reports said the shooter was outside the security perimeter of the rally venue in Butler, Pennsylvania. One person interviewed by the BBC said he had seen the man with gun and tried unsuccessfully to alert police and the Secret Service.
Trump supporters blasted the Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting Trump as a former U.S. president. Billionaire Elon Musk called for the agency’s leadership to resign. “How was a sniper with a full rifle kit allowed to bear crawl onto the closest roof to a presidential nominee,” asked conservative activist Jack Posobiec on social media site X. FBI Special Agent Kevin Rojek, speaking at a press briefing, called the number of shots the attacker was able to fire “surprising.” The Secret Service did not have a representative in that press briefing late on Saturday, which included FBI and state law enforcement officials.
The Secret Service said shortly after the shooting that it has begun an investigation and briefed Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump’s rival in the Nov. 5 election, though the agency did not immediately respond to additional requests for comment regarding its protocols. The Pennsylvania State Police referred questions to the Secret Service. Ben Maser said he was outside the rally perimeter, listening to Trump, when he noticed two officers seemingly looking for someone. Maser, a 41-year old welder, started scanning the area too. “I saw the guy on the roof. I told the officer that he was up there. He went about looking for him,” said Maser. . .Paul Eckloff, a former Secret Service agent who retired in 2020, said agents would have surveyed all the rooftops with a line of sight ahead of time. “This person either concealed themselves until they became a threat, or were not a threat until they revealed their weapons,” said Eckloff.)
WASHINGTON POST
— The shooter was killed. Crooks was a registered Republican, according to the state’s voter status records.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/13/2024-election-campaign-updates-biden-trump-rally/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters run the mainstream news media, and therefore, of course, spin the shooting against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/14/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As more details about the shooter emerged throughout the evening, seemingly identifying a man who was perched on a rooftop outside the Trump rally, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, posted that either the Secret Service suffered from “extreme incompetence” for allowing him to position himself there or “it was deliberate.”)
— How the deadly Trump rally shooting unfolded in Pennsylvania. A timeline of how the suspected assassination attempt on the former president unfolded. – Derek Hawkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/14/trump-rally-shooting-timeline/
NEWSWEEK
— Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks: What We Know About Trump Shooting Suspect
https://www.newsweek.com/who-thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-shooting-suspect-fbi-pennsylvania-rally-1924890
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters run the mainstream news media, and therefore, of course, spin the shooting against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories-erupt-staged-1924904
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Scalise, Shot in 2017 Attack, Points Finger at Democrats’ Rhetoric – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/scalise-shot-in-2017-attack-points-finger-at-democrats-rhetoric-XLcF6DjRrQYPUpT31Fj2
— Those high-profile people who have promoted the most hatred against trump are under the most pressure to condemn the shooting.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/biden-on-trump-incident-we-cannot-condone-this–iVJmVUuOxOTD1IjYM07O
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/democrats-criticize-political-violence-IxKUdbUbQYsiBFjpdZHn
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/biden-campaign-to-pull-down-television-ads-yWBcGSbQDl4lfoGSgXOk
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters run the mainstream news media, and therefore, of course, spin the shooting against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/some-republicans-blame-biden-while-trump-says-motive-not-clear-MFyg9iR5zqztfamOxtGf
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While law-enforcement officials haven’t given details on the shooting suspect’s identity or a motive—and former President Donald Trump has said so as well—some Republicans are already making unsubstantiated claims that President Biden is responsible for the incident at the Butler, Pa., rally. “Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio), who is considered a possible Trump running mate, posted on X. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.” Vivek Ramaswamy, who competed against Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries, made a similar claim. “First they sued him. Then they prosecuted him. Then they tried to take him off the ballot,” he wrote on X. “Biden’s inevitable ritual condemnation of political violence today (when it comes) will be insufficient and irrelevant. No amount of verbiage today changes the toxic national climate that led to this tragedy.” A handful of Republican lawmakers posted similar comments on social media, insinuating political motivations and blaming Biden, who condemned the incident in a speech from Delaware and said he had reached out to Trump directly. Local law-enforcement officials and the Secret Service said they are investigating the incident but have so far released few details.)
— Who Was Trump Rally Shooting Suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks? – Gareth Vipers (COMMENT: Did he live with his parents? What do his parents have to say?)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks–lrMt72pIYPaqiqCoDta2
PEOPLE
— What to Know About Thomas Matthew Crooks, Shooter Who Opened Fire at Donald Trump Rally. – Greg Hanlon
https://people.com/what-to-know-trump-shooting-suspect-thomas-matthew-crooks-8677737
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2021, Crooks made a $15 donation to ActBlue, a political action committee that supports Democratic politicians. The donation was earmarked for the Progressive Turnout Project, which aims to get out increase voting among Democrats. . .CNN reports that the outlet briefly spoke to Crooks’ father, Matthew Crooks, late on July 13. Matthew Crooks said he was still trying to find out “what the hell is going on,” and declined to talk about his son until he spoke with law enforcement.)
AXIOS & FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters run the mainstream news media, and therefore, of course, spin the shooting against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/14/trump-assassination-attempt-martyr-rnc
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/14/trump-rally-shooting-republicans-congress
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2024/07/13/will-surviving-gunfire-be-donald-trumps-next-appeal-to-black-voters/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Republican Convention 2024: Speakers include potential VP picks Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Doug Burgum. Donald Trump’s family is expected to attend the RNC, but Ivanka and Melania are not listed to speak.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rnc-2024-speakers-announced-including-potential-donald-trump-vp/15056697/
CBS2
— Group wins fight to protest within sight and sound of Democratic National Convention, but fight not over – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/group-wins-fight-protest-within-sight-sound-democratic-national-convention/
WGN9
— Chicago removing homeless encampment ahead of Democratic National Convention. – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-removing-homeless-encampment-ahead-of-democratic-national-convention/
FOX32
— Who will Trump pick as his VP? Betting markets show a clear favorite (JD Vance). – Breck Dumas
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/who-will-trump-pick-his-vp-betting-markets-show-clear-favorite-some-unusual-activity
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— This year’s RNC speakers include VP hopefuls, GOP lawmakers and UFC’s CEO — but not Melania Trump. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/13/this-years-rnc-speakers-include-vp-hopefuls-gop-lawmakers-and-ufcs-ceo-but-not-melania-trump-2/
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/14/opinion-republican-party-platform/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/14/migrant-woman-sexually-abused-while-on-the-search-for-housing-highlights-the-vulnerability-for-attacks-experts-say/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bill Daley slams Johnson’s claim of ‘decades of disinvestment’ by past mayors. When Richard M. Daley became mayor, he “understood more than anybody … that he had to address what was called Beirut-on-the-Lake at the time because of the racial divide,” his brother Bill Daley told the Sun-Times. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2024/07/13/bill-daley-brandon-johnson-richard-m-j-disinvestment-past-mayors-crime-shootings
— Activist groups sue city, alleging denial of march permits during DNC violates free speech. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court on Friday and accuses the city of suppressing speech criticizing the government during the high-profile event. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/13/activist-groups-sue-city-alleging-denial-of-march-permits-during-dnc-violates-free-speech
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/07/13/racist-chicago-black-white-segregation-shootings-violent-july-fourth-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— Youth fighting, fireworks part of ‘multiple disturbances’ at Fox Valley Mall – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240713/news/police-youth-fighting-fireworks-part-of-multiple-disturbances-at-fox-valley-mall/
SOUTHERN
— DNC announces 2024 party platform draft outlining Biden agenda, contrast with Trump. – Isabella Murray (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/13/dnc-announces-2024-party-platform-draft-outlining-biden-agenda-contrast-with-trump/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conservative groups are pushing to clean voter rolls. Others see an effort to sow election distrust. – AP (COMMENT: How much deadwood is on the voter rolls in your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-conservative-groups-are-pushing-to-clean-voter-rolls-others-see-an-effort-to-sow-election-distrust/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— South Side GOP Chairman Devin Jones is the 18th Ward Republican Committeeman answers attacks from mayor, governor. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-republican-answers-attacks-from-mayor-governor/ar-BB1pV0Lw?ocid=windirect
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— National Committeeman Richard Porter looks ahead to GOP convention as party names new state chair. – PETER HANCOCK
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/national-committeeman-richard-porter-looks-ahead-to-gop-convention-as-party-names-new-state-chair
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The French are losing the demographic war to Islam. – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/12/french-are-losing-demographic-war/
BREITBART
— Chicago at Nearly 1,200 Shootings for 2024 Following July 4 Carnage. – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/07/13/chicago-at-nearly-1200-shootings-for-2024-following-july-4-carnage/
EPOCH TIMES
— What Will Happen at the Republican Convention, and What to Watch For. Beyond the hoopla of the televised sessions, political conventions are a place to conduct party business, network, and showcase the GOP brand. – Lawrence Wilson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/what-will-happen-at-the-republican-convention-and-what-to-watch-for-5682046
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Scholarship Excluding Males Who Identify As Males at Rochester Inst. of Technology Challenged By Equal Protection Project. – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: I did not apply for any scholarships because my ACT score was only 24 and I only just made it into the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966. During my last 2 years in high school, I spent far too much time washing dishes to earn enough money to buy a new car to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC instead of studying. But even back then, scholarships were overwhelmingly targeted for those who did not share my demographics.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/07/scholarship-excluding-males-who-identify-as-males-at-rochester-inst-of-technology-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
PJ MEDIA
— Gallup: Sharp Increase in the Number of Americans Wanting Less Immigration – RICK MORAN (COMMENT: Mass/illegal immigration hurts all Americans, but especially Americans who have less money than others. I had to work my way through college. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. And if not that, my salaries would have lower because immigrants drive salaries down.)
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/07/13/gallup-sharp-increase-in-the-number-of-americans-wanting-less-immigration-n4930649
TOWNHALL
— Elon Musk has made a significant donation to former President Donald Trump’s campaign as he becomes increasingly critical of President Joe Biden. –
Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/07/13/elon-musk-donated-to-trump-campaign-n2641818
— House Passes The SAVE Act, Dems Are Determined to Leave it There. – Jamie Parsons |
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jamie-parsons/2024/07/13/house-passes-the-save-act-dems-are-determined-to-leave-it-there-n2641728
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/business/economy/transgender-americans-economy/index.html
AOL
— Wealthy Beginnings: How the Rich Raise Their Babies Differently. – CINDY LAMOTHE (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have/had parents who had far more money than my parents had. Their parents bought them cars and paid for their college expenses. I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air with money that I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers when I was 16 years old in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money that I had earned washing dishes in 1966. I paid for my UIC expenses 1966-1968 and for my NIU expenses 1969-1970 with money that I had earned delivering mail. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were rich.)
https://www.aol.com/wealthy-beginnings-rich-raise-babies-170043599.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pritzker Tries to Reassure Fellow Midwestern Democrats Amid Biden Anxiety. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois spoke to Democratic gatherings in Indiana and Ohio as party leaders tried to ease panic about President Biden. – Mitch Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/pritzker-biden-democrats.html
— The Republicans Are Headed to Milwaukee. So Are Protesters. – Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/rnc-milwaukee-protests.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/12/border-immigration-politics-arrive-american-south/74121724007/
POLITICO
— Biden raised his voice over House Dem commander-in-chief concerns: ‘I don’t want to hear that crap’ Rep. Jason Crow, a respected centrist in the Democratic caucus, told Biden that people want a strong leader so they can feel safe on national security. – SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/biden-raised-his-voice-over-house-dem-commander-in-chief-concerns-i-dont-want-to-hear-that-crap-00167975
July 13, 2024
Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. How do the following view Salvi: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, b) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, c) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, d) your Republican state senator and representative, e) Republican leaders of your county, township, and municipality, f) Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct, g) conservative leaders and activists in your area, h) religious leaders and activists in your area, and i) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Because Salvi is conservative, anticipate/expect that the aforesaid who are anti-conservative, that is, who are anti-platform Republican, that is, who are anti-Republican, do not view Salvi favorably, and especially the aforesaid who promote abortion.
Those who oppose Salvi promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New chairman tries to unite fractured Illinois GOP heading into Milwaukee convention. – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles. Democrats want Republicans to lose. Democrats want Republicans to dump everything that is conservative and to dump everyone that is conservative.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/13/new-chairman-tries-to-unite-fractured-illinois-gop-heading-into-milwaukee-convention/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Salvi won the chairmanship with about 60% of the weighted vote against state Rep. John Cabello of Machesney Park, a Rockford suburb, in an initial round of voting after Aaron Del Mar, the Palatine Republican Township committeeman, withdrew from the contest. In a final tally, 16 of the 17 members voted for Salvi, with one abstention, said GOP sources who were not authorized to speak publicly about the committee’s deliberations. Cabello’s candidacy to be “interim” chairman until after the Nov. 5 election was backed by forces aligned with the controversial Shaw, who still sits on the state central committee despite losing his party title and looked to exert some power within the party, the GOP sources said. Cabello said he wanted to serve as a caretaker to “keep the train on the tracks while they do their due diligence to find someone else” to serve as chairman. . .In an interview ahead of the chairman vote, Salvi said she has been “very active with the party, supporting candidates up and down the state of Illinois, attending events where invited and making my case to the people willing to listen how Illinois is really no different than the states that surround us.” Acknowledging Trump’s previous losses in Illinois and concerns by some Republicans that his presence on the ballot has dragged down Republicans in down ballot contests, Salvi said she believes the 2024 election will be different because of voters’ dissatisfaction with Biden and his policies. Biden “basically pulled a bait and switch,” she said. “People are hurting. Families are hurting. And they look at their lives under the four years of President Trump and they look at their lives of the last 3 1/2 years and people are hurting.” “We’re going to have an angry vote out there. Not just Republicans. People who have never voted before. They’re coming out in droves to support something different because they feel as though the promises made were not kept,” Salvi said. “The policies of the Biden administration have hurt families, have hurt Illinois families and voters. And people are recognizing that, which is why I think that the middle, center-left is coming on board.” Tracy will retain the chairmanship through the end of the national convention in Milwaukee, while Salvi, as incoming chair, is expected to join U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, the chair of the Illinois delegation, at convention-related party organizational events. Miller is a member of the far right House Freedom Caucus, an ally of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and actively sought and won Trump’s endorsement for her reelection efforts. . .Republican convention delegates in Milwaukee will be asked to approve a slimmed down national party platform that in some respects is less conservative than the Illinois Republican platform. The national party platform proclaims that it was “because of us” that the U.S. Supreme Court’ overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of legality of abortion to the states, in recognition of the conservative justices appointed by Trump. But it does not call for a national abortion ban, as many abortion opponents had sought. The Illinois GOP’s state platform approved in May continued its long-standing expression of support for “a human life amendment to the federal and Illinois constitutions affirming the right to life of unborn children.” The state GOP also approved a resolution attacking Illinois Democrats for their “extremist pro-abortion agenda.” Democrats successfully used the high court’s decision to overturn Roe as a rallying cry in the 2022 midterm elections and are heavily promoting reproductive rights in the 2024 campaign. The Illinois GOP state platform also continues to oppose same-sex marriage, stating that “the ideal environment for children is within a two-parent family based on the principle of marriage between one man and one woman” and backing a constitutional amendment to that effect. . .Salvi, the new Illinois GOP chair, is an attorney who mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates in the 2022 general election, losing by more than 15 percentage points. Her platform on the campaign trail was typical of many Republicans today: She opposed abortion rights, though when asked about the prospect of a federal abortion ban that would outlaw the procedure in all states, she said she thinks laws regulating abortion are “best made by individual states” — in line with Trump’s latest position. She also expressed support for constructing a wall along the southern border with Mexico to halt illegal immigration, one of Trump’s central goals during his single presidential term. During a Daily Herald candidate forum for the 2022 GOP primary, Salvi also resisted saying whether the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. “Joe Biden is our president,” Salvi said. “I wish we had a different president to meet this moment, but we don’t.” Salvi also ran for the U.S. House in 2006 but lost in the Republican primary. Her husband, Al, was elected as a state representative in 1992 and served two terms before making unsuccessful bids for U.S. Senate in 1996 and for secretary of state in 1998.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Johnson ally blasts city move to shut tent city as plan to ‘hide Chicago’s homeless.’ Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) called out what he sees as a double standard in clearing the site in time for the DNC: “I didn’t think we would go from ‘Bring Chicago Home’ to ‘Hide Chicago’s Homeless,’ but here we are.” – Lauren FitzPatrick and Elvia Malagón (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/12/dnc-homeless-shelter-chicago-democratic-national-convention-tent-city-andre-vasquez-brandie-knazze
— Bill Daley: ‘Open convention’ could be good for Chicago, voters and Democrats — even VP Kamala Harris. “We have some very good potential candidates out there that … would excite, not only the Democratic Party, but independents who make the difference in these elections,” the former U.S. Commerce secretary said. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2024/07/12/bill-daley-open-convention-dnc-chicago-joe-biden
DAILY HERALD
— Who’s not going to the RNC reflects Trump dynamics – Marni Pyke (COMMENT: Republicans who reject Trump reject conservatives, that is, they reject platform Republicans, that is, they reject the base of the Republican Party, that is, they reject the Republican Party.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240712/illinois-state-politics/whos-not-going-to-the-rnc-reflects-trump-dynamics/
— Meet the suburban delegates to the Republican National Convention – Russell Lissau and Steve Zalusky (COMMENT: Republicans who support Trump are conservative, that is, they are platform Republicans, that is, they are the base of the Republican Party.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240712/nation-and-world-politics/meet-the-suburban-delegates-to-the-republican-national-convention/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A real strategy to deal with city’s gun violence can’t come soon enough. – Editorial (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/editorial/chicagos-gun-violence-calls-comprehensive-strategy-now-editorial
ABC7
— ‘Take Back the Block’ anti-violence initiative receives skeptical response from West Side community. – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-mayor-johnson-take-back-the-block/15054747/
NBC5
— RNC 2024: Republican National Convention is in Milwaukee next week. Here’s what to expect. The GOP expects a triumphant moment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/rnc-2024-republican-national-convention-milwaukee-what-to-expect/3487542/
— How to watch the 2024 RNC in Milwaukee: Time, streaming, channel and more. With Donald Trump’s vice president pick expected to be introduced, celebrity guest appearances made and a number of major issues on the line, there will be no shortage of headline-making news.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/how-to-watch-the-2024-rnc-in-milwaukee-time-streaming-channel-and-more/3488103/
— Republicans signal abortion won’t be a big talking point during RNC in Milwaukee. The Republican National Committee adopted a party platform that omitted support for a national abortion ban. – Rose Schmidt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/republicans-signal-abortion-wont-be-a-big-talking-point-during-rnc-in-milwaukee/3488161/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blast Project 2025. Virtually every federal employee is a Democrat who is anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. As one of the few Republican federal employees, I worked for, worked with, and supervised the aforesaid for almost 30 years.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/project-2025-what-is-it-and-whos-behind-it-heres-an-explainer/3487808/
CBS2
— Demonstrators battle with Chicago over Democratic National Convention protest route. – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/demonstrators-battle-with-chicago-over-democratic-national-convention-protest-route/
WGN9
— West Chicago Mexican Independence Day celebration canceled. – Gabriel Castillo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/west-chicago-mexican-independence-day-222012410.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/state-marks-milestone-at-ribbon-cutting-for-the-dispensary/article_53a43bde-4058-11ef-b153-af7d81a3a839.html
WGLT
— Biden punches at Trump and the press as he tries to revive his campaign. – Lexie Schapitl (COMMENT: What do you say to the following who have taken punches at me: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they used to justify their actions.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-12/biden-punches-at-trump-and-the-press-as-he-tries-to-revive-his-campaign
SOUTH COUNTY MAIL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://southcountymail.com/illinois-reparations-plan/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s ‘Think Big America’ ads on abortion and IVF: More dishonesty.
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-think-big-america-ads-on-abortion-and-ivf-more-dishonesty-wirepoints-quickpoint/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 3-IN-10 SEATS ARE EMPTY AT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/3-in-10-seats-are-empty-at-chicago-public-schools/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican platform makes education bigger issue than in previous years. – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3078511/republican-platform-education-bigger-issue-previous-years/
— Biden border ‘bloodbath’ prompts Republicans to change immigration platform. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3076393/biden-border-changes-rnc-platform-immigration/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 102)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-102/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— DoD schools using taxpayer funds to teach DEI while working to avoid detection. – Parrish Alford, Chad Groening, Chris Woodward
https://afn.net/education/2024/07/12/report-dod-schools-using-taxpayer-funds-to-teach-dei-while-working-to-avoid-detection/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Falsely Claims Border Encounters are Lower Than Beginning of Term. – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/12/biden-falsely-claims-border-encounters-are-lower-than-beginning-of-term/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Lawsuit claims Northwestern Law has discriminated against qualified white men in hiring for years. A recent lawsuit alleges that Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law has discriminated against white men in faculty hiring by giving preference to non-white individuals with lower qualifications. – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/lawsuit-claims-northwestern-law-discriminated-qualified-white-men-hiring-years/25833
— House Republican announces caucus to combat DEI in education: ‘Stop the Left’s war on meritocracy’ A House Republican launched the “Merit Caucus” to combat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from overtaking education. –
https://www.campusreform.org/article/house-republican-announces-caucus-combat-dei-education-stop-lefts-war-meritocracy/25885
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pentagon Funding DEI Content in Classrooms. – S.A. McCarthy
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/12/report-shows-pentagon-funding-dei-content-in-classrooms/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden’s Meeting With Congressional Hispanic Caucus Turns Into Debacle. – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-meeting-with-congressional-hispanic-caucus-turns-into-debacle-reports
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— Virginia School District Ignore Parents Opposition, Implements ‘Gender Identity’ Lessons (COMMENT: How much success have Democrat teachers in your school district had turning their students into sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/virginia-school-district-ignore-parents-opposition-implements-gender-identity-lessons/
FOX NEWS
— Johnson touts GOP unity over record-breaking fundraising numbers ahead of RNC. House Speaker Mike Johnson tells Fox News Digital GOP is ‘united, energized and equipped’ for November election. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/johnson-touts-gop-unity-over-record-breaking-fundraising-numbers-ahead-rnc
NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin App Lets Migrants Forgo In-Person ICE Check-Ins. – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-illegal-ice/2024/07/12/id/1172347/
— Coddling, Perks for Illegal Immigrants Signals Lawbreaking OK. – Rob Astorino
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/hochul-westchester/2024/07/12/id/1172224/
POST MILLENNIAL
— John Deere promotes DEI, CRT, radical trans agenda including ‘Pride’ events for toddlers. – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/john-deere-promotes-dei-crt-radical-trans-agenda-including-pride-events-for-toddlers#google_vignette
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Border Crisis is a National Security Issue. – Francis P. Sempa
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/07/13/border_crisis_is_a_national_security_issue_1044281.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago removing homeless encampment ahead of Democratic National Convention. – SCOTT BAUER
https://apnews.com/article/democratic-national-convention-homeless-chicago-fcd971c7c575cc7171ae6accf90c85a6
— Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans – STEVE PEOPLES (COMMENT: I should write about the biggest anti-Trump leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois. I would focus on those who boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention this year.)
https://apnews.com/article/kinzinger-biden-endorsement-president-republican-30fd37b730fc435c308dcf801586f664
MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-gop-s-new-national-platform-is-extremely-transphobic/ar-BB1pDi49
NEW YORK TIMES
–FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats Fear States Once Safe Are Now in Play – Nicholas Nehamas and Kellen Browning
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/us/politics/democrats-biden-battleground-states.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden’s Future Relies on Polls Being ‘Wrong’ – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/upshot/biden-polls-trump.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/business/economy/lgbtq-moving-cost.html
— FRONT PAGE: Martyr Inc.: How Trump Monetized a Persecution Narrative. – Russ Buettner (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I bring on all my own problems, that is, I cause all my own problems. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, the adverse actions that they have taken against me, and the pretexts that they used to justify those actions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/us/politics/trump-politics-business-martyrdom.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use same-sex marriage to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-07-12/proposed-gop-platform-silent-on-lgbtq-marriage
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Biden, Two Old Men Facing Armageddon. They are locked in a death struggle for leadership of a country of which each of them is a symptom of decline. – Lance Morrow (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-old-men-face-armageddon-2024-presidential-election-16868fdd?page=1
— It Used to Be Progressive to Hide an Applicant’s Name and Photo – Nicholas Bednarski, Camarillo, Calif. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the faster that you will be gotten rid of: Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-diversity-science-health-university-7627c71f
— America’s HR Lobby Scraps the ‘E’ From DEI. Move toward inclusion over equity draws a backlash; ‘Everyone has a right to feel like they belong.’ – Ray A. Smith and Lynn Cook (COMMENT: According to Democrats and to RINOs, equity means equal outcome. For example, if 20% of White men pass the CPA examination on their first attempt, then 20% of minority women should pass the examination on their first attempt. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who minority and/or female who they had promoted over me or were going to promote over me either had not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/the-nations-largest-human-resources-group-takes-the-e-out-of-dei-c84c62b6
— My father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. My critics/opponents have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as having filthy rich parents. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/more-women-are-working-than-ever-but-theyre-doing-two-jobs-bf93b9bf
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
— Do Politicians Represent Voters (COMMENT: In my role an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I represent the registered Republican voters in my precinct. I represented the registered Republican voters in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton at the Illinois Republican Party State Convention this year. I represent those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters who read them to get information to help elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://web.mit.edu/14.773/www/politicians.pdf
July 10, 2024
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter, the outgoing national committeeman for the Illinois Republican Party, sent a note to GOP colleagues thanking them for their support over the past 10 years and announcing he won’t be running for party chair, a position that opened up recently. The reason: He’s been diagnosed “with a curable form of throat cancer” that will keep him off the radar for a while as he undergoes treatment. He’s talked to applicants: Porter says he’s spoken to three folks thinking of running. “Each of them have different strengths — I am confident any of them would do an excellent job..” Here’s his full letter. ( https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000190-9a28-deec-a1d1-deba1a0f0000 ) – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/07/10/johnson-pritzker-and-the-biden-barrage-00167248
ILLINOIZE
— Cabello jumping into race for GOP Chairman – PATRICK PFINGSTEN
https://theillinoize.substack.com/p/the-illinoize-cabello-jumping-into
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A third candidate has jumped into the race to succeed Don Tracy as Illinois Republican Party chairman. Multiple sources say Rep. John Cabello (R-Machesney Park) is making calls to members of the GOP’s State Central Committee seeking support to become party chairman.)
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Team Illinois at the RNC Summer Meeting in Milwaukee.
https://www.instagram.com/ilgop/p/C9NeY4NuaqP/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden gets strong backing from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson. – OLIVIA OLANDER, ALICE YIN, and JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/09/gov-j-b-pritzker-stands-by-the-president-joe-biden-is-going-to-be-our-nominee/
— Predawn targeting of Rep. Schneider’s home wasn’t legitimate protest. It was hate. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attract/encourage haters to come to America.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/10/editorial-brad-schneider-gaza-israel-protesters-pritzker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says he’s ‘all in’ for Biden — but won’t take himself out of presidential run speculation. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday said she would not become a candidate if President Joe Biden opts out. But Pritzker, who has been on shortlists as a potential replacement, wouldn’t make the same vow. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/09/jb-pritzker-joe-biden-debate-performance-democratic-national-convention-potential-replacements
— Pro-Palestinian group seeks larger protest route near Democratic convention as city raises safety concerns. March organizers were denied a route mostly on Washington Boulevard. The city pitched a route on smaller streets near the United Center. – Mary Norkol (COMMENT: What did your ancestors do during WWI and WWII? My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/07/09/dnc-protest-march-permits-pro-palestinian-group
DAILY HERALD
— Northwest suburban Republicans think Trump will tap Tim Scott for VP – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240709/news/northwest-suburban-republicans-think-trump-will-tap-scott-for-vp/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS OF WHITE AND KACZMAREK: Audit reveals shortcomings that led to DuPage County cannabis tax snafu. – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240709/news/audit-reveals-shortcomings-that-led-to-dupage-county-cannabis-tax-snafu/
ABC7
— Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson double down on support for President Biden’s reelection bid. Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Quigley ratcheted up his concerns.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-call-president-joe-biden/15046032/
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that the following call you an extremist: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs. Because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform, the aforesaid have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist and even worse things.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-office-inspector-general-not-enough-being-done/15047119/
— All those who GAO, IRS, and the Post Office hired and/or promoted over me 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. All of the aforesaid were Democrats, minorities, females, younger than me, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/black-womens-equal-pay-day-2024-bronzeville-celebration/15047023/
NBC5
— Pritzker offers blunt take on Biden staying in presidential race. Pritzker and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are among those linked to presidential speculation who have spoken out in recent days. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/gov-j-b-pritzker-offers-blunt-take-on-biden-staying-in-presidential-race/3484904/
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that the following call you an extremist: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs. Because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform, the aforesaid have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist and even worse things.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/cpd-refuses-chicago-oig-demand-to-reopen-probe-into-officers-with-extremist-ties/3484823/
CBS2
— Illinois Democrats divided on whether President Biden should continue reelection campaign. – Charlie De Mar, Adam Harrington, Dan Kraemer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-democrats-divided-president-biden-continue-reelection-campaign/
— Under the Democrats, more and more and more people abuse opioids.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/program-seeks-to-train-barbers-and-beauticians-to-use-narcan/
FOX32
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reversed discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1482578
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thwJ4LveHOs
WTTW
— Board Yanked Convicted Ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s $96K Annual City Pension Just Minutes After Sentencing – Heather Cherone and Jared Rutecki
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/09/board-yanked-convicted-ex-ald-ed-burke-s-96k-annual-city-pension-just-minutes-after
WBEZ
— Mayor Johnson slowly builds on a campaign promise to hire more young people for city’s summer jobs program. Chicago slightly grew a youth jobs program this summer, including hiring 100 people to learn conflict resolution and relationship building. – Mariah Woelfel (COMMENT: In 1964, when I was 16 years old, to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and my part-time dishwashing job in Chicago Heights 5 miles to the north, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air with money that I earned and saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2024/07/09/mayor-johnson-slowly-builds-on-a-campaign-promise-to-hire-more-young-people-for-citys-summer-jobs-program
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “RNC in Milwaukee: Everything you need to know.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/rnc-in-milwaukee-everything-you-need-to-know/amp/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Ahead of the Republican Convention, Nikki Haley tells her delegates to vote for Trump. – Sarah McCammon (COMMENT: What do the Haley delegates and the Haley alternate delegates in your congressional district have to say about this? Elizabeth Roskam is/was the Haley delegate for the 3rd Congressional District and Peter Roskam is/was the alternate.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-09/ahead-of-the-republican-convention-nikki-haley-tells-her-delegates-to-vote-for-trump
— Illinois corn growers join lawsuit against EPA over vehicle emissions rules. – Colin Hardman
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-07-08/illinois-corn-growers-join-lawsuit-against-epa-over-vehicle-emissions-rules
WGLT
— Democrats say “Dissecting the GOP platform and what a 2nd Trump term would look like.”
https://www.wglt.org/2024-07-10/dissecting-the-gop-platform-and-what-a-2nd-trump-term-would-look-like
WQRF
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-offer-spanish-cdl-exams-214459263.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Pickpockets ravaged Pride Fest and Pride Parade, with 31 thefts reported in one evening – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/07/pickpockets-ravaged-pride-fest-and-pride-parade-with-31-thefts-reported-in-one-evening.html
DURBIN
— Durbin, Duckworth Announce $30.9 Million In Federal Funding For Pace Suburban Bus’ Hybrid Buses Program (COMMENT: In 1964, when I was 16 years old, to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and my part-time dishwashing job in Chicago Heights 5 miles to the north, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air with money that I earned and saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-duckworth-announce-309-million-in-federal-funding-for-pace-suburban-bus-hybrid-buses-program
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-322/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-115/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about how the following treat Trump supporters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. Far too few of the aforesaid leaders and activists support Trump supporters. Far too many despise/hate Trump supporters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Former GOP state lawmaker Sam McCann, candidate for governor sentenced to 42 months in prison. – HANNAH MEISEL
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/former-gop-state-lawmaker-candidate-for-governor-sentenced-to-42-months-in-prison
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois lawmakers pay themselves nearly $100K for a bottom-of-the-barrel performance. – John Klingner and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-pay-themselves-nearly-100k-for-a-bottom-of-the-barrel-performance-wirepoints/
— Illinois ranks 46th, 47th on all the economic issues that really matter
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ranks-46th-47th-on-all-the-economic-issues-that-really-matter-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO, EVANSTON LEADERS PUSH FOR NONCITIZENS TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS – Chris Coffey (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-evanston-leaders-push-for-noncitizens-to-vote-in-local-elections/
— CAN NONCITIZENS VOTE IN ILLINOIS? DEPENDS ON THE ELECTION – Chris Coffey (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/can-noncitizens-vote-in-illinois-depends-on-the-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois has about 425,000 noncitizens and Chicago 43,000 migrants, representing potential votes elected leaders either want or want to stop.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP no longer friend to Christians
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/letter-editor-gop-no-longer-friend-christians/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
— Pence warns against pro-life ‘surrender’ in revised RNC platform – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/mike-pence-warns-against-pro-life-surrender-in-rev/
— Biden is simply not up to being president. Democratic Party’s disasters. – Richard A. Viguerie
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/biden-is-simply-not-up-to-being-president/
— Trump at Doral rally invites Biden to golf showdown, another debate. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/trump-invites-biden-to-golf-showdown-another-debat/
— Democratic senator Michael Bennet warns that Biden will lose to Trump, potentially in ‘landslide’ Bennet warns of down-ballot collapse that gives Republicans full control of Washington. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/michael-bennet-warns-biden-will-lose-trump-potenti/
— America’s armed forces have become petri dish for ‘woke’ policies, DEI nonsense. – L. Scott Lingamfelter (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. All those who GAO, IRS, and the Post Office hired and/or promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/9/americas-armed-forces-have-become-petri-dish-for-w/
— Hiding in plain sight: Biden’s mental, physical decline on display from the start – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-joe-bidens-mental-physical-d/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It isn’t Nixon’s fault Democrats have run Chicago for a century. – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: In 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors were furious at Nixon. They took their furry out on me, one of their extremely few Republican employees.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3075339/it-isnt-nixons-fault-democrats-have-run-chicago-for-a-century/
— Brandon Johnson isn’t protecting Chicagoans. – Joseph Nepomuceno
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3075193/brandon-johnson-isnt-protecting-chicagoans/
— Chip Roy argues DEI is ‘destroying our country’ in criticism of Kamala Harris. – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3075063/chip-roy-argues-dei-destroying-country-criticism-kamala-harris/
NEW YORK POST
— A vote for Biden is a vote to make Kamala Harris president all too soon. – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/opinion/a-vote-for-biden-is-a-vote-to-make-kamala-harris-president-all-too-soon/
— Biden should follow Richard Nixon’s lead: resign for the good of the country. – Daniel McCarthy
https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/opinion/biden-should-follow-richard-nixons-lead-and-courageously-resign/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson bizarrely blames Richard Nixon for surging gun violence. (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents and what they blame me for.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFSo9JNSSgM
— Trump-shaped GOP platform: Rx for economic boom in wake of Biden disasters. – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/opinion/trump-shaped-gop-platform-can-get-us-back-on-track-post-biden/
— Expecting people to be on time is part of ‘white supremacy culture,’ Duke Medical School claims. – Hannah Grossman, Maria Lencki
https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/us-news/expecting-people-to-be-on-time-is-part-of-white-supremacy-culture-duke-medical-school/
— John Bolton: Trump wants to test personal loyalty of VP candidates with two questions. – Nicholas McEntyre
https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/us-news/trump-has-two-questions-for-his-vp-candidates-john-bolton/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Blaming Nixon? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/blaming_nixon.html
— An immigration debacle and America’s elections. – Robert Curry
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/an_immigration_debacle_and_america_s_elections.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump warns a new kind of crime is coming once hordes of Biden migrants settle in. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/09/trump-warns-a-new-kind-of-crime-is-coming-once-hordes-of-biden-migrants-settle-in-1470972/
— ‘Fight Back. You’re The Speaker!’ Johnson runs into buzzsaw while calling out Biden on migrant voting. – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/09/fight-back-youre-the-speaker-johnson-runs-into-buzzsaw-while-calling-out-biden-on-migrant-voting-1471120/
— Prestigious medical school says ‘timeliness’, ‘dress code’ and more are part of ‘White supremacy culture’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/09/prestigious-medical-school-says-timeliness-dress-code-and-more-are-part-of-white-supremacy-culture-1471129/
BREITBART
— Sen. J.D. Vance Grills Fed Chair on Mass Immigration Driving Up Housing Prices While Cutting Americans’ Wages. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/09/watch-sen-j-d-vance-grills-fed-chair-on-mass-immigration-driving-up-housing-prices-while-cutting-americans-wages/
— Rep. Chip Roy: SAVE Act Adds Safeguards to Stop Non-Citizens from Voting in Federal Elections. – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/09/exclusive-rep-chip-roy-save-act-adds-safeguards-to-stop-non-citizens-from-voting-in-federal-elections/
— Ron Johnson: U.S. Airports Risk Being ‘Exploited Avenue for Illegal Immigration, Terrorism’ Under Biden. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/10/exclusive-ron-johnson-u-s-airports-risk-being-exploited-avenue-for-illegal-immigration-terrorism-under-biden/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump green card proposal for foreign grads of U.S. colleges draws mixed reviews. – EMMA VERRIGNI (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers prefer employees who are citizens of foreign countries over employees who are citizens of America.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-green-card-proposal-for-foreign-grads-of-u-s-colleges-draws-mixed-reviews/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Yes, Kamala Harris Is a DEI Hire – Ian Haworth (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. All those who GAO, IRS, and the Post Office hired and/or promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.creators.com/read/Ian-Haworth/07/24/yes-kamala-harris-is-a-dei-hire
DAILY SIGNAL
— House GOP Faces Down Biden Veto Threat on Halting Noncitizen Voting. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/09/house-gop-faces-down-biden-veto-threat-on-halting-noncitizen-voting/
DAILY WIRE
— Idaho Governor Cracks Down On Illegals Voting With Executive Order. Gov. Little signed the ‘Only Citizens Will Vote’ Act. – Amanda Prestigiacomo (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-state-gov-cracks-down-on-illegals-voting-with-executive-order
— Johnson Rips Biden For Saying He’ll Veto Bill Preventing Non-Citizens From Voting. – Hank Berrien (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-rips-biden-for-saying-hell-veto-bill-preventing-non-citizens-from-voting
EPOCH TIMES
— Haley Releases Delegates, Urges Them to Back Trump Ahead of RNC Convention. The former GOP presidential candidate announced in May that she will be voting for former President Trump. – Jackson Richman (COMMENT: What do the Haley delegates and the Haley alternate delegates in your congressional district have to say about this? Elizabeth Roskam is/was the Haley delegate for the 3rd Congressional District and Peter Roskam is/was the alternate.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/haley-to-release-delegates-to-trump-ahead-of-rnc-convention-5682895
FEDERALIST
— Biden’s Idea Of ‘Secure Elections’ Is Letting People Who Might Not Be Citizens Keep Voting. – BBRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/09/bidens-idea-of-secure-elections-is-letting-people-who-might-not-be-citizens-keep-voting/
— No, We Don’t Already Have ‘Effective Safeguards’ To Verify Voter Citizenship. – BRIANNA LYMAN (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/09/no-we-dont-already-have-effective-safeguards-to-verify-voter-citizenship/
— Biden’s Border Invasion Is A Daily Reminder To Reelect His Predecessor. – MARGOT CLEVELAND
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/09/bidens-border-invasion-is-a-daily-reminder-to-reelect-his-predecessor/
— There’s Only One Reason Democrats Oppose Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote. – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/10/theres-only-one-reason-democrats-oppose-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-vote/
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Dems Don’t Want Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote! (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/07/09/dems-dont-want-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-to-vote/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘Sanctuary cities’ regretful: Biden border invasion hits their budgets hard, walk back sanctuary policies. – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/sanctuary-cities-feeling-buyers-remorse-after-biden-border-invasion-hits-their-budgets-walk-back-sanctuary-policies
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mike Pence Slams RNC for Ditching National Abortion Ban in Party Platform: ‘Profound Disappointment’ – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mike-pence-slams-rnc-for-ditching-national-abortion-ban-in-party-platform-profound-disappointment/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke activists oppose California bill making it a felony to purchase sex from children, claiming it will harm LGBTQ community, people or color. “The harsher penalties contained in this bill will disproportionately impact marginalized communities, particularly black and brown individuals who already bear the brunt of systemic biases within our criminal justice system.
https://thepostmillennial.com/woke-activists-oppose-california-bill-making-it-a-felony-to-purchase-sex-from-children-claiming-it-will-harm-lgbtq-community-people-or-color
— Personal Income Fell $24B in Commie-fornia – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT: The more Democrats and RINOs who move into your county, township, municipality, and/or school district, the more that income and home values will fall and the more that crime will increase.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/09/personal-income-fell-24b-in-commie-fornia-n4930519
REASON
— If You Don’t Trust Media Now, Wait Until It’s Government-Funded. – J.D. TUCCILLE (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://reason.com/2024/07/08/if-you-dont-trust-media-now-wait-until-its-government-funded/
TOWNHALL
— Biden Administration Opposes SAVE Act. Here’s Why. – Jamie Parsons
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jamie-parsons/2024/07/09/biden-administration-opposes-save-act-here-is-why-n2641560#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Is there a limit to the number of immigrants Biden will allow into the US? – NOLAN RAPPAPORT (COMMENT: Democrat leaders might stop bringing in illegals when they believe that they have enough that no Republican will ever be elected again. RINO leaders might stop bringing in illegals when they believe that they have all the cheap labor that they can use.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4760665-biden-immigration-no-limits/
MSN
— How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-2024-platform-makes-veiled-threat-of-secure-elections/ar-BB1pCVMD
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pelosi Hints That Biden Should Reconsider Re-Election Run
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/10/us/biden-trump-election
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American. Demographics that vote for Democrats are LGBTQ, liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/09/save-act-republican-voting-immigration/
— Many universities are abandoning race-conscious scholarships worth millions. In the year since the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions, colleges have walked away from scholarships with racial criteria. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did 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. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have/had parents who have colleges degrees and are/were wealthy. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/07/09/college-scholarships-race-affirmative-action/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats Want To Give Undocumented Migrants The Vote (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are in America? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-claims-democrats-want-give-undocumented-migrants-vote-1922872
TWIN CITIES PIONEER PRESS
— President Joe Biden’s student debt relief is another blow to meritocracy and personal responsibility. Borrow whatever you would like, and the government and taxpayers will pick up the tab? – JENNIFER SCHWAB
https://www.twincities.com/2024/07/10/jennifer-schwab-president-joe-bidens-student-debt-relief-is-another-blow-to-meritocracy-and-personal-responsibility/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Takes a Dig at Harris, Implying She and Biden Are Both Unfit to Be President. Republican presumptive nominee also briefly teases his coming choice for VP. – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-takes-a-dig-at-harris-implying-she-and-biden-are-both-unfit-to-be-president-906b5f23
— FRONT PAGE: How President Biden’s Inner Circle Kept His Signs of Aging Under Wraps
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/google-news-update/how-president-bidens-inner-circle-kept-his-signs-of-aging-under-wraps/5c5c8e7f-d080-4c6d-956b-944971781276
— Democrats’ Effort to Push Biden Off Ticket Hits Uncertainty. ‘Right now, President Biden is the nominee, and we support the Democratic nominee,’ says a top House Democrat. – Natalie Andrews and Katy Stech Ferek
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-huddle-in-washington-as-biden-teeters-at-top-of-ticket-831991f8
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/how-president-bidens-inner-circle-kept-his-signs-of-aging-under-wraps/e8688b6b-4160-4226-b442-d1c56bdfd502
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91152973/anti-dei-movement-hits-a-new-low-attacks-kamala-harris-dei-president
POLITICO
— Trump didn’t invite Haley to the RNC. She’s encouraging her delegates to back him anyway. Haley’s decision to release all of her delegates was the final detente between her and Trump. – MERIDITH MCGRAW (COMMENT: What do the Haley delegates and the Haley alternate delegates in your congressional district have to say about this? Elizabeth Roskam is/was the Haley delegate for the 3rd Congressional District and Peter Roskam is/was the alternate.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/09/nikki-haley-delegates-convention-trump-00167093
— Trump toys with Miami crowd — and Rubio — over vice presidential pick. When it was his turn to speak, Sen. Marco Rubio attacked Vice President Kamala Harris, providing a preview into how he might act as running mate. – KIMBERLY LEONARD
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/09/trump-vp-marco-rubio-00167230
NPR
— How long have your ancestors been in America? Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you will be demonized, denigrated, and condemned, and especially if you are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/1197956772/code-switch-honoring-ancestors-part-1-07-10-2024
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— House Republicans Advance 2 Contested Antisemitism Bills. While backers say the proposals will help protect students from discrimination, Democrats and higher ed advocates say they’re aimed at punishing elite universities and international students. – Jessica Blake
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/07/10/house-republicans-advance-two-contested-antisemitism
July 7, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/07/in-rush-to-move-migrants-into-housing-state-program-paid-out-hundreds-of-thousands-for-apartments-that-were-unlivable-and-unlived-in/
— What exactly is a ‘Black job,’ Mr. Trump? – Clarence Page (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early and gave my job and gave my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I took.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/07/clarence-page-black-jobs-donald-trump-debate/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 14 killed, 69 wounded in shootings during extended Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. Of those shot, 20 were in mass shootings in Greater Grand Crossing, the Near West Side and Austin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/05/chicago-fourth-july-violence-12-dead-55-shot
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban Republicans weigh in on Trump’s VP candidates. – Steve Zalusky (COMMENT: Comments are from Joe Folisi, Richard Porter, Aaron Del Mar, Connie Shanahan, Rick Lawrence, Steve Balich, and Jay Bergman.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240705/news/suburban-republicans-weigh-in-on-trumps-vp-candidates/
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 71 shot, 11 fatally, in holiday weekend gun violence across city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuxqhno_bQ
CBS2
— 11 killed, 69 hurt in shootings across Chicago during 4th of July weekend. – Jeramie Bizzle
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/weekend-shootings-july-3-to-8/
— Vandals tear down posters of Gaza hostages outside U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider’s office on Capitol Hill. – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vandalism-rep-brad-schneider-capitol-gaza-hostages-posters/
FOX32
— Mayor Johnson MIA during violent start to Fourth of July weekend. – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/city-chicago-responds-surge-shootings-additional-safety-measures
— Trump denies knowing about Project 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmXS87BmnU
SOUTHERN
— Biden disputes diminishing poll numbers, low approval rating after debate – Ivan Pereira
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/06/biden-disputes-diminishing-poll-numbers-low-approval-rating-after-debate/
WCIA
— Senate GOP Leader John Curran talks Republican chairman exit ahead of convention – Cole Henke
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/senate-gop-leader-talks-republican-chairman-exit-ahead-of-convention/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIL TV
— Republicans turn their focus to Harris as talk of replacing Biden on Democratic ticket intensifies. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-republicans-turn-their-focus-to-harris-as-talk-of-replacing-biden-on-democratic-ticket-intensifies/
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/republicans-turn-their-focus-to-harris-as-talk-of-replacing-biden-on-democratic-ticket-intensifies/article_16ce28de-5ccb-580e-a125-be76853aee08.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why do Democrat candidates get votes? ANSWER: The Democrat Party’s success in convincing voters that Republicans cause all their problems and that they should want what the Democrat Party gives its voters: class warfare, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reversed discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump separates himself from Project 2025 blueprint crafted by the Heritage Foundation. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/5/donald-trump-separates-himself-from-project-2025-c/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— November is months away, but people are already voting with their feet. – Editorial (COMMENT How successful have Democrats been driving those who have demographics that vote for Republicans out of your county, your township, your municipality, your precinct, and your school district?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3069061/november-months-away-people-already-voting-with-feet/
NEW YORK POST
— America may soon be subjected to the country’s first DEI president: Kamala Harris. – Charles Gasparino (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were 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 and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/06/business/america-may-soon-be-subjected-to-the-countrys-first-dei-president-kamala-harris/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democrats Have Gone Full Soviet
https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/06/democrats-have-gone-full-soviet/
BREITBART
— Chicago 4th of July Weekend: At Least 58 Shot Wednesday Night to Friday Night – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/06/chicago-4th-of-july-weekend-at-least-58-shot-wednesday-night-to-friday-night/
CHRISTIAN POST
— 10 ways woke culture is reframing civilization. – Joseph Mattera,
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/10-ways-woke-culture-is-reframing-civilization.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Another Biden Interview Debacle – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/another-biden-debacle/
NEWSMAX
— Kamala Harris is a ‘great example of affirmative action’ – Utah Rep. Burgess Owens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcQdfJ1m5g
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Push Depopulation as U.S. Fertility Plummets – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/06/dems-push-depopulation-as-us-fertility-plummets-n4930433
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Faces New Calls From Democrats to Step Aside After Interview
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/06/us/biden-trump-election
— The Struggles of President Biden and the Truth About Aging – Rachael Bedard (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/opinion/biden-age-health.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Trump doesn’t want Americans to know what Republicans stand for. The former president wants the 2024 GOP platform to be anodyne, but don’t be fooled. He has an extreme agenda.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/07/rnc-platform-2024-gop-trump/
— Trump running mate decision nears, with Vance, Rubio at center of talks. The campaign is eyeing an announcement by July 15th and internal talks have focused heavily on the two senators. – Marianne LeVine and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/06/trump-running-mate-vance-rubio-republicans/
— Defiant Biden doubles down on staying in race.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/06/election-2024-biden-campaign-updates-trump/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/05/replace-biden-trump-age-haley-republicans-election/74288491007/
— Democrats’ cover-up of Biden decline raises hard questions. When did they know the truth? It’s clear, based on his debate performance and other gaffes we’ve seen in public, that President Joe Biden’s decline must have been obvious to those closest to him. – Nicole Russell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/07/biden-age-democrats-drop-out-election/74278327007/
CNN
— There is no historical precedent for Biden dropping out now – Zachary B. Wolf and Amy O’Kruk
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/politics/joe-biden-drop-out-precedent-what-matters/index.html
MSN
— Those who benefit from Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI want AA and DEI because they benefit from AA and DEI. Those who benefit from AA and DEI are liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. Those who are harmed by AA and DEI are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, have more money than others, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-americans-favor-dei-programs-survey/ar-BB1ot0gt
DESERT NEWS
— Democrats move to the left on social issues. – Hanna Seariac (COMMENT: All those who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have dumped me have moved to the left. All those who have taken adverse actions against me reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. All those who reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members have dumped me if not taken adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid and the pretexts that they use to dump me if not take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-move-left-social-issues-192624943.html
SPITZ LAW FIRM
— Employer’s Lies Are Called Pretext (COMMENT: All the justifications that my critics/opponents have used to take adverse actions against me were pretexts. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, the adverse actions that they took against me, and the pretexts that they used. I would focus on those situations in which the real reasons for the adverse actions were a) political affiliation discrimination, b) reverse discrimination, c) age discrimination, d) religious discrimination, e) national origin discrimination, f) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, and/or g) my suing them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on my critics/opponents who blame me the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who blame me the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.calltherightattorney.com/
July 6, 2024
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Illinois Republican Party Chairman Application (COMMENT: The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) should announce in a press release the evening of July 10 the names of the candidates for chairman, lots of information about them including what they have done to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, how Illinois Republicans can contact their IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member concerning them, and the weighted vote that each IRP SCC member has. Illinois Republicans should be able to watch the candidates’ presentations via Zoom on July 12. The IRP should announce in a press release the evening of July 12 the winning candidate and how much weighted vote that candidate got from each IRP SCC member. In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day that the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as the IRP chairman. Participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not.)
https://illinois.gop/illinois-republican-party-chairman-application/
(FROM THE CHAIRMAN’S MEMO: The Illinois Republican State Central Committee will be meeting on Friday, July 12, 2024 to elect a new Chairman on an interim or permanent basis. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in being considered for the position, please submit the following information to Matt Janes, Executive Director of the Illinois Republican Party, at Matt@illinois.gop by Wednesday, July 10th at 5:00 PM. This is a hard deadline, and is necessary to provide the Committee sufficient time to review all applicant material. Applicants may be asked to address the Committee on July 12th. . .Responsibilities and duties of the State Chairman are generally summarized in Article III, Section B of the Bylaws which are on our website, and include raising money for the State Party. The position does not pay a salary or other compensation.)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrat leaders been in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct promoting the Democrat Party platform, that is, promoting 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, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? What have your Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member and the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations done to promote the Republican Party platform, that is, to promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, conservative principles, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 12 killed, 54 wounded in shootings during extended 4th of July weekend in Chicago. Of those shot, 20 were in mass shootings in Greater Grand Crossing, the Near West Side and Austin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/05/chicago-fourth-july-violence-12-dead-55-shot
— Quigley becomes first top Illinois Democrat to call on Biden to step aside. The Illinois congressman called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race in an interview on MSNBC Friday, hours before ABC aired an interview with Biden widely viewed as a litmus test for the president a week after his damaging debate performance. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/07/05/quigley-biden-withdraw-2024-presidential-election-trump-debate-illinois-pritzker
ABC7
— ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos’ exclusive interview with Biden: Full transcript
https://abc7chicago.com/post/full-transcript-abc-news-anchor-george-stephanopoulos-exclusive/15033536/
— Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley says President Biden should leave race – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-rep-mike-quigley-says-president-joe-biden/15034006/
— Biden won’t commit to independent cognitive test when asked in ABC News interview. “Look. I have a cognitive test every single day,” he said, referring to his job. (COMMENT: Currently, what do you argue shows your cognitive abilities? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. During the 1990s, it was my earning four job-related professional certifications and a job-related master’s degree. During the 1980s, it was my earning a job-related professional certification and a job-related master’s degree. During the 1970s, it was my earning a job-related professional certification, a job-related master’s degree, and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-joe-biden-commit-independent-cognitive-test-when/15033281/
— Over $100M in medical debt wiped out for more than 44K in Cook County thanks to partnership. (COMMENT: What did you do to avoid medial debt. For me, it included always having health insurance.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/medical-debt-forgiveness-100m-wiped-more-44k-cook/15026473/
— ‘Exhausted,’ ‘bad episode’: Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive. Speaking with George Stephanopoulos, he dismissed concerns about mental fitness. – Alexandra Hutzler
https://abc7chicago.com/post/george-stephanopoulos-joe-biden-interview-president-doubles-down/15033213/
NBC5
— Violence in Chicago has changed. An outreach group explains why and what needs to be done. As Chicago stares down the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with 11 people killed as of Friday afternoon, an organized group of mothers, fathers, uncles and brothers questions the usefulness of crime statistics and cautions that gangs are different than they used to be. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-violence-changes-gangs-shootings-police/3482134/
CBS2
— Biden says he’ll stay in 2024 race while Illinois rep calls for him to step aside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MudV6kSqpmU
— As number of migrants in Chicago shelters decline, officials prepare for future arrivals. – Sabrina Franza (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders have always promoted illegal immigration and they continue to do that.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrant-numbers-down/
FOX32
— Mayor Johnson joins community rally for peace following Fourth of July violence in Chicago – Terrence Lee
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-johnson-joins-community-rally-peace-following-fourth-july-violence-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Quigley calls on Biden to step aside. – Jack Grieve
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/mike-quigley-joe-biden-should-drop-out-race
SOUTHERN
— Wealthy Democratic donors sound alarm over Biden staying in race. – ABC News
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/07/05/wealthy-democratic-donors-sound-alarm-over-biden-staying-in-race/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Defiant Biden says ‘only the Lord Almighty’ could convince him to leave the 2024 race. – Elena Moore, Tamara Keith (COMMENT: What does the Lord Almighty say about promoting 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, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-07-05/defiant-biden-says-only-the-lord-almighty-could-convince-him-to-leave-the-2024-race
WTHI TV
— The Illinois State Board of Education recently announced that starting next spring, it will use the ACT exam rather than the SAT. – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: My ACT score in 1966 was 24. My father’s often decrying his not having a college degree motivated me to take college preparatory courses, to take the ACT exam, and to graduate in the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.wthitv.com/news/illinois-switching-to-act-exams-for-state-assessments/article_06e25890-3ada-11ef-8047-0369552f4355.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor plans to address violence with more spending, guaranteed income. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_32b1b0d4-3ae3-11ef-8868-8fce4052992d.html
— Illinois tied for third worst unemployment rate in country. – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_91e26a0a-3979-11ef-8e90-0bb300ae99ca.html
— Illinois ballot could include election security, property tax and IVF questions. – Greg Bishop
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/illinois-ballot-could-include-election-security-property-tax-and-ivf-questions/article_d51ca82a-d94c-5f59-a51c-6754ea194790.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden says he’s ‘first Black woman to serve with Black president’ in rambling radio interview. Age concerns front and center as Democrat struggles to right floundering campaign. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/5/biden-says-hes-first-black-woman-to-serve-with-bla/
— Biden downplays debate performance; can’t remember if he watched replay. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/5/biden-downplays-debate-performance-cant-remember-i/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden Struggles Through Brief Interview with Former Dem Operative Stephanopoulos. Octogenarian president delivers incoherent answers and says ‘really bad cold’ left him ‘exhausted’ during debate. – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/tan-rested-not-ready-bronzed-biden-struggles-through-brief-interview-with-former-dem-operative-stephanopoulos/
AMEERICAN THINKER
— The Collapse of DEI – John Horvat II
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/the_collapse_of_dei.html
BLAZE
— New York City expands costly debit card program for illegal aliens – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/new-york-city-expands-costly-debit-card-program-for-illegal-aliens
BREITBART
— New York City Giving Taxpayer-Funded Debit Cards to Over 7,000 Migrants – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/05/new-york-city-giving-taxpayer-funded-debit-cards-to-over-7000-migrants/
— Pritzker Opens More Migrant Shelters in Chicago Ahead of Democrat National Convention. – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/07/05/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-opens-more-migrant-shelters-chicago-ahead-democrat-national-convention/
CHARLIE KIRK
— Former Space Force Officer Loses Retirement For Exposing DEI (COMMENT: Because I fought political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/former-space-force-officer-loses-retirement-for-exposing-dei
CHRISTIAN POST
— Exposing the lie that DEI is compassionate. – John K. Amanchukwu Sr.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/exposing-the-lie-that-dei-is-compassionate.html
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrats’ 25th Amendment Problem – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-democrats-25th-amendment-problem
DAILY CALLER
— Joe Biden Repeatedly Denies Reality In Primetime ABC Interview. – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/05/joe-biden-abc-news-primetime-interview-george-stephanopoulos/
— Years Of Media Misdirection Over Biden Mental State Are Unraveling Before Our Eyes – JASON COHEN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/04/media-misdirection-biden-mental-state-unraveling/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Biden Has Done to the Border Doesn’t Stop There – ZACH THAPAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/07/what-biden-has-done-to-the-border-doesnt-stop-there/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Beats Whoever Dems Replace Biden With In Hypothetical Polls – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/07/05/no-matter-whos-in-the-race-polls-show-trump-beat-them-n2641443
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Quigley becomes latest House member to call on Biden to exit race. – LAUREN IRWIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4757439-mike-quigley-joe-biden-drop-out/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Two More House Democrats Say Biden Should Drop Out. Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois became the fourth of his cohort to call on President Biden to leave the race, a day after Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts did so. – Chris Cameron, Maggie Astor and Tim Balk
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/us/politics/democrat-seth-moulton-biden-drop-out.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR PICTURES OF BIDEN: Biden Forcefully Rejects Efforts to Push Him Out of Race. ‘I am running and going to win again,’ president tells supporters in Wisconsin. – Ken Thomas and Annie Linskey
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-sits-for-interview-to-try-to-bounce-back-from-debate-debacle-6e60527f
— How DEI Becomes Discrimination. – John Sailer
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-dei-becomes-discrimination-academia-higher-education-research-race-1e411be4
MSN
— 22 Reasons Why Baby Boomers Resist the ‘Woke’ Movement – Thomas Robinson
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/22-reasons-why-baby-boomers-resist-the-woke-movement/ss-BB1ptqzm
July 5, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic governors, including J.B. Pritzker, meet with Biden, who insists he’s in the race to stay – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/03/democratic-governors-including-j-b-pritzker-meet-with-president-joe-biden-at-white-house-amid-growing-unease-within-party/
DAILY HERALD
— Protesters targeting Schneider in the middle of the night went too far. – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240705/opinion/daily-herald-opinion-protesters-targeting-schneider-in-the-middle-of-the-night-went-too-far/
ABC7
— Biden vows to stay in race, told governors he’s in good health after medical checkup. A source said he had a ‘brief’ exam because of his cold. – Rachel Scott
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-biden-told-governors-he-had-medical-checkup-sources/15029075/
— IL Gov. JB Pritzker, Democratic governors say they have Biden’s back after ‘candid and open’ meeting. – Craig Wall and Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-goes-dc-meet-president/15025592/
— If Biden drops out, who could replace him? A look at possible candidates. Several major Democrats have pledged support for Biden after the debate. – Ivan Pereira
https://abc7chicago.com/post/could-replace-biden-he-drops-harris-does-better/15028101/
— Biden privately signals ‘open mind’ on path forward, sees next few days as critical. “This is false,” a White House spokesman said. – Rachel Scott and Rick Klein
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-joe-biden-privately-signals-open-mind-path/15024934/
— 2 women, boy killed in Grand Crossing shooting; 2 boys critically wounded
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shooting-2-women-killed-3-boys-critically/15028437/
CBS2
— Chicago mass shooting leaves 2 women dead, 3 children critically hurt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqvvnRL6Lg8
WGN9
— At least 9 killed, dozens shot across Chicago in violent July Fourth. – Andrea Medina, Anna Roberts
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-july-fourth-shootings/
FOX32
— Biden tells governors he needs more sleep as calls to step down grow. President Biden hits the Midwest on Friday in an effort to kickstart his campaign. This as calls from within the Democratic party grow for him to step aside. (COMMENT: Since 2000, instead of sleeping, I have spent a tremendous amount of time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1480638
— July 4th mass shooting: Chicago women died shielding children from gunfire. – Tia Ewing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/july-4th-mass-shooting-chicago-mom-died-shielding-1-year-old-from-gunfire
— July 4th mass shooting: 2 women and 1 child dead, 2 more children in critical condition. – Will Hager
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/july-4th-mass-shooting-chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Ec7qbOxJk
WBEZ
— President Biden finds JB Pritzker and other Democratic governors complimentary and critical in White House meeting. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with the governors in an hourlong White House discussion described by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as ‘honest and open’ and by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker as “candid.” But the president also heard comments and questions that ranged from complimentary to ‘a little targeted.’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/07/04/president-biden-trump-debate-pritzker-harris-democratic-governors-meeting-walz-newsom-moore-whitmer
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more discrimination in Evanston against its remaining residents who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/07/04/fourth-of-july-parades-seeds-of-change-theme-championed-by-participants/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Northern Illinois RNC delegate Jan Klaas says issues, not personality matter in her support for Donald Trump – Maria Gardner Lara
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2024-07-05/northern-illinois-rnc-delegate-says-issues-not-personality-matter-in-her-support-for-donald-trump
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Mayor Johnson’s Call for Reparations Ignores Chicago’s Most Serious Problems. – JACK LUCEY
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/mayor-johnson-reparations-chicago-serious-problems
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican candidates and elected officials who walked with the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade included Jeff Castle, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Richard Jorgensen, Seth Lewis, Amber Quirk, and Kenton Skarin. I walked with the MTRO entry, but according to one of the aforesaid, because I did not wear a MTRO shirt or a shirt with one of the candidates’ or elected officials’ names on it, I did not really walk with the MTRO entry. According to my critics/opponents, the more that I do to help elect a candidate, the more votes that candidate loses. I should write a book about Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978. I started serving as the Republican fundraiser for the parades in 2005, but my anti-conservative, that is, anti-Republican critics/opponents ended that in 2021. In my book, I would focus on those who have worked the hardest to diminish/stop Republican participation in the parades. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOUSA ILLINOIS
— Yesterday, before the parade started, I had a conversation with one of the leaders of my critics/opponents in Wheaton. He justified the many big adverse actions that he and his followers have taken against me since the 1980s, including ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. According to him, I cause all my own problems. What did I do? During the 1980s, I successfully fought Wheaton’s efforts to install a traffic signal at Harrison and President and I sued Wheaton, its favorite developer, Milton Township, and DuPage County. More recently, I led successful efforts to stop video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton. But since 2015, their unmitigated hatred against Trump has ever-increasingly increased and I refuse to share their unmitigated hatred against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praised them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and/or for everyone’s problems. They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly 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. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. They despise if not hate those who my demographics including my religion and national origin. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They would love it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time blame their problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, draft avoider, have more money than they have, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— The DuPage Republican Society. Become A Member Today! (COMMENT: Yesterday, I applied to be a $240/year member. Will my critics/opponents within the DCRCC reject my application? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They especially blame me for George Ryan not seeking a second term, Jim Ryan’s and Jim Durkin’s losses in 2002, Andy McKenna’s loss in 2004, Bill Brady’s and Judy Baar Topinka’s losses in 2006, Bill Brady’s loss in 2010, Mark Kirk’s loss in 2016, Paul Hinds’ and Bruce Rauner’s and Peter Roskam’s losses in 2018, and Greg Hart’s and Richard Irvin’s losses in 2022.)
https://dupagegop.com/become-a-member/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago alderman pushes harsher penalties for crimes committed wearing facemasks – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c965556-3979-11ef-81d8-cba6bf2e1afa.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Third House Democrat calls for Biden to drop out of race. – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/4/third-house-democrat-calls-biden-drop-out-race/
— Media concealed Biden’s cognitive decline because they hate Trump. Reporters turned on president only when the lie became impossible to sustain. – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/4/media-concealed-bidens-cognitive-decline-because-t/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What caused the Biden-era illegal immigration spike?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3056275/what-caused-the-biden-era-illegal-immigration-spike/
NEW YORK POST
— This 5,500-mile loophole may be the SMALLEST one in Biden’s ‘border crackdown’ – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/opinion/this-5500-mile-loophole-may-be-the-smallest-one-in-bidens-border-crackdown/
— Biden loses train of thought in Fourth of July speech to vets. – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/us-news/biden-loses-train-of-thought-in-fourth-of-july-speech-to-vets/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeness is weakness – Nick Lopez
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/wokeness_is_weakness.html
— Mount Rushmore, make room for Trump – Bucky Fox
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/mount_rushmore_make_room_for_trump.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— America’s never-ending war of independence. – Kenneth Abramowitz (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government and charity, if not socialism, if not communism, if not dictatorship.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/07/04/americas-never-ending-war-of-independence-1470136/
DAILY CALLER
— Sanctuary Cities Crack Down On Shelter Programs After Rolling Out Red Carpet For Illegal Migrants – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/04/sanctuary-cities-cut-back-migrant-shelters/
— Lauren Boebert called “racist” for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a “DEI hire” – Alex Bollinger
FOX NEWS
— Former U.S. Space Force officer loses retirement after speaking out against DEI – Hannah Grossman , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi (COMMENT: I not only spoke out against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, I because an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged by GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/space-force-commander-lost-pension-criticizing-crt-military-says-gut-punch-betrayal
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The questions about Biden’s age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan’s in 1984. – LAURIE KELLMAN (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-reagan-age-president-trump-debate-292069ac97df6841ae84c215e63c84ec
MSN
— Woke New Yorkers whine America ‘doesn’t deserve a birthday party’ – Rachel Bowman (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 1978 to destroy Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/woke-new-yorkers-whine-america-doesn-t-deserve-a-birthday-party/ar-BB1pqn75
— Lauren Boebert called “racist” for saying Karine Jean-Pierre is a “DEI hire” – Alex Bollinger (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. All those who GAO, IRS, and the Post Office hired and/or promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lauren-boebert-called-racist-for-saying-karine-jean-pierre-is-a-dei-hire/ar-BB1plnM4
— To promote reparations is to promote more hatred against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-s-progressive-mayor-brandon-johnson-claims-reparations-will-help-tackle-the-cycle-of-violence-amid-a-17-per-cent-surge-in-crime/ar-AA1ma3LW
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside. The president appears intent on remaining on the ballot, while wealthy donors are discussing plans to put their money elsewhere. – Kenneth P. Vogel, Theodore Schleifer and Lauren Hirsch
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/us/politics/biden-donors.html
— Student Loan Borrowers Owe $1.6 Trillion. Nearly Half Aren’t Paying. Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts. – Stacy Cowley
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/business/student-loan-nonpayment.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/05/sarah-mcbride-running-first-trans-person-congress-election/74197445007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden Tries to Prove He Is Still Democrats’ Best Bet. President suggests to governors that he should avoid events that begin after 8 p.m. – Ken Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-tries-to-prove-he-is-still-democrats-best-bet-66fcd5ac
— Sign Snatchers Beware, That Campaign Poster Might Have an AirTag. The tracking devices leave thieves dumbfounded—and occasionally facing criminal charges. – James Fanelli
https://www.wsj.com/politics/campaign-signs-stolen-apple-airtag-tracking-e7d17efb
— The IRS Has a High-Earner Delusion. The agency can’t find all those wealthy tax cheats that Democrats swear exist. – Editorial (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-audits-wealthiest-americans-tigta-report-steven-mnuchin-janet-yellen-4d3f678c
— Only the Fed Can Rekindle America’s Love for Cars. New-vehicle sales are stuck in middle gear as high interest rates and high prices push less affluent consumers into the secondhand market. – Stephen Wilmot (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise/hate cars and especially American-nameplate cars.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/only-the-fed-can-rekindle-americas-love-for-cars-5f0f3d4d
NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Floated as Biden Replacement Issues Dire Warning. Pritzker warned Joe Biden has to prove himself once more.
https://newrepublic.com/post/183420/democratic-governor-pritzker-biden-issues-dire-warning
July 2, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 53 arrested, including 9 juveniles, in Lakeview hours after Pride celebrations. – Jessica D’Onofrio and Jasmine Mino
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-mass-arrest-conducted-lakeview-chicago-pride/15015187/
NBC5
— 53 people arrested during overnight chaos in Lakeview. – Jenn Schanz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-arrested-at-post-pride-parade-celebrations-in-lakeview-chicago-police/3478631/
— Alderman pushes for earlier curfew at Chicago 31st Street Beach after violent month. Ald. Lamont Robinson has called for a 9 p.m. curfew after several people were shot in and around 31st Street in June
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/alderman-pushes-for-earlier-curfew-at-chicago-31st-street-beach-after-violent-month/3478572/
CBS2
— Trump seeks to overturn criminal conviction, citing Supreme Court immunity decision. – Graham Kates
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-seeks-overturn-new-york-conviction-citing-supreme-court-immunity/
— Biden condemns Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump immunity case. – Caitlin Yilek
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-supreme-court-trump-immunity-decision/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/undocumented-immigrants-standard-illinois-drivers-licenses/
WGN9
— Rubio, Tim Scott would give Trump biggest boost as vice president: Poll – Caroline Vakil
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/rubio-scott-would-give-trump-biggest-boost-as-vp-poll/
— 7 Democrats being floated as potential Biden replacements. – Jared Gans
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/7-democrats-being-floated-as-potential-biden-replacements/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/new-illinois-laws-go-into-effect-on-july-1-2024-drivers-licenses-noncitizens/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/01/noncitizen-illinois-residents-can-now-get-standard-driver-s-license-here-s-what-you-need
WLS AM
— Pritzker replacing Biden could give Illinois a Republican governor
https://www.wlsam.com/2024/07/02/pritzker-replacing-biden-could-give-illinois-a-republican-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Member of House of Representatives Jeanne M. Ives joins Ray and Nick to discuss the possibility of J.B. Pritzker replacing Biden as the Democratic candidate and how it might be the best option to benefit Illinois. There will be lots of commotion no matter what decision the Biden family makes but it seems they want to hold onto power. How does voting change in a state that normally votes the same election after election, it begins at the local level. Who will replace Pritzker if he leaves his position as governor of Illinois and could it be a Republican?)
WBEZ
— Biden’s debate debacle adds wild card uncertainty to Chicago’s Democratic National Convention. If the president stays in the race, as it seems he will, the question will be which Joe Biden will show up in Chicago to accept his nomination — the faltering debater or a president fit to serve? – Lynn Sweet
https://www.wbez.org/columnists/2024/07/01/president-biden-debate-debacle-democratic-national-convention-chicago-polls
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/pride/2024/07/01/53rd-annual-chicago-pride-parade-lgbtq-lake-view-celebration-summer-diversity
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Walgreens could join other major retailers fleeing high-crime parts of Chicago. In many areas, Walgreens is the last major store remaining. The city must respond. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/editorial-walgreens-south-west-side-retail-target-walmart/
— Why not vote for issues first, then candidates next? – Jack Modzelewski (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/opinion-elections-issues-voting/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURES: Democrats ever-increasingly push minorities and LGBTQers to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/02/black-and-gay-owned-cannabis-businesses-opening-and-expanding-in-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump immunity case makes a president king above the law. The ruling delays the election interference case against Donald Trump. But the biggest casualty with the court’s latest ruling is to our democracy.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/07/01/supreme-court-ruling-trump-immunity-aziz-huq-roberts-sotomayor-editorial-democracy-solutions-project
— Police order ‘mass arrest’ in Lake View hours after Pride Parade. Fifty-three people, including nine juveniles, were arrested early Monday in the 3000 block of North Clark Street. A 15-year-old was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and was cited for having a firearm silencer. – Sophie Sherry and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/01/mass-arrest-police-clark-street-pride-parade-lake-view
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago restaurants are being burglarized in record numbers: ‘I’m just beyond outraged’ There were 635 burglaries reported at restaurants last year, the most since at least 2001, and the city is on pace to surpass that number this year. – Ambar Colón, Mohammad Samra and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/07/02/chicago-restaurants-are-being-burglarized-in-record-numbers-im-just-beyond-outraged
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: While Democratic congressional representatives from the Chicago area decried Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court landmark ruling giving presidents some immunity from criminal prosecution, some Republican candidates lauded the decision. – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240701/nation-and-world-politics/a-disastrous-decision-or-the-right-one-chicago-area-lawmakers-and-candidates-are-divided/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago pension debt rises to $37 billion – Shruti Date Singh
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-pension-debt-rises-city-hunts-cash
ROCK RIVER CURRENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2024/07/01/northern-illinois-food-bank-to-help-provide-thousands-of-free-meals-to-youth-this-summer/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump seeks to set aside hush money verdict hours after immunity ruling. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-seeks-to-set-aside-hush-money-verdict-hours-after-immunity-ruling/
— Trump golf courses’ liquor licenses not renewed after conviction. – Lauren Sforza
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-golf-courses-liquor-licenses-not-renewed-after-conviction/
WCIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wciu.com/cw26/stories/chicago-pride-parade-2024-check-out-our-pride
CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools announces safeguards for laid-off employees as teachers union decries staff cuts – Mila Koumpilova and Becky Vevea (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO U.S. Senators and Representatives cut GAO’s budge dramatically between 1980 and 1997. The Democrats who ran GAO used that to get rid of half of GAO’s employees. They did nothing to help the employees who they got rid of. The employees who they got rid of were overwhelmingly conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/06/28/chicago-public-schools-layoffs-paraprofessionals-protections/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The great exodus continues: Fresh IRS data shows Illinois loses residents to 40 other states – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/the-great-exodus-continues-fresh-irs-data-shows-illinois-loses-residents-to-40-other-states-wirepoints/
— Illinois losses to out-migration are mostly the wealthy; incoming are relatively poor
https://wirepoints.org/the-many-people-illinois-loses-to-out-migration-are-wealthy-the-few-people-we-gain-are-relatively-poor-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but not unofficial acts. – Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/1/supreme-court-rules-presidents-have-absolute-immun/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois is another failing Democratic state model. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3066303/illinois-another-failing-democratic-state-model/
— California school district considers suing companies with ties to slavery to pay for reparations – Matt Lamb (COMMENT: What do Democrats and RINOs stress about you to tie you to slavery? They stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. My ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3058894/california-school-district-considers-suing-companies-pay-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Nearly 90,000 People Fled J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois Between 2021 and 2022, Taking Billions in Income With Them. Democratic governor turns a blind eye to state’s population decline. – Jameson Mitrovich
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/nearly-90000-people-fled-j-b-pritzkers-illinois-between-2021-and-2022-taking-billions-in-income-with-them/
— Meet the Rich Kids, Professors, and Activists Arrested at Columbia in April. The Washington Free Beacon’s guide to occupying a Columbia campus building. – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/meet-the-rich-kids-professors-and-activists-arrested-at-columbia-in-april/
NEW YORK POST
— DEI efforts in US Armed Forces ineffective, run ‘opposite of the military ethos.’ – Cameron Arcand
https://nypost.com/2024/07/01/us-news/dei-efforts-in-us-armed-forces-ineffective-run-opposite-of-the-military-ethos-study/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The VA Must Stop Working for Illegals. It is a national embarrassment that lawbreakers from abroad get better service than American veterans. – Greg Steube
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-va-must-stop-working-for-illegals/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Farm supply chain plows under its woke corporate policies & activities. – Steve Jordahl
https://afn.net/business/2024/07/01/farm-supply-chain-plows-under-its-woke-corporate-policies-activities/
BLAZE
— Woke Churches Abandon Faith for ‘Pride’ in BLASPHEMOUS Display (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making your church promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4CABe6z3Yc
BREITBART
— A Wave of Migrant Crime Engulfing America. – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/07/01/a-wave-of-migrant-crime-engulfing-america/
— Joe Biden Makes Another Gaffe in White House Address, Reads ‘End of Quote’ from Teleprompter. – WENDELL HUSEBØ (COMMENT: Who writes what Biden reads?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/01/joe-biden-makes-another-gaffe-in-white-house-address-reads-end-of-quote-from-teleprompter/
— Nearly Half of Americans Believe Corporate Diversity Programs Discriminate Against White Men. – SEAN MORAN (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2024/07/01/poll-nearly-half-of-americans-believe-corporate-diversity-programs-discriminate-against-white-men/
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Rules Trump Has ‘Absolute Immunity’ From Prosecution For Official Acts. – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/01/supreme-court-rules-trump-has-immunity-for-official-acts-in-appeal/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Rules Trump Has Some Immunity in Federal Election Case. Presidents enjoy immunity from prosecution for official acts, the majority ruled. – Sam Dorman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-rules-trump-has-some-immunity-in-landmark-decision-5640112
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— 7.1 Million Visa Applicants Not Interviewed.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/new-audit-finds-71-million-visa-applicants-not-interviewed
FOX NEWS
— Chicago pastor takes on Dem mayor’s push for reparations. Chicago Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks has some pointed questions for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about his reparations task force. (COMMENT: What do Democrats and RINOs stress about you to tie you to slavery? They stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. My ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6356175380112
— Mike Huckabee: There’s no one to blame but Joe Biden. ‘Hannity’ panelists Reince Priebus and Mike Huckabee discuss who the Biden family is blaming for the president’s performance at the CNN Presidential Debate.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6356236471112
PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Alien Crime Wave Sweeps America. – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/01/illegal-alien-crime-wave-sweeps-america-n4930322
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-07-01/ap-photos-parties-protests-and-parades-mark-a-vibrant-pride-around-the-world
MSNBC
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early and gave my job and gave my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I took.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-rubio-black-jobs-presidential-debate-rcna159765
MSN
— Medical schools promote segregated medicine, and here’s how it’s going to hurt patients. – Ian Kingsbury, Jay Greene (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be non-conservative, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/medical-schools-promote-segregated-medicine-and-heres-how-its-going-to-hurt-patients/ar-AA1n3PnD
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7.com/post/watch-abc-news-live-pride-across-america-lgbtq-parades-marches/14914691/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id5luPi41_g
NEW YORK SUN
— Disney Exec’s Bombshell Claim That Company Doesn’t Want To Hire White Men Prompts Call for Civil Rights Probe. ‘Such clear evidence cannot be ignored,’ says conservative advocacy group America First Legal. – NOVI ZHUKOVSKY (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, companies will officially stop hiring White men and officially get rid of their White male employees who are conservative, Republican, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/disney-execs-bombshell-that-company-doesnt-want-to-hire-white-men-prompts-call-for-civil-rights-probe
USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/29/lgbtq-youth-pride-activism/74232062007/
DAILY TEXAN
— Texas GOP releases official party platform before upcoming 89th Legislative Session – Riley Walsh
https://thedailytexan.com/2024/07/01/texas-gop-releases-official-party-platform-before-upcoming-89th-legislative-session/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Deserve Biden, Even if the Country Doesn’t. They’ve deceived and gaslit us for four years, all in the name of ‘democracy.’ That collapsed Thursday. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-deserve-biden-even-if-the-country-doesnt-2024-presidential-election-a86a9756
— Grief, Then Paperwork: The Messy, Thankless Job of an Estate Executor – Ashlea Ebeling (COMMENT: I recently served as the executor for my aunt’s and for my brother’s estates.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/grief-then-paperwork-the-messy-thankless-job-of-an-estate-executor-6bb1e228
— The Inevitability of Biden’s Reckoning. Democrats are paying the price for overriding voter concerns about the president’s age. – Molly Ball (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-sad-inevitability-of-bidens-reckoning-464e4849
FORBES
— 5 Ways To Maximize Your Academic Summer Program For Ivy League Admissions – Christopher Rim (COMMENT: While you were in high school and college, what did you do with your summers? Because I had to work my way through college, I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2024/06/27/5-ways-to-maximize-your-academic-summer-program-for-ivy-league-admissions/
FED SCOOP
— GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts. – MATT BRACKEN (COMMENT: GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO U.S. Senators and Representatives cut GAO’s budge dramatically between 1980 and 1997. The Democrats who ran GAO used that to get rid of half of GAO’s employees. The employees who they got rid of were overwhelmingly conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://fedscoop.com/gao-budget-modernization-cloud-cybersecurity/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/07/02/tracking-effects-affirmative-actions-demise
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/new-anti-dei-legislation-goes-into-effect-in-4-states
June 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-guide-what-to-know-pride-parade-fest/14982265/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPvhgHrS1M
https://abc7chicago.com/post/puppy-love-dogs-tsunami-oden-get-married-wedding/15012141/
NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/what-to-know-about-the-chicago-pride-parade-from-timing-to-viewing-spots-star-appearances-and-more/3477339/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/how-to-watch-2024-chicago-pride-parade-live/3477176/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/chicago-pride-parade-route-street-closures-what-to-know/3477143/
— Shootings near Chicago’s lakefront reignite beach safety concerns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOjJkTLeA1s
— Chicago’s minimum wage to increase Monday. Here’s a breakdown of the changes. Since increasing to $15 in 2021, the hourly minimum wage increases annually according to changes in the Consumer Price Index or at a rate of 2.5%, whichever is lower, according to Mayor Johnson’s office. (COMMENT: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I earned the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes after school, Saturdays, and full-time during the summer of 1965. In today’s dollars, I earned $12.08/hour. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to commute to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete. If I had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, I might have worked fewer hours, studied more, gotten better grades, gotten a better ACT score, and graduated with a higher class ranking. Then again, I might have bought a loaded 1966 GTO that I might still own today.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-minimum-wage-to-increase-monday-heres-a-breakdown-of-the-changes/3477342/
CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-on-sunday/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagos-navy-pier-celebrates-lgbtq-pride/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpHkr_SL248
— Neighbors remain on edge after overnight protest outside Rep. Brad Schneider’s home in Highland Park – Sara Machi, Jeramie Bizzle, Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protest-brad-schneider-highland-park/
— Family of Highland Park parade shooting victim file wrongful death lawsuit against Smith & Wesson – Jeramie Bizzle (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-of-highland-park-parade-shooting-victim-file-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-smith-wesson/ar-BB1p7pue
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/30/chicago-pride-parade-2024-route-map-uptown-lake-view-lincoln-park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/29/friendship-theater-and-drag-in-chicagos-mexican-american-community
— What was your most memorable summer job? – Nyarai Khepra (COMMENT: I did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2024/06/27/sun-times-readers-summer-job-memories-growing-up-chicago-area
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The sad reality? Biden needs to make way for another Democratic nominee. – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/30/clarence-page-joe-biden-donald-trump-debate/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/30/early-20th-century-anti-immigrant-laws-fueled-by-fears-migrants-were-turning-cities-into-foreign-colonies/
— Faith leaders: Where’s the money going for reducing Chicago’s gun violence? – MICHAEL PFLEGER, OTIS MOSS III, SETH LIMMER and CIERA BATES-CHAMBERLAIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/30/opinion-chicago-office-of-gun-violence-reduction-ordinance/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/30/chicago-same-sex-couple-blessed-catholic-church-vitriol/
CITIES 92.9
— IRS: Illinois loses $10 billion in income from 87,000 people moving out. – Greg Bishop
https://www.cities929.com/2024/06/28/irs-illinois-loses-10-billion-in-income-from-87000-people-moving-out/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Biden Debate Disaster and the Root of Democrat Panic
https://johnkassnews.com/old-joe-unfocused-lost/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the political entries in Wheaton’s 2024 Independence Day parade? Starting 2005, I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. But my anti-conservative anti-Republican critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois ended that in 2021. I should write a book about them. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on past and present leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to reports, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee will meet on July 12 to elect a new IRP chairman. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
Based on what the IRP did in 2005 and 2013, the IRP should have by now posted on its website:
a) the names of the two other members of the IRP chairman search committee,
b) the selection process that the committee will use,
c) the qualifications that applicants must have,
d) the requirements that applicants must meet, and
e) the application filing deadline.
Based on what the IRP did in 2005 and 2013, the IRP should then post on its website:
a) the names of all the applicants who met the filing deadline,
b) the names of all those applicants the committee deemed qualified,
c) lots of information on those applicants,
d) how Illinois Republicans can provide input on those applicants to IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members,
e) the date, time, and location of the meeting in which the applicants will give their presentations to the IRP SCC,
f) how Illinois Republicans can attend that meeting,
g) a Zoom link that Illinois Republicans can use to watch the applicant’s presentations at that meeting,
h) the weighted vote that each IRP SCC member has,
i) the weighted vote that each applicant got and from each of the IRP SCC members, and
j) the name of the winning applicant.
I am very interested in learning what each the applicants has done and has promised to do to defend and advance the 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 in the Republican Party platform. I am very interested in learning what position each of the applicants has on direct election of IRP SCC members. It seems to me that the committee will reject applicants who want direct election.
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What distinguishes Democrat and RINO leaders? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform; RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being Democrat Lite and fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform.
Democrat leaders promote dependency on government and charity; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility.
Democrat leaders promote LGBTQ; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage and family.
Democrat leaders promote abortion; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote right to life.
Democrat leaders promote mass/illegal immigration; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote enforcement of immigration laws.
Democrat leaders promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote conservative principles.
Democrat leaders promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights; RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend Second Amendment rights.
Democrat leaders promote Affirmative Action, DEI, and CRT, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination; RINO leaders fail/refuse to promote equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— How the DEI is coming for lawyers. W. Dyer Halpern
https://nypost.com/2024/06/30/opinion/dei-is-coming-for-lawyers/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Not whether to get rid of Joe, but how – Mark Landsbaum
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/not_whether_to_get_rid_of_joe_but_how.html
BREITBART
— Biden’s Border Chief Claims Power to Admit More Illegals – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/29/bidens-border-chief-claims-power-to-admit-more-illegals/
DAILY WIRE
— Possible VP Candidates For Trump Respond To Debate – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/possible-vp-candidates-for-trump-respond-to-debate
EPOCH TIOMES
— CNN Trump-Biden Debate Brings in 51 Million TV Viewers Across Networks, 30 Million More Online. – Jackson Richman, Nathan Worcester and Jacob Burg
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/cnn-trump-biden-debate-brings-in-51-million-tv-viewers-across-networks-30-million-more-online-5677108
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Biden Administration Suddenly Opposes ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgeries on Minors – WESLEY J. SMITH
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-administration-suddenly-opposes-gender-affirming-surgeries-on-minors/
NEWSMAX
— Democrat leaders nationally and locally have been openly pushing to get illegal migrants to vote in elections, debunking liberal media denials that it was merely a “conspiracy theory,” according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illegals-voters-house/2024/06/29/id/1170662/
TOWNHALL
— Some Illegal Aliens Are Getting More Gun Rights than Americans – Luis Valdes
https://townhall.com/columnists/luis-valdes/2024/06/30/some-illegal-aliens-are-getting-more-gun-rights-than-americans-n2641159
— Resurfaced 2012 Debate Clip of Joe Biden Proves Just How Much the President Has Deteriorated – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/06/29/watch-how-joe-biden-deteriorates-from-his-vp-debate-in-2012-to-now-n2641137
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump campaign memo signals plans to reduce the national GOP platform. The memo said the new platform would reflect Trump’s political stances.. – Isabella Murray (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always ever-increasingly wanted the Republican Party to officially dump 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 in its platform. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to dump conservatives. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-campaign-memo-signals-plans-reduce-national-gop/story?id=111547663
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump’s top advisers are planning to overhaul and shorten the Republican Party’s platform so that it will be “in line” with the former president’s “vision for America’s future,” according to a memo sent to the party’s platform committee that was obtained by ABC News. The memo comes as some more socially conservative RNC members — along with some anti-abortion groups — have expressed concern that the platform this cycle might adopt Trump’s stance on reproductive rights, which would lift the call for a 20-week federal abortion ban that is part of the current platform’s language. Trump has been clear about his opposition to a federal ban and his preference for this issue to be left up to the states. This memo did not specifically mention abortion or reproductive rights but doubled down on the notion that the new platform will reflect Trump’s political stances. “For decades, Republicans have published textbook-long platforms that are scrutinized and intentionally misrepresented by our political opponents. The mainstream media uses their bully pulpit to perpetuate lies and misrepresentations, and the voters are often left believing we stand for something different than we actually do,” the memo, sent by Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, says. The RNC’s 2016 platform, which was approved again in 2020 – both times with Trump at the helm of the party – is over 60 pages long. “Publishing an unnecessarily verbose treatise will provide more fuel for our opponent’s fire of misinformation and misrepresentation to voters. It is with that recognition that we will present a streamlined platform in line with President Trump’s principled and popular vision for America’s future,” the memo states. The memo was sent to Platform Committee members on Thursday. The committee begins convening in Milwaukee on the evening of July 7, and has meetings scheduled on July 8 and 9, ahead of the RNC’s convention. Draft language for a new platform has not yet been circulated to most Platform Committee members or general RNC members yet, according to several people with the process, though a number of conversations and lobbying on the issues with Trump allies have been ongoing among leaders of key advocacy groups and with some individuals. “The talk of changing the Republican party’s pro-life platform is deeply concerning for pro-life Americans across the country. There has only been one party that is the defender of life, and if Republicans back away from this fight, there will be no one to carry on this battle,” said Tim Chapman, the incoming president of former Vice President Mike Pence’s nonprofit political advocacy group. “Our expectation is that the GOP platform will continue to unequivocally call for national protections for unborn children, rooted in the 14th Amendment. Watering down the GOP platform’s stance on life would entail an abandonment of its defense of the human dignity of all people,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement to ABC News.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/parties-protests-mark-culmination-lgbtq-pride-month-nyc-111553435
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/kamala-harris-biden-debate.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/politics/kamala-harris-biden-debate.html
— Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform. In another sign of Donald J. Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, his team wants the party’s platform to be a succinct pro-Trump document, not an “unnecessarily verbose treatise.” – Shane Goldmacher (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always ever-increasingly wanted the Republican Party to officially dump 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 in its platform. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to dump conservatives. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/us/politics/trump-gop-platform.html
— Want to Be Trump’s Running Mate? Make Sure He Knows About Your Donors. Vice-presidential hopefuls are posturing as part of a bid to highlight their ties to the rich. – Michael C. Bender and Theodore Schleifer (COMMENT: I have no donors. I have never sought any.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/us/politics/trump-vice-president-donors.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/nyregion/small-town-pride-parades.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump advisers seek to simplify Republican Party platform. A memo calls for doing away with an “unnecessarily verbose treatise,” as the current platform, last adopted in 2016, runs 60-plus pages. – Hannah Knowles and Maegan Vazquez (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always ever-increasingly wanted the Republican Party to officially dump 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 in its platform. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to dump conservatives. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/29/trump-republican-party-platform/
— What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education — sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy. Andrew Van Dam (COMMENT: Since 1964, I have spent a) more than my peers on cars (American-nameplate only), real estate, and tuition and b) less than my peers on immediate pleasures.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/10/rich-people-prefer-grey-poupon-white-people-own-pets-data-behind-cultural-divide/
USA TODAY
— Influential donors want to pressure Biden to drop out – Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Phillip M. Bailey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/28/influential-donors-biden-drop-out/74243603007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/29/chicago-pride-parade/74216037007/
MSN
— Top journalism school teaches students to avoid harmful ‘microaggressions’ that display ‘myth of meritocracy’ – Kristine Parks (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, a) I achieved none of my accomplishments in life because of merit and b) I achieved all of my accomplishments in life because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are minority, female, younger, LGHTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/top-journalism-school-teaches-students-to-avoid-harmful-microaggressions-that-display-myth-of-meritocracy/ar-BB1kbCGk
CNN
— Trump campaign pushes for pared-down GOP platform as allies fret over abortion stance – Steve Contorno (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always ever-increasingly wanted the Republican Party to officially dump 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 in its platform. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to dump conservatives. That is, they have always ever-increasingly wanted to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/29/politics/trump-campaign-gop-platform/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Top advisers to Donald Trump are plotting an overhaul of the Republican Party platform that will dramatically slash its size and refocus the GOP around the former president’s agenda for a second term. A memo from Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles dated Thursday criticized past platforms as too long and too heavily influenced by special interests and outside groups. A “clear, concise and easily digestible” platform will be easier for voters to understand and harder for political opponents to attack, they wrote. “Publishing an unnecessarily verbose treatise will provide more fuel for our opponent’s fire of misinformation and misrepresentation to voters,” the memo said. “It is with that recognition that we will present a streamlined platform in line with President Trump’s principled and popular vision for America’s future.” The memo, obtained Saturday by CNN, was first reported by The New York Times. The party’s most recent platform, crafted in 2016 and reapproved in 2020, spans 66 pages. A person familiar with the planning said the goal for the upcoming platform is a concise document that is “a couple dozen pages,” written in clearer language and likely reflecting Trump’s top priorities. That person went on to say that when platform committees convened ahead of previous conventions, their meetings were attended by lobbyists and special interest groups trying to insert specific line items for their clients into the party platform. LaCivita and Wiles wrote they want a platform that will “free our Party from the constraints of Washington jargon and the shackles of lobbyist influence.” The memo comes amid intensifying anxiety from conservative groups over the direction of the platform ahead of next month’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There is especially concern among anti-abortion groups that Thursday’s memo is signaling Trump intends to remove the platform’s long-standing commitment to a federal abortion ban and an amendment to the US Constitution giving the unborn the same rights as people. “The party is fully united, and taking out the pro-life language risks dividing the party,” said one Trump ally who is deeply involved in the anti-abortion movement and is aware of the memo from LaCivita and Wiles. The existing platform also lays out the party’s opposition to same-sex marriage and new gun restrictions. It embraces changes to Medicare and Social Security for people under 55 — some of which has become fodder for Democratic messaging in recent election cycles. Trump’s campaign is especially aware of how Democrats have weaponized the GOP platform in the past and is seeking to avoid a lengthy document full of potential landmines for the former president to navigate. “The platform is an opportunity to make our vision clear, and to lay out a framework for policy making, while rejecting any special interest influence that seeks to make public policy stray from our clear and straightforward objectives,” LaCivita and Wiles wrote. But by laying down markers in advance of next month’s convention, Trump’s campaign is further asserting his dominance over a party more fully in his control. Already, Trump this year has ousted the party’s previous chair, Ronna McDaniel, and installed close allies atop the GOP — his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and North Carolina GOP leader Michael Whatley. The platform committee, meanwhile, will be led by three close allies: Randy Evans, Trump’s former ambassador to Luxembourg; Russell Vought, a top official in the Trump administration; and Ed Martin, president of the right-wing interest group the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and author of the 2016 book “The Conservative Case for Trump.” That committee will meet behind closed doors ahead of the convention, which begins July 15. Unlike in previous years, its deliberations will not be broadcast by C-SPAN, a source confirmed.)
— The 14th Amendment has been used to dismantle race-based programs. Historians say there are clashing interpretations. – Nicquel Terry Ellis (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the 14th Amendment. They ever-increasingly want more and more and more race and gender based preference giving.)
https://www.kake.com/story/50969201/the-14th-amendment-has-been-used-to-dismantle-race-based-programs-historians-say-there-are-clashing-interpretations
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions one year ago has opened the door for numerous legal challenges against race-based grant programs, internships and scholarships across the country. Many of those lawsuits are being filed by conservative groups who insist that it’s unconstitutional to design and operate a program exclusively for a certain racial group. They argue that the programs particularly disadvantage White and Asian Americans, by preventing them from obtaining the jobs, funding or opportunities that these programs offer to other racial groups. Some lawsuits invoke the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment which was ratified after slavery was abolished and says no state may “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The amendment was notably cited in Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in the landmark affirmative action ruling, who described it as a “crowning accomplishment” of Congress. Thomas argued that the 14th Amendment “ensures racial equality with no textual reference to race whatsoever.”)
FORBES
— Biden’s Debate Performance Puts Succession Plans In New Spotlight – Edward Sega
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2024/06/29/bidens-debate-performance-puts-succession-plans-in-new-spotlight/
— Black People’s Responses To Trump’s Notion Of ‘Black Jobs’ – Shaun Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, they forced me to retire early and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take those jobs.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2024/06/29/black-peoples-responses-to-trumps-notion-of-black-jobs/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Keeping Up With the Joneses – Nancy Colier (COMMENT: My father often decried his not having a college degree, and therefore, his not being able to keep up with the Jones. Not surprisingly, that motivated me to earn college degrees. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my father’s peers made more money than he did. In his defense, he fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school. His doctors discouraged him from going to college because of the stress that causes. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inviting-monkey-tea/201401/the-beauty-in-not-keeping-the-joneses
GUARDIAN
— Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities. With Biden not yet officially endorsed as Democratic presidential nominee, it is in theory open to the party to choose another candidate. – Martin Belam
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/28/who-could-replace-joe-biden-here-are-six-possibilities
June 29, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Biden must drop out of presidential race, for someone who can beat Trump. Biden must step aside for the good of America. – S. E. Cupp (COMMENT: If not Biden, who? If Biden would drop out for a candidate who could have a better chance of defeating Trump, who would that candidate be? In 2004, after Jack Ryan dropped out after winning the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 36% of the vote, the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced him with Alan Keyes, not Jim Oberweis who got 24% of the vote, not Steve Rauschenberger who got 20%, and not Andrew McKenna who got 15%. Obama defeated Keyes 70% to 27% in the general election.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/06/28/biden-drop-out-presidential-race-candidate-beat-trump-liar-se-cupp
— Day after abysmal debate, ‘Jacked up Joe’ energizes campaign rally. For panicky Democrats, will it be enough? “And I know like millions of Americans know — when you get knocked down, you get back up,” President Joe Biden said Friday at a campaign gathering in North Carolina after his dismal performance in his debate with Trump. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/06/28/biden-trump-presidential-debate-day-after-north-carolina-rally
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/29/chicago-drag-queens-safe-haven
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/chicago-pride-2024-events-calendar-lgbtq
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/28/chicago-pride-parade-safety-plan-after-parties-lake-view
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/29/friendship-theater-and-drag-in-chicagos-mexican-american-community
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/29/pride-stories-reader-submissions-chicago-gay-lgbtq
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/starting-over/2024/06/28/gun-rights-larry-neuman-right-to-life
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger. – AP (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, they forced me to retire early and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take them.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/28/trump-debate-black-jobs/
— Biden’s Democratic allies admit he had a poor debate but say they’re still standing behind him. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/28/bidens-democratic-allies/
— Here’s why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket. – WILL WEISSERT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/28/heres-why-it-would-be-tough-for-democrats-to-replace-joe-biden-on-the-presidential-ticket/
— Most Waukegan Township residents struggling to make ends meet. – STEVE SADIN (COMMENT: My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/27/statistics-show-most-waukegan-township-residents-struggling-to-make-ends-meet-its-important-all-people-are-able-to-live-with-dignity/
— Age discriminators promote age discrimination. The issue should be health, not age.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/28/editorial-joe-biden-donald-trump-debate/
— FRONT PAGE: Chicago’s minimum wage is set to go up to $16.20/hour July 1. – TALIA SOGLIN (COMMENT: I earned the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes after school, Saturdays, and full-time during the summer of 1965. In today’s dollars, I earned $12.08/hour. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to commute to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/29/chicagos-minimum-wage-goes-up/
DAILY HERALD
— Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him — for now – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240628/nation-and-world-politics/biden-concedes-debate-fumbles-but-declares-he-will-defend-democracy-dems-stick-by-him-for-now/
ABC7
— President Biden’s debate performance raises concerns ahead of Chicago Democratic National Convention. Some Black voters in Chicago disappointed with presidential candidates’ support for African-American community. – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall, and Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-joe-biden-poor-debate-performance-chicago-dnc/15009248/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygph3wYli78
— Biden addresses poor debate performance, attacks Trump at Raleigh rally. “I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he said. – Michelle Stoddart and Ivan Pereira
https://abc7chicago.com/post/joe-biden-speech-live-president-holds-campaign-rally/15008700/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-guide-what-to-know-pride-parade-fest/14982265/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-parade-2024-police-department-outline-safety-plan/15008356/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/body-of-mine-virtual-reality-vr-xr/15009619/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8vlkV_KTQ
NBC5
— Chicago’s migrant crisis highlighted during Trump-Biden debate. How each candidate responded. Both candidates discussed immigration policy, which continues to be a topic of interest for voters. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINO leaders want cheap labor.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-migrant-crisis-highlighted-during-trump-biden-debate-how-each-candidate-responded/3476600/
— Why the DNC in Chicago could be a focal point following Biden-Trump debate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/when-is-the-dnc-in-chicago-and-why-it-could-be-a-focal-point-following-biden-trump-debate/3476372/
— City agencies delay, deny and withhold records related to protest permits at Democratic National Convention. In early June, NBC 5 Investigates filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests with the Chicago Park District, Chicago Department of Transportation and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. – Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/city-agencies-delay-deny-and-withhold-records-related-to-protest-permits-at-democratic-national-convention/3476849/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/2024-chicago-pride-parade-heres-how-you-can-watch-live-from-wherever-you-are/3476769/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/days-off-canceled-for-chicago-police-officers-ahead-of-pride-parade-businesses-ready-for-crowds/3476749/
— Young voters unhappy with presidential candidates, reveal top election issue. As the election season heats up, a new survey backed by the University of Chicago provides insight into what people 40 and under are thinking about the state of the country and what’s to come. – Rose Schmidt (COMMENT: How old are you? What do young people think of you? What do they blame you for?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/young-voters-unhappy-with-presidential-candidates-reveal-top-election-issue/3476643/
— Democrats stick by Biden after debate, but questions remain about how DNC could be impacted. Chicago’s mayor said he will welcome Biden in August at the Democratic National Convention. – Rose Schmidt and Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/democrats-stick-by-biden-after-debate-but-questions-remain-about-how-dnc-could-be-impacted/3476775/
CBS2
— Chicago area expert: Democrats are panicking after President Biden’s debate performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mmGEiE8bGo
— Despite debate performance, Chicago delegate calls for embracing President Biden. While Ald. Lamont Robinson (4th), a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, says he and other delegates remain committed to Mr. Biden, some are suggesting other potential candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, including Gov. JB Pritzker. – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/despite-debate-performance-chicago-delegate-calls-for-embracing-president-biden/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/some-place-pritzker-list-of-possible-replacements-president-biden/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lgbtq-transitional-housing-chicago-north-side/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-pride-parade-safety-concerns/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to blame Republicans for problems that Blacks have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/grandmother-of-juneteenth-comes-to-chicago/
WGN9
— The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge used in hundreds of prosecutions and also faced by former President Donald Trump. – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/ap-supreme-court-makes-it-harder-to-charge-capitol-riot-defendants-with-obstruction-charge-trump-faces/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW3MT9dAblg
FOX32
— Can Joe Biden be replaced? – Daniel Miller
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/can-joe-biden-be-replaced
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-sunday-heightened-security-new-route
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1478052
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1477672
WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/06/28/chicago-police-discuss-safety-plans-ahead-sunday-s-pride-parade
WBEZ
— New census estimates reflect declining white and Black populations in Cook County. The suburban collar counties have grown more diverse with increases in nonwhite residents and decreases in white residents. – Amy Qin (COMMENT: Everyone wants to live where those who share their demographics are the majority.)
https://www.wbez.org/2024/06/28/new-census-estimates-reflect-declining-white-and-black-populations-in-cook-county
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2024/06/28/the-rundown-chicagos-pride-parade-is-this-weekend
WGN RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgnradio.com/news/interview-with-the-vampire-shogun-lead-galeca-tv-award-nominations/amp/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Biden bounces back from bad debate with energetic Raleigh rally.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-06-28/biden-bounces-back-from-bad-debate-with-energetic-raleigh-rally
CHICAGO PATCH
— Six Flags ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/calendar/event/20240907/70da5861-40dd-45b3-87f0-3cbd5051c898/private-lgbtq-diverisity-night-six-flags
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pritzker floated as Biden’s replacement after debate – Justin Kaufmann
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/06/28/jb-pritzker-biden-president-candidate-replacement-debate-illinois
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/06/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-113/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/06/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-319/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s whopper during the presidential debate should tell us something about him and so many others – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-astonishing-whopper-during-the-presidential-debate-should-tell-us-something-about-him-and-so-many-others-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Professor explains difficulty of implementing reparations policies in Chicago. – Jim Talamonti (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, Democrats have ever-increasingly used AA and DEI to make Republicans pay reparations. I should write a book about the reparations that my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors made me pay.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_eb47efd2-357f-11ef-b603-5b7493929388.html
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly’s PLAYBOOK
https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/William-J–Kelly-s-Playbook—Bi-DONE–Dems-scramble-after-Biden-debate-disaster–IL-GOP-fight-over-chairman-s-spot.html
WIREPOINTS
— Big blue states biggest losers of people, wealth. Big red states biggest winners. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly does everything that he can a) to drive out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to attract to Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and citizens of America. Demographics that vote for Democrats include LGBTQ, liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, Second Amendment rejectors, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries.)
https://wirepoints.org/breaking-irs-migration-data-big-blue-states-biggest-losers-of-people-wealth-big-red-states-biggest-winners-a-wirepoints-50-state-survey/
— The school choice wave will eventually hit Illinois, we just have to fight for it.
https://wirepoints.org/the-school-choice-wave-will-eventually-hit-illinois-we-just-have-to-fight-for-it-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UNDERSTANDING THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION’S UNPRECEDENTED CONTRACT DEMANDS – Elliot Parrish and Jess Plowman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/understanding-the-chicago-teachers-unions-unprecedented-contract-demands/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York Times editorial board calls on Biden to leave presidential race – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/new-york-times-editorial-board-calls-joe-biden-lea/
— Biden campaign says he’s not dropping out. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/biden-campaign-says-hes-not-dropping-out/
— Speaker Johnson rips Biden’s frailty, praises Trump’s stamina. – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/speaker-mike-johnson-rips-joe-bidens-frailty-prais/
— Former Rep. Joe Walsh first Biden backer to publicly call for president to step down as Dem nominee. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/joe-walsh-first-biden-backer-to-publicly-call-for-/
— House resolution in the works to call on Kamala Harris to use 25th Amendment to remove Biden. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/house-resolution-in-works-to-call-on-kamala-harris/
— Biden ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/joe-biden-marks-55th-anniversary-of-stonewall-inn-/
— Feds wasted $10 billion in bogus food stamp payments last year. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/28/feds-wasted-10-billion-in-bogus-food-stamp-payment/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal media lied to voters and themselves over Biden mental state. – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3064040/liberal-media-lied-voters-themselves-over-biden-mental-state/
— Better men than Biden have known when to step aside – Ben Rothove
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3063976/better-men-than-biden-have-known-when-to-step-aside/
— Democrats’ affirmative action politics haunt them, amid Biden’s decline – Timothy P. Carney (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to promote Democrats and RINOs and b) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3063202/democrats-affirmative-action-politics-haunt-them-amid-bidens-decline/
— Pushing a conservative agenda does not threaten ‘democracy’ – Matt Lamb
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3064004/pushing-conservative-agenda-does-not-threaten-democracy/
NEW YORK POST
— NY Times calls on Biden to drop out of 2024 presidential race ‘to serve his country’ after abysmal debate performance. – Samuel Chamberlain
https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/ny-times-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-of-2024-presidential-race-to-serve-his-country/
— Dems have no realistic Biden replacement theory – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If not Biden, who? If Biden would drop out for a candidate who could have a better chance of defeating Trump, who would that candidate be? In 2004, after Jack Ryan dropped out after winning the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 36% of the vote, the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced him with Alan Keyes, not Jim Oberweis who got 24% of the vote, not Steve Rauschenberger who got 20%, and not Andrew McKenna who got 15%. Obama defeated Keyes 70% to 27% in the general election.)
https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/dems-have-no-realistic-biden-replacement-theory/
— Who could replace Joe Biden after disastrous presidential debate? – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/who-could-replace-joe-biden-after-disastrous-presidential-debate/
AMAC
— Trump Won Thursday’s Debate Looking Stronger Than Ever, Biden Sends His Party Into A Frantic Search For A Replacement. – Paul Ingrassia
https://amac.us/newsline/elections/trump-won-thursdays-debate-looking-stronger-than-ever-biden-sends-his-party-into-a-frantic-search-for-a-replacement/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media’s Lies About Biden’s ‘Mental Fitness’ Finally Caught Up To Them. For three and a half years, Joe Biden’s handlers have kept him locked deep inside the confines of the White House or at Rehoboth Beach—far away from “we the people.” This is deliberate. – David Keltz
https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/29/medias-lies-about-bidens-mental-fitness-finally-caught-up-to-them/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden fib that Border Patrol endorsed him blows up spectacularly after they tweet denial in real time! – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/06/28/biden-fib-that-border-patrol-endorsed-him-blows-up-spectacularly-after-they-tweet-denial-in-real-time-1468809/
CENTER SQUARE
— Vast DEI bureaucracy negatively impacting U.S. Armed Forces – Cameron Arcand (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI negatively impacted the three federal agencies that I worked for (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997) big time. AA and DEI have negatively impacted the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization big time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6e22d8f2-356e-11ef-9eb3-579b1d8778da.html
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— A Whopper Of A Debate: Biden Bombs On Fact Checks – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/a-whopper-of-a-debate-biden-bombs-on-fact-checks
FEDERALIST
— Biden’s Border Lies Catch Up With Him In First Debate. – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/28/bidens-border-lies-catch-up-with-him-in-first-debate/
GOPUSA
— Biden Shamelessly Throws ‘Convicted Felon’ Despite Hunter’s Felonies
https://www.gopusa.com/biden-shamelessly-throws-convicted-felon-despite-hunters-felonies/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Only Barack Obama Could Push Joe Biden Aside – MARK ANTONIO WRIGHT (COMMENT: If not Biden, who? If Biden would drop out for a candidate who could have a better chance of defeating Trump, who would that candidate be? In 2004, after Jack Ryan dropped out after winning the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 36% of the vote, the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced him with Alan Keyes, not Jim Oberweis who got 24% of the vote, not Steve Rauschenberger who got 20%, and not Andrew McKenna who got 15%. Obama defeated Keyes 70% to 27% in the general election.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/only-barack-obama-could-push-joe-biden-aside/
— Overturning Chevron Is Functionally Bigger Than Overturning Roe – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/overturning-chevron-is-functionally-bigger-than-overturning-roe/
NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Amnesty Plan: Absurd, Dangerous – Bianca Gracia
https://www.newsmax.com/biancagracia/biden-immigration-amnesty/2024/06/28/id/1170611/
— Faced With Chance to Hit Trump on Abortion Rights, Biden Falters
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-abortion-debate/2024/06/28/id/1170609/
— Bill Clinton Moves Past Debate, Cites Biden’s Accomplishments – James Morley III (COMMENT: Biden and Pritzker have had great success in promoting more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things. RINOs have no problem with the aforesaid.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/bill-clinton-joe-biden-debate/2024/06/28/id/1170628/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Thumps Biden – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/
TOWNHALL
— ‘Ticking Bomb: Biden Border Crisis Triggers Urgent Terrorism Warnings – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/06/28/immigration-gaslighting-and-ticking-bomb-n2641024
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats uneasy about Biden’s ‘crappy’ debate night. Speaker Johnson calls for Cabinet to ‘search their hearts’ about invoking 25th Amendment. – John T. Bennett
https://rollcall.com/2024/06/28/democrats-uneasy-about-bidens-crappy-debate-night/
NBC NEWS
— Israel-Hamas war protests have disrupted Pride marches across the U.S. Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked Pride marches in several cities across the country, including Boston, Philadelphia and Denver. – Matt Lavietes
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/lgbtq-pride-march-israel-hamas-war-protests-rcna156595
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The groups organizing and running San Francisco’s and Chicago’s parades, SF Pride and Pride Chicago, did not return requests for comment about how they would handle possible disruptions.)
MSN
— Chicago Cubs promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/wrigley-field-got-gay-on-pride-night-with-chicago-cubs-jersey/ar-BB1oW355
— U.S. to welcome illegal migrants this summer by handing out free IDs – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/u-s-to-welcome-illegal-migrants-this-summer-by-handing-out-free-ids/ar-BB1mbkBD
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/should-companies-have-mandatory-diversity-hiring-policies/ar-AA1hHr6w?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a
— Students of color appear undeterred from applying to prominent colleges despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling that bars institutions from using race as a factor in admissions. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (COMMENT: I never even considered applying to Ivy League universities not only because my ACT score was only 24 and because I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, but because Ivy League universities give tremendous preference to minorities and to females and I am neither.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/students-undeterred-by-affirmative-action-ruling-application-trends-show/ar-BB1o6d6R
NEWSWEEK
— Can Any Democrat Beat Trump? What Polls Show Amid Calls to Replace Biden. – Rachel Dobkin
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-donald-trump-debate-replace-polls-1918904
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump leads by an average of 6.6 percentage points, according to poll aggregator Real Clear Polling. It is important to note that the polling data is from last November to February. . .In the same poll, when Trump was up against California Governor Gavin Newsom, Trump lead by 10 percentage points (46 to 36 percent). Meanwhile, Trump had an even bigger lead in a hypothetical matchup between him and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (45 to 33 percent).)
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/biden-election-debate-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— New York Times editorial board calls on Biden to drop out of race. The Times wrote that the president was the “shadow of a great public servant” during his first 2024 debate Thursday against former president Donald Trump. – Patrick Svitek
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/new-york-times-editorial-biden-drop-out/
— Could Biden be replaced as the 2024 Democratic nominee? Should the president choose not to run, delegates to the party’s convention in August would have to choose a new candidate to take on former president Donald Trump. – Colby Itkowitz and Amy Gardner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/could-democrats-replace-biden-nominee/
— 10 options if Democrats actually try to replace Biden. Making a change would be far from easy, despite concerns about President Biden’s debate performance. But here’s who has surfaced before — and could again. – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/democrat-options-replace-biden/
— Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2024/06/28/temporary-protected-status-tps-haiti-haitians-biden/8b5bc492-3569-11ef-872a-1d22f44a0d95_story.html
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, they forced me to retire early and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/28/trump-democrats-black-voters-jobs/
USA TODAY
— Kamala Harris on standby as Democrats plunge into panic mode – Sarah D. Wire, Francesca Chambers, Josh Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/28/kamala-harris-ready-after-biden-debate/74245686007/
NBC NEWS
— Biden is facing pressure to drop out. Trump isn’t joining in. Many Republicans have long cast doubt that Biden will be on the ballot in the fall. But after last night’s debate, Trump and his team are insisting that the president isn’t going anywhere. – Allan Smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-pressure-drop-out-trump-2024-rcna159541
— Trump invokes ‘Black jobs’ when speaking about immigration. While speaking about immigration and the economy, former President Donald Trump claimed that immigrants were taking American jobs from Black and Hispanic workers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. 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. In 1997, they forced me to retire early and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who have never held jobs like the ones I did make it very clear that they would never stoop to take them.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-invokes-black-jobs-when-speaking-about-immigration-213894725634
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Haley Warns Trump to Prepare for Younger Rival, Renews Call for Cognitive Tests. Former GOP presidential contender says Democrats should move on from Biden. – John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/haley-warns-trump-to-prepare-for-younger-rival-renews-call-for-cognitive-tests-5c6d7294
— Democrats Can’t Avoid the Biden Problem. The debate showed the President clearly isn’t up to four more years in office.- Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-donald-trump-debate-cnn-2024-democratic-party-gop-749d776a
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Defiant Biden Hits Campaign Trail as Democrats Discuss Replacement. Halting debate performance spurs turmoil in the party over 2024 candidate.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-privately-discuss-replacing-biden-on-presidential-ticket-73622773
— FRONT PAGE: The World Saw Biden Deteriorating. Democrats Ignored the Warnings. European officials expressed worries about Biden’s focus and stamina before Thursday’s debate.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-age-concerns-world-leaders-democrats-6d753921?mod=politics_lead_pos2
— Chicago Needs to be Repaired Not Taxed for Reparations. It’ll have to cost billions to fund and attempts to find that revenue will drive out residents. – Terry Takash, Western Springs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-needs-to-be-repaired-not-taxed-for-reparations-0fb63fbc
— Diversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much. – James Mackintosh
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/diversity-was-supposed-to-make-us-rich-not-so-much-39da6a23
— It Has Never Been Harder, or More Essential, to Have a Work Best Friend. – Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling (COMMENT: While I was an employee 1964-1997, I had few work friends because I have always been a Republican and virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Further, few of them shared my interests, my conservatism, my religion (Protestant), and/or my national origin (German.) Further, while many, most, and at times virtually all of them were veterans, while I was a draft avoider. Further, virtually none of them did what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. Further, virtually none of them had spouses who had good-paying jobs. Further, virtually all of them had health, financial, and/or other problems. Consequently, when my Democrat superiors took big adverse actions against, none of them came to my defense.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/it-has-never-been-harder-or-more-essential-to-have-a-work-best-friend-57d14222
FORTUNE
— Democrats have begun to talk about replacing Biden for the 2024 election. Here’s how that would work—and the hurdles to it happening. – GREGORY KORTE
https://fortune.com/2024/06/28/democrats-replacing-biden-2024-election-how-work-hurdles/
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— Illinois AG Leads Effort to Reaffirm ABA’s Commitment to Diversity (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/health_law/section-news/2024/june/il-ag-leads-effort-to-reaffirm-aba-commitment-to-diversity/
POLITICO
— Biden addresses his disastrous performance: ‘I don’t debate as well as I used to’ – LAUREN EGAN and MYAH WARD
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/28/biden-campaign-rally-2024-debate-00165799
PEW RESEARCH
— Political Polarization in the American Public (COMMENT: Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders and their mainstream media operatives ever-increasingly successfully tell voters what they should want and what their priorities should be. They are ever-increasingly getting voters to want if not demand 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, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination. Democrat Lite, that is, RINO candidates, elected officials, party leaders, conservative leaders, and religious leaders ever-increasingly say and do nothing to counter the aforesaid.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/
ECONOMIST
— Democrats ask “Who could plausibly replace Joe Biden?” and say “Democrats have a deep bench of talent.”
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2024/06/29/who-could-plausibly-replace-joe-biden
RASMUSSEN
— Abortion: Democrats’ Lead on Issue Thinner Than Ever
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/abortion_democrats_lead_on_issue_thinner_than_ever