FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downstate group behind movement to break free from Cook County (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose this.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_82a0406e-66f9-11ef-841c-7bc1592e9f99.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing unrest over the policies coming out of Cook County is spurring talk among downstate counties of breaking free and forming a new state. Illinois Separation revealed that seven counties will vote on separating from Cook County and forming a new state. Spokesman Eric Ivers, a member of the Jersey County Board, said he is confident that a vast majority of residents will vote to form a new state. “There are three or four counties downstate that voted blue, but the rest of us are tired of being pushed through the ringer by the folks up in Cook County,” said Ivers. The ballot question will read “Shall the Board of ____ County correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois outside of Cook about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state, and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?” The question is non-binding. Iroquois County will be the first county to vote on the issue that is not more southerly than Peoria, as the movement has been predominantly in the southern half of the state. The other counties putting the question on the ballot include Madison, Jersey, Clinton, Calhoun, Greene and Perry counties. Ivers said the possibility that downstate Illinois could become a new state increased recently when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed openness to next year ending the ability of minorities to block Senate legislation using a filibuster. It’s conceivable that Democrats could trade statehood for Washington D.C. or Puerto Rico in return for statehood for downstate Illinois. In 2020-2022, 26 and a half counties voted in favor of such questions, and none voted in opposition. The counties averaged 74% in favor. Constitutionally, any deal to make downstate Illinois into a state would require approval from the Illinois General Assembly.)
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson’s spending decisions, falling revenues mean Chicagoans likely to get hit with 2025 property tax hike
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnsons-spending-decisions-falling-revenues-mean-chicagoans-likely-to-get-hit-with-2025-property-tax-hike-wirepoints/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 30 shot, 4 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-say-live-news-updates/15252205/
— 4 people shot to death while sleeping on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, mayor says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-killed-shooting-cta-blue-line-train-forest-park-police-say/15259114/
— At least 7 North Side businesses targeted in hours-long smash-and-grab burglary spree
https://abc7chicago.com/post/platform-47-ravenswood-6-other-businesses-targeted-hours-long-smash-grab-burglary-spree-chicago-police-say-video/15260541/
— Parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin speak at funeral: ‘We failed you’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-hamas-war-funeral-underway-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/15259001/
NBC5
— Horrific details emerge in CTA train shooting that left 4 victims dead
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/horrific-details-emerge-in-cta-train-shooting-that-left-4-victims-dead/3537544/
— 4 killed on train in Chicago-area appeared asleep before shootings, police say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-killed-shooting-chicago-public-transit-train-rcna169240
— Police believe deadly shooting on CTA Blue Line train was random attack, spanned 2 cars
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-believe-deadly-shooting-on-cta-blue-line-train-was-random-attack-spanned-2-cars/3537412/
— Why do we celebrate Labor Day? (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a master’s degree in business from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/why-do-we-celebrate-labor-day-heres-an-explainer-on-the-holiday/3537341/
CBS2
— Chicago cafe’s Palestinian flag display vandalized on North Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-palestinian-cafe-vandalized/
— 4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-chicago-areas-forest-park-blue-line/
— Suburban Chicago officials want more security at train station after 4 people fatally shot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/suburban-chicago-officials-want-more-security-at-train-station-after-4-people-fatally-shot/
WGN9
— Chicago protests demand end to U.S. aid to Israel as Prime Minister resists ceasefire calls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY7YOfEMIDg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A federal judge in Rockford ruled it unconstitutional for Illinoisans with concealed carry permits to be prohibited from carrying guns on public transportation, a decision with uncertain implications for a decade-old state law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-rules-section-illinois-100000415.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, everyone around you will use pot and crash and burn because of it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/with-marijuana-at-a-new-level-of-scrutiny-heres-what-the-research-says/
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders destroy you if you if you oppose race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-teaching-female-leaders-influence-support/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/marijuana-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Palestinian-owned cafe vandalized in Uptown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/09/02/cafe-vandalized-uptown-palestinian-flag-israel-hamas-war-crime-violence-city-hall-cpd
— 4 sleeping passengers shot, killed on CTA Blue Line in Forest Park, suspect in custody
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/09/02/cta-shooting-blue-line-train-forest-park-public-transit-crime-violence
— The Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act, recently signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, will protect employees from retaliation if they opt out of employer-sponsored political or religious meetings. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly got rid of their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/09/02/illinois-labor-day-union-milestones-celebrate-chicago-federation-labor-robert-bob-reiter-op-ed
— Illinois union participation declining despite growth in new petitions. ‘State of the Unions’ study shows public sector unions shrink after 2018 Janus decision.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/09/02/illinois-union-participation-janus-court-decision-labor-state-economy-jobs-wages-pay-fairness-equity
DAILY HERALD
— Free speech and election politics: Chilling-sounding ‘First Amendment Zones’ pose a legitimate, not insurmountable, challenge for Kane County board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-free-speech-and-election-politics-chilling-sounding-first-amendment-zones-p/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/business/as-illinois-receives-praise-for-its-cannabis-equity-efforts-stakeholders-still-working-on-systems/
WBEZ
— GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/09/03/gop-tilted-websites-showed-where-illinois-judges-live-despite-a-law-that-protects-their-privacy
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/gallery/recreational-pot-sales-in-illinois-reach-112-billion-financial-impacts-to-springfield
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Why Do We Get Labor Day Off? You Can Thank Chicago Workers
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/09/02/why-do-we-get-labor-day-off-you-can-thank-chicago-workers/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lisa Madigan says “I’m very satisfied as a successful lawyer in private practice at Kirkland.” Do you paint yourself as being successful? I do not because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/09/03/lisa-madigan-in-the-spotlight-00177084
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-360/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Take to the streets’: Anger toward Netanyahu hits fever pitch after 6 hostages found dead
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/1/take-to-streets-anger-toward-benjamin-netanyahu-hi/
— Use of dangerous drugs has exceeded our historical high watermark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/2/use-of-dangerous-drugs-has-exceeded-our-historical/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump drifts further from GOP orthodoxy in bid to beat Harris
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137655/trump-drifts-gop-orthodoxy-bid-defeat-harris/
— Pelosi wants ‘American dream’ for illegal immigrants: ‘Move them to documented’ with funding for homes (COMMENT: Democrats promote illegal immigration because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3140957/pelosi-american-dream-illegal-immigrants-documented-funding-homes/
— Harris boosted in swing states by support from independent voters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137475/harris-boosted-swing-states-support-key-demographic/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Barack Obama’s Monument to Himself Is a Hideous Eyesore. Look on his works, ye Mighty, and despair!
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/democrats/barack-obamas-monument-to-himself-is-a-hideous-eyesore/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump delivered on Reagan’s promises — he’s the true heir conservatives seek
https://nypost.com/2024/08/28/opinion/trump-is-reagans-true-heir-conservatives-must-back-him/
— These 15 ‘rules for radicals’ will get far-left Kamala Harris elected
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/these-rules-for-radicals-will-get-far-left-kamala-harris-elected/
— Up to 7,000 rabid anti-Israel protesters storm NYC on Labor Day, light flares and set off smoke bombs
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/hundreds-of-rabid-anti-israel-protesters-storm-nyc-on-labor-day-light-flares-and-set-off-smoke-bombs/
— Harris’ plan to destroy suburbia
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-plan-to-destroy-suburbia-ny-job-recovery-still-lags-and-other-commentary/
— Migrants flooding NYC’s justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ — as ‘pathetic’ sanctuary city laws handcuff cops
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/migrants-flooding-nycs-justice-system-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown-as-pathetic-sanctuary-city-laws-handcuff-cops/
— Stats show the Biden-Harris administration just stopped caring if criminals crossed the border
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-biden-administration-stopped-caring-if-criminals-crossed-the-border-stats/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Obscure State Department Bureau That Fosters Global Illegal Migration. The second Trump administration must bring to heel State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prm-the-obscure-state-department-bureau-that-fosters-global-illegal-migration/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Cops handcuffed as NYC justice system is flooded by migrants making up 75% of arrests in midtown
https://americanwirenews.com/cops-handcuffed-as-nyc-justice-system-is-flooded-by-migrants-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Washington state rolls out ‘racist home loan program’ of up to $150,000
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/washington-state-rolls-out-racist-home-loan-program-of-up-to-150000-1484233/
— Reparations queen Kamala Harris vowed to sign coveted bill if elected president
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/reminder-reparations-queen-kamala-harris-vowed-to-sign-coveted-bill-if-elected-president-1484369/
— Black Dems fume at Newsom, threaten Kamala after Calif. reparations bill takes last-minute turn
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/black-dems-fume-at-newsom-threaten-kamala-after-calif-reparations-bill-takes-last-minute-turn-1484229/
BREITBART
— Oklahoma’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt Wants to Help Employers Hire Migrants Instead of Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/09/02/oklahomas-gop-gov-kevin-stitt-wants-help-employers-hire-migrants-instead-americans/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— Cardinal Cupich invocation at DNC stirs disappointment among pro-life activists
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258805/cardinal-cupich-decries-fear-of-the-other-calls-for-unity-at-democratic-convention
DAILY CALLER
— This ‘Non-Partisan’ Voter Registration Group Will Help You Vote, Unless You’re Conservative
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/02/this-non-partisan-voter-registration-group-will-help-you-vote-unless-youre-conservative/
DAILY WIRE
— Cruz: Harris And Mexico’s President In Cahoots To Flood U.S. With Millions Of Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-harris-and-mexicos-president-in-cahoots-to-flood-u-s-with-millions-of-illegal-aliens
— Around 75% Of Violent Crime Arrests In Midtown Manhattan Are Suspected Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/around-75-of-violent-crime-arrests-in-midtown-manhattan-are-suspected-illegal-immigrants-report
FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Chicago Pastor exposes $75 million DNC security hypocrisy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9aY1fMYn4
— Protests erupt in California over shelved reparations bills
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361391891112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protests-erupt-in-california-over-shelved-reparations-bills/vi-AA1pQCSK
— Democrats try to defend Kamala Harris’ ‘flip-flops’: ‘Sign of a good leader’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kim6AanFo
— Biden-Harris admin working to ‘Trump-proof’ hundreds of DOJ jobs (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-admin-working-trump-proof-hundreds-doj-jobs-watchdog-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Administration is using an “obscure hiring authority” that bypasses normal hiring processes based on merit to secure DOJ positions that could thwart former President Trump’s agenda if he takes office in 2025. . .The administration is also using Schedule A to install immigration judges – again, outside of the normal merit-based system – who will rule on cases of those in a position to benefit from the administration’s immigration policies.)
GOPUSA
— Elon Musk’s X Officially Down In Brazil After Judge’s Shutdown Order (COMMENT: Who will come to my defense if/when my critics/opponents succeed in shutting down my newsletters and/or website? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.gopusa.com/elon-musks-x-officially-down-in-brazil-after-judges-shutdown-order/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Can Keep Student’s Transgender Status Secret From Parents, NH Supreme Court Rules
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/school-can-keep-students-transgender-status-secret-from-parents-nh-supreme-court-rules/
PJ MEDIA
— Do Most Women Favor Gender-Based Hiring Over Merit-Based Hiring? (COMMENT: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2024/08/30/do-most-women-prefer-gender-quotas-n4932084
— The Biden-Harris Administration Is Acting Like Trump Is Going to Win
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/28/the-biden-harris-administration-sure-is-acting-like-trump-is-going-to-win-n4932054
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Biden-Harris administration “has deployed a little-known hiring mechanism to staff key divisions of the Department of Justice ahead of the 2024 election,” in order to “Trump-proof” the department. . .“The Biden-Harris administration and its allies have already signaled their intent to hamstring their successor and prevent a future president from reversing their agenda,” Protect the Public’s Trust Director Michael Chamberlain said in a press release. “Exploiting non-competitive hiring authorities to fill career civil service positions could be just another component of this scheme. It’s no wonder that the public’s trust in its government has all but disappeared.”)
PATRIOT POST
— The First American ‘No-Go Zone’ A Denver suburb gives us a chilling glimpse of the future in the Biden/Harris regime’s open-borders America.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/109812-the-first-american-no-go-zone-2024-09-03
POST MILLENNIAL
— California shelves reparations bills for black Americans after legislature approves plans to give non-citizens $150,000 to buy new homes
https://thepostmillennial.com/california-shelves-reparations-bills-for-black-americans-after-legislature-approves-plans-to-give-non-citizens-150000-to-buy-new-homes
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Have Made It Clear: They Will Be Tyrants If Given the Chance
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2024/09/03/democrats-have-made-it-clear-they-will-be-tyrants-if-given-the-chance-n2644103
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illegal-voting-noncitizens-rare-republicans-making-major-issue-113307354
CBS NEWS
— Gun violence plagues Labor Day in Chicago and NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGpVBLeIpU
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-mass-deportation-operation-in-the-u-s-could-trigger-a-recession-professor-warns/ar-AA1pSJWC
MSNBC
— You have no right to complain (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have no right to complain about anything because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, reasonably healthy, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, according to them, I have no right to complain about anything a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, 1997, c) because I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, d) because I earned a professional license in 1981, e) because I the Post Office hired me in 1966, because IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, because GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986, f) because I am married, have no children, have no debts, and my wife and own a home in Wheaton, a car condo in Naperville, and eight vehicles, g) because I have a $65,165/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance, and wife has substantial retirement savings, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes I have no right to complain about anything because I did not really “earn” any of the aforesaid.)
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/-you-have-no-right-to-complain-ny-gov-hochul-rips-republican-over-border-crisis-212249669689
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What Usha Vance’s Hindu identity means to Trump-Vance campaign
https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/538814/what-usha-vances-hindu-identity-means-to-trump-vance-campaign/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that Vance says. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that I say, write, and do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/jd-vance-middle-class-fact-check.html
— According to my critics/opponents, everything in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is misinformation. My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell you and nothing else. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/technology/left-wing-misinformation-conspiracy-theories.html
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat college leaders make their students good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/opinion/college-president-campus-political.html
— To vote for Harris/Walz is to shout not only that you are not a Republican, but that you never were a Republican. I anticipate/expect that many, most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents will vote for Harris/Walz. Of course, all those who have taken adverse actions against me will vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/harris-trump-nikki-haley-voters.html
USA TODAY
— Both Trump and Harris claim to support the working class: Where do they stand on labor? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on/despise/hate wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/01/kamala-harris-donald-trump-unions-labor-working-class/74983998007/
— American farmers cry out for our help (COMMENT: Extremely few of my critics/opponents have any connection with farming. My mother was born and raised on a farm. I spend days at that farm during the 1950s and early 1960s.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/09/02/america-farms-mental-health-agriculture/74981037007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul leads coalition supporting law prohibiting those under 21 from purchasing fire arms
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/attorney-general-leads-coalition-supporting-law-prohibiting-those-under-21-from-purchasing-fire-arms/article_9eab4826-66e5-11ef-819b-6b6de3085c5d.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hamas Murders Six Hostages, Israel Is Blamed. They were killed in Rafah, where Biden and Harris delayed Israel’s entry with threats and by withholding weapons.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hamas-executes-six-hostages-including-an-american-gaza-war-rafah-4907e7c6
— Kamala Harris’s McJob. Is there a place for McDonald’s in the vice president’s opportunity economy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamala-harris-mcjob-is-there-a-place-for-mcdonalds-in-her-opportunity-economy-7b6344a5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kamala Harris and this columnist have little in common. But we do share one thing: We both had summer jobs at McDonald’s in college. It’s not that surprising, considering how many other people can say the same. According to McDonald’s, 1 in 8 Americans have worked at one of its restaurants. At the Democratic convention in Chicago, we further learned that Ms. Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, also worked under the Golden Arches, where he was once Employee of the Month. Ms. Harris features her stint at McDonald’s in a new campaign ad. It’s meant, CNN says, “to solidify her image as the middle-class candidate” and “make former President Donald Trump and the Republican ticket appear elitist and out of touch.” But some question the vice president’s claim. The Washington Free Beacon reports that she never publicly mentioned her stint at McDonald’s until she ran for president in 2019, that the job also went unmentioned in her two books and various job applications, that there’s been no confirmation from McDonald’s itself. Even the online fact-checker Snopes says it’s waiting for further evidence before it can confirm or debunk. Mr. Trump isn’t waiting. On Friday he accused his Democratic rival of making the whole thing up.)
— Big Brother Is Teaching You. ‘Mind your own damn business,’ Tim Walz says, belying the Democrats’ didactic attitude.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/big-brother-is-teaching-you-mind-your-own-business-tim-walz-2024-election-af9a8772
— FRONT PAGE: Young People Are Taking Over the Workplace, and That’s a Problem for Bosses. Chiefs cater to younger workers’ needs and give them advice; ‘nobody told them how to be’ Gen Z workers are expected to outnumber baby boomers in the U.S. workforce this year. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. And that is exactly what my Democrat GAO superiors did.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/gen-z-workforce-expectation-differences-a07c5915
BEST PLACES
— Naples, Florida Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. Naples’ politics are generally conservative. (COMMENT: Wheaton’s conservatism, that is, its prosperity and safety, is a major reason why my wife and I bought a home there in 1978 and had one built there in 1984.)
https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/florida/naples
NAPLES DAILY NEWS
— Collier GOP-backed candidates didn’t win as many races in local election
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/25/collier-republican-backed-candidates-lost-more-2024-local-elections/74887841007/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— Labor Day: It’s better in a union (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, an MBA from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/09/02/labor-day-its-better-in-a-union/
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— The public-sector pay gap is widening. Public-sector employees earn less than their private-sector counterparts, and that pay gap has widened in recent years. (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO salary was $150,075/year in today’s dollars. What would my salary have been if I had been employed in the private sector? I had three masters degrees (business-Loyola, accounting-DePaul, and finance-IIT). I had six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I had a professional license (CPA).)
https://www.epi.org/publication/widening-public-sector-pay-gap/
Tag: GOPUSA
September 1, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Politics for sale. Big money floods Illinois campaigns with few rules and little enforcement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/illinois-corruption-campaign-finance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, how many cast Republican ballots in primary elections to do as much damage as they can and then vote for Democrats in general elections?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/07/11/primaries-voter-apathy-ranked-choice-voting-open-primary-democracy-solutions-project
— HARDCOPY: How much difference will who’s elected president make to you? (COMMENT: If Harris or Trump is elected on November 5, 2024, my hate-filled Trump-hating critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party will do even more to get rid of me. They will do even more to discourage/stop a) me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) everyone from reading my newsletters. They will blame me and blame my newsletters even more for the defeats that Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct suffer on November 5, 2024. They will recruit a registered Republican voter in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton to run against me and to defeat me in 2026 for my Republican Precinct Committeeman job. If you were me, what would you do about the aforesaid?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/
CBS2
— Chicago holds 2024 Labor Day Parade (COMMENT: Bush and Cheney walked in Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day parade. I was there. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ )
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-holds-2024-labor-day-parade/
NBC5
— Chicago’s Labor Day Parade returns to the Pullman neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-labor-day-parade-returns-to-the-pullman-neighborhood/3536693/?os=f&ref=app
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s answer to food deserts has left a trail of debts, lawsuits, ‘can’t pay’ an $800 utility bill. The city of Chicago made a $13.5 million deal with supermarket operator Yellow Banana, but the company has racked up $2 million in debts and shrunk to one open store amid lawsuits from creditors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/08/30/yellow-banana-savealot-supermarket-grocery-save-a-lot-food-deserts
STATELINE
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Use of cannabis, hallucinogen at ‘historically high levels’
https://www.mystateline.com/news/use-of-cannabis-hallucinogen-at-historically-high-levels-research/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Scaramucci on Trump changing Florida abortion stance: ‘He’s in trouble, he knows it’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/scaramucci-on-trump-changing-florida-abortion-stance-hes-in-trouble-he-knows-it/
WSIL TV
— The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb. (COMMENT: Because of me, the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) held its monthly meetings and many other events in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall from 2002 until it closed in 2019. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/20220303/news/once-the-place-to-go-wheaton-bowl-to-be-sold-to-gas-station-developer/ My MTRO critics/opponents joked that the building was going to be used to grown pot.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/the-pot-farm-next-door-black-market-weed-operations-inundate-california-suburb-cops-say/article_04a1614e-9fc2-5172-9d06-52103b1cc48e.html
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Claimants seek $58 million, allege ISP negligence around Highland Park shooter. (COMMENT: What about the shooter’s parents?)
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/claimants-seek-58-million-allege-isp-negligence-around-highland-park-shooter/article_87b31b90-663f-11ef-b230-a77804b629cd.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have used pot, b) are using pot, c) want to use pot, and/or d) want to make money selling pot. I have never used pot and I never will. I have always vehemently opposed pot. If I had been a pot user, I would not have graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, my ACT score would have been lower, and UIC would not have accepted me in 1966. I would not have earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. The Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, and if they had hired me, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. I would not have passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump backs legalizing marijuana
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/31/trump-backs-legalizing-marijuana-wants-it-banned-i/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump endorses pro-marijuana bill in Florida against most GOP officials’ wishes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3140324/trump-endorses-pro-marijuana-bill-florida-against-most-gop-officials-wishes/
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump comes out as pro-choice
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3138984/trump-comes-out-as-pro-choice/
NEW YORK POST
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump suggests he’ll support ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana in Florida
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/donald-trump-suggests-endorsement-of-legal-weed-in-florida/
— How politics and social media are ruining young people — and fueling harassment
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/opinion/politics-and-social-media-are-ruining-young-people/
— Woke Beverly Hills council looks to create ‘free speech zone’ after series of disruptive protests
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/beverly-hills-council-looks-to-create-free-speech-zone-after-disruptive-protests/
— Chicago cop sues city for right to change his race after department allows officers to change genders (COMMENT: If there had not been the following, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/27/us-news/chicago-cop-sues-city-for-right-to-change-his-race-after-department-allows-officers-to-change-genders/
AMAC
— Border Invasion Bankrupting Social Security And Medicare—An Issue About To Explode?
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/border-invasion-bankrupting-social-security-and-medicare-an-issue-about-to-explode/
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Here is a list of businesses that have backed off on DEI policies (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was to use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://aim.org/2024/08/31/here-is-a-list-of-businesses-that-have-backed-off-on-dei-policies/
BLAZE
— Alex Stein teaches infant about her white privilege
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/prime-time/hilarious-alex-stein-teaches-infant-about-her-white-privilege
BREITBART
— Ford Becomes Latest American Company to Back Off ‘Woke’ Policies (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was to use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/08/31/ford-becomes-latest-american-company-to-back-off-woke-policies/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Are Prioritizing Identity Over Merit (COMMENT: If there had not been the following, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/31/opinion-democrats-prioritize-identity-politics-frank-ricci/
DAILY WIRE
— Pelosi: Dems Want Illegal Aliens To Be Citizens, Eligible For Taxpayer Loans For Homes
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-dems-want-illegal-aliens-to-be-citizens-eligible-for-taxpayer-loans-for-homes
FEDERALIST
— Congress’s National Defense Authorization Act ‘Merit Provision’ Enables More Of The Identity Politics Destroying Our Military (COMMENT: If there had not been the following, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/24/congress-must-do-more-to-halt-the-biden-dods-woke-agenda-thats-destroying-our-military/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— California Home Assistance For Illegals Just First Step, Pelosi Calls for Mass Amnesty
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/california-home-assistance-for-illegals-just-first-step-pelosi-calls-for-mass-amnesty/
— “D.E.I. Is Not Working on College Campuses. We Need a New Approach.” “Rather than correcting stereotypes, diversity training too often reinforces them and breeds resentment, impeding students’ social development.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/op-ed-d-e-i-is-not-working-on-college-campuses-we-need-a-new-approach/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas State Representative Leaves Democrats for Republicans over Transgender Issues
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-state-representative-leaves-democrats-for-republicans-over-transgender-issues/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Dems Give Illegals Luxury Hotels, Leave Veterans on Streets
https://www.newsmax.com/us/democrat-cities-illegals/2024/08/31/id/1178594/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Failed Corporate Wokeness
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/08/31/failed_corporate_wokeness_1055406.html
— The Five-year Anniversary of Corporate Wokeness Should Be Mourned, Not Celebrated
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2024/08/31/the_five-year_anniversary_of_corporate_wokeness_should_be_mourned_not_celebrated_1055405.html
TOWNHALL
— Pelosi Admits What We All Knew About Illegal Immigration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/31/pelosi-admits-what-we-all-knew-about-illegal-immigration-n2644169
— California Just Passed a Bill That Would Give Illegal Aliens the Green Light to Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/31/california-just-passed-a-bill-that-would-give-illegal-aliens-the-green-light-to-vote-n2644168
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC CALIFORNIA
— California reparations advocates disappointed by inaction on bills in final day of legislative session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4kD0DpMfI
MSN
— DNC Platform Bill Aims to ‘Permanently Increase’ Immigration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dnc-platform-bill-aims-to-permanently-increase-immigration/ar-AA1pfUnN
— MIT’s Drop in Black Students Shows Fallout From Top Court Ruling (COMMENT: If there had not been the following, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/mits-drop-in-black-students-shows-fallout-from-top-court-ruling/ar-AA1pbUi8
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/us-companies-are-rolling-back-dei-programs-to-critics-praise-but-consumers-dont-agree-data-shows/ar-AA1pK7wT
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/ford-becomes-latest-company-to-cower-to-maga-weirdo-and-cancel-dei-initiatives/ar-AA1pIyVF
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tractor-supply-announces-they-ll-stop-sponsoring-pride-parades-eliminate-dei-goals-after-criticism-threats-of-boycotts/ar-BB1p1qP7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/migrants-build-makeshift-life-in-mexico-city-while-waiting-for-us-asylum/ar-AA1pMYNN
MSNBC
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs call you a sexist and even worse things if you do not call for more preference for women.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/donald-trump-sexism-misogyny-kamala-harris-hillary-clinton-rcna169039
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrants-asylum-cbp-app-camps-22b49fabf6e4d7d25d2873d0637544fe
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-us-immigration-migrants-d101ba44f9a9eb33e2143520bc430b92
CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of proposals in Project 2025 match Trump’s policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hundreds-of-proposals-in-project-2025-match-trump-s-policies/ar-AA1pcXKn
NBC NEWS
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump backs marijuana legalization
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-backs-marijuana-legalization-florida-amendment-3-rcna169109
— Polls show a changed, close 2024 race heading into Labor Day
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/polls-show-changed-close-2024-race-heading-labor-day-rcna169024
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will flood battleground/swing states with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-grow-concerned-republicans-are-planting-seeds-legal-suits-ov-rcna168961
REUTERS
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump suggests support for the decriminalization of marijuana
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-taxpayer-dollars-shouldnt-be-wasted-arrest-people-small-amounts-2024-08-31/
NEWSWEEK
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Donald Trump Backs Legal Weed
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-backs-legal-weed-1947069
— Kamala Harris Trails Donald Trump in 5 New Battleground Polls
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-polls-donald-trump-swing-states-1947207
NEW YORK TIMES
— Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Demean Trump Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/trump-voters-liberal-civil.html
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Signals Support for Marijuana Legalization in Florida
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/us/elections/trump-marijuana-legalization-florida.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Mexico offers escorted rides north from southern Mexico for migrants with US asylum appointments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/31/mexico-us-immigration-migrants/40bd9d58-6803-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html
— To elect Harris/Walz, Democrat and RINO leaders claim that their flood of illegals has slowed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/31/border-illegal-crossings-biden-trump-asylum-mexico/bfbef658-67ac-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly not only promote more LGBTQ, they destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-08-31/trump-questions-acceptance-of-transgender-people-as-he-courts-his-base-at-moms-for-liberty-gathering
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Illinois AG Leads Coalition Defending Florida Gun Law Restricting Firearm Purchases For Those Under 21
https://www.tampafp.com/illinois-ag-leads-coalition-defending-florida-gun-law-restricting-firearm-purchases-for-those-under-21/#google_vignette
FORBES
— Overqualified? As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly had more education and more professional credentials than my supervisors and superiors had. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (1976), 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. The head of GAO during that time, Charles Bowsher, was not a CPA and he was not a licensed CPA like I was. While my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years with GAO had a master’s degree and had passed the CPA examination, she had no other professional certifications and she was not a licensed CPA like I was.)
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesnonprofitcouncil/2024/02/09/considering-an-overqualified-candidate-how-to-gauge-whether-theyll-stick-around/
— Democrat and RINO leaders want customers to boycott businesses that do not promote DEI.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/soniathompson/2024/08/31/will-lowes-scaling-back-on-diversity-and-inclusion-cost-it-customers/
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/08/31/4-evidence-based-reasons-why-dei-pushback-is-not-working/
U.S. ARMY
— Democrat and RINO employers use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used up-or-out to get rid of me because they did not promote me to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year) by the time I was 25, GS-14 ($136,414) by the times I was 30, GS-15 ($160,458) by the time I was 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900) by the time I was 40. They did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old. They ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled/rejected the fact that I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.army.mil/article/229169/army_releases_results_of_first_officer_merit_promotion_board
REASON
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Backs Florida Marijuana Legalization Amendment
https://reason.com/2024/08/31/donald-trump-backs-florida-marijuana-legalization-amendment/
HUFFINGTON POST
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump Backs Florida’s Recreational Marijuana Amendment
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-backs-floridas-recreational-weed-amendment_n_66d3397de4b0df043c6e6e39
POLITICO
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Trump signals support for Florida marijuana legalization
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/31/trump-florida-marijuana-abortion-00176945
— California slavery reparations bills unraveled over Gavin Newsom amendments
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/31/california-slavery-reparations-bills-unraveled-over-gavin-newsom-amendments-00176957
RAW STORY
— Florida conservatives turn on ex-president over new pot comments
https://www.rawstory.com/conservatives-rebel-against-trump-cannabis-florida/
QUORA
— Who should I blame for all my problems? (COMMENT: I should write a book about critics/opponents who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.)
https://www.quora.com/Who-should-I-blame-for-all-my-problems
— What do you still own that you bought more than 50 years ago? For me, that includes my 1972 Corvette that I bought in 1971 and furniture that I bought in 1972, 1973, and 1974 for my new townhome in University Park and for my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. That furniture is now in the finished basement of my home in Wheaton and at my Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville.
https://www.quora.com/How-many-times-have-you-bought-a-couch-in-your-life
August 31, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kamala-harris-1st-sit-down-interview-cnn-anchor-dana-bash-interview-vice-president-running-mate-tim-walz-tuesday-9pm/15236269/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. RINOs keep quiet because they want cheap labor.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-migrants-deputy-mayor-beatriz-ponce-de-leon-praises-citys-response-migrant-crisis-2-years-after-mass-busing-began/15249121/
— Thieves use car to rip off security gate from Bridgeport corner store, try to steal ATM
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-thieves-use-car-rip-off-security-gate-wallys-lucky-mart-bridgeport-try-steal-atm/15250044/
— If you earned money when you were young, what did you use it for? I used the money that I earned to pay for my UIC and NIU college expenses and to buy cars to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete to jobs in Chicago Heights, Flossmoor, and Park Forest and classes at UIC and NIU.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-girls-joy-jade-lee-ran-lemonade-stand-pediatric-cancer-gifted-vip-tickets-chicago-sky-indiana-fever-game/15249181/
— Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without our trying IVF against me big time. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-adds-new-campaign-pledge-get-ivf-paid-government-covered-insurance/15247443/
NBC5
— Chicago Magazine reveals ranking of public high schools in Chicago, suburbs. 110 schools across six counties in the Chicago area were analyzed in the rankings.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-magazine-reveals-ranking-of-public-high-schools-in-chicago-surrounding-suburbs/3536451/
— Trump’s plan to slash government could hurt Republicans in a key House race. For nearly a decade, former president Donald Trump has rallied voters around a cry to cut the size of the federal government and “drain the swamp.” (COMMENT: When Republicans slash federal agency budgets, the Democrats who run those agencies get rid of their Republican employees first and then their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is what happened while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They would have succeeded in getting rid of me much sooner than they did if I had not a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) earned a master’s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trumps-plan-to-slash-government-could-hurt-republicans-in-a-key-house-race/3536267/
— Here’s why we celebrate Labor Day and what you need to know about its creation. A federal holiday celebrated on the first Monday of September each year, Labor Day is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1980) and they hint/imply/argue/shout that because of that, I was grossly overpaid. They stress that while I was a union member, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress a) that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/heres-why-we-celebrate-labor-day-and-what-you-need-to-know-about-its-creation/3536355/
CBS2
— CPD claims that crime was down in Chicago during DNC, but experts say there’s more to story
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/data-cpd-claims-crime-down-chicago-dnc/
— Carjackers fire shots at victims following them in another car on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/carjackers-shots-victims-following-chicago-south-side/
WGN9
— Trump seeks to shift debate on IVF with pricey proposal (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without our trying IVF against me big time. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance.)
https://wgntv.com/news/trump-seeks-to-shift-debate-on-ivf-with-pricey-proposal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump told NBC News this week, “We are going to be — under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment. “So, we’re going to be paying for that treatment, or we’re going to be mandating that the insurance companies pay,” he added.)
FOX32
— Democrat leaders get kids to help elect Democrat candidates.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1509217
WGN RADIO
— Are you satisfied with your job? (COMMENT: The importance of GAO’s mission and the importance of the work that I did as a GAO Analyst helped me deal with my Democrat superiors’ ever-increasing efforts to get rid of me. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance purposes. They ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my passing on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and e) my earning more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. They rudely forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-are-you-satisfied-with-your-job/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden restarts immigration program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/30/biden-restarts-immigration-program-for-4-countries-with-more-vetting-for-sponsors/
— Unemployment higher, finding work difficult and inconsistent in south suburbs (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks and b) that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliance in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in the south suburbs 1972-1974.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/30/unemployment-higher-finding-work-difficult-and-inconsistent-in-south-suburbs/
— Will County clerk’s office employee sues New Lenox Township trustee for defamation over Facebook post
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/30/will-county-clerks-office-employee-sues-new-lenox-township-trustee-for-defamation-over-facebook-post/
— Jack Conaty, longtime political reporter for Fox-owned Channel 32, dies at 77 (COMMENT: I remember covering political events with Conaty. I remember when he came to my defense when Topinka staffers tried to throw me out of her July 11, 2006 press conference with Giuliani at Benedictine University.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/30/jack-conaty-longtime-political-reporter-for-fox-owned-ch-32-dies-at-77/
— Chicago Public Schools offers teachers 4%-5% raises, while union says that’s just a starting point for negotiations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/30/chicago-public-schools-offers-teachers-union-4-5-raises-representing-the-beginning-rather-than-end-of-negotiations-says-ctu/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 2 Chicago police oversight officials fired amid allegations of anti-cop bias at the agency. The two high-ranking officials with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability were abruptly fired Friday, just days after one of them complained to the inspector general about bias against police.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2024/08/30/officials-police-oversight-agency-copa-dismissed-retaliation-bias-against-police
— Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote female candidates, Democrats and RINOs call you a sexist and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/08/30/kamala-harris-trump-close-presidential-race-sexism-plays-role-adam-eichen-jesse-rhodes-tatishe-nteta
— What would Mary Mitchell’s position be on my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997? I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, and licensed CPA in 1981. I had passed on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981 and CPA examination in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. GAO audits IRS.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/starting-over/2024/08/30/mary-mitchell-retires-34-years-sun-times-columnist
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ignore/dismiss/belittle/reject the fact that if elected, Trump will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, and if he is not elected, the Republican Party is doomed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/31/conservatives-kamala-harris-election-founding-fathers-ideals-donald-trump-mona-charen
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, d) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and f) Affirmation Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/31/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-leans-into-freedom-national-democrats-dnc-follow-suit-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois union participation declining despite growth in new petitions
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240830/business/report-shows-illinois-union-participation-declining-despite-growth-in-new-petitions/
SOUTHERN
— How many millions of illegals are going to use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/30/two-thirds-of-americans-say-trump-unprepared-to-accept-the-election-outcome-poll/
— Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without our trying IVF against me big time. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/30/trump-adds-new-campaign-pledge-to-get-ivf-paid-for-by-government-or-covered-by-insurance/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run education and b) blame Republicans for problems that Black students have.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms/article_487ea032-ef01-552a-bd09-ef94ae66610d.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-why-black-students-are-still-disciplined-at-higher-rates-takeaways-from-aps-report/
COUNTRY HERALD
— University Park Resident Allegedly Threatens Crete-Monee Students with Firearm
https://countryherald.com/news/university-park-resident-allegedly-threatens-crete-monee-students-with-firearm/
— Two Chicago women on pre-trial release for theft charges were arrested and charged with burglary and retail theft after allegedly stealing over $1,150 worth of merchandise from an Ulta Beauty store in Oak Brook.
https://countryherald.com/news/chicago-women-charged-with-burglary-and-retail-theft-at-ulta-while-on-pre-trial-release/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-trump-courts-conservative-male-influencers-to-try-to-reach-younger-men/
— Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-seeks-to-activate-his-base-at-moms-for-liberty-gathering-but-risks-alienating-moderate-voters/
— Police use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in Pennsylvania
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-police-use-taser-to-subdue-man-who-stormed-media-area-of-trump-rally-in-pennsylvania/
25 NEWS NOW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/08/30/trump-seeks-activate-his-base-moms-liberty-gathering/
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame violence on Republicans. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/violence-isnt-a-just-a-chicago-or-democratic-problem/
CHICAGO PATCH
— To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/calendar/event/20240904/c9bc7006-687b-463d-ba39-92cc4856f043/chicagos-24th-annual-diversity-employment-day-career-fair
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-153/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will happen in Illinois if Harris/Walz are elected? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— People who have demographics that vote for Republicans will ever-increasingly leave Illinois
— People who have demographics that vote for Democrats will ever-increasingly move to Illinois
— Religious, conservative, and Republican organizations and businesses will ever-increasingly shrink/fail/dissolve
— Laws will be ever-increasingly be passed and enacted that discriminate against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans
— Laws will be ever-increasingly be passed and enacted that give more preference to who have demographics that vote for Democrats
— Poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase
— Dependency on government and charity will ever-increasing increase
— LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, will ever-increasingly increase
— Abortion will ever-increasingly increase
— Booze, gambling, pot, and other vices will ever-increasingly increase.
— Second Amendment rights will ever-increasingly be diminished
— Affirmation Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination will ever-increasingly increase
— Meritocracy will be officially abolished
— Men will ever-increasingly fail and fall behind women
— America’s enemies will move ever-increasingly faster to destroy America
Demographics that vote for Republicans include heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time
Demographics that vote for Democrats include LGBTQ, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints joined Univision Chicago to discuss the expected $1 billion budget deficit coming to Chicago in 2025
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-joined-univision-chicago-to-discuss-the-expected-1-billion-budget-deficit-coming-to-chicago-in-2025/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Complaint alleges race, sex discrimination in U of I scholarships (COMMENT: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, my GPA suffered because I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was in high school and delivering mail while I was in college.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_754c1e86-6647-11ef-8d1d-fb72afdcf92d.html
— Cook County seeks input on guaranteed income program’s future (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5c0ede70-662b-11ef-9543-3bd3f108f009.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— VIOLENCE UP 7.2%: ROBBERIES, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, BATTERIES HIT 5-YEAR HIGHS (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes crime and poverty.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/violence-up-7-2-robberies-aggravated-assaults-batteries-hit-5-year-highs/
— UNEMPLOYMENT RATES REMAIN HIGH ACROSS ILLINOIS METRO AREAS (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unemployment-rates-remain-high-across-illinois-metro-areas/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP rips Harris interview, shows clip of liberal ‘values’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/30/gop-rips-kamala-harris-interview-shows-clip-of-lib/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Harris’s DEI agenda would undermine our national security
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3139240/harris-dei-agenda-undermine-national-security/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Official Dem Platform Backs Plan To Give Amnesty to Already-Deported Aliens. Roughly 1.5 million illegal immigrants were deported by the Trump administration.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/official-dem-platform-backs-plan-to-give-amnesty-to-already-deported-aliens/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump supporters rip Kamala Harris for showing off border walls she claims to hate in campaign ad
https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/us-news/kamala-harris-flaunts-trumps-border-walls-she-hates-in-campaign-ad/
— Harris shows true lefty colors in CNN interview, admits her ‘values have not changed’ despite major policy flip-flops
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/kamala-harris-says-my-values-have-not-changed-in-first-interview-since-biden-dropout/
— Trump says migrant kids are sex slaves, missing or dead due to Kamala Harris
https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/trump-says-migrant-kids-are-sex-slaves-missing-or-dead-due-to-kamala-harris/
— Migrant criminal shows everything wrong with Dem system
https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/opinion/migrant-criminal-shows-everything-wrong-with-dem-system/
— Swifties for Trump are being bashed, bullied by lefty fans who say singer would ‘hate’ them
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/entertainment/swifties-for-trump-are-being-bashed-bullied-by-lefty-fans-who-say-singer-would-hate-them/
— Trump says he’s ‘for parental rights all the way’ – decries school boards run ‘like dictatorships’ at Moms for Liberty event
https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/trump-says-hes-for-parental-rights-all-the-way-decries-school-boards-run-like-dictatorships-at-moms-for-liberty-event/
AMAC
— If Trump Loses, Elites Will Rule Unchallenged For Decades (COMMENT: What do elites think of you? I should write a book about those elites in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct who despise/hate me the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/if-trump-loses-elites-will-rule-unchallenged-for-decades/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Coloradans are paying a terrible price after their own politicians ignored the dangers of illegal immigration and an open border
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/08/30/co-guv-says-knock-on-the-door-just-your-imagination/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Denver’s Sanctuary City Designation Brings Venezuelan Prison Gang to Aurora (COMMENT: Aurora today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/30/denvers-sanctuary-city-designation-brings-venezuelan-prison-gang-to-town/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Stopping Illegals from Voting. – Robert A. Taft
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/stopping_illegals_from_voting.html
— Kamala finally submits to an ‘interview’… and it should be the end of her campaign
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/kamala_finally_submits_to_an_interview_and_it_should_be_the_end_of_her_campaign.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois catches hell for contest to redesign state flag: ‘Our current flag is far too patriotic’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/29/illinois-catches-hell-for-contest-to-redesign-state-flag-our-current-flag-is-farrrrr-too-patriotic-1483460/
BLAZE
— ‘Kamala’s Illegals’ signs hit gang-ravaged town
https://www.theblaze.com/align/sabo-strikes-kamala-s-illegals-signs-hit-gang-ravaged-town
BREITBART
— Pelosi on CA Using Tax Dollars to Help Illegals Buy Homes: Have to Make Home Ownership ‘Available to All’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/31/pelosi-on-ca-using-tax-dollars-to-help-illegals-buy-homes-have-to-make-home-ownership-available-to-all/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Illegal Immigration Is Expensive. The Biden-Harris administration is handing out more hundreds of millions to bail out localities reeling from the crisis it created.
https://cis.org/Jacobs/Illegal-Immigration-Expensive
— Biden/Harris ‘Keeping Families Together’ Scheme Seems Headed for Annulment. But the states challenging the ‘parole in place’ amnesty will first have to prove standing.
https://cis.org/Fishman/BidenHarris-Keeping-Families-Together-Scheme-Seems-Headed-Annulment
CHRISTIAN POST
— Abortions on the rise since Roe reversal thanks to abortion pill spike. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/abortions-on-the-rise-since-roe-reversal-thanks-to-abortion-pills.html
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Kamala Harris And Democrats Are Not The Workingman’s Friends (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on workingmen. I was a workingman 1962-1997.)
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/kamala-harris-and-democrats-are-not-the-workingman-s-friend
DAILY CALLER
— The Urgent Need To Combat Indoctrination In America’s Schools (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students “good little Democrats,” that is, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/30/opinion-urgent-need-combat-indoctrination-americas-schools-sheri-few/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Despite Tough Talk, Biden-Harris Admin Rolls Out Red Carpet for Illegal Alien Gangs
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/30/despite-tough-talk-biden-harris-admin-rolls-red-carpet-illegal-alien-gangs-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Rips ‘Stupid People’ Allowing Gangs To Take Over Colorado Apartments
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-stupid-people-allowing-gangs-to-take-over-colorado-apartments
— Left-Wing Elites Laugh As Illegal Gangs Terrorize American Neighborhoods
https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-elites-laugh-as-illegal-gangs-terrorize-american-neighborhoods
FEDERALIST
— Dishonest Media Dismiss Illegal Immigrant Cartel Violence Near Denver
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/30/dishonest-media-dismiss-illegal-immigrant-cartel-violence-near-denver/
— J.D. Vance’s D.C. Suburb Is Only ‘Hate-Free’ If You Agree With Democrat Authoritarians (COMMENT: What attitude do Democrat and RINO leaders in the following have toward you: your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct? I should write a book about the Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct and the attitude that they have toward me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/29/j-d-vances-d-c-suburb-is-only-hate-free-if-you-agree-with-democrat-authoritarians/
FOX NEWS
— JD Vance: We have got to end the practice of sanctuary cities
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361260345112
— Democrats hope that you hate Donald Trump as much as they do. Hannity shreds the DNC platform.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/sean-hannity-democrats-hope-you-hate-donald-trump-much-do
— We can’t let the anti-US hatred and radicalism our troops fought abroad take root here at home. We must fight radicalism here with just as much strength and dedication as our troops do abroad.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/we-cant-let-anti-us-hatred-radicalism-our-troops-fought-abroad-take-root-here-home
HIGHER GROUND TIMES
— Businesses that support Trump should stay out of politics. Companies are being castigated, threatened and rebuked as election looms.
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/aug/29/businesses-that-support-trump-should-stay-out-of-p/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— MIT Begins to Discriminate Less
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/mit-begins-to-discriminate-less/
NEW AMERICAN
— The “Culture Wars” Are Actually a War for Civilization
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/the-culture-wars-are-actually-a-war-for-civilization/
NEWSMAX
— Harris Proud to Be Woke, Radical
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ric-grenell-harris-radical/2024/08/30/id/1178586/
— Harris Team’s Faith Leader: Christianity ‘Hijacked’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kamala-harris-tim-walz-jennifer-butler/2024/08/30/id/1178546/
TOWNHALL
— Progressive Denver Mayor Defends ‘Newcomers’ Gang Violence
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/30/progressive-denver-mayor-defends-the-newcomers-gang-violence-n2644159
— Multiple Buildings Have ‘Fallen’ to Venezuelan Gangs in Colorado
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/08/29/terrifying-footage-show-illegal-alien-gangs-patrolling-with-rifles-n2644096
— Venezuela Gang Members Have Taken Over an American City. Here’s How the Governor Responded.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/30/jared-polis-reaction-to-migrant-takeover-in-aurora-n2644115
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump needs to realize how many people hate him before it’s too late (COMMENT: What do you say to those who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who are consumed with hatred against Trump?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4836969-trump-needs-reaching-out-haters/
— Democrats must use Labor Day to honor workers and win over union voters. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are vehemently anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1980) and they hint/imply/argue/shout that because of that, I was grossly overpaid. They stress that while I was a union member, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress a) that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/4854908-labor-day-union-victory/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making abortion the top priority for women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/us/elections/abortion-polls-women-trump-harris.html
— FRONT PAGE: Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders. The social network began to go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online. (COMMENT: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/americas/brazil-elon-musk-x-blocked.html
— Because Trump is German American, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that he is a Nazi.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/opinion/germany-afd-elections.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Kinzinger. What do you say to those who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who are consumed with hatred against Trump?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/30/kinzinger-republicans-harris-endorse/
LOS ANGELES TIMES & MSN
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-30/los-angeles-reparation-report
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-unpaid-debt-the-case-for-reparations-to-black-descendants-of-slavery/ss-AA1pFTM2?ocid=mailsignout
MSN
— Ford & Lowe’s Become Latest Companies To Scale Back Their DEI Policies (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger person who would take the job. They anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat, but they were wrong. Consequently, they wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-lowe-s-become-latest-companies-to-scale-back-their-dei-policies/ar-AA1pFwsR
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Pennsylvania and Georgia Are Must-Win States in November. Harris and Trump are pouring time and money into a pair of battlegrounds that are crucial to their paths to victory. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will flood Pennsylvania and Georgia with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/harris-trump-georgia-pennsylvania-election-2024-1240cf72
— The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles and it ever-increasingly does that. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles, but it ever-increasingly fails/refuses to do that.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-hollow-parties-fractured-factions-d5edbad3
EASTERN PROGRESS
— Stereotypes (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stereotype big time. I should write about them. I would focus on those who a) positively stereotype those who share their demographics and b) negatively stereotype those who do not share their demographics. But I would also focus on those who negatively stereotype those who share their demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics. I would especially focus on those who negatively stereotype those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would especially those who have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.easternprogress.com/news/breaking-appalachian-stereotypes-students-for-appalachia/article_a2461810-6557-11ef-8d8e-2bd2e9260b73.html
August 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago facing $982M budget shortfall for 2025, forecast shows. Mayor Brandon Johnson sidestepped the question of whether a property tax hike is on the table.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-facing-982m-budget-shortfall-2025-forecast-shows/15243487/
NBC5
— Surveillance video shows burglars using chain attached to pickup truck to break into Chicago gas station. According to a business manager, it marked the third time burglars broke in, using a different method each time.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/surveillance-video-shows-burglars-using-chain-attached-to-pickup-truck-break-chicago-gas-station/3535653/
CBS2
— Many who attended DNC in Chicago have since tested positive for COVID.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-chicago-covid/
— Chicago faces $982 million budget shortfall for 2025, Mayor Brandon Johnson says.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-2025-budget-shortfall/
WTTW
— Chicago Faces $982M Budget Shortfall in 2025, $223M Gap in 2024.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/29/chicago-faces-982m-budget-shortfall-2025-223m-gap-2024-johnson
— Democrats ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/29/how-chicago-business-owner-helping-kids-access-bilingual-books
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago faces nearly $1 billion budget gap in 2025: ‘There are sacrifices that will be made’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/29/chicago-faces-nearly-1b-budget-gap-in-2025-there-are-sacrifices-that-will-be-made/?clearUserState=true
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS to offer Chicago teachers raises up to 5% in each of the next four years. This could represent a breakthrough in talks between CPS and the teachers union and comes as CPS’ beleaguered CEO got support from nearly 400 administrators.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/08/29/cps-to-offer-chicago-teachers-raises-up-to-5-in-each-of-the-next-four-years
— Radio talk show host Amy Jacobson resigns as Amundsen volleyball coach after mocking Gus Walz. Amy Jacobson and Dan Proft, her co-host on the conservative talk radio show ‘Chicago’s Morning Answer,’ mimicked the teen’s emotional reaction to his father’s speech at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/08/28/amy-jacobson-resigns-amundsen-volleyball-coach-gus-walz-cps-education-adhd-mental-health
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2024/08/30/abortion-access-chicago-abortion-fund-megan-jeyifo
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Kane County backs down on ‘First Amendment area’ at county building.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240829/news/kane-gop-outraged-at-first-amendment-area-at-county-building/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Kinzinger to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240830/columns/kinzinger-got-it-right-in-speech-to-dnc/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240829/news/its-an-investment-why-kane-county-will-provide-housing-for-former-inmates/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Signature Bank stands by sponsorship of Dan Proft’s radio show after hosts mock Gus Walz.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/signature-bank-weighs-morning-answers-gus-walz-remarks
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP gets win in court, but faces challenge in November.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/gop-gets-win-in-court-but-faces-challenge-in-november/article_59466f56-63e1-11ef-8216-9744d6ee49c9.html
ILLINOIS VALLEY
— Ottawa American Legion cancels DeVore event, says political talks violate its bylaws.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2024/08/30/ottawa-american-legion-cancels-devore-event-says-political-talks-violate-its-bylaws/
ILLINOIS RADIO NETWORK
— Illinois taxpayers could be on the hook for monetary awards to claimants suing Illinois State Police for alleged negligence in the run up to the 2022 Highland Park mass shooting.
https://www.cilfm.com/2024/08/29/claimants-seek-58-million-allege-isp-negligence-around-highland-park-shooter/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump vows to make IVF treatment free through government or private insurance if elected
https://newschannel20.com/news/beyond-the-podium/former-president-donald-trump-vows-to-make-ivf-treatment-free-through-government-or-private-insurance-if-elected-in-vitro-fertilization-newborns
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump said he’d vote for abortion rights in Florida. His campaign says not so fast.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-29/trump-said-hed-vote-for-abortion-rights-in-florida-his-campaign-says-not-so-fast
— Teens are losing interest in school. (COMMENT: My father often decried his not having a college degree.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-29/teens-are-losing-interest-in-school-and-say-they-hear-about-college-a-lot
— Illegals have tremendous incentives to vote for Democrat candidates because Democrat elected officials give illegals tremendous preference.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-30/the-gop-is-making-false-claims-about-noncitizens-voting-its-affecting-real-voters
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-359/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-152/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— There are no top professionals left running Chicago, they’re now all activists and organizers.
https://wirepoints.org/there-are-no-top-professionals-left-running-chicago-theyre-now-all-activists-and-organizers-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
— Gotion controversy goes national and Chicago’s budget problems worsen.
https://wirepoints.org/gotion-controversy-goes-national-and-chicagos-budget-problems-worsen-wirepoints-on-am660s-shaun-thompson-show/
JOHN KASS
— Leftist Media Hyenas Hamstring Amy Jacobson; Quarters Boyle is dead and Chicago Tribune Becomes a Combine Laughingstock
https://johnkassnews.com/leftist-media-hyenas-hamstring-amy-jacobson-quarters-boyle-is-dead-and-chicago-tribune-corruption-editorial-a-combine-laughingstock/
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Victim advocate: Victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens suffer doubly from under reporting in the media.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663849709-victim-advocate-victims-of-crimes-committed-by-illegal-aliens-suffer-doubly-from-under-reporting-in-the-media
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden restarts immigration program for 4 countries with ‘additional vetting’ for sponsors.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/29/joe-biden-restarts-immigration-program-for-4-count/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The US education system has conditioned Americans to accept socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3138279/education-system-conditioned-americans-accept-socialism/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kamala Harris Goes Off Script. VP finally sits down for an interview and reminds Americans why she waited so long. (COMMENT: I have been the Illinois reporter for www.gopusa.com since 2000. My critics/opponents did not want me to attend Henry Hyde’s press conference in 2005 ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-08-05-0508050305-story.html ) when he endorsed Roskam. But when I attended anyway, they warned me to not ask any questions. Since 2005, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being just like Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News Since 2005, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with Democrat reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://freebeacon.com/stiles-section/
NEW YORK POST
— How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/the-150-billion-problem-cost-of-migrant-crisis-to-us-taxpayers-could-be-billions-higher-than-reported-expenses-in-many-states/
— Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismisses migrant gang takeover of apartments as ‘imagination’ — despite video, mayor confirming truth.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/colorado-gov-jared-polis-dismisses-migrant-gang-takeover-of-aurora-apartments-as-imagination/
— Harris would turn nation into Kamalafornia, where illegal immigrants get free money.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/opinion/harris-would-turn-nation-into-kamalafornia-where-illegal-immigrants-get-free-money/
— Group of 20 migrants attempted to enter California school bus picking up students in ‘really scary’ scene.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/group-of-20-migrants-attempted-to-enter-california-school-bus-picking-up-students-officials/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Federal Appeals Court: Illegal Aliens Do Not Have 2nd Amendment Rights.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/29/federal-appeals-court-illegal-aliens-do-not-have-2nd-amendment-rights/
— Illegals Attempt to Stop and Board California School Buses, Where is the Border Czar?
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/29/illegals-attempt-to-stop-and-board-california-school-buses-where-is-the-border-czar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— In San Diego’s back county, illegals attempt to hijack two school buses loaded with children.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/in_san_diego_s_back_county_illegals_attempt_to_hijack_two_school_buses_loaded_with_children.html
— Armed with heavy firepower, Venezuelan gang of illegals seizes control of entire apartment complex in Aurora, CO.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/armed_with_heavy_firepower_venezuelan_gang_of_illegals_seizes_control_of_entire_apartment_complex_in_aurora_co.html
— Illegal aliens cost taxpayers $150 billion in just one year.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/study_illegal_aliens_cost_taxpayers_150_billion_in_just_one_year.html
— Leftists emulating evil: The Nazis were also woke.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/leftists_emulating_evil_the_nazis_were_also_woke.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Calif. community on high alert after migrants attempt to board school buses.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/29/its-just-scary-calif-community-on-high-alert-after-migrants-attempt-to-board-school-buses-1483439/
BLAZE
— Employers attempt to skirt liability for hiring illegal aliens by using staffing agencies.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-investigates-employers-attempt-to-skirt-liability-for-hiring-illegal-aliens-by-using-staffing-agencies
— Mob of 20 illegal aliens reportedly tries to board school bus with young children.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mob-of-20-illegal-aliens-reportedly-tries-to-board-school-bus-with-young-children-really-scary
BREITBART
— Young Americans for Freedom Sues Biden-Harris Admin over Race-Based Scholarships.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/29/young-americans-for-freedom-sues-biden-harris-administration-over-race-based-scholarships/
— Kamala Harris Arab Outreach Director Claimed ‘Zionists’ Control ‘A Lot of’ Politics.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/29/report-kamala-harris-arab-outreach-director-claimed-zionists-control-a-lot-of-politics/
DAILY CALLER
— Tim Walz Signed A Law Creating ‘Ethnic Studies’ Requirements Extending To Elementary School Students.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/29/tim-walz-law-creating-ethnic-studies-requirements-students-elementary/
— Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, released an executive order Tuesday that banned the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s public schools. Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, released an executive order Tuesday that banned the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s public schools.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/29/governor-executive-obanning-critical-race-theory-louisiana/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘What Did You Learn in School Today?’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/29/what-did-you-learn-in-school-today/
DAILY WIRE
— Kamala Campaign’s New Faith Leader Believes Christianity Has Been ‘Hijacked By White Supremacists’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-kamala-campaigns-new-faith-leader-who-believes-christianity-has-been-hijacked-by-white-supremacists
FEDERALIST
— California Democrats Pass Bill Offering Up To $150K In Assistance For Illegals To Buy Homes.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/29/california-democrats-pass-bill-offering-up-to-150k-in-assistance-for-illegals-to-buy-homes/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Restarts the Illegal and Fraud-Ridden CHNV Parole Program with Only Vague Promises to Do Better in the Future.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/dhs-restarts-illegal-and-fraud-ridden-chnv-parole-program-only-vague-promises-do
FOX NEWS
— Millions of illegal aliens are ‘coming to a town near you’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361229608112
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Criminal Aliens Released in U.S. “Committing Crimes Against Americans at An Alarming Rate”
https://www.judicialwatch.org/criminal-aliens-committing-crimes/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Federal Appeals Court Upholds Federal Law Banning Guns For Illegal Aliens.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-upholds-federal-law-banning-guns-for-illegal-aliens/
— Violent Gang of Illegal Aliens Takes Over Apartment Complex In Colorado.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/report-violent-gang-of-illegal-aliens-takes-over-apartment-complex-in-colorado/
LIVE ACTION
— The Hyde Amendment has saved the lives of millions – and abortion proponents want it gone.
https://www.liveaction.org/news/hyde-amendment-saved-millions-abortion-want-gone/
MRC TV
— Groups Of Migrants Attempt To Access Elementary School Buses.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/groups-migrants-attempt-access-elementary-school-buses
NEW AMERICAN
— Venezuelan Gang Terrorizing Colorado; Has “Taken Over” Apartment Complex.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/venezuelan-gang-terrorizing-colorado-has-apparently-taken-over-apartment-complex/
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Issa Calls for Probe of Illegals Targeting School Buses.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/darrell-issa-illegal-immigrants/2024/08/29/id/1178450/
— Calif. Passes Bill to Give Illegal Migrants $150K in Home Loans
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/california-housing-loans/2024/08/29/id/1178323/
— Migrant Crisis Cost Taxpayers $150B Last Year.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-border-taxes/2024/08/29/id/1178371/
PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Nearly Hijack Two School Buses in California.
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2024/08/29/two-school-buses-in-california-nearly-hijacked-by-illegals-n4932099
TOWNHALL
— Tim Walz Under Fire for Latest Scandal That Bans Christian, Jewish Teachers From Public Schools.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/29/tim-walz-is-under-fire-for-reportedly-banning-christian-jewish-teachers-from-teaching-in-public-schools-n2644079
— Twenty Illegal Aliens Attempted to Enter a California School Bus As It Was Picking Up Students.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/29/a-group-of-illegals-attempted-to-enter-a-school-bus-picking-up-students-n2644089
ZERO HEDGE
— “Living In Third World”: Armed Venezuelan Gang Members Roam Colorado Apartment Building.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/living-third-world-armed-venezuelan-gang-members-roam-colorado-apartment-building
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Harris survives first major sit-down as Dem nominee with few missteps (COMMENT: I have been the Illinois reporter for www.gopusa.com since 2000. My critics/opponents did not want me to attend Henry Hyde’s press conference in 2005 ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-08-05-0508050305-story.html ) when he endorsed Roskam. But when I attended anyway, they warned me to not ask any questions. Since 2005, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being just like Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News Since 2005, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with Democrat reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4855125-harris-cnn-interview-few-missteps/
— Quinnipiac poll finds Harris with 2-point lead over Trump after convention. (COMMENT: No one should trust polls.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4854309-vice-president-harris-trump-neck-and-neck/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Biden got elected my falsely painting himself as being a moderate/centrist. Now Harris is doing that.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/ap-harris-walz-will-sit-down-for-first-major-television-interview-of-their-presidential-campaign/
REUTERS
— Harris widens lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. (COMMENT: No one should trust polls.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-widens-lead-over-trump-with-boost-women-hispanics-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-08-29/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Postal Service Overhaul Runs Into Challenges (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 while I took classes at UIC and then at NIU. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I might still be worked for the postal service if my Democrat superiors had not forced me to resign in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors disapproved/despised/hated my being a draft-avoider, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and a Crete resident since 1948. Further, they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire/retain/promote Democrat minorities, females, and veterans. The aforesaid is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/postal-service-changes-dejoy.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURES: Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in latest poll taken after DNC. Harris has succeeded in doing what Biden never could this year: Lead Trump. (COMMENT: No one should trust polls.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/29/kamala-harris-donald-trump-suffolk-usa-today-poll-results/74984967007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Illegal Aliens in America Cost Taxpayers $150 Billion Last Year.
https://www.nysun.com/article/illegal-aliens-in-america-cost-taxpayers-150-billion-last-year-study-finds
WJBF
— One-fourth of Accounting Professionals Want More DEI Involvement (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, fewer and fewer and fewer of their employees a) had degrees in accounting and b) had passed the CPA examination. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. My superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Because I was none of the aforesaid, my superiors wasted my career, forced me to retire in 1997, and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who was a CPA. However, he had far less work experience than I had. He had far less education than I had. He had only one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA.)
https://www.wjbf.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/739390663/one-fourth-of-accounting-professionals-want-more-dei-involvement/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds. Voters have largely positive views of Democratic nominee, who gets 48% compared to 47% for Republican Donald Trump. (COMMENT: No one should trust polls.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-harris-poll-august-election-2024-e6fa024e
— For More Americans, One Job Isn’t Enough (COMMENT: My working a second job 1971-1972 helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for my graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/workers-multiple-jobs-lifestyle-economy-344c8f10
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bosses Are Finding Ways to Pay Workers Less (COMMENT: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $18.99/hour delivering mail 1966-1967, $19.62/hour 1967-1968, and $20.25/hour 1968-1969. I earned $54,728/year collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1972, $66,942/year 1972-1973, $80,994/year 1973-1974, and $97,079-$110,020/year 1974-1980. I earned $87,024/year 1980-1981 auditing federal agencies, $105,289/year 1981-1982, $110,020-$115,439/year 1982-1986, and $115,439-$150,075/year 1986-1997. In my defense, 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://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/salary-workers-pay-cuts-2024-54101d66
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Job seekers report seeing roles that once offered salaries between $175,000 and $200,000 a year ago now being advertised for tens of thousands of dollars less, a change that has had them rethinking their pay expectations.)
FORTUNE
— The government promised an easier FAFSA. Now thousands have no financial aid at all. (COMMENT: I worked my way through college. To have money for UIC and NIU expenses and for cars to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and jobs and classes, I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, and worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://fortune.com/2024/08/29/the-government-promised-an-easier-fafsa-now-thousands-have-no-financial-aid-at-all/
NEW REPUBLIC
— The Case for Mediocrity (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject meritocracy and promote race and gender based preference giving. According to them, discrimination against those who share their demographics (liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time) explains all their shortcomings in life. According to them because I am none of the aforesaid, I owe all my successes in live to discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those whose parents had way more money than mine did.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/185408/august-case-for-mediocrity-politics
CONVERSATION
— Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote female candidates, Democrats and RINOs call you a sexist and even worse things.
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/sexism-makes-us-election-closer
ECONOMIST
— Democrat and RINO leaders say “Donald Trump’s dream of mass deportations is a fantasy.”
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/29/donald-trumps-dream-of-mass-deportations-is-a-fantasy
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Competitive Academic Cultures Are Catalysts for Discrimination. Tania Ravaei recommends measures colleges should take to discourage racial resentment of the successes of members of marginalized groups. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject meritocracy and promote race and gender based preference giving. According to them, discrimination against those who share their demographics (liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time) explains all their shortcomings in life. According to them because I am none of the aforesaid, I owe all my successes in live to discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those whose parents had way more money than mine did.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/conditionally-accepted/2024/08/30/competitive-academic-cultures-often
August 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Parents call for ouster of radio host Amy Jacobson as Amundsen volleyball coach after she mocked Gus Walz. – Karina Atkins
katkins@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune and Molly Morro
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/27/amy-jacobson-amundsen-volleyball-coach/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— By 2028, how successful will Democrats be driving out of Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Republicans: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/27/dnc-2024-2028-chicago-convention-bid-pritzker-host-committee-christy-george-harris-beyonce
— Democrats crow about their success in getting Latinos to push the Democrat Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2024/08/27/chicago-latinos-shared-some-of-their-top-issues-at-the-democratic-national-convention
— COVID-19 also attended last week’s Democratic National Convention, infecting ‘too many.’ Attendees grumble on social media about getting sick. One union official said he knows at least 14 people who tested positive since attending the convention. – Brett Chase and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/08/27/dnc-democratic-national-convention-covid-vaccine
NBC5
— Democrats say “How to register to vote in Illinois before the November election.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/how-to-register-to-vote-in-illinois-before-the-november-election/3533287/
— Over 44,000 ComEd customers without power as storms sweep through Chicago area (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. I should write about my critics/opponents who have blasted me the most for buying a natural gas fired whole house backup electric generator.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/over-14000-comed-customers-without-power-as-storms-sweep-through-chicago-area/3533480/
FOX32
— JD Vance reacts to new Trump indictment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1507752
— Controversy brews at Chicago high school as parents call for coach’s removal amid Gus Walz comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B53D-pmSZc
— Did you have work your way through college? I did. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1507775
SOUTHERN
— Vance campaigns behind bulletproof glass at Michigan outdoor remarks, hits Harris for DNC comments. – Lalee Ibssa and Hannah Demissie
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/27/like-trump-vance-to-campaign-behind-bulletproof-glass-at-michigan-rally-2/
WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/28/abortion-took-center-stage-during-the-dnc-but-heres-why-access-could-be-in-jeopardy
WGEM
— Slated candidates to appear on Illinois general election ballot. – Max Cotton (COMMENT: As the likelihood of Republican candidates winning general elections in Illinois decreases, anticipate/expect that fewer candidates will run in Republican primaries and more Republican candidates will be slated.)
https://www.wgem.com/2024/08/26/slated-candidates-appear-illinois-general-election-ballot/
WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-27/an-abortion-can-affect-a-womans-financial-future-and-the-broader-economy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-27/tim-walz-is-a-new-kind-of-reproductive-rights-messenger
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois’ parties work to get out the vote. – Greg Bishop
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-parties-work-to-get-out-the-vote/article_75a64268-6470-11ef-a490-338ba02990fa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said Republicans are in a growth phase with a big tent. “Voters are moving towards us,” Curran told The Center Square. “They have had enough of the constant corruption in Cook County and the city of Chicago all run by Democrats.” Frederick Walls, a Republican running for a statehouse seat in Chicago, said the state Republican party needs to put in resources to advertise for his and other Republican races in Democratic districts. “In 2022, I ran, and I was knocking on doors that where they had already mailed in their ballot because they didn’t know … me, but I could only reach so many houses walking door to door,” Walls told The Center Square. Curran said outreach and support to such candidates is a work in progress. “The city of Chicago, Cook County, this is an area where we are growing more of a presence, we need to, that work is ongoing right now,” Curran said. The Democratic Party of Illinois has $1.4 million cash on hand after Gov. J.B. Pritzker donated half a million earlier this month. The Illinois Republican Party has $745,000. Early voting for the Nov. 5 election begins Sept. 26.)
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Drag PAC’s Drag Night Chicago boasts energetic performances, voter registration promotion. – Lu Calzada (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://windycitytimes.com/2024/08/27/drag-pacs-drag-night-chicago-boasts-energetic-performances-voter-registration-promotion/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-357/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-150/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party succeeds because its leaders defend and advance its platform. The Republican Party fails because far too many of its leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in its platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about those leaders of the following who have failed/refused to defend and advance the most planks since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who have done the most to get rid of those like me who support the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Gotion now a national campaign issue as Vance joins Trump condemning the Chinese project. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/gotion-now-a-national-campaign-issue-as-vance-joins-trump-condemning-the-chinese-project-wirepoints/
— Chicago educators can blame parents for poor results…but it’s the system that spends $30,000 per student.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-educators-can-blame-parents-for-poor-results-but-its-the-system-that-spends-30000-per-student-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois election integrity advocate raises concerns. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_55a0034e-64ae-11ef-9e82-4b7f2e8faba6.html
— As IL deals with non-citizen migrants, TX judge blocks Biden’s citizenship plan. – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a9f3622c-64b5-11ef-abdb-afa86cc603e0.html
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 3rd Congressional District candidate Booras on censorship of billboards around DNC: ‘The facts demonstrate that Pritzker and Johnson have made serious errors in judgment’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663715770-3rd-congressional-district-candidate-booras-on-censorship-of-billboards-around-dnc-the-facts-demonstrate-that-pritzker-and-johnson-have-made-serious-errors-in-judgment
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harris campaign launches massive ad buy tying Trump to Project 2025. – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/28/harris-campaign-launches-massive-ad-buy-tying-trum/
— Over 200 former GOP aides back Harris. – Mallory Wilson (COMMENT: I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will endorse Harris. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/reject the fact that if Trump is elected, he can and he will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, but if Harris is elected, the Republican Party will soon cease to exist.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/27/over-200-former-gop-aides-back-kamala-harris/
— Democrats’ new platform reads like socialist manifesto. – Michael J. Pappas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/27/democrats-new-platform-reads-like-socialist-manife/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Unprecedented’ positive media for Harris, 89% negative for Trump. – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3125746/unprecedented-positive-media-for-harris-89-negative-for-trump/
— Democratic convention hints at what’s ahead in 2028. – Naomi Lim and Mabinty Quarshie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3135474/democratic-convention-hints-2028-rivals-harris/
NEW YORK POST
— Don’t believe for one minute Kamala Harris’ fantasy pivot on open border. – Mark Krikorian
https://nypost.com/2024/08/27/opinion/dont-believe-for-one-minute-kamala-harris-fantasy-pivot-on-open-border/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Is Still the Pro-Life Candidate. Harris threatens to upend every piece of progress the cause of life has made in the past 20 years. – W. James Antle III
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-is-still-the-pro-life-candidate/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Administration’s ‘Parole in Place’ Program for Illegal Aliens. – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/27/federal-judge-blocks-biden-harris-administrations-parole-in-place-program-for-illegal-aliens/
BLAZE
— NASA’s DEI training under fire for linking ‘objectivity’ and ‘individualism’ to white supremacy. – ANDREW CHAPADOS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the DEI training that I had to take as an IRS employee 1971-1980 and as a GAO employee 1980-1997. Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.theblaze.com/return/nasa-dei-training-starliner-mission
CENTER SQUARE
— Judge halts Biden-Harris plan to give spouses of illegal immigrants pathway to citizenship. – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_384ae784-6475-11ef-9aef-67832d043768.html
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Anniversary Harris And Biden Dishonored – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-anniversary-harris-and-biden-dishonored
— RFK Jr Explains MAGA Better Than Most MAGA Supporters Explain MAGA – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/rfk-jr-explains-maga-better-than-most-maga-supporters-explain-maga
DAILY CALLER
— Over 200 RINOs Show How Trump Saved The GOP From Itself – GAGE KLIPPER (COMMENT: I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will endorse Harris. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/reject the fact that if Trump is elected, he can and he will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, but if Harris is elected, the Republican Party will soon cease to exist.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/bush-mccain-romney-aides-gop/
— We Must Fight To Ensure That Only Citizens Vote In American Elections. – JACKIE DOYER:
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/opinion-fight-ensure-only-citizens-vote-american-elections-jackie-doyer/
FEDERALIST
— Under Tim Walz, Minnesota Banned Christians From Teaching In Public Schools. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/27/under-tim-walz-minnesota-banned-christians-from-teaching-in-public-schools/
— Kamala Harris Wants Amnesty And Open Borders, Not A Secure Border. – Shawn Fleetwood
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-wants-amnesty-and-open-borders-not-a-secure-border/
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary city’s policies push violent migrant gang into suburbs: ‘It’s a nationwide problem’ Colorado officials say Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang has been spilling out of Denver and wreaking havoc in Aurora, other suburbs. – Christina Coulter
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-citys-policies-push-violent-migrant-gang-suburbs-nationwide-problem
— Denver suburb rocked by ‘huge increase’ in migrant gang violence: ‘Biden-Harris administration is complicit’ Venezuela’s brutal Tren de Aragua gang has wreaked havoc on Aurora, Colorado. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-suburb-rocked-huge-increase-migrant-gang-violence-biden-harris-administration-complicit
— Kamala Harris getting overwhelmingly positive media coverage since emerging as nominee. A study found that the media coverage of Harris has been 84% positive on ABC, CBS, NBC evening newscasts. – Hanna Panreck (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-getting-overwhelmingly-positive-media-coverage-since-emerging-nominee-study
MRC TV
— Biden Lashes Out After Judge Pauses His Executive Order Rewarding Long-Term Illegal Aliens with Path to Citizenship. – Craig Bannister
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/biden-lashes-out-after-judge-pauses-his-executive-order-rewarding-long-term
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas Judge Pauses Biden Program Aiding Immigrant Spouses of U.S. Citizens. – David Zimmermann
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-judge-pauses-biden-program-aiding-immigrant-spouses-of-u-s-citizens/
— Trump Is Right about Illegal Immigrants Accounting for Job Growth
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/trump-is-likely-right-about-illegal-immigrants-accounting-for-job-growth/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Google Fuels Harris-Media Honeymoon, Favors Leftist Media Nearly 10 Times More. – Luis Cornelio (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/luis-cornelio/2024/08/27/study-google-fuels-harris-media-honeymoon-favors-leftist
TOWNHALL
— Here’s What Chicago Black Voters Had to Say About the Dems During Their Convention. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2643738
— Joe Lived the Dream, While We Lived the Nightmare. – D.W. Wilber
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2024/08/28/joe-lived-the-dream-while-we-lived-the-nightmare-n2643983
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. – Camilo Montoya-Galvez
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-granting-legal-status-to-spouses-of-u-s-citizens/
REUTERS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kamala-harris-multiracial-roots-us-sees-its-own-future-2024-08-22/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Breaking Up Google Isn’t Nearly Enough. – Julia Angwin (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone to a) websites that promote Harris/Walz and the Democrat Party platform and b) websites that demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump/Vance and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/google-monopoly-ruling-break-up.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge recently told us what we already knew: that Google is a monopolist in the web search market. In his scathing 277-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta noted that Google has an 89.2 percent share of the overall search market and a 94.9 percent share of searches conducted on mobile devices. Fixing the problem is trickier. Next month, the judge will start deliberations on how to fix an industry that is so thoroughly dominated by one player. It is not going to be easy to jump-start competition in a market where Google has spent decades and billions of dollars quashing rivals.)
USA TODAY
— From IVF to his military service, Walz is a bit of a fabulist. Can’t we get the truth? Tim Walz displays a disturbing pattern of telling falsehoods about his life and record. It’s taken what should be humanizing stories and made them controversial. – Ingrid Jacques
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/27/walz-ivf-national-guard-harris/74951463007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying the U.S. military.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/26/military-veterans-voting-harris-trump-walz-vance/74879597007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Press Delivers 84 Percent Positive Coverage for Harris, 89 Percent Negative on Trump. – JOSEPH CURL (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/media-delivers-84-percent-positive-coverage-for-harris-89-percent-negative-on-trump-analysis-finds
POLITICO
— Trump indicted again in election subversion case brought by Jack Smith. The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, is an attempt by prosecutors to recalibrate the case. – KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/27/trump-indicted-2020-election-subversion-00176503
CAMPAIGN SCHOOL
— 10 Main Reasons Why Candidates Lose Elections – Brian Floyd (COMMENT: I should write a book about why Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have lost elections since 2000. Of course, I would focus on those candidates who have blamed their losses a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on my raising funds from them to help sponsor Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, d) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and f) on my supporting their opponents in primary and/or nonpartisan elections. I would focus on candidates who lost U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Illinois statewide, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide, DuPage 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton citywide, Wheaton West District, and judicial races. I would focus on their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates who I did the most to help elect since 2000, but who then have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me for their losses.)
https://thecampaignschool.com/10-reasons-candidates-lose-elections/
August 25, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The DNC put Chicago in the limelight, but it also emptied the Loop of office workers, hurting some restaurants. ‘It was mostly a bad week.’ – Brian J. Rogal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dnc-put-chicago-limelight-emptied-100000093.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/25/opinion-chicago-office-gun-violence-brandon-johnson/
— Event warns parents of teenage substance abuse trends. – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/22/lincoln-way-event-warns-parents-of-teenage-substance-abuse-trends/
ABC7
— Ukrainians in Chicago celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day, raise funds for Ukraine
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ukrainian-cultural-center-independence-day-celebration-chicagos-northwest-side-raise-funds-ukraine-amid-war-russia/15227022/
— Starbucks giving new CEO private jet to commute between California home and Seattle office. – Jordan Valinsky (COMMENT: I walked to work and night classes 1974-1978. IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop when was 25 years old in 1974. So that I could walk to work and the to graduate evening business classes at Loyola, a bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. In 1976, I traded in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom unit.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-getting-private-jet-commute-between-newport-beach-california-seattle/15226467/
FOX32
— Trump’s Bedminster golf club to host $1M fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants – Eleanor Terrett
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-bedminster-golf-club-host-1m-fundraiser-jan-6-defendants
WTTW
— No ‘Slated’ GOP Candidates Will Be Kept Off Ballot After Rulings From Illinois Supreme Court, Elections Board (COMMENT: What impact do the leaders of the following have on who runs for offices on ballots in your precinct: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization? I should write a book about the impact that the leaders of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have had on who runs for offices on ballots in my precinct since 2000. Overwhelmingly, they a) have encouraged to run those who are moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) have discouraged from running those like me who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/23/no-slated-gop-candidates-will-be-kept-ballot-after-rulings-illinois-supreme-court
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/advocates-decry-texas-lawsuit-to-stop-bidens-parole-in-place-for-immigrant-families/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Seeking a third term just one of Pritzker’s political options. – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-seeking-a-third-term-just-one-of-pritzkers-political-options/article_fa91ef65-ed2b-5d4e-889b-1bae14b619df.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Walz.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/24/tim-walz-gives-rural-democrats-hope-for-winning-swing-states/
— Democrats say “Influencers get access to political conventions as campaigns court young voters.” Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents do not want me to influence anyone. They do everything that they can a) to discourage/stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to discourage/stop everyone from reading those newsletters. They read my newsletters for opposition research.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/24/influencers-get-access-to-political-conventions-as-campaigns-court-young-voters/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Democrats try to take patriotism back from GOP.” American patriots put America’s national interests ahead of the interests of those who share their demographics, that is, they put America’s national interests ahead of those who share their political affiliation, race, gender, sexual orientation, age group, religion, national origin, length of time their ancestors have been in America, financial status, etc. But Democrats and RINOs put the interests of those who share their demographics ahead of America’s national interests, that is, they put the interests for those who are the following ahead of everything: Democrat, RINO, minority, female, LGBTQ, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, are in America illegally, etc.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-try-to-take-patriotism-back-from-gop/amp/
ILLINOIS VALLEY
— La Salle County YANA! to host Illinois GOP chairwoman
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2024/08/25/la-salle-county-yana-to-host-illinois-gop-chairwoman/
SHOREWOOD PATCH
— Will County Republican Central Committee FREE CANDIDATE MEET & GREET – Christa Colasante
https://patch.com/illinois/shorewood-il/calendar/event/20240826/7e608b34-d703-4ab7-9bef-775573ad84a9/will-county-republican-central-committee-free-candidate-meet-greet
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Naysayers of illegal alien crime ‘sanitize’ the language, rely on scanty data. Illegal aliens became illegal immigrants, then undocumented immigrants, and now, all too often, just immigrants or migrants. – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663594641-president-of-advocates-for-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime-naysayers-of-illegal-alien-crime-sanitize-the-language-rely-on-scanty-data
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago ranked fourth among major metros for biggest inflation problem. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3d67f1d4-618d-11ef-bda1-c769107b47a5.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ support for abortion shows that we have forgotten God. – Michael McKenna (COMMENT: To promote abortion is to reject religion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/24/democrats-support-for-abortion-shows-that-we-have-/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— For Tim Walz, a Pattern of Prevarications Stretches Back Almost Two Decades. As a congressional candidate, Walz claimed he won an award from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce. It wasn’t true. – Eliana Johnson
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/for-tim-walz-a-pattern-of-prevarications-stretches-back-almost-two-decades/
NEW YORK POST
— Democratic Chicago alderman blasts DNC, says he can’t commit to supporting Kamala Harris. – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/us-news/democratic-chicago-alderman-blasts-dnc-says-he-cant-commit-to-supporting-kamala-harris/
— Chicago schools slammed for delayed calendar, encouraging student attendance at DNC. – Charles Creitz
https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/us-news/chicago-schools-slammed-for-delayed-calendar-encouraging-student-attendance-at-dnc/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Harris-Biden administration official wants to ‘queer’ our nuclear arsenal. – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/harris_biden_administration_official_wants_to_queer_our_nuclear_arsenal.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Backlash after Chicago schools delayed start of school over DNC, encouraging student participation. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/24/backlash-after-chicago-schools-delayed-start-of-school-over-dnc-encouraging-student-participation-1482274/
BREITBART
— Democrats Push Cheap Housing for Illegal Migrants. Democratic politicians nationwide are trying to put many illegal migrants into apartments and homes that would otherwise go to young Americans. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/24/democrats-push-cheap-housing-illegal-migrants/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Hammered Voters’ Key Concerns In RNC Speech, Harris Hardly Mentioned Them. – Rebeka Zeljko
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/24/trump-hammered-voters-key-concerns-in-rnc-speech-harris-hardly-mentioned-them/
FOX NEWS
— DEI is patently illegal – Charles Gasparino (COMMENT: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2FGFi0jkVM
NEWSMAX
— Chicago Schools Delayed Start, Encouraged Students to Attend DNC. – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-schools-delayed/2024/08/24/id/1177759/
PJ MEDIA
— Tragic Irony: Festival of Diversity Stabbing and Wokeness Backfiring. – Catherine Salgado (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote more hatred against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, draft-avoiders, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/08/24/tragic-irony-n4931947
TURNING POINT USA
— MIT Freshman Class of 2028 Sees Shift in Racial Makeup Following Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action. – STEPHEN DAVISSTEPHEN (COMMENT: To meet Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI quotas/goals/targets, everyone has lowered all standards. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to meet AA and DEI quotas/goals/targets, they dramatically lowered retention and promotion standards. That rendered ever-increasingly worthless my job-related a) 1970 bachelor’s degree, b) 1976, 1980, and 1997 master’s degrees, c) 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 professional certifications, and d) 1981 professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrat and minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/mit-freshman-class-of-2028-sees-shift-in-racial-makeup-following-supreme-court-ruling-on-affirmative-action/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats say “Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele Says He Appreciates Republicans for Kamala Harris Effort.” Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will endorse Harris.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-rnc-chair-michael-steele-republicans-kamala-harris-2024-election-1943923
MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/from-the-dnc-floor-kamala-harris-s-is-ready-to-stand-up-against-bullies-here-s-how/ar-AA1pgCO1
— DEI is the ‘atmospheric cause’ of campus antisemitism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/dei-is-the-atmospheric-cause-of-campus-antisemitism-expert/ar-BB1ob3i4?ocid=a2hs%252Ca2hs
MSNBC
— Democrats say “MIT diversity data confirms ‘worst fears’ about end of affirmative action.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they used Affirmative Action and DEI to promote over me my coworkers who were Democrat and minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had a) less work experience than I had, b) less education than I had, c) no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/mit-diversity-data-confirms-worst-fears-about-end-of-affirmative-action-217930821714
NEW YORK TIMES
— To get more votes from females, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/upshot/trump-polls-young-men.html
WASHINGTON POST
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly pander to them: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, are in America illegally, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/14/lots-of-air-time-for-race-and-gender-issues-in-democratic-debate/
WTKR
— Commemoration of the first enslaved Africans landing hosted in Hampton. – Danielle Saitta (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use slavery to promote hatred against Republicans. Because Democrats fought the Civil War to preserve slavery, Democrats ever-increasingly a) paint Democrats as having been the Union Army in the Civil War, that is, as having been Republicans and b) paint Republicans as having been the Confederacy in the Civil War, that is, as having been Democrats.)
https://www.wtkr.com/commemoration-of-the-first-enslaved-africans-landing-hosted-in-hampton
POLITICO
— All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are woke, that is, they all are anti-Trump, anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-non-poor people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about them. I would focus on those who are also anti-union, anti-DINK, anti-federal employees and retirees, anti-plaintiffs, anti-etc.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/24/republicans-culture-war-races-00176166
HUFFINGTON POST
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that you hate Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-adam-kinzinger-addresses-dnc-i-m-putting-our-country-first/ar-AA1phvgu
JD SUPRA
— Illinois Passes State Law Offering Protection to Employees from Unfair Enforcement of Employment Verification Practices. – Jorge Lopez, Deepti Orekondy (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify because they want to ever-increasingly import more illegals.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-passes-state-law-offering-5542540/
QUORA
— Why do so many liberals oppose meritocracy? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose meritocracy. According to them, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are discriminated against: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have financial, health, and/or other problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-liberals-oppose-meritocracy-and-support-racial-preference-policies
DAILY MAIL
— How the woke War on the Past has created a HELL we can’t escape. – Frank Furedi
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13773687/woke-culture-war-British-History-frank-furedi-hell.html
August 24, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE & DAILY HERALD & WASHINGTON POST
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump. What do the following have to say about Kinzinger’s hatred against Trump: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your school district, c) Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in your precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and e) religious leaders and activists in your area?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/22/dnc-speech-adam-kinzinger/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240823/illinois-state-politics/saying-trump-has-suffocated-the-soul-of-his-party-former-gop-rep-kinzinger-endorses-harris-at-dn/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/23/theres-reason-adam-kinzinger-defended-democrats-patriotism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— High-ranking Chicago cop browbeat Palestinian underling about Gaza war amid DNC protests, complaint says. The sergeant who lodged the complaint described Deputy Chief Don Jerome’s comments as “offensive, misogynistic, homophobic, and racist.” – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/22/high-ranking-chicago-cop-browbeat-palestinian-underling-gaza-war-dnc-protests
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/22/political-action-committee-drag-artists-get-out-the-vote-event
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-tim-walz-election-movement-crushes-donald-trump-jd-vance-energy-se-cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/23/dnc-chicago-host-city-kamala-harris-barack-michelle-obama-tim-walz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-democratic-national-convention-chicago-top-cop
— If Harris is elected, she will force America to officially dump Israel.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/23/israel-palestinians-gaza-democratic-national-convention-kamala-harris-rummana-hussain
— The hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/23/sneed-sunday-michael-cohen-donald-trump-raskin-robert-f-kennedy-jr-chris-kamala-harris
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “What’s at stake for Chicago as Harris rolls out of the DNC to take on Trump.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/kamala-harris-donald-trump-will-debate-chicago-issues-hinz
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Our culture of corruption. Dishonest politicians at all levels of Illinois government make a mockery of public service. – RICK PEARSON and RAY LONG (COMMENT: Of those mentioned in this article, George Ryan supporters have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/24/illinois-chicago-corruption/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Blagojevich — backed by his influential father-in-law, 33rd Ward Ald. Dick Mell — later ran for governor as a reformer, looking to succeed Republican Gov. George Ryan, who went to federal prison for corruption. In that case, underlings from Ryan’s tenure as secretary of state were found to have sold driver’s licenses for bribes, with some of that money being funneled into Ryan’s campaign fund. The fund became the first in American history to be indicted for racketeering.)
— The Dishonor Roll. Meet the public officials who helped build Illinois’ culture of corruption. – Kori Rumore, Ray Long and John Chase (COMMENT: Of those on this list, George Ryan supporters have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/the-dishonor-roll/
ABC7
— Hate-filled Trump-hating “Republicans” dump Trump. I should write about those hate-filled Trump-hating “Republicans” who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being a Trump promoter. I would focus on: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://abc7chicago.com/republicans-spoke-dnc-roster-republican-speakers-slam-trump-democratic-national-convention/15219736/
NBC5
— Democrats crow about the hate-filled Trump-hating “Republicans” who spoke at the 2024 DNC in Chicago. My critics/opponents are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump promoter. I should write about them. I would focus on: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/here-are-the-republicans-that-spoke-at-the-2024-dnc-in-chicago/3530773/
— Is Illinois a swing state this year? When it comes to presidential elections, Illinois has voted Democratic in the eight elections since 1988. However, in 1988 and the five presidential elections prior, Illinois voted Republican. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government and they discriminate against their employees who are Republican. Starting in 1992 with Clinton’s election, because I was one of their extremely few employees who were Republican, my Democrat Chicago GAO superiors took even more adverse actions against me. Of course, they did not promote me. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. They ever-increasingly treated me like I had not done any of the aforesaid. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. Recently, they did everything that they could to stop me from reporting on the DeSantis event in Elmhurst.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/is-illinois-a-swing-state-this-year-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/3531114/
CBS2
— Out-of-town photojournalist recounts being arrested during DNC protest in Chicago. – Megan Hickey (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that the following have taken against me because I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. Since 2000, anti-conservative, that is, anti-platform Republican, that is, anti-Republican “Republicans” in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have worked harder against me than any Democrat.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/out-of-town-photojournalist-arrested-dnc-chicago/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Pat Brady.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/democratic-national-convention-chicago-day-4-protests-liveblog/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dnc-kinzinger-speech/
FOX32
— 1 shot at White Palace Grill while DNC delegates were inside
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1505551
— Secret Service agents on leave over Trump assassination attempt
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1505943
— Democrats crow that “Father Pfleger fires back at JD Vance’s criticism of Chicago.” Under the Democrats, Chicago is ever-increasingly anti-Catholic.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/father-pfleger-jd-vance-chicago
WTTW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/23/saying-trump-has-suffocated-soul-his-party-former-gop-rep-kinzinger-endorses-harris
WGN9
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign among top party schools in America – Jeremy Tanner (COMMENT: I did not party at all while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. I worked all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/see-the-2025-top-party-schools-in-america-according-to-niche/
WBEZ
— Based on her record, if elected, Harris will do everything that she can to get rid of those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-dnc-chicago-democratic-nomination-acceptance-donald-trump
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State, local elections don’t offer much competition to voters. – JIM DEY
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-state-local-elections-dont-offer-much-competition-to-voters/article_e240c2fa-5f38-11ef-bb38-e787a0ae69f7.html
HERALD REVIEW & NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/adam-kinzinger-urges-republicans-gop-vote-kamala-harris-denounce-trump/article_86f43c8f-a6bc-549e-be1d-f32c0903f29b.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-08-23/republican-adam-kinzinger-welcomed-as-hero-at-dnc-for-opposing-trump-a-weak-man-pretending-to-be-strong
WGLT
— Democrats allege that Harris is “leading in the polls” and ask “can Trump come back?”
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-23/with-kamala-harris-leading-in-the-polls-can-donald-trump-come-back
WCIA
— Black Lives Matter street signs return outside Governor’s Mansion. – Theodora Koulouvaris
https://www.wcia.com/news/black-lives-matter-street-signs-return-outside-governors-mansion/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-texas-other-gop-led-states-sue-over-program-to-give-immigrant-spouses-of-us-citizens-legal-status/
WHEATOIN PATCH
— Public Hearing To Discuss Proposed Roosevelt Road Zoning Amendment. A public hearing of the Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will be held Aug. 27 to review proposed rezoning along Roosevelt Road. – Lisa Marie Farver (COMMENT: Roosevelt Road in the north border of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Democrat and RINO voters in my precinct do not want me to be involved in this proposed rezoning. I should write about why that is.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/public-hearing-discuss-proposed-roosevelt-road-zoning-amendment
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-148/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Data refutes Pritzker’s DNC claims about Illinois economy. – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4869350e-6190-11ef-9735-9354c92ff6eb.html
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois Family Institute’s Smith: ‘Pritzker and Johnson have a proven track record of supporting policies that are not simply anti-business, but anti-family’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/663694728-illinois-family-institute-s-smith-pritzker-and-johnson-have-a-proven-track-record-of-supporting-policies-that-are-not-simply-anti-business-but-anti-family
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Executive Director of Illinois Right to Life: Planned Parenthood mobile clinic at DNC reflects ‘the most aggressively pro-abortion platform in the history of the United States’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663694691-executive-director-of-illinois-right-to-life-planned-parenthood-mobile-clinic-at-dnc-reflects-the-most-aggressively-pro-abortion-platform-in-the-history-of-the-united-states
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— No ‘slated’ GOP candidates will be kept off ballot after rulings from Supreme Court, elections board. – JERRY NOWICKI & JENNIFER FULLER (COMMENT: Would Republican organizations slate you to run for an office? Because I am much “too conservative” for the leaders of Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, they would never slate me to run for an office.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/no-slated-gop-candidates-will-be-kept-off-ballot-after-rulings-from-supreme-court-elections-board
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER SENDS ANOTHER $250K IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO GROUP PUSHING MORE TAXES – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-sends-another-250k-in-taxpayer-money-to-group-pushing-more-taxes/
— FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Calculating the human toll of the US exit from Afghanistan three years later
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3129402/calculating-the-human-toll-of-the-us-exit-from-afghanistan-three-years-later/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats handwave a real election threat: illegal migrants voting. – Editorial (COMMENT: How many millions of illegals are going to vote for Harris/Walz? How many millions voted for Biden/Harris in 2020?)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/opinion/democrats-handwave-the-real-election-threat-illegal-migrants-voting/
— Texas Democratic delegate robbed at gunpoint near DNC in Chicago. – Olivia Land
https://nypost.com/2024/08/22/us-news/democratic-delegate-robbed-at-gunpoint-during-dnc-in-chicago/
— Trump vows to impose ‘tough new sentences’ on illegal migrant criminals – including death penalty for sex traffickers. – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/08/22/us-news/trump-vows-to-impose-tough-new-sentences-on-illegal-migrant-criminals/
— ‘Woke’ Harley-Davidson CEO destroyed biker ‘brotherhood,’ fans say: ‘Stabbed us in the back’
https://nypost.com/2024/08/23/business/woke-harley-davidson-ceo-destroyed-biker-brotherhood-fans-say/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Walz attempts to sell himself as a demonstration of Midwestern values.
https://afn.net/ap/politics/walz-attempts-to-sell-himself-as-a-demonstration-of-midwestern-values/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Harris, Walz, and a Peculiar Definition of ‘Freedom’ Enjoy your freedom, but only to do as you’re told. It’s for your own good, after all. – Stephen Soukup
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/24/harris-walz-and-a-peculiar-definition-of-freedom/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Trump dubs Kamala as the ‘Godmother of deadly Sanctuary Cities’ – Tom Tillison
https://americanwirenews.com/trump-dubs-kamala-as-the-godmother-of-deadly-sanctuary-cities/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump: Just following Lincoln’s lead. – Gretchen Wollert
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/23/trump-just-following-lincolns-lead-1482078/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Another Day, Another Shocking Criminal Migrant Report. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Another-Day-Another-Shocking-Criminal-Migrant-Report
CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK
— Pro-life group’s IRS complaint seeks to strip Planned Parenthood of tax-exempt status.
https://christiannews.net/2024/08/23/pro-life-groups-irs-complaint-seeks-to-strip-planned-parenthood-of-tax-exempt-status/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump says he will not enforce law banning abortion pills by mail, angering pro-life groups. – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-says-he-will-not-enforce-law-banning-abortion-pills-by-mail.html
— Planned Parenthood faces IRS complaint over its DNC mobile abortion van. – Samantha Kamman,
https://www.christianpost.com/news/planned-parenthood-faces-irs-complaint.html
DAILY CALLER
— Kamala-Backed Border Bill Would Allow Illegals Deported By Trump Back Into Country. – Robert McGreevy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-backed-border-bill-would-allow-illegals-deported-by-trump-back-into-country/ar-AA1pl6Hg
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools slammed for delayed calendar, encouraging student attendance at DNC. Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten was a DNC climate panel’s keynote speaker. – Charles Creitz (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, for Democrat teachers, cranking out good little Democrats is their top priority. What if my parents had sent me to Crete Elementary 1953-1962 instead of Trinity Lutheran 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran 1961-1962? Without the conservative principles that I learned, I doubt that I would have a) gotten an ACT score of 24, b) graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee class in 1966, c) gotten accepted by UIC in 1966, d) etc.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-slammed-delayed-calendar-encouraging-student-attendance-dnc
— Chicago schools’ sex ed curriculum teaches elementary school kids about gender identity, puberty blockers. Only 31% of elementary students in the Chicago public school system are considered proficient in reading, while just 19% are proficient in math. – Alec Schemmel
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-sex-ed-curriculum-teaches-elementary-school-kids-about-gender-identity-puberty-blockers
— Rich DNC speakers like Oprah, Obamas rail against wealth inequality, US fixation on money. Former President Obama, whose net worth is $70 million, said our culture ‘puts a premium on things that don’t last: money, fame, status, likes’ – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rich-dnc-speakers-like-oprah-obamas-rail-against-wealth-inequality-u-s-fixation-money
— Biden-Harris admin launched new illegal migrant ‘amnesty’ while DNC was underway. ‘This is a massive amnesty that Congress never authorized.” – Fred Lucas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-admin-launched-new-illegal-migrant-amnesty-while-dnc-underway-critics
— House GOP demands elite universities counteract ‘dangerous’ anti-Israel protests in the fall semester. A letter to the universities says ‘the problem of antisemitic harassment, disruption, and violence has not been resolved’ – Aubrie Spady (COMMENT: Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-Israel.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-demands-elite-universities-counteract-dangerous-anti-israel-protests-fall-semester
— Bill Maher: Kamala Harris avoiding journalists is ‘worse’ than Trump calling them ‘enemy of the people’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (COMMENT: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about how Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have treated me since then.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-kamala-harris-avoiding-journalists-worse-than-trump-calling-them-enemy-people
GOPUSA
— Trump Highlights Violent Crimes Committed By Foreign Nationals At Border Event
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-highlights-violent-crimes-committed-by-foreign-nationals-at-border-event/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch: Secret Service Records Reveal DEI Is Prioritized for All Agency Employees in ‘Every Action, Every Day’ (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/secret-service-dei/
LIFEZETTE
— Kamala Pledges Pathway To Citizenship For Millions Of Illegals In DNC Speech
https://www.lifezette.com/2024/08/kamala-pledges-pathway-to-citizenship-for-millions-of-illegals-in-dnc-speech-videos/
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Chicago Pregnancy Center Vandalized as Democratic National Convention Closes. The act of vandalism was caught on the center’s security camera. The footage has now been turned over to police. – Peter Pinedo (COMMENT: To promote abortion is to promote hatred against Catholics.)
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/cna-20240823-chicago-vandalism
PJ MEDIA
— Texas AG Paxton Targets Organizations That Register Illegals to Vote. – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT; How many illegals are registered to vote in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? Illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/08/23/texas-ag-paxton-targets-orgs-registering-illegals-to-vote-n4931929
— Phil Donahue: The Nightmare Has Come Full Circle. – Paula Bolyard
https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2024/08/23/nightmare-come-full-circle-n4931924
PARENTS DEFENDING EDUCATION
— Chicago Public Schools’ health education ‘scope and sequence’ includes teaching pre-kindergarteners to “correctly identify body parts typically considered private including nipples, penis, anus and vulva”; requires first graders to define “gender identity”; tells third graders that “sex is assigned at birth”; and introduces fifth graders to “puberty blocker medications.” (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://defendinged.org/incidents/chicago-public-schools-health-education-scope-and-sequence-includes-teaching-pre-kindergarteners-to-correctly-identify-body-parts-typically-considered-private-including-nipples-penis-anus-an/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Newsom to Give Illegals Taxpayer-Funded Health Care on Jan. 1 Amid $68 Billion Budget Shortfall. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsom-to-give-illegals-taxpayer-funded-health-care-on-jan-1-amid-68-billion-budget-shortfall/ar-AA1mfzh5
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Several Secret Service employees put on administrative duties following Trump assassination attempt. – Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/secret-service-employees-trump-shooting
MSN
— President Trump Promises to End All DEI Programs Across America: What It Means (COMMENT: What it means is a return to meritocracy.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/president-trump-promises-to-end-all-dei-programs-across-america-what-it-means/ar-BB1h63Hm
— Haunting images show enormous car graveyard in China where millions of vehicles are left to rust by their owners. (COMMENT: I hate rust. I regret my not having always garaged all the vehicles that have owned.)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/haunting-images-show-enormous-car-graveyard-in-china-where-millions-of-vehicles-are-left-to-rust-by-their-owners/ar-AA1plvPN
— Democrats and RINOs say “Fearing Trump, LGBTQ Americans out in force for vote.” Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to force LGBTQ on everyone.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/fearing-trump-lgbtq-americans-out-in-force-for-vote/ar-AA1pgw3R
— Democrats and RINOs want more and more and more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/transgender-issues-were-largely-absent-from-the-dnc-agenda/ar-AA1pkzBX
— Harris promises swing-state voters she’ll be ‘tough’ on border — but criticized Obama in 2019 for deporting illegal immigrants. -Taylor Walters, Mark A. Kellner
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harris-promises-swing-state-voters-she-ll-be-tough-on-border-but-criticized-obama-in-2019-for-deporting-illegal-immigrants/ar-AA1p90Dd
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Black Identity in Kamala Harris’s Jamaican Roots. — Brent Staples (COMMENT: What do you say to those who have advised me to downplay my German national origin is not pretend to be Swedish American?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/opinion/kamala-harris-family-jamaica.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Illinois Supreme Court upholds unconstitutionality of Democrats’ law banning slating of candidates. The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a law barring political parties from choosing candidates for the General Assembly when they had no one run in a primary election.” (COMMENT: Would Republican organizations slate you to run for an office? Because I am much “too conservative” for the leaders of Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, they would never slate me to run for an office.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/23/illinois-elections-slating-candidates-supreme-court/de28c1fc-619c-11ef-ae22-cef4d8785d67_story.html
— Democrats say they “once strove to ‘go high’ against Trump. Not anymore. This year’s convention culminated recent efforts to needle Trump on topics known to strike a nerve in the former president, with some Democrats saying they are tired of being polite.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/23/democrats-harris-trump-attacks-campaign/
USA TODAY
— Democrats decry that “Some Black voters greet Harris campaign, DNC with apathy in Chicago.” Democrats ever-increasingly give Hispanics more preference than they give Blacks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/black-voters-chicago-election-harris-trump/74773069007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘I Cannot Understand Putin’s Hold on Trump’ Like his predecessors George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Trump was overconfident in his ability to improve relations with the dictator in the Kremlin. In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, H.R. McMaster details the clashes over Russia that led President Trump to fire him as national security adviser.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/i-cannot-understand-putins-hold-on-trump-8d045461?page=1
— Tim Walz Is Richer Than His Net Worth Suggests. The vice presidential candidate accumulated pensions as a teacher, soldier and elected official. – Anne Tergesen (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who decried my Civil Service Retirement System pension the most.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/tim-walz-retirement-savings-pension-a9e3eb27
— RFK Jr.’s Double-Edged Trump Endorsement. The Kennedy scion could help Trump in battleground states, but he’d be a nightmare in government.- Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-endorses-donald-trump-2024-nicole-shanahan-kamala-harris-715235a1
— What Being a Parent Really Means. Having a child, like getting married, requires making a lifelong commitment—in this case, to someone you’ve never met. – Jennifer A. Frey (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have decried the most my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/three-books-on-what-being-a-parent-really-means-1a83bb23?page=1
NAPOLITAN INSTITUTE
— The majority of respondents in a poll published Friday said they believe a large amount of people who are in the country illegally will actually vote in November’s general election. The poll, conducted by the Napolitan News Service, found that 54% of respondents said they believe illegal immigrants will vote in November, and 75% of respondents said they do not support allowing illegal immigrants to vote in federal elections. An even larger percentage of the survey takers (87%) support requiring voter ID in order to vote in federal elections, according to the poll.
https://napolitaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GCM24-0821-Mini-Toplines-Photo-ID.pdf
JEWISH JOURNAL
— Anti-Israel Network Now Bird-Dogs Anyone Who Supports Israel. – Asra Q. Nomani (COMMENT: I have always been a Republican. Republicans have always supported Israel. Because my many Democrat Jewish superiors and supervisors in the federal government were liberal, that is, because they were anti-conservative, that is, because they were anti-Republican, did not support Israel. They took many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/374323/dispatches-from-chicago-anti-israel-network-now-bird-dogs-anyone-who-supports-israel/
August 20, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago DNC: At least 4 arrested after fence breach
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-protest-march-planned-union-park-1st-day-democratic-national-convention-united-center/15203420/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/democratic-convention-2024-live-updates-chicago-street-closures-parking-protests-more/15187114/
NBC5
— Military helicopters to fly over Chicago for DNC as major street closures continue. The military helicopters are in addition to more than a dozen street closures across the city for the DNC, including near the United Center, McCormick Place and in Gold Coast.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/military-helicopters-to-fly-over-chicago-for-dnc-as-major-street-closures-continue/3525422/
— Protesters remove section of DNC security fencing outside United Center. “No one is going to come to Chicago and destroy this city,” CPD Supt. Larry Snelling said. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/protesters-remove-section-of-dnc-security-fencing-outside-united-center/3526084/
— Multiple people arrested after protesters breach barricade near the United Center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/multiple-people-detained-after-protesters-breach-barricade-near-the-united-center/3525904/
— Underwood blasts Trump’s COVID pandemic response (COMMENT: 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 since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/rep-underwood-blasts-trumps-covid-pandemic-response/3526020/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/rep-lauren-underwood-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-blast-trump-on-covid-response/3526036/
— What does ‘scab’ mean? The viral T-shirt worn by a DNC speaker explained. A shirt seen on camera during the DNC in Chicago contained the phrase “Trump is a scab. Vote Harris.” But what does it mean? (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. During those almost 12 years, I earned a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions and hate past, present, and future union members.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/what-does-the-term-scab-mean-the-viral-dnc-t-shirt-explained/3526252/
CBS2
— Protesters breach security fence at Democratic National Convention
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-breach-security-fence-democratic-national-convention/
— Protesters steal fencing from outside United Center
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1503249
— Pro-Palestinian protesters march near United Center as DNC begins. – Dave Savini, Tara Molina
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-march-dnc/
— Poor People’s Army focuses on homelessness during Chicago DNC march. – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dnc-poor-peoples-march/
WGN9
— Protestors break through portion of security barrier on first night of DNC
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/coalition-of-demonstrators-gathers-in-union-park-to-protest-war-in-gaza-on-1st-day-of-democratic-national-convention/
FOX32
— Police flood streets after fence breached outside Chicago DNC; 4 arrests made
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1503258
— Security fence breached outside United Center
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-dnc-protesters-breach-security-fence-united-center
WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/19/pritzker-led-illinois-delegation-celebrates-spotlight-biden-harris-come-town
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/20/immigration-infrastructure-what-harris-victory-could-mean-chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/19/biden-gets-rousing-ovation-democrats-he-gives-harris-enthusiastic-endorsement
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Planned Parenthood offers free abortions, vasectomies at mobile clinic near DNC to ‘show what is possible’ – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/planned-parenthood-offers-free-abortions-vasectomies-at-mobile-clinic-near-dnc-to-show-what-is-possible/
— After describing war in Gaza as ‘genocidal’ ahead of DNC, Mayor Brandon Johnson reiterates call for cease-fire. – Alice Yin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/dnc-chicago-brandon-johnson-gaza/
— Several protesters break through security fence near United Center as thousands of DNC protesters now marching on Chicago’s Near West Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/dnc-chicago-protests-union-park/
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking away Second Amendment rights. My critics/opponents reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/gun-control-in-spotlight-on-first-day-of-dnc-in-chicago/
— Democrats praise Biden’s success in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, the destruction of America, and even worse things.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/democrats-celebrate-bidens-presidency-as-dnc-arrives-amid-anxiousness-over-protests/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/20/pritzker-dnc-national-moment/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican activist Charlie Kirk clashes with Democrat in video from inside DNC. The co-founder of Turning Point USA and ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump posted a video of him arguing with a Kamala Harris supporter on Monday from inside the United Center. Meanwhile, fellow conservative influencer Jack Posobiec posted videos from a protest outside the event where he argued about abortion with demonstrators.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/19/republican-influencers-dnc-charlie-kirk-jack-posobiec-turning-point-usa-united-center-abortion-wierd
— Convention canines? Volunteer therapy dogs deployed to help ‘de-stress’ law enforcement during DNC duty. An elite volunteer corps of therapy dogs is being dispatched to soothe federal, state and city law enforcement agencies waiting to handle any emergencies that occur during the Democratic National Convention. – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/19/democratic-convention-therapy-dogs-police-fbi-protest-volunteer-dnc
— DNC protesters breach security perimeter, leading to brief standoff with police
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/2024/08/19/dnc-chicago-news-updates-protests
— Wrought-iron fence closes off site of former homeless encampment cleared before the DNC. The massive barrier looks formidable enough to keep its previous residents from ever pitching tents again on the blocks-long patch of shady land just north of Roosevelt between Des Plaines Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway. – Lauren FitzPatrick and Elvia Malagón
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/19/dnc-2024-homeless-democratic-national-convention-mayor-brandon-johnson-tent-city-shelter-wrought-iron-fence
DAILY HERALD
— ‘This was a coup’: Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win. – Colby Itkowitz, Hannah Allam
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240819/nation-and-world-politics/this-was-a-coup-trump-primes-supporters-to-challenge-a-harris-win/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Republicans out of Illinois.
https://www.whig.com/news/elections/as-dnc-opens-in-chicago-state-leaders-tout-illinois-as-a-model-of-democratic-success/article_6cf73fc0-5e7e-11ef-9f9a-c7304c4ce920.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Richard Irvin.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240819/local-politics/as-national-stature-rises-irvin-will-seek-third-term-as-auroras-mayor/
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage annual audit makes note of county clerk’s bidding practices. – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240819/news/dupage-annual-audit-makes-note-of-county-clerks-bidding-practices/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris. – AP
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/democrats-approve-a-platform-that-mentions-bidens-second-term-despite-his-making-way-for-harris/article_cdb19af7-c608-5351-ac4b-2a04f0a504a1.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “New school year, new laws: See how your child’s classroom will look different this year.”
https://news.yahoo.com/news/school-laws-see-childs-classroom-083551475.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Planned Parenthood providing free vasectomies and abortion pills during DNC. – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/planned-parenthood-providing-free-vasectomies-and-abortion-pills-during-dnc/
WSIL TV
— Democrats say “Harley-Davidson is dropping diversity initiatives after right-wing anti-DEI campaign.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/harley-davidson-is-dropping-diversity-initiatives-after-right-wing-anti-dei-campaign/article_14ea1de7-8729-538d-820d-6884fc25890c.html
WCIA
— Democrats are set to approve a party platform that hasn’t been updated with Harris’ candidacy. – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-democrats-are-set-to-approve-a-party-platform-that-hasnt-been-updated-with-harris-candidacy/
WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/local-dispensaries-receive-social-equity-loans/article_df6e30e6-5e55-11ef-922f-3f43e7eb74be.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Free vasectomy and abortion clinic slots at Chicago DNC filled instantly. – JAMEL VALENCIA (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/planned-parenthood-offers-free-vasectomies-and-abortions-at-democratic-national-convention-planned-parenthood-americans-for-contraception-emergency-contraception-great-rivers-of-st-louis-roe-v-wade-reproductive-rights
POLITICO
— State delegations won’t stay at the Trump hotel. The Illinois delegation took the hotel that had a prime view of the former president’s property. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/08/19/dnc-live-updates-coverage/hotel-politics-00174668
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The nearly 5,000 delegates who are visiting Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention are staying in eight hotels in the city’s downtown. We’ve got the list. ( https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-2fcf-d62b-a7df-ffeff6860000 ) Convention organizers have contracted with about 40 hotels to accommodate all the entourages and guests connected to the delegates and their state parties. But one hotel isn’t in the mix: Donald Trump’s Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower. It’s not just that it’s a nonunion hotel — a requirement for the Democratic Party when it was looking for a convention town — it’s because of Trump. “Our party stands for unity, hope, and freedom — values that stand in fundamental opposition with everything the Trump name and brand represent,” Emily Soong, a spokesperson for the convention said. When it came time to assign delegations to the different hotels, Illinois picked the Royal Sonesta Chicago Hotel, which looks right at the river — and across from Trump hotel. The Illinois Democrats decided they would “take it on the chin” so that other delegations wouldn’t have to look out their windows to see the giant T-R-U-M-P sign on the side of the building, according to one Democratic insider. That also gives them a clear view of the trolling messages Democrats are projecting onto the building. Last night, my colleague Adam Wren spotted “PROJECT 2025 HQ,” among other messages, being beamed onto the building above that TRUMP sign.)
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Republicans out of Illinois.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/as-dnc-opens-in-chicago-state-leaders-tout-illinois-as-a-model-of-democratic-success
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger has made it official, telling his followers this morning in an email that he has accepted an invitation to speak at the convention on Thursday. “Although I’m a Republican, accepting the invitation was an easy choice for me,” he wrote. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/20/all-the-feels-with-biden-and-protests-00174935
CAPITIOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-351/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-144/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of “Open The Books”, passed away over the weekend. – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/08/adam-andrzejewski-ceo-and-founder-of-open-the-books-passed-away-over-the-weekend/
https://www.sullivanfamilyfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Adam-Norris-Andrzejewski?obId=32819946#/obituaryInfo
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/adam-andrzejewski-obituary?id=55893813
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/19/adam-andrzejewski-founder-of-government-spending-watchdog-group-open-the-books-dies-at-55/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago and Illinois are not the successes the DNC boosters say they are
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-and-illinois-are-not-the-successes-the-dnc-boosters-say-they-are-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— In Major Reversal, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Says She Won’t Prosecute Lawbreaking Convention Protesters If ‘Peaceful – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/in-major-reversal-cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxx-says-wont-prosecute-lawbreaking-convention-protesters-if-peaceful-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The following should be issuing press releases every day decrying Democrat promotion of Harris/Walz, that is, Democrat promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, the destruction of America, and even worse things: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on November 5, 2024 ballots in Illinois, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do your critics/opponents reject? My critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks n the Republican Party platform. The more of the aforesaid planks that they reject, the harder that they work against me, the more adverse actions that they take against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and /or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus the aforesaid who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— PRESS RELEASE: TONIGHT: Governor Pritzker Soft-Launches 2028 Presidential Campaign. CHICAGO — Last night, Americans heard from Joe Biden, whom elite Democrats unceremoniously removed from the ticket in an undemocratic process. Tonight, voters will listen to presidential hopeful, JB Pritzker, who will use his prime-time speech at the DNC as a stepping stone for a future presidential run – just as he used his time as governor to position himself as a viable national candidate. FIRST: Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire in 2022 to raise his profile and set up a future presidential run. THEN: Pritzker refused to quash rumors that he would leave Illinois to run for president when Democrats launched their soft coup against Joe Biden. THEN: When Kamala Harris was announced as the Democrats’ preferred choice, even though she never received a vote outside of California, Pritzker launched a full-court press campaign to become her vice president. NOW: After failing to earn the nod as the vice-presidential nominee, Pritzker immediately pivoted, making an effort to become the Democrats’ choice for president in 2028. Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement on Pritzker: “JB Pritzker failed Illinois as its governor allowing our state to be overrun by illegal border-crossers, out-of-control crime, billions of dollars in new taxes, and as a result, our great state is in slow decay. Illinois’ residents are leaving in unprecedented numbers due to Illinoisans being the overall highest taxed people in the nation. Businesses are taking flight leaving and Illinois’ citizens and taxpayers are left paying the check. As Pritzker soft-launches his campaign for president, Illinois families are hurting, and Pritzker doesn’t care – our state is just another stepping stone for him to advance his ambition while we are saddled with the heavy effect of his administration’s failed policies. One thing is clear from Pritzker’s prime-time speaking slot — the only way our state will have actual representation is by voting Republican in November.”
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Protesters shouting anti-Harris slogans flood Chicago streets around Democrats’ convention. – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/19/protesters-shouting-anti-harris-slogans-flood-chic/
— Mainstream outlets giving Harris-Walz ticket a ‘massive media honeymoon’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/19/inside-beltway-mainstream-outlets-giving-harris-wa/
— Trump says Pennsylvania must fire ‘Comrade Kamala’ in November. – Tom Howell Jr. and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/19/trump-says-pennsylvania-must-fire-comrade-kamala-i/
— Kamala Harris: Democrats’ latest marvel of political engineering. – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/19/kamala-harris-democrats-latest-marvel-of-political/
— U.S. plays fast and loose with immigration rules unlike any other field of law. America needs better enforcement, not a bad border bill. – Tom Homan and Dale Wilcox
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/19/us-plays-fast-and-loose-with-immigration-rules-unl/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the flagship school of the state’s university system, has been hit with civil rights complaints spanning 42 scholarships that are only available to preferred races and sexes. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3125706/university-illinois-hit-42-civil-rights-complaints-race-sex-discrimination/
— Shout your abortions and vasectomies at the DNC. – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3125696/shout-your-abortions-and-vasectomies-at-the-dnc/
NEW YORK POST
— Planned Parenthood offers free vasectomies, abortions in truck outside DNC. – Diana Glebova (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/planned-parenthood-offers-free-vasectomies-abortions-in-truck-outside-dnc/
— Anti-Israel protesters arrested after breaching barrier at DNC ahead of Biden speech. – Steven Vago, Ryan King, Josh Christenson and David Propper
https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/anti-israel-protesters-at-dnc-fall-short-of-attendance-expectations-splinter-over-harris/
— Harley-Davidson slams brakes on ‘woke’ policies after sparking biker and social-media outrage. – Kerry J. Byrne
https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/harley-davidson-slams-brakes-on-woke-policies-after-sparking-biker-and-social-media-outrage/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Texas GOP Looking Into Reports That Dems Are Registering Noncitizens to Vote Outside of DMVs. – Debra Heine (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/19/texas-gop-looking-into-reports-that-dems-are-registering-noncitizens-to-vote-outside-of-dmvs/
— GOP Report Concludes Biden Abused His Office, Committed Impeachable Offenses. – Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/19/gop-report-concludes-biden-abused-his-office-committed-impeachable-offenses/
— Biden Shoved Out of Prime Time Slot for DNC Speech. – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/20/morning-greatness-biden-shoved-out-of-primetime-slot-for-dnc-speech/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Serious journalist keeping score on jaw dropping illegal immigrant crime wave. – Kevin Haggerty (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/19/serious-journalist-keeping-score-on-jaw-dropping-illegal-immigrant-crime-wave-1480873/
BREITBART
— Adam Andrzejewski, Founder of Government Spending Watchdog Group ‘Open The Books,’ Dies at 55. – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/19/adam-andrzejewski-founder-of-government-spending-watchdog-group-open-the-books-dies-at-55/
— Democrats Release Party Platform in Chicago: Calls for Reelecting Joe Biden. – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/19/democrats-release-party-platform-in-chicago-calls-for-reelecting-joe-biden/
— Americans Are Increasingly Unhappy with Their Jobs. – John Carney and Alex Marlow (COMMENT: I should write about what my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government did to make me unhappy with my job. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that they took against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7lphb9.19po/77dd7f16
— Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul Ignores New York Migrant Crisis in DNC Speech. – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/19/democrat-gov-kathy-hochul-ignores-new-york-migrant-crisis-in-dnc-speech/
— ‘March on the DNC’ Protest in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/19/watch-live-march-on-the-dnc-protest-in-chicago/
— Kamala Harris Oversaw Ten Million Illegal Immigrant Crossings During Her Tenure. – Olivia Rondeau
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/19/report-kamala-harris-oversaw-ten-million-illegal-immigrant-crossings-during-her-tenure/
— Biden-Harris Parole Pipeline Releases Migrant Population the Size of Dallas, Texas, into the U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/08/19/biden-harris-parole-pipeline-releases-immigrant-population-the-size-of-dallas-texas-into-the-u-s/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Pro-life Democrats counter Planned Parenthood’s mobile abortion clinic at DNC. – Samantha Kamman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pro-life-dems-counter-planned-parenthoods-dnc-abortion-clinic.html
— Hillary Clinton: ‘Kamala will restore abortion rights nationwide’ – Michael Gryboski (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hillary-clinton-kamala-will-restore-abortion-rights-nationwide.html
— 5 notable provisions in the Democratic Party platform. – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/5-notable-provisions-of-the-democratic-party-platform.html
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Shove Biden Out Of DNC Primetime For Last Gasp Of Presidency. – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/20/joe-biden-dnc-convention-speech-primetime-address/
— Harley-Davidson Ditches ‘Woke’ Policies Amid Biker And Social Media Backlash. – Ibrahim Garza
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/19/harley-davidson-ditches-woke-policies/
DAILY WIRE
— Huge Drag Queen Show For Kamala Takes Place In Chicago During DNC. – Katie Jerkovich
https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-drag-queen-show-for-kamala-takes-place-in-chicago-during-dnc
— The DNC Begins: Free Abortions And Vasectomies, Plus Hamas! – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-dnc-begins-free-abortions-and-vasectomies-plus-hamas
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Parole-in-Place Amnesty Applications Start
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/parole-place-amnesty-applications-start-today
FOX NEWS
— Black Chicago voters signal shift towards Republicans ahead of DNC: ‘Much better for us as a nation’. Black voters told Lawrence Jones that crime and inflation are their top concerns. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-chicago-voters-signal-shift-towards-republicans-ahead-dnc-much-better-us-nation
— Protests erupt, Chicago businesses board up as the DNC kicks off Day 1 festivities
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/democratic-national-convention-2024-dnc-august-19-2024
— Kamala Harris is the architect of ‘America Last’ border policies. The border crisis of the last few years foreshadows what we can expect if Kamala Harris assumes the Oval Office. – Chad Wolf (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harris-architect-america-last-border-policies
— Masked anti-Israel protester disrupts delegate party on eve of DNC in Chicago. Anti-Israel protester steals mic at event on eve of DNC, additional protests planned. – Pilar Arias
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-israel-protesters-disrupt-delegate-party-eve-dnc-chicago-bring-war-home
— Kamala Harris is the architect of ‘America Last’ border policies. The border crisis of the last few years foreshadows what we can expect if Kamala Harris assumes the Oval Office. – Chad Wolf
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harris-architect-america-last-border-policies
— Harley-Davidson slams brakes on ‘woke’ policies after sparking biker and social-media outrage. Motorcycle maker says it no longer has DEI functions, vows to focus on ‘retaining our loyal riding community’ – Kerry J. Byrne
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/harley-davidson-slams-brakes-woke-policies-sparking-biker-social-media-outrage
— GOP senators kick off Trump campaign DNC counter-programming: Harris ‘doesn’t have a clue’ ‘Harris has no earthly idea how businesses work,’ says Sen Rick Scott, R-Florida – Julia Johnson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-kick-off-trump-campaign-dnc-counter-programming-harris-doesnt-have-clue
— Trump campaign TEARS into DNC: ‘Alternative reality’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGOtQjJxBs
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Why Are Taxpayers Paying NPR to Push Leftist Propaganda? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/why-are-taxpayers-paying-npr-push-leftist-propaganda
NEWS BUSTERS
— Cue Laugh Track: NYT Says It ‘Strains Imagination’ That Dems Would Let Illegals Vote. – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/08/19/cue-laugh-track-nyt-says-it-strains-imagination-dems-would-let
NEWSMAX
— Calif. Advances $0 Down, No Payment Home Loans for Illegals. – Mark Swanson (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-senate-bill/2024/08/19/id/1177105/
TOWNHALL
— DEI Maroons Its First Astronauts. – Justin Danhof
https://townhall.com/columnists/justin-danhof/2024/08/20/dei-maroons-its-first-astronauts-n2643609
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention
https://apnews.com/article/protest-democratic-convention-chicago-war-87d32321eb5714e2005fe8410b928513
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats say: “DNC Crowd Size Compared to RNC in Photos.”
https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-crowd-size-compared-rnc-photos-1941552
— Biden Says He Commits to ‘Strengthening Illegal Immigration’ in DNC Speech. – Jordan King
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-dnc-speech-strengthening-illegal-immigration-kamala-harris-1941580
— Democrats say Donald Trump Loses Lead in Two Battleground States Pennsylvania and Georgia.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-polls-swing-states-1941671
CBS NEWS
— As the DNC in Chicago again sees large protests, a new generation of demonstrators finds inspiration in the past. – Mark Strassmann (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who blamed those like for Vietnam. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans. Those who opposed the war stressed that I was a conservative Republican. Those who supported the war stressed that I was 1-A and that I avoided the draft.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-chicago-protests-2024-bill-ayers/
(COMMENT: The protesters’ targets in both 1968 and 2024: Democrats, the party in power at the White House. And the driving issue once again: a war. In 1968 it was Vietnam. Now, it’s Gaza. “We’re anti-war, anti-intervention. We’re opposed to U.S. violence,” Nimza said. Ayers also feels other issues from 1968 persist to this day.)
MSN
— 53% of Hispanics Want All Illegal Immigrants Deported. – Isaac Schorr (COMMENT: Illegal Hispanics harm legal Hispanics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-53-of-hispanics-want-all-illegal-immigrants-deported/ar-BB1oncFB?ocid=iehp%24bQ
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/us/politics/pritzker-democratic-convention.html
— Who does hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Trump to pass the torch to? Is it Haley?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/20/joe-biden-speech-dnc/
WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly tell voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat down ballot candidates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/18/election-2024-campaign-updates/
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Democrat protestors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/19/chicago-1968-democrats-harris-walz-boomers/
— Democrats say “War shifts political views in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, once reliably GOP. Many in the neighborhood remain conservative on issues such as abortion, but Russia’s war in Ukraine and Trump’s isolationism has them rethinking their votes.” (COMMENT: If you are a Trump supporter, what do Ukrainians think of you? To what extent do they blame Putin on you?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/19/chicago-ukrainian-village-war-republicans/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/17/jb-pritzker-dnc-convention-2024/74776448007/
PITTSBURGH COURIER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly call you a racist and a sexist if you do not ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to females.
https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2024/08/19/guest-editorial-republicans-dei-hire-attacks-on-harris-are-rooted-in-racism-and-sexism/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois Says Trump Botched Pandemic Crisis. – Katy Stech Ferek (COMMENT: 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 since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/dnc-election-2024-harris-walz/card/rep-lauren-underwood-of-illinois-says-trump-botched-pandemic-crisis-K90TZLMrMQxzEvL2txN9
HR MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans. After 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors successfully used DEI to not promote me anymore. In 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors successfully used DEI to force me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Starting in 1980, they successfully used DEI to delay my promotions. After 1986, they successfully used DEI to not promote me anymore. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service (currently $191,900/year) long before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/how-hr-can-ensure-a-fair-promotion-process
POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump tries to stay on message during his DNC counterprogramming. He still wasn’t able to resist railing off the cuff against Harris.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/19/trump-pennsylvania-policy-address-00174745
C-SPAN
— Ray LaHood on Republicans for Harris (COMMENT: To promote Harris is to shout that you never were a Republican, you are not a Republican, and you never will be a Republican.)
https://www.c-span.org/video/%3F537774-5/ray-lahood-republicans-harris
NPR
— Democrats crow that “Prominent Republicans including Kinzinger who support Harris will speak at the Democratic National Convention.” All my critics/opponents hate Trump. I anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly punish me to punish Trump. Since 2015, they have a) rudely gerrymandered my precinct, b) rudely ended my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, c) rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton independence Day parades and fireworks, and d) rudely removed me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/g-s1-17582/republicans-for-harris-dnc-chicago-election
DAILY MAIL
— Iconic American superbrand Harley-Davidson is forced into humiliating climbdown over its DEI policies after being targeted by famed anti-woke activist. – Joe Hutchison
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13759141/harley-davidson-changes-woke-dei-policies-targeted-robby-starbuck.html
August 19, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Donald Trump supporters hold rally in Woodstock ahead of Chicago DNC. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-donald-trump-supporters-hold-rally-woodstock-illinois-ahead-democratic-national-convention/15201140/
— Protesters march through the Loop on eve of Chicago DNC in first permitted demonstration. March for Bodies Outside Unjust Laws held Sunday downtown; unmoved by Harris ticket, pro-Palestinian protesters to march Monday. – Christian Piekos and Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-march-bodies-outside-unjust-laws-take-place-loop-1st-chicago-protests-ahead-dnc-united-center/15199312/
— Chicago shootings: At least 30 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-gun-violence-police/15200606/
NBC5
— DNC releases statement after messages taking aim at Trump-Vance projected onto Trump Tower. Hours before the DNC in Chicago kicked off, various taunts were visible on the side of Trump Tower, such as “Project 2025 HQ.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/dnc-in-chicago-dates-trump-tower-chicago-projections-statement/3525257/
— Images taking aim at Trump-Vance campaign projected onto Trump Tower ahead of DNC. As democrats descended on the city for the four-day convention, various taunts were visible on the side of the building, such as “Project 2025 HQ.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/images-taking-aim-at-trump-vance-campaign-projected-onto-trump-tower-ahead-of-dnc/3525071/
— DNC Speakers tracker: Kinzinger, Michelle Obama added to lineup. – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/dnc-speakers-tracker-kinzinger-michelle-obama-added-to-lineup/3524894/
— Demonstrators begin march along Michigan Avenue to Grant Park. Hundreds of protesters gathered as a march organized by Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws: Coalition for Reproductive Justice & LGBTQ+ Liberation kicked off at Michigan and Wacker.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/demonstrators-begin-march-along-michigan-avenue-to-grant-park/3524978/
— Pritzker confirms members of Illinois National Guard ‘on standby’ during DNC
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/pritzker-confirms-members-of-illinois-national-guard-on-standby-during-dnc/3524934/
CBS2
— First protest takes off in downtown Chicago an evening ahead of DNC. – By Dave Savini, Irika Sargent, Joe Donlon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/first-protest-downtown-chicago-dnc/
— New DNC security measures in downtown Chicago have some feeling “like a police state” – Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-security-measures-downtown-chicago-gold-coast-magnificent-mile/
WGN9
— Demonstrations underway in Chicago ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Brónagh Tumulty, Ethan Illers
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/democratic-national-convention-protests-chicago/
FOX32
— Protesters march in downtown Chicago ahead of DNC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1502801
— Protesters rally in downtown Chicago ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Cody King
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-march-sunday-downtown-chicago-ahead-dnc
— Activists protest in Chicago ahead of DNC, demanding action on key issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0d34JRFJ8s
FOX32
— Illinois National Guard deployed to assist Chicago police for DNC. – Dane Placko
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-national-guard-deployed-assist-chicago-police-dnc
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid talk of unity, DNC opens in Chicago with diverging themes. – Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/19/amid-talk-of-unity-dnc-opens-in-chicago-with-diverging-themes/
— Demonstrators protest as DNC takes over Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/photos-protests-begin-as-dnc-2024-kicks-off-on-aug-19/
— Pro-abortion rights and LGBTQ+ protesters rally ahead of the start of the DNC. – ADRIANA PÉREZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/abortion-lgbtq-protest-chicago/
— Protests begin as DNC 2024 gets ready for kick off on Aug. 19
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/photos-protests-begin-as-dnc-2024-kicks-off-on-aug-19/
— Pro-Palestinian coalition organizers denounce city’s protests routes and restrictions ahead of DNC. – KARINA ATKINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/18/march-on-dnc-protest-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DNC protesters gather in downtown Chicago for first major protest of convention. Hundreds of people rallying against the Israel-Hamas war and restrictions on reproductive rights kicked off the first protest of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, but they were met by an even larger showing from Chicago police. – Emmanuel Camarillo and Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/18/dnc-protests-protest-wacker-michigan-bodies-outside-unjust-laws
— Chicago’s DNC ‘belongs to Rev. Jesse Jackson.’ Leaders honor Rainbow PUSH founder. Jesse Jackson was feted a day ahead of the convention’s official launch on Monday, when he’ll be honored onstage at the United Center alongside his son and fellow delegate Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/18/jesse-jackson-tribute-dnc-rainbow-push
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Trump supporters rally in Woodstock ahead of DNC, vow to fight ‘Kama-nism’ – Michelle Meyer, Claire O’Brien and David Petesch
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/18/trump-supporters-rally-in-woodstock-ahead-of-dnc-vow-to-fight-kama-nism/
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2024/08/18/photos-pro-trump-rally-at-mchenry-county-fairgrounds/
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/18/trump-supporters-rally-in-woodstock-ahead-of-dnc-vow-to-fight-kama-nism/?
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago to host NAACP National Convention in 2026 (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly acted like they had promised their Black employees that they would get rid of all their non-veteran Republican employees by 1997.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/chicago-to-host-naacp-national-convention-in-2026/video_0073544b-cd68-5819-8011-e0fb1691f76e.html
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/kamala-harris-heads-chicago-dnc-momentum
NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans to rally support for Harris at the DNC – Sarah McCammon
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-19/republicans-to-rally-support-for-harris-at-the-dnc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June, several weeks before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, the campaign hired former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s former chief of staff in June to focus on Republican outreach. . .Last week, a “Republicans for Harris” affinity group gathered online to hear from several high-profile Republicans including Kinzinger, former Rep. Denver Riggleman, former Republican White House officials and others. Additional Republican leaders are expected to speak at the Democratic convention in the coming days, according to a source familiar with the plans. Kinzinger is among them, according to a report by CNN.)
WCIL FM & WBHM
— Illinois Republicans address the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
https://www.cilfm.com/2024/08/17/illinois-republicans-address-the-upcoming-democratic-national-convention/
https://wbhm.org/npr-story/republicans-to-rally-support-for-harris-at-the-dnc/
WBKR
— Illinois Home To One Of Most Expensive Colleges In America: University of Chicago: Average cost of a four-year degree and living expenses = $455,257 (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have degrees from the University of Chicago. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 bachelor’s degree from NIU is worthless, my 1976 master’s degree from Loyola is worthless, my 1980 master’s degree from DePaul is worthless, and my 1997 master’s degree from IIT is worthless.)
https://wbkr.com/ixp/721/p/illinois-most-expensive-college/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-350/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Will Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson repeat these choice words in his Democratic convention speech? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/wiil-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-repeat-these-choice-words-in-his-democratic-convention-speech-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: His critics and opponents “haven’t accepted results of the Civil War” . . . Standardized tests are eugenics against blacks . . . “I never said defund the police,” but he did . . . Looting explained by “frustration and anguish” . . . Looted stores “have insurance and assurance” . . . How he taught in a public school . . . Why he hasn’t paid personal bills . . . Roots in black liberation theology . . . Honoring Fred Hampton, Black Panther)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Crime-filled Chicago displays all that’s wrong with Democrats in one failing city. – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/opinion/crime-filled-chicago-displays-all-thats-wrong-with-democrats-in-one-failing-city/
— Harris leans into full communism, Walz’ radical record – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/opinion/harris-leans-into-full-communism-walz-radical-record-and-other-commentary/
— Anti-Israel protests outside Chicago DNC threaten to tarnish Kamala Harris coronation. ‘The Vietnam War of our generation’ – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/08/18/us-news/dnc-in-chicago-braces-for-massive-anti-israel-protests/
— Anti-Israel protesters disrupt delegate party on eve of DNC in Chicago: ‘Bring the war home’ – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/anti-israel-protesters-disrupt-delegate-party-on-eve-of-dnc/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Politico’s propaganda machine tries to prop up Kamala’s immigration credibility. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/politico_s_propaganda_machine_tries_to_prop_up_kamala_s_immigration_credibility.html
— No, illegal immigration does not help the U.S. economy. – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/no_illegal_immigration_does_not_help_the_u_s_economy.html
— Harley Davidson goes woke?! – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/harley_davidson_goes_woke.html
— It’s All About the Revolution: Ten Techniques Marxists Have Deployed to Gain Influence. – Janet Levy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/it_s_all_about_the_revolution_ten_techniques_marxists_have_deployed_to_gain_influence.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Manipulation of language. . .Rewriting history. . .Gaslighting. . .DARVO (or, Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). . .Identity politics. . .Disinformation and obfuscation. . .Oppressor vs. Oppressed. . .Entryism. . .Degrowth. . . .Playing the victim)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NBC anchor leads Lindsey Graham by the nose on how Trump should counter Kamala. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/18/nbc-anchor-leads-lindsey-graham-by-the-nose-on-how-trump-should-counter-kamala-1480747/
— Trump campaign remarks on ‘rumors’ of a ‘serious drinking problem’ for Kamala Harris. – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/18/stay-tuned-trump-campaign-remarks-on-rumors-of-a-serious-drinking-problem-for-kamala-harris-1480760/
BREITBART
— Media Hide Biden-Harris’ Huge Migrant Flood in Campaign Season. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/19/media-hide-biden-harris-huge-migrant-flood-in-campaign-season/
— Republican Attacks on Tim Walz Are ‘Despicable’ – Duckworth (COMMENT: Now that draft-avoiding Biden is out, anticipate/expect that Duckworth will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump for avoiding the draft.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/18/duckworth-republican-attacks-on-tim-walz-are-despicable/
— Duckworth Falsely Claims Tim Walz Is a ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ – KRISTINA WONG (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a failed low-lever federal employee. The civilian equivalent of Walz’s military rank of E-8 is GS-7 (currently $54,728/year). I was a) a GS-7 in 1971 when I was 22 years old, b) GS-9 ($66,942) in 1972, c) GS-11 ($80,094) in 1973, d) GS-12 ($97,079) in 1974, and e) GS-13 ($115,439-$150,075) 1986-1997.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/18/fact-check-sen-tammy-duckworth-falsely-claims-tim-walz-is-a-retired-command-sergeant-major/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Tim Walz received his notification of eligibility for retirement on August 3, 2002. He was promoted to sergeant major (E-9) on September 17, 2004, and immediately began serving as the command sergeant major for the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery while his packet was submitted to the National Guard Bureau to appoint him to command sergeant major (E-9). Once approved by NGB, he was laterally appointed to command sergeant major (E-9) on April 1, 2005. He retired from the Minnesota National Guard on May 16, 2005. Our records do not indicate when he made his request to retire. Leadership reviews and approves all requests to retire. He was administratively reduced to master sergeant (E-8) on May 15, 2005, because he did not complete all required U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy coursework.)
— Lindsey Graham: ‘Donald Trump the Provocateur, the Showman May Not Win This Election’ – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/08/18/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-the-provocateur-the-showman-may-not-win-this-election/
CHRISTIAN NEWS
— Planned Parenthood to sacrifice children at the Democratic National Convention for free
https://christiannews.net/2024/08/18/planned-parenthood-to-sacrifice-children-at-the-democratic-national-convention-for-free/
DAILY CALLER
— Cash-Strapped California Inches Closer To Handing Taxpayer Home Loans To Illegal Migrants. – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/18/california-to-give-home-loans-to-illegals/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Build Literal Wall Around Chicago DNC Venue – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-mocked-for-building-literal-wall-around-chicago-dnc-venue
— Governor Whitmer: ‘The Spirit Of’ Giving Free Handouts To Illegal Aliens Should Be Part Of Harris’ Agenda
https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-whitmer-the-spirit-of-giving-free-handouts-to-illegal-aliens-should-be-part-of-harris-agenda
— Kamala ‘Serves Up A Fresh Word Salad’ About Democracy. – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-serves-up-a-fresh-word-salad-about-democracy
— Senator Graham Outlines The Key To Victory For Trump This Fall (COMMENT: To get votes from hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, Republican candidates in Illinois ever-increasingly campaign like they are anti-Trump, Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-graham-outlines-the-key-to-victory-for-trump-this-fall
FEDERALIST
— Taking Sides In The Jewish-Arab Conflict Is Wreaking Havoc On Ivy League Universities. – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/19/taking-sides-in-the-jewish-arab-conflict-is-wreaking-havoc-on-ivy-league-universities/
— Kamala Harris Wants To Impose A Soviet-Style Medical System On Americans. – DEANE WALDMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/19/kamala-harris-wants-to-impose-a-soviet-style-medical-system-on-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Look at chaotic Chicago, not the Dem convention, to see what disasters await under Harris-Walz. Chicago does indeed show what Democrats stand for: American decline. – John Tillman
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/look-chaotic-chicago-not-dem-convention-see-what-disasters-await-under-harris-walz
— Graham urges Trump to focus on policy against Harris, warns ‘showman’ might not win. Sen. Lindsey Graham urges Donald Trump to talk borders, inflation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-urges-trump-focus-policy-against-harris-warns-showman-might-not-win
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democratic National Convention to Feature Free Abortions and Vasectomies. “A mobile health center run by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which serves much of Missouri and part of southern Illinois, plans to park itself near the convention and offer those services early next week to anybody who makes an appointment, delegate or not.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/democratic-national-convention-to-feature-free-abortions-and-vasectomies/
— Expect “more aggressive protests and potentially violence this fall” on campuses as anti-Israel student frustration boils over. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/expect-more-aggressive-protests-and-potentially-violence-this-fall-on-campuses-as-anti-israel-student-frustration-boils-over/
LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood Will Do Free Abortions at Democrat Convention. – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/08/18/planned-parenthood-will-do-free-abortions-at-democrat-convention/
MRC TV
— Sunday Shows Give Scant Mention of Various Walz Scandals. – MRC LATINO
https://mrctv.org/videos/sunday-shows-give-scant-mention-various-walz-scandals
POST MILLENNIAL
— Planned Parenthood fills ALL appointments for free vasectomies, abortions in van near Chicago DNC. “Check back soon — we will share the interest form link again if we have cancellations.” – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/planned-parenthood-fills-all-appointments-for-free-vasectomies-abortions-in-van-near-chicago-dnc#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Planned Parenthood to Offer Free Abortions, Vasectomies at the DNC. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/18/dnc-abortions-n2643539
— The GOP’s Black Wall. – Marc Little (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors did everything that they could to turn my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marclittle/2024/08/19/the-gops-black-wall-n2643561
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Blacks, who comprise 18.2% of the federal bureaucracy run by Democrats, are not known for voting against the bureaucracy that feeds them. The fight to garner greater Black support cannot be left to influencers and rappers. An army of Black messengers must take the fight to the streets. Black voters are likely to elect the next president of the United States, so there must be a specific strategy and plan to get their votes. I fear no one has told Trump.)
— Trump: Harris Will Allow Thousands of Illegal Alien ‘Killers and Rapists’ Into the US. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/18/trump-harris-will-allow-thousands-of-illegal-alien-rapists-and-killers-into-the-us-n2643545
TRUMP/VANCE
— Trump Campaign Allies to Host a Press Conference in Chicago. This week, Trump Campaign allies will call out Kamala Harris’ weak, failed record as vice president and dangerously liberal agenda from the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. On Monday, August 19, 2024, Senator Rick Scott and Senator Ron Johnson will deliver remarks at 11:30AM CDT on Kamala Harris’ disastrous economic policies that have led to sky-high inflation that is crushing American families.
https://djt.nucleusemail.com/amplify/v/vxegQMu6B3
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Sen. Graham says Nikki Haley should join him to campaign for Trump. – Sarah Fortinsky
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4833340-sen-graham-says-nikki-haley-should-join-him-to-campaign-for-trump/
CNN
— SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 FLASHBACK: Bush Holds Campaign Rally in Naperville, Illinois (COMMENT: I was there.)
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/04/se.03.html
NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks ‘Free Vasectomies and Abortions’ Near DNC. – Giulia Carbonaro
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-attacks-free-vasectomies-abortions-dnc-1940781
— Democrats say “Harris Takes Commanding Lead in Three Battleground States.”
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-takes-commanding-lead-three-battleground-states-poll-1941123
YAHOO
— Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Planned Parenthood for offering free vasectomies and abortions near DNC. – Ariana Baio
https://www.yahoo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-planned-173013473.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Thousands march in protest ahead of Democratic convention in Chicago
https://apnews.com/video/chicago-protests-and-demonstrations-womens-rights-kamala-harris-national-fe967ce8a5c44647b260b1d12c99d5cd
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-march-protest-ahead-democratic-023620698.html
ABC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Duckworth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D9f9VB7qJEmo
NBC NEWS
— Democrats project anti-Trump campaign messages onto his Chicago hotel. The messages include “Trump-Vance ‘weird as hell,’” “Harris Walz fighting for you” and “Project 2025 HQ.” – Alex Tabet, Shaquille Brewster and Megan Lebowitz
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-project-anti-trump-campaign-messages-chicago-hotel-rcna167102
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/19/trump-stolen-election-coup-overthrow/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/republican-campaign-ads-immigration-border-security/
USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/08/13/us-woman-president-harris-trump/74766362007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Planned Parenthood To Offer Free Vasectomies, Abortions to Attendees of Democratic Convention. – MATTHEW RICE
https://www.nysun.com/article/planned-parenthood-to-offer-free-vasectomies-abortions-to-attendees-of-democratic-convention
USA TODAY
— DNC comes to ‘Little Palestine’ as Gaza deaths top 40,000. – Michael Loria (COMMENT: To elect Harris/Walz, how anti-Israel will the Democrat Party become?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/18/dnc-little-palestine-chicago-protest/74805536007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to host the DNC in Chicago was made before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed 1,200 and sparked the brutal military campaign in Gaza. Since then, more than 40,000 Palestinians have died − and Chicago was transformed into a hotbed of anti-war activity ahead of Biden and Harris’ arrival. The region’s anti-war activism, which has included parades of pro-Palestinian truckers in the suburbs and encampments at the city’s top universities, has been led predominantly by local Palestinian Americans. In addition to calling for a ceasefire, many Chicago Palestinians are also motivated by a fear that Democrats’ lackluster opposition to the Gaza war has encouraged the kind of anti-Muslim vitriol that sparked crimes like the murder of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume in an alleged hate crime in neighboring Will County.)
MSN
— Free abortions and vasectomies, 18-foot-tall inflatable IUD called ‘Freeda Womb’ to be erected at DNC in Chicago. – Patrick Reilly
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/free-abortions-and-vasectomies-18-foot-tall-inflatable-iud-called-freeda-womb-to-be-erected-at-dnc-in-chicago/ar-AA1oYX1O
— How JD Vance’s wife Usha went from supporting Hillary to Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/how-jd-vance-s-wife-usha-went-from-supporting-hillary-to-trump/ar-AA1p0tVJ
— ‘Black America Is Not Supporting Kamala Harris’: Fmr Dem Slams Democratic Party For Playing Up Vice President’s ‘Race’ – Hailey Gomez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/black-america-is-not-supporting-kamala-harris-fmr-dem-slams-democratic-party-for-playing-up-vice-president-s-race/ar-BB1qyBjJ
— Aiding illegal immigrants instead of veterans is un-American. – Tommy Tuberville
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-aiding-illegal-immigrants-instead-of-veterans-is-un-american/ar-AA1m5KjD
— The more that you do to help elect Trump/Vance, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/elon-musk-insists-he-is-not-spending-45m-a-month-to-get-donald-trump-elected/ar-BB1qvB1R
MSNBC
— Trump taps two of his adult kids for presidential transition team. Donald Trump’s five-member presidential transition team features some familiar names, including two of his adult kids. – Steve Benen
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-taps-two-adult-kids-presidential-transition-team-rcna167129
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/diversity-vs-merit-you-agree-more-than-you-think-11a8b3f4?page=1
— The Chicago Model for Democrats. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention this week can see progressivism in action, from crime to schools. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-chicago-model-for-democrats-johnson-crime-education-dnc-5ddd8e7d
— Joe Biden’s Sad Presidential Legacy. The President promised to be a unifier but has governed as a divisive progressive. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/joe-biden-presidential-legacy-progressives-democrats-kamala-harris-donald-trump-61a9fc1e
— Here Comes Kamala’s Mortgage Forgiveness. Her plan to make housing more ‘affordable’ via subsidies will raise prices and create moral hazard. – Allysia Finley (COMMENT: What mortgages have you paid off? I paid off mortgages that I took out to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 and condos downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976. My wife and I paid off mortgages that we took out to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/here-comes-kamalas-mortgage-forgiveness-housing-prices-loans-dc37091b
— A ‘Dangerous Time’ for Jews. Donald Trump is right to point out the growing risks of antisemitism in the U.S. – Editorial (COMMENT: To turn my many Jewish superiors and supervisors in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors stressed to them that I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, and 100% German American and that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-dangerous-time-for-jews-harris-trump-convention-shapiro-8e7b1120
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Anticipate/expect that RINO leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois will ever-increasingly get rid of their members like me who are Republican starting with those like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/08/18/5-dei-expectations-organizations-should-have-of-all-leaders/
POLITICO
— Duckworth rips Trump over remarks about medal-winning soldiers. – David Cohen (COMMENT: Now that draft-avoiding Biden is out, anticipate/expect that Duckworth will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump for avoiding the draft.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/18/tammy-duckworth-trump-soldiers-00174507
NPR
— As Democrats meet in Chicago, Illinois’ role in abortion access is in the spotlight. – Sarah McCammon
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5058669/abortion-democrats-chicago-dnc-illinois-reproductive-rights-roe
DAILY BEAST
— Ex-GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to Speak at DNC on Thursday. – Corbin Bolies
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-to-speak-at-dnc-on-thursday
— Democrats Troll Trump on His Own Building in Chicago Ahead of Party Convention. ‘PROJECT 2025 HQ’ The DNC confirmed it was responsible for the brash move—with a spokesperson saying: “He’s a grifter and nothing we said wasn’t the truth!” – Matt Young
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-troll-trump-on-his-own-building-in-chicago-ahead-of-party-convention
ROLLING STONE
— Democrats Taunt Trump At Trump Tower Chicago Ahead of Convention. The DNC is tagging Trump Tower amid reports former president plans to use his property during the Democratic convention. – TESSA STUART
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-tower-chicago-dnc-2024-1235082583/
RAW STORY
— ‘Powder keg’: Massive security presence on display in Chicago amid signs of trouble. – Matt Laslo, Alexandria Jacobson, Dave Levinthal
https://www.rawstory.com/police-security-democratic-national-convention/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— How Biden Raised the Profile of the Free College Movement. – Katherine Knott (COMMEMT: Unlike me, my critics/opponents did not have to work their way through college. Many of them have degrees from Ivy League universities. My having to work my way through college harmed my GPA big time. I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying while I was in high school 1964-1966. Consequently I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class and my ACT score was only 24. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying while I took classes at UIC 1966-1969 and NIU in 1969. Nevertheless, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, etc.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/08/19/how-biden-helped-advance-free-college-movement
DAILY MAIL
— Downtown Chicago is safe for once as city is flooded with cops for Democrat convention (but there’s already been one stage invasion) – Nic White and Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13756259/Chicago-DNC-Democratic-National-Convention-Palestine-protests-police.html
STATE OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING
— 21 Most Popular News Sites With Paywalls – Leo Maurer and Pratik Dholakiya (COMMENT: Since 2000, I have been an independent non-profit conservative Republican political and government news and commentary news aggregator. Sooner or later, all entities that paywall will cease to exist. My direct competitors are increasingly furious that I have the time, the money, the ability, the experience, and the motivation needed to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge and without any advertising and without any donation requests. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasing a) discourage me from sending out the newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading the newsletters. I should write about my direct competitors who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and /or f) who refuse to give them money. Further, the more advertising and/or donation requests that an entity has on its website, the sooner that it will cease to exist.)
https://www.stateofdigitalpublishing.com/monetization/news-sites-with-paywalls/
August 17, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson personally intervened on behalf of protest groups over stages, sound system for Union Park rally, organizer says; ‘We talked directly to the mayor’ – JASON MEISNER and JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/16/dnc-protest-groups-win-concessions-from-city-over-stages-sound-system-for-union-park-rally/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Days before DNC, legal groups fire off letter to mayor, top cop raising alarms about possible police abuse. The letter was signed by 65 organizations, lawyers and legal workers, including the ACLU of Illinois and the Civil Rights & Police Accountability Project of the University of Chicago Law School. – Tom Schuba and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/16/dnc-chicago-mayor-top-cop-alarms-police-abuse
— ‘Bad-mouthing’ Chicago did indeed get Mike Wallace booted from 1968 Democratic convention. – Michael Sneed (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have pandered the most to the mainstream news media. I would focus on the articles that I linked to in my newsletters since 2000 that they do not like, despise, if not hate.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/16/sneed-mike-wallace-dnc-democratic-convention-1968-arrest-richard-daley-kathy-jane-byrne
— Chicago ’68 board game allows players to reimagine outcomes of convention riots. – Erica Thompson (COMMENT: What did you do during the 1968 Chicago Democrat convention riots? I was a UIC student on summer break. I delivered mail full-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I drove my 1968 Oldsmobile 442. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My Democrat superiors and supervisors vehemently disapproved of my getting student draft deferments.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2024/08/16/chicago-68-board-game-allows-players-to-reimagine-outcomes-of-1968-democratic-national-convention-riots
— Democrats aim to knock off incumbent Republicans in 6 state House races. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/08/17/illinois-democrats-incumbent-republicans-6-state-house-races-house-speaker-chris-welch-rich-miller
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 47th House District: Rep. Amy Grant, R-Wheaton, vs. Jackie Williamson. President Joe Biden won this district by 12 percentage points four years ago. Every statewide Democratic candidate won the district two years ago, and Gov. JB Pritzker won it by 8 points. Grant’s campaign had just $13,542 in the bank at the end of June. She’s since reported raising a mere $10,000. Keep in mind that the House Democrats have a vast and ever-growing fundraising advantage over the House Republicans. So the money that these Republican incumbents have raised so far is much more important to understanding their predicaments. Grant is a strong abortion rights opponent.)
DAILY HERALD
— They look like — and link to — real news articles. But they’re actually ads from the Harris campaign. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240816/nation-and-world-politics/they-look-like-and-link-to-real-news-articles-but-theyre-actually-ads-from-the-harris-campaign/
ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-wants-2024-dnc-energize-democratic-party-around-harris-walz-ticket-city-chicago/15194689/
NBC5
— Downtown Chicago businesses board up amid worries of unrest during DNC. – JC Navarrete
https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/downtown-chicago-businesses-board-up-amid-worries-of-unrest-during-dnc/3524200/
— Last-minute deal gives protesters a new venue at DNC. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/last-minute-deal-gives-protesters-a-new-venue-at-dnc/3524274/
CBS2
— DNC protest group wins fight to erect stage, sound systems, portable toilets during rally and march. – Todd Feurer, Darius Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-protest-group-permit-fight-agreement-stage-sound-system/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1igzaZJ3HA
— Advocates concerned about how well CPD officers are trained to protect protesters’ rights during DNC. – Dave Savini, Samah Assad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-officers-protesters-rights-dnc/
WGN9
— Downtown Chicago businesses board up ahead of Democratic National Convention. – Andrea Medina, BJ Lutz
https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/downtown-chicago-businesses-board-up-democratic-national-convention/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBEezLH-YSw
— Secret Service plans to use bulletproof glass to protect Trump. – Rebecca Beitsch,
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/secret-service-plans-to-use-bulletproof-glass-to-protect-trump/
FOX32
— Chicago DNC 2024: Protests, marches and rallies. – Will Hager (COMMENT: Democrats want their Democrat elected officials to do even more to promote abortion, LGBTQ, hatred against Jews, hatred against police, illegal immigration, welfare, unions, abolition of the Second Amendment, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-dnc-2024-protests-march-rally-schedule
— Gov. Pritzker: ‘There may be some bad apples’ protesting DNC. – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-there-may-be-some-bad-apples-protesting-dnc
WBEZ
— One Chicago protest group issues a call to “make it great like ‘68” and “shut down the DNC” A spokesperson for the self-described “militant” group says its plan differs from protesters who got a permit to march during the convention. – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/16/one-chicago-protest-group-issues-a-call-to-make-it-great-like-68-and-shut-down-the-dnc
— Protesters to converge on Chicago, aiming to make their mark — and stay safe. During the Aug. 19-22 DNC, major protest marches are planned for the first, third and final days. – Michael Puente
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/16/protesters-to-converge-on-chicago-aiming-to-make-their-mark-and-stay-safe
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/illinois-democrats-energized-by-nomination-of-history-making-harris/article_9c058cfe-5c03-11ef-bbf0-ffad75c45751.html
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Aaron Del Mar Named State GOP Co-Chair – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/aaron-del-mar-named-state-gop-co-chair/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Michael Brown to promote more hatred against police. How successful have Democrats been promoting hatred against police in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I should write about the success that Democrats have had promoting hatred against police in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West district, and in my precinct.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-michael-browns-death-transformed-a-nation-and-sparked-a-decade-of-american-reckoning-on-race/
FOX 47
— Trump gets added Secret Service protection, bulletproof glass for campaign events. – AHTRA ELNASHAR
https://fox47.com/news/beyond-the-podium/trump-gets-added-secret-service-protection-bulletproof-glass-for-campaign-events-2024-election-assassination-attempt-security-president-lawmakers-dnc-debates
WGEM
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs run everything and do not tolerate Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wgem.com/2024/08/16/mobile-museum-tolerance-visits-illinois-state-fair-with-message-acceptance/
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Republicans address upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago. – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: I was not notified of this news conference. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, I have never been a legitimate member of the news media. I should write about the aforesaid who pander to the mainstream news media by treating like I am illegitimate.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/08/16/illinois-republicans-address-upcoming-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a news conference Friday, Illinois Republican state senators blasted the majority party’s policies. State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, noted that Illinois is ranked as the least tax friendly state in the country. “As family budgets are stretched to their breaking point, forcing families to make really tough decisions, Illinois Democrats used their tax hikes to deliver the most expensive budget in state history,” said Rezin. Rezin added that at a time when Illinois families struggle to make ends meet, Illinois Democrats responded with $1 billion in new taxes. The largest tax hike in the budget approved earlier this year is the extension of the state’s cap on net operating losses, which will raise corporate income taxes for companies recently losing money by $526 million in the next fiscal year. State Sen. Don DeWitte, R-St. Charles, brought up the fact that Democrats refused to renew the Invest in Kids school choice tax credit scholarship program.)
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Legislating gender. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller wants to define male and female in federal law. – Scott Reeder
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/legislating-gender-18936857
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-143/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How would your career have been impacted if you had been born years later than you were? I was born in 1948. If I had been born years later, because of ever-increasing Democrat and RINO Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of ever-increasingly patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, I would not have been able to a) get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, IRS when I was 22, or GAO when I was 31, b) get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25, or c) get promoted by GAO when I was 38. I became eligible to take early retirement when I was 45. My Democrat GAO superiors would have forced me to retire then instead of letting work until I was 49 when their early retirement offer expired. I would not have been eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55. My Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in today’s dollars and b) only 43% of what GAO salary was when I was 49 in today’s dollars. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago has highest joblessness but ‘plenty of resources for illegal migrants’ – Steve Cortes
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663033680-cortes-chicago-has-highest-joblessness-but-plenty-of-resources-for-illegal-migrants
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Representative introduces licensure assistance form for district professionals (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/663121610-state-representative-introduces-licensure-assistance-form-for-district-professionals
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— JOHNSON TO RALLY DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES AS 63% OF CHICAGOANS DISLIKE HIM. – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/johnson-to-rally-democratic-delegates-as-63-of-chicagoans-dislike-him/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans probe Walz’s ‘longstanding connections’ to China. – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/16/house-republicans-probe-tim-walzs-longstanding-con/
— DHS announces details of Biden’s amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/16/dhs-announces-details-of-bidens-amnesty-for-illega/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thousands of protesters to descend on Chicago for DNC. – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3124122/dnc-protests-chicago-israel-hamas-war-harris/#google_vignette
— Texas stopped busing migrants to Democratic cities despite Abbott’s claims the program is ‘rolling’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3122973/texas-stopped-busing-migrants-democrat-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Roughly 100K anti-Israel protesters expected to descend on Chicago to steal spotlight from DNC, Harris-Walz ticket. – Rich Calder, Jon Levine and Matthew Sedacca
https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/roughly-100k-anti-israel-protesters-expected-to-descend-on-chicago-to-steal-spotlight-from-dnc-harris-walz-ticket/
— Downtown Chicago businesses boarding up ahead of anti-Israel protests at DNC: ‘We want to have maximum protection’ – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/downtown-chicago-businesses-boarded-up-ahead-dnc-protests/
— Republicans call for enhanced northern border security as Gazans flock to Canada. – Bethany Blankley
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/republicans-call-for-enhanced-northern-border-security-as-gazans-flock-to-canada/
— If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win, expect our military to be woke — and weak. – Andrew Cherkasky and Katie Cherkasky
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/opinion/if-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-win-expect-our-military-to-be-woke-and-weak/
— Tim Walz slammed for ‘white guy tacos’ joke. – Olivia Land
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/tim-walz-slammed-for-white-guy-tacos-joke/
BREITBART
— Chicago Businesses Boarding Up Ahead of Democratic National Convention for Fear of Mass Riots. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/chicago-businesses-boarding-up-ahead-democratic-national-convention-fear-mass-riots/
— Second Indiana City Forced to Drop ‘Dangerous’ Sanctuary Policy for Illegal Aliens. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/second-indiana-city-forced-drop-dangerous-sanctuary-policy-illegal-aliens/
— Nearly One in Three Chicago Public-School Teachers Keep Their Kids out of Public Schools. – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/08/16/nearly-one-three-chicago-public-school-teachers-keep-their-kids-out-public-schools/
— Twenty-Four State AGs Back Emergency Stay to Let Arizona Require U.S. Citizenship to Vote. – Amy Furr
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/08/16/twenty-four-state-ags-back-emergency-stay-let-arizona-require-u-s-citizenship-vote/
— Kamala Harris Offers Housing Subsidies Plus More Migration and Regulation. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/kamala-harris-offers-housing-subsidies-plus-more-migration-and-regulation/
— Democrat Convention Shapes Up to Be Clash of Epic Proportions as Pro-Palestinian Protesters to Crash Harris-Walz Coronation. – Nick Gilbertson
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/16/democrat-convention-shapes-up-to-be-clash-of-epic-proportions-as-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-crash-harris-walz-coronation/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Ruling Elites Continue to Stifle Debate Over Immigration Policy. – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/16/how-ruling-elites-continue-stifle-debate-immigration-policy-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘This Administration Is Orchestrating A Massive Shell Game’: CBP Releases July Border Encounter Numbers. – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-administration-is-orchestrating-a-massive-shell-game-cbp-releases-july-border-encounter-numbers
— America’s Top Banks Host Programs That Discriminate Against White And Asian Men. The programs are part of a broader push in the movement for ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-top-banks-host-programs-that-discriminate-against-white-and-asian-men
FEDERALIST
— There Is Nothing ‘Joyful’ About Harris’ and Walz’s Grimly Anti-American Agenda. – Helen Raleigh
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/16/there-is-nothing-joyful-about-harris-and-walzs-grimly-anti-american-agenda/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Counting the Cost: Abbott’s Bold Move to Uncover Immigration’s Toll on Texas Hospitals. – Hannah Davis (COMMENT: How much money are the hospitals in your area spending on illegals?)
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/counting-cost-abbotts-bold-move-uncover-immigrations-toll-texas
FOX NEWS
— Dem-aligned group hammers Harris’ former VP shortlister for turning ‘his back’ on Black students. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is welcoming Democratic leaders to Chicago for the DNC. – Julia Johnson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-aligned-group-hammers-harris-vp-shortlister-turning-back-black-students
— Harris and Walz’s ‘racist’ banter about ‘White guy’ tacos spurs social media backlash. Kamala Harris’ response to vice presidential candidate Tim Walz saying he eats ‘White guy tacos’ has put the pair under fire. – Alec Schemmel
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-walzs-racist-banter-about-white-guy-tacos-spurs-social-media-backlash
— Harris and Walz’s bizarre skit exposes double standard on race. Why is it okay to stereotype ‘white guys,’ but no other group? – David Marcus
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-harris-walzs-bizarre-racial-skit-exposes-liberal-double-standards-race
— Beijing Walz? The latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-beijing-walz
— Tim Walz’s dog has done more interviews than VP Harris since she became nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 26 days without a sit-down interview since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tim-walzs-dog-has-done-more-interviews-than-vp-harris-since-she-became-nominee
— Kamala Harris’s dystopian nightmare, Tim Walz let Minnesota burn.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harriss-dystopian-nightmare-tim-walz-let-minnesota-burn-more-from-fox-news-opinion
— Minnesota business owners sound alarm on Harris’ ‘nightmare’ VP pick : ‘Really bad for the US’ The Minnesota residents said Walz is ‘against small businesses’ – Aubrie Spady
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-business-owners-sound-alarm-harris-nightmare-vp-pick-bad-for-us
— New FTC decision could ‘inject’ DEI into business practices nationwide, GOP commissioner says. The decision could have a ‘pernicious’ effect on businesses in the future, one FTC commissioner argues. – Brianna Herlihy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-ftc-decision-could-inject-dei-business-practices-nationwide-gop-commissioner-says
MRC TV
— Harris Supports An ‘Intervention’ Of Reparations To ‘Correct Course’ – Eric Scheiner
https://mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/harris-supports-intervention-reparations-correct-course
NEWSMAX
— Harris-Walz Video ‘Insult to America’ – Rep. Van Drew
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kamala-harris-tim-walz-jeff-van-drew/2024/08/16/id/1176839/
PJ MEDIA
— Kamala’s Latest Stupid Idea Might Be Her Stupidest—Plus Stealth Reparations! – Stephen Green
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/08/16/kamalas-latest-stupid-idea-might-be-her-stupidest-plus-stealth-reparations-n4931693
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— It’s All About Educating The Public About How Radical The Harris-Walz Ticket Is. – Stephen Miller
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/16/stephen_miller_its_all_about_educating_the_public_about_how_radical_the_harris-walz_ticket_is.html
TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s ‘Joy’ Campaign Is Getting Even Cringier. – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/08/16/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-are-getting-even-cringier-n2643491
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/business/abortion-clinic-laws.html
— Democrats say “Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/us/elections/kamala-harris-trump-az-nc-ga-nv.html
— Democrats say “Harris Is Leading or Tied With Trump in Most Swing States.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/politics/harris-trump-polls.html
MSNBC
— Because the jobs that I had were so bad, I would not be surprised to learn that illegals refuse to take them. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I had.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-immigration-rhetoric-crime-rcna166930
NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Cheers New Triple Razor Wire Barriers at Southern Border. – Kaitlin Lewis
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-cheers-new-triple-razor-wire-barriers-southern-border-1940623
DESERET NEWS
— The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/08/16/recognizing-grievance-journalism/
BUSINESS INSIDER & FORBES
— Were you a late bloomer? I was. I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27, pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, become a Certified Fraud Examiner until I was 41, become a Certified Government Financial Manager until I was 45, become a Certified Financial Services Auditor until I was 47, and become a Forensic Accountant and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT until I was 48. But by the time I was the aforesaid ages, I was far too old to have a successful career because I worked for Democrats and I was conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.
https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-youll-be-a-late-bloomer-career-2024-6
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/06/20/if-you-were-a-late-starter-heres-how-to-catch-up-in-your-career/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 29 and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, I was much too old to have a successful career in accounting because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/08/16/accounting-pipeline-diversity-symposium-provides-learning-mentorship-opportunities/109198/
QUORA
— What are your 3 most important political issues that directly impact you? (COMMENT: For me, they include Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote the aforesaid big time. They use against me big time my being conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid.)
https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-3-most-important-political-issues-that-directly-impact-you-and-how-has-Joe-Biden-handled-them-For-example-economy-health-care-foreign-policy-etc