March 14, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Jewish man attacked by anti-Israel protesters at October 7 documentary screening in Logan Square – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-jewish-man-attacked-logan-square-anti-israel-protest-nova-documentary/14521456/
— Mayor lays out next phase of preventing Chicago violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvazful6vZk
— Chicago measles outbreak case total rises to 10; 2 are CPS students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3O0YpSJaLw
— Mayor lays out next phase of preventing Chicago violence: investing in communities – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/safety-plan-gun-violence-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/14521458/
— IL Supreme Court denies appeal to block Bring Chicago Home referendum
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14521127/

NBC5
— 5 fatally shot overnight in Chicago, including 15-year-old
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/5-fatally-shot-overnight-in-chicago-including-15-year-old-girl/3381340/
— Chicago confirms 2 new measles cases, including 1 from outside Pilsen migrant shelter, bringing total to 10
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-confirms-2-new-measles-cases-including-1-from-outside-pilsen-migrant-shelter-total-10/3382118/
— Chicago City Council members helping with education, measles vaccines at Pilsen migrant shelter – Lexi Sutter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-city-council-members-helping-with-education-measles-vaccines-pilsen-migrant-shelter/3382222/
— Chicago TikTok influencers concerned about platform’s future after bill that would ban the app passes the House – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-tiktok-influencers-concerned-about-platforms-future-after-bill-that-would-ban-passes-house/3382223/
— Appeal to nullify results of ‘Bring Chicago Home’ referendum denied by Illinois Supreme Court. The referendum has also been referred to as a ‘mansion tax’ – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/appeal-nullify-results-bring-chicago-home-referendum-denied-illinois-supreme-court/3381924/

CBS2
— Chicago measles outbreak linked to migrant shelter
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chicago-measles-outbreak-linked-to-migrant-shelter/
— Concerns persist about measles vaccination rates in Chicago Public Schools
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/concerns-persist-about-measles-vaccination-rates-in-chicago-public-schools/
— Critics upset with enforcement of Chicago’s 60-day limit at city migrant shelters – Andrew Ramos, Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/critics-enforcement-60-day-limit-city-shelters/
— Mayor Johnson: City is “moving quickly” to vaccinate CPS students against measles – Tara Molina
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-chicago-public-schools-measles-vaccination/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils plan to invest in neighborhood groups
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-plan-to-invest-in-neighborhood-groups/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KfvGJXyPVQ
— Aurora, Illinois converts shuttered school buildings into affordable housing
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/aurora-illinois-converts-shuttered-school-buildings-into-affordable-housing/
— Illinois Supreme Court denies appeal seeking to block “Bring Chicago Home” referendum
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-supreme-court-denies-appeal-bring-chicago-home-tax-referendum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsJOlnWwjdc

FOX32
— Measles in Chicago: Cases rise to 10 as health officials mobilize to contain outbreak – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-measles-outbreak-migrant-shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwmk3gOF_bI
— Chicago mayor unveils new plan targeting high-crime neighborhoods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzD9l1zbYNk
— Illinois Supreme Court upholds ‘Bring Chicago Home’ real estate tax proposal on primary ballot
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-supreme-court-bring-chicago-home-real-estate-tax

WGN9
— Chicago moving forward with migrant shelter evictions amid measles outbreak at Pilsen site – Jenna Barnes
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-moving-forward-with-migrant-shelter-evictions-amid-measles-outbreak-at-pilsen-site/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtQrAdgfo6g
— ‘Bring Chicago Home’ votes to be counted after Illinois Supreme Court denies appeal
https://news.yahoo.com/bring-chicago-home-votes-counted-020301068.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oogZ3lJd5nQ

WBEZ
— Paying millions to house migrants, Chicago failed to take Catholic archdiocese up on offers of free rent. For well over a year, church officials have offered up rent-free locations to the city, potentially saving taxpayers money. – Michael Loria
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-failed-to-take-catholic-archdiocese-up-on-offers-of-free-rent/b10a471f-0b4d-4b32-96d9-7c45627e340a
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/rupaul-book-tour-event-in-chicago-inspires-drag-fashion/7cce0e61-9d99-4f45-a7f9-1e32f53ee09e
— ‘Bring Chicago Home’ votes will be counted after Illinois Supreme Court denies appeal. The Illinois Supreme Court denied an appeal by real estate groups that tried to block the ballot question regarding tax rates on property sales. – Tessa Weinberg, Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/stories/bring-chicago-home-referendum-stays-on-primary-ballot/96791ffd-055b-485c-b3c4-0d6f148b7f2b

WTTW
— Johnson Says He’s ‘Frustrated’ With City’s ‘Out of Control’ Overtime Spending – Heather Cherone and Jared Rutecki
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/13/johnson-says-he-s-frustrated-city-s-out-control-overtime-spending
— Johnson to Focus Chicago’s Anti-Violence Efforts on 10 Blocks in Englewood, West Garfield Park, Austin, Little Village – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/13/johnson-focus-chicago-s-anti-violence-efforts-10-blocks-englewood-west-garfield-park

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Looking for work, migrants turn to street vending. Selling arepas outside migrant shelters or candy bars on CTA trains, migrants are becoming the latest additions to the city’s history of street vending. – SARAH FREISHTAT and KATE ARMANINI (COMMENT: While I never became a street vender, I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/14/street-vending/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Johnson says limited migrant shelter evictions to start – ALICE YIN, JAKE SHERIDAN, JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/13/johnson-shelter-evictions-saturday/
— Aging comes with stigma. Let’s admire the defiant. – Christine Ledbetter (COMMENT: Since I was 25 years old in 1974, I have ever-increasingly fought age discrimination. Does Ledbetter admire me?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/14/opinion-aging-debate-joe-biden-donald-trump/
— Cook County lost 24,000 residents last year in latest census survey – Robert Channick
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cook-county-lost-24-000-residents-last-year-in-latest-census-survey/ar-BB1jSrhz

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson confirms migrant evictions coming, despite measles outbreak and protests. Chicago’s mayor said the 60-day limit on shelter stays would, after previous delays, finally be enforced Saturday, impacting potentially thousands. There would, however, continue to be exemptions. – Fran Spielman and Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/03/13/migrant-crisis-chicago-shelters-measles-cases-60-day-limit-evictions-mayor-brandon-johnson
— Palestinian community leaders refuse to meet with White House officials in Chicago in protest of Gaza war. Top White House officials are facing the same push-back in Chicago as they did from Palestinian and Muslim leaders in Michigan. Their visit comes as early voting is already underway in Tuesday’s Illinois primary. – Nader Issa and Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/03/14/palestinian-community-leaders-white-house-officials-chicago-meeting-israel-hamas-conflict
— Civic Federation questions volatility, structure, fairness of ‘Bring Chicago Home’ referendum. Among other things, the 25-page analysis questions whether the tax would generate the millions of dollars Mayor Johnson is hoping for and whether there’s sufficient oversight to ensure the money goes for its intended purpose. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/03/13/civic-federation-analysis-bring-chicago-home-referendum-ballot-brandon-johnson-homeless
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/03/13/donald-trump-joe-biden-2024-election-scrutiny-voters-domcrats-republicans-rematch-s-e-cupp
— Violent 24 hours leaves 9 dead across Chicago. An 11-year-old boy was slain on the North Side and his pregnant mother stabbed. A suspect is in custody. A 15-year-old girl and a man were shot to death in a car in Roseland, and a 53-year-old man was shot dead on a CTA bus on the West Side. – David Struett, Mohammad Samra, Cindy Hernandez and Rosemary Sobol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/03/13/5-fatally-shot-overnight-chicag-girl-15-among-victims-roseland-south-side

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE PICTURES: Local farmers, advocates teach students about raising animals. – Jenny Whidden (COMMENT: I spent lots of time during the 1950s and early 1960s at my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240313/news/life-on-the-farm-local-farmers-advocates-teach-students-about-raising-animals-humanely-and-sustai/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago-area population loss slows – John Pletz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-area-population-loss-slows-according-latest-census#/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Primary turnout reached near record lows in Illinois two years ago. Will 2024 improve? – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done so far to increase Republican turnout in your precinct. I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample ballot and Annette Corrigan’s letter to each of the 224 homes and 4 apartments in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that has at least one registered Republican voter. So far, 29 Republicans have voted early in my precinct. 73 have voted early in Abby Oliver’s Precinct 37, 62 in Corrigan’s Precinct 60, 53 in Rob Margetts’ Precinct 33, 51 in Christine Fenne’s Precinct 70, etc.) )
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/03/14/low-turnout-primaries-common-in-illinois-data-suggests/72752218007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Demographics key to state’s financial, educational future – Jim Dey (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly replaces those in Illinois who have demographics that vote for Republicans (conservative, successful, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time) with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats (liberal, unsuccessful, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time).)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-demographics-key-to-states-financial-educational-future/article_5063aad5-1c15-5f43-803b-484057aa918a.html

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/03/13/illinois-senate-bill-builds-hope-for-infertility-patients/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegals to battleground/swing states and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238102501/noncitizen-voting-immigration-conspiracy-theory
— Democrat leaders crow that “Harris will visit an abortion clinic, a first for any president or vice president.” Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrat candidates is to ever-increasingly promote more and more and more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-03-13/harris-will-visit-an-abortion-clinic-a-first-for-any-president-or-vice-president
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-03-14/how-fetal-personhood-in-alabamas-ivf-ruling-evolved-from-fringe-to-mainstream

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Because both Trump and Biden are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Christian, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, those who are the following are ever-increasingly uniting to “kill two birds with one stone” and to get rid of them both: anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-marriage, anti-Christian, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-03-13/biden-and-trump-are-the-two-oldest-major-party-presidential-nominees-ever-does-it-matter

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Palestinians snub White House – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/03/14/illinois-palestinians-snub-white-house-00146944

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/14/61301/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-53/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Catholic Vote President: Gov. Pritzker ‘celebrates terminating the lives of the next generation of children in Illinois.
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/656670847-catholic-vote-president-gov-pritzker-celebrates-terminating-the-lives-of-the-next-generation-of-children-in-illinois

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/656351544-mayor-brandon-johnson-and-the-chicago-department-of-housing-announce-2023-low-income-housing-tax-credit-awardees

WIREPOINTS
— The monopoly of failing public schools tightens in Joliet – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/the-monopoly-of-failing-public-schools-tightens-in-joliet-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HOW MANY CHICAGOANS ARE HOMELESS? – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-many-chicagoans-are-homeless/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— JB Pritzker Wants More Dead Babies for His Legacy – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/03/jb-pritzker-wants-more-dead-babies-for-his-legacy/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 11,000% Rise in Migrant Detentions, Chicago’s 225K Missed 911 Calls and DNC Distracts by Slamming Trump Hotel Brand
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/03/11000-rise-in-migrant-detentions-chicagos-225k-missed-911-calls-and-dnc-distracts-by-slamming-trump-hotel-brand.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats join call for Biden to tighten border – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/13/democrats-join-call-joe-biden-tighten-border/
— West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement. Critics see ‘woke’ attitudes at work as MacArthur’s words edited out. – Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/13/west-point-head-drops-macarthurs-duty-honor-countr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York City spends $387 per migrant per day to provide shelter and food. – Annabella Rosciglione
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2919314/new-york-city-spends-387-per-migrant-per-day-to-provide-shelter-and-food/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden administration considers holding Haitian migrants fleeing gang-ravaged nation in Guantanamo Bay – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/biden-administration-considers-holding-haitian-migrants-in-guantanamo-bay-report/

AMAC
— Media Covers Up For Biden’s Migrant Invasion
https://amac.us/newsline/society/media-covers-up-for-bidens-migrant-invasion/

BLAZE
— Study resurfaces showing suicide rate among men doubled after sex-change mutilations – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/study-resurfaces-showing-suicide-rate-amongst-men-doubled-after-sex-change-mutilations

BREITBART
— Far-Left NPR Claims Illegal Aliens Voting Is ‘Right-Wing Myth’ – JOHN NOLTE (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegals to battleground/swing states and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/03/13/nolte-far-left-npr-claims-illegal-aliens-voting-is-right-wing-myth/
— Republicans Introduce Bipartisan ‘Laken Riley Act’ in Senate: ‘Prioritize American Lives Over Illegal Aliens’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/13/republicans-introduce-bipartisan-laken-riley-act-in-senate-prioritize-american-lives-over-illegal-aliens/

COLLEGE FIX
— Dental schools continue to embrace DEI – GEORGIA LUCAS
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dental-schools-continue-to-embrace-dei/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Communist China’s TikTok War To Disintegrate America – Austin Bay
https://www.creators.com/read/austin-bay/03/24/communist-chinas-tiktok-war-to-disintegrate-america

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/13/americans-identifying-lgbtq-reaches-all-time-high/

DAILY WIRE
— State Department Forced To Disclose Multi-Million Dollar Cost Of Biden’s Diversity Agenda. Biden admin’s spending indicates plan to increase DEI focus in final year of Biden’s first term. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: To promote Diversity is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, successful, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-state-department-forced-to-disclose-multi-million-dollar-cost-of-bidens-diversity-agenda

EPOCH TIMES
— Lara Trump on the Changes at the RNC. After a major reshuffle, the Republican National Committee’s focus is money, winning, and election integrity, says new co-chair Lara Trump. – Janice Hisle, Lawrence Wilson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/lara-trump-its-the-dawn-of-a-new-day-at-the-rnc-5606551

FEDERALIST
— DOJ Is Using Bidenbucks To Encourage Illegals And Felons To Vote – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/13/doj-is-using-bidenbucks-to-encourage-illegals-and-felons-to-vote-says-mississippi-secretary-of-state/
— Trans Ideologues Would Rather Revolt Against Reality Than Admit They Were Wrong – NATHANAEL BLAKE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/14/trans-ideologues-would-rather-revolt-against-reality-than-admit-they-were-wrong/
— Transgender Activists Say Your Kids Have A ‘Right’ To Carve Up Their Bodies – JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/13/transgender-activists-say-your-kids-have-a-right-to-carve-up-their-bodies/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— The One Benefit Illegal Migrants in New York are Turning Down: A Ticket Out of Town – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/03/13/one-benefit-illegal-migrants-new-york-are-turning-down-ticket-out-town

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis sends soldiers, aircraft to ‘protect’ Florida from illegal immigrant boats amid Haiti unrest. Haiti is engulfed in what some experts have called a low-scale civil war. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-sends-soldiers-aircraft-protect-florida-illegal-immigrant-boats-haiti-unrest
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gallup-lgbtq-identification-united-states-rises-seven-point-six-percent-gen-z

HANITY
— SECRET LGBTQ CLUB? California Elementary School Under Fire for Controversial Club for 3rd Graders.
https://hannity.com/media-room/secret-lgbtq-club-california-elementary-school-under-fire-for-controversial-club-watch/

HOT AIR
— Mass Gun Violence Declined 48% So Far in 2024 – DAVID MASTIO
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/03/13/mass-gun-violence-declined-48-so-far-in-2024-n3784658#google_vignette

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Policies are Directly Related to the Demonization of Jews on Campus. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/dei-policies-are-directly-related-to-the-demonization-of-jews-on-campus/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Voters Have a Chance to Deny Progressive Politicians a New Slush Fund – MICKY HORSTMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/chicago-voters-have-a-chance-to-deny-progressive-politicians-a-new-slush-fund/
— Popstar Olivia Rodrigo Partners with Advocacy Groups to Distribute Abortion Pills at Missouri Concert – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/popstar-olivia-rodrigo-partners-with-advocacy-groups-to-distribute-abortion-pills-at-missouri-concert/

NEW AMERICAN
— Pro-gun Group Asks SCOTUS to Review Illinois “Assault Weapons” Ban – Bob Adelmann
https://thenewamerican.com/us/pro-gun-group-asks-scotus-to-review-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats’ Bill to Protect IVF Gains GOP Backing – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-ivf-alabama/2024/03/13/id/1157151/
— DOJ Pushes for Illegals, Felons to Vote – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mississippi-doj-elections/2024/03/13/id/1157105/
— How About Supporting ‘Detransitioners’? – Bill Donohue
https://www.newsmax.com/billdonohue/detransition-lgbt-transgender/2024/03/13/id/1157131/

PJ MEDIA
— Now We Know Why That Philly Mass Shooting Story Vanished – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/03/13/now-we-know-why-that-philly-bus-station-mass-shooting-vanished-from-the-headlines-n4927275#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— Millions of Illegal Border Crossings, Threatening U.S.- Yet This Dem Thinks Americans Aren’t In Danger – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/13/millions-of-illegal-border-crossings-threatening-us-yet-this-dem-thinks-americans-arent-in-danger-n2636454
— The Democrat’s Fictitious World – Marvin Folkertsma |
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma/2024/03/14/the-democrats-fictitious-world-n2636486
— Republicans’ Latest Diversity Train Wreck – Ann Coulter (COMMEMT: Anticipate/expect that RINO leaders will ever-increasingly get rid of Republican who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2636473
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans’ embrace of “diversity” has been an unmitigated disaster, as illustrated most recently by Sen. Katie Britt, whose response to President Biden’s State of the Union address came with a double dose of diversity. Why was this first-term senator chosen? To boost her reelection chances? She’s from the reddest state in the Union, won her last election by 30 points, and her term doesn’t end until 2026. Because she’s an amazing public speaker? Quite obviously, it wasn’t that. She gave the response because she’s not a white male. The last time Republicans picked a white man to give the GOP response was in 2012, when Gov. Mitch Daniels gave a great speech, despite the glaring absence of any blubbering over the unique suffering of women and minorities. Which brings us to Katie. Asked to give the GOP response, she delivered it from her kitchen table because she’s a mom just like you, suburban woman who will never vote Republican. She not only was “diverse” herself, but she made sure to drag a minority into her argument against Biden’s border policy, which is to have no border. An open border, Britt told us, is bad for the illegals. This was in accordance with the modern rule of etiquette requiring that no policy be criticized unless it can be shown that it harms someone other than whites, men or Americans. Thus, for example, affirmative action has been actively screwing white people out of college admissions, jobs and promotions since at least 1970. (Allan Bakke found this out in 1973, when he was rejected from the University of California, Davis, medical school in order to make way for hilariously less-qualified minorities.) Even after decades of this open, egregious race discrimination, Republicans are terrified of stating the obvious: Discriminating against white people is unfair to white people. Instead, the preferred argument is: “It’s not good for black people, either!” Perhaps, but they’re not complaining. And we’re still stuck with the unfairness to whites. It is a remarkable fact that, after more than half a century of rank race discrimination against whites, the Supreme Court finally decided affirmative action was unconstitutional only after it was shown that racial preferences harm Asians. Similarly, Britt’s argument against the Biden policy of dragging millions of illegal aliens into our country was not that it’s unfair to Americans, although it’s their home that’s being wrecked. No, it was that our nonexistent border is bad for Mexicans. Thus, Britt said: “I spoke to a woman who shared her story with me. She had been sex-trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12. She told me not just that she was raped every day, but how many times a day she was raped. “The cartels put her on a mattress in a shoebox of a room, and they sent men through that door, over and over again, for hours and hours on end. “We wouldn’t be OK with this happening in a third world country. This is the United States of America, and it’s past time we start acting like it.” Democrats are permanently destroying the greatest country on Earth — which happens to be where we live — but Rosalita’s life has gone from a negative 9, living in Mexico, to a negative 10 being human-trafficked. As with affirmative action, the GOP can only attack illegal immigration by saying it’s bad for the illegal immigrants, who apparently are driven by some invisible force to stream into our country. Their illegal behavior is something we’re doing to them. Help! Someone keeps burning down my house! GOP: Oh my gosh — was the arsonist hurt? In producing a diverse person to make her case, Britt botched the story six ways from Sunday. As we now know, the serial rapes didn’t happen in this country, but in Mexico. Even if they had occurred here, who did Britt imagine was doing the raping? As described in my book “Adios, America!”, child rape is rife in Latin America. It’s their culture, having nothing to do with our enticing open border. My idea: Let’s not let that rape culture come here. The rapes also didn’t happen under Biden, but under President George W. Bush. So that was great. Britt’s bleating for a diverse person gave Democrats something to talk about other than the thousands of American lives snuffed out by illegals at a rate of about 40 a week. Britt could have talked about 27-year-old Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd, killed days before the SOTU by an illegal in a “sanctuary state”; 10-year-old A.J. Wise, killed while walking home from school last month by an illegal alien hit-and-run driver in Midland, Texas; Travis Wolf, killed in Missouri by a boozed-up illegal in December — the night before Travis’ 12th birthday; Diane Hill Luckett, mother of three, who died in March of last year after being smashed into by a drunk illegal alien with a string of criminal convictions to his name (and zero deportations); or David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm, stabbed to death by an illegal alien on a killing spree in Davis, California, last April. Half of the murdered Americans I just listed were black. But when it comes to immigration, black Americans might as well be white men. “Illegal immigrant” trumps “American” because diversity is our greatest strength.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4528874-nearly-30-percent-gen-z-women-identify-as-lgbtq-gallup/

ABC NEWS
— On Russian TV ahead of the election, there’s only one program: Putin’s. Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power almost 25 years ago and since then he’s eliminated nearly all independent media — a process he ramped up after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that my critics/opponents have had since 2000 in destroying conservative news sources in Illinois.)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-tv-ahead-election-program-putins-107999692

CNN
— All eligible people at Chicago migrant shelter have been vaccinated for measles in ‘unprecedented operation’ – Jen Christensen and Amanda Musa
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/health/chicago-migrant-shelter-measles-vaccinated-in-unprecedented-operation/index.html
— White House officials expected to meet with Arab and Muslim leaders in Chicago Thursday – Khalil Abdallah, MJ Lee and Betsy Klein
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/white-house-officials-meeting-arab-muslim-leaders-chicago/index.html

UPI
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/03/13/gallup-poll-lgbtq-gay-population-us-rises/6411710351503/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Some Black Voters Are Souring on Democrats. – Charles M. Blow
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/opinion/black-democrats-trump-biden.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/13/lgbtq-adults-identification-gallup-survey/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/13/lgbtq-identity-growth-united-states/72949630007/
— Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrat candidates is to ever-increasingly promote more and more and more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/03/14/abortion-election-israel-gaza-tiktok-trump-trial-love-is-blind/72967728007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republicans’ 2024 Strategy: Talk About Abortion More, Not Less. Republicans should stress empathy for women and discuss ‘common sense’ solutions, memo says. – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republicans-new-abortion-strategy-talk-about-it-more-not-less-d68d80ef
— Immigration Drove America’s Postpandemic Urban Growth. New census figures show arrivals from abroad increased 15% last year in the top 50 metro areas. – Paul Overberg and Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/us-census-immigration-population-growth-cities-db007d64
— Pope Francis Waves a White Flag at Vladimir Putin. In urging the victim to yield to the aggressor, he repudiates centuries of Catholic teaching. – George Weigel (COMMENT: What do you say to my critics/opponents who urge/demand that I yield to my critics/opponents?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-waves-a-white-flag-at-vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-catholicism-cf888fcf
— The Trump GOP’s Urge to Purge – Editorial (COMMENT: Of course, my critics/opponents will urge Team Trump to purge me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. Who will come to my defense?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wisconsin-assembly-gop-robin-vos-recall-donald-trump-michael-gableman-d186f080
— Your Promotion Doesn’t Come With a Raise. Should You Take It? Whether to take a ‘dry’ promotion is a thorny dilemma. But with a little maneuvering, it sometimes pays off. – Ray A. Smith (COMMENT: I should write a book about taking a pay cut to eventually get promoted. I took a $22,996/year pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, in 1980 to eventually get promoted to GS-13, which I did in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/that-new-job-comes-with-a-bigger-title-and-no-raise-whats-your-move-b79c919d

FORBES & FORTUNE
— To promote Diversity is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, successful, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/03/13/five-strategies-for-engaging-and-retaining-diverse-gen-z-talent/?sh=5fc3b28b26c0
https://fortune.com/2024/03/13/fortune-500-diversity-data-promotions-representation-legal/

BLOOMBERG
— It took just one day for Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. to lose more than $8 billion in value following news of an investigation into its accounting practices earlier this year. Bouncing back will take a lot longer. – Gerson Freitas Jr., Isis Almeida, and Riley Moffat (COMMENT: I was never able to bounce back much from the many big adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors took against me.)
https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/adms-8-billion-wipeout-needs-more-than-nutrition-for-road-back

NPR
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegals to battleground/swing states and have them use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238102501/noncitizen-voting-immigration-conspiracy-theory

POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making women believe that abortion should be their top priority in life.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/07/biden-priority-second-term-abortion-rights-00134204

REDDIT
— Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff he’s upping performance goals to get rid of employees who ‘shouldn’t be here.’ (COMMENT: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasingly used my doing the following to ever-increasingly justify their ever-increasingly expecting/demanding more and more and more out of me and judging my performance more and more and more critically: my a) taking business courses at UIC and NIU and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21, b) taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola and earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul and earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and h) taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT and earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. They would not have used my doing the aforesaid against me like they did if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/vptdep/mark_zuckerberg_told_meta_staff_hes_upping/?rdt=46237

FEDERAL MANAGER
— Probation Exists to Get Rid of Employees Who Are Not a Fit (COMMENT: I was never “fit” as a federal employee because I opposed giving preference to federal employees because they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, I was never “fit” as a federal employee because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://fedmanager.com/news/opm-probation-exists-to-get-rid-of-employees-who-are-not-a-fit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When a federal employee is hired, they are put into a probationary period (often one year), in which they lack the protections of tenured workers. Now, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is urging agencies to take advantage of probationary opportunities, which include the ability to “swiftly” remove new employees who are not working out, as well as mentoring employees who are showing progress.)

DIVERSE EDUCATION
— Most Promising Places to Work (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly replaces those in Illinois who have demographics that vote for Republicans (conservative, successful, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time) with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats (liberal, unsuccessful, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time).)
https://www.diverseeducation.com/home/article/15666227/join-us-in-chicago-on-march-18th-at-acpa24-diverse-will-present-the-most-promising-places-to-work-in-student-affairs

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrat candidates is to ever-increasingly promote more and more and more abortion.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/medical-students-fought-to-get-training-in-abortion-care-then-came-dobbs

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Who Will Be Trump’s VP Pick? The Latest Veepstake Odds. – Margaret Hartmann
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-vp-pick-2024-candidates-odds.html

QUORA
— What do you do if people around you keep on discouraging you? (COMMENT: What do you focus on and who discourages you from doing that? Since 2000, I have ever-increasingly focused on putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have discouraged me the most from doing that. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-do-if-people-around-you-keep-on-discouraging-you

March 12, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Group pushing for all descendants of slaves in Chicago to have property taxes waived. Activists say slavery took away Blacks’ ability to build generational wealth, reparations are necessary. – Jasmine Minor (COMMENT: How wealthy were your parents? Because my parents were not wealthy, I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.)
https://abc7chicago.com/slavery-reparations-chicago-news-property-taxes-definition/14515191/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tEerPKvAg
— Former Flossmoor police chief claims racial discrimination played role in firing by mayor: lawsuit – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://abc7chicago.com/village-of-flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-mayor/14515073/
— Pope sparks anger after saying Ukraine should have the ‘courage of the white flag’ and negotiate. ‘Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail,’ Ukraine’s Foreign Minister said. – Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko
https://abc7chicago.com/pope-francis-on-ukraine-russia-news/14513746/

NBC5
— Two more measles cases confirmed in Chicago, officials announce. Teams from CDPH and numerous health care agencies are screening residents for symptoms and are administering measles vaccines.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-wellness-science-news/two-more-measles-cases-confirmed-in-chicago-officials-announce/3379580/
— 10 races to watch in the 2024 Illinois primary election – James Neveau (COMMENT: How many votes will Trump and Haley get in your precinct? How many who are going to vote for Biden in November vote for Haley in March?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/10-races-to-watch-in-the-2024-illinois-primary-election/3379246/
— CDC sending team to assist with Chicago’s growing measles outbreak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cdc-sending-team-to-assist-with-chicagos-growing-measles-outbreak/3379946/
— Disturbing allegations made against Dolton mayor, elected village trustee. “The mayor said … if this information became public, she would be ruined. That all the work she’d done would be lost.” – Regina Waldroup
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/disturbing-allegations-made-against-dolton-mayor-elected-village-trustee/3379563/
— Illinois primary vote-by-mail application deadline approaches – James Neveau (COMMENT: For the November 5 election, anticipate/expect that overwhelmingly, mailed-in ballots will be counted as having votes for Democrat candidates.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/illinois-primary-vote-by-mail-application-deadline-approaches/3379503/
— NAACP urges student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state eliminates DEI programs – AP (COMMENT: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors’ replacing me with my Black CPA subordinate encourages Black CPAs to work for GAO.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/naacp-student-athletes-reconsider-florida-colleges-dei-cuts/3380084/

CBS2
— 4 cases of measles now confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter, including CPS student. – Tara Molina, Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/second-case-of-measles-at-pilsen-migrant-shelter/
— Fired suburban Chicago police chief files racial discrimination lawsuit – Megan Hickey, Todd Feurer, Marissa Perlman (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-lawsuit-racial-discrimination/
— Some claim conflict of interest in Chicago Teachers Union student voting rally – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/some-claim-conflict-chicago-teachers-union-student-voting-rally/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-teachers-union-student-voting-rally-draws-controversy/
— Chicago organization gives out food boxes as Ramadan begins
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-organization-gives-out-food-boxes-as-ramadan-begins/

WGN9
— Ethics complaint filed by Illinois Policy Institute over Chicago Teacher’s Union Get Out the Vote event – Ben Bradley, Andrew Smith
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ethics-complaint-filed-over-chicago-teachers-union-get-out-the-vote-event/

FOX32
— Activist group calls for property tax reparations for Black Chicagoans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/property-tax-reparations-black-chicagoans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ray asserted that Reconstruction, initiated by Republicans after the Civil War, was prematurely halted by Democrats and remains incomplete. The group is advocating for an ordinance aimed at rectifying tax inequity.)
— This is how much income you need to ‘live comfortably,’ data shows – Stephanie Weaver (COMMENT: Do you have enough income to live comfortably? My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $65,165/year because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Social Security is only $2,612/year because it is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I used my income to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I paid into Social Security for 10 years 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/money-income-need-to-live-comfortably-us-data
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The study found that a person needs an average of $96,500 for sustainable comfort in a major U.S. city. It’s even more expensive for families, who need to make an average combined income of about $235,000 to support two adults and two children without the pressure of living paycheck to paycheck. The research also revealed that it takes the most money to live comfortably as a single person in New York City, requiring $66.62 in hourly wages, or an annual salary of $138,570. In six cities, a family must make over $300k to raise two kids comfortably. Two working adults need to make a particularly high combined income in San Francisco ($339,123); San Jose ($334,547); Boston ($319,738); Arlington, VA ($318,573); New York City ($318,406); and Oakland, CA ($316,243) to raise two children with enough money for needs, wants and savings.)
— CPS student among 4 measles cases confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter in Pilsen – Nate Rodgers, Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-child-pilsen-shelter-measles
— Former Flossmoor police chief files civil rights lawsuit against village – Maggie Duly (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-civil-rights-lawsuit

WTTW
— As Homicides Drop Nationwide, Chicago Lags Behind Other Major Cities. Why? – Andrea Guthmann (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Chicago.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/11/homicides-drop-nationwide-chicago-lags-behind-other-major-cities-why
— Chicago Spent $524M on Overtime in 2023, Including $293M for Police, Setting New Records – Heather Cherone, Jared Rutecki
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/12/chicago-spent-524m-overtime-2023-including-293m-police-setting-new-records

WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly call for extending shelter stay limits, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-migrants-face-growing-pressure-as-march-16-shelter-stay-limit-approaches/886985a1-8234-4b48-8e19-cbcb5745558d

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: 2 more cases of measles at migrant shelter on Lower West Side, bringing location’s total to 4. – ALICE YIN, SARAH MACARAEG, NELL SALZMAN, and CAROLINE KUBZANSKY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-attributes-recent-measles-cases-at-migrant-shelter-to-vaccine-hesitancy/
— Chicago getting $75 million for DNC security from federal budget deal – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/11/chicago-getting-75-million-for-dnc-security-from-federal-budget-deal/
— Ever-increasingly, if you want to advance in politics, government, or everything else, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more difficult/impossible it is to advance. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/12/illinois-supreme-court/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly run elections and blame Republicans for problems recruiting election judges.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/03/11/election-judges-workers-democracy-squirrels-daylight-saving-time-letters

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Meta threatens end of news service in Illinois as lawmakers consider journalism bill – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: I am a not-for-profit news aggregator. I should write a book about my direct competing critics/opponents who want to “make money” doing what I do. They are furious that I have the necessary time, money, motivation, ability, and experience needed to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning that are free of charge and contain no advertising or donation requests. They do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/03/11/illinois-bill-would-require-meta-google-to-share-ad-revenue/72869180007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/columns/2024/03/11/kruse-academic-freedom-diversity-initiatives-under-attack/72851455007/

SOUTHERN
— Biden ‘did not apologize’ for using term ‘an illegal’ during State of the Union, White House says – Michelle Stoddart
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/03/11/biden-did-not-apologize-for-using-term-an-illegal-during-state-of-the-union-white-house-says/

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Trump backers submit signatures to force recall election of Wisconsin GOP Assembly leader – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who want to manipulate/dominate me, b) who want me to glorify and praise them, c) who want me to pander to them, d) who want me to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who want me to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who want me to give them money.)
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/iowa-illinois-wisconsin/article_ac95a322-747d-5e38-8a4e-764271e2d992.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover. – AP (COMMENT: When new chairmen took over the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2004 and 2010, they rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. They blamed me for defeats that Republican candidates had suffered in Milton Township.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-team-is-slashing-republican-national-committee-staff-amid-takeover-ap-sources-say-2/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Students sharing marijuana-infused candy in US schools prompts heightened look at safety – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: When you were in school, how much pressure were you under to drink booze, smoke cigarettes, gamble, smoke pot, have sex, be a LGBTQers, etc.? I was under virtually no such pressure. I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/students-sharing-marijuana-infused-candy-in-us-schools-prompts-heightened-look-at-safety-cannabis-recreational-medical-drug-education-thc-ftc-crisis-in-the-classroom-natalie-rine-poison-center-pediatric-david-herzberg

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he considers Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’ – Brett Samuels (COMMENT: What do you do? Does Facebook encourage you or discourage you from doing what you do?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-considers-facebook-an-enemy-of-the-people/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where Democrats will stay: not at the Trump hotel – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/03/12/where-dem-delegates-will-stay-not-trump-hotel-00146453

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-250/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-51/
— Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone will be handing out welfare and/or collecting welfare.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/11/socialhealth-safety-net-showing-clear-signs-of-distress/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Former Rep. Bailey: ‘If my daughter were murdered and someone apologized to her killer, I would punch them right in the mouth’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/656400948-former-rep-bailey-if-my-daughter-were-murdered-and-someone-apologized-to-her-killer-i-would-punch-them-right-in-the-mouth

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Duckworth, Durbin vote to allow illegal aliens to be counted toward congressional representation
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/656400964-duckworth-durbin-vote-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-be-counted-toward-congressional-representation
— Who made the biggest political contributions in Illinois during week ending Jan. 20?
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/656364607-who-made-the-biggest-political-contributions-in-illinois-during-week-ending-jan-20

WIREPOINTS
— Statement by Chicago Teachers Union in response to complaint that it encouraged students to skip school to vote for real estate transfer hike
https://wirepoints.org/statement-by-chicago-teachers-union-in-response-to-complaint-that-it-encouraged-students-to-skip-school-to-vote-for-real-estate-transfer-hike-chicago-teachers-union/
— Mock TX, TN, AL education all you want, but Illinois spends 60-80% more per student and gets similar results – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/mock-tx-tn-al-education-all-you-want-but-illinois-spends-60-80-more-per-student-and-gets-similar-results-wirepoints/

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Reviving Biden’s failed Presidency with not so slick marketing?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/2024-sotu-reviving-bidens-failed

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION TAKING STUDENTS OUT OF CLASS TO VOTE FOR JOHNSON’S REAL ESTATE TAX HIKE – Hilary Gowins
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-taking-students-out-of-class-to-vote-for-johnsons-real-estate-tax-hike/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Hit Piece by Publication Plagued by Layoffs Targets IL Trump Delegates, IR, as Biden Trails Trump in National Polls
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/03/hit-piece-by-publication-plagued-by-layoffs-targets-il-trump-delegates-ir-as-biden-trails-trump-in-national-polls.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Call them by their name: Illegal aliens are illegal aliens. Biden again puts American citizens last. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/11/call-them-by-their-name-illegal-aliens-are-illegal/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Protesters rail against Chicago’s 60-day immigrant eviction policy – Luke Gentile (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will continue to bring in more and more and more illegals and force you to provide them with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2913299/protesters-rail-against-chicagos-60-day-immigrant-eviction-policy/
— Immigrant crime is a policy choice, not a policy failure – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2914477/immigrant-crime-is-a-policy-choice-not-a-policy-failure/

NEW YORK POST
— Laken Riley’s life was worth no less than George Floyd’s – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/opinion/laken-rileys-life-was-worth-no-less-than-george-floyds/
— Private K-12 programs ditch classics for race-obsessed classes, woke activism – Andrew Gutmann
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/opinion/private-k-12-programs-ditch-classics-for-race-obsessed-classes-woke-activism/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegal Aliens Buying Fake Green Cards and Social Security Cards from New York Gangs – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/03/11/illegal-aliens-buying-fake-green-cards-and-social-security-cards-from-new-york-gangs/

AMERICAN THINKER
— California lawmaker introduces bill offering free legal aid to fight deportation for illegals convicted of violent felonies – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/california_lawmaker_introduces_bill_offering_free_legal_aid_to_fight_deportation_to_illegals_convicted_of_violent_felonies.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black New Yorkers squabble over who should get a piece of the reparations pie – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/11/black-new-yorkers-squabble-over-who-should-get-a-piece-of-the-reparations-pie-1444228/
— California Democrat seeks to provide ‘free’ legal assistance to violent felons in US illegally – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/11/californias-most-insane-bill-dem-seeks-to-provide-free-legal-assistance-to-violent-felons-in-us-illegally-1444318/

BLAZE
— Jobs programs for illegal aliens create more problems, not a solution – DALE L. WILCOX (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/jobs-programs-for-illegal-aliens-create-more-problems-not-a-solution
— California bill would use taxpayer funds to protect violent illegal aliens from deportation – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-bill-would-use-taxpayer-funds-to-protect-violent-illegal-aliens-from-deportation

BREITBART
— Pritzker to Abortionists: ‘Your Sacrifices and Your Work Make Me Proud’ – KATHERINE HAMILTON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to be Democrat or a RINO is to be an abortion promoter.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/11/j-b-pritzker-abortionists-your-sacrifices-your-work-make-me-proud/
— Biden Wants $13 Billion from Congress for Migrants and Sanctuary Cities – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/12/biden-wants-13-billion-from-congress-for-migrants-and-sanctuary-cities/

DAILY WIRE
— The Latest Attack On Christians: Christian Nationalism. Suddenly, Christianity is being smeared, libeled, and attacked. It is being presented in the same vein as white supremacy. – Candace Owens (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of their employees who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Christian, Italian American, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, etc.?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-attack-on-christians-christian-nationalism
— Democrats showed their true intentions late last week by voting against his amendment that would ban illegal aliens from being included in the U.S. Census for the purposes of being counted toward the apportionment of U.S. House seats and Electoral College votes. – Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-says-democrats-use-illegals-to-give-their-voters-disproportionately-more-power-than-gop-voters

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Cowering to His Base’: GOP Slams Biden for Saying He Shouldn’t Have Called Laken Riley Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’ – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/11/cowering-his-base-gop-blasts-biden-after-president-says-he-should-not-called-laken-riley-murder-suspect-illegal/

DAILY WIRE
— CVS Leadership Training Requires Participants To Confess Privilege, Make Allyship Pledges. Participants were asked to audit their own biases and pledge to become allies in service of the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat superiors in the federal government required such pledges from all of their employees. Constructively, my RINO leaders have required such pledges from all their underlings. I have always refused to make such pledges. Because of that, my Democrat superiors and my RINO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-cvs-leadership-training-requires-participants-to-confess-privilege-make-allyship-pledges
— Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) Says Democrats Use Illegals To Give Their Voters ‘Disproportionately More Power’ Than GOP Voters
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-says-democrats-use-illegals-to-give-their-voters-disproportionately-more-power-than-gop-voters

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Confirms He Met With Elon Musk: ‘I’ve Liked Him’ Former President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he met with Elon Musk in recent days. – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-confirms-he-met-with-elon-musk-ive-liked-him-5605041

FOX BUSINESS
— Elon Musk says Democrats allow illegal immigration to build political power. Elon Musk said that the counting illegal immigrants in the Census expands Democrats’ power in the apportionment process. – Eric Revell
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-says-democrats-allow-illegal-immigration-build-political-power

FOX NEWS
— Biden knows that the term ‘illegal’ was accurate. Ingraham says Democrats don’t like ‘clear language’ because it ‘mucks up their plans.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-biden-knows-term-illegal-accurate

LIFE NEWS
— Even Liberal Lawyers Slam New Alabama IVF Law Allowing Destruction of Human Beings – Joshua Mercer
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/03/12/even-liberal-lawyers-slam-new-alabama-ivf-law-allowing-destruction-of-human-beings/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— RNC Fires Dozens of Staffers After Leadership Shakeup – AUDREY FAHLBERG (COMMENT: When new chairmen took over the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2004 and 2010, they rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. They blamed me for defeats that Republican candidates had suffered in Milton Township.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rnc-fires-dozens-of-staffers-after-leadership-shakeup/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Victor Davis Hanson: Of The 9% Of White Males At Stanford, Most Are All Children Of Donors Or Academics – Ian Schwartz (COMMENT: Of the students in the schools that you graduated from, how few of them are White males? Are any of them conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? I graduated from IIT in 1997, DePaul in 1980, Loyola in 1976, and NIU in 1970.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/03/11/victor_davis_hanson_of_the_9_of_white_males_at_stanford_most_are_all_children_of_donors_or_academics.html

ZERO HEDGE
— California Democrat Wants Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers For Illegals Convicted Of ‘Serious And Violent Crimes’ – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/california-democrat-wants-taxpayer-funded-lawyers-illegals-convicted-serious-and-violent

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— RNC Has Become ‘Trump’s Toilet,’ Kinzinger Complains
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republican-national-committee-toilet-adam-kinzinger-lara-trump-1878238

CNN & NPR & NEW YORK TIMES & NBC NEWS & MSN & NEWSWEEK
— When you were in school, how strongly did your teachers promote sexual activity and LGBTQ?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/us/florida-lgbtq-bill-schools-lawsuit-settlement/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237730819/florida-dont-say-gay-law-settlement-lgbtq
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/florida-dont-say-gay-law-settlement.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/support-sex-marriage-lgbtq-protections-dipped-2023-survey-shows-rcna142751
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/settlement-allows-florida-teachers-to-say-gay-in-classroom/ar-BB1jJ6km
https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-celebrates-dont-say-gay-law-settlement-1878145

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making women abortion promoters.
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4518721-abortion-has-democrats-fired-up-for-2024/

MSN
— Immigration the key issue as Trump trounces Nikki Haley but critics claim former South Carolina governor did well by getting 40 percent in her home state. – Dominic Yeatman
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/trump-s-south-carolina-numbers-are-disastrous-as-40-of-republicans-vote-against-the-ex-president-women-minorities-and-graduates-remain-opposed/ar-BB1iSj2W

CBS NEWS & NBC NEWS & USA TODAY & WASHINGTON POST
— NAACP urges Black student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state slashed DEI programs (COMMENT: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors’ replacing me with my Black CPA subordinate encourages Black CPAs to work for GAO.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/naacp-urges-student-athletes-to-reconsider-florida-colleges-after-state-eliminates-dei-programs-2/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naacp-boycott-florida-colleges-black-athletes-dei-policy-rcna142549
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/03/11/naacp-black-student-athletes-florida-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/72938921007/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/11/florida-gators-dei-ron-desantis/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making women abortion promoters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/abortion-trump-tiktok.html
— America would never have become the leader of the free world if America had been multilingual.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/opinion/language-diversity-america.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Virginia bans legacy admissions. Maryland and Congress should follow. – Editorial (COMMENT: Neither of my parents attended college. What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/12/virginia-college-legacy-admissions-youngkin/

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Haley voters. In your precinct, municipality, township, and county, what percent of those who vote for Haley in March will vote for Biden in November?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/10/donald-trump-nikki-haley-voters-protest-2024-election/72868201007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All are longtime Republicans who backed Nikki Haley in her presidential bid. All held leadership positions in her campaign. And all three are deeply skeptical of Donald Trump, or outright opposed to him. MacGovern won’t vote for Trump. Giles doesn’t see herself supporting Trump this time after casting ballots for him twice. While Moore – also a two-time Trump voter – said she is leaning against backing him again, calling him a “self-serving narcissistic and a bully and he is not the role model I want for my children and grandchildren.” Now that Haley has exited the GOP presidential primary on the heels of big losses on Super Tuesday, attention is turning to Trump’s general election campaign and whether he can unite the GOP behind him to take on President Joe Biden. Haley demonstrated in state after state that a significant minority of primary voters wanted a candidate other than Trump, and the question is whether they will accept the polarizing former president as their nominee. The answer for some is an emphatic no. “I could never vote for Donald Trump,” MacGovern said.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Most Confusing, Chaotic College Admissions Season in Years. Changes in the federal financial-aid application, testing requirements and affirmative action plunge applicants and schools into uncertainty; ‘a hot mess’ – Oyin Adedoyin and Melissa Korn (COMMENT: UIC admitted me in 1966 because I graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-admissions-chaos-federal-financial-aid-fd72fe36

MEDIFAST
— Health is Top Priority for Majority of U.S. Adults (COMMENT: What are your top priorities in life? My top priorities in life include promoting conservative principles. What do you do to achieve your top priorities in life? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning. I serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, I served as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks until my critic/opponents ended that in 2021, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman until they ended that in 2012, c) a Wheaton Chamber Of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member until they ended that in 2011, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster until they ended that in 2010 and 2004, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer until they ended that in 2007, and f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member until they ended that in 2004.)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-is-top-priority-for-majority-of-us-adults-despite-continuous-cycle-of-failed-diets-301571459.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Republican lawmakers in Arizona have proposed creating a “grade challenge department,” to which public university students could complain that their professors gave them low grades because of political bias. – Ryan Quinn (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and/or law. One reason why I chose business and accounting was that I am a conservative Republican and law professors in Chicago are overwhelmingly liberal Democrats.).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/03/12/low-grade-az-bill-would-let-students-allege

THE LIST
— Lara Trump Has Made Her Feelings About Nikki Haley Crystal Clear – EMILY HUTCHINSON (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treat me like I ran against them in primary elections and that caused them to lose in general elections.)
https://www.thelist.com/1536892/lara-trump-made-feelings-about-nikki-haley-clear/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump’s Doing Nothing to Win Over Anti-Trump GOP Voters – Matt Lewis (COMMENT: What do “anti-Trump GOP voters” want Trump to say/do to win them over? How could/would Trump respond to their demands?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-doing-nothing-to-win-over-anti-trump-gop-voters

DAILY MAIL
— FBI Director Wray says he IS concerned border crossers could launch another 9/11 terror attack in the U.S. and warns human trafficking cells have ties to ISIS. The intelligence chief’s disclosure came during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the greatest worldwide threats facing the U.S. today. Wray replied ‘I do’ when asked by Sen. Cornyn about whether he is concerned if potential terrorists coming across the southern border could do harm. According to the latest annual report put out Monday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the U.S. is ‘facing a fragile world order’ – KELLY LACO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13184623/fbi-director-wray-border-crossers-terror-attack-isis.html

February 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump backs U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in blow to Darren Bailey in downstate GOP battle for Congress – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/20/trump-backs-u-s-rep-mike-bost-in-blow-to-darren-bailey-in-downstate-gop-battle-for-congress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump endorses U.S. Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in downstate Congressional battle. Rep. Mike Bost called Trump’s endorsement “a tremendous honor” and vowed to help Trump win back the White House. And while Darren Bailey’s campaign downplayed the endorsement as an example of the former president’s support of GOP incumbents, the campaign reiterated Bailey “proudly stands” with the former president. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/02/20/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-downstate-congressional-primary
— Chicago closes 4 migrant shelters amid lull in arrivals. The four shelters, holding around 400 people, were located downtown, in North Lawndale and on the North Side. They closed amid a seasonal drop in border crossings. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/20/chicago-closes-4-migrant-shelters-amid-lull-in-arrivals
— South Side alderperson accuses Ald. Greg Mitchell of attacking him. In a letter to the City Council’s Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Coleman, Ald. Desmon Yancy alleged that he was the “victim of an unprovoked assault” by Mitchell after a Council hearing last week. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/chicago-city-council-member-accused-assault-greg-mitchell-gentrification-housing-obama-center
— Chicago sues five giant oil companies, accusing them of climate change destruction, fraud. The suit says BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell have hurt the city by discrediting science even as their products lead to “catastrophic consequences,” including strong storms, flooding, severe heat and shoreline erosion. – Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/bp-chevron-conocophillips-exxonmobil-chicago-lawsuit-climate-change-damage

DAILY HERALD
— LaPlante, Maes vying for Democratic nod in DuPage County Board District 4 – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Annette Corrigan is running as a write-in candidate.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/laplante-maes-vying-for-democratic-nod-in-dupage-county-board-district-4/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should recorder’s office be eliminated in DuPage County? Candidates weigh in. – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Nicole Prater is running for the office.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/should-recorders-office-be-eliminated-in-dupage-county-candidates-weigh-in/
— Don’t sit out the March 19 primary — too much is at stake – Editorial (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-dont-sit-out-the-march-19-primary-too-much-is-at-stake/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Migrant crisis stirs tension in Oak Park, but village mounts a supportive response – Judith Crown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/migrant-crisis-arrived-oak-park-cold-night
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Scaman says Cook County is reimbursing the village for monthly expenses of more than $300,000. “At this point, we’re going to see all the money we invested,” she said. At its Jan. 23 meeting, Oak Park trustees authorized staff to pursue a grant of $1.9 million through the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The village received notice the following week that grant was approved. The funding will be used to provide aid to asylum-seekers through June 30. That will enable the village to continue helping migrants in a different shelter because asylum-seekers staying at the Carleton and West Cook YMCA must leave by the end of February.)
— After altercation, City Council member calls on colleague to resign leadership posts – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/after-altercation-yancy-calls-mitchell-resign-city-council-leadership
— Supreme Court leaves elite school’s diversity policy intact – Greg Stohr
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/supreme-court-leaves-university-diversity-policy-intact

ABC7
— Letitia James says she’s prepared to seize Donald Trump’s buildings if he can’t pay his $354M fine. The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News. – Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-case-trial-president/14450327/

NBC5
— Trump endorses Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in 12th district race
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-endorses-rep-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-in-12th-district-race/3361111/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago volunteers aim to open another shelter for migrant families – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-park-migrant-shelter-volunteers/
— Far Southwest Side Chicago neighbors appalled by street takeover involving ring of fire – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/far-southwest-side-chicago-street-takeover-ring-fire/
— Chicago voters to decide on increase in real estate tax to combat homelessness
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bring-chicago-home-tax-vote/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lUM1t4FAU

FOX32
— Illinois Republicans challenge Pritzker to put citizens first on eve of budget address
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republicans-challenge-pritzker-put-citizens-first-budget-address
— Illinois launches website to track state spending on asylum seekers – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-launches-website-track-spending-asylum-seekers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVaOWXa68o
— President Pritzker? Political analysts speculate on Illinois gov’s future amid Biden’s uncertainty – Scott Schneider
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/political-analysts-speculate-pritzker-future-biden-uncertainty

WBEZ
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25 billion for housing and development. Johnson says his signature development plan would rely on letting dozens of the city’s controversial TIF districts expire, and that money would be used to pay back the debt. – Mariah Woelfel, Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/johnson-pitches-125-billion-borrowing-plan/3b300404-a57d-43f4-8eb3-9b2140541460

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— The uncomfortable truth – Jonathan Panton
https://www.oakpark.com/2024/02/20/the-uncomfortable-truth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some may live in denial, but entering the United States illegally is a crime. The village of Oak Park has continually used the term “asylum-seeker” to hide the truth. First, the term “asylum-seeker” is misleading. Applicants seeking asylum protection have the burden of (1) proving that they suffered past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution; (2) the applicant is a member of a protected ground (race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, political opinion); (3) there is a connection between the harm the applicant suffered and their protected ground; and (4) the applicant either fears harm from the home country’s government or the home country is unable or unwilling to control a private person. INA§101(a)(42)(A). Asylum is designed to protect those who meet these four elements. In the fiscal year of 2023, asylum relief was denied in the majority of cases. While some individuals are genuinely escaping persecution, there are many others who unlawfully enter the United States for economic opportunities. This does not warrant asylum protection. The primary job of a government is to keep its citizens safe. In 2023, Customs and Border Patrol had 3,201,144 encounters with illegal immigrants. A serious concern is the lack of vetting of illegal immigrants in the United States. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens stated on X (Twitter) that his agents arrested an average of 47 individuals every day in 2023 who had “serious criminal histories.” Moreover, those figures only included individuals who have been apprehended. In 2023, 860,000 “gotaways” unlawfully entered the United States. These individuals pose safety concerns since their criminal backgrounds and whereabouts are unknown to law enforcement agencies. Oak Park’s Village Board broke its duty to residents by approving a $1.9 million grant providing various services for immigrants, some of whom may be illegal. The $360,000 allocated toward giving illegal immigrants various legal services is wasteful. The role of the government is to provide public services like police, fire, roads, schools. I don’t recall the village paying for residents’ legal services spent appealing their outrageous property tax bills. Yet Oak Park has no issue doling out money for legal representation to individuals whose first act in the United States may have been a crime.)

SOUTHERN
— Nikki Haley says deployed husband ‘stepped up to defend our nation’s freedom’ – Hannah Demissie and Nicholas Kerr
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-says-deployed-husband-stepped-up-to-defend-our-nations-freedom/
— Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case – Peter Charalambous
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-owes-87k-in-interest-per-day-until-he-pays-the-fine-in-his-civil-fraud-case/
— Trump brings in more than $6.8 million from Greenville fundraiser – Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-brings-in-more-than-6-8-million-from-greenville-fundraiser/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— In Last Correspondences Before Death Navalny Wrote That Second Trump Term Would Be ‘Really Scary’
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/in-last-correspondences-before-death-navalny-wrote-that-second-trump-term-would-be-really-scary/video_bda3fbc4-63dc-5864-bb15-83ffc3510657.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push magic mushrooms.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/20/lawmaker-says-legalizing-magic-mushrooms-will-help-mental-health/72604573007/

WCIA
— Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin’s top rival. – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-donald-trump-again-compares-his-criminal-indictments-to-imprisonment-and-death-of-putins-top-rival/

WAND TV
— Illinois Senate GOP say Pritzker should prioritize Illinois families over migrants – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-senate-gop-say-pritzker-should-prioritize-illinois-families-over-migrants/article_042a04e0-d045-11ee-bdbf-e78a80ce141f.html

WSPY
— Resolution for non-sanctuary migrant status for Sandwich offered; DeKalb County Board considering its own proposal. – Mark Harrington
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/resolution-for-non-sanctuary-migrant-status-for-sandwich-offered-dekalb-county-board-considering-its-own/article_2d6f004e-cff0-11ee-af00-7b6746df26d3.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Comptroller provides portal to track migrant-related spending – Sean Crawford
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-02-20/illinois-comptroller-provides-portal-to-track-migrant-related-spending

CITIES 92.9
— Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/02/20/legislator-reacts-to-illinois-near-bottom-ranking-in-social-mobility/

Q98.5
— Illinois Named Most Hated State in America
https://q985online.com/illinois-named-americas-most-hated-state/

OAK LAWN PATCH
— Migrant Funding Top Of Mind Ahead Of Pritzker’s Budget Address. The current budget that ends June 30 budgeted $550 million for non-citizen health care, but projections have pushed that number higher.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/migrant-funding-top-mind-ahead-pritzkers-budget-address

SMILE POLITELY
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.smilepolitely.com/food-drink/a-step-by-step-guide-to-buying-legal-cannabis/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-38/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislator reacts to Illinois’ near bottom ranking in social mobility – Glenn Minnis (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_110133f8-d006-11ee-8992-1fedfb7130a2.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— California Emissions Standards Coming To Illinois? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/02/california-emissions-standards-coming-to-illinois/

CHICAGO CTY WIRE
— ‘We built this city;’ west side pro-slavery reparations group says blacks shouldn’t have to pay property taxes in Chicago. (COMMENT: How much property tax have you paid? I have paid property tax since I was 24 years old in 1972.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654972559-we-built-this-city-west-side-pro-slavery-reparations-group-says-blacks-shouldn-t-have-to-pay-property-taxes-in-chicago
— O’Hare Respite Center: Illegal migrants ‘crowding out and reducing movement space’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654973448-o-hare-respite-center-illegal-migrants-crowding-out-and-reducing-movement-space

WIREPOINTS
— City Club of Chicago plays host to education officials’ latest excuse for dismal student outcomes: The covid pandemic – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-education-officials-latest-failed-excuse-for-dismal-student-outcomes-the-covid-pandemic-wirepoints/
— We’re trumpeting about Illinois’ failing schools to force education officials to finally focus on literacy
https://wirepoints.org/were-trumpeting-about-illinois-failing-schools-to-force-education-officials-to-finally-focus-on-literacy-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UPWARD MOBILITY TOUGHER IN ILLINOIS THAN IN REST OF MIDWEST, MOST OF U.S. – Joe Tabor (COMMENT: In terms of education, how successful have you been compared to your parents? 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. Nevertheless, thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a professional license when I was 32. In terms of buying new cars, how successful have you been compared to your parents? My father did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door 6-cylinder 1967 Chevrolet. Thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, and a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/upward-mobility-tougher-in-illinois-than-in-rest-of-midwest-most-of-u-s/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden under pressure to take cognitive test amid dementia concerns – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/joe-biden-under-pressure-to-take-cognitive-test-am/
— Biden’s betrayal of Israel – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/bidens-betrayal-israel/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden ‘releasing everyone’ at border in latest secret move – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2864556/biden-releasing-everyone-at-border-in-latest-secret-move/
— Denver schools face federal civil rights complaint over ‘black excellence’ pledge – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2864412/denver-schools-federal-civil-rights-complaint-black-excellence-pledge/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC migrant families could make up to $15K per year under controversial $53M pre-paid credit card program. – Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/nyc-migrant-families-could-make-up-to-15k-per-year-under-controversial-53m-pre-paid-credit-card-program/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Boston Removes Residents from Community Center to Make Room for Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/20/boston-removes-residents-from-community-center-to-make-room-for-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— ‘Extortion Attempt:’ Joe Biden Hopes to Cut Deportations amid Migrant Crime Wave – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/20/extortion-attempt-biden-hopes-to-cut-deportations-amid-migrant-crime-wave/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Biden gave up on ridding us of criminal aliens — putting us in danger – Jon Feere (COMMENT: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you vote for Democrats: criminal, in America illegally, boozer, gambler, stoner, socialist, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, union member, LGBTQ, unmarried, have health problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://cis.org/Oped/How-Biden-gave-ridding-us-criminal-aliens-putting-us-danger

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrat’s Open Border Trickery — Gaming the Census – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/02/24/dems-open-border-trickery-gaming-the-census

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Civil War Deepens As Senators Claim McConnell Threw Party’s Voters ‘Under The Bus’ On Ukraine, Border
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/20/republican-senate-mitch-mcconnell-border-deal-ukraine-aid-funding-vote-mike-lee-ron-johnson-rick-scott/

DAILY WIRE
— Mandatory IRS Diversity Training Includes Material From Trans Academic Who Called For ‘Death Of Whiteness’ The dogmas of a far-left transgender academic made their way into official IRS training materials for criminal investigators. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mandatory-irs-diversity-training-includes-material-from-trans-academic-who-called-for-death-of-whiteness

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112

FOX NEWS
— Nikki Haley staying in the race hurts the Republican Party – Jesse Watters (COMMENT: Haley promoters would rather see Biden elected than Trump.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347285226112
— 7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount greater than population of 36 states. The total number of illegal immigrants who have entered the US under President Biden is larger than almost every American city. – Chris Pandolfo (COMMENT: How many millions will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-biden-admin-amount-greater-population-36-states
— Chinese illegal immigration on pace to break records at US southern border. Officials, lawmakers raise national security concerns about spike in Chinese nationals. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-illegal-immigration-pace-break-records-us-southern-border

NEWSMAX
— Texas: Migrant Nonprofit Engaged in Smuggling
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/texas-ken-paxton-nonprofit/2024/02/20/id/1154334/

TOWNHALL
— Democrat State Asks for Volunteers to House Illegal Immigrants – Madeline Leesman (COMMENT: Should such volunteers be required to get permission from the voters in their neighborhood, precinct, school district, municipality, township, and/or county?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/20/michigan-state-immigrants-n2635450
— Here’s What Happened When Harlem Residents Learned Luxury Building Will Be Turned Into Migrant Shelter – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/20/watch-harlem-residents-give-democrats-an-earful-over-migrant-crisis-in-their-backyard-n2635426

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Michigan Tries to Convince Residents to Pick Immigrants Up at Airport, Help Them Find Housing and Jobs – Allison Anton
https://www.westernjournal.com/michigan-tries-to-convince-residents-to-pick-immigrants-up-at-airport-help-them-find-housing-and-jobs/

ZERO HEDGE
— A Stunning 10 Million Illegals Have Entered The US Under Biden; Tucker Warns They Are “Destroying” The Country – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect of the rule of law and of that country.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/stunning-10-million-illegals-have-entered-us-under-biden-tucker-country-being-destroyed

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Why is Biden letting in millions of illegal border crossers? – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4478371-why-is-biden-letting-in-millions-of-illegal-border-crossers/

ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows what critics call ‘racial balancing’ at elite public school. The court’s majority did not explain its decision; Thomas and Alito dissented. – Devin Dwyer (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-elite-high-school-adopt-admissions/story?id=107367410

CBS NEWS
— Michigan Republicans plan dueling presidential nominating conventions as turmoil over state party continues – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-republicans-plan-dueling-conventions-for-presidential-nomination-as-turmoil-continues/

MSN
— America’s Most Racist States in 2024 Ranked – Conor Jameson (COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 43rd.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-most-racist-states-in-2024-ranked/ss-BB1iBbS8

WASHINGTON POST
— Haley’s nearly all-White high school lacked lessons of racism, some say. Haley left her hometown’s integrated public school system and attended a high school newly created from the merger of two “segregation academies.” – Michael Kranish (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats and RINOs are nasty/vicious. To demonize me as being not only a racist, but as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents have always stressed that none of my classmates, teachers, or school administrators were minorities while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-high-school-racism-education/

NEW YORK SUN
— Gay Activists in Seattle Declare ‘Homosexual Intifada’ in Support of Palestinians
https://www.nysun.com/article/gay-activists-in-seattle-declare-homosexual-intifada-in-support-of-palestinians

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Marijuana Users, Even Legalization Doesn’t Guarantee Safety. Mold, pesticides and heavy metals can contaminate pot products, threatening to sicken users. – Stephanie Armour
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/for-marijuana-users-even-legalization-doesnt-guarantee-safety-ef1660a5?page=1
— Biden Rewrites ‘An American Tragedy’ He pledged to unify the nation but squandered his opportunity, dividing and weakening the country. – Arthur Herman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-tragedy-biden-edition-instead-of-unifying-has-divided-weakened-america-52172de3
— Dave Ramsey Tells Millions What to Do With Their Money. People Under 40 Say He’s Wrong. Young adults are rejecting the finance guru’s advice to live frugally while getting out of debt. – Julie Jargon and Ann-Marie Alcántara
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/dave-ramsey-tells-millions-what-to-do-with-their-money-people-under-40-say-hes-wrong-56733630

FORBES
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/02/21/elon-musk-fans-conspiracy-that-biden-wants-to-legalize-undocumented-migrants-for-their-vote/

BARRON’S
— Does the 4% Withdrawal Rule for Retirees Still Make Sense? – Elizabeth O’Brien
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-savings-withdrawal-calculation-interest-rates-baec2da9?refsec=financial-planning&mod=topics_financial-planning

DAILY SENTINEL
— Mesa County Commissioners couldn’t have been clearer: The county is most definitely not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. – CHARLES ASHBY (COMMENT: What messages are the leaders of the following sending to illegals: a) your county, b) your township, c) your municipality, and d) your school district?)
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/commissioners-ok-non-sanctuary-resolution/article_b414bf38-d01f-11ee-8b4b-a711d9d75630.html

KTRH
— Biden Orders That Illegals be Counted in The Census. – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: That diminishes Texas Republican power and increases Illinois Democrat power.)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-02-20-biden-orders-that-illegals-be-counted-in-the-census/

WFDD
— Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country – Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
https://www.wfdd.org/story/texas-has-spent-over-148-million-busing-migrants-other-parts-country

KERA
— From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the less welcome that you are in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Actually, the more of the aforesaid planks that you support, the more that RINO leaders of the aforesaid try to get rid of you.)
https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-02-21/theyre-conservatives-and-even-lifelong-republicans-is-there-a-place-for-them-in-the-texas-gop

U.S. CONGRESS & U.S. SENATE
— H.R. 3115 & S. 1496: Public Service Reform Act (COMMENT: Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3115/text?s=1&r=77
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1496/text?s=1&r=54
(THE BILL: AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES)
— H.R. 159 and S 59: Chance to Compete Act (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who are minority and/or female, Democrats ever-increasingly lower hiring, retention, and promotion requirements.)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr159ih
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/59
(THE BILL: To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring, and for other purposes.)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
— Examining the role of White Guilt and White Shame – Galgay, Corinne (COMMENT: Democrats are ever-increasingly succeeding in convincing Americans like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time that we have unfairly benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because I benefitted tremendously from the aforesaid discrimination: a) get accepted by UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) graduate from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, d) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, e) get hired by IRS in 1971 and promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, f) get hired by GAO and promoted in 1986, g) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, i) earn professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, j) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., k) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, l) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, m) get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, n) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, o) etc.)
https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D80S168D

POWER NATION
— Which States Drive The Most American-Made Vehicles?
(COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 24th.)
https://www.powernationtv.com/post/states-with-most-american-made

KELLY BLUE BOOK
— Presidential Candidate Preference Related to Car-Owner Brands, Segments (COMMENT: What cars are owned by the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://mediaroom.kbb.com/press-releases?item=105633

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Missouri Governor deploys highway patrol officers near Texas border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGu_o_TyxcU

February 9, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Special counsel finds Joe Biden ‘willfully’ disclosed classified materials as private citizen, but no criminal charges warranted – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/special-counsel-biden-willfully-disclosed-classified-materials-as-private-citizen-but-no-criminal-charges-warranted/
— Special counsel alleged Biden couldn’t recall personal milestones. His response: ‘My memory is fine’ – JOSH BOAK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/special-counsel-alleged-biden-couldnt-recall-personal-milestones-his-response-my-memory-is-fine/
— No migrants camped out at O’Hare International Airport for first time since summer, questions loom over dwindling city funds – ALICE YIN and NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/no-migrants-at-ohare-airport/
— Democratic candidates for state’s attorney split on juvenile crimes, retail theft – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/cook-county-states-attorney-debate/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville residents lambast McBroom for his migrant sign-up sheet proposal, calling it politically motivated and ‘self-serving’ – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/naperville-mcbroom-council-chicago-migrant-criticism/

DAILY HERALD
— A surcharge for hybrid vehicles? – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240209/editorials/a-surcharge-for-hybrid-vehicles/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Pritzker, the DNC could be a dress rehearsal for a presidential run – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/jb-pritzker-dnc-presidential-springboard

NBC5
— Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel’s report that questioned his memory, handling of documents – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/special-counsel-biden-willfully-disclosed-classified-materials-but-no-criminal-charges-warranted/3351019/
— Task force to gather information, history on Illinois’ underground railroad created (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate slaves fleeing slavery with citizens of foreign countries fleeing their motherlands.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/task-force-to-gather-information-history-on-illinois-underground-railroad-created/3348966/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBR-sIKq9AU
— A look into the process behind Evanston’s reparations program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Rd2VjC6D0
— Important details on migrant shelters remain up in the air following Johnson, Pritzker meeting – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WfkkLTfEko

CBS2
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/volunteers-free-store-migrants-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPhg6UTJ94

FOX32
— Illinois Republicans raise concerns over spending on healthcare for non-citizens
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republicans-spending-healthcare-noncitizens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6BWfc2pgQ
— Biden insists ‘my memory is fine’ as he angrily criticizes Special Counsel report. President Biden on Thursday addressed the nation in a primetime speech regarding the release of a Special Counsel report that called into question his mental clarity, as well as the war in Gaza.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1408444

WTTW
— Special Counsel: Biden ‘Willfully’ Disclosed Classified Materials, but No Criminal Charges Warranted – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/08/special-counsel-biden-willfully-disclosed-classified-materials-no-criminal-charges

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— NRA endorses incumbent Bost over challenger Bailey – Brenden Moore
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/nra-endorses-incumbent-bost-over-challenger-bailey/article_e707a414-c5ed-11ee-9c63-3bfee16ff224.html

STATELINE
— Votes for Trump won’t be counted in Illinois if challenge to keep him off primary ballot is successful – John Clark
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/votes-for-trump-wont-be-counted-in-illinois-if-challenge-to-keep-him-off-primary-ballot-is-successful/

WJBC
— Illinois Senate Republicans tired of tax dollars going to free health care for immigrants – Dave Dahl
https://www.wjbc.com/2024/02/09/illinois-senate-republicans-tired-of-tax-dollars-going-to-free-health-care-for-immigrants/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden’s age continues to linger as a campaign issue amid slip-ups – AUSTIN DENEAN (COMMENT: The issue should be his health, not his age.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/president-joe-bidens-age-continues-to-linger-as-a-campaign-issue-amid-slip-ups-2024-election-politics-former-president-donald-trump-republican-primary-nikki-haley-dean-phillips

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-as-dei-policies-come-under-legal-attack-philanthropic-donors-consider-how-to-adapt/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Illinois-Indiana Border Separates Two Worlds – EDWARD ROBERT MCCLELLAND
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/the-illinois-indiana-border-separates-two-worlds/

CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools enrollment climbs as more migrant families arrive – Becky Veveaand
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/02/08/chicago-public-schools-sees-more-migrant-students/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-230/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-32/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— The Invasion Democrats Created and America Can’t Unsee
https://johnkassnews.com/the-invasion-america-wont-forget/

WIREPOINTS
— The well-educated are fleeing Illinois, too – Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/the-well-educated-are-fleeing-illinois-too-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Justice Department Describes Joe Biden as “An Elderly Man with a Poor Memory”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/02/08/justice-department-describes-joe-biden-as-an-elderly-man-with-a-poor-memory/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— North County municipalities refuse to discuss illegal immigrant crisis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/654329444-north-county-municipalities-refuse-to-discuss-illegal-immigrant-crisis

WEST COOK NEWS
— West Cook County municipalities refuse to discuss illegal immigrant crisis
https://westcooknews.com/stories/654334892-west-cook-county-municipalities-refuse-to-discuss-illegal-immigrant-crisis

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lake Forest podcast hosts: ‘The law allows you to come to the United States border and say I am seeking Asylum’
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/654138370-lake-forest-podcast-hosts-the-law-allows-you-to-come-to-the-united-states-border-and-say-i-am-seeking-asylum

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL State Rifle Assoc. Launches Video Highlighting Gun Control’s Racist History, Says Laws Were Meant to Keep Minorities Unarmed
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/il-state-rifle-assoc-launches-video-highlighting-gun-controls-racist-history-says-laws-were-meant-to-keep-minorities-unarmed.html
— The Failed Experiment of Decriminalizing Drugs – David E. Smith
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/opinion-the-failed-experiment-of-decriminalizing-drugs.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Well-meaning elderly man’: Republicans seize on Biden memory issues detailed in Hur report – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/8/republicans-seize-joe-biden-memory-issues-detailed/
— Stephen A. Smith grapples with reality in MAGA meltdown: ‘Who’s to say Black people would be wrong to vote Trump? – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/08/stephen-a-smith-grapples-with-reality-in-maga-meltdown-whos-to-say-black-people-would-be-wrong-to-vote-trump-1435147/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Nikki Haley reads ‘mean tweets’ in new viral video – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2844867/nikki-haley-mean-tweets-second-late-night-appearance/
— Executive actions cannot stem tide of illegal immigration: White House – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2845797/white-house-executive-action-tide-illegal-immigration/
— Eric Adams’s gangs of New York – Parker Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2844540/eric-adamss-gangs-new-york/
— Sunny Hostin still wants reparations after discovering ancestors were ‘enslavers’ – Jenny Goldsberry (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2845357/sunny-hostin-reparations-ancestors-were-enslavers/
— Biden likes banning books too, you hypocrites – Parker Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2845323/the-amazon-files-biden-likes-banning-books-too-you-hypocrites/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Grindr, the original gay hookup app, is under fire for discriminating against gays – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/grindr_the_original_gay_hookup_app_is_under_fire_for_discriminating_against_gays.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Asylum seekers’ seem to think they’ll be voting in 2024: ‘Of course, for Biden’ – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/08/asylum-seekers-seem-to-think-theyll-be-voting-in-2024-of-course-for-biden-1435213/
— Dangerous new trend? Illegal alien beats NY homeowner, steals flag before flipping camera the bird – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/08/dangerous-new-trend-illegal-alien-beats-ny-homeowner-steals-flag-before-flipping-camera-the-bird-1435119/
— GOP candidate ignites firestorm when she takes a flamethrower to ‘sexualized’ books that ‘groom’ kids – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/08/gop-candidate-ignites-firestorm-when-she-takes-a-flamethrower-to-sexualized-books-that-groom-kids-1435200/

BLAZE
— Enough border photo ops! GOP governors need to fight the interior invasion – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/enough-border-photo-ops-gop-governors-need-to-fight-the-interior-invasion

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Threatens to Further Cut Deportations Unless Congress Funnels Billions to Border Crossers – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/08/joe-biden-threatens-to-further-cut-deportations-unless-congress-funnels-billions-to-border-crossers/

COLLEGE FIX
— Bill would stop universities from imposing DEI pledges on students, staff – MARY MOBLEY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bill-would-stop-universities-from-imposing-dei-pledges-on-students-staff/
— New York, Illinois universities vandalized with swastikas, antisemitic graffiti in same week – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-york-illinois-universities-vandalized-with-swastikas-antisemitic-graffiti-in-same-week/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Gang’s All Here—Thanks to Biden’s Open Border – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/08/gangs-all-here-thanks-bidens-open-border-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Republicans Slam Biden Admin For Saying ICE Will Reduce Deportations If GOP Doesn’t Pass Border Bill – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-slam-biden-admin-for-saying-ice-will-reduce-deportations-if-gop-doesnt-pass-border-bill
— Stephen A. Smith Rips Democrats For Prioritizing Illegal Aliens Over Americans
https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-a-smith-rips-democrats-for-prioritizing-illegal-aliens-over-americans
— Senator Murphy On Democrats’ Priorities: ‘People We Care About Most’ Are ‘Undocumented Americans’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-murphy-on-democrats-priorities-people-we-care-about-most-are-undocumented-americans
— Dartmouth Brings Back SAT Requirement. – Mairead Elordi (COMMENT: The federal government should bring back the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE). Because I passed the FSEE in 1970, IRS offered me a job in 1971. The Democrats who run the federal government dumped the FSEE because it frustrated their efforts to hire Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dartmouth-brings-back-sat-requirement
— The Racial Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card. It’s Only Going To Lead To More Failure. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-racial-get-out-of-jail-free-card-its-only-going-to-lead-to-more-failure

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Glides to Victory in Nevada Caucus. Trump’s win came hours after the Supreme Court heard arguments on an effort to remove him from the ballot in Colorado. – Janice Hisle
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-glides-to-victory-in-nevada-caucus-5583315

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— House to Vote Again on Mayorkas Impeachment After Setback – Kari Jacobson
https://www.fairus.org/biden-immigration-border-policy/house-vote-again-mayorkas-impeachment-after-setback

FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats border bill attempts to ‘normalize’ illegal immigration: Sen. Ted Cruz. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discusses whether the Republican Party is in ‘chaos’ after killing the Democrats’ border package on ‘Varney & Co.’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6346486485112

FOX NEWS
— It’s become an industry for race hustlers to find racism in everything. Race obsessed snake oil salesmen do us all a grave disservice while lining their own pockets – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-industry-race-hustlers-racism
— Infighting continues at New York Times as staffers complain about LGBTQ coverage. Times staffers have bickered over everything from transgender issues to coverage of Israel-Hamas war. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/infighting-continues-new-york-times-staffers-complain-about-lgbtq-coverage
— ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith rails against ‘$53 million pilot program for illegals,’ predicts Trump victory. ‘I personally think his return to the presidency is going to be civil war in this country,’ Smith says of Trump. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/espns-stephen-a-smith-predicts-trump-will-defeat-biden-immigration-economic-issues-persist
— Democratic senator reveals ‘people we care about most’ are ‘undocumented Americans’ in US. Democratic Sen Chris Murphy joined MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday to discuss border security bill. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-senator-reveals-people-we-care-about-most-undocumented-americans-us
— Biden admin facing mounting backlash after migrant attacks homeowner, steals flag: ‘Becoming a trend’ ‘When people break our laws, they put their middle finger up to the cameras,’ Harris Faulkner says. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-admin-facing-more-outrage-after-migrant-attacks-homeowner-steals-flag-becoming-a-trend
— ‘Friends’, ‘Seinfeld’ and other TV shows unfit for today’s woke culture. What is woke culture? Revisit 8 TV shows that grapple with complexities of societal sensitivity. – Maeghan Dolph
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tv-shows-woke-culture
— Bipartisan lawmakers eye ‘pilot program’ to expedite citizenship for migrants who serve in US military. Bill proposed as a bipartisan immigration and border security deal went down in flames. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-lawmakers-eye-pilot-program-expedite-citizenship-migrants-who-serve-us-military

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Stop Allowing Noncitizens To Determine Congressional and Presidential Representation – Lora Ries
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/stop-allowing-noncitizens-determine-congressional-and-presidential
— Voters Want Meaningful Reforms To Stem Illegal Immigration – Simon Hankinson
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/voters-want-meaningful-reforms-stem-illegal-immigration

MRC TV
— ‘Biden Should Be Removed’: X Reacts To Biden Avoiding Docs Prosecution Due To Mental Deficiencies – ERIC SCHEINER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/biden-should-be-removed-x-reacts-biden-avoiding-docs-prosecution-due-mental

NEWS BUSTERS
— Musk Bashes Disney’s ‘Mandatory Institutionalized Racism,’ Promises to Support Lawsuits – Tom Olohan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/02/08/musk-bashes-disneys-mandatory-institutionalized-racism
— Racial Revelations: Sunny Hostin’s Family Owned Slaves, Still DEMANDS Reparations – Nicholas Fondacaro (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2024/02/08/racial-revelations-hostins-family-owned-slaves-still-demands

NEWSMAX
— Biden, No-Border Dems Brought Us Illegal Immigrant Crime – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/ice-newsom-nypd/2024/02/08/id/1152803/
— Musk Rages Against ‘Disney’s DEI Gestapo’ – Lee Barney
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/elon-musk-dei-disney/2024/02/08/id/1152802/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Democrat Senator Chris Murphy Wants Illegals To Help Them Win Elections – Will Scharf
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/will-scharf-democrats-want-illegals-to-help-them-win-elections/

PJ MEDIA
— Need More Proof That Transgenderism Is a Mental Disorder? Here You Go! – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/02/08/need-more-proof-that-transgenderism-is-a-mental-disorder-here-you-go-n4926257

POST MILLENNIAL
— The View’s Sunny Hostin SHOCKED to find she’s descended from Spanish slaveholders (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/the-views-sunny-hostin-shocked-to-find-shes-descended-from-spanish-slaveholders

POWER LINE
— ILLEGALS ARE ALREADY VOTING – LLOYD BILLINGSLEY
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/illegals-are-already-voting.php

TOWNHALL
— The Absurd Democrat Border Con – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2024/02/09/the-absurd-democrat-border-con-n2635023
— Mayorkas Wants You to Have Pity for Illegal Migrants Who Killed Americans – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/08/mayorkas-americans-killed-by-illegals-should-not-be-politicized-n2634948
— Biden Plans to Do What He Said He Couldn’t Regarding Illegal Immigration – Matt Vespa |
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/02/08/biden-plans-to-do-what-he-said-he-couldnt-regarding-illegal-immigration-n2634976
— Democrat PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE to Illegal Immigrants, ADMITS AMERICA-LAST AGENDA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwPWPJ-_iZQ
— Sunny Hostin Learned Her Ancestors Owned Slaves and Her Response Is Truly Something – Spencer Brown (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/02/08/its-a-bummer-sunny-hostin-on-finding-out-her-ancestors-owned-slaves-n2634971

ZERO HEDGE
— Democrats Fail America’s Youth As Dozens Of Schools In Illinois & Maryland Have Zero Kids Proficient In Math – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-fail-americas-youth-dozens-schools-illinois-maryland-have-zero-kids-proficient

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

REUTERS
— Republican US senators seek info on Illinois judges’ diversity policies – Nate Raymond
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/republican-us-senators-seek-info-illinois-judges-diversity-policies-2024-02-08/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/anti-dei-rhetoric-black-organizations-counter-billionaires-rcna136815

CBS NEWS
— Migrant crossings fall sharply along Texas border, shifting to Arizona and California – Camilo Montoya-Galvez
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-texas-border-arizona-california-migrants/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/opinion/trump-republicans-border-ukraine.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/us/politics/trump-border-biden.html

FOX SAVANNAH
— Chicago may delay school year so students can ‘attend’ Democratic National Convention – KRISTINA WATROBSKI
https://fox28savannah.com/news/nation-world/chicago-may-delay-school-year-so-students-can-attend-democratic-national-convention-dnc-2024-election-chicago-public-schools-illinois-politics-education-crisis-in-the-classroom

FOX SAN DIEGO
— 80% of asylum-seekers rejected, DHS official says – Salvador Rivera
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/border-report/80-of-asylum-seekers-rejected-dhs-official-says/

FORBES
— Musk Rages Against ‘Disney’s DEI Gestapo’ And Doubles Down On Crusade – Robert Hart
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/02/08/musk-rages-against-disneys-dei-gestapo-and-doubles-down-on-anti-diversity-crusade/

GOVERNING
— The Resentments and Realities of the Rural-Urban Divide. There are some delightful, lively small towns, but let the numbers do the talking: In Illinois, downstaters and their city “cousins” live in different worlds of expectations and aspirations. – Jim Nowlan
https://www.governing.com/politics/the-resentments-and-realities-of-the-rural-urban-divide

DAILY MAIL
— Biden’s own DOJ said he has ‘diminished faculties and a faulty memory’: Classified docs probe reveals he left Afghan files next to dog bed in garage, forgot when his son Beau died AND couldn’t remember when he was vice president. Long-awaited report reveals an 81-year-old president suffering memory lapses. ‘He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died,’ it said. Biden said he had cooperated fully and that the matter was now closed. -ROB CRILLY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062835/joe-biden-classified-documents-garage-private-office-investigation-not-charged.html

February 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Mayorkas. Mayorkasis is an operative for Biden. Biden is an operative for Obama. Mayorkas has had great success in flooding America with illegals who will use their false identifications to vote in the November 5, 2024 election a) to reelect Biden, b) to keep the Senate Democrat, c) to turn the House Democrat, d) to turn red states blue, and e) to turn blue states bluer. RINO leaders have no problem with the aforesaid because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/understand-why-house-republicans-want-secretary-mayorkas-gone/3346188/

ABC7
— Annual count of US homeless population misses masses – Jared Kofsky (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.)
https://abc7chicago.com/annual-count-of-us-homeless-population-misses-masses-experts-say/14383949/

CBS2
— Dozens rally for immigrant rights in Chicago. Community groups, activists and labor unions joined together calling for solidarity and support for migrants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQ2aJhFeUk

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/hundreds-gather-downtown-for-the-annual-equality-illinois-gala/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DTO_lWkmqkes
— The Great Migration: How a Chicago newspaper helped shape the nation (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize Blacks with illegals.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlnVIgnQn4

FOX32
— Summit held to address Chicago’s migrant crisis. A summit was held Saturday to address the growing number of migrants across the state of Illinois. Over 500 community members representing 45 organizations and allies were in attendance.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1405769

WBEZ
— Chicago falls shy of national milestone for women attorneys – Kaitlin Washburn (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats DEI hires who had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license. Virtually all of them were females and/or minorities. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-falls-shy-of-national-milestone-for-women-attorneys/f49a6227-f773-4b2d-9044-b6d79d6bfe1b

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/03/can-trump-be-on-the-ballot-its-the-supreme-courts-biggest-election-test-since-bush-v-gore/
— Chicago on track to install four new public restrooms – REBECCA JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/03/chicago-public-restrooms/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/04/editorial-taylor-swift-nfl-democrats-biden-republicans-travis-kelce/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/04/opinion-donald-trump-racist-attack-nikki-haley/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Johnson’s clout on the line with Bring Chicago Home referendum. Barring a last-minute legal ruling knocking the question off the ballot, voters will be asked to authorize the City Council to alter the real estate transfer tax and use the proceeds to generate $100 million a year to combat homelessness. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/2/2/24047914/chicago-homeless-fund-real-estate-transfer-tax-increase-referendum-mayor-brandon-johnson
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/2/24050492/taylor-swift-swifties-tattoos-soldier-field
— After-school murders of Chicago teens rev up the call against gun violence. Four teens have been shot and killed on their way home from school in recent weeks. Maybe it’s time to carefully consider innovative solutions, such as bringing violence-intervention workers inside schools. – Editorial (COMMENT: While you were in high school, what did you do after-school? To earn money to buy a new car that I would use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage four evenings a week and Saturdays in the basement of the SS Kresge’s in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 in between.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/3/24058560/chicago-public-school-shootings-senn-loomis-longwood-innovations-gun-violence-prevention-editorials

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— What percent of the voters in your precinct a) cast Republican ballots in primary elections to do as much damage as they can and b) vote for Democrat candidates in general elections?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-partially-open-primaries-help-political-parties-discourage-some-from-participating/article_23adfea2-c13b-11ee-834f-8749bcf7e320.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford, Winnebago County home to swing voters – Scott Klug (COMMENT: To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/02/03/your-turn-rockford-winnebago-county-home-to-swing-voters/72442158007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats promote Mayorkas.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-mayorkas-is-driven-by-his-own-understanding-of-the-immigrant-experience-republicans-want-him-gone/

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote obesity.
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/02/03/americans-now-have-an-obesity-bill-of-rights/

CWB CHICAGO
— Shoplifting by ‘foreign nationals’ soars in River North: One has been arrested 4 times under 3 names. – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/02/migrant-shoplifting-arrests-soar-downtown-chicago-report.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Democrats File Bill That’s Degrading to Law Enforcement
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/654104306-democrats-file-bill-that-s-degrading-to-law-enforcement

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “A Country Without Borders Isn’t a Country”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/02/03/a-country-without-borders-isnt-a-country/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Names Pro-Choice, “Never-Trumper” Greg Hart to Co-Chair Gala Featuring Trump Ally – US Sen. John Kennedy on Feb. 9
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/il-gop-names-pro-choice-never-trumper-to-co-chair-gala-featuring-trump-ally-us-sen-john-kennedy-on-feb-9.html
— Illinois GOP Ignores Will of the People, Pushes Anti-Trump Agenda – Mark Vargas
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/vargas-illinois-gop-ignores-will-of-the-people-pushes-anti-trump-agenda.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s pathetic plea for Taylor Swift vote a warning to Trump. Republicans should not dismiss pop star’s effect on young people. – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/3/bidens-pathetic-plea-for-taylor-swift-vote-warning/
— Bolton backs Biden expletive-laden rip job on Trump – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/3/john-bolton-backs-biden-expletive-laden-rip-job-tr/
— Biden mollifies Marxist wing of his party – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/2/biden-mollifies-marxist-wing-of-his-party/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A history of Taylor Swift’s political involvement — and how it could resurface in 2024. – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2832163/history-taylor-swift-political-involvement-resurface-2024/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, Swift endorsed her first Democratic candidates in October: Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives from her home state of Tennessee. She also knocked now-Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who defeated Bredesen in the general election. Cooper won reelection that year. “In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. “I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love,” she added. 2019 The Lover star vocally supported the Equality Act, and in 2019, she began Pride Month by writing an open letter to then-Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) encouraging him to vote in favor of the bill. “While there’s no information yet as to when the Equality Act will go before the Senate for a vote, we do know this: Politicians need votes to stay in office,” Swift said in a release posted to X, called Twitter at the time. “Votes come from the people. Pressure from massive amounts of people is a major way to push politicians towards positive change.” She also included the letter she wrote to Alexander in her post, pointing to his support of a resolution honoring the ratification of the 19th Amendment. “This was a positive step 100 years ago and I hope we can all continue to put aside partisan affiliations when it comes to matters of basic human rights,” Swift wrote, referring to the amendment. She also created a petition on change.org to urge the Senate to pass the Equality Act.)
— Donald Trump beats Nikki Haley in favorability among Republicans – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2835626/donald-trump-beats-nikki-haley-in-favorability-among-republicans-poll/
— Greg Abbott has spent $120 million in taxpayers’ dollars bussing migrants to Democrat-run cities – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2835554/greg-abbott-has-spent-120-million-in-taxpayers-dollars-bussing-migrants-to-democrat-run-cities/
— Relationships are good. Marriage is better – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2834884/relationships-are-good-marriage-is-better/
— California’s reparations plan: more discrimination – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2834733/californias-reparations-plan-more-discrimination/
— Democrats turn to the past to gin up support for 81-year-old Biden. – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2832373/democrats-turn-to-obama-clinton-support-biden/

NEW YORK POST
— President Biden’s feigned helplessness on the southern border is a complete farce – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/02/opinion/joe-bidens-feigned-helplessness-on-the-southern-border-is-a-complete-farce/
— Take Our Border Back convoy ends with rallies in 3 states over ‘national security crisis’ – Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/take-our-border-back-convoy-ends-with-rallies-over-national-security-crisis/
— How DEI is failing Jewish workers in the era of rising antisemitism – Jonathan Harounoff (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) who were the most antisemite and b) who had the most success in getting my many Jewish superiors and Jewish supervisors to take many/big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American. Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/dei-is-failing-jewish-workers-facing-rising-antisemitism/
— Washington state diverted $340M in federal COVID funds to migrants – Adam Shaw
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/washington-state-diverted-340m-in-federal-covid-funds-to-migrants/
— Texas has spent more than $124 million to bus migrants to New York and other cities – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/texas-has-spent-more-than-124-million-to-bus-migrants-to-new-york-and-other-cities-report/
— Nikki Haley rips GOP rival Donald Trump during surprise ‘SNL’ appearance – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/02/04/news/nikki-haley-rips-gop-rival-donald-trump-during-surprise-snl-appearance/

AMAC
— Mayorkas Impeachment Forces Dems To Confront Border Catastrophe – Shane Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/mayorkas-impeachment-forces-dems-to-confront-border-catastrophe/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How Your Tax Dollars Are Funding the Border Disaster – Helen Andrews
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/your-tax-dollars-are-funding-the-border-crisis/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Threat of Illegals Voting in ’24 is Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFHUHK91h34

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— THE STATE OF BELONGING IN AMERICA (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Ever-increasingly, outrageously, tragically, and unacceptably, voters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton like me who are conservative, and especially those who share my demographics (White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time) ever-increasingly feel like we do not belong in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/the_belonging_barometer_-_the_state_of_belonging_in_america.pdf
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A majority of Americans report non-belonging, a cumulative term that includes people who are unsure or ambiguous about whether they belong and those experiencing exclusion. Sixty-four percent of Americans reported non-belonging in the workplace, 68% in the nation, and 74% in their local community.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— NYC prepares to hand out $53 million in taxpayer money to illegal aliens – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/nyc_prepares_to_hand_out_53_million_in_taxpayer_money_to_illegal_aliens.html
— Leftists escalate Orwellian assault on language to justify ‘transing’ children – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/leftists_escalate_orwellian_assault_on_language_to_justify_transing_children.html
— In Biden’s case, age doesn’t beget wisdom; it begets idiocy – Noel S. Williams
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/in_bidens_case_age_doesnt_beget_wisdom_it_begets_idiocy.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— Biden’s strategy is very simple. Get as many illegals in the country as possible. Legalize them to create a permanent majority – a one-party state. That is why they are encouraging so much illegal immigration. Simple, yet effective. – Elon Musk
https://americanwirenews.com/elon-musk-proposes-theory-he-says-is-driving-bidens-border-policies-simple-yet-effective/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pro-Native American activists fighting the wokeness trying to ‘erase’ their culture: ‘Anti-American’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/03/pro-native-american-activists-fighting-the-wokeness-trying-to-erase-their-culture-anti-american-1433618/
— Embittered McCarthy reportedly on a revenge mission against House GOP foes – Chris Donaldson (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct a) who have lost elections, b) who are/were the most embittered about their losses, c) who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their losses, and d) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/03/embittered-mccarthy-reportedly-on-a-revenge-mission-against-house-gop-foes-1433536/

BLAZE
— Young woman complains she can’t enjoy life working 40 hours a week, and her video is going mega-viral – CARLOS GARCI (COMMENT: I worked 48 hours a week June of 1971 through December of 1972 – 40 hours for IRS and 8 hours for Firestone Stores.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tiktok-video-40-hours-week

BREITBART
— Mayorkas Doubles Down, Says ‘We Need’ More Migrants Amid Border Debate, Impeachment Fight – NEIL MUNRO (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/04/mayorkas-doubles-down-says-us-needs-more-migrants-amid-border-impeachment-fights/
— ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Failed to Improve School Test Scores – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/02/04/surprise-woke-kindergarten-failed-to-improve-school-test-scores/

CAMPUS SAFETY MAGAZINE
— 3 Self-Defense Strategies Everyone Should Know – Bill Pinckney (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/blogs/3-self-defense-strategies-everyone-should-know/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Now That Trump Has Wrapped up GOP Nomination and Leads Biden in Every Swing State, Here Are the 11 Things Desperate Democrats Are Willing to Do to Win – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/02/24/now-that-trump-has-wrapped-up-gop-nomination-and-leads-biden-in-every-swing-state-here-are-the-11-things-desperate-democrats-are-willing-to-do-to-win
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. We could see more indictments of Trump from now through the election. Maybe even a big one out of left field close to the election — a so-called October surprise. 2. They will try to convict Trump before the November election — and if possible, lead him out of the courtroom in handcuffs, straight to prison. 3. They will keep trying to disqualify Trump — at least until they get a final ruling out of the Supreme Court. 4. If all else fails, I fear the deep state will try to assassinate Trump. They really are that evil. 5. And if all that fails, Biden will drop out of the race for health reasons, and Democrats will choose Michelle Obama as their 2024 presidential nominee. I’m no Johnny-come-lately to this prediction. I made it in print a year ago — on Jan. 22, 2023. The only issue here is, does Michelle want it? If not, they’ll either replace Biden with California Gov. Gavin Newsom or stick with Biden but double down on the other 10 planks in this column to rig the election against Trump. 6. In conjunction with all the above, Democrats will try their best to start World War III as both a WMD (weapon of mass distraction) and to stir up patriotism for the incumbent Democrat president. 7. Democrats could cancel the election with the country paralyzed by waves of deadly terror attacks (with terrorists that Biden waved in with his open borders) or an EMP attack that cripples our water, sewage, electric grid and infrastructure. 8. China will invade Taiwan this year. China needs to move before the election — while the brain-dead man with dementia and diapers, who is bribed and blackmailed by China, is still in control. 9. The COVID pandemic was just a trial run. Another pandemic could strike America in the run-up to the election — but this one will be far deadlier. This will result in panic, hysteria and a 100% mail-in ballot election (the perfect recipe for voter fraud). 10. Black Lives Matter was just a trial run. Expect mass anarchy in the run-up to the election, but much larger than the BLM demonstrations in the summer of 2020 — this time involving not just disgruntled black rioters and looters but millions of illegal aliens combined with pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protestors. 11. And most importantly, combine everything above with the same game plan from 2020: Mail-in ballots combined with no voter ID. Ballot harvesting (a crime everywhere else in the world but America). Unsupervised ballot drop boxes. No signature match on ballots. Billions of dollars spent on “election integrity” by globalist billionaires — with the real purpose to rig the turnout in favor of Democrats. Social media rigging the election by censoring the news feed to allow only fake positive news about Democrats and only negative stories about Trump. And of course, the simplest scam of all: Keep counting votes for days after election night until Democrats win. Count on much of that, or all of that, happening over the next nine months.)

DAILY CALLER
— Texas Pays Huge Bus Fare Sending Migrants To Sanctuary Cities – JULIANNA FRIEMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/03/texas-pays-huge-bus-fare-sending-migrants-sanctuary-cities/
— Student Grades Get Even Worse After California School Drops $250,000 On ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Program – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/03/san-francisco-woke-kindergarten-california/
— Department Of Education Rule To Enshrine Protections For ‘Gender Identity’ Heads To White House – BRANDON POULTER (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/03/department-education-rule-enshrine-protections-for-gender-identity-heads-white-house/

DAILY WIRE
— Elon Musk: Biden Intentionally Flooding U.S. With Illegals To Create ‘Permanent Majority – A One-Party State’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-biden-intentionally-flooding-u-s-with-illegals-to-create-permanent-majority-a-one-party-state
— NYC To Start $53M Program That Will Hand Out Prepaid Credit Cards To Illegal Immigrants – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-to-start-53m-program-that-will-hand-out-prepaid-credit-cards-to-illegal-immigrants
— DeSantis: Florida National Guard Being Deployed To Texas To Help Install Razor Wire, Barricades
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-florida-national-guard-being-deployed-to-texas-to-help-install-razor-wire-barricades

EPOCH TIMES
— Elon Musk Says ‘Outrageous’ Biden Plan on Illegal Immigration Is to Impose ’One-Party’ Rule in America. Elon Musk claims President Biden aims to get as many illegal immigrants into the US as possible, then legalize them for a lasting Democrat majority. – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/elon-musk-says-outrageous-biden-plan-on-illegal-immigration-is-to-impose-one-party-rule-in-america-5579810

FOX NEWS
— Washington state diverted $340M in federal COVID funds to immigrants, including via $1,000 checks. The program began in 2020 and ended last year. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-state-diverted-340m-in-federal-covid-funds-to-immigrants-including-via-1000-checks
— Black voters saved Biden twice in 2020. Will they turn out again for the President in 2024? – Paul Steinhauser, Mark Meredith, Nick Rojas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-voters-saved-biden-twice-2020-will-they-turn-out-again-president-2024
— How did Taylor Swift become a political talking point? The presidential campaign now runs from pop singers to union endorsements.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346184569112
— Students at California school struggling after $250K in federal funds spent on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program. A teacher at Glassbrook Elementary said trainers with ‘Woke Kindergarten’ told him a focus in the classroom should be to ‘disrupt racism.’ – Brie Stimson
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/students-california-school-struggling-two-hundred-fifty-thousand-dollars-federal-funds-spent-woke-kindergarten-program

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hiring Most Qualified Candidate’ may be ‘Unfair’ The new science is certainly different from the old science. – Leslie Eastman (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/today-in-science-american-psychological-association-study-asserts-hiring-most-qualified-candidate-may-be-unfair/
— NY Times Shocks The World, Publishes Piece Critical Of “Transgender” Medical Mutilation Of Children. “’You’re made to believe these slogans,’ he said. ‘Evidence-based, lifesaving care, safe and effective, medically necessary, the science is settled — and none of that is evidence based’.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/ny-times-shocks-the-world-publishes-piece-critical-of-transgender-medical-mutilation-of-children/

NEW AMERICAN
— California Becomes First State to Introduce Reparations Legislation – Luis Miguel (COMMENT: California today, Illinois tomorrow. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force Illinois Republicans who are the following to pay Blacks lots of reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/california-becomes-first-state-to-introduce-reparations-legislation/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Tim Scott Fires Back as Media Smear Black Conservatives as ‘Grifters’ Ahead of Election – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2024/02/03/tim-scott-fires-back-media-smear-black-conservatives-grifters

NEWSMAX
— Elon Musk: Biden Wants More Immigrants for ‘One-Party State’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/elon-musk-immigration-biden/2024/02/03/id/1152150/
— Haley Chides Trump Again About Being Confused – Michael Katz
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nikki-haley-donald-trump-2024-election/2024/02/03/id/1152149/

PJ MEDIA
— Even Some Native Americans are Getting Fed Up With Woke Culture – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2024/02/03/even-some-native-americans-are-getting-fed-up-with-woke-culture-n4926089

TOWNHALL
— Speaker Mike Johnson Questions If Biden Is Actually the One Calling the Shots On the Border – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/03/speaker-mike-johnson-questions-if-biden-is-actually-the-one-calling-the-shots-on-the-border-n2634731
— Rapper Blasts NYC for $50 Million Pre-Paid Credit Cards for Illegal Migrants: ‘Maybe Trump Is the Answer’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/03/nyc-spends-over-50-million-on-pre-paid-credit-cards-for-illegal-migrants-n2634735
— From a CPA—Don’t Trust the IRS to Be Your Tax Preparer – Joseph Stauffer (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my education deductions in 1978 if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/joseph-stauffer-cpa/2024/02/03/from-a-cpadont-trust-the-irs-to-be-your-tax-preparer-n2634712

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Migrants to Be Given Tens of Millions in Free Money Structured Like Food Stamps – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/migrants-given-tens-millions-free-money-structured-like-food-stamps-report/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Abbott’s migrant busing cost Texas $124 million – MONICA MADDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/4445775-records-abbotts-migrant-busing-cost-texas-124-million/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What is Musk worth to Tesla? – STAN CHOE and TOM KRISHER (COMMENT: What are/were you worth to your employers? According to my Democrat GAO superiors in 1997 when I was 49 years old, the following was worthless: a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) what I had learned earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) what I had learned passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. and d) what I had learn working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,070-$110,020/year (GAO audits IRS). According to my Democrat IRS superiors in 1980 when I was 31 years old, the following was worthless: a) what I had learn working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) what I had learned passing the CPA examination in 1979, and c) what I had learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976. According to my Democrat Firestone Store boss in 1972 when I was 23 years old, the following was worthless: what I had learned taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola during 1972. According to my Democrat Firestone Store boss in 1971 when I was 22 years old, the following was worthless: a) what I had learned working for him for the previous 7 months and b) what I had learned earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. According to my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors in 1969 when I was 20 years old, the following was worthless: a) what I had learned delivering mail in Park Forest for almost 3 years and b) what I had learned taking courses at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969. The aforesaid would not have been worthless to the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/01/31/a-court-rejected-elon-musks-55-8b-pay-package-what-is-he-worth-to-tesla/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-donald-trump-went-from-a-diminished-ex-president-to-the-gops-dominant-front-runner/

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/03/us/martha-stewart-gay-lgbtq-fans-cec/index.html
— Pro-Trump and anti-Trump Republicans agree on one thing: He will be the nominee.
https://www.wicz.com/story/50412802/pro-trump-and-anti-trump-republicans-agree-on-one-thing-he-will-be-the-nominee
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2024/02/04/snl-nikki-haley-trump-town-hall-cold-open-mgw-orig.cnn

CBS NEWS
— Protesters rally against illegal immigration at Texas southern border. Conservative protesters from around the U.S. joined a convoy which made its way to a small Texas border town this weekend. A rally was held Saturday near Eagle Pass, where there has been a standoff between federal and Texas authorities over border control. – Jason Allen
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/protesters-rally-against-illegal-immigration-at-texas-southern-border/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/transgender-bathroom-bills-are-back-nation-care-rcna137014
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/nikki-haley-makes-surprise-appearance-at-trump-town-hall-during-snl-203565125950

YAHOO
— There was a time reparations were actually paid out – just not to formerly enslaved people – Thomas Craemer (COMMENT: Haiti yesterday, Illinois tomorrow. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force Illinois Republicans who are the following to pay Blacks lots of reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://au.news.yahoo.com/time-reparations-were-actually-paid-132634795.html
— ‘God’s Army’ protesters rally in Texas against migrant crossings – Moisés ÁVILA
https://news.yahoo.com/gods-army-protesters-rally-texas-165426469.html

NEWSWEEK
— The Wall Street Journal is not conservative. It promotes cheap labor.
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-scolded-conservative-newspaper-over-border-standoff-1866647

USA TODAY
— ‘Take Our Border Back’ convoy arrives in Texas for rally against illegal immigration. – Anastasiia Riddle
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2024/02/03/take-our-border-back-convoy-arrives-near-eagle-pass/72464255007/

NEW YORK TIMES
— S.N.L. Brings Nikki Haley Into the Mix – Dave Itzkoff (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Haley and Swift.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/television/snl-nikki-haley.html
— The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats DEI hires who had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license. Virtually all of them were females and/or minorities. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/business/dei-job-interview.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/nyregion/migrant-family-gofundme.html
— Nikki Haley’s ‘Rock’ Is Watching Her Campaign From a Distance. Deployed to Djibouti, Maj. Michael Haley has missed the highs and lows of his wife’s pursuit of the White House. He is still a big presence in her campaign. – Ken Bensinger and Matthew Rosenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/us/politics/nikki-haley-husband-michael.html
— Those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization despise/hate Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/opinion/trump-republican-establishment.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/opinion/donald-trump-taylor-swift.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Bullfighting Returns to Its Largest Arena. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On. After a nearly two-year ban, a legal ruling brought bullfights back to La Plaza México in Mexico City. But the fight continues after a federal judge again stopped the events. – James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/americas/bullfighting-mexico.html

USA TODAY
— How Donald Trump is tightening his grip on the Republican party as he seeks to defeat Haley in SC – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/04/donald-trump-tighten-grip-border-deal-nikki-haley/72407324007/

WBHM
— Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on SNL, mocking Donald Trump and Joe Biden
https://wbhm.org/npr_story_post/nikki-haley-makes-surprise-appearance-on-snl-mocking-donald-trump-and-joe-biden/

KITV
— Employee Reunion (COMMENT: Of course, I was not invited to GAO, IRS, or Post Office employee reunions. My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to get rid of me.)
https://www.kitv.com/news/local/spencecliff-family-of-restaurants-employee-reunion-on-sunday-september-24-2023/article_54563336-4a8e-11ee-a7a9-4fc10e3c5286.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Pope’s Inquisitor Riles Conservatives. Some Call Him a Heretic. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández has alarmed some Catholics with guidelines on blessing same-sex couples and a book on orgasms. – Francis X. Rocca (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/the-popes-inquisitor-riles-conservatives-some-call-him-a-heretic-f70add41

FORBES
— How Early Retirement Might Be Killing Men – John F. Wasik (COMMENT: I should write a book about forced early retirement.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2018/07/09/how-early-retirement-might-be-killing-men/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hbFiX3o5o

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikki-haley-trump-town-hall-snl-cold-open_n_65bf113ce4b0a3aad5a590fe

HOOVER INSTITUTION
— Ever-increasingly, those who immigrate to America talk and act like they want to remake America into their motherland.
https://www.hoover.org/research/making-and-remaking-america-immigration-united-states

INC.
— These 5 Diversions will Keep You Feeling Positive – JOHN BOITNOTT (COMMENT: Cars have always served as a diversion for me, and more recently, my Iron Gate Motor Condo. I own seven cars and a SUV. I owned a 1962 Chevrolet Implala SS 1989-2005 and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.inc.com/john-boitnott/feeling-frustrated-channel-your-negative-energy-into-these-activities-to-stay-productive-pick-back-up.html

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— What Gives Your Life a Sense of Purpose? – Susan Krauss Whitbourne (COMMENT: For me, my purposes in life include putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning, that is, promoting conservative principles. It used to include serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman. It used to include being a GAO employee.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202305/what-gives-your-life-a-sense-of-purpose

PRESS GAZETTE
— Biggest websites for news US: Top 50 updated each month (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly promotes noncredible websites that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/

DAILY MAIL
— Nikki Haley makes surprise SNL appearance to admit she should have said slavery was cause of Civil War, as her 2024 campaign continues to fade
Nikki Haley made a surprise appearance on SNL. The Presidential-hopeful took her cameo as an opportunity to make a joke about not saying slavery was the cause of the civil war. She also fired shots at her opponent former President Trump as he continues to out-do her in the polls. – MARTHA WILLIAMS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13043117/Nikki-Haley-surprise-SNL-appearance-slavery-campaign.html

February 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago City Council passes resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire – Jessica D’Onofrio and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-city-council-gaza-update-israel-hamas-war-cease-fire-resolution/14374308/

NBC5
— Proposed Illinois bill could prohibit police traffic stops for minor offenses. The most controversial part of the bill involves stops for speeding that would not result in misdemeanors or felonies. In Illinois, that means speeding 25-35 miles an hour over the limit. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/proposed-illinois-bill-could-prohibit-police-traffic-stops-for-minor-offenses/3343451/
— Chicago City Council approves resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-city-council-passes-ceasefire-resolution-israel-hamas-gaza/3343352/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/watch-the-moment-chicago-city-council-approves-a-resolution-calling-for-a-ceasefire-in-the-israel-hamas-war/3343595/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egmTW02z1k
— Chicago set to get new public bathrooms. (COMMENT: As poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase under the Democrats and under the RINOs, how soon will your municipality provide public bathrooms?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-set-to-get-new-public-bathrooms-heres-what-we-know-so-far/3343256/

CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson casts tie-breaking vote as Chicago City Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza – Todd Feurer, Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-vote-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Illinois lawmaker proposes restrictions on police traffic stops – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-rep-justin-slaughter-traffic-stop-legislation/
— High rate of violence against Black women in Chicago prompts call for City Council task force – Tara Molina
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cbs-2-reports-violence-against-black-women-city-council-task-force/
— Democrats ever-increasingly puh more pot.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-company-cannabis-infused-wing-sauce-super-bowl/
— Chicago Tribune journalists to go on strike. The 24-hour strike will be the first ever for Tribune staff.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-tribune-journalists-to-go-on-strike/
— Chicago City Council calls for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDP0WhIQhs

FOX32
— Chicago becomes largest US city to pass Gaza ceasefire resolution. Chicago City Council members cast their votes Wednesday on a resolution that calls for an “immediate” ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1404039
— Chicago passes Gaza ceasefire resolution, sparking concerns of increased anti-Semitism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2sAE30iR2I
— Palestine supporters speak out after Chicago passes ceasefire resolution
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1404118

WTTW
— Effort to Remove Donald Trump From the Illinois Primary Ballot Continues in State Court – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/31/effort-remove-donald-trump-illinois-primary-ballot-continues-state-court
— Chicago Tribune Journalists to Hold 1-Day Strike Thursday Over ‘Non-Starter’ Contract Proposals – Eunice Alpasan
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/31/chicago-tribune-journalists-hold-1-day-strike-thursday-over-non-starter-contract

WGN RADIO
— Senate GOP Leader John Curran: There is no plan to adequately handle migrants – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/senate-gop-leader-john-curran-there-is-no-plan-to-adequately-handle-migrants/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Group objecting to Donald Trump’s place on Illinois primary ballot takes its case to court – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-donald-trump-illlnois-ballot-objection-20240131-xoix5osbkjgopknk4qfai6nd3y-story.html
— Housing affordability near record low hits Black buyers particularly hard – Jarrell Dillard and Jonnelle Marte
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-housing-affordability-black-buyers-20240131-kwjxmpqy7rfdpjw35zbgjclwcm-story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-biden-immigration-border-hopes-20240131-rt7hvj6v35cmlcvynym6t6akza-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/venezuelan-migrants-create-feel-of-home-for-the-holidays-hosting-party-at-lutheran-church-in-oak-park-even-as-their-housing-uncertainty-looms/
— Remove the coverings: Native American history should not go into hiding – Editorial (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents stress to Native Americans to turn them against you? Mine stress that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-native-american-museums-history-covered-20240131-aeujk4z3ajao5jvp5ehh5gf2oy-story.html
— Vintage Chicago Tribune: Revisiting 1924 – MARIANNE MATHER (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1924? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/vintage-chicago-tribune-revisiting-1924/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/clarence-page-joe-bidens-campaign-could-use-some-star-power-paging-taylor-swift/
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/steve-chapman-heres-why-we-shouldnt-deprive-transgender-kids-of-medical-options/
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media serves as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/maria-prudente-newsrooms-are-disappearing-who-will-we-turn-to-for-the-truth/
— Police reform in Chicago requires that justice run in both directions – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/31/paul-vallas-police-reform-in-chicago-requires-that-justice-run-in-both-directions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 3 charged in scheme directing migrants to shoplift in exchange for fake IDs, sheriff says. A trio of Mexican nationals directed recent Venezuelan migrants to steal from Magnificent Mile stores in exchange for ID cards that would allow them to get jobs, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/1/30/24055792/migrants-shoplifting-fake-id-card-sheriff-tom-dart
— Chicago City Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution as Johnson casts tie-breaking vote. After a meeting interrupted by protests that caused a one-hour delay, the mayor delivered the 24-23 vote by lobbying fence-sitting alderpersons, then voting to break the 23-23 deadlock. – Fran Spielman and Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/1/31/24057161/mayor-brandon-johnson-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-raucous-debate-clears-chambers
— Battle to keep Trump off Illinois primary ballot moves to state court. Objectors asked the court to move quickly and are hoping it will hear arguments as soon as Monday. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/1/31/24057030/battle-to-keep-trump-off-illinois-primary-ballot-moves-to-state-court
— Chicago Tribune’s unionized newsroom staff to go on 24-hour strike Thursday: ‘Enough is enough’ Employees are demanding fair wages and for owner Alden Global Capital to not cut its 401(k) match contribution. – Emmanuel Camarillo (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents despise if not hate unions and union members. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/1/31/24057349/chicago-tribune-staff-strike-reporters-thursday-alden-global-capital-newsguild-cwa
— Chicago and Cook County are looking for election judges. Why not step up? The March 19 primary is approaching, and the November general election after that. Election officials are offering incentives to attract judges. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/31/24055786/chicago-and-cook-county-are-looking-for-election-judges-why-not-step-up
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/2/1/24057261/maga-conspiracy-taylor-swift-pentagon-asset-travis-kelce-chiefs-fox-news-cupp

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Thwarted by Elections Board, voters aiming to bar Trump from Illinois primary ballot seek expedited appeal – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-voters-attempt-bar-trump-primary-heads-court

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Border talk dominates law enforcement roundtable in Rockford – Jeff Kolkey
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/02/01/law-enforcement-gathers-for-mcgraw-campaign-roundtable-in-rockford/72422693007/

SHAW LOCAL
— GOP congressional candidates in 11th District differ on immigration, gun control – Russell Lissau
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/01/31/gop-congressional-candidates-in-11th-district-differ-on-immigration-gun-control/
— Wheaton park district looks to fill board vacancy
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/01/31/wheaton-park-district-looks-to-fill-board-vacancy/

JOURNAL COURIER
— House bill proposing traffic stop restrictions opposed by police, lawmakers – Ben Singson
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-house-traffic-stop-bill-condemned-18637220.php

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— How to fight back against age discrimination – Jim Miller (COMMENT: I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/life/advice/how-to-fight-back-against-age-discrimination/article_eb23b27e-a462-11ee-8c32-d3b06052cfa9.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that “Trump says VP pick won’t impact the race” and ask “So what’s he looking for in a running mate?”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-31/trump-says-vp-pick-wont-impact-the-race-so-whats-he-looking-for-in-a-running-mate

NPR ILLINOIS & WGLT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-31/senate-gop-split-threatens-bipartisan-border-deal-as-trump-looms-large
https://www.wglt.org/2024-01-31/senate-gop-split-threatens-bipartisan-border-deal-as-trump-looms-large

CITY OF WHEATON
— VIDEO: City Council Planning Session 1-29-24 RE: Bus regulations
https://vimeo.com/907954576

ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU
— Whether a racial minority or majority at their school, white teachers struggle with race relations – AMBY SHARITA FORREST (COMMENT: During the almost 3 years that I worked for the Post Office, almost 9 years for GAO, and almost 18 years for GAO, I worked for, worked with, and supervised many Blacks.)
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/920500785
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a study of white teachers’ sense of belongingness at their schools, education professor Jennifer L. Nelson found that these teachers were often ill-equipped for discussions about racial issues with Black colleagues and students because they had little prior experience thinking about or confronting race in their family, educational and previous work environments. White workers’ emotions about race and reactions to racial differences in the workplace are triggered by identity threat-induced culture shock, researchers suggest in a new study. White teachers who worked at a school where the faculty was majority Black felt shocked, rejected, uncomfortable and anxious when racial discussions arose and their racial or professional identities were challenged, the researchers found. When triggered by feeling different – regardless of whether they were a racial minority or majority in their workplace –white teachers responded by practicing social avoidance, shunning intergroup relations and ducking conversations about race. “Most of the white teachers in our sample hailed from racially segregated social worlds – attending predominantly white high schools and universities” that left them unprepared to handle race relations in their workplace, said first author Jennifer L. Nelson, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who co-wrote the study with Tiffany D. Johnson, a business professor at Georgia Institute of Technology.)

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Fewer Migrants Are Being Bused To Chicago, Officials Say. The recent “slowdown” comes after the number of buses spiked toward the end of the year, overloading the city’s shelter system and causing people to sleep overnight on warming buses. – Madison Savedra
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/31/fewer-migrants-are-being-bussed-to-chicago-officials-say/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-224/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-26/
— QUESTION: Should CapitolFax.com honor the Chicago Tribune Guild’s picket line tomorrow and not post any stories from the paper? (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents despise if not hate unions and union members. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/31/question-of-the-day-3645/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois and Chicago’s recent ‘welcoming’ programs have helped boost the cost of illegal immigration in Illinois by at least $2.2 billion over the last two years. – Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/welcoming-programs-increase-the-cost-of-illegal-immigration-in-illinois-by-at-least-2-2-billion-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As other states send units to southern border, Illinois sends National Guard to Mideast – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d9dc45f0-c08a-11ee-9186-2ffc2cbd0a23.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk: ‘The left’s open borders rhetoric is pure virtue signaling’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653969402-charlie-kirk-the-left-s-open-borders-rhetoric-is-pure-virtue-signaling

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEARLY 70% OF CHICAGO VOTERS UNHAPPY WITH MAYOR’S JOB ON MIGRANT CRISIS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-70-of-chicago-voters-unhappy-with-mayors-job-on-migrant-crisis/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Two ‘Squad’ members are lone votes against bill to bar Hamas members from U.S. – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/31/cori-bush-rashida-tlaib-are-lone-votes-against-bil/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s next legal challenge could be about his Chicago skyscraper – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2829814/trump-legal-challenge-chicago-skyscraper/
— Democratic Gov. Healey slammed for closing rec center in black neighborhood to house immigrants – Peyton Sorosinski
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2830017/democratic-gov-faces-backlash-community-closing-popular-sports-center-massachusetts-house-migrants/
— Biden boosted by women as he builds lead over Trump in new poll – Rachel Schilke (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO elected officials ever-increasingly give women more preference over men.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2830227/biden-leads-trump-women-overall-new-poll/
— We have to make a more concerted effort to repel leftist candidates for local elections before they can breach the gates and cause damage for us to clean up later. – Parker Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2829687/repel-the-enemy-at-the-gates/

NEW YORK POST
— Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of ‘absolute madness’ on border, warns of ‘clear and present danger’ – Josh Christenson
https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-accuses-biden-of-absolute-madness-on-border-warns-of-clear-and-present-danger-as-migrant-crisis-rages/
— Biden holds six-point national lead over Trump, fueled by female voters – Diana Glebova (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO elected officials ever-increasingly give women more preference over men.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/news/biden-holds-six-point-national-lead-over-trump-fueled-by-women-poll/
— Migrants who attacked NYPD cops violated ‘parole’ — Send ‘em packing – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/opinion/nyc-migrants-violated-parole-send-em-packing/
— NYPD seizes illegal scooters from migrant shelters amid ‘uptick’ in moped-riding bandits in NYC – Allie Griffin
https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/metro/nypd-seizes-illegal-scooters-from-migrant-shelters-amid-uptick-in-moped-riding-bandits-in-nyc/

BLAZE
— ‘Whiny snowflakes’: Billionaire Ken Griffin rips Harvard students, says he stopped donating to school over its woke values – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/whiny-snowflakes-billionaire-ken-griffin-rips-harvard-students-says-he-stopped-donating-to-school-over-its-woke-values

BREITBART
— Chicago City-Sponsored Migrant Shelters Filled with Rats, Rotting Food, Garbage – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/31/chicago-city-sponsored-migrant-shelters-filled-rats-rotting-food-garbage/
— Migrants Brutally Attack NYC Cops, Get Freed from Jail without Bail – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/31/watch-migrants-brutally-attack-nyc-cops-get-freed-from-jail-without-bail/
— Biden Admin-Released Migrant Crime Wave Sweeping Sanctuary Cities – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/31/biden-admin-released-migrant-crime-wave-sweeping-sanctuary-cities/
— 154 Democrats Oppose New Criminal Penalties for Illegal Aliens Leading Border Agents on High-Speed Chases – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/31/154-democrats-oppose-new-criminal-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-leading-border-agents-on-high-speed-chases/
— Johnson Sets Vote on Tax Bill Conservatives Call ‘Trojan Horse to Expand Welfare’ for Illegal Aliens – BRADLEY JAYE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/31/johnson-sets-vote-on-tax-bill-conservatives-call-trojan-horse-to-expand-welfare-for-illegal-aliens/

COLLEGE MIX
— Scientists warn: Declining academic standards mixed with DEI recipe for disaster – DANIEL NUCCIO, NIU
https://www.thecollegefix.com/scientists-warn-declining-academic-standards-mixed-with-dei-recipe-for-disaster/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Lankford Border Bill Empowers Impeachment-Bound DHS Secretary Mayorkas – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/lankford-border-bill-empowers-impeachment-bound-dhs-secretary-mayorkas

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The New Gold Rush — The American Border – Larry Elder
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/02/24/the-new-gold-rush-the-american-border

DAILY CALLER
— ‘These People Are Dopes’: Chicago Roasted On Social Media For Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza Ceasefire – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/31/chicago-roasted-social-media-passing-resolution-supporting-gaza/
— Video Appears To Show Migrants Tucked Away In Hidden Room Under Military Guard At Major US Airport – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/31/exclusive-video-appears-to-show-migrants-tucked-away-in-hidden-room-under-military-guard-at-major-us-airport/
— California Dems Unveil First-Of-Its-Kind Reparations Package – MARY LOU MASTERS (COMMENT: California today, Illinois tomorrow.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/31/california-democrats-introduce-first-ever-reparations-package/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Brands Bipartisan Border Deal The ‘Stupid Bill’ – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brands-bipartisan-border-deal-the-stupid-bill

EPOCH TIMES
— Griffin Donated $5 Million to Haley Super PAC – Wim De Gent (COMMENT: What do the Haley-supporters in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct think of you? How do they treat you?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-megadonor-ken-griffin-donated-5-million-to-nikki-haley-super-pac-5577708

FEDERALIST
— The Biden Administration Is Treading On Texas’ Sovereignty – MARGOT CLEVELAND
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/01/the-biden-administration-is-treading-on-texas-sovereignty-not-the-other-way-around/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Congress Should Not Eliminate Per-Country Caps
https://www.fairus.org/federal-immigration-legislation/congress-should-not-eliminate-country-caps

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden will likely lose 2024 election over the border crisis. Biden did everything he can do to speed up the flow of illegals into the US. – Stuart Varney
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/stuart-varney-biden-lose-2024-election-border-crisis

FOX NEWS
— Illinois sheriffs bust migrant-run operation coercing others into stealing so they could buy fake IDs. The arrest came amid an uptick of retail theft cases in Chicago’s downtown area involving migrants. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-sheriffs-bust-migrant-run-operation-coercing-stealing-buy-fake-ids
— This deal would ‘normalize’ 5,000 migrants a day: Sen. Ted Cruz. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discusses how Chicago’s mayor is housing illegal migrants in the airport on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345970225112
— NYPD chief blasts migrants’ attack on officers as mugshots of suspects released. 4 of the men pleaded not guilty, a 5th person has been arrested and 4 others are being sought by police. – Louis Casiano By Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-chief-blasts-release-migrants-accused-attacking-officers-should-be-sitting-at-rikers

HOT AIR
— Democrat Governor Takes Recreation Center Away from Poor Black Kids to Give Shelter to Illegal Aliens – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/31/democrat-governor-takes-recreation-center-away-from-poor-black-kids-to-give-shelter-to-illegal-aliens-n608659

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Southern Illinois U Med School Scholarship Discriminating Against Non-LGBTQI+ White and Asian Students Challenged By Equal Protection Project
Short version: White and Asian (non-Pacific Islander) students cannot apply for the Meares scholarship unless they are “LGBTQI+”. So your straight White or Asian student whose “gender identity” aligns with their biological sex cannot apply. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/southern-illinois-u-med-school-scholarship-discriminating-against-non-lgbtqi-white-and-asian-students-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
— ‘Reprehensible’: NYPD Lashes Out After Four Illegals Accused of Beating Cops are Released Without Bail. The NYPD is still seeking three more suspects. All eight suspects are Venezuelan “asylum-seekers” who arrived in NYC last year. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/reprehensible-nypd-lashes-out-after-four-illegals-accused-of-beating-cops-are-released-without-bail/

MRC TV
— SUVs Drop Off Illegal Aliens at California Border – EVAN POELLINGER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/video-suvs-drop-illegal-aliens-california-border
— NY State of Crime: Illegals Who ‘Allegedly’ Beat Up 2 Cops ‘Released Without Bail’ – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/ny-state-crime-illegals-who-allegedly-beat-2-cops-released-without-bail

NATIONAL REVIEW
— U.S. Murder Capital, Chicago, Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire – LUTHER RAY ABEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/u-s-murder-capital-calls-for-gaza-cease-fire/
— Chicago City Council Passes Resolution Demanding Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chicago-passes-resolution-demanding-israel-hamas-cease-fire-amid-high-city-crime/

NEW AMERICAN
— House Committee Votes to Impeach Mayorkas. Full House Votes Next Week – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/house-committee-votes-to-impeach-mayorkas-full-house-votes-next-week/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois GOP Ignores Will of the People, Pushes Anti-Trump Agenda – Mark Vargas
https://www.newsmax.com/markvargas/illinois-gop-anti-trump/2024/01/31/id/1151718/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So back in Illinois: What’s the current position of the state Republican Party? According to the embattled state party chairman Don Tracy, the party will remain “neutral” during this primary season. In other words, they want to wait it out. It’s too early and there’s not enough data to make any predictions just yet. But again, this should come as no surprise. During the 2020 presidential primary, it was reported that owners in Tracy’s family-owned business — where he is an owner — donated $6,193 to Biden’s campaign. In 2018, owners made only a $250 donation to Trump. But it was only a year ago when Tracy wanted to reevaluate the state party’s so-called “neutrality” policy after a Trump-endorsed conservative grassroots Republican defeated the state party’s preferred establishment-backed candidate for governor in the 2022 Illinois Republican primary by 43 points. Tracy then blamed the Trump-endorsed candidate for all of the 2022 statewide midterm election losses — a move that angered the powerful and influential grassroots base of the party. And last spring key Illinois GOP party leaders, including national committeeman Richard Porter — a close friend and adviser to Tracy and Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel — endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the presidential primary. During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair this past August, Porter was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune where on-record, he repeated a line often used by the Democrats and said that Trump was running for president simply to avoid going to jail. After both the Chicago Tribune and Illinois Review reported on his on-the-record comments, Porter was in panic mode. Realizing that his inner monologue was now public record, he offered a long, meandering follow-up statement to try and clarify his statement. But the damage was already done. But none of this is accidental and multiple sources in Illinois confirm that Illinois Republican Party leaders are playing the “neutral” card because they are holding out hope that one of Trump’s 91 criminal charges — 44 federal and 47 state — will stick and he will be jailed before the Republican National Convention in August, leaving Haley or DeSantis as the Republican nominee for president who will face Biden in November. State party leaders will emphatically and publicly deny that this is the strategy, but this is the truth. And it’s the only reason that explains why they are remaining selectively neutral this presidential primary season — for fear of angering DeSantis or Haley by coming out so quickly in support of Trump. But the pattern is clear. Last March, the Illinois Republican Party hosted a fundraiser that featured former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who served as attorney general under Trump. Barr frequently attacks Trump in media interviews and says the GOP presidential front-runner is destroying the Republican Party. And who served on the host committee? Tracy and Porter. And when former President Trump visited southern Illinois in June 2022, none of the state party leaders, including Tracy and Porter bothered to show up. That’s right: The 45th president of the United States of America and the leader of the national party shows up in your backyard, and the state Republican party leaders decide to skip the party. It’s no wonder Democrats control every lever in the state — the establishment, anti-Trump Republicans within the state party allow it.)
— Giuliani watches illegals pummel cops, issues grim warning – Eric Bolling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLMgcF2O1Sg

TOWNHALL
— Youngkin and Other GOP Governors Are Right to Stand With Texas – Rich Anderson
https://townhall.com/columnists/rich-anderson/2024/01/31/gov-glenn-youngkin-and-other-gop-governors-are-right-to-stand-with-texas-n2634368
— The Razor Thin Margin of Freedom – Jerry Newcombe
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2024/02/01/the-razor-thin-margin-of-freedom-n2634459
— GA State Senator Captures Video Showing Groups of Illegal Migrants Hidden In Rooms at ATL Airport – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/31/a-ga-state-senator-appears-to-show-groups-of-illegal-immigrants-in-a-room-at-atl-airport-n2634457
— The Fall of Rome, Updated – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2024/01/31/the-fall-of-rome-updated-n2634447
— Biden Gives FREE STUFF to GAY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bam00vsmes

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Challenger to ‘RINO’ Senator Earns Party Endorsement, Makes Commitment to Threaten Mitch McConnell’s Position – C. Douglas Golden
https://www.westernjournal.com/challenger-rino-senator-earns-party-endorsement-makes-commitment-threaten-mitch-mcconnells-position/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

C-SPAN
— Speaker Johnson Delivers First Floor Speech on Border Security and Immigration Policy. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) uses his first official floor speech since his election last fall to criticize the Biden administration’s border security policies and accuses the administration of “incentivizing” people to come into the U.S. illegally.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5104634/speaker-johnson-delivers-floor-speech-border-security-immigration-policy

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders deny that the bipartisan border deal would allow 5,000 illegal crossings per day.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/does-new-immigration-bill-5000-illegal-border-crossings-per-day-rcna136656
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-students-empowered-ft-monroe-trip-slavery-birthplace-rcna134788

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Republican Georgia governor Brian Kemp signs bill that would define antisemitism in state law – Jeff Amy (COMMENT: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being antisemites, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats encourage/use/force Jewish people to take adverse actions against Republicans like me. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the on the many/big adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980) and GAO (1980-1997) superiors succeeded in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take against me. Those adverse actions include forcing me to resign in 1969, disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowing my education expenses in 1978, forcing me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, never promoting me beyond GS-13, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would also focus on Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me.)
https://www.wfxg.com/story/50404534/georgia-governor-signs-bill-that-would-define-antisemitism-in-state-law

NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/liz-cheney-taylor-swift-national-treasure-republicans-1865788

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/us/us-immigration-asylum-border.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/opinion/racist-backlash-history.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump holds large lead over Haley in South Carolina, Post-Monmouth poll finds. The former S.C. governor has seen her favorability fall in her home state while Trump’s has improved. – Dan Balz, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/01/south-carolina-poll-post-monmouth/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/31/taylor-swift-trump-maga-politics/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/31/gop-says-no-need-new-immigration-laws-thats-not-what-it-used-say/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/31/lgbtq-youth-aunts-support-parents-family/72352607007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more obesity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/01/31/advocates-sign-obesity-bill-of-rights/72356030007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Votes for Hamas. Mayor Brandon Johnson supports a cease-fire . . . in Gaza, not Chicago. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being antisemites, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats encourage/use/force Jewish people to take adverse actions against Republicans like me. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the on the many/big adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980) and GAO (1980-1997) superiors succeeded in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take against me. Those adverse actions include forcing me to resign in 1969, disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowing my education expenses in 1978, forcing me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, never promoting me beyond GS-13, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would also focus on Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/brandon-johnson-chicago-cease-fire-resolution-gaza-israel-2e7cd658
— Anticipate/expect hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-psyop-theory-donald-trump-travis-kelce-nfl-kansas-city-chiefs-joe-biden-288d7091
— In the ‘Asian Century,’ Indians and Chinese Flee. Why are the brightest and wealthiest so eager to leave these supposedly ascendant countries? – Sadanand Dhume
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-the-asian-century-indians-and-chinese-migrate-away-skilled-wealthy-immigrants-1702a683

KKTV
— “Colorado Springs is not a sanctuary city” officials react after first group of migrants arrive in Colorado Springs – Jared Dean (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasing pressure from the Democrat and RINO leaders in your municipality to officially make your municipality a sanctuary for illegals, Democrats, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, poor people, homeless people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.kktv.com/2024/02/01/colorado-springs-is-not-sanctuary-city-officials-react-after-first-group-migrants-arrive-colorado-springs/
https://www.kktv.com/video/2024/02/01/watch-county-leaders-say-they-will-not-declare-sanctuary-city-migrants-arrive-colorado-springs/

FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Casts Tie-Breaking Vote To Pass Pro-Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ4IsDPlsyk
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/01/31/why-biden-cant-easily-shut-down-the-border-as-both-he-and-trump-have-suggested/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/01/31/3-of-the-most-popular-dei-myths-debunked/

MONEY TALKS
— The Average Payment for 9 Types of Social Security Recipients – Brandon Ballenger (COMMENT: Because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension, even though I paid into Social Security 1964-1974 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline, my Social Security is dramatically reduced – it is only $2,945/year. Because Medicare now costs me $3,266/year, all my Social Security goes to pay Medicare and I had to pay Medicare $321 more for 2024.)
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/heres-the-average-social-security-benefit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retired workers Number of beneficiaries: 50.1 million (75% of all Social Security beneficiaries) Average annual benefit: $22,860)

REASON
— Ever-increasingly, at the request of Democrat and RINO leaders, citizens of foreign countries are illegally invading America.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/31/more-on-why-immigration-is-not-invasion/
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/31/how-biden-can-alleviate-pressure-on-the-border-by-making-legal-migration-easier/

SLASH GEAR
— Ford 10-Speed Transmission: The Most Common Problems – PRARTHANA GOPAL (COMMENT: I am one of the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Ford over this transmission. I represent Mustang owners in Illinois. SEE: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2023cv04130/435016 The lawsuit has since been transferred to Massachusetts.)
https://www.slashgear.com/1490143/ford-10-speed-transmission-common-problems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2017, Ford debuted the 10R80 transmission, which it had developed in collaboration with General Motors. The new transmission was first introduced in Ford F-150 trucks, but it soon became a mainstay in other models like the Mustang, Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, and Ranger, among others. The 10R80 was designed to provide more power and fuel efficiency, allowing drivers to experience a more responsive and nimble handling experience. That said, problems soon began to surface with the 10-speed automatic transmission. Owners of Ford passenger vehicles experienced various issues, ranging from jerky driving to delayed gear shifting and more. Over time, consistent problems with the transmission system led to multiple consumer complaints and even lawsuits against Ford. Ford’s 10-speed automatic transmission has made an appearance in several Ford vehicles over the years, but it has also become the subject of multiple lawsuits. Plaintiffs have repeatedly alleged that the 10R80 transmission is defective. Some have also claimed that the auto manufacturer has known about this problem since 2018. A lawsuit, filed with the Massachusetts State Court on April 18, 2023, stated: “A common design and/or manufacturing defect in Ford’s 10R80 transmissions is a potentially life-threatening safety issue, and Ford has refused to recall or replace the defective Transmissions.” . . . Ford, on the other hand, refuted several of these allegations, asserting that the plaintiffs didn’t seek prompt servicing for their vehicles. Ford also pointed out that the complainants continued to use their cars despite these issues surfacing — a fact that could negate the severity of the claims. . .One of the most common issues that people have experienced with Ford vehicles that used the 10R80 transmission was the “sluggish” pace of gear changes. Some drivers also allegedly experienced violent and sudden shifts from one gear to the other.) 

January 30, 2024

Democrat and RINO leaders continue to flood America with their illegals. Their illegals will want/need/demand massive assistance for years, if not decades, if not forever. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will not evict their illegals from their shelters unless/until a) you pay with your tax dollars to give them housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc. and/or b) you take them into your home and provide them with the aforesaid.

Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly give more tax dollars to countries, townships, municipalities, and school districts that take in his illegals. But in the short run, will Pritzker symbolically a) house some illegals in his Chicago home and provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc. and b) encourage/force other rich Chicagoans to do the same?

QUESTION: Which employees will Democrat and RINO leaders encourage/force employers to replace with illegals? ANSWER: Anticipate/expect it will be their employees who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.

QUESTION: Which homeowners will Democrat and RINO leaders encourage/force to house their illegals and provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.? ANSWER: Anticipate/expect it will be homeowners who own bigger homes, who have empty bedrooms, who have higher income, who have higher net worth, who have children, who have pets, who are older, who are female, are who are LGBTQ, etc.

QUESTION: But what about Democrats who are in need? ANSWER: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will use your tax dollars to pay illegals to help Democrats who are in need, for example, help them take care of their children.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker invited, then mismanaged Illinois’ migrant crisis – State Senator John Curran, Senate Republican leader
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-jb-pritzker-illinois-migrant-crisis-20240130-bzmwsqxvrffw3ceugaclowcjxe-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Johnson postpones shelter eviction dates until March – A.D. Quig, Jake Sheridan and Olivia Stevens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-johnson-migrant-announcement-20240129-nht6aeexxbezrplcip2vm6xsdq-story.html
— Illinois appeals courts see ‘dramatic increase’ in cases following elimination of cash bail – Madeline Buckley
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-bond-reform-spike-in-appeals-20240129-oulx6qsl6rc7vfml2b2tb5lxbe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Facing heat, Mayor Johnson delays migrant shelter evictions to March or beyond. Nearly 2,000 people were to be evicted had the policy been enforced as planned starting Thursday. Mayor Brandon Johnson extended that deadline Monday under pressure from more than a dozen City Council members. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/1/29/24054933/chicago-migrant-crisis-shelters-evictions-deadline-delayed-mayor-brandon-johnson

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-sales-boom-dry-january-people-drink-less

SHAW LOCAL
— Pritzker says migrant response should focus on Chicago – Andrew Adams
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/01/29/pritzker-says-migrant-response-should-focus-on-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker also noted that the state has provided resources to suburban and downstate communities.)

ABC7
— Mayor Brandon Johnson extends deadline for evicting Chicago migrants from city-run shelters – Eric Horng and Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-mayor-migrant-crisis/14370342/

NBC5
— Johnson again postpones enforcement of 60-day shelter stay policy for migrants – Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/johnson-again-postpones-enforcement-of-60-day-shelter-stay-policy-for-migrants/3341178/

CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes back enforcement of Chicago migrant shelter stay limit until March – Todd Feurer, Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-shelter-stay-deadline-delayed-march/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtLtEKU4U9w

WGN9
— Mayor says Chicago won’t enforce 60-day limit for migrants until March – Andrew Smith, Dana Rebik
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-says-chicago-wont-enforce-60-day-limit-for-migrants-until-march/

FOX32
— City of Chicago rejects permits for activists to protest DNC – Maggie Duly (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrat candidates is to encourage/force more LGBTQ, abortion, dependency on government and charity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/city-of-chicago-rejects-permits-for-activists-to-protest-dnc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The city of Chicago rejected permits requested by a group of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights activists to organize a march in protest of the Democratic National Convention this summer. The coalition includes groups like Chicago for Abortion Rights, Stop Trans Genocide, Gay Liberation Network, Reproductive Transparency Now! and more. The DNC is scheduled for Monday, August 19 through Thursday, August 22. The group planned to hold a march Aug. 18, the day before the convention kicks off at Jane M. Byrne Plaza, previously known as Water Tower Park. The groups say, for years, Democrats have taken voters who care about reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights for granted. Organizers of the newly-formed “Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws: Coalition for Reproductive Justice and LGBTQ+ Liberation” will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in front of 400 W. Superior Street. They plan to publicly appeal the city’s rejection of their march permit application.)
— Johnson extends lifeline to migrants facing eviction from Chicago shelters – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-extends-lifeline-migrants-facing-eviction-city-shelters
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1402857
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNRWUFkFFGs
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/joliet-cresco-labs-chicago-cannabis-company-thc-buffalo-wings-sauce
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1402998
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1403010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0uoEdJ7wr8

WTTW
— Chicago Won’t Evict Migrants Until At Least Mid-March, Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/29/chicago-won-t-evict-migrants-until-least-mid-march-mayor-brandon-johnson-announces
— What’s the best way to count Chicago’s homeless population? (COMMENT: Now that Democrats have successfully invaded, infested, and taken over DuPage County, Democrats are sending fewer of their homeless to DuPage County.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/whats-the-best-way-to-count-chicagos-homeless-population/b6105344-2933-45f4-aa4d-b9b507fa97c3
— Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) promotes mass/illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/29/rep-delia-ramirez-immigration-policy-congressional-conflict-over-bipartisan-border-deal

WBEZ
— Mayor Brandon Johnson again delays his 60-day limit for migrants in the city’s shelters. Nearly a third of the city council had recently asked the mayor to rescind altogether his 60-day limit on shelter stays. – Mariah Woelfel, Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/mayor-brandon-johnson-delays-migrant-shelter-evictions/7dd02689-2550-4a2c-a879-2e7f56884ef6

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— There’s a downside to Illinois’ booming cannabis business – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-theres-a-downside-to-illinois-booming-cannabis-business/article_666ea22b-47af-5cf0-b9e9-244ba82e46b9.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.yahoo.com/legally-fired-smoking-weed-illinois-200724899.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of ’24 campaigns – Susan Davis
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-28/house-democratic-candidates-make-abortion-access-top-focus-of-24-campaigns

PALATINE PATCH
— Parents Matter Coalition to speak at Palatine Republican meeting. The Palatine Township Republican Organization will feature Tracy Smodilla from the Parents Matter Coalition at their regular monthly meeting. – Bill Pohlman (COMMENT: How successful have the Democrats who run your school district been in turning students into sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://patch.com/illinois/palatine/parents-matter-coalition-speak-palatine-republican-meeting

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/29/abortion-advocates-warn-edgewater-crisis-pregnancy-center-could-mislead-patients/

FIGHT BACK NEWS
— Chicago students rally against racist UIC campus cops (COMMENT: I was a full-time UIC student 1966-1968. I took a graduate evening business course there in early 1971.)
https://fightbacknews.org/articles/chicago-students-rally-against-racist-campus-cops

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-222/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-24/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY INSTITUTE
— Glen Ellyn Village President Senak: ‘That $11 million is for us to have migrants come to Glen Ellyn and locate here and settle here and remain here’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders continue flood America with illegals. Their illegals will want/need/demand massive assistance for years, if not decades, if not forever. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will not evict their illegals from their shelters until a) you pay with your tax dollars to give their illegals housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc. and/or b) you take their illegals into your home and provide them with the aforesaid. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly give more tax dollars to countries, to townships, to municipalities, and to school districts that take in his illegals. But in the short run, will Pritzker a) house illegals in his Chicago home and provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc. and b) encourage/force other rich Chicagoans to do the same?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653952144-glen-ellyn-village-president-senak-that-11-million-is-for-us-to-have-migrants-come-to-glen-ellyn-and-locate-here-and-settle-here-and-remain-here
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Leave it alone,” Firchau said.” I can’t afford myself. Alright. I love this town. It’s a beautiful town. I’ve been blessed to be a carpenter in this town. I’ve worked under the most beautiful houses I’ve ever encountered. I’ve done it for forty years, and I’d like to see the high class homes and quality of our neighborhoods stay the same. This is our country, not theirs.” Another audience member questioned the restrictions or requirements for accessing the grant money and also emphasized the importance of monitoring incidents, public resources, and transportation in the settlement process. Over 34,000 illegal immigrants have landed in the state since mid-2022. Last fall Illinois allocated $42.5 million in grant monies for municipalities to house illegal immigrants. As of last fall Lake County, Elgin, Oak Park, Urbana and Chicago had received grant funds from the state to assist with housing and other needs. Overall the state has allocated $500 million for the care of illegal immigrants. “We know this unprecedented humanitarian crisis is going to be critical to discussions on budget and other important issues this session,” House Speaker Chris Welch said, according to Capitol News Illinois. However, the revelation from Senak is the first time the money has been linked to permanent resettlement efforts. The grant funding revelation comes a week after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson requested help from 21 suburban mayors who are part of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. Burr Ridge’s Gary Grasso was one of 21 suburban mayors who Johnson requested help from. “He’s asking us all for support, calling out the federal government,” Grasso said.)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Cook County’s gun, ammo tax subject of Illinois appeals court hearing – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b1a73d9e-bed5-11ee-88e0-63a1774c7fc8.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Critics Blast Illinois Plan for “Mental Health” Testing of ALL Children – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/critics-blast-illinois-plan-for-mental-health-testing-of-all-children/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— San Franciscans sue to stop cash handouts to Black, Hispanic transgender residents – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/29/san-francisco-sued-over-guaranteed-income-trans-pe/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump Illinois ballot eligibility at risk ahead of election board vote – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2823496/trump-illinois-ballot-eligibility-at-risk-election-board-vote/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC migrant pickpocketing teams are the newest headache for NYPD as trio busted for string of West Village bar thefts. – Joe Marino, Haley Brown, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/metro/nyc-migrant-pickpocketing-teams-are-the-newest-headache-for-nypd-as-trio-busted-for-string-of-west-village-bar-thefts/
— Texas has bused more than 102K migrants to sanctuary cities since 2022 – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/news/texas-has-bused-102k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-since-2022/

AMAC
— DEI Poisons The Air Force Academy – Scott Sturman (COMMENT: DEI poisons everything. It turns minorities against Whites, women against men, younger people against older people, LGBTQers against heterosexuals, those who not married against those who are married, veterans against non-veterans, non-Protestants against Protestants, non-German Americans against German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, those who have less money against those who have more money, etc. against etc.)
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/newsline/national-security/dei-poisons-the-air-force-academy/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fort Sumter on the Border. A more robust federalism that empowers states to act where the federal government is overburdened or unwilling to enforce its own laws would relieve some pressure on the existing system. – Christopher Roach
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/30/fort-sumter-on-the-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Angry black residents in Chicago demand an end to its sanctuary city policy – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/angry_black_residents_in_chicago_demand_an_end_to_its_sanctuary_city_policy.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden’s Taylor Swift strategy dream: Pop diva ‘can move millions’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/29/bidens-taylor-swift-strategy-dream-pop-diva-can-move-millions-1431987/
— Blue ‘sanctuary city’ will evict illegal immigrants from shelters, dump them in the streets – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/29/blue-sanctuary-city-will-evict-illegal-immigrants-from-shelters-dump-them-in-the-streets-1432026/

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Already Delaying His Own Migrant Shelter Time Limit – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/29/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-delaying-migrant-shelter-time-limit/

DAILY CALLER
— Border Agents Released More Than 440,000 Illegal Migrants In Just Three Months – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/29/border-agents-released-more-than-440000-illegal-migrants-in-just-three-months/
— Back Off, Biden — Abbott Might Not Control Border Wire, But He Controls The Texas National Guard – HANS VON SPAKOVSKY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/29/opinion-back-off-biden-abbott-might-not-control-border-wire-but-he-controls-the-texas-national-guard-hans-von-spakovsky/
— California’s Cash Handout Program For ‘Trans’ Residents Is ‘Illegal,’ Lawsuit Alleges – KATE ANDERSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/29/san-francisco-officials-sued-trans-cash-handout-program/
— Biden Campaign Reportedly Has Taylor Swift Endorsement At The Top Of Their Wishlist – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/29/joe-biden-campaign-taylor-swift-endorse-2024-election/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago, Host to Democrats’ Convention, Considers Border a Crisis Even If Biden Doesn’t – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/29/exclusive-chicago-host-to-democrats-convention-considers-border-a-crisis-even-if-biden-doesnt/

DAILY WIRE
— Disneyland Posts Woke ‘Wheel Of Privilege’ In Employee Kitchen, Removes It After Daily Wire Inquiry. ‘Things like this make people feel unwelcome, destroying the magic,” employee tells The Daily Wire. – Ashe Schow•
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-disneyland-posts-woke-wheel-of-privilege-in-employee-kitchen-removes-it-after-daily-wire-inquiry
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Posters featuring a “wheel of power/privilege” were hung in employee spaces in Disneyland, instructing employees that being white, “cisgender male,” and even speaking English means you have “unearned” privilege that your “marginalized” coworkers do not, according to images obtained by The Daily Wire. The wheel featured for all employees to see has the word “power” in the middle, and is sectioned like a dart board, with certain traits fanning outward that are labeled “marginalized.” For example, being white, a “cisgender male,” owning property, and speaking English are all considered privileged, while being dark-skinned, transgender, homeless, and not speaking English are considered marginalized. In between the inner and outer circle – which would be considered not completely marginalized but not totally privileged either – are “cisgender women,” gay men, people with a high school education, and who learned English. Included with the wheel is a definition of “privilege,” stating that it is “unearned access or advantage granted to specific groups of people because of their membership in a social group.” “Privilege can be based off a variety of different social identities such as race, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, ability status, sexuality, age, education level, and more,” it continues. “Within the US, members of social groups that hold privileges (white, male, wealthy, able-bodied, etc.) have historically held dominance and power over targeted groups.” The poster also asks, “why should we accept that we have privileges?” It provides the following answer: “By accepting that we have privileges, we can see that not everyone sees the world from our perspective and that we have privileges in our life that have hindered our awareness of the world.”)

FEDERALIST
— Rep. Ilhan Omar Represents Everything Wrong With America’s Immigration System – JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/30/rep-ilhan-omar-represents-everything-wrong-with-americas-immigration-system/
— How To Stop Cultural Marxism From Destroying Your Church – LOUIS MARKOS (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in getting your church to promote LGBTQ, abortion, dependency on government and charity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination? How successful have they been in getting the members of your church to despise/hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, Germán American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/30/how-to-stop-cultural-marxism-from-destroying-your-church/

FOX NEWS
— Trans influencer who became viral meme says declining masculinity getting ‘out of control’ – Hannah Grossman, Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trans-influencer-viral-meme-says-declining-masculinity-getting-control

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have To Fund Biased, Woke Public Broadcasting – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/taxpayers-shouldnt-have-fund-biased-woke-public-broadcasting

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illegal Immigrants Landing in San Diego’s Upscale La Jolla Area Makes Waves on Social Media. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/illegal-immigrants-landing-in-san-diegos-upscale-la-jolla-area-makes-waves-in-social-media/

NEWSMAX
— Illegal Aliens Are Fiscal Nightmares – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/immigration-biden-administration/2024/01/29/id/1151388/

PJ MEDIA
— How About Free Money for Non-Gender-Conforming Illegal Aliens? – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/01/29/ubi-transgender-illegal-aliens-n4925923

TOWNHALL
— Skyrocketing Illegal Immigration From Venezuela Poses a Serious National Security Threat – Pawel Styrna
https://townhall.com/columnists/pawelstyrna/2024/01/30/skyrocketing-illegal-immigration-from-venezuela-poses-a-serious-national-security-threat-n2634342
— You Should Rethink Flying United Airlines – Dennis Prager
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2024/01/30/in-2021-united-airlines-released-the-following-statement-n2634351
— Under Biden, We Don’t Know Who’s Coming Into the US – Selene Rodriguez
https://townhall.com/columnists/selene-rodriguez/2024/01/29/under-biden-we-dont-know-whos-coming-into-the-us-n2634250
— The Constitution Favors Texas – Jonathan Emord
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanemord/2024/01/30/the-constitution-favors-texas-n2634354
— Biden Can Stop the Flow of Illegal Immigration Now. He’s Refusing. – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/01/29/five-things-biden-can-do-today-to-secure-the-border-n2634317

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Chicago to extend migrant shelter stay limits over concerns about long-term housing, employment. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers. – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-extend-migrant-shelter-stay-limits-concerns-long-106778722

NBC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to elect Democrat candidates.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/taylor-swift-draws-ire-conservatives-chiefs-win-afc-championship-rcna136185
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pope-africans-special-catholic-lgbtq-blessings-rcna136218

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Biden is marking the 15th anniversary of landmark pay equity law with steps to help federal workers – DARLENE SUPERVILLE (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats DEI hires who had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) fewer or no professional certifications than I had, and/or d) no professional license. Virtually all of them were females and/or minorities. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-pay-equity-ledbetter-women-2564198d081a0d62ec9cc55a48803fb3

MSN
— Pritzker the pot pusher
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pritzker-the-pot-pusher/ar-BB1hpqSU

CNBC
— This city has the worst traffic in the U.S.—and it’s not Los Angeles – Celia Fernandez (COMMENT: Chicago is ranked 5th. I dealt with that traffic 1966-1968 when I commuted to/from my parents’ home in Crete, classes at UIC, and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967 and my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/29/nyc-chicago-san-francisco-10-us-cities-with-the-worst-traffic.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: As Buses of Migrants Arrive in Chicago Suburbs, Residents Debate the Role of Their Towns. In recent weeks, buses have been bypassing the city for its smaller outlying communities, where people are unaccustomed to the flow of newcomers. – Julie Bosman
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/opinion/border-deal-immigration.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/business/diversity-oneten-black-employment.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/business/diversity-backlash-fortune-500-companies.html
– Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Haley to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/opinion/haley-trump-biden-carroll.html
— FRONT PAGE: More Than Ever, Teenagers See a Bleak Future – Claire Cain Miller (COMMENT: If I was a teenager today, my future would be extremely bleak because of the tremendous success that Democrats, Libertatians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have had in promoting hatred against those who share my demographics.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/upshot/teens-politics-mental-health.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The $400,000 Job That Doesn’t Require a College Degree. Walmart is giving store managers higher bonuses, stock grants as the job becomes more difficult in the e-commerce era. – Sarah Nassauer (COMMENT: In February of 1971, when I was 22 years old and had been the Retail Sales Manager of the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for 7 months, one reason why I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile was that advancement within Firestone seems far too slow. Other reasons included the store manager treated me like he wanted to get rid of me. He disapproved of my being a college graduate, draft avoider, former postal employee, Protestant, German American, Crete resident, and my ancestors having been in America since 1844. He refused to let me start working in the store until I passed a 2-week probationary period in the Hammond Indiana Firestone Store. He never would have hired me. Firestone’s District Office hired me. I asked to be assigned to its Chicago Heights Store because I lived in Crete and I did not know that its manager disapproved of so many of my demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/the-400-000-retail-job-without-a-college-degree-2dd75e39
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-submission-to-trump-reveals-the-rot-within-desantis-tim-scott-haley-21bb12d6

BLOOMBERG
— New York Eyes Rule Changes to Hire Thousands Amid Migrant Crisis – Zach Williams and Laura Nahmias (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/new-york-eyes-rule-changes-to-hire-thousands-amid-migrant-crisis

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Anticipate/expect Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly destroy if you do not promote transgenderism.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/eeoc-cracking-down-transgender-harassment

ATLANTIC
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/greg-abbott-texas-border-stunt-supreme-court/677267/

CATO
— Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO leader ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/blog/reducing-illegal-immigration

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run education and b) blame Republicans for problems that students have.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/physical-mental-health/2024/01/29/discrimination-exacerbates-student-mental-health

FOLEY & LARDNER
— Supreme Court Reconsiders Decades-Old “Adverse Employment Action” Standard – McKenzie L. Ahmet (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many big adverse employment actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997) took against me because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2024/01/supreme-court-adverse-employment-action-standard/

HR MAGAZINE & FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/turning-intentions-into-outcomes-how-businesses-can-make-dei-meaningful
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanharmeling/2024/01/29/how-the-100-years-old-hawthorne-studies-foreshadowed-dei/

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s migrant population swells to 34,000: Mayor Brandon Johnson asks suburban mayors for help as Gov. Greg Abbott’s buses bypass the Windy City and drop them off in nearby towns. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with local mayors last Monday to discuss a new housing strategy for incoming migrants. The 28 shelters in the city are at capacity and Johnson says he will not open anymore. Instead he is calling for help from the rest of the state of Illinois as 34,000 migrants have arrived since 2004 and over 14,000 remain in shelters. – ISABELLE STANLEY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13020447/chicago-migrant-population-suburban-mayors-help-brandon-johnson.html
— Thousands of migrants pour in as extraordinary stand-off erupts between Federal Border Patrol and local forces who don’t trust Biden’s White House to keep out the masses: TOM LEONARD sees troubling echoes of the American Civil War in small-town Texas. – TOM LEONARD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13020987/echoes-American-Civil-War-Texas-border-town-thousands-migrants-pour-extraordinary-stand-develops-governments-Border-Patrol-local-forces-trust-Bidens-White-House.html

INDEPENDENT
— Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize – Oliver O’Connell and Joe Sommerlad
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-trial-carroll-illinois-news-today-b2486658.html

January 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Preparing for 2024 Illinois primary election – Kay Cesinger
https://abc7chicago.com/presidential-election-2024-primary-illinois/14345494/
— Ron DeSantis ends presidential bid ahead of New Hampshire primary, endorses Donald Trump – AP (COMMENT: Who will DeSantis supporters blame the most for his ending his presidential bid? Will it be those who share more demographics with Trump than with DeSantis? Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-new-hampshire-primary-bid/14347211/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Can Donald Trump be stopped?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-new-hampshire-20240121-spdxvek3yfgbvbnrexotnjrsey-story.html
— Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024 and ask “Will it be enough?” Anticipate/expect that Democrats will also push more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will push more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-abortion-20240121-asfxgtqb5zgzredbdgfjsfjevm-story.html
— Brandon Johnson’s upcoming CTU negotiation should scare taxpayers. Will he surprise us with tough love for his friends? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-teachers-union-stacy-davis-gates-brandon-johnson-20240121-uqmjkpdre5ge7cqobzbh7tec3u-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/roe-v-wade-20240122-cbaagvfurnghjn2yh4uodfk2eu-story.html
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-news-literacy-crisis-misinformation-democracy-20240122-dfkedrlzifdp3iv5gv3oehtmcy-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicagoans who use wheelchairs, mobility aids struggle to navigate city’s sidewalks during snowstorm. – Rebecca Johnson (COMMENT: Per doctor’s orders, I should not shovel snow this winter because I injured my right shoulder and arm. Therefore, I am paying $40/hour to high school students to shovel snow.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-wheelchair-users-sidewalks-snowstorm-20240122-3jis4farvrbtbltb2alx35essa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What New York’s migrant shelter limits could mean for Chicago: ‘Expect utter chaos’ The Big Apple has enforced limited stays for solo adults for months and recently for families. Locals say the policy has wreaked havoc. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/22/24034979/chicago-migrant-crisis-what-new-york-shelter-limits-mean-texas-new-arrivals
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Trump for a) Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and b) crime in Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/21/24046304/donald-trump-2024-gop-presidential-race-election-joe-biden-republican-chicago-crime-ukraine-violence

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use “the night a plane filled with asylum seekers landed in Rockford” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/01/22/migrants-from-texas-werent-ready-for-rockford-cold/72207378007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump celebrates DeSantis’ decision to drop out, ending a bitter feud that defined the 2024 campaign – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-celebrates-desantis-decision-to-drop-out-ending-a-bitter-feud-that-defined-the-2024-campaign/
— With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-with-trump-closing-in-on-nomination-the-effective-audition-to-become-his-vice-president-is-underway/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-with-trump-closing-in-on-nomination-the-effective-audition-to-become-his-vice-president-is-underway/

WCIA
— Central IL towns wrestle with ‘double-edged sword’ of gambling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBEwr1PV8SU

WSIL
— Yes, employers can set a mandatory retirement age. What you need to know – Jeanne Sahadi (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, they force you to retire as soon as you become eligible unless you made Senior Executive Service, currently $191,900/year. I became eligible to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45. They succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. I would have been eligible for regular retirement 6 years later, in 2003 when I was 55.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/yes-employers-can-set-a-mandatory-retirement-age-what-you-need-to-know/article_47a9e91a-e6f6-535a-90d0-9b38498518d3.html

LAGRANGE PARK PATCH
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Nicholas Fuentes to promote hatred against Trump.
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-park-racist-would-kill-trump

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Census data show 13.8% of homes in Illinois were owned by single women in 2021, compared to 10.1% by single men. – Brianna Crane, Sami Sparber (COMMENT: I bought a new town home in University Park ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/University-Park/774-Sunset-Ct-60484/unit-5/home/23344604 ) when I was 24 years old and single in 1972. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS in Harvey for the previous 9 months and in Chicago for 6 months before that and b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $54,728/year in June of 1971 and $66,942/year in September of 1972. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I was paying for tuition and books to take graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/01/20/single-women-homeowners-chicago

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is changing its strategy on managing the migrant crisis. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Behind closed doors: The mayor met privately with small groups of aldermen Friday — keeping groups small avoids the pesky open meeting rules — to brief them on how the city will no longer set up new shelter space because the costs are too high. That means it won’t build industrial tents for migrants, either. Here’s a copy of the briefing report obtained by Playbook. New strategy: The city will work with churches and private individuals to find beds for asylum seekers. And as individuals leave any of the current shelters, beds will open for the next wave of migrants. And while the cold snap continues, the Harold Washington Library will serve as a warming center for some asylum seekers as well as for the already unhoused. The goal: Get asylum seekers into regular housing as soon as possible or send them back to the landing area, which is a shelter of sorts until beds open up in the current shelters. Getting folks out of shelters and into housing will be easier now that the state has staffed up case managers in nearly all of the city’s 28 shelters, the aldermen were told.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— How much dishonesty about illegal immigrants can Gov. Pritzker cram into a minute and a half? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/how-much-dishonesty-about-illegal-immigrants-can-gov-pritzker-cram-into-a-minute-and-a-half-wirepoints/
— Pritzker cheers ‘record-setting growth for adult-use cannabis sales’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-cheers-record-setting-growth-for-adult-use-cannabis-sales-wirepoints-quickpoint/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Health and mental effects of cannabis use are described here by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on first day of legal marijuana. Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is likely proud as well. In 2020, instead of using Illinois’ first day of legalization to warn of marijuana’s undisputed dangers, she celebrated the event as if it were the end of prohibition of apple pie. Her picture appeared on countless national stories from CNN to FOX, all smiles. “Illinois lieutenant governor beats long lines to become one of the first to legally buy weed in the state,” said the CNN headline.)
— Chicago Public Schools’ twisted goal: End selective enrollment schools while keeping nearly empty, failing schools open – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-twisted-goal-end-selective-enrollment-schools-while-keeping-nearly-empty-failing-schools-open-wirepoints/

TABLET
— America Works. DEI Doesn’t. My community may be on the bottom of society, but the power of American principles and America’s promise are equally ours. – COREY BROOKS
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/america-works-dei-doesnt

INLAND REAL ESTATE
— THE INLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. MOURNS THE LOSS OF FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO DANIEL L. GOODWIN – Nicole Spreck
https://inlandgroup.com/press-room/news-release/inland-real-estate-group-companies-inc-mourns-loss-founder-chairman-and-ceo

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— There were 1,092 white individuals arrested in Chicago during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the City of Chicago Data Portal.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653754470-white-arrests-in-chicago-during-q4

DUPAGE COUNTY GOP
— Candidates
https://www.dupagegop.com/candidates

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO HITS RECORD HIGH CAR THEFTS, RECORD LOW ARRESTS IN 2023 – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-hits-record-high-car-thefts-record-low-arrests-in-2023/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis drops out ahead of New Hampshire primary – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/ron-desantis-drops-out-ahead-new-hampshire-primary/
— Congressman accuses DOJ of hiding evidence of undercover agents involved in U.S. Capitol riot – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/19/rep-clay-higgins-accuses-doj-of-hiding-evidence-of/
— Democrats’ one-party tyranny is the real meaning of ‘saving democracy’ – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/democrats-one-party-tyranny-is-real-meaning-of-sav/
— ‘Never Back Down’ DeSantis backs down. The Kamala Harris of 2024 quits race for Republican nomination. – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/ron-desantis-never-back-down-kamala-harris-2024-qu/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Some migrant deaths are more important than others – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2804267/some-migrant-deaths-more-important-others/
— Rio Grande Valley now being avoided by migrants after being a hot spot for a decade – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2808144/rio-grande-valley-now-being-avoided-by-migrants-after-being-a-hot-spot-for-a-decade/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden admits the border crisis he created is real — but won’t accept any blame – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/opinion/biden-admits-the-border-crisis-he-created-is-real-but-wont-accept-any-blame/
— How Biden gave up on ridding us of criminal aliens — putting us in danger – Jon Feere
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/opinion/how-biden-gave-up-on-ridding-us-of-criminal-aliens-putting-us-in-danger/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-biden-gave-up-on-ridding-us-of-criminal-aliens-putting-us-in-danger/ar-BB1h2CTn
— Man stabbed outside NYC migrant intake center in latest spat of violence. – Joe Marino, Larry Celona, and Chris Nesi
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/news/man-stabbed-outside-nyc-migrant-intake-center/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Long Shadow of Southern Segregation by Race. DEI and its advocate, Claudine Gay, marginalize Brown and take us back to Plessy, where differences in skin color justify imposing unequal opportunity on all—some to benefit at the expense of others. – Stephen B. Young
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/22/the-long-shadow-of-southern-segregation-by-race/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What We Don’t Know About the Danger of DEI in the Airline Industry is Scarier than What We Know – William Sullivan (COMMENT: Because DEI is so extremely harmful, Democrats and RINOs have been slower to use DEI where it does the most harm. Democrats and RINOs used DEI to destroy GAO. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/what_we_dont_know_about_the_danger_of_dei_in_the_airline_industry_is_scarier_than_what_we_know.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Republican senators denounce immigration deal in the works; Trump calls supporters ‘stupid’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/republican-senators-denounce-immigration-deal-in-the-works-trump-calls-supporters-stupid-1429735/
— Open borders are forcing taxpayers to open their wallets – Deroy Murdock
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/open-borders-are-forcing-taxpayers-to-open-their-wallets-1429668/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump: I Am ‘Very Honored’ to Have Ron DeSantis’s Endorsement – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/21/donald-trump-i-am-very-honored-to-have-ron-desantiss-endorsement/
— Chicago Organized Retail Burglary Ring Allegedly Led by Newly Arrived Illegal Aliens – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/21/chicago-best-organized-retail-theft-burglary-ring-led-newly-arrived-illegal-aliens/
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Proposes $14 Trillion Reparations Plan – OLIVIA RONDEAU (COMMENT: According to Democrats and to RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations you should pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/01/21/rep-jamaal-bowman-proposes-14-trillion-reparations-plan/
— NYC Neighborhood Left Filthy with Migrants’ Poop, Cups of Urine – AMY FURR (COMMENT: NYC neighborhood today, your neighborhood tomorrow.)
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/01/21/nyc-neighborhood-left-filthy-migrants-poop-urine/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden And Abbott Have Set The Stage For One Of The Biggest State-Versus-Feds Immigration Fights In More Than A Decade – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/21/biden-abbott-have-set-stage-biggest-state-versus-feds-immigration-fights-decade/

BUSINESS WIRE
— The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. Mourns the Loss of Founder, Chairman and CEO Daniel L. Goodwin
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240120510927/en/The-Inland-Real-Estate-Group-of-Companies-Inc.-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Founder-Chairman-and-CEO-Daniel-L.-Goodwin

CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump just before New Hampshire GOP primary – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b808d0cc-b899-11ee-bc35-ff5576920417.html

DAILY CALLER
— Open Borders Are Forcing Taxpayers To Open Their Wallets – DEROY MURDOCK
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/21/opinion-open-borders-are-forcing-taxpayers-to-open-their-wallets-deroy-murdock/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump, Conservatives Praise DeSantis After He Bows Out Of 2024 Race – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-most-conservatives-praise-desantis-after-he-bows-out-of-2024-race

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis suspends 2024 Presidential Campaign and endorses former President Donald Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345316875112
— Conservatives celebrate DeSantis dropping out and endorsing Trump: ‘Uniting the GOP’ DeSantis endorsed Trump in his video announcing the suspension of his presidential campaign. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-celebrate-desantis-dropping-out-endorsing-trump-uniting-gop
— Trump ‘very honored’ by DeSantis endorsement after Florida governor suspends presidential run. – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-honored-desantis-endorsement-florida-governor-suspends-presidential-run
— Daniel Cameron leading fight against ‘woke’ companies: Americans want ‘quality products,’ not ‘agendas’ The former Kentucky Attorney General is the new CEO of the ‘1792 Exchange’ – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/daniel-cameron-leading-fight-woke-companies-americans-quality-products-agendas

HOT AIR
— Fetterman: The American Dream is Threatened by Illegal Immigrants – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/21/fetterman-the-american-dream-is-threatened-by-illegal-immigrants-n606439

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Women’s Studies Center at Northwestern Teaches ‘Organizing’ for ‘Abortion Rights’ “anyone in the NU community who is new to or wants to level up in organizing for reproductive justice, abortion rights, or bodily autonomy” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/womens-studies-center-at-northwestern-teaches-organizing-for-abortion-rights/

MRC TV
— ACCIDENTAL JOURNALISM: Univision Notices Influx Of Chinese Migrants – Jorge Bonilla
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2024/01/21/accidental-journalism-univision-notices-influx-chinese

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Biden Administration’s False Texas Claim Was Good Enough for the Press – BECKET ADAMS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/the-biden-administrations-false-texas-claim-was-good-enough-for-the-press/

NEWSMAX
— Mexico Border Towns Are War Zones Due to Drug Cartels – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-mexico-drugcartels/2024/01/21/id/1150394/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Americans furious as Biden admin lets illegal immigrants fly without valid ID. “…and it’s their choice whether they want their picture taken.” – Sara Higdon
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-furious-as-biden-admin-lets-illegal-immigrants-fly-without-valid-id

TOWNHALL
— Biden Threatens to Use Military Jets On Law-Abiding American Citizens – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/21/biden-threatens-to-use-military-jets-on-law-abiding-american-citizens-n2633933
— This Is the Border Crisis Biden Doesn’t Want Americans to See – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/01/21/the-border-crisis-biden-doesnt-want-you-to-see-n2633926
— How This 2024 GOP Primary Rehashes Some 2016 Drama – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/01/21/it-might-all-be-over-for-ron-desantis-n2633960
— DeSantis Didn’t Get It, But Will Trump? – Arthur Schaper (COMMENT: Who will DeSantis supporters blame the most for his withdrawal? Will it me those who share the most demographics with Trump? Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2024/01/22/desantis-didnt-get-it-but-will-trump-n2633969
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four years later, it seems as though GOP voters did not remember, or rather do not want to remember all the failures, fallouts, and just plain folly of Year 2020. I don’t blame them, but I do have to reproach them for ignoring the incredible work that Governor DeSantis accomplished during that very difficult time.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden-Harris campaign says it has largest war chest of any Democratic candidate in history – SARAH FORTINSKY (COMMENT: I do not donate money to candidates or organizations, but I do offer them GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions free of charge. Those subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year. I should write a book about candidates and organizations that read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but treat them as being worthless and therefore treat me as being worthless because I provide the newsletters free of charge.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/4409211-biden-harris-campaign-record-warchest/

CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump just before New Hampshire GOP primary – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b808d0cc-b899-11ee-bc35-ff5576920417.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump – STEVE PEOPLES
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-ron-desantis-ends-his-presidential-bid-before-new-hampshire-after-falling-far-short-of-trump/

MSN
— Dead-End Jobs: The Grim Reality of Working in These 10 Professions – Tamila McDonald (COMMENT: (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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. But the Democrats who ran the three federal agencies that I worked for a) wasted by career, b) never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10, currently $150,078/year, and c) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/dead-end-jobs-the-grim-reality-of-working-in-these-10-professions/ss-BB1gZO9A

NEW YORK TIMES
— Haley Hits Trump on Age, Suggesting ‘There Is a Decline’ in Mental Fitness – Lisa Lerer (COMMENT: How old are you? I am 75. How much has your mental fitness declined? What do you stress in defense of your mental fitness? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I put one together and send it out each and every morning. They contain links to around 90 articles. I ask my critics/opponents which of their operatives or dupes could/would do what I do? How much would they have to pay them to do what I do – $250,000/year, $500,000/year, $750,000/year, $1,000,000/year, or more? GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/20/us/election-news-new-hampshire-trump
— Are Straight A’s the Road to Success? (COMMENT: Did you get straight A’s? I did not. The following harmed my ability to get straight A’s: a) my working part-time while I took classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, b) my working part-time and full-time while I took classes at Loyola in 1972, and c) my working full-time while I took classes at Loyola 1973-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997. The following harmed my ability to get better scores on the CPA examination in 1979: my working full-time for IRS. The following harmed my ability to get better scores on the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981: my working full-time for GAO.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/opinion/letters/top-grades-education.html
— Reflections on Summer Jobs (COMMENT: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. 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://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/us/reflections-on-summer-jobs.html
— 6 Reasons You May Not Graduate on Time; only 41 percent of students manage to do it. – Meredith Kolodner (COMMENT: Because I took only one course at a time, it took me a) 4 years to complete 16 courses and earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) 4 years to complete 12 courses and earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) 5 years to complete 14 courses and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/education/edlife/6-reasons-you-may-not-graduate-on-time.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Nikki Haley’s Lean Years Led Her Into an Ethical Thicket – Sharon LaFraniere and Alexandra Berzon (COMMENT: If you sought a government office, what would your critics/opponents throw at you concerning your income? Mine would hint/imply/argue/shout: a) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, c) that GAO should have forced me to take a much bigger pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and d) that GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I stress a) that I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, and that I earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994 1996, and 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-republican-primary-ethics-south-carolina.html

USA TODAY
— Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 race, says voters ‘want to give Trump another chance’ – Sudiksha Kochi, Karissa Waddick, Francesca Chambers, Rachel Looker (COMMENT: Who does/does not want you to have a chance? I should write about a) my fellow TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members who did not want me to serve another term as its chairman in 2012, b) my fellow Illinois Center Right Coalition members who did not want me to serve another term on its Steering Committee in 2007, c) my fellow 69 Milton Township Republican Organization members who did not me to serve as its Treasurer in 2004, and d) my fellow American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members who did not want me to serve another term on its board of directors in 2004.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/21/ron-desantis-drops-out-of-2024-presidential-race/71751287007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than Biden’s HHS Lets On. In easing restrictions, it brushes past the long-term effects, from anxiety and depression to psychosis. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marijuana-is-more-dangerous-than-bidens-hhs-lets-on-psychosis-heart-pregnancy-fe409dba
— Pop Goes the DEI Bubble. Claudine Gay’s resignation proved we are moving away from this harmful ideology. – Andy Kessler (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pop-goes-the-dei-bubble-affirmative-action-claudine-gay-harvard-esg-blackrock-39c77d13
— Success in the workplace, at the highest levels and otherwise, requires mastering one’s emotions, showing empathy, uplifting others. – Laura Vanderkam (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were nasty/vicious. They did everything that they could to demotivate me, to get rid of me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and they especially would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had not been in America for a long time. What they did was political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/optimal-review-the-lessons-of-a-cheerful-bus-718257c9

BLOOMBERG
— Wealthy Parents Are Spending $750,000 to Get Kids Into Harvard, Yale – Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents are/were the wealthiest. I would focus on those who had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/wealthy-parents-are-spending-750-000-to-get-kids-into-harvard-yale

FORBES
— How First Generation College Students View Success – Heather Wathington (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. But most significantly, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school and Saturdays during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer in between.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2022/02/24/how-first-gen-college-students-view-success/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/01/21/5-ways-dei-has-been-ineffective-and-how-we-make-it-better/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/01/21/diversity-in-leadership-increases-chances-of-success-by-39/
— Is Allowing Migrants To ‘Use Housing Vouchers…Going To Fix The Housing Crisis For Americans?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMUAfda7JD0

INC.
— How Did Jeff Bezos Make $7.9 Million Per Hour Last Year? – JEFF HADEN (COMMENT: How much should you be paid per hour? Because I injured my right shoulder and arm, I am paying $40 per hour to high school students to shovel snow. Based on that, because I earned three master’s degrees, because I earned six professional certifications, because I earned a professional license, because I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, because I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, I should be paid at least $100/hour.)
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-did-jeff-bezos-make-79-million-per-hour-last-year-by-embracing-an-owners-mentality.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/22/conservatives-organized-undermine-dei-efforts-higher-ed

January 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Sen. Tim Scott endorses Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire primary. Scott’s endorsement is a blow to fellow South Carolinian, Nikki Haley. – Gabriella Abdul-Hakim
https://abc7chicago.com/tim-scott-donald-trump-endorsement-nikki-haley/14340672/
— Texas spent over $370K on 2 flights to send migrants to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-plane-texas-cost-of-charter-flights/14342011/

WGN RADIO
— Where are incomes keeping up with inflation in Illinois? – Joey Schneider
https://wgnradio.com/news/where-are-incomes-keeping-up-with-inflation-in-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Chicago migrants, lacking work permits, are finding work so their families can get by. Many of the 34,000-plus migrants who’ve arrived since August 2022 could qualify for work permits, but, with a long wait to get them, some cook, wash windows, sell candy for cash. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad (COMMENT: Mass/illegal immigration promotes illegal off-the-books and under-the-table income. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s efforts to fight that 1986-1988. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/20/24043024/chicago-migrants-work-permits-jobs
— 4 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for allegedly trying to walk onto Stevenson Expressway. Husam Marajda, an organizer with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network of Chicago, said local and state police officers blocked a car caravan from driving onto the expressway and so a group of people got out of their cars and started to walk. – Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/1/20/24045491/4-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-walk-on-stevenson-expressway

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roe v. Wade anniversary: Two activist families fight contrasting abortion battles in Illinois, Indiana. -Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-roe-anniversary-dueling-local-activists-20240121-vaixjp6l5je7nfd6szf22panhm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Will Illinois’ primary give GOP voters a choice? Presidential delegates for Haley, DeSantis stack their candidates against Trump – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240120/local-politics/will-illinois-primary-give-gop-voters-a-choice-presidential-delegates-for-haley-desantis-stack-th/
— Who you can see at congressional candidate forum in Naperville – Russell Lissau (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many Republican candidate forums that I conducted as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I would focus on those candidates who lost elections and then blamed their loses on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240119/news/who-you-can-see-at-congressional-candidate-forum-in-naperville/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Legislators must act to address migrant crisis – State Sen. Andrew Chesney, R-Freeport
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/01/20/your-turn-legislators-must-act-to-address-migrant-crisis/72268455007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the last 18 months, Gov. JB Pritzker has issued consecutive 30-day disaster proclamations for the State of Illinois as it relates to the migrant crisis and the hordes of non-citizens making their way to Illinois from the U.S. southern border. These orders grant him massive power to bypass the Legislature, a co-equal branch of government, and move and spend budget dollars how he sees fit. Indeed, Governor Pritzker and I do not agree on much, but we agree that the flood of migrants into Illinois is a crisis. When these people arrive, they need shelter, food, and often healthcare. Children must be enrolled in schools, and because they are primarily non-English-speaking, they require additional resources to help them learn. These things cost money and resources that most communities cannot spare. Every tax dollar that is diverted to fund the needs of migrants is a dollar that is siphoned away from Illinois citizens who are hungry, Illinois veterans who need help, Illinois citizens living with disabilities, and lower-income Illinois citizens who rely on their state government for essential services, like food on their table and a warm house in the winter. Governor Pritzker and the Mayor of Chicago are pointing fingers at border state governors and begging President Biden for financial assistance when they should be taking some responsibility for a crisis that is mainly of their own making. Illinois has rolled out the welcome mat to migrants and illegal immigrants. When you loudly proclaim that Illinois welcomes migrants and illegal immigrants regardless of their status, you shouldn’t be too surprised when they show up. Illinois became a de-facto Sanctuary State when majority party Democrats passed Senate Bill 31 in the 100th General Assembly (2017-2018). This law, named the “Trust Act,” prohibits Illinois law enforcement personnel from coordinating with federal immigration officials to enforce immigration laws. Then, in the 101st General Assembly (2019-2020), Democrats enacted laws that provide free health insurance, first for senior illegal immigrants, then for illegal immigrants aged 55-64, and ultimately for all illegal immigrants aged 52+. During this time, they also extended college tuition grants to illegal immigrants and tweaked court system procedures so that an individual’s immigration status could not be used against them. In the 102nd General Assembly (2021-2022), Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants was expanded, and they became eligible for certain tax credits and state utility assistance programs. Both migrants and illegal immigrants were also provided with access to public defenders for immigration cases. In the current 103rd General Assembly, Democrats created a process for them to obtain driver’s licenses and housing assistance and provided a pathway for some migrants to become sworn police officers. Is it any wonder that Illinois is a premier destination state for the undocumented? I recently sent a survey to residents of the 45th District. It was sent with no regard to political affiliation. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all received it. On the issue of support or non-support of free healthcare for illegal immigrants, as of January 1, 2024, a resounding 81.5% of all respondents said they were opposed to the State of Illinois providing free healthcare to those in this country illegally. It is time to unwind the policies that have made this state a destination for the undocumented, beginning with a full repeal of the Trust Act. Illegal immigration is just that — illegal. Law enforcement should be able to work with federal officials to enforce our immigration laws. Secondly, I recommend the elimination of free healthcare for migrants and illegal immigrants. Over 80% of the survey respondents in my district want this, so it is legislation I will be proud to carry. And lastly, we need to roll back the host of other policies mentioned above that have made Illinois a de-facto Sanctuary State and a destination for migrants and illegal immigrants. In my opinion, this is the most important issue facing lawmakers during the 2024 session, and I am willing to work with any legislator who wants to unwind bad policies and place our state back on a better path.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn White evangelicals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-19/white-evangelical-voters-are-standing-by-their-man-donald-trump

WSIL TV & WAND TV & WSIU
— Haley questions Trump’s mental fitness after he confuses her with Nancy Pelosi – Ebony Davis
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/haley-questions-trump-s-mental-fitness-after-he-confuses-her-with-nancy-pelosi/article_106bb68a-c840-5818-9091-591741160267.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/nikki-haley-questions-trumps-mental-fitness-after-he-appears-to-confuse-her-for-nancy-pelosi/article_45e6c951-f785-5254-8a39-d6a5ebf31956.html
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-01-21/haley-questions-trumps-mental-fitness-as-he-seems-to-confuse-her-with-nancy-pelosi

CITIES 92.9
— Some worry Illinois spending priorities under pressure by ongoing migrant care. – Greg Bishop
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/20/some-worry-illinois-spending-priorities-under-pressure-by-ongoing-migrant-care/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “How do you look at the citizens of Illinois, the single moms that go to work every single day and have to pay for their health insurance and then you are told that people from other countries are just coming in and they’re getting free health care,” Coffey said. “That’s got to stop so that we can fund the priorities for the citizens of Illinois.”)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, that is, those who support the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-election-year-politics-threaten-senate-border-deal-as-trump-and-his-allies-rally-opposition/
— Trump mocks DeSantis after testy Fox interview over Iowa results – Lauren Irwin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-mocks-desantis-after-testy-fox-interview-over-iowa-results/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Can Trump be stopped?”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-can-trump-be-stopped-that-and-more-key-questions-heading-into-the-new-hampshire-primary/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rockford Area Legislators React to New Year’s Day Arrival of Plane Full of Migrants from Texas
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/20/rockford-area-legislators-react-to-new-years-day-arrival-of-plane-full-of-migrants-from-texas/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Number of White Hispanic individuals arrested grows in Q4
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653754467-number-of-white-hispanic-individuals-arrested-grows-in-q4

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Suicide by “Migration” – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/01/suicide-by-migration/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis says Mayorkas ‘should be impeached’ as House panel ends hearings – Alex Miller (COMMENT: Mayorkas is just an operative for Biden.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/20/ron-desantis-says-alejandro-mayorkas-should-be-imp/
— New group uses social media to disrupt immigration compromise – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/20/wooing-congress-new-group-uses-social-media-disrup/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Some worry Illinois spending priorities under pressure by ongoing migrant care – Lily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2808624/some-worry-illinois-spending-priorities-under-pressure-by-ongoing-migrant-care/

NEW YORK POST
— Group of newly arrived migrants allegedly behind string of burglaries plaguing Chicago suburb – Deirdre Bardolf
https://nypost.com/2024/01/20/news/group-of-newly-arrived-migrants-allegedly-behind-string-of-burglaries-plaguing-chicago-suburb-police/
— Haley rips Trump for confusing her with Nancy Pelosi, says she had to ‘sit down with him’ over Putin ‘bromance’ – Ryan King and Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2024/01/20/news/haley-claims-she-sat-trump-down-over-putin-bromance/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Has Biden’s Border Crisis Driven Chicago’s Mayor to the Hospital for Panic Attacks?
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/21/has-bidens-border-crisis-driven-chicagos-mayor-to-the-hospital-for-panic-attacks/
— You Won’t Believe How Few States Require US Citizenship to Vote
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/20/you-wont-believe-how-few-states-require-u-s-citizenship-to-vote/

AMERICAN THINKER
— CRT/DEI: Addition through division – Earick Ward (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I have inhibited their success: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Pary, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/crtdie_addition_through_division.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of us are familiar with the expression “addition through subtraction”: A phrase commonly used by coaches to mean that your team can get better not by adding more talent, but by shedding people or practices that are inhibiting your success.)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fetterman strikes again! Speaks out on border crisis, invasion of ‘300,000’ migrants. – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/fetterman-strikes-again-speaks-out-on-border-crisis-invasion-of-300000-migrants-1429604/
— ‘Raises significant security concerns’: Hawley hammers TSA over ‘special privileges to illegal immigrants’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/20/raises-significant-security-concerns-hawley-hammers-tsa-over-special-privileges-to-illegal-immigrants-1429391/

BREITBART
— Republican Senators Warn Against Immigration Deal – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/20/exclusive-republican-senators-warn-against-immigration-deal/
— 12K Migrants Apprehended in Arizona Border Sector in 7 Days – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/20/12k-migrant-apprehended-in-arizona-border-sector-in-7-days/
— Biden to Republicans: Stop ‘Weaponizing’ My Open Border – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/01/20/joe-biden-republicans-stop-weaponizing-open-border/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Texas State University library display promotes books that push sex and transgenderism on teens and kids. – Virginia King
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exclusive-photos-texas-state-university-library-display-promotes-books-that-push-sex-and-transgenderism-on-teens-and-kids-/24680

DAILY WIRE
— Fetterman: Illegal Aliens Pouring Into U.S. Are Threatening ‘The American Dream’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-illegal-aliens-pouring-into-u-s-are-threatening-the-american-dream

EPOCH TIMES
— Massive Influx of Illegal Immigrants Endangers American Dream – Fetterman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/massive-influx-of-illegal-immigrants-endangers-american-dream-democrat-senator-says-5570233

FEDERALIST
— Thousands Attend March For Life Hoping To Make Abortion ‘Unthinkable’ – THOMAS GRIFFIN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/20/thousands-of-pro-lifers-attend-march-for-life-hoping-to-make-abortion-unthinkable/
— Ballots Cast Without Proof Of Citizenship ‘Exploded’ After Lawfare Crippled Arizona Election Laws – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/19/ballots-cast-without-proof-of-citizenship-exploded-after-lawfare-crippled-arizona-election-laws/

FOX NEWS
— Illegal migrants get privileges ‘our own citizens don’t even have’ – Dave Rubin
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345283211112
— Fetterman says American dream is threatened by 300,000 illegal immigrants swarming southern border. ‘I honestly don’t understand why it’s controversial to say we need a secure border,’ the senator told CNN anchor Jake Tapper. – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fetterman-says-american-dream-threatened-300000-illegal-immigrants-swarming-southern-border

GOPUSA
— Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Biden’s Job As President, Survey Shows
https://www.gopusa.com/majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-bidens-job-as-president-survey-shows/
— Biden Takes Swipe At Gun Rights Advocates, Says ‘Need An F-16’ Not AR-15 To Take On Government
https://www.gopusa.com/biden-takes-swipe-at-gun-rights-advocates-says-need-an-f-16-not-ar-15-to-take-on-government/

HOT AIR
— College Essays: The Affirmative Action Workaround – JOHN SEXTON (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/01/20/college-essays-the-affirmative-action-workaround-n606296
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In short, students can still write essays about how race has factored into their lives but it has to be specific and not based on checking a box. Within days the Washington Post had published a story about how colleges were already planning to help educate prospective students about how to get around the new limitations on considering race directly in admissions. . .This of course assumed that students weren’t already well aware that the essays were the best chance they had to make race work for them. The NY Times had already published an account from a college professor who had spent his grad school years making side money by helping students with applications. He said the students already knew how the game worked. . .Students applying for top colleges aren’t dumb. And now that the rules have changed, they are still doing their best to work the system. . .This is exactly the sort of thing that everyone predicted would happen. College essays are now a back door for putting race front and center before admissions officers. The schools haven’t given up on race-conscious admissions, they are just doing their best to find a legal workaround that will allow them to generate the same outcome. Put another way, the same incentives and disincentives are still there depending on your race you just have to be a little more explicit about it to game the system these days.)

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden’s folly: Tens of thousands of Chinese illegals detained, released at the southern border – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/bidens-folly-tens-of-thousands-of-chinese-illegals-detained-released-at-the-southern-border

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Wisconsin Law School Forcing Students To Endure Racist DEI Reeducation. “This ‘DEI training’ is a form of indoctrination and demeans law students based on their race.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents talk and act like they agree with the University of Wisconsin Law School. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/univ-wisconsin-law-school-forcing-students-to-endure-racist-dei-reeducation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In preparation for the session, law students are asked to study a description of “racist” behaviors, including the false claim that non-discrimination is “racist” and a collection of other assertions about “whites” and “people of color” that actually are racist. It would be one thing if the law school proposed an academic debate about such matters. But no one believes for one moment that’s what this session is about. This “DEI training” is a form of indoctrination and demeans law students based on their race. WILL strongly condemns this meeting’s proposed subject matter and demands that any racially discriminatory instruction be removed. By pushing racist ideology on law students, the University is defying federal law, creating a racially hostile environment, and harming individual student dignity. . .The attachments assert a racist view of the world and propagate harmful racial stereotypes. The materials assert the following claims: Only white people can be racist. Advocating for a “colorblind” society is racist and “negates” the “experiences of people of color.” It is racist to attack affirmative action. All white people experience “privilege based on your white skin color. You benefit from this system of oppression and advantage no matter what your intentions are.” White people have a “fear of people of color and what would happen if they gained control.” White people all are infected with “whiteness,” “white guilt,” “denial,” “fear,” and “privilege.” Ridding white people of “racist conditioning” “will never happen.” “There are no exceptional white people” such that all are tainted by skin color. “All white people are the “beneficiaries of racism and white privilege.” White people should never talk about their “own story of hardship” because it “diminishes the experiences of people of color.” All white people “attempt to excuse, defend or cover up racist actions of other white people.”)

MRC TV
— CNN Pushes Gun Control After Justice Department Report on Uvalde Shooting – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2024/01/20/cnn-pushes-gun-control-after-justice-department-report-uvalde

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI: Distraction, Evasion, and Incompetence at the University of Illinois Springfield – Jared Gould
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/01/20/uis-what-is-it-good-for/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago mayor treated at hospital for panic attacks amid illegal immigrant crisis, reporter claims
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-treated-at-hospital-for-panic-attacks-amid-illegal-immigrant-crisis-reporter-claims

POWER LINE
— THE DEEP MEANING OF DEI – SCOTT JOHNSON
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/01/the-deep-meaning-of-dei.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College presidents, if they are not members of the Democratic Party, invariably come into office pledging to enlarge the diversity regime, which further cements the party–academic alliance. College faculties are overwhelmingly Democratic and progressive in their affiliations. College campuses are now a “base” of the Democratic Party. Academic administrators, of whom there are now many, are typically hired today to advance one or another aspect of the diversity regime. One will find few conservatives in faculty or administrative posts because they oppose the diversity regime, and so cannot be hired. It is hard to escape the conclusion that the DEI movement, in large part thanks to its alliance with the Democratic Party, has locked up control over America’s leading universities. The enterprise is especially influential not only because DEI is the official doctrine of the university, but also because it leans on powerful external allies in the Democratic Party. For that reason, it was shocking that a few outside critics should have been able to topple Ms. Gay while dishing out an embarrassing lesson to Harvard’s establishment. . .Ours is not the first country in which universities have fallen under control of political parties. The history of these kinds of relationships is far from benign. Nazi leaders in Germany targeted universities for control and used them to implement party policies and spread their malignant ideology. Many of these universities were among the finest in the world before the Nazis took over. Something similar happened in the Soviet Union, though there the universities were captured by Marxism–Leninism and the Communist Party. In neither country were speakers allowed to appear on university campuses to promote ideas in opposition to party dogmas. Authorities under those regimes did not appoint university heads on the basis of scholarly credentials but rather because of their loyalty to the party and its ideology. Everyone knows how those enterprises ended. Is it a good thing that American universities are controlled by the Democratic Party, and circulate its ideological dogmas? Obviously not—and for that reason universities and the diversity agenda will inevitably confront a political reckoning.)

TOWNHALL
— WH: ‘We Have to Do Something About Illegal Migration’ Then Brags About Taxpayer-Funded Services They Get – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/20/wh-we-have-to-do-something-about-illegal-migration-then-brags-about-taxpayer-funded-services-they-get-n2633911
— Biden Admits the U.S. Border Is Not Secure, But There’s a Catch – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/20/biden-admits-us-southern-border-is-not-secure-n2633922
— Texas Authorities Begin Arresting Illegal Immigrants at Southern Border – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/01/20/texas-authorities-begin-arresting-illegal-immigrants-at-southern-border-n2633881

TURNING POINT USA
— Illinois to Mandate Mental Health Screenings for Students (COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatism is a mental illness.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/illinois-to-mandate-mental-health-screenings-for-students
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This decision by Illinois may appear to be a good decision that can be a benefit for young students. But in a time where the legitimacy and neutrality of psychologists and social workers is in question, it is unclear whether or not this will be a viable solution to the ongoing mental health crisis sweeping our country.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— DeSantis joins House GOP calls for Mayorkas impeachment – TARA SUTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4419470-desantis-joins-house-gop-calls-mayorkas-impachment/

NEWSWEEK
— Republican Chip Roy Slams Donald Trump Over Border Failures
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-slams-donald-trump-over-border-failures-1862518

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs a) use DEI to get rid of Republicans; b) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things; and c) focus on destroying Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/20/us/dei-woke-claremont-institute.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei.html

WASHINGTON POST
— When Reagan tried to undo affirmative action, corporations fought back. Now, amid political pushback against DEI initiatives, companies are once again holding onto their diversity practices. – Julian Mark (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Because they hated Reagan, they hated me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/01/21/ronald-reagan-affirmative-action-dei/

USA TODAY
— Nikki Haley says America was never racist. Her memoir tells a trickier story. Nikki Haley recalls in her 2012 book how staff at a fruit stand called the police on her turban-wearing father. It is one of several anecdotes that contradicts her GOP primary message on race. – Dan Morrison
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/20/nikki-haley-never-racist-book/72280548007/
— These Republicans want to punish conservative rebels as tensions erupt in the House – Ken Tran (COMMENT: I should write a book past and present leaders of the following who were/are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/17/house-gop-conservative-max-miller-bob-good-freedom-caucus/72261822007/

TAMPA BAY TIMES
— Trump said millions of migrants are signing up to vote illegally
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/01/21/trump-said-millions-migrants-are-signing-up-vote-illegally-fact-check/
— Build the wall? Here’s why immigrants will still come to US. – John Skey, Bradenton (COMMENT: What jobs have you taken that your critics/opponents would never have stooped to take? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/01/19/build-wall-heres-why-immigrants-will-still-come-us-letters/
(FROM THE LETTER: You can build a wall, you can talk tough about immigrants “poisoning” our blood, but until you start going after American businesses, and their owners, for knowingly hiring millions of workers without documentation, not much will change. I’ve know many immigrants, documented and not, and every single one of them was here to work, and every single one of them found work. Illegal immigration will drop dramatically if E-Verify is required for every employer in the country, no wall needed. The flip side of this is we will then have a massive shortage of labor, as most Americans do not want to do the farm, hotel, restaurant and roofing/construction jobs that these immigrants do so well. Rarely do I hear politicians talk about the root causes of illegal immigration: terrible conditions in the immigrants’ country of origin combined with millions of available jobs here in the United States, happily given to them by American business owners. Any serious discussion of immigration must address these issues, with significant fines and/or jail time for hiring illegally, while simultaneously developing and expanding a robust guest worker visa program to accommodate, legally, the immigrants that will do the jobs Americans simply will not do.)

SEACOAST
— Kinzinger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/01/21/adam-kinzinger-vote-republican-nh-primary-democracy/72298906007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Legal Woes Splinter GOP Unity. Former president is on a glide path to the nomination, but a criminal conviction would cost him Republican votes in November. – Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trumps-legal-woes-splinter-gop-unity-1fd67987
— What Is Humanitarian Parole? How an Obscure Biden Immigration Policy Became So Controversial. Parole has been extended to Ukrainians, Afghans and migrants at southern border. – Michelle Hackman (COMMENT: Constructively, just about every citizen of every country in the world could claim “humanitarian parole” in America.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/humanitarian-parole-immigration-border-policy-controversy-eb4d63a9

BLOOMBERG
— RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-20/house-gop-threats-to-kill-immigration-deal-show-they-re-not-serious-about-border

FORBES
— 2024 Career And Job Search Trends And How These Will Affect You – Robin Ryan (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more difficult/impossible it will be to get a good job: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2024/01/16/2024-career-and-job-search-trends-you-need-to-know-about/
— Time To Escape The Vicious Cycle Of Low Pay And Bad Jobs – Roger Trapp (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2023/08/28/time-to-escape-the-vicious-cycle-of-low-pay-and-bad-jobs/
— The more memberships that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have in the following marginalized groups, the harder that they work against me: female, minority, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/01/17/its-not-too-late-to-start-employee-resource-groups/

VOA
— What Would Happen in US Election if Trump or Biden Dropped Out?
https://www.voanews.com/a/what-would-happen-in-us-election-if-trump-or-biden-dropped-out-/7444855.html

SALON
— Want to fix inequality, Democrats? The answer is wages, not education. Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There’s an easy solution. – J. PAUL LEIGH (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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)
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/21/want-to-fix-inequality-democrats-the-answer-is-wages-not-education/

MILITANT
— As immigration spikes, workers look to unify the working class – ALYSON KENNEDY (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My RINO critics/opponents a) want cheap labor and b) look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://themilitant.com/2024/01/20/as-immigration-spikes-workers-look-to-unify-the-working-class/

NATION WORLD
— ‘Humanitarian parole’, the last hurdle in the immigration deal between Biden and Republicans in Congress (COMMENT: Constructively, just about every citizen of every country in the world could claim “humanitarian parole” in America.)
https://nationworldnews.com/humanitarian-parole-the-last-hurdle-in-the-immigration-deal-between-biden-and-republicans-in-congress/

INDEPENDENT
— Working class Americans angry at Democrats saying they’re responsible for illegal migrant invasion, Republicans to win big in 2024? (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My RINO critics/opponents a) want cheap labor and b) look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents a) are/were rich, b) bought them cars, c) paid their colleges expenses, d) got them jobs, e) etc.)
https://theindependent.sg/working-class-americans-angry-at-democrats-saying-theyre-responsible-for-illegal-migrant-invasion-republicans-to-win-big-in-2024/

January 14, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Chicago opens warming centers across city, including for migrants staying at ‘landing zone’ – Matt Stefanski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-to-open-warming-centers-across-city-including-for-migrants-staying-at-landing-zone/3326772/

CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrants-chicago-shelters-concordia-place/
— Extreme cold prompts Chicago to open additional warming centers for residents and migrants – Beth Lawrence
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-extreme-cold-warming-centers-residents-migrants/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5e-xgv8VQc

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community input sought by Aurora groups on how to help asylum seekers – Denise Crosby (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-asylum-seekers-st-0114-20240112-7vfizrseefe6dngitvvpzdsnvi-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Out of work and running out of time, migrants struggle to find jobs in Chicago – Nell Salzman (COMMENT: If offered to them, will migrants take the bad jobs that I took? 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 more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-work-permits-process-20240114-2qjw2l4jcjbaji7tjiugnifdzi-story.html
— MLK taught us to love our neighbor. Unity between Black and Jewish Americans is vital. – Seth M. Limmer (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had great success in uniting my Democrat Jewish and Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. I should write a book about that. It culminated in 1997 when I was 49 when my Democrat Jewish GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-martin-luther-king-sermon-black-jewish-americans-unity-20240114-kn5xqmytzzaftii7yfuct6fw4u-story.html
— The 1833 Treaty of Chicago forced Native Americans off their land, but legal disputes continued for years. – Ron Grossman (COMMENT: What have your ancestors taken from Native Americans? My ancestors on my father’s side were farmers who immigrated from what is now Germany to Chicago in 1844. They worked in a brick factory there until they had saved enough money to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. They sold that farm in 1864 and bought 10 acres on the north side of downtown Crete. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built on that land in 1926. I lived in that house 1954-1972. My father lived in that house until he died in 1969. My mother lived in that house until she died in 2016. My brother lived in that house until he died in 2022. I sold that house in 2022. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have aways used the aforesaid against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-indian-treaty-1914-chicago-20240114-fgoohs7dcbajbpi3muxq24mpqu-story.html
(COMMENT: In June 1905, the Tribune recalled that some 70 years earlier, diplomacy had been a thriving industry on Lake Michigan’s shore, far removed from its accustomed focal point in the nation’s capital. “In the days of Chicago’s youth, treaties were negotiated here. Representatives of the United States and of the Potawatomi and other tribes held solemn councils here and entered into agreements by which the Indians gave up much and got little.” Collectively, those treaties stripped the Indians of their tribal lands. They proceeded apace with the westward movement of European farmers and ranchers. Indians not only lost their hunting grounds, they became foreigners in someone else’s country. Until 1924, Indians weren’t American citizens.)
— Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader. – Alex Hulvalchick and Pam DeFiglio (COMMENT: Have you supervised a racial equity activist? I did during all of the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office. He was a younger Black CPA who always led the office’s many Black events. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn him against me. They stressed to him that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed to him that my ancestors had been in America since 1844 but that none of them joined the Union Army. They stressed to him that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I gave him unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals. They shouted at him that I sabotaged his career advancement. They stressed to him that I supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. But they stressed the most to him that was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired at the end of that month. I was not eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years and they made it clear that if I did not take their “offer,” my next 6 years would be a living hell. They gave my younger Black activist subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-awake-activist-lawsuit-tl-0111-20240112-4ram7soozvh2hotp7qhnalzyl4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After conviction, ex-Ald. Ed Burke gets pension bump; former Speaker Mike Madigan now in line for hike before new trial date – Ray Long (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes complaint that my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is too generous. They especially complain that for computing my pension, a) I got almost 3 years full-time CSRS credit while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 even though I worked only part-time and b) I got more than a full year CSRS credit for my unused sick leave that I had when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-burke-madigan-pensions-20240114-bmead6ia55boffb5cmrlupu72u-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville narrowly avoids landing on state list for Illinois’ least affordable cities – Tess Kenny (COMMENT: What helped you and your spouse afford your first home? Our salaries and my wife’s savings helped us buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ) in 1978: I had worked for IRS for 7 years and my wife had worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions for 8 years. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $106,785/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-affordable-housing-illinois-state-list-0114-20240112-x24tjsp6hzeyxoofcdboakji64-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democracy not at risk, but not operating optimally – Michael Barone (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders run America. They ever-increasingly use democracy to screw Republicans.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240113/article/democracy-not-at-risk-but-not-operating-optimally/
— How the accountant shortage is affecting businesses, markets – Brian Davidson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240114/business/how-the-accountant-shortage-is-affecting-businesses-markets/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although one could point to a number of factors driving this change, one of the most significant is the general decline in the number of certified professional accountants (CPA) and the impact of this decrease on professional firms and businesses.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As ‘mansion tax’ catches on in U.S. cities, Los Angeles offers lessons. – Sarah Holder
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/what-chicago-can-learn-los-angeles-mansion-tax

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County officials draft proclamation amid asylum seeker influx
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/01/11/kane-county-officials-draft-proclamation-amid-asylum-seeker-influx/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump fraud trial: Trump calls civil charges politically motivated (COMMENT: All the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors took against me were politically motivated.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/trump-fraud-trial-trump-calls-civil-charges-politically-motivated/video_6fe561a8-f271-556a-83dd-93b5c753475e.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston’s Reparations Committee selects which descendants will get grants first – Carlos D. Williamson (COMMENT: Democrats promote who gets reparations, but not who pays for them.)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/01/13/evanston-reparations-direct-descendant-grants/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump likes to call people losers. Now Biden’s using the insult on him – Tamara Keith (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a loser. In my defense, I stress that I earned three master’s degrees (Loyola-business-1976, DePaul-accounting-1980, and IIT-finance-1997), six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997), and a professional license (CPA-1981).)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-13/trump-likes-to-call-people-losers-now-bidens-using-the-insult-on-him

CITIES 92.9
— Major disparities among minority children in Illinois – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Because Democrats run education in Illinois, Democrats cause disparities.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/12/report-major-disparities-among-minority-children-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report analyzed 12 indicators representing well-being milestones from cradle to career and converted them into a scale ranging from 0 to 1,000. In Illinois, Asian and Pacific Islander children have the highest index score at 837, followed by white children at 740. Black children received an index score of 341. . .The report shows that poverty levels improved between 2007–2011 and 2017–2021, but too many families still struggle to make ends meet. More than half of Black (58%), American Indian or Alaska Native (57%) and Latino (53%) kids live below the federal poverty level.)

WGLT
— Darin LaHood endorses Donald Trump for president ahead of Iowa caucuses – Tim Shelley
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-01-13/darin-lahood-endorses-donald-trump-for-president-ahead-of-iowa-caucuses

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

SOUTHEAST ILLINIS NEWS
— Bailey: ‘Joe Biden’s handling of the border, ceding control to cartels involved in human trafficking, is despicable’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/653682699-bailey-joe-biden-s-handling-of-the-border-ceding-control-to-cartels-involved-in-human-trafficking-is-despicable

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Congressman Darin LaHood Endorses President Donald J. Trump
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/13/lahood-endorses-trump/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Modern Democrats’ Legacy and the Devastation of Inflation – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/opinion-the-modern-democrats-legacy-and-the-devastation-of-inflation.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MTG threatens to oust Speaker Johnson over border deal – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/13/mtg-threatens-oust-speaker-mike-johnson-over-borde/
— Projection and denial: That’s the Biden way – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/12/projection-and-denial-thats-biden-way/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the question of whether homeless people have a right to camp on public property. – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2794406/supreme-court-weigh-whether-cities-criminalize-homeless/
— The wheels are falling off of the forced transition to electric vehicles – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2793977/wheels-falling-off-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles/
— Ron DeSantis is running against corporate America – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2795135/ron-desantis-is-running-against-corporate-america/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Claudine Gay Was the Embodiment of Woke Academia – Peter W. Wood
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/downcast-gay/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat-to-English Dictionary — updated for 2024 – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/the_democrattoenglish_dictionary__updated_for_2024.html
— We Are in an Abusive Relationship with Our Government – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/we_are_in_an_abusive_relationship_with_our_government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California is now covering the costs of genital-mutilating surgeries for illegal aliens. Leftism’s slippery slope invariably leads to depraved absurdity. Consider how Governor (receding) Hairdo and the Pyrite State’s other communist saboteurs have greased the shifting ground under Californians’ feet: (1) There is no illegal immigration crisis. (2) There may be a crisis, but California taxpayers won’t be paying for it. (3) Taxpayers may have to foot the bill for the illegal immigration crisis, but California will do nothing to incentivize illegal immigration. (4) After further review, these aliens aren’t “illegal,” but rather “undocumented.” (5) Health care is a human right. (6) California must provide “undocumented” aliens healthcare. (7) Mutilating the genitals to make them look like the opposite sex is health care. (8) California taxpayers must pay for “undocumented” aliens’ genital surgery. (9) Californians who object to paying for undocumented aliens’ genital surgery may be guilty of “hate” crimes and will be prosecuted. Why punish the people who illegally enter the United States when you can punish the people who do not want to subsidize immigration crimes while canceling their votes with the votes of those here illegally?)
— Claudine Gay debacle is the end result of a 1968 Xerox memo – Michael Bertolone (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasingly pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females, that is, to discriminate against older Whites and older men.).
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/claudine_gay_debacle_is_the_end_result_of_a_1968_xerox_memo.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The genesis of the policy that led to her hiring can be found in a 1968 memo that then-Xerox CEO Joseph C. Wilson wrote in which he directed his hiring managers to hire underqualified and outright unqualified minorities in the name of “diversity.” Using Claudine Gay’s example as a case study, we can now clearly see the dismal fruit of this well-intentioned but sadly naive policy. Xerox CEO Wilson implemented the policy in reaction to the riots sweeping the U.S. in 1968, particularly after Martin Luther King’s assassination. This reaction foreshadows corporate America’s reaction to the killing of George Floyd by the ramping up of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Wilson’s directive also included a warning that read, “The full and unqualified cooperation of all Xerox managers is expected in reaching our minority hiring goals.” He could have added “or else” to that statement. Similar hiring directives have been issued at universities and corporations over the last several decades. The only difference is that the decision-makers have gotten clever and usually don’t memorialize these policies in writing. Word of mouth is the preferred method to avoid the blowback of conservatives and the general public. But now, leftists have deluded themselves into thinking that there will be no repercussions for their out-of-touch machinations.)
— You just might be a Democrat if … – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/you_just_might_be_a_democrat_if__part_ii.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— DeSantis lays out his border plan, including funding the wall with remittance fees – Vivek Saxena
https://americanwirenews.com/desantis-lays-out-his-border-plan-including-funding-the-wall-with-remittance-fees/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DeSantis lays out his border plan, including funding the wall with remittance fees – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/desantis-lays-out-his-border-plan-including-funding-the-wall-with-remittance-fees-1427453/
— Washington Dem in hot seat for saying ‘nobody stays awake at night worrying about the southern border’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/washington-dem-in-hot-seat-for-saying-nobody-stays-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-southern-border-1427423/
— AOC facing backlash after she’s asked about migrants being placed in schools: ‘It’s not in my district’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/aoc-facing-backlash-after-shes-asked-about-migrants-being-placed-in-schools-its-not-in-my-district-1427376/

BREITBART
— Pro-Palestinian Protesters Swarm White House Fence, Secret Service Deployed – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/13/watch-pro-palestinian-protesters-swarm-white-house-fence-secret-service-deployed/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Largest Terror Attack in US History Has Already Happened. Here It Is. – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/01/24/the-largest-terror-attack-in-us-history-has-already-happened-here-it-is
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have you seen the polls? Most Americans are angry and shocked about our open borders. They are literally in shock that any U.S. president would allow this to happen. A huge majority defines this as an “invasion.” A huge majority also says this is a national security crisis. Here is what most Americans can see and understand: Open borders are leading to massive increases in spending: welfare, food stamps, national debt — the bankruptcy of America. And of course, a massive decline in our quality of living.)

DAILY WIRE
— Delusional Biden Says Southern Border Is Not In Crisis As Illegal Crossings Surge – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/delusional-biden-says-southern-border-is-not-in-crisis-as-illegal-crossings-surge

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Talk About Illegal Immigrants The Same Way They Used To Talk About Slaves – EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/13/democrats-talk-about-illegal-immigrants-the-same-way-they-used-to-talk-about-slaves/

FOX NEWS
— White House accuses Abbott of trying to ‘politicize the border’ after Texas seizes park along Rio Grande. Texas has battled with the federal government over border security. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-abbott-trying-politicize-border-blocking-border-patrol-park
— Eric Adams rips Texas Gov. Abbott for ‘mean-spiritedness’ on illegal immigrant crisis. NYC Mayor Eric Adams called for a national ‘decompression strategy’ to place migrants throughout the country. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/eric-adams-rips-texas-gov-abbott-mean-spiritedness-illegal-immigrant-crisis
— DHS claims Border Patrol blocked by Texas from entering area to rescue migrants who later drowned. DHS says an adult and two children drowned in the incident. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-claims-border-patrol-blocked-by-texas-from-entering-area-to-rescue-migrants-who-later-drowned

HOT AIR
— Biden Admin Spent $700K to Prevent Pregnancy in ‘Transgender Boys’
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/01/13/biden-admin-spent-700k-to-prevent-pregnancy-in-transgender-boys-n604768

LAW ENFORCEMET TODAY
— Democrats for children? NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks more students out of their school to house illegals. – Noah Webster
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/democrats-for-children-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-kicks-high-school-students-out-of-their-school-to-house-illegals

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Executives Say They’re Still Committed to DEI Policies Despite Rising Backlash – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/executives-say-theyre-still-committed-to-dei-policies-despite-rising-backlash/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Threat to Our Democracy in 2024, Enabled by the Biden Administration – TOMMY VALENTINE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/a-threat-to-our-democracy-in-2024-enabled-by-the-biden-administration/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. McCaul: Mayorkas Impeachment Could Come in Weeks – Nick Koutsobinas (COMMENT: Mayorkas is an operative for Biden.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mayorkas-illegal-migrant/2024/01/13/id/1149465/
— Rep. Burlison to Newsmax: Shut Down Border or We Shut Down Govt – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/burlison-shutdown-migrant/2024/01/13/id/1149472/

PJ MEDIA
— DoJ Asks Supreme Court To Tell Texas Not to Block Border Patrol From Patrols – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/01/13/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-tell-texas-not-to-block-border-patrol-from-patrols-n4925449
— WHO Appoints Transgender Majority for Panel on Raising Children. – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2024/01/13/who-appoints-transgender-majority-for-panel-on-raising-children-n4925446

POST MILLENNIAL
— Illinois governor begs Texas to stop sending illegal immigrants to Chicago. “Your callousness, sending buses and planes full of migrants in this weather, is now life-threatening to every one of the arrivals.” – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/illinois-governor-begs-texas-to-stop-sending-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago
— Biden takes Texas to Supreme Court over armed National Guard blocking illegal immigrants from entry – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-takes-texas-to-supreme-court-over-armed-national-guard-blocking-illegal-immigrants-from-entry

TOWNHALL
— You Won’t Believe What Dem Jerry Nadler Said About Illegal Migrants – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/you-wont-believe-what-dem-jerry-nadler-said-about-illegal-migrants-n2633583
— Biden Admin Dishes Out $700,000 Into Another Woke, Radical Transgender Program – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/biden-pours-70000-into-another-woke-radical-transgender-program-n2633546
— Florida Introduces Several Anti-Woke LGBTQ Bills Aimed to Destroy the Grooming of Children – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/florida-introduces-several-anti-woke-lgbtq-bills-aimed-to-protect-children-n2633543
— Maine Builds Rent-Free Apartments for Illegal Migrants Paid for by American Taxpayers – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/maine-builds-rent-free-apartments-for-illegal-migrants-paid-for-by-american-taxpayers-n2633542
— Biden Admin Dishes Out $700,000 Into Another Woke, Radical Transgender Program – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/biden-pours-70000-into-another-woke-radical-transgender-program-n2633546

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Many Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’ Immigrants are the majority of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Many have no nest egg, and some are coping with social isolation. – Winnie Hu and Jeffrey E. Singer (COMMENT: RINO employers want immigrants because RINO employers want cheap labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/nyregion/older-immigrants-retirement.html

ABC NEWS & WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) paint themselves as having been the Union Army in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republican-candidates-struggle-civil-war-history-party-grapples-106350803
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/13/haley-trump-civil-war-history/

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Faces Backlash After Refusing to Call Southern Border a ‘Crisis’ – Natalie Venegas
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-faces-criticism-over-southern-border-crisis-1860525

— MAGA Furious at Border Deal Backed by Republican Senators: ‘Surrender’ – Thomas Kika
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-furious-border-deal-backed-republican-senators-surrender-1860511

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-furious-at-border-deal-backed-by-republican-senators-surrender/ar-AA1mVs1B

BUSINESS NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://biz.crast.net/dei-becomes-cool/

FOX ORLANDO
— Eatonville hosts 47th MLK Day parade (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use MLK to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1395250

WBRZ
— American Civil Rights activist reconnects with children she met during work to desegregate South (COMMENT: Have you supervised a Black activist? I did during all of the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office. He was a younger Black CPA who always led the office’s many Black events. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn him against me. They stressed to him that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed to him that my ancestors had been in America since 1844 but that none of them joined the Union Army. They stressed to him that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I gave him unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals. They shouted at him that I sabotaged his career advancement. They stressed to him that I supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. But they stressed the most to him that was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired at the end of that month. I was not eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years and they made it clear that if I did not take their “offer,” my next 6 years would be a living hell. They gave my younger Black activist subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wbrz.com/videos/american-civil-rights-activist-reconnects-with-children-she-met-during-work-to-desegregate-south

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
— Pat Gill running for eighth term as Woodbury County Auditor – Caitlin Yamada (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in DuPage County who since 2000 have discouraged me the most from running for DuPage County Auditor, something that I never wanted to do. I would focus on those discouragers who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my qualifications the most. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, and Certified Fraud Examiner. I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. In my role as an Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, I tried to recruit former DuPage County Auditor Bill Jacklin and his deputy Jim Rasins. I recruited Rasins to speak at an AGA Chicago Chapter training event. I worked hard to elect Rasins County Auditor in 2000 and 2004 and I worked hard to elect Bob Grogan County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Grogan’s deputy was Peter Balgemann who is one of my relatives.)
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/government-politics/pat-gill-woodbury-county-auditor-election/article_0a69c4b6-b0a2-11ee-b419-033daf66fdb5.html

HISTORY
— ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S EMBRACE OF FOREIGN-BORN FIGHTERS More than a quarter million immigrants took up arms for the United States. – HAROLD HOLZER (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. All my ancestors were farmers who immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My harshest critics/opponents stress that none of them enlisted in the Union Army. In my defense, I own a Civil War sword that I inherited from a relative who did enlist in the Union Army. I have it in my closet by my front door for my self-defense.)
https://www.historynet.com/immigrants-union-army-civil-war/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the earliest days of Union enlistment in New York City, anyone willing to volunteer was welcome at recruitment offices—including the foreign-born. Language barriers proved no obstacle, particularly among Germans. After all, German support had helped Abraham Lincoln win the presidency in 1860. After the fall of Fort Sumter and the call for 75,000 militia to suppress the rebellion, Lincoln wisely concluded that a war to save the Union must not be an exclusively native-born undertaking. So he launched a concerted effort to lure marquee commanders from various ethnic backgrounds, regardless of their politics (though he did resist abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ early pleas for the enlistment of free Blacks). One of Lincoln’s first such acts was to order his secretary of war to appoint “Col. Julian Allen, a Polish gentleman, naturalized,” who proposed “raising a Regiment of our citizens of his nationality, to serve in our Army.” After some initial resistance from the War Department, Allen got his commission. Army regulations at the time explicitly stated: “No volunteer will be mustered into the service who is unable to speak the English language.” That rule would simply be ignored. From the outset, the restriction hardly stemmed the early enthusiasm of the foreign-born to don the U.S. Army uniform, even if the uniforms themselves reflected more the ethnic background of the recruits than the cohesion of the supposedly united states. That spring, German-born New York Herald correspondent Henry Villard seemed “surprised”—but clearly proud—to observe freshly minted “infantry dressed in the genuine Bavarian uniform….Prussian uniforms, too; the ‘Garibaldi Guards’ in the legendary red blouses and bersaglieri [Italian infantry] hats,” as well as “‘Zouaves’ and ‘Turcoes’ [North African infantrymen], clothed as in the French army, with some fanciful American features grafted upon them.” Before long, Lincoln granted a request by Carl Schurz, the recently named U.S. minister to Spain, to abandon his post in Madrid and raise a regiment in New York. Although his initial recruitment efforts fell short, Schurz won a military commission anyway, and served in the Army of the Potomac. In 1863, however, he earned damning criticism when his men fled from a Confederate assault at Chancellorsville. Most officers subject to such castigation would have faced demotion or dismissal. But Schurz still exerted enormous influence—over the German-born community as well as Lincoln—for his tireless work in the 1860 campaign. A gifted orator, he managed to convince Lincoln to continue backing him even as he leveled injudicious criticism (privately, at least) on his commander-in-chief. Then there was the case of Franz Sigel, a 36-year-old German-born general who notched an even more dubious record in the West. From the outset of the war, however, Sigel proved a magnet for German recruitment. “I Fights Mit Sigel” became a rallying cry among German-speaking soldiers. Each time Lincoln sought to downgrade Sigel, the outcry from Germans proved overpowering. In 1864, when Lincoln briefly faced a third-party reelection challenge, many of those expressing support for the insurgency cited the president’s alleged injustices against Sigel. IRISH LEADERS, MIXED RESULTS If German Americans contributed the largest foreign-born contingent in the Federal army, Irish Americans proved a close second. Some 150,000 Irishmen took up arms for the Union.)

TIME
— The Civil War Was Won by Immigrant Soldiers – DON H. DOYLE
https://time.com/3940428/civil-war-immigrant-soldiers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why did they fight? What were they fighting for? Recruitment posters in the New York Historical Society provide hints at the answers.
One poster reads: Patrioti Italiani! Honvedek! Amis de la liberté! Deutsche Freiheits Kaempfer! (Italian patriots! Hungarians! Friends of liberty! German freedom fighters!) Then, in English, it urges “250 able-bodied men . . . Patriots of all nations” to fight for their “adopted country.” One immigrant mother gave testimony in 1863 to an antislavery convention as to why her 17-year-old son was fighting for the Union. “I am from Germany where my brothers all fought against the Government and tried to make us free, but were unsuccessful,” she said. “We foreigners know the preciousness of that great, noble gift a great deal better than you, because you never were in slavery, but we are born in it.” Following the failed Revolution of 1848, thousands of young Germans fled to America. They took up arms in what they saw as yet another battle in the revolutionary struggle against the forces of aristocracy and slavery. “It isn’t a war where two powers fight to win a piece of land,” one German enlistee wrote to his family. “Instead it’s about freedom or slavery, and you can well imagine, dear mother, I support the cause of freedom with all my might.” In another letter written to his family in Europe, a German soldier gave a pithy explanation of the war: “I don’t have the space or the time to explain all about the cause, only this much: the states that are rebelling are slave states, and they want slavery to be expanded, but the northern states are against this, and so it is civil war!”)

ATLANTIC
— Biden has forced the Texas National Guard to take control of a 2.5-mile stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico. The Texas National Guard has repeatedly denied U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the Shelby Park area in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Civil War began when South Carolina refused to allow federal authorities to access Fort Sumter.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/texas-border-stunt-abbott/677118/

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s progressive mayor refuses to answer THREE times when asked if he’ll raise city’s taxes to help pay for the migrant crisis. The Windy City’s mayor made the empty comments during a sit-down with CBS 2 Thursday, where talks hovered around the looming task of setting a city budget. The discussion, however, quickly turned to his predecessors’ pledge to house arriving asylum seekers – a promise he has vowed to continue into next year. With shelters now packed – and busses arriving from states like Texas daily – Franza asked the ex-teacher who succeeded Lori Lightfoot about his response. – ALEX HAMMER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12960405/Brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-migrants-taxes-interview.html
— Texas national guards use riot shields to hold back horde of migrants trying to cross through razor wire in Eagle Pass with one person hurling a rock towards a soldier’s head. Texas National Guard members are seen struggling to push back against migrants in new footage taken at the border last month. Eagle Pass has become a flash point for the migrant crisis with a record number of crossings taking place. – BETHAN SEXTON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12960613/Texas-national-guards-riot-shields-migrants-Eagle-Pass.html