December 18, 2024

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After decades of red, 2024 election shows DuPage County now ‘reliably blue’ (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have been deeply involved with Republican politics in DuPage County since 2000. At least since 2000, leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) have rejected some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Yes, Democrats have ever-increasing invaded the county. But DCRCC leaders have ever-increasingly become more Democrat Lite, more RINO, more anti-conservative, more anti-Trump, and more anti-Republican. They boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville this year and removed me from its Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about those past and present DCRCC leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/dupage-county-naperville-2024-election-democrat-republican-illinois-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier this month, 11 elected officials were sworn into DuPage County offices. Of those, nine were Democrats. In the wake of November’s general election, DuPage County — once a Republican stronghold — seems to have definitively shifted left, experts and observers say. “I think we have strong evidence suggesting that we can now say DuPage is reliably blue,” said Melissa Mouritsen, a political science professor at College of DuPage. From federal races to county contests, the 2024 election saw the Democratic Party come out strong across DuPage. Voters favored the Democratic candidates in four of five congressional races that reached into the county. Democrats also captured a larger share of the county’s vote in three of four state senator races and 12 of 16 state representative races. County-wide, three-term DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen was unseated by Democratic challenger Judith Lukas. Democratic incumbents prevailed in their reelection bids for circuit clerk and auditor while the Democratic candidate clinched a win in the race for recorder. On the DuPage County Board, a Democratic challenger unseated her Republican predecessor, while other Democratic incumbents held onto their seats, leaving the body with 12 Democrats, six Republicans and a Democratic chair. Eighteen years ago, not one Democrat sat on the board. Change in course  For more than a century, DuPage County was undeniably Republican. But over the past two decades — particularly the past six years — Democrats have incrementally loosened the GOP’s grip on the county. In 2006, the county had an entirely Republican 18-seat board. Over the next 10 years, Democrats grew to have a small presence on the body. But then the tide really started to change. In 2018 alone, the body added six Democrats to the mix. That same year, Jean Kaczmarek was elected clerk, making her the first Democrat to snag a county-wide office in DuPage since 1934. (BAR CHART) By 2020, Democrats picked up four more seats on the board, flipping the majority in their favor. Two years later, voters elected the board’s first Democratic chair in at least three-quarters of a century. It all pointed to a change in course. Still, even when Democrats took control of the board four years ago — something that hadn’t happened since the 1930s — questions loomed: was DuPage County really blue? Was it purple? Will it last? November’s election, though, dealt answers, observers say. That’s even despite Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket underperforming President Joe Biden by nearly three points. “I think it’s enduring change,” Mouritsen said. And it comes down to there being a greater shift in what the electorate is thinking, meaning residents “by and large more identify as Democrats,” she said. Mouritsen, in part, attributes the change to secular shift, including demographics and that “we’re seeing more people move to DuPage from Cook County, who bring their politics.” Another factor is mapmaking, Mouritsen said. Favorable political districts for Illinois Democrats starting in 2010 gave way to Democratic gerrymandering in DuPage, she said. A third component has been just work of the party itself. Mouritsen called the trio of factors “three legs of a table,” all contributing to Democrats’ ascendancy in DuPage. Then, six years ago, the change — already in the making — hastened with something Mouritsen dubbed the “Trump effect.” Repudiation  In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump received 39% of the county’s vote, nearly nine points less than Mitt Romney four years prior. Locally, there appeared to be an aversion to Trump, Mouritsen said. “(I would say) there was a strong contingent of Republicans in DuPage County who felt that way,” she said, adding that in turn helped to spur on the blue shift already taking root in the county. Former DuPage County Board Democrat Elizabeth “Liz” Chaplin says that she has likewise found that, “(With) what we’re hearing at the national level … a lot of people just don’t like this rhetoric (and) I think that really helped us resonate with the voters.” Chaplin was first elected to the board in 2012. She retained her seat for 12 more years before leaving to successfully run for county recorder this year. “I mean, from 12 years to where we are today, I never thought it would have turned this quickly,” she said. To her, Trump’s first term is the “prevailing factor” in propelling that flip, she said. Jennifer Zordani, who was the acting chair of the Democratic Party of DuPage County until mid-November, likewise thinks repudiation has played an important part in change, she says, though less so in direct response to Trump and more against extremist ideology in general. “I don’t know if it’s as much the repudiation of Trump … (as it is) a repudiation of extremists on issues,” she said. Where Zordani and Chaplin do align is their belief in where the past few years have landed DuPage today. “I believe it is solidly blue,” Zordani said. Chaplin echoed, “I do see (the county) as truly blue.” Across the aisle, though, observations diverge. ‘Green wave’ James Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999 and chairman of DuPage County Republicans, says he wouldn’t call recent change a blue wave but a “green wave.” “Democrats are outspending us probably 10 to one at least in all of these House and Senate races and on media on Chicago markets. … And you can’t tell me it doesn’t have an effect down ballot,” Zay said. Democrats had a hefty financial advantage in state legislative races, with the House Democrats’ campaign organization and the state party funneling millions of dollars to candidates facing potentially tough Republican competition. As far as other potential down-ballot effects, Zay dismissed the notion that Trump is a deterrent for local Republicans. There were more requests for Trump signs ahead of November’s election than he’s seen before, Zay said. Speaking to the GOP’s broader trajectory both in the years leading up to November and going forward, Zay did recognize there is work ahead for the party. Namely, building Republicans’ stronghold back from the ground up. DuPage Republicans in recent years have lost a once-strong pipeline for up-and-coming candidates, Zay said. Of late, the party hasn’t “done a good job of bringing people up from park district boards and municipal boards” for higher office, he said. It needs to build a farm system again, he noted. In Zay’s estimation, the county these days is more purple than firmly blue. “I would definitely say it’s a 60-40 (Democrats to Republicans) county right now,” he said. But that split, as the past few years have shown, is subject to change, he added. “It could turn at any time. I mean, who knows, you know?” A blue future? The durability of Democrats’ momentum in DuPage is hard to pinpoint, according to Stephen Maynard Caliendo, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Central College. Caliendo, who is also a professor of political science, expects the shift to persist for some time, though that doesn’t mean it will never swing back, he said. There are a few factors, again, playing to Democrats’ favor. One is incumbent advantage, Caliendo says. Another is the party’s power statewide, he said, especially when it comes to redistricting. “With a state that is always in control by Democrats, it’s very unlikely … that they’re going to” realign districts in a way that’s going to put them — candidates in DuPage included — at a disadvantage, he said. What could make a difference is the country’s larger political environment, Caliendo said. “The reason why I might be wrong,” he said, “is because we may be seeing a fundamental realignment of the parties … and what I mean by that is I don’t know if the Republican Party can survive Trump in the form that it had taken since 1980.” If that’s the case, Caliendo continued, “everything I said about redistricting and whatever is not going to make any difference because people who used to vote Democrat might vote Republican” and vice versa. For now, what DuPage Democrats can — and should do — is avoid complacency, Chaplin and Zordani advise. “We’re still growing. … We can’t rest on our laurels,” Chaplin said. “I think we have to continue to work to let people know who we are,” Zordani added, “(and) what we’re doing. … We are solidly blue, but it would never ever be something I would take for granted.”)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump won the November 5, 2024 presidential election. The voters have spoken. In light of that, what should Republican party leaders, elected officials, and candidates be doing to defend and advance Trump? What should the following be doing to defend and advance Trump: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republican elected officials in your area, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election and they ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. That hatred caused all but 2 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct to lose. How successful will Democrat and RINO leaders be in causing the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in my precinct to lose? I have 1,091 registered voters in my precinct. 458 (42%) are Independent. 361 (33%) are Republican. 272 (25%) are Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Allies of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard get some challengers kicked off ballot (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-allies-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-get-challengers-kicked-off-ballot/15668759/
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard warns Thornton Township shutdown could start Wednesday
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-warns-shutdown-could-start-wednesday/15671055/
— ‘Total dumpster fire’: Republicans fume over speaker’s spending plan days from shutdown deadline. House Republicans stormed out of a GOP conference meeting, furious at Johnson.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republicans-fume-speaker-mike-johnsons-spending-plan-days-shutdown-deadline/15668588/

NBC5
— Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-chooses-herschel-walker-as-us-ambassador-to-bahamas/3627133/

WGN9
— Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/trump-sues-des-moines-register-pollster/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats push to accomplish a slew of last-minute goals as President Joe Biden’s era ends
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/18/illinois-congress-biden-goals/
— After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/jan-6-house-gop-liz-cheney/
— Elgin City Council to vote on plan to move tent city residents to hotels, tear down encampment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/elgin-council-to-vote-on-plan-to-move-tent-city-residents-to-hotels-tear-down-encampment/
— 3 candidates for Thornton Township supervisor knocked off 2025 ballot (COMMENT: When will the Chicago Tribune start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/3-candidates-for-thornton-township-supervisor-knocked-off-2025-ballot/
— Americans end 2024 with grim economic outlook, but Republicans are optimistic for 2025
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/america-economy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Sheriff Tom Dart plans to scrap decades-old electronic monitoring program over safety concerns
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/12/17/sheriff-tom-dart-scrap-electronic-monitoring-safety-concerns
— Here’s hoping Trump doesn’t deliver on ideas to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. Taking the country’s troubled but constitutionally-enshrined mail and placing it on the hands of the private operators is a cure that’s far worse than the ailment. (COMMENT: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/18/donald-trump-privatize-u-s-postal-service-musk-ramaswamy-postmaster-louis-dejoy

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs reject Trump’s election.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-18/illinois-laws-create-roadblocks-but-dont-stop-deportations-expert-says

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote vices.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-most-us-teens-are-abstaining-from-drinking-smoking-and-marijuana-survey-says/

CITIES 92.9
— Appeals court hears challenge of Illinois teacher’s firing for Facebook posts (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because they do not like articles linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/17/appeals-court-hears-challenge-of-illinois-teachers-firing-for-facebook-posts/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-426/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-218/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS GOP
— Illinois’ No Good, Very Bad YEAR Under IL Democrats
https://illinois.gop/illinois-no-good-very-bad-year-under-il-democrats/

JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Desperate Mayor: el Brandito
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-desperate-mayor-black-lenin/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking at the Birthright Citizenship Debate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/17/looking-at-the-birthright-citizenship-debate/
— 71-Year Old Enbridge Pipeline That Appears to Run Through Western McHenry County Springs Leak in Wisconsin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/16/71-year-old-enbridge-pipeline-that-appears-to-run-through-western-mchenry-county-springs-leak-in-wisconsin/
— Ethics, Smethics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/15/ethics-smethics/
— Trump Puts Year-Round Daylight v. Standard Time Fight on Horizon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/15/trump-puts-year-round-daylight-v-standard-time-fight-on-horizon/
— From Now through January 2nd Local Police Have Federally-Financed Cars on Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/16/from-now-through-january-2nd-local-police-have-federally-financed-cars-on-duty/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago property taxes have doubled in 10 years, thanks to pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-property-taxes-have-doubled-in-10-years-thanks-to-pensions/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump is right about birthright citizenship. Farcical practice should have ended long ago.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/trump-right-birthright-citizenship/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
— End the weaponization of the IRS (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. They never promoted me beyond GS-12.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/end-weaponization-irs/
— Why transgender people shouldn’t serve in the military
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/transgender-people-shouldn-serve-military/
— Change needs to come to White House press briefing room (COMMENT: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor 2000. My DuPage County Republican critics/opponents did not want me to attend Henry Hyde’s press conference in 2005 ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-08-05-0508050305-story.html ) in which he endorsed Roskam. But when I attended anyway, they warned me to not ask any questions. Since 2005, they have used what happened with Jeff Gannon during a White House press briefing (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News ) to demonize me, denigrate, me, and condemn me as being a clone of Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with Democrat reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/change-needs-come-white-house-press-briefing-room/
— Trump poised to shake up America’s woke colleges and universities (COMMENT: The universities that I earned degrees from (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) are ever-increasingly more woke, that is, they ever-increasingly have no use for me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/17/donald-trump-poised-shake-america-woke-colleges-un/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Sanctuaries’ hiding nearly 60% of illegal immigrants from ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3263100/sanctuaries-hiding-60-percent-illegal-immigrants-ice/

NEW YORK POST
— Disney axes transgender storyline from upcoming ‘Win or Lose’ series
https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/entertainment/disney-axes-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-win-or-lose-series-report/

AMERICA FIRST LEGAL
— American Airlines Agrees to End Illegal Discrimination in Hiring, Recruiting, and Employment Practices Following AFL’s Civil Rights Complaint
https://aflegal.org/victory-american-airlines-agrees-to-end-illegal-discrimination-in-hiring-recruiting-and-employment-practices-following-afls-civil-rights-complaint/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat Party’s Fight for American Youth (COMMENT: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district been in making young people anti-Trump, that is, in making them anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/twitch_wokeism_and_the_democrat_party_s_fight_for_american_youth.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) says Hispanic Trump voters have a ‘slave mentality’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/17/jasmine-crockett-says-hispanic-trump-voters-have-a-slave-mentality-1510157/

BREITBART
— Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Removes Citizens from Meeting for Protesting Migrant Funding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/chicago-democrat-mayor-removes-citizens-meeting-protesting-migrant-funding/
— Nearly 8 Million Illegals Living in Sanctuary Cities Across U.S. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/analysis-nearly-8-million-illegals-living-sanctuary-cities-across-us/
— Trump’s Deportations May Force Meatpacking Industry to Raise Wages  (COMMENT: Illegals drive wages down. Back in good old days, that is, back in the 1960s, I was able to earn enough a) to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, b) to pay for all my college expenses, and c) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/report-trumps-deportations-may-force-meatpacking-industry-raise-wages/
— Democrat Senators Defend Transgenderism in Pentagon’s K-12 Schools
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/17/democrat-senators-defend-transgenderism-pentagon-k-12-schools/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2024. Documenting the decades-long increase in the share of Americans not in the labor force, and its implications for immigration policy. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://cis.org/Report/WorkingAge-Not-Working-1960-2024

COLLEGE FIX
— Michael Knowles ‘creates unsafe’ campus for ‘LGBTQ+ students,’ University of Illinois complaint says
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michael-knowles-creates-unsafe-campus-for-lgbtq-students-u-illinois-complaint-says/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago City Hall Meeting Erupts Into Chaos As Residents Protest ‘Migrant Invasion,’ Mayor Calls In Police To Clear Them Out. https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/17/chicago-city-hall-meeting-chaos-residents-protest-migrant-funding/
— ‘Just Another Weaponized Institution’: Ramaswamy, Musk Slam SEC Following Diversity Policy Reversal (COMMENT: GAO audits SEC. Because my Democrat GAO had forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 1997, the Democrats who ran SEC had no interest in hiring me even though a) I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators including SEC for 9 years, b) I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, c) I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, d) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, e) I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I had become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, g) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and h) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. SEC would have hired me instantly if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/just-another-weaponized-institution-ramaswamy-musk-slam-sec-following-diversity-policy-reversal/ar-AA1vOxoj

DAILY WIRE
— 120+ Retired Generals, Admirals Sign Letter Backing Pete Hegseth For Defense Secretary. Trump said Hegseth has made “tremendous strides” over the last week toward being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/120-retired-generals-admirals-sign-letter-backing-pete-hegseth-for-defense-secretary
— Medical School To Host Course With Activist Who Said ‘White People Are Psychopaths’  The far-left activist said that whites are psychopaths because of their biology and ‘evolutionary history’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/medical-school-to-host-course-with-activist-who-said-white-people-are-psychopaths
— Feds Look To Hire Up To 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump Takes Office. Thirty-three DEI jobs were posted in the 10 days immediately following Trump’s election.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-look-to-hire-up-to-1200-new-dei-bureaucrats-before-trump-takes-office
— Major Medical Association Pushes For DEI ‘To Be Embedded In Everything’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-medical-association-pushes-for-dei-to-be-embedded-in-everything
— Disney Pulls Transgender Storyline From Upcoming Animated Series
https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-series

EPOCH TIMES
— Head of Russia’s Nuclear Defense Forces Killed by Scooter Bomb in Moscow. Earlier this week, Ukraine’s security services charged Igor Kirillov with the use of banned chemical weapons.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/head-of-russias-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-by-scooter-bomb-in-moscow-5777751

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— Department of Education Blew $1 Billion on DEI
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/department-of-education-blew-1-billion-on-dei-heres-why-it-matters/

FOX BUSINESS
— American Airlines ends DEI hiring practices after facing discrimination charges by conservative watchdog. The policy reversal comes after America First Legal filed a discrimination complaint against the airline.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/american-airlines-ends-dei-hiring-practices-after-facing-discrimination-charges-conservative-watchdog

FOX NEWS
— Chicago community activist Andre Smith sounds off on migrant crisis: ‘I welcome’ Trump border czar
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-community-activist-sounds-off-133540056.html
— Chicago mayor boots public from rowdy city meeting as residents object to migrant ‘invasion’  Mayor Johnson struggled to pass his budget plan for weeks. (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms low-paid employees and especially low-paid employees who are minority and/or female.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-boots-public-from-rowdy-city-meeting-residents-object-migrant-invasion
— Cheney Accused of ‘Potential’ Witness Tampering
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-cheney-accused-potential-witness-tampering
— Biden wants to make it difficult for Trump  (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors made things difficult for me after I got promoted to GS-11 in 1973. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. They never promoted me beyond GS-12.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366162026112
— Mike Lee looks to halt welfare for illegals going on under Biden with key budget process. The ‘America First Act’ would remove eligibility for a variety of benefits from noncitizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-lee-looks-halt-welfare-illegals-going-under-biden-key-budget-process
— Trump’s transition team eyes expansion of ankle monitors for illegal immigrants not in custody. Expanded GPS monitoring has been on Republicans’ agendas for years. (COMMENT: How many illegals are roaming around in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-transition-team-eyes-expansion-ankle-monitors-illegal-immigrants-not-custody
— Black enrollment at Harvard Law tanks by more than half after affirmative action ruling. The president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, lamented the decline in enrollment as a ‘crushing loss.’ (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to waste my career and to get rid of me. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had one professional certification while I had six, and d) who was not a licensed CPA like I was.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-enrollment-harvard-law-tanks-more-than-half-after-affirmative-action-ruling
— Disney drops transgender storyline from upcoming animated Pixar show ‘Win or Lose’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/disney-drops-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-pixar-show-win-lose
— Biden sinks to all-time low, while Trump’s numbers rise, in new national poll
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-sinks-all-time-low-trump-hits-recent-high-new-national-poll

HANNITY
— Trump Says Hegseth Making ‘Tremendous Strides’ Towards Confirmation, 120+ Sign Letter in Support
https://hannity.com/media-room/in-his-defense-trump-says-hegseth-making-tremendous-strides-towards-confirmation-120-sign-letter-in-support/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Kicks Public Out of City Meeting After They Trash Him Over Illegal Aliens. “He wants to pull a $40 million line of credit and put the city in even more debt. It’s your fault, because you gave half of the money to illegals.” (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms low-paid employees and especially low-paid employees who are minority and/or female.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/chicago-mayor-kicks-public-out-of-city-meeting-after-they-trash-him-over-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— 120 Retired Generals, Admirals Sign Support for Hegseth
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/military-trump-cabinet/2024/12/17/id/1191979/

OPEN THE BOOKS
— NEW REPORT SHOWS DC STILL A GHOST TOWN AFTER COVID
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/wheres-waldo-new-report-shows-dc

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Boots Angry Residents From Meeting After Being Criticized for Prioritizing Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2024/12/17/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-kicks-people-out-of-meeting-who-were-angry-about-migrant-crisis-n2649188

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Are more migrants staying in Texas after crossing the border?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/are-more-migrants-staying-in-texas-after-crossing-the-border/ar-AA1w3aCM

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/undocumented-border-families-texas.html
— Suit Accuses Georgetown, Penn and M.I.T. of Admissions Based on Wealth. The schools were accused of giving special treatment to wealthy students who might not otherwise have been admitted. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. How wealthy were your parents when you were in high school and college? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/lawsuit-georgetown-wealthy-students-admissions.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Young Republicans Gather, Ready to Make America Vengeful Again. At a gala on Wall Street for the New York Young Republican Club, attendees were looking forward to retribution from the next Trump era, and musing on another run in 2028.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/young-republicans-gala.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election and ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/12/17/trump-mass-deportation-threats-nyc-principals-reminded-keep-ice-out-of-public-schools/

NEW YORK SUN
— House GOP Subcommittee Recommends Liz Cheney Face Criminal Charges for Witness Tampering. Congressman Barry Loudermilk says Ms. Cheney colluded with Cassidy Hutchinson and her attorney to give false testimony by telling salacious and untrue stories about the events of that day.
https://www.nysun.com/article/house-gop-subcommittee-recommends-liz-cheney-face-criminal-charges-for-witness-tampering

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/17/republicans-congress-all-male-house-committee-chair/77026435007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— All the News That’s Suddenly Fit to Print After the Election. New York Times readers finally learn that Biden policies spurred a wave of illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/all-the-news-thats-suddenly-fit-to-print-after-the-election-f4a0d624
— Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Really Talk About Rich Applicants. ‘Sure hope the wealthy raise a few more smart kids!’ wrote one college enrollment officer, according to the suit. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. How wealthy were your parents when you were in high school and college? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-financial-aid-lawsuit-rich-students-families-c1a3a41c

BEACON ONLINE NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is woke, that is, that Jesus is anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://beacononlinenews.com/2024/12/17/christ-and-woke-philosophy/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Makes Good on His Threat to Sue Iowa Pollster and The Des Moines Register
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-good-on-his-threat-to-sue-iowa-pollster-j-ann-selzer-and-de-moines-register/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Blacks cannot succeed unless they are given massive preference. My Democrat GAO superiors gave my Black subordinate massive preference. They forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had a professional certification, but I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/12/18/harvard-and-unc-enrolled-fewer-black-law-students-year

CARE
— 7 practical ways to pay for long-term care (COMMENT: How prepared are you to pay for long-term care? My outstanding aunt had saved more than $600,000 for her long-term care when she went into an assisted living facility in 2011. She died in 2022. She had never attended college. She never married. She worked as a key-punch operator. She lived frugally. She helped teach me how to drive a car.)
https://www.care.com/c/practical-ways-to-pay-for-long-term-care/

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
— Insulate Your Home — and Your Bank Account (COMMENT: When our home was built in 1984, my wife and I insulated the walls and attic of our attached 3-car garage. Subsequently, we replaced the garage doors with insulated ones. I am now adding additional insulation in the garage attic.)
https://www.energy.gov/articles/insulate-your-home-and-your-bank-account

INDEPENDENT
— Wisconsin shooting latest: Natalie Rupnow joined shooting range before school attack as police hunt motive. Natalie Rupnow, a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School, was photographed shooting skeet in the summer.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/natalie-rupnow-wisconsin-madison-school-shooting-motive-b2666321.html

DAILY MAIL
— Democrat sparks fury as she accuses Latino Trump voters of having a ‘slave mentality’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14202963/jasmine-crockett-maga-hispanic-voters-slave-mentality.html
— More than a million Venezuelans have been allowed into the US in the time President Joe Biden has been in office.  A staggering 1,022,409 citizens of the South American country have been encountered at the southern border or granted admission into the US through one of  Biden’s immigration programs, according to federal government statistics from 2021 through October of this year. This citizenship is particularly important because Venezuelans have largely fueled the crisis at the border for the last four years – from asylum-seekers fleeing the communist regime back home to the Tren de Aragua members who have unleashed a wave of crime in American cities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-14191311/venezuelan-migrant-numbers-biden-border.html

December 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 16 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago shootings this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-15-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15659574/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cannabis-industry-illinois/15652693/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
— Woman charged in alleged anti-Palestinian hate crime inside Downers Grove Panera due in court
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexandra-szustakiewicz-due-court-hate-crime-charges-alleged-ant-palestinian-incident-downers-grove-panera/15662572/

FOX32
— Threats against members of Congress surge after murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Threats against members of Congress are surging, including fake bomb calls targeting their homes after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1562490
— More than 100 former patients file major lawsuit against Universal Health Services for alleged abuse
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawsuit-universal-health-services
— UnitedHealthcare lawsuit: Physicians allege delay, deny, underpay practices
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/unitedhealthcare-physicians-lawsuit

WGN9
— DuPage County Sheriff to suspend evictions during portion of the holiday season
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dupage-county-sheriff-to-suspend-evictions-during-portion-of-the-holiday-season/ar-AA1vHgTi

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: November election numbers tell a cautionary tale for both Democrats and GOP (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/illinois-presidential-election-breakdown/
— The real cost of the anti-college narrative (COMMENT: My father often decried that he did not get promotions because he did not have a college degree. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/opinion-anti-college-narrative-black-students-elitism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current anti-college narrative, while seemingly populist and anti-elitist, is built on a false premise: that just because you can be successful without college, you shouldn’t have to pursue it. Worse, it perpetuates a harmful message for historically marginalized groups. This line of thinking implies that students from lower-income backgrounds or marginalized communities — those often unable to afford college outright — should simply opt out, limiting their potential opportunities. This ultimately reinforces racist and classist ideas that say if you aren’t already poised to access other forms of opportunity, then those opportunities aren’t for you.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/wrapping-our-arms-around-the-community-the-outreach-house-helps-with-food-clothing-utilities/
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241215/news/a-resilient-nation-leaders-stress-importance-of-community-at-mlk-dinner/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Other states must be saying, ‘Thanks, Santa, for what you send us from Illinois
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/the-gifts-illinois-sends-states-mark-glennon-19980840.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does that job pay? Salary transparency one of many new Illinois laws in 2025. (COMMENT: Federal employee salaries are extremely transparent. My IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates saw that my Democrat superiors were paying me less than my coworkers who had less work experience that I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They especially saw that I had to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article296931194.html

CENTRALL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders were less successful than they thought they be in getting their illegals to vote.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-gop-stoked-fears-of-noncitizens-voting-cases-in-ohio-show-how-rhetoric-and-reality-diverge/

WCIA
— Romney: ‘You can’t complain’ if Trump does what he says he would do (COMMENT: I should write about the Romney promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who continue to blame Romney’s defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who continue to punish me for Romney’s defeats.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/

WAND TV
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration/article_4f8a72ac-939c-5c42-8bf4-d9117554b666.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-424/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Settlement with ABC and Stephanopoulos indicates Trump has an actionable defamation claim against Gov. Pritzker
https://wirepoints.org/settlement-with-abc-and-stephanopolous-indicates-trump-has-an-actionable-defamation-claim-against-pritzker-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois pension debts hit $144 billion in 2024, make a mockery of politicians’ decades of ‘balanced budgets’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-pension-debts-at-144-billion-in-2024-makes-mockery-of-politicians-decades-of-balanced-budgets-wirepoints/
— Chicago aldermen have told Mayor Johnson they don’t want to impose yet another property tax hike on Chicagoans. He should listen.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-aldermen-have-told-mayor-johnson-they-dont-want-to-impose-yet-another-tax-hike-on-chicagoans-he-should-listen-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— Pritzker takes credit for ending the grocery tax, but won’t mention the gas tax hike or property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-takes-credit-for-ending-the-grocery-tax-but-wont-mention-the-gas-tax-hike-or-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the mainstream news media and Google and their ever-increasing promotion of the Democrat Party platform, Democrat elected officials, and Democrat candidates and their ever-increasing demonization, denigration, and condemnation of the Republican Party platform, Republican elected officials, and Republican candidates. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly makes its anti-conservative anti-Republican anti-Trump editorials look like news articles. I should write a book about that.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton township, and Wheaton and how they have been taken over by anti-conservatives and by anti-Republicans. I would use as examples the adverse actions that leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me and the pretexts they have used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Johnson runs from budget debacle
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1867683008511152167

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Let ‘sanctuary’ cities keep millions of illegal aliens, without federal funding. Time to give ‘the resistance’ what they want. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run sanctuary cities will a) run up debt, b) take money away from any remaining Republicans in the city, and/or c) ship their illegals to the suburbs.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/let-sanctuary-cities-keep-millions-illegal-aliens-/
— Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/15/mitt-romney-predicts-vice-president-elect-j-d-vanc/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fixing deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/fixing_deportation.html
— Anchor babies with birthright citizenship is an idiotic policy that encourages migrants to come to the U.S. illegally
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/anchor_babies_with_birthright_citizenship_is_an_idiotic_policy_that_encourages_migrants_to_come_to_the_u_s_illegally.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Party of the working class’: Trump critic Mitt Romney credits Trump for reshaping GOP as he exits politics (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class for 33 years, that is, I was a wage earner for 33 years.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/15/party-of-the-working-class-trump-critic-mitt-romney-credits-trump-for-reshaping-gop-as-he-exits-politics-1509812/

CENTER SQUARE
— Military may be ground zero for the war on woke (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents are woke, that is, they all are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d1e584e-b9a7-11ef-8c1a-774323955d0c.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s ‘Prime’ Time to Discuss Transgender Medicine as a Nation of Parents, Not Partisans (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in medicine will be Democrat, libera/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/15/its-prime-time-discuss-transgender-medicine-nation-parents-not-partisans/

FOX NEWS
— Clinton says Democrats have bad habit of ‘giving up’ on certain groups because of demographics (COMMENT: Democrat plant political consultants in Illinois advise Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to get votes from those in Illinois who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to dump voters in Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365866530112
— ‘Going to be painful’: Venezuelan expert sounds alarm about what’s next if sanctuary city policies continue. A former Venezuelan army officer told Fox News Digital that the ‘next step’ of violent gang is ‘targeted assassinations.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/painful-venezuelan-expert-sounds-alarm-about-whats-next-sanctuary-city-policies-continue

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Thieves of Words: DEI and Other Misleading Terms. Totalitarian ideologues have perfected the art of deception by using benign terminology and injecting it with oppressive meaning.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-thieves-of-words-dei-and-other-misleading-terms/
— Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/diversity-conference-for-elite-private-schools-devolves-into-festival-of-jew-hatred/amp/

REASON
— Federal Government Has ‘Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,’ Warns Former GAO Boss David Walker. This week’s House Budget Committee hearing showed bipartisan agreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems. (COMMENT: Walker led GAO 1998-2008. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  The Democrats who run GAO do not want GAO to have any Republican employees. They used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republicans.)
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/federal-government-has-grown-too-big-promised-too-much-subsidized-too-many-warns-former-gao-boss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is likely to face a debt crisis within the next five years unless Congress undertakes serious fiscal reforms, says a former comptroller general who is urging lawmakers to treat the budget and deficit with the seriousness it deserves. “The federal government has grown too big, promised too much, subsidized too many, undercut states’ rights, and lost control of the budget,” David Walker, who led the Government Accountability Office from 1998 until 2008, told members of the House Budget Committee on Wednesday. Unless Congress puts the country on a different fiscal course, Walker believes there is a 70 percent chance of a serious debt crisis before the end of the decade. That crisis would have “serious adverse economic security, national security, diplomatic, and domestic tranquility consequences,” he warned, adding that the middle class would “be affected the most on a relative basis” if standards of living are suddenly hit with a debt-induced shockwave. This week’s hearing was intended to highlight bipartisan agreement on the seriousness of the federal government’s fiscal problems, said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R–Texas), the committee’s chairman. “We’ve got major fiscal problems and a completely unsustainable fiscal trajectory. I haven’t heard anyone, Democrat or Republican, witness or member, that [sic] doesn’t accept that fact,” he said. “We won’t know when the dominoes fall on us in a sovereign debt crisis, it’s going to be difficult to put the pieces back together and maintain our global leadership.” Those remarks echo warnings issued in recent years by governmental entities like the GAO and the Congressional Budget Office, as well as outside groups like the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Since 2015 the gross national debt has doubled, from $18 trillion to over $36 trillion. Debt held by the public, which most economists consider the more significant measure, sits at more than $28 trillion, or 99 percent of GDP. Deficits of nearly $2 trillion are expected for the foreseeable future. Douglas Elmendorf, the economist and dean of the school of government at Harvard University, who was invited to speak at the hearing by Democrats, also stressed the need for immediate action. “Although we are not in a crisis now, delaying action has significant costs,” Elmendorf said. “The accumulation of debt crowds out capital investment, which holds down wages and pushes up interest rates relative to what would happen otherwise. In addition, the accumulation of debt limits the government’s ability to borrow when truly needed to respond to problems in the future.” While there is little disagreement about the seriousness of America’s fiscal problems, the committee hearing also inadvertently highlighted the immense difficulty of solving them. During his testimony, Walker proposed what he called a “fiscal responsibility amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, which would bind Congress’ ability to borrow recklessly. This could take several different forms. Germany, for example, has a so-called “debt brake” rule—which it hasn’t followed in recent years—that says the government’s annual budget deficit cannot exceed 0.35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). By contrast, the U.S. federal government ran a deficit of $1.8 trillion last year, which is about 6 percent of America’s current GDP of about $29.3 trillion. Another example is on the books in Colorado, where the growth of government spending is limited by a formula that takes into account population growth and inflation. Those are good models to follow, but imposing those restrictions via a constitutional amendment seems like a nearly impossible lift. Amendments must be passed by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and subsequently ratified by three-quarters of the states, and no amendment has successfully navigated the process since 1992. Of course, lawmakers don’t need a constitutional constraint to prevent them from borrowing too much. They could simply pass a budget that doesn’t depend on trillions of dollars in annual borrowing. Yes, yes, it’s okay to laugh. But that is the thing that must happen. New constitutional amendments or other mechanisms like debt commissions—a solution favored by Cato Institute budget expert Romina Boccia, who also testified at this week’s hearing—are fine ideas worth pursuing. Embedded in both those ideas, however, is the admission that our elected leaders are somehow unable to do their most fundamental jobs without artificial constraints. And that may very well be true: Available evidence certainly points to that conclusion. But the biggest budgetary constraint of all is the one Walker (and plenty of others) believe is looming just over the horizon. Congress cannot ignore it any longer.)

STARS AND STRIPES
— Why the Naval Academy gets to keep affirmative action (COMMENT: To use Affirmative Action and DEI is to a) lower hiring, retention, and promotion standards for minorities and for females and a) to raise hiring, retention, and promotion standards for Whites and for men. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or female. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. Because I am not a minority or female, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my job-related bachelor’s degree and my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-12-15/naval-academy-affirmative-action-admissions-16171778.html

TOWNHALL
— The End of the ‘Free’ Rides.  A new sheriff is coming to town. The free gravy train for the irresponsible and illegals is going to be over. “Free” is giving way to personal responsibility and earning the rewards you seek. “Free” is on the way out in Trump’s Washington.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2024/12/16/the-end-of-the-free-rides-n2648995

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vows-to-hire-american-his-businesses-keep-hiring-foreign-guest-workers/ar-AA1vW5JM

YAHOO
— Shock as Trump Adviser Collapses on Stage at New York Young Republican Gala
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shock-trump-adviser-collapses-stage-053308177.html

ABC NEWS
— Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration. When Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work. (COMMENT: How does the Trump team view me and view my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/journalists-anticipate-renewed-hostility-work-incoming-trump-administration-116818030
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-threatens-mass-deportations-central-america-braces-influx-116816385

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/this-is-how-much-weed-you-should-smoke-if-you-re-trying-to-relieve-stress/ss-AA1uCQzC
— ‘Promoting Meritocracy’: Elon Musk’s Super PAC Drops $10,000,000 (COMMENT: (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their giving preference to those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/promoting-meritocracy-elon-musk-s-super-pac-drops-10-000-000/ss-AA1sk2K7?ocid=HPCDHP

NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Democrats Skipping Donald Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: The list includes Casten and Ramirez.)
https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-donald-trumps-inauguration-2001234
— Blagojevich: Weaponization of Justice ‘Started With Me’
https://www.newsweek.com/rod-blagojevich-justice-department-lawfare-trump-biden-2000399
— Celebrities Who Tried to Stop Donald Trump Fall Silent
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-celebrities-debra-messing-martin-sheen-video-2000481

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ But He Also Wants to Wield Its Power. (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who want Trump to fail.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/deep-state-trump-administrative.html
— Opposition Research Goes Hyperlocal. The liberal group American Bridge is launching a new project to collect information for campaigns against Republicans running for state and local offices. (COMMENT: If you were me, what would you do? I spend a tremendous amount of time and money putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning. Far too many of those who read my newsletters do so for opposition research. They a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) read my newsletters to get information to use against me, and/or c) have taken adverse actions against me. Should I start naming the aforesaid and writing about them? I would start with those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. The only legitimate reason to read my newsletters is to get information to defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform and to help elect Republican candidates who can and will do the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/us/politics/opposition-research-goes-hyperlocal.html
— Why Democrats Lost More Seats in Vermont Than Any Other State (COMMRENT: Why didn’t Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct do better?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/vermont-election-democrats-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Musk put $277 million into the election. He’s $200 billion richer this year. The tech mogul made a big bet on Trump. By one measure, it has paid off handsomely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/15/elon-musk-trump-election-wealth/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/15/honduras-trump-mass-deportations-central-america-immigration/b5f4eb26-bb64-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy (COMMENT: Biden’s legacy is massive increases in dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
— FRONT PAGE: Illegals drive up health care costs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/12/15/why-americans-pay-more-for-health-care/76900978007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Allies Fear Watered Down Deportation Efforts. President-elect’s team is committed to pursuing immigrants who crossed illegally, but is wary about logistical challenges and setting expectations. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-deportation-promises-worried-allies-6b78418d
— Untangling America’s Love-Hate Relationship With Corporate Power. Assassination of health-insurance executive reveals frustration with big business weeks after a business leader was elected president.
https://www.wsj.com/business/untangling-americas-love-hate-relationship-with-corporate-power-6d415af4
— When ‘Middle Age’ Arrives in Your 20s. Stress is making young people feel older, with mounting concerns about job security, debt, child-care costs and caregiving. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees. In 1974 when I was 25 years old, they wrote me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I transferred to GAO in 1980. After I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and became a licensed CPA in 1981, they finally promoted me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/middle-age-young-stress-aging-4965bdc7
— The Economics of Media Bias. In a polarized country and crowded market, partisan coverage allows outlets to differentiate themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-media-bias-journalism-politics-polarization-markets-e723fe18
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5


FORBES
— Mitch McConnell Criticizes ‘Right-Wing Isolationists’—Says Trump Must Embrace U.S. ‘Hard Power’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/16/mitch-mcconnell-criticizes-right-wing-isolationists-says-trump-must-embrace-us-hard-power/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2024/12/15/how-the-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-is-responding-to-attacks-on-dei/

SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy/ar-AA1vLckQ

NPR
— Biden took his election as being a mandate to not only destroy the Republican Party, but to destroy America.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-presidents

LADDERS
— 5 reasons your boss wants you to succeed (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat bosses absolutely did not want me to succeed. My Democrat GAO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 18 years. My Democrat IRS bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 9 years. My Democrat Firestone Store boss was furious that I survived his efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My Democrat Post Office bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me for almost 3 years. My TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my chairmanship for almost 7 years. My Milton Township Republican Organization RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of my webmaster service for 6 years. My Illinois Center Right Coalition RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as an officer for 4 years. My American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Democrat and RINO bosses were furious that I survived their efforts to get rid of me and my service as a board member for 3 years. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-reasons-your-boss-wants-you-to-succeed
— It’s not in your head — 10 signs your boss is setting you up to fail (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals and b) assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/its-not-in-your-head-10-signs-your-boss-is-setting-you-up-to-fail

ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Signs People Believe In You and Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/10-signs-people-believe-in-you-and-want-you-to-succeed/345386
— Surround Yourself With People Who Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I was not able recruit offices and directors who wanted me to succeed.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/surround-yourself-with-people-who-want-you-to-succeed/337493

MEDIUM
— How to Deal With People Who Want You to Fail (COMMENT: Because I was a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO  superiors wanted me to fail. To deal with that, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/how-to-deal-with-people-who-want-you-to-fail-7a86ffc64b46
— People Want You to Stay in Your Limits. (COMMENT: What limited your advancement? My demographics are terrible. Further, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I had to work my way through college.)
https://medium.com/the-ascent/people-want-you-to-stay-in-your-limits-e46d486f9519
— “I just want you to succeed” — the back-handed compliment  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/@uzhussain/i-just-want-you-to-succeed-d53ca40e84a4
— Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://medium.com/the-understanding-project/why-the-world-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed-and-what-to-do-about-it-cf2854b505b9

FORBES
— Five Signs Your Boss Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/13/five-signs-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-succeed/

IVY EXE
— Set Up to Fail? Here’s What to Do  (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://ivyexec.com/career-advice/2017/set-up-to-fail/

LINKED IN
— People Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-want-you-succeed-mike-kaeding
— When Your Manager Doesn’t Want You To Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-your-manager-doesnt-want-you-succeed-liz-ryan
— How to Rise Above Friends Who Secretly Want You to Fail (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-rise-above-friends-who-secretly-want-you-fail-reza-naqvi-ghmve
— Why Society Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (COMMENT: See my comments above.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-society-doesnt-want-you-succeed-ayodeji-awosika

SELF-PUBLISHING
— How to Write a Book (COMMENT: If you wrote books, what would you write about? I would write about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. I would use as examples my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Store, and Post Office superiors. I would use as examples leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would use as examples Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would use as examples adverse actions that the aforesaid took against me and the pretexts they used.)
https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-write-a-book/

INDEPENDENT
— ABC’s $15m settlement in Trump ‘rape’ defamation case was met with surprise and outrage. Here’s why. Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos defamed him when he said a jury found him ‘liable for rape.’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49, but they hold back from publicly hinting/implying/arguing/shouting why GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49. Under the table, they hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO must have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 because I am a White supremist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things even though a) I had a CPA license, b) I had professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, and e) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. My critics/opponents know that I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abc-news-defamation-settlement-george-stephanopoulos-b2664857.html

December 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Towering concerns arise regarding air traffic control staffing, effect on travel at Chicago airports (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of air traffic control staffing in the 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/towering-concerns-arise-aurora-air-traffic-control-center-staffing-effect-travel-chicago-airports-after-hearing/15648283/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Government Accountability report says things are getting worse, not better. “This is completely unacceptable. Air traffic facilities and radars need improvements,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz said. “Based on FAA data, the reliability of the FAA’s radar fleet is declining. The United States should be a leader in aviation technology. Sadly, this is often not the case.” “The modernization of existing air traffic management infrastructure in the United States continues to fall behind peer countries and is straining from the continued operations and growth of conventional airspace users,” said Marc Scribner, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Reason Foundation. “There is no easy answer or quick fix. A snap of Iron Man’s fingers cannot fix this,” said Kevin Walsh with the Government Accountability Office. “This will be the work of many years and billions of dollars.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/

WGN9
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/the-impact-of-an-illinois-law-barring-police-from-working-with-immigration-agents/

FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1561622

WTTW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/cps-planning-all-hands-deck-approach-protecting-students-families-mass-deportations
— Chicago Alderpeople React to Claims City Will Be Ground Zero for Mass Deportations.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/chicago-alderpeople-react-claims-city-will-be-ground-zero-mass-deportations

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-crundwell/
— Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/senate-social-security-expansion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden.)
— Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/fbi-intelligence-capitol-riot-watchdog-report/
— In Illinois, anticipate/expect that Pritzker will destroy individuals, companies, organizations, etc. that support Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/trump-veteran-senator/

DAILY HERALD
— Rarely formed panel to determine Elk Grove trustee candidate’s eligibility (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/rarely-formed-panel-to-determine-elk-grove-trustee-candidates-eligibility/
— Algonquin trustee candidate knocked off ballot for spring election (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/algonquin-trustee-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-for-spring-election/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled tens of millions, Northbrook financial exec granted clemency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-rita-crundwell-and-eric-bloom

STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://stateline.org/2024/12/12/despite-trumps-claim-deportations-likely-wouldnt-ease-housing-crisis-most-experts-say/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Trump when he retakes the White House in the new year. (COMMENT: Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I should write about those Romney supporters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romneys-senate-exit-may-create-a-vacuum-of-vocal-conservative-trump-critics/
— Trump says he won’t restrict abortion pill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-wont-restrict-abortion-pill/
— IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-recovers-4-7-billion-in-back-taxes-and-braces-for-cuts-with-trump-and-gop-in-power/

WGLT
— Dixon State Rep. Bradley Fritts expresses outrage after President Biden commutes the sentence of former City Comptroller Rita Crundwell
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-12-12/dixon-state-rep-expresses-outrage-after-biden-commutes-the-sentence-of-former-city-comptroller-rita-crundwell

WSIL TV
— Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-president-elect-donald-trump-s-inauguration/article_36facd10-ca89-57d1-9bae-8e4b9a6c0946.html

DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/73487/news/illinois-reproductive-health-care-clinics-double-down-on-reproductive-rights-in-response-to-2024-election-shifts/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-423/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-215/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ pension debt grows
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/12/illinois-pension-debt-grows/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has shaped the attitudes that people have toward you the most? The following have shaped the attitudes that people have toward me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists, and e) those who I have sued and their attorneys. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 things wrong with how Illinois leaders want to change public schooling
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-things-wrong-with-how-illinois-leaders-want-to-change-public-schooling/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Luigi Mangione: Touch of Evil. The murder of CEO Brian Thompson is a test of moral clarity.
https://freebeacon.com/columns/luigi-mangione-touch-of-evil/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he won’t ‘do business’ with countries that refuse to take back migrants: ‘I want them out’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-wont-do-business-with-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-migrants-i-want-them-out/
— NYC Mayor Adams eyeing executive order to ‘unravel’ sanctuary city policy following sitdown with Trump border czar pick Tom Homan
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/adams-sits-down-with-trumps-border-czar-pick-tom-homan-to-talk-migrant-crisis/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Attempts to Protect 1 Million Illegal Aliens from Deportation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/12/biden-attempts-to-protect-1-million-illegal-aliens-from-deportation/

BLAZE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport ‘violent’ criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-agrees-to-deport-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-meet-with-trump-admin
— Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dei-court-sec-nasdaq-boards

BREITBART
— Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/report-nearly-38000-chinese-illegals-still-in-u-s-despite-deportation-orders/
— Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Meets with NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Discuss Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-meets-with-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-discuss-deportations/
— Republican Governors Give Lukewarm Support for Trump’s Deportation Promises (COMMENT: What percent of Republican governors reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/rrepublican-governors-give-lukewarm-support-for-trumps-deportation-promises/
— Allowing Children to Spend Hours on Smartphones a ‘Deliberate Social Experiment’ (COMMENT: Search engines and websites ever-increasingly steer everyone to the left.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/12/allowing-children-to-spend-hours-on-smartphones-a-deliberate-social-experiment-warns-leading-trans-medicine-critic/

CENTER SQUARE
— Greatest number of foreign nationals on docket for deportation under Biden. More than 6.2 million in a single year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_58fa04fa-b8b3-11ef-8844-8f92dfdf7e28.html

DAILY CALLER
— Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/pete-hegseth-propublica-west-point-admission/

DAILY WIRE
— Eric Adams, Tom Homan Agree On Plan To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The mayor admits that NYC has “made terrible mistakes” by allowing violent illegal immigrants to remain on the street.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-tom-homan-agree-on-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Republican Governors Pledge To Support Trump’s Deportation Agenda. The governors added that they stood ready to use police and the National Guard to assist in the deportation efforts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governors-pledge-to-support-trumps-deportation-agenda
— Tom Homan To Use 1,400-Acre Site For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan. “Having this from the state of Texas is great.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-to-use-1400-acre-site-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan
— Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’  Trump’s remarks echoed remarks made several weeks ago by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that those who are deported will immediately return.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-deportations-well-send-the-whole-family-very-humanely-back-wont-be-separated

FEDERALIST
— As Americans’ Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, The Left’s Appetite For Violence Only Grows
Please send me the details for the next SCC meeting
— U.S. Has No Excuse For Failing To Protect Kids From The Dangers Of Radical Gender Ideology (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students sexually active LGBTQers? Anticipate/expect that the percentage of students who report that they are LGBTQ will ever-increasingly increase. This is a big reason why parents should take their children and leave Illinois.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/12/the-u-s-has-no-excuse-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-the-dangers-of-radical-gender-ideology/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— On the High Costs of Illegal Immigration, DOGE Gets It
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/12/high-costs-illegal-immigration-doge-gets-it
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/11/floridas-impressive-effort-stop-illegal-immigration-still-has-one-item-fix

FOX BUSINESS
— More Dem leaders get behind Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365924306112

FOX NEWS
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’
https://www.aol.com/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-100018360.html
— Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure. One GOP senator told Fox News Digital no Republicans seemed to be a ‘hard no’ on confirming Hegseth as defense secretary.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tide-turns-favor-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth-after-matt-gaetz-failure
— ‘Incompetence’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school apologizes for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t accepted. Rep Jim Banks accused West Point ‘bureaucrats’ of ‘sabotage.’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me and why they took those adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incompetence-rep-banks-rips-west-point-school-apologizes-error-saying-hegseth-wasnt-accepted
— ‘Politically motivated’ FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray’s watch: whistleblower. ‘We want the government to be accountable to the freaking Bill of Rights,’ says FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politically-motivated-fbi-treated-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists-wrays-watch-whistleblower
— American Accountability Foundation (AAF) lists ‘woke radical leftists’ it wants fired from DOJ under Pam Bondi. AAF says those on the list have pushed transgenderism and worked for George Soros-linked organizations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-lists-woke-radical-leftists-wants-fired-from-doj-under-pam-bondi

HANNITY
— ProPublica’s Botched Hegseth Smear Proves the Need to Purge the Military of Partisanship. (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors were Democrat partisans. All of them focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that.)
https://hannity.com/media-room/post-op-ed-propublicas-botched-pete-hegseth-smear-proves-the-need-to-purge-the-military-of-partisanship/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Education Department Has Spent More Than $1 Billion on DEI Grants Since 2021
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/biden-education-department-has-spent-more-than-1-billion-on-dei-grants-since-2021/
— West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy. West Point falsely tells left-wing website that Pete Hegseth never applied to nor was accepted to West Point – twice. Was the error inadvertent or intentional?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/west-point-lied-twice-about-pete-hegseth-applying-to-the-academy/

MRC TV
— AOC Says Insurance Companies Denying Health Care Claims Is an ‘Act of Violence’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-says-insurance-companies-denying-health-care-claims-act-violence

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Whatever Happened at West Point, It’s Not Good  (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Based on how my Democrat GAO superiors treated me, my Democrat IRS superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. Of course, they stressed that they had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-at-west-point-its-not-good/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, not only didn’t get in to West Point but never “even applied there.” Those options are that West Point lied or that West Point is incompetent. Neither is good. I find it hard to believe that West Point would deliberately lie about such a thing. I also find it hard to believe that its staff would be so lazy or inept as to screw something like this up by mistake. This was not some random inquiry; it was connected to an extremely consequential political decision, and related to the reputation of a high-profile figure who, if he is accepted by the Senate, will soon occupy one of the most important jobs in the United States. That being so, how is it possible that West Point did not make one hundred percent sure that it was correct in its denial? Frankly, I’d be somewhat surprised if at least someone at West Point hadn’t preemptively looked into this after the nomination was made public. If I worked there, I think I would have. At the very least, a higher-up ought to have instructed all staff to make absolutely sure they were correct when dealing with inquiries of this sort. In all likelihood, we’ll never know what happened. What we can say, however, is that this incident has probably helped Hegseth’s chances of being confirmed.)

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden administration has failed to deport almost 1.5 million illegals with deportation orders, which is hardly shocking news given the mass invasion of penniless, Third Word illegals that Biden not only invited but unlawfully aided and abetted.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/1-4-illegals-with-deportation-orders-nyt-admits-biden-invited-invasion-of-migrants/

NEWSMAX
— Americans Increasingly Less Welcoming of Illegals (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-illegals-deportation/2024/12/12/id/1191368/
— Speaker Johnson Hails Defense Bill, Targets Woke, NewsGuard
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-defense-bill-woke/2024/12/12/id/1191380/

TOWNHALL
— Support for Mass Deportations Is Quite Healthy In New York state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/siena-poll-ny-voters-support-mass-deportations-n2648919

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://thehill.com/latino/5035619-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-mixed-status-families-southern-border/
https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/

CBS NEWS
— Trump reiterates plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reiterates-plan-to-conduct-mass-deportations-of-undocumented-migrants/

CNN
— Rep. Crenshaw on why he’s supporting Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not. They stress Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect and to reelect.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/video/the-lead-crenshaw-pete-hegseth-trump-cabinet-veteran-support-jake-tapper

NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.newsweek.com/map-immigrants-mass-deportation-ice-custody-nationalities-1999925
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-tom-homan-roadblock-1999902

NEW YORK TIMES
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/business/dealbook/women-workplace-advancement.html
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: What enabled you to earn a bachelor’s degree? For me it was my taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working my way through college.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Appeals court overturns Nasdaq requirement for diversity on boards. In a 51-page opinion, nine of 17 judges on the full 5th Circuit found that the rule violates the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/12/nasdaq-diversity-rule-overturned/
— Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else. The message: “Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here, because we will primary you.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-cabinet-picks-republican-senators/

MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article296993254.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ

ABC6
— Dozens of GOP governors pledge support for Trump’s mass deportations plan
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/dozens-of-gop-governors-pledge-support-for-trumps-mass-deportations-plan-trump-tom-homan-border-czar-illegal-immigration-ron-desantis-kristi-noem-glenn-youngkin

SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of bank regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $126,984-$150,075/year. During that time, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc

FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/12/hegseth-cabinet-nomination-less-than-20-of-us-adults-approve-of-trumps-defense-secretary-pick-poll-finds/
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethpearson/2024/12/12/how-women-can-advocate-for-themselves-in-a-polarized-workplace/
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/

BARRON’S
— Home Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Stopping Millennials From Buying Real Estate. What’s Really Worrying Them. This generation sees homeownership as a speculative asset with wild price swings. It’s not their parents’ housing market. (COMMENT: The real estate market crashed soon after I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-real-estate-housing-market-crash-millennials-d2ae4529

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using religious leaders as their operative and dupes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/migration/sisters-catholic-groups-support-immigrants-vulnerable-potential-mass-deportations
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-sanctuary-trump-reportedly-plans-reverse-policy-permit-ice-arrests-churches

AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Holcomb pledges support for Trump deportations
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/12/12/holcomb-support-trump-mass-deportations

ATLANTIC
— My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, members of the working class, that is, wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/political-parties-populist-policies/680951/

MEDIA MATTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Newsmax’s Greg Kelly says Pete Hegseth is “unqualified” to be secretary of defense.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents go far beyond calling me unqualified, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my judgement and my motives are extremely bad. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/newsmaxs-greg-kelly-says-pete-hegseth-unqualified-be-secretary-defense

PEW RESEARCH
— Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/

December 9, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 14 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
— Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise US prices and promises swift immigration action
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-tariffs-president-elect-says-he-cant-guarantee-raise-us-prices-promises-swift-immigration-action/15627946/
— Syrian-Americans in Chicago celebrate downfall of Assad regime: ‘My country is back’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/syrian-americans-chicago-celebrate-bashar-al-assads-resignation-downfall-assad-regime-dictatorship-government-syria/15628197/
— Illinois Legislative Black Caucus holding policy summit (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and no professional license like the one I had. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-black-caucus-holding-policy-summit/15630464/

NBC5
— Trump aims to end birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-aims-to-end-birthright-citizenship-says-american-citizens-with-family-here-illegally-may-be-deported/3619250/
— Lara Trump says she’s stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair. President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lara-trump-stepping-down-republican-national-committe-rcna183394
— Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-is-stacking-his-white-house-roster-with-uber-rich-backers/3618956/

WGN9
— Trump’s new coalition puts female nominees at forefront
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/trumps-new-coalition-puts-female-nominees-at-forefront/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/opinion-donald-trump-exploit-alien-enemies-act-immigration/
— State anti-book-ban law leads some school districts to forsake grants to maintain local control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-grants-book-bans/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin will decide if he will seek another term after the first of the year. The biggest political guessing game in Illinois is whether Durbin will seek a sixth term in 2026.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/12/08/dick-durbin-seek-another-term-decision-2025
— Slaying of UnitedHealthcare executive is the wrong path for a nation with a broken medical care system. Social media celebrated the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. That’s understandable, but wrong. (COMMENT: It is not “understandable.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/08/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-killing-manhattan-health-insurance

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) discourage women from seeking traditional marriage and family and b) discourage men from making themselves eligible bachelors.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241208/news/wings-helps-women-kids-escape-domestic-violence/

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/lara-trump-steps-down-as-rnc-co-chair-and-addresses-speculation-about-florida-senate-seat/article_f3250f04-7c97-58c8-8781-ac71b5bb89ab.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Whipping up Illinois Republicans  (COMMENT: I used to attend and report on such Republican political events. I should write about the following who have ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA UILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/09/whipping-up-illinois-republicans-00193243
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Incoming Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno stopped in Illinois for a Republican holiday gathering and gave some insight about Donald Trump 2.0, immigration and his beef with the Inflation Reduction Act. “We’re going to resolve immigration in the first 40 to 60 days,” Moreno told the Republican-centric crowd over a lunch of chicken Milanese and whipped potatoes at Gibson’s in Oak Brook on Friday. Speaking to the choir: “This election was ultimately about two issues at the end of the day: open borders and high prices,” Moreno told the group. Immigration “is the easiest thing to fix intellectually. It’s the hardest thing to fix emotionally, and I hope to play a role in making that happen.” Moreno will be Ohio’s first Latino senator after ousting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown last month in the most expensive Senate race ever at $441 million. The who’s who of Illinois Republicans were in a celebratory mood in spite of their tough spot as the state’s underdog party. The event was hosted by businessman Jay Bergman, Superior Ambulance Service CEO David B. Hill III and Kirkland & Ellis’ Sandy Perl and Richard Porter, who sported “Let’s Go Brandon” socks (a hat tip to the anti-Biden meme), and organized by Victoria Login and Sara Karlovics of LW&Co. The new name in the crowd was Dave Nayak, who earlier this year ran as a Democrat for state Senate and has since pivoted to be a Republican. “Switching parties was an easy decision,” he told your Playbook host. “I’m honored and proud to be part of the Republican Party.” What’s next for Nayak: He hasn’t decided about whether he’s running for office again, but he is co-hosting an event tonight featuring Tom Homan, who’s been picked by Trump as border czar. Republicans don’t hold any statewide office, and they didn’t make headway in state legislative races — though they didn’t lose ground, either. They hope having Republicans in control of Washington will have a trickle-down effect in Illinois in future elections. Moreno’s big win gives them hope. The Ohio Republican was well received, though he did make one comment that fell flat with the crowd. He criticized the Inflation Reduction Act because it gives $7,500 incentives to those who buy electric vehicles. “So Ken Griffin can lease an electric Rolls Royce that costs $600 grand and get $7,500 in tax subsidies. Do you think he needs it?” There was a nervous buzz in the room from the 250-plus crowd that still pines for Griffin, a billionaire who for years opened his wallet to Illinois Republicans before he moved to Florida. SPOTTED: Illinois Republican Chair Kathy Salvi, Former Ambassador Ron Gidwitz, former Congressman Bob Dold, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow, Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, former Illinois comptroller Leslie Munger, Illinois Chamber Senior Legislative Affairs Adviser Keith Wheeler, Lee County development leader Tom Demmer, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, Will County Board Member Raquel Mitchell, Metra Board Chair Joe McMahon, Palatine Committeeman Aaron del Mar and DuPage County Board candidate Greg Hart. Also in the room: former state lawmakers Jeanne Ives, Jack Schaffer, David Welter, Patricia Bellock, Bob Biggins and Tim Ozinga, former congressional candidates Esther Joy King and Jim Carris, businessman Eli Boufis, attorney Tom DeVore, philanthropist Eleni Bousis, former hospital exec Robert Christie, Strategia Chief Strategy Officer Brian Bernardoni and LW&Co.’s Lisa Wagner.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-419/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— To Move Forward, Democrats Must Oust Obama
https://johnkassnews.com/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— RTA Makes Pitch for Higher Taxes, Elimination of Required User Fees to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/rta-makes-pitch-for-higher-taxes-elimination-of-required-user-fees-to-county-board/
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— GOP Seeks Petition Signatures on “No More Taxes” Petition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/gop-seeks-petition-signatures-on-no-more-taxes-petition/
— Metra’s Presentation to County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/metras-presentation-to-county-board/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago property taxes rise 3.5 times faster than inflation in last decade
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-property-taxes-rise-3-5-times-faster-than-inflation-in-last-decade-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and who are the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations? Who have they encourage to run for government and party offices and why?  I should write a book about a) my IRP SCC members and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000 and b) those who they have encouraged to run for government and party offices since 2000. None of the aforesaid have encouraged me to run for a government or party office. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he wants deal for DACA amnesty. ‘I will work with the Democrats on a plan,’ president-elect claims.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/8/donald-trump-says-wants-deal-daca-amnesty/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Eric Adams wisely works with Trump on deportations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3251411/eric-adams-wisely-works-with-trump-deportations/
— Kinzinger predicts Trump won’t jail critics in Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3253990/adam-kinzinger-predicts-trump-wont-jail-critics-congress/#google_vignette

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/us-news/chicago-removes-largest-homeless-encampment-relocates-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters-report/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Education Priorities for Trump: Yes to Excellence and Accountability, No to Ideology and Business as Usual
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/09/education-priorities-for-trump-yes-to-excellence-and-accountability-no-to-ideology-and-business-as-usual/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary cities need to listen to their citizens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/sanctuary_cities_need_to_listen_to_their_citizens.html
— How to destroy your country in 10 easy steps
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/how_to_destroy_your_country_in_10_easy_steps.html
— Tennessee protects its children from transgender madness (COMMENT: What are the Republican leaders of your school district doing to stop transgender madness?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/tennessee_protects_its_children_from_transgender_madness.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— ‘Social justice’ is injustice by another name
https://www.campusreform.org/article/prof-jenkins-social-justice-injustice-another-name/26989

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Reveals Plans For Mass Deportation, Dealing With Illegal Immigration. Trump said he had “no choice” but to conduct mass deportations after millions of illegal aliens entered the U.S. under Biden.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-plans-for-mass-deportation-dealing-with-illegal-immigration

FEDERALIST
— Tough Talk On Illegal Immigration Does Not Make Eric Adams a Republican
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-eric-adams-tough-talk-on-illegal-immigration-doesnt-make-him-republican/
— Justice And Accountability Are Not ‘Retribution’
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-justice-and-accountability-are-not-retribution/
— DOGE Will Fulfill Jefferson’s Wishes About Small Government
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-doge-will-fulfill-jeffersons-wishes-about-small-government/
— From Abortion To Transgenderism, Democrat Media Caused America’s ‘Misinformation Crisis’
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/from-abortion-to-transgenderism-democrat-media-caused-americas-misinformation-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— A tale of two cities: Sanctuary city Dems must choose between Americans or illegal immigrants. New York City and Chicago highlight massive Democrat division on illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tale-two-cities-sanctuary-city-dems-must-choose-between-americans-illegal-immigrants
— Trump border czar Tom Homan sends ‘clear message’ to sanctuary cities: ‘You don’t want’ this. Multiple blue cities and states have pushed back against mass deportation plans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-sends-clear-message-sanctuary-cities-you-dont-want
— Nearly all Fortune 500 companies still maintain corporate DEI commitments (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-all-fortune-500-companies-still-maintain-corporate-dei-commitments-report/ar-AA1vtjLl
— Huckabee Sanders says Trump’s message of unity shouldn’t come as a surprise
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365758051112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Puts Foot Down on Immigration: ‘We Have to Get Criminals Out of Our Country’  Trump also spoke about his economic and foreign policy agendas, not backing down from using tariffs as a negotiating tool.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/trump-puts-foot-down-on-immigration-we-have-to-get-criminals-out-of-our-country/

NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS Promotes Pro-Pedophilia ‘Pioneer’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/12/08/pbs-promotes-pro-pedophilia-pioneer-conservative-opponents-offer

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Deportation ‘Complicated,’ but Criminals Out First
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-illegals-deportation/2024/12/08/id/1190814/

PJ MEDIA
— Bidenomics: A Million Fewer Native-Born U.S. Workers Since Last Year
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/08/bidenomics-a-million-fewer-native-born-us-workers-since-last-year-n4934951
— The Marxism in Front of You That You Can’t Unsee
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/12/08/look-at-the-marxism-in-front-of-you-that-you-cant-unsee-n4934939
— The Hypocrisy Behind Criticizing Trump’s ‘Loyalists’
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/the-hypocrisy-behind-criticizing-trumps-loyalists-n4934949
— Trump’s Notre Dame Appearance Was Way More Significant Than You Think
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/08/trumps-notre-dame-appearance-was-way-more-significant-than-you-think-n4934946

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Border Czar Tom Homan: Tren De Aragua And MS-13 Will Be Top Priorities; “So, January 20, Game On”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/08/trump_border_czar_tom_homan_tren_de_aragua_and_ms-13_will_be_top_priorities_so_january_20_game_on.html

TOWNHALL
— Voter Turnout Was High, and Even Higher Participation Would Have Increased Trump’s Victory Margin (COMMENT: What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do increase Republican turnout? I hand-delivered campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/12/04/voter-turnout-was-high-and-even-higher-participation-would-have-increased-trumps-victory-margin-n2648465
— We Would Have Been Better Off If Trump Had Won In 2020 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hate Trump. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021 and b) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2024/12/09/would-we-have-been-better-off-if-trump-had-won-in-2020-n2648764
— Here’s the List of People a Research Group Wants Pete Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/08/heres-the-list-of-people-a-research-group-wants-pete-hegseth-to-fire-n2648751

TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Canada Bans 324 More Types Of Firearms, Plans To Give The Guns To Ukraine
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/canada-bans-324-more-types-of-firearms-and-plans-to-donate-confiscated-guns-to-ukraine/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Crazed Man With Chainsaw Burst Into St. Charles Nursing Home, Dropped in His Tracks by Good Guy with Gun
https://www.westernjournal.com/crazed-man-chainsaw-burst-nursing-home-dropped-tracks-good-guy-gun/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.newsweek.com/dei-unconstitutional-opinion-1997453

REUTERS
— Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally (COMMENT: Of course, Democrat and RINO leaders argue that no one is in America illegally, that Biden made them all legal.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-aims-deport-all-immigrants-us-illegally-2024-12-08/

MSN
— Elite rich Americans often overlook factors that are key to their success (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have/had parents a) who had way more money than my parents had and b) who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about them.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/moneyball-and-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-elite-rich-americans-often-overlook-these-factors-that-are-key-to-their-success/ar-AA1v8F5R

NBC NEWS
— Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak to Assad regime (COMMENT: I should sue those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leaked confidential Roskam campaign information to Duckworth in 2006.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/democrats-republicans-congress-worried-gabbard-might-leak-information-rcna181316
— Soon, if not already, all of those in healthcare will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/more-dei-bans-will-have-dire-side-effects-for-public-health/ar-AA1vgZT5

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/trump-administration-loyalty-test.html
— HARDCOY BUSINESS SECTION: How China Became a Carmaking Juggernaut (COMMENT: China, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and South Korea export more cars than the United States.)
https://www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/trump-january-6-biden-jack-smith/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use LGBTQers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/09/lgbtq-trump-reactions-preparations/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents. (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7

POLITICO
— Democrats inch toward the anger phase of their election loss  (COMMENT: What about down ballot Republican candidates who lost because voters punished them to punish Trump?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/07/democrat-chairs-post-election-anger-exhaustion-00193120

DESERT NEWS
— I should write about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who claim to be conservative and/or Republican to give themselves standing to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/08/how-anti-trump-conservatives-will-cover-the-trump-white-house/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-re-conservatives-who-oppose-trump-what-do-they-do-now/ar-AA1vvdFG

DAILY VOICE
— Sharp Drop In College Enrollment Raises Alarm  (COMMENT: If you were in high school today, would you have the motivation to earn a college degree? From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyvoice.com/ma/pittsfield/sharp-drop-in-college-enrollment-raises-alarm/

MILITARY
— Military Leaders are Rattled by a List of ‘Woke’ Officers That a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire (COMMENT: I should write about my superiors in the federal government who used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican employees.  I should write about leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have used AA and DEI the most to get rid of their Republican members.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/08/military-leaders-are-rattled-list-of-woke-officers-group-urges-hegseth-fire.html

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Important Is a College Degree Compared to Experience? (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I learned earning four job-related college degrees, earning six job-related professional certifications, and earning a job-related professional license a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) was acquired my me to get a job in the private sector, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and/or e) was a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-important-is-a-college-degree-compared-to-experience

GOOGLE
— Work your way through college (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. Instead of studying, I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22work+your+way+through+college

GOOGLE
— When a father dies early (COMMENT: Needless to say, my father’s dying suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969 had a tremendous negative impact on me. My mother had never attended high school and she had stayed home and raised my brother and me. My brother was having problems in high school. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 and immediately took a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother was approved in February of 1971. I lived with and helped support them until my mother got a better paying job and I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22father+died+early%22+impact

GOOGLE
—  Eligible bachelor (COMMENT: If you are a man, what did you do to make yourself an eligible bachelor? I got married when I was 29 in 1978. I had taken college preparatory courses in high school, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, bought a new town home in 1972 and condos in 1974 and 1976, earned an MBA in 1976, and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses. By the time I got married, I had almost 10 years of federal seniority and I was earning $106,785/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22eligible+bachelor

INDEED
— What Is a Pay Cut and When Should You Take One? (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used it to hint/imply/argue/shout that what I had learned doing the following was worthless: a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning an MBA in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/taking-a-pay-cut

INVESTOPEDIA
— You May Not Plan To Retire Early, But Many Have To (COMMENT: Needless to say, my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 has had a tremendous negative impact on me. In addition to the tremendous negative financial impact, my critics/opponents continue to use it to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person or my superiors would not have thrown away what I had learned a) working for them for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.investopedia.com/you-might-not-plan-to-retire-early-here-s-what-to-know-about-savings-if-you-re-forced-to-8752713

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump’s immigration balancing act: Keep illegals out of US, let legals in (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Further, what percent of them are agents for countries that want to destroy America?)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/will-make-it-easier-for-people-to-come-in-legally-says-trump-insists-on-deporting-all-illegal-immigrants/articleshow/116119930.cms

HUFFINGTON POST
— Kinzinger Has Defiant 3-Word Response To Donald Trump’s Jail Threat
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-threat-response_n_6756c1e0e4b06b50ac934fbf

December 8, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-macron-paris-zelenskyy/3618711/?os=fuzzscanazstr%26ref%3Dapp&ref=app
— At least 8 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
— Chicago’s ‘do not hire’ policy puts employees at risk for political payback. The current version of the city’s “do not hire” policy can hurt the careers of good employees who are put on the list for political retribution. City Council members are rightly calling for changes to fix that. (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors put me on their do not hire lists with the adverse actions that they took against me. That hurt my career tremendously. Constructively, they rendered worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and my three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, c) my professional license, and d) the experience that I gained working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years. Employers do not want to hire people who were forced into early retirement, who were passed over for promotions, who had always been ranked in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, who had been forced to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to make an internal transfer, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/07/do-not-hire-chicago-scott-waguespack-gilbert-villegas-ronnie-reese-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/indian-prairie-school-district-204-seeing-rapid-growth-in-students-who-need-language-help-officials-say/
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/donna-vickroy-wheaton-teens-dedicated-to-helping-refugees-resettle-in-chicago-area/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that Muslims have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-muslim-voters-presidential-election/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241207/gambling/how-illinois-generated-2-billion-in-tax-revenue-from-gamblers-in-the-last-fiscal-year/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico

WAND TV
— Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-isnt-back-in-office-but-hes-already-pushing-his-agenda-and-negotiating-with-world/article_ac36e915-dbbd-5e3a-9415-43c08159e2f4.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Schools react to loss of state funding for after-school programs (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always used my mother being able to stay home and raise my brother and me to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my father as being filthy rich. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, most commonly, playing music, working in a fast food restaurant, and delivering eggs. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/schools-react-to-loss-of-state-funding-for-after-school-programs#

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election  UNOFFICIAL Candidate List
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad6d36c8-b40e-11ef-89b4-4bdd8c2c70dd.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— Republicans Nominate McHenry Township Candidates at Caucus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/republicans-nominate-mchenry-township-candidates-at-caucus/
— Out of Office, But Kenneally Still Sought as Chicago Media Source, This Time on Faulty Pot Testing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/07/out-of-office-but-kenneally-still-sought-as-chicago-media-source-this-time-on-faulty-pot-testing/
— Crystal Lake Doc Makes Tribune Front Page in Story about State’s Attorney Offices’ Reporting Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/06/crystal-lake-doc-makes-tribune-front-page-in-story-about-states-attorney-offices-reporting-duty/
— New State’s Attorney Randi Freese Follows in Modest and Self-Confident Footsteps of Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe and Robb Tadelman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/new-states-attorney-randi-freese-follows-in-modest-and-self-confident-footsteps-of-circuit-clerk-kathy-keefe/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In what ways are you a minority? I am a minority in the following political jurisdictions because I voted for Trump: a) my precinct because 478 voted for Harris but only 373 voted for Trump, b) DuPage County because 251,000 voted for Harris and only 191,00 voted for Trump, and c) Illinois because 3 million voted for Harris and only 2.4 million voted for Trump. Further, I am a minority in the following organizations because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Further, I am ever-increasingly becoming a minority if not one already because of my demographics: White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly take adverse actions against me to make me leave, but I am not going to leave. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/world-news/syria-civil-war-live-updates-syrian-army-announces-assads-rule-has-ended/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— With Trump’s Victory, America’s Long National Nightmare is Over. On January 20, 2025, our long national nightmare will finally be over—unburdened by what has been.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/08/with-trumps-victory-americas-long-national-nightmare-is-over/

BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Chicago Citizens Need to Vote on Sanctuary Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/07/dem-rep-jonathan-jackson-chicago-citizens-need-to-vote-on-sanctuary-policy/

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0465f06e-b4b9-11ef-8801-9bb09b81883e.html

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— We want your opinion on where President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should start slashing wasteful federal spending as it gets up and running. (COMMENT: I hope that DOGE focuses on cutting federal spending that promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://citizens-against-government-waste.revv.co/doge-survey

FOX NEWS
— Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony in ‘presidential’ fashion. This was Trump’s his first international trip since winning the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion
— Conservative group compiles list of ‘woke’ senior officers they want Pete Hegseth to fire. The American Accountability Foundation says the ‘woke takeover’ of the military is a major threat to our national security. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire
— Congress eyes 14.5% pay hike for junior troops, limits on transgender treatment in $895B defense bill. The 1,800-page bill also includes anti-DEI and anti-CRT measures.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-pay-hike-junior-troops-limits-transgender-treatment-895-2b-defense-bill.amp
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’
https://www.aol.com/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-205030946.html

MRC TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/287072/print

NEWSMAX
— US Colleges Dismantling DEI Initiatives (COMMENT: UIC accepted me when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24 notwithstanding my not being a minority or a female.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/colleges-dei-programs/2024/12/07/id/1190750/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Opposition to Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/08/opposition_to_woke_progressivism_energizes_trump_coalition_152061.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Young Democrats of America host first DNC chairman race candidates forum (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about my critic/opponents who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that period.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5028484-young-democrats-of-america-host-first-dnc-chairman-race-candidates-forum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The four candidates running are Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. and Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley (D), and New York State Senator James Skoufis (D).)

NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Boasts of ‘Border Security Blueprint’ for US
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-operation-lone-star-blueprint-immigration-1997139
— Prince William’s Reaction to Meeting Donald Trump Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-reaction-donald-trump-meeting-viral-1997282

REUTERS
— Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-trump-call-ukraine-peace-120527821.html

MSN
— Woke Policies Drive Customers Away
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/have-woke-policies-driven-customers-away/ss-AA1voi1d

NBC NEWS
— Texas aims to become key part of Trump’s immigration plans. Already the state has offered up a ranch on the Rio Grande as a potential site for detention facilities, and it is ready to share its playbook for muscling through immigration policy changes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-aims-become-key-part-trumps-immigration-plans-rcna182852

NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/university-of-michigan-dei-diversity-statemements.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge. Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors purged me when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was one of their last Republican employees in their office. They would have succeeded sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/

USA TODAY
— This anti-‘woke’ investor is fighting DEI in the S&P 500. His first target: Starbucks
https://www.aol.com/anti-woke-investor-wooing-trump-182347747.html
— Want a VIP invitation to Donald Trump’s inauguration? That’ll cost you — a lot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/vip-invitation-donald-trump-inauguration/76822535007/
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Zelenskyy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/08/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-russia-zelenskyy/76849858007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s election helped him with his criminal cases” and ask “What about the civil lawsuits he faces?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/donald-trump-election-victory-civil-cases-lawsuit/76261850007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s private club is ground zero for a disruption-themed second term: Inside Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, a Mediterranean-styled estate a cereal heiress a half-century ago envisioned as a presidential retreat, is today the heady and giddy center of the American political universe.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/trump-mar-a-lago-elon-musk-rfk/76708006007/
— ‘He knows his generation’: Melania Trump praises Barron’s role in 2024 White House race.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/melania-barron-trump-2024-election/76819492007/
— Bahamas ‘firmly rejected’ Trump proposal to deport immigrants from other countries there  (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/bahamas-trump-deportation-repatriation/76821076007/

UNION BULLETIN
— University of Michigan will no longer use diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, tenure. (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/university-of-michigan-will-no-longer-use-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-promotion-tenure/article_517527cf-53d6-5c24-a7fe-0d5b64528392.html

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 year old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. That same year, I became a licensed CPA. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Subsequently, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam Guide: What You Need to Know
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/

ARKANSAS BUSINESS
— CPA Licensing: The Path, the Test and the Numbers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arkansas-cpa-licensing-reforms-120-hour-pathway/

FOX23
— Southwest Airlines agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had quotas to fill, that is, they always had to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://fox23maine.com/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-battle-0900a291

FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “If You Want UnitedHealthcare To Cover Everything, Talk To Trump Or Your Employer.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/12/08/if-you-want-unitedhealthcare-to-cover-everything-talk-to-trump-or-your-employer/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/12/03/how-to-boost-the-number-of-women-in-leadership-in-2025/

DEADLINE
— Trump Sits Down With “Big Man” Prince William In Paris And Shares Memories Of Queen
https://deadline.com/2024/12/donald-trump-big-man-prince-william-paris-macron-zelensky-1236197559/

AXIOS DC
— Biden wants to raise the pay of civilian federal employees by an average of 2% — and workers say that ain’t cutting it. Why it matters: The White House’s proposal is much less than the 7.4% pay boost sought by Democrats in Congress. A 2% raise is essentially a pay cut for federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/09/federal-worker-pay-raise-biden

INDEPENDENT
— Can you pass the Trump test? Prospective administration members asked to prove their loyalty. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pass-trump-test-prospective-administration-042027918.html

December 6, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Biden weighs preemptive pardons for Milley, Cheney, Fauci
https://abc7chicago.com/post/biden-weighs-preemptive-pardons-milley-cheney-fauci-source/15624193/
— Tiffany Henyard to attend Thornton Twp. meeting to hear objections for election nominations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-attend-thornton-township-meeting-hear-objections-election-nominations/15625065/

WGN9
— Chicago faces shortage of affordable housing (COMMENT: What helped you afford housing? For me, it included my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, and working for IRS staring in 1971.)
https://www.aol.com/chicago-faces-shortage-affordable-housing-033612869.html

WTTW
— Democrats say “Why There is a Movement in Some Downstate Counties to Split From Illinois.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/04/why-there-movement-some-downstate-counties-split-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal appeals court ruling allows Illinois gun ban to remain in place
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/illinois-gun-ban-ruling/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Police may search a vehicle based on the smell of raw cannabis, Illinois Supreme Court rules
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/police-may-search-a-vehicle-based-on-the-smell-of-raw-cannabis-illinois-supreme-court-rules/
— Lame-duck Biden administration should not intentionally sabotage the new Trump crew
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/05/editorial-biden-trump-unions-musk-ramaswamy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Notwithstanding anything that they say, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly destroy Trump and destroy those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/05/barack-obama-foundation-democracy-speech
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/05/sullivan-high-school-rogers-park-immigrants-donald-trump-mass-deportation-plan

DAILY HERALD
— Fire at Elgin homeless encampment spurs donation drives by local businesses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/fire-at-elgin-homeless-encampment-spurs-donation-drives-by-local-businesses/
— Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: The Milton Township Republican Organization Caucus Press Release is at https://miltongop.org/ .)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: ‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveries (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 hired me for the Christmas rush because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/news/busier-and-busier-how-the-usps-makes-billions-of-holiday-deliveries/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Deportations will restore faith in management of immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/commentary-deportation-restore-faith-immigration-19946540.php
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/point-counterpoint-mass-deportations-unfeasible-19946539.php

SHAW LOCAL
— Raw marijuana smell enough for search, Illinois Supreme Court rules in Whiteside County case
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/12/05/raw-marijuana-smell-enough-for-search-illinois-supreme-court-rules-in-whiteside-county-case/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Higher Education Under Siege: Battling for Social Mobility and Equality in America (COMMENT: Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. My great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ) in 1902. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ) in 1926. My father never had a home built.)
https://chicagodefender.com/higher-education-under-siege-battling-for-social-mobility-and-equality-in-america/

WGLT
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.  Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-12-04/religious-groups-work-to-help-as-many-refugees-as-possible-before-trump-takes-office

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS funding may be on chopping block as Trump, Republicans eye spending cuts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/irs-funding-may-be-on-chopping-block-as-trump-republicans-eye-spending-cuts-tax-season-refunds-file-returns-billy-long-trump-administration-budget-inflation-reduction-act-funds

WSIL TV
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/jeff-bezos-says-he-will-try-to-talk-trump-out-of-idea-that-the-news/article_f2baaa1c-2b58-5af9-8a1d-c5615cf14118.html

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago is NOT broke: millions on the table if wealthy pay their fair share (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always charged me with not paying enough taxes. According to them, I could have afforded to pay more taxes and should have paid more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS 1971-1980, c) because I itemized my tax deductions, and d) because I got married and never had children.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/chicago-is-not-broke-millions-on-the-table-if-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron del Mar is stepping down as co-chair of the Illinois Republican Party after the New Year. It’s not a surprise. After last month’s election, del Mar, who also is the Palatine Township Republican committeeman, told Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi in a letter that he’d be stepping back in 2025 in order “to explore other opportunities.” Might he make a run for governor in 2026? He wouldn’t tell us.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-418/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-210/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain do to help elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025?  In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver campaign literature and a marked copy of the sample ballot to its 400 residences that have at least one Republican or Independent voter. Of the precinct’s 1,091 registered voters, 361 are R, 272 are D, and 458 are NA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Leaders of the Milton Township Democrat Organization stress the qualifications of their township candidates. Since 2000, extremely few of the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization have stressed my qualifications. In fact, many if not most, if not virtually all of them have ignored, dismissed, belittled, if not badmouthed my qualifications. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.  I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. I have four other job-related professional certifications (fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN KASS
— The Biden Crime Family and Democrats Laugh at America
https://johnkassnews.com/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly: Chicago Could Be National Test Case for President-Elect Trump’s Deportation Plan
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1864052077087055914
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1861832482137465163

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Job Growth Since Beginning of Covid Way Behind Nation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/illinois-job-growth-since-beginning-of-covid-way-behind-nation/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House speaker welcomes DOGE leaders to Capitol Hill, declares it a ‘new day in America’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders used the 1994 “Contract With America” spending cuts to not only drive the few remining Republican employees out of GAO, but to destroy GAO.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/house-speaker-welcomes-doge-leaders-capitol-hill-d/
— Musk-led DOGE sparks ‘new day in America’ energy on Capitol Hill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/5/elon-musk-led-doge-sparks-new-day-america-energy-c/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Parents demand the right to opt their children out of sexually charged materials
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3250840/parents-demand-right-opt-children-out-of-sexually-charged-materials/
— Chicago teachers want to teach Israel a lesson, not teach students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3248802/chicago-teachers-want-teach-israel-lesson/
— Trump’s first day back on the job should overwhelm the Left
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3249881/donald-trump-first-day-overwhelm-left/

NEW YORK POST
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/  According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/business/starbucks-targeted-by-pro-trump-anti-woke-investment-firm/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ICE Deports Illegal Alien for 7th Time (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/05/ice-deports-illegal-alien-for-7th-time/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats know they have to lie to the public about their policies to win elections
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/democrats_know_they_have_to_lie_to_the_public_about_their_policies_to_win_elections.html
— America’s Tipping Point
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/america_s_tipping_point.html

BLAZE
— Boston City Council votes unanimously to reaffirm sanctuary city policies and defy Trump mass deportation plan (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/boston-council-sanctuary-city-trump

BREITBART
— Democrats Tell Biden to Get as Many Migrants Possible into U.S. Before Leaving Office (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/democrats-tell-biden-to-get-as-many-migrants-possible-into-u-s-before-leaving-office/
— Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/06/adams-i-dont-want-to-deport-people-who-steal-an-apple-its-surrender-if-we-lock-up-toothpaste/
— Trump Administration May Deport Migrants Even if Home Countries Refuse Them (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/05/report-trump-administration-may-deport-migrants-even-if-home-countries-refuse-them/

CHRISTIAN POST
— DEI is exposed as dangerous and counterproductive
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/dei-is-exposed-as-dangerous-and-counterproductive.html

DAILY CITIZEN
— Abortion is the Taking of a Human Life
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/brit-hume-lets-be-honest-abortion-is-the-taking-of-a-human-life/

FOX BUSINESS
— Left ‘overplayed their hand with the wokeism’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365592606112

FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-program-this-program-rife-fraud
— Trump continues round of appointments with 3 new picks to top homeland security, immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-continues-fill-his-cabinet-naming-3-ambitious-nominees-top-homeland-security-immigration

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Boston City Council Votes Unanimously to Retain Sanctuary Status, ‘Braces’ for Trump’s Immigration Policies  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/boston-city-council-votes-unanimously-to-retain-sanctuary-status-braces-for-trumps-immigration-policies/

NEW AMERICAN
— Boston Vows Rebellion Against Trump’s Mass Deportation. Border Czar Homan: The Mayor Better Read Federal Law.  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/boston-vows-rebellion-against-trumps-mass-deportation-border-czar-homan-the-mayor-better-read-federal-law/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Miserable Cost of an Open Border  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/06/the_miserable_cost_of_an_open_border_152049.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted By Trump’s Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1864819577323991534

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— How will Trump handle immigrants carrying communicable diseases?  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5020252-immigration-medical-screening/

MSN
— To be woke is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/how-the-word-woke-became-a-weapon-of-the-global-right-wing/ss-AA15j9Nx
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-urges-pluralism-not-only-for-the-woke-but-also-for-the-waking/vi-AA1vmr9M
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites to get more votes from non-Whites.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/career/15-things-white-people-say-that-highlight-their-privilege/ss-BB1p0S55

NEW YORK TIMES
— Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump (COMMENT: How much did wealthy donors spend to help elect Harris?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html
— Biden Team Considers Blanket Pardons Before Trump’s Promised ‘Retribution’  White House officials believe President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selection of partisan warriors for top law enforcement jobs indicates that he will pursue revenge against his perceived enemies. (COMMENT: Adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and subsequently sued them for the aforesaid include: a) disallowing my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) forcing me to resign in 1969, c) disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, d) disallowing my education deductions in 1978, e) forcing me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, f) never promoting me beyond GS-13, g) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and h) forcing me to retire in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/biden-trump-pardons.html
— He Promised Huge Tax Refunds. Now Trump Wants Him to Lead the I.R.S.  Since leaving Congress in 2023, Billy Long has peddled a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned is a magnet for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/billy-long-trump-irs-tax-credit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris’s loss (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/05/centrist-progressive-democrats-election-recriminations-blame/

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— Mexico’s president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-s-president-will-ask-trump-to-deport-non-mexican-migrants-directly-to-their-home-countries/ar-AA1vlwFR

NEW YORK SUN
— So-Called ‘Sanctuary City’ Policies, All Too Often, Shield Criminal Migrants From Justice. More than 58,000 known criminal migrants have come to New York City alone, including 1,000 known members of South American gangs, like Tren de Aragua.  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/sanctuary-city-policies-all-too-often-shield-criminal-migrants-from-justice

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject the rule or law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/12/06/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants/76764820007/
— OUTRAGEOUS: AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who stands to lose?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/04/att-eliminate-traditional-landline-copper-phone-service-2029/76765766007/
— Living paycheck to paycheck is more common than you think (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I have lived on just one of our paychecks. First, in anticipation of our having children and then to save for our retirement.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/05/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-debt/76733415007/

TIMES HERALD
— Mass deportation is an appropriate response to mass illegal immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/lowry-mass-deportation-is-an-appropriate-response-to-mass-illegal-immigration-lowry-11-25-24/article_44d502d0-acc0-11ef-a3dc-43e0f095d6f0.html

PRESS READER
— Democratic officials blame loss on outside factors (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the following who continue to blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-bergen-record/20241205/281608131008089

9 NEWS
— Trump administration looking for countries to send deported migrants (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3uN1brE0U

POLITICO MAGAZINE
— Under Trump, America will again be the leader of the free world.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/06/trump-ends-american-century-00192236

SCIENCE DIRECT
— Do voters prefer educated candidates? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my three master’s degrees, my six professional certifications, and my professional license.)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379423000185

HARVARD CRIMSON
— To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/6/freshman-survey-race-admissions/

NASDAQ
— Here Are the Net Worth and Income That Put You in the Top 5% of American Households by Age
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/here-are-net-worth-and-income-put-you-top-5-american-households-age

MOTLEY FOOL
— Here’s the Average Upper-Class American’s Retirement Savings. How Do You Compare?
https://www.fool.com/money/buying-stocks/articles/heres-the-average-upper-class-americans-retirement-savings-how-do-you-compare/

NERD WALLET
— Average Net Worth by Age: How Do You Compare? The average net worth for U.S. families is about $1.06 million. The median — a more representative measure — is $192,700.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/average-net-worth-by-age

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Starbucks moving into the Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton is extremely symbolic. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20240927/news/starbucks-is-moving-to-the-former-sandberg-building-in-downtown-wheaton/  According to Wheaton anti-conservatives, it shows that they have completely taken over Wheaton.
https://www.ft.com/content/f19c34b2-2eb0-40f4-a799-f5221413e9b2

WORLD NET DAILY
— Trump reportedly has plan when countries refuse to take back their illegal aliens (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will come right back in. They will come right back in because Democrat and RINO leaders want them here. Because of that, much more has to be done to stop illegal immigration.)
https://www.wnd.com/2024/12/trump-reportedly-has-plan-when-countries-refuse-to-take-back-their-illegal-aliens/

December 4, 2024

It would be great if all township political parties would issue press releases on their caucuses.

EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS
— Thornton Township Democrat Caucus Nominated Napoleon Harris’ Slate For Township Offices – Tiffany Henyard Shouted Down By Residents
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/12/thornton-township-democrat-caucus-nominated-napoleon-harris-slate-for-township-offices-tiffany-henyard-shouted-down-by-residents/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township supervisor
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-democratic-party-caucus-denies-dolton-mayor-place-ballot-stay-thornton-township-supervisor/15621781/

NBC5
— Tiffany Henyard loses nomination as Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/tiffany-henyard-loses-nomination-as-thornton-township-supervisor/3615125/
— Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Its employees who conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time were gotten rid of and replaced with employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-fbi-kash-patel-reshape-bureau/3614377/

CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-denied-ballot-thornton-township-illinois-supervisor/

WGN9
— “A raucous caucus” seeks to determine if Tiffany Henyard can seek re-election in Thornton Township
https://www.yahoo.com/news/raucous-caucus-seeks-determine-tiffany-232440595.html
— ‘They can’t beat me’: In rare caucus, Tiffany Henyard loses Thornton Township nomination
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/they-cant-beat-me-tiffany-henyard-loses-thornton-township-nomination-to-napoleon-harris/
— Chicago’s progressive mayor gets fiery in City Club visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGf-ol9kHlU

FOX32
— ‘You can’t do stuff like this’: Tiffany Henyard, her supporters claim they were cheated in caucus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-exclusive-fox-32-interview
https://www.aol.com/t-stuff-tiffany-henyard-her-235252100.html

LANSING JOURNAL
— Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/03/many-left-waiting-in-cold-for-democratic-caucus/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Sen. Napoleon Harris blocks Tiffany Henyard to claim Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/03/napoleon-harris-blocks-tiffany-henyard-to-claim-democratic-thornton-township/
— Jim Dodge’s challenge to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau heads to Cook County court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/jim-dodges-challenge-to-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau-heads-to-cook-county-court/
— Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, marginalized groups include those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/09/marginalized-groups-admit-fear-uncertainty-as-trump-secures-second-term/
— Paul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to public education in Chicago than Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders are a threat to everyone.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/opinion-public-education-chicago-risk-chicago-teachers-union/

DAILY HERALD
— 4 new McHenry County Board members sworn in as GOP majority grows
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241203/local-politics/4-new-mchenry-county-board-members-sworn-in-as-gop-majority-grows/

WBEZ
— Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/04/chicago-is-closing-its-biggest-tent-city-but-comes-up-short-on-promised-apartments

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate (COMMENT: If you were picked for a position, what would your critics/opponents throw against you? If I was picked for a position, my critics/opponents would stress the success that they had having their operatives and their dupes a) throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) end my GAO employment in 1997, l) etc.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/article_e4be4b32-f1c0-57db-a1f6-c41bf6740dd1.html

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/03/black-republicans-feel-left-out-of-trumps-second-term-picks/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/new-irs-funding-boosted-tax-enforcement-and-19955276.php

FOX NEWS
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary (COMMENT: Early on, hate-filled Trump-hating Republicans backed DeSantis for President. What do they have to say about this?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-for-defense-secretary-amid-allegations-florida-governor-secretary-of-defense-fox-friends-weekend-conservative-gop-primary

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles (COMMENT: I demonstrated my support for Israel in 1990 when I volunteered to be assigned to GAO’s only work group in Chicago that was headed by a Jewish person. Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5195102/trump-picks-staunch-israel-supporters-for-key-roles-worrying-arab-americans

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances (COMMENT: I had a security clearance when I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-03/trump-team-signs-an-agreement-with-the-doj-for-security-clearances

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-wsj/

WSIL TV
— Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of a ‘woke-free’ marketplace. Its stock is surging (COMMENT: Woke employers do not hire, retain, or promote conservatives like me. Woke employers get rid of their conservative employees like me. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/donald-trump-jr-is-set-to-join-the-board-of-a-woke-free-marketplace-its/article_5f2fc644-4567-5595-87e8-90a54957276c.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-416/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-208/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin Sworn In For Four More Years As DuPage County State’s Attorney
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-sworn-in-for-four-more-years-as-dupage-county-states-attorney

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— WBEZ Reports on “The Last Republican”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/wbez-reports-on-the-last-republican/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct lose elections, who blames who for that? Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered my Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I paint the candidates in my newsletters as being far more conservative than they are and that causes them to lose elections and b) that I include links to articles in my newsletters that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions do your critics/opponents take against you? Mine a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. If you were me, how would you respond to that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Rhetoric is easy. Facts are hard.
https://wirepoints.org/rhetoric-is-easy-facts-are-hard-wirepoints/
— CPS staffing grew 25% even as enrollment fell during COVID. No wonder it’s running deficits.
https://wirepoints.org/cps-staffing-grew-25-even-as-enrollment-fell-during-covid-no-wonder-its-running-deficits/
— You’re asking ordinary people to pay higher taxes so a local bureaucrat can enjoy a $9 million pension
https://wirepoints.org/youre-asking-ordinary-people-to-pay-higher-taxes-so-a-local-bureaucrat-can-enjoy-a-9-million-pension-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-bridgette-washington/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLIC PENSIONS TO BE WORTH $3.8M-$5.5M. THANKS, LOOPHOLES!
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-public-pensions-to-be-worth-3-8m-5-5m-thanks-loopholes/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/3/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-leader-calls-antitrump-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The FBI needs reform, not retribution (COMMENT: Republicans should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3247517/fbi-needs-reform-not-retribution/

NEW YORK POST
— With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/opinion/hey-eric-adams-kathy-hochul-dont-let-58k-criminal-migrants-use-new-york-as-a-sanctuary/
— Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/lifestyle/jaguars-pink-woke-electric-car-slammed-by-gen-z-what-on-earth-is-jaguar-thinking/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden unveils White House ‘clown show’ Christmas decor and the reviews are savage
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/03/jill-biden-unveils-white-house-clown-show-christmas-decor-and-the-reviews-are-savage-1506885/

BREITBART
— Homan Slams Chicago Democrat for ‘Threatening’ Violence Against ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/03/tom-homan-slams-chicago-democrat-threatening-violence-ice/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Blasts Joe Biden for Illegal Immigration, Vows to Work with Trump to Deport Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/eric-adams-blasts-joe-biden-illegal-immigration-vows-work-trump-deport-criminal-illegals/
— Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson ff He Tries to Block Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/watch-chicago-residents-tell-trump-to-arrest-mayor-brandon-johnson-ff-he-tries-to-block-deportations/
— Biden’s Mass Migration Legacy: Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/bidens-mass-migration-legacy-foreign-born-population-on-track-to-exceed-82-million-by-2040/

COLLEGE FIX
— Yale event explores role of ‘merit’ in higher education and hiring (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders put the following ahead of merit: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-event-explores-role-of-merit-in-higher-education-and-hiring/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— End the Sanctuary-for-Migrants Madness
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/12/24/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness

DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Harris Admin Opened Floodgates For Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes On Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/biden-harris-admin-taxpayer-funded-sex-changes-kids-cost/
— ‘Cutting Waste Is Not A Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support From Dem Lawmakers  (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/cutting-waste-not-partisan-idea-trump-doge-secures-support-dem-lawmakers/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shell-game-the-feds-said-anti-white-activists-dei-unit-was-disbanded-she-was-actually-promoted

FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Woke DEA Pick Arrested Christian Pastor, Released Criminals, Penalized Unvaccinated Employees
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/trumps-woke-dea-pick-arrested-christian-pastor-released-criminals-penalized-unvaccinated-employees/
— 9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/9th-circuit-local-authorities-in-washington-state-cant-block-feds-from-deporting-illegals/

FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE highlights how much illegal immigration costs US taxpayers. DOGE will be co-led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-highlights-how-much-illegal-immigration-costs-us-taxpayers
— Domino’s manager fired by franchisee for complaining owner hired illegal migrants
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dominos-manager-fired-franchisee-complaining-owner-hired-illegal-migrants-lawsuit-claims

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents explode at liberal mayor over city resources going to migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365481394112
— Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’  Musk says ‘scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-government-spending-illegal-immigrants-boggles-mind

JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove a Costly Option for Californians
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/03/newsoms-publicly-funded-war-chest-trump-proofing-california-could-prove-a-costly-option-for-californians/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-battle-to-end-wokeness-is-just-getting-started/

MRC TV
— Nearly HALF Of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent, Yet Union Demands Pay RAISE (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/p-gardner-goldsmith/nearly-half-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-yet-union-demands-pay

PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrah
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/12/04/sodom-and-gomorrica-vol-x-male-lactation-vs-transphobia-n4934820#google_vignette

POST MILLENNIAL
— US spent $151 BILLION on illegal immigration in 2023 alone
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-spent-151-billion-on-illegal-immigration-in-2023-alone-doge

TOWNHALL
— The Looming Resistance to Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/12/04/the-looming-resistance-to-donald-trumps-immigration-agenda-n2648570
— The Fall of DEI: How President Trump Ushers in a Merit-Based Future (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bob-rubin/2024/12/04/the-fall-of-dei-how-president-trump-ushers-in-a-merit-based-future-n2648601

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— A Democrats says “Patel picked to weaponize government against Trump enemies.”  Democrat and RINO leaders have weaponized government against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/

ABC NEWS
— Shares in ‘anti-woke’ online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board. President-elect Trump’s eldest son was appointed to the board of PublicSquare.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shares-anti-woke-online-marketplace-jump-after-donald/story?id=116424955

NBC NEWS
— The GOP’s post-election challenge: Turning Trump voters into full-fledged Republicans (COMMENT: I have always been a conservative, that is, a platform Republican, that is, a Republican. My Republican critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Republican-haters. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gop-post-election-challenge-trump-voters-politics-desk-rcna182707

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-political-problem-2024-election-0674765f082ba6116107e1e7cad4e536

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_6fybIx9s

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Constructively, Los Angeles is officially declaring war on America.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-council-to-finalize-and-adopt-sanctuary-city-ordinance/3573823/

NEWSWEEK
— As Hegseth Falters, Ron DeSantis May Get to Take ‘War on Woke’ to Military
https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-may-trumps-backup-plan-gop-senators-balk-pete-hegseth-1995231
— Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7 billion
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-150-billion-immigration-cost-1994609
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. According to all my Democrat employers, including GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, I was grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportation-court-ruling-favors-trump-wall-street-1995144
— Illegal Chinese Migrant Shipped Weapons to North Korea From US
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-shipping-weapons-north-korea-chinese-national-1994903

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/illinois-rep-john-davis-federal-forces-in-us-cities-are-an-intrusion

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will We Ever Hear the End of Slavery Reparations? (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following should pay reparations: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-we-ever-hear-the-end-of-slavery-reparations-racism-africa-5634f18a

BLOOMBERG
— DOD Must Face Worker’s Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination escalated big time when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/dod-must-face-workers-retaliation-claims-over-eeoc-complaints

FORBES
— Set Your Middle School Student On The Path To College Success (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2024/12/03/set-your-middle-school-student-on-the-path-to-college-success/

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/3/2289941/-Republicans-are-going-to-wind-up-regretting-Trump-s-deportation-scheme

LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/king-trump

BROOKINGS
— Less than half of adults from disadvantaged backgrounds attain decent wages by age 30 (COMMENT: When I was 30 years old in 1978, my IRS salary was $110,020/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had to work my way through college. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-upward-mobility-diverging-pathways/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To identify adults who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescence, we assess whether they met any of the following criteria in their teens: Lived in a low-income family, Neither parent had a postsecondary degree, Mother was aged 19 years old or younger when her first child was born, Family received public assistance. Anyone who met at least one of the above criteria is included in the analysis.)

December 3, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 8 shot, 3 fatally, at large gathering in Chicago Lawn home
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-lawn-shooting-6-shot-2-fatally-west-59th-street-cfd-says-live/15615283/
— Alexander Nesteruk of Wheaton killed in a Chicago shooting near Clark, Fullerton in Lincoln Park
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alexander-nesteruk-wheaton-illinois-killed-chicago-shooting-clark-fullerton-lincoln-park-officials-say/15618329/

NBC5
— Republicans fume after President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republicans-fume-after-president-joe-biden-pardons-his-son-hunter/3613120/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-once-touted-by-walmart-and-others-became-a-conservative-target/3613473/

FOX32
— Trump warns of “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Israeli hostages are not released
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-israeli-hostages-ultimatum
— Homeless man sentenced for 2018 sexual assault near Wheaton trail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/homeless-man-sentenced-2018-sexual-assault-wheaton-trail

WTTW
— Illinois Board of Elections Certifies Election Results Showing Decline in Turnout (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/02/illinois-board-elections-certifies-election-results-showing-decline-turnout

WBEZ
— Former Chicago Mayor’s Office staffers are removed from the city’s do-not-hire list amid press office fallout (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors put me on a universal do-not-hire list.)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/12/02/former-chicago-mayors-office-staffers-are-removed-from-the-citys-do-not-hire-list-amid-press-office-fallout
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County Board elects Democratic speaker, replaces Steve Balich as Republican leader
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/will-county-board-democratic-speaker-replaces-steve-balich-republican-leader/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/12/02/planned-parenthood-hey-jane-abortion-access-illinois-mifepristone-misoprostol
— The definition of bipartisanship is Republicans caving in to Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/02/bipartisanship-should-not-be-dirty-word-democrats-republicans-donald-trump-environment-ben-jealous

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/news/illinois-planned-parenthood-teams-with-hey-jane-to-expand-abortion-access/
— Wheaton resident dead after Thanksgiving Day shooting in Chicago
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/crime/wheaton-resident-dead-after-thanksgiving-day-shooting-in-chicago/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County swears in officials, GOP holds all offices. New chairman Chris Slusser envisions a new era for Madison County. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee doing to elect Republican candidates on April 1, 2025?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-officials-swearing-in-illinois-19954254.php

LANSING JOURNAL
— Thornton Township election preview: Tuesday is Caucus Day; candidates so far (COMMENT: It would be great if all township governments would issue press releases that would provide such detail.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/02/thornton-township-election-preview-tuesday-is-caucus-day-candidates-so-far/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In preparation for what could be the most contested Thornton Township election in recent history, major political parties will each hold a caucus Tuesday, Dec. 3, to select candidates for supervisor, clerk, assessor, highway commissioner, and four trustee seats. Voters will go to the polls on April 1, 2025, to make their selections in the Consolidated Election, and the caucuses determine which candidates they will see on their ballots. A source familiar with Thornton Township politics said these are the first caucuses held in many years. . .Residents of Thornton Township may participate in either the Democratic or Republican Party caucuses, nominating a candidate and voting on their party’s nominees. By participating in the caucus, a resident is becoming affiliated with that political party. Caucus proceedings  When entering the caucus room, participants will be asked to sign an affidavit stating they are registered to vote in Thornton Township and are affiliated with the established political party conducting the caucus — that they are a registered Democrat or registered Republican. The chair of the proceedings will call the caucus to order. They will introduce the caucus judges of election and announce the offices for which nominees will be selected. Then the chair calls for nominations, which can come from anyone in the caucus. The procedure continues until there are no more nominations. Participants then vote on their preferred nominees. The highest vote-getters in each race are selected as the nominee. Independent and other candidates  Candidates running under non-major political parties have already filed their candidacy for Thornton Township, and do not participate in the caucus process. Four Independent Party candidates are looking to unseat Henyard: Nate Fields Jr., LaShunte’ Lollis-Walton, Stafford Owens, and Sidney Moore. Harvey Mayor Chris Clark is also a candidate for supervisor, leading a Reform Thornton Township Party ticket that includes four candidates for trustee: Harvey city administrator Corean Davis, Harvey fifth ward alderperson Dominique Randle-El, Rachel Jones, and Jacinta J. Gholston. Also running for trustee are Democrat Mary Ann Thornton and Independent Felesa Melvin. Running for highway commissioner is Independent Kenny Williams. The township Clerk’s office reported no filings for clerk or assessor. It is not clear whether other incumbents on the Thornton Township Board of Trustees, all Democrats, are seeking nominations to retain their seats.)

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Former Lauzen employee slams his expertise, treatment of her
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/11/30/former-lauzen-employee-slams-his-expertise-treatment-of-her/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an email, Lauzen wrote that he fired Cain on Friday, Nov. 22. “It is now obvious to me that I made a mistake when I hired her,” Lauzen’s email stated. When there were concerns about her work, he said, he gave her a written six-month performance improvement plan. . .In his email, Lauzen denied saying he had “given up” on her, spoke to her with contempt, and justified that he wanted her log in ID and password because he is “ultimately responsible for everything that occurs in the Treasurer’s Office, both good and bad, I need to know what is going on around me.” As to his lack of computer skills, Lauzen said he depends on his staff and the IT department to assist. “There is no conceit on my part that my data processing skills are in any way exemplary,” Lauzen wrote. “I’m not shy to ask for help.” Lauzen also wrote that the Treasurer’s Office does not have to follow Government Accounting Standard Board rules regarding revenue. It also does not have statutory responsibility or authority to produce or present the county’s financial statements. “The Accounting Department does. Therefore, we have nothing to do with the applicability of any GASB regulations,” Lauzen wrote.)

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-its-been-taboo-to-discuss-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-far-too-long/20241203070000/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Why Trump’s HUD Pick Is a Red Flag for Housing Advocates (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, University Park got a $30 million HUD loan to build University Park to help Blacks. Because I bought a new town home there in 1972, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I improperly took advantage of that HUD loan, that my buying that town home stopped a Black from buying it.)
https://chicagodefender.com/why-trumps-hud-pick-is-a-red-flag-for-housing-advocates/

WCIA
— 70% of Illinois registered voters cast ballots in 2024 (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/70-of-illinois-registered-voters-cast-ballots-in-2024-state-board-of-elections/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump falls just below 50% in popular vote, but gets more than in past elections
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-03/trump-falls-just-below-50-in-popular-vote-but-gets-more-than-in-past-elections

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats’ outgoing chair says Trump’s win forces party to reassess how it reaches voters
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-outgoing-chair-says-trumps-win-forces-party-to-reassess-how-it-reaches-voters/

WHEATON PATCH
— Coroner Jorgensen Thanks Community In Farewell Message
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/coroner-jorgensen-thanks-community-farewell-message

ELMHURST PATCH
— Forgeries On Elmhurst Politician’s Petition?  Residents told Patch they did not sign Mark Mulliner’s mayoral petition. His rival said there was an “obvious impropriety.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/forgeries-elmhurst-politicians-petition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— “It sets a terrible precedent for presidents in the future to blanket pardon, not just family members, but anyone,” said former Congressman Rodney Davis after attending an Illinois Chamber of Commerce event in Oak Brook on Monday. “Voters who said the No. 1 issue was a threat to democracy because in their minds Donald Trump was going to upset the norms of government, how do they reconcile this?” said Davis, a Republican who is now head of government affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/03/chicago-budget-gets-the-old-college-try-00192301

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-415/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-207/
— Illinois voter turnout was 70.42 percent, but registered voters were down a quarter million from peak four years ago (COMMENT: 83% or 891 of the 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton cast ballots.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/illinois-voter-turnout-was-7042-percent-but-registered-voters-were-down-a-quarter-million-from-peak-four-years-ago/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-414/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago ranks among the top in WalletHub’s “Most Sinful Cities in America” survey. A Republican state representative said it’s another example of its crumbling moral foundation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote abortion, LGBTQ, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_30df7fee-b0df-11ef-9f32-4f580e68965b.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/republican-legislator-laments-chicago-s-poor-ranking-in-sin-city-survey/ar-AA1v8WJn
— Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s black hole: Pension debts jump even though taxpayers pour billions into city funds
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-black-hole-pension-debts-jump-even-though-taxpayers-pour-billions-into-city-funds-wirepoints/
— Only half of Chicago Public Schools’ $10 billion in yearly spending makes it to the classroom
https://wirepoints.org/only-half-of-chicago-public-schools-10-billion-in-yearly-spending-makes-it-to-the-classroom-wirepoints/
— Chicago has lost control of its budget. We need furloughs and layoffs, not tax hikes.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-has-lost-control-of-its-budget-we-need-furloughs-and-layoffs-not-tax-hikes-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
— The legislators who don’t support pension reform ought to be fired.
https://wirepoints.org/the-legislators-who-dont-support-pension-reform-ought-to-be-fired-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my www.gopillinois.com website drive lots of traffic to websites. It would be great if those websites would reciprocate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rolling Back the Gender Insanity
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/rolling-back-the-gender-insanity/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s pardon of Hunter hands leverage to Republicans on tax cuts, gun laws
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/biden-pardon-hunter-hands-leverage-republicans-tax/
— Hunter Biden’s sweeping pardon covers a decade of potential criminal charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/hunter-biden-pardon-covers-decade-potential-crimin/
— California seeks $25 million in special session to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/2/california-seeks-25-million-special-session-trump-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California lawmaker pushes proposal to give descendants of slaves admission priority at colleges
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3247324/california-lawmaker-proposal-descendants-slaves-admission-priority-college/
— The legacy media enabled Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3247707/the-legacy-media-enabled-joe-biden-pardon-hunter/

NEW YORK POST
— Domino’s manager fired for complaining about pizza shop’s owner hiring illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2024/12/02/business/dominos-manager-fired-for-complaining-about-hiring-of-illegal-migrants-suit/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Cartels Demand Higher Border Crossing Fees After Trump Victory
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/cartels-demand-higher-border-crossing-fees-after-trump-victory/
— Sanctuary City Spends $8000 Per Illegal Alien
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/02/sanctuary-city-spends-8000-per-illegal-alien/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Attestation: A bizarre way to run elections (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/attestation_a_bizarre_way_to_run_elections.html
— The ‘Woke’ Awakening
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/the_woke_awakening.html

BREITBART
— Democrats Hide Support for Illegals by Sudden Shift to Deporting Criminal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/02/democrats-hide-support-illegals-sudden-shift-deporting-criminal-migrants/
— Sanctuary State California May Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations by Giving Lawyers to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/02/california-fight-trumps-mass-deportations-giving-lawyers-illegal-aliens/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last. Americans deserve a full-scale investigation into what happened in Chicago and how to prevent the next open-borders-enabled attack on U.S. soil.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Oped-Without-Reckoning-First-US-Terror-Attack-Caused-Open-Borders-Wont-Be-Last

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Republican Jow Walsh Admits Biden’s Pardon Makes It Tougher To Convince Middle America Trump Is ‘A Unique Threat’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/joe-walsh-biden-pardon-convince-middle-voters-trump-threat/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Challenging Trump, California to Pay for Illegal Immigrant Deportation Defense
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/02/challenging-trump-california-pay-illegal-immigrant-deportation-defense/

DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Suspected Migrant Gang Members Roaming NYC, ICE Says. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in the city.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-suspected-migrant-gang-members-roaming-nyc-ice-says

FEDERALIST
— Without A Reckoning, The First U.S. Terror Attack Caused By Open Borders Won’t Be The Last
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/without-a-reckoning-the-first-u-s-terror-attack-caused-by-open-borders-wont-be-the-last/
— How Trump’s Victory Affects The Civil War In Evangelicalism
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/how-trumps-victory-affects-the-civil-war-in-evangelicalism/

FOX BUSINESS
— Ramaswamy shreds NYC $220M migrant hotel deal paying Pakistan ‘to house illegals in our own country’  DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy torches NYC over Roosevelt Hotel migrant deal.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ramaswamy-shreds-nyc-220m-migrant-hotel-deal-paying-pakistan-house-illegals-own-country
— There’s no constitutional obligation for Congress to appropriate funding to sanctuary cities
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365433711112

FOX NEWS
— Chicago teachers union slams newspaper that called them out for their members’ chronic absence. ‘It’s time for the Tribune to reflect the facts,’ the Chicago Teachers Union said in response to an editorial. (COMMENT: Virtually all my Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government took many more sick days than I did. While I worked part-time for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my Democrat coworkers took many sick days.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-slams-newspaper-called-them-out-members-chronic-absence
— NYC home to nearly 60k ‘criminal’ migrants. More than 750k illegal migrants currently live in New York City.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-home-nearly-60k-criminal-migrants-report
— ICE report reveals extent of migrant crime crisis in New York City
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365411253112
— Roosevelt Hotel of HORRORS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/02/roosevelt-hotel-of-horrors/
— Biden admin ‘let Americans die’ at hands of illegal immigrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365427541112
— Anti-trafficking activist exposes how ‘slave ledger’ is being used by smugglers to control migrants. Immigration and border security are top election issues for voters. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-trafficking-activist-exposes-slave-ledger-being-used-by-smugglers-control-migrants
— Trump suggests Canada become 51st state
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-suggests-canada-become-51st-state-after-trudeau-said-tariff-would-kill-economy-sources

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump seeks to expand program that would deputize US sheriffs to assist ICE in deportation efforts
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-expand-program-that-would-deputize-us-sheriffs-to-assist-ice-in-deportation-efforts

REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Yes, the President Can Deploy Troops To Enforce Immigration Law
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/12/03/yes_the_president_can_deploy_troops_to_enforce_immigration_law_1075917.html

NEWSMAX
— Booting Migrants Is Crucial
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tomhoman-deportation-illegalimmigrants/2024/12/02/id/1190042/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Sanctuary’ Leaders Vow to Resist Immigration Enforcement. This Time They Have Few Followers.
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2024/12/03/sanctuary-leaders-vow-to-resist-immigration-enforcement-this-time-they-have-few-followers-n2648511

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Redefining diversity in Trump’s second administration (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5012229-trump-dei-merit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory signals a turning point for our nation. As America grapples with the consequences of unchecked diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI policies, the second Trump administration has a clear mandate to restore fairness and meritocracy in employment law. . .At its core, DEI as currently practiced is antithetical to the principles of fairness and equality. Instead of leveling the playing field, it tilts it steeply in favor of select groups, creating a workplace culture where hiring and promotions are often dictated by identity rather than merit. DEI practices, though often cloaked in the language of equity, are nothing more than reverse discrimination, punishing individuals for their race or gender while undermining the very concept of merit-based achievement. . .Second, Trump can promote merit-based hiring and advancement. Meritocracy is the cornerstone of a thriving economy. Employment decisions should be based on skills, qualifications and performance — not identity. The Trump administration must make it clear that federally regulated industries and contractors will face penalties for using quotas or “diversity scorecards” as hiring criteria. Transparency in hiring and promotion processes should also be mandated to ensure fairness. . .America’s workplaces must remain places of opportunity and collaboration, not battlegrounds for ideological warfare. DEI, as it currently stands, has created an environment of division, resentment and legal uncertainty. By focusing on merit, fairness and individual rights, the Trump administration can undo the damage wrought by years of identity politics and restore a culture of excellence and mutual respect.)
— Multiple Democrats slam Biden pardon of Hunter
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5018269-biden-pardons-hunter-democrats-criticism/

CNBC
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly crowed about their success in promoting Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, their success in promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/the-war-on-woke-how-a-gay-rights-index-became-a-conservative-target.html

NBC NEWS
— Senate approves promotion for general involved in Afghanistan exit after a Republican blocked it (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government initially delayed and blocked my promotions because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Then they delayed and blocked my promotions because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12 and my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-approves-promotion-general-involved-afghanistan-exit-republican-rcna182544
— Republican senators brush aside Pete Hegseth misconduct allegations after meeting with him. Hegseth, who is Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, has faced sexual assault and alcohol abuse allegations. He has denied any wrongdoing. (COMMENT: Just kidding, but what wrongdoing do your critics/opponents accuse you of and refuse to pardon you for? My critics/opponents accuse me of causing all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 starting with Jim Ryan in 2002 and Andy McKenna in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pete-hegseth-meeting-republican-senators-brush-misconduct-allegations-rcna182569

NEW YORK TIMES
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
— In Pardoning His Son, Biden Echoes Some of Trump’s Complaints
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-hunter-pardon-politics.html

USA TODAY
— ‘Heinously terrible’: 3 killed, 5 injured in mass shooting at Chicago home; no arrests made
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/02/mass-shooting-chicago/76711684007/
— Is it possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone? (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/23/can-you-retire-social-security-income-seniors/76135159007/

WOAI
— Construction Companies Have Been Abusing Illegal Alien Workers
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-02-construction-companies-have-been-abusing-illegal-alien-workers/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Woke Cost the Democrats the Presidential Election. My critics/opponents have always promoted woke and they continue to promote woke. To promote wok is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-2024-election-woke.html

PBS
— Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Fewer 18-Year-Olds Enrolled in College This Fall (COMMENT: I enrolled in UIC when I was 18 in 1966. Because of that, I was able to graduate from NIU when I was 21. Because I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft, I could not have done that if I had not gotten student draft deferments. My critics/opponents have always used my getting student draft deferments against me big time. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not gotten those deferments, in addition to my not graduating when I was 21, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, or d) get married when I was 29.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/12/03/fewer-18-year-olds-enrolled-college-fall

DAILY KOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate a) illegals with slaves fleeing slavery and b) Republicans with Confederates.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/12/2/2287433/-12-02-Open-Thread-International-Day-for-the-Abolition-of-Slavery

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 53% Now View Trump Favorably (COMMENT: 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/53_now_view_trump_favorably

December 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “US Senate inquiry into Chicago ‘s housing of migrants at airports likely to heat up after Republican election wins.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/senate-inquiry-migrants-chicago-airports/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/what-does-the-trump-administration-have-in-store-for-chicago-families-many-are-concerned-about-child-care-costs-paid-family-leave/
— Young men swung to the right for Donald Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals  (COMMENT: To get more votes from women and from LGBTQers, Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly anti-masculine.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/young-men-trump-campaign-masculine-appeals/
— Our neighbors’ marijuana usage is unbearable
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/asking-eric-marijuana-neighbors/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/transgender-affirming-care-trump-illinois/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/migrant-shelters-dcfs-investigations/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2024/11/29/chicago-murals-pilsen-henry-gonzalez-immigration-american-flag
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/11/30/rogers-park-resident-maggie-chan-500-hats-for-refugees

DAILY HERALD
— Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts (COMMENT: Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes a) because they believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that federal benefits and pensions are much too generous, b) because I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) because I avoided the draft, d) because of my wife’s income and our not having children, and e) because I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I 1978 paid less federal income tax until recently by itemizing our deductions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241130/nation-and-world-politics/trump-and-republicans-in-congress-eye-an-ambitious-100-day-agenda-starting-with-tax-cuts/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s election numbers — good and bad — are remarkably consistent
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-trumps-election-numbers-good-and-bad-are-remarkably-consistent/article_df59249c-ada3-11ef-8e46-cf5bc3678e01.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The final, official 2024 election returns are in, and boy, are they consistent. When it comes to the last three presidential elections, 2024 doesn’t look much different than 2016 or 2020 in our area. Let’s start with Champaign County, where Donald Trump’s losing percentage — a historically bad one for three consecutive elections — has barely budged. He got 36.52 percent in 2024, 36.92 percent in 2020 and 36.42 percent in 2016. No candidate has done that poorly in the county in a presidential election with just two major candidates since Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956 (34 and 33 percent, respectively). Poor Jimmy Carter got just 32.2 percent in 1980, but that was also had Illinois congressman and University of Illinois graduate John Anderson running as an independent, and he got 15 percent of the vote here.)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pritzker not the first Illinois governor to defy the president’s wishes  (COMMENT: With his rejection of federal immigration law, will Pritzker become the second George Wallace?)
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/mike-matejka-pritzker-not-the-first-illinois-governor-to-defy-the-presidents-wishes/article_44d9e65c-acfb-11ef-b915-ff26ea8a1225.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump’s Illinois gain a rejection of Democrat status quo, Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, says
https://www.cnhinews.com/exchange/states/illinois/article_96752bcc-f45e-58f8-b876-bea1aa8a50a5.html

JOHN KASS
— DOGE: Dreaming of a Better Government
https://johnkassnews.com/doge-america-yearns-for-a-return-to-small-government/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Democrat leaders, a) voters are fully aware of the Democrat Party platform, b) they support it, and c) that is why they vote for Democrat candidates. But how aware are they of the Democrat Party platform? The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. The aforesaid promotes poverty and crime. My “Republican” critics/opponents are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. They fail/refuse to speak against the Democrat Party platform. They fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform. They focus on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They focus on stopping everyone from reading my newsletters. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. The aforesaid promotes poverty and crime. QUESTION: Why are voters leaving Illinois? ANSWER: 3 million in Illinois voted for Harris, that is, for the Democrat Party platform, 251,000 in DuPage County, and 478 in my precinct. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to use Illinois government get rid of those who voted for Trump once and for all. Will Trump be able to save the 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct who voted for him? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Who is most responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? ANSWER: a)  U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood, Mike Bost, and  Mary Miller, b) Republican Illinois Senators and Representatives, c) Republican elected officials in your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, and e) leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
–Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members run the IRP. QUESTION: Why has the IRP ever-increasingly moved to the left, that is, why have Illinois Republican candidates ever-increasingly lost elections? ANSWER: IRP SCC members are not directly elected by Illinois Republicans. Those who control the IRP SCC election process are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. They reject some, many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. They despise if not hate Trump. They have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote direct election of IRP SCC members. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s proposed tariffs against Trump. My brother lost several jobs because his employers moved their operations to Mexico.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/29/justin-trudeau-trump-would-raise-prices-americans-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden administration bankrolled development of app to help transgender people deal with ‘voice dysphoria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3244465/biden-administration-money-development-app-transgender-people-voice-dysphoria/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC is now home to over 58K ‘criminal’ migrants — including more than 1,000 gang members
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-news/nyc-is-now-home-to-over-58k-criminal-migrants-including-over-1000-gang-members-ice/
— Jaguar’s woke ad shows just how out of touch companies are with consumers (COMMENT: To promote woke is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/business/jaguars-woke-ad-shows-just-how-out-of-touch-companies-are-with-consumers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Nothing Cool About Democrats’ Woke Religion
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/nothing_cool_about_democrats_woke_religion.html
— Making mass deportation easier
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/making_mass_deportation_easier.html
— Where’s Antifa?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/where_s_antifa.html

BREITBART
— Cutting Block Needs to Come for Med Schools Promoting DEI
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/11/30/gop-rep-murphy-cutting-block-needs-to-come-for-med-schools-promoting-dei/

CENTER SQUARE
— Federal DEI spending explodes under Biden-Harris administration (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0085f3aa-ae78-11ef-a3aa-13045f2dab56.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— Biden Education Department tries to force its woke agenda on Christian schools. Since 1953, my critics/opponents have used my attending Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools against me.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/biden-education-dept-accused-of-forcing-woke-agenda-on-christian-schools.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Haitian Immigrants ‘Self-Deporting’ Ahead of Trump Inauguration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/30/haitian-immigrants-self-deporting-ahead-trump-inauguration/

DAILY WIRE
— The Left Has A Wokeness Problem, That Is, The Left Has a Moral Condescension Problem
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-strategist-the-left-has-a-wokeness-moral-condescension-problem
— Here’s What Getting Rid Of The Education Department Could Look Like
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-getting-rid-of-the-education-department-could-look-like

FOX NEWS
— Democrat mayors fighting Trump’s deportations are playing with electoral fire. Voters have spoken, and they want an end to illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-democrat-mayors-fighting-trumps-deportations-playing-electoral-fire

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Toddler picked up at the southern border alone, tells police she came to U.S. to find her parents
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/toddler-picked-up-at-the-southern-border-alone-tells-police-she-came-to-u-s-to-find-her-parents

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Leftists Are Openly Promoting Terrorists Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/leftists-are-openly-promoting-terrorists-week-in-education/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When DEI Indoctrination Is Anti-White Racism, Sue (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  Of course, I got no support for my lawsuit from my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. That is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, the promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/when-dei-indoctrination-is-anti-white-racism-sue/

PJ MEDIA
— New York Has 58K Criminal Illegals. It’s Loosening Rules to Ensure That More Come In.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/30/ny-has-58k-criminal-illegals-its-loosening-rules-to-ensure-more-come-in-n4934744

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Point Fingers At Biden, Harris, Mayorkas for Costing Them the Election (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/30/democrats-admit-they-dropped-the-ball-on-immigration-n2648444#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Surge in illegal immigration by Indians at US-Canada border, over 40,000 caught this year
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/surge-in-illegal-immigration-by-indians-at-us-canada-border-over-40-000-caught-this-year/ar-AA1v3ol3
— 1.4 million illegal immigrants in US have been ordered deported, but have yet to be removed
https://www.aol.com/1-4-million-illegal-immigrants-023343453.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stress that John Phelan who Trump wants to head the U.S. Navy has no military experience. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, Hastert, my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, their staff members, and candidates for those offices wasted my knowledge of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step-1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-john-phelan-trumps-mega-donor-with-no-military-experience-set-to-head-us-navy/ar-AA1uQOvf
— What arguments do your critics/opponents make to justify your paying reparations?  Mine stress that I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors who have been in America since 1844.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/greek-leaders-tell-german-president-a-wwii-reparations-claim-is-very-much-alive/ar-AA1tdttW

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/trump-gay-marriage-fertility-treatments-inauguration-rcna181715

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/01/barely-legal-5-hard-truths–a-blueprint-for-your-dei-plan-in-2025/
— Never Change Careers Before Answering These 6 Questions First (COMMENT: Of course, I asked myself all these questions before I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. GAO audits IRS. However, my Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to make my transfer a failure. They forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my knowledge of IRS and that much of what I did at IRS was very similar to what I would do at GAO. They kept me off of audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2019/11/16/never-change-careers-before-answering-these-6-questions-first/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Do you want a new career, or do you really just want to get away from a stale job, a bad boss or bad culture?. . .2. What does success in the new job or career look like? Does this fit with reality?. . .3. What career capital can you leverage?. . .4. What skills and credentials do you need to compete for a new job or career?. . .5. Are you willing to do what it takes to develop new skills and earn new credentials?. . .6. Are you willing to start at a lower level and take a pay cut to enter a new career?)

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91236972/forget-dei-this-is-why-we-need-to-focus-on-fairness

November 30, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/30/what-does-the-trump-administration-have-in-store-for-chicago-families-many-are-concerned-about-child-care-costs-paid-family-leave/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic on Mag Mile to highlight continuing conflict in Gaza. The hourlong blockage of Michigan Avenue culminated in a chaotic scene at the Apple store on the Chicago River. Chicago police officers and store security spent several minutes removing a handful of protesters who entered the store and chanted inside. (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/11/29/black-friday-mag-mile-gaza-israel-protest
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/11/29/severe-pregnancy-complications-illinois-black-mothers
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2024/11/30/severe-pregnancy-complications-illinois-black-mothers

DAILY HERALD
— Inauguration set for new DuPage County officials
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241129/news/inauguration-set-for-new-dupage-county-officials/

WSPY
— The next school reform push in Illinois: testing and accountability (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, the tests I took enabled me to a) get hired by the Post Office (1966), IRS (1971), and GAO (1980), b) earn degrees from NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997), c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt (1979), and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt (1981).)
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/the-next-school-reform-push-in-illinois-testing-and-accountability/article_0cdb396a-ae48-11ef-bf4f-235257bd1396.html

WHEATON PATCH
— $2K In Cannabis Products Stolen During Home Burglary In Wheaton. An apartment in the Briarbrook complex was burglarized in mid-November.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/2k-cannabis-products-stolen-during-home-burglary-wheaton

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to drive out of Illinois all Republicans who voted for Trump and are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How soon, if not already will Pritzker officially a) stop schools from accepting students whose parents are Republican, b) stop schools from graduating Republicans, c) stop Republicans from getting professional certifications and licenses, d) stop employers hiring Republicans, e) force employers to fire their Republican employees, f) destroy businesses and organizations run my Republicans, g) stop Republicans from owning firearms, vehicles, real estate, etc., h) etc.?  What are the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party doing about the aforesaid? Who will come to the defense of Republicans in Illinois? 2.4 million in Illinois voted for Trump, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct. Trump won all but 14 of Illinois’ 102 counties. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com
— With his rejection of federal immigration law, will Pritzker become the second George Wallace? SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents who have lots of political and/or government clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being very well informed about political and government and news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. Of course, they would deny that they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. If that is true, on what sources do they rely and why? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Illinois sanctuary law will hinder, but won’t stop ICE agents in potential deportation actions (COMMENT: How hard will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/666186855-illinois-sanctuary-law-will-hinder-but-won-t-stop-ice-agents-in-potential-deportation-actions

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberals pay political price for war on families  (COMMENT: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/29/liberals-pay-political-price-war-families/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How the Left gins up a war on women  (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy women.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3242044/handmaid-tales/
— Harris’s loss of support in major cities spells trouble for Democrats beyond Trump (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run the Chicago area. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. Ever-increasingly, anticipate/expect that if you are a Republican in the Chicago area, that Democrats will get rid of you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18 in 1966, IRS when I was 22, and GAO when I was 31 hired me, but if I was 18, 22, or 31 today, they would not hire me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3245661/harris-loss-support-major-cities-spells-trouble-democrats-beyond-trump/
— Group of 300 illegal immigrants breaches Texas border in final days of Biden administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3245639/group-illegal-immigrants-breaches-texas-border/
— The strategy behind negative campaigning  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are negative campaigners. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about their success in a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ending my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ending my bid to be the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) ending my GAO employment in 1997, m) etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3212863/harris-cries-fascist-strategy-negative-campaigning/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump plans to give local sheriffs more power to act as immigration agents amid mass deportation crackdown (COMMENT: How hard will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/29/us-news/trump-plans-to-give-local-sheriffs-more-power-to-help-with-the-migrant-crisis/

AMAC
— Crime Rate for Illegal Aliens Vastly Understated (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/crime-rate-for-illegal-aliens-vastly-understated-data-shows/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois Democrat Jonathan Jackson whines about Trump’s hyperfocus on ‘efficiency’ and debloating government (COMMENT: Yes, there was bloat in GAO during the 1980s and 1990s, but Republicans threw the baby out with the bathwater when the destroyed GAO.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/illinois_democrat_whines_about_trump_s_hyperfocus_on_efficiency_and_debloating_government.html
— Pete Hegseth on Women in Combat
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/11/pete_hegseth_on_women_in_combat.html

BREITBART
— Local Sheriffs Back Trump’s Deportation Plan: ‘People Are Tired of This’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/29/report-local-sheriffs-back-trumps-deportation-plan-people-are-tired-this/

CENTER SQUARE COLORADO
— Denver spends more than $350 million on migrants
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/article_af0c1b62-ae45-11ef-a45e-1335938bbf3e.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— To Get Rid of Woke, Understand How It Got Started (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always been woke and are ever-increasingly woke.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/29/get-rid-woke-understand-got-started/

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden to Attend Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-to-attend-trumps-inauguration-white-house-5766688

FOX NEWS
— Liberals call for ‘MAGA’ to ‘give thanks to undocumented immigrants’ on Thanksgiving. X users asked which migrants flooding Chicago and NYC harvested their turkeys.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/liberals-call-maga-give-thanks-undocumented-immigrants-thanksgiving
— ‘Party of wokeness’: Democratic strategist dissects reasons behind 2024 loss (COMMENT: To promote wokeness is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365337261112

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Young Men Just Swung towards the GOP. Conservatives Have to Win Them. (COMMENT: If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) to earn master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, d) to earn a professional license when I was 32, e) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, and g) to get married when I was 29.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/young-men-just-swung-towards-the-gop-conservatives-have-to-win-them/

NEWSMAX
— Stop Attending, Supporting ‘Woke’ Colleges (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the four universities that I earned degrees from (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997 and their students ever-increasingly make it clear that they despise/hate Trump and those who share his demographics:  conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/bill-oreilly-woke-colleges/2024/11/29/id/1189808/

PJ MEDIA
— The Unreality of Leftist Ideology
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/29/washington-irving-and-the-unreality-of-leftist-ideology-n4934712
— Woke Marxists Not Only Reject Western Culture, but Remake It in Their Evil Image
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/30/woke-marxists-not-only-reject-western-culture-but-remake-it-in-their-evil-image-n4934725#google_vignette

PATRIOT POST
— DEI Training Makes You More Likely to Agree With … Literally Hitler. Hitler accused Jews of discriminating and conspiring to enrich themselves — much as DEI and radical theories accuse white people of doing today. (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/112447-study-dei-training-makes-you-more-likely-to-agree-with-dot-dot-dot-literally-hitler-2024-11-29

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Need To Stop Being The Party Of Wokeness and Moral Condescension
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/11/29/dem_strategist_julian_epstein_democrats_need_to_stop_being_the_party_of_wokeness_and_moral_condescension.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-migrants-mass-deportation-southern-border-illegals-1992681

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2024-11-30/emboldened-manosphere-accelerates-threats-and-demeaning-language-toward-women-after-us-election

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lgbtq-americans-voting-demographic-2024-election/
— How soon will Los Angeles officially declare war on America?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-braces-trump-mass-deportations-sanctuary-city/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, men are falling further and further and further behind women academically, career-wise, and financially. Will Trump stop that decline? All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/opinion/dating-bro-culture-manosphere-trump-cinderella.html

JOURNAL NEWS
— The only thing the illegals are picking are hotel rooms in sanctuary cities.
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/journal-junction—december-1-2024/article_da2fbda8-2f3a-56fd-9148-555b2a4e476b.html

KTRH
— Blue Cities Are Planning To Defy Trump’s Deportation (COMMENT: How strongly will Pritzker and the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district defy deportation?)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2024-11-29-blue-cities-are-planning-to-defy-trumps-deportation/

USA HERALD
— The State Bar of California Under Fire: Should Meritocracy Trump Diversity in Admitting New Lawyers? (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://usaherald.com/the-state-bar-of-california-under-fire-should-meritocracy-trump-diversity-in-admitting-new-lawyers/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations (COMMENT: How strongly will law enforcement help Trump in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/county-sheriffs-trump-immigration-plan-deportations-64c522dd
— What the Top 1% Really Pays the IRS. They kick in 40.4% of income taxes, nearly double their income share. (COMMENT: Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes a) because they believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that federal benefits and pensions are much too generous, b) because I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) because I avoided the draft, d) because of my wife’s income and our not having children, and e) because I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I 1978 paid less federal income tax until recently by itemizing our deductions.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-top-1-really-pays-the-irs-57c4ad58
— Trump’s Rainbow Coalition. His biggest vote gains from 2020 came in states with the most immigrants. And he seems to have broken the Democratic monopoly on the black vote. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO political consultants will continue to if not increase advising Trump to dump those who have demographics that vote for Republicans to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trumps-rainbow-coalition-realignment-election-voters-minorities-race-ethnicity-e6867c3c
— America Has Much to Be Thankful For (COMMENT: QUESTION: Why do minority and/or female citizens of foreign countries ever-increasingly illegally come to America illegally and illegally stay in America illegally? ANSWER: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference over citizens of America who are White and/or male.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-has-much-to-be-thankful-for-452806fb
— The GOP Barely Won the House. Factionalism in 2025 would waste a majority that could be fleeting.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-barely-won-the-house-9d5e1bb5
— Gavin Newsom Turns on Elon Musk (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are masters at turning people against people. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would use as examples the many who they have turned against me. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gavin-newsom-turns-on-elon-musk-12280bd7
— Employers ever-increasingly want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned a) $12.41/hour 1964-1966, b) $18.99-$20.25/hour 1966-1969, c) $54,728-$110,020/year 1971-1980, and d) $87,024-$150,075/year 1980-1997. In my defense, I earned a) a high school diploma in 1966, b) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, c) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they did to qualify themselves for better paying jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/trump-immigration-policy-job-growth-567fb3cd

FORBES
— Will Trump Nominees Face FBI Background Checks? (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/25/will-trump-nominees-face-fbi-background-checks-heres-what-to-know/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/11/29/deportation-plan-presents-a-daunting-challenge-for-america/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencoulman/2024/11/29/dei-rollbacks-or-revision-of-diversity-initiatives/

BLOOMBERG
— Checkr Triples Revenue as Background-Check Firm Courts Large Enterprise Clients (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/checkr-triples-revenue-courts-large-202451348.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/checkr-triples-revenue-as-background-check-firm-courts-large-enterprise-clients/ar-AA1uS9p2
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unlike traditional background check services that require manual work like gathering documents from various government and judicial systems about an individual’s history, Checkr maintains partnerships with governments so it can tap a large digital database of public records. . .More recently, Checkr has expanded its customer base to include non-tech sectors such as retail, manufacturing and hospitality. It also introduced a personal background-check product this year, letting individuals ensure the accuracy of their history before it’s seen by banks, landlords and potential employers.)

CENTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
— Background Checks and Security Clearances (COMMENT: What background checks have you passed? I passed background checks to be hired by the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my opinion, candidates for government and political offices should be required to pass background checks before they can run. I should write a book about candidates who would have failed background checks if they had taken them.)
https://presidentialtransition.org/appointee-resources/ready-to-serve-prospective-appointees/background-checks-and-security-clearances/
(FROM THE POSTING: Every person hired for a federal job must undergo a background investigation to ensure that they are “reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and loyal to the United States.” This is an important and lengthy part of the appointment process. Familiarize yourself with the forms
To initiate a background investigation, your sponsoring agency will ask you to complete one or more of these forms: the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF 86) ( https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf ) or the Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions (SF 85P) ( https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf85p.pdf ), depending on how your position may affect national security and other sensitive matters such as government finance and technology. The government is in the process of consolidating these forms into one Personnel Vetting Questionnaire. It may take weeks to gather your records and complete, and longer if you have significant foreign travel. Get started early!)

PEW RESEARCH
— Americans’ top sources of political news  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who have lots of political and/or government clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being very well informed about political and government and news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. Of course, they would deny that they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. If that is true, on what sources do they rely and why?)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/31/americans-top-sources-of-political-news-ahead-of-the-2024-election/

INDEPENDENT
— Black jobs are bad jobs that Whites refuse to take. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for taking bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Blacks should have gotten the jobs and promotions that I got. They were especially furious when IRS promoted me instead of Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me instead of a Black in 1986. They were overjoyed when GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/during-campaign-trump-talked-black-171602738.html