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December 18, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

WGN9
— Migrants arriving in Chicago face uncertainty as communication with border cities deteriorates – Angelica Sanchez, Judy Wang (COMMENT: University Park today, your municipality tomorrow. I used the University Park Metra station 1977-1978 and I used the Richton Park, Matteson, and 211th Street stations 1971-1977. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, then part-time 1974-1976, and then rented it out 1976-1984. The HUD-promised monorail between where it was built and the University Park Metra station was never built.)
https://wgntv.com/news/migrants-arriving-in-chicago-face-uncertainty-as-communication-with-border-cities-deteriorates/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Less than 24 hours after being cleared from the Chicago police 12th District, migrants were seen outside the district again on Saturday. WGN-TV learned that bus companies are going out of their way to avoid a new city ordinance by dropping migrants off outside city limits. Over two dozen migrants lined the windows of the Chicago police 12th district on Saturday evening, wrapped in blankets as they tried to stay dry from the rain. WGN-TV spoke with Juevencio Zerpa, who said some migrants were being turned away from shelters and had nowhere to sleep. Chicago’s latest census report showed that there were no migrants waiting for placement inside any police districts. The CPD 12th district was the last station cleared of asylum seekers on Friday night, but they returned less than 24 hours later. It all comes as the City of Chicago works to enforce stricter penalties regarding the handling of the migrant crisis. Under a new ordinance, bus companies dropping off new arrivals now have to go to a designated landing zone with a permit. Buses that don’t follow the ordinance could be towed or impounded. City officials confirmed that bus companies are now trying to avoid fines and penalties by dropping off migrants outside city limits. Going as far as purchasing bus and train tickets for them so they can get into the city on their own. Migrants waiting outside the 12th district on Saturday evening eventually boarded a bus that offered them shelter during the cold and rain. City officials say there is no longer any communication from border cities to coordinate the incoming buses. According to the city, a group of new arrivals was dropped off by a bus from Texas at the University Park Metra stop on Saturday night. The city said the new arrivals made their way downtown where some were picked up by authorities and taken to a shelter and others were taken to a nearby police district where they would be able to wait on a bus being used as a warming station. WGN-TV reached out to Chicago police about the migrants seeking shelter. CPD referred WGN to the Office of Emergency Management for comment and has not yet heard back.)

ABC7
— At least 18 shot, 1 fatally, across city in Chicago violence so far this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-violence-police/14195248/
— Off-duty Chicago police officer carjacked in Chatham
https://abc7chicago.com/off-duty-officer-chicago-police-carjacking-chatham/14196320/
— Car plows into parked vehicle in President Biden’s motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/president-joe-biden-motorcade-crash-delaware/14196193/
— Migrant boy, 5, dies after becoming sick at Pilsen shelter, Chicago police say – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-migrants-immigration-pilsen/14197317/

NBC5
— All migrants staying at Chicago police stations have been relocated, city says. As of 8 a.m. on Saturday, 15,028 asylum-seekers were staying in 27 shelters across the city.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/all-migrants-staying-at-chicago-police-stations-have-been-relocated-city-says/3305393/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-campaign-says-trumps-repeated-anti-immigration-comments-parroted-adolf-hitler/3305344/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-invokes-nazi-era-blood-rhetoric-against-immigrants-as-senate-works-on-border-deal/3305534/

CBS2
— Chicago Weekend Shootings: 1 dead, 19 hurt – JERAMIE BIZZLE, TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-dec-15-to-18/
— Boy, 5, dies after falling ill at Chicago migrant shelter in Pilsen – TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-child-death-pilsen-shelter-halsted/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/archdiocese-hosts-toy-and-coat-giveaway-for-migrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As city readies clean-up of West Loop homeless encampment, residents and nearby workers hope more resources are offered. A stretch near Clinton and Lake streets that the local alderperson calls ‘a magnet for narcotics and violent crime’ will be cleared. But the welfare of the street dwellers is of concern to people in the area. – Emmanuel Camarillo (COMMENT: I used the Ogilvie Transportation Center very often 1978-1997 and the Union Station often 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/17/24005588/west-loop-homeless-encampment-resources-cleared-ald-conway-migrants-crime
— A failure to increase funding for mass transit will widen racial equity gap in Cook County. The affordability and availability of transit is a racial justice issue for metropolitan Chicago. – Kirk Dillard, Chairman, RTA (COMMENT: Very few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have ever used mass transit. I used mass transit to get to/from my job in the Loop and a) Crete in 1971, b) then University Park in 1973 and 1974, and c) then Wheaton 1978-1997. I also used mass transit to get to/from graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola in 1973 and 1974, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1978-1980, c) internal auditing courses at Roosevelt 1980-1981, and d) finance at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/17/24001387/transit-equity-jobs-freedom-speech-universities-deposit-law-landlords-letters
— I met my wife in 1977 at a Fourth Presbyterian ( https://www.fourthchurch.org/ ) singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. I was working for IRS in the Loop and she was working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions in the Loop. Previously, she had worked for the FBI. Recently, she had helped elect Big Jim Thompson Governor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/17/23979730/speed-dating-tips-advice-column-ismael-perez-someone-in-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees – A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-iris-martinez-court-clerk-employees-donating-20231217-p7j6dr3adreqnhe2frcbvn42lm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois is the only state with age-based tests and seniors are not happy – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231218/transportation/no-fence-sitters-on-senior-road-exams/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois weighs political reform with ranked choice voting – Judith Crown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-voting-and-democracy/voting-reform-efforts-illinois-aim-bolster-democracy
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/floundering-weed-stocks-test-wall-streets-faith-2024-rebound

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County GOP chief sees hope among gloom – TOM KACICH
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-champaign-county-gop-chief-sees-hope-among-gloom/article_9dce660e-e6c4-5c99-acc7-4d19bdb6eb02.html

WCIA
— Trump notes he was indicted more times than the ‘great’ Al Capone – Sarah Fortinsky
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-notes-he-was-indicted-more-times-than-the-great-al-capone/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-204/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— In the name of equity, Chicago looks to close schools with top-performing black, Hispanic students – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/in-the-name-of-equity-chicago-looks-to-close-schools-with-top-performing-black-hispanic-students-wirepoints/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Illinoisans Have Days to Register Banned Firearms Based on Emergency Rules – Greg Bishop
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/illinoisans-have-days-to-register-banned-firearms-based-on-emergency-rules/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Study finds Illinois near bottom of all states for residents’ social mobility – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: What do you attribute your successes in life? For me, it was my outstanding parents who sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6f757e2e-9b97-11ee-9340-0b6806f0aec5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Archbridge defines “social mobility” as the opportunity to better oneself and those around them in hope of living the American Dream. To rank each state, Archbridge measured a series of indicators based on the four key pillars of entrepreneurship and growth; institutions and rule of law; education and skills development; and social capital.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Secret’ negotiations with Dems on border prompts GOP senators to demand ‘transparent process’ – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/17/gop-senators-demand-open-and-transparent-process-b/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/17/tony-gonzales-texas-gop-lawmaker-calls-immigrants-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican-controlled states ramp up efforts to ban DEI at public universities – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/republican-controlled-states-ban-dei-public-universities

NEW YORK POST
— Black Americans’ growing solidarity with plight of Palestinians in Gaza – AP
https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/news/black-americans-see-their-struggles-reflected-in-palestine/
— Biden migrants proposal proves US border crisis could end tomorrow – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/opinion/biden-migrants-move-proves-us-border-crisis-could-end-now/
— US Customs to suspend railway operations at international crossings into Texas starting Monday – Greg Wehner
https://nypost.com/2023/12/18/news/us-customs-to-suspend-railway-operations-at-international-crossings-into-texas-starting-monday/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The mainstream media willingly hides Biden’s destruction of America – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_mainstream_media_willingly_hides_bidens_destruction_of_america.html
— The Republican Party’s Paper Elephants – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/the_republican_partys_paper_elephants.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— ‘He’s not stopping’: Gov. Abbott’s bussing of migrants has ‘divided Democrats’ – Melissa Fine
https://americanwirenews.com/hes-not-stopping-gov-abbotts-bussing-of-migrants-has-divided-democrats/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sen. Graham ‘You’re talking about Trump’s language as you … allow the country to be invaded’ – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/17/sen-graham-on-mtp-youre-talking-about-trumps-language-as-you-allow-the-country-to-be-invaded-1420647/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Trump’s being German American and Protestant against him.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/17/trump-evokes-more-hitler-talk-when-he-says-illegal-immigration-poisoning-the-blood-of-our-country-1420566/
— Harvard didn’t invite white folks and Jews to ‘affinity’ celebrations, scrubs the evidence from website – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/18/harvard-didnt-invite-white-folks-and-jews-to-affinity-celebrations-scrubs-the-evidence-from-website-1420753/

BREITBART
— At Least 20 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/12/18/at-least-20-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-brandon-johnsons-chicago/
— Republican Senators Stiff-arm Democratic Rush for Border Deal – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/12/18/republican-senators-block-democratic-rush-for-border-deal/

COLLEGE FIX
— Chicago mayor does 180, wants to ditch high-achieving schools in name of ‘equity’ (COMMENT: Were you a high achiever when you were young? I was not. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of that, instead of me, minorities, females, and veterans should have been a) accepted by UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 and b) hired by the Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. In my defense, I stress that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/chicago-mayor-does-180-wants-to-ditch-high-achieving-schools-in-name-of-equity/

DAILY CALLER
— America’s Border Crisis Will Continue To Fester While Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Social Safety Net – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/17/betsy-mccaughey-americas-border-crisis-will-continue-to-fester-while-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-social-safety-net/
— The Polls For Joe Biden Might Even Be Worse Than You Think – MARY LOU MASTERS
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/17/polls-joe-biden-donald-trump-worse-2024/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Phone Calls and Social Media Posts Drive Record High Illegal Immigration, Top Border Patrol Officials Report – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/18/exclusive-phone-calls-and-social-media-posts-drive-record-high-illegal-immigration-top-border-patrol-officials-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The modern flow of information is driving illegal immigration, according to multiple Border Patrol sector chiefs. If released into the interior of the U.S., some illegal aliens allegedly share their success on social media, or call home and encourage family or friends to cross the border and join them in America, furthering a cycle of illegal border crossings. Illegal aliens cross into the “Del Rio Sector in large part because of the message that is transmitted among the migrant population,” Jason Owens told staff members of the House Homeland Security Committee during an interview in May and shared with The Daily Signal Thursday. Owens, who has since been promoted to Border Patrol chief, was serving as chief patrol agent of the Del Rio Sector at the time of the interview with House Homeland Security staff. “When you have folks that make the trip and they come across, they’re in communication with the folks that are back in their home country or their families who may also be thinking about making that journey,” Owens said. “And if they perceive it to be safer or more expedient, they give recommendations, and they do that by phone, they do that on social media outlets.” The Del Rio Sector in Texas is one of nine border sectors along America’s border with Mexico, and tends to be one of the higher trafficked areas of the border. In fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, Customs and Border Protection encountered 393,226 illegal aliens in the Del Rio Sector. “I believe that the migrants communicate the entirety of their experience to their friends and family back home, and that would include what their experience was with whatever processing pathway they were put into,” Owens said. The “processing pathways” Owens references include the Biden administration’s “lawful pathways,” which have allowed for the release of illegal aliens into the interior of the U.S. In October, the House Judiciary Committee released findings that at least 3.8 million illegal aliens either have been released into the nation’s interior or successfully evaded the Border Patrol to enter the country since President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20, 2021. Owens’ observations regarding the communication flow between migrants is not unique to the Del Rio Sector, according to comments made by other sector chiefs during a series of interviews with House Homeland Security staffers conducted between the beginning of May and end of September. When asked what factors draw migrants to cross the border into the U.S., Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said, “It would be families that are already in the United States pulling their relatives, you know, encouraging their relatives to come out.” Other pull factors include “companies or organizations that are hiring these individuals in the United States that others have told them, ‘Hey, you can get a job here,’ type thing. I think it’s the feedback that people that are here already provide them to encourage them to come,” Chavez said. During an interview with Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Joel Martinez, a Homeland Security staffer asked whether illegal aliens would still come to the U.S. even after being informed that the journey was hard and long if they knew they would be released into the U.S. “Yes,” Martinez answered. “How else do they find out about information?” the staffer pressed. “It’s not just the cartel, right? Family that’s already come, do they call back?” “Yes,” the agent said. “And some people … wait in Mexico to see if the people they were with are successful before they cross?” “Yes,” he said. “Do you think that that has a large influence on whether a person decides to cross into the United States?” the Homeland Security staff member asked. “Yes,” Martinez responded. The widespread use of social media has also made it easy for migrants and “smuggling outfits” to use platforms like TikTok to share how and where to cross the border illegally, Yuma Sector Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Dustin Caudle said during his interview with representatives from the House Homeland Security Committee. TikTok videos show migrant’s “firsthand accounts of which trails to take, where the border wall ended, which gap to exploit, you know, where to stay, all of those things,” Caudle said. The information dissemination has changed the patterns of illegal immigration, according to El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Good and Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin. If an illegal alien is released from Customs and Border Protection, Good says, “then that person that was released will get on social media and say, ‘Hey, look at me, I’ve been released.’ And then that creates a draw specifically to that area,” he said. “So, if it happens in El Paso and they post that on social media, that will create a draw to El Paso, same for any other sector.” Modlin told Homeland Security Committee staff members that when he started his career, “immigration flows took months to change, and now it seemingly can change overnight because people are livestreaming themselves crossing the border. They’re sending it back to—their families are seeing it. People in the area they come from see it.” The Tucson Sector chief added that “there’s not the air of mystery to the border that there used to be, because people can leave their country and then, however long it takes them, a couple weeks to get here, and then they’re inside the United States, and then they’re in Kansas City, or they’re wherever their destination is, they’re there and they’re in communication with their families.” CBP encountered a record 2.4 million illegal aliens at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, and over 6.6 million illegal aliens have been encountered at the U.S. border with Mexico since the start of the Biden administration.)

DAILY WIRE
— Pentagon Warns Of Military’s Dropping Numbers Heading Into 2024 As U.S. Fields Smallest Fighting Force Since Before WWII – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-warns-of-militarys-dropping-numbers-heading-into-2024-as-u-s-fields-smallest-fighting-force-since-before-wwii

FEDERALIST
— Chinese Hackers Target Critical U.S. Infrastructure – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/18/this-means-cyber-war-chinese-hackers-target-critical-u-s-infrastructure/

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘Too early to declare victory’ on inflation, Chicago Fed president says. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said that while the central bank has made good progress in taming inflation it’s still “too early to declare victory” – Eric Revell (COMMENT: Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security COLAs have helped my wife and I fight inflation, by dramatic Medicare cost increases are ending that.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/too-early-to-declare-victory-inflation-chicago-fed-president-says

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— We didn’t just warn about the pernicious and corrosive effects of CRT and DEI that now are exploding on campuses. We documented the threat more deeply than anyone else. With facts and data. – Kemberlee Kaye (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote CRT and DEI.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/i-wish-we-had-been-wrong/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Crenshaw to Introduce Bill Stripping Federal Funding from Universities That Require DEI Statements – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusive-crenshaw-to-introduce-bill-stripping-federal-funding-from-universities-that-require-dei-statements/
— Half of Young Americans Say Israel Should Be ‘Ended and Given to Hamas’ – DAVID ZIMMERMANN (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats and RINOs had promoting hatred against those who share your demographics?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/half-of-young-americans-say-israel-should-be-ended-and-given-to-hamas-poll/

NEWSMAX
— CBS Poll: Haley Cuts Trump’s Lead in N.H. to 15 Points – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nikki-haley-new-hampshire-primary/2023/12/17/id/1146262/
— GOP Helps Make Immigration Top-2 Issue – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-immigration-2024/2023/12/17/id/1146252/

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Begins Impounding ‘Rogue’ Migrant Buses as a New Law Increases Penalties – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/17/chicago-begins-impounding-rogue-migrant-buses-as-a-new-law-increases-penalties-n4924814

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Reince Priebus: Trump Supporters Are Looking For “More Blood,” An Even Bigger Middle Finger In 2024 Than In 2016 – Tim Hains (COMMENT: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/17/reince_priebus_trump_supporters_are_looking_for_more_blood_an_even_bigger_middle_finger_in_2020_than_in_2016.html

TOWNHALL
— Applying Equity to Reparations – Ed Brodow (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents stress to argue that you should pay reparations? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, b) that they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, c) that none of them served in the Union army, and d) that they all were Protestant. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid enabled me to earn a) four college degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license. In my defense, I stress a) that all of my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, b) that neither my parents nor any of my ancestors attended college, c) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, d) that my mother never attended high school, and e) that I had buy my own cars and work my way through college.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2023/12/18/applying-equity-to-reparations-n2632535

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Despite Being More Divisive Than Ever, FBI Decides to Lean Into Woke Politics With Ludicrous LGBT Move – C. Douglas Golden
https://www.westernjournal.com/despite-divisive-ever-fbi-decides-lean-woke-politics-ludicrous-lgbt-move/
— Illegal Aliens Tossing $1 Million Per Month in ‘Free Food’ While Citizens Contend with Drastic Budget Cuts – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-aliens-tossing-1-million-per-month-free-food-citizens-contend-drastic-budget-cuts/

ZERO HEDGE
— Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Illinois Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/federal-judge-permanently-blocks-illinois-law-targeting-pro-life-pregnancy-counseling

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/europe/pope-francis-same-sex-couples-blessing-intl/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump promises ‘largest deportation operation in American history’ if elected president
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/donald-trump-promises-largest-deportation-operation/103241936

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/75-anti-lgbtq-bills-become-law-2023-rcna124250

NBC NEWS & MSN
— Democrats use Henry Hyde to argue against impeaching Biden.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-people-are-looking-at-this-in-horror-clinton-impeachment-manager-says-in-1998-200410181919
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/people-are-looking-at-this-in-horror-clinton-impeachment-manager-says-in-1998/vi-AA1lDj0i

MSN
— Increasingly, people older than age 65 are working in the U.S., and they are working into older ages. – Vadim Ratnikov (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/9-places-where-the-most-people-are-still-working-after-age-65/ss-AA1lEyWA

NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NEWSWEEK & CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/briefing/immigration-debate.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/18/trump-immigrants-invasion-dehumanizing/
https://www.newsweek.com/president-biden-cant-cave-maga-immigration-agenda-opinion-1852892
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/politics/trump-nevada-republican-primary/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/world/europe/pope-gay-lesbian-same-sex-blessing.html
— FRNIT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Democracy Hasn’t Settled the Abortion Question. Post-Roe voting might bring America to a new consensus — but only if the voters keep getting their say. – Kate Zernike
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/us/where-will-abortion-rights-land.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— One recent divisive week in Washington did manage to produce a cause on which 303 members of the House could agree: condemning the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT and Harvard. – LZ GRANDERSON
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-18/university-protests-antisemitism-gaza-palestinian-israel

USA TODAY
— Driving for work will pay more next year after IRS boosts 2024 mileage rate – Susan Tompor (COMMENT: The Park Forest Post Office paid milage to deliver mail with my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1969. IRS paid me mileage to collect delinquent taxes 1971-1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2023/12/14/irs-mileage-rate-2024-raised/71921209007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Florida GOP Chair Censured After Sexual Assault Allegation. Christian Ziegler to lose salary and duties. His wife, Bridget, a founder of Moms for Liberty, has faced calls to resign from school board. – Matt Barnum (COMMENT: I should sue all those who tried but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me at its 2006 annual convention for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/florida-gop-chair-censured-after-sexual-assaultallegation-27434347
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Christian Ziegler was accused in October of sexual assault involving a woman who said that she had been part of a three-way relationship with him and his wife, a well-known Florida Republican who supported the state’s law restricting discussion of sexual orientation in schools. “Christian Ziegler has engaged in conduct that renders him unfit for the office of Chairman,” read a motion that was unanimously passed by the Republican Party of Florida Executive Committee. “Ziegler has not been forthright and honest.” Ziegler wasn’t removed from office, but his authority as chairman was suspended and his salary was effectively eliminated, reduced to just $1. The party also called a special meeting for January in which the full state committee will consider removing Ziegler from his position. Ziegler hasn’t been charged with a crime and has previously denied the allegation. According to a search warrant originally obtained by the Florida Center for Government Accountability, detectives spoke to Ziegler in November and he said that the encounter with the alleged victim had been consensual. Efforts to reach him Sunday afternoon weren’t successful. His lawyer previously told several media outlets, “We are confident that once the police investigation is concluded that no charges will be filed, and Mr. Ziegler will be completely exonerated.” His wife, Bridget Ziegler, has also been caught up in the controversy, although there is no allegation of wrongdoing against her. She helped found the conservative parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty, and is a member of the Sarasota County School Board and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board.)
— The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani. He’s the latest to be brought low for having peddled Trump’s false election claims. – Editorial (COMMENT: Trump and I share many demographics. Since 2015, my critics/opponents have accused Trump of making many false statements. Of course, because of that, ever-increasingly, since 2015, they have accused me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to “peddle” those statements and have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tragedy-of-rudy-giuliani-defamation-georgia-election-trump-2a1e838d
— Air Travel in 2023 Was a Nightmare. And Flying Isn’t Likely to Get Much Better in 2024. Millions of fliers returned, but many went nowhere fast – Scott McCartney. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious 1978-1992 that I frequently a)accompanied my wife on her frequent business trips to luxury resorts and b) took vacations with her in connection with those trips.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/flying-air-travel-2024-6cde5967
— Big Accounting Firms Layoff Partners – Mark Maurer and Alexander Saeedy (COMMENT: Accounting firms were never interested in me though a) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) became a licensed CPA in 1981, e) worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year in today’s dollars, f) worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year in today’s dollars, and g) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. If I had been a minority and/or a female, they would have been extremely interest in me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-four-accounting-firms-overhired-now-theyre-starting-to-lay-off-partners-d0c6ee6b
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ey-is-laying-off-u-s-partners-amid-tough-economic-conditions-9efc4aa6

FORBES
— Biden Trails Trump In 7 Battleground States—Shedding Support Among Key Demographics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/12/14/biden-trails-trump-in-7-battleground-states-shedding-support-among-key-demographics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new poll shows that Biden is struggling to reach key demographics, including Black voters and young people.)
— Democrats ask “Is Elon Musk Right About DEI?” and say “Exploring Popular Critiques Of DEI.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/12/18/is-elon-musk-right-about-dei-exploring-critiques-of-dei/?sh=3fe7903d7d74

ATLANTIC
— The Myth of the Unemployed College Grad. – Kevin Carey (COMMENT: What frustrated your search for a job when you earned your bachelor’s degree? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970 when I was 21, my job search was frustrated by my being viewed as being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got – Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. But in early 1971, I accepted an job offer from Oldsmobile to serve as a liaison between its factories and dealers because my Firestone job did not really require a bachelor’s degree, because advancement seemed far too slow, and because my boss had me a) pumping gasoline, b) installing tires, batteries, etc., c) changing oil and filters, d) delivering major appliances, e) cleaning the store’s showroom, etc. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me for accepting that offer, I accepted an offer from IRS for a job that did require a bachelor’s degree in business. IRS offered me that job because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/myth-unemployed-college-grad/676364/

DAILY MAIL
— Over 67K migrants are living in NYC shelters – more than triple the 2022 holiday season total – as Mayor Eric Adams calls Biden’s lax immigration policies ‘baffling.’ Adams has often clashed with the president, constantly begging Washington for money to solve a disaster that he claimed will ‘destroy my city.’ Adams says he would ship migrants from the border across the country and give them a three-year deadline to get themselves settled. – STEPHEN M. LEPORE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12875473/Over-67K-migrants-living-NYC-shelters-triple-2022-holiday-season-total-Mayor-Eric-Adams-calls-Bidens-lax-immigration-policies-baffling.html
— U.S. enters 2024 with its smallest military in over 80 years as active-duty troop numbers sink to less than 1.3 million and all branches except Space Force MISS recruiting goals and Pentagon issue ‘national call of service’ to Gen Z. Active-duty numbers have not been so low since 1941. – NICK ALLEN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12869575/pentagon-biden-army-navy-marines-space-force-military-recruit-gen-z.html

December 16, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— With Iowa’s caucuses a month away, can any GOP challenger beat Donald Trump? – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/iowa-caucus-one-month-away-donald-trump/14189750/
— Giuliani trial: Jury awards election workers nearly $150 million in damages
https://abc7chicago.com/rudy-giuliani-election-fraud-lawsuit-shaye-moss/14189218/

NBC5
— New paid leave law begins in Illinois in 2024, but what about Chicago and Cook County? As part of the Paid Leave for All Workers Act, Illinois employees who work for companies with at least five employees will be eligible for a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-paid-leave-law-begins-in-illinois-in-2024-but-what-about-chicago-and-cook-county/3304456/

CBS2
— CBS 2 Investigators: Chicago spent $138M so far on newly-arrived migrants – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-money-cbs-2-investigators/
— Chicago homeless encampment to be dismantled amid crime concerns – TARA MOLINA, ASHLEY SCHIEDENHELM
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-homeless-encampment-to-be-dismantled-amid-crime-concerns/

WGN9
— Illinois NAACP conference president suspended after racist remarks – Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-naacp-conference-president-suspended-after-racist-remarks/

FOX32
— Chicago’s Fulton Market Association demands migrants be relocated. The Fulton Market Association is raising concerns regarding the use of buildings meant for manufacturing that now house migrants, calling out Mayor Brandon Johnson over the apparent zoning violation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1382260
— Fulton Market Assoc. accuses Chicago mayor of ‘breaking the law’ for housing migrants in certain buildings
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fulton-market-association-challenges-chicago-mayor-migrants-designated-manufacturing-buildings

WTTW
— All Migrants Now Moved Out of Chicago Police Stations, Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/15/all-migrants-now-moved-out-chicagopolice-stations-mayor-brandon-johnson-announces
— Chicago Tribune Journalists Push for Contract Deal, Accuse Company Owner of Stripping Assets Ahead of Planned Rally – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/15/chicago-tribune-journalists-push-contract-deal-accuse-hedge-fund-owner-stripping-assets
— Illinois Leads the National in Medicaid Renewals Amid Federal Enrollment Update – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/15/illinois-leads-national-medicaid-renewals-amid-federal-enrollment-update

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— City to remove West Loop homeless encampment in order to clean area – Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-homeless-encampment-power-wash-20231215-r7spdqfgx5hv7ffrovobxyocoa-story.html
— Illinois NAACP president apologizes for saying migrants are rapists and likening them to ‘savages’ – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-naacp-migrants-apology-20231215-7hqslhftinadtj6cd6hr5znzui-story.html
— Pace official gives stark outlook to Chicago area public transit during budget presentation – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dupage-county-pace-bus-budget-2024-tl-1221-20231215-l2g4pg5dtzdvzg5srss5ph477a-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Blaine Wilhour of the Illinois Freedom Caucus has a primary fight on his hands. If nothing else, a barrage of union money aimed at Wilhour could divert “Eastern Bloc” resources away from their hoped-for battle against Rep. Dave Severin. – Rich Miller (COMMENT: In 2000, when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman, those to the left of me had a woman to the left of me run against me. But with a written endorsement from both Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam, I won.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/16/24003512/rep-blaine-wilhour-illinois-freedom-caucus-primary-fight-eastern-bloc-rich-miller
(FRM THE ARTICLE: Several weeks ago, Illinois Department of Corrections employee Matt Hall started quietly circulating petitions to run against Wilhour in the Republican primary. The Illinois Education Association confirmed it had been looking for a candidate to challenge Wilhour. A union spokesperson said the IEA did not recruit Hall but said, “We are excited about his candidacy and believe our members who live in the district will be as well.” Asked if he would accept union contributions, Hall said, “I will accept everyone’s support, and I expect to get everyone’s support.” He said he decided to run because Wilhour “quit doing what I think a state representative needs to do,” including being responsive to constituents. “He just doesn’t do anything,” Hall said. “In my opinion, all he does is kick and scream and doesn’t get anything passed.” Wilhour also hasn’t stopped any Democratic bills, Hall claimed. “We need to learn how to work together and get things done and care about this district.” In response, Rep. Wilhour said: “A primary fight with the teachers’ union has been a foregone conclusion. It’s always been about them finding their tool willing to carry their woke agenda.” People on Wilhour’s side are convinced House GOP Leader McCombie is somehow behind Hall’s race. “I prefer not to speak of who I’ve had contact with,” Hall said when asked if he’d spoken with McCombie about his candidacy. A McCombie aide said the leader was focused on holding and picking up seats. Hall ended up filing his petitions. They were solid, and he had help from the IEA. Interestingly enough, a formal objection was filed against Rep. Wilhour’s petitions. “It looks like a concerned citizen filed the complaint, and we’re interested to see what comes of it,” said an IEA spokesperson. Sure. Anyway, if Hall manages to beat Wilhour, a shockwave will reverberate through the far right of the party. But, if nothing else, a barrage of union money aimed at Wilhour could divert Eastern Bloc resources away from their hoped-for battle against Rep. Severin.)
— West Loop homeless encampment will be cleared, Ald. Conway says. The area, adjacent to Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center, gets heavy foot traffic from commuters, and neighbors have said they’ve witnessed daytime drug-dealing and drug use. – Dorothy Hernandez (COMMENT: I used Ogilvie very often 1978-1997 and Union Station often 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/15/24003576/west-loop-encampment-cleared-ald-conway-migrants-crime
— Newspapers ever-increasingly act as arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/15/23992497/chicago-news-journalism-learning-kwame-opam-meet-sun-times-column
— Did your ancestors live/work in Chicago? My ancestors on my father’s side lived in Chicago 1844-1854 while they worked in brick factory. In 1854, they homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. Did/do you live in Chicago? I lived in Chicago in 1971 and then 1974-1978. My wife and I bought a house in Wheaton in 1978. Do/did you work in Chicago? I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. Do/did you take classes in Chicago? I took classes in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1981, and 1992-1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/15/23997856/chicago-reinvention-carl-sandburg-chicagos-next-voices

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois NAACP president Teresa Haley suspended for comments – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2023/12/15/national-naacp-confirms-haleys-suspension-for-migrant-remarks/71931939007/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Chicago threatens to impound buses dropping migrants in the middle of traffic – Tom Gantert, Shirleen Guerra and Brett Rowland
https://chicagocrusader.com/chicago-threatens-to-impound-buses-dropping-migrants-in-the-middle-of-traffic/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS & CITIES 92.9
— ‘Sanctuary city’ Chicago to impound migrant buses, redirect migrants elsewhere. – Andrew Hensel
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/sanctuary-city-chicago-to-impound-migrant-buses-redirect-migrants-elsewhere/article_428cba3a-9b9c-11ee-a9ac-7711133f91f8.html
https://www.cities929.com/2023/12/15/sanctuary-city-chicago-to-impound-migrant-buses-redirect-migrants-elsewhere/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Iowa’s caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-with-iowas-caucuses-a-month-away-trump-urges-voters-to-hand-him-not-just-a-victory-but-a-blowout/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Migrants Describe Inhumane Conditions At Chicago’s Largest Shelter. Just days after Gov. JB Pritzker shut down a proposed shelter due to health concerns, Venezuelan migrants living in the Pilsen shelter say they are being treated “like dogs.” – Mauricio Peña, Katrina Pham, and Nissa Rhee
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/15/migrants-describe-inhumane-conditions-at-chicagos-largest-shelter/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-7/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘Sanctuary city’ Chicago to impound migrant buses, redirect migrants elsewhere. – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a8663f2a-9ad4-11ee-bcaa-d348a7c7cd0e.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mark Rice, candidate for the 8th Congressional District: ‘Krishnamoorthi thinks it’s ok taxpayers were forced to pay the $32 million probe costs of investigating a democrat-led and created witch hunt’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652967242-rice-krishnamoorthi-thinks-it-s-ok-taxpayers-were-forced-to-pay-the-32-million-probe-costs-of-investigating-a-democrat-led-and-created-witch-hunt

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION KILLS EXCELLING SCHOOLS TO FORCE STUDENTS INTO DYSFUNCTION – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-kills-excelling-schools-to-force-students-into-dysfunction/
— TEACHERS UNION WAR ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE HURTS POOR, MINORITY STUDENTS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-teachers-union-war-on-public-school-choice-hurts-poor-minority-students/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Billions in Middle East donations to U.S. universities linked to campus antisemitism – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/14/billions-in-middle-east-donations-to-us-universiti/
— The Democrats’ war on American competence. What good is equality if nothing works? – Kelly Sadler (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or no professional certifications or licenses. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/democrats-war-on-american-competence/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago wants to keep poor students in failing schools for equity – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/chicago-wants-keep-poor-students-failing-schools-equity
— Chicagoan sues employer and union for being denied transgender breast removal surgery – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicagoan-sues-employer-union-denied-transgender-breast-removal
— Major automakers tell Biden to reconsider rule propping up EVs that would kill gas-powered cars. – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/major-automakers-biden-rule-evs-gas-powered-cars
— Philadelphia highway protesters are the latest out-of-control left-wing activism – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/philadelphia-highway-protesters-out-of-control-activism
— Wokeness wrecked Disney. What’s next? – Corey Walker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/wokeness-wrecked-disney-whats-next

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 73)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-73/
— Los Angeles Hate Crime Suspect Was Arrested and Released on Cashless Bail Hours Before Anti-Semitic Attack – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/crime/los-angeles-hate-crime-suspect-was-arrested-and-released-on-cashless-bail-hours-before-anti-semitic-attack/
— ‘Historic’ Biden Judicial Nominee Sits on Board of Group Founded by Cop-Killing Domestic Terrorist – Chuck Ross
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/historic-biden-judicial-nominee-sits-on-board-of-group-founded-by-cop-killing-domestic-terrorist/

NEW YORK POST
— Why is Michigan hate preacher Ahmad Musa Jibril allowed to call for the murder of Americans? – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/15/opinion/deplatform-vile-imam-musa-jibril-too-bad-we-cant-deport-him/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Immigration courts overloaded … it’s all part of the plan – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2023/12/15/immigration-courts-overloaded-it-s-all-part-of-the-plan-says-fair/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— University of Wisconsin System Accepts Deal to Receive $800M in Exchange for Cutting Diversity Effort – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/15/university-of-wisconsin-system-accepts-deal-to-receive-800m-in-exchange-for-cutting-diversity-effort/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Blue city achievement: San Francisco hits its highest overdose count in history – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/blue_city_achievement_san_francisco_hits_its_highest_overdose_count_in_history.html
— Leftists And The ‘Imperial Presidency’ – Ted Noel
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/leftists_and_the_imperial_presidency.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Shocking new details emerge about Jill Biden’s bizarre Christmas dance group – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/15/shocking-new-details-emerge-about-jill-bidens-bizarre-christmas-dance-group-1420147/
— Tens of thousands of uneaten taxpayer-funded migrant meals being ‘trashed’ in NYC – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/15/tens-of-thousands-of-uneaten-taxpayer-funded-migrant-meals-being-trashed-in-nyc-report-1420202/
— Virginia School board member gets sworn in on a stack of ‘LGBTQ themed’ books – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/15/virginia-school-board-member-gets-sworn-in-on-a-stack-of-lgbtq-themed-books-1420140/

BREITBART
— Mayor and Chicago City Council Vote to Nix Measure to Ask Voters About Keeping ‘Sanctuary City’ Status – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/15/mayor-and-chicago-city-council-vote-to-nix-measure-to-ask-voters-about-keeping-sanctuary-city-status/
— Chicago Mayor Secretly Paying Higher Than Market Prices to Rent Migrant Shelter Buildings – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/15/report-chicago-mayor-secretly-paying-higher-than-market-prices-to-rent-migrant-shelter-buildings/
— Jill Biden’s ‘Nutcracker’ Dance Troupe Promotes Abolishing Police Departments, Rants About ‘White Supremacy’ – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/15/jill-bidens-nutcracker-dance-troupe-promotes-abolishing-police-departments-rants-about-white-supremacy/
— Tuberville: ‘We’re Going to Do Everything We Can to Run the Illegals Out of the VA’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/16/tuberville-were-going-to-do-everything-we-can-to-run-the-illegals-out-of-the-va/

DAILY CALLER
— Jury Determines Rudy Giuliani Owes Nearly $150 Million In Damages In Defamation Case – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/15/jury-determines-rudy-giuliani-owes-nearly-150-million-in-damages-in-defamation-case/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Climate Change Is Not Responsible for Mass Migration – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/15/borderline-climate-change-is-responsible-mass-migration/

FEDERALIST
— From Woke Walkouts To Dumping Selective Enrollment, Illinois Schools Are Melting Down – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/15/from-woke-walkouts-to-dumping-selective-enrollment-illinois-schools-are-melting-down/

FOX BUSINESS
— Elon Musk says ‘DEI must DIE,’ explains why. Tesla CEO says DEI policies are simply another form of discrimination. – Breck Dumas (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents the many/big adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-dei-must-die-explains-why

FOX NEWS
— Chicago to move away from school choice, center neighborhood schools to rectify ‘structural racism’ ‘This resolution declares a new chapter in CPS,’ said Chicago Public Schools Board of Education President Jianan Shi. – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-move-school-choice-center-neighborhood-schools-rectify-structural-racism
— ‘Party does not exist’: Illinois incumbent wants primary opponent disqualified for misspelling ‘Republican’ The IL candidate allegedly filed to run as a member of the ‘Republian Party’ – AP
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/party-does-not-exist-illinois-incumbent-wants-primary-opponent-disqualified-misspelling-republican

GOPUSA
— Trump Leads Biden In 7 Key Swing States
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-leads-biden-in-7-key-swing-states-poll/
— Alabama Senate Republicans Introduce Bill To Prevent Non US Citizens From Voting In Federal Elections
https://www.gopusa.com/alabama-senate-republicans-introduce-bill-to-prevent-non-us-citizens-from-voting-in-federal-elections/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— LAPD swears in police officers who are DACA recipients and entered US illegally – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/no-this-isnt-satire-newly-sworn-los-angeles-police-officers-daca-recipients-who-entered-us-illegally

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Board of Education Passes Plan That Could End School Choice in the City. They don’t care about the kids. They consider the move a “critical step toward closing opportunity and achievement gaps.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/chicago-board-of-education-passes-plan-that-could-end-school-choice-in-the-city/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago: Equality in Misery – NOAH ROTHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/equality-in-misery/

NEW AMERICAN
— Impeachment Inquiry Ignores Border Invasion – R. Cort Kirkwood (COMMENT: The Republican Party is ever-increasingly dominated by those who want cheap labor.)
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/stupid-party-continues-being-stupid-impeachment-inquiry-ignores-border-invasion/

NEWSMAX
— Military’s Quest for Marxist DEI Imperils Nation – Brig Gen (ret) Blaine Holt
https://www.newsmax.com/briggenblaineholt/dei-marxism-marxist/2023/12/15/id/1146123/

TOWNHALL
— Border Walls Are Most Effective Way to Stop Illegal Immigration – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/15/internal-dhs-memo-border-walls-are-most-effective-way-to-stop-illegal-immigration-n2632456

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban to Take Effect in Just a Few Weeks After Supreme Court Declines to Block It. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/assault-weapons-ban-take-effect-just-weeks-supreme-court-declines-block/
— Chicago Residents Denied Say in Ending Sanctuary City Status – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/fed-blue-city-residents-denied-say-ending-sanctuary-city-status/

ZERO HEDGE
— Illinois NAACP President Apologizes, Then Blames AI Deepfake, After Referring To Immigrants As “Savages” – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/illinois-naacp-president-apologizes-then-blames-ai-deepfake-after-referring-immigrants

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/congressional-black-caucus-urges-corporate-191415061.html

ABC NEWS
— The 2024 Republican presidential primary could be over in a month. Unless he drops out, Donald Trump is extremely likely to win the GOP nomination. – G. Elliott Morris
https://abcnews.go.com/538/donald-trumps-lead-gop-primary-insurmountable/story?id=105661719
— What to know about the candidates for the special election to replace George Santos, and why it matters. The special election will occur on Feb. 13, 2024. – Oren Oppenheim and Brittany Shepherd (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, political parties want candidates who have high DEI scores. My DEI score is extremely low because I am not liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time, that is, because I am conservative, White, male, old, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.).
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/candidates-special-election-replace-george-santos-matters/story?id=105673496

CBS NEWS
— Giuliani must pay $148 million to Georgia election workers he defamed, jury says – Robert Legare, Musa Ali
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-giuliani-defamation-trial-reaches-211334137.html

REUTERS
— Hispanic support for Trump raises red flag for Biden – Tim Reid
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hispanic-support-for-trump-raises-red-flag-for-biden/ar-AA1lAMEU

YAHOO
— Republicans Nominate Mazi Melesa Pilip To Succeed George Santos – Daniel Marans (COMMENT: From what I see, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly want candidates who do not share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-nominate-mazi-melesa-pilip-183043210.html
— Strip club paid mayor of Harvey for years to allow prostitution at the venue, feds say – Minyvonne Burke
https://www.yahoo.com/news/strip-club-paid-mayor-illinois-003537598.html

NEWSWEEK
— Unvaccinated Migrants Fuel Dramatic Spike in Chickenpox Cases in Chicago – Andrew Stanton
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-unvaccinated-migrants-fuel-chickenpox-surge-1852817
— Greg Abbott Breaks Sanctuary City Democrats – Andrew Stanton
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-breaks-sanctuary-city-democrats-migrants-1852896
— he Biden Administration Just Keeps Making Our Border Crisis Worse – Mark Green
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-administration-just-keeps-making-our-border-crisis-worse-opinion-1852506
— Melania Trump’s Immigration Journey Speech Mocked – Kaitlin Lewis
https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trumps-immigration-journey-speech-mocked-1853024

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/border-deal-asylum-explainer.html
— Democrats say “A Historical and Hysterical House Flees After a Tumultuous Year. An ousted speaker, internal divisions and a race to the exits characterized the first year of the chaos-wracked Republican majority.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/congress-republicans-2023.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: American Dream Deferred: Why Housing Prices May Pose a Problem for Biden. Buying a home is a less attainable goal for many young people, and rents are expensive. Could that dog Democrats in the 2024 election? – Jeanna Smialek, Jim Tankersley and Conor Dougherty. (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1972 when I was 24, I bought a new townhome ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/University-Park/774-Sunset-Ct-60484/unit-5/home/23344604 ) in University Park. The downpayment came from what earned a) working for IRS for 15 months, b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for 18 months, and c) working full-time for that store for 7 months before that. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $52,022/year in 1971 and $63,633/year in 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/housing-prices-biden.html
— DeSantis Says Trump Will Declare Iowa Caucuses Stolen if He Loses. The former president “will try to delegitimize the results,” Mr. DeSantis said while campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday. – Nicholas Nehamas
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/desantis-trump-iowa-caucuses.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Lawsuit claims CPAC knew of past allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Schlapp – Beth Reinhard and Isaac Arnsdorf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/16/cpac-matt-schlapp-lawsuit-sexual-misconduct/
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you can get away with: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/15/harvard-president-claudine-gay-race-criticism/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/15/boston-holiday-party-furor-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts/71918470007/

FOX SALT LAKE CITY
— Governor Cox says diversity programs at colleges are ‘divisive’, not unifying – Lucy Nelson (COIMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are extremely divisive. Democrats and RINOs have always used AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/governor-cox-says-diversity-programs-at-colleges-are-divisive-not-unifying

NDTV
— ‘Diversity, Equity And Inclusion’ Are “Propaganda Words”: Elon Musk The billionaire is chief executive officer and the largest shareholder of Tesla, the electric-vehicle maker which has boasted that underrepresented groups make up the majority of its US workforce. – Dana Hull (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly more and more and more humans are the following: minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, and/or non-German American, that is, ever-increasingly fewer and fewer and fewer humans are White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, and/or German American. Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-are-propaganda-words-elon-musk-4684332

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Concedes on Pregnancy Centers. The state won’t enforce its law targeting pro-life activists as fraudsters. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-pregnancy-center-speech-kwame-raoul-j-b-pritzker-41c0a9dd
— U.S. Homeless Count Surges 12% to Highest-Recorded Level. – Jon Kamp and Shannon Najmabadi (COMMENT: The more destruction of traditional marriage and family, the more homelessness.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/record-homeless-united-states-2023-ef86f904
— Mary Barra Spent a Decade Transforming GM. It Hasn’t Been Enough. The CEO pushed GM hard into electric and driverless cars. The finish line keeps moving farther away. – Mike Colias
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/mary-barra-spent-a-decade-transforming-gm-it-hasnt-been-enough-d82f4c5a
— What Universities Have Done to Themselves. They ‘have gone from being centers of excellence to institutions pushing political agendas.’ – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-universities-have-done-to-themselves-antisemitism-hearing-dei-woke-history-abf4901b

FORBES
— Musk Joins University Donors And Lawmakers Targeting DEI Amid Antisemitism Concerns – Brian Bushard
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/12/15/university-donors-lawmakers-target-dei-how-antisemitism-concerns-have-expanded-into-gop-culture-wars/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— The Immigration Policy Spiral. Joe Biden, from a position of weakness, is trying to cut a punitive deal on border policy without the House. – DAVID DAYEN
https://prospect.org/politics/2023-12-15-immigration-policy-spiral/

GAO
— The Democrats who run GAO ever-increasingly promote more patronage, more political affiliation discrimination, more reverse discrimination, and more age discrimination. Soon, if not already, all federal employees will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105732

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— From what I see, because of Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/primal-world-beliefs-unpacked/202312/when-demographics-arent-destiny

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s migrant crisis spirals out of control: City spent nearly $1 million on failed camp before pulling the plug – as officials now IMPOUND buses bringing migrants to the city from Texas on Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders. The city spent over $985,000 on the shuttered migrant camp at Brighton Park. Locals had opposed the camp, with two residents filing a lawsuit. There are currently more than 13,000 migrants staying in Chicago’s shelter system and the city has spent more than $250M handing the crisis this year. – GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12868819/Chicago-migrant-camps-buses-impounded.html
— Senate closes in on deal on new hardline border policy that could ban asylum after 5,000 crossings a day: Mayorkas heads to Capitol Hill for talks on new migration plan to get billions in Israel and Ukraine aid. Talks are still in the phase of ‘concepts’ rather than ‘legislative text,’ Senate GOP Whip John Thune told reporters. ‘Members need to be here next week,’ Schumer urged. ‘We have to get this done. We WILL vote on a supplemental proposal next week’ – MORGAN PHILLIPS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12868573/Senate-closes-deal-new-hardline-border-policy-ban-asylum-5-000-crossings-day-Mayorkas-heads-Capitol-Hill-talks-new-migration-plan-billions-Israel-Ukraine-aid.html
— Elon Musk SLAMS Microsoft Word’s inclusiveness checker as it prompts him to reconsider using the word ‘insane’ – as his fans vent ‘wokeism has literally infiltrated everything on this planet’ Elon Musk took to X to complain that he had been ‘scolded’ by Microsoft Word. Musk and his supporters railed against the ‘woke’ word processor’s suggestions. – WILIAM HUNTER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12867925/Elon-Musk-SLAMS-Microsoft-Words-inclusiveness-checker-prompts-reconsider-using-word-insane-fans-vent-wokeism-literally-infiltrated-planet.html

December 15, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Oak Park village officials tell migrants they must move out by end of January due to cost issues – Michelle Gallardo and Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-oak-park-how-to-help-cost/14185159/
— Dramatic spike in Chicago chickenpox cases, CDPH warns; most in unvaccinated new arrival migrants – Christian Piekos
https://abc7chicago.com/chicken-pox-vaccine-symptoms-chicago-migrants/14184972/
— Highest court will not hear Illinois assault weapons ban case – PETER HANCOCK & HANNAH MEISEL
https://abc7chicago.com/us-supreme-court-cases-illinois-gun-ban-assault-weapons/14183814/
— Chicago City Council sanctuary city referendum roundly defeated – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-sanctuary-mayor-brandon-johnson/14181793/
— Rideshare drivers protest outside Chicago Uber hub after driver killed while on the job – Jessica D’Onofrio and Tre Ward
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-uber-driver-killed-mohammed-al-hejoj-gig-alliance-protest/14184302/

NBC5
— Chicago City Council votes against measure to ask voters about ‘Sanctuary City’ status. Chicago’s ‘Sanctuary City,’ or ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance has been in place since 1985.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-city-council-votes-against-measure-to-ask-voters-about-sanctuary-city-status/3303474/
— Activists celebrate city council voting against asking voters about ‘sanctuary city’ status
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D24z2I92-1UA
— Illinois bill will allow non-citizens to become police officers (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If there had been as many non-citizens in America when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I got would have been lower.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-bill-will-allow-non-citizens-to-become-police-officers/3303881/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reps. Mary Miller and Lauren Boebert were among Republicans to condemn the bill, arguing that the legislation would allow individuals who entered the U.S. illegally to apply for positions.)
— Chicago Public Schools’ Board of Ed passes plan that could impact selective enrollment. The change in policy, expected to be approved in 2024, could eliminate the opportunity for students to test into one of CPS’s selective high schools. (COMMENT: What did passing tests enable you to do? Passing tests enabled me a) to earn degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, b) to get hired by the Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, c) to become a CPA in 1979, and d) to become a Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-public-schools-board-of-ed-passes-plan-that-could-impact-selective-enrollment/3303699/
— Shelved Brighton Park migrant camp cost city of Chicago nearly $1 million
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shelved-brighton-park-migrant-camp-cost-city-of-chicago-nearly-1-million/3303227/

CBS2
— 13 arrested as protesters block downtown Chicago bridge amid war in Gaza – JACOB SARRACINO
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/13-arrested-protesters-block-downtown-chicago-bridge-gaza/
— Chicago City Council blocks advisory referendum on sanctuary city status
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-city-council-blocks-advisory-referendum-on-sanctuary-city-status/
— U.S. Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place during appeals proceedings – MELISSA QUINN, ADAM HARRINGTON
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-place/
— Illinois offers rebates for electric vehicle purchases, but many find themselves ineligible – TARA MOLINA (COMMENT: I have bought many new vehicles since I was 17 in 1966. There were no rebates for any of them.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-rebates-electric-vehicle-purchases-ineligible/

FOX32
— Chicago protesters call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war, 13 arrested
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-palestinian-protest-arrests
— Rosemont implements new ordinance to regulate migrant arrivals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rosemont-new-ordinance-regulate-migrant-arrivals
— Chicago voters won’t get chance to weigh in on sanctuary city status, City Council decides – Joanie Lum
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagos-sanctuary-city-status-council
— Illinois assault weapons ban: US Supreme Court refuses to block law – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-us-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-law
— Chicago alderman blasts city council for refusing to send sanctuary status referendum to voters: ‘Scared of the truth here?’ Chicago Ald. Anthony Beale torched the City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson for delaying a resolution that would allow residents to vote on whether to revoke the city’s sanctuary status amid the migrant crisis.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343094473112
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1381860

WTTW
— City Council Rejects Push to Ask Voters Whether Chicago Should Stay a Sanctuary City – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/14/city-council-votes-16-31-reject-push-ask-voters-whether-chicago-should-stay-sanctuary
— US Supreme Court Refuses to Block New Illinois Law Banning Some High-Power Semiautomatic Weapons – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/14/us-supreme-court-refuses-block-new-illinois-law-banning-some-high-power-semiautomatic

WGN RADIO
— Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens: We need a better plan for migrants coming to Illinois – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rosemont-mayor-brad-stephens-we-need-a-better-plan-for-migrants-coming-to-illinois/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As police stations are cleared, some migrant families are separated, volunteers and migrants say – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-decompression-family-separations-20231215-bs2nq7mun5b4fndijdgd74nkgq-story.html
— Chicago begins impoundment of ‘rogue’ migrant buses as new ordinance toughens penalties – Nell Salzman and Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrant-rogue-buses-impound-20231215-q7udktivoneqlnkguv5qng7k3i-story.html
— Aldermen block plan to put sanctuary city question to Chicago voters – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-sanctuary-city-20231214-njlw74smhnhoxlqs2j33fcqojm-story.html
— Cook County mandates last-minute paid leave expansion – A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-cook-county-paid-leave-expansion-suburbs-20231214-zmnkl7zcabb4bo53yq2f3exxha-story.html
— Supreme Court declines to put hold on Illinois gun ban – Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-supreme-court-20231215-ushr6sx5ebcu3jxsv66dvntnwq-story.html
— Chicago Board of Ed votes to shift priorities from school choice to neighborhood schools – Sarah Macaraeg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/education/ct-cps-magnet-selective-enrollment-schools-20231215-hz3pm4bt65cmnjevqmc3ucteiu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Voters won’t get chance to weigh in on Chicago’s sanctuary city status, City Council decides. Ald. Anthony Beale’s proposed referendum would have asked voters in the March 19 primary: “Should the city of Chicago limit its designation as a sanctuary city by placing spending limits on its public funding?” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/14/24001474/chicago-city-council-anthony-beale-sanctuary-city-referendum-migrant-crisis
— Shelved Brighton Park migrant camp cost city nearly $1 million. State environmental regulators determined there were too many harmful metals and other toxic substances detected on the property for it to safely house asylum-seekers. – Mitchell Armentrout and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/13/24000647/brighton-park-migrant-camp-cost-chicago
— U.S. Supreme Court again refuses to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban. The high court had been asked to issue an injunction that would have blocked the year-old law, which prohibits the possession, manufacture or sale of semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. – Tina Sfondeles and Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/12/14/24002020/u-s-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-illinois-assault-weapons-ban
— Chicago man sues former employer, union for denying gender-affirming care: ‘I was shattered’ Morgan Mesi says Breakthru Beverage Illinois denied coverage of a bilateral mastectomy and hormone therapy, according to a complaint filed in federal court Thursday. – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/14/24001831/chicago-man-sues-employer-union-denying-gender-affirming-care
— Illinois NAACP president apologizes after likening migrants to ‘savages,’ rapists, burglars. Teresa Haley apologized Thursday, two days after comments she made surfaced in a video from a recent conference call of NAACP leaders. – Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/12/14/23999428/illinois-naacp-president-teresa-haley-migrants-savages-rapists-burglars
— Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund has taken millions from unions with City Hall contracts. The campaign contributions are legal, but failed mayoral candidate Willie Wilson wants them banned in mayoral races. Ald. Gilbert Villegas wants to limit contributions to city officials from unions with city contracts. – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/15/23998636/brandon-johnson-campaign-contributions-unions-labor-seiu-ctu-chicago-teachers-union

DAILY HERALD
— Suburbs scramble to exempt public safety employees from state’s on-demand paid-leave law – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231214/news/suburbs-scramble-to-exempt-public-safety-employees-from-states-on-demand-paid-leave-law/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: I should write a book about attorneys who have dumped me, that is, about attorneys who filed lawsuits for me, but then withdrew. I would focus on why they withdrew.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231215/news/like-doing-brain-surgery-on-yourself-why-lawyers-say-acting-as-your-own-attorney-is-a-bad-idea/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Push for vote on Chicago’s sanctuary city status dies in City Council – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-sanctuary-city-status-vote-effort-dies-city-council
— Chicago Tribune union members taking contract fight to Tribune Tower – Corli Jay
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/chicago-tribune-union-plans-rally-tribune-tower

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Dropping Off Migrants On Street Corners Certainly Is ‘Inhumane’ – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/droppoing-off-migrants-on-street-corners-certainly-is-inhumane/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood says there’s evidence to support a Biden impeachment inquiry – JJ Bullock
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/14/darin-lahood-alleges-influence-peddling-in-biden-impeachment-inquiry/71919861007/

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— McHenry County board incumbent wants primary opponent disqualified for misspelling ‘Republican’
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/state/illinois-county-board-incumbent-wants-primary-opponent-disqualified-for-misspelling-republican/article_a9a2cab2-35a5-5b7e-b539-5c946d095437.html

WAND TV
— Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West – AP (COMMENT: What makes a man “quality?” How much of it is health, handsomeness, height, personality, values, religion, national origin, education, occupation, income, net worth, possessions, professional certifications and licenses, etc.? I got married when I was 29. I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. However, I had earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21. I had bought condos when I was 27 and 25 and a new town home when I was 24. I had owned a 1972 Corvette since I was 23. I had gotten promoted to GS-12 ($92,279/year in today’s dollars) when I was 25. My wife had worked for the FBI. She had helped elect Big Jim Thompson. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. We met a Presbyterian singles event.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/why-more-women-live-in-major-east-coast-counties-while-men-outnumber-them-in-the/article_c066c61f-2d91-5157-af20-2587fbab1bf9.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s really tough to find quality men who share similar values,” Averbach said. There aren’t many singles groups that cater to her age group, she says, and when such groups put on events, they usually attract more women than men. Her county has a low sex ratio, which means there are more women than men. A high ratio indicates there are more men than women.)

DARIEN PATCH & BURR RIDGE PATCH & WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— Secrecy Again To Pick Darien Area Lawmaker? The GOP last time declined to give the names of applicants before its appointment. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/secrecy-again-pick-darien-area-lawmaker
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/secrecy-again-pick-burr-ridge-area-lawmaker
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/secrecy-again-pick-western-springs-area-lawmaker

LEMONT PATCH
— Committee To Appoint Replacement For 82nd District Representative. The 82nd Representative District Committee will meet at Lemont Public Library at 4 p.m. on Dec. 20. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/lemont/committee-appoint-replacement-82nd-district-representative

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Impounds First ‘Rogue Bus’ Carrying Migrants Under New Policy. The ordinance is aimed at stopping bus companies from dropping off migrants late at night or without prior notice, often leaving officials scrambling to accommodate them. The city impounded the first bus Wednesday night. – Quinn Myers and Alex V. Hernandez
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/14/city-will-start-impounding-fining-rogue-buses-that-skirt-rules-when-dropping-off-migrants/
— Controversial Sanctuary City Ballot Question Voted Down By City Council. The effort by alds. Anthony Beale and Ray Lopez has led to political turmoil at City Hall, but it will not move forward following Thursday’s vote. The effort by alds. Anthony Beale and Ray Lopez has led to political turmoil at City Hall, but it will not move forward following Thursday’s vote. – Quinn Myers
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/14/alderpeople-vote-down-controversial-sanctuary-city-ballot-question/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-203/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-6/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-202/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Full appeal expected after SCOTUS denies emergency injunction against Illinois’ gun ban – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2d547ee0-9ad0-11ee-a36c-c3db1bd6ec1e.html
— New Illinois law criminalizes impeding picket lines – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2bfe2c36-9acf-11ee-b988-e7596c8b6db8.html
— Pentagon falls 41,000 short of reduced military recruitment goals – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b452eee2-9ac4-11ee-99c9-1b25ce2c88d8.html

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Legal Challenges to Dems’ Gun Ban Continue Despite Setback
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/652954727-legal-challenges-to-dems-gun-ban-continue-despite-setback
— U.S. Supreme Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Illinois Democrats’ Firearms Ban
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/652954476-u-s-supreme-court-denies-preliminary-injunction-against-illinois-democrats-firearms-ban

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— SCOTUS Justice Barrett declines one invitation to step into IL gun ban fight, at least for now
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/652955684-scotus-justice-barrett-declines-one-invitation-to-step-into-il-gun-ban-fight-at-least-for-now

PARENTS DEFENDING EDUCATION
— Top Illinois STEM school stage protest over DEI (COMMENT: What percent of parents are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage, anti-traditional family, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://defendinged.org/incidents/video-reveals-students-at-top-illinois-stem-school-stage-protest-over-dei-list-of-demands-includes-concrete-impacts-for-alleged-bias-offenders/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ ruling class has decided to go full extremism on their policies, so now is the best time to fight back.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ruling-class-has-decided-to-go-full-extremism-on-their-policies-so-now-is-the-best-time-to-fight-back-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Our universities have become hubs of radical activism – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/14/our-universities-have-become-hubs-of-radical-activ/
— ‘Misinformation’ service NewsGuard targeted in defense bill – Bill Gertz (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are full of misinformation. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/inside-ring-misinformation-service-newsguard-targe/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2024 defense authorization bill now in its final stages on Capitol Hill contains a provision that would restrict the Pentagon from spending money on an advertising agency that relies on the self-described “counter-misinformation” group NewsGuard, a blow to the left-leaning organization that critics say unfairly targets conservative media. The restriction in the proposed annual National Defense Authorization Act recently survived a House-Senate conference. The final bill is being taken up by both chambers this week. The provision calls on the defense secretary to ensure all ad agencies that contract with the Defense Department do not “place advertisements in news sources based on personal or institutional political preferences or biases, or determinations of misinformation.” The section also requires that the defense secretary and military service secretaries notify Congress whenever an ad agency employs NewsGuard, a similar British-based group called the Global Disinformation Index, or similar services. The provision is a response by several House Republicans who have said that self-appointed anti-misinformation watchdog groups are effectively being used to target conservative media outlets.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What would happen if a white mayor held a party for only white elected officials? – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-would-happen-if-a-white-mayor-held-a-party-for-only-white-elected-officials
— DC bridge shut down by Jewish protesters calling for ceasefire in Gaza – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-dc-bridge-shut-down-jewish-protesters-calling-ceasefire-gaza
— Post office suffers an a-woke-ning – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/opinion/post-office-suffers-an-a-woke-ning
— Supreme Court declines to halt Illinois assault-style rifle ban – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-declines-halt-illinois-assault-rifle-ban

NEW YORK POST
— Huge line of thousands of migrants spotted trying to hop train to US border – Alex Oliveira
https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/huge-line-of-migrants-spotted-trying-to-hop-train-into-u-s/
— Angry drivers try to move Jewish protesters who shut down LA freeway during rush hour – Alyssa Guzman
https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/angry-drivers-try-to-move-jewish-protesters-who-shut-down-la-freeway-during-rush-hour/

AMAC
— The BorderLine: Biden Prefers To Put Your Safety At Risk And Play Recidivism Roulette With Criminal Aliens
https://amac.us/newsline/society/the-borderline-biden-prefers-to-put-your-safety-at-risk-and-play-recidivism-roulette-with-criminal-aliens/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Market for Failing Boys. School is girl-coded. Is it any wonder boys are struggling? – Carmel Richardson
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-market-for-failing-boys/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Was Illinois’ 2022 general election valid? – Marly Hornik and Ken Zitko
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/was_illinois_2022_general_election_valid.html
— The president of the Illinois NAACP called illegal aliens ‘savages’ – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_president_of_the_illinois_naacp_called_illegal_aliens_savages.html
— Angelenos fight back after Gaza protestors shut down the 110 freeway – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/angelenos_fight_back_after_gaza_protestors_shut_down_their_110_freeway.html

BREITBART
— White House Sets Border Deal: 1 Million Illegals Per Year and $61 Billion for Ukraine – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/15/white-house-border-deal-to-gop-1-million-illegals-per-year/
— Republicans Introduce Plan to Verify U.S. Citizenship for Mail-In Voters – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/14/republicans-introduce-plan-to-verify-u-s-citizenship-for-mail-in-voters/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Size and Implications of the Immigrant Population. – Mark Krikorian, Steven A. Camarota, Rich Lowry, and Roy Beck
https://cis.org/Transcript/Panel-Transcript-Size-and-Implications-Immigrant-Population

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Leaves Illinois Gun Restrictions In Place – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/14/supreme-court-leaves-blue-states-gun-restrictions-place/
— Americans Must Choose Between Civilization — Or Its Destroyers – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/14/victor-davis-hanson-nihilism-anarchy-left-wing-civilization/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Will We Get a Bad Border Deal for Christmas? – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/14/will-we-get-a-bad-border-deal-for-christmas/

DAILY WIRE
— New York City Spending Tens Of Thousands On Migrant Meals That Get Trashed. 70,000 meals were wasted in less than three weeks. – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-spending-tens-of-thousands-on-migrant-meals-that-get-trashed

EPOCH TIMES
— Haley’s Top Backers Include Democrat Donors, Silicon Valley Billionaires. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is tied to numerous political action committees that raised more than $28 million the last time they were required to disclose. – Austin Alonzo (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/haleys-top-backers-include-democrat-donors-silicon-valley-billionaires-5546297

FOX NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban to stay in place. The Illinois law will continue to be litigated in the lower courts. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-allows-illinois-semiautomatic-weapons-ban-stay-place
— White House prickles at ‘baseless,’ ‘no evidence’ Biden impeachment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-wh-prickles-baseless-no-evidence-biden-impeachment

GOPUSA
— Give Us Educated, Skilled Immigrants Yearning To Support Themselves
https://www.gopusa.com/give-us-educated-skilled-immigrants-yearning-to-support-themselves/
— Tagging Evangelical Christians As A ‘Polarizing Extreme’
https://www.gopusa.com/tagging-evangelical-christians-as-a-polarizing-extreme/
— Trump Demands Action After 20 Percent Of Mail-In Voters Admit To Fraud In 2020 Election Survey
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-demands-action-after-20-percent-of-mail-in-voters-admit-to-fraud-in-2020-election-survey/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Blasted by Black Community for Favoring Illegal Immigrants. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/were-not-last-in-line-chicago-mayor-blasted-by-black-community-for-favoring-illegal-immigrants/

LIFE NEWS
— Pro-Life Americans Must Take on Abortion Tourism to Save More Babies From Abortion
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/12/14/pro-life-americans-must-take-on-abortion-tourism-to-save-more-babies-from-abortion/

MRC TV
— White House’s Bizarre Christmas Video Sparks Hilarious Reactions – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/i-thought-it-was-fake-white-houses-bizarre-christmas-video-sparks-hilarious

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Would Republicans Agree to 3,000 Illegal-Alien Crossings Per Day? – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-would-republicans-agree-to-3000-illegal-alien-crossings-per-day/

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Aldermen Block Plan to Put Question of Sanctuary City Status on the Ballot – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/14/chicago-aldermen-block-plan-to-put-question-of-sanctuary-city-on-the-ballot-n4924752
— Mayor Johnson Explains Why He Wanted to Camp Illegals on a Toxic Waste Dump – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/14/mayor-johnson-explains-why-he-wanted-to-put-illegals-on-a-toxic-waste-dump-n4924742

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s Border Crisis Just Keeps Getting Worse, 13 Million Illegal Aliens Now In U.S. – Sarah Arnold |
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/14/bidens-border-crisis-just-keeps-getting-worse-13-million-illegal-aliens-now-in-us-n2632434
— Meritocracy vs. DEI – Alan Joseph Bauer (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or no professional certifications or licenses. I earned a) job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2023/12/15/meritocracy-vs-dei-n2632418

ZERO HEDGE
— After Affirmative Action Win Over Harvard, Group Takes On West Point – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/after-affirmative-action-win-over-harvard-group-takes-west-point

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Israeli military veteran tapped as GOP candidate in special election to replace George Santos – Anthony Izaguirre (COMMENT: From what I see, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly want candidates who do not share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/12/14/israeli-military-veteran-tapped-as-gop-candidate-in-special-election-to-replace-george-santos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans have picked a little-known county lawmaker who once served in the Israeli military as their candidate in a special election to replace ousted New York congressman George Santos, party officials said Thursday. Nassau County legislator and former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Pilip will face off against Democratic former congressman Tom Suozzi in a Feb. 13 special election for the seat, which includes northern parts of Queens and Long Island. The selection pits Pilip, a relatively unknown local lawmaker originally from Ethiopia, against a political veteran in Suozzi, who previously represented the district for six years during a lengthy career in Long Island politics.)

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-12-15/rise-in-mexican-cartel-violence-drives-record-migration-to-the-us

ABC NEWS & HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/2024-presidential-candidates-stand-lgbtq-issues-105662334
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/we-live-here-the-midwest-lgbtq-documentary_n_6578f509e4b0fca7ad227d74

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly run American universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/opinion/harvard-desantis-florida-college.html
— State Dept.’s Fight Against Disinformation Comes Under Attack. The Global Engagement Center has become the focus of Republican-led criticism that the U.S. government coerces social media platforms into removing offensive content. – Steven Lee Meyers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/technology/state-department-disinformation-criticism.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Biden is struggling to connect with key Democratic voters” and ask “Is Trump enough to fix it?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/11/donald-trump-fear-joe-biden-democrats-electability-2024/71620167007/
— Those who promote illegal immigration promote migrant deaths. Because Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders promote migrant deaths.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/11/30/us-mexico-border-sees-surge-migrant-deaths-el-paso-juarez/71751171007/?gnt-cfr=1
— Ever-increasingly, younger employees want older employees to retire. In 1993 when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee, because I had 25 years of federal seniority, I became eligible to take GAO’s early retirement “offer.” In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors with the blessing of my Democrat GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates succeeded in forcing me to take their “offer” which expired that year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2023/12/14/older-workers-jobs-pew-research-study/71898652007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a major demographic shift, the older workforce – some 11 million Americans – has quadrupled in size since the mid-1980s, driven by the graying of the U.S. population. The share of older Americans holding a job is also much greater. Roughly 1 in 5 Americans ages 65 and older (19%) are employed today – nearly double the share of those who were working 35 years ago, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Most ‘Transgender’ Kids Turn Out to Be Gay. Subjecting them to medical interventions is the modern-day version of ‘conversion therapy.’ – Roy Eappen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-transgender-kids-turn-out-to-be-gay-gender-affirming-care-conversion-therapy-58111b2e
— From the U.S. to the U.K. to Australia, backlash builds against governments for failing to control immigration – Greg Ip (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want cheap labor, they reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/the-other-i-word-angering-voters-across-western-world-dc63345b

FORBES
— Elon Musk Says DEI ‘Must Die’ And Criticizes Diversity Schemes As ‘Discrimination’ – Robert Hart
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/12/15/elon-musk-says-dei-must-die-and-criticizes-diversity-schemes-as-discrimination/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/12/14/university-donors-lawmakers-target-dei-how-antisemitism-concerns-have-expanded-into-gop-culture-wars/?sh=4f0ba0a0585b

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Supreme Court Declines to Halt New Illinois Assault-Weapon Ban – Greg Stohr
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-declines-to-halt-new-illinois-assault-weapon-ban

PBS
— Chicago City Council Rejects Sanctuary City Ballot Question
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-city-council-rejects-sanctuary-city-ballot-question/

December 13, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois NAACP president under fire for calling migrants ‘savages’ during Zoom meeting – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-naacp-president-teresa-haley-chicago-migrants/14173600/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPL6QENPKTQ
— Giuliani trial: Moss says she feared for her life over fraud lies in defamation case – AP (COMMENT: Giuliani blamed Moss for Trump losing Georgia in 2020. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered by their candidates on ballots in my precinct. More than just blame me, they ended my service as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007. They almost got ICRC to censure me for my newsletters in 2006.)
https://abc7chicago.com/rudy-giuliani-election-fraud-lawsuit-shaye-moss/14172308/
— Democrats promote their civil fraud trial against Trump. Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, they promoted their disallowance of my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) their forcing me to resign in 1969. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS, they promoted a) their disallowance my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978 and b) their not promoting to GS-13 after I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO audits IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, they promoted a) their forcing me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) their delaying my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14, d) their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, and e) their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My critics/opponents have absolutely no problem with what my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors did to me, in fact, they applaud it.
https://abc7chicago.com/3-things-to-know-about-trumps-defense-in-his-civil-fraud-trial/14174970/
— Democrats ever-increasingly defend Biden against impeachment.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-to-know-about-the-house-vote-to-formalize-the-biden-impeachmen/14174512/

NBC5
— Here are 64 new Illinois laws hitting the books in 2024 – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/here-are-64-new-illinois-laws-hitting-the-books-in-2024/3301622/

CBS2
— West Loop Chicago business owners say no one is stopping brazen retail thefts
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/west-loop-chicago-business-onwers-say-no-one-is-stopping-brazen-retail-thefts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs1vfphXxV4
— White House open to new border expulsion law, mandatory detention and increased deportations in talks with Congress – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-white-house-congress-border-security-detention-deportation/

WGN9
— Calls for NAACP Illinois conference president to resign after racist remarks – Tahman Bradley, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/calls-for-naacp-illinois-conference-president-to-resign-after-racist-remarks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRxAb6LRaw

FOX32
— Lawsuit reveals disturbing details: Chicago teacher accused of grooming and assaulting elementary students
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawsuit-reveals-disturbing-details-chicago-teacher-accused-of-grooming-and-assaulting-elementary-students

WTTW
— As Deadline Looms, Assault Weapons Registration Rules Still Unresolved – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/12/deadline-looms-assault-weapons-registration-rules-still-unresolved
— Chicago Officials Suspend Rules Limiting Access to City Council Meetings After Outcry – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/12/chicago-officials-suspend-rules-limiting-access-city-council-meetings-after-outcry

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson reverses council public seating plan that had drawn fire – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-public-access-seating-policy-reversal-20231212-svaade5npvfynkxxxmiqbfxlbu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After backlash, Chicago City Council drops restrictive new rules to public seating at its meetings. The new rules were prompted after a number of intense and chaotic City Council meetings. – Mariah Woelfel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/12/23998931/chicago-city-council-public-seating-conduct-rules-restrictions-backlash-policy-dropped
— City Council set to alter paid leave ordinance, but not enough to satisfy business leaders. The proposed quick fixes include a six-month delay — until July 1 — in the requirement that businesses give Chicago employees five paid sick days and five paid vacation days per year. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/12/23998767/paid-leave-sick-vacation-days-ordinance-delay-restaurants-conventions-chicago-city-council-vote

DAILY HERALD
— EVs are economical and important for the climate, but they’ll still need roads to run on – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20231212/daily-herald-opinion-evs-are-economical-and-important-for-the-climate-but-theyll-still-need-roads-to-run-on
— Huntley schools take pass on proposed gender-affirming care ban – Claire O’Brien
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/article/huntley-schools-take-pass-on-proposed-gender-affirming-care-ban/
— Democrats use Texas woman to promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/news/texas-woman-who-appealed-to-state-supreme-court-to-have-an-abortion-goes-elsewhere-for-one/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Judge Kenneth Popejoy injured in explosion at Wheaton home
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/news/judge-injured-in-explosion-at-wheaton-home/
— No reason for Illinois to stand alone. Statistics suggest state should soften road test requirements for seniors. – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20231212/opinion/no-reason-for-illinois-to-stand-alone/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State agrees it won’t enforce crisis pregnancy center fraud law – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-agrees-it-wont-enforce-crisis-pregnancy-center-fraud-law
— The City Council will revisit migrant issues that sparked chaos in October – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/another-city-council-meeting-scheduled-chicagos-migrant-response
— The rich are getting richer in Illinois – John Pletz (COMMENT: Because my critics/opponents have lots of money, they use their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tax-data-reveals-surge-illinoisans-earning-more-500000-year
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of Illinois taxpayers making more than $500,000 in 2021 surged 32% from the year before, according to the most recent income tax data from the Department of Revenue. The jump was more than three times as big as any annual increase seen in the previous five years. The pool of those earning above $500,000 grew to 93,655 people, or about 1.7% of Illinois residents who filed returns. In 2020, there were 70,958 taxpayers making over a half-million dollars, or 1.2% of the total. Nationally, the number of taxpayers topping $500,000 rose 35% in 2021, according to preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.)

WBBM
— Holiday shoppers in the Loop find migrant families lining the sidewalks – Brandon Ison
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/loop-holiday-shoppers-grapple-with-chicagos-migrant-crisis

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proposed agreement would halt state penalties against anti-abortion counseling centers. Pritzker believes existing law still grants right to sue. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/12/12/federal-judge-might-block-anti-abortion-clinic-consumer-fraud-law/71885859007/
— Pritzker: State NAACP director Teresa Haley videotaped remarks about migrants ‘reprehensible’ – Steven Spearier
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/12/12/in-a-video-the-naacp-state-director-likens-migrants-to-savages/71897519007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— As deadline looms, assault weapons registration rules still unresolved – Peter Hancock
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-12-12/as-deadline-looms-assault-weapons-registration-rules-still-unresolved
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, hatred against Trump, and hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-12-13/poll-where-republican-candidates-align-with-most-americans-and-where-they-dont

FOX ILLINOIS
— House pushes toward vote on formal impeachment inquiry against President Biden – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/house-pushes-toward-vote-on-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-president-joe-biden-house-speaker-mike-johnson-son-hunter-biden-overseas-business-dealings-criminal-charges-subpoenaed-republican-gop-leaders

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Kate Cox in Texas to promote abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-kate-cox-sought-an-abortion-in-texas-a-court-said-no-because-she-didnt-show-her-life-was-in-danger/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RAIDO
— Harvard affirms President Claudine Gay will not step down over antisemitism testimony – Juliana Kim, Bill Chappell, Elissa Nadworny
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2023-12-12/harvard-affirms-president-claudine-gay-will-not-step-down-over-antisemitism-testimony

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in DuPage County.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/cod-addresses-growing-industry-demand-new-cannabis-certificate

CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools leaders want to move away from school choice – Reema Aminand and Becky Vevea
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2023/12/12/chicago-public-schools-moves-away-from-school-choice/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On their road to abolishing the Second Amendment, Democrats ever-increasingly use mass shootings to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/12/13/white-house-targets-gun-violence-00131491

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-201/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-4/
— NAACP IL President causes furor with horrific remarks about new arrivals
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/12/naacp-il-president-causes-furor-with-horrific-remarks-about-new-arrivals/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WEST COOK NEWS
— Chad Koppie secures unopposed GOP nomination for Illinois 7th Congressional District
https://westcooknews.com/stories/652905422-chad-koppie-secures-unopposed-gop-nomination-for-illinois-7th-congressional-district

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jerry Evans endorsed by former DuPage County Board member Bob Larsen
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652905969-evans-endorsed-by-former-dupage-county-board-member-bob-larsen

JOHN KASS
— There Are No Victims of The System – Dan Proft
https://johnkassnews.com/there-are-no-victims-of-the-system/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Attorney General Raoul surrenders in free speech case, but tries to hide it – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-attorney-general-raoul-surrenders-in-free-speech-case-but-tries-to-hide-it-wirepoints/
— The true racism in places like Evanston schools is their elimination of merit and achievement
https://wirepoints.org/the-true-racism-in-places-like-evanston-schools-is-their-elimination-of-merit-and-achievement-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Takes Historic 32-Point Lead in Iowa as IL GOP Establishment Stands behind Struggling DeSantis
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/trump-takes-historic-32-point-lead-in-iowa-as-il-gop-establishment-stands-behind-struggling-desantis.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois won’t prosecute pro-life pregnancy centers under ‘deceptive business practices’ law. Law was ‘stupid and very likely unconstitutional,’ federal judge said. – Mark A. Kellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/illinois-wont-prosecute-pro-life-pregnancy-centers/
— Washington is obsessed with Trump, not the American people. ‘Never Trump elites led by washout Liz Cheney. – Sen. Bill Hagerty
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/washington-is-obsessed-with-trump-not-american-peo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Of course Harvard didn’t fire Claudine Gay – Kaylee McGhee White
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/of-course-harvard-didnt-fire-claudine-gay

NEW YORK POST
— Marjorie Taylor Greene warns ‘MAGA would revolt’ if Haley ran on Trump ticket – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-predicts-maga-revolt-if-haley-on-trump-ticket/

AMERICAN THINKER
— True cost of charging an EV is equivalent to paying $17.33 a gallon of gas – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/true_cost_of_charging_an_ev_is_equivalent_to_paying_1733_a_gallon_of_gas_per_new_report_.html
— Campus antisemitism: ‘social justice’ gone haywire – Peter Clark
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/campus_antisemitism_social_justice_gone_haywire.html
— Young French conservative women push back against the Islamization of their beloved Europe – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/young_french_conservative_women_push_back_against_the_islamization_of_their_beloved_europe.html
— Michelle and Barack Obama’s latest movie warns not to trust white people – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/michelle_and_barack_obamas_latest_movie_warns_not_to_trust_white_people.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Of course Harvard’s president is a diversity hire – MATT LAMB (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/of-course-harvards-president-is-a-diversity-hire/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrats’ Latest Dangerous Idea: Recruit Foreigners Into Our Military – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/the-democrats-latest-dangerous-idea-recruit-foreigners-into-our-military

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois AG Backs Off Crackdown On Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – KATE ANDERSON (COMMENT: My deceptive critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is deceptive. I should write a book about my deceptive critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/12/blue-state-ag-not-enforce-law-punishing-pregnancy-centers-pro-life-views/
(COMMENT: Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul of Illinois announced Monday that he filed a motion agreeing not to enforce a state law that targeted pregnancy centers for using alleged “deceptive acts” to lead women away from getting an abortion.)
— Nurses Earn Credits For Listening To Podcasts On ‘Activism’ And ‘Rooting Out Racism’ – SARAH WILDER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/12/nurse-earn-credits-listen-podcast-activism-root-out-racism/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Agrees To Not Enforce Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-agrees-to-not-enforce-law-targeting-pro-life-pregnancy-centers

FEDERALIST
— Leftists Cry About Trump’s ‘Fascism’ While Clinging To Their Own Totalitarian Leaders – MIKE DAVIS
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/12/leftists-cry-about-trumps-fascism-while-clinging-to-their-own-totalitarian-leaders/
— Every Biden 2024 Scenario Is Deadly Dangerous
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/12/every-biden-2024-scenario-is-deadly-dangerous/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— NYC’s Migrant Woes Spread to Suburbs
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/12/there-goes-neighborhood-nycs-migrant-woes-spread-suburbs

FOX NEWS
— Dems are petrified Trump will beat Biden. You won’t believe their latest plan. Hysteria on the left about 2024 and Biden’s likely opponent is reaching a fever pitch. – Liz Peek
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dems-petrified-trump-beat-biden-wont-believe-latest-plan
— The disturbing connection between BLM and antisemitism in the classroom. We should not be surprised – BLM’s antisemitic roots were on display years ago. – Rep. Burgess Owens
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/disturbing-connection-between-blm-antisemitism-classroom
— Migrant who thanked Biden after entering US illegally is already in NYC with court date set for October 2024. Fiscal Year 2023 has broken new records, with more than 2.4 million migrant encounters. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-who-thanked-biden-entering-us-illegally-already-nyc-court-date-set-october-2024
— Diversity scam led to university antisemitism scandal. Years of racially divisive university rules and rhetoric helped create campus antisemitism. – Ying Ma
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/diversity-scam-university-antisemitism-scandal

GOPUSA
— Democrats Combine All Their Gun Control Plans Into One Comprehensive Bill
https://www.gopusa.com/democrats-combine-all-their-gun-control-plans-into-one-comprehensive-bill/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Planned Parenthood Received Nearly $2 Billion in Federal Funding over Three-Year Span, GAO Probe Finds – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/planned-parenthood-received-nearly-2-billion-in-federal-funding-over-three-year-span-congressional-probe-finds/

NEWSMAX
— Chicago Suburbs Reject Migrant Buses Amid Influx Crisis – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-suburbs-migrant-buses-immigration-crisis/2023/12/12/id/1145727/
— Trump Gains More Youth Votes in New Polls – George Mentz
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/georgementz/trump-biden-2024/2023/12/12/id/1145688/

PJ MEDIA
— IL State NAACP Chair Goes Off on Epic Rant Against Migrant ‘Savages’ – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2023/12/13/il-state-naacp-chair-goes-off-on-epic-rant-against-migrant-savages-n4924704

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dershowitz: Universities Should Immediately Abolish DEI And Identity Studies Departments – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/12/dershowitz_we_should_immediately_abolish_black_studies_gay_studies_jewish_studies_departments.html

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY
— Pro-Life Ministries Victorious Against State of Illinois’ Attack on Pregnancy Centers – Tom Ciesielka
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/pro-life-ministries-victorious-against-state-of-illinois-attack-on-pregnancy-centers

TOWNHALL
— The Future of Harvard’s President Has Been Decided – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/12/12/the-future-of-harvards-president-has-been-decided-n2632306

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Alien Insults All Americans During Interview at Border – Mike Landry
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-insults-americans-interview-border-dont-care/

ZERO HEDGE
— Shocking Video Reveals Democrats Stuffed Nearly 3,000 Illegals Into Chicago Warehouse – TYLER DURDE
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-video-reveals-democrats-stuffed-nearly-3000-illegals-chicago-warehouse
— Universities Better Get Ahead Of Surging Anti-Woke Backlash… – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/universities-better-get-ahead-surging-anti-woke-backlash

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrats crow about their success in making children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-bans-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-105551273

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Sununu who promotes Haley.
https://apnews.com/article/haley-sununu-new-hampshire-presidential-election-990cc5cf71b5ae6d50c87cb91e95bfeb

CNN
— Biden seeks to preempt GOP attempts to slash federal workforce with new proposal – Kevin Liptak (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and who ran GAO 1980-1997. While I worked for GAO, Republicans slashed GAO’s workforce by 3,000, from over 6,000 to under 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that. They forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14. They always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/politics/biden-federal-workforce-gop/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tesla recalls 2 million cars with ‘insufficient’ Autopilot safety controls – Leo Sands
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/13/tesla-autopilot-recall/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Biggest Root Cause of Crime Is Fatherlessness. Children are likelier to finish high school and stay out of trouble if they’re brought up by two parents. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-root-cause-of-crime-is-fatherlessness-single-motherhood-5cdfe763
— Some employers are giving workers advance notice of their layoffs so they can look for a new job. – Te-Ping Chen and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in 2003. But starting at the end of August in 1997, they made it all too clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer” which expired at the end of September, my next 6 years would be a living hell.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-long-goodbye-why-laid-off-employees-are-still-on-the-job-7efc55ab

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayarichard-craven/2023/12/13/have-you-hired-a-dei-consultant-heres-why-you-should/

GILLETT NEWS
— Religious Diversity – Casey Martinez (COMMENT: Virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and Post Office 1966-1969 and very few were Republican, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Virtually all of them were Democrat and many of them and times most of them were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger than me.)
https://gillettnews.com/news/religious-diversity-in-israel-a-mosaic-of-faiths/315405/

MARIST POLL
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republican candidates to lose. They want the Republican Party to dump its platform and become Democrat-lite, Libertarian-lite, Green-lite, Independent-lite, and/or RINO. They want the Republican Party to dump voters who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, parents, gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestor have been in America for a long time.
https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/2024-presidential-election-tossup-issues/

NPR
— Trump allies want federal civil servants to serve the president, not the agency – H.J. Mai and Steve Inskeep (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1192432628/conservatives-mull-how-2nd-trump-presidency-could-reshape-the-federal-government

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly Democrat leaders and RINO leaders replace those who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those who are LGBTQ, liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/vivek-ramaswamy-great-replacement-theory/676329/

SALON
— My ancestors would not have immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany if America had not been a Christian nation. On my father’s side, they sent all their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/13/how-convinced-themselves-america-was-meant-to-be-a-christian-nation/

SHRM
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they took the following adverse actions against me, but according to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, they were not adverse actions: a) they force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and they gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, b) they always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes, c) they delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoting me to GS-14, d) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) they forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They took the aforesaid adverse actions against me because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, and age discrimination. Starting in 1988, they took more adverse actions against me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/court-report-reprimand-adverse-action-retaliation.aspx

FED WEEK
— Other recently introduced bills in Congress include: HR-6581, to require that federal employees and others alleging age discrimination need to prove only that age was among the reasons an employer took an adverse action against them, overturning a court decision requiring them to prove that the employer would not have taken the action except for discriminatory reasons.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/new-bills-va-pay-military-spouse-remote-work-age-discrimination/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Vivek Ramaswamy wants term limits for federal employees – TOM SHOOP (COMMENT: Why doesn’t Ramaswamy rail against discrimination against federal employees who are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/06/meet-long-shot-presidential-candidate-who-wants-term-limits-federal-employees/387960/

December 10, 2023

To stay up-to-date with news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans, what do my critics/opponents want you to read instead of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? My critics/opponents do not want anyone to read my newsletters; however, many of them read my newsletters for “opposition research.” Those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who reject many of the planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote in my newsletters do not want anyone to read articles that promote those planks. As everyone knows, I promote my direct newsletter competitors. But many of my direct newsletter competitors ignore, dismiss, if not belittle the planks that I promote. Further, many want cheap labor, that is, they want mass/illegal immigration. Again, what newsletters do my critics/opponents want you to read instead of my newsletters? What arguments do they make for that?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Pro-Palestinian car caravan blocks traffic on Kennedy Expressway
https://abc7chicago.com/protest-in-chicago-today-palestinian-traffic-kennedy-expressway/14158985/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riohOnkJOJ4
— Hundreds of affordable homes remain vacant amid Chicago housing crisis – Ramona Meadors (COMMENT: Will Democrat leaders house illegals in these homes?)
https://abc7chicago.com/affordable-housing-chicago-crisis-authority-illinois-answers-projects/14152220/
— Chicago police respond to bomb threat at Ogilvie Transportation Center; Metra trains delayed
https://abc7chicago.com/metra-delay-ogilvie-transportation-center-train-schedule/14159357/
— At least 11 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14158472/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-venezuelan-legal-aid-help/14159087/

NBC5
— Inbound Kennedy, Dan Ryan see closures due to pro-Palestinian protest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/inbound-kennedy-dan-ryan-see-closures-due-to-pro-palestinian-protest/3299293/
— Unfounded threat halts Metra trains at Ogilvie Transportation Center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/all-metra-trains-halted-at-ogilvie-transportation-center-amid-police-investigation/3299331/

CBS2
— Chicago Weekend Shootings: 3 killed, 7 hurt
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-dec-8-to-11/

WGN9
— Here’s a list of new Illinois laws going into effect in 2024 – John Clark
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/heres-a-list-of-new-illinois-laws-going-into-effect-in-2024/

FOX32
— Johnson proposes fines over ‘rogue buses’ transporting migrants to Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/johnson-proposes-fines-rogue-buses-transporting-migrants-chicago
— Low-income seniors are often challenged with living in deteriorating conditions because they can’t afford the necessary repairs on their homes. (COMMENT: My grandfather on my father’s side had 1286 Wood Street ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1286-Wood-St-Crete-IL-60417/5461313_zpid/ ) built in Crete in 1926. He lived in it until 1954 and then my father. But after my father died suddenly in 1969, because of lack of money and because of negative trends in Crete, no upgrades were made to it and maintenance and repairs were deferred. After my brother died suddenly last year, I sold it for only $99,900.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-coalition-increased-investment-protections-low-income-residents

WGN9
— Ukrainian activists gather in Chicago to raise funds for country’s war effort – Jewell Hillery (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.)
https://wgntv.com/news/ukrainian-activists-gather-in-chicago-to-raise-funds-for-countrys-war-effort/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorials-immigration-congress-border-greg-abbott-migrants-20231210-ipnfl3xsprgdxninwtzioaecdq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No excuse for political horse trading when it comes to crime-ridden West Loop encampment. The murder of a man near the encampment is the latest example of surging crime in the area. The Johnson administration can’t engage in any quid pro quo with public safety at stake. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/8/23994304/west-loop-encampment-murder-crime-political-horse-trading-brandon-johnson-bill-conway-editorial
— Black employment in Cook County is sandwiched between hope and reality. Jobs can be a source of inspiration, but opportunities are diminishing for young Black people in the Chicago area. – Alden Loury (COMMENT: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who had that job. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for taking jobs that should have been given to Blacks.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/9/23994061/black-african-american-employment-college-jobs-race-census-cook-county-alden-loury
— Will the real ‘Golden Bachelor’ please stand up? A messy report takes the shine off the popular reality TV show. – Mary Mitchell (COMMENT: My wife and I have been married since 1978. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was so bad that I would never get married, but if I did, the marriage would not last. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who never married, b) who are divorced, and/or c) who have/had spouses who have/had little or no income.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/8/23992229/will-the-real-golden-bachelor-please-stand-up-gerry-turner

DAILY HERALD
— Door kicked, antisemitic statement made at Glen Ellyn home
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231210/police-door-kicked-antisemitic-statement-made-at-glen-ellyn-home
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Are electric vehicle owners paying enough for Illinois roads? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231209/are-electric-vehicle-owners-paying-enough-for-illinois-roads-
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and discourage the traditional family. I owe all my successes in life to my being a product of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231210/wings-appreciates-community-effort-to-combat-domestic-violence
— As women ever-increasingly advance, men ever-increasingly fall further and further and further behind.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20231210/influential-women-of-nawbo-chicago-share-keys-to-their-success

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks – AP (COMMENT: When have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes bashed you the most/hardest? Mine did a) when I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 and b) when I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-bidens-focus-on-bashing-trump-takes-a-page-from-the-winning-obama-and-bush-reelection-playbooks/

COUNTRY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn in Shock: Door Kicking Hate-Incident Alarms Local Community
https://www.countryherald.com/illinois/dupage-illinois/glen-ellyn-in-shock-door-kicking-hate-incident-alarms-local-community/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to police reports it happened at approximately 8:00 PM, in the 400 Block of Elm Street, when two unidentified individuals targeted a residence in a brazen act of aggression. Witnesses report that the suspects forcefully kicked the front door of the house, causing alarm among residents. The situation took a darker turn when one of the suspects made an anti-Semitic statement before fleeing the scene.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Public outcry against ‘sanctuary city’ ordinance: Activists demand repeal as migrants set to reside at former location of St. Bart’s school
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/652876943-public-outcry-against-sanctuary-city-ordinance-activists-demand-repeal-as-migrants-set-to-reside-at-former-location-of-st-bart-s-school

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Rep. Mary Miller Endorses Darren Bailey in High-Profile GOP 12th Dist. Race, Cites Faith-Driven Service
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/breaking-rep-mary-miller-endorses-darren-bailey-in-high-profile-gop-12th-dist-race-cites-faith-driven-service.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Billionaire and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential bid, saying former President Trump’s time had “come and gone.” – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/9/billionaire-gop-donor-backs-haley-says-trump-shoul/

NEW YORK POST
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near star-studded LA Biden fundraiser – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/pro-palestine-demonstrators-protest-los-angeles-biden-fundraiser/
— Megyn Kelly said that former President Trump had lost “multiple steps” mentally and was no longer the same man he was in 2016. – Jon Levine (COMMENT: In your opinion, as a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter reader, how many steps have I lost mentally since 2000?)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/megyn-kelly-says-trump-has-lost-multiple-steps-mentally/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Deport and Deter State of the Union: The fight over illegal immigration needs to move from regulation to deportation and deterrence. – Sumantra Maitra
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/deport-and-deter/

AMERICAN THINKER
— 3 reasons for the Democrat ‘great replacement’ – Earick Ward
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/3_reasons_for_the_democrat_great_replacement.html
— The Future’s Zero-Sum Game – J.B. Shurk (COMMENT: Everything is a zero-sum game. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/the_futures_zerosum_game.html
— Countercultural Christianity – Whitson G. Waldo, III
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/countercultural_christianity.html
— Let’s hear it for segregation? – Walter E. Block
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/lets_hear_it_for_segregation.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Claudine Gay is a DEI hire (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were DEI hires. They all had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, no job-related professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no job-related professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/claudine-gay-is-a-dei-hire-lacking-intellectual-credentials-critics-argue-/24451

DAILY CALLER
— One GOP Candidate (Nikki Haley) Wallops Biden In The Latest Poll By Double Digits. It’s Not Trump – ARJUN SINGH
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/09/gop-candidate-wallops-biden-poll-trump-haley/

EPOCH TIMES
— A Troubling Trend in the Personal Saving Rate – Sandra Block (COMMENT: My wife and I got married in 1978. We have always saved as much as we could for our retirement. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that we could do that and that we did do that. They stress that if we had not given up trying to have children or if we had adopted, we would not have been able to save anywhere near as much. Further, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government grossly overpaid me and that my federal pension is much too generous.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/a-troubling-trend-in-the-personal-saving-rate-5538805

FOX NEWS
— 5,000 illegal immigrants released every day into US, admin officials privately tell lawmakers. Total illegal immigrants released could top 1.8 million for the year if current pace continues. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5000-illegal-immigrants-released-every-day-us-admin-officials-privately-tell-lawmakers
— Poll shows Biden hitting record low approvals, falling behind against Trump in 2024 matchup. Trump’s lead over Biden grows when independent candidates are included. – Michael Lee, Paul Steinhauser (COMMENT: The more that it looks like Trump will be our next President, the more hatred that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will promote against Trump and against those who share his demographics.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-shows-biden-hitting-record-low-approvals-falling-behind-against-trump-2024-matchup
— Mass/illegal immigration promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-demand-new-study-possible-link-between-uncontrolled-immigration-crime

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Professor: Asking Black Students to Write Using Standard English is ‘Anti-Black Linguistic Racism’ – Jack Davis
https://ijr.com/professor-asking-black-students-write-using-standard-english-anti-black-linguistic-racism/LEGAL

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Border Crisis: Military-Age Men From Across the Globe Flood Across Arizona Border. “there were a large number of Africans from countries Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt and elsewhere waiting to be processed and potentially released into the U.S. Others were from the Middle East and Asia”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/biden-border-crisis-military-age-men-from-across-the-globe-flood-across-arizona-border/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Historic Levels of Immigration: Who Decides? – RICH LOWRY (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINO leaders want cheap labor.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/who-decided/
(FROM THE ARYTICLE: Historic levels of immigration shouldn’t be on autopilot. Do you remember the big national debate on whether the United States would adopt a policy to make the foreign-born share of the population the highest it’s ever been? Neither do I. For the simple reason, of course, that there wasn’t one. That doesn’t mean that the policy wasn’t adopted, through inertia and the Biden administration’s unilateral imposition of a de facto open border for a large swath of asylum seekers. An analysis of Census data by Steve Camarota and his colleagues at the Center for Immigration Studies has found that a 4.5 million net increase in immigrants since President Biden took office has boosted the share of the foreign-born to 15 percent, the highest ever recorded. You know all the black-and-white photos of immigrants coming to Ellis Island, the lore about names being changed upon arrival, “your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”? Today, we are eclipsing the “great wave” of immigration with an even greater wave. We hit 14.8 percent in 1890 and 14.7 in 1910, in what were, until now, the most historic decades for immigration. Just last month, the Census Bureau was still projecting the foreign-born share of the population wouldn’t hit 15 percent for another decade, in 2033. Now, we could keep going up from here. “If the immigrant population continues to grow,” Camarota writes, “it will set new numerical and percentage records every year going forward.” A straight-line projection shows the share of the foreign-born rising to 15.5 percent by the end of Biden’s term, and to an astonishing 17.3 percent by the end of a potential second term. This is not the normal course of business. According to Camarota, the foreign-born population has grown on average by 137,000 a month since the beginning of Biden’s term, higher than Donald Trump’s pre-Covid 42,000 and Barack Obama’s 68,000.)

TOWNHALL
— Wisconsin Democrat Vetoes Bill That Would Protect Children From Leftist Transgender Agenda – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/09/wisconsin-democrat-vetoes-bill-that-would-protect-children-from-leftists-transgender-agenda-n2632208

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Tucker Carlson Reveals Only Thing That Would Make Him Answer Growing Calls to Become Trump’s VP – Michael Schwarz
https://www.westernjournal.com/tucker-carlson-reveals-thing-make-answer-growing-calls-become-trumps-vp/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Democrats crow about their success in getting those in healthcare to promote abortion.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/future-doctors-say-they-ll-look-for-residencies-in-states-where-abortion-is-legal-survey-says/ar-AA1lfHW9

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4351189-restricting-asylum-would-make-the-border-less-secure/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it. – Mike Schneider (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all of the employees who they hired who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of. They did everything that they could to turn them against me.)
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/12/08/census-bureau-wants-to-change-how-it-asks-about-disabilities-some-advocates-dont-like-it/

CNN
— Trump is even stronger than he looks against his Republican rivals – Harry Enten
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/09/politics/trump-is-even-stronger-than-he-looks-against-his-gop-republican-rivals/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Congressional Hispanic Caucus frustrated with the White House on immigration negotiations. The group requested a meeting with the White House but has yet to get one. A senior administration official said there are plans to ramp up Hill outreach this week. – Julie Tsirkin, Julia Ainsley, Sahil Kapur and Monica Alba (COMMENT: What if there was a Congressional White Caucus and Whites were ever-increasingly flooding America illegally?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/congressional-hispanic-caucus-frustrated-white-house-immigration-rcna128828
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of Hispanic and Latino members of Congress, as well as advocacy groups, are becoming increasingly concerned that President Joe Biden may strike a deal with Republicans on immigration that they find unacceptable in order to secure passage of his high-priority Ukraine and Israel aid package. The fear, one Capitol Hill Democrat with knowledge of the negotiations said, is that the president will accept border policy changes proposed by Republicans that are “unimaginably cruel.” Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus demanded an “urgent” meeting with the White House over one week ago. Yet even though the president was in Washington for much of that period, it never happened.)

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Mocks Biden Impeachment Inquiry: ‘Fishing Expedition’ – Thomas Kika
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-mocks-biden-impeachment-inquiry-fishing-expedition-1851025

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Cheney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/opinion/liz-cheney-memoir.html
— As Fury Erupts Over Campus Antisemitism, Conservatives Seize the Moment. Republicans have been attacking elite universities for years. After a tense congressional hearing last week, many on the left are joining them. – Nicholas Confessore
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/us/universities-antisemitism-conservatives-liberals.html
— Mideast War Pushes Companies to Extend Diversity Programs to Faith Groups – Emma Goldberg (COMMENT: Very few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1072, and the Post Office 1966-1969 were Protestant, German American, conservative, Republican, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/business/workplace-dei-religion.html
— If You Hate Investment Risk, High Interest Rates Are Great. With a Catch. – Jeff Sommer (COMMENT: With treasury strips, my wife and I did well as interest rates fell, but we lost when interest rates went up.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/business/interest-rates-stocks-bonds-retire.html
— People Are Pessimistic About Their Economic Futures. Can You Blame Them? – Steven Rattner
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/opinion/economy-young-voters-inflation-biden.html
— Why Is It a Surprise That America Is Gloomy After a Devastating Pandemic? – David Wallace-Wells
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/opinion/bad-economy-vibes.html
— Democrats say “University Presidents Walked Into a Trap.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/opinion/university-presidents-antisemitism.html
— The Old New Way to Provide Cheap Housing – Nicholas Kristof
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/opinion/homelessness-housing-shortage.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/opinion/joe-biden-immigration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Conservatives are suing law firms over diversity efforts. It’s working. As they fend off lawsuits targeting their own programs, law firms are creating task forces to guide clients through the challenges of DEI. – Julian Mark and Taylor Telford
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/09/conservatives-sue-law-firms-dei/
— Liz Cheney’s 2024 campaign mission: Defeat House Republicans. The former GOP congresswoman wants to oust House GOP majority to block Donald Trump’s every possible path to the White House. – Paul Kane (COMMENT: RINOs would rather see Democrats elected than conservative Republicans. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/09/liz-cheney-trump-2024-elections/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Moving Company Touts Its Young, Chiseled Workers. Feds Say That’s Age Discrimination. Biden-appointed EEOC commissioners are taking closer look at alleged age bias in the labor market. – Austen Hufford (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees who were older, conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/a-moving-company-touts-its-young-chiseled-workers-feds-say-thats-age-discrimination-c50a773c

FORTUNE
— House, marriage, kids: Millennials and Gen Z who try to follow a ‘traditional’ path of financial milestones may be majorly messing up their finances. – ELEANOR PRINGLE (COMMENT: By following a traditional path, I was able to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time 1970-1971 and then part-time 1971-1972. I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 and then Harvey in 1972.)
https://fortune.com/2023/12/09/buying-house-marriage-kids-best-order/
— Millennials are the most housing-obsessed generation—it’s a sign the prosperity of the boomers has bypassed them. – SYDNEY LAKE
https://fortune.com/2023/12/04/millennials-homeownership-housing-obsessed-boomers-bank-of-america/

BLOOMBERG
— The 25 Richest Families in the World (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant on the east side of Chicago Heights. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-worlds-richest-families/

FORBES
— Navigating Generational Wealth Transition – Abiola Adediran (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant on the east side of Chicago Heights. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/12/05/the-parents-advisor-navigating-generational-wealth-transition/

ADP
— Keeping Up-and-Comers From Leaving: How Promotions Tie Into Employee Retention – Sarah Greesonbach (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986. They all wanted those promotions to be given to Democrats, and especially to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors soon got rid of the managers who promoted me.)
https://www.adp.com/spark/articles/2023/11/keeping-up-and-comers-from-leaving-how-promotions-tie-into-employee-retention.aspx

DESERET NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/12/9/23993615/house-hearing-antisemitism-college-campuses-diversity-pluralism

STAR
— When it comes to money advice, young people turn to parents and relatives (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/family/2023/12/09/when-it-comes-to-money-advice-young-people-turn-to-parents-and-relatives

FOX EL PASO
— Migrants ask for aid as freezing temperatures hit El Paso amidst shelter overcapacity – Jonathan Mejia
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/migrants-ask-for-aid-as-freezing-temperatures-hit-el-paso-amidst-shelter-overcapacity

NEW REPUBLIC
— The GOP’s House Majority Is in Big Trouble. – Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
https://newrepublic.com/post/177384/gops-house-majority-big-trouble
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177415/now-damning-evidence-devastation-caused-end-roe-v-wade

GILLETT NEWS
— The Evolution of Political Labels: Republican in Name Only – Casey Martinez (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. Of course, I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://gillettnews.com/news/the-evolution-of-political-labels-republican-in-name-only/303316/

ECONOMIST
— What percent of the parents in your school district are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/09/anti-woke-activists-are-losing-many-of-their-school-board-battles

December 9, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— ‘Rogue’ buses are trying to dump migrants in Cicero and leave to avoid Chicago fines – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-in-cicero-metra-bus-fine/14155918/
— CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad pushes back on criticism for October 7 comment – Christian Piekos
https://abc7chicago.com/cair-director-nihan-awad-israel-hamas/14155569/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been promoting more LGBTQ in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://abc7chicago.com/out-100-lgbtq-community-strong-hands-gym-diego-cevallos-garzon/14155014/

CBS2
— Kinzinger says he’s politically “homeless,” and if Trump is the nominee, he’ll vote for Biden – MAJOR GARRETT (COMMENT: My critics/opponents side with Kinzinger.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/republican-adam-kinzinger-if-trump-is-gop-nominee-vote-for-biden-the-takeout/
— Records shed light on contract for tents, city cracks down on buses – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrant-crisis-contract-tents/

FOX32
— Chicago looks to implement stricter rules for migrant bus operators
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-bus-operators-stricter-rules

WTTW
— Committee Endorses Push to Expand Chicago’s Hate Crime Law – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/08/committee-endorses-push-expand-chicago-s-hate-crime-law
— Chicago Officials Revise Rules Limiting Access to City Council Meetings After Warning – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/08/chicago-officials-revise-rules-limiting-access-city-council-meetings-after-warning

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Johnson administration begins filing lawsuits against operators of ‘rogue buses’ of migrants – Sarah Freishtat and Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-migrant-busing-fines-lawsuit-20231209-hks4osf5jnge5im5ulyorlfbpm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How a 2024 election questionnaire puts candidates in an awkward spot. A question posed by Equality Illinois brings to mind a state law that says legislators cannot promise action on a bill in exchange for a contribution. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/8/23994208/questionnaire-candidates-state-law-legislators-cannot-promise-action-contributions-rich-miller
— Democrats and RINOs, that is, liberals and moderates, ever-increasingly a) run America and b) make it clear that they are going to use government get rid of Republicans, that is, conservatives, once and for all.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/8/23992587/hypocrisy-moms-for-liberty-ziegler-house-speaker-mike-johnson-pious-gop-frauds-gene-lyons
— Antisemitism comes from both far left and far right. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/8/23993701/antisemitism-far-left-right-share-hatred-jews-israel-hamas-war-palestinians-muslims-mona-charen
— Why youth homelessness is a big problem in Cook County – Bryan Samuels (COMMENT: Democrat success in destroying traditional marriage and destroying the traditional family promotes homelessness.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/8/23988093/homelessness-youth-black-men-boys-cook-county-housing-instability-bryan-samuels-chapin-hall
— City Council panel advances new 311 ‘hate incident’ reporting plan. The “Chi vs. Hate” ordinance aims to collect reports of disturbing acts that might fall short of a crime, but hint at more troubling actions to come, as hate crimes spike in Chicago and beyond. – Mitchell Armentrout (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/8/23994211/chicago-hate-crime-reporting-311-debra-silverstein

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State health plan declares racism a public health crisis – Dilpreet Raju (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/state-health-plan-declares-racism-public-health-crisis

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Races to watch in Kane and DuPage counties – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2023/12/08/election-season-is-here-races-to-watch-in-kane-and-dupage-counties/

STATELINE
— Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet – AP
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/ap-kevin-mccarthy-endorses-trump-for-president-and-would-consider-serving-in-his-cabinet/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Leaders Ramp Up Pressure On Feds To Issue Work Permits For All Immigrants. A resolution urging the federal government to expand work permit eligibility to current undocumented residents passed the city’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights Thursday. – Madison Savedra
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/08/city-leaders-double-down-on-pressure-for-feds-to-issue-work-permits-for-all-immigrants/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/08/isabels-afternoon-roundup-22/
— Report examines Illinois women’s political power (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plan in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for Republican women a) not running for offices and b) not winning elections.)
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/08/report-examines-illinois-women%e2%80%99s-political-power/
(FROM THE REPORT: Republican women lawmakers voiced how their party is falling behind…I find that in the Republican Party they are trying harder to get a mix because…we lost a lot of Republican women. They were turned off by our party so the idea is now to make a push for getting more women to run for office because of that and because we need to get to those people that are undecided or turned off by the party. So I feel that there’s a big push here now. But we are certainly more open and willing to bring in more women now because we need to bring back these women that were so turned off [by] our party.” – Evelyn Sanguinetti (R-IL) Former Lieutenant Governor. . .I know the House Republicans, [we] were always involved in looking for candidates and we love to have women. The problem is…a lot of times [women] don’t want to do it or they don’t pass the litmus tests that are now being imposed.” – Christine Radogno (R-IL) Former State Senate Minority Leader)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Revised gun ban rules to be reviewed as Jan. 1 deadline approaches. One-quarter of one percent of gun ID holders register banned items. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_88364b20-9618-11ee-b69d-b30a22dad439.html
— Research shows link between strong families and less crime – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and b) destroy the traditional family.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_08db486e-9602-11ee-9e78-0b453de54b6a.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mark Rice, 8th Congressional District candidate: ‘The sanctuary city status sounds so great until the politicians have to put our tax money where their mouth is’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652875527-rice-the-sanctuary-city-status-sounds-so-great-until-the-politicians-have-to-put-our-tax-money-where-their-mouth-is
— Niki Conforti, Republican candidate of 6th Congressional District: ‘Nice way to walk out on the party, McCarthy’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652872336-conforti-republican-candidate-of-6th-congressional-district-nice-way-to-walk-out-on-the-party-mccarthy

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— As Registration Deadline Approaches, Pritzker Administration Asks Supreme Court to Deny Gun Ban Injunction
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/652876612-as-registration-deadline-approaches-pritzker-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-deny-gun-ban-injunction

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Jim Carris, 10th Congressional District candidate: ‘Senator Kirk has a legacy of being an independent leader and working across the aisle to deliver for the families of Illinois’
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/652875529-carris-10th-congressional-district-candidate-senator-kirk-has-a-legacy-of-being-an-independent-leader-and-working-across-the-aisle-to-deliver-for-the-families-of-illinois

MCHENRY TIMES
— Jerry Evans, 11th Congressional District candidate: ‘State’s Attorney Bob Berlin – a true unsung hero in Illinois’
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/652875528-evans-11th-congressional-district-candidate-state-s-attorney-bob-berlin-a-true-unsung-hero-in-illinois

WIREPOINTS
— Why you should miss Squeezy the Pension Python – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/why-you-should-miss-squeezy-the-pension-python-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘ILLINOIS IS BACK,’ BUT ONLY IN PRITZKER’S ACTIVE IMAGINATION – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-illinois-is-back-but-only-in-pritzkers-active-imagination/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois legislator Brad Halbrook wants oversight on migrant housing spending – Andrew Hensel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-legislator-wants-oversight-on-migrant-housing-spending
— Jordan slaps Mayorkas with subpoena over documents on ‘catch-and-release’ immigrants – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/jordan-mayorkas-subpoena-criminal-catch-and-release
— Boycotting done right
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/opinion/boycotting-done-right
— Until DEI offices are closed, don’t expect better college presidents – Editorial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/until-dei-offices-are-closed-dont-expect-better-college-presidents

NEW YORK POST
— Campus antisemitism was predictable — and a top-school degree may soon be worthless – Victor Davis Hanson
https://nypost.com/2023/12/08/opinion/campus-antisemitism-was-predictable-and-a-top-school-degree-may-soon-be-worthless/

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— Target Continues to Cross the Line – MONICA COLE
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2023/12/target-continues-to-cross-the-line/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The time has come to hold Mayorkas accountable – William Davis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_time_has_come_to_hold_mayorkas_accountable.html
— The wicked witch of D.C. – Allen Hurt
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/the_wicked_witch_of_dc.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Billionaire says Harvard president got her job because of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) score – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI. What is your DEI score? My DEI score is extremely low because I am not liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, young, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/08/billionaire-says-harvard-president-got-her-job-because-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-score-1418327/

BLAZE
— Defense bill expands parental rights after Pentagon schools pushed ‘Marxist,’ woke agenda – CANDACE HATHAWAY (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but push wokeism. Most commonly, they push dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/defense-bill-expands-parental-rights-after-pentagon-schools-allegedly-pushed-marxist-woke-agenda
— Candace Owens is wrong: Victoria’s Secret is nothing to celebrate – HELEN ROY
https://www.theblaze.com/align/candace-owens-is-wrong-victorias-secret-is-nothing-to-celebrate

BREITBART
— Despite the Pandering, Hispanics Disapprove of Eric Adams Most of All – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/08/nolte-despite-pandering-hispanics-disapprove-eric-adams-most/
— Joe Biden Turns to Hollywood Elite for Fundraiser as Job Approval Craters to Lowest of Presidency – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/08/joe-biden-turns-to-hollywood-elite-for-fundraiser-as-job-approval-craters-to-lowest-of-presidency/
— Boston-Area K-12 Schools to Receive Migrant Children After Families Housed in Local Hotels – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/08/boston-area-k-12-schools-receive-migrant-children-families-housed-local-hotels/
— 50,000 Migrants Apprehended at Southern Border in December’s First Wee – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/12/08/exclusive-50000-migrants-apprehended-at-southern-border-in-decembers-first-week/
— Billionaire Bill Ackman Claims Harvard President Claudine Gay was Hired Because of DEI Initiative – ALANA MASTRANGELO (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/12/08/billionaire-bill-ackman-claims-harvard-president-claudine-gay-was-hired-because-of-dei-initiative/
— GOP Candidates Given Okay to Partake in Debates Not Approved by RNC – NICK GILBERTSON (COMMENT: The Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) never “approved” of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois or Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC). I should write a book about past and present IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who disapproved of, if not despised, if not hated TAPROOT and ICRC. I would focus on those leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/12/08/gop-candidates-given-okay-to-partake-in-debates-not-sanctioned-by-rnc/

DAILY CALLER
— Jim Jordan Subpoenas Mayorkas For Info On Illegal Immigrants Charged With ‘Serious’ Crimes That Were Released Into US – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/08/jim-jordan-subpoenas-mayorkas-for-info-on-illegal-immigrants-charged-with-serious-crimes-that-were-released-into-us/
— Jim Jordan Subpoenas Mayorkas For Info On Illegal Immigrants Charged With ‘Serious’ Crimes That Were Released Into US – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/08/jim-jordan-subpoenas-mayorkas-for-info-on-illegal-immigrants-charged-with-serious-crimes-that-were-released-into-us/
— GOP Debate Outs Two Candidates (Haley and Christie) As Parents’ Worst Nightmare – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/08/gop-debate-outs-two-candidates-as-parents-worst-nightmare-haley-christie/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden’s Border Policies Have No ‘Limiting Principle’ to Control Illegal Entries. And that’s a big problem. Either the policies will give way, or the country will. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Bidens-Border-Policies-Have-No-Limiting-Principle-Control-Illegal-Entries

COLLEGE FIX
— NIU hosts seminar on ending ‘White Linguistic Hegemony’ – DANIEL NUCCIO (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly do everything that they can to turn Blacks against Whites.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/niu-hosts-seminar-on-ending-white-linguistic-hegemony/
— Higher ed’s hypocrisy fully exposed for refusal to condemn calls to eradicate Jews – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/higher-eds-hypocrisy-fully-exposed-for-refusal-to-condemn-calls-to-eradicate-jews/

FEDERALIST
— California Law Would Fine Retailers For Only Having ‘Girl’ And ‘Boy’ Toy Sections – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/08/california-law-would-fine-retailers-for-only-having-girl-and-boy-toy-sections/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Alien After Crossing Border: “I Love You Joe Biden! Thank You for Everything” – Joey Chester
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/08/illegal-alien-after-crossing-border-i-love-you-joe-biden-thank-you-everything

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Adams declares ‘help is not on the way’ from the federal government as NYC struggles with migrant crisis. Adams says he did not leave DC with a sense of optimism. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayor-adams-declares-help-not-way-from-the-federal-government-nyc-struggles-migrant-crisis

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Border Crisis: Fetterman Lectures Democrats, Illegal Crossings Ramp up in California. Fetterman: “I hope Democrats can understand that it isn’t xenophobic to be concerned about the border. It’s a reasonable conversation, and Democrats should engage.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/border-crisis-fetterman-lectures-democrats-illegal-crossings-ramp-up-in-california/

MRC TV
— Trucking Company Fined $700K By Biden Admin For Checking Green Cards Of Job Seekers – ERIC SCHEINER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/what-trucking-company-fined-700k-biden-admin-checking-green-cards-job-seekers

NTD
— Every Dollar Given to Biden Admin Accelerates ‘Millions of Illegal Aliens’ Into US
https://www.ntd.com/every-dollar-given-to-biden-admin-accelerates-millions-of-illegal-aliens-into-us-border-security-expert_959331.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Jordan Subpoenas Mayorkas for Failing to Provide Documents on Criminal Aliens – DAVID ZIMMERMANN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jordan-subpoenas-mayorkas-for-failing-to-provide-documents-on-criminal-aliens/

NEW AMERICAN
— DHS Considering Sending CBP Agents to Mexico to Fast-track Border Crossings – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/report-dhs-considering-sending-cbp-agents-to-mexico-to-fast-track-border-crossings/

SPECTATOR
— How progressivism locks the left into a suicide pact. The far-left’s self-defeating internal contradictions have become increasingly apparent. – Lewis M. Andrews
https://thespectator.com/topic/progressivism-left-suicide-pact/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— ‘Go Woke, Go Broke’ Is Proving True Among Major Companies – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/go-woke-go-broke-is-proving-true-among-major-companies/ar-AA1ldBsD

MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, in a traditional marriage, parents, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, not in a traditional marriage, non-parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/ramaswamy-ugly-great-replacement-rant-rcna128811

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote the anti-religious Democrat Party platform. Mass/illegal immigration dramatically weakens America. Without a strong America, anti-religious socialists, communists, and dictators will not only destroy all religions, they will destroy the world.
https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-sign-christian-petition-condemning-maga-gops-cruel-policies-1850836

NBC NEWS & NEWSWEEK & ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been promoting more LGBTQ in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/keep-yuletide-gay-20-queer-holiday-films-rcna128718
https://www.newsweek.com/health-information-gap-making-lgbtq-americans-sick-opinion-1849824
https://abc7.com/stonewall-inn-brick-awards-gala-lgbtq-leaders-honored-gives-back-initiative/14152579/

ABC NEWS
— Migrant encampments surge at border as asylum process bottlenecks. ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal reports on the growing number of tent cities that are popping up along the southern border as migrants from across the world show up in hopes of being granted asylum.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/migrant-encampments-surge-border-asylum-process-bottlenecks-105513101

NBC NEWS
— Chicago reels from fallout of toxic metals at proposed migrant shelter camp. Several aldermen are calling for the resignation of city officials and, in the meantime, a network of churches is helping to shelter and employ recent arrivals. – Selina Guevara, Maura Barrett and Matthew Mata
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/chicago-reels-fallout-toxic-metals-proposed-migrant-shelter-camp-rcna128697

NEW YORK TIMES
— Finding a Santos Successor Is Proving No Simple Task for Republicans. Party leaders have vowed not to repeat the vetting mistakes they made with the expelled congressman. But getting to yes is proving messy. – Nicholas Fandos (COMMENT: How important will the successor’s DEI score be? What is your DEI score? My DEI score is extremely low because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time, that is, because I am not liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, young, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/nyregion/santos-republican-candidates.html

WASHINGTON POST
— University presidents flunk the humanity test – Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/09/university-presidents-antisemitism/

GILLETT NEWS
— The Decline of the Republican Party in Illinois: A Changing Political Landscape – Roy Wright
https://gillettnews.com/news/the-decline-of-the-republican-party-in-illinois-a-changing-political-landscape/300570/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois, a state known for its vibrant diversity and political battleground, has seen a significant shift in its political landscape in recent years. While it remains a politically diverse state, the dominance of the Democratic Party has become increasingly evident, as the Republican Party struggles to maintain a significant foothold. So, what is the current state of the Republican Party in Illinois? Recent data indicates that only about 26% of registered voters in Illinois identify as Republicans. This number has experienced a steady decline over the past few decades, as the Democratic Party has gained more support. The changing demographics of the state play a significant role in this shift. With urban areas like Chicago experiencing substantial population growth, these regions tend to lean heavily towards the Democratic Party. The Republican Party, on the other hand, has faced challenges in appealing to a diverse electorate and resolving internal divisions within the party. Being a Republican means aligning with the Republican Party, which advocates for limited government intervention, lower taxes, and conservative social policies. On the other hand, being a Democrat means identifying with the Democratic Party, which favors a more active government role in social and economic issues, higher taxes on the wealthy, and progressive social policies. The decline of the Republican Party in Illinois is not merely a reflection of the state’s political makeup but also a result of various factors. Changing demographics, internal party divisions, and difficulties in appealing to a diverse electorate have all contributed to the party’s struggles. In summary, the Republican Party represents only a small fraction of registered voters in Illinois, accounting for approximately 26%. With changing demographics and internal divisions, the Democratic Party has gained a significant advantage in terms of voter registration and political power. Illinois continues to be a politically diverse state, but the current landscape leans in favor of the Democratic Party.)
— Illinois: A Political Patchwork – Casey Martinez
https://gillettnews.com/news/illinois-a-political-patchwork/300396/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois, a state located in the heart of the Midwest, has long been associated with the Democratic Party. However, the reality of Illinois’ political landscape is far more complex than it may initially appear. With a diverse population and a rich political history, Illinois has proven time and time again that it cannot be easily labeled as a “blue state.” While the state has consistently supported Democratic presidential candidates in recent elections, there are significant pockets of Republican-leaning areas that challenge this assumption. The city of Chicago, a Democratic stronghold, has undeniably played a crucial role in shaping Illinois’ political dynamics. Its progressive policies and diverse population have contributed to Illinois’ reputation as a Democratic stronghold. However, it is essential to acknowledge that Chicago does not represent the entire state. Beyond the bustling city limits, Illinois reveals a political patchwork. In the rural areas of southern and central Illinois, conservative values hold sway, often aligning with the Republican Party. These regions, with their own unique histories and cultural nuances, challenge the notion of a uniformly blue Illinois. To be considered a “blue state,” Illinois must demonstrate consistent and overwhelming support for Democratic candidates across the state. While the state leans Democratic, its political diversity highlights the presence of Republican-leaning areas that cannot be ignored. In the end, Illinois is a political melting pot, defying simplistic labels. It is a state where a complex interplay of ideologies and values create a political patchwork that cannot be neatly categorized as strictly blue or red. To truly understand Illinois’ political landscape, one must embrace the intricacies and nuances that exist within the state’s diverse communities.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL & FORBES & HR MORNING
— My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action (AA) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/championing-diversity-from-inside-google-7e86e566
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/08/university-of-wisconsin-agrees-to-freeze-dei-expansion-in-deal-with-state-republicans-who-stalled-raises/
https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/6-dei-pitfalls-to-avoid/

NEWNAN TIMES HERALD
— Paying the Piper – Lawrence W. Reed (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes. All the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIIS newsletters together and to send them out each and every morning comes from me. Of course, that makes my critics/opponents furious, and especially those who compete directly against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out the newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I would focus on those who compete directly against me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who did everything that they could to stop me from reporting on the DeSantis Elmhurst event earlier this year. I would focus on those who ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.times-herald.com/opinion/paying-the-piper/article_fb39e28a-0fa9-11ee-ba42-533e41f61045.html

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE
— I know you hate the paywall, but it’s how my job exists – Jay Gabler (COMMENT: www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have always been and they will forever be free and contain no advertising or donation requests. Of course, that makes my critics/opponents furious, and especially those who compete directly against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out the newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I would focus on those who compete directly against me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who did everything that they could to stop me from reporting on the DeSantis Elmhurst event earlier this year. I would focus on those who ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/front-row-seat-i-know-you-hate-the-paywall-but-its-how-my-job-exists

INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS
— Consider distributing your news content via these third-party platforms (COMMENT: I am a nonprofit news aggregator. News websites should not paywall nonprofit news aggregators like me. I should publish a list of all the news websites that paywall me. I would highlight those that paint themselves as being pro-conservative and/or pro-Republican.)
https://inn.org/resources/content-distribution-and-licensing/

December 8, 2023

Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders a) ever-increasingly bring more people into America illegally, b) falsely deny that they are doing that, and c) talk and act like those illegals will stay forever in America, they will soon be made citizens, and they will soon be voting officially for Democrats. RINO leaders are more than happy with that because RINO leaders want cheap labor.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Migrant shelter at closed St. Bartholomew school expected to open next year. The Portage Park school closed this year and is expected to house up to 350 people starting as early as mid-January. – Violet Miller (COMMENT: In which buildings are/will Democrat and RINO leaders house their illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and your school district?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/7/23992286/migrant-shelter-st-bartholomew-school
— Vacant Catholic schools, even churches, could be used to house migrants. With all the Catholic school and parish consolidations, these buildings could be retrofitted for migrants, a suburban reader writes. – Letters to the Editor (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-borders and that GOD wants anyone who claims asylum to not only be allowed to stay in America, but to get massive government assistance, citizenship, and right to vote.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/7/23990914/migrant-tent-camps-vacant-catholic-schools-churches-cps

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County filing period ends with lots of uncontested primaries; ‘There are fewer primary races in our area to bring out voters’ – Steve Sadin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-primaries-set-st-1208-20231207-yycyojrkzvdqvfajrvjvhxbfwm-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Debate over controversial homeless encampment boils over in wake of fatal shooting. – Jake Sheridan and Alysa Guffey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-west-loop-encampment-fatal-shooting-20231207-mp36myi2ofcdzksufornwvxcmq-story.html
— Chicago Tribune ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorials-republican-debate-chris-christie-nikki-haley-ron-desantis-trump-20231207-7yvsczjshred5hihd7onspoc5m-story.html

ABC7
— Others step up to house Chicago migrants after base camp plan scuttled, Pritzker defends decision. – Diane Pathieu, Michelle Gallardo, and Craig Wall (COMMENT: How soon, how many, and where will Democrats and RINOs house illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? What approvals have Democrats and RINOs sought/obtained from your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-meeting-immigration-mayor-brandon-johnson/14150372/
— Gangs from South America use security jammers to break in to expensive homes across country
https://abc7chicago.com/house-burglary-home-break-in-south-american-gangs-police/14152807/

NBC5
— Some residents in Portage Park push back on temporary migrant shelter plan – Lexi Sutter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/some-residents-in-portage-park-push-back-on-temporary-migrant-shelter-plan/3297898/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5F13AGUqxs
— Aldermen want encampment removed after fatal shooting under downtown viaduct. Chicago residents who live around the viaduct have 1,500 signatures on a petition demanding that more be done to clean up the area that “quickly turned into an open-air drug encampment.” – Charlie Wojciechowski (COMMENT: Where do/will Democrat and RINO leaders put encampments in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aldermen-want-encampment-removed-after-fatal-shooting-under-downtown-viaduct/3297961/
— National Illinois Day: Here are 13 facts you may not know about your home state – Kim Jao (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s and they have always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they immigrated to Chicago in 1844, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, then sold that farm and bought 10 acres just north of downtown Crete and raised and sold horses on it, then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/national-illinois-day-here-are-13-facts-you-may-know-about-your-home-state/3295658/
— Hourly minimum wage in Illinois set to increase on Jan. 1 (COMMENT: Will illegals work for the minimum wage? Immigrants drive down wages. My critics/opponents have never been harmed by immigration. Because their parents had far more money than my parents had, they did not have to compete against immigrants for jobs like I did. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I earned would have been much lower. I was able to buy a new car when I was 17 with money that I earned working part-time for the minimum wage for 18 months. I was able to buy two new cars, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 with money that I earned working part-time for the Post Office.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hourly-minimum-wage-in-illinois-set-to-increase-on-jan-1/3297770/

CBS2
— Man shot and killed outside of Chicago’s Ogilvie Transportation Center; aldermen complain of rise in crime – TARA MOLINA, ELYSSA KAUFMAN, ELLIOTT RAMOS (COMMENT: I used the Ogilvie Transportation Center 1978-1997 while I a) worked for IRS in the Loop 1978-1980, b) worked for GAO in the Loop 1980-1997, c) took graduate accounting classes at DePaul in the Loop 1978-1980, d) took internal auditing classes at Roosevelt in the Loop 1981-1982, and e) took graduate finance classes at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-shot-and-killed-out-of-chicagos-ogilvie-transportation-center/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/deadly-shooting-comes-amid-concerns-rising-about-crime-chicagos-west-loop/

WGN9
— What’s next for the Mayor’s migrant plan in Chicago? Lawmakers demand answers – Julian Crews, Shannon Halligan, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/whats-next-for-the-mayors-migrant-plan-in-chicago-lawmakers-demand-answers/
— Faith, community leaders gather to discuss Chicago’s welcoming city ordinance. – Erik Runge (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-borders and that GOD wants anyone who claims asylum to not only be allowed to stay in America, but to get massive government assistance, citizenship, and right to vote.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/faith-community-leaders-gather-to-discuss-chicagos-welcoming-city-ordinance/

FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers to hold summit to find ways to end systemic racism. The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation is meeting this weekend to talk about ways to finally put an end to systemic racism. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists and they cause all the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1377930

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/more-have-traveled-out-state-abortions-year

WBEZ
— Chicago seeing largest spike in robberies in over 20 years, analysis shows. There were nearly 4,900 robberies between July 1 and Nov. 26, an increase of more than 55% compared to the total for the previous five months. – Sophie Sherry and Alden Loury (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-seeing-largest-spike-in-robberies-in-over-20-years-analysis-shows/5012d4dd-073d-46cd-938f-81f853231100
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-robberies-have-surged-since-july/5430045e-ee4f-40c1-b2cd-c499c5395184
— Arbitration or the Chicago Police Board? What to know. (COMMENT: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority since 1998.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/arbitration-or-the-chicago-police-board-what-to-know/7cf459e5-c555-4e57-be5d-c3caddc58c51

KHQA
— It’s Only One Month Away From Having to Have Assault-Style Weapons Registered. Are You Prepared? (COMMENT: Which unregistered owner will Pritzker have your County Sheriff arrest first? It will be a Republican who shares Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and has ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nvWpyYZTrw

WROK
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://1440wrok.com/ixp/722/p/new-dispensary-illinois/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Black Americans face racism at doctor’s office.” Ever-increasingly, those in healthcare are more and more and more of the following: citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-conservative, non-Republican, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-12-07/new-survey-finds-black-americans-face-racism-at-doctors-office

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Chicago alders advance measure to bolster sanctuary city protections – Monica Eng
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/12/08/chicago-sanctuary-city-protections-resolution

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-198/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/07/isabels-afternoon-roundup-21/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— #MeToo Unless You’re a Jew
https://johnkassnews.com/me-too-only-if-youre-not-jewish/

WIREPOINTS
— To speed Chicago’s lead pipe replacement, end the obscene overcharge it’s paying – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/to-speed-chicagos-lead-pipe-replacement-end-the-obscene-overcharge-its-paying-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislator wants oversight on migrant housing spending – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a9bcb8fa-954c-11ee-8a16-33f35c9c1a42.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Coyne on arrest of armed trio: ‘It’s a dangerous trend that is a direct result of Illinois liberals refusal to keep dangerous criminals in jail’ https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/652865057-coyne-on-arrest-of-armed-trio-it-s-a-dangerous-trend-that-is-a-direct-result-of-illinois-liberals-refusal-to-keep-dangerous-criminals-in-jail

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Chicago Students Join National Wave of Pro-Palestine University Protests. Dozens of students have been arrested in sit-ins demanding universities divest from weapons manufacturers and Israeli companies. – Kevin Hu (COMMENT: What percent of these students are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://southsideweekly.com/chicago-students-join-national-wave-of-pro-palestine-university-protests/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— POVERTY 4X HIGHER FOR CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS THAN COLLEGE GRADS – Hannah Schmid (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, minorities and females should have gotten the college degrees, jobs, and promotions that I got and b) that I got those college degrees, jobs, and promotions because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities and against females. In fact, I got my bachelor’s degree in management from NIU because I got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, and completed all the required courses. I got three master’s degrees because I completed 16 graduate business courses at Loyola, because I completed 12 graduate accounting courses at DePaul, and because I completed 14 graduate finance courses at IIT. Firestone Stores hire me because I had that bachelor’s degree. IRS hired me because I had that degree and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. IRS promoted me because of my job performance. GAO hired me because of the aforesaid, my Loyola MBA, and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. GAO promoted because of my job performance, the aforesaid, my DePaul accounting degree, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt, and my becoming a licensed CPA.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/poverty-4x-higher-for-chicago-high-school-dropouts-than-college-grads/

— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT OWES CITY $5,579 FOR UTILITIES – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-president-owes-city-5579-for-utilities/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Come And Take Our Guns, Gov. Pritzker! – David A. Lombardo (COMMENT: Which unregistered owner will Pritzker have your County Sheriff arrest first? It will be a Republican who shares Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and has ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/opinion-come-and-take-our-guns-gov-pritzker.html
— The U.S. House Majority Stands With Sanity in the Auto Market – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/opinion-the-u-s-house-majority-stands-with-sanity-in-the-auto-market.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Americans being pushed aside for Biden’s illegal immigrants. Republicans need to spotlight the people these policies have hurt. – Newt Gingrich (COMMENT: Immigrants drive down wages. My critics/opponents have never been harmed by immigration. Because their parents had far more money than my parents had, they did not have to compete against immigrants for jobs like I did. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I earned would have been much lower. I was able to buy a new car when I was 17 with money that I earned working part-time for the minimum wage for 18 months. I was able to buy two new cars, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 with money that I earned working part-time for the Post Office.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/7/americans-being-pushed-aside-for-bidens-illegal-im/
— Senate Democrats dig in against plans to stop the flow of illegal immigrants – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/7/senate-democrats-dig-in-against-plans-to-stop-flow/
— Hamas has no place in the civilized world. U.S. didn’t stop fighting after Pearl Harbor, and Israel should also pursue ‘absolute victory’ – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/7/hamas-has-no-place-in-civilized-world/
— Not another dime for DHS until we get real border policy changes. Every dollar we allocate to Cabinet agency should advance national security, not undermine it. – Rep. Mark Green
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/7/not-another-dime-for-dhs-until-we-get-real-border-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bottomless hunger for guns pushes 2023 sales past 14 million – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: The more that Democrats do to abolish the Second Amendment, the more firearms and ammunition that Republicans will buy for their self-defense.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/bottomless-hunger-for-guns-pushes-2023-sales-past-14-million
— What the Wall Street Journal doesn’t get about the Biden border crisis – Conn Carroll (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-wsj-doesnt-get-about-biden-border-crisis
— The ironic, market-driven death of DEI – Peter Laffin (COMMENT: To pander to minorities, females, and younger people is to discriminate against Whites, men, and older people.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/the-ironic-market-driven-death-of-dei
— College presidents expose the moral rot within their institutions – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/college-presidents-expose-the-moral-rot-within-their-institutions
— The cost of transgender delusions that Democrats want to ignore – Kaylee McGhee
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/the-cost-of-transgender-delusions-that-democrats-want-to-ignore

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Faced With Record Illegal Immigration, the White House Wants To Expedite Border Crossings – Joseph Simonson
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/department-of-homeland-security-may-send-agents-to-mexico-to-expedite-migrant-crossings-documents-show/
— Haley Steps Up, Takes Fire at GOP Debate – Andrew Stiles (COMMENT: What have you stepped up for? I have always stepped up for equal opportunity, that is, I have always opposed race and gender based preference giving, that is, I have always opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://freebeacon.com/elections/haley-steps-up-takes-fire-at-gop-debate/

NEW YORK POST
— Top universities face House probe over ‘morally bankrupt testimony’ likening antisemitic threats to ‘free speech’ – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/12/07/news/house-republicans-launch-colleges-probe-over-antisemitism/
— Defense bill includes ‘anti-woke’ bans on spending for military drag shows, critical race theory – Caitlin Doornbos
https://nypost.com/2023/12/07/news/defense-bill-includes-anti-woke-bans-on-military-drag-shows-critical-race-theory/
— Stop foreign adversaries like China from corrupting American schools – Marco Rubio
https://nypost.com/2023/12/07/opinion/stop-foreign-adversaries-like-china-from-corrupting-american-schools/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s Rhetoric – Catherine Sprague
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/trumps_rhetoric.html
— Then Vietnam, now migrants? It’s still eight or nine months away, but the Democrats have reasons to worry about that summer convention in the Windy City. Let’s hear what’s happening in Chicago, via Fox News. – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/then_vietnam_now_migrants.html

BRIETBART
— Gingrich Slams Biden’s ‘Illegal Immigration Policy’ Crushing the Nation – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/07/newt-gingrich-slams-bidens-illegal-immigration-policy-crushing-nation/
— Illegal Aliens Burglarizing New Yorkers to Pay Back Mexican Drug Cartels – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/07/long-island-official-illegal-aliens-burglarizing-new-yorkers-to-pay-back-mexican-drug-cartels/
— Biden Siphoning Healthcare from Military Veterans to Serve Illegal Aliens – Sen. Steve Daines
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/07/sen-steve-daines-joe-biden-siphoning-healthcare-from-military-veterans-to-serve-illegal-aliens/
— Liz Cheney: Time and Time Again Fox News Has ‘Spread Lies’ – PAM KEY (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters spread lies. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, attorneys, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/07/liz-cheney-time-and-time-again-fox-news-has-spread-lies/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Mayorkas Opens the Border Again, Now to Ecuadorians – Phillip Linderman
https://cis.org/Linderman/Oped-Mayorkas-Opens-Border-Again-Now-Ecuadorians
— Republicans Hold Emergency Funding ‘Hostage’ in Desperate Attempt to Protect America’s Borders. It’s worked before! – George Fishman
https://cis.org/Fishman/Republicans-Hold-Emergency-Funding-Hostage-Desperate-Attempt-Protect-Americas-Borders

DAILY CALLER
— House Republicans Introduce Legislation To End Birthright Citizenship For Illegal Aliens – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/07/brian-babin-house-republican-legislation-end-birthright-citizenship-illegal-aliens/
— Hunter Biden Indicted On 9 Tax-Related Charges In California – JAMES LYNCH
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/07/hunter-biden-hit-new-criminal-charges/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Pentagon Bill Now Includes Taxpayer Funding for Abortion, Sex Changes – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/07/pentagon-bill-now-includes-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion-sex-changes/
— Biden Prefers to Put Your Safety at Risk and Play Recidivism Roulette With Criminal Aliens – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/07/borderline-biden-prefers-put-your-safety-risk-play-recidivism-roulette-criminal-aliens/

DAILY WIRE
— Schools Across U.S. Push Kids To Chatrooms Where They Can Talk Transgenderism With LGBTQ Adults. Minors can anonymously talk to adults online about sex changes, breast binders, and even the occult — all without parental permission. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-across-u-s-push-kids-to-chatrooms-where-they-can-talk-transgenderism-with-lgbtq-adults

FEDERALIST
— U.S. Migrant Population Reaches Largest Share In History – ELAINE MALLON (COMMENT: If there had been as many migrants in America when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, the wages that I got would have been much lower.)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/07/report-u-s-migrant-population-reaches-largest-share-in-history/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Didn’t You Get the Memo? They’re now “New Americans.”
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/07/didnt-you-get-memo-theyre-now-new-americans

FOX BUSINESS
— Progressive Chicago Teachers Union boss owes thousands in unpaid utility bills despite eye-popping salary. The Illinois Policy Institute reports that Stacy Davis Gates owes more than $5,500, but makes more than $289,000. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/progressive-chicago-teachers-union-boss-owes-thousands-unpaid-utility-bills-eye-popping-salary
— Biden’s open borders catastrophe has probably let in 8 million illegal migrants in less than 3 years. Republicans have a good shot at border reforms. – Larry Kudlow (COMMENT: Yes, but RINO leaders want illegals because RINO leaders want cheap labor.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-bidens-open-borders-catastrophe-probably-let-8-million-illegal-migrants-less-3-years

PJ MEDIA
— 12,000 Illegals Cross While Mayorkas Says Building Border Wall Limits Asylum – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2023/12/07/total-12000-illegals-cross-while-mayorkas-says-building-border-wall-limits-asylum-n4924574

TOWNHALL
— Massive Arizona Surge Results In Thousands of Illegally Migrants Storming the U.S. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/12/07/massive-arizona-surge-results-in-thousands-of-illegally-migrants-storming-the-us-n2632157

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Conservative Commentator Digs Up Clip That Shows What ‘Person of the Year’ Taylor Swift Thinks About Bible-Believing Christians – Michael Schwarz
https://www.westernjournal.com/conservative-commentator-digs-clip-shows-person-year-taylor-swift-thinks-bible-believing-christians/
— House Votes to Strike Down Biden’s ‘EV Mandate’ as 5 Democrats Side with Republicans – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/house-votes-strike-bidens-ev-mandate-5-democrats-side-republicans/
— ‘If They’re Harvesting, We’re Harvesting’: DeSantis Says What Every GOP Voter Should Want. – Johnathan Jones
https://www.westernjournal.com/harvesting-harvesting-desantis-says-every-gop-voter-want/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS COLORADO
— Aurora residents displaced after Denver leases motel for migrants – TORI MASON
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-leases-aurora-motel-residents-displaced-migrants/

NEWSWEEK
— Migrants Given $5,000 Gift Cards After Crossing Border
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-given-5000-gift-cards-after-crossing-border-arizona-sheriff-1850583

NBC NEWS
— Denver’s mayor asks Biden administration for more work authorizations to get migrants off streets – Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez (COMMENT: What jobs do Democrats and RINOs want to be given to illegals and why? Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at citizens of America that they should not have to take bad jobs like the ones I took and that citizens of foreign countries should take those bad jobs. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/denver-mayor-johnston-let-migrants-work-biden-administration-rcna128297

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly argue against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-debate-donald-trump-second-term-nikki-haley-ron-desantis-2f84fd67

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/07/out-of-state-abortions-are-twice-as-likely-since-reversal-of-roe-study-says/

ACCOUNTANCY AGE
— PwC alters recruitment process to foster diversity and inclusion. (COMMENT: Because I was 30 years old, that is, because I was “too old” and White and male, accounting firms had no interest in me when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and they continued to have no interest in me when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. They continued to have no interest in me even though a) I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, b) I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) I had worked for GAO since 1980. Of course, they gave weight to the fact that the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO and that they delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. The aforesaid is called age discrimination, reverse discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, and up-or-out. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.accountancyage.com/2023/12/07/pwc-revolutionises-recruitment-process-to-foster-diversity-and-inclusion/

NEWS ONE
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, in a traditional marriage, parents, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, not in a traditional marriage, non-parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://newsone.com/4839415/vivek-ramaswamy-great-replacement-theory/

NEW YORKER
— To get more and more and more votes from females, Democrat and RINO politicians give more and more and more preference to females, that is, they discriminate more and more and more against men.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-would-sandra-day-oconnor-have-thought-about-affirmative-action-for-men

POLITICO
— Where Are All the Anti-Trump Republicans? – JONATHAN MARTIN (COMMENT: Who are the leading anti-Trumps in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district? How successful have they been in promoting hatred against Trump?)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/08/the-stop-trump-effort-has-been-abysmal-00130751

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Cancel George Washington? 40% of Democrats Approve. Even though most voters have a positive opinion of George Washington, a substantial number of Democrats support a proposal in New York City that would tear down statues of America’s first president. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/cancel_george_washington_40_of_democrats_approve

December 7, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Website calls Chicago ‘sanctuary city’ for migrants as billboards for SF, NYC pop up in El Paso, TX
https://abc7chicago.com/el-paso-texas-billboards-chicago-migrants/14148278/
— Trump raises new alarms, saying he wouldn’t be a ‘dictator’ except on ‘Day One’ At a Fox town hall in Iowa, he avoided answering whether he would “abuse power.” – Jonathan Karl
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trumps-fox-news-sean-hannity-dictator-comments/14148050/
— City scrambling to determine next steps for migrants in Chicago after camp scrapped by state. Aldermen call for resignation of those in charge of Brighton Park camp for Chicago migrants. – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-how-many-are-us-immigration/14147846/

NBC5
— After rejection of Brighton Park migrant site, 3 Aldermen call for resignation of Johnson administration officials – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/after-rejection-of-brighton-park-migrant-site-3-aldermen-call-for-resignation-of-johnson-administration-officials/3296839/
— What’s next for migrants in Chicago after state halts Brighton Park site? If not the Brighton Park site, where will the city house an influx of migrants as winter arrives?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/whats-next-for-migrants-in-chicago-after-state-halts-brighton-park-site/3296526/
— Pritzker releases stern statement after Chicago blames state for Brighton Park migrant site troubles. If not the Brighton Park site, where will the city house an influx of migrants as winter arrives?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governors-office-releases-stern-statement-after-chicago-blames-state-for-brighton-park-migrant-site-troubles/3296726/
— New Trump administration will come after the media, ally warns – Ruxandra Iordache
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/new-trump-administration-will-come-after-the-media-ally-warns/3296295/
— 4 Republicans debate in narrowed stage in Alabama
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/4-republicans-debate-in-narrowed-stage-in-alabama/3297155/

CBS2
— Crowds, record day of revenue point to comeback on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile – JERMONT TERRY
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crowds-record-day-revenue-comeback-magnificent-mile/

WGN9
— 3 busloads of migrants arrive in Chicago, 4 more expected Wednesday night- Andrea Medina, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/2-busloads-of-migrants-arrive-in-chicago-5-more-expected-wednesday/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbH30rUZ0bI
— Christie slams Ramaswamy: ‘Most obnoxious blowhard in America’ – Julia Mueller,
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/christie-slams-ramaswamy-most-obnoxious-blowhard-in-america/
— Christie: I’m here to tell the truth about Trump, he’s ‘unfit’ – Andrew Dorn
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/christie-im-here-to-tell-the-truth-about-trump-hes-unfit/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Republican debate field was asked about Trump. But most of the stage’s attacks focused on Nikki Haley. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-aud-nw-republican-primary-debate-20231207-nz5ccz6aore4xi34n3l2mhesuy-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-pot-shops-st-1207-20231206-b6lnyzjmczdwpjnnlet6xecue4-story.html
— Democrats evert-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-donald-trump-presidency-insurrection-act-chapman-20231207-mxvpo7kalfbolctx3jexw7v6ke-story.html
— Gary councilman files election board complaint over precinct committeeman’s residency – Carrie Napoleon (COMMENT: Ever since 2004, when the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Vice Chairman and therefore incoming MTRO chairman moved out of her precinct, my MTRO critics/opponents have punished me severely for my refusing to cover that up. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-gary-election-complaint-st-1207-20231206-c57jpzknpjhixourajcs27sazu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago seeing largest spike in robberies in over 20 years, analysis shows. There were nearly 4,900 robberies between July 1 and Nov. 26, an increase of more than 55% compared to the total for the previous five months. That’s the largest increase in robberies between consecutive five-month periods since at least 2001. – Sophie Sherry and Alden Loury (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promote poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/7/23984643/armed-robbery-crime-violence-police-austin-west-town-humboldt-park

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin keeps wallet closed as presidential race heats up – Laura Davison, Katherine Burton, Amanda Gordon and Bill Allison
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/ken-griffin-keeps-wallet-closed-presidential-race-heats
— In wake of Brighton Park migrant shelter flap, three Council members call for resignations – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-migrant-crisis-brighton-park-failure-spurs-aldermanic-call-resignations

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— As winter approaches, relationship between Illinois governor, Chicago mayor cools – Brenden Moore
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/as-winter-approaches-relationship-between-illinois-governor-chicago-mayor-cools/article_270efa72-9479-11ee-82ef-eff73fd460ec.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Needless-to-say, all candidates, elected officials, and party leaders should be asked about their pot usage.
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/cannabis-revenues-continue-to-climb-in-illinois

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-197/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/06/isabels-afternoon-roundup-20/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois asks Supreme Court to deny injunction in gun ban challenge. Justice Barratt distributes Caulkins’ gun ban challenge, conflict of interest case to conference. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_69bebdea-9482-11ee-adb3-23a6cbdbd327.html
— More taxpayer funds going toward migrant meals – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_45a8173e-9488-11ee-a902-fb261e941b0a.html
— Durbin accused of blocking subpoenas, lying about Jeffrey Epstein flight logs – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d8cf7b54-9471-11ee-8996-236ba3759a73.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— IL GOP: ‘Time and time again, the Majority Party has shut down meaningful anti-corruption proposals’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/652855946-il-gop-time-and-time-again-the-majority-party-has-shut-down-meaningful-anti-corruption-proposals

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Cook County falls just short of being ranked America’s worst ‘Judicial Hellhole’ – Jonathan Bilyk (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed. I should write a book about those lawsuits, the defendants, their attorneys, and the adverse actions that they continue to take against me. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have gotten restraining orders.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/652856938-cook-county-falls-just-short-of-being-ranked-america-s-worst-judicial-hellhole

WIREPOINTS
— Inflation can’t save Illinois from its worst-in-nation pension crisis – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-2023-data-inflation-cant-save-illinois-from-its-worst-in-nation-pension-crisis-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Exposed: Mayor Johnson’s Migrant Camp Debacle!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/12/exposed-mayor-johnsons-migrant-camp-debacle.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Winners and losers in the fourth GOP presidential debate
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/gop-debate-winners-and-losers/
— Second-tier candidates bitterly brawl in final GOP debate – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/second-tier-candidates-bitterly-brawl-final-gop-de/
— GOP debate turns into early pile-up on Haley by DeSantis, Ramaswamy – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/gop-debate-turns-into-early-pile-up-on-nikki-haley/
— Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announces retirement from Congress at year’s end – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/kevin-mccarthy-former-house-speaker-announces-reti/
— McCarthy’s exit further diminishes GOP’s majority, jeopardizes spending and policy bills – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/kevin-mccarthys-exit-further-diminishes-gops-major/
— Biden’s EV mandate rejected by House Republicans, moderate Democrats – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/joe-bidens-ev-mandate-rejected-by-house-republican/
— Empty federal buildings could house illegal immigrants, senator says. DHS HQ is 69% unused, Social Security offices 93% vacant. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/empty-federal-buildings-could-house-illegal-immigr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats turn on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in latest fiasco over immigrant crisis – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/democrats-turn-on-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-immigrant-crisis#google_vignette
— Boston considers allowing immigrants with ‘legal status’ to vote in local elections – Misty Severi (COMMENT: According to Democrats and to RINOs, anyone in America who says they want amnesty has “legal status” in America.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/boston-considers-allowing-noncitizen-legal-immigrants-vote-local-elections
— Republican debate: Transgender rules expose divisions among GOP candidates – Mabinty Quarshie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-debate-transgender-divisions

NEW YORK POST
— 12,000 migrants cross Southern border in a single day Tuesday — highest total ever – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2023/12/06/news/12000-migrants-cross-southern-border-in-a-single-day-tuesday-highest-total-ever-sources/
— Republican debate splits over transgender kid surgeries: ‘Mutilating these minors’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2023/12/06/news/gop-candidates-clash-on-transgender-issues-at-fourth-primary-debate/
— Republicans quickly dogpile on Nikki Haley in fourth debate – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/12/06/news/republicans-quickly-dogpile-on-nikki-haley-in-fourth-debate/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Doing to the Navy? – Brent Ramsey
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/what_diversity_equity_and_inclusion_is_doing_to_the_navy.html

BREITBART
— Senate Republicans Stage Walkout Against Biden’s Open Borders – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/06/senate-republicans-stage-walkout-against-bidens-open-borders/
— Vivek Ramaswamy: Deporting America’s Illegal Alien Population Can Be Done with Existing Law – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/06/vivek-ramaswamy-deporting-americas-illegal-alien-population-done-existing-law/
— Nikki Haley Repeats Amnesty Offer for Pre-2021 Illegal Aliens – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/12/06/nikki-haley-repeats-amnesty-offer-pre-2021-illegal-aliens/
— Republicans Block Ukraine Aid Bill, Demanding More Funds for Border Crisis – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/12/06/republicans-block-democrats-funding-mass-illegal-migration/
— Dem Sen. Coons: ‘Legitimate Case’ IRS Has Abused Audits, But It Needs More Agents – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions. They disallowed my job-related graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and my job-related graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, female, minority, or veteran. I should write a book about that. Overwhelmingly, those who side with my Democrat IRS superiors are Democrats, minorities, females, and/or veterans a) who never took job-related graduate courses and/or did not have to pay for those courses.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/06/dem-sen-coons-legitimate-case-irs-has-abused-audits-but-it-needs-more-agents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that “there is a legitimate case to be made that, in some instances in the past, the IRS has overused its audit authority” but defended additional IRS funding enacted by the Biden administration without legislative guarantees it won’t be used to audit taxpayers making under $400,000. While discussing increased funding for the IRS, co-host Joe Kernen asked, “You don’t worry about weaponizing the IRS again, Senator? You saw what happened. You were there for Lois Lerner, weren’t you? Maybe you weren’t.”)
— Christie Attacks ‘Dictator’ Trump: ‘He Wants to Exact Retribution’ – NICK GILBERTSON
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/12/06/christie-attacks-dictator-trump-he-wants-to-exact-retribution/
— Chris Christie Joins Nikki Haley: Feds Should Not Ban Child Sex Changes – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/06/chris-christie-joins-nikki-haley-feds-not-ban-child-sex-changes/
— Vivek Ramaswamy Tells Chris Christie to ‘Have a Nice Meal’ – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/06/watch-vivek-ramaswamy-tells-chris-christie-to-have-a-nice-meal/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden’s New ‘Asylum Officer Rule’ Nearly Triples Border Protection Grants – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Bidens-New-Asylum-Officer-Rule-Nearly-Triples-Border-Protection-Grants

CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis: Trump is too old to be president – Casey Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) demonized, denigrated, and condemned my federal career and b) stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. In 1973 when I was 25 years old, my Democrat superiors in the federal government deemed me to be too old to ever be promoted to GS-13, currently $109,732/year. The Navy equivalent is Commander. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Nevertheless, I did get promoted to GS-13 in 1986 when I was 32 after I had a) worked for GAO for almost 7 years, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. What do DeSantis supporters say about that? Unlike me, DeSantis became a veteran when he was 26. Like me, DeSantis did not earn a master’s degree until he was 27. DeSantis ended his Navy Reserve service in 2019 when he was 41 as a Lieutenant Commander. The GS equivalent is GS-12. I made GS-12 in 1974 when I was 25.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7628fe24-94aa-11ee-8a76-fbcb42c4e4f3.html

DAILY CALLER
— Border Patrol Had 22,000 Illegal Immigrants In Custody After Releasing Thousands Into The Country – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/06/border-patrol-illegal-immigrants-custody-releasing-thousands/
— Don’t Fall For Corporations’ Fake Retreat From DEI – LAURA BRADY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/06/brady-esg-dei-diversity-hr-wokeness-strive/
— Ivy League Presidents Invoked Free Speech To Defend Anti-Jewish Protests. Here’s How They’ve Treated Conservatives – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/06/ivy-league-presidents-claudine-gay-harvard-university-upenn-mit-liz-magill/
— Here’s How Woke DEI Initiatives Fuel Antisemitism On College Campuses – ALAN DERSHOWITZ
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/06/opinion-heres-how-woke-dei-initiatives-fuel-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-alan-dershowitz/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 11 Key Takeaways From the Fourth GOP Presidential Debate – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/06/7-key-takeaways-fourth-gop-presidential-debate/
— Ramaswamy: Transgenderism Is Mental Health Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ6WjJJ5XAQ

DAILY WIRE
— Billionaire Donor Calls On Harvard, MIT, Penn Presidents To Resign After They Cited Need For ‘Context’ In Calls For Genocide Of Jews. “This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress.” – Hank Berrien•
https://www.dailywire.com/news/billionaire-donor-calls-on-harvard-mit-penn-presidents-to-resign-after-they-cited-need-for-context-in-calls-for-genocide-of-jews

FEDERALIST
— Tuberville Abortion Fight Is The Tip Of Extremist Policies The Pentagon Has Embedded In Our Military – ELAINE DONNELLY
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/06/tuberville-abortion-fight-is-just-the-tip-of-extremist-policies-the-pentagon-has-embedded-in-our-military/
— Don’t Blame Tuberville For Dropping His Pentagon Abortion Protest, Blame His Feckless GOP Colleagues – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/05/dont-blame-tuberville-for-dropping-his-pentagon-abortion-protest-blame-his-feckless-gop-colleagues/
— U.S. Sets Record For Most Single-Day Border Apprehensions – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/06/report-u-s-sets-record-for-most-single-day-border-apprehensions/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— More Illegal Alien Crime in Sanctuary City America – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/06/more-illegal-alien-crime-sanctuary-city-america

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents irate with Democrats over migrant crisis, vow to disrupt Democratic National Convention. Chicago residents furious at Democrats for policies toward migrants. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-residents-irate-democrats-migrant-crisis-vow-disrupt-democratic-national-convention
— Name-calling, personal jabs round out top 5 moments from the fiery Republican presidential debate in Alabama. Four GOP candidates squared off in Tuscaloosa, Alabama less than six weeks before the Iowa Caucuses. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/name-calling-personal-jabs-top-five-moments-fiery-republican-presidential-debate-alabama
— Before Biden gives one more dime to Ukraine, he must first secure our border. Since President Biden entered the White House approximately 9.5 million migrants have illegally entered the United States. – Sen. Ron Johnson , Sen. Rick Scott
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/before-biden-gives-dime-ukraine-first-secure-border
— ‘Active shooter’ at University of Nevada, Las Vegas with ‘multiple victims;’ suspect dead. University of Nevada, Las Vegas officials said the active shooter was at the business school’s building. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/us/active-shooter-university-nevada-las-vegas-multiple-victims

HOT AIR
— Busload of Illegal Aliens Dropped Off at Colorado Capitol – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/06/busload-of-illegal-aliens-dropped-off-at-colorado-capitol-n597021

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Over 12,000 Migrant Encounters on Tuesday Sets ‘Single Day Total Ever Recorded’ “This includes 10,200+ Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants, amongst the highest daily totals for BP ever recorded.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/over-12000-migrant-encounters-on-tuesday-sets-single-day-total-ever-recorded/

NEW AMERICAN
— Border Crisis Escalates as Illegals Thank Joe Biden – Rebecca Terrell
https://thenewamerican.com/news/border-crisis-escalates-as-illegals-thank-joe-biden/

TOWNHALL
— The Border Crisis Just Broke Another Insane Record – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/12/06/the-border-crisis-just-hit-another-insane-milestone-n2632092
— Tapper Reacts to Biden’s ‘Stunning Admission’ About Why He’s Running – Leah Barkoukis (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on their motives.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/12/06/why-jake-tapper-believes-biden-made-stunning-admission-in-comment-about-why-hes-running-n2632064

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— 85 percent of New York City voters concerned about accommodating migrants
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4345802-new-york-city-voters-concerned-accommodating-migrants/

CBS NEWS
— Nearly $5 billion in additional student loan forgiveness approved by Biden administration. – C MANDLER
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-debt-relief-biden-administration-approves-4-8-billion/

REUTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-republicans-block-assault-style-weapons-ban-mass-shootings-rise-2023-12-06/
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-joins-schumer-in-attempt-to-pass-the-assault-weapons-ban-on-the-senate-floor

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Inside Donald Trump’s Dominance of a Primary He Wasn’t Supposed to Win.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/podcasts/run-up-donald-trump-gop-primary.html
— The Media, Democracy and the 2024 Election: What’s at Stake. Should something change about the way news is gathered, reported and shared? – Saskia Miller (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/business/dealbook/media-democracy-2024-election.html

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/12/06/hate-groups-israel-hamas-antisemitism/71799306007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that voters reject, the more that they hate Trump. The fewer demographics that voters share with Trump, the more that they hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/06/voters-supporting-2024-gop-primary-contenders/71717507007/
— The top 1% of American earners now own more wealth than the entire middle class. – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most as having been overpaid by GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, Post Office 1966-1969, etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/06/top-1-american-earners-more-wealth-middle-class/71769832007/
— An ‘obnoxious blowhard’ and some ‘jealous’ fellas. Who were the winners and losers of the fourth GOP debate? – Nicole Fallert
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/12/07/israel-hamas-gaza-vegas-shooting-mccarthy-taylor-swift/71835873007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I’m Leaving the House but Not the Fight. My work is only getting started in my next chapter. – Kevin McCarthy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kevin-mccarthy-my-next-chapter-house-gop-retirement-california-e4e593d7
— DEI Drives Campus Antisemitism. Gerrymandering Jews into an ‘oppressed’ class won’t save universities from a malevolent ideology. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-drives-campus-antisemitism-harvard-ivy-ackman-israel-bds-b19ebd12
— The Political Price of Anti-Israel Protests. Democrats start to push back against public antisemitism. It may be too late. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-political-price-of-anti-israel-protests-antisemitism-biden-gaza-war-ae8832c0
— ‘The Peer Effect’ Trying to Find a Key to Success – Naomi Schaefer Riley (COMMENT: Those who graduated grade school and high school with you are your closest peers. How successful have you been in relation to them?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-peer-effect-review-trying-to-find-a-key-to-success-e4d991f0

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use Diversity to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2023/12/06/how-diversity-inspires-us-to-up-our-game/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/06/final-ap-african-american-studies-class-makes-teaching-about-black-lives-matter-optional-after-criticism-from-desantis/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07/abortions-twice-as-many-people-traveling-out-of-state-after-roe-restrictions

FED SMITH
— 23% Increase in TSP Millionaires So Far in 2023. Despite the recent declines in the stock market, the number of TSP millionaires has risen sharply in 2023. – Ian Smith (COMMENT: For 2024, because of higher Medicare cost, my already dramatically reduced Social Security goes from $64/month to $0.00/month and I still owe $320.40 for the year.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/11/03/23-percent-increase-in-tsp-millionaires-in-2023/

NPR
— Trump allies craft plans to give him unprecedented power if he wins the White House – Franco Ordoñez
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2023-12-06/trump-allies-craft-plans-to-give-him-unprecedented-power-if-he-wins-the-white-house

DAILY MAIL
— DeSantis goes after Trump’s age by saying president is NOT the job for ‘someone pushing 80’ – but REFUSES to say if he thinks he is ‘unfit’ to serve despite Christie’s demands he answer. Ron DeSantis, 45, said presidency ‘is not a job for somebody that’s pushing 80’. Donald Trump, 77, and President Joe Biden, 81, have face criticism for their age. Christie slammed DeSantis for refusing to say if Trump is ‘mentally fit’ to serve. – KATELYN CARALLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12835503/DeSantis-says-Trumps-pushing-80-not-fit-president.html

December 6, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Biden says Trump is existential threat to US; Trump tries to point finger at Biden.”
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-says-trump-is-existential-threat-to-us;-trump-tries-to-point-/14145710/
— Democrats say “What to know about the 4th Republican presidential debate.”
https://abc7chicago.com/republican-presidential-debate-primary-alabama/14145775/
— State will not proceed with Brighton Park camp for Chicago migrants after environmental review. Mayor Brandon Johnson has said migrants in Chicago would be housed in winterized tents as temps drop. – Michelle Gallardo, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-news-brighton-park-migrant-crisis/14144905/
— Presidents of universities grilled on efforts to counter antisemitism on campus: ‘Difficult work’ Each university president has denounced antisemitism. – Cheyenne Haslett and Sarah Beth Hensley
https://abc7chicago.com/university-presidents-harvard-u-penn-mit/14145430/
— What’s next after Chicago migrant camp plans scrapped?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QsRBtpCzYM
— No clear answer on alternative site after Chicago migrant camp plans derailed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kls18tWFpZk
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/hulu-movies-we-live-here-the-midwest-lbgtq/14145935/

NBC5
— Wall Street opens wallets wide for ‘Trump alternative’ Nikki Haley at $500K fundraiser
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/wall-street-opens-wallets-wide-for-trump-alternative-nikki-haley-at-500k-fundraiser/3295677/
— Chicago mayor reacts after state halts Brighton Park migrant site. The decision comes just after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration temporarily halted construction at the site, located at 38th and California, to further review an 800-page environmental assessment. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-reacts-after-state-halts-brighton-park-migrant-site/3295590/
— City releases statement after state halts plans for migrant site in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-releases-statement-after-state-halts-plans-for-migrant-site-in-chicagos-brighton-park-neighborhood/3295843/
— Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade – AP (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, thousands of promotions were delayed and cancelled, including mine, because of Republican–led budget cuts.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/sen-tommy-tuberville-says-hes-ending-blockade-of-most-military-nominees/3295496/

CBS2
— Concern rises among Chicago universities, students about antisemitism, Islamophobia – CHARLIE DE MAR, CAITLIN YILEK, KATHRYN WATSON (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago universities and their students are overwhelmingly Democrats.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/concern-rises-chicago-universities-students-antisemitism-islamophobia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcBXUv_rS4
— Biden says he’s “not sure” he’d be running for reelection if Trump weren’t – KATHRYN WATSO
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/biden-not-sure-he-would-run-reelection-if-trump-werent/
— What will happen to land in Chicago’s Brighton Park with migrant tent camp called off?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kG2wiWNSc
— Pritzker scraps Chicago’s plan for first migrant tent camp in Brighton Park over contaminated soil – TODD FEURER, MARYBEL GONZALEZ, TARA MOLINA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brighton-park-tent-camp-canceled-contaminated-soil/
— Tensions arise between Gov. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Johnson as city deals with migrant crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1_LPYDg4nQ
— Johnson, Pritzker “not on same page” as Chicago tackles migrant crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRa5E00p-lw

FOX32
— Community sounds off after Chicago migrant camp shut down
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1377166
— Excitement builds as dates, details for 2024 Chicago Auto Show unveiled (COMMENT: Tuesday, February 13 is “Automotive Career Day.” My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended abruptly in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I needed a job to help support my mother and brother because my father had died suddenly in 1969 and my application for a financial hardship draft deferment was pending. Further, I got a) almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority that I had earned working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I was a student at UIC and NIU 1966-1969 and b) all the sick leave reinstated that I had earned but not used.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-auto-show-2024-dates-details

WBEZ
— Chicago blames state for not raising concerns about Brighton Park migrant site sooner
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-blames-state-for-not-raising-concerns-about-brighton-park-migrant-site-sooner/1709d0dc-a700-4f57-8020-24d5a6b073f9

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Very few contested primary races in Will and DuPage counties in the March 2024 election – Michelle Mullins
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-will-dupage-election-filings-candidates-st-1206-20231205-hhcrflsdabfkxioobtd5k62yhm-story.html
— No contest: listings for March primary elections shows majority of DuPage County candidates running unopposed. – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dupage-county-march-2024-primary-elections-tl-1207-20231205-w67yruozp5c3pf3uvxrebnllpa-story.html
— Biden tells donors: ‘If Trump wasn’t running I’m not sure I’d be running. We cannot let him win’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/biden-james-taylor-steven-spielberg-20231205-7nedi5smgfehzl4htkrwtseswa-story.html
— Legislative races shape up with filings, John Egofske to quit 82nd House post on Friday – Mike Nolan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-south-southwest-legislative-races-st-1206-20231205-u5mlicboyfhidezmwjdqegm3ni-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker won’t proceed with Brighton Park migrant camp, citing ‘serious’ environmental concerns – Alice Yin, Dan Petrella, A.D. Quig and Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-halts-migrant-camp-environmental-concerns-20231205-vbp2iebzl5dynaop3pgeljabcm-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more drug abuse.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-narcan-fentanyl-opioid-overdose-20231206-tv2wygkr6rbu7ahc6ouxbb76ya-story.html
— Lake Forest joining other home-rule communities in opting out of upcoming employee-leave state law – Daniel I. Dorfman (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my hiving benefited from the federal governments’ generous leave policies.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/ct-lfr-paid-leave-tl-1207-20231205-5cqw6fcssfdcnd5ekqhadcwamm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker rejects toxic migrant shelter site in Brighton Park. The decision follows the city of Chicago’s release of an environmental report Friday that showed the location at 38th and California required metals and chemicals cleanup. – Tina Sfondeles, Brett Chase and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/5/23989385/pritzker-rejects-toxic-migrant-shelter-site-brighton-park
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/5/23989158/chicago-migrant-crisis-refugees-asylum-seekers-thanksgiving-sullivan-high-school-venezuela

DAILY HERALD
— Two more contested Illinois House primaries appear as filing period closes – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231205/two-more-contested-illinois-house-primaries-appear-as-filing-period-closes

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Citing environmental concerns, Pritzker nixes Brighton Park migrant tent camp plan – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-migrant-crisis-pritzker-nixes-brighton-park-tent-camp-site
— Time to size up Pritzker’s presidential ambitions – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzkers-presidential-ambitions-electability-now-debate-greg-hinz
— If building lots of homes would ease U.S. housing crisis, Illinois isn’t helping – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-ties-last-building-new-homesNORTHWEST HERALD
— Primary filing math points toward continued Democratic majorities – Scott T. Holland
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/12/06/eye-on-illinois-primary-filing-math-points-toward-continued-democratic-majorities/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Migrant issues dividing state’s Democratic power brokers – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-migrant-issues-dividing-states-democratic-power-brokers/article_8645836b-4eca-5155-98fb-2d477d697528.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Not only can Trump win, right now he’s the favorite to win – Sean Trende (COMMENT: Voters often vote for those who share their demographics. Many Catholics and Irish Americans voted for Biden. The more that it looks like Trump might defeat Biden, the more hatred that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will promote against Trump and against those who share his demographics and especially against those who are Protestant and/or German American.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/not-trump-win-right-now-favorite-sean-trende-18520383.php

25 NEWS NOW
— ‘The rules are really unclear’: Why FOID card holders are hesitating to register assault weapons. – Madison Porter
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/06/rules-are-really-unclear-why-foid-card-holders-are-hesitating-register-assault-weapons/
— Pritzker expects patience will be rewarded in luring EV-related industries to Illinois – Howard Packowitz
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/06/pritzker-expects-patience-will-be-rewarded-luring-ev-related-industries-illinois/

WCIA
— EIU granted $200K to help students in need finish degrees – Simmy Wood (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owing a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970 because my parents were filthy rich. In fact, it was because I worked all the hours that I could part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and because my parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/eiu-granted-200k-to-help-students-in-need-finish-degrees/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-declines-to-rule-out-abusing-power-or-seeking-retribution-if-he-returns-to-the-white-house/

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS whistleblowers to testify behind closed doors as GOP lawmakers continue impeachment inquiry (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/gallery/irs-whistleblowers-to-testify-behind-closed-doors-as-gop-lawmakers-continue-impeachment-inquiry-into-the-president-gary-shapley-joseph-ziegler-hunter-biden-ways-and-means-oversight-judiciary-president-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-republicans

ELMHURST PATCH
— 2 Run For Elmhurst State House Seat. The Democratic and Republican candidates serve in local elected offices. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/2-hopefuls-run-elmhurst-state-rep-seat

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Area Lawmaker Resigns After 10 Months. Two candidates are vying for his seat in next year’s elections. Now, the GOP gets to appoint someone to fill the job in the interim. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-area-lawmaker-resigns-after-10-months

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Where Will Migrants Go When Their 60-Day Shelter Stays Expire? Volunteers Blast City’s ‘Reckless’ Process. Advocates question if the city’s policies will transition people into stable living — and they warn some people may try to return to police districts for help. – Madison Savedra, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Colin Boyle and Alex V. Hernandez
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/05/where-will-migrants-go-when-their-60-day-shelter-stays-expire-volunteers-blast-citys-reckless-process/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-196/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/05/isabels-afternoon-roundup-19/
— Pritzker says ‘literally a dozen more’ EV plants are in the pipeline, plus an additional dozen plants in ‘other categories’
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/05/pritzker-says-literally-a-dozen-more-ev-plants-are-in-the-pipeline-plus-a-dozen-more-plants-in-other-categories/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— With Polluted Tent Site Out, Pritzker Asks for Catholic Schools, Totally Ignoring Vacant and Hardly Used Public School Buildings
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/06/with-polluted-tent-site-out-pritzker-asks-for-catholic-schools-totally-ignoring-vacant-and-hardly-used-public-school-buildings/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Durbin proposes U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants through military service
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/652855605-durbin-proposes-u-s-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service

WIREPOINTS
— Court battle now expected with opposition determined to stop Chinese company’s Illinois EV battery plant – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/court-battle-now-expected-with-opposition-determined-to-stop-chinese-companys-illinois-ev-battery-plant-wirepoints/
— The government union class runs Illinois and get massive benefits, all paid for by taxpayers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that while I was a government union member 1966-1980, my salary in today’s dollars increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year. In my defense, I stress that during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, I earned an MBA from Loyola, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://wirepoints.org/the-government-union-class-runs-illinois-and-get-massive-benefits-all-paid-for-by-taxpayers-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans needs to be unapologetically pro-life – Kristan Hawkins
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/republicans-keep-gambling-on-little-abortion-and-l/
— House condemns surge of antisemitism, but large bloc of Democrats abstain – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/house-condemns-surge-of-antisemitism-but-large-blo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Manteno clears path for $2 billion Chinese-owned EV battery plant – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/illinois-town-clears-path-chinese-owned-ev-battery-plant
— Haley leads the talk about who should be GOP’s vice-presidential candidate – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/inside-beltway-nikki-haley-lads-talk-about-who-sho/
— How long will Republican unity on border security last? – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-long-will-republican-unity-on-border-security-last
— Muslim activists want to #AbandonBiden – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/muslim-activists-want-to-abandonbiden

NEW YORK POST
— Biden tells Democratic donors ‘I’m not sure I’d be running’ in 2024 if Trump was out: ‘We cannot let him win’ – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/biden-says-im-not-sure-id-be-running-if-trump-was-out/
— Chinese migrants look like tourists on US border — lawyer calls clients ‘at least middle class’ – Marjorie Hernandez
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/chinese-asylum-seekers-look-like-tourists-on-california-border/
— NYC’s migrant ‘crisis’ is one of its own making — we cannot house the world – Seth Barron
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/opinion/nycs-migrant-crisis-is-one-of-its-own-making-we-cannot-house-the-world/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Manteno votes to rezone property for CCP-connected EV battery company
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/05/rural-illinois-town-votes-to-rezone-property-for-ccp-connected-ev-battery-company/

AMERICAN NEWS WIRE
— Durbin raises eyebrows with proposal to enlist illegals into military, and give them citizenship – Kevin Haggerty
https://americanwirenews.com/durbin-raises-eyebrows-with-proposal-to-enlist-illegals-into-military-and-give-them-citizenship/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Durbin raises eyebrows with proposal to enlist illegals into military, and give them citizenship – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/05/durbin-raises-eyebrows-with-proposal-to-enlist-illegals-into-military-and-give-them-citizenship-1417445/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Our Ticking Ethnic Time Bomb – Star Parker (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who lack education and/or job skills and who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.)
https://www.creators.com/read/star-parker/12/23/our-ticking-ethnic-time-bomb
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican vote is disproportionately white. The Democratic vote is disproportionately not white. An ongoing shift of the population toward non-white demographics means that, assuming no change in voting behavior of these various groups, electing Republicans will become harder and harder.

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez stated Monday on Fox News that the Democratic voting base is turning to Republicans for help because they “no longer” feel represented by President Joe Biden or the party. – HAILEY GOMEZ (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms poor people the most.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/04/blue-city-official-warns-biden-campaign-lose-thousands-democrat-voters/
— Federal Agents Say They’re Stuck ‘Babysitting’ Illegal Immigrants Instead Of Stopping Criminals – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/federal-agents-stuck-babysitting-illegal-immigrants-stopping-criminals/

DAILY CALLER
— Rodney Davis Lays Out Case For Why Liz Cheney Presidential Run Would Help Trump – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/rodney-davis-liz-cheney-trump/
— ‘Where Do You Want Them?’: GOP Rep Grills Witness Calling For More Immigration – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/gop-rep-grills-witness-calling-more-immigration/
— Over 100 House Dems Refuse To Vote For Resolution Condemning Antisemitism – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being an antisemite, they stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/over-100-house-dems-refuse-to-vote-for-resolution-condemning-antisemitism/

DAILY WIRE
— Durbin Favors Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Through Military Service – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service
— Republicans Unveil Legislation To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban, Strip Funding From Universities That Discriminate – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-unveil-legislation-to-enforce-affirmative-action-ban-strip-funding-from-universities-that-discriminate
— Border Authorities Dropped Off 42,000 Illegal Immigrants On San Diego Streets Since September – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-authorities-dropped-off-42000-illegal-immigrants-on-san-diego-streets-since-september

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden’s Legal ‘Victories’ at the Border Are Losers for America
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/05/bidens-legal-victories-border-are-losers-america

GOPUSA
— Ronna McDaniel Taps Leftwing Network To Host GOP Presidential Debate
https://www.gopusa.com/ronna-mcdaniel-taps-leftwing-network-to-host-gop-presidential-debate/
— U.S. National Debt Surpasses $100K Per Person
https://www.gopusa.com/u-s-national-debt-surpasses-100k-per-person/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Democrats Shouldn’t Be Surprised by Their Left Flank’s Radicalism – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/democrats-shouldnt-be-surprised-their-left-flanks-radicalism

MRC TV
— Border Jumper Gushes, ‘I Love You Joe Biden – Thank You For Everything!’ – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-jumper-gushes-i-love-you-joe-biden-thank-you-everything
— The Left’s Viral Narcissism: Tantrums Over ‘Misgendering’ – TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/tierin-rose-mandelburg/lefts-viral-narcissism-tantrums-over-misgendering
— Durbin Wants Illegals to Join the Military, Cites Low Recruitment Numbers – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/sen-durbin-wants-illegals-join-military-cites-low-recruitment-numbers

NEW AMERICAN
— The Multicultural Time Bomb Is Exploding — and the Victims Are Blamed – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/the-multicultural-time-bomb-is-exploding-and-the-victims-are-blamed/

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Woke’ Was Invented to Kill the West, and It’s Working – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2023/12/05/woke-was-invented-to-kill-the-west-and-its-working-n4924483

POST MILLENNIAL
— 168 Chinese illegal immigrants cross into US in California carrying suitcases. “This is not normal. Our country is being invaded.” – Darian Douraghy
https://thepostmillennial.com/must-watch-chinese-illegal-immigrants-cross-into-us-in-california-carrying-suitcases

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Durbin: We Should Allow Illegal Immigrants To Earn Citizenship By Joining Armed Forces – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/04/sen_durbin_we_should_allow_illegal_immigrants_to_earn_citizenship_by_joining_armed_forces.html

TOWNHALL
— Durbin believes there’s an easy solution to the military’s poor recruitment figures—sign up the massive number of illegal border crossers and give them citizenship in return. – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/12/05/dick-durbin-wants-illegals-to-become-soldiers-n2632028
— Proposed Rule From Biden Administration Takes Aim at Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/12/05/sba-biden-crisis-pregnancy-centers-n2631974

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Aliens Rush Through Hole in Wall as Border Patrol, Federal Contractors Try to Fix It – Joe Saunders
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-illegal-aliens-rush-hole-wall-border-patrol-federal-contractors-try-fix/
— Durbin Proposes Arming Illegal Immigrants, Providing Them with Military Training – Samantha Chang
https://www.westernjournal.com/senator-proposes-arming-illegal-immigrants-providing-military-training/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making high school students LGBTQers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4343114-mike-johnson-fundraising-email-lgbtq-youths/
— 60 percent of GOP voters would pick Trump in primary – LAUREN SFORZA
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4340058-60-percent-of-gop-voters-would-pick-trump-in-primary-poll/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making high school students LGBTQers.
https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-lgbtq-high-school-students-campaign-email-1849736

CNN
— US job openings hit a two-year low – Alicia Wallace
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/economy/jolts-job-openings-layoffs-october/index.html

REUTERS
— Attorneys with disabilities are rare at law firms. It doesn’t have to be that way, group says. – Karen Sloan (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees they hired.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/attorneys-with-disabilities-are-rare-law-firms-it-doesnt-have-be-that-way-group-2023-12-05/

CBS NEWS
— More U.S. companies no longer requiring job seekers to have a college degree – MEGAN CERULLO (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU management 1970), b) my three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola business 1976, DePaul accounting 1980, and IIT finance 1997), c) my six job-related professional certifications (accounting 1979, internal auditing 1981, fraud examination 1990, government financial management 1994, financial services auditing 1996, and forensic accounting 1997), and d) my job-related professional license (accounting 1981). All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, c) who had no job-related professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to force the agency to get rid of more than half of its employees. Those Democrats could have, but did not, make having a job-related master’s degree, professional certification, and/or professional license a retention requirement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-degree-job-requirement/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Tuberville Drops Blockade of Most Military Promotions – Catie Edmondson (COMMENT: I should write a book about the harm done to GAO by Republican-led budget cuts 1980-1997. I would use as an example the harm done to my GAO career because of those budget cuts. GAO delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. I would use as examples the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because of those budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used those budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Chicago Black Voters to Republican Candidates: ‘Now Is Your Time’ ‘We are done with the Democratic party,’ Black voters are saying at Chicago in the latest racial tensions that have been brewing in the sanctuary city for months. – MAGGIE HRONCICH (COMMENT: RINO leaders in Illinois want cheap labor, that is, they want mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/chicago-black-voters-to-republican-candidates-now-is-your-time

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders work together to promote mass/illegal immigration, Democrats because migrants vote for Democrats and RINOs because they want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-border-crisis-stymies-needed-immigration-reform-policy-economy-jobs-9c950926
— Are Americans in the Mood for More Trump? Voters think things are out of control. He will reassure some and terrify others. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-americans-in-the-mood-for-more-trump-voter-sentiment-2024-primary-campaign-2b583dbe
— Tuberville Backs Down in Fight Over Military Promotions. Alabama senator had blocked officers from advancing in protest of Pentagon’s abortion policy. – Lindsay Wise and Nancy A. Youssef (COMMENT: I should write a book about the harm done to GAO by Republican-led budget cuts 1980-1997. I would use as an example the harm done to my GAO career because of those budget cuts. GAO delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. I would use as examples the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because of those budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used those budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tommy-tuberville-backs-down-in-fight-over-military-promotions-494cdbbc

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/12/06/governors-urge-biden-to-reschedule-marijuana-by-the-end-of-this-year/

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Employer of Last Resort – Hans F. Sennholz (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. According to Democrats and to RINOs, the federal government should be the employer of last resort and is the employer of last resort. According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who Republicans discriminate against, that is, to Democrats, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who the private sector does not want because they are not the “best and the brightest.” According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who have financial, health, and/or other problems. According to my critics/opponents, instead of me, all the federal jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have been given a) to Democrats, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, b) to those who the private sector did not want, and c) to those who had financial, health, and/or other problems. Further, according to my critics/opponents, because I got those jobs and promotions even though I was not a Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time and I do not have financial, health, or other problems, it was because I was someone who the private sector did not want because I was not one of the “best and the brightest.” In my defense, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. By the time the Post Office hired me in 1966, I had passed the postal employment test, earned an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and had started taking classes at UIC. By the time IRS hired me in 1971, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, and worked for Firestone Stores for a year. By the time GAO hired me in 1980, I had gotten promoted by IRS three times, earned an MBA from Loyola, and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://fee.org/articles/employer-of-last-resort/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Resolved: That the federal government should provide employment for all employable United States citizens living in poverty. On the affirmative side students are expected to argue that the federal government shall strive to abolish poverty and, if necessary, act as employer of last resort. . .High school students at last are catching up with the political debate that has animated their elders since the first New Deal. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed to make the federal government the employer of last resort, proclaiming that “one third” of the American people were “underfed, under-clothed, and underhoused.” Thirty years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared his “war on poverty,” which was to liberate some twenty percent of the population. President Jimmy Carter, during his term of office, waged his special war on poverty. All three made the poverty of some 40 million Americans the central issue of their public policies. Indeed, all presidents have echoed a deep concern for the poor. And yet, the poor are still with us. Their faces have changed, but their numbers hardly ever vary. Armed with poverty statistics, their spokesmen suggest that past government efforts were half-hearted and indecisive. The war, they argue, must be carried on with unrelenting vigor and dedication until victory is won. They would make government the employer of last resort.)

December 5, 2023

Democrat and RINO leaders created the illegal immigration crisis. As the crisis gets worse and worse and worse, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly falsely deny that they created it.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Judge denies temporary restraining order after construction halted at Brighton Park migrant camp. Judge orders city to keep residents informed before work on 38th and California site resumes. – Jessica D’Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/brighton-park-migrant-camp-venezuelan-migrants-chicago-news-mayor-brandon-johnson/14139596/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/food-pantry-near-me-hermosa-chicago-migrants/14142579/
— Police officers and firefighters would no longer be forced to retire at age 63 under a proposal that’s being considered by a city council committee. – Craig Wall (COMMENT: Forcing employees to retire early is not only a tremendous waste, it is age discrimination. Democrats run the federal government. They use “up-or-out” to force their employees who they did not promote into their Senior Executive Service ($183,500/year) by age 40 and who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible. I became eligible to take their early retirement “offer” in 1993 when I was 45. Because I am Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, because they never promoted me to GS-14 let alone to SES, and because in 1988, when I was 40, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-fire-retirement-age-city-council/14141877/

NBC5
— After report finds mercury, toxic materials, Pritzker pauses Chicago migrant site construction. Pritzker’s spokeswoman told NBC 5 Investigates the pause in construction is due to the Illinois EPA, which has additional questions about the number of samples collected at the site and how the contaminated soil was removed and disposed of. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/after-report-finds-presence-of-mercury-toxic-materials-pritzker-pauses-chicago-migrant-site-construction/3294506/
— Governor pauses construction at Brighton Park migrant site following environmental report. An 800-page environmental assessment report was released late Friday by the city of Chicago, revealing soil contamination was discovered from mercury and other compounds at the Brighton Park site. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/governor-pauses-construction-at-brighton-park-migrant-site-following-environmental-report/3294253/

CBS2
— Construction paused at Chicago migrant tent camp site
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/construction-paused-at-chicago-migrant-tent-camp-site/
— Kim Foxx calls findings showing as many as 1 in 3 Black women in 2022 were victims of crime “jarring” – CAROL THOMPSON, DOROTHY TUCKER (COMMENT: Who commits these crimes?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kimberly-foxx-findings-black-women-crime-jarring/

WTTW
— Alds. Lopez and Sigcho-Lopez Debate Attempt to Add Sanctuary City Referendum to March Primary Ballot – Acacia Hernandez
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/04/alds-lopez-and-sigcho-lopez-debate-attempt-add-sanctuary-city-referendum-march-primary
— Move to Limit Access to City Council Meetings ‘Likely Illegal,’ Better Government Association Warns Mayor – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/04/move-limit-access-city-council-meetings-likely-illegal-better-government-association
— Illinois Officials Stop Construction of Chicago Base Camp for Migrants as Environmental Review Continues – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/04/illinois-officials-stop-construction-chicago-base-camp-migrants-environmental-review

WGN RADIO
— Ray LaHood: One party rule does not benefit the citizens of Illinois – Pete Zimmerman (COMMENT: RINO Illinois Republican Party leaders rather see Democrats elected in Illinois than conservative Republicans.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/ray-lahood-one-party-rule-does-not-benefit-the-citizens-of-illinois/

WBBM
— Pritzker downplays tension with Chicago mayor: ‘We have a good relationship’ – Rachel Pierson
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/pritzker-downplays-tension-with-chicago-mayor

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: State drafted, but never sent to Texas, flyer aimed at discouraging migrants from coming to Chicago – Dan Petrella, Nell Salzman and Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-migrant-flyer-state-city-disharmony-20231205-ptnk44v5orhjxo5ntlycz4qpv4-story.html
— Group fails attempt to crash-and-grab at high-end Magnificent Mile store, ditches car – Jake Sheridan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-magnificent-mile-crash-grab-20231204-7ddpnjo4kffilh6x2azvij3i4u-story.html
— Over vocal opposition, Manteno board clears way for $2 billion Chinese-owned EV battery plant – Jeremy Gorner and Rick Pearson (COMMENT: Because I led successful efforts to stop video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton, those who want the aforesaid have done everything that they can to destroy me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chinese-electric-battery-gotion-manteno-20231205-7om6oe2lvjclpcgcc3d2jj5xke-story.html
— Candidates spar as deadline arrives to get on the 2024 primary ballot – A.D. Quig and Rick Pearson (COMMENT: Which offices are on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Which candidates met the filing deadline?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-2024-primary-petition-filing-deadline-20231205-pvr4w2lnljaalpturk6r4rckdq-story.html
— How the US is making it illegal for students to disagree with Israel. – Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-universities-free-speech-israel-judaism-zionism-20231205-25wxnhneg5fizok2zaqcl7vx34-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tenants say they were illegally evicted days before Swift Mansion fire. The owner planned to renovate the top two floors to create space to house migrants, according to a lawsuit. But a blaze broke out in a back stairwell before the work could begin, tenants and owners say. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/4/23987959/swift-mansion-fire-perkins-tenants-arson
— Brighton Park migrant site construction halted pending environmental review. Construction was halted Sunday pending an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency review of a nearly 800-page city consultant’s study that was released Friday night. – Tina Sfondeles and Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/4/23987777/brighton-park-migrant-site-construction-halted-pending-environmental-review
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2023/12/4/23984021/berlin-nightclub-lake-view-drag-bar-farewell-close-memories
— Walgreens workers bound, robbed at gunpoint in Gold Coast: ‘We just came for the money’ The two robbers got away with about $10,000 in cash just before closing time Sunday at 933 N. State St. – Rosemary Sobol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/4/23987689/walgreens-robbery-gold-coast
— ‘The 4 years fallacy’: CPS students struggle to graduate college in under 6 years, UChicago study says. Just 30% of CPS graduates from the class of 2014 who immediately went on to so-called “four-year” universities graduated in four years. The six-year graduation rate was over 20 percentage points higher at 51%. – Catherine Odom (COMMENT: The following helped me graduate in 4 years: My parents provided me room and board and I worked part-time for the Post Office for all the hours that I could.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/12/5/23987172/cps-students-college-graduation-rate-four-year-six-fallacy-university-chicago
— Hate-filled Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Liz Cheney to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/5/23988575/liz-cheney-new-book-donald-trump-presidential-run

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republican files to take on Schneider; Casten, Quigley face new primary challengers – Russell Lissau (COMMENT: No Republican candidate filed for DuPage County Board District 4. Only 40 Republicans filed for the 81 Milton Township Republican Precinct Committee positions. I should write a book about the reasons for that.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231204/republican-files-to-take-on-schneider-casten-quigley-face-new-primary-challengers
— Election season is here: Races to watch in Kane and DuPage counties – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231205/election-season-is-here-races-to-watch-in-kane-and-dupage-counties

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/data-center/chicagos-largest-cannabis-companies-2023
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/legal-cannabis-illinois-cannabis-four-years

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Poll: Trump leads Republican field, DeSantis the second choice – Andrew Dorn
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/poll-trump-leads-republican-field-desantis-the-second-choice/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Rep. John Egofske announce resignation
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/illinois-state-rep-john-egofske-announce-resignation

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to advance Democrats and RINOs, that is, to get rid of Republicans.
https://northernstar.info/111287/opinion/removing-affirmative-action-threatens-scholarships/

EVANSTON NOW
— Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.
https://evanstonnow.com/reid-let-noncitizens-vote/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Congressman Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker, headlined the annual holiday party hosted by businessman and political donor Jay Bergman at Gibson’s Steakhouse in Oak Brook on Monday. This wasn’t a campaign event, but McCarthy gave a shoutout to fellow Republican Congressman Mike Bost, who was also there. His message: Bost’s opponent in the 2024 primary, former gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, has no business running for Congress, according to McCarthy. We hear the California congressman blamed Bailey for Illinois Republicans losing four congressional seats in 2022. It was some hyperbole since Democrats controlled how the maps were drawn for congressional seats last year. But he got his point across. Word got back to Bailey’s team, who called Bost a “career politician” who’s “loyal to the swamp,” according to a statement to Playbook. Also in the party room: Congressman Darin LaHood, Former Congressman Bob Dold, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (who lost to Bailey in last year’s primary), Illinois Senate Minority Leader John Curran, Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, state Sens. Sue Rezin and Jil Tracy, nonprofit and political fundraiser Lisa Wagner, Regional Transportation Authority Board Chair Kirk Dillard, former DuPage County Commissioner Greg Hart, public affairs consultant Thom Serafin, business consultant David Walsh, entrepreneur Sarah Frey and Kirkland & Ellis partner Sandy Perl, who got a standing O for his opening remarks supporting Israel. Who invited McCarthy: his friend Richard Porter, a national committeeman of the Republican Party. The holiday host: Bergman is an oil man (yes, he lives in Illinois) and an investor who has donated to Republicans and Democrats over the years, including to Donald Trump in 2016. Another boost: Bost also was endorsed this week by Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician to Trump.- SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: I used to write such articles about Republican events. I should write a book about those who organized, spoke at, and/or attended those events who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/12/05/mccarthy-gives-bost-a-boost-00130072

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-195/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/04/isabels-afternoon-roundup-18/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-194/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is running to be your Republican U.S. Congressman? John Booras ( https://www.boorasforcongress.com/ ) is running to be my U.S. congressman in the 3rd congressional district. Of course, I offer to help elect him. But my critics/opponents advise him not only to not ask for my help, but to reject my help. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I am especially qualified to help elect congressional candidates. GAO works for congress. 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 $109,732-$142,650year. I worked on many audits that involved many issues that continue to impact America today. Further, 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 $92,279-$104,583/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker says feds must ditch work fees for migrants – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4f1fb40e-9300-11ee-83f9-1bd99dd56708.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban – ANDREW ADAMS
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/what-to-know-about-illinois-assault-weapons-ban

WIREPOINTS
— Latest bad news for electrical vehicles further imperils massive bets by Illinois and federal government
https://wirepoints.org/latest-bad-news-for-electrical-vehicles-further-imperils-massive-bets-by-illinois-and-federal-government-wirepoints/

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Gov Pritzker tells a whopper on violent crime. Why would he do that? It’s really quite unbecoming. Will the GOP make something of it?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/gov-pritzker-tells-a-whopper-on-violent

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CARJACKINGS MORE THAN DOUBLE IN CHICAGO FROM 5 YEARS AGO – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/carjackings-more-than-double-in-chicago-from-5-years-ago/
— CHICAGO CAR THEFTS AT 11-YEAR HIGH IN 2023 BEFORE YEAR’S OVER – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-car-thefts-at-11-year-high-in-2023-before-years-over/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden turns COVID-19 relief into ‘slush fund’ for state, local spending sprees – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/4/biden-turns-covid-19-relief-into-slush-fund-for-st/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Girls ‘paying the price’ for transgender movement spreading ‘like a metastasis’: Megyn Kelly – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/megyn-kelly-young-girls-paying-the-price-transgender-movement
— NRCC rolls out new ad full of AI-generated images showing national parks ‘overrun with illegal immigrants’ – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/nrcc-ad-ai-generated-images-national-parks-overrun-illegal-immigrants

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban. Legislation from J.D. Vance and Jim Banks would create special inspector general to investigate discriminatory admissions practices. – Aaron Sibarium
https://freebeacon.com/policy/republicans-propose-new-office-to-enforce-affirmative-action-ban/

BREITBART
— ‘Unconstitutional’: Civil Rights Lawyers Blast Evanston High School’s Racially Segregated Classes – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/12/04/unconstitutional-civil-rights-lawyers-blast-illinois-high-schools-racially-segregated-classes/
— Black Residents Sue Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over Migrant ‘Tent City,’ State Halts Construction over Toxic Chemicals in Soil – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/04/black-residents-sue-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-migrant-tent-city/
— Supreme Court Dockets Emergency Application over Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/12/04/supreme-court-dockets-emergency-application-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/
— Chicago Blacks Reject Mayor’s Favoritism for Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/04/watch-chicago-blacks-reject-mayors-favoritism-migrants/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Border Crisis Hits Chicago Hard, by Invitation – Roman Jankowski / Mike Howell
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/04/bidens-border-crisis-hits-chicago-hard-by-invitation/

FEDERALIST
— Republicans Can’t Defeat Antisemitism Without Fighting All Anti-White Racism. – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/05/republicans-cant-defeat-antisemitism-without-fighting-all-anti-white-racism/

FOX NEWS
— House Republican says she uncovered ‘smoking gun’ proof NYC trying to register illegal immigrants to vote. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-says-she-uncovered-smoking-gun-proof-nyc-trying-register-illegal-immigrants-vote
— House GOP campaign arm slams Democrats in new AI-generated ad turning national parks into migrant tent cities. The NRCC is rolling out AI-generated images of tent cities in national parks. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-campaign-arm-slams-democrats-new-ai-generated-ad-turning-national-parks-migrant-tent-cities

GOPUSA
— 4,000 Auto Dealers: Electric Vehicles Are ‘Stacking Up’ On Lots
https://www.gopusa.com/4000-auto-dealers-electric-vehicles-are-stacking-up-on-lots/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Policies Are Not the Solution to Anti-Semitism on Campus. “DEI is responsible for a fair share of the rise in anti-Semitism on campus and the alacrity with which it has spread.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/dei-policies-are-not-the-solution-to-anti-semitism-on-campus/

PJ MEDIA
— FBI Whistleblower Says U.S. Gov’t Sees Americans as ‘Primary Enemy’ – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT: RINO Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders see conservatives like me as being the IRP’s primary enemy.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/12/04/fbi-whistleblower-says-us-govt-sees-americans-as-primary-enemy-n4924472
— Derek Chauvin Released From Hospital, Sent Right Back to Where He Got Stabbed – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2023/12/04/derek-chauvin-released-from-hospital-sent-right-back-to-where-he-got-stabbed-n4924470

TOWNHALL
— The World Is Waking Up to the Consequences of Mass Migration. Will America? – William Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2023/12/05/the-world-is-waking-up-to-the-consequences-of-mass-migration-will-america-n2631988

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Campus antisemitism has become systemic due to ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ – ALAN DERSHOWITZ
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4341008-campus-antisemitism-has-become-systemic-due-to-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.newsweek.com/military-all-that-it-can-we-need-lgbtq-soldiers-opinion-1849471
— The U.S. Military Went Woke. Time To Make Some Changes at the Top – Kevin Roberts, Ryan Williams, and Terry Schilling
https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-went-woke-time-make-some-changes-top-opinion-1849290

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Backlash to Anti-Israel Protests Threatens Free Speech – Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/opinion/israel-protests-free-speech.html
— I should write a book about the tremendous preference that my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave their female employes who were Democrats and especially those who were minority, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/nyregion/state-police-new-jersey-women.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/us/politics/trump-2025-overview.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/briefing/how-trump-would-govern.html

WASHINGTON POST
— As America ever-increasingly becomes a product of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, mass shootings ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/04/mass-shootings-record-year/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/12/05/affirmative-action-ruling-college-counselor-effect/71766129007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Government Unions Love Democrats. A new report measures public union cash flow to Democrats nationwide. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO government employees hate Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unions-democrats-commonwealth-foundation-report-super-pacs-seiu-afscme-teachers-unions-497bd0db
— Higher Ed Has Become a Threat to America. Our corrupt, radical universities feed every scourge from censorship and crime to antisemitism. – John Ellis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-ed-has-become-a-threat-to-america-antisemitism-dei-college-f52bb0b5

POLITICO
— Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero. The sluggish rollout could undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection messaging promoting electric vehicles. – JAMES BIKALES
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/congress-ev-chargers-billions-00129996

EDUCATION WEEK & DIVERSE EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/districts-strategies-to-diversify-teaching-staff-in-charts/2023/12
https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/article/15659475/empowering-change-four-key-strategies-for-supporting-student-affairs-administrators-in-the-new-affirmative-action-landscape

CPA JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2023/12/04/what-can-the-profession-do/

GLASSDOOR
— Understanding What Relevant Experience Means (COMMENT: What work experience do you have? What is that experience relevant for? GAO works for congress. 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 $109,732-$142,650year. I worked on many audits that involved many issues that continue to impact America today. Further, 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 $92,279-$104,583/year. Further, while I worked for IRS and GAO, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license.)
https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/guide/what-does-relevant-experience-mean/

RASMUSSEN
— GOP Widens Lead on Immigration Issue (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/gop_widens_lead_on_immigration_issue