FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— Burr Ridge Village Board to vote on resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire. – Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/burr-ridge-il-israel-hamas-war-gaza-ceasefire/14628935/
— Lori Lightfoot hired to investigate Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/tiffany-henyard-mayor-of-dolton-il-lori-lightfoot-chicago/14635532/
NBC5
— Mayor Johnson to seek $70M more in funding for migrant crisis in an apparent reversal – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-to-seek-70m-more-in-funding-for-migrant-crisis-in-an-apparent-reversal-sources/3405008/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHDCj9LH64c
FOX32
— Evanston City Council weighs Cook County funds for migrant shelter
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-city-council-weighs-cook-county-funds-migrant-shelter
WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgntv.com/backstory/from-reefer-madness-to-big-business-cannabis-comeback-story/
WTTW
— Biden Promotes ‘Life-Changing’ Student Loan Relief in Wisconsin Ahead of Chicago Campaign Event.. – AP (COMMENT: How would your life have been different if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan, my GPA would have been much higher because instead of studying, I worked all the hours that I could delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office while I completed courses at UIC and NIU 1966-1969. Further, I would have majored in accounting instead of management. Further, I would have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. What are main reasons why borrowers cannot pay their loans back? If my GPA had been higher, I could have gotten a better paying job when I graduated.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/08/biden-promotes-life-changing-student-loan-relief-wisconsin-ahead-chicago-campaign-event
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Biden visits Chicago for fundraiser after pitching student loan relief in Wisconsin. Pro-Palestinian protesters greeted Biden outside the Drake Hotel on the Gold Coast, where the president had a campaign meeting before making remarks at the fundraiser. – Emmanuel Camarillo and Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/04/08/president-biden-student-loan-relief-wisconsin-chicago-fundraiser-drake-hotel
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/04/08/undocumented-immigrants-biden-work-permits-jobs-labor-shortage-raul-raymundo-sylvia-puente
— Efforts to improve financial literacy education in Illinois gain traction. The state has become one of an increasing number of states that have added financial literacy to its core curriculum, but experts say more could be done. – Jackie Dulen (COMMENT: My parents’ lack of money motivated me to not only become financially literate, but to earn and save money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/04/08/illinois-improve-financial-literacy-education-traction
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Evanston City Council to discuss hosting temporary migrant shelter – ALEX HULVALCHICK (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs: Evanston today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/evanston-city-council-to-discuss-hosting-temporary-migrant-shelter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Evanston City Council on Monday is set to discuss applying for Cook County funding to provide temporary shelter for displaced migrants sent to Chicagoland from the southern border. The funding is available for the housing of “new arrivals,” defined by the county as “an individual who crossed the Mexico/U.S. border on or after August 1, 2022, with the intent to stay permanently, and who does not possess any permanent or interim U.S. legal status (which does not include being in parole status), such as legal permanent residency, a student or work visa, etc.” Funding can be used to pay for rent, repairs and improvements to make sites operational for use as temporary shelters including food, wraparound and resettlement services. Estimated operating costs would reach approximately $2 million, not including necessary repairs. Applications for the funding are due April 19. According to a memo in the Monday meeting agenda, the city hasn’t previously considered applying for the funding because it wasn’t aware of any properties vacant or safe enough that would suffice. The city was notified on March 28 of a possible site with city staff and the Evanston Fire Department inspecting the property Wednesday. This site, located at 1020 Church Street, is a two-story office space with enough open space and smaller offices to house anywhere from 60 to 65 individuals along with a kitchenette, two shower stalls and multiple restrooms. Before being able to take anyone in, the building will require several repairs including installation of a fire sprinkler system wherever people are expected to sleep, more bathroom and shower stalls, upgrades to electrical and HVAC systems and more. Another possible site mentioned in the memo is the soon-to-be vacant Morton Civic Center, where city operations are currently housed. City offices are set to move to a leased office downtown starting in July and could house more people than the office building at 1020 Church Street. Since the city owns the building, grant funding wouldn’t have to be used to pay rent and could be used solely for repairs that are needed in the building. Those repairs were the driving force behind moving city operations downtown as the city wasn’t open to spending the money needed to bring the building up to par. The city reached out to Connections for the Homeless, a local homelessness nonprofit, to take on the role of managing the shelter. Connections’ Director of Communications Eric Ruder said the nonprofit welcomes conversations about partnering with the city on the shelter. Connections CEO Betty Bog said it’s important to take every opportunity to build more shelter to supplement the severe housing shortage. “Many in the Evanston community and staff have been searching for ways to assist new arrivals,” read the memo, “Applying for grant dollars to convert space into a temporary shelter could move the City toward managing a transitional shelter at 1020 Church indefinitely — on the one hand, this could be an asset to the City … on the other hand, it could place meaningful strain on the City.”)
— Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban – JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/national-abortion-ban-donald-trump/
— In Chicago, President Joe Biden raises millions, assails Donald Trump over abortion rights – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/joe-biden-milwaukee-chicago-fundraiser/
— Dolton trustees hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as special investigator. ‘I will follow the facts.’ – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/dolton-trustees-hire-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-as-special-investigator-i-will-follow-the-facts/
— Secret Service, CPD start bracing residents, businesses for impact of this summer’s Democratic National Convention – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/secret-service-cpd-start-bracing-residents-businesses-for-impact-of-this-summers-democratic-national-convention/
— Evanston reparations fund moved to Black-owned Liberty Bank – ALEX HULVALCHICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/evanston-reparations-fund-moved-to-black-owned-liberty-bank/
— All the many women who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, they were minority, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/09/blanche-lincoln-and-olympia-snowe-the-tax-code-disadvantages-women-taxpayers/
— Illinois is at the bottom for equity and at the top for high taxes – Paul Vallas:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/09/opinion-illinois-equity-tax-burden/
— We shouldn’t have to subsidize union jobs with higher utility bills. A terrible idea surfaces in Springfield. – Editorial (COMMENT: I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. During that time, in today’s dollars, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/09/editorial-unions-illinois-commerce-commission-utilities-pritzker/
— How can we make sure others hear the story of the Chicago we know? – Stephen Franklin and Thom Clark (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, Chicago is ever-increasingly more anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, anti-successful people, anti-married people, anti-parent, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/opinion-chicago-reputation-dnc-2024/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Patrolling for guns: Naperville police net gun arrests at Topgolf – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240408/news/patrolling-for-guns-naperville-police-net-gun-arrests-at-topgolf/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In an apparent course reversal, Johnson tests the waters on a $70M migrant funding request – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-plans-request-70-million-city-council-migrants
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New legislation sparks Native American mascot debate again in Illinois – Patrick M. Keck (COIMMENT: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School (CMHS) in 1966. CMHS is the “Home of the Warriors.” My great great grandfather on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/04/09/could-illinois-lawmakers-prohibit-native-american-mascots-in-schools/72842005007/
SOUTHERN
— Mike Pence calls Trump’s abortion position ‘a slap in the face’ – Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim, Brittany Shepherd, and Adam Carlson
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/09/mike-pence-calls-trumps-abortion-position-a-slap-in-the-face/
— Judge releases questionnaire for jury selection process in Trump hush-money trial. – Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous (COMMENT: Judges and Justices denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Dirersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) because they concluded that no Chicago-area jury would decide in my favor. My demographics are terrible. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/09/judge-releases-questionnaire-for-jury-selection-process-in-trump-hush-money-trial/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Prosecutive jurors will be asked if they have ever attended one of Trump’s rallies, if they belong to groups like the Proud Boys or Antifa, or if they volunteered with a political entity associated with the former president. “Do you have any strong opinions or firmly held beliefs about whether a former president may be criminally charged in a state court?” one question asks. “Do you have any feelings about how Mr. Trump is being treated in this case?” Other questions ask if prosecutive jurors have read any of Trump’s books, can set aside their past knowledge of the case, or have opinions on the legal limits related to political contributions. “Do you have any strong opinions or firmly held beliefs about former President Donald Trump or the fact that he is a current candidate for president that would interfere with your ability to be a fair or impartial juror?” another question asked. Jurors will also be asked standard preliminary questions, including their marital status, employment status, hobbies, criminal history and potential scheduling conflicts. Merchan, borrowing from an approach taken for the Trump Organization criminal trial, opted to excuse any jurors who self-identify as unfair or partial.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal. – AP (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-conservative-christians-praise-trumps-anti-abortion-record-but-say-hes-stopped-short-of-the-goal/
— Trump’s abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target – AP (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-abortion-statement-angers-conservatives-and-gives-the-biden-campaign-a-new-target/
WJOL
— State Rep. Tim Ozinga Resigns
https://www.wjol.com/state-rep-tim-ozinga-resigns/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Biden hits Chicago, slams Trump – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/09/biden-hits-chicago-slams-trump-00151211
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-264/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— U.S. Rep. Ramirez: Illegal immigration to U.S. is a ‘human right’ (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their army.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/657617724-u-s-rep-ramirez-illegal-immigration-to-u-s-is-a-human-right
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Public Health Dept ‘Measles Dashboard’: 57 identified illegal alien measles cases, exposures reported on CTA Halsted 8 bus
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/657617713-chicago-public-health-dept-measles-dashboard-57-identified-illegal-alien-measles-cases-exposures-reported-on-cta-halsted-8-bus
SOUNTHLAND JOURNAL
— Tim Ozinga Resigns from Illinois House of Representatives
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/breaking-tim-ozinga-resigns-from-illinois-house-of-representatives/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s crime numbers have got to have DNC organizers sweating – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-crime-numbers-have-got-to-have-dnc-organizers-sweating-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bombshell Resignation Rocks Illinois GOP: Tim Ozinga Vacates Office Effective Immediately!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/bombshell-resignation-rocks-illinois-gop-tim-ozinga-vacates-office-effective-immediately.html
— Another Attack on Nuclear Power by the Environmental Movement! – James P. Economos
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/economos-another-attack-on-nuclear-power-by-the-environmental-movement.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Biden administration’s relentless DEI push continues apace – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/2955477/the-biden-administrations-relentless-dei-push-continues-apace/
— Fetterman declares he is ‘not woke’ when asked about squatter rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdgxFRnqbYY
— EV popularity fizzling out as nearly half of drivers who don’t have one say they don’t want to switch – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/2957539/ev-popularity-fizzling-nearly-half-drivers-dont-have-one-say-dont-want-switch/
AMERICAN THINKER
— In Dearborn, the antisemitic, America-hating Muslims show their true colors – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/in_dearborn_the_antisemitic_america_hating_muslims_show_their_true_colors.html
— Obama’s Continuing War on Suburbia, Courtesy of Joe Biden – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/obama_s_continuing_war_on_suburbia_courtesy_of_joe_biden.html
— With Biden and his Democrats, the damage is intentional – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/with_biden_and_his_democrats_the_damage_is_intentional.html
— Biden, Transgenderism, and Making Christianity More Invisible. – Ryan Bomberger
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/biden_transgenderism_and_making_christianity_more_invisible.html
— The Ministry of BS Will See You Now – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_ministry_of_bs_will_see_you_now.html
BLAZE
— Illegals Counted in Census Give Democrats 20 EXTRA Congressmen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygxp3qPWjMs
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Illegal Immigrant Catch-and-Release Craziness – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/08/my-look-inside-bidens-illegal-immigrant-catch-release-craziness-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— D.C. Police Not Stopping Illegal Aliens Driving Without License Plates – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-police-not-stopping-illegal-aliens-driving-without-license-plates-report
— Biden Again Tries To Win Over Young Voters With New Student Loan Bailout (COMMENT: Students who took out loans should have higher GPAs because they could/should have studied instead of working. Further, they got degrees from more prestigious colleges because they had the money to do that.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-again-tries-to-win-over-young-voters-with-new-student-loan-bailout
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Surge of Work Permit Applications Gives USCIS Excuse to Auto-Renew Them
https://www.fairus.org/executive-branch/surge-work-permit-applications-gives-uscis-excuse-auto-renew-them
— Trump and Michigan Law Enforcement Discuss Catastrophic Impacts of the Border Crisis – Kari Jacobson
https://www.fairus.org/executive-branch/trump-and-michigan-law-enforcement-discuss-catastrophic-impacts-border-crisis
— Texas Steps in, Arrests 214 Migrant Rioters Scheduled for Release by DHS
https://www.fairus.org/executive-branch/texas-steps-arrests-214-migrant-rioters-scheduled-release-dhs
— Florida Wages Battle Against Parole – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/florida-wages-battle-against-parole
FOX NEWS
— Trump is right: Republicans need to reframe the abortion debate. Republicans should focus more on policies that help families and women, instead of unrealistic federal abortion bans. – Garrett Ventry
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-right-republicans-reframe-abortion-debate
— Biden’s ‘secret’ flights of 33,000 migrants to New York passes buck to city taxpayers. ‘They’re not telling anybody’ – Todd Bensman
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-bidens-33000-secret-migrant-new-york-flights-passes-buck-city-taxpayers
— Blue state squatters put on notice with ‘aggressive’ law and order bill. ‘We need to fix this now so we can stop the bleeding,’ Sen Mario Mattera says. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-squatters-put-notice-aggressive-law-and-order-bill-people-getting-killed
HOT AIR
— New Yorkers Paying Utilities for Squatters to Avoid Arrest
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/04/08/new-yorkers-paying-utilities-for-squatters-to-avoid-arrest-n3786087
NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘The Border Patrol Rarely Bothers Asking’ – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-border-patrol-rarely-bothers-asking/
— Corporate Diversity: Consulting Firms Misrepresenting Financial Benefits
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mckinsey-and-diversity/
— American Library Association Claims Banning Sexually Obscene Books Targets LGBT Community – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/american-library-association-claims-banning-sexually-obscene-books-targets-lgbt-community/
PJ MEDIA
— How We Got to ‘Death to America’ in Dearborn (Hint: There’s an Obama Connection) – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/04/08/how-we-got-death-america-obama-connection-n4927984
— The Wheels Come Off the Woke Agenda in Massachusetts – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2024/04/08/the-wheels-come-off-the-woke-agenda-in-massachusetts-n4927990
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
THE HILL
— Vatican labels gender-affirming surgery grave threat to human dignity. – SARAH FORTINSKY
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4580997-vatican-labels-gender-affirming-surgery-grave-threat-to-human-dignity/
— Trump bets anti-abortion evangelicals have no choice but to back him – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4581767-the-memo-trump-bets-anti-abortion-evangelicals-have-no-choice-but-to-back-him/
CNN
— Hear from journalist booted from GOP event over her “unfair reporting” Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish tells CNN’s Abby Phillip what happened what she was removed from the Colorado state Republican assembly. (COMMENT: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Should I write a book about those a) who did not want me to know about their events, attend their events, ask questions at their events, and/or report on their events, b) who barred me from their events, and/or c) who threw me out of their events? I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, and campaign managers.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/04/09/sandra-fish-colorado-journalist-gop-event-nn-vpx.cnn
MSN
— U.S. Anchor Baby Policy Ensures Easy Welfare Access for Illegal Aliens – Andrew Rodriguez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-u-s-anchor-baby-policy-ensures-easy-welfare-access-for-illegal-aliens/ar-AA1maZPf
— Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants – AP
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/us/mosques-in-nyc-struggle-to-house-and-feed-an-influx-of-muslim-migrants-this-ramadan/ar-BB1kUPOB
— Seattle scrambles to raise $5,000 DAILY hotel cost for 240 ‘threatening’ asylum seekers who overtook school play area, erecting tents and flags and complaining of being ‘traumatized’ – James Reinl
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/seattle-scrambles-to-raise-5-000-daily-hotel-cost-for-240-threatening-asylum-seekers-who-overtook-school-play-area-erecting-tents-and-flags-and-complaining-of-being-traumatized/ar-BB1l4Xf7
— Colorado politics reporter’s expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar (COMMENT: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Should I write a book about those a) who did not want me to know about their events, attend their events, ask questions at their events, and/or report on their events, b) who barred me from their events, and/or c) who threw me out of their events? I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, and campaign managers.)
AOL
— Chicago mayor to Biden: Let Chicago’s long-term immigrants work – JAKE SHERIDAN (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasing replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.aol.com/chicago-mayor-biden-let-chicago-233000370.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity. – NICOLE WINFIELD
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vatican-blasts-sex-change-surgery-100211114.html
REUTERS
— Biden plans to cancel student loan debt, 23 million Americans may be impacted. — Steve Holland and Stephanie Kelly (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that I could never had gotten a student loan. They stress that I was never viewed as being “college material.” They stress that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and that my ACT score was only 24. They stress that I demonstrated no leadership potential while I was in high school. They stress that I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. They stress that after I graduated, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail. They stress that neither of my parents attended college, that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and that my mother never attended high school.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-seeks-cancel-some-interest-student-loans-aiding-23-million-americans-2024-04-08/
ABC NEWS
— House returns with Johnson’s speakership under threat. Greene called Johnson a “Democrat Speaker of the House.” – Sarah Beth Hensley
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-returns-johnsons-speakership-threat/story?id=109006455
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vatican Document Casts Gender Change and Fluidity as Threat to Human Dignity – Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/world/europe/vatican-sex-change-surrogacy-dignity.html
— In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would you have done sooner? I would have majored in accounting and passed the CPA examination and became a licensed CPA sooner. As it was, I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 years old and I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844), I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors made that crystal clear. All my coworkers who they 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. Overwhelmingly, they were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/reader-center/never-too-late-callout.html
— Greene Escalates Threat Against Johnson, Making the Case for His Ouster. In a letter to Republicans, the far-right lawmaker from Georgia said the speaker had presided over a “complete and total surrender” to Democrats and President Biden, and must change course or be unseated. – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/09/some-trump-falsehoods-stick-more-than-others-fact-checker-poll-finds/
— Colorado GOP ousts reporter from event, claiming ‘unfair’ coverage – Anumita Kaur (COMMENT: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Should I write a book about those a) who did not want me to know about their events, attend their events, ask questions at their events, and/or report on their events, b) who barred me from their events, and/or c) who threw me out of their events? I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, and campaign managers.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/09/colorado-gop-assembly-reporter/
SEATTLE TIMES
— LGBTQers ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage. According to them, traditional marriage exploits women. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not gotten married in 1978, I would not have been able to a) buy two news cars and a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) suffer a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, h) etc. In my defense, when I got married, a) my IRS salary was $106,785/year in today’s dollars, b) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building, d) I owned a townhome in University Park that I had bought new in 1972, and e) I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. I am proud to say that my wife earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986. Obviously, her savings and income helped us financially.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/some-women-are-rethinking-marriage-heres-why/
DALLAS NEWS
— Forget merit, luck and chance drive outcomes (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes in life to? My critics/opponents attribute all my successes in my life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money than I have, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly act as champions of those who are the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2024/04/09/forget-merit-luck-and-chance-drive-outcomes/
WSAU
— City of Madison Misappropriating Taxpayer Money to Provide Aid to Illegals – Meg Ellefson
https://wsau.com/2024/04/08/city-of-madison-misappropriating-taxpayer-money-to-provide-aid-for-illegals/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Latest Lawless Student Loan Forgiveness. He wants to write off hundreds of billions in student debt before the courts can stop him. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-karine-jean-pierre-supreme-court-7e74383f
— Six-Month Federal Budget Deficit: $1.1 Trillion. Interest on the public debt rose 43%, and now exceeds defense outlays. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-deficit-spending-taxes-interest-payments-cbo-fiscal-2020-3616b6bc
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs continue to use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2024/04/08/the-unsurprising-disappointing-silence-of-dei-friends/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrats and RINOs continue to use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/rights-aclu/04/24/supreme-court-signals-that-institutions-can-keep-designing-programs-to-foster-diversity-after-affirmative-action-ruling
NEW YORKER
— Can Chicago Manage Its Migrant Crisis? Hosting tens of thousands of new arrivals has stoked Black residents’ sense of neglect. – Geraldo Cadava
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/can-chicago-manage-its-migrant-crisis
DAILY MAIL
— Ex-Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is hired on $400-PER-HOUR contract to investigate ‘America’s worst mayor’ amid embezzlement accusations after she admitted $2M hole in taxpayer funds from small Illinois town. Self-described ‘Super Mayor’ Tiffany Henyard, 40, has been accused of embezzling taxpayer funds and retaliating against a victim of sexual assault. Lightfoot – who was ousted as mayor of Chicago last year – was approved by the village to investigate Henyard’s alleged corruption at the cost of $400 per hour. She may not get very far, however, as Henyard’s mayoral powers extend to potentially vetoing the probe. – STEPHEN M. LEPORE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13286723/Lori-Lightfoot-investigation-America-worst-mayor-Tiffany-Henyard.html